THE WEEK IN CHESS 634 1st January 2007 by Mark Crowther
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XVI Pamplona tournament 131 games
Hastings Congress 195 games
Reggio Emilia 10 games
Indian Championship 299 games
Rilton Cup 127 games
6th Amplico AIG Life 593 games
Matches in Astana 12 games
Aniversario del Par de Alfiles 54 games
22nd Voivoda Cup 45 games
Eupen IM 45 games
Levikov Memorial 45 games
Subasic Memorial 45 games
Multicoms La Faisanderie 90 games
Iranian Championship 36 games
33rd Annual Eastern Open 27 games
16th IPCCC Paderborn 35 games
1790 games
My thanks to Steve Giddins, Vincent de Parades, Michael Atkins, Lou
Caruana, Joaquim De Deus, Jeroen Noomen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jakub
Fuksik, Thomas Henrich, Adolivio Capece, Torbjörn Engström, Murat
Nemutlu and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A chess filled edition to bring in 2007. Best wishes to everyone for the
new year.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The XVI Pamplona tournaments took place 21st-29th December 2006. A and B
tournaments. Alexander Morozevich won the event with and amazing 6/7. Alfonso
Llorente Zaro and Mikel Huerga Leache finished with 6.5/9 in the B event and
Aleksa Strikovic won the Open with 8/9.
Open tournament
Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/
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XVI Magistral A Pamplona ESP (ESP), 22-29 xii 2006 cat. XVII (2653)
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1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2948
2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2671 = * = = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2808
3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1 4.5 2745
4. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2585 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.0 2713
5. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2630 = 0 1 0 * = = = 3.0 2606
6. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2620 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 2.5 2556
7. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2596 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2503
8. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2657 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 2343
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Round 4 (December 26, 2006)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1-0 49 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Bauer, Christian - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 41 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 17 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Laznicka, Viktor - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 44 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 5 (December 27, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 114 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei - Bauer, Christian 1-0 67 B01 Centre Counter
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 18 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Korneev, Oleg - Laznicka, Viktor 0-1 19 B44 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 6 (December 28, 2006)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 19 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 52 E17 Queens Indian
Laznicka, Viktor - Bauer, Christian 0-1 39 B07 Pirc Defence
Korneev, Oleg - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1/2 11 B17 Caro Kann
Round 7 (December 29, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Korneev, Oleg 1-0 36 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Shirov, Alexei - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 35 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Bauer, Christian - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 45 D15 Slav Defence
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Laznicka, Viktor 1/2 66 D15 Slav Defence
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XVI Magistral B Pamplona ESP (ESP), 22-29 xii 2006 cat. III (2317)
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1. Llorente Zaro, Alfonso f ESP 2419 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2471
2. Huerga Leache, Mikel ESP 2315 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2482
3. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2371 = = * = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2390
4. Kononenko, Tatiana m UKR 2375 = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2353
5. Glavina, Pablo m ARG 2418 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2348
6. Navarro Cia, Miguel f ESP 2297 = 0 = 1 = * = = 0 = 4.0 2275
7. Monell Camarasa, David AND 2212 0 = = = = = * 0 1 = 4.0 2285
8. Lopez Gracia, Fernando f ESP 2348 0 0 = = = = 1 * = 0 3.5 2233
9. Zamarbide Inarrea, Borja ESP 2202 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 3.0 2204
10. Vila Dupla, Aurelio ESP 2208 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 2.0 2108
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XVI Magistral Open Pamplona ESP (ESP), 22-29 xii 2006
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1. Strikovic, Aleksa g SCG 2535 8 48½ 18213 7 2575
2. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2530 7½ 49 18030 6 2476
3. Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2487 7 49½ 17799 5 2418
4. Ros Octavio de Toledo, Eduardo ESP 2166 6½ 48 16651 5 2174
5. Burguete Archel, Eduardo ESP 2151 6½ 45½ 16470 6 2176
6. Alcaide Luque, Aitor ESP 2100 6½ 44½ 17649 6 2298
7. Villuendas Valero, Adrian ESP 2176 6½ 44 16711 5 2198
8. Lakunza, Juan Carlos ESP 2175 6½ 42 12117 5 2153
9. Oms Fuentes, Lluis ESP 2327 6 50 18015 5 2327
10. Ugalde Ezcurra, Jose Miguel ESP 2215 6 48½ 17362 5 2254
11. Barrenechea Bahamonde, Gustavo ESP 2191 6 46½ 16592 5 2156
12. Cortes Lizano, Jesus ESP 2270 6 45½ 16477 5 2152
13. Zamarbide Inarrea, Daniel ESP 2015 6 43 14000 5 2103
14. Garcia, Raul f AND 2233 6 41 15933 6 2021
15. Arjol Etxeberria, David ESP 2073 6 40½ 16064 4 2128
16. Gomez Anadon, Daniel f ESP 2268 6 40½ 15435 5 2017
17. Vinal Gutierez, Pedro ESP 2165 6 40 15139 5 1954
18. Sola Plaza, Gregorio ESP 2102 6 40 14116 5 2077
19. Munoz Arana, Miguel ESP 2109 6 37 13176 3 1964
111 players
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
The World Championship match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin
Topalov didn't change the order of the top three but Topalov lost 30 rating
points from the match and the Essent tournament that followed it. Anand was
inactive and Kramnik gained 16 points. A poor period for Peter Svidler cost him
22 rating points and a drop to 12th in the world, making the reverse journey
from 12th to 4th was Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov. Judit Polgar gained 17 rating
points and Ruslan Ponomariov 20 but otherwise changes were confined to single
figures in the top 20. This is the second list in a row where the composition
of the top 20 has remained the same although Krishnan Sasikiran is rated at
2700 the same as 20th placed Akopian.
Some random observations on the rest of the list. Magnus Carlsen lost 8
rating points and three places as he starts to adjust to stronger tournaments,
his age rival (both born in 1990) Sergey Karjakin edged up 6 places and 6
points. Lenier Dominguez gained 22 points and 22 places to stand and 30 in the
world. 21 year old Ernest Inarkiev rose from 88 to 34 in the world gaining 41
points, at least in part from the Russian Championship, 23 year old Dmitry
Jakovenko gained 20 points to rise to 22 in the world and 21 year old Evgeny
Alekseev gained 22 points from the same event. Evgeny Bareev dropped from 24 to
66 in the world losing 40 points.
Strangely 2619 was enough to make it into the top 100 as opposed to 2620
last time an anomaly which goes against the recent trend of the mark being
higher each time although the average rating of the top 100 of 2666 remains the
same. Eight players dropped out of the list including Oleg Korneev who lost a
disastrous 51 points, Evgeniy Najer, Lazaro Bruzon, Julio Granda Zuniga,
Aleksandar Delchev, Vladimir Baklan, Miguel Illescas Cordoba and Igor Khenkin.
Back into the list is 52 year old Kevin Spraggett for the first time in a long
time, other re-entries include Emil Sutovsky and 74 year old legend Viktor
Korchnoi. 19 year old Evgeny Tomashevsky makes it in for the first time.
