THE WEEK IN CHESS 637 22nd January 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Corus Wijk aan Zee 105 games
67th Armenian Championship 36 games
Belarus Championship 42 games
XXXII Ciudad de Sevilla 26 games
Johannesburg Masters Challenge 12 games
German Championship 60 games
4NCL 96 games
Karpov - Short Ice Match 1 game
5th Parsvnath Open 163 games
Petrovskaya Ladya Festival 137 games
1st Christmas Open Hotel "Bern"
72 games
Belgian Teams 48 games
North American Open 105 games
903 games
My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Andoni Madariaga, Jan Mazuch, Laurence Ball,
Ian Rogers, Valery Maes, Gerald Schendel, Laszlo Nagy, Gaguik Oganessian, Gert
Ligterink, Adolivio Capece, Christophe Philippe, George Mirijanian, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr, Kenneth Sinha, Peter Doggers, Frits Agterdenbos and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Wijk aan Zee tournament has seen eight of the thirteen rounds take
place. Top seed Veselin Topalov leads by half a point on 6/8 beating
Viswanathan Anand who he shared first with last year in round 8. There are five
other players within a point of the lead so the event is potentially heading
for an exciting finish. I'm enjoying the event and covering the event from the
venue.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 12th-28th January 2007.
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. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 * . . = . . 1 = 1 = = 1 . 1 6.0 2894
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 . * 0 = . . = 1 = . 1 1 . 1 5.5 2854
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 . 1 * . = = = = 1 = . . = . 5.0 2817
4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = = . * = . . 1 . = = = . 1 5.0 2808
5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 . . = = * . 1 = = . = . = 1 5.0 2809
6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . = . . * 0 = = 1 1 . 1 = 5.0 2805
7. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 0 = = . 0 1 * . = 1 . . = . 4.0 2726
8. Navara, David g CZE 2719 = 0 = 0 = = . * . . . 1 1 . 4.0 2725
9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 0 = 0 . = = = . * . . = 1 . 3.5 2694
10. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2647 = . = = . 0 0 . . * . = = = 3.0 2638
11. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2667 = 0 . = = 0 . . . . * = = = 3.0 2634
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 0 0 . = . . . 0 = = = * . 1 3.0 2620
13. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . = . = 0 = 0 0 = = . * . 2.5 2580
14. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 0 0 . 0 0 = . . . = = 0 . * 1.5 2459
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Round 4 (January 16, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 D89 Gruenfeld Alekhine
Radjabov, Teimour - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 75 B35 Sicilian Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Navara, David 1/2 63 A34 English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 30 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Motylev, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 1/2 22 C87 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 37 E20 Nimzo Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 20 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 5 (January 18, 2007)
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 20 E15 Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 21 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1-0 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Navara, David - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 34 E61 King's Indian Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 19 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 51 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (January 19, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Navara, David 1/2 56 E20 Nimzo Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 53 E05 Catalan
Svidler, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1/2 32 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Motylev, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 44 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Van Wely, Loek - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 22 A29 English Four Knights
Round 7 (January 20, 2007)
Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 D17 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 42 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Navara, David - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 67 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 58 A65 Benoni
Tiviakov, Sergei - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 21 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter 0-1 47 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Shirov, Alexei - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (January 21, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon 0-1 65 D38 QGD Ragozin
Karjakin, Sergey - Navara, David 1-0 56 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 28 E04 Catalan
Motylev, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1 28 D70 Gruenfeld Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 57 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 32 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIV (2600)
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1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2573 * . 0 1 . = = . . 1 1 1 . 1 6.0 2809
2. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2675 . * 1 = . 0 = . . . = 1 1 1 5.5 2748
3. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2644 1 0 * . . = 1 = = 1 . . = . 5.0 2679
4. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2658 0 = . * = . . = 1 = = 1 . . 4.5 2630
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2691 . . . = * 0 1 = 1 0 = . 1 . 4.5 2626
6. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2658 = 1 = . 1 * = 0 0 . . . = . 4.0 2594
7. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2638 = = 0 . 0 = * 1 . . . . = 1 4.0 2603
8. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2474 . . = = = 1 0 * . . . 0 = 1 4.0 2620
9. Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 . . = 0 0 1 . . * 0 = 1 . 1 4.0 2622
10. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2594 0 . 0 = 1 . . . 1 * = 0 . = 3.5 2562
11. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2585 0 = . = = . . . = = * = . = 3.5 2567
12. Werle, Jan g NED 2566 0 0 . 0 . . . 1 0 1 = * = . 3.0 2490
13. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2525 . 0 = . 0 = = = . . . = * 0 2.5 2475
14. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2586 0 0 . . . . 0 0 0 = = . 1 * 2.0 2382
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Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. X (2486)
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2587 * = 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 7.5 2914
2. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2586 = * . . = 1 = 1 1 = . 1 . . 6.0 2676
3. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2651 0 . * . 1 1 . = . = = 1 . 1 5.5 2634
4. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2375 0 . . * = 0 1 1 1 1 . . = . 5.0 2569
5. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2509 . = 0 = * . = . = . 1 1 1 . 5.0 2578
6. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2414 . 0 0 1 . * . 0 = . = 1 1 . 4.0 2496
7. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2431 0 = . 0 = . * . = . = . 1 1 4.0 2472
8. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2538 . 0 = 0 . 1 . * . = 1 0 . 1 4.0 2490
9. Van Haastert, Edwin m NED 2391 0 0 . 0 = = = . * . . . 1 1 3.5 2422
10. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2501 . = = 0 . . . = . * = 0 0 = 2.5 2355
11. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2511 0 . = . 0 = = 0 . = * = . . 2.5 2374
12. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2496 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 1 . 1 = * . 0 2.5 2371
13. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2425 0 . . = 0 0 0 . 0 1 . . * 1 2.5 2309
14. Willemze, Thomas m NED 2393 0 . 0 . . . 0 0 0 = . 1 0 * 1.5 2251
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The Category 11 67th Armenian Championship, takes place January
16th-26th, 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia.
