THE WEEK IN CHESS 636 15th January 2007 by Mark Crowther
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114th New Zealand Championship 30 games
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My thanks to John Henderson, Torstein Bae, Geurt Gijssen, Peter Doggers,
Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Thomas Henrich, Dave Clayton, Michael Freeman, Laszlo
Nagy, Mikhail Golubev, Holger Lieske, Michael J. Yeo, Sergey Shipov, Carles
Batallé, Olimpiu G. Urcan, Mikel Larreategi and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I really love the Corus Wijk
aan Zee tournament. I did before I started going, I love it even more now I've
visited the event a few times. The Dutch seem to have a great feel for
producing great tournaments, with the VSB events in Amsterdam in the 1980s and
1990s being a fantastic example. The Wijk aan Zee tournament has a longer
history than that event going back to 1938 and a sponsorship from the historic
Hoogovens steelworks. Corus is its successor and they produce the largest
sponsorship of an event in the calendar. Its to be hoped in the long term that
the parent company's uncertain future with take over offers in the air won't
put the event in doubt. The organisers take a great deal of care as to who they
invite so that they produce exciting and enterprising chess and yet have a
field with the world's best. After three rounds the surprise leader is Teimour
Radjabov who has 2.5 points but might have even made it 3/3. The event is never
won in its early rounds and favourites for first place are still last year's
joint winners Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov who are in a big group just
a half a point behind.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 12th-28th January 2007.
Round 1 was a quiet one with Teimour Radjabov defeating Loek van
Wely in a King's Indian Classical but the rest of the games saw a great deal of
caution.
Round 2 was a bloodbath! All but one game was drawn and even that
(Radjabov - Karjakin) should probably have been won by white. Alexander Motylev
took up the gauntlet with white against Viswanathan Anand playing a sharp
attacking variation of the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn where the result looked in
question for a long time. Anand never quite looked like losing but a draw
seemed on the cards before Motylev played for too much and blundered his
position away. Veselin Topalov had white against Loek van Wely's Najdorf and
his attack looked quicker all the way through which indeed proved to be the
case. Vladimir Kramnik had to face what appears to be a new idea (8. ..b5)
against his English however this was the product of nearly an hour's?! thought
at move 7 by Shirov. Kramnik had a big positional edge which probably led to
Shirov playing 34...Rb7?? which saw him resigning without waiting for 35.Rxe6
Kxe6 36. Nc5+ netting a piece for nothing. Magnus Carlsen and David Navara was
a very interesting struggle where white's central pawns tried to compensate for
the lack of an exchange. Thats until you play through the game with Fritz and
find 31.... g5 just loses to 32.c6!!. 35.c6? was the error that cost Carlsen
the game. If Sergey Tiviakov were to appear on Mastermind his specialist
subject would be the Scandinavian Defence. He's had a huge amount of success
with this opening and it survived a big test at this event last year. To be
fair it wasn't entirely responsible for his loss to Peter Svidler either.
Svidler had a big edge after the opening, let it go and then gradually ground
down his opponent again. Levon Aronian arrived at Wijk aan Zee as the rising
star and world number 3 last year. He's number 7 this time after a slightly
weaker last 6 months but the 25 year old is still clearly going to be around
for a long time. Aronian faced the rather dubious 11…d5?! in a Classical
Nimzo Indian by Ruslan Ponomariov which gave him a nice position, but things
weren't settled until the poor 29...Nb4? was played. Ten moves later
Ponomariov's had to resign. Teimour Radjabov and Sergey Karjakin played an
interesting Queen's Indian until somewhere around moves 20-30 Radjabov emerged
with a big advantage. Karjakin bailed out to Rook+Bishop and two pawns for
black against Radjabov's Queen and three pawns. I would have thought this to be
winning but Radjabov couldn't break through even when he was queen for rook up
later on.
Round 3 There were just two decisive games in round 3. Teimour
Radjabov won as black with the King's Indian for the second time in the event,
this time beating Alexei Shirov. Shirov tried to improve on Radjabov's round 1
games against van Wely but black seemed at least fine after the improvement
which also cost Shirov a pawn. Shirov then didn't seem to be able to find a
plan and was flat busted by move 30. Shirov found some complications rather
than going down to a straighforward loss which almost managed to get him into
some kind of playable ending after errors from his opponent. However his badly
co-ordinated pieces meant that he didn't last long here. Ruslan Ponomariov was
the other winner, against Magnus Carlsen who we will have to hope is not out of
his depth in the A group. Carlsen was beaten straight out of the opening where
he had to give up the exchange for simply not enough compensation.Vladimir
Kramnik played the Petroff as black against Sergei Tiviakov and got the draw he
was no doubt seeking very quickly. Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian had a
theoretical dispute in the Ruy Lopez Marshall. Aronian found a way to sacrifice
bishop and rook for perpetual. Sergey Karjakin got a very nice position against
Veselin Topalov's Najdorf Defence but Topalov managed to produce some very fine
complications which were enough for him to draw although the amazing 43.Qh5
does win it would take some bravery to play it without the aid of a computer.
