THE WEEK IN CHESS 620 25th September 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Kramnik and Topalov World Championship match 2 games
Carlsen vs Agdestein Norwegian playoff match 4 games
15th Monarch Assurance 85 games
14th Bora Kostic Memorial 20 games
4NCL 48 games
US Chess League 21 games
World Senior Championship 465 games
European Youth Championship 907 games
13th Graz International 176 games
Ashdod 51 games
European Union Individual Championships 2 games
1781 games
My thanks to John Saunders, Malcolm Pein, Thomas Pfaffel, Boris Gelfand,
Stephen Connor, Ole Valaker, Yochanan Afek and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
There has been a very wild start to the World Championship reunification
match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. Kramnik has emerged with a
2-0 lead when it could and perhaps should be 1.5-0.5 to Topalov or at least 1-1
instead. It may very well be that Kramnik's experience of two world title
matches playing and one as a second will be the decisive edge in this contest.
Already however its clear its a pity we're not in for an old fashioned 24 game
match. The reason the longer matches fell out of favour was due to the
unpredictability of their duration, potential for dullness, or as mis-matches.
However when they do work (as they have many times) there are few greater long
term thrills. Nevertheless lets be grateful for what we have and hope that
Topalov's efforts haven't already been fatally wounded so we can see a full and
exciting contest. TWIC has daily coverage of the event including during play
updates.
The next cycle is up in the air with FIDE's latest proposal to scrap the
candidates matches and go for a candidates tournament instead. This has upset
Boris Gelfand who has been preparing for the matches for some time as he makes
clear in his letter below. I have a lot of sympathy, I've long said that cycles
need to be stable and predictable so that players can prepare properly and
produce the best level of chess they can. As I said above I like matches and if
we can get them back that would be fine by me. But as careful readers of TWIC
may remember I've also long advocated a big swiss interzonal, a candidates
tournament and then a match tournament (four players with 6 or 8 cycles). I'm
fully aware this is a compromise fraught with problems but its a far better
solution to chess' problems than a knockout. The main reason I advocate it is
that it produces three pretty attractive events for sponsors and reduces
calendar problems. The trouble with candidates match series as we saw before
they were stopped is that getting sponsorship for each round proved harder and
harder especially for the unattractive matches and the crowded calendar really
can't accommodate a lengthy series of matches, especially if they have to wait
for sponsors and the money isn't that good. So it doesn't surprise me that the
candidates match series is to be cancelled, I really wondered how they would
get it together, but it really does make life hard and unfair for a
conscientious player like Gelfand who, in another time would probably have been
like Portisch, a perennial and tough competitor in almost every candidates
series.
TWIC is changing. There is a new format coming which we're testing at
the moment and which I'm trying to also keep up to date. You can see it at:
http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverLive/
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov play their 12 game world
championship reunification match in Elista, 23rd Sept - 10th Oct 2006. Play
starts at 12pm BST on game days. 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.
Game one saw Vladimir Kramnik choose the Catalan against Veselin Topalov
in game one. They both played down the game Moiseenko - Grischuk in the Russian
Team Championship in Sochi this year. Kramnik seemed to be pressing for some
time but when he won Topalov's a-pawn it seemed at the expense of allowing
Topalov a repetition. Topalov realised even though he was a pawn down he could
continue. He pressed for some time but was always in danger if he let Kramnik
out of his bind. When Kramnik did escape Topalov missed a last chance to hold
the position and instead blundered his whole position away and lost. A dynamic
and interesting start.
Game two saw Topalov choose 1.d4 too (I'm enjoying this, I've got rather
fed up of most of the elite clashes starting with 1.e4) was another huge heavy
weight battle somewhat scarred with errors however. Kramnik defended with a
Slav Defence and after he played 17. ...f5 it became a battle of the wings with
black playing on the kind side and white trying to attack the king. On move 31.
Kramnik blundered allowing mate in short order but Topalov didn't examine the
position carefully and immediately played Qg6+ rather than the crushing Rxg4+.