The participants are: Asrian Karen g 2634, Minasian Artashes g 2595,
Petrosian Tigran L. g 2592, Anastasian Ashot g 2587, Pashikian Arman m 2532,
Kotanjian Tigran g 2524, Nalbandian Tigran g 2523, Andriasian Zaven
g 2508, Yegiazarian Arsen g 2498, Minasian Ara g 2457, Chibukhchian Artur
m 2410, Karatorossian David 2375.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am/ - games, results,
standings, photos, etc.
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ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 16-26 i 2007 cat. XI (2520)
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1. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2634 * . 1 = . = = . 1 . 1 . 4.5 2700
2. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2532 . * 0 . 1 . 1 0 . . 1 1 4.0 2626
3. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2523 0 1 * . . 1 . = = = . . 3.5 2608
4. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2508 = . . * . = 1 . = 1 0 . 3.5 2581
5. Kotanjian, Tigran g ARM 2524 . 0 . . * . 0 1 = 1 . 1 3.5 2569
6. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2595 = . 0 = . * = . . . 1 1 3.5 2563
7. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 = 0 . 0 1 = * 1 . . . . 3.0 2564
8. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2592 . 1 = . 0 . 0 * . = . 1 3.0 2512
9. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2457 0 . = = = . . . * . 1 = 3.0 2495
10. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2498 . . = 0 0 . . = . * = 1 2.5 2431
11. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2375 0 0 . 1 . 0 . . 0 = * . 1.5 2344
12. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2410 . 0 . . 0 0 . 0 = 0 . * 0.5 2132
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The Belarus Championships took place in Minsk 10th-20th January 2007.
Aleksej Aleksandrov won the event with 7.5/11 a point clear of the field.
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. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2601 * = = = 1 1 0 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2604
2. Teterev, Vitaly BLR 2516 = * = = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2543
3. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2539 = = * 0 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2541
4. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2451 = = 1 * = 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2549
5. Lomako, Pavel BLR 2406 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2524
6. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2516 0 1 = 1 = * = 0 1 0 0 1 5.5 2478
7. Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2574 1 0 = = = = * 1 0 = = = 5.5 2473
8. Zhigalko, Andrey g BLR 2538 0 = 0 1 = 1 0 * = 0 1 1 5.5 2476
9. Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2501 = = = = 0 0 1 = * = = 1 5.5 2480
10. Novitzkij, Dmitrij m BLR 2350 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 = * 1 0 5.0 2457
11. Podolchenko, Evgeniy BLR 2429 0 = = 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 4.5 2421
12. Kutsankov, Vladimir BLR 2361 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1.5 2183
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The XXXII Ciudad de Sevilla takes place 7th-15th January 2007. Karel van
der Weide won the event on tie-break from Daniel Campora after both finished on
7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
Final Round 9 Standings
XXXII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla"
Rnk Name Ti Rtg FED PTOS B-2
1 Van Der Weide, Karel GM 2476 NED 7½ 45½
2 Campora Sivori, Daniel GM 2510 ARG 7½ 44½
3 Rizouk, Aimen IM 2455 ALG 7 46
4 Spraggett, Kevin GM 2633 CAN 7 46
5 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel IM 2550 ESP 7 45
6 Komljenovic, Davor GM 2481 CRO 7 45
7 Pogorelov, Ruslan GM 2441 UKR 7 44
8 Tissir, Mohamed IM 2482 MAR 7 43½
9 Jimenez Hernandez, Cayetano 2229 ESP 7 39
10 Dizdar, Goran GM 2541 CRO 6½ 48
11 Paunovic, Dragan IM 2516 SER 6½ 45½
12 Epishin, Vladimir GM 2554 RUS 6½ 45
13 Burmakin, Vladimir GM 2568 RUS 6½ 44
14 Movsziszian, Karen GM 2445 ARM 6½ 44
15 Parligras, Mircea GM 2494 ROM 6½ 43½
16 Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel IM 2368 ESP 6½ 43½
17 Robles Garcia, Claudia WFM 2089 ESP 6½ 43
18 Gavrilov, Alexei IM 2465 RUS 6½ 42½
19 Lalic, Bogdan GM 2522 CRO 6½ 42
20 Siebrecht, Sebastian IM 2457 GER 6½ 42
21 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S. GM 2540 ECU 6½ 41
