THE WEEK IN CHESS 635 8th January 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Yitshak Steinhart Memorial 45 games
Rilton Cup 102 games
27th Bethune Open 184 games
13th Tuzla International 45 games
Zurich Weihnachtsopen 127 games
XVII Cracovia Festival 138 games
Illes Medes Open 155 games
Aniversario del Par de Alfiles 54 games
Iranian Championship 30 games
Harmonie Tournament 45 games
13th Zadar Open 198 games
Dutch Team Championship 50 games
114th New Zealand Championship 36 games
16th IPCCC Paderborn 35 games
Nassau Chess Club Championship 120 games
3rd Singapore Masters 422 games
Subzonal 2.3.4 181 games
2254 games
My thanks to Yochanan Afek, John Saunders, Matthew Tapp, Bognár
Csaba, Michael Freeman, Laszlo Nagy, Thomas Henrich, Anjo Anjewierden, Albert
Muratet, Steve Giddins, Georg Kradolfer, Joaquim De Deus Fº, Mikhail
Golubev, Steffen Wirth, Istvan Brindza, Jeroen Noomen, Larry S Tamarkin,
Osvaldo Orozco and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The first ACP Rapid took place in Odessa in the Ukraine 4th-8th January
2007. Its a big achievement to get such an event going and I hope it will lead
to more from this players organisation. Peter Leko won first prize in the event
with a $136,000 fund. Leko defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in the final. Elsewhere
there were many traditional Christmas and New Year Events including Hastings,
Reggio Emilia, Rilton Cup and so forth. By this time next week the exciting
Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee will be under way, should be great.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 1st ACP World Rapid Cup took place in Odessa in the Ukraine 4th-8th
January 2007. The event was sponsored by the Bank Pivdennyi based in Odessa and
took place in the Hotel Londonskaya. The tournament organisers were the Bank
Pivdennyi and the Association of Chess Professionals. The total prize fund was
136,000 US Dollars. 16 grandmasters participated in this Knock-Out tournament.
The time control was 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 5
seconds per move, with blitz games (3mins + 2sec/m) to settle ties. Peter Leko
won the second blitz playoff game against Vassily Ivanchuk in the final, their
first three games were drawn.
Official site: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/en/
with additional live coverage at: http://www.ruschess.com/
1st ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa UKR 2007
Final 08.01.2006
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Leko,P 2.5
Ivanchuk,V 1.5
Semi-final 08.01.2006
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Gelfand,B 2.0
Leko,P 3.0
Ivanchuk,V 2.0
Radjabov,T 0.0
Quarter-finals 07.01.2006
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Shirov,A 0.5
Gelfand,B 1.5
Leko,P 2.0
Rublevsky,S 0.0
Bacrot,E 0.5
Ivanchuk,V 1.5
Morozevich,A 0.5
Radjabov,T 1.5
Round 1
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06.01.2007
Smirin,I 0.5
Shirov,A 1.5
Gelfand,B 2.0
Nakamura,H 0.0
Sokolov,Iv 0.5
Leko,P 1.5
Rublevsky,S 1.5
Naiditsch,A 0.5
Round 1
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05.01.2007
Bologan,V 2.0
Bacrot,E 3.0
Ivanchuk,V 2.0
Amonatov,F 0.0
Harikrishna,P 2.0
Morozevich,A 3.0
Bareev,E 0.5
Radjabov,T 1.5
The Hastings Congress took place 28th December 2006 - 7 January 2007.
Merab Gagunashvili took the Masters title on tie-break from defending champion
Valerij Neverov. Round 4 Corrections to Vul - Pavlovic, Williams - Gagunashvili
and Gofshtein - Chernaiev plus the remain games now available.
Games from Steve Giddins of the official website:
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Ranking after round 9 of Hastings Masters
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 1 GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 7.0 53.5 40.75 38.5 2611 2675 +0.71
5 NEVEROV, Valerij 7.0 45.5 34.00 32.5 2538 2534 +0.08
3. 2 IKONNIKOV, Wacheslav 6.5 52.0 37.00 34.0 2588 2552 -0.22
6 GOFSHTEIN, Zvulon 6.5 50.5 34.00 36.0 2509 2574 +0.87
7 PAVLOVIC, Milos 6.5 50.5 34.75 36.5 2507 2576 +0.91
8 PERT, Nicholas 6.5 52.0 36.50 34.0 2502 2558 +0.75
9 LALIC, Bogdan 6.5 47.0 33.00 32.5 2491 2478 +0.01
11 CHERNIAEV, Alexander 6.5 50.0 34.25 36.5 2472 2554 +1.15
9. 10 WILLIAMS, Simon 6.0 49.5 30.00 32.0 2473 2497 +0.39
13 GREET, Andrew 6.0 47.5 30.25 32.5 2439 2409 -0.22
19 ANSELL, Simon 6.0 50.5 30.50 35.0 2394 2549 +1.95
20 GROOTEN, Herman 6.0 43.5 25.75 26.5 2387 2337 -0.42
21 RENDLE, Thomas 6.0 46.5 29.00 30.0 2382 2403 +0.35
22 KNOTT, Simon 6.0 42.5 27.50 29.0 2375 2382 +0.18
30 RUDD, Jack 6.0 47.0 29.75 29.5 2310 2435 +1.53
55 BRISCOE, Christopher 6.0 44.5 29.25 27.0 2121 2465 +3.83
17. 3 HEBDEN, Mark 5.5 44.0 26.50 29.0 2545 2382 -1.67
15 HASLINGER, Stewart 5.5 50.0 28.50 31.0 2438 2391 -0.42