He explained later that he thought he was winning with Qg6+. Topalov gradually
lost his advantage and probably his objectivity and he had a very difficult
position at first time control. He missed some chances to draw and went down to
a second loss.
So Kramnik leads 2-0 after two games but that scoreline doesn't explain
at all how exciting these games have been and Topalov could very easily be
leading 1.5-0.5 with some very normal decisions. Hopefully the players will
continue to go at each other for the rest of the match. I include some very
nice notes to the first two games from IM Malcolm Pein in the PGN section.
I'm enjoying the official site (http://www.worldchess2006.com/), live
PGN (with basic commentary) during the games on a website that seems not to
crash and very worthwhile reporting of the post game press conferences from the
players is more than enough to satisfy me and I recommend you give it a
visit.
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.
Official site: http://www.worldchess2006.com/
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 75 E04 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 63 D19 Slav Defence
WCh Elista RUS (RUS), 23 ix-12 x 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2743 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2.0
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
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Magnus Carlsen defeated Simen Agdestein 3-1 in the Norwegian
Championship playoff. After both standard time rate games were drawn, Carlsen
won both rapid playoff games to take the title. This is the second year in a
row they've had a play off. The match took place 19th-21st September 2006. This
is Carlsen's first Norwegian title, Simen Agdestein is a seven time former
champion. The playoff became necessary after they tied on 7/9 in the
championship tournament in Moss 8th-15th July 2006.
Quotes:
Magnus Carlsen "I am delighted to win. Especially after I made a
mess of things, he told
Nettavisen.
Simen Agdestein: - It really annoyed me that I wasn't able to settle the
match when I had the chance in game 2.
Time controls: First two games. 40 in 120, 20 in 60 and then 30 to a
finish. Then g/25 rapid games will continue in pairs until the match is
decided.
Official site: http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk
Standard Timerate Games
Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 40 D27 QGA
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 47 A31 English Symmetrical
Rapid playoff
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 33 A28 English Four Knights
Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 29 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
ch-NOR Playoff Oslo NOR (NOR), 19-21 ix 2006
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1 2 3 4
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Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 = = 1 1 3.0 2768
Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2575 = = 0 0 1.0 2482
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The 15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International takes place 23rd
September - 1st October 2006 at the Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man.
Top ten players: 1 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713g 2 Elyanov, Pavel UKR 2651g 3
Kobalia, Mikhail RUS 2647g 4 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2641g 5 Korneev, Oleg
RUS 2638g 6 Krasenkow, Michal POL 2635g 7 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2632g 8 Volkov,
Sergey RUS 2628g 9 Socko, Bartosz POL 2621g 10 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ
2606g
Official site: http://www.monarchchess.bcmchess.co.uk/
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Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (IOM), 23 ix-1 x 2006
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1. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2561 2.0
2. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2587 2.0
3. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2635 2.0
4. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2584 2.0
5. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2556 2.0
6. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2604 2.0
7. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2713 2.0
8. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2594 2.0
9. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2432 2.0
10. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2606 1.5 2611
11. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2586 1.5 2564
12. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2591 1.5 2574
13. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2561 1.5 2495
14. Volkov, Sergei RUS 2159 1.5 2633
15. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2583 1.5 2515
16. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2492 1.5 2559
17. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2641 1.5 2658
18. Ferguson, Mark m ENG 2389 1.5 2516
19. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2647 1.5 2566
20. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2554 1.5 2599
21. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2621 1.5 2619
22. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2479 1.5 2547
23. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2632 1.5 2439
24. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2576 1.5 2459
25. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2513 1.5 2325
26. Hanley, Craig m ENG 2419 1.5 2519
27. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2554 1.5 2389
28. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 1.5 2590
29. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2411 1.5 2473
30. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2414 1.5 2473
31. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2412 1.5 2456
32. Williams, Simon m ENG 2473 1.5 2535
33. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2551 1.5 2512
84 players
The 14th Bora Kostic Memorial took place in Vrsac, Serbia, 12th-21st
September 2006. Ivan Ivanisevic took clear first place a point clear of
Bartlomiej Macieja.