Loek van Wely and Alexander Motylev had a bright struggle in the English Four
Knights where care had to be taken right to the final sterile position on move
53 when they called it a day.The English seems to be the new black in this
tournament. David Navara played it against Peter Svidler and thus avoided the
Gruenfeld. Navara avoided a repetition on move 17 but when the draw was agreed
he maybe stood even a tiny bit worse.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com
Some interesting other sites. Frits Agterdenbos photos at:
http://www.chessvista.com - Peter
Doggers increasingly famous video site: http://www.chessvibes.com - Sergey Shipov
is well known for his annotations (at the moment in Russian):
http://www.crestbook.com/ - Mig is on
Chessfm at the ICC for daily live audio coverage of Corus free week's trial:
http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/register/
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Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIX (2718)
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1. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 * . . . . . . = . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2965
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 . * = = . . . . 1 . . . . . 2.0 2865
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 . = * . . . . . = 1 . . . . 2.0 2829
4. Navara, David g CZE 2719 . = . * = . . . . . . . 1 . 2.0 2845
5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . . = * . . . . . 1 = . . 2.0 2825
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 . . . . . * . = . . = 1 . . 2.0 2811
7. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 . . . . . . * = . = . . . 1 2.0 2794
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = . . . . = = * . . . . . . 1.5 2759
9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 . 0 = . . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.5 2737
10. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2647 . . 0 . . . = . . * . . . = 1.0 2623
11. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2667 . . . . 0 = . . . . * . = . 1.0 2603
12. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 0 . . . = 0 . . . . . * . . 0.5 2468
13. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . . 0 . . . . 0 . = . * . 0.5 2430
14. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 0 . . . . . 0 . . = . . . * 0.5 2446
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Round 1 (January 13, 2007)
Navara, David - Aronian, Levon 1/2 22 D38 QGD Ragozin
Topalov, Veselin - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 24 D12 Slav Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 E05 Catalan
Tiviakov, Sergei - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 24 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1/2 26 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Van Wely, Loek - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 40 E97 King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (January 14, 2007)
Radjabov, Teimour - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 78 E15 Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 39 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Svidler, Peter - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 65 B01 Centre Counter
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 34 A16 English Opening
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Motylev, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 31 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Carlsen, Magnus - Navara, David 0-1 50 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Round 3 (January 15, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 32 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Navara, David - Svidler, Peter 1/2 27 A16 English Opening
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 30 D10 Slav Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 C43 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 47 E97 King's Indian Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 53 A29 English Four Knights
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIV (2600)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 * = . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 2.5 2902
2. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2644 = * . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2.5 2841
3. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2658 . . * . = = . . 1 . . . . . 2.0 2739
4. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2638 . . . * . . . = . = 1 . . . 2.0 2699
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2691 . . = . * . . . . . = . 1 . 2.0 2677
6. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2585 . . = . . * . . = . . = . . 1.5 2603
7. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2658 0 . . . . . * 1 . = . . . . 1.5 2595
8. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2675 . . . = . . 0 * . . . . 1 . 1.5 2607
9. Werle, Jan g NED 2566 . . 0 . . = . . * . . . . 1 1.5 2612
10. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2573 . 0 . = . . = . . * . . . . 1.0 2521
11. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2474 . . . 0 = . . . . . * . = . 1.0 2493
12. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2586 0 . . . . = . . . . . * . = 1.0 2447
13. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2525 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . = . * . 0.5 2340
14. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2594 . 0 . . . . . . 0 . . = . * 0.5 2325
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Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. X (2486)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2587 * . . 1 = . . . . . . . 1 . 2.5 2855
2. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2375 . * . . . . = . 1 1 . . . . 2.5 2688
3. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2538 . . * . . . . = . . 1 . . 1 2.5 2709
4. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2651 0 . . * . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 2.0 2628
5. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2586 = . . . * . . . 1 = . . . . 2.0 2594
6. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2509 . . . 0 . * . . . . . 1 1 . 2.0 2677
7. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2425 . = . . . . * . 0 . . . . 1 1.5 2386
8. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2501 . . = . . . . * . . . 0 . = 1.0 2350
9. Van Haastert, Edwin m NED 2391 . 0 . . 0 . 1 . * . . . . . 1.0 2337
10. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2431 . 0 . . = . . . . * . . = . 1.0 2365
11. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2414 . . 0 0 . . . . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2436
12. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2496 . . . . . 0 . 1 . . 0 * . . 1.0 2349
13. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2511 0 . . . . 0 . . . = . . * . 0.5 2236
14. Willemze, Thomas m NED 2393 . . 0 . . . 0 = . . . . . * 0.5 2215
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The Belarus Championships take place in Minsk 10th-20th January 2007.