16 MCNAB, Colin 5.5 44.0 24.75 28.5 2433 2332 -1.00
17 JONES, Gawain 5.5 49.5 27.00 32.0 2430 2438 +0.29
18 WALLACE, John-Paul 5.5 43.5 24.25 28.5 2418 2320 -0.99
23 PEEK, Marcel 5.5 45.5 26.00 29.5 2367 2413 +0.65
38 KWIATKOWSKI, Feliks 5.5 44.5 25.50 26.5 2226 2316 +1.09
52 NARAYANAN, Srinath 5.5 48.0 27.25 27.5 2141 2448 +3.42
56 MANSSON, James 5.5 36.0 19.00 22.0 2120 2261 +1.59
26. 12 CIUKSYTE, Dagne 5.0 45.5 24.75 27.5 2440 2219 -2.34
14 HENDRIKS, Willy 5.0 45.5 21.75 30.5 2439 2345 -0.98
24 VUL, Arkadi 5.0 44.5 24.00 27.0 2365 2200 -1.64
25 HOUSKA, Jovanka 5.0 48.0 24.00 29.5 2364 2420 +0.75
26 PROSVIRIAKOV, Vladimir 5.0 42.5 22.00 23.5 2346 2205 -1.55
28 MARUSENKO, Peter 5.0 46.0 23.25 27.5 2330 2364 +0.46
29 EAMES, Robert 5.0 43.5 20.75 27.0 2311 2295 -0.17
31 ASHTON, Adam 5.0 43.5 20.25 28.5 2304 2332 +0.42
33 FURMAN, Boris 5.0 44.5 22.50 28.0 2263 2347 +1.05
35 RAYNER, Francis 5.0 39.5 19.25 24.5 2247 2218 -0.32
36 EGGLESTON, David 5.0 40.5 18.50 23.0 2239 2235 -0.14
40 SNAPE, Ian 5.0 38.0 20.25 24.0 2217 2140 -0.66
42 GRAF, Felix 5.0 42.5 22.25 25.0 2207 2275 +0.86
43 GRANT, Alan 5.0 42.5 21.75 26.0 2206 2315 +1.04
44 FOWLER, Simon 5.0 38.5 19.25 24.5 2201 2174 -0.24
53 VRBAN, Damir 5.0 33.0 17.00 20.0 2130 2145 +0.10
60 HUMPHREYS, Jerry 5.0 39.5 20.25 21.5 2106 2163 +0.55
88 FOORD, Dominic 5.0 38.5 19.25 22.5 1894 2222 +3.54
44. 27 HUSS, Andreas 4.5 44.5 19.75 26.5 2338 2257 -0.82
32 LEDGER, David 4.5 46.5 20.50 28.0 2276 2319 +0.52
34 BRITTON, Richard 4.5 42.0 16.75 26.0 2261 2261 -0.02
37 SCHUURMAN, Petra 4.5 48.0 22.00 25.0 2238 2306 +0.69
39 JACKSON, Oliver 4.5 38.0 16.25 22.5 2225 2133 -1.05
41 CAFFERTY, Bernard 4.5 43.0 19.50 24.0 2207 2171 -0.26
47 GROFFEN, Hans 4.5 36.5 15.25 22.5 2180 2133 -0.50
50 SUGDEN, John 4.5 40.5 17.25 23.5 2158 2100 -0.64
51 MUTER, Donny 4.5 43.5 19.00 23.5 2146 2220 +0.73
67 PICKERSGILL, Adrian 4.5 36.5 16.50 19.0 2093 2117 +0.15
70 POOBALASINGAM, Peter 4.5 35.5 13.50 21.5 2077 2132 +0.54
91 COHEN, Ronnie 4.5 39.0 18.00 19.5 1841 2133 +3.07
56. 46 MULLIGAN, Stephen 4.0 37.0 16.00 21.0 2199 1964 -1.84
49 DICKSON, George 4.0 41.0 15.75 20.5 2171 2117 -0.69
54 ALMOND, Richard 4.0 35.0 14.00 16.5 2124 2063 -0.72
57 DONOVAN, Nigel 4.0 38.5 11.75 19.5 2119 2120 -0.08
62 ARMSTRONG, Malcolm 4.0 44.0 18.50 21.0 2101 2179 +0.73
64 HUTCHINSON, Norman 4.0 36.5 12.00 20.0 2097 1931 -1.51
66 CHEVANNES, Sabrina 4.0 38.5 14.75 17.0 2093 2011 -0.99
69 LUNN, Timothy 4.0 37.0 13.50 20.0 2079 2075 -0.13
71 HAYDON, David 4.0 29.5 9.75 15.5 2073 2029 -0.53
72 CALVERT, D. Ian 4.0 38.5 15.75 17.5 2064 2069 +0.11
77 JAIN, Akash 4.0 32.0 13.25 15.5 2036 1944 -1.03
87 SNOWDEN, James 4.0 34.5 13.50 16.5 1903 2059 +1.38
94 SALIMBENI, George 4.0 41.5 18.00 21.5 0000 2158 2158
69. 4 TAHIROV, Farhad 3.5 46.5 22.50 24.5 2545 2254 -2.36
58 KULAGO, Alexander 3.5 42.5 11.50 19.5 2114 2123 -0.12
59 RICE, Christopher 3.5 41.0 12.75 19.0 2110 1989 -1.38
61 GRIFFITHS, Ryan-Rhys 3.5 42.5 13.25 20.5 2104 2110 -0.04
68 HENRICHSEN, Jens 3.5 40.0 11.50 17.0 2089 2017 -0.84
73 HICKMAN, John 3.5 31.0 8.75 12.0 2058 1980 -0.83
74 WILSON, Alexandra 3.5 35.0 10.50 15.0 2056 1992 -0.74
80 WEBSTER, Richard 3.5 32.5 9.25 17.0 1983 2005 +0.18
83 RETY, John 3.5 37.0 11.25 14.5 1965 1968 -0.04
85 GOLDSWORTHY, Patrick 3.5 34.0 11.50 15.0 1936 2014 2014
89 THILAGANATHAN, Jessica 3.5 39.5 13.75 16.5 1871 2040 +1.73
80. 45 ANDERSON, John 3.0 41.5 19.00 21.0 2199 2175 -0.11
99 REUBEN, Stewart 3.0 37.0 19.25 17.0 2146 2828 +0.43
63 FRYER, David 3.0 37.5 9.25 15.5 2101 1928 -1.89
65 NORINKEVICIUTE, Rasa 3.0 33.5 9.50 15.0 2094 1798 -3.07
76 SPANTON, Timothy 3.0 31.0 6.50 12.0 2051 1731 -2.58
78 DENNIS, Nigel 3.0 30.5 5.75 9.5 2020 1969 -0.49
86 O'TOOLE, George 3.0 33.5 10.50 13.5 1935 1979 +0.36
90 AUCKLAND, Elliott 3.0 33.5 11.00 14.5 1850 1970 +1.14
93 MACRAE, James 3.0 29.5 6.00 12.0 1759 1854 +0.71
95 MESSAM-SPARKS, Lateefah 3.0 27.0 5.50 9.5 0000 1801 1801
96 CUMMING, Rhys 3.0 31.0 9.00 13.0 0000 1903 1903
91. 48 HAGESAETHER, Arne 2.5 40.5 14.75 18.5 2178 2104 -0.69
75 GIBSON, Christopher 2.5 40.0 10.50 15.5 2056 1950 -1.05
79 FRASER, Joe 2.5 40.5 18.00 15.5 1983 2114 +0.93
84 TUCKER, Andrew 2.5 33.5 12.50 12.5 1956 1931 -0.19
95. 81 PARMAR, Amisha 2.0 38.5 13.50 13.5 1981 2050 +0.46
82 BARRON, David 2.0 28.0 1.50 8.0 1966 1322 -2.66
92 KENYON, Scott 2.0 33.0 6.50 12.5 1759 1846 +0.70
98. 97 WEIDMAN, Mark 1.5 28.0 1.50 5.0 0000 1343 1343
99. 100 NORIS, Alan 0.5 40.5 20.25 0.5 2307 2146 -0.21
100. 98 VAN DE LAAR, Michael 0.0 30.0 0.00 0.0 0000 1268 1268
The 49th edition of the Reggio Emilia Torneo di Capodanno took 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. Viorel Iodeachescu won the event with 7/9
half a point clear of Konstantin Landa and Igor Khenkin.