FIDE Top 100 Players January 2007
No. Oc Name t NAT YroB ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 ap06 ju06 oc06 ja07 Gms
1 1 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2778 2788 2782 2801 2804 2813 2813 2783 17
2 2 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2785 2788 2788 2792 2803 2779 2779 2779 0
3 3 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2753 2744 2739 2741 2729 2743 2750 2766 11
4 12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2646 2646 2674 2709 2699 2722 2728 2754 25
5 6 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2739 2752 2748 2729 2731 2734 2741 2750 33
6 8 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2763 2763 2751 2740 2738 2738 2741 2749 9
7 7 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2693 2724 2724 2752 2756 2761 2741 2744 13
8 5 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2717 2707 2707 2721 2730 2731 2747 2741 15
9 9 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2737 2719 2718 2707 2720 2732 2735 2735 0
10 10 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2713 2724 2717 2723 2727 2729 2733 2733 19
11 11 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2673 2682 2704 2700 2717 2728 2729 2729 6
12 4 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2725 2738 2740 2765 2743 2742 2750 2728 28
13 16 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2732 2735 2735 2711 2711 2710 2710 2727 6
14 20 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2695 2704 2704 2723 2738 2721 2703 2723 15
15 13 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2647 2663 2646 2660 2658 2719 2725 2719 16
16 17 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2724 2720 2720 2717 2719 2709 2710 2717 16
17 14 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2714 2705 2710 2709 2699 2716 2720 2715 21
18 18 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2731 2729 2725 2717 2708 2707 2705 2705 0
19 19 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2700 2700 2690 2686 2671 2697 2705 2705 0
20 15 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2703 2705 2707 2704 2706 2713 2713 2700 15
21 31 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2642 2652 2663 2670 2692 2681 2675 2700 14
22 38 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2608 2627 2644 2662 2675 2667 2671 2691 24
23 28 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2673 2673 2673 2676 2677 2676 2677 2691 20
24 21 Carlsen, Magnus........... g NOR 1990 2548 2528 2570 2625 2646 2673 2698 2690 11
25 22 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2670 2679 2707 2693 2695 2693 2690 2689 31
26 29 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2687 2655 2648 2647 2655 2675 2676 2683 11
27 36 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2670 2670 2670 2670 2673 2672 2672 2682 16
28 34 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2677 2681 2674 2650 2666 2674 2674 2679 25
29 35 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2635 2645 2658 2660 2661 2679 2672 2678 6
30 52 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2658 2639 2635 2638 2647 2658 2655 2677 19
31 23 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2645 2645 2652 2665 2687 2667 2688 2677 13
32 48 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2641 2639 2663 2655 2665 2651 2658 2675 29
33 32 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2646 2645 2673 2673 2680 2682 2674 2673 15
34 88 Inarkiev, Ernesto......... g RUS 1985 2612 2618 2577 2597 2598 2625 2628 2669 34
35 43 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2628 2619 2640 2646 2657 2672 2664 2669 10
36 27 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2631 2678 2700 2669 2669 2668 2680 2667 13
37 51 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2653 2645 2652 2638 2625 2620 2657 2665 8
38 44 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2622 2661 2658 2653 2646 2657 2662 2663 35
39 25 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2670 2673 2670 2694 2691 2691 2682 2663 21
40 40 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2638 2628 2640 2650 2650 2668 2668 2663 18
41 30 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2626 2612 2641 2657 2664 2665 2676 2663 7
42 71 Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2597 2625 2632 2634 2640 2644 2639 2661 24
43 26 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2666 2666 2648 2645 2677 2685 2680 2661 18
44 53 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2705 2698 2694 2697 2673 2666 2655 2658 37
45 46 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2700 2700 2682 2661 2666 2645 2659 2658 21
46 33 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2649 2659 2659 2664 2670 2675 2674 2658 13
47 65 Gashimov, Vugar........... g AZE 1986 2585 2594 2608 2625 2659 2644 2643 2658 6
48 42 Sargissian, Gabriel....... g ARM 1983 2630 2611 2610 2603 2612 2667 2667 2658 6
49 41 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2678 2672 2680 2682 2682 2675 2667 2656 0
50 74 Miton, Kamil............... g POL 1984 2592 2589 2636 2646 2646 2638 2638 2655 28
51 47 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2649 2652 2673 2662 2662 2659 2659 2654 26
52 39 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2662 2691 2696 2689 2676 2652 2670 2652 6
53 58 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2672 2663 2655 2636 2650 2635 2647 2651 16
54 68 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2653 2668 2646 2644 2646 2640 2640 2651 10
55 70 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2657 2660 2662 2644 2664 2632 2640 2651 6
56 54 Jobava, Baadur............. g GEO 1983 2637 2621 2601 2614 2646 2651 2650 2650 0
57 60 Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2605 2625 2629 2642 2643 2645 2645 2649 6
58 45 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2680 2675 2632 2638 2660 2662 2662 2647 9
59 87 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2638 2627 2624 2625 2633 2626 2628 2646 6
60 61 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2679 2671 2666 2665 2660 2662 2645 2645 13
61 62 Wang, Yue................. g CHN 1987 2576 2576 2585 2599 2598 2626 2644 2644 45
62 69 Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2595 2625 2653 2670 2660 2641 2640 2644 28
63 37 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 2630 2632 2637 2645 2640 2664 2671 2644 20
64 49 Izoria, Zviad............. g GEO 1984 2602 2606 2646 2652 2647 2660 2657 2644 13
65 63 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2642 2652 2653 2633 2633 2641 2644 2644 0
66 24 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2709 2688 2675 2698 2701 2683 2683 2643 38
67 77 Zhang, Pengxiang.......... g CHN 1980 2583 2616 2613 2638 2623 2622 2636 2643 37
68 66 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2672 2669 2668 2649 2637 2642 2641 2641 14
69 83 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2621 2634 2618 2625 2635 2632 2632 2640 9
70 64 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2644 2614 2634 2654 2654 2647 2643 2639 24
71 72 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2630 2599 2631 2626 2622 2625 2639 2639 0
72 67 Nijboer, Friso............ g NED 1965 2553 2529 2543 2571 2584 2598 2641 2638 16
73 75 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2631 2635 2635 2635 2635 2638 2638 2638 0
74 76 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2628 2645 2635 2632 2618 2637 2637 2637 25
75 84 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw....... g POL 1987 2569 2591 2606 2605 2597 2622 2630 2637 16
76 89 Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2634 2622 2614 2629 2620 2628 2628 2636 27
77 55 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g TUR 1959 2630 2669 2652 2633 2643 2643 2648 2635 26
78 80 Asrian, Karen............. g ARM 1980 2611 2611 2645 2646 2646 2635 2634 2634 7
79 79 Lputian, Smbat G.......... g ARM 1958 2640 2629 2614 2613 2619 2634 2634 2634 4
80 -- Spraggett, Kevin........... g CAN 1954 2585 2592 2585 2581 2578 2577 2610 2633 29
81 90 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2628 2634 2634 2619 2597 2616 2626 2632 21
82 97 Ni, Hua................... g CHN 1983 2638 2629 2603 2614 2607 2607 2621 2632 20
83 73 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2671 2672 2658 2658 2669 2669 2638 2632 2
84 -- Sutovsky, Emil............. g ISR 1977 2665 2674 2654 2624 2628 2607 2607 2629 36
85 -- Korchnoi, Viktor........... g SUI 1931 2619 2615 2620 2608 2607 2600 2607 2629 24
86 82 Riazantsev, Alexander..... g RUS 1985 2608 2599 2603 2594 2593 2622 2632 2629 24
87 96 Macieja, Bartlomiej....... g POL 1977 2613 2593 2591 2585 2584 2613 2622 2629 18
88 85 Socko, Bartosz............ g POL 1978 2583 2615 2610 2610 2606 2621 2630 2629 18
89 78 Afromeev, Vladimir........ f RUS 1954 2563 2563 2573 2573 2612 2620 2635 2628 0
90 81 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2665 2664 2663 2657 2662 2649 2632 2627 44
91 -- Fridman, Daniel........... g LAT 1976 2562 2566 2563 2559 2562 2569 2604 2626 18
92 91 Nikolic, Predrag.......... g BIH 1960 2627 2591 2584 2596 2596 2626 2626 2626 0
93 -- Tomashevsky, Evgeny....... g RUS 1987 2524 2555 2564 2586 2595 2594 2595 2624 40
94 -- Fedorov, Alexei........... g BLR 1972 2602 2611 2616 2608 2614 2601 2617 2624 16
95 92 Smirnov, Pavel............ g RUS 1982 2624 2635 2637 2614 2614 2613 2623 2621 27
96 98 Hansen, Curt.............. g DEN 1964 2633 2613 2607 2612 2612 2625 2621 2621 0
97 93 Wang, Hao................. g CHN 1989 2484 2512 2519 2593 2605 2610 2622 2619 24
98 -- Hracek, Zbynek............ g CZE 1970 2588 2591 2581 2595 2593 2605 2614 2619 16
99 -- Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2624 2624 2622 2618 2621 2612 2616 2619 16
100 95 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2658 2653 2653 2660 2640 2622 2622 2619 16
Dropping Out in January
Oc Ju Name t NAT YroB ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 ap06 ju06 oc06 ja07 Gms
50 70 Korneev, Oleg.............. g RUS 1969 2611 2594 2599 2649 2671 2638 2657 2606 58
56 28 Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2615 2614 2641 2652 2653 2677 2648 2605 42
57 44 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2669 2662 2677 2650 2652 2667 2648 2614 46
59 76 Granda Zuniga, Julio E.... g PER 1967 ---- 2601 2637 2631 2631 2634 2646 2612 36
86 72 Delchev, Aleksander....... g BUL 1971 2614 2656 2669 2661 2640 2637 2628 2598 44
94 96 Baklan, Vladimir.......... g UKR 1978 2584 2584 2590 2601 2606 2621 2622 2618 23
99 99 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel.. g ESP 1965 2633 2624 2607 2608 2608 2620 2620 2597 16
100 -- Khenkin, Igor............. g GER 1968 2610 2610 2603 2595 2602 2586 2620 2611 31
The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 7th January
2007.
