THE WEEK IN CHESS 619 18th September 2006 by Mark Crowther
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1808 games
My thanks to Gérard Demuydt, Ole Valaker, Laszlo Nagy, Petar
Stajic, John Saunders, Andrea Malfagia, David Clayton, Steve Giddins and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
Nigel Short took clear first place in the European Union Individual
Championships after he was the only winner amongst the leaders going into the
final round. This week sees the start of the Vladimir Kramnik against Veselin
Topalov match which will produce a definitive single world champion in chess
for the first time since 1993. Veselin Topalov is world number one and Vladimir
Kramnik's form has returned after a period of illness, its very tough to
predict a winner. Should be an exciting contest.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The European Union Individual Chess Championships took place at the
Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006. Nigel Short took clear first
place with 7.5/10 half a point clear of 8 players on 7 points. Short was the
only winner amongst the leaders going into the final round beating Mark
Hebden.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
FINAL TABLE
Nat Ti FIDE
Pos Player lty tl Rtng A B C D E F TB
1 Short, Nigel D........... ENG g 2676 7½ 10 7½ 2490 7.38 0.12 44½
2 Sulskis, Sarunas......... LTU g 2514 7 10 7 2429 6.06 0.94 42
3 McShane, Luke J.......... ENG g 2614 7 10 7 2469 6.91 0.09 41½
4 Gordon, Stephen J........ ENG m 2443 7 10 7 2501 4.22 2.78 40½
5 Jones, Gawain CB......... ENG m 2416 7 10 7 2415 4.91 2.09 38½
6 Galego, Luis............. POR g 2528 7 10 7 2381 6.83 0.17 37½
7 Gormally, Daniel W....... ENG g 2513 7 10 7 2391 6.54 0.46 37½
8 Bischoff, Klaus.......... GER g 2533 7 10 7 2366 7.13 -0.13 36
9 Van Der Weide, Karel..... NED g 2446 7 10 7 2364 5.98 1.02 35½
10 Williams, Simon K........ ENG m 2473 6½ 10 6½ 2460 5.11 1.39 42
11 Hebden, Mark L........... ENG g 2532 6½ 10 6½ 2403 6.65 -0.15 37½
12 Ciuksyte, Dagne.......... LTU m 2440 6½ 10 6½ 2348 6.08 0.42 35½
13 Luther, Thomas........... GER g 2589 6½ 9 5½ 2362 7.00 -1.50 35
14 Conquest, Stuart C....... ENG g 2534 6½ 10 6½ 2369 7.08 -0.58 34
15 Rudd, Jack............... ENG f 2328 6½ 9 5½ 2357 4.15 1.35 32½
16 Pert, Nicholas........... ENG g 2503 6 10 6 2461 5.51 0.49 37
17 Brandenburg, Daan........ NED 2392 6 10 6 2380 5.05 0.95 36
18 Miezis, Normunds......... LAT g 2527 6 10 6 2389 6.77 -0.77 36
19 Haslinger, Stewart G..... ENG m 2423 6 10 6 2422 4.94 1.06 35
20 Gyimesi, Zoltan.......... HUN g 2616 6 10 6 2378 7.90 -1.90 34½
21 Hanley, Craig A.......... ENG m 2419 6 10 6 2318 6.26 -0.26 33½
22 McNab, Colin A........... SCO g 2433 6 10 6 2377 5.69 0.31 33½
23 Medvegy, Zoltan.......... HUN g 2518 6 10 6 2320 7.44 -1.44 32½
24 Pritchett, Craig W....... SCO m 2289 6 9 5 2390 3.32 1.68 32
25 Swinkels, Robin.......... NED 2286 6 8 4 2438 2.49 1.51 31½
26 Karttunen, Mika.......... FIN m 2422 6 10 6 2340 5.98 0.02 31
27 White, Michael JR........ ENG 2239 6 8 4 2303 3.36 0.64 30
28 Wallace, Paul A.......... IRL 2242 6 7 4½ 2279 3.19 1.31 27
29 Sarakauskas, Gediminas... LTU m 2414 5½ 10 5½ 2417 4.87 0.63 35½
30 Lund, D Brett............ ENG 2249 5½ 8 3½ 2383 2.73 0.77 30½
31 Radovanovic, Jovica...... f 2366 5½ 10 5½ 2325 5.47 0.03 30½
32 Knott, Simon JB.......... ENG m 2387 5½ 9 4½ 2309 5.37 -0.87 30
33 Sarakauskiene, Zivile.... LTU wm 2158 5½ 8 3½ 2249 3.08 0.42 28½
34 Bennett, Patrick J....... WLS 2128 5½ 6 2 2303 1.70 0.30 25
35 Dgebuadze, Alexandre..... BEL g 2527 5 10 5 2387 6.80 -1.80 34½
36 Devereux, Maxim L........ ENG f 2377 5 10 5 2444 4.06 0.94 33½
37 Carleton, John J......... ENG 2294 5 10 5 2304 4.91 0.09 29½
38 Quillan, Gary............ ENG 2344 5 9 5 2257 5.55 -0.55 29
39 Redmond, John............ IRL 5 10 5 2226 -- 2226 29
40 Blackburn, Jonathan LB... WLS 2207 5 8 3 2309 3.02 -0.02 28
41 Britton, Richard L....... ENG f 2288 5 9 4 2278 4.66 -0.66 28
42 Taylor, Martin R......... ENG f 2332 5 10 5 2283 5.63 -0.63 28
43 Eggleston, David J....... ENG 2232 5 7 2½ 2424 1.80 0.70 27½
