THE WEEK IN CHESS 640 12th February 2007 by Mark Crowther
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First Saturday February 111 games
Japfa Chess Festival 10 games
Czech Christmas Litomysl 200 games
75th Ambelokipi Open 70 games
Georgi Tringov Memorial 40 games
French League 126 games
Dutch League 12 games
Passos Tournament 45 games
Corrections 2 games
616 games
My thanks to Luke McShane, Miklos Orso, Jakub Fuksik, George
Mastrokoukos, Robert Bellin, Laszlo Nagy, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Joaquim de Deus
Fo., Robi Veltroni, Kristianus Liem, Christophe Philippe, Per Rasmussen and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
A bit of a quiet week, but that's only in the run up to the start of the
Aeroflot Open the strongest open in the world which has its opening ceremony
tomorrow and then to the weekend with the start of the Morelia part of the
Morelia/Linares tournament. The joint winners of Wijk aan Zee Levon Aronian,
Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov are also joined by Viswanathan Anand,
Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen from the same event along with Peter Leko and
Alexander Morozevich in the only major event on two continents. Great
stuff.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Morelia / Linares tournament takes place 16th Feb - 11th March 2007.
The Morelia half takes place 17th-25th February 2007 and Linares 2nd-10th March
2007.
The field is: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Peter
Svidler, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Magnus Carlsen and Alexander
Morozevich.
Official sites:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/ajedrez/es/index.html
and http://www.soloajedrez.com/.
Other info: http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.org.mx/
The 6th Aeroflot Festival takess 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.
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournaments in Budapest take
place 3rd-15th February 2007.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ii 2007 cat. VII (2423)
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1. Papp, Gellert HUN 2335 * = . 1 1 . 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2671
2. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2497 = * = = . = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2490
3. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2504 . = * 1 = = = = = 1 . 5.0 2527
4. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2412 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 . 1 = 5.0 2467
5. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2465 0 . = = * . = = = 1 1 4.5 2448
6. Ilincic, Zlatko g SER 2451 . = = 0 . * = 1 = 0 1 4.0 2425
7. Bodiroga, Predrag m SER 2431 0 = = = = = * = . . = 3.5 2389
8. Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2430 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 . . 3.0 2353
9. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2428 0 0 = . = = . 0 * 1 = 3.0 2336
10. Krivokapic, Marko MNE 2342 1 0 0 0 0 1 . . 0 * = 2.5 2290
11. Somborski, Nebojsa f SER 2362 0 = . = 0 0 = . = = * 2.5 2279
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FSIMA February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ii 2007 cat. I (2252)
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1. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2328 * . 0 1 = . 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2383
2. Cherednichenko, Svetlana wm UKR 2255 . * 0 = . 1 1 = 1 0 1 5.0 2334
3. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2312 1 1 * = = 0 . = = 0 1 5.0 2282
4. Leviczki, Tibor f HUN 2296 0 = = * = = 1 = . = 1 5.0 2296
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2275 = . = = * = 0 . 1 1 = 4.5 2277
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2249 . 0 1 = = * 0 = . 1 = 4.0 2249
7. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2305 0 0 . 0 1 1 * = 1 . = 4.0 2245
8. Karolyi, Tibor jr m HUN 2362 0 = = = . = = * = = . 3.5 2223
9. Adams, Nick A USA 2197 = 0 = . 0 . 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2210
10. Sailer, Douglas LUX 2191 0 1 1 = 0 0 . = 0 * . 3.0 2197
11. Yut, Michael HUN ---- = 0 0 0 = = = . 0 . * 2.0 2084
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FSIMB February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ii 2007
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1. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 * = 0 1 = 1 = . 1 1 5.5 2381
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2353 = * 1 = = . = 1 = = 5.0 2310
3. To Nhat Minh HUN 2270 1 0 * 1 . = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2300
4. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2236 0 = 0 * 1 1 = = . 1 4.5 2326
5. Leks, Hanna wf POL 2172 = = . 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2300
6. Popovics, Adam f HUN 2421 0 . = 0 1 * 1 = = 1 4.5 2258
7. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2323 = = 1 = = 0 * = 0 . 3.5 2210
8. Toth, Ervin f HUN 2283 . 0 1 = 0 = = * = = 3.5 2197
9. Karn,Torsten HUN ---- 0 = 0 . 0 = 1 = * = 3.0 2196
10. Weiler, Wolfgang GER 2149 0 = 0 0 0 0 . = = * 1.5 2002
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The Japfa Chess Festival took place in Jakara INA. There were two 6 game
matches taking place 7th-12th February 2007. Susanto Megaranto and Zhang Zhong
tied their match at 3 points each. Conversely Irine Kharisma Sukandar was
rather overfaced by her opponent Li Ruofan.