22 Razmyslov, Alexander FM 2349 UKR 6½ 40½
23 Lanzani, Mario IM 2338 ITA 6½ 40½
24 Garcia Luque, Agustin IM 2373 ESP 6½ 39½
25 Kononenko, Tatiana IM 2379 UKR 6½ 39
26 Narciso Dublan, Marc GM 2537 ESP 6 43
27 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto IM 2434 ESP 6 43
28 Korneev, Oleg GM 2606 RUS 6 43
29 Teran Alvarez, Ismael IM 2417 ESP 6 43
30 Fenollar Jorda, Manuel FM 2307 ESP 6 42½
31 Krivoshey, Sergey GM 2496 UKR 6 42
32 Carrabeo Garcia, Manuel 2158 ESP 6 40½
33 Ivanov, Jordan IM 2377 BUL 6 39
34 Lopez Rodriguez, Fernando 2152 ESP 6 38½
35 Prados Montaño, Antonio 2208 ESP 6 38
36 Melero Fidalgo, Juan De Dios 2195 ESP 6 38
37 Durao, Joaquim IM 2167 POR 6 38
38 Sgnaolin, Davide 2153 ITA 6 37½
39 Pereira Figueroa, Manuel 2121 ESP 6 37½
40 Romero Lopez, Marta 1973 ESP 6 36
41 Jimenez De La Torre, Jose Antoni 2145 ESP 6 35
42 Herrera Delgado, Alejandro 2088 ESP 6 34½
43 Antoniacci, Riccardo 1973 ITA 6 34
44 Van Hoolandt, Patrick FM 2257 MNC 5½ 42
45 Aranaz Portugues, Jose Carlos 2180 ESP 5½ 40½
46 Urbina Perez, Juan Antonio 2114 ESP 5½ 40
47 Martin Vazquez, Jose Miguel 2167 ESP 5½ 40
48 Romero Romero, Sebastian 2073 ESP 5½ 39½
49 Oliva Del Amo, Antonio Jose 2133 ESP 5½ 39
50 Coimbra, Margarida WFM 2061 POR 5½ 39
51 Torres Ventosa, Pedro Eugenio 2122 ESP 5½ 38½
52 Houweling, Bert 0 NED 5½ 38½
53 Morillo-Velarde Gallego, Antoni 2051 ESP 5½ 38
54 Ramos Suria, Felix 2098 ESP 5½ 37
55 Gentes Benito, Mauricio 2066 ESP 5½ 36½
56 Romero Garcia, Mariano FM 2171 ESP 5½ 36
57 Zamudio Diaz, Angel 2042 ESP 5½ 36
58 Morales Araujo, Francisco Javier 2102 ESP 5½ 35
59 Garcia Domingo, Jose Antonio CM 2066 ESP 5½ 33½
60 Fernandez Garcia, Jose Miguel 2018 ESP 5½ 32½
61 Lazaro Porta, Angel 2073 ESP 5½ 32
62 Fernandez Lumbreras, Miguel Ange 1905 ESP 5½ 30½
228 players
The Johannesburg Masters Challenge took place 12th-20th January 2007.
Daniel Cawdery won the event with 4/6 half a point clear of Nicholas Van der
Nat.
Masters Challenge Johannesburg RSA (RSA), 12-21 i 2007
cat. II (2290)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Cawdery, Daniel RSA 2255 ** 01 == 11 4.0 2426
2 Van der Nat, Nicholas f RSA 2265 10 ** 10 =1 3.5 2355
3 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2389 == 01 ** == 3.0 2256
4 Rubery, Mark RSA 2250 00 =0 == ** 1.5 2110
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The German Championship takes place in Bad Koenigshofen 19th-27th
January 2007. Thomas Luther has started with 3/3.
Official site: http://www.schachclub1957.de/
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ch-GER Bad Koenigshofen GER (GER), 19-27 i 2007
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1. Luther, Thomas g GER 2580 +34 +32 +10 . . . . . . 3.0
2. Buhmann, Rainer m GER 2547 +20 +15 = 4 . . . . . . 2.5 2698
3. Baramidze, David g GER 2561 +23 =11 +18 . . . . . . 2.5 2626
4. Graf, Alexander g GER 2610 +35 +17 = 2 . . . . . . 2.5 2715
5. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2584 +33 +19 = 7 . . . . . . 2.5 2689
6. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2663 +27 = 9 +16 . . . . . . 2.5 2661
7. Meister, Yakov m GER 2491 +25 +28 = 5 . . . . . . 2.5 2625
8. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2486 +12 =16 =13 . . . . . . 2.0 2403
9. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2483 +29 = 6 =11 . . . . . . 2.0 2565
10. Namyslo, Holger GER 2281 +22 +24 - 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2608
11. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2374 +40 = 3 = 9 . . . . . . 2.0 2508
12. Abel, Dennes GER 2294 - 8 +35 +32 . . . . . . 2.0 2547
13. Schuster, Martin GER 2223 =24 +36 = 8 . . . . . . 2.0 2496
14. Prusikin, Michael g GER 2571 -16 +37 +34 . . . . . . 2.0 2409
15. Von Herman, Ulf m GER 2364 +39 - 2 +31 . . . . . . 2.0 2398
16. Feustel, Bernd f GER 2319 +14 = 8 - 6 . . . . . . 1.5 2573
17. Beikert, Guenther m GER 2434 +30 - 4 =20 . . . . . . 1.5 2393
18. Tereick, Benjamin f GER 2382 =37 +21 - 3 . . . . . . 1.5 2388
19. Wichmann, Cliff f GER 2419 +31 - 5 =23 . . . . . . 1.5 2372
20. Knuth, Hannes GER 2301 - 2 +39 =17 . . . . . . 1.5 2342
21. Degtiarev, Evgeny f GER 2393 =36 -18 +28 . . . . . . 1.5 2258
22. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2460 -10 =25 +37 . . . . . . 1.5 2263
23. Zill, Christoph f GER 2305 - 3 +40 =19 . . . . . . 1.5 2362
24. Bastian, Herbert m GER 2411 =13 -10 =25 . . . . . . 1.0 2142