44 Grant, Jonathan.......... SCO 2251 5 10 5 2291 4.46 0.54 27½
45 Trevelyan, John.......... WLS 2243 5 9 4½ 2199 5.02 -0.52 27
46 Lauterbach, Ingrid....... ENG wm 2120 5 8 3 2284 2.45 0.55 26½
47 Armstrong, William G..... ENG 1955 5 7 2 2237 1.11 0.89 24
48 Armstrong, Malcolm J..... ENG 2111 5 5 2 2260 1.64 0.36 23
49 Dunn, Andrew............. ENG c 2199 5 4 1½ 2035 2.82 -1.32 23
50 Meijers, Viesturs........ LAT g 2474 4½ 10 4½ 2277 7.44 -2.94 31
51 Shaw, John K............. SCO g 2473 4½ 10 4½ 2253 7.65 -3.15 29
52 Littlewood, John E....... ENG f 2244 4½ 7 1½ 2360 2.56 -1.06 27½
53 Surtees, Mike J.......... ENG 2182 4½ 8 3 2328 2.59 0.41 26½
54 Peacock, Malcolm R....... ENG 2079 4½ 9 3½ 2203 3.13 0.37 25½
55 Hardman, Michael J....... ENG 2151 4½ 9 3½ 2122 4.78 -1.28 25
56 Williamson, Roger G...... ENG 2155 4½ 7 2½ 2270 2.48 0.02 25
57 Taylor, Edward A......... ENG 4½ 9 3½ 2152 2072 23½
58 McGrane, Stephen......... ENG 2044 4½ 8 2½ 2139 3.02 -0.52 22
59 Brown, Martin............ ENG 4½ 9 3½ 2118 2038 21½
60 Campbell, Ian............ ENG 2003 4½ 4 1½ 2130 1.37 0.13 21
61 Gorman, John A........... ENG 4½ 8 3 2099 2012 19½
62 Tebb, David J............ ENG 2231 4 8 2 2350 2.82 -0.82 27
63 Jackson, Oliver.......... ENG 2225 4 9 3½ 2248 4.30 -0.80 26
64 Grassie, Duncan.......... SCO 2042 4 7 1 2239 1.83 -0.83 23
65 Hawkins, James N......... ENG 2022 4 6 ½ 2230 1.54 -1.04 23
66 Boumphrey, Luke S........ ENG 4 9 3 2111 1986 21
67 Legge, Andrew............ ENG 1717 4 7 1 2064 0.47 0.53 21
68 Van Kemenade, Rudy....... ENG 2039 4 2 0 2361 0.21 -0.21 20½
69 Robertson, David J....... ENG 4 7 1½ 2138 1908 19
70 Kent, Paul............... ENG 4 7 1 2010 1701 17
71 Wilson, Alexandra........ SUI wf 2090 3½ 7 2 2259 2.05 -0.05 23½
72 Gandolfi, Gianfranco..... ITA 1882 3½ 5 0 2170 0.69 -0.69 21
73 Duke, Michael............ SCO 2081 3½ 2 ½ 2143 0.84 -0.34 19½
74 Hulligan, Steve.......... ENG 1821 3½ 6 1 2111 0.87 0.13 18½
75 MacGilchrist, Siegrun.... SCO 1845 3½ 5 ½ 2148 0.63 -0.13 18
76 Lee, Steven.............. ENG 3½ 5 ½ 2041 1675 17½
77 Ewart, Brian R........... ENG 3½ 6 1 2063 1790 16
78 Savory, Richard J........ ECU 2101 3 7 2 2308 1.65 0.35 23
79 Solomon, Graeme R........ ENG 3 6 1 1988 1715 16
80 Soikkeli, Raino.......... FIN 3 4 0 2054 1377 14
81 Weidman, Mark............ ENG 3 5 0 1975 1298 14
82 Hughes, Robert C......... ENG 2½ 4 ½ 2069 1733 11
83 Cockerill, Martin........ ENG 2 3 0 1902 1225 10
84 Tanner, Frank............ ENG 2 3 0 1956 1279 7½
85 Redmond, John............ IRL 0 0 0 0
86 Taylor, Edward H......... ENG 0 0 0 0
Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov to play their 12 game reunification
match in Elista 23rd September - 12th October 2006.
Each player will receive 500,000 USD net from FIDE and in addition
certain revenues from possible commercial sponsorships. The winner goes to the
WCC tournament 2007, the loser has to wait for the next cycle. The games will
be played under classical time control (120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60
minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus
an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61). Possible Tiebreak: 4
games of rapid chess (25min+10sec), then 2 blitz games (5min+10sec), then
sudden death (6min/5min) with white to win.
Dates: Open Ceremony 21st September 2006, 7.00 p.m. Play on: 23rd, 24th,
26th, 27th, 29th, 30th September, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th
(tie-breaks) October 2006. Closing ceremony 13th October 2006.
Official news about the match:
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=978
Magnus Carlsen and Simen Agdestein play off for the Norwegian title for
the second year in a row. There will be a two game match 19th-20 September 2006
(11am start) with a rapid playoff to follow if the match is tied. Simen
Agdestein is 7 time champion, Magnus Carlsen is yet to get off the mark.
Official site: http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk
The 14th Bora Kostic Memorial takes place in Vrsac, Serbia, 12th-21st
September 2006.
Official site: http://chess.vrsac.com/ including live
coverage.