Official site: http://id.indochess.com/
Zhang Zhong - Megaranto, Susanto 0-1 62 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Megaranto, Susanto - Zhang Zhong 1/2 31 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Zhang Zhong - Megaranto, Susanto 1/2 47 B01 Centre Counter
Megaranto, Susanto - Zhang Zhong 1/2 63 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Zhang Zhong - Megaranto, Susanto 1-0 33 D17 Slav Defence
Megaranto, Susanto - Zhang Zhong 1/2 18 C06 French Tarrasch
JAPFA Match Jakarta INA (INA), 7-12 ii 2007
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Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2517 1 = = = 0 = 3.0 2618
Zhang Zhong g CHN 2618 0 = = = 1 = 3.0 2517
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Li Ruofan - Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 1-0 45 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Li Ruofan 0-1 38 C50 Giuoco Piano
Li Ruofan - Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 1-0 48 D52 QGD Cambridge Springs
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Li Ruofan 1/2 24 C54 Giuoco Piano
Li Ruofan - Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 1-0 32 D51 QGD Cambridge Springs
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Li Ruofan 1/2 33 C55 Two Knights Defence
JAPFA Women's Match Jakarta INA (INA), 7-12 ii 2007
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Li Ruofan wg CHN 2418 1 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2493
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wf INA 2220 0 0 0 = 0 = 1.0 2145
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The Czech Christmas tournament took place in Litomysl 26th December 2006
- 1st January 2007. Viacheslav Dydyshko edged out Lukas Cernousek and
Mihai-Lucian Grunberg on tie-break after all finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2006/
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Czech Christmas Litomysl CZE (CZE), 26 xii 2006 - 1 i 2007
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1 Dydyshko Viacheslav GM BLR 2562 7,0 54,0 42,5 2376
2 Cernousek Lukas IM CZE 2408 7,0 52,5 41,0 2360
3 Grunberg Mihai-Lucian IM ROM 2414 7,0 51,0 39,5 2321
4 Petr Martin IM CZE 2417 6,5 53,5 42,0 2342
5 Simacek Pavel IM CZE 2479 6,5 53,0 41,0 2368
6 Slaby Jerzy IM POL 2437 6,5 51,5 40,0 2322
7 Zilka Stepan FM CZE 2375 6,5 49,5 38,0 2274
8 Berescu Alin IM ROM 2485 6,5 46,5 35,0 2265
9 Mudrak Josef FM CZE 2343 6,0 49,5 39,0 2276
10 Rutkowski Maciej FM POL 2296 6,0 47,5 38,5 2320
11 Manik Mikulas GM SVK 2454 6,0 45,5 36,0 2214
12 Toma Katarzyna WIM POL 2268 6,0 45,5 34,5 2197
13 Cerveny Martin CZE 2297 6,0 45,0 35,0 2226
14 Groetz Harald FM AUT 2399 6,0 44,5 34,5 2218
15 Sabol Marian CZE 2310 6,0 44,0 35,0 2177
16 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei ROM 2405 6,0 42,0 33,5 2141
17 Krupa Monika WIM POL 2309 5,5 48,0 37,0 2273
18 Kraemer Martin IM GER 2435 5,5 47,0 38,0 2239
19 Spirin Oleg FM RUS 2345 5,5 46,5 36,5 2232
20 Zawadzki Stanislaw IM POL 2422 5,5 46,5 36,5 2225
21 Plischki Sebastian GER 2389 5,5 46,5 36,0 2243
22 Kadziolka Beata WGM POL 2346 5,5 45,5 35,0 2203
23 Cerveny Petr CZE 2286 5,5 44,0 34,0 2171
24 Plat Vojtech CZE 2252 5,5 43,5 33,5 2178
25 Vanek Tomas CZE 2218 5,5 41,0 33,0 2184
105 players
The 75th Ambelokipi Open took place 13th January - 3rd February 2007.
Nikolaos Skalkotas won the event with 6/7. News: George Mastrokoukos of
http://greekchess.com/.