Games from Steve Giddins of the official website:
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Leading Round 5 Standings
1 GAGUNASHVILI, Merab GEO GM 2611 13601652 4.5 2398 5 4.5 +0.67
2 IKONNIKOV, Wacheslav RUS GM 2588 4100972 4.0 2311 5 4 -0.14
3 HEBDEN, Mark ENG GM 2545 400084 3.5 2290 5 3.5 -0.56
4 TAHIROV, Farhad AZE GM 2545 13401661 3.0 2278 5 3 -1.08
5 NEVEROV, Valerij UKR GM 2538 14100150 3.5 2233 5 3.5 -0.77
6 GOFSHTEIN, Zvulon ISR GM 2509 2801574 4.0 2355 5 4 +0.54
7 PAVLOVIC, Milos SCG GM 2507 900389 4.5 2340 5 4.5 +0.97
8 PERT, Nicholas ENG GM 2502 403989 3.5 2319 5 3.5 -0.15
9 LALIC, Bogdan CRO GM 2491 409081 3.5 2233 5 3.5 -0.55
10 WILLIAMS, Simon ENG IM 2473 404454 3.5 2362 5 3.5 +0.36
11 CHERNIAEV, Alexander RUS GM 2472 4117301 4.0 2293 5 4 +0.46
12 CIUKSYTE, Dagne LTU IM 2440 12800619 3.0 2170 5 3 -1.11
13 GREET, Andrew ENG IM 2439 405817 4.0 2240 5 4 +0.30
14 HENDRIKS, Willy NED IM 2439 1000713 3.5 2277 5 3.5 +0.02
15 HASLINGER, Stewart ENG IM 2438 405248 3.5 2317 5 3.5 +0.29
16 MCNAB, Colin SCO GM 2433 2400030 3.0 2191 5 3 -0.95
17 JONES, Gawain ENG IM 2430 409561 3.5 2339 5 3.5 +0.49
18 WALLACE, John-Paul AUS IM 2418 3200957 3.5 2169 5 3.5 -0.51
19 ANSELL, Simon ENG IM 2394 402141 4.0 2348 5 4 +1.30
20 GROOTEN, Herman NED IM 2387 1000330 2.5 2213 5 2.5 -1.03
21 RENDLE, Thomas ENG IM 2382 408760 3.0 2315 5 3 +0.12
22 KNOTT, Simon ENG IM 2375 400645 3.0 2169 5 3 -0.77
23 PEEK, Marcel NED IM 2367 1000462 3.0 2281 5 3 -0.01
24 VUL, Arkadi RUS GM 2365 4104307 3.0 2237 4 2 -0.61
25 HOUSKA, Jovanka ENG IM 2364 405094 3.5 2395 5 3.5 +1.27
26 PROSVIRIAKOV, Vladimir USA IM 2346 2004860 3.0 2099 5 3 -1.01
99 players
The 49th edition of the Reggio Emilia Torneo di Capodanno takes place
December 30 2006 - January 7 2007. 9 rounds at the hotel Astoria Mercure
starting 2,30 pm. Time rate: 1h and 40 min x 40 moves then 50 min to end, plus
30 sec starting from the first move.
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
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1. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2570 * = . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2675
2. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2564 = * . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2688
3. Shytaj, Luca m ITA 2441 . . * . = . . . . 1 1.5 2635
4. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2620 . . . * . = . . . 1 1.5 2676
5. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2460 . . = . * . . = . . 1.0 2430
6. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 . . . = . * . . = . 1.0 2498
7. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2401 0 . . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2473
8. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2420 . 0 . . = . . * . . 0.5 2319
9. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2377 . . . . . = 0 . * . 0.5 2278
10. Manca, Federico m ITA 2425 . . 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (December 30, 2006)
Iordachescu, Viorel - Landa, Konstantin 1/2 14 C43 Petroff's Defence
Romanishin, Oleg M - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 24 E01 Catalan
Mogranzini, Roberto - Rombaldoni, Denis 1-0 46 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Borgo, Giulio - Brunello, Sabino 1/2 34 A18 English Opening
Manca, Federico - Shytaj, Luca 0-1 35 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 2 (December 31, 2006)
Landa, Konstantin - Mogranzini, Roberto 1-0 61 E94 King's Indian Classical
Khenkin, Igor - Manca, Federico 1-0 50 E71 King's Indian 5.h3
Brunello, Sabino - Shytaj, Luca 1/2 17 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Borgo, Giulio - Iordachescu, Viorel 0-1 44 E05 Catalan
Rombaldoni, Denis - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 52 E15 Queens Indian
The 44th National A Indian Championship took place in Atul 18th-29th
December 2006. ELO favourite Surya Shekhar Ganguly won the event with 9/13 half
a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.indianchessfed.org
44th National "A" Chess Championship
ATUL 44th NATIONAL A CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Final Ranking
Rank Name Rtg FED Pts RtgØ
1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2573 IND 9 2445
2 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 2501 IND 8½ 2442
3 IM Arun Prasad S 2424 IND 8½ 2422
4 Rohit G 2393 IND 8 2432
5 IM Suvrajit Saha 2356 IND 8 2425
6 Gopal G N 2397 IND 8 2422
7 GM Kunte Abhijit 2524 IND 8 2420
8 GM Neelotpal Das 2490 IND 8 2419
9 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2423 IND 8 2411
10 WGM Harika Dronavalli 2353 IND 7½ 2445
11 IM Gupta Abhijeet 2481 IND 7½ 2412
12 IM Sengupta Deep 2420 IND 7½ 2406
13 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2335 IND 7½ 2394
14 Murali Krishnan B T 2364 IND 7½ 2382
15 IM Sundararajan Kidambi 2451 IND 7½ 2356
16 GM Barua Dibyendu 2471 IND 7 2437
17 Rathnakaran K 2422 IND 7 2394
18 IM Poobesh Anand S 2416 IND 7 2380
19 Palit Somak 2306 IND 7 2357
20 GM Thipsay Praveen M 2494 IND 6½ 2413
21 IM Venkatesh M R 2466 IND 6½ 2401
22 IM Ravi Lanka 2408 IND 6½ 2391
23 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2407 IND 6½ 2387
24 Aswin Jayaram 2322 IND 6½ 2377
25 IM D P Singh 2507 IND 6½ 2373
26 GM Bakre Tejas 2447 IND 6½ 2364
27 Parikh Valay 2394 IND 6½ 2340
28 IM Saravanan V 2383 IND 6½ 2336
29 Syed Anwar Shazuli 2241 IND 6½ 2301
30 IM Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam 2335 IND 6 2403