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14th Bora Kostic Mem Vrsac SCG (SCG), 12-21 ix 2006 cat. XIII (2574)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2596 * = . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 4.5 2926
2. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2625 = * . = . = . 1 . = 3.0 2625
3. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 . . * 0 1 . = . = 1 3.0 2610
4. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2637 0 = 1 * . = . = . . 2.5 2609
5. Markus, Robert g SCG 2586 . . 0 . * 1 = 0 1 . 2.5 2595
6. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2577 . = . = 0 * = . . 1 2.5 2550
7. Miladinovic, Igor g SCG 2584 0 . = . = = * . = . 2.0 2515
8. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 0 0 . = 1 . . * = . 2.0 2529
9. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2564 . . = . 0 . = = * = 2.0 2476
10. Munizaba, Slobodan f SCG 2319 0 = 0 . . 0 . . = * 1.0 2355
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The 7th Lausanne Young Masters took place in Lausanne 13th-18th
September 2006. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Wang Yue of China in a rapid
playoff to take the event. Vladimir Tukmakov won the Masters vs Hopefuls
event.
Playoff time rates: 1) 2 rapid 25 minute games 2) If tied 2 blitz 5
minute games 3) Armageddon 5 minutes for white 4 minutes for black. Black has
draw odds
http://ww2.lausanneyoungmasters.com/lym06/
Round 3 17th-18th Sept 2006
Final
Yue Wang (2626) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) 0-1 (36 moves)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) - Yue Wang (2626) 0-1 (34 moves)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) - Yue Wang (2626) 1-0 (2x25m)
Yue Wang (2626) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) 0-1 (2x25m)
3rd-4th place
Vugar Gashimov (2644) - Alexander Areshchenko (2641) ½-½ (41 moves)
Alexander Areshchenko (2641) - Vugar Gashimov (2644) ½-½ (27 moves)
Vugar Gashimov (2644) - Alexander Areshchenko (2641) ½-½ (2x25m)
Alexander Areshchenko (2641) - Vugar Gashimov (2644) 1-0 (2x25m)
5th-6th place
Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) - Humpy Koneru (2548) 0-1 (37 moves)
Humpy Koneru (2548) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) 0-1 (36 moves)
Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) - Humpy Koneru (2548) 1-0 (2x25m)
Humpy Koneru (2548) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) 0-1 (2x25m)
7th-8th
Borki Predojevic (2568) - Tatiana Kosintseva (2479) 1-0 (43 moves)
Tatiana Kosintseva (2479) - Borki Predojevic (2568) 0-1 (32 moves)
Round 2 15th-16th Sept 2006
Gashimov, Vugar - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1.5-2.5
Areshchenko, Alexander - Wang Yue 3-4
Predojevic, Borki - Koneru, Humpy 0.5-1.5
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1.5-0.5
Round 1 13th-14th Sept 2006
Gashimov, Vugar - Kosintseva, Tatiana 2.5-1.5
Areshchenko, Alexander - Koneru, Humpy 3.5-2.5
Wang Yue - Predojevic, Borki 3.5-2.5
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1.5-2.5
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7th Masters vs Hopefuls Lausanne SUI (SUI), 13-18 ix 2006 cat. VII (2422)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2560 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2572
2. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2455 = * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2543
3. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2520 0 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2491
4. Kurmann, Oliver f SUI 2331 = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2475
5. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2513 = 1 = = * = = = 0 = 4.5 2411
6. Olivier, Jean-Christophe m FRA 2392 = = 0 1 = * 0 1 0 = 4.0 2382
7. Zenklusen, Rico f SUI 2348 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 = 4.0 2387
8. Burnier, David f SUI 2320 = 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2353
9. Vuilleumier, Alex f SUI 2402 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 * = 3.0 2299
10. Gheorghiu, Florin g ROM 2379 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 3.0 2301
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The 3rd Szeged Cup, Hungarian International Women's Championship took
place in Novotel Hotel, had 36 participants from the 6 countries, 9 rounds
swiss system. Nino Khurtsidze edged out favourite Anna Muzychuk on tie-break
from 7.5/9.