Official site: http://www.chess.by/
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ch-BLR Minsk BLR (BLR), 10-20 i 2007 cat. X (2482)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2574 * = . . . . . . = 1 1 . 3.0 2719
2. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2539 = * = . = . . 1 . . . . 2.5 2580
3. Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2501 . = * . . . . . = = . 1 2.5 2577
4. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2451 . . . * . = = . . = . 1 2.5 2566
5. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2516 . = . . * 1 = . . . 0 . 2.0 2499
6. Teterev, Vitaly BLR 2516 . . . = 0 * = 1 . . . . 2.0 2430
7. Lomako, Pavel BLR 2406 . . . = = = * . . . = . 2.0 2505
8. Novitzkij, Dmitrij m BLR 2350 . 0 . . . 0 . * 1 . 1 . 2.0 2505
9. Podolchenko, Evgeniy BLR 2429 = . = . . . . 0 * . . 1 2.0 2446
10. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2601 0 . = = . . . . . * . 1 2.0 2471
11. Zhigalko, Andrey g BLR 2538 0 . . . 1 . = 0 . . * . 1.5 2374
12. Kutsankov, Vladimir BLR 2361 . . 0 0 . . . . 0 0 . * 0.0
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The XXXII Ciudad de Sevilla takes place 7th-15th January 2007. Karel van
der Weide has a half point lead with 7/8 going into the final round.
Official site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
XXXII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla"