Official site: http://www.skaki.net/ambelokipi.html
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75th Ambelokipi Open Athens GRE (GRE), 13 i-3 ii 2007
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1. Skalkotas, Nikolaos m GRE 2288 6 32½
2. Koliopoulos, Konstantinos GRE 2196 5½ 31½
3. Khetsuriani, Besarion m GEO 2361 5½ 30½
4. Kotrotsos, Vasilios f GRE 2306 5½ 30½
5. Ponirakis, Dimitrios GRE 2027 5 34
6. Koerant, Filipos GRE 2105 5 28½
7. Dagkakis, Panagiotis GRE 2245 5 27½
8. Lazaridis, Stavros GRE 2214 5 27
9. Kakadelis, Str GRE 2097 5 27
10. Draci, Robert ALB 2201 5 25½
11. Delithanasis, Dimitrios GRE 2235 5 23½
12. Poteas, Ioannis GRE 2163 4½ 29½
13. Papahristoudis, Anastasios GRE 2111 4½ 29½
14. Savoglou, Nikolaos GRE 1890 4½ 29
15. Filippas, Sebastian GRE 2105 4½ 28½
16. Panagiotakos, Petros GRE 1942 4½ 26½
17. Kalpakas, Georgios GRE 2109 4½ 25
18. Petousis, Konstantinos GRE 1853 4½ 23½
66 players
The 39th Open Championship - Georgi Tringov Memorial, took place in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 5th-11th February 2007. Krasimir Rusev won the event with
7.5/9. Games from the first two rounds only are available.
The official website of the Open is :http://www.chessmix.com/openplovdiv07/
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39th Giorgi Tringov Plovdiv BUL (BUL), 5-11 ii 2007
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1 6 IM Rusev Krasimir 2453 BUL 7½ 40 51 6
2 2 GM Radulski Julian 2475 BUL 7 43½ 56 6
3 4 GM Janev Evgeni 2456 BUL 7 42 54½ 5
4 1 GM Chatalbashev Boris 2541 BUL 7 41 52½ 6
5 5 IM Petrov Marijan 2455 BUL 7 41 50½ 5
6 14 Nikolov Momchil 2425 BUL 7 39½ 51 5
7 53 Mladenov Plamen 2214 BUL 7 33½ 43 7
8 12 Drenchev Petar 2430 BUL 6½ 44 56 6
9 9 GM Popchev Milko 2445 BUL 6½ 39½ 51 5
10 13 Kozhuharov Spas 2426 BUL 6½ 39½ 50 4
11 25 Arnaudov G Petar 2331 BUL 6½ 38 49½ 6
12 33 Lilov Valeri 2290 BUL 6½ 36½ 47 6
13 11 IM Petkov Vladimir 2441 BUL 6 42½ 54 5
14 27 Pantev Veselin 2325 BUL 6 40 51 5
15 7 IM Bratanov Zsivko 2453 BUL 6 39½ 51 4
16 15 IM Dochev Dimitar 2401 BUL 6 39½ 51 3
17 23 FM Zlatanovic Boroljub 2337 SRB 6 39 51 5
18 24 FM Dinic Dragan 2334 SRB 6 39 50 5
19 10 Dimitrov Pavel 2441 BUL 6 39 49½ 5
20 32 Enchev Ivajlo 2293 BUL 6 38½ 49 4
21 30 WGM Voiska Margarita 2319 BUL 6 38½ 48½ 5
22 19 Bojchev Marian 2366 BUL 6 37 48½ 4
23 18 IM Nikolov Sasho 2380 BUL 6 37 48 5
24 36 IM Peev Peicho 2285 BUL 6 36½ 46½ 5
25 40 Milosevic Aleksandar 2273 SRB 6 36 45½ 5
26 17 IM Stupavski Zdenko 2391 SRB 6 36 45½ 3
27 31 Filev Georgi 2293 BUL 6 36 45 5
28 45 Dimitrov Radoslav 2251 BUL 6 35 45½ 5
29 57 Videnova Iva 2175 BUL 6 34½ 44 5
30 62 Jevtic Sasa 2142 SRB 6 34½ 44 5
31 69 Kolev Ivan 2087 BUL 6 31 39 6
32 67 Balinov Feri 2113 BUL 6 28½ 37½ 5
33 8 IM Vasilev Milen 2451 BUL 5½ 42½ 54½ 4
34 29 Raev Rostislav 2322 BUL 5½ 40 51½ 5
35 3 GM Dimitrov Vladimir 2462 BUL 5½ 38½ 49 3
36 21 Milchev Nikolay 2348 BUL 5½ 38 49 4
37 38 Galunov Todor 2276 BUL 5½ 37½ 48 4
38 44 Skoko Milan 2254 SRB 5½ 37½ 47 4
39 34 WGM Velcheva Maria 2290 BUL 5½ 37 48½ 3
40 16 GM Spassov Liuben 2394 BUL 5½ 37 48 3
41 65 Kirov Dimitar 2122 BUL 5½ 36 44½ 5
