THE WEEK IN CHESS 630 4th December 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Kramnik - Fritz Match 3 games
XLI Capablanca Memorial 243 games
Russian Championship SuperFinal 12 games
Russian Women's Championship 18 games
Brazilian Championship 42 games
IV Magistral Pinamar 18 games
Spanish Championship 438 games
Ukrainian Championships 90 games
14th GM Solin 31 games
Italian Championship 40 games
Greek Championships 80 games
Deep Junior beats Teimour Radjabov 1 game
Marshall Club Championship 56 games
Kilkenny Chess Congress 6 games
19th Belgrade Trophy 390 games
36th National Chess Congress 15 games
US Chess League 9 games
Bundesliga 1 game
1491 games
My thanks to Eugenio Davolio, Evgeny Tkachev, Nebojsa Baralic, George
Mirijanian, Leslie Leow, Spiros Ilandzis, Adolivio Capece, Luiz Roberto Da
Costa Jr, Laszlo Nagy, Lars-Henrik Bech Hansen, Jeff Hall, Miklos Orso,
Zenón Franco Ocampos, Shay Bushinsky, Scott Freeman, Gert Ligterink,
Michael Atkins and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Vladimir Kramnik has just one game to try and level his match against
Deep Fritz. His terrible blunder into mate in one in game two looks certain to
cost him the match. Elsewhere Deep Junior beat Teimour Radjabov with black in a
one off game in Florence. Vassily Ivanchuk duly completed a win in the
Capablanca Memorial in Cuba edging out Evgeny Bareev who performed excellently
to recover from a bad start. The Russian Championship super final is not as
strong as some of the previous editions but it has a respectable field headed
by world number four Peter Svidler.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Vladimir Kramnik plays 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.
Official site: http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/
Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 47 E03 Catalan
DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 35 D20 QGA
Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 44 E03 Catalan
DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 54 C43 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 35 E51 Nimzo Indian
The Duel Bonne GER (GER), 25 xi-5 xii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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DEEP FRITZ ---- = 1 = = = . 3.0
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2750 = 0 = = = . 2.0
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The XLI Capablanca Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May
due to the Turin Olympiad. This years event took place 19th-30th November 2006
in the hotel Habana Riviera. The top event was a 6 player double round robin
with Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Bareev, Kamil Miton, Jesus Nogueiras, Lenier
Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon (starts 21st). Ivanchuk won the event with 6.5/10
half a point clear of Evgeny Bareev recovered from a couple of early losses to
take clear second place and gain rating points.
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
Round 7 (November 27, 2006)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 53 D15 Slav Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 58 D27 QGA
Bruzon, Lazaro - Miton, Kamil 1/2 44 D13 Slav Exchange
Round 8 (November 28, 2006)
Miton, Kamil - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 60 D10 Slav Defence
Dominguez, Lenier - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 25 B08 Pirc Defence
Nogueiras, Jesus - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 16 E18 Queens Indian
Round 9 (November 29, 2006)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 13 C10 French Rubinstein
Bruzon, Lazaro - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 22 D27 QGA
Nogueiras, Jesus - Miton, Kamil 1/2 12 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Round 10 (November 30, 2006)
Bareev, Evgeny - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 61 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Miton, Kamil - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 17 D15 Slav Defence
Dominguez, Lenier - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 13 C11 French Defence
Capablanca mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 21-14 xi 2006cat. XVII (2653)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2741 ** 1= 0= == 1= 11 6.5 2745
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2683 0= ** =1 =1 =1 01 6.0 2719
3 Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 1= =0 ** == == == 5.0 2656
4 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2655 == =0 == ** == == 4.5 2616
5 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2648 0= =0 == == ** == 4.0 2582
6 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2554 00 10 == == == ** 4.0 2601
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Capablanca mem Open Havana CUB (CUB), 21-14 xi 2006
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1. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 7½ 58
2. Corrales, Fidel m CUB 2496 7½ 55
3. Iturrizaga, Eduardo m VEN 2309 7 61½
4. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2524 7 47½
5. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2427 6½ 61½
6. Perez, Orelvis f CUB 2415 6½ 61
7. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2465 6½ 60½
8. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2431 6½ 59½
9. Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis f CUB 2439 6½ 58
10. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2534 6½ 57½
11. Quezada, Yuniesky g CUB 2515 6 55
12. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2457 6 53
13. Soto Paez, Oliver f VEN 2315 5½ 62
14. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2393 5½ 57
15. Mosquera, Miguel m COL 2425 5½ 57
16. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2413 5½ 56
17. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2502 5½ 54
18. Almeida, Omar g CUB 2500 5½ 53
19. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2430 5½ 49
20. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2448 5 52
21. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2510 5 51
22. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2446 5 50
23. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2455 5 49
24. Barrientos, Sergio m COL 2421 5 48½
25. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2467 5 48½
26. Resende, Antonio Carlos m BRA 2402 5 48
27. Blanco, Humberto f CUB 2426 5 47½
28. Pozo Vera, Sandro f CUB 2462 5 47
29. Braga, Cicero m BRA 2412 5 46½
30. Farley, Terry BAR 2246 5 45
31. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2510 4½ 52½
32. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2385 4½ 51
33. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2442 4½ 49
34. Garcia, Osmel m CUB 2400 4½ 48
35. Aponte, Ernesto COL 2115 4½ 44½
36. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2252 4½ 44½
37. Linares Napoles, Oleiny wf CUB 2199 4½ 41½
38. Mena Crespo, Carlos f CUB 2413 4 55½
39. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2423 4 47½
40. Arias, Lemmys A f ESA 2253 4 45
41. Larduet, Carlos f CUB 2308 4 45
42. Puntier, William f DOM 2337 4 41
43. Elliott, Warren f JAM 2286 3½ 41
44. Diaz Ordonez, Ciro ECU 2257 3½ 39½
45. Macias Murillo, Bryan ECU 2216 3½ 39½
46. Betancourt, Pedro Luis VEN ---- 3½ 36½
47. Munoz, Lisandro f DOM 2396 3 45½
48. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wm CUB 2216 3 41
49. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2223 2½ 44
50. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2201 2½ 39
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The Russian Championship SuperFinal takes place in Moscow 3rd-15th
December 2006 (rest days 7th and 12th).