25. Schulze, Ulrich m GER 2297 - 7 =22 =24 . . . . . . 1.0 2329
26. Becker, Marcel f GER 2381 -28 =29 =30 . . . . . . 1.0 2118
27. Heinig, Wolfram f GER 2364 - 6 =30 =29 . . . . . . 1.0 2280
28. Jahrsdoerfer, Gerd GER 2176 +26 - 7 -21 . . . . . . 1.0 2296
29. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2285 - 9 =26 =27 . . . . . . 1.0 2284
30. Schenderowitsch, Michael GER 2268 -17 =27 =26 . . . . . . 1.0 2268
31. Tabatt, Hendrik GER 2228 -19 +33 -15 . . . . . . 1.0 2249
32. Enders, Peter g GER 2433 +38 - 1 -12 . . . . . . 1.0 2248
33. Seuffert, Gabriel f GER 2339 - 5 -31 +36 . . . . . . 1.0 2218
34. Stanke, Juergen GER 2323 - 1 +38 -14 . . . . . . 1.0 2340
35. Reinhardt, Bernd GER 2347 - 4 -12 +40 . . . . . . 1.0 2212
36. Hamann, Carsten GER 2218 =21 -13 -33 . . . . . . 0.5 2045
37. Suren, Peter GER 2211 =18 -14 -22 . . . . . . 0.5 2198
38. Koller, Jens GER 2246 -32 -34 =39 . . . . . . 0.5 1994
39. Fischer, Thomas2 GER 2045 -15 -20 =38 . . . . . . 0.5 2030
40. Schellmann, Frank GER 2107 -11 -23 -35 . . . . . . 0.0
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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
Division 1 results - Round 5
RD 5 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2518 7½-½ BRISTOL 1 2275
1 w Rowson, Jonathan 2592 1 - 0 Berzinsh, Roland 2438
2 b Hebden, Mark L 2540 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2405
3 w Kosten, Anthony C 2534 1 - 0 Rudd, Jack 2359
4 b Conquest, Stuart 2536 1 - 0 Beaumont, Chris 2314
5 w King, Daniel J 2528 1 - 0 Sherwin, James T 2249
6 b Shaw, John K 2447 1 - 0 Buckley, David E 2232
7 w Pert, Nicholas 2518 1 - 0 Crockart, Scott 2137
8 b Ciuksyte, Dagne 2450 1 - 0 James, Ann-Marie 2063
RD 5 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2364 5½-2½ BETSSON.COM 2309
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2522 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G 2450
2 b Knott, Simon 2372 ½ - ½ Hunt, Adam C 2461
3 w Collinson, Adam 2384 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2393
4 b Ferguson, Mark 2403 ½ - ½ Webb, Laurence E 2309
5 w Collins, Sam 2398 1 - 0 Duncan,Christopher2309
6 b Cox, John J 2404 1 - 0 Ledger, David J 2291
7 w Berry, Neil 2300 ½ - ½ Ledger, Stephen C 2170
8 b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2130 1 - 0 Tidman, Sophie 2092
RD 5 THE ADS 2326 1 - 7 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2431
1 w Speelman,Jonathan 2533 0 - 1 Howell, David W L 2501
2 b Smerdon, David 2460 0 - 1 Cherniaev,Alexand 2473
3 w Mestel, Jonathan 2478 ½ - ½ Flear, Glenn C 2480
4 b Richardson, John 2312 0 - 1 Plaskett, James 2492
5 w Snape, Ian 2235 ½ - ½ Wallace, John P 2417
6 b Wheeler, Darren P 2242 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme 2384
7 w Cafferty, Bernard 2208 0 - 1 Povah, Nigel E 2350
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2142 0 - 1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2348
RD 5 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2319 3 - 5 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2448
1 w Jones, Gawain C B 2509 1 - 0 Wells, Peter K 2501
2 b Rendle, Thomas E 2366 0 - 1 Gormally, Daniel 2535
3 w Martyn, Rafe 2276 ½ - ½ Hanley, Craig A 2435
4 b Gourlay, Iain 2348 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K 2483
5 w Krensing, Jan 2301 1 - 0 Trent, Lawrence 2456
6 b Rees, Ioan 2268 0 - 1 Greet, Andrew N 2425
7 w Rudolf, Anna (F) 2279 0 - 1 Houska, Jovanka 2384
8 b Roberson, Peter T 2202 ½ - ½ Crouch, Colin 2366
RD 5 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2300 3½-4½ WOOD GREEN 2385
1 w Hennigan, Michael 2390 0 - 1 Cramling, Pia (F) 2530
2 b Macak, Stefan 2373 0 - 1 Turner, Matthew J 2490
3 w Quillan, Gary 2354 1 - 0 Tan, Desmond 2329
4 b Morrison, Graham 2335 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J 2325
5 w Carleton, John J 2306 1 - 0 Pein, Malcolm 2401
6 b Kennaugh, Charles 2287 0 - 1 Tiller, Bjorn 2371
7 w van der Linden,L 2290 ½ - ½ Woodward, Timothy 2331
8 b Lyell, Meri (F) 2061 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P 2303
RD 5 3CS OLDHAM 2350 7 - 1 STH WALES DRAGONS 2230
1 w Davies, Nigel R 2503 ½ - ½ Cobb, James E 2420
2 b Gordon, Stephen J 2486 1 - 0 Cooper, John G 2345
3 w Haslinger,Stewart 2451 1 - 0 Dineley, Richard 2266
4 b Arakhamia-Grant,K 2437 1 - 0 Kett, Timothy 2237
5 w Ashton, Adam G 2290 ½ - ½ Zeidler, Sven P 2211
6 b Walton, Alan J 2235 1 - 0 James, David J 2224