31 IM Babu N Sudhakar 2290 IND 6 2386
32 GM Ramesh R B 2491 IND 6 2344
33 Thejkumar M S 2322 IND 6 2321
34 IM Himanshu Sharma 2387 IND 6 2316
35 Abhishek Das 2307 IND 6 2283
36 WGM Swathi Ghate 2385 IND 5½ 2358
37 Kamble Vikramaditya 2346 IND 5½ 2355
38 IM Girinath P D S 2344 IND 5½ 2313
39 IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay 2332 IND 5½ 2303
40 WGM Karavade Eesha 2321 IND 5½ 2290
41 IM Prakash G B 2403 IND 5½ 2238
42 IM Laxman R R 2324 IND 5 2309
43 Swapnil Dhopade 2209 IND 5 2297
44 IM Koshy Varugeese 2325 IND 5 2281
45 Sinha Sudhir Kumar 2182 IND 3 2283
Crosstable
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1. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2573 = 6 =11 +14 +12 +10 =20 = 5 = 2 +16 = 3 +24 = 8 = 4 9.0 2586
2. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J g IND 2501 +28 =17 =18 +39 = 8 =16 +20 = 1 = 3 + 5 = 4 = 9 = 6 8.5 2551
3. Arun Prasad, S m IND 2424 +44 +45 =16 =20 =15 = 8 =23 +17 = 2 = 1 = 5 +25 = 7 8.5 2531
4. Neelotpal, Das g IND 2490 =11 + 6 =37 -21 = 7 =36 +18 = 9 =17 +26 = 2 +12 = 1 8.0 2505
5. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2524 =34 = 7 +43 +18 =16 =10 = 1 = 8 +23 - 2 = 3 +19 =11 8.0 2506
6. Rohit, G IND 2393 = 1 - 4 +35 =30 =19 +38 =10 +15 =20 =16 = 9 +24 = 2 8.0 2518
7. Suvrajit, Saha m IND 2356 =31 = 5 =38 =17 = 4 +42 +22 =26 = 8 = 9 =16 +20 = 3 8.0 2511
8. Gopal, G.N IND 2397 =29 =38 +45 +23 = 2 = 3 =24 = 5 = 7 =20 +17 = 1 =10 8.0 2509
9. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2423 +43 =20 =39 =22 =34 =27 =19 = 4 +31 = 7 = 6 = 2 +16 8.0 2498
10. Gupta, Abhijeet m IND 2481 +36 =22 +34 =16 - 1 = 5 = 6 =11 =12 =19 =13 +18 = 8 7.5 2469
11. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2353 = 4 = 1 =42 =24 =18 +30 =12 =10 =26 =31 +23 =16 = 5 7.5 2502
12. Sengupta, Deep m IND 2420 =33 +35 +15 - 1 =22 -24 =11 +40 =10 =23 +14 - 4 +29 7.5 2462
13. Murali Krishnan, B.T IND 2364 -20 -43 =26 =44 =25 +35 =30 +34 +18 =17 =10 =29 +24 7.5 2438
14. Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal m IND 2335 -23 +26 - 1 =32 +29 =18 =37 =27 =21 +42 -12 +39 +20 7.5 2450
15. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2451 +32 =37 -12 +38 = 3 -21 =36 - 6 =33 =30 +43 +40 +25 7.5 2413
16. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2471 +40 +27 = 3 =10 = 5 = 2 +21 =24 - 1 = 6 = 7 =11 - 9 7.0 2466
17. Rathnakaran, K IND 2422 +25 = 2 -20 = 7 +39 =22 +27 - 3 = 4 =13 - 8 +32 =19 7.0 2423
18. Poobesh Anand, S m IND 2416 =38 +29 = 2 - 5 =11 =14 - 4 +32 -13 +37 +33 -10 +30 7.0 2409
19. Palit, Somak IND 2306 -22 +46 =41 =27 = 6 +37 = 9 +21 =24 =10 =20 - 5 =17 7.0 2432
20. Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2494 +13 = 9 +17 = 3 +21 = 1 - 2 =23 = 6 = 8 =19 - 7 -14 6.5 2412
21. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2408 =35 =30 +33 + 4 -20 +15 -16 -19 =14 +28 -25 =23 =26 6.5 2391
22. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2407 +19 =10 =23 = 9 =12 =17 - 7 -25 =30 -33 +34 =31 +40 6.5 2386
23. Venkatesh, M.R m IND 2466 +14 =39 =22 - 8 +40 +34 = 3 =20 - 5 =12 -11 =21 =28 6.5 2400
24. Singh, D.P m IND 2507 -37 =32 +44 =11 +42 +12 = 8 =16 =19 +25 - 1 - 6 -13 6.5 2373
25. Aswin, Jayaram IND 2322 -17 =36 =28 -40 =13 +29 +42 +22 +27 -24 +21 - 3 -15 6.5 2376
26. Bakre, Tejas g IND 2447 -39 -14 =13 +33 =32 +44 +34 = 7 =11 - 4 =40 =28 =21 6.5 2364
27. Parikh, Valay IND 2394 +42 -16 =30 =19 +43 = 9 -17 =14 -25 -40 =35 +38 +36 6.5 2340
28. Saravanan, V1 m IND 2383 - 2 =44 =25 =29 =45 =32 =38 =30 +43 -21 +42 =26 =23 6.5 2336
29. Syed Anwar, Shazuli IND 2241 = 8 -18 =36 =28 -14 -25 +46 =39 +35 +41 +31 =13 -12 6.5 2347
30. Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2290 =41 =21 =27 = 6 =37 -11 =13 =28 =22 =15 =32 +43 -18 6.0 2356
31. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2491 = 7 -34 =32 -43 +33 +39 =40 +36 - 9 =11 -29 =22 =35 6.0 2315
32. Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam m IND 2335 -15 =24 =31 =14 =26 =28 +41 -18 =37 +34 =30 -17 =33 6.0 2374
33. Thejkumar, M. S IND 2322 =12 =41 -21 -26 -31 +46 =44 +38 =15 +22 -18 =36 =32 6.0 2337
34. Himanshu, Sharma m IND 2387 = 5 +31 -10 +37 = 9 -23 -26 -13 +46 -32 -22 +45 +42 6.0 2333
35. Abhishek, Das IND 2307 =21 -12 - 6 +46 -36 -13 =39 +45 -29 +44 =27 +37 =31 6.0 2300
36. Kamble, Vikramaditya IND 2346 -10 =25 =29 =45 +35 = 4 =15 -31 -42 =38 +41 =33 -27 5.5 2297
37. Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2385 +24 =15 = 4 -34 =30 -19 =14 =43 =32 -18 =44 -35 +45 5.5 2301
38. Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2321 =18 = 8 = 7 -15 +41 - 6 =28 -33 =39 =36 =45 -27 +46 5.5 2279
39. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2332 +26 =23 = 9 - 2 -17 -31 =35 =29 =38 =45 +46 -14 =41 5.5 2292
40. Girinath, P.D.S m IND 2344 -16 -42 +46 +25 -23 +45 =31 -12 =41 +27 =26 -15 -22 5.5 2301
41. Prakash, G B m IND 2403 =30 =33 =19 -42 -38 +43 -32 +44 =40 -29 -36 +46 =39 5.5 2227
42. Swapnil, S. Dhopade IND 2209 -27 +40 =11 +41 -24 - 7 -25 +46 +36 -14 -28 =44 -34 5.0 2255
43. Laxman, R.R m IND 2324 - 9 +13 - 5 +31 -27 -41 +45 =37 -28 +46 -15 -30 =44 5.0 2268
44. Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2325 - 3 =28 -24 =13 +46 -26 =33 -41 +45 -35 =37 =42 =43 5.0 2240
45. Sinha, Sudhir Kumar IND 2182 +46 - 3 - 8 =36 =28 -40 -43 -35 -44 =39 =38 -34 -37 3.0 2117
46. BYE ---- -45 -19 -40 -35 -44 -33 -29 -42 -34 -43 -39 -41 -38 0.0
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The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2006 - 5th January 2007.