Round 8 Standings
Rank Name Rtg
1 GM Van Der Weide, Karel 2476 NED 7 34
2 IM Rizouk, Aimen 2455 ALG 6½ 35
3 GM Campora Sivori, Daniel 2510 ARG 6½ 35
4 IM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel 2550 ESP 6½ 34
5 GM Pogorelov, Ruslan 2441 UKR 6½ 34
6 GM Komljenovic, Davor 2481 CRO 6½ 33½
7 IM Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel 2368 ESP 6½ 31½
8 GM Dizdar, Goran 2541 CRO 6 37½
9 GM Spraggett, Kevin 2633 CAN 6 37
10 IM Paunovic, Dragan 2516 SER 6 34
11 GM Parligras, Mircea 2494 ROM 6 33½
12 IM Tissir, Mohamed 2482 MAR 6 33½
13 IM Fernandez Romero, Ernesto 2434 ESP 6 33½
14 GM Burmakin, Vladimir 2568 RUS 6 33
15 IM Gavrilov, Alexei 2465 RUS 6 33
16 GM Narciso Dublan, Marc 2537 ESP 6 32½
17 WFM Robles Garcia, Claudia 2089 ESP 6 32½
18 GM Lalic, Bogdan 2522 CRO 6 32
19 IM Siebrecht, Sebastian 2457 GER 6 31
20 IM Garcia Luque, Agustin 2373 ESP 6 30½
21 Jimenez Hernandez, Cayetano 2229 ESP 6 29½
22 Sgnaolin, Davide 2153 ITA 6 29
23 GM Epishin, Vladimir 2554 RUS 5½ 36½
24 GM Movsziszian, Karen 2445 ARM 5½ 35
25 IM Teran Alvarez, Ismael 2417 ESP 5½ 34
26 GM Krivoshey, Sergey 2496 UKR 5½ 33½
27 FM Van Hoolandt, Patrick 2257 MNC 5½ 32
28 FM Razmyslov, Alexander 2349 UKR 5½ 31½
29 GM Matamoros Franco, Carlos S. 2540 ECU 5½ 31½
30 IM Lanzani, Mario 2338 ITA 5½ 31½
31 Pereira Figueroa, Manuel 2121 ESP 5½ 30½
32 Prados Montaño, Antonio 2208 ESP 5½ 29½
33 IM Kononenko, Tatiana 2379 UKR 5½ 29½
34 Urbina Perez, Juan Antonio 2114 ESP 5½ 29½
35 Martin Vazquez, Jose Miguel 2167 ESP 5½ 29½
36 Torres Ventosa, Pedro Eugenio 2122 ESP 5½ 28½
37 Oliva Del Amo, Antonio Jose 2133 ESP 5½ 28
38 Houweling, Bert 0 NED 5½ 27
39 GM Korneev, Oleg 2606 RUS 5 34½
40 FM Fenollar Jorda, Manuel 2307 ESP 5 34
228 players
The Paul Keres Memorial took place in Tallinn, Estonia 6th-12th January
2007. Georgy Timoshenko won the A group with 6/9.
Official site:
http://www.maleliit.ee/turniirid/arhiiv/2007/keres/
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Keres Mem A Tallinn EST (EST), 6-12 i 2007 cat. X (2477)
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1. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2563 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2592
2. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2525 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 0 5.5 2551
3. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2534 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2550
4. Onischuk, Vladimir m UKR 2469 = = = * = = = 0 = 1 4.5 2477
5. Sepp, Olav m EST 2458 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 4.5 2479
6. Volodin, Aleksandr EST 2354 0 = = = = * = = = 1 4.5 2490
7. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2525 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2471
8. Liiva, Riho m EST 2439 0 0 = 1 = = = * = = 4.0 2438
9. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2448 = = 0 = = = 0 = * 0 3.0 2355
10. Sulashvili, Malkhaz m GEO 2455 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2354
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Keres Mem B Tallinn EST (EST), 6-12 i 2007 cat. VI (2377)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Kanep, Meelis g EST 2504 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2528
2. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2517 = * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2486
3. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2422 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2451
4. Smirnov, Artem m RUS 2385 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2455
5. Lauk, Ular f EST 2367 = = = 0 * 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2457
6. Rogule, Laura wg LAT 2329 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 4.5 2382
7. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2425 = = = = 0 = * = = = 4.0 2328
8. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2402 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 4.0 2330
9. Jegorovas, Aleksandras LTU 2262 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 * = 2.5 2223
10. Lelumees, Brait EST 2154 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.0 2050
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Keres Mem WGM Tallinn EST (EST), 6-12 i 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2308 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2491
2. Shvyrjov, Igor g EST 2412 0 * 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2332
3. Zjukin, Sergei m EST 2357 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2293
4. Skinke, Katrina LAT 2132 1 0 = * = 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2281
5. Daulyte, Deimante wm LTU 2190 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 0 4.5 2232
6. Gansvind, Valeriya I wf EST 2252 0 1 = 1 0 * = = = 0 4.0 2182
7. Annenkov, Kirill f RUS 2284 0 1 = 0 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2178
8. Vahtra, Tuuli EST 1939 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 3.5 2179
9. Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2190 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = 2.5 2066
10. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2214 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 = * 2.5 2063
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Torstein Bae sends rounds 4-6 of the Norwegian Team League 2006-2007
were played in Oslo 12th-14th January 2007.
For the first time a national league is being played in Norway, in
previous years there have been regional qualifiers and a final. The league is
sponsored by IP communications company Telio, and goes under the name
"Telioserien" (The Telio league).
Oslo Schakselskap (with a.o. GM Johannessen, GM Gausel and IM
Øgaard) was in the lead after three rounds, and won all their matches
the second weekend as well. Among the other players this weekend were GMs Lie,
Djurhuus, Tisdall and Kveinys.
The final three rounds are played March 9th to 11th. Official homepage:
http://www.sjakk.no/telioserien/
(in Norwegian). 5 matches with 6 boards in each round.
Standings after six rounds (team points count first):
ind pts team pts
1. OSS 25.5 12
2. Bergens 20.0 9
3. Porsgrunn 21.0 7
4-5. Oslo Vest 18.0 7
4-5. Moss 18.0 7
6. Asker 18.0 5
7. Trondheim 17.5 5
8. SK 1911 16.5 5
9. ASKO 15.0 2
10. Randaberg 10.5 1
The Petrovskaya Ladya Chess Festival took place in Peterhof, Russia
3rd-11th January 2007. Daniil Lintchevski and Denis Yevseev couldn't even be
separated by tie-break in sharing first on 7/9 in the GM group.