42 39 Klasan Vladimir 2276 SRB 5½ 36 44½ 3
43 54 Janev Tihomir 2204 BUL 5½ 35 45 5
44 64 Ljangov Petar 2127 BUL 5½ 35 41½ 5
45 55 Pelitov Dimitar 2198 BUL 5½ 34½ 45 3
46 60 Ivanov Hristo 2144 BUL 5½ 34½ 43 4
47 51 Arnaudov Petar 2224 BUL 5½ 34½ 42 5
48 50 IM Angelov Kosta 2228 BUL 5½ 34 42 4
49 90 Angelov Bojan 1913 BUL 5½ 31½ 41 5
50 94 Ochkov Radoslav 1804 BUL 5½ 31½ 40½ 4
51 86 Stanoev Atanas 1948 BUL 5½ 31 41½ 5
52 81 Kolev Vasil 1980 BUL 5½ 30½ 40 4
165 players
The first three rounds of the French Top 16 League took place 9th-11th
February 2007 in four seperate venues covering leagues A and B. Games are
incomplete. Players such as Mamedyarov, Dreev, Bacrot, Jakovenko, Kasimdzhanov,
Peter Heine Nielsen and Francisco Vallejo Pons played.
General coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and
http://www.europe-echecs.com
Specific venues:
Marseille and
Vandoeuvre Group B:
Châlons-en-Champagne
(Montpellier) - Metz
Group A
Ronde 1
Cannes 5 - 0 Marseille
Antibes 2 - 2 Paris Chess Club
Gonfreville 2 - 1 Bischwiller
Vandoeuvre 4 - 3 Creteil
Ronde 2
Marseille 1 - 3 Paris Chess Club
Cannes 3 - 0 Antibes
Bischwiller 5 - 0 Creteil
Gonfreville 4 - 0 Vandoeuvre
Ronde 3
Antibes 3 - 1 Marseille
Paris Chess Club 1 - 3 Cannes
Vandoeuvre 1 - 3 Bischwiller
Creteil 0 - 7 Gonfreville
Pl. Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Gonfreville 9 3 12 13 1
2 Cannes 9 3 10 11 1
3 Bischwiller 7 3 6 9 3
4 Paris Chess Club 6 3 0 6 6
5 Antibes 6 3 -1 5 6
6 Vandoeuvre 5 3 -5 5 10
7 Marseille 3 3 -9 2 11
8 Creteil 3 3 -13 3 16
Group B
Ronde 1
Clichy 5 - 0 Montpellier
Drancy 0 - 6 Paris Chess 15
Metz 1 - 3 Evry
Strasbourg 1 - 4 Mulhouse
Ronde 2
Montpellier 0 - 4 Paris Chess 15
Clichy 5 - 0 Drancy
Evry 2 - 3 Mulhouse
Metz 1 - 2 Strasbourg
Ronde 3
Drancy 2 - 1 Montpellier
Paris Chess 15 1 - 1 Clichy
Strasbourg 2 - 2 Evry
Mulhouse 5 - 1 Metz
Pl. Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Mulhouse 9 3 8 12 4
2 Paris Chess 15 8 3 10 11 1
3 Clichy 8 3 10 11 1
4 Evry 6 3 1 7 6
5 Strasbourg 6 3 -2 5 7
6 Drancy 5 3 -10 2 12
7 Metz 3 3 -7 3 10
8 Montpellier 3 3 -10 1 11
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 23rd October 2006
- 12th May 2006. The fifth round took place on 3rd February 2007 remaining
games now available.
Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ - Photo reports
at: http://www.chessvista.com (Specific
reference)
Round 5 3rd Feb 2007
ESGOO - Share Dimension Groningen 2½ - 7½
HSG - HMC Calder 7 - 3
SO Rotterdam - LSG 8 - 2
SMB - Zukertort Amstelveen 5½ - 4½
Homburg Apeldoorn - Utrecht 3½ - 6½
Meesterklasse Mp Bp 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. HSG 10 34 x . . 7 6½ . 7 . 5½ 8
2. Share Dimension Groningen 9 32 . x . 7 5½ 7½ . . 5 7
3. SO Rotterdam 6 29 . . x . 5 . 4 5 8 7
4. HMC Calder 6 25 3 3 . x . 6½ . . 6 6½
5. Utrecht 5 26 3½ 4½ 5 . x . 6½ 6½ . .
6. ESGOO 5 23½ . 2½ . 3½ . x 5½ 5 7 .
7. Homburg Apeldoorn 4 25 3 . 6 . 3½ 4½ x 8 . .
8. SMB 4 21 . . 5 . 3½ 5 2 x . 5½
9. LSG 1 18½ 4½ 5 2 4 . 3 . . x .
10. Zukertort Amstelveen 0 16 2 3 3 3½ . . . 4½ . x
The Category III Passos tournament took place 21st-26th January 2007.