7 w Bentley, John L 2241 1 - 0 Morris, Charles F 2207
8 b James, Dale R 2160 1 - 0 Wilson, Julie (F) 1932
Division 1 results - Round 6
RD 6 HILSMARK KINGFISHER2448 4½-3½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2362
1 w Williams, Simon K 2483 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan 2522
2 b Gormally, Daniel 2535 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2372
3 w Wells, Peter K 2501 1 - 0 Collins, Sam 2398
4 b Greet, Andrew N 2425 0 - 1 Ferguson, Mark 2403
5 w Trent, Lawrence 2456 1 - 0 Devereaux, Maxim 2367
6 b Houska, Jovanka 2384 0 - 1 Cox, John J 2404
7 w Hanley, Craig A 2435 1 - 0 Berry, Neil 2300
8 b Crouch, Colin 2366 ½ - ½ Lauterbach,Ingrid 2130
RD 6 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2431 5½-2½ 3CS OLDHAM 2350
1 w Howell, David W L 2501 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R 2503
2 b Cherniaev,Alexan 2473 ½ - ½ Gordon, Stephen J 2486
3 w Flear, Glenn C 2480 ½ - ½ Haslinger,Stewart 2451
4 b Plaskett, James 2492 1 - 0 Arakhamia-Grant,K 2437
5 w Wallace, John P 2417 ½ - ½ Ashton, Adam G 2290
6 b Buckley, Graeme 2384 1 - 0 Walton, Alan J 2235
7 w Povah, Nigel E 2350 1 - 0 Bentley, John L 2241
8 b Lalic, Susan (F) 2348 ½ - ½ James, Dale R 2160
RD 6 WOOD GREEN 2397 3 - 5 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2518
1 w Cramling, Pia (F) 2530 ½ - ½ Rowson, Jonathan 2592
2 b Turner, Matthew J 2490 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L 2540
3 w Martin, Andrew D 2427 ½ - ½ Pert, Nicholas 2518
4 b Sowray, Peter J 2325 0 - 1 Conquest, Stuart 2536
5 w Pein, Malcolm 2401 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C 2534
6 b Tiller, Bjorn 2371 ½ - ½ King, Daniel J 2528
7 w Woodward, Timothy 2331 ½ - ½ Shaw, John K 2447
8 b Law, Andrew P 2303 ½ - ½ Ciuksyte, Dagne 2450
RD 6 BETSSON.COM 2309 5 - 3 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2300
1 w Pert, Richard G 2450 1 - 0 Hennigan, Michael 2390
2 b Hunt, Adam C 2461 ½ - ½ Macak, Stefan 2373
3 w Ansell, Simon 2393 0 - 1 Quillan, Gary 2354
4 b Webb, Laurence E 2309 1 - 0 Morrison, Graham 2335
5 w Duncan,Christopher2309 ½ - ½ Carleton, John J 2306
6 b Ledger, David J 2291 0 - 1 Kennaugh, Charles 2287
7 w Ledger, Stephen C 2170 1 - 0 van der Linden,L 2290
8 b Tidman, Sophie 2092 1 - 0 Lyell, Meri (F) 2061
RD 6 SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 2230 3½-4½ THE ADS 2326
1 w Cobb, James E 2420 ½ - ½ Speelman,Jonathan 2533
2 b Cooper, John G 2345 0 - 1 Smerdon, David 2460
3 w Dineley, Richard 2266 0 - 1 Mestel, Jonathan 2478
4 b Kett, Timothy 2237 1 - 0 Richardson, John 2312
5 w Zeidler, Sven P 2211 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian 2235
6 b James, David J 2224 ½ - ½ Wheeler, Darren P 2242
7 w Morris, Charles F 2207 1 - 0 Cafferty, Bernard 2208
8 b Wilson, Julie (F) 1932 0 - 1 Bellin, Jana (F) 2142
RD 6 BRISTOL 1 2276 2½-5½ SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2319
1 w Berzinsh, Roland 2438 0 - 1 Jones, Gawain C B 2509
2 b Cobb, Charles 2405 ½ - ½ Rendle, Thomas E 2366
3 w Rudd, Jack 2359 0 - 1 Martyn, Rafe 2276
4 b Beaumont, Chris 2314 ½ - ½ Gourlay, Iain 2348
5 w Sherwin, James T 2249 ½ - ½ Krensing, Jan 2301
6 b Buckley, David E 2232 1 - 0 Rees, Ioan 2268
7 w Collier, David O 2149 0 - 1 Rudolf, Anna (F) 2279
8 b James, Ann-Marie 2063 0 - 1 Roberson, Peter T 2202
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 6 0 0 12
GUILDFORD-ADC 2 5 0 1 10
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 5 0 1 10
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 3 2 1 8
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 4 0 2 8
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 3 1 2 7
BETSSON.COM 3 0 3 6
WOOD GREEN 2 0 4 4
THE ADS 1 1 4 3
3CS OLDHAM 1 0 5 2
BRISTOL 1 1 0 5 2
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1 0 0 6 0
The bottom 3 teams will be relegated to Division 2.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GP MP
1 Guildford-ADC 1 xxx 6 5 7 5½ 7½ 7 38 12
2 Guildford-ADC 2 2 xxx 5½ 7 5 7 5½ 32 10
3 Hilsmark K'fisher 1 2½ xxx 4½ 5 6½ 5½ 5 29 10
4 Barbican 4NCL 1 3½ xxx 4 5½ 4½ 4 5 26½ 8
5 Slough Sharks 1 1 3 xxx 6 4½ 5½ 4½ 24½ 8
6 North West Eagles 1 4 xxx 3 3½ 5½ 5½ 4½ 26 7
7 Betsson.com 3 2½ 5 xxx 5 3½ 6 25 6
8 Wood Green 3 1½ 3½ 4½ 3 xxx 6½ 22 4
9 The ADs 1 1 4 2 2½ xxx 4½ 15 3
10 3Cs Oldham 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 2½ xxx 7 21 2
11 Bristol 1 ½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 1½ xxx 15 2
