THE WEEK IN CHESS 618 11th September 2006 by Mark Crowther
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World Blitz Championship 121 games
European Union Individual Championships 253 games
Russian Championship 1st League 261 games
France vs China 44 games
3rd Szeged Cup 36 games
First Saturday September 79 games
5th Istanbul Festival 142 games
Spanish Team Championship 60 games
US Chess League 20 games
Polish Team Championship 270 games
3rd International Kalamaria Open 60 games
128th New York State Championship 44 games
2nd Magistral Guarapi 45 games
I Vitoria Open 220 games
Serbian Team Championship 450 games
Triest Open 163 games
Austrian Championship 45 games
Peterhof Festival 21 games
Panamerican U20 Championships 189 games
Epetium Open 138 games
2nd Okie Chess Festival 56 games
VII Tarragona Open 30 games
2758 games
My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Alex Relyea, Zsuzsa Veroci, Juan Minaya,
Bill Townsend, Thomas Henrich, Fritz Skopetz, David Clayton, Boris Alterman,
Miklos Orso, Greg Shahade, Ivo Knezovic, Igor-Alexander Nataf, George
Mirijanian, Frank Berry, Doug Bake, Stewart Reuben, Steve Giddins and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
The World Blitz Championships proved to be an exciting and close event.
Alexander Grischuk managed to beat Peter Svidler who must be disappointed not
to hold the position he had which was all he needed to take the title.
Interestingly the organisers managed to record all but half a game given that
many recent rapid events have lost a lot of the games. Nigel Short is playing
his first international tournament in mainland UK since Hastings 1989 and he
shares the lead with 5/6 in the European Union Championships. The Russian First
League which was a qualifier for the Russian Championship Superfinal at the end
of the year proved to be an exciting event. Rather nicely they provided PGN for
the event for most of the event after I mentioned it. I'm really looking
forward to the final. There was a huge amount of chess this week which rather
caught me offguard.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Blitz Championship final took place on 7th September 2006 in
Rishon Le Zion (Israel). This was a Round Robin Tournament with 16 players.
Alexander Grischuk won a final armageddon playoff game (he had white but had to
win) against Peter Svidler to take the title after they tied during the
all-play-all phase. My thanks to the organisers for the file of games (only one
partial game missing which is a great job for blitz).
Official site: http://www.fideblitz.com
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World Blitz Rishon Le Zion ISR (ISR), 7-7 ix 2006 cat. XVI (2638)
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1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2742 * 1 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 10.5 2779
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2709 0 * 1 1 0 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 10.5 2781
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2728 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 10.0 2756
4. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 1 0 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2753
5. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2710 = 1 = 1 * 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2727
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2729 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2726
7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2707 1 = = 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 1 0 = 0 0 1 8.0 2653
8. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 * 0 = 0 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2635
9. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2585 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 = = 1 1 7.0 2620
10. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2607 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2618
11. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2591 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = * 0 = 1 1 = 7.0 2619
12. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2611 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 * = 1 0 1 6.5 2589
13. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2659 0 = = 0 0 = = = = 0 = = * 1 1 0 6.0 2564
14. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2507 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 0 4.0 2471
15. Zoler, Dan m ISR 2455 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 * = 3.5 2438
16. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = * 3.5 2441
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Armageddon Playoff Game
Grischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1-0 63 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
The European Union Individual Chess Championships takes place at the
Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
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ch-EU Liverpool ENG (ENG), 6-12 ix 2006
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Pos Player lty tl Rtng A
1 Short, Nigel D........... ENG g 2676 5
2 Sulskis, Sarunas......... LTU g 2514 5
3 Williams, Simon K........ ENG m 2473 5
4 Devereux, Maxim L........ ENG f 2377 4½
5 Gordon, Stephen J........ ENG m 2443 4½
6 Jones, Gawain CB......... ENG m 2416 4½
7 McShane, Luke J.......... ENG g 2614 4½
8 Brandenburg, Daan........ NED 2392 4
9 Ciuksyte, Dagne.......... LTU m 2440 4
10 Dgebuadze, Alexandre..... BEL g 2527 4
11 Hanley, Craig A.......... ENG m 2419 4
12 Haslinger, Stewart G..... ENG m 2423 4
13 Hebden, Mark L........... ENG g 2532 4
14 Luther, Thomas........... GER g 2589 4
15 Meijers, Viesturs........ LAT g 2474 4
16 Miezis, Normunds......... LAT g 2527 4
17 Pert, Nicholas........... ENG g 2503 4
18 Sarakauskas, Gediminas... LTU m 2414 4
19 Van Der Weide, Karel..... NED g 2446 4
20 Bischoff, Klaus.......... GER g 2533 3½
21 Britton, Richard L....... ENG f 2288 3½
22 Galego, Luis............. POR g 2528 3½
23 Gormally, Daniel W....... ENG g 2513 3½
24 Gyimesi, Zoltan.......... HUN g 2616 3½
25 Karttunen, Mika.......... FIN m 2422 3½
26 Lund, D Brett............ ENG 2249 3½
27 McNab, Colin A........... SCO g 2433 3½
28 Medvegy, Zoltan.......... HUN g 2518 3½
29 Pritchett, Craig W....... SCO m 2289 3½
30 Radovanovic, Jovica...... f 2366 3½
31 Rudd, Jack............... ENG f 2328 3½
32 Shaw, John K............. SCO g 2473 3½
33 Swinkels, Robin.......... NED 2286 3½
34 Taylor, Martin R......... ENG f 2332 3½
35 Wilson, Alexandra........ SUI wf 2090 3½
36 Blackburn, Jonathan LB... WLS 2207 3
37 Carleton, John J......... ENG 2294 3
38 Conquest, Stuart C....... ENG g 2534 3
39 Eggleston, David J....... ENG 2232 3
40 Jackson, Oliver.......... ENG 2225 3
41 Knott, Simon JB.......... ENG m 2387 3
42 Lauterbach, Ingrid....... ENG wm 2120 3
43 Littlewood, John E....... ENG f 2244 3
44 Peacock, Malcolm R....... ENG 2079 3
45 Quillan, Gary............ ENG 2344 3
46 Redmond, John............ IRL 3
47 Sarakauskiene, Zivile.... LTU wm 2158 3
48 Savory, Richard J........ ECU 2101 3
49 Surtees, Mike J.......... ENG 2182 3
50 Tebb, David J............ ENG 2231 3
51 Trevelyan, John.......... WLS 2243 3
52 Wallace, Paul A.......... IRL 2242 3
53 White, Michael JR........ ENG 2239 3
54 Williamson, Roger G...... ENG 2155 3
55 Bennett, Patrick J....... WLS 2128 2½
56 Boumphrey, Luke S........ ENG 2½
57 Campbell, Ian............ ENG 2003 2½
58 Dunn, Andrew............. ENG c 2199 2½
59 Grant, Jonathan.......... SCO 2251 2½
60 Hardman, Michael J....... ENG 2151 2½
61 Hulligan, Steve.......... ENG 1821 2½
62 MacGilchrist, Siegrun.... SCO 1845 2½
63 Taylor, Edward H......... ENG 2½
64 Van Kemenade, Rudy....... ENG 2039 2½
65 Armstrong, William G..... ENG 1955 2
66 Brown, Martin............ ENG 2
67 Duke, Michael............ SCO 2081 2
68 Ewart, Brian R........... ENG 2
69 Gandolfi, Gianfranco..... ITA 1882 2
70 Grassie, Duncan.......... SCO 2042 2
71 Hawkins, James N......... ENG 2022 2
72 Kent, Paul............... ENG 2
73 Legge, Andrew............ ENG 1717 2
74 McGrane, Stephen......... ENG 2044 2
75 Solomon, Graeme R........ ENG 2
76 Weidman, Mark............ ENG 2
77 Armstrong, Malcolm J..... ENG 2111 1½
78 Gorman, John A........... ENG 1½
79 Lee, Steven.............. ENG 1½
80 Robertson, David J....... ENG 1½
81 Soikkeli, Raino.......... FIN 1½
82 Cockerill, Martin........ ENG 1
83 Hughes, Robert C......... ENG 1
84 Tanner, Frank............ ENG ½
The 59th Russian Championship 1st League took place in Tomsk 3rd-11th
September 2006. Ernesto Inarkiev won the event with 6.5/9. There were 7
qualification places for the Russian Championships super-final at the end of
the year. There were seven players tied for six places and it appears that
Nikita Vitiugov edged out Evgeniy Najer on a second Progessive score tie-break
after they tied the first.