Official site: http://russiachess.org/content/view/94/:
live coverage: http://russiachess.org/online
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ch-RUS Superfinal Moscow RUS (RUS), 3-15 xii 2006 cat. XV (2622)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2639 * = . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2788
2. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2543 = * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2785
3. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2826
4. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2628 . . . * . = . . . . . 1 1.5 2835
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2671 . . = . * . = . . . . . 1.0 2666
6. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2688 . . . = . * . = . . . . 1.0 2611
7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 . . . . = . * . = . . . 1.0 2626
8. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2595 . . . . . = . * . = . . 1.0 2668
9. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2582 . . . . . . = . * . = . 1.0 2647
10. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2648 0 . . . . . . = . * . . 0.5 2424
11. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2545 . 0 . . . . . . = . * . 0.5 2369
12. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2596 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (December 3, 2006)
Khairullin, Ildar - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Svidler, Peter 1/2 22 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Rublevsky, Sergei - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1/2 20 C45 Scotch Game
Najer, Evgeniy - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2 23 E20 Nimzo Indian
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Grigoriants, Sergey 1/2 40 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Vitiugov, Nikita - Khismatullin, Denis 0-1 43 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 (December 4, 2006)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Najer, Evgeniy 1-0 75 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Khismatullin, Denis - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 22 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 32 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 25 A09 Reti Opening
Grigoriants, Sergey - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Khairullin, Ildar 0-1 58 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
The Russian Women's Championship takes place in Gorodets 1st-12th
December 2006.
Official site: http://russiachess.org/content/view/125/38/
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ch-RUS w Gorodets RUS (RUS), 1-12 xii 2006 cat. VII (2407)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2470 * . = . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2.5 2645
2. Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2415 . * . = . . . . 1 . . 1 2.5 2641
3. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2396 = . * . = . . . . 1 . . 2.0 2535
4. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2458 . = . * . . = . . . 1 . 2.0 2566
5. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2434 . . = . * . . 1 . . = . 2.0 2527
6. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2435 . . . . . * 1 0 . . 1 . 2.0 2559
7. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2493 . . . = . 0 * . 1 . . . 1.5 2382
8. Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2395 0 . . . 0 1 . * . . . . 1.0 2321
9. Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2255 . 0 . . . . 0 . * . . 1 1.0 2308
10. Komiagina, Maria wm RUS 2326 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . 1 1.0 2294
11. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2415 . . . 0 = 0 . . . . * . 0.5 2169
12. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2392 . 0 . . . . . . 0 0 . * 0.0
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The Brazilian Championship took place in Guarulhos 24th November - 3rd
December 2006. Giovanni Vescovi finished in clear first place with 8.5/11.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/
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73rd ch-BRA Guarulhos BRA (BRA), 24 xi-3 xii 2006 cat. VII (2423)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2592 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2618
2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2601 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2582
3. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2563 0 = * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2543
4. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2381 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2529
5. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2325 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2497
6. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2490 = = 1 = = * = 0 1 0 0 1 5.5 2417
7. De Toledo, James Mann m BRA 2376 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2427
8. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2416 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 0 1 1 4.5 2358
9. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2370 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4.5 2363
10. Diamant, Andre f BRA 2396 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 * = = 3.5 2292
11. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2385 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 = * = 3.0 2251
12. Oliveira, Jefferson Dos Santos BRA 2183 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2183
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The IV Magistral international tournament took place 20th-29th November
2006 in Pinamar Argentina. Anton Kovalyov won the event with 8/11.
Official site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar
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IV Magistral Pinamar ARG (ARG), 20-29 xi 2006 cat. VIII (2426)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kovalyov, Anton f ARG 2381 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1 8.0 2604
2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2496 = * 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2552
3. Flores, Diego m ARG 2512 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2551
4. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2482 = 1 = * 0 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2522
5. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2371 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 6.0 2466
6. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2462 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2458
7. Hungaski, Robert Andrew m USA 2366 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2431
8. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2430 = 1 = 1 0 0 0 * = 0 = 1 5.0 2389
9. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2426 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 5.0 2389
10. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2413 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 = * 0 0 3.0 2252
11. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2283 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 3.0 2263
12. Quinteros, Miguel A g ARG 2488 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 0 * 2.5 2209
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The LXXI Spanish Championship took place in León, 22nd-30th
November 2006. The players started in two groups of six. The top two from each
group went through to the semi-finals, Francisco Vallejo Pons beat Salvador Del
Rio Angelis 1.5-0.5 in the final.