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 6.5 2737
2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 = * 1 = = 1 0 = = 1 5.5 2649
3. Markus, Robert g SCG 2586 = 0 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 5.0 2615
4. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2577 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2616
5. Miladinovic, Igor g SCG 2584 0 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2615
6. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2625 = 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 4.5 2568
7. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2637 0 1 = = 0 = * = = 1 4.5 2566
8. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2564 = = 0 0 = 1 = * = = 4.0 2532
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 0 = 1 = 0 0 = = * 1 4.0 2523
10. Munizaba, Slobodan f SCG 2319 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 2251
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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.]. Round 2 games now available.
John Saunders had the following queries with the round 2 games.
Cherniaev-James, Rd 2: On move 20 Black can just play 20...Rf8 winning
instantly and Hebden-J.Cobb, Rd 2: 31 Qg4 (followed by resigns) makes
absolutely no sense, but 21 Bd3 does make sense. However these do indeed seem
to be correct reflections of the original scoresheets.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
The fourth week of the US Chess League took place on 18th and 20th
September 2006 on ICC. News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
WEEK 4 Standings
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Boston |4.0 |0.0 |11.0 (69%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Baltimore |2.0 |2.0 |9.0 (56%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|New York |2.0 |2.0 |6.5 (41%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Carolina |1.0 |3.0 |6.5 (41%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Philadelphia |0.0 |4.0 |6.0 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Seattle |4.0 |0.0 |13.0 (81%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|San Francisco |3.5 |0.5 |10.5 (66%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Miami |2.0 |2.0 |8.0 (50%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Dallas |1.0 |3.0 |6.5 (41%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Tennessee |0.5 |3.5 |3.0 (19%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
The World Senior Championship took place in Arvier (Valle d’Aosta,
Italy). The favourite Victor Korchnoi took his first world title in winning the
event with 9/11 half a point clear of Vlasimil Jansa.
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 GM 2600 SUI 9 2402 80,5
2 Jansa, Vlastimil GM 2482 CZE 8,5 2322 78
3 Spassov, Liuben GM 2387 BUL 8 2311 74,5
4 Bukal, Vladimir IM 2414 CRO 8 2303 74
5 Donchenko, Anatoly G IM 2405 GER 8 2311 73
6 Klovans, Janis GM 2433 LAT 7,5 2374 78,5
7 Vasiukov, Evgeni GM 2505 RUS 7,5 2344 76,5
8 Plachetka, Jan GM 2427 SVK 7,5 2340 76,5
9 Tatai, Stefano IM 2361 ITA 7,5 2259 74,5