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
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49th It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 30 xii 2006 - 7 i 2007cat. X (2482)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2564 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2692
2. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2570 = * = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2638
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2620 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2632
4. Shytaj, Luca m ITA 2441 = = = * = = 0 = 1 = 4.5 2486
5. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 4.5 2475
6. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2460 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = = 4.0 2441
7. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2401 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 = 4.0 2448
8. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2377 = 0 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2368
9. Manca, Federico m ITA 2425 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 2.5 2322
10. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2420 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 2.5 2322
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Round 3 (January 1, 2007)
Iordachescu, Viorel - Brunello, Sabino 1-0 31 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Shytaj, Luca - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 23 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Romanishin, Oleg M - Landa, Konstantin 0-1 38 E04 Catalan
Mogranzini, Roberto - Borgo, Giulio 1/2 56 B01 Centre Counter
Manca, Federico - Rombaldoni, Denis 1/2 34 E54 Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (January 2, 2007)
Iordachescu, Viorel - Mogranzini, Roberto 1-0 49 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Landa, Konstantin - Manca, Federico 0-1 35 E97 King's Indian Classical
Brunello, Sabino - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 10 C45 Scotch Game
Rombaldoni, Denis - Shytaj, Luca 1/2 73 A58 Volga Gambit
Borgo, Giulio - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 31 A28 English Four Knights
Round 5 (January 3, 2007)
Khenkin, Igor - Rombaldoni, Denis 1-0 38 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Shytaj, Luca - Landa, Konstantin 1/2 15 B01 Centre Counter
Romanishin, Oleg M - Iordachescu, Viorel 0-1 40 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Mogranzini, Roberto - Brunello, Sabino 0-1 37 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Manca, Federico - Borgo, Giulio 1/2 16 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 6 (January 4, 2007)
Iordachescu, Viorel - Manca, Federico 1-0 34 B07 Pirc Defence
Landa, Konstantin - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Brunello, Sabino - Rombaldoni, Denis 1-0 44 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Mogranzini, Roberto - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 31 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Borgo, Giulio - Shytaj, Luca 1/2 34 A28 English Four Knights
Round 7 (January 5, 2007)
Khenkin, Igor - Borgo, Giulio 1-0 35 D22 QGA
Shytaj, Luca - Iordachescu, Viorel 1/2 31 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Romanishin, Oleg M - Brunello, Sabino 1-0 49 E17 Queens Indian
Rombaldoni, Denis - Landa, Konstantin 0-1 38 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Manca, Federico - Mogranzini, Roberto 0-1 65 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 8 (January 6, 2007)
Iordachescu, Viorel - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 21 B19 Caro Kann
Romanishin, Oleg M - Manca, Federico 1-0 70 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Brunello, Sabino - Landa, Konstantin 0-1 36 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Mogranzini, Roberto - Shytaj, Luca 1-0 73 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Borgo, Giulio - Rombaldoni, Denis 0-1 31 A47 Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 9 (January 7, 2007)
Landa, Konstantin - Borgo, Giulio 1-0 42 B01 Centre Counter
Khenkin, Igor - Mogranzini, Roberto 1-0 39 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Shytaj, Luca - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 24 C45 Scotch Game
Rombaldoni, Denis - Iordachescu, Viorel 1/2 10 E15 Queens Indian
Manca, Federico - Brunello, Sabino 1/2 32 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
The Yitshak Steinhart Memorial International Tournament took place in
Herzeliya, Israel 07th-30th December 2006. Tournament Chief Arbiter Shlomo
Kandelshine - International Arbiter Tournament Director & Arbiter Alon
Shulman - International Arbiter. Konstatin Lerner won the event with 6/9. News:
Yochanan Afek.
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Steinhart Mem Herzeliya ISR (ISR), 7-30 xii 2006 cat. VII (2415)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2529 * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2527
2. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2402 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2496
3. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2363 = = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2500
4. Grinshpun, Eduard m RUS 2410 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = = 5.0 2458
5. Haimovich, Tal m ISR 2436 = = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2455
6. Caspi, Israel ISR 2359 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2464
7. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2458 = = = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 4.5 2410
8. Zifroni, Dov g ISR 2523 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2359
9. Lev, Ronen g ISR 2414 = = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 0 2.5 2249
10. Shutzman, Joseph USA 2255 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2212
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The Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2006 - 5th January 2007. Robert
Fontaine of France took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the
field.
Malcolm Pein reports: David Howell, a 16 year old Sussex schoolboy
qualified as the UK's youngest ever Grandmaster on Friday by finishing equal
second at the Rilton Cup in Stockholm with a score of 7/9. Howell was 16 years
52 days old and he achieved this milestone at an age four months younger than
the previous record holder, Luke McShane, who secured the title in 2000. Howell
is rated 2501 and as a rating of 2500 is required he should become the 18th
youngest Grandmaster ever. Howell’s achievements do not make him a world
beater, yet, but his success has been achieved with little outside support. He
does not even have a proper trainer as the former BCF was never been able to
find the funds or commercial backing. In contrast, Howell’s rivals such as
Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Sergey Karjakin play chess full time and have full
time assistance. Yesterday Howell, who attends Eastbourne College, was revising
mathematics rather than analysing his games or preparing for his next
tournament. Howell’s first GM norm was in the 4NCL playing for Guildford
ADC in 2004-5. His second was in May 2005 at the Continental
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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Rilton Cup 2006-7 Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 2006 - 5 i 2007
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Place Name Ti FED Rtg Sco Progr.
1 Fontaine, Robert gm FRA 2557 7.5 38.5
2 Kotronias, Vassilios gm GRE 2587 7 39.5
3 Howell, David im ENG 2471 7 36.5
4 Berg, Emanuel gm SWE 2582 7 34.0