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. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2414 7.5 51.0 40.25 37.0 2414 2541 +1.38
2. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 7.5 50.0 41.00 37.5 2456 2563 +1.10
3. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2309 7.0 49.0 36.00 34.0 2309 2488 +2.07
4. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2195 5.5 51.0 28.25 32.5 2195 2395 +2.13
5. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 5.5 50.0 28.00 31.5 2379 2327 -0.43
6. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2217 5.5 49.0 26.50 28.0 2217 2386 +1.82
7. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2222 5.5 47.0 25.75 28.0 2222 2280 +0.79
8. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2393 5.5 46.5 26.25 29.0 2393 2316 -0.73
9. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2349 5.5 45.0 26.00 28.0 2349 2241 -1.06
10. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2396 5.5 44.5 26.00 28.0 2396 2303 -0.92
11. Rudolf, Anna wm HUN 2249 5.5 44.5 23.50 25.0 2249 2231 -0.08
12. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wm ROM 2292 5.0 47.5 23.50 28.5 2292 2351 +0.77
13. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2342 5.0 47.5 23.00 30.0 2342 2269 -0.79
14. Baki, Peterne HUN 2110 5.0 40.0 18.25 25.0 2110 2169 +0.46
15. Barcsi, Judit HUN 2051 5.0 34.5 15.00 17.0 2051 2094 +0.29
16. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2389 4.5 46.0 20.50 28.0 2389 2221 -1.87
17. Albert, Kornelia HUN 2120 4.5 43.5 19.00 26.5 2120 2240 +1.10
18. Szonyi, Kata HUN 2100 4.5 42.0 18.50 20.0 2100 2087 -0.27
19. Ruszin, Anna HUN 2091 4.5 39.0 16.75 22.0 2091 2120 +0.28
20. Medvegy, Judit HUN 2032 4.5 39.0 15.75 22.5 2032 2083 +0.34
21. Kiss, Judit HUN 2118 4.5 37.5 14.00 22.5 2118 2053 -0.74
22. Erdos, Boglarka HUN 2044 4.5 34.0 13.00 18.0 2044 1935 -0.68
23. Harsanyi, Kinga wf HUN 2087 4.0 41.0 16.75 21.5 2087 2090 -0.05
24. Medvegyne Balogh, Emese HUN 2145 4.0 39.5 14.50 23.5 2145 2070 -0.89
25. Kozma, Edit wf HUN 2086 4.0 39.0 15.50 21.0 2086 2076 -0.30
26. Papp,Petra HUN ---- 4.0 37.0 15.00 17.5 1791 2032 2032
27. Bartha, Agnes ROM 1876 4.0 33.5 11.50 15.0 1857 1784 -0.52
28. Bolvary, Tamara HUN 2104 3.5 38.0 10.75 18.0 2104 1958 -1.61
29. Tanacs, Anna HUN 1890 3.5 37.5 12.00 16.0 1890 1922 +0.21
30. Ignacz, Rozsa HUN 1969 3.5 37.0 11.25 20.0 1998 1993 -0.18
31. Bali, Eszter HUN 1958 3.0 31.0 4.75 14.0 1958 1364 -1.62
32. Miseta,Zsuzsanna HUN ---- 3.0 30.5 6.00 14.0 1655 1273 1273
33. Adam,Dora HUN ---- 3.0 30.5 4.75 10.0 0000 1300 1300
34. Bea,Boglarka HUN ---- 2.5 32.5 7.00 12.0 1669 1294 1294
35. Valyi,Adel HUN ---- 1.5 27.5 1.75 4.0 0000 1294 1294
36. Molnar,Rebeka HUN ---- 1.0 25.5 4.75 5.0 0000 1346 0
37. BYE ----
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The First Saturday tournaments for September took place 2nd-12th
September 2006. IM Denes Boros won the GM event with 10/12.
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 = 1 1 = 1 10.0 2708
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 0 * = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2525
3. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2510 0 = * = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2488
4. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 = = = * 1 = = = = = = = = 6.5 2466
5. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2425 = 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = 0 1 6.0 2438
6. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2429 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 0 6.0 2438
7. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2506 0 = = = = = * = = = = = 1 6.0 2431
8. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2423 0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2438
9. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2454 = = = = 0 = = 0 * = = 1 0 5.0 2378
10. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2513 0 0 = = = = = = = * = ? = 4.5 2373
11. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2361 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = = * = = 4.5 2356
12. Meszaros, Tamas m HUN 2352 = 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 ? = * 1 4.0 2336
13. Papp, Gellert HUN 2300 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 = = 0 * 4.0 2323
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Meszaros,T vs Pedersen,N was a double default after
a touched piece dispute.
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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 1 = 1 = 8.5 2500
2. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2370 0 * 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2394
3. Boe, Mads f DEN 2334 = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2397
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2315 = = = * = = 1 = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2362
5. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2390 = = = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2355
6. Citak, Selim f TUR 2258 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 0 1 5.5 2302
7. Hujbert, Florian HUN 2262 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2302
8. Balazs, Gabor HUN 2277 0 1 = = = = = * 0 0 0 1 4.5 2236
9. Keschitz, Gyorgy HUN 2279 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 4.5 2235
10. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2311 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 * 1 0 4.5 2232
11. Strowsky, Yannick FRA 2141 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 3.0 2138
12. Bick, John D f USA 2247 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 3.0 2128
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-11 ix 2006 cat. IV (2335)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Richter, Christian f GER 2442 ** == =1 =1 11 =1 7.5 2507
2 Feige, Manuel GER 2419 == ** == == 1= =1 6.0 2390
3 Tavoularis, Nicholas GRE 2230 =0 == ** =1 =0 1= 5.0 2356
4 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2307 =0 == =0 ** == == 4.0 2269
5 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2339 00 0= =1 == ** == 4.0 2262
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2275 =0 =0 0= == == ** 3.5 2237
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The first weekend of the 4NCL took place in Sunningdale, England
16th-17th September 2006. Defending champions Wood Green lost both their
opening matches after losing their sponsorship. Favourites this year look like
being Guildford ADC with a challenge from Hilsmark Kingfisher and Slough
Sharks. [See http://www.4ncl.co.uk/giddins01.htm
and http://www.4ncl.co.uk/giddins02.htm
for Steve Giddins' rounds 1-2 reports.]