Final
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Salvador Del Rio Angelis 1.5-0.5
3rd-4th Playoff
Juan Mario Gomez Esteban - Manuel Perez Candelario 1.5-0.5
Semi-Finals
1. Francisco Vallejo Pons - Manuel Perez Candelario 1.5-0.5
2. Salvador Del Rio Angelis -Juan Mario Gomez Esteban 1.5-0.5
Official site:
http://www.campeonatoespanaajedrez2006.com/inicio.htm
Final Standings:
1 GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 2674 1,5
2 GM Gabriel Del Río de Angelis 2492 0,5
3 GM Juan Mario Gómez Esteban 2486 1,5
4 IM Manuel Pérez Candelario 2496 0,5
5 IM Josep M. López Martínez 2508 6 21,5
6 GM Marc Narciso Dublan 2511 5 4 19,3
7 IM Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo 2493 5 4 18,3
8 GM Julen L. Arizmendi Martínez 2540 4,5 5 16,8
9 GM Miguel Illescas Córdoba 2620 4,5 5 16,5
10 GM José Luis Fernández García 2470 3 4 11,3
11 GM Manuel Rivas Pastor 2511 3 5 12,3
12 FM Pablo García Castro 2390 1 3
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ch-ESP Abierto Leon ESP (ESP), 22-30 xi 2006
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1. Moreno Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2470 7½
2. Andres Gonzalez, Alberto m ESP 2426 7
3. Llaneza Vega, Marcos f ESP 2381 7
4. Fernandez Aguado, Enrique f ESP 2356 7
5. Recuero Guerra, David f ESP 2350 6½
6. Franco Alonso, Alejandro m ESP 2421 6½
7. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2460 6½
8. Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina wm ESP 2299 6½
9. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2438 6
10. Granados Gomez, Manuel m ESP 2436 6
11. Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2329 6
12. Alsina Leal, Daniel f ESP 2430 6
13. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio m ESP 2410 6
14. Baron Rodriguez, Jesus m ESP 2424 6
15. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2442 6
16. Argandona Rivero, Inigo f ESP 2396 6
17. Garcia Garcia, Ruben f ESP 2289 6
18. Gonzalez Galvan, Juan Manuel ESP 2283 5½
19. Almagro Llamas, Pablo f ESP 2404 5½
20. Gonzalez Valero, Julio ESP 2287 5½
21. Garcia Moral Garcia, Jose Daniel ESP 2175 5½
22. Cabezas Ayala, Ivan f ESP 2328 5½
23. Cubas Pons, Juan ESP 2211 5½
24. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae wf ESP 2206 5½
25. Fernandez de Pablo, Miguel A ESP 2200 5½
26. Bayon Fernandez, Rogelio ESP 2182 5½
27. Varela Mourin, Jesus ESP 2182 5½
28. Pena Gomez, Manuel ESP 2319 5½
29. Sabater Sanchez, Asensio ESP 2177 5½
100 players
The 75th Chess Championship of Ukraine (final) take place in Poltava
24th November - 3rd December 2006. The event is a 32 player knockout with five
rounds. Zahar Efimenko defeated Yuri Drozdovskij 1.5-0.5.
In addition the Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship takes place in
Odessa 26th November - 6th December 2006. 12 chess-players take part in the
Robin-round tournament, including Olympic champions - Natalia Zhukova (2456),
Inna Gaponenko (2448) and Anna Ushenina (2430). Anna Ushenina leads with 6/8
with three rounds to go.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/eng/
75th ch-UKR m 2006
Final
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Efimenko,Z 1.5
Drozdovskij,Y 0.5
3rd-4th
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Korobov,A 4.0
Kuzubov,Y 2.0
Semifinal
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Efimenko,Z 1.5
Kuzubov,Y 0.5
Drozdovskij,Y 1.5
Korobov,A 0.5
Quarterfinal
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Efimenko,Z 1.5
Zinchenko,Ya 0.5
Areshchenko,A 2.0
Kuzubov,Y 2.0
Drozdovskij,Y 3.0
Eljanov,P 1.0
Korobov,A 3.0
Baklan,V 1.0
Round 2
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Goloshchapov,A 0.5
Efimenko,Z 1.5
Boginin,O 2.0
Zinchenko,Ya 2.0
Sumets,A 0.5
Areshchenko,A 1.5
Kravtsiv,M 1.5
Kuzubov,Y 2.5
Drozdovskij,Y 2.0
Brodsky,M 2.0
Eljanov,P 2.5
Zubov,A UKR 1.5
Korobov,A 2.0
Miroshnichenko,E 2.0
Baklan,V 1.5
Timoshenko,G 0.5
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75th ch-UKR w Odessa UKR (UKR), 24 xi-6 xii 2006 cat. IV (2332)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2430 * = . = = = 1 . 1 1 1 . 6.0 2548
2. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2352 = * = 1 1 = . 1 . = = . 5.5 2497
3. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2343 . = * 1 . = 0 1 = 1 . 1 5.5 2464
4. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2456 = 0 0 * 1 = = . 1 . . 1 4.5 2386
5. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2396 = 0 . 0 * = 1 1 . = 1 . 4.5 2386
6. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2448 = = = = = * . 0 . . 1 1 4.5 2364
7. Muzychuk, Mariya wm UKR 2278 0 . 1 = 0 . * 1 = . 1 = 4.5 2361
8. Kalinina, Olga UKR 2191 . 0 0 . 0 1 0 * 1 = . 1 3.5 2291
9. Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2324 0 . = 0 . . = 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2265
10. Arutyunova, Diana wg UKR 2362 0 = 0 . = . . = 0 * = 1 3.0 2218
11. Ivanova, Svetlana1 wm UKR 2228 0 = . . 0 0 0 . = = * 0 1.5 2094
12. Breslavska, Galina wf UKR 2176 . . 0 0 . 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2077
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The 14th Solin GM tournament took place November 24th - 2nd December
2006. Vladimir Malakhov won the event with 7/9 undefeated.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/solin/06/pravilnik.htm
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XIV Salona GM Solin CRO (CRO), 24 xi-2 xii 2006 cat. XII (2550)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2682 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2755
2. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2637 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2706
3. Dizdarevic, Emir g CRO 2492 = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2599
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2655 = 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 = 5.0 2581
5. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2489 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2599
6. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2532 0 = = 1 = * 0 = = = 4.0 2509
7. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = = 4.0 2508
8. Kurajica, Bojan g CRO 2555 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 3.0 2424
9. Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2468 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 3.0 2434
10. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2449 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 2395
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The 66th Italian Championship took place in Cremona 21st November - 4th
December 2006. Michele Godena beat 14 year old Fabino Caruana 2.5-1.5 in a
rapid (25 mins + 10 sec a move) and then blitz (5 mins) playoff. This is
Godena's 5th Italian title. The decisive 5 minute game is missing.