5 Furhoff, Johan fm SWE 2370 7 33.5
6 Gleizerov, Evgenij gm RUS 2560 6.5 36.5
Berczes, David im HUN 2415 6.5 36.5
8 Hansen, Lars Bo gm DEN 2575 6.5 35.5
9 Lindberg, Bengt im SWE 2428 6.5 35.0
10 Cramling, Pia gm SWE 2528 6.5 34.5
Bindrich, Falko im GER 2482 6.5 34.5
12 Hillarp-Persson, Tiger gm SWE 2557 6.5 32.5
Åkesson, Ralf gm SWE 2467 6.5 32.5
14 Rozentalis, Eduards gm LTU 2591 6 33.0
15 Cicak, Slavko gm SWE 2532 6 32.0
Ernst, Thomas gm SWE 2441 6 32.0
17 Gagarin, Vasili im RUS 2406 6 31.0
Tikkanen, Hans SWE 2320 6 31.0
19 Netzer, Jean fm FRA 2404 6 28.5
20 Ulibin, Mikhail gm RUS 2506 5.5 35.0
21 Nybäck, Tomi gm FIN 2575 5.5 34.5
22 Karlsson, Lars gm SWE 2479 5.5 33.0
23 Brynell, Stellan gm SWE 2502 5.5 32.0
24 Berczes, Csaba im HUN 2414 5.5 31.5
25 Smith, Axel SWE 2215 5.5 30.5
26 Nithander, Victor fm SWE 2309 5.5 29.5
Hamark, Jesper SWE 2269 5.5 29.5
28 Kolbus, Dietmar im GER 2397 5.5 29.0
Åkesson, Joel fm SWE 2338 5.5 29.0
30 Sammalvuo, Niina wgm FIN 2259 5.5 28.5
Blomqvist, Erik SWE 2200 5.5 28.5
32 Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte im NOR 2389 5.5 28.0
Byklum, Björnar fm NOR 2275 5.5 28.0
34 Kosmo, Santul FIN 2280 5.5 27.0
35 Aguettaz, Maxime fm FRA 2300 5.5 26.5
Eriksson, Jörgen SWE 2234 5.5 26.5
Agrest, Inna SWE 1973 5.5 26.5
38 Marttala, Thomas SWE 2262 5.5 24.5
39 Ask, Josef SWE 2222 5.5 22.5
40 Bellon, Juan gm ESP 2438 5 31.0
41 Barhudarian, Rafael RUS 2259 5 28.0
42 Andersson, Fredrik SWE 2219 5 27.5
43 Lindberg, Henrik SWE 2258 5 27.0
Rouhani, Arash SWE 5 27.0
45 Steneskog, Per SWE 2209 5 26.5
46 Engqvist, Thomas im SWE 2364 5 26.0
Couso, Luis fm SWE 2294 5 26.0
Semcesen, Daniel SWE 2286 5 26.0
49 Adler, Bo SWE 2185 5 24.5
Hansen, Evgenia wim DEN 2173 5 24.5
Engman, Rickard SWE 2142 5 24.5
52 Jansson, Anders Owen SWE 2215 5 24.0
53 Nyland, Thomas NOR 2124 5 23.5
54 Agafonov, Yuri LAT 2221 5 23.0
55 Lögdahl, Harald SWE 2265 5 22.5
56 Jensen, Leif DEN 2084 5 22.0
Hedén, Gustav SWE 2030 5 22.0
58 Örndahl, Markus SWE 2026 5 21.0
59 Hartvig, Ove W fm DEN 2225 5 20.5
Johansson, Thomas SWE 2134 5 20.5
133 players
The 27th Bethune Open took place 26th-30th December 2006. Vladimir
Burmakin won the event on tie-break from Erwin L'Ami both finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.bethunechess.com/
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27th Open A Bethune FRA (FRA), 26-30 xii 2006
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1. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2559 7 45 2658
2. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2593 7 44 2588
3. Feller, Sebastien f FRA 2424 6,5 43 2544
4. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2463 6,5 43 2537
5. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2561 6,5 42,5 2574
6. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2391 6,5 41,5 2521
7. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2532 6,5 41,5 2485
8. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2551 6,5 40 2540
9. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2467 6,5 40 2426
10. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2500 6 44,5 2540
11. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2463 6 43 2528
12. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2474 6 42 2511
13. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2414 6 40 2426
14. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2599 6 39,5 2493
15. Simon, Olivier m FRA 2388 6 39 2391
16. Swinkels, Robin NED 2378 6 39 2330
17. Jossien, Arnaud f FRA 2322 6 37,5 2387
18. Vanderhallen, Nicolas BEL 2175 6 37,5 2331
19. Cappon, John FRA 2240 6 35,5 2300
20. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2387 5,5 42 2387
21. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2422 5,5 41 2336
22. Giffard, Nicolas m FRA 2372 5,5 40 2361
23. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2317 5,5 38 2294
24. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2490 5,5 37,5 2234
25. Bouhallel, Rabah f FRA 2330 5,5 37 2264
26. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn f ISL 2335 5,5 36,5 2275
27. Nijs, Nils BEL 1912 5,5 36 2332
28. Sprangers, Remco NED 2188 5,5 36 2242
29. Lewis, John FRA 2111 5,5 35,5 2206
30. Moussard, Jules f FRA 2172 5,5 35,5 2165
31. Roger, Mehdi FRA 2212 5,5 35 2196
32. Camus, Berenger FRA 2166 5,5 32,5 2242
114 players
The 13th Tuzla International took place 23rd-28th December 2006. Sahbaz
Nurkic edged out Nenad Mrkonjic on tie-break after both scored 5.5/9.
Official site: http://www.bihchess.com/tuzla06/index.htm
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1. Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2404 * = = = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2404
2. Mrkonjic, Nenad m CRO 2379 = * = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2407
3. Majeric, Zoran m CRO 2308 = = * = = 1 = = = = 5.0 2377
4. Solomunovic, Igor f GER 2412 = = = * 1 = = = 0 1 5.0 2366
5. Avdic, Adnan BIH 2288 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 0 4.5 2337
6. Karahmetovic, Adnan BIH 2287 = = 0 = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2337
7. Tomic, Bosko f BIH 2338 = = = = = = * 0 = = 4.0 2288
8. Rosic, Slavko1 f SCG 2307 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 1 = 4.0 2292
9. Budimir, Boris f BIH 2319 = 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * = 3.5 2253
10. Iveljic, Igor BIH 2280 0 0 = 0 1 = = = = * 3.5 2258
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The Zurich Weihnachtsopen 2006 again had two large fields. 2006 saw its
30th edition and 116 played in the master section and 228 in the "Allgemeines
Turnier". This year there were two Swiss winners. The Master event was won by
GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI) with 6 points out of 7. 4 players were behind him
with 5.5 (GM Florian Jenni (SUI), GM Aloyzas Kveiny s (LIT), IM Arno Zude (GER)
and GM Vadim Malakhatko (UKR)). News: Georg Kradolfer.
Details: http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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Weihnachtsopen Masters Zurich SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2006
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Rang Teilnehmer Titel TWZ Land Punkte Buchh BuSumm
1. Pelletier Yannick GM 2588 SUI 6.0 32.5 201.5
2. Jenni Florian GM 2542 SUI 5.5 33.0 200.5
3. Kveinys Aloyzas GM 2540 LTU 5.5 32.5 198.5
4. Zude Arno IM 2410 GER 5.5 31.0 192.0
5. Malakhatko Vadim GM 2617 UKR 5.5 30.0 192.5
6. Warakomski Tomasz FM 2446 POL 5.0 32.0 190.0
7. Miralles Gilles GM 2502 FRA 5.0 30.5 186.0
8. Andersson Ulf GM 2542 SWE 5.0 29.0 177.0
9. Fleck Jürgen IM 2429 GER 5.0 28.0 185.5
10. Pikula Dejan GM 2542 SRB 5.0 27.0 194.5
11. Nemet Ivan GM 2367 SUI 5.0 27.0 190.0
12. Ginsburg Gennadij GM 2506 GER 5.0 27.0 189.0
13. Milliet Sophie WGM 2394 FRA 5.0 26.5 192.5
14. Milov Leonid IM 2505 GER 5.0 25.0 190.0
15. Galdunts Sergey GM 2502 ARM 5.0 22.5 179.0
16. Idrizaj Abedin 2249 SRB 5.0 18.5 175.5
17. Lehmann Marco 2219 SUI 4.5 32.5 185.5
18. Knoedler Dieter 2366 GER 4.5 28.5 189.5
19. Müller Matthias IM 2401 GER 4.5 28.5 188.0
20. Rukavina Josip IM 2373 CRO 4.5 28.5 186.5
21. Klauser Markus IM 2393 SUI 4.5 27.5 192.5
22. Likavsky Tomas GM 2480 SVK 4.5 27.5 171.5
23. Hess Christian FM 2306 GER 4.5 27.0 188.0
24. Düssel Udo 2298 GER 4.5 27.0 181.0
25. Troyke Christian IM 2390 GER 4.5 26.5 197.0
26. Gantner Matthias 2276 SUI 4.5 26.0 184.5
27. Fierz Martin FM 2331 SUI 4.5 25.5 191.0
28. Habibi Ali IM 2298 GER 4.5 24.0 183.0
29. Zozulia Anna WGM 2363 UKR 4.5 24.0 182.0
30. Bucher Michael 2327 SUI 4.5 22.5 180.0
116 players
The XVII Cracovia International Chess Festival took place 27th December
2006 - 4th January 2007. Artur Jakubiec won the event with 7.5/9 a point clear
of the field.