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Division 1 results - Round 1 16th September 2006
RD 1 BRISTOL 1 2262 2½-5½HILSMARK KINGFISHER2415
1 w Berzinsh, Roland 2445 ½ - ½ Wells, Peter K 2480
2 b Cobb, Charles 2403 0 - 1 Gormally, Daniel 2513
3 w Rudd, Jack 2328 ½ - ½ Williams, Simon K 2473
4 b Beaumont, Chris 2327 0 - 1 Arkell, Keith C 2479
5 w Buckley, David E 2241 0 - 1 Crouch, Colin 2366
6 b Collier, David O 2175 0 - 1 Hanley, Craig A 2419
7 w Easton, Alex 2122 1 - 0 Radovanovic,Jovica2366
8 b James, Ann-Marie 2052 ½ - ½ Richards, Heather 2225
RD 1 THE ADS 2350 2½-5½ NORTH WEST EAGLES12289
1 w Chandler, Murray 2540 1 - 0 Dgebuadze,Alex. 2527
2 b Mestel, Jonathan 2486 0 - 1 Morrison, Graham 2336
3 w Cernousek, Lukas 2418 0 - 1 Macak, Stefan 2341
4 b Jirka, Jiri 2372 0 - 1 Hague, Ben 2287
5 w Richardson, John 2327 0 - 1 Kennaugh, Charles 2279
6 b Snape, Ian 2241 0 - 1 van der Linden,L 2278
7 w Anderton, David 2266 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark 2228
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2152 ½ - ½ Milligan, Helen 2037
RD 1 3CS OLDHAM 2259 3 - 5 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2349
1 w Davies, Nigel R 2512 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2381
2 b Gordon, Stephen J 2443 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim 2377
3 w Ashton, Adam G 2329 1 - 0 Cox, John J 2418
4 b Bentley, John L 2245 0 - 1 Collins, Sam 2396
5 w Walton, Alan J 2222 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2387
6 b Adams, Philip J 2145 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil 2334
7 w Platts, Philip * 1920 0 - 1 D'Costa, Lorin A 2375
8 b default 0 - 1 Lauterbach,Ingrid 2120
RD 1 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2338 2 - 6 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2505
1 w Howell, David W L 2479 1 - 0 King, Daniel J 2534
2 b Wallace, John P 2419 0 - 1 Conquest, Stuart 2534
3 w Buckley, Graeme 2379 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L 2532
4 b Povah, Nigel E 2358 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C 2530
5 w Lalic, Susan (F) 2350 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2503
6 b Sharpe, Ian 2255 ½ - ½ Plaskett, James 2490
7 w Granat, Russell G 2257 0 - 1 Cherniaev,Alex. 2473
8 b Abayasekera,Roger 2208 0 - 1 Ciuksyte, Dagne 2440
RD 1 SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 2246 3½-4½ SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2201
1 w Cobb, James E 2370 ½ - ½ Jones, Gawain C B 2416
2 b Cooper, John G 2345 1 - 0 Martyn, Rafe 2288
3 w Jones, Richard S 2342 0 - 1 Tweedie, Steven 2241
4 b Trevelyan, John 2243 0 - 1 Williams, Samuel 2245
5 w Rayner, Francis 2237 1 - 0 Kahar, Krunal 2220
6 b Zeidler, Sven P 2232 0 - 1 Roberson, Peter T 2122
7 w James, David J 2216 ½ - ½ Kafka, Graeme 2134
8 b Smith, Olivia (F) 1980 ½ - ½ Martin, Katie (F) 1939
RD 1 WOOD GREEN 2325 3 - 5 BETSSON.COM 2363
1 w Turner, Matthew J 2489 1 - 0 Ansell, Simon 2391
2 b Martin, Andrew D 2433 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G 2445
3 w Sowray, Peter J 2357 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J 2411
4 b Pein, Malcolm 2400 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2439
5 w Tan, Desmond 2334 ½ - ½ Webb, Laurence E 2321
6 b Tiller, Bjorn 2353 ½ - ½ Duncan,Chris 2311
7 w Lee, Graham D 2290 0 - 1 Ledger, David J 2274
8 b Hegarty, Sarah 1943 0 - 1 Eames, Robert G 2311
Division 1 results - Round 2 17th September 2006
RD 2 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2415 6½-1½ WOOD GREEN 2294
1 w Gormally, Daniel 2513 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J 2489
2 b Hanley, Craig A 2419 ½ - ½ Pein, Malcolm 2400
3 w Wells, Peter K 2480 1 - 0 Sowray, Peter J 2357
4 b Arkell, Keith C 2479 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn 2353
5 w Williams, Simon K 2473 1 - 0 Tan, Desmond 2334
6 b Crouch, Colin 2366 1 - 0 Lee, Graham D 2290
7 w Radovanovic,Jovica2366 1 - 0 Maduekwe, Chiedu 2186
8 b Richards, Heather 2225 1 - 0 Hegarty, Sarah 1943
RD 2 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2505 7 - 1 SOUTH WALES DRAGON2246
1 w Hebden, Mark L 2532 1 - 0 Cobb, James E 2370
2 b Conquest, Stuart 2534 ½ - ½ Cooper, John G 2345
3 w Pert, Nicholas 2503 1 - 0 Jones, Richard S 2342
4 b Kosten, Anthony C 2530 ½ - ½ Trevelyan, John 2243
5 w King, Daniel J 2534 1 - 0 Rayner, Francis 2237
6 b Plaskett, James 2490 1 - 0 Zeidler, Sven P 2232
7 w Cherniaev,Alex 2473 1 - 0 James, David J 2216
8 b Ciuksyte, Dagne 2440 1 - 0 Smith, Olivia (F) 1980
RD 2 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2350 4 - 4 THE ADS 2350
1 w Cox, John J 2418 0 - 1 Chandler, Murray 2540
2 b Collins, Sam 2396 ½ - ½ Mestel,Jonathan 2486
3 w Knott, Simon 2387 1 - 0 Cernousek, Lukas 2418
4 b Berry, Neil 2334 0 - 1 Jirka, Jiri 2372
5 w D'Costa, Lorin A 2375 1 - 0 Richardson, John 2327
6 b Devereaux, Maxim 2377 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian 2241
7 w Ferguson, Mark 2389 ½ - ½ Anderton, David 2266
8 b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2120 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F) 2152
RD 2 BETSSON.COM 2363 3½-4½ BRISTOL 1 2261
1 w Ledger, Andrew J 2411 0 - 1 Berzinsh, Roland 2445
2 b Pert, Richard G 2445 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2403
3 w Ansell, Simon 2391 0 - 1 Rudd, Jack 2328
4 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2439 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris 2327