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 increment of 30 seconds per move. The prize fund was $100 000.
In the end the coverage was very good with PGN available at the ends of rounds.
Coverage at: http://www.russiachess.ru,
http://www.chesspro.ru/main/index.html,
http://www.ruschess.com/ and
http://www.aeroflotchess.com/games/tomsk/.
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59th ch-RUS 1st League Tomsk RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2006
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1. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2625 =38 +51 =35 +31 + 4 =15 =10 +17 = 3 6.5 2759
2. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2520 +14 =24 =12 =11 =23 -18 +22 +25 +20 6.0 2718
3. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2594 +47 =19 +32 =25 =16 =17 + 4 = 8 = 1 6.0 2705
4. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2568 +56 +20 + 5 =15 - 1 + 6 - 3 +10 = 8 6.0 2724
5. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2579 +29 +22 - 4 =35 +28 =30 =16 =20 +15 6.0 2704
6. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2644 +28 =35 =31 =19 +22 - 4 =11 +38 +17 6.0 2686
7. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2677 =36 = 9 =28 =22 +31 -11 +44 +24 +16 6.0 2678
8. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2555 =54 +53 =16 +14 =17 =20 +30 = 3 = 4 6.0 2710
9. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2538 =10 = 7 +27 =23 =12 =25 =18 =14 +30 5.5 2714
10. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2666 = 9 =36 +26 =12 +24 =16 = 1 - 4 +31 5.5 2649
11. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2584 =48 +49 =43 = 2 =34 + 7 = 6 =15 =13 5.5 2649
12. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2578 +46 =40 = 2 =10 = 9 =27 =29 =21 +32 5.5 2627
13. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2613 =32 =26 -22 +47 +37 =29 +28 =16 =11 5.5 2606
14. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2628 - 2 +52 +44 - 8 +43 =19 =21 = 9 +29 5.5 2601
15. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 =51 +38 +24 = 4 +25 = 1 -17 =11 - 5 5.0 2629
16. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2622 =39 +45 = 8 +43 = 3 =10 = 5 =13 - 7 5.0 2627
17. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2690 =34 =21 +36 +33 = 8 = 3 +15 - 1 - 6 5.0 2628
18. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2613 =45 =39 =48 =37 =21 + 2 = 9 =29 =19 5.0 2559
19. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2547 +58 = 3 =33 = 6 =20 =14 =25 =30 =18 5.0 2632
20. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2647 +44 - 4 =39 +45 =19 = 8 +34 = 5 - 2 5.0 2584
21. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2539 =27 =17 =30 =29 =18 +53 =14 =12 =24 5.0 2636
22. Chebotarev, Oleg RUS 2505 +41 - 5 +13 = 7 - 6 =35 - 2 +43 +44 5.0 2627
23. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2598 =37 =48 +47 = 9 = 2 =34 =38 =31 =26 5.0 2564
24. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2571 +52 = 2 -15 +39 -10 +32 +27 - 7 =21 5.0 2621
25. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2613 +50 =43 +40 = 3 -15 = 9 =19 - 2 +46 5.0 2589
26. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2516 =42 =13 -10 =41 =36 +43 =35 +34 =23 5.0 2629
27. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2675 =21 =34 - 9 +50 +53 =12 -24 =28 +38 5.0 2573
28. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2527 - 6 +57 = 7 +48 - 5 +42 -13 =27 +36 5.0 2626
29. Yudin, Sergei m RUS 2475 - 5 +41 =34 =21 +33 =13 =12 =18 -14 4.5 2585
30. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2662 -40 +46 =21 +38 +35 = 5 - 8 =19 - 9 4.5 2536
31. Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2568 =49 +37 = 6 - 1 - 7 +47 +46 =23 -10 4.5 2566
32. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2514 =13 +42 - 3 -34 +40 -24 +51 +35 -12 4.5 2571
33. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2572 =53 +54 =19 -17 -29 -44 +56 =45 +50 4.5 2506
34. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2543 =17 =27 =29 +32 =11 =23 -20 -26 =37 4.0 2535
35. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2548 +57 = 6 = 1 = 5 -30 =22 =26 -32 =45 4.0 2508
36. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2542 = 7 =10 -17 =46 =26 =37 +53 =42 -28 4.0 2525
37. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2503 =23 -31 +51 =18 -13 =36 =41 =40 =34 4.0 2529
38. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2518 = 1 -15 +49 -30 +54 +41 =23 - 6 -27 4.0 2546
39. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2517 =16 =18 =20 -24 -42 =48 =47 +56 =41 4.0 2522
40. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2537 +30 =12 -25 -53 -32 +54 =48 =37 =42 4.0 2495
41. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2600 -22 -29 +56 =26 +45 -38 =37 =50 =39 4.0 2456
42. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2622 =26 -32 -53 +58 +39 -28 =45 =36 =40 4.0 2451
43. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2547 +55 =25 =11 -16 -14 -26 +49 -22 +52 4.0 2480
44. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2528 -20 +56 -14 =54 =46 +33 - 7 +48 -22 4.0 2493
45. Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2515 =18 -16 +55 -20 -41 +57 =42 =33 =35 4.0 2512
46. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2463 -12 -30 +57 =36 =44 +51 -31 +53 -25 4.0 2498
47. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2494 - 3 +58 -23 -13 +55 -31 =39 +54 =49 4.0 2449
48. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2492 =11 =23 =18 -28 =51 =39 =40 -44 =56 3.5 2461
49. Sitnikov, Dmitrij m RUS 2430 =31 -11 -38 -51 +52 =50 -43 +58 =47 3.5 2423
50. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2514 -25 =55 =54 -27 =57 =49 +58 =41 -33 3.5 2409
51. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2534 =15 - 1 -37 +49 =48 -46 -32 -52 +54 3.0 2379
52. Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2443 -24 -14 =58 =55 -49 -56 +57 +51 -43 3.0 2347
53. Gochelashvili, David f RUS 2448 =33 - 8 +42 +40 -27 -21 -36 -46 -55 2.5 2375