Official site: http://www.cracoviachess.net/en/index.html
GROUP A - STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9
Pl Player Rank Fed Pts MBch Buch Prog
1 Jakubiec Artur 2488 POL 7.5 40.0 50.5 40.0
2 Firman Nazar 2495 UKR 6.5 41.5 53.0 35.5
3 Shishkin Vadim 2484 UKR 6.5 41.0 53.0 34.5
4 Szelag Marcin 2472 POL 6.5 40.5 51.0 33.5
5 Solodovnichenko Yuri 2574 UKR 6.5 40.0 51.0 33.5
6 Malaniuk Vladimir P 2534 UKR 6.5 38.5 48.5 32.5
7 Jedynak Radoslaw 2559 POL 6.0 39.0 50.0 32.0
8 Gritsak Orest 2542 UKR 6.0 38.5 50.5 32.0
9 Jakubowski Krzysztof 2497 POL 6.0 36.5 46.5 31.5
10 Moranda Wojciech 2462 POL 6.0 36.0 45.5 29.5
11 Savickas Airidas 2360 LTU 6.0 32.0 41.5 27.0
12 Przybylski Wojciech 2329 POL 5.5 39.0 50.0 29.0
13 Marszalek Maciej 2402 POL 5.5 38.0 49.0 30.5
14 Tazbir Marcin 2425 POL 5.5 37.0 47.0 30.5
15 Kosiorek Marek 2374 POL 5.5 35.5 46.0 29.5
16 Gumula Daniel 2359 POL 5.5 35.0 44.5 32.0
17 Caba Tomasz 2225 POL 5.5 34.0 44.0 29.0
18 Panocki Adrian 2293 POL 5.5 34.0 42.5 28.0
19 Brzeski Maciej 2323 POL 5.5 33.0 44.0 25.5
20 Bulski Krzysztof 2400 POL 5.5 33.0 43.0 28.5
21 Mickiewicz Piotr 2312 POL 5.5 33.0 43.0 27.0
22 Cherednichenko Svetlana 2273 UKR 5.5 31.0 39.5 25.5
23 Kanarek Marcel 2244 POL 5.5 31.0 39.0 24.0
24 Markiewicz Jacek 2300 POL 5.5 30.2 39.2 25.0
25 Miroslaw Michal 2254 POL 5.0 38.5 49.0 28.0
26 Czerwonski Aleksander 2382 POL 5.0 35.5 44.0 30.0
27 Swiercz Dariusz 2311 POL 5.0 33.5 44.0 27.5
28 Meyer Lars A. 2291 DEN 5.0 33.5 42.5 26.0
29 Hera Imre Jr. 2510 HUN 5.0 32.5 42.0 25.0
30 Worek Joanna 2298 POL 5.0 32.0 41.0 26.5
31 Hagesaether Ellen 2193 NOR 5.0 30.5 38.5 21.0
32 Warakomska Anna 2049 POL 5.0 29.0 36.0 20.0
33 Willumsen Henrik 2232 DEN 5.0 28.0 35.5 21.5
77 players
The 1st Illes Medes Open took place 28th December 2006 - 4th January
2007. Games from the final round not currently available.
Official site: http://www.openillesmedes.com/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Rk. Player FED FIDE Pts. T/B1 T/B2 T/B3 Rp
1 Bartel Mateusz GM POL 2569 7,5 39,5 48,5 37,0 2682
2 Campos Moreno Javier B GM CHI 2446 7,0 43,0 51,5 37,0 2665
3 Mirzoev Azer GM AZE 2543 7,0 40,5 50,5 37,0 2646
4 Cornette Matthieu IM FRA 2480 6,5 44,5 54,5 35,5 2585
5 Moskalenko Viktor GM UKR 2543 6,5 44,0 53,5 36,5 2595
6 Delchev Aleksander GM BUL 2628 6,5 42,0 51,0 33,0 2536
7 Fluvia Poyatos Joan IM ESP 2457 6,5 41,0 49,0 34,5 2557
8 Maze Sebastien IM FRA 2510 6,5 40,5 49,5 36,0 2581
9 Cruz Filemon FM PER 2371 6,5 39,5 47,0 31,5 2464
10 Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2534 6,5 39,0 48,0 32,5 2502
11 Edouard Romain FM FRA 2431 6,5 39,0 47,0 33,0 2497
12 Suba Mihai GM ROM 2535 6,5 38,5 47,0 30,5 2380
13 Doric Darko FM CRO 2448 6,5 36,0 43,5 28,0 2432
14 Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel IM ESP 2508 6,0 42,0 52,0 33,5 2486
15 Oussama Omar ESP 2299 6,0 40,0 46,0 30,5 2343
16 Shengelia Davit GM GEO 2504 6,0 39,5 49,0 34,0 2513
17 Fluvia Poyatos Jordi IM ESP 2458 6,0 39,5 47,5 31,0 2448
18 Kozhuharov Spas BUL 2420 6,0 39,0 47,5 32,5 2483
19 Matnadze Ana IM GEO 2392 6,0 38,5 46,5 30,0 2394
20 Pereira Ruben FM POR 2320 6,0 38,5 45,0 31,0 2286
21 Hamdouchi Hichem GM MAR 2582 5,5 46,0 56,0 36,0 2527
22 Guidarelli Laurent IM FRA 2449 5,5 43,0 52,5 32,5 2448
23 Lubczynski Rafal FM POL 2343 5,5 42,5 50,5 30,5 2433
24 Fernandes Antonio GM POR 2453 5,5 41,0 48,0 30,5 2403
25 Kukov Velislav BUL 2265 5,5 40,5 50,0 28,5 2371
26 Krzesaj Robert FM POL 2308 5,5 40,5 46,5 29,0 2365
27 Jankovic Alojzije GM CRO 2533 5,5 40,0 46,5 31,0 2301
28 Arnaudov G Petar BUL 2271 5,5 39,5 47,5 29,0 2366
29 Bronowicki Mateusz POL 2338 5,5 39,5 47,5 28,5 2364
30 Estremera Panos Sergio IM ESP 2380 5,5 39,5 47,0 29,5 2405
31 Karim Ismael MAR 2288 5,5 39,5 46,0 30,5 2378
32 Susterman Anna WGM LUX 2275 5,5 38,5 44,0 28,0 2313
33 Formichenko Eduard IM RUS 2426 5,5 38,0 46,5 29,5 2352
34 Landenbergue Claude IM SUI 2446 5,5 37,5 46,0 31,0 2405
35 Aloma Vidal Robert FM ESP 2337 5,5 37,5 45,0 28,5 2284
36 Carlsson Pontus IM SWE 2461 5,5 37,5 44,5 29,5 2391
37 Cruz Cristhian FM PER 2338 5,5 37,5 44,5 27,5 2301
38 Luch Michal IM POL 2332 5,5 37,0 44,0 27,5 2155
39 Anibar Ahmed MAR 2185 5,5 36,5 44,0 25,5 2366
40 Lacrosse Marc FM BEL 2238 5,5 36,5 42,5 27,5 2284
41 Burnier David FM SUI 2316 5,5 36,0 42,5 25,5 2200
42 Benitah Yohan IM FRA 2412 5,5 35,5 43,0 26,5 2308
43 Milchev Nikolay BUL 2340 5,5 34,5 42,5 25,5 2249
44 Bruned Yvain FM ESP 2333 5,5 33,5 40,0 26,0 2221
45 Gerber Richard IM SUI 2365 5,0 44,0 52,0 30,0 2403
139 players
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.