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
Leading Round 5 Standings:
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2587 4.5
2. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2506 4.5
3. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2560 4.5
4. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2575 4.5
5. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2557 4.5
6. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2502 4
7. Berczes, Csaba m HUN 2414 4
8. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2591 4
9. Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2575 4
10. Lindberg, Bengt m SWE 2428 4
11. Berczes, David m HUN 2415 4
12. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2557 4
13. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2528 4
14. Howell, David WL m ENG 2471 4
15. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2441 4
16. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2530 4
17. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2467 4
18. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2582 4
19. Bindrich, Falko m GER 2482 3.5
20. Tikkanen, Hans SWE 2320 3.5
21. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2438 3.5
22. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2479 3.5
23. Andersson, Fredrik SWE 2219 3.5
24. Sammalvuo, Niina wg FIN 2259 3.5
25. Furhoff, Johan f SWE 2370 3.5
26. Barhudarian, Rafael RUS 2259 3.5
27. Agrest, Inna SWE 1973 3.5
28. Gagarin, Vasilij m RUS 2406 3.5
133 players
The 1st Illes Medes Open takes place 28th December 2006 - 4th January
2007. Games only available from the first round currently.
Official site: http://www.openillesmedes.com/
Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
1 GM Hamdouchi Hichem MAR 2582 4,5 11,0
2 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2543 4,5 9,5
3 IM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2480 4,0 12,0
4 IM Maze Sebastien FRA 2510 4,0 11,5
5 GM Moskalenko Viktor UKR 2543 4,0 11,5
6 GM Campos Moreno Javier B CHI 2446 4,0 11,5
7 IM Gerber Richard SUI 2365 4,0 11,5
8 IM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2508 4,0 11,0
9 GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2628 4,0 10,0
10 FM Vernay Clovis FRA 2334 4,0 10,0
11 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2533 4,0 9,5
12 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2569 4,0 9,0
13 IM Fluvia Poyatos Joan ESP 2457 4,0 9,0
14 GM Fernandes Antonio POR 2453 4,0 8,5
15 GM Shengelia Davit GEO 2504 3,5 12,0
16 FM Michalczak Thomas GER 2330 3,5 11,5
17 Kozhuharov Spas BUL 2420 3,5 11,0
18 IM Guidarelli Laurent FRA 2449 3,5 11,0
19 IM Estremera Panos Sergio ESP 2380 3,5 11,0
20 FM Pereira Ruben POR 2320 3,5 11,0
21 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2534 3,5 10,5
22 IM Matnadze Ana GEO 2392 3,5 10,0
23 IM Fluvia Poyatos Jordi ESP 2458 3,5 10,0
24 FM Vila Gazquez Xavier ESP 2404 3,5 10,0
25 Karim Ismael MAR 2288 3,5 10,0
26 FM Edouard Romain FRA 2431 3,5 9,5
27 Kukov Velislav BUL 2265 3,5 9,5
28 IM Formichenko Eduard RUS 2426 3,5 9,5
29 Midoux Sebastien FRA 2343 3,5 9,5
30 Oussama Omar ESP 2299 3,5 9,0
31 IM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2461 3,5 8,0
139 players
The 6th Amplico AIG Life International Chess Tournament - European Rapid
Chess Championship Under the auspices of the President of the city of Warsaw
took place 16th-17th December 2006. All players played an 8-round Swiss
Qualification Tournament with the rate of play G-15'+10" (15 minutes for a game
for a player, with an increment of 10 seconds per move). After the 8th round 16
players qualified to the Final Tournament, which contained 4 Group Tournaments,
Tournaments for places 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, the Semi-finals, the Match for the 3rd
place and the Final. Players who didn't qualify to the Final Tournament played
a further 5 rounds for a win in the Swiss Tournament. Time control 5 minutes
for a game for a player, with an increment of 10 seconds per move. Yuri
Drozdovskij won the event by beating Vadim Malakhatko in the final. Full
official file of games now available.
Official site:
http://www.poloniachess.pl/amplico2006/index.php?lang=en
Final Standings:
1. Yuri Drozdovskij UKR
2. Vadim Malakhatko UKR
3. Grzegorz Gajewski POL
4. Micha³ Olszewski POL
5. Spartak Vysochin UKR
6. Kamil Mitoñ POL
7. Aleksej Aleksandrov BLR
8. Andrey Zhigalko BLR
9. Bart³omiej Macieja POL
10. Viktor Bologan MDA
11. Eduardas Rozentalis LTU
12. Slavko Cicak SWE
13. Sarunas Sulskis LTU
14. Sergey Fedorchuk UKR
15. Bartosz Soæko POL
16. Matas Narmontas LTU
Final 1 2 S T1 Score Place
1 Drozdovskij, Yuri 0,5 1 1,5 1,5 1
Malakhatko, Vadim 0,5 0 0,5 0,5 2
Match for third place 1 2 S T1 Score Place
2 Gajewski, Grzegorz 1 0,5 1,5 1,5 3
Olszewski, Michal 0 0,5 0,5 0,5 4
Semi-final I-IV 1 2 S T1 Score Place
1 Gajewski, Grzegorz 0 0 0 0 3/4
Drozdovskij, Yuri 1 1 2 2 1/2
Semi-final II-III 1 2 S T1 Score Place
2 Olszewski, Michal 1 0 1 0 1 3/4
Malakhatko, Vadim 0 1 1 1 2 1/2
Places 5-8 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Aleksandrov, Aleksej - 0,5 0 1 1,5 7
2 Miton, Kamil 0,5 - 0,5 1 2 6
3 Vysochin, Spartak 1 0,5 - 1 2,5 5
4 Zhigalko, Andrey 0 0 0 - 0 8
Places 9-12 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Rozentalis, Eduardas - 0,5 0 1 1,5 11
2 Bologan, Viktor 0,5 - 0,5 1 2 10
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej 1 0,5 - 1 2,5 9
4 Cicak, Slavko 0 0 0 - 0 12
Places 13-16 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Socko, Bartosz - 0,5 0 0,5 1 15
2 Sulskis, Sarunas 0,5 - 1 1 2,5 13
3 Fedorchuk, Sergey 1 0 - 1 2 14
4 Narmontas, Matas 0,5 0 0 - 0,5 16
Group 1 (1, 8, 9, 16) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Socko, Bartosz 1 - 0 0 0,5 0,5 4
2 Rozentalis, Eduardas 16 1 - 0 0,5 1,5 3
3 Aleksandrow, Aleksiej 8 1 1 - 0 2 2
4 Gajewski, Grzegorz 9 0,5 0,5 1 - 2 1
Group 2 (2, 7, 10, 15) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Bologan, Viktor 10 - 0,5 0 1 1,5 3
2 Olszewski, Michal 7 0,5 - 1 0,5 2 1
3 Miton, Kamil 2 1 0 - 1 2 2
4 Sulskis, Sarunas 15 0 0,5 0 - 0,5 4
Group 3 (3, 6, 11, 14) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Macieja, Bartlomiej 3 - 1 0,5 0 1,5 3
2 Fedorchuk, Sergey 11 0 - 0,5 0 0,5 4
3 Vysochin, Spartak 6 0,5 0,5 - 0,5 1,5 2
4 Malakhatko, Vadim 14 1 1 0,5 - 2,5 1
Group 4 (4, 5, 12, 13) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Cicak, Slavko 5 - 1 0 0 1 3
2 Zhigalko, Andrey 13 0 - 1 0,5 1,5 2
3 Narmontas, Matas 4 1 0 - 0 1 4
4 Drozdovskij, Yuri 12 1 0,5 1 - 2,5 1
Tie-breaks for the final tournament
White Black Winner
11-22 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. Warakomski, Tomasz 1-0 Fedorchuk, Sergey A.