Official site: http://www.petergofchess.ru
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Petrovskaya Ladya GM Peterhof RUS (RUS), 3-11 i 2007 cat. VII (2401)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2449 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2544
2. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2522 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2537
3. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2516 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2499
4. Shimanov, Aleksandr f RUS 2419 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2508
5. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2381 = 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2474
6. Rusanov, Michail RUS 2436 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2469
7. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2424 = = = = = = * = = = 1 5.5 2434
8. Kim, Alexey g KOR 2457 = = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 5.0 2394
9. Samolins, Vitalijs LAT 2285 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 3.5 2302
10. Pogosian, Vladimir ARM 2182 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1.5 2126
11. Timofeev, Andrei RUS 2335 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1937
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Petrovskaya Ladya IM Peterhof RUS (RUS), 3-11 i 2007 cat. II (2276)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Levin, Evgeny A f RUS 2393 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2457
2. Nadjezhdin, Dmitry RUS 2238 = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2472
3. Borisova, Elizaveta RUS 2252 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2427
4. Markosian, David S m ARM 2336 = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2341
5. Khamitskiy, Sergei BLR 2345 0 = 1 = * = 0 = = = 1 5.0 2269
6. Hermanov, Alexander m UKR 2346 = 0 = = = * = = = 0 1 4.5 2232
7. Fedoseev, Vladimir3 RUS 2166 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 1 0 4.5 2250
8. Kaliberda, Vladimir m UKR 2354 = 0 0 = = = = * = 0 = 3.5 2158
9. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2288 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2164
10. Kuznetsov, Gennady RUS 2097 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = * = 3.5 2183
11. Khamidulin, Viacheslav f RUS 2220 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 2.5 2088
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Petrovskaya Ladya Open Peterhof RUS (RUS), 3-11 i 2007
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1. Malofeev, Alex f RUS 2277 7.0 2389
2. Prokuronov, Eduard RUS 2292 6.5 2359
3. Bocharov, Leonid RUS 2147 6.5 2305
4. Mustaps, Matiss LAT 2189 6.0 2235
5. Fedoseev, Sergey f RUS 2243 6.0 2251
6. Valov, Ilya RUS 2302 6.0 2322
7. Kobzar, Alexandr UKR 2094 6.0 2297
8. Somova, Nadezda LAT 1931 5.5 2162
32 players
The Arrocco Club in Verona, Italy organised a 7 round swiss 3rd-7th
January 2007. Mihajlo Stojanovic won the event with 6/7 half a point clear of
Sergejs Gromovs.
Official site: http://www.arroccoclub.it/index.php
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Open Verona ITA (ITA), 3-7 i 2007
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1. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SER 2576 6.0 2659
2. Gromovs, Sergejs f ITA 2347 5.5 2533
3. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2515 5.0 2500
4. Borsos, Bogdan m UKR 2293 5.0 2453
5. Guido, Flavio f ITA 2313 5.0 2438
6. Rahal, Michael m ENG 2390 5.0 2450
7. Dvirnyy, Daniyyl ITA 2351 5.0 2383
8. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2442 4.5 2350
9. Rombaldoni, Axel ITA 2218 4.5 2359
10. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2298 4.0 2218
11. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2348 4.0 2258
12. Pomaro, Alberto ITA 2054 4.0 2304
13. Mola, Pietro f ITA 2274 4.0 2254
14. La Manna, Francesco ITA 2119 4.0 2258
15. Tommasi, Daniele ITA 2204 4.0 2171
16. Massa, Giovanni ITA 2109 4.0 2240
17. Valsecchi, Alessio ITA 2096 4.0 2230
18. Cazzaniga, Walter ITA 2157 4.0 2125
19. Luciani, Valerio ITA 2243 4.0 2259
42 players
The 13th Chess Festival took place in Zupanja CRO 3rd-12th January 2007.
Nikola Sedlak won the event with 7/9.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zupanja/07/index.shtm