Official site: http://www.federscacchi.it/cia2006/
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66th ch-ITA Cremona ITA (ITA), 21 xi-4 xii 2006 cat. VII (2421)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Godena, Michele g ITA 2522 * 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 1 + 8.0 2586
2. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2474 0 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 + 8.0 2590
3. Manca, Federico m ITA 2425 = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2553
4. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2452 = 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 = = + 6.5 2482
5. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2408 = = 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 + 6.5 2486
6. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2420 = 0 = = 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 6.0 2456
7. Piscopo, Pierluigi m ITA 2380 = = = 0 0 1 * = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2424
8. Vocaturo, Daniele m ITA 2441 0 = 0 1 = = = * 0 1 1 0 5.0 2382
9. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2460 = 0 0 0 = = 1 1 * 0 1 = 5.0 2381
10. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2386 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2321
11. Scalcione, Michelangelo f ITA 2325 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2218
12. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2354 - - 0 - - 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1.5 2117
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Spartaco Sarno withdrew after playing 7 rounds.
Caruana, Fabiano - Godena, Michele 1/2 45 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Godena, Michele - Caruana, Fabiano 1/2 44 C03 French Tarrasch
Godena, Michele - Caruana, Fabiano 1/2 35 C05 French Tarrasch
Caruana, Fabiano - Godena, Michele 0-1
66th ch-ITA Playoff Cremona ITA (ITA), 4-4 xii 2006
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1 2 3 4
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Godena, Michele g ITA 2522 = = = 1 2.5 2569
Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2474 = = = 0 1.5 2435
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The 56th Greek Men's Championship takes place in Salonica 27th November
- 5th of December 2006.
The 29th Greek Women's Championship took place 25th November - 3rd
December 2006 in Athens. WGMs Anna-Maria Botsari won the event with on
tie-break (number of wins) from last year's champion Ekaterini Fakhiridou after
both finished on 6/9.
Official site:
http://www.chessfed.gr/Tournaments/ClosedGreekChamp06/
and http://www.chessfed.gr/Tournaments/ClosedGreekWomenChamp06/
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56th ch-GRE Salonica GRE (GRE), 27 xi-5 xii 2006 cat. IX (2459)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2587 * = = = = 1 = . 1 . 4.5 2580
2. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2455 = * = . 1 = . = 1 = 4.5 2552
3. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2568 = = * = = = = 1 . . 4.0 2533
4. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2562 = . = * = . = = = 1 4.0 2484
5. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2536 = 0 = = * . = . 1 1 4.0 2511
6. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2533 0 = = . . * = 1 = 1 4.0 2472
7. Kapnisis, Spyridon m GRE 2421 = . = = = = * = . = 3.5 2490
8. Goritsas, Christos GRE 2289 . = 0 = . 0 = * = 1 3.0 2403
9. Kotrotsos, Vasilios f GRE 2276 0 0 . = 0 = . = * 1 2.5 2372
10. Karayannis, Athanasios m GRE 2361 . = . 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 2129
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1. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2351 * = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2304
2. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2285 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2311
3. Pambalou, Fotini GRE 2177 1 = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2278
5. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2076 = 0 = * 0 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2253
4. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2313 = = = 1 * = 1 0 = = 5.0 2226
6. Stiri, Alexandra wm GRE 2252 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2190
7. Papadopoulou, Vera wm GRE 2246 = = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2191
8. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2204 0 0 0 = 1 1 = * 0 1 4.0 2152
9. Sperdokli, Elli GRE 2111 0 = = = = 0 0 1 * 1 4.0 2163
10. Pavlogianni, Despina GRE 1951 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1779
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Deep Junior beat Teimour Radjabov in a single exhibition game in
Florence, Italy, on December 3rd 2006. Time rate 90 mins + 30 seconds a
move.
Official site: http://www.festivaldellacreativita.it
Radjabov, Teimour - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 45 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
The 90th Marshall Club Championship (Edward Lasker Memorial) takes place
1st-10th (1st-3rd, 9th-10th) December 2006. Jaan Ehlvest leads after 5 of the 9
rounds with 4.5/5 half a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
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90th ch-Marshall CC New York USA (USA), 1-10 xii 2006
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2597 4½
2. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2587 4
3. Krush, Irina m USA 2443 4
4. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2380 4
5. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2657 3½
6. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2597 3½
7. Privman, Boris f USA 2266 3½
8. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2578 3
9. Hess, Robert L f USA 2394 3
10. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2310 3
11. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2282 3
12. Almeida Saenz, Alfonso m MEX 2409 2½
34 players
The 30th Annual Kilkenny Chess Congress took place November 24th-26th
2006. There were four competitions: the Challengers, the James Mason, the Major
and the Masters. Mark Hebden defeated Michael Adams in round 5 on the way to
winning the event with 5/6.
Report: http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=113.
Some games came from Chess Today.