5 w Ledger, David J 2274 ½ - ½ Buckley, David E 2241
6 b Duncan, Chris 2311 ½ - ½ Collier, David O 2175
7 w Webb, Laurence E 2321 ½ - ½ Curtis, John 2118
8 b Eames, Robert G 2311 1 - 0 James, Ann-Marie 2052
RD 2 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2199 1 - 7 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2338
1 w Jones, Gawain C B 2416 ½ - ½ Howell, David W L 2479
2 b Martyn, Rafe 2288 0 - 1 Wallace, John P 2419
3 w Tweedie, Steven 2241 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme 2379
4 b Williams, Samuel 2245 ½ - ½ Povah, Nigel E 2358
5 w Kahar, Krunal 2220 0 - 1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2350
6 b Armstrong,Malcolm 2111 0 - 1 Sharpe, Ian 2255
7 w Kafka, Graeme 2134 0 - 1 Granat, Russell G 2257
8 b Martin, Katie (F) 1939 0 - 1 Abayasekera,Roger 2208
RD 2 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2289 5½-2½ 3CS OLDHAM 2259
1 w Dgebuadze,Alex. 2527 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R 2512
2 b Morrison, Graham 2336 0 - 1 Gordon, Stephen J 2443
3 w Macak, Stefan 2341 1 - 0 Ashton, Adam G 2329
4 b Hague, Ben 2287 ½ - ½ Bentley, John L 2245
5 w Kennaugh, Charles 2279 ½ - ½ Walton, Alan J 2222
6 b van der Linden,L 2278 1 - 0 Adams, Philip J 2145
7 w Lyell, Mark 2228 1 - 0 Platts, Philip * 1920
8 b Milligan, Helen 2037 1 - 0 default
Division 1 table
Team + = - Pts
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2 0 0 4
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 2 0 0 4
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 2 0 0 4
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 1 1 0 3
GUILDFORD-ADC 2 1 0 1 2
BETSSON.COM 1 0 1 2
BRISTOL 1 1 0 1 2
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 1 0 1 2
THE ADS 0 1 1 1
3CS OLDHAM 0 0 2 0
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1 0 0 2 0
WOOD GREEN 0 0 2 0
The bottom 3 teams will be relegated to Division 2.
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.
Group 2 saw Linex Magic (Aronian, Morozevich, Ponomariov, Shirov,
Karjakin, Sargissian, Rublevsky etc) and Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones (Svidler,
Adams, Mamedyarov, Jakovenko, Harikrishna, Timofeev etc) progress to 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.
Official site: http://www.feda.org/ceclub/
Group 2
Pts.
1 C.A. Linex Magic 16
2 C.A. Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones 15
3 Gros Xake Taldea 14,5
4 C.A. AMD Cofiman 9,5
5 C.A. Valencia Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno 5
The traditional Mitropa Cup of this year took place in Brno, Czech
Republic from 7th-15th September 2006. Hungary won the men's event and Slovenia
the women's.
Official site: http://www.chess.cz/web/mitropacup2006/cze.html
Men's Event
Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1 Hungary * 2½ 2 2 1½ 1½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 2½ 21,5 12
2 Czech Republic "A" 1½ * 1½ 3 2½ 2½ 2 2 3½ 2½ 21,0 12
3 Croatia 2 2½ * 3 1½ 3½ 2 1½ 2 3 21,0 11
4 Czech Republic "B" 2 1 1 * 3 2 2½ 2 3 3 19,5 11
5 Germany 2½ 1½ 2½ 1 * 3 2½ 1 1½ 4 19,5 10
6 Slovenia 2½ 1½ ½ 2 1 * 2 3 2½ 3 18,0 10
7 Switzerland 1½ 2 2 1½ 1½ 2 * 2½ 1½ 3½ 18,0 7
8 France ½ 2 2½ 2 3 1 1½ * 2 2 16,5 8
9 Italy ½ ½ 2 1 2½ 1½ 2½ 2 * 1½ 14,0 6
10 Slovakia 1½ 1½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 2 2½ * 11,0 3
Women's Event
l. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1 Slovenia * 1½ 1 1 2 1½ 2 1 ½ 1½ 12,0 13
2 Germany ½ * 1½ 1 ½ 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 2 11,0 12
3 Croatia 1 ½ * 2 1½ 1 ½ 1 1½ 1½ 10,5 11
4 Romania 1 1 0 * ½ ½ 2 2 1½ 2 10,5 10
5 Czech Republic "A" 0 1½ ½ 1½ * 1½ 1 ½ 1 2 9,5 10
6 Czech Republic "B" ½ ½ 1 1½ ½ * 1 1 1½ 1½ 9,0 9
7 Slovakia "A" 0 1 1½ 0 1 1 * ½ 1½ 1½ 8,0 9
8 Slovakia "B" 1 ½ 1 0 1½ 1 1½ * 1 ½ 8,0 8
9 Czech Republic "C" 1½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 6,5 4
10 France ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1½ 1½ * 5,0 4
The third week of the US Chess League took place on 11th and 13th
September 2006 on ICC. News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
WEEK 3 - Monday September 11th 2006
1. Boston Blitz vs New York Knights Boston 3-1
Wednesday September 13th 2006
2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Carolina Cobras Carolina 2.5-1.5
3. Tennessee Tempo vs Miami Sharks Miami 3.5-0.5
4. Philadelphia Masterminds vs SF Mechanics San Francisco 2.5-1.5
5. Seattle Sluggers vs Dallas Destiny Seattle 2.5-1.5
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Boston |3.0 |0.0 |8.5 (71%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Baltimore |2.0 |1.0 |7.5 (63%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Carolina |1.0 |2.0 |5.0 (42%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|New York |1.0 |2.0 |4.0 (33%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Philadelphia |0.0 |3.0 |4.5 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Seattle |3.0 |0.0 |9.5 (79%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|San Francisco |3.0 |0.0 |8.5 (71%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Miami |1.0 |2.0 |5.5 (46%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Dallas |0.5 |2.5 |4.5 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Tennessee |0.5 |2.5 |2.5 (21%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
The LGA Premium Cup took place in Nuernberg 7th-10th September 2006.