12 S. Wales Dragons 1 1 3 3½ 2 3½ 1 xxx 14 0
Nigel Short and Anatoly Karpov made headlines on the 11th of January
when they captained a match with ice pieces, Short was in London and Karpov in
Moscow at the Russian Winter Festival with a number of juniors making most of
the most. The game was agreed drawn in a winning position for team Karpov but
with the clock very much against him. Nigel Short's contribution to the London
team and Karpov's contribution to the Moscow team, if anything at all, was
negligible (we had basically agreed the previous day to keep out of it). There
dual roles were of captains and commentators. The moves were largely made by
the two eight year olds, Darius Parvizi-Wayne and Konstantin Savenkov, with
perhaps a few tips from bystanders. Nevertheless, it was very entertaining
game. London would beyond doubt have won on time, had they continued, but it
seemed a trifle unpsorting, and by no means in the spirit of the Russian Winter
Festival, to flag them from a lost position when they (London) were controlling
the clock:-)
Additional info:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3606
Team Karpov - Team Short 1/2 37 C57 Two Knights Defence Fritz's Var
The 5th Parsvnath Open took place in New Delhi 15th-22nd January 2007.
Alexei Dreev won with 8.5/9. The games section doesn't inspire confidence but I
present what's available including clearly incomplete games.
Official site: http://www.delhichess.com
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5th Parsvnath Open New Delhi IND (IND), 15-22 i 2007
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Ran SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts BH. BH. SB.
1 1 Dreev Alexey GM 2658 RUS 8½ 67 54 56.00
2 33 Rohit G 2392 IND 8 66½ 53½ 51.50
3 8 Adly Ahmed GM 2507 EGY 8 66 53½ 51.75
4 4 Rahman Ziaur GM 2541 BAN 8 64½ 52½ 50.50
5 2 Ganguly Surya Shekhar GM 2571 IND 8 63 50 48.75
6 10 Hossain Enamul IM 2506 BAN 8 61½ 50½ 49.00
7 9 Abdulla Al-Rakib IM 2506 BAN 8 61 48½ 48.50
8 47 Kamble Vikramaditya 2326 IND 8 55½ 46 43.25
9 27 Arun Prasad S IM 2399 IND 7½ 65 52½ 47.25
10 38 Girinath P D S IM 2356 IND 7½ 64 51 45.00
11 17 Sundararajan Kidamb IM 2462 IND 7½ 63½ 51 46.25
12 64 Adhiban B 2275 IND 7½ 62 49 44.00
13 62 Hegde Ravi Gopal IM 2275 IND 7½ 61½ 50 44.75
14 5 Kunte Abhijit GM 2532 IND 7½ 61 49½ 44.50
15 29 Saptarshi Roy 2396 IND 7½ 61 49 43.75
16 13 Venkatesh M R IM 2486 IND 7½ 59½ 49 43.25
17 23 Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi IM 2425 IND 7½ 59½ 46½ 43.75
18 16 Gupta Abhijeet IM 2464 IND 7 68 55 45.75
19 11 Deepan Chakkravarthy J GM 2504 IND 7 67½ 55 45.25
20 18 Safin Shukhrat GM 2460 UZB 7 66 53½ 42.50
21 15 Barua Dibyendu GM 2467 IND 7 65½ 52½ 41.50
22 3 Drozdovskij Yuri GM 2562 UKR 7 63½ 51 42.75
23 14 Thipsay Praveen M GM 2485 IND 7 63½ 50 42.50
24 25 Sriram Jha IM 2419 IND 7 63 50½ 42.25
25 20 Murshed Niaz GM 2451 BAN 7 63 50 42.25
26 12 Neelotpal Das GM 2488 IND 7 62 49½ 40.25
27 37 Roktim Bandyopadhyay IM 2360 IND 7 61 48 39.50
28 30 Satyapragyan Swayangsu IM 2395 IND 7 60½ 49½ 40.75
29 41 Gokhale Chandrashekhar IM 2343 IND 7 60½ 49½ 40.00
30 34 Das Arghyadip 2379 IND 7 60 48½ 39.50
31 49 Babu N Sudhakar IM 2313 IND 7 59½ 49½ 36.75
32 31 Rathnakaran K 2395 IND 7 59½ 47½ 39.00
33 108 Naveen S Hegde 2146 IND 7 59 48 38.75
34 24 Gopal G N 2423 IND 7 58½ 47½ 39.50
35 56 Sharma R Preetham 2286 IND 7 58½ 47½ 39.00
36 55 Balasubramaniun Ramnathan IM 2289 IND 7 57½ 46 37.00
37 48 Sangma Rahul 2320 IND 7 57 45½ 38.75
38 93 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi FM 2192 IND 7 57 45½ 35.50
39 75 Prasenjit Datta 2248 IND 7 54 43½ 34.00
40 54 Shetty Rahul IM 2295 IND 7 53½ 44 35.75
41 69 Chowdhury Sohel 2256 BAN 7 52 43 33.75
42 79 Arun Karthik R 2226 IND 7 50 40½ 33.00
43 7 Iuldachev Saidali GM 2518 UZB 6½ 67 54 40.50
44 22 Himanshu Sharma IM 2428 IND 6½ 65 51½ 39.25
45 21 Ezat Mohamed IM 2428 EGY 6½ 64 52 38.75
46 61 Shashikant Kutwal 2276 IND 6½ 62 50 39.50
47 28 Prakash G B IM 2399 IND 6½ 61½ 48½ 37.50
48 44 Swapnil S Dhopade 2336 IND 6½ 61 49 37.50
49 73 Srinivasa Rao M. 2250 IND 6½ 60 49½ 34.75
84 Udeshi Aditya 2213 IND 6½ 60 49½ 34.75
51 35 Lodhi Mahmood IM 2367 PAK 6½ 60 47½ 33.50
52 39 Prathamesh Sunil Mokal IM 2345 IND 6½ 59½ 47 37.00
345 players
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. There were a
couple of naming errors in the open section games so I give them again.