12-21 Zezulkin, Jurij Drozdovskij, Yuri 0,5-0,5 Drozdovskij, Yuri
13-20 Zhigalko, Andrey Gyimesi, Zoltan 1-0 Zhigalko, Andrey
14-19 Malaniuk, Vladimir P. Rozentalis, Eduardas 0-1 Rozentalis, Eduardas
15-18 McShane, Luke J. Sulskis, Sarunas 0-1 Sulskis, Sarunas
16-17 Zubov, Alexander Malakhatko, Vadim 0-1 Malakhatko, Vadim
Open Final Round 13 Standings
Place Title Name Fed. FIDE Local Sex Total MBch. Bch. Wins Prog. Group
1 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP 2720 2720 M 10.5 97.50 114.00 9 72.5
2 GM Gritsak, Orest UKR 2542 2542 M 10.0 98.00 114.50 8 74.0
3 GM McShane, Luke J. ENG 2614 2614 M 10.0 97.00 114.50 9 75.0
4 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas LTU 2540 2540 M 10.0 94.00 111.50 8 71.0
5 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2632 2632 M 10.0 92.50 109.00 9 71.0
6 GM Zezulkin, Jurij BLR 2448 2448 M 10.0 92.00 108.00 8 69.5
7 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2630 2630 M 10.0 89.00 104.00 9 67.5
8 GM Krasenkow, Michal POL 2647 2647 M 10.0 88.50 104.00 10 66.0
9 GM Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN 2616 2616 M 9.5 94.00 110.50 9 70.0
10 GM Heberla, Bartlomiej POL 2569 2569 M 9.5 93.00 110.00 9 69.0
11 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2569 2569 M 9.5 92.50 107.50 7 71.0
12 IM Firman, Nazar UKR 2495 2495 M 9.5 90.50 106.50 9 68.5
13 IM Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2469 2469 F 9.5 90.00 105.00 8 68.0
14 IM Urban, Klaudiusz POL 2450 2450 M 9.5 85.00 99.50 9 65.0
15 GM Malaniuk, Vladimir P UKR 2534 2534 M 9.0 98.00 114.50 8 72.5
16 IM Zubov, Alexander UKR 2537 2537 M 9.0 94.50 110.50 8 70.5
17 GM Kempinski, Robert POL 2590 2590 M 9.0 94.00 111.50 8 69.5
18 WGM Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2452 2452 F 9.0 92.50 107.50 6 67.5 G16
19 FM Vaznonis, Vytautas LTU 2291 2291 M 9.0 92.00 108.00 7 65.0
20 GM Halkias, Stelios GRE 2571 2571 M 9.0 91.00 106.50 9 66.0
21 IM Rajlich, Iweta POL 2432 2432 F 9.0 91.00 106.00 8 66.0
22 GM Markowski, Tomasz POL 2561 2561 M 9.0 90.50 105.50 7 67.5
23 FM Tomczak, Jacek POL 2420 2420 M 9.0 90.00 105.50 9 68.0 B16
24 FM Warakomski, Tomasz POL 2446 2446 M 9.0 90.00 105.50 7 67.5 B18
25 IM Hunt, Harriet ENG 2439 2439 F 9.0 89.50 105.50 8 67.5
26 IM Jakubowski, Krzysztof POL 2497 2497 M 9.0 89.00 105.50 7 68.0
27 IM Stryjecki, Marek POL 2423 2423 M 9.0 87.00 102.50 8 65.5
28 GM Gdanski, Jacek POL 2532 2532 M 9.0 86.50 102.50 9 67.0
29 IM Dziuba, Marcin POL 2535 2535 M 9.0 86.50 101.00 9 66.0
30 GM Sumets, Andrey UKR 2523 2523 M 9.0 86.00 101.50 8 65.0
31 GM Akesson, Ralf SWE 2467 2467 M 9.0 85.50 101.00 8 63.5
32 IM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy UKR 2403 2403 M 9.0 84.50 99.00 8 63.5
33 IM Szymanski, Marcin POL 2430 2430 M 9.0 83.00 99.50 9 63.0
34 IM Zapolskis, Antanas LTU 2377 2377 M 8.5 94.00 110.50 8 66.5
35 IM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2504 2504 M 8.5 91.50 109.00 7 67.0
36 IM Shkapenko, Pavel RUS 2382 2382 M 8.5 91.00 107.00 8 66.0
37 GM Schmidt, Wlodzimierz POL 2435 2435 M 8.5 91.00 106.50 6 66.5 S60
38 IM Zagorskis, Darius LTU 2468 2468 M 8.5 90.00 105.50 7 67.0
39 GM Sulypa, Alexandre UKR 2478 2478 M 8.5 89.50 104.50 7 66.0
40 GM Galkin, Alexander RUS 2600 2600 M 8.5 89.00 105.00 7 65.0
41 IM Hunt, Adam ENG 2462 2462 M 8.5 89.00 104.50 8 65.5
42 FM Strzemiecki, Zbigniew POL 2365 2365 M 8.5 86.00 102.50 8 62.5 B14
43 Mickiewicz, Piotr POL 2312 2312 M 8.5 85.50 101.00 8 64.5
44 IM Pinski, Jan POL 2362 2362 M 8.5 85.50 101.00 8 60.5
45 Deszczynski, Adam POL 2361 2361 M 8.5 85.50 101.00 6 63.5
46 Nurkiewicz, Maciej POL 2404 2404 M 8.5 85.50 100.00 8 64.5
47 Piorun, Kacper POL 2274 2274 M 8.5 84.50 99.00 8 62.0 B16
48 IM Staniszewski, Piotr POL 2419 2419 M 8.5 84.00 99.50 8 64.0
49 IM Dworakowska, Joanna POL 2372 2372 F 8.5 84.00 99.50 8 63.5
50 WIM Daulyte, Deimante LTU 2205 2205 F 8.5 84.00 98.00 8 59.5 G18
51 Solys, Laimutis LTU 2321 2321 M 8.5 84.00 97.50 7 61.5
52 Krysztofiak, Marcin POL 2397 2397 M 8.5 82.00 97.50 6 60.0
53 Godlauskas, Kazys LTU 2269 2269 M 8.5 82.00 95.00 7 61.0
54 Bobula, Mateusz POL 2285 2285 M 8.5 81.00 95.50 8 59.5 B16
55 Kukawski, Maciej POL 2293 2293 M 8.5 81.00 95.00 8 60.5 B18
56 FM Lubczynski, Rafal POL 2343 2343 M 8.5 80.00 95.00 8 59.0 B18
57 Kalvaitis, Sigitas LTU 2199 2199 M 8.5 76.00 90.00 8 54.5
58 IM Adamski, Jan POL 2355 2355 M 8.5 75.00 90.50 6 59.5 S60
59 Kaluzny, Wlodzimierz POL 2147 2147 M 8.5 75.00 90.00 8 54.5 S60
475 players
There were three matches in Astana, Kazakhstan 18th-20th December 2006.
Games 1-2 Fide-Timecontrol, Games 3-4 Rapid (30 min). Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
beat Darmen Sadvakasov in the strongest match.
Official site: http://chess.ir.kz/
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Match Astana KAZ (KAZ), 18-20 xii 2006
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1 2 3 4
1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 1 1 1 ½ 3.5/4
2 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2596 0 0 0 ½ 0.5/4
1 2 3 4
1 Andriasian, Zaven m ARM 2463 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2.5/4
2 Ismagambetov, An m KAZ 2418 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5/4
1 2 3 4
1 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2504 ½ 1 1 ½ 3.0/4
2 Aketaeva, Dana wm KAZ 2312 ½ 0 0 ½ 1.0/4
The Aniversario del Par de Alfiles took place in Asuncion 5th-12th
December 2006. Ernesto Real de Azua won the event with 8.5/11 undefeated. Games
from the final two rounds are missing.