10 Sorokin, Valentin FM 2337 RUS 7,5 2269 71,5
11 Jakobsen, Ole IM 2387 DEN 7,5 2246 71,5
12 Karasev, Vladimir I IM 2379 RUS 7,5 2226 71,5
13 Zakharov, Alexander IM 2395 RUS 7,5 2256 70,5
14 Westerinen, Heikki M.J. GM 2378 FIN 7,5 2258 70,5
15 Kaminik, Aleksandar 2226 UKR 7,5 2265 69,5
16 Klundt, Klaus IM 2380 GER 7 2307 75
17 Chernikov, Oleg L GM 2422 RUS 7 2240 72
18 Karl, Hans FM 2240 SUI 7 2255 70
19 Piankov, Evgenij IM 2324 UKR 7 2213 70
20 Loktiev, Ivan IM 2383 RUS 7 2172 69
21 Kristiansen, Erling FM 2236 NOR 7 2190 66
22 Cebalo, Miso GM 2505 CRO 6,5 2339 79,5
23 Boey, Josef IM 2277 BEL 6,5 2285 74
24 Etmans, Maarten D FM 2159 NED 6,5 2342 72
25 Gutzeit, Avraham 2079 ISR 6,5 2240 70
26 Arkhangelsky, Boris IM 2395 RUS 6,5 2214 69,5
27 Gabriel, Josef 2204 GER 6,5 2208 69
28 Nordstrom, Felix FM 2178 SWE 6,5 2232 68
29 Malmdin, Nils-Ake 2218 SWE 6,5 2191 65,5
30 Ljubarskij, Jurij FM 2341 GER 6,5 2165 65
31 Ofstad, Per 2151 NOR 6,5 2203 64,5
32 Rosino, Antonio FM 2290 ITA 6,5 2151 64,5
33 Buxade Roca, Guillermo 2202 ESP 6,5 2160 64
34 Frumson, Yury FM 2317 RUS 6,5 2123 63,5
35 Barlocco, Carlo FM 2183 ITA 6,5 2072 63
36 Zhelesny, Stanislav FM 2235 RUS 6,5 2122 62,5
37 Obukhov, Sergeij 2256 UKR 6,5 2105 59,5
38 Laco, Giuseppe 2143 ITA 6,5 2133 58
39 Hicker, Harald Dr. 2136 AUT 6,5 2109 53
40 Altshul, Raffael FM 2291 RUS 6 2263 74,5
41 Siegmund, Rainer 2154 GER 6 2345 73,5
42 Johnsen, Gunnar 2215 NOR 6 2169 70,5
43 Hvenekilde, Jorgen 2181 DEN 6 2189 67
44 Viner, Phillip 2140 AUS 6 2201 66
45 Zaric, Srboljub 2241 AUS 6 2179 66
46 Manukian, Aleksan 2195 ARM 6 2174 64,5
47 Masich, Vladimir 2041 RUS 6 2111 62,5
48 Bondar, Anatoly T. FM 2165 RUS 6 2110 61,5
49 Taksrud, Vidar 2120 NOR 6 2185 61
50 Profaizer, Gino 2060 ITA 6 2141 61
51 Andersson, Kaj 2138 SWE 6 2153 60
52 Wagman, Stuart FM 2125 USA 6 2111 59,5
53 Hook, W. 2084 IVB 6 2099 59
54 Elfert, Aleksandr V. IM 2166 RUS 6 2082 58
55 Zelkind, Eduard FM 2232 USA 6 2119 57
56 Kock, Hans-Uwe FM 2130 GER 6 2075 55,5
124 games
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XVI WSen w Arvier ITA (ITA), 11-22 ix 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Saunina, Ludmila wg RUS 2290 +11 = 9 + 5 + 2 + 7 + 6 +12 = 3 +10 - 4 =13 8.5 2322
2. Khmiadashvili, Tamar wg GEO 2210 +12 + 8 + 6 - 1 = 9 + 3 - 4 +10 = 5 +11 = 7 7.5 2270
3. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2220 + 7 - 6 +12 = 9 + 5 - 2 + 8 = 1 = 4 +14 +11 7.5 2262
4. Fatalibekova, Elena wg RUS 2264 - 8 - 5 +13 +11 +10 = 9 + 2 = 6 = 3 + 1 +14 7.5 2252
5. Erenska-Barlo, Hanna wg POL 2293 =10 + 4 - 1 = 8 - 3 = 7 +13 +14 = 2 +12 + 6 7.0 2195
6. Dragasevic-G., Antonina wm SCG 2134 +14 + 3 - 2 = 7 +12 - 1 + 9 = 4 +11 + 8 - 5 7.0 2239
7. Lebel-Arias, Julia wm MNC 1965 - 3 +14 + 8 = 6 - 1 = 5 =11 + 9 =13 =10 = 2 6.0 2155
8. Abdikasova, Panno KAZ 2035 + 4 - 2 - 7 = 5 +14 =11 - 3 +13 +12 - 6 +10 6.0 2130
9. Epstein, Esther wm USA 2182 +13 = 1 +10 = 3 = 2 = 4 - 6 - 7 . . . 4.0 2123
10. Beliaeva, Natalia wf RUS 2078 = 5 +11 - 9 -12 - 4 +13 +14 - 2 - 1 = 7 - 8 4.0 1999