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1. Sedlak, Nikola g SER 2561 +15 +11 = 2 = 5 = 3 +18 +10 = 4 + 7 7.0 2720
2. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SER 2602 +16 = 8 = 1 -12 +17 + 9 = 5 + 3 +10 6.5 2653
3. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2587 +10 =13 + 7 = 4 = 1 = 5 + 6 - 2 +14 6.0 2643
4. Perunovic, Milos g SER 2547 =17 =12 +16 = 3 =13 + 8 = 7 = 1 + 5 6.0 2611
5. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2570 +19 =18 + 8 = 1 +12 = 3 = 2 = 6 - 4 5.5 2588
6. Rogic, Davor g CRO 2510 =12 =14 +17 = 9 =18 +13 - 3 = 5 = 8 5.0 2530
7. Pavlovic, Milos2 f SER 2448 +24 = 9 - 3 +20 =16 =12 = 4 +11 - 1 5.0 2496
8. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2501 +23 = 2 - 5 =13 +22 - 4 =21 +12 = 6 5.0 2501
9. Milanovic, Danilo m SER 2519 +20 = 7 =22 = 6 =10 - 2 -11 +21 +16 5.0 2480
10. Dimitrov, Pavel BUL 2441 - 3 =21 +25 +14 = 9 +19 - 1 +18 - 2 5.0 2520
11. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2458 +25 - 1 -12 -17 +24 +22 + 9 - 7 +18 5.0 2438
12. Martinovic, Sasa f CRO 2378 = 6 = 4 +11 + 2 - 5 = 7 =18 - 8 =13 4.5 2510
13. Saric, Ante m CRO 2501 +21 = 3 =18 = 8 = 4 - 6 =15 =16 =12 4.5 2462
14. Drazic, Sinisa g SER 2483 -22 = 6 +26 -10 -19 +24 +20 +15 - 3 4.5 2390
15. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2398 - 1 =25 =21 -16 +23 +17 =13 -14 +24 4.5 2398
16. Zivkovic, Vjekoslav m CRO 2441 - 2 +23 - 4 +15 = 7 =21 =19 =13 - 9 4.0 2419
17. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2387 = 4 =22 - 6 +11 - 2 -15 =23 +26 =19 4.0 2387
18. Arsovic, Zoran m SER 2457 +26 = 5 =13 +22 = 6 - 1 =12 -10 -11 4.0 2398
19. Zufic, Miroslav m CRO 2437 - 5 =26 =20 =21 +14 -10 =16 =24 =17 4.0 2346
20. Sutkovic, Damir BIH 2385 - 9 +24 =19 - 7 -21 +25 -14 =23 +26 4.0 2329
21. Sertic, Rudolf CRO 2346 -13 =10 =15 =19 +20 =16 = 8 - 9 -25 3.5 2356
22. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2307 +14 =17 = 9 -18 - 8 -11 -26 +25 =23 3.5 2333
23. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2366 - 8 -16 =24 =25 -15 +26 =17 =20 =22 3.5 2272
24. Ivanov, Stoijan BUL 2201 - 7 -20 =23 +26 -11 -14 +25 =19 -15 3.0 2267
25. Bobanac, Miro CRO 2303 -11 =15 -10 =23 =26 -20 -24 -22 +21 2.5 2184
26. Dimitrov, Radoslav BUL 2251 -18 =19 -14 -24 =25 -23 +22 -17 -20 2.0 2149
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The event was won in convincing style by IM Zong-Yuan Zhao(AUS) scoring
9.5/11 to finish ahead of GM Ian Rogers(AUS) 9.0/11 with GM Darryl Johansen
(AUS) and GM Mark Bluvshtein (CAN) equal third on 8.5/11. Zhao lead from start
to finish and after round 10 had a PR of over 2700. Despite scoring 3/4 against
the GM's and finishing with a PR of 2600+ the result probably will not count as
a GM norm as the average rating of his field was less than the 2381 required by
FIDE for a valid norm. News: Shaun Press.
Official site: http://www.actjcl.org.au/ausopen2006
Australian Open Chess Championships 2006-07
Standings - Australian Open
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total
1 Zhao, Zong-Yuan NSW 2455 2498 9.5
2 Rogers, Ian NSW 2526 2623 9
3 Bluvshtein, Mark OS 2541 8.5
4 Johansen, Darryl VIC 2458 2467 8.5
5 Antic, Dejan OS 2437 2433 7.5
6 Goldenberg, Igor VIC 2358 2381 7
7 Tredinnick, Malcolm NSW 2189 2109 7
8 Rujevic, Mirko VIC 2278 2241 7
9 Stojic, Dusan VIC 2204 2183 6.5
10 Morris, Michael NSW 1819 2030 6.5
11 Suttor, Vincent NSW 2128 2135 6.5
12 Lin, Zhigen Wilson VIC 2066 2084 6.5
13 Wei, Michael ACT 2117 2120 6.5
14 Grcic, Milan ACT 1869 6.5
15 Holt, Kenneth VIC 1953 1841 6.5
16 Ikeda, Junta ACT 2142 2146 6
17 Brown, Andrew ACT 1870 1853 6
18 McNamara, Gary NSW 1789 6
19 Bennett, Hilton OS 2104 1983 6
20 Schon, Eugene VIC 1849 1795 6
21 Truscott, Tony QLD 2111 2024 6
22 Smirnov, Vladimir NSW 2281 2314 6
23 Yuan, Yi ACT 1712 6
24 Hu, Jason NSW 2051 2090 6
25 Oliver, Gareth ACT 2146 2128 6
26 Fedec, John WA 2029 1878 6
27 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija VIC 2110 1996 5.5
28 Stones, Douglas VIC 1779 5.5
29 Hvistendahl, Robert NSW 1829 1833 5.5
30 Selnes, Hamish QLD 1968 1770 5.5
31 Oliver, Shannon ACT 1918 1786 5.5
32 Flitney, Adrian VIC 2023 1949 5.5
33 Mortensen, Henrik OS 2026 1961 5.5
34 Canfell, Mike NSW 1722 5.5
35 Vlietstra, Marc WA 1735 5
36 Fry, Peter VIC 1784 5
37 de Noskowski, Adrian ACT 1817 5
38 Korenevski, Oleg QLD 2009 1715 5
39 Van Der Wal, Fritz NSW 1998 1825 5
40 Holland, Dennis WA 1976 1829 5
41 Ninchich, Milan ACT 1629 5