Links:
Results
and http://www.ajedrez.com.py/m/
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Real de Azua, Ernesto f ARG 2396 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2446
2. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2426 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 7.5 2365
3. Bronstein, Luis m ARG 2334 = = * 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2374
4. Zacarias, Rodrigo BRA 2047 = = 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 0 0 6.0 2303
5. Sosa Harrison, Jorge f PAR 2283 = = = 0 * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2245
6. Kropff, Ricardo f PAR 2329 = 0 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2241
7. Latorre, Manuel PAR 2247 0 0 = = = = * 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2212
8. Peralta, Eduardo f PAR 2279 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 5.0 2210
9. Escofet, Jaime URU 2165 0 = = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.5 2191
10. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2276 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * = 1 4.5 2181
11. Deus Fo., Joaquim BRA 2064 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 = = * 1 4.5 2200
12. Lipiniks, Leonardo PAR 2139 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 1996
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The 22nd Voivoda Cup took place in Legnica, Polgand 7th-14th December
2006. Stanislav Savchenko edged out Sergei Ovsejevitsch on tie-break with
6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.szachy.lca.pl/
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22nd Voivoda Cup Legnica POL (POL), 7-14 xii 2006 cat. VIII (2439)
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1. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2532 * = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2595
2. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2545 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2593
3. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2413 = = * = = 1 1 = 0 1 5.5 2522
4. Jakubowski, Krzysztof m POL 2497 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 4.5 2433
5. Zeberski, Jakub POL 2420 0 = = = * = = 0 1 1 4.5 2441
6. Sengupta, Deep m IND 2420 = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2441
7. Owczarzak, Jerzy POL 2387 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 = 4.0 2402
8. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2472 = 0 = 0 1 0 = * = = 3.5 2355
9. Schmidt, Wlodzimierz g POL 2435 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 = * 0 3.0 2314
10. Cherednichenko, Svetlana wm UKR 2273 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 2.5 2291
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There was an IM norm tournament in Eupen, Belgium. Dimitri Komarov won
the event with 7/9.
http://www.schach.be/dt/turniere-svdb.html
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IM It Eupen BEL (BEL), 8-16 xii 2006 cat. VI (2378)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2540 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2580
2. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2548 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2525
3. Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2328 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2463
4. Ahn, Martin f BEL 2312 0 = = * = = 1 1 = = 5.0 2428
5. Gulbas, Cemil f BEL 2379 = = 0 = * 1 = = = = 4.5 2378
6. Hautot, Stephane f BEL 2368 = 0 = = 0 * = 0 1 1 4.0 2336
7. Kaufeld, Juergen GER 2308 = 0 = 0 = = * = = = 3.5 2305
8. Swinkels, Robin NED 2378 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 3.5 2298
9. Brittner, Serge f LUX 2317 0 0 = = = 0 = = * = 3.0 2259
10. Meessen, Rudolf f BEL 2303 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2220
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The Levikov Memorial took place in Lviv 7th-15th December 2006. Jurij
Tihonov won the event with 7/9.
Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t106e.html
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Levikov Mem Lviv UKR (UKR), 7-15 xii 2006 cat. VIII (2441)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2494 * 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2655
2. Vovk, Yuri m UKR 2444 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 5.5 2521
3. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2530 0 = * 1 = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2511
4. Kravtsiv, Martyn UKR 2446 1 = 0 * = 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2483
5. Esen, Baris m TUR 2464 = 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2481
6. Vovk, Andrey m UKR 2474 = = = 1 = * 0 = 0 = 4.0 2394
7. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 0 0 1 = 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2387
8. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2383 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 3.5 2367
9. Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2321 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = 3.0 2329
10. Leniart, Arkadiusz POL 2315 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.5 2289
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The V Subasic Memorial took place 8th-16th December 2006. Ferenc Berkes
edged out Suat Atalik on tie-break both scored 6.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.bihchess.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6
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V Ilijas Subasic Mem Zenica BIH (BIH), 8-16 xii 2006 cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2589 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2622
2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2583 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2622
3. Dizdarevic, Emir g CRO 2492 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2591
4. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2547 = = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2540
5. Vukic, Milan g SCG 2504 = = = = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2545
6. Stojanovic, Dalibor m BIH 2469 = = 0 = = * = 1 0 1 4.5 2469
7. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO g CRO 2539 = 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 4.5 2461
8. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2411 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * 0 = 2.5 2309
9. Muratovic, Enver f BIH 2265 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 2.5 2326
10. Terzic, Safet f BIH 2295 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 2137
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The GM and IM Multicoms La Faisanderie took place in Paris, France
13th-21st December 2006. Namig Guliyev won the GM event with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.paris-chess-club.com
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GM Multicoms Paris FRA (FRA), 13-21 xii 2006 cat. XI (2508)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2542 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2854
2. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2474 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2636
3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2640 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2617
4. Cornette, Matthieu m FRA 2480 0 = 1 * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2553
5. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2494 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2552
6. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2561 = = = = = * = = = 0 4.0 2458
7. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2510 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2464
8. Bellaiche, Anthony m FRA 2472 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 2.5 2345
9. Draoui, Najib f MAR 2416 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = 2.5 2351
10. Murey, Jacob g ISR 2487 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 = * 2.0 2289
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IM Multicoms Paris FRA (FRA), 13-21 xii 2006 cat. IV (2333)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2523 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2532
2. Dutreeuw, Marc m BEL 2384 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2547
3. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2490 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2440
4. Goldsztejn, Gildas FRA 2303 = 0 1 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2461
5. Karim, Ismael MAR 2288 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2381
6. Manouck, Thierry m FRA 2342 = 0 0 1 = * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2332
7. Parmentier, Xavier f FRA 2284 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2338
8. Glicenstein, Asher f FRA 2278 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 2.5 2173
9. Colson, Arnaud FRA 2208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1.5 2074
10. Strugnell, Carl FRA 2233 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 1993
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The Iranian Championships (Shahid Modarres Cup) took place Tehran/Iran
December 22nd-30th 2006. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won the event with 8.5/11. Games
from the first 6 rounds only available.
Results:
http://chess-results.com/Tnr5139.aspx?ix=1&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=1&turdet=YES
Rk. Name FED RtgN Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp
1 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2580 2580 8,5 4,0 0,0 41,50 2579
2 IM Mahjoob Morteza IRI 2465 2465 7,5 4,0 0,0 39,00 2511
3 Golizadeh Asghar IRI 2233 2233 7,0 3,0 0,0 35,25 2501
4 FM Darban Morteza IRI 2396 2396 6,5 3,0 0,0 33,50 2449
5 GM Bagheri Amir IRI 2486 2486 6,5 2,5 0,0 29,75 2441
6 FM Alavi Sayed Javad IRI 2368 2368 6,5 2,0 0,0 30,25 2452
7 FM Toufighi Homayoon IRI 2386 2386 5,5 2,5 0,0 27,75 2385
8 FM Ardeshi Mehrdad IRI 2379 2379 4,5 1,5 0,0 20,25 2321
9 FM Roghani Arash IRI 2383 2383 4,0 1,5 0,0 19,25 2284
10 IM Ghorbani Mohsen IRI 2304 2304 3,5 3,5 0,0 23,00 2260
11 Moradi Behrooz IRI 2299 2299 3,0 1,0 0,0 14,25 2218
12 Moosavian S.Hamed IRI 2345 2345 3,0 0,5 0,0 11,25 2214
Michael Atkins reports: More than 200 players came to Washington to
participate in the 33rd Annual Eastern Open. Played over the Dec 27-30 period,
the 8-round tournament was held at the elegant Wyndham, always beautifully
decorated during the holiday season.
The 60 player Open section resulted in a four way tie at 6-2 among GMs
Jaan Ehlvest, Sergei Kudrin, IM Fabiano Caruana and Kazim Gulamali. A half
point back were GMs Alex Ivanov and Alex Stripunsky, IM Stanis Smetankin and
experts Zhi-Ya Hu and Gary De Fotis.
Full results are posted at
http://www.chessctr.org/eoresults.php
28 games available, many of the important ones
U2200 Section won by David Paulina U1900 Section shared with 80 year
old Solomon Verbitsky and Dimitri Barabanov U1600 Section won by Jesse Bickford
U1300 Section shared by Alex Gilbert and Alex Chen
Open Blitz won by GMs Ehlvest and Ivanov, Amateur by Dilip Panjwani and
Curtis Winter
Top Open finishers were:
Standings. 33rd Annual Eastern Open: Open Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2668 6.0
2 GM Sergey Kudrin 2609 6.0
3 IM Fabiano Caruana 2458 6.0
4 Kazim Gulamali 2364 6.0
5 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2644 5.5
6 GM Alexander Ivanov 2640 5.5
7 IM Stanisl Smetankin 2512 5.5
8 Zhi-ya Hu 2185 5.5
9 Gary C De Fotis 2116 5.5
10 IM Lawrence Kaufman 2381 5.0
11 Daniel I Miller 2332 5.0
12 FM Macon A Shibut 2317 5.0
13 Alexander Betaneli 2282 5.0
14 FM Ralph P Zimmer 2251 5.0
15 Yu Zhong Lu 2187 5.0
16 Shinsaku Uesugi 2175 5.0
17 Daniel A Yeager 2142 5.0
18 Scott T Low 1952 5.0
The 16th IPCCC (International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship)
ended in the German city of Paderborn on December 30th 2006. The tournament was
won by Rybka, with the score of 6.5 points out 7 games, ahead of Shredder (6
points). The games section was well below the normal standard for computer
events with missing games and other errors. News: Jeroen Noomen.