54. Karpov, Vadim RUS 2411 = 8 -33 =50 =44 -38 -40 +55 -47 -51 2.5 2347
55. Arzhenkov, Gennady f RUS 2371 -43 =50 -45 =52 -47 -58 -54 =57 +53 2.5 2290
56. Gubajdullin, Alexei f RUS 2431 - 4 -44 -41 -57 +58 +52 -33 -39 =48 2.5 2329
57. Tsigelnitskiy, Ilusha f RUS 2404 -35 -28 -46 +56 =50 -45 -52 =55 =58 2.5 2294
58. Karalkin, Maksim RUS 2332 -19 -47 =52 -42 -56 +55 -50 -49 =57 2.0 2252
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Official Final Standings
1 10 Inarkiev, Ernesto GM 2625 6,5 40.0 33,0 2594 2760 1,64
2 24 Khismatullin, Denis GM 2568 6 46.0 33,5 2600 2725 1,86
3 18 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM 2594 6 43.0 32,0 2581 2706 1,32
4 38 Nepomniachtchi, Ian IM 2520 6 41.5 28,0 2593 2718 2,4
5 20 Grigoriants, Sergey GM 2579 6 40.0 30,5 2579 2704 1,5
6 8 Alekseev, Evgeny GM 2644 6 40.0 29,0 2562 2687 0,51
7 26 Vitiugov, Nikita IM 2555 6 39.5 31,0 2586 2711 1,86
8 2 Najer, Evgeniy GM 2677 6 39.5 26,0 2554 2679 -0,03
9 4 Dreev, Alexey GM 2666 5,5 43.0 28,0 2570 2650 -0,17
10 33 Khairullin, Ildar IM 2538 5,5 42.5 26,5 2634 2714 2,17
11 19 Landa, Konstantin GM 2584 5,5 40.0 28,5 2569 2649 0,82
12 21 Popov, Valerij GM 2578 5,5 40.0 27,5 2547 2627 0,64
13 9 Volkov, Sergey GM 2628 5,5 40.0 25,5 2521 2601 -0,35
14 14 Lastin, Alexander GM 2613 5,5 38.5 26,0 2527 2607 -0,08
15 6 Timofeev, Artyom GM 2657 5 43.0 30,5 2587 2630 -0,4
16 1 Malakhov, Vladimir GM 2690 5 43.0 29,0 27,5 2586 2629 -0,76
17 11 Khalifman, Alexander GM 2622 5 43.0 29,0 27,0 2585 2628 0,05
18 29 Lysyj, Igor IM 2547 5 41.5 27,0 2589 2632 1,04
19 45 Chebotarev, Oleg 2505 5 41.5 24,0 2584 2627 1,49
20 7 Kobalia, Mikhail GM 2647 5 41.0 27,0 2541 2584 -0,76
21 23 Bocharov, Dmitry GM 2571 5 41.0 26,5 2579 2622 0,59
22 32 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. GM 2539 5 40.0 24,5 2593 2636 1,22
23 37 Chuprov, Dmitry IM 2527 5 40.0 23,5 2583 2626 1,22
24 15 Smirnov, Pavel GM 2613 5 39.5 27,5 2546 2589 -0,31
25 13 Korotylev, Alexey GM 2613 5 38.0 24,5 2516 2559 -0,67
26 3 Zvjaginsev, Vadim GM 2675 5 37.5 23,5 2531 2574 -1,21
27 17 Belov, Vladimir GM 2598 5 37.0 26,0 2521 2564 -0,49
28 41 Yemelin, Vasily GM 2516 5 36.0 22,0 2587 2630 1,4
29 49 Yudin, Sergei IM 2475 4,5 41.0 24,0 24,0 2585 2585 1,35
30 25 Kornev, Alexei GM 2568 4,5 41.0 24,0 23,5 2567 2567 0
31 5 Motylev, Alexander GM 2662 4,5 39.5 25,5 2536 2536 -1,53
32 43 Kabanov, Nikolai IM 2514 4,5 38.0 22,5 2571 2571 0,72
33 22 Yevseev, Denis GM 2572 4,5 31.0 21,0 2507 2507 -0,81
34 27 Zakhartsov, Viacheslav IM 2548 4 41.5 23,5 2552 2509 -0,41
35 30 Maletin, Pavel IM 2543 4 39.5 23,0 2578 2535 -0,05
36 39 Belozerov, Andrei GM 2518 4 39.5 22,0 2589 2546 0,4
37 31 Amonatov, Farrukh GM 2542 4 38.5 20,0 2568 2525 -0,14
38 28 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny GM 2547 4 37.5 20,5 2524 2481 -0,77
39 46 Andreikin, Dmitry IM 2503 4 36.0 19,5 2572 2529 0,4
40 36 Shomoev, Anton GM 2528 4 36.0 19,5 2536 2493 -0,41
41 40 Ionov, Sergey GM 2517 4 35.5 18,0 2566 2523 0,13
42 42 Anisimov, Pavel IM 2515 4 34.0 18,5 2555 2512 0,04
43 16 Galkin, Alexander GM 2600 4 34.0 18,0 2499 2456 -1,76
44 34 Chernyshov, Konstantin GM 2537 4 33.5 20,0 2538 2495 -0,5
45 47 Voitsekhovsky,Stanislav GM 2494 4 33.5 17,0 2493 2450 -0,5
46 50 Nechepurenko, Roman V. FM 2463 4 33.0 18,5 2542 2499 0,49
47 12 Riazantsev, Alexander GM 2622 4 33.0 18,5 2494 2451 -2,03
48 48 Alavkin, Arseny IM 2492 3,5 35.5 18,5 2541 2461 -0,37
49 54 Sitnikov, Dmitrij IM 2430 3,5 31.5 14,0 2504 2424 -0,1
50 44 Kharitonov, Alexandr IM 2514 3,5 29.5 16,0 2490 2410 -1,27
51 35 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM 2534 3 34.0 14,0 2504 2379 -1,86
52 52 Shabanov, Yuri GM 2443 3 28.5 11,5 2472 2347 -1,14
53 51 Gochelashvili, David FM 2448 2,5 36.5 17,5 2542 2376 -0,83
54 55 Karpov, Vadim 2411 2,5 33.0 14,0 2514 2348 -0,74
55 53 Gubajdullin, Alexei FM 2431 2,5 31.5 9,5 2495 2329 -1,19
56 56 Tsigelnitskiy, Ilusha FM 2404 2,5 28.5 10,0 2460 2294 -1,28
57 57 Arzhenkov, Gennady FM 2371 2,5 26.0 9,0 2456 2290 -0,92
58 58 Karalkin, Maksim 2332 2 28.0 8,0 2473 2253 -0,79
France and China played for the Trophée MULTICOMS in Paris
4th-9th September 2006. This is a Scheveningen match with 6 men and 3 women in
the teams. There are 20 000 Euros in prizes for the men's section. France edged
out China 20-16 in the main men's event. The women's part was a complete
mismatch in terms of ELO ratings in favour of the Chinese and so it proved in
reality finishing 12.5-5.5. This left the final over all result as China 28.5
France 25.5. [Round 5 has about half the games missing and Wang Yue - Sokolov
(6) is incomplete]
Coverage at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ and
http://www.europe-echecs.com/
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MULTICOMS FRA-CHN Match Paris FRA (FRA), 4-9 ix 2006 cat. XIV (2584)
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Men
1. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2599 4.0 2705
2. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2592 4.0 2705
3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 4.0 2705
4. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2589 3.5 2637
5. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2540 2.5 2523
6. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2577 2.0 2455
France Men 20.0
1. Wang Yue g CHN 2626 4.0 2712
2. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2520 3.5 2644
3. Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2641 2.5 2530
4. Yu Shaoteng g CHN 2542 2.5 2530
5. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2622 2.0 2462
6. Zhao Jun g CHN 2533 1.5 2394
China Men 16.0
Women
1 Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2304 3.5 2524
2 Choisy, Mathilde wf FRA 2145 1.0 2194
3 Guichard, Pauline FRA 2227 1.0 2194
France Women 5.5
1 Hou Yifan wf CHN 2488 5.0 2498
2 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2456 4.0 2350
3 Shen Yang CHN 2459 3.5 2282
China Women 12.5