Correction to the name Zacarias, M Ruben D in the PGN and table. Games from the
final two rounds are missing.
Links:
Results
and http://www.ajedrez.com.py/m/
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1. Real de Azua, Ernesto f ARG 2396 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2450
2. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2426 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 7.5 2370
3. Bronstein, Luis m ARG 2334 = = * 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2378
4. Zacarias, M Ruben D PAR 2095 = = 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 0 0 6.0 2303
5. Sosa Harrison, Jorge f PAR 2283 = = = 0 * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2250
6. Kropff, Ricardo f PAR 2329 = 0 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2245
7. Latorre, Manuel PAR 2247 0 0 = = = = * 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2217
8. Peralta, Eduardo f PAR 2279 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 5.0 2214
9. Escofet, Jaime URU 2165 0 = = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.5 2195
10. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2276 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * = 1 4.5 2185
11. Deus Fo., Joaquim BRA 2064 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 = = * 1 4.5 2204
12. Lipiniks, Leonardo PAR 2139 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 2001
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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 final rounds now available.
Results:
http://chess-results.com/Tnr5139.aspx?ix=1&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=1&turdet=YES
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2581 * = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2578
2. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2465 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 = 0 1 1 7.5 2511
3. Golizadeh, Asghar IRI 2233 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2501
4. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2396 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2449
5. Alavi, Sayed Javad f IRI 2369 1 0 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2452
6. Bagheri, Amir g FRA 2486 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2441
7. Toufighi, Homayoon f IRI 2386 0 0 1 1 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 5.5 2385
8. Ardeshi, Mehrdad f IRI 2379 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2321
9. Roghani, Arash f IRI 2383 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 = 4.0 2283
10. Ghorbani, Mohsen m IRI 2304 0 1 = 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 0 0 3.5 2259
11. Moradi, Behrooz IRI 2299 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 3.0 2218
12. Moosavian, S.Hamed IRI 2345 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 * 3.0 2214
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The Harmonie tournament took placein Groningen 23rd-30th December 2006.
Sipke Ernst won the event with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2006/2006eng.html
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1. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2512 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2590
2. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2339 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2555
3. Hanley, Craig m ENG 2427 1 = * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2460
4. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2476 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2454
5. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2345 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2432
6. Degtiarev, Evgeny GER 2393 = = = = = * 0 = = 1 4.5 2383
7. Geirnaert, Steven f BEL 2338 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.5 2389
8. Michielsen, Joost NED 2334 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 3.0 2265
9. Van Beek, Alexander f NED 2379 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2260
10. Burg, Twan NED 2304 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1949
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The 13th Zadar Open took place 11th-17th December 2006. Aleksandar
Kovacevic won the event with 6.5/9
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zadar/06/index.htm
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13th Open A Zadar CRO (CRO), 11-17 xii 2006
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Rk Name FED Rtg Pts BH.
1 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SCG 2541 6½ 38½
2 GM Kurajica Bojan CRO 2555 6 38½
3 GM Sedlak Nikola SCG 2549 6 36½
4 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2529 6 36
5 IM Brkic Ante CRO 2541 6 34
6 IM Sakelsek Tadej SLO 2468 5½ 37½
7 GM Blagojevic Dragisa SCG 2534 5½ 36½
8 IM Sebenik Matej SLO 2417 5½ 36
9 IM Saric Ante CRO 2489 5½ 35½
10 IM Ragger Markus AUT 2476 5½ 35
11 IM Ferèec Nenad CRO 2504 5½ 33½
12 Dimitrov Pavel BUL 2371 5½ 33
13 GM Zelèic Robert CRO 2556 5½ 32½
14 IM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2458 5 37
15 GM Ermenkov Evgenij PLE 2455 5 35
16 GM Tratar Marko SLO 2483 5 33½
17 IM Kovaèevic Blazimir CRO 2471 5 33
18 FM Asèic Pero CRO 2387 5 31½
19 FM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2390 5 30½
20 GM Pavasovic Dusko SLO 2575 4½ 35
21 IM Gagarin Vasilij RUS 2406 4½ 34
22 IM Rezan Sasa CRO 2414 4½ 33½
23 IM Mestrovic Zvonimir SLO 2308 4½ 32½
24 IM Armanda Ivica CRO 2342 4½ 27
25 FM Plenkovic Zdenko CRO 2380 4½ 23½
26 IM Zufic Miroslav CRO 2427 4 38
27 IM Ljubièic Filip CRO 2404 4 30½
28 IM Feletar Darko CRO 2407 4 30½
29 IM Jeric Simon SLO 2337 4 30½
30 IM Franic Milan CRO 2402 4 29½
31 IM Zivkovic Vjekoslav CRO 2412 4 29½
32 NM Mandekic Ivan CRO 2254 4 29½
33 WGM Sudakova Irina RUS 2392 4 28½
34 NM Draganic Stjepan CRO 2247 4 28
35 FM Biliskov Vjekoslav CRO 2346 4 25
36 Arnaudov G Petar BUL 2271 3½ 31
37 Dimitrov Radoslav BUL 2207 3½ 28½
38 FM Orak Ljubomir CRO 2298 3½ 25
39 Sutkovic Damir BIH 2311 3 29
40 IM Majeric Zoran CRO 2308 3 27
41 Gochev Mladen BUL 2242 3 26
42 IM Levaèic Patrick CRO 2309 2½ 28
43 IM Hoelzl Franz AUT 2351 2½ 27½
44 FM Titz Heimo AUT 2264 2 26
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 23rd October 2006
- 12th May 2006. The fourth round took place on December 16th 2006.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ - Photo reports