Official site: http://wwwcs.uni-paderborn.de/~IPCCC/
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16th IPCCC Paderborn GER (GER), 27-30 xii 2006
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1 Rybka 6.5 24.5
2 Shredder 6 25
3 Gandalf 4.5 25
4 Jonny 3 27
5 Gridchess 3 26.5
6 Spike 3 24.5
7 Diep 2.5 25
8 Ikarus 2.5 23.5
9 Isichess 2.5 23
10 Chiron 1.5 21
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The Czech Chess Christmas 2006 tournament takea place at
26.12.2006-1.1.2007 in Litomysl (CZE). There are 105 participants from 13
countries including 2 GMs (Dydyshko, Manik) and 10 IMs.
Daily results and pairings is published at
http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2006
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.
Participants grandmaster group A
GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2813 1
GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2779 2
GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2750 3
GM Peter Svidler RUS 2750 4
GM Levon Aronian ARM 2741 7
GM Teymour Radjabov AZE 2729 11
GM David Navara CZE 2725 13
GM Alexey Shirov ESP 2720 14
GM Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2703 20
GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2698 21
GM Sergey Tiviakov NED 2680 27
GM Loek van Wely NED 2676 29
GM Sergey Karjakin UKR 2672 35
GM Alexander Motylev RUS 2662 44
Average rating : 2721
Category : 19
Participants grandmaster group B
Name Country Rating Position
GM Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 2671 38
GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2671 38
GM Gabriel Sargissian ARM 2667 43
GM Viorel Bologan MLD 2659 47
GM Pavel Eljanov UKR 2658 49
GM Friso Nijboer NED 2641 68
GM Erwin L’Ami NED 2593 152
GM Suat Atalik TUR 2583 187
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrav FRA 2579 209
GM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2576 220
GM Jan Werle NED 2551 311
GM Vladimir Georgiev MKD 2532 437
GM Jan Smeets NED 2525 487
IM Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 2458 1121
Average rating : 2597
Category : 14
Participants grandmaster group C
Name Country Rating Position
GM Michal Krasenkow POL 2647 61
GM Emanuel Berg SWE 2582 192
IM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS 2545 336
GM Parimarjan Negi IND 2538 390
GM John van der Wiel NED 2522 509
GM Stellan Brynell SWE 2502 680
IM Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2493 750
WFM Hou Yifan CHN 2481 872
IM Wouter Spoelman NED 2450 1214
GM Zhaoqin Peng NED 2436 1429
GM Harmen Jonkman NED 2431 1506
IM Edwin van Haastert NED 2393 2446
IM Thomas Willemze NED 2384 2692
IM Manuel Bosboom NED 2375 2927
Average rating : 2484
Category : 10
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com
Alex
Finkel Preview
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)
Monroi Grand Prix for Women
Women in chess are being recognized by a Grand-Prix series of
international chess events. The events will be broadcast live using the MonRoi
system. “The world’s best women chess players have the opportunity to
qualify in some of the top tournaments in the world. We invite you to follow
live games, pictorial and video reports! Join us in Gibraltar, Cannes, Zagreb,
Dresden, Liechtenstein, St. Petersburg and Philadelphia and Montreal!”
said Brana Giancristofaro, Founder & CEO of MonRoi Inc. The Grand-Prix
Finale will be held in Montreal, Canada July 21-28, 2007. Qualifiers will be
selected on the basis of top performance and will compete for Finale prizes!
The Grand-Prix starts on January 23rd, 2007, in Gibraltar! Qualifying events
are the following:
GibTelecom, Gibraltar, January 23 - February 1
Cannes Open, FRA,
February 18-25
Zagreb Open, CRO, March 17-25
ECU Individual, Dresden
GER, April 2-15
Liechtenstein Open, May 11-19
White Nights, St.
Petersburg RUS, June 16-24
World Open, Philadelphia USA, June 28 - July
4
Montreal Chess Festival Finale, July 21-28
Further details: http://www.monroi.com/GP
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.
The 14 players who will therefore take part in the first ACP WRC are:
Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand (Israel),
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Etienne Bacrot (France),
Sergey Rublevsky (Russia), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany),
Pentala Harikrishna (India), Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands), Victor Bologan
(Moldova), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Farrukh Amonatov (Tajikistan). In addition,
on the proposal of Bank Pivdennyi, two Wild Cards are given to Vassily Ivanchuk
(highest rated Ukrainian Grandmaster) and Ilia Smirin (Israel).
Detailed press release:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=585
Chess FM Chess and Books with Fred Wilson
Chess & Books with Fred Wilson - This Week's guest: Noah Sheola
(Paul Morphy playwright)
Fred Wilson's guest on Tuesday evening (8pm EST), Dec. 19th, 2006, will
be Noah Sheola, author of the well-received new play, "Paul Morphy", currently
running at The Players Ring in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Noah, a USCF rated
player and avid reader of chess history, is the author of four plays, including
one about Marie Antoinette, produced on the East Coast and in Chicago. He is a
winner of the F. Gary Newton Playwriting Competition, and also an accomplished
actor, performing with the New Hampshire improvisational theater troupe
Stranger Than Fiction. He is a graduate of Bard College and now lives in
Portsmouth, NH.
Noah says "Writing from history is all about making compromises between
the historical record and the need to be concise, coherent and entertaining...I
think I have a sense of who Morphy was and what it was like to spend time with
him. When you read his letters the force of his personality is there". Please
send questions for Noah Sheola about Paul Morphy 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!
ACP Christmas Blitz Tournament 2006
The ACP Board is glad to invite you to take part in the ACP Christmas
Blitz Tournament. The prize fund will amount to 4,550 euros. The event will be
organized on the ACPO, the official playing zone of our association. The
preliminary stages of the tournament will take place from December 19th to 22nd
2006, and the final stages on December 26th and 27th 2006.
The prize distribution as well as the registration form can be found on
our special page http://www.acpochess.com/acpo/acpxb_index.php
49th Reggio Emilia Tournament
The 49th edition of the Reggio Emilia Torneo di Capodanno takes place
December 30 2006 - January 7 2007. 9 rounds at the hotel Astoria Mercure
starting 2,30 pm. Time rate: 1h and 40 min x 40 moves then 50 min to end, plus
30 sec starting from the first move.
Players
GM KHENKIN IGOR GER ELO 2620
GM GELASHVILI TAMAD GEO ELO 2606
GM LANDA KONSTANTIN RUS ELO 2570
GM IORDACHESCU VIOREL MOL ELO 2564
GM ROMANISHIN OLEG UKR ELO 2542
IM BRUNELLO SABINO ITA ELO 2460
IM SHYTAJ LUCA ALB/ITA ELO 2441
IM MANCA FEDERICO ITA ELO 2425
IM BORGO GIULIO ITA ELO 2420
MOGRANZINI ROBERTO ITA ELO 2401
GM norm = 6 points - IM norm = 4 points
Sydney International Open
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL OPEN (10/04/2007-14/04/2007) - Australia's
strongest Open tournament ever held.
More information at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open
or contact info@chessaustralia.com.au
Novi Sad Chess
Novi Sad will host the 2009 Europian National Team Championship. In the
run up to that the Championship of Novi Sad takes place 18th-25th March 2007.
Further detail: http://www.drazic.co.yu
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
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
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
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
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