Official site: http://www.petergofchess.ru
Sinisa Joksic reports: Swiss Chess Tour 2006 after 5 years move
"Christmas tournament" again in Bern. New is only host, 4 stars Hotel "Bern",
in the center of old downtown, from December 26 to 30. Swiss system, 7 rounds,
87 players, from 12 nations, 7 GMs, 5 IMs. Tournament was very exciting.
Decisive was the last round. Igors Rausis, who join Bangladesh rating list last
few years, beat Miso Cebalo from Croatia and catch up Varga on the top. The
first tie-break "Buholz-1" was on Rausis favor and brings him win and the first
prize. All together 8 money prizes; special prizes: best Lady Barbara Jaracz,
senior Miso Cebalo, junior Laszlo Gonda, Swiss and Bern player Simon Kuemin,
school boy Felix Klein; many natural prizes.
Final standings:
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1st Open Bern SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2006
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1. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2520 6.0 (30.5);
2. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2508 6.0 (29.5);
3. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2489 5.5 (30.0);
4. Jaracz, Pavel g POL 2476 5.5 (29.5-165.0);
5. Gonda, Laszlo m HUN 2495 5.5 (29.5-162.5);
6. Kuemin, Simon m SUI 2393 5.5 (24.0);
7. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2534 5.0 (30.5);
8. Peredy, Ferenc m HUN 2311 5.0 (28.5-161.5);
9. Djuric, Stefan g SRB 2468 5.0 (28.5-153.5);
10. Kalajzic, Ivan CRO 2223 5.0 (26.0-160.5);
11. Klein, Felix GER 2189 5.0 (26.0-153.0);
12. Kolly, Jacques SUI 2269 5.0 (25.0);
13. Bigg, Andrew ENG 2248 5.0 (22.5);
14. Ivkov, Borislav g SRB 2456 4.5 (28.0);
15. Jaracz, Barbara wm POL 2267 4.5 (27.0);
16. Broennimann, Micha SUI 20o8 4.5 (26.5);
17. Haener,Philip SUI 2212 4.5 (25.0);
18. Kulczuk, Lukas SUI 2135 4.5 (24.5-151.0);
19. Li, Jingle SUI 1864 4.5 (24.5-150.0);
20. Strauss, Juergen SUI 2115 4.5 (23.0);
21. Zimmermann, Peter SUI 2212 4.5 (22.5-148.0);
22. Kappeler, Kaspar SUI 2216 4.5 (22.5-146.5);
23. Domont, Alexandre m SUI 2391 4.0 (29.0) etc.
The sixth round of the Belgian Teams took place on 14th Jan 2007.
Results Round 6 14-01-07
CRELEL - CREC 4 - 4
Leuven C - Eynatten 1 - 5
Rochade - CE Namur 3.5 - 4.5
KGSRL - Borgerhout 5 - 3
KBSK 1 - Eynatten 2 2.5 - 5.5
KBSK 2 - Temse 3 - 5
Standings after 6 rounds
Rank Team Boardpoints
1. CRELEL 32,5
2. CE Namur 30
Eynatten 2 30
4. CREC 28,5
5. SK Rochade 27,5
6. Eynatten 1 25,5
7. KGSRL 22,5
8. KBSK 1 21
Temse 21
10. Borgerhout 20
11. KBSK 2 15
12. Leuven Centraal 14,5
The 16th North American Open took place in Las Vegas, December 26th-29th
2006.