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The 3rd Szeged Cup, Hungarian International Women's Championship take
place in Novotel Hotel, has 36 participants from the 6 countries, 9 rounds
swiss system. First in the list Anna Muzychuk from Slovenia (2456).
Szeged has been given a lot of names over the centuries. It has been
called "The City of Sunshine". On the other hand Hungaricums like the paprika,
the Pick salami made it a Famous City, while the series of cultural festivals
lasting throughout the year makes it a City of Festivals. From 2004, every year
Szeged organise some international chess event. In 2004 the Hungary-Poland
International Women Chess Match was held in Szeged. In 2005 they organised the
53rd National Chess Women's Championship. News: Zsuzsa Veroci.
Official site:
http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/szeged/
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3rd Szeged Cup Szeged HUN (HUN), 10-17 ix 2006
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1. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2309 +20 +17 . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2342 +23 +24 . . . . . . . 2.0
3. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2414 +27 +16 . . . . . . . 2.0
4. Albert, Kornelia HUN 2120 +35 +15 . . . . . . . 2.0
5. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2393 =10 +21 . . . . . . . 1.5 2295
6. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wm ROM 2292 +18 =12 . . . . . . . 1.5 2400
7. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2389 +22 =14 . . . . . . . 1.5 2333
8. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2217 +26 =11 . . . . . . . 1.5 2380
9. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2396 +25 =13 . . . . . . . 1.5 2349
10. Harsanyi, Kinga wf HUN 2087 = 5 +31 . . . . . . . 1.5 2441
11. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 +29 = 8 . . . . . . . 1.5 2327
12. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 +31 = 6 . . . . . . . 1.5 2391
13. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2222 +30 = 9 . . . . . . . 1.5 2329
14. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2195 +32 = 7 . . . . . . . 1.5 2387
15. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2349 +19 - 4 . . . . . . . 1.0 2082
16. Rudolf, Anna wm HUN 2249 +28 - 3 . . . . . . . 1.0 2152
17. Baki, Peterne HUN 2110 +34 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2154
18. Bali, Eszter HUN 1958 - 6 +36 . . . . . . . 1.0 2146
19. Erdos, Boglarka HUN 2044 -15 +35 . . . . . . . 1.0 2174
20. Ignacz, Rozsa HUN 1969 - 1 +34 . . . . . . . 1.0 2154
21. Kiss, Judit HUN 2118 +36 - 5 . . . . . . . 1.0 2196
22. Kozma, Edit wf HUN 2086 - 7 +32 . . . . . . . 1.0 2194
23. Medvegy, Judit HUN 2032 - 2 +33 . . . . . . . 1.0 2171
24. Medvegyne Balogh, Emese HUN 2145 +33 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2171
25. Ruszin, Anna HUN 2091 - 9 +30 . . . . . . . 1.0 2136
26. Papp,Petra HUN ---- - 8 +29 . . . . . . . 1.0 2134
27. Szonyi, Kata HUN 2100 - 3 =28 . . . . . . . 0.5 1959
28. Tanacs, Anna HUN 1890 -16 =27 . . . . . . . 0.5 1981
29. Barcsi, Judit HUN 2051 -11 -26 . . . . . . . 0.0
30. Bartha, Agnes ROM 1876 -13 -25 . . . . . . . 0.0
31. Bolvary, Tamara HUN 2104 -12 -10 . . . . . . . 0.0
32. Bea,Boglarka HUN ---- -14 -22 . . . . . . . 0.0
33. Miseta,Zsuzsanna HUN ---- -24 -23 . . . . . . . 0.0
34. Valyi,Adel HUN ---- -17 -20 . . . . . . . 0.0
35. Adam,Dora HUN ---- - 4 -19 . . . . . . . 0.0
36. Molnar,Rebeka HUN ---- -21 -18 . . . . . . . 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. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Boros, Denes m HUN 2462 * . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 = 1 = . 6.0 2767
2. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2423 . * 0 . . = = . = 1 1 1 . 4.5 2537
3. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2425 . 1 * . 1 = 0 . . 1 = . . 4.0 2559
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 0 . . * . = . = 1 . . 1 1 4.0 2565
5. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2429 . . 0 . * = . = = = 1 1 . 4.0 2495
6. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2506 0 = = = = * = . . . = . 1 4.0 2418
7. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 . = 1 . . = * . . = = = . 3.5 2477
8. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2510 0 . . = = . . * = . . 1 1 3.5 2485
9. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2513 0 = . 0 = . . = * . . . = 2.0 2314
10. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2454 = 0 0 . = . = . . * = . 0 2.0 2247
11. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2361 0 0 = . 0 = = . . = * . . 2.0 2289
12. Meszaros, Tamas m HUN 2352 = 0 . 0 0 . = 0 . . . * 1 2.0 2281
13. Papp, Gellert HUN 2300 . . . 0 . 0 . 0 = 1 . 0 * 1.5 2282
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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. Zumsande, Martin f GER 2404 * . = = . 1 . 1 . 1 1 = 5.5 2518
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2315 . * = = 1 = = . 1 . . 1 5.0 2471
3. Boe, Mads f DEN 2334 = = * = . . . = . 1 1 1 5.0 2448
4. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2390 = = = * = . = . 1 . 1 . 4.5 2394
5. Hujbert, Florian HUN 2262 . 0 . = * . . = 0 1 1 1 4.0 2327
6. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2370 0 = . . . * 0 . 1 1 = 1 4.0 2332
7. Balazs, Gabor2 HUN 2277 . = . = . 1 * = 0 0 . 1 3.5 2310
8. Citak, Selim f TUR 2258 0 . = . = . = * 1 1 0 . 3.5 2286
9. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2311 . 0 . 0 1 0 1 0 * . . 0 2.0 2144
10. Keschitz, Gyorgy HUN 2279 0 . 0 . 0 0 1 0 . * 1 . 2.0 2134
11. Strowsky, Yannick FRA 2141 0 . 0 0 0 = . 1 . 0 * . 1.5 2098
12. Bick, John D f USA 2247 = 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 1 . . * 1.5 2094
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The 5th Istanbul Chess Festival took place 30th August - 8th September
2006. Sergei Azarov finished with the best tie-break in a group of 8 who
finished on 7.5/9. Round 6 games missing.