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No Name Loc Club Total
1. Mark Hebden 2545 England 5
2. Michael Adams 2735 England 4.5
Valeri Atlas 2482 Austria 4.5
4. Alexander Baburin 2544 Kilkenny 4
Mark Heidenfeld 2371 Kilkenny 4
Dimitry Atlas 2294 Austria 4
John S. White 2041 Kilkenny 4
8. Gawain Jones 2467 Enniskillen 3.5
Bram Van Dijk 2202 Netherlands 3.5
10. Marek Goban 2140 Galway 3
Rory Quinn 2112 Ennis 3
Alan Peart 2105 Dublin 3
Andrew Mendelson 2076 Dublin 3
Ryan-Rhys Griffiths 1864 Kilkenny 3
15. Mark Orr 2261 Scotland 2.5
Derek Smith 2131 Rathmines 2.5
Gerard O'Connell 2098 St. Benildus 2.5
Kees de Kruif 2080 Netherlands 2.5
David Murray 2054 Gonzaga 2.5
Arno Weber 2014 Netherlands 2.5
Martin Wessels 2000 Netherlands 2.5
22. Anthony Fox 2087 Dun Laoire 2
Karl McPhillips 2250 Kilkenny 2
Tom Healy 2020 Cork 2
25. Peter Cafolla 2066 Dun Laoghaire 1.5
26. Thomas Hauptmann 2046 Netherlands 1
No Name Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Michael Adams 2735 England 4.5 15:W 6:D 9:W 4:W 2:L 5:W
2. Mark Hebden 2545 England 5 16:W 7:D 3:D 8:W 1:W 6:W
3. Alexander Baburin 2544 Kilkenny 4 17:W 13:D 2:D 7:D 5:D 18:W
4. Valeri Atlas 2482 Austria 4.5 18:W 22:W 5:W 1:L 7:D 8:W
5. Gawain Jones 2467 Enniskillen 3.5 19:W 23:W 4:L 11:W 3:D 1:L
6. Mark Heidenfeld 2371 Kilkenny 4 20:W 1:D 8:D 18:W 22:W 2:L
7. Dimitry Atlas 2294 Austria 4 21:W 2:D 13:W 3:D 4:D 10:D
8. Mark Orr 2261 Scotland 2.5 :D 14:W 6:D 2:L 11:D 4:L
9. Karl McPhillips 2250 Kilkenny 2 :D 24:W 1:L 13:D 18:- :
10. Bram Van Dijk 2202 Netherlands 3.5 22:L 18:L 15:W 14:W 13:W 7:D
11. Marek Goban 2140 Galway 3 23:L 19:W 20:W 5:L 8:D 25:D
12. Derek Smith 2131 Rathmines 2.5 24:D 26:D 22:L 16:D 15:D 20:D
13. Rory Quinn 2112 Ennis 3 25:W 3:D 7:L 9:D 10:L 21:W
14. Alan Peart 2105 Dublin 3 26:D 8:L 24:D 10:L 21:W 16:W
15. Gerard O'Connell 2098 St. Benildus 2.5 1:L 21:D 10:L 23:W 12:D 19:D
16. Anthony Fox 2087 Dun Laoire 2 2:L 25:D 17:D 12:D 20:D 14:L
17. Kees de Kruif 2080 Netherlands 2.5 3:L 20:L 16:D 21:D 19:W 26:D
18. Andrew Mendelson 2076 Dublin 3 4:L 10:W 23:W 6:L 9:+ 3:L
19. Peter Cafolla 2066 Dun Laoghaire 1.5 5:L 11:L 21:W 24:L 17:L 15:D
20. David Murray 2054 Gonzaga 2.5 6:L 17:W 11:L 26:D 16:D 12:D
21. Thomas Hauptmann 2046 Netherlands 1 7:L 15:D 19:L 17:D 14:L 13:L
22. John S. White 2041 Kilkenny 4 10:W 4:L 12:W 25:W 6:L 24:W
23. Tom Healy 2020 Cork 2 11:W 5:L 18:L 15:L 26:L :W
24. Arno Weber 2014 Netherlands 2.5 12:D 9:L 14:D 19:W 25:D 22:L
25. Martin Wessels 2000 Netherlands 2.5 13:L 16:D 26:W 22:L 24:D 11:D
26. Ryan-Rhys Griffiths 1864 Kilkenny 3 14:D 12:D 25:L 20:D 23:W 17:D
The 19th Belgrade Trophy took place in Obrenovac November 22nd-30th
2006. Zvonko Stanojoski finished first on tiebreak ahead of four others on
7.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.beochess.org.yu/2006/trofej_beograda06/english_bgopen06.htm
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19th Belgrade Trophy Belgrade SRB (SRB), 22-30 xi 2006
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1. Stanojoski, Zvonko g MKD 2488 7½ 45 57 44,00 7
2. Rajkovic, Dusan g SCG 2506 7½ 42½ 54 43,75 7
3. Miladinovic, Igor g SCG 2598 7½ 42½ 54 41,75 7
4. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2527 7½ 40 51½ 36,75 7
5. Milanovic, Danilo m SCG 2477 7½ 37 47½ 35,25 7
6. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2480 7 47½ 60½ 46,50 7
7. Bozic, Milan SCG 2401 7 43 54 39,00 7
8. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2507 7 39½ 51½ 39,00 5
9. Pavlovic, Milos2 f SCG 2440 7 39 50½ 38,75 6
10. Pap, Misa m SCG 2430 6½ 42 54 34,75 6
11. Jovanovic, D. Dusan SCG 2240 6½ 39 48½ 32,75 5
12. Kojovic, Dragan f SCG 2367 6½ 38½ 50 26,25 6
13. Stojanovic, Dalibor m BIH 2469 6½ 37½ 48½ 36,00 4
14. Stamenkovic, Dragan f SCG 2404 6½ 37½ 48 33,50 5
15. Nestorovic, D. Nikola SCG 2400 6½ 37 48½ 31,75 6
16. Kantorik, Marian f SVK 2364 6½ 37 47½ 31,75 5
17. Jakovljevic, Vlado m SCG 2398 6½ 37 47 27,50 5
18. Brenjo, Slavisa m SCG 2492 6½ 36 46 32,75 6
19. Pushkov, Nikolai g RUS 2482 6½ 35½ 47 30,75 6
20. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2369 6½ 35½ 46½ 32,50 5
21. Vujic, Mihailo SCG 2248 6½ 34½ 43½ 25,75 5
22. Mihic, Bojan SCG 2346 6½ 31½ 40 26,50 6
217 players
The First Saturday December tournaments in Budapest including GM-IM-FM
round robins, take place 2nd-12th November 2006.
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
The Commonwealth Chess Championship took place in Mumbai November
19th-29th 2006. Nigel Short won the event with an impressive 9/10. I really
hope some games turn up (this is starting to become a trend, big photo reports,
no games, most shockingly at the recent Tal Memorial blitz, this isn't a good
trend).