Jonny Hector edged out Alexander Graf and Daniel Fridman on tie-break after all
finished on 6/7.
Official site: http://www.schach.lga.de/
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3rd LGA Premium Cup Nuernberg GER (GER), 7-10 ix 2006
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1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2508 6.0 34.0
2. Graf, Alexander g GER 2583 6.0 33.5
3. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2569 6.0 33.5
4. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2571 5.5 34.0
5. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2579 5.5 34.0
6. Kunin, Vitaly g GER 2494 5.5 32.5
7. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2480 5.5 32.5
8. Prusikin, Michael g GER 2557 5.5 32.5
9. Baramidze, David g GER 2591 5.5 31.5
10. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2521 5.5 30.5
11. Buhmann, Rainer m GER 2532 5.5 30.0
12. Levin, Felix g GER 2500 5.5 29.5
13. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 5.5 28.5
14. Heidrich, Manfred f GER 2405 5.0 32.5
15. Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2506 5.0 32.0
16. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2386 5.0 31.0
17. Milov, Leonid m GER 2482 5.0 30.0
18. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2436 5.0 30.0
19. Renner, Christoph m GER 2424 5.0 30.0
20. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2417 5.0 28.0
21. Rau, Hannes m GER 2387 5.0 28.0
22. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2454 5.0 28.0
23. Poldauf, Dirk m GER 2433 5.0 27.5
163 players
The 5th Memorial Georgiev-Kesarovski tournament took place in Sunny
Beach, Bulgaria 2nd-10th September 2006. Pavel Dimitrov won the event with
7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/sunnybeach06/
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5th Kesarovski - Georgiev Mem Sunny Beach BUL (BUL), 2-10 ix 2006
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1. Dimitrov, Pavel BUL 2293 7.5 42½ 52½ 7 2603
2. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2507 7.0 43 55 5 2578
3. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2430 7.0 37½ 48 6 2455
4. Karakehajov, Kalin m BUL 2451 6.5 43 54½ 5 2451
5. Ermenkov, Evgenij g PLE 2462 6.5 40 52½ 5 2432
6. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2485 6.5 38½ 50 5 2478
7. Bojchev, Marian BUL 2325 6.5 38½ 49 5 2466
8. Velchev, Hristo BUL 2302 6.5 36 46½ 5 2309
9. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2358 6.5 36 46 6 2387
10. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2455 6.5 35½ 47 6 2401
11. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2142 6.5 35 45½ 5 2406
12. Katov, Luboslav BUL 2226 6.5 35 44½ 6 2366
13. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2499 6.0 41½ 53½ 4 2421
14. Badev, Kiril BUL 2340 6.0 40½ 51½ 6 2391
15. Todorov, Ognjan m BUL 2314 6.0 36 47 6 2309
16. Dimitrov, Radoslav BUL 2213 6.0 35½ 45 6 2300
17. Ivanov L., Stojan BUL 2113 6.0 33½ 44½ 6 2327
18. Kolas, Tore NOR 2169 6.0 30 37 6 2220
19. Andersson, Tommy SWE 2263 5.5 41 52½ 4 2317
20. Manolov, Ivan m BUL 2257 5.5 38½ 48 5 2330
21. Panajotov, Janko BUL 2262 5.5 38 48½ 5 2273
22. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2295 5.5 38 48 5 2283
23. Kirov, Dimitar BUL 2133 5.5 33 42 5 2291
24. Arnaudov, Petar BUL 2189 5.5 32½ 42 5 2218
91 players
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. Ten games per round now 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
The World Senior Championship takes place in Arvier (Valle
d’Aosta, Italy) Victor Korchnoi leads with 5.5/6.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com/
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XVI WSen Arvier ITA (ITA), 11-22 ix 2006
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1. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2600 5,5 24 2371 5,5 0,84
2. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2505 5 21,5 2261 5 0,27
3. Donchenko, Anatoly G m GER 2405 5 19,5 2209 5 0,56
4. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2505 4,5 26 2349 4,5 0,36
5. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2482 4,5 24 2270 4,5 -0,04
6. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2433 4,5 23,5 2352 4,5 0,93
7. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2427 4,5 23,5 2307 4,5 0,62
8. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2414 4,5 21,5 2247 4,5 0,25
9. Arkhangelsky, Boris m RUS 2395 4,5 21 2179 4,5 -0,14
10. Zakharov, Alexander I m RUS 2395 4,5 22 2211 4,5 0,16
11. Spassov, Liuben g BUL 2387 4,5 22,5 2224 4,5 0,35
12. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2387 4,5 19,5 2165 4,5 -0,16