Official site: http://istfest.tsf.org.tr/
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5th Open Istanbul TUR (TUR), 30 viii-7 ix 2006
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1. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2579 7½ 53½ 48
2. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2643 7½ 52½ 47½
3. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2584 7½ 50½ 45½
4. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2621 7½ 50½ 45
5. Magalashvili, Davit m GEO 2459 7½ 50 45½
6. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2589 7½ 49 44½
7. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2437 7½ 49 44½
8. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2460 7½ 48 43½
9. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2555 7 52½ 47½
10. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2556 7 51 46
11. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2616 7 51 45½
12. Shanava, Konstantine g GEO 2490 7 50 45½
13. Sulashvili, Malkhaz m GEO 2431 7 50 45
14. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2406 7 49½ 44½
15. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2429 7 48 43
16. Odeev, Handszar g TKM 2492 7 45½ 41
17. Batsiashvili, Nino wm GEO 2323 7 40½ 36½
17. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2533 6½ 51 46
19. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2518 6½ 51 46
20. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2410 6½ 50 45½
386 players
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Universities Istanbul TUR (TUR), 30 viii-7 ix 2006
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1. Chigladze, Iveri GEO 2317 7½ 49½ 45½
2. Gaprindashvili, Valeriane g GEO 2484 7 49½ 44
3. Sulashvili, Malkhaz m GEO 2431 7 48 44
4. Zarkua, Davit GEO 2404 7 46 41
5. Sanikidze, Tornike m GEO 2418 7 45 41
6. Aveskulov, Valeriy m UKR 2471 7 45 41
7. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2402 6½ 48½ 43½
8. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2446 6½ 48 43½
9. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2498 6½ 48 43½
10. Esen, Baris m TUR 2459 6½ 44½ 40
11. Morchiashvili, Bachana GEO 2370 6½ 42½ 39
12. Kalashian, David ARM 2411 6 46 41½
13. Kuparadze, Giga GEO 2389 6 46 41
14. Husseinov, Shahin AZE 2162 6 44½ 40½
15. Filev, Georgi BUL 2271 6 43½ 39
16. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2356 6 42 37½
17. Hamad, Ahmad SYR 2277 6 41½ 37½
18. Kukov, Velislav BUL 2258 6 41½ 37½
19. Oluc Hakan TUR ---- 6 35½ 32
121 players
The Spanish Team Championship 2006 División of Honor takes place
in Olite, 6th-10th September 2006 (Group 1). San Sebastián, 13th-17th
September 2006 (Group 2) and Lugo 3th-4th November 2006 (Final). The first
results and games from the first five rounds from Olite are available.
Group 1 saw the two favourites Intel Tiendas UPI (Ivanchuk, Radjabov,
Vallejo Pons, Bruzon, Volokitin, Eljanov, Illescas Cordoba etc) and
Reverté Albox (Dreev, Krasenkow, Rustemov, Movsesian, Sutovsky etc)
qualify for the final weekend.
Incidently the Spanish Chess Federation has both a very clear website
(below) and sent out a nice press release with each round. Excellently done.
Group 2 with live coverage is next week 13th-17th September.
Official site: http://www.feda.org/ceclub/
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts. MP
1 INTEL - TIENDAS UPI 5 4 0 1 22 8
2 REVERTE ALBOX - UNICAJA 5 3 1 1 18½ 7
3 ESCUELA INT. KASPAROV - MARCOTE 5 2 2 1 17 6
4 C.A. SOLVAY 5 2 1 2 16½ 5
5 UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS - UGA 5 2 0 3 13½ 4
6 GEVA - CEA 5 0 0 5 2½ 0
The traditional Mitropa Cup of this year takes place in Brno, Czech
Republic from 7th-15th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.chess.cz/web/mitropacup2006/cze.html
The second week of the US Chess League took place on 6th September 2006
on ICC. News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
WEEK 2 - Wednesday September 6th 2006
1. Philadelphia Masterminds vs Boston Blitz Boston 2.5-1.5
2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New York Knights Baltimore 3.5-1.5
3. Dallas Destiny vs Tennessee Tempo TIE 2-2
4. Miami Sharks vs San Francisco Mechanics San Francisco 3-1
5. Seattle Sluggers vs Carolina Cobras Seattle 3-1
2006 Standings
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Baltimore |2.0 |0.0 |6.0 (75%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Boston |2.0 |0.0 |5.5 (69%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|New York |1.0 |1.0 |3.0 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Philadelphia |0.0 |2.0 |3.0 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Carolina |0.0 |2.0 |2.5 (31%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Seattle |2.0 |0.0 |7.0 (88%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|San Francisco |2.0 |0.0 |6.0 (75%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Dallas |0.5 |1.5 |3.0 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Tennessee |0.5 |1.5 |2.0 (25%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Miami |0.0 |2.0 |2.0 (0%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
The Polish Team Championship took place 2nd-10th September 2006. The
event was won by Polonia Plus of Warsaw.