11. Blagonadezhnaya, Ideya RUS 2049 - 1 -10 +14 - 4 +13 = 8 = 7 +12 - 6 - 2 - 3 4.0 1991
12. Abolina,Aria Solveiga LAT ---- - 2 +13 - 3 +10 - 6 +14 - 1 -11 - 8 - 5 +15 4.0 2001
13. Hoose, Hannelore GER 1828 - 9 -12 - 4 =14 -11 -10 - 5 - 8 = 7 +15 = 1 2.5 1894
14. Shah,Anila IND ---- - 6 - 7 -11 =13 - 8 -12 -10 - 5 +15 - 3 - 4 1.5 1769
15. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . -14 -13 -12 0.0
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European Youth Championship 2006 took place in Herceg Novi (Montenegro),
September 9th - 20th 2006. There were under-10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 championships
for boys and girls. The champions were: Boys u-10 Shurunov Arseny (RUS), Boys
u-12 Bukavshin Ivan (RUS), Boys u-14 Prohaszka Peter (HUN), Boys u-16 Edouard
Romain (FRA), Boys u-18 Zhigalko Sergei (BLR) and Girls u-10 Visanescu
Daria-Ioana (ROM), Girls u-12 Arabidze Meri (GEO), Girls u-14 Repina Varvara
(RUS), Girls u-16 Ozturk Kubra (TUR), Girls u-18 Gasik Anna (POL). I've put the
available games from the under 16 and 18 championships. I may revisit some of
the younger groups. The official site has full coverage of all the events. The
event also shows the split of Serbia and Montenegro players for the first time.
Serbia three letter code is now SRB and the host Federation Montenegro is
MNE.
Further details: http://www.scgchess.org/
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EU-chB18 Herceg Novi MNE (MNE), 10-19 ix 2006
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1. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2487 7 40½ 50½ 6 36
2. Andriasian, Zaven m ARM 2463 6½ 39 49 5 33
3. Tukhaev, Adam m UKR 2459 6½ 38½ 49½ 5 35
4. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2456 6½ 38 49 5 35½
5. Narmontas, Matas LTU 2345 6½ 36 46 6 31½
6. Dourerassou, Jonathan FRA 2336 6½ 34 44 6 28½
7. Moranda, Wojciech m POL 2446 6 40 50 4 32½
8. Grigoryan, Avetik ARM 2396 6 39 49½ 5 31½
9. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2500 6 38½ 50 5 32
10. Gonda, Laszlo m HUN 2447 6 38 49 5 33
11. Jojua, Davit f GEO 2371 6 37 47 4 31
12. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2339 6 33½ 43½ 5 30½
13. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2421 6 32½ 41½ 5 27
14. Pena Gomez, Manuel ESP 2337 6 31 40 5 26
15. Vocaturo, Daniele m ITA 2410 5½ 38½ 48½ 4 34½
16. Papadopoulos, I GRE 2285 5½ 36 44 2 29
17. Szabo, Krisztian m HUN 2467 5½ 34 43½ 4 27
18. Rees, Ioan WLS 2241 5½ 32½ 41½ 4 24
19. Glud, Jakob Vang m DEN 2418 5½ 32 42 5 26
20. Figura, Atila Gajo GER 2353 5½ 30½ 39½ 4 26½
21. Paichadze, Luka GEO 2358 5½ 27½ 35 4 23½
74 players
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EU-chB16 Herceg Novi MNE (MNE), 10-19 ix 2006
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1. Edouard, Romain f FRA 2404 7½ 37½ 48½ 7 39
2. Kravtsiv, Martyn UKR 2450 7 37½ 48 6 33½
3. Rasulov, Vugar AZE 2152 6½ 40½ 52 6 34
4. Pap, Gyula HUN 2412 6½ 38 48½ 5 32
5. Lintchevski, Daniil f RUS 2429 6½ 37½ 48½ 4 32½
6. Leniart, Arkadiusz POL 2348 6½ 35½ 45½ 6 32½
7. Volodin, Aleksandr EST 2354 6½ 33½ 44 6 31
8. Can, Emre TUR 2301 6 37½ 47 3 32