13. Klundt, Klaus m GER 2380 4,5 24 2306 4,5 0,99
14. Sorokin, Valentin f RUS 2337 4,5 20 2209 4,5 0,63
15. Boey, Josef m BEL 2277 4,5 19,5 2210 4,5 1
16. Chernikov, Oleg L g RUS 2422 4 22,5 2219 3 -0,78
17. Loktiev, Ivan m RUS 2383 4 20,5 2162 4 -0,66
18. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2379 4 23,5 2250 4 0,07
19. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2378 4 19 2210 4 -0,24
20. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2361 4 22,5 2215 4 -0,08
21. Ljubarskij, Jurij GER 2341 4 19 2114 4 -0,69
22. Piankov, Evgenij m UKR 2324 4 18 2134 4 -0,39
23. Altshul, Raffael f RUS 2291 4 21 2248 4 0,72
24. Karl, Hans f SUI 2240 4 22,5 2235 3 0,46
25. Kristiansen, Erling f NOR 2236 4 20 2177 4 0,56
26. Keserovic, Milan SCG 2230 4 17 2077 4 -0,11
27. Kaminik, Aleksandar UKR 2226 4 18 2167 4 0,53
28. Malmdin, Nils-Ake SWE 2218 4 19,5 2168 4 1,19
29. Johnsen, Gunnar NOR 2215 4 20,5 2179 4 0,71
30. Nordstrom, Felix f SWE 2178 4 19,5 2191 4 1,11
31. Veselsky, Jozef SVK 2169 4 18 2079 4 0,38
32. Etmans, Maarten D f NED 2159 4 21 2334 3 1,63
33. Siegmund, Rainer GER 2154 4 21 2363 3 1,83
34. Gutzeit, Avraham ISR 2079 4 22 2222 3 1,46
124 players
Triest Open took place 2nd-9th September 2006. Igor Efimov won the event
with 7/9. Games from the final round are now available.
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
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. Remaing missing games now available.
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
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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 Bucharest Open took place 4th-11th September 2006. Lucian Filip won
the event on tie-break from Dorian Rogozenko and Ciprian Costica Nanu all
finished on 7/9. No games appear to be available.
Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Filip, Lucian ROM 2355 7 41.5 52.5 40.00 37.0
2 Rogozenko, Dorian ROM 2524 7 41.0 52.0 40.00 34.0
3 Nanu, Ciprian Costica ROM 2457 7 41.0 52.0 38.25 39.5
4 Mateuta, Gabriel ROM 2470 6.5 40.5 52.0 37.00 36.5
5 Malaniuk, Vladimir P UKR 2511 6.5 38.5 49.5 34.50 33.5
6 Vajda, Levente ROM 2524 6.5 38.5 49.0 33.00 33.0
7 Ionescu, Constantin ROM 2427 6.5 33.5 44.5 32.50 31.0
8 Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2566 6 40.5 51.5 30.50 33.0
9 Murariu, Andrei ROM 2516 6 40.0 50.5 32.00 34.5
10 Dumitrache, Dragos ROM 2451 6 40.0 50.5 31.00 33.0
11 Itkis, Boris ROM 2453 6 37.0 48.5 31.25 32.5
12 Shishkin, Vadim UKR 2529 6 37.0 48.0 29.75 32.0
13 Georgescu, Tiberiu ROM 2182 6 36.0 46.0 28.75 30.5
14 Szabo, Gergely Andras ROM 2465 6 35.0 45.0 29.50 32.0
15 Barnaure, Vlad Victor ROM 2426 6 35.0 45.0 26.50 30.5
16 Grunberg, Mihai lucian ROM 2403 6 34.0 44.5 28.00 30.5
17 Nemeth, Francisc ROM 2458 6 34.0 43.5 28.00 28.5
18 Soltanici, Ruslan MDA 2348 6 33.0 43.5 22.50 29.0
19 Tugui, Adrian ROM 2346 5.5 41.0 51.5 29.50 31.5
20 Sanduleac, Vasile MDA 2519 5.5 40.0 52.0 29.75 31.0
21 Thesing, Matthias GER 2401 5.5 36.5 47.5 27.00 29.0
22 Jianu, Vlad Cristian ROM 2491 5.5 35.5 46.0 26.00 31.0
23 Nevednichy, Boris MDA 2274 5.5 33.5 44.0 19.25 27.0
24 Manicuta, Monica ROM 2151 5.5 32.5 41.5 23.50 27.0
25 Perciun, Dan MDA 2202 5.5 31.5 41.5 22.25 26.5
26 Achirei, Daniel Laurentiu ROM 2075 5.5 31.5 41.0 23.75 24.0
89 players
The Corus Website has a commentary column by Gert Ligterink in Dutch
which comments on the Grand Slam Association. It doesn't seem as advanced as
some of the reports from Spain suggested last week.
http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=c94
A Babel fish translation gives this as the final para: "Provisionally I wait.
Corus-toernooidirecteur Jeroen van den Berg mount insured that definite
appointments still no me have been made. The committee stands plan kind
compared with the Grand Slam, but it is on its hoede. It will never permit that
it is fiddled to the autonomy of the tournament. I had not differently
expected."
Early details:
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2006/09/chess_grand_slam.htm
European Youth Championship 2006
European Youth Championship 2006 Herceg Novi (Montenegro), September 9 -
20th 2006.
Further details: http://www.scgchess.org/
First Saturday October
FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM round robins, 7th-19th October 2006.
There are some vacancies. E-mail Laszlo Nagy if interested at:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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/
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.
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
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/
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