Official site:
http://www.jksz-mckis.jaw.pl/liga_pliki/liga2006/ekstraliga2006_pliki/ekstra.html
1 POLONIA PLUS GSM Warszawa POL 2572 39.5 16.0 1
2 AZS UMCS Lublin POL 2475 38.0 17.0 2
3 JKSz-MCKiS Jaworzno POL 2471 33.5 11.0 3
4 JUVENA-HAÑCZA Suwa³ki POL 2398 30.5 13.0 4
5 WASKO HetMaN Szopienice-Katowice POL 2494 29.5 8.0 5
6 PTSz Plock POL 2431 28.0 8.0 6
7 STILON Gorzów Wielkopolski POL 2327 19.0 3.0 7
8 POLFA Grodzisk Mazowiecki POL 2325 18.0 3.0 8
9 UKS HETMAN Czêstochowa POL 2304 17.5 5.0 9
10 RZEMIOSLO Racibórz POL 2323 16.5 6.0 10
The 3rd International Open of Kalamaria took place 30th August - 6
September 2006, in Kalamaria Thessaloniki Greece. Radoslaw Wojtaszek edged out
ELO favourite Peter Heine Nielsen on tie break to take first place, both scored
7.5/9.
For pairings, results, pgn files http://www.esthesk.com
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3rd Open Kalamaria GRE (GRE), 30 viii-6 ix 2006
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1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2622 7½ 55½ 45,75
2. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2640 7½ 55 45,00
3. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2550 7 56 42,50
4. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2521 7 56 42,25
5. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 7 55 40,75
6. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2558 7 53 40,00
7. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2517 7 53 39,25
8. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 7 52 38,25
9. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2417 7 51½ 37,75
10. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2538 6½ 55½ 38,00
11. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2504 6½ 55½ 37,50
12. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2569 6½ 54½ 38,75
13. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2490 6½ 54½ 37,00
14. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2447 6½ 53 35,25
15. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2567 6½ 52 36,00
16. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2510 6½ 51½ 37,00
17. Stamenkov, Vanco m MKD 2367 6½ 51½ 34,75
18. Oreopoulos, Konstantinos GRE 2241 6½ 50½ 34,75
19. Ris, Robert NED 2364 6½ 50 33,75
20. Meenakshi, S1 wg IND 2310 6½ 49 32,75
21. Grigoriadis, Alexandros GRE 2214 6½ 48 32,00
210 players
The 128th New York State Championship was held in Albany, NY from Sept.
1 to 4, 2006. Nearly 200 players competed in the four sections, showing a
dramatic improvement over turnouts in recent years.
The Open section was won by GMs Ildar Ibragimov and Joel Benjamin, who
both scored 5 1/2-1/2. The event's highest rated players by a significant
amount, the two drew each other in round five and handily beat all their other
opponents. FM James Critelli was clear third with 5-1.
Since none of the above-named players are current New York State
residents, the new state champion was chosen from among those tied for fourth
with 4 1/2 - 1/2: FM Teddy Coleman, WFM Iryna Zenyuk and NM Mark Kurtzman.
Coleman was declared state champion on tiebreaks, seeing as his only loss was
to GM Benjamin and he beat two International Masters.
It was strange to have GM Joel Benjamin win the tournament and not be
state titleholder since he is a nine-time former champion (a record!), but he
now makes his home in New Jersey.
Tied for seventh with 4-2 were: IM Jay Bonin, FM Igor Nikolayev, IM
Marlo Micayabas, and Matt Parry. Eleven players tied for eleventh with 3 1/2 -
2 1/2: Max Enkin, Craig LaSalle, Richard Tuhrim, Lonnie Kwartler, Daryll
Weatherly, Benjamin Katz, Matthew Gregory, Peter Michelman, Dikran
Karagueuzian, Mitchell Fitzko and Steven Owen.
The New York State championship is the longest running annual
tournament in the U.S., and possibly the world, having started in 1878 and been
held almost every year since then. Previous titleholders include: Frank
Marshall, Carlos Torre, Reuben Fine, Arnold Denker, John Collins and Larry
Evans. More recent champions include: Roman Dzindzichashvili, Michael Rohde,
Robert Byrne, Joel Benjamin, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky. There are also
two World Champions on the lengthy list of winners: Jose Capablanca was
champion in 1910, and 5th World Correspondence Champion Hans Berliner was
winner in 1953.
The event was directed by Steve Immitt and Bill and Brenda Goichberg.
Full crosstables for the event are posted at the Continental Chess website, the
exact address is: http://www.chesstour.com/nysc06r.htm
The 2nd Magistral Guarapi took place 28th August - 5th September 2006.
Neuris Delgado won the event with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.fesx.com.br
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II Magistral Guarapari BRA (BRA), 28 viii-5 ix 2006 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2523 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2621
2. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2482 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2494
3. Bittencourt, Jorge f BRA 2419 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2406
4. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2236 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2427
5. Hernandez, Gustavo DOM m DOM 2329 0 = = = * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2371
6. Diamant, Andre f BRA 2306 = = = 0 1 * 1 0 0 = 4.0 2251
7. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2208 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.0 2180
8. Asfora, Marco f BRA 2245 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 2.5 2135
9. Rocha, Joao Batista BRA 2014 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 2.5 2160
10. Cantarino, Mario Ribeiro BRA 2194 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0.5 1862
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The I Vitoria Open took place 7th-10th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.fesx.com.br
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I Open Vitoria BRA (BRA), 7-10 ix 2006
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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Buch. Berg. Progr.