9. Tereick, Benjamin GER 2262 6 37 48 5 32
10. Recuero Guerra, David f ESP 2396 6 32½ 41½ 5 25
11. Pachta, Paul AUT 2331 6 31 40½ 6 25
12. Mingachev, Mansur f RUS 2379 6 28 36½ 5 24
13. Blomqvist, Erik SWE 2133 5½ 40½ 52½ 4 34
14. Levin, Evgeny A f RUS 2336 5½ 39½ 51 4 33½
15. Pileckis, Emilis LTU 2253 5½ 38 47 3 32
16. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROM 2292 5½ 37½ 48 5 33
17. Salgado Lopez, Ivan f ESP 2411 5½ 36½ 48 5 32
18. Bindrich, Falko m GER 2486 5½ 36½ 46½ 3 30
19. Golichenko, Ilija UKR 2289 5½ 35½ 47 4 30
20. Vila Gazquez, Javier f ESP 2345 5½ 35 45½ 4 28
21. Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2285 5½ 35 44½ 3 31½
22. Roganovic, Milos SRB 2293 5½ 32½ 42½ 3 29
23. Stupak, Kirill BLR 2346 5½ 30½ 39 4 28
24. Bulanov, Dmitri BLR 2195 5½ 29 38 5 22
82 players
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EU-chG18 Herceg Novi MNE (MNE), 10-19 ix 2006
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1. Gasik, Anna POL 2068 8 42½ 54½ 7 41½
2. Paulet, Iosefina wm ROM 2123 7 39 49 6 35½
3. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2368 7 34½ 44½ 7 29
4. Daulyte, Deimante wm LTU 2202 6½ 38 50 6 36½
5. Mader, Manuela GER 2163 6½ 35 46½ 6 33½
6. Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2276 6½ 31 39½ 6 29
7. Guichard, Pauline FRA 2227 6 41½ 53 5 35
8. Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2329 6 37½ 50 5 33½
9. Djukic, Sandra SRB 2137 6 32 40½ 5 26½
10. Leks, Hanna POL 2253 5½ 40½ 53 4 33½
11. Kubikova, Alena wf CZE 2149 5½ 39½ 49½ 5 33
12. Benmesbah, Natacha wf FRA 2125 5½ 37½ 49 5 31
13. Craciun, Paula-Iulia ROM 2044 5½ 34 44½ 4 26½
14. Domany, Zsofia HUN 2172 5½ 33 42½ 4 27½
15. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2212 5½ 32½ 42½ 5 29½
16. Kharashuta, Ekaterina wf RUS 2246 5½ 32 41 5 26½
57 players
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EU-chG16 Herceg Novi MNE (MNE), 10-19 ix 2006
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1. Ozturk, Kubra TUR 2110 7½ 38 48½ 7 35½
2. Rakic, Marija SRB 2128 7 40½ 53 6 39½
3. Mammadova, Gulnar AZE 2095 6½ 38½ 50 5 34
4. Agrest, Inna SWE 2004 6½ 36½ 47½ 4 35½
5. Rumiantseva, Maria RUS 2053 6½ 32½ 42 5 28½
6. Zhorzholiani, Meri GEO 2099 6 40 50½ 5 34
7. Guadamuro Torrente, Anabel wf ESP 2105 6 39½ 49½ 5 31½
8. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2230 6 38½ 49½ 5 32½
9. Severiukhina, Zoja wf RUS 2201 6 38½ 48 4 31½
10. Ntiloudi, Despina GRE 1913 6 36½ 46½ 5 29½
11. Sadykova, Alsu RUS 2127 6 36 46½ 5 32½
12. Ignacz, Maria wm HUN 2255 6 36 45½ 5 30
13. Ni, Viktorija LAT 2041 6 34 44 5 26½
14. Traistaru, Teodora ROM 2150 6 33½ 43 6 29
15. Butskhrikidze, Ana GEO 2001 5½ 28 35½ 4 22½
16. Gosciniak, Maria POL 2037 5½ 27½ 35½ 4 22
62 players
The 13th Graz International was played 16th-24th September 2006. In
Group A there were 42 and in Group B 68 players. The three top seeds finished
by the order of their starting numbers. Group A was won by GM Shengelia Davit
with an score of 7,5/9 followed by GM Balinov Ilia 7/9 and IM/WGM Sebag Marie
6,5/7. News: Thomas Pfaffel.