42 Escribano, Jose NSW 1857 1687 4.5
43 Mendes da Costa, Alex NSW 2038 1973 4.5
44 Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1893 1757 4.5
45 Stojic, Svetozar VIC 1992 1903 4.5
46 Jule, Alexandra QLD 1852 1740 4.5
47 Brieger, Chris NSW 1690 4
48 Lilly, Richard WA 1958 1839 4
49 Ali, Mosaddeque ACT 2029 1782 4
50 Egan, Bill ACT 1540 4
51 Dickson, Ian NSW 1910 1573 4
52 Brockman, Roland VIC 1787 1607 4
53 Guo, Emma ACT 1535 3.5
54 Hale, Dennis NSW 1731 3.5
55 Ghobrial, Adel VIC 1814 1661 3.5
56 Garcia, Mat WA 1536 3
57 Farrell, Roger ACT 2122 2
58 Garcia, Eduardo WA 1337 1
114th New Zealand Championship - the oldest in the world, took place
2nd-12th January in Wanganui. Championship had 11 NZ players and Australian
visitor Tim Reilly, playing in a round-robin. Sixteen year old Puchen Wang
gained his first NZ title. Puchen had displayed early talent with a 5th place
in the World Under-10 in 2000, and his first NZ title was a matter of time.
There was 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 1 = 1 9.0 2451
2. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2330 = * 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2319
3. Dive, Russell John m NZL 2350 = 0 * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2317
4. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2293 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2291
5. Steadman, Michael NZL 2265 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2294
6. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2307 0 1 0 = 1 * = 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2253
7. Stuart, Peter NZL 2139 0 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 = 5.0 2167
8. Spain, Graeme NZL 2200 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2162
9. Goodhue, Nathan NZL 2073 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2107
10. Burns, Christopher John NZL 2017 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2081
11. Thornton, Giovanni Antonio NZL 2105 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 3.0 2031
12. Forster, William NZL 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 1832
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The Helyilapok Season Opening Open chess tournament took place in
Budapest, 5th-13th of January 2007.
There were 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 was the Hungarian Chess
Federation, the venue for the FIRST Saturday chess tournaments in the other
months. The sponsor was Helyilapok www.helyilapok.hu which reports local news
of the Hungarian towns and villages and Andras Sibak plans to run a similar
event in 2008. Gellert Papp won the tournament with a 2592 Elo performance...
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Results,
standings and pairings.
Final Round 9 Standings:
No. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. Papp, Gellert 8.0 54.0 47.00 41.5 2335 2592 +2.47
2. Kovacs, Gabor 7.5 53.0 42.50 40.0 2447 2546 +1.06
3. Horvath, Andras 6.5 54.5 36.75 36.5 2288 2422 +1.68
Werner, Dimo 6.5 49.5 32.75 34.5 2353 2355 +0.14
Szell, Lajos Sr 6.5 51.0 34.50 34.0 2230 2348 +1.46
Kahn, Evarth Dr. 6.5 50.5 33.25 34.0 2293 2352 +0.78
Galyas, Miklos 6.5 51.0 34.75 32.5 2449 2375 -0.54
Nagy, Zoltan 6.5 46.5 36.25 30.5 2265 2456 +1.02
9. Pasztor, Ferenc 6.0 41.0 28.25 26.0 2272 2150 -1.15
10. Bartell, Thomas 5.5 51.5 32.25 34.0 2380 2373 +0.01
Cseke, Richard 5.5 50.0 30.25 32.5 2273 2304 +0.42
Kiss, Kinga ifi 5.5 48.0 25.00 32.0 2075 2292 +2.30
Stubberud, Ornulf 5.5 49.5 27.25 31.5 2196 2242 +0.60
Feher Attila 5.5 43.5 24.50 29.5 2172 2143 -0.14
Bulthaupt, Freerk Dr. Sr 5.5 44.0 23.25 29.5 2150 2195 +0.65
Rozsnyai, Tibor 5.5 45.5 24.75 29.0 2114 2231 +1.50
Keschitz, Gyorgy 5.5 45.5 26.00 29.0 2269 2185 -0.85
Imre, Jozsef 5.5 43.0 20.25 28.5 2119 2182 +0.89
Meixner, Ferenc 5.5 43.0 25.00 28.5 2123 2263 +1.57
Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep 5.5 42.5 23.50 27.5 2134 2170 +0.46
Mizsei, Janos 5.5 43.0 23.50 27.0 2114 2163 +0.62
Honsch, Pal Sr 5.5 43.0 23.00 27.0 2101 2163 +0.60
Metaxasz, Vaszilisz 5.5 40.0 23.50 25.5 2126 2151 +0.25
Szabo, Bence ifi 5.5 42.5 22.50 25.5 2110 2119 +0.17
Orfei, Rolando 5.5 38.0 18.75 25.0 2075 2129 +0.58
80 players
The Francesc Alsina Memorial was played in Parets del Vallès
(Barcelona) on January, 7th 2007. The games were 20/0 active play. Elisabet
Paehtz won the event with 7.5/8.