Official site: http://www.chesstour.com/nao06r.htm
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North American Open Las Vegas USA (USA), 26-29 xii 2006
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# Name Rtng Tot & prize
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2707 6 $6940
2 GM Vadim Milov 2716 5½ $1883.00
3 GM Zviad Izoria 2693 5½ $1883.00
4 GM Alexander Shabalov 2643 5½ $1883.00
5 GM Dmitry Gurevich 2589 5 $484.00
6 GM Dashze Sharavdorj 2529 5 $484.00
7 GM Pavel Blatny 2496 5 $1210.50
8 IM Michael Mulyar 2429 5 $1210.50
9 FM Ray S Robson 2254 5 $1614.00
10 GM Gregory Serper 2592 4½ $174.83
11 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2588 4½ $174.83
12 IM Enrico Sevillano 2574 4½ $174.83
13 IM Dionisio Aldama 2554 4½ $174.83
14 Xiao Cheng 2317 4½ $174.83
15 Elliott Liu 2301 4½ $174.83
16 Brian Fiedler 2293 4½ $403.50
17 Gregg H Small 2232 4½ $403.50
18 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2648 4
19 IM Martin Del Campo 2581 4
20 GM Melikset Khachiyan 2539 4
21 IM Joshua E Friedel 2535 4
22 IM Timothy W Taylor 2407 4
23 FM Jake Kleiman 2357 4
24 Eugene Yanayt 2303 4
25 Michael Aigner 2300 4
26 FM Teddy Coleman 2280 4
27 Nicolas A Yap 2280 4
28 Ryan R Milisits 2226 4
29 Michael Lee 2159 4
30 Ricky T Selzler 2131 4
78 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 16th Mid-Winter Classic took place on
13th January 2007 at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, Massachusetts, USA.
IM Mikhail Shur of Springfield, Mass., captured first place with a score of
3-0. Runners-up with 2.5-0.5 tallies were Matthew Meredith, a U.S. Chess
Federation-rated expert from Connecticut and Jesse Anderson, a Class A-rated
player from Vermont. Deadlocked in 4th-6th place with 2-1 results were FM John
Curdo, Class A player Marvin Moss and Class B participant Michael Zyra Jr., all
from Massachusetts. Edward Kostreba of Ware, Mass., directed the two-section,
30-player tournament for the sponsoring Western Massachusetts Chess Association
(WMCA). Crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
A press release from Andoni Madariaga e4 Chessport, Bilbao has announced
the formation of the Grand Slam Chess Association.
The Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA) was established on Wednesday
17th January, and four tournaments scheduled for the first edition, in 2008:
Corus-Wijk aan Zee (Holland, January), Linares (Spain, February) and MTel-Sofia
(Bulgaria, May) will qualify for the Masters in Bilbao (Spain, September). More
tournaments could be added at any time. As Bilbao has been also elected to host
the GSCA headquarters.
Each of the four founder members will preserve its identity and
independence. The next meeting will be in Linares (March 8th and 9th). The main
targets for that meeting are the legal constitution, the official presentation
and the publication of much more details. The Grand Slam is open for the
incorporation of new members at any time.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has been informed
immediately, and the Chess Players Association will receive an official letter.
Is the GSCA wish to establish a cordial and fruitful cooperation with both
bodies.
In Wijk aan Zee, January 17th 2007.
Signed by: Andoni Madariaga (Bilbao). Dolf Vos (Corus Chess Tournament
Wijk aan Zee) Juan Fernandez (Major of Linares) Silvio Danailov (M-tel Masters
Sofia)
Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess tournament
The Alekhine Chess Club is organising Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess
tournament 25th February - 6th March 2007 at the Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. 80
players, 20-24 GMs, 24 IMs, expected. Highly rated and a few unrated from about
20 countries. The details of our evet is also available at the web site of All
India Chess Federation at :
http://www.indianchessfed.org/prospectus/2007/Internationalgrandmasters004-2007.asp
5th Nancy Festival
Players for 5th international chess festival in Nancy (France) 19th-26th
February 2007 Category 10 Average : 2490 GM-norm : 6/9 gmi
Moradiabadi, Elshan 2569 Iran gmi Sandipan, Chanda 2561 Inde gmi Guliyev, Namig
2545 Azerbaidjan mi Sikula, Vaszilij 2515 Ukraine mi Okhotnik, Vladimir 2486
France mi Abergel, Thal 2475 France mi Marzolo, Cyril 2472 France mi Wirig,
Anthony 2433 France mf Brunner, Nicolas 2426 France mf Nezar, Mustapha 2423
France
Further details:
http://philippechess.free.fr/Festival2007/F07english.html
3rd European Union Individual Chess Championship
The 3rd European Union Individual Chess Championship takes place
in Arvier (Aosta Valley Italy) June 15th - 24th 2007
Details: http://www.scacchivda.com/
7th European Individual Senior Championship
The 7th European Individual Senior Championship takes place 2 - 10 June,
2007, in the Business-Lounge of the Hockenheim circuit (Germany). The
championship is open for all European seniors and senior women. Ladies shall be
born before 1st Jan 1957, gentlemen before 1st Jan 1947. 9 rounds Swiss system,
ELO rated. Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours + 1 hour quick-play finish. All
details regarding schedule, prizes and entry fee are published on the website
of the festival: http://www.euro-seniorchamp.de.vu
Host:Karpov Chess Academy Hockenheim (Karpow-Schachakademie Hockenheim e.V.) -
President Dieter Auer email: karpow@schachakademie-hockenheim.de
Open de Genève
The Open de Genève takes place 20th-28th January 2007.
Further details: http://lechessblog.com/
First Saturday GM-IM-FM February 2007
First Saturday GM-IM-FM closed tournaments in Budapest from 3rd until
15th of February. First contacts - first served method. We have some vacancies
yet. For request the organizer sends more information... Nagy, Laszlo
International chess organizer, member of the FIDE Organizers' Committee e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net http://www.firstsaturday.hu -
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914 ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO and
MSN messenger nickname: mrfirstsaturday ICQ#: 44805877
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