1 Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag SP 2448 2343 6 27.5 25.50 24.0
2-4 Vescovi, Giovanni Portilho SP 2619 2510 5.5 29.5 25,25 23.0
Delgado, Neuris CUB 2523 5.5 29.0 24.50 24.0
Fier, Alexandr Hilário Takeda PR 2459 2348 5.5 27.0 23.50 22.5
5-10 Matsuura, Everaldo SP 2445 2284 5 28.5 21.25 22.5
Lima, Darcy Gustavo Machado Vie RJ 2482 2378 5 28.0 21.50 22.5
Di Berardino, Diego Rafael RJ 2370 2282 5 27.5 20.75 21.5
Gomes, Luiz Alexandre de Souza MG 2318 2205 5 24.5 18.25 19.5
Rodi, Luis ARG 2286 5 23.5 16.00 19.0
Pelikian, Jefferson SP 2385 2294 5 23.0 17.00 18.0
11-18 Bittencourt, Jorge Humberto Magnelli ES 2419 2270 4.5 29.0 18.50 21.5
Molina, Roberto Junio Brito MG 2295 2212 4.5 27,5 16.75 20.5
Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva RJ 2398 2224 4.5 27.0 18.00 19.5
Silveira, Rogério Zanon da ES 2171 2055 4.5 27.0 16.75 18.0
Hernandez, Gustavo DOM 2329 4.5 27.0 16.50 20.5
Cantarino Neto, Mário Ribeiro ES 2194 2135 4.5 24.0 15.00 18.0
Bortoloso, Moacir Canela ES 2233 2068 4.5 24.0 14.50 18.5
Silveira Filho, Neri da Silva RN 2274 2153 4.5 21.0 14.75 16.5
19-27 Macedo, Máximo Iack RN 2207 2182 4 27.5 14.00 19.0
Barreto, Carlos Alberto RN 2202 1964 4 27.0 15.00 17.5
Haro, Paulo Cezar de Souza SP 2198 2136 4 27.0 14.25 18.5
Ramón, Vivian CUB 2208 4 25.0 12.50 18.0
Souza Filho, Namyr Carlos de ES 2129 2065 4 24.0 12.75 16.5
Lima, Diniz Neves de SP 2141 2012 4 24.0 12.50 17.0
Ramos, Angelo Bil RJ 2178 2061 4 24.0 11.00 16.0
Alves, Tenilson ES 1788 4 21.5 13.75 14.0
Abreu, Guilherme Correa ES 2065 1957 4 21.5 11.50 16.0
67 players
The Serbian Team Championship took place in Zlatibor, 26th August - 3rd
September 2006. SK Bas took the men's title.
Official site: http://www.serbiachess.net/
Triest Open took place 2nd-9th September 2006. Igor Efimov won the event
with 7/9. Games from the final round are missing.
Official site: http://www.sst1904.com
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Open A Trieste ITA (ITA), 2-12 ix 2006
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1. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2439 7.0
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 6.5
3. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2564 6.5
4. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2561 6.5
5. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2350 6.5
6. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2558 6.0
7. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2391 6.0
8. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2509 5.5
9. Bosiocic, Marko CRO 2104 5.5
10. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2503 5.0
11. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2348 5.0
12. Ramesa, Davor CRO 2249 5.0
13. Koster, Willem S NED 2202 5.0
14. Van der Plas, Rob NED 2198 5.0
15. Znidarcic, Andrej SLO 2193 5.0
16. Spaan, Nathanel NED 2185 5.0
17. Rombaldoni, Axel ITA 2169 5.0
18. Veber, Bojan SLO 2138 5.0
19. Vitri, Sergio ITA 2105 5.0
20. Cadelli, Luciano ITA 2088 5.0
21. Cozzarin, Davide ITA 2062 5.0
22. Pregarac, Valter SLO 2058 5.0
23. Bevilacqua, Andrea ITA 2054 5.0
44 players
The Austrian Championship was won by Eva Moser with an undefeated score
of 6/9.
Official site:
http://www.chess.at/specials/2006/0609_autch_koeflach.htm
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ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (AUT), 2-10 ix 2006 cat. VII (2402)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Moser, Eva m AUT 2395 * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2527
2. Kuba, Guenter m AUT 2391 = * 1 = = = = 1 = = 5.5 2482
3. Diermair, Andreas f AUT 2357 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 = 5.5 2486
4. Stanec, Nikolaus g AUT 2517 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2431
5. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2456 = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 5.0 2438
6. Sommerbauer, Norbert m AUT 2468 = = = = 0 * = = = = 4.0 2351
7. Pilaj, Herwig m AUT 2380 0 = = = = = * = = = 4.0 2360
8. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2480 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 4.0 2349
9. Freitag, Manfred m AUT 2413 0 = 0 = = = = = * = 3.5 2320
10. Zsifkovits, Robert AUT 2158 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 2262
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The Peterhof festival "Petrovskaya Ladya" took place 14th-20th August
2006. Aleksandr Shimanov won the main category IV A1 event. Games from the
final rounds are now available.
Official site: http://www.petergofchess.ru
The Panamerican U20 championships took place in Bogota Colombia 2rd-8th
September 2006. Eduardo Iturrizaga and Sergeio Barrientos finished on 7.5/9 in
the open event, Ingris Rivera won the women's. News: Juan Minaya.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrezencolombia.com/06_Panamericano_Juvenil.html
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ch-U20 Panamerican Bogota COL (COL), 3-8 ix 2006
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1. Iturrizaga, Eduardo m VEN 2309 7.5
2. Barrientos, Sergio m COL 2435 7.5
3. Hungaski, Robert Andrew m USA 2412 7
4. Cornejo, Max f PER 2251 5.5
5. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2434 5.5
6. Capo Vidal, Uriel f MEX 2357 5.5
7. Alvarez, Miguel Angel MEX 2073 5
8. Pena, Alfredo f COL 2292 5
9. Gallego, Andres COL 2184 5
10. Morales Mendoza, Luciana wm PER 2210 5
11. Echeverria Acuca, Mario Armando COL 2147 5
12. Munoz, Lisandro f DOM 2332 5
13. Naranjo, Sebastian COL 1909 5
14. Flaquer, Luis DOM 2152 5
15. Michelen, Victor Issac DOM 2051 5
16. Alvarez, Javier COL 2034 5
30 players
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ch-U20 w Panamerican Bogota COL (COL), 3-8 ix 2006
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1. Rivera, Ingris COL 2105 7.5