The detailed results can be found at the chess-results Server:
Group A: http://chess-results.com/tnr4226.aspx?tnr=4226
Group B: http://chess-results.com/tnr4227.aspx?tnr=4227
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Open A Graz AUT (AUT), 16-24 ix 2006
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1. Shengelia, Davit g GEO 2490 7,5 49,0 38,5 39,50 2597
2. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2454 7,0 51,5 40,0 38,75 2571
3. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2448 6,5 49,0 37,5 34,00 2492
4. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2275 6,0 50,0 39,5 31,00 2454
5. Moser, Eva m AUT 2395 6,0 50,0 38,5 31,75 2421
6. Aschenbrenner, Robert AUT 2280 6,0 46,5 36,0 29,50 2402
7. Danner, Georg m AUT 2411 6,0 45,5 35,0 29,25 2401
8. Krumpacnik, Domen m SLO 2385 5,5 50,5 39,5 27,00 2384
9. Schachinger, Mario AUT 2277 5,5 42,5 33,0 24,50 2250
10. Diermair, Andreas f AUT 2357 5,5 42,5 32,5 24,00 2287
11. Kokol, Peter SLO 2165 5,5 42,0 32,5 21,00 2233
12. Schnider, Gert f AUT 2270 5,0 47,5 36,5 22,50 2325
13. Pilaj, Herwig m AUT 2380 5,0 47,5 36,5 22,25 2320
14. Zupe, Miran m SLO 2378 5,0 46,0 36,0 23,25 2327
15. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2219 5,0 45,0 35,0 21,75 2299
16. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2361 5,0 43,0 33,5 21,50 2279
17. Hatzl, Johannes AUT 2113 5,0 40,0 31,0 19,00 2161
18. Wanderer, Thomas AUT 2206 5,0 37,5 28,5 16,00 2204
42 players
The 3rd Ashdod (Israel) tournament took place September 11th-19th 2006.
The prize fund was 60,000 US $ (first prize- 10.000 US$). Emil Sutovsky won the
event by tie-break exactly on his 29th birthday. News: Yochanan Afek. Games
from rounds 2 and 9 are missing.
Official site: http://www.ashdodchess.com
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3rd Festival Ashdod ISR (ISR), 11-19 ix 2006
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1. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2607 7.0
2. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2567 7.0
3. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2659 7.0
4. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2571 7.0
5. Kudischewitsch, David m RUS 2343 6.5
6. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2593 6.5
7. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2490 6.5
8. Bykhovsky, Anatoly f ISR 2383 6.5
9. Bitansky, Igor m ISR 2366 6.5
10. Paveliev, Alexey RUS 2403 6.0
11. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2523 6.0
12. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2494 6.0
13. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2311 6.0
14. Shutzman, Joseph USA 2293 6.0
15. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2585 6.0
16. Murey, Jacob g ISR 2482 6.0
17. Kaganskiy, Gleb f RUS 2349 6.0
18 Gilboa, Amos ISR 2230 5.5
19 Arlinsky, Uriel ISR 2217 5.5
20 Gershkowich, David f ISR 2302 5.5
21. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2345 5.5
22. Caspi, Israel ISR 2306 5.5
23 Kirichenko, Alex ISR ---- 5.5
24. Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2460 5.5
25. Krush, Irina m USA 2436 5.5
26. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2406 5.5
27. Porat, Ido f ISR 2329 5.5
28. Axelrod, Arie ISR 2290 5.5
91 players
The First Saturday tournaments for September took place 2nd-12th
September 2006. IM Denes Boros won the GM event with 10/12. There were a couple
of corrections I made in TWIC 619 within a few hours of its publication from
Christian Richter which affected the IMB event table and games section. In the
game Richter-Feige (round 6) the draw was agreed after 44.Bb3 (this move is
missing). In the game Richter-Lengyel (round 8) until move 80 everything is
correct, but the next moves were 81.Bb5 Nf7 82.Be8 Ne5 83.f3 Nd3+ 84.Kg3 Ne5
85.f4 Nd3 86.f5 and black resigned. So the result is 1-0 and not 0-1. So if you
have early versions of the magazine you may want to redownload it or correct
TWIC yourself.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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 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.