at: http://www.chessvista.com
The 5th Crikvenica Rapid took place 29th December 2006 - 1st January
2007. Zdenko Kozul won the event, no games available.
Details:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/crikvenica/crikvenica_06.htm
Leading Final Standings:
1 Kozul, Zdenko 2589 7.5 42.0 53.5 40.5 6
2-3 Jovanic, Ognjen 2458 7 42.0 53.5 38.0 5
Jurkovic, Hrvoje 2438 7 38.5 49.5 37.0 5
4-9 Mohr, Georg 2478 6.5 43.5 55.0 36.0 4
Cvitan, Ognjen 2529 6.5 43.0 55.5 36.0 5
Bosiocic, Marin 2448 6.5 38.5 49.5 34.0 6
Krumpacnik, Domen 2407 6.5 37.0 48.5 33.0 6
Lovric, Branko 2301 6.5 34.5 44.0 33.0 6
Saric, Ivan 2482 6.5 34.0 44.5 32.5 6
10-13 Brigljevic, Milan 2266 6 38.5 48.5 31.0 5
Savic, Miroslav 2238 6 36.5 46.5 30.5 5
Krkljes, Slaven 2169 6 35.5 45.0 29.0 6
Istvandi, Lajos 2342 6 32.0 42.0 27.0 6
14-20 Horvath, Imre 2313 5.5 36.5 47.0 29.5 5
Kovacevic, Veljko 2337 5.5 36.0 46.0 30.5 5
Cucancic, Sinisa 2250 5.5 34.0 42.5 29.0 5
Juranic, Bruno 2051 5.5 33.0 40.0 24.5 5
Kragelj, Igor 2254 5.5 30.0 38.0 22.5 5
Jaksa, Cvetko 1994 5.5 29.5 36.0 24.0 5
Stefan, Mario 2131 5.5 28.0 36.5 26.5 5
72 players
114th New Zealand Championship - the oldest in the world, is being
played 2nd-12th January in Wanganui. Championship has 11 NZ players and
Australian visitor Tim Reilly, playing in a round-robin. There is a Major Open
taking place alongside. News: Michael Freeman
Further info: http://www.nzchess.co.nz and
http://www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz/webcontent/nz+congress.aspx
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1. Wang Puchen f NZL 2290 * . . . = 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 5.5 2572
2. Dive, Russell John m NZL 2350 . * . . = . = 1 1 1 1 . 5.0 2410
3. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2330 . . * 0 1 . . 1 = 1 1 . 4.5 2351
4. Steadman, Michael NZL 2265 . . 1 * 0 . . . 1 = = 1 4.0 2262
5. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2293 = = 0 1 * . . . = . . 1 3.5 2281
6. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2307 0 . . . . * = 0 . = 1 1 3.0 2121
7. Stuart, Peter NZL 2139 0 = . . . = * = . = . = 2.5 2147
8. Spain, Graeme NZL 2200 0 0 0 . . 1 = * . . . 1 2.5 2180
9. Thornton, Giovanni Antonio NZL 2105 . 0 = 0 = . . . * . 0 1 2.0 2085
10. Goodhue, Nathan NZL 2073 0 0 0 = . = = . . * . . 1.5 2087
11. Burns, Christopher John NZL 2017 0 0 0 = . 0 . . 1 . * . 1.5 2081
12. Forster, William NZL 2009 . . . 0 0 0 = 0 0 . . * 0.5 1817
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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). A much better game file is now available. 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 took place at
26.12.2006-1.1.2007 in Litomysl (CZE). There were 105 participants from 13
countries including 2 GMs (Dydyshko, Manik) and 10 IMs. In the main event
Viacheslav Dydyshko edged out Cernousek Lukas and Mihai-Lucian Grunberg on
tie-break after they all tied on 7/9. No games currently available.
Daily results and pairings is published at
http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2006
Rk. Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Dydyshko Viacheslav BLR 2562 7,0 54,0 42,5 2376
2 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 2408 7,0 52,5 41,0 2360
3 IM Grunberg Mihai-Lucian ROM 2414 7,0 51,0 39,5 2321
4 IM Petr Martin CZE 2417 6,5 53,5 42,0 2342
5 IM Simacek Pavel CZE 2479 6,5 53,0 41,0 2368
6 IM Slaby Jerzy POL 2437 6,5 51,5 40,0 2322
7 FM Zilka Stepan CZE 2375 6,5 49,5 38,0 2274
8 IM Berescu Alin ROM 2485 6,5 46,5 35,0 2265
9 FM Mudrak Josef CZE 2343 6,0 49,5 39,0 2276
10 FM Rutkowski Maciej POL 2296 6,0 47,5 38,5 2320
11 GM Manik Mikulas SVK 2454 6,0 45,5 36,0 2214
12 WIM Toma Katarzyna POL 2268 6,0 45,5 34,5 2197
13 Cerveny Martin CZE 2297 6,0 45,0 35,0 2226
14 FM Groetz Harald AUT 2399 6,0 44,5 34,5 2218
15 Sabol Marian CZE 2310 6,0 44,0 35,0 2177
16 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei ROM 2405 6,0 42,0 33,5 2141
17 WIM Krupa Monika POL 2309 5,5 48,0 37,0 2273
18 IM Kraemer Martin GER 2435 5,5 47,0 38,0 2239
19 FM Spirin Oleg RUS 2345 5,5 46,5 36,5 2232
20 IM Zawadzki Stanislaw POL 2422 5,5 46,5 36,5 2225
21 Plischki Sebastian GER 2389 5,5 46,5 36,0 2243
22 WGM Kadziolka Beata POL 2346 5,5 45,5 35,0 2203
23 Cerveny Petr CZE 2286 5,5 44,0 34,0 2171
24 Plat Vojtech CZE 2252 5,5 43,5 33,5 2178
25 Vanek Tomas CZE 2218 5,5 41,0 33,0 2184
105 players
The Nassau Chess Club Championship took place in Mineola 16th October -
18th December 2006. The tournament finished in a 3-way tie for first between
International master, Jay R. Bonin, Tim Mirabile and Larry S. Tamarkin
(Tamarkin had a first round bye), each winning $564. and change. Mirabile held
the lead throughout but was slowed down by draws in the last 3 rounds by Jasan
Luchan, Ilya Solonkovich and finally Andrew Hellenschmidt, Allowing Bonin and
Tamarkin to tie for first by last-round wins against Ilya Solonkovich and
George Berg respectively.
Results and full-placing information will probably later also appear on
the Nassau Chess Club's web page (Maintained by Tim Mirabile),
http://www.webcom.com/timm/chess/nassau/welcome.html
The 3rd Singapore International Chess Convention 2006 incorporated a
Masters & Challengers Open 26th-31st December 2006. Zhang Pengxiang won
with 7.5/9 as Chinese players took the top six places.
Details of all events at: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
Leading Final Standings:
Rk.Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Zhang Pengxiang GM CHN 2636 7,5 54,5 44,75 38,0
2 Wang Hao GM CHN 2622 7,0 54,5 41,50 36,5
3 Zhang Zhong GM CHN 2609 7,0 52,5 38,75 38,5
4 Zhao Jun GM CHN 2539 6,5 53,5 35,75 38,0
5 Ni Hua GM CHN 2621 6,5 51,0 35,00 32,0
6 Li Shilong GM CHN 2524 6,5 50,0 34,50 35,5
7 Le Quang Liem GM VIE 2519 6,5 49,0 33,75 33,5
8 Li Chao (b) CHN 2508 6,5 48,0 32,50 33,5
9 Megaranto Susanto GM INA 2492 6,5 44,5 30,75 32,5
10 Wu Wenjin GM CHN 2476 6,0 48,0 29,00 32,5
11 Wen Yang CHN 2416 6,0 48,0 29,00 28,0
12 Nguyen Anh Dung GM VIE 2541 6,0 47,0 31,00 29,5
13 Shen Siyuan CHN 2292 6,0 46,5 29,50 30,5
14 So Wesley IM PHI 2411 6,0 46,0 28,25 30,5
15 Sadorra Julio Catalino FM PHI 2374 6,0 44,5 28,00 26,5
16 Zhou Weiqi CHN 2435 5,5 53,5 30,50 32,0
17 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son GM VIE 2534 5,5 51,5 29,00 33,5
18 Bui Vinh IM VIE 2485 5,5 47,5 27,25 29,0
19 Toh Chun-Eng Terry IM SIN 2410 5,5 44,5 24,50 28,0
20 Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IM IND 2424 5,5 44,5 23,25 26,5
21 Goh Weiming FM SIN 2408 5,5 44,5 22,75 26,0
22 Wu Xibin FM CHN 2394 5,5 42,5 22,50 26,5
23 Paciencia Enrique IM PHI 2432 5,5 41,0 23,50 27,0
24 Dao Thien Hai GM VIE 2557 5,5 41,0 23,50 24,0
25 Lim Yee-Weng FM MAS 2307 5,5 41,0 22,50 25,0
26 Nadanian Ashot IM ARM 2436 5,5 40,5 23,50 27,5
27 Chandrashekhar S Gokhale IM IND 2375 5,5 39,5 22,75 25,0
95 players
The Colombian Federation has sucessfully finished the Tournament
Subzonal 2.3.4 that have given ten international titles, five in men and five
in women. In this Tournament have played 32 men and 10 women. Daniel Tapia has
been first with a point ahead 7.5 to the second in a nine round swiss. Angela
Franco has been the winner in women with 8 points from 9 in a round robin
tournament. Daniel Tapia and Rafael Mendoza will play in the Zonal 2.3 that
will be held at Domican Republic in the beginning of the next year. Also,
Angela Franco and Martha Martheus will play in the Dominican Republic Zonal.