Official site: http://www.venuschessacademy.in/ -
Additional
info
Rank Name Rtg FED Pts BH. RtgØ
1 GM Short Nigel D 2677 ENG 9 63½ 2432
2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2550 IND 8 60½ 2389
3 IM Venkatesh M R 2466 IND 8 60 2386
4 GM Neelotpal Das 2490 IND 7½ 60 2370
5 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 2501 IND 7½ 58½ 2373
6 GM Kunte Abhijit 2524 IND 7½ 57½ 2337
7 IM Sundararajan Kidambi 2451 IND 7 61½ 2378
8 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2573 IND 7 59 2388
9 IM Gupta Abhijeet 2481 IND 7 57½ 2346
10 Gopal G N 2397 IND 7 57½ 2316
11 IM Himanshu Sharma 2387 IND 7 57½ 2303
12 Sethuraman S P 2329 IND 7 56½ 2332
13 WGM Harika Dronavalli 2353 IND 7 54½ 2308
14 GM Rahman Ziaur 2544 BAN 7 54½ 2297
15 Saptarshi Roy 2417 IND 7 53½ 2269
16 IM Prakash G B 2403 IND 7 52½ 2288
17 Rohit G 2393 IND 7 48½ 2229
18 Das Arghyadip 2373 IND 6½ 60 2380
19 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 2424 IND 6½ 59½ 2333
20 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2423 IND 6½ 57½ 2364
21 GM Barua Dibyendu 2471 IND 6½ 57 2321
22 IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2415 IND 6½ 55 2265
23 GM Ramesh R B 2491 IND 6½ 54½ 2309
24 IM Arun Prasad S 2424 IND 6½ 53 2317
25 WGM Karavade Eesha 2321 IND 6½ 52½ 2275
26 Anilkumar O T 2265 IND 6½ 50½ 2215
27 WGM Tania Sachdev 2383 IND 6½ 49 2214
28 WGM Swathi Ghate 2385 IND 6½ 48 2225
29 Sanjay N 2352 IND 6½ 48 2169
170 players
The 36th National Chess Congress organised and directed by the
Continental Chess Association took place November 25th-27th 2006 in the
Philadelphia Wyndham Hotal. Games from the final couple of rounds are now
available.
Official site:
http://members.cox.net/tournaments/ncc/index.htm
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2709 5½ 20.5 23.5 20.5
2 GM Alexander Shabalov 2650 5 20 23 18.5
3 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2666 5 19.5 22.5 17.5
4 IM Justin Sarkar 2397 5 19 21 17
5 GM Sergey Kudrin 2592 4½ 22 24.5 18
6 GM Daniel Fridman 2661 4½ 20 23 17
7 GM Zviad Izoria 2692 4½ 19 20.5 16.5
8 FM Ray S Robson 2258 4½ 18 20 15
9 FM Thomas J Bartell 2402 4½ 14 15.5 15
10 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2682 4 22 25 17
11 GM Alexander Ivanov 2640 4 20.5 23 17
12 FM Oleg N Zaikov 2359 4 18.5 21 15.5
13 WGM Anna Zatonskih 2497 4 18 20 14
14 Timur Aliev 2293 4 16 18 14.5
15 FM Ilye Figler 2344 4 15 15 13
16 IM Oladapo Adu 2324 4 11 11 12.5
The 15th Asian Games take place in Doha 1st-15th December 2006. I'm not
at all hopeful that games will turn up.
Details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1167,
official site: http://www.doha-2006.com/
The Final of the US Chess League took place on 29th November 2006 on
ICC. The result was that the San Francisco Mechanics beat New York Knights in
the final on the 29th of November after a tie-break.
Report on the official site: In what was unquestionably the most
exciting match in USCL history, the San Francisco Mechanics won the league
title in the tiebreak after the score was tied at two in regulation. In order
to win the tiebreak, you must eliminate all the players on the other team. New
York was down to it's last player, 2005 USCL MVP, GM Pascal Charbonneau.
Meanwhile San Francisco had two shots at him, with both IM David Pruess and IM
Josh Friedel remaining. IM Pruess had a deadly mating attack against
Charbonneau and it seemed as if San Francisco would wrap up the match without
having to resort to their top board. Unfortunately for Pruess, the pressure
proved too great and Charbonneau miraculously saved the game and ended up
winning. It now all came down to IM Friedel and GM Charbonneau for the
Championship. Charbonneau is known to be a fantastic blitz player, but on this
evening, Friedel got the better of him right from jump street. Earlier in this
match, winning positions seemed unimportant as players were saving lost games
and winning drawn ones. However this time around Friedel was not to be denied.
He eventually won a whole rook and despite being down to just twenty seconds,
the 5 second increment was enough for him.
News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
USCL Finals - Wednesday November 29th 2006
1. San Francisco Mechanics vs New York Knights TIE 2-2
(San Francisco won the tiebreaker match)
The Bundesliga chess season in Germany is under way. The second double
round took place 18th-19th November 2006. The Tal Memorial Blitz caused a lot
of strong players to miss the event. Alexei Shirov decided to miss the blitz
and his 2/2 would have been much appreciated by his team OSC Baden Baden.
Nevertheless they were missing Anand and they lost a key match to rivals SG
Köln Porz. The first of the extra round 7 games were played on Friday so
some teams have played 5 games and others 4 but all teams have dropped points
now.
Another try at correcting the game I tried to last week.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ -
German Chess Federation: http://www.schachbund.de
George Mirijanian reports: The Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial
tournament took place on 2nd-3rd December 2006 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel
in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. National master Denys Shmelov, 20, of
Pepperell, Mass., formerly of Ukraine, tied for 1st-3rd place with fellow
national master Max Enkin, 17, of Peabody, Mass., and FM John Curdo, 75, of
Auburn, Mass. The winning trio tallied 3-1. The tournament drew 45 players in
three sections and was directed by Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire,
for the sponsoring Massachusetts Chess Association. Complete crosstables are
available at: (http://masschess.org)
Politiken Cup
The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 21st-29th July 2006.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Coulsdon Christmas International
The Coulsdon Christmas International takes place 11th-15th December
2006. The organisers need 2 titled and 1 non-titled players for the 10 player
all-play-all event for IM norms. In addition, we there are 3 spaces in their
Challengers' event. If interested contact Scott Freeman chess@ccfworld.com
Details:
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2006-12-15_International.htm
Hungarian tournaments January - May 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from January - May 2007 in Hungary:
1. 27th of December until 4th of January, Kecskemet, IM Berger tmt,
org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website:
www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s
in Kecskemet. 100 km South from Budapest.
2. 5th-13th of January 2007 - EVADNYITO (SEASON STARTING) Open, First
prize: brutto 100 000 Ft (1 EURO = 258 Ft now) Prize found: 300 000 Ft.