There are a couple of games with corrected results this week.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
To FIDE president, Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Dear Mr. Ilyumzhinov,
Around a year ago FIDE adopted a new system of World Championship. In
order to fight for the highest title in the Chess world, last December I went
to the World cup tournament in Khanti-Mansiisk ,took 6th place and qualified
for the next stage – the Candidates matches. In December I signed a letter
of intent with FIDE. In January 2006 FIDE made the pairings and announced that
the matches would take place 20-30th of October with a minimal prize fund of
40000 US for each match. It meant that for 2 rounds of Candidate matches(8 of
1st round and 4 of next round) prize find should be at least 480000 US. Taking
this into account, I planned the timetable of my preparation.
In order to reach the peak of my form for the most prestigious event of
the year, I accepted some invitations like a training match with Czech
grandmaster David Navara to have an experience in matches. However I declined
some other ones, for example, super tournament in Foros with big prize-fund. If
I’d accepted this invitation, I would be rated 3rd in the tournament and
would have good reasons to get at least 3rd prize-10000US. I also rejected an
invitation for a rapid event in Cap d’Adge at the end of October. I would
be rated 1st there and would have a good chance to win 1st prize of 16000 Euro,
as I did there already 2 times.
I also hired some players specially to analyze the games of my opponent
Rustam Kasimdzhanov and my potential opponents - Gata Kamsky and Etienne
Bacrot. In order to help me, my seconds also refused some invitations to the
tournaments and I had to compensate financially their expected losses.
During this, I didn’t receive no e-mail or any news from FIDE
(which is strange by itself) starting from new year, I was confident that
matches would start on time. Last month you confirmed it and assured "that the
issue will be finalized during the Presidential Board meeting in Elista, during
the Topalov- Kramnik match” (I quote from the translation of your
interview to Yuri Vasiliev from the Chessbase.com site on 21st of August 2006).
However, yesterday evening in official report of Presidential Board
meeting I read the following:
"In order to resolve difficulties in the organization of the Candidate
matches, the Board offered a round-robin tournament for the 16 players as an
alternative to the original form of the competition. President Ilyumzhinov
offered to hold all the matches or the tournament in Elista.”
Of course the chess players are grateful to you for your kind offer to
hold such an important event. But unfortunately, dates announced back in
January should not be changed, especially not less than a month before the
event. But especially harmful is the idea of replacing matches with a
tournament. I never heard that in any sport that the structure of the World
championship may be changed during the cycle.
I also never hear that in any sport dates of world championship in any
stage were moved in such a short notice. It is especially dangerous to break
all the rules of sport world when chess is trying so hard to become part of
Olympic games .
In case the dates of the matches would be moved from officially stated,
or if the matches will be cancelled altogether I would expect FIDE to
compensate me for my damaged, as detailed above.
I am kindly requesting you to reply to my concerns urgently, as
announced dates of the matches are within less than 1 month.
I consider the questions raised in this letter are of importance to all
chess community, and therefore I send a copy of it to some of the most popular
sites.
Sincerely yours, Boris Gelfand, candidate for the World Championship
Rishon le Zion, Israel
cc: Advocate Mr. Galai Sharir Advocate Mr. Zohar Olpiner Israeli Chess
Federation Chesscenter. com Chessbase. com Chesstoday.net New in Chess.com
in a press release on September 19th 2006 on their website the Corus,
Wijk aan Zee organisers announced the first players for the event in January
2007. The top three in the world Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand and Levon
Aronian will all play. It was already known that Alexander Motylev qualified
from the B group last year and that Magnus Carlsen who officially lost out on
tie-break to him would also be invited.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n115
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