News: Osvaldo Orozco.
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Sub-Zt 2.3.4 Bogota COL (COL), 18-22 xii 2006
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1 Tapia, Daniel 2295 7.5
2 Mendoza, Rafael 2387 6.5
3 Vittorino, Carlo 2328 6
4 Marin Posada, Sebastian 2339 6
5 Remicio Duque, John H 6
6 Zuluaga, Cesar 2278 6
7 Morales, Jhon Alexander 2350 5.5
8 Ossa, Orlando Jose 2182 5.5
9 Aponte, Ernesto 2115 5
10 Renteria, Jorge Eliecer 2302 5
11 Ramirez, Carlos 2273 5
12 Sanchez, Victor Hugo 2267 5
13 Ruiz, Pablo 2244 5
14 Castro R, Oscar H 2383 5
15 Guerrrero, Juan Carlos 2073 4.5
16 Peña, Alfredo 2274 4.5
17 Garcia, Alvaro 2191 4.5
18 Gonzalez, Sergio 2307 4.5
19 Paez, David 4
20 Beltran, Carlos Armando 2281 4
21 Narvaez, Faber 4
22 Mateus, Luis Alejandro 2042 4
23 Molina, Rafael 4
24 Perez, Cesar Camilo 1960 3.5
25 Barros Lizcano, Raul 2052 3.5
26 Alvarez, Javier 2071 3.5
27 Bermudez, Eduardo 2162 3.5
28 Contreras, Henry 2293 3
29 Ruiz, Alciguel 2242 3
30 Guerrero, Hernando 2.5
31 Buitrago, Juan Carlos 2172 2.5
32 Valderrama, Jaime 2124 0
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Sub-Zt 2.3.4 Femino Bogota COL (COL), 18-26 xii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Franco, Angela wf COL 2108 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2373
2. Mateus, Martha COL 2094 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2297
3. Franco, Beatriz wf COL 2097 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2297
4. Salazar,Dirsa Marcela COL ---- 0 = 0 * 1 0 = 0 1 1 4.0 1991
5. Panesso,Lina Maria COL ---- = 0 0 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 4.0 1991
6. Gomez,Maria Helena COL ---- 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 1 4.0 1991
7. Perez,Laura COL ---- 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 3.5 1954
8. Rua, Nora COL 2014 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 1 3.5 1953
9. Orozco,Luz Helena COL ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 3.0 1909
10. Rodriguez,Paula COL ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The Helyilapok Season Opening Open chess tournament, Budapest, 5th-13th
of January 2007.
There are 80 people competing, from 5 countries - HUN, ITA, USA, NOR,
GER including 14 Norwegian players from the IGM Agdestein's chess school. There
are 4 IM-s and 7 FM-s amongst the players. The venue is the Hungarian Chess
Federation, the venue for the FIRST Saturday chess tournaments in the other
months. The sponsor Helyilapok www.helyilapok.hu reports local news of the
Hungarian towns and villages.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Results,
standings and pairings.
Bognár Csaba reports: the Caissa IM and FM New Year tournament
took place 27th December 2006 - 4th January 2007 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr.
Bontempi won the IM tournament with 7 pts. He made IM norm from 9 games,
although he lost in the last round against Ms. Toth. The 15-year-old Varga
Milan von the FM group with 7.5 pts.
More info, next events in the near future:
http://www.caissachessbooks.com
contact: Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu
Ranking after round 11 of Caissa IM New Year
No. Name Nat. Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. Bontempi, Piero ITA 7.0 60.5 42.00 44.5 2341 2370 +0.51
2. Balogh, Laszlo HUN 6.5 60.5 35.25 42.0 2189 2346 +2.11
3. Keresztes, Richard HUN 6.0 60.5 33.25 35.5 2291 2298 +0.19
4. Farkas, Tibor SCG 5.5 60.5 31.75 31.5 2296 2261 -0.39
Sutorikhin, Vladimir RUS 5.5 60.5 29.75 35.0 2354 2255 -1.19
6. Erdelyi, Tamas HUN 5.0 60.5 29.75 32.0 2250 2230 -0.26
Csirik, Andras HUN 5.0 60.5 27.50 32.0 2051 2248 +2.41
Brustkern, Juergen GER 5.0 60.5 25.75 27.5 2224 2232 +0.12
9. Meszaros, Gyula HUN 4.5 60.5 27.50 27.0 2419 2182 -2.95
10. Toth, Sarolta HUN 2.5 60.5 15.75 9.0 2038 2055 +0.06
Lorand, Norbert HUN 2.5 60.5 14.00 14.0 2094 2052 -0.61
Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2007
The Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2007, takes
place 17.5. - 20.5.2007, in Gerlingen, South-Germany. 7 Rounds, Swiss System,
A/B-tournament, over 7000 € prizes.
Details: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de
30th San Sebastian Open
The 30th San Sebastian International Chess Open takes place 1st to 8th
of April 2007. Rate of Play: 90 minutes + 30 sec/move
Contact Phone: +34 943474604 +34 943396149 Email: xake@fgajedrez.org
Further details: http://www.fgajedrez.org
Banyoles Chess Festival 2007
The Banyoles Chess Festival includes two tournaments: The Rapid-Chess
Tournament is on 15th of August. And from the 16th until 24th of August is held
the International Chess Tournament. Here, you will find more information about
them: 3rd. "Lluís Muratet" Rapid-Chess Tournament This will be played
the 15th of August of 2007. Rapid-Chess (20 minutes or 15min+5"). 9 Rounds.
Prizes: 1st. 800 €; Prize fund: 2.000 €. (Valid for Catalan Chess
Circuit) 10th Banyoles International Chess Tournament From 16th until 24th of
August of 2007. Swiss System. 9 Rounds. 105 minutes + 30 seconds/movement.
Prizes: 1st. 2.000 € (4.000 € if the winner achieves 9 points); Prize
fund: 8.000 €. (Valid for the Catalan Chess Circuit). Nigel Short has
announced his participation.
Official site: http://www.escacsbanyoles.com/
Battle of Senta tournament
The 11th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 20th-30th July 2007 in Senta (the Vojvodina / Serbia).
Details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu
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
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 2007.
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
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
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
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/
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/
Czech Tour 2006-7
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
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
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