Budapest, org: Marti György, more info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net
http://www.firstsaturday.hu
3. 3rd-16th of February 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, 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/..
4. 3rd-16th of March FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org: NL.
5. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival 9 round Swiss Open, org:
Nagy L. www.firstsaturday.hu
6. 25th of March - 7th of April, GM closed tournament in SIKONDA,
South-West 250 km from Budapest, org: Mr.Gruenwald, mobile phone:
+36-30-9971005
7. 7th-20th of April, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org: NL
8. 21st of April - 1st of May GM tmt minimal cat.9. Planned /2451-2475
Elo range/, Org: NL,
9. 5th-18th of May, GM-IM-FM Budapest, org NL,
10. 19th-29th of May, ELEKES MEMORIAL, GM-IM closed, Org: IM Zsinka,
e-mail: zsinkala@t-online.hu
Corus and Linares 2007
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 12th-28th January 2007.
The fields for the top two groups have been announced.
A Group : Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik,
Peter Svidler, David Navara, Levon Aronian, Teymour Radjabov, Alexei Shirov,
Ruslan Ponomariov, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Tiviakov, Loek van Wely, Sergey
Karjakin and Alexander Motylev
David Navara replaces Alexander Morozevich who withdrew for personal
reasons.
B Group: Dmitry Jakovenko, Bu Xiangzhi, Gabriel
Sargissian, Pavel Eljanov, Friso Nijboer, Erwin L’Ami, Suat Atalik, Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Werle, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Vladimir
Georgiev, Jan Smeets and Tatiana Kosintseva
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com
In addition the line up for the Morelia / Linares tournament (again in
Mexico and Spain) has been announced. The Morelia half takes place 16th-25th
February 2007 and Linares 2nd-11th March 2007.
The field is: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Peter
Svidler, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Magnus Carlsen and one of either
Alexander Morozevich (it may be that marca has is right as they are the
official site and its Moro), Alexei Shirov or Francisco Vallejo Pons depending
on who you read. (Mexican
Story - or
Marca
story)
Karpov Simul in Moscow
On Thursday at capital restaurant " Stork"
(www.novikovgroup.ru/restaurants/aist) took place a simul of of Anatoly Karpov.
Opponents of the Ex-World Champion became well-known businessmen, politicians,
representatives of show business. Considering, that the place of action was
fashionable restaurant, it has turned to a cheerful secular party with chess
subjects.
See details: http://en.chess-events.org/News
Chess FM Chess and Books with Fred Wilson
This week's guest on the internet radio show "Chess and Books with Fred
Wilson" will be PHILIP H. L. HUGHES, author of the eagerly awaited new
biography "Aron Nimzowitsch's Chess Career". Nimzowitsch specialist Hughes is
also the editor & translator of the recently released, 21st-century edition
of NIMZOWITSCH'S "The Blockade. A New Point of View" (Hardinge Simpole, 2006).
Philip will discuss the intense research involved in tracking down ALL the
surviving games played by "Crown Prince of the Chess World", including visits
to both Riga, Latvia and Copenhagen, Denmark where he unearthed fascinating
biographical data. Please send questions about ARON NIMZOWITSCH'S life, career
and/or games for PHILIP H. L. HUGHES to fred@fredwilsonchess.com".
The show runs from 8:00 to 10:00 PM (EST) every Tuesday evening. As
always, there will be replays of the show almost immediately afterwards for our
chess enthusiasts on the West Coast & elsewhere; and often there will be
several replays the following day.
You can access "Chess and Books with Fred Wilson" at the following
website: http://www.chess.fm, ONLY IF YOU ARE
AN ICC MEMBER. However, if you visit chessclub.com you can sign up for a one
week FREE trial membership, listen to the show that week, and access all the
other good stuff on Chess.fm while you're at it!
5th Crikvenica Rapid
The 5th Crikvenica Rapid takes place 29th December 2006 - 1st January
2007.
Details:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/crikvenica/crikvenica_06.htm
First Saturday December 2006
First Saturday Budapest GM-IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, HUNGARY,
2nd-15th of December... Vacancies in the GM - IM and FM sections. Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu .
Contact: Lazlo Nagy firstsat@hu.inter.net - Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59
Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914 ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO and MSN messenger nickname:
mrfirstsaturday
Prague Open 2007
PRAGUE OPEN 2007 (11.-18.1. 2007 - 2 FIDE opens, one of them with a
possibility to fulfill IM norm, active chess and blitz tournament, more
information at the address http://www.czechtour.net/praha/index.php
Marienbad Open 2007
MARIENBAD OPEN 2007 Marienbad is the second largest spa town in the
Czech Republic, 19.-27.1. 2007 - closed GM tournament, closed IM tournament,
FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament,
http://www.czechtour.net/marlazne/index.php
ACP Tour Report August - October
Read the ACP Tour Report August - October 2006.
Read the report:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=579
Dutch Team Championship
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 23rd October 2006
- 12th May 2006. The first three rounds have already taken place. Ivanchuk,
Tiviakov and Ivan Sokolov are amongst the players who have already played.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ - Photo report
at: http://www.chessvista.com
Swiss Chess Tour 2007
The Swiss Chess Tour 2007 starts in Basle in the New Year
(1.-7.1.2007.). Venue of Chess Festival for 9th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.
Hilton Open (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60
minutes for complete the game.) Prizes:
2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for
best Lady, Senior (1947), junior (1987-90), schoolboy (1991). Enter fee: 140
CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF.
Players so far for Basle: GM Ulf Andersson (SWE), GM Borislav Ivkov
(SCG), GM Andrei Sokolov (FRA), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO), GM Igor Rausis (BAN), GM
Nenad Sulava (CRO), GM Stefan Djuric (SCG), IM Martin Senff (GER), IM Simon
Kuemin (SUI) etc.
Basle amateur (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30
minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national).
Enter fee: 120 CHF (juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.
Basle juniors (2.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors
1987 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.