2. Ortiz, Nadya Karolina wm COL 2245 7
3. Chirivi, Yenny wm COL 2040 6.5
4. Franco, Angela COL 2108 6
5. Zapata, Talia wf PER 2041 5.5
6. Heredia, Carla ECU 1960 5.5
7. Han, Irene wm VEN 2096 5.5
8. Chaucanes, Lina Marcela wm COL 1982 4.5
9. Orozco,Luz Elena COL ---- 4
10. Lizarazo,Doris Liliana COL ---- 3.5
11. Salcedo,Diana COL ---- 3.5
12. Morales,Diana Marcela COL ---- 2.5
13. Bouret, Gissel DOM 1841 1.5
The Alfred Husek Memorial took place in Vienna Austria 9th September
2006. Valeri Beim won the one day event with 6.5/7. News: Fritz Skopetz.
Official site:
http://chess-results.com/Tnr4015.aspx?ix=1&lan=1
Final standings:
1. Beim, Valeri g AUT 2514 6 ½ 31
2. Kilgus, Georg f AUT 2360 5 ½ 28 ½
3. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2498 5 34 ½
4. Alvir, Aco m AUT 2369 5 33 ½
5. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2432 5 28 ½
6. Cibulka, Vladimir f SVK 2305 5 25
7. Maros, Milan f SVK 2298 5 22 ½
8. Siroky Jan SVK 2252 4 ½ 29 ½
9. Pinter, Erik SVK 2396 4 ½ 29 ½
10. Danner, Georg m AUT 2411 4 ½ 28
11. Strauss, Anton AUT 2191 4 ½ 27 ½
12. Mokos Jozef SVK 2306 4 ½ 26 ½
13. Kuciel, Wladyslaw POL 2181 4 29 ½
14. Todor, Razvan AUT 2152 4 28 ½
15. Seknicka, Daniel AUT 1634 4 27 (youth)
16. Pantelic, Slobodan AUT 1596 4 26 ½
17. Dueckstein, Andreas m AUT 2250 4 26 ½
18. Csoergeoe, Adalbert AUT 1982 4 25 ½
19. Mulzet, Johann AUT 1822 4 20 ½
20. Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2335 3 ½ 31
21. Neff, Gregor AUT 2121 3 ½ 26 ½
42 players
The Epetium Open tournament took place in Stobrec (near Split) in
Croatia 11th-19th August 2006. Zdenko Plenkovic won the event with 6/7.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/split/stobrec_06.htm
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Epetium Open Stobrec CRO (CRO), 11-19 viii 2006
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1. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2325 6 23.5 31.0 26.0 5
2. Brkic, Ivica CRO 2171 5.5 23.0 32.0 25.0 4
3. Bratosevic, Mladen CRO 2190 5.5 22.0 31.5 23.5 4
4. Vita, Fabrizio ITA 2081 5.5 22.0 30.5 22.5 5
5. Milosavljevic, Jovan CRO 2093 5 18.5 25.0 19.0 4
6. Miskovic, Bozo CRO 2053 5 18.0 25.0 18.0 4
7. Maslov, Zeljko CRO 2013 5 17.5 24.5 18.0 5
8. Hecko, Dusan SVK 2144 4.5 22.0 30.0 20.5 4
9. Susovic, Hrvoje CRO 2060 4.5 19.0 27.5 19.0 4
10. Baturina, Andrija CRO 1851 4.5 14.5 21.5 14.0 4
43 players
The second annual Okie Chess Festival consisting of a Masters
invitational round robin, a Challengers round robin, and an Open swiss was held
2 September 2006 to 4 September 2006. The Masters was won by defending champion
FM Michael Langer with five consecutive wins. FM Christian Remling, making his
U.S. tournament debut, finished second. There was a four way tie for first in
the Challengers at 4.5/7 with organizer Tom Braunlich winning first on
tiebreaks to qualify for next year's Masters. Jim Berry and Isaiah Jesch
qualified from the Open for next year's Challengers. Alex Relyea directed for
the Oklahoma Chess Foundation. Thanks to Nita Patel for the games.
For more information see
http://www.geocities.com/okiechessfestival/.
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Okie Masters Tulsa USA (USA), 2-4 ix 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Langer, Michael f USA 2286 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 5.5 2454
2. Remling, Christian f GER 2351 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 4.0 2265
3. Luther, Ronald G USA 2150 0 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 3.5 2243
4. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2287 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 3.5 2224
5. Galant, Sergey USA 2223 0 1 = 0 * = = = 3.0 2183
6. Jackson, Trevor H USA 2136 = 0 0 = = * = 1 3.0 2195
7. Mc Entee, Tim R USA 2177 0 0 1 = = = * = 3.0 2189
8. Gossell, Thomas USA 2246 1 = 0 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2128
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Okie Challengers Tulsa USA (USA), 2-4 ix 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Braunlich, Tom USA 2191 * 1 1 = = = = = 4.5 2209
2. Butros, Ryan T TUR 2176 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 4.5 2211
3. Orton, William R USA 2137 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2216
4. Holliman,Bob USA ---- = = = * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2236
5. Thoma, Philip F USA 2162 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.0 2161
6. Trammell, George USA 2079 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 3.0 2073
7. Madison,Jeremy USA ---- = = 0 0 = 0 * 0 1.5 1904
8. Steiner, Tim C USA 2195 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 1876
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The VII Open Internacional d'Escacs "Ciutat de Tarragona" took place
19th-27th August 2006. Kevin Spraggett edged out Mircea Parligras to take first
place on tie-break both scored 7.5/9. Only a very limited file of games ending
in round 8 is available.
Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 5 GM Spraggett Kevin 2577 CAN 7½ 50
2 11 GM Parligras Mircea 2510 ROM 7½ 48
3 1 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2634 PER 7 53½
4 3 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A 2592 UKR 7 51½
5 4 GM Hamdouchi Hichem 2579 MAR 7 50½
6 7 GM Timoshenko Georgy 2550 UKR 7 50½
7 13 GM Movsziszian Karen 2507 ARM 6½ 56
8 12 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2509 UZB 6½ 53½
9 2 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2594 UKR 6½ 53
10 9 IM Flores Diego 2514 ARG 6½ 53
11 19 IM Carlsson Pontus 2453 SWE 6½ 52½
12 17 IM Abergel Thal 2477 FRA 6½ 52
13 8 GM Shneider Aleksandr 2535 UKR 6½ 52
14 15 GM Krivoshey Sergei 2500 UKR 6½ 51
15 14 GM Brynell Soto Stellan 2502 SWE 6½ 51
16 6 GM Kogan Artur 2567 ISR 6½ 50½
17 10 IM Oms Pallise Josep 2511 AND 6½ 49
18 16 GM Gruenfeld Yehuda 2478 ISR 6 53½
19 18 IM Munoz Pantoja Miguel 2473 PER 6 50½
20 21 IM Vilela Jose Luis 2355 CUB 6 48
147 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 66th New England Open took place on
September 2nd-4th, 2006 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Leominster,
Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass., captured first place
with a score of 5-1. IM Igor Foygel of Brookline, Mass. took second place with
a tally of 4.5-1.5. Tied for third place with 4-2 results were FM John Curdo of
Auburn, Mass., and national experts Alan Price and Noah Pang, both of
Cambridge, Mass., and Matthew Klegon of Newton, Mass. The tournament drew 124
players in eight sections and was directed by Ken Ballou and Robert Messenger
for the co-sponsoring Massachusetts Chess Association and the New Hampshire
Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
There are stories coming out of Spain that MTel, Linares, and Corus
along with Bilbao have come to an agreement about producing a series of major
Grand Slam events. News is too scant to comment in detail. Hopefully there will
be a press release this week but there are one or two signs that things may not
be straightforward. They are talking about the top 4 players in the world
having to play all four events and revisiting some aspect of broadcast rights.
Early details:
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2006/09/chess_grand_slam.htm
Hastings Congress
The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 7 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/
World Senior Championship
The World Senior Championship takes place in Arvier (Valle
d’Aosta, Italy) Victor Korchnoi plays.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com/
3rd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
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/
17th NATO Championship
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/
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
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