Official site: http://www.paretana.com/
1 Paehtz, Elisabet (3) GER 2451 mi 7.5 32.0 40.5 34.0
2 Gagunashvili, Merab (1) GEO 2611 gm 6.5 32.5 41.0 30.0
3 Cruz, Cristian (5) PER 2381 fm 6 36.5 44.5 31.5
4 Gonzalez, Raul Omar (8) ESP 2300 fm 6 33.5 42.0 28.0
5 Peric, Slavisa (7) SER 2306 mi 6 32.0 38.5 27.0
6 Muñoz, Miguel (2) PER 2479 mi 5.5 35.5 44.5 28.0
7 Cruz, Filemon (6) PER 2356 fm 5.5 35.5 43.0 28.5
8 Esquivel, Luis (11) PAN 2192 fm 5.5 30.5 36.5 26.0
9 Rodriguez, Fernando (18) ESP 2093 5.5 27.5 34.0 23.0
10 Fernandez-Diaz, Miquel (15) ESP 2151 . 5 33.5 41.0 26.0
11 Zapata, Karen (9) PER 2197 wim 5 32.5 41.0 26.0
12 Ramirez, Juan Albert (16) ESP 2120 5 31.0 38.0 23.0
13 Porras, Felipe (10) ESP 2193 5 29.5 37.0 23.0
14 Barbero, Alejandro (14) URU 2168 5 28.5 36.0 24.0
15 Tornay, Josu (20) ESP 2076 5 28.5 33.0 22.0
16 Rosell, Jaume (17) ESP 2096 5 27.0 33.5 20.0
54 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 now available.
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 5th and 6th rounds of the 4NCL took place 13th-14th January 2007.
Games and results next week.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
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. A full version of the final Morozevich -
Harikrishna playoff game is now availble.
Official site: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/en/
Note that this site is still being updated with material and will be for a
while.
6th Aeroflot Festival
The 6th Aeroflot Festival takes place in Moscow. Day of arrival
February 13th, day of departure February 23rd. 2007 In the previous 5 festivals
137 players achieved a FIDE norm. This is this year again possible.
The venue of the festival is the Delta Hotel of the Ismailova Center in
Moscow, about 20 minutes from the center of Moscow by Metro.
There are 4 Swiss Tournaments: Tournament A1 for players with a rating
over 2549 Tournament A2 for players with a rating over 2399, but lower than
2550 Tournament B for players with a rating over 2199, but lower than 2400
Tournament C for players with a rating lower than 2200 and without a rating.
The organising committee allows some players to play in a tournament higher
than the rating of the player indicates.
The total prize fund is $ 200.000.
Contacts: aeroflotchess@gmail.com tel/fax: +7 (495) 291-8578 or tel.:
+7 (495) 290-6084
All details on regarding entry fee, visa, schedule, prizes are
published on the website of the festival:
http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Chess and Books with Fred Wilson January 16th 2007
This week's guest on "Chess and Books with Fred Wilson" on Tuesday,
January 16th, 2007, will again be the award winning and internationally
acclaimed author and teacher IM John Watson. John, one our most profound
theoretical thinkers, has chronicled the evolution of modern chess strategy in
two fascinating books, "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy. Advances Since
Nimzowitsch" (Gambit, 1998), winner of both the USCF & BCF 1999 "Book of
the Year" awards (!), and its superb sequel, "Chess Strategy in Action"
(Gambit, 2003). John will discuss his magnificent new work, "Mastering the
Chess Openings. Volume 1" (Gambit, 2006. 335pp., $29.95), which concentrates on
double King Pawn & the major"semi-open" defenses to 1. e4. Fred Wilson's
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 it at the following website:
http://www.chess.fm, but 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 the other good
stuff on Chess.fm while you're at it!
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
Linares/Morelia 2007
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 Alexander
Morozevich.
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
Dutch Team Championship
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
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