Basel Lighting Chess (6.1.2007. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5
minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF
natural prizes for everybody 50% and more points.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650,
fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Italian Championship
Players: GM Michele Godena, GM Carlo Garcia-Palermo, IM Daniel Contin,
IM Fabio Bruno, IM Sabino Brunello (17 years old), IM Daniele Vocaturo (16
years old), IM Federico Manca, IM Fabiano Caruana (14 years old), IM Pierluigi
Piscopo, IM Giulio Borgo, IM Spartaco Sarno, FM Michelangelo Scalcione.
XVI Pamplona Open
The XVI Pamplona Open takes place 21st-29th December 2006.
Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/
Austrian Team Championship
The first three rounds of the Austrian Team Championship took place in
Graz 3rd-5th November 2006.
Schedule: R 01-03: 03.11.-05.11.2006, Graz (Hotel Novapark) R 04-07:
18.01.-21.01.2007, Leoben (Gösserbräu) R 08-11: 08.03.-11.03.2007,
Mattersburg
Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm
Slovenian Chess Centre
The Slovenian Chess Federation opened a centre on the 21st October 2006.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/news/0610/sahdom/
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French:
http://echecs-info.blogspot.com
II Magistral 5 Soles
The II Magistral 5 Soles took place 3rd-11th November 2006. Details may
become available.
Official site: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/
Insel-Seniorenturnier
The Insel-Seniorenturnier takes place in Wyk auf Föhr im Hotel
"Schloss am Meer" 8th-16th November 2006.
Official site: http://www.schach-info.de/wyk/teil.html
10th A.V.Momot Memorial
The 10th A.V.Momot Memorial takes place November 11th-12th 2006 in
Kramatorsk (Ukraine).
Participants: GMs Eljanov (2658), Areshchenko (2640), Efimenko (2612),
Brodsky (2566), Kuzubov (2559), Lahno (2459), Andreev (2459) etc.
Official site: http://www.chess.krm.dn.ua/memor.htm
ACP Rapid Cup in Odessa
The Association of Chess Professionals
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/index.html
have announced their first major event. The 1st ACP World Rapid Cup is set to
take place in Odessa in the Ukraine 4th-8th January 2007. The event will be
sponsored by the Bank Pivdennyi based in Odessa. The venue will be the Hotel
Londonskaya. The tournament organisers are the Bank Pivdennyi and the
Association of Chess Professionals. The total prize fund will amount to 136,000
US Dollars. 16 grandmasters will participate in this Knock-Out tournament. The
time control will be 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 5
seconds per move.
Thus, following players will be officially invited: Vladimir Kramnik
(world champion, Russia), Viswanathan Anand (world champion in rapid chess,
India), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (winner of the 2005 World
Cup and Olympic Champion, Armenia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand
(Israel), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Sergey
Rublevsky (Russia), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany),
Penteala Harikrishna (India), Ivan Sokolov (The Netherlands), Viorel Bologan
(Moldova).
All these 14 players belong to the elite of modern chess, while 6 of
them are currently ranked in the Top Ten of the rating list. They are also
members of the Association of Chess Professionals. As Viswanathan Anand and
Viorel Bologan finished in the top eight of both ACP Tours, two places in the
First ACP World Rapid Cup remain vacant. The Bank Pivdennyi and the ACP will
soon decide in common to whom they will award these “Wild Cards”.
Detailed press release:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=573
66th Italian Championship
The 66th Italian Championship takes place 21st November - 4th December
2006. The tournament will consist of 11 players in a round robin at Hotel
Impero in Cremona. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the
Italian Chess Federation web site.
Official tournament information:
http://federscacchi.it/doc/notcom/d20060902032222_bando_66.pdf
Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/
Rilton Cup
The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2006 - 5th January 2007.
Details and entry.
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
Czech Chess Christmas 2006
Czech Chess Christmas 2006 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2006-1.1.2007 8th
christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h
+ 30s/move, prize fund 61.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact:
Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobil: 608 364
664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz
Fischer on the Radio
Bobby Fischer appeared on the Icelandic private radio station Utvarp
Saga on October 16th 2006, He discussed his public despute with UBS, Chess in
the past and present, and Interntional affairs, even the North Korea crises.
50 minute interview. It may become available at:
http://www.utvarpsaga.is/ is the radio
station, (MP3 at: http://www.deep-chess.de/)
3rd Singapore International Chess Convention
The 3rd Singapore International Chess Convention 2006 incorporates the
1. 2nd Asian Schools 17 to 24 December 2nd Asian Schools Entry Form for
Singapore Only 2. Seminar for Coaches 18 to 24 December 3. Arbiters Training
Seminar 19 to 24 December 4. Masters & Challengers Open 26 to 31 December
Masters & Challengers Open.
Details of all events at: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
Obrenovac 2006
International Open Championship of Belgrade "Obrenovac 2006" Obrenovac,
22-30.11.2006. Prizes : EUR 5,250.00
Contact information: BELGRADE CHESS INFORMATION 11000 Belgrade,
Deligradska 27/III, Serbia and Montenegro Tel/Fax; +381-11 -656 846 E-mail:
beochess@eunet.yu
Details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
XLI Capablanca Memorial
The XLI Capablanca Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May
due to the Turin Olympiad. This years event takes place 19th-30th November 2006
in the hotel Habana Riviera.
As usual there will be a number of events, the elite for players rated
over 2600 and an 11 round swiss with 22 players etc
For details and entry by 3rd November 2006 contact: anayar@inder.co.cu
or baby@inder.co.cu or baby@23yb.uci.cu
27th Bethune International Open
The Bethune chess club is preparing his 27th International Open, Hall
Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) from
December 26 to 30. 9 rounds The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: -
Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price
: 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st
price : 300 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments.
At least 5500 euros of prices, prices for Elo categories in both tournaments.
Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for
IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Conditions for IM and GM and special conditions for
GM>2600, contact us at open@bethunechess.com For more information visit:
http://www.bethunechess.com
Corus Invitations
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
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/
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.
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/
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
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/
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/
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.
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.
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/
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/
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
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