Jose Fernando Cubas won the event with 7/9. The official site calls the final
placed player Pereira, Frederico Gazel Colen which makes more sense than the
form in the FIDE list. However I have gone with the list spelling for sake of
consistancy. News: Joaquim de Deus Fo..
Official site: http://www.clubedexadrez.com.br/
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1. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2414 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2521
2. Hernandez, Gustavo DOM m DOM 2344 1 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2475
3. Bittencourt, Jorge f BRA 2428 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2466
4. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2419 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2381
5. Molina, Roberto Junio Brito f BRA 2336 = = = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2353
6. Dos Santos, Francisco Jose BRA 2207 0 0 = 0 1 * = = = = 3.5 2244
7. Ladeira, Joao Brosco f BRA 2330 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 1 0 3.5 2231
8. Batista, Gerson P BRA 2212 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 3.0 2199
9. Sanchez, Fernando f ARG 2251 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 2.5 2154
10. Frederico, Gazel BRA 2190 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 2.0 2106
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There is a correction to the game Korchnoi - Bellin (4) from the
Gibtelecom Masters and McShane - Aronian from the Bundesliga.
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Benidorm Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezalicante.com/menu.htm
5th Memorial Mario Sasso
25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island Luigi Amalfi
5th Memorial Mario Sasso FIDE FSI CONI official venue Lacona, May 6th-13th 2007
Further details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/cms.asp?IDPg=10
Gausdal Classics
Gausdal Classics is played 18-26 April 2007 at the famous high mountain
hotel in Gausdal, Norway. There will be a strong GM round-robin with several
2600+ players, a GM Swiss and an ELO Swiss. All tournaments are 9 rounds. Rate
of play: 2 hours / 40 moves,1 hour / 20 moves and 0.5 hour / rest. Home page:
http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2007/
Contact: hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
Baltic Sea Cup
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) takes place July 30th - August
5th 2007.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
V Meurthe et Moselle in Nancy Festival
The 5th international Chess Festival of Meurthe et Moselle in Nancy
(France) takes place 19-25 February 2007.
Official site:
http://philippechess.free.fr/Festival2007/F07english.html
Hungarian tournaments February - July 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from January - May 2007 in Hungary:
1. 3rd-15th of February 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM
round robins (BERGER), 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/..
2. 17th-27th of February, 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.
3. 3rd-16th of March FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org: NL.
4. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival 9 round Swiss Open, org:
Nagy L. www.firstsaturday.hu
5. 27th of March - 5th of April, GM closed tournament in SIKONDA, min.
2450 ELO average, South-West 250 km from Budapest, org: Mr.Gruenwald, mobile
phone: +36-30-9971005
6. 7th-20th of April, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org: NL
7. 21st of April - 1st of May GM tmt minimal cat.9. Planned /2451-2475
Elo range/, Org: NL,
8. 5th-18th of May, GM-IM-FM Budapest, org NL,
9. 19th-29th of May, ELEKES MEMORIAL, GM-IM closed, Org: IM Zsinka,
e-mail: zsinkala@t-online.hu
10. 2nd -14th of June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM closed. Org :
NL
11. 16th-24th of June, Balatonlelle Open, GM-IM closed. Org: IM Rigo,
e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu
12. 7th-19th of July FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM closed, Org: NL
13. 4th-16th of August FS Bp, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.
14. 18th-26th of August, TALENTUM CUP Open 9 rounds Swiss, near to the
Balaton lake, org: VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
8th Individual European Chess Championships (Men/Open + Women)
The 8th Individual European Chess Championships take place 2-16 April,
2007, in the International Congress Center, Dresden (Germany). 11 rounds Swiss
system will be played, 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of
the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The
European Championships are open to all players representing the Chess
Federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.9)
regardless of their title or rating. There is no limit of participants per
federation; however applications have to be sent by the national federations
only, preferable by internet registration form. The Individual European
Championships 2007 and the Individual Women`s Championship 2007 are
qualification events for the next Chess World Cup or the next World Chess
Championships for Women respectively. According to FIDE’s tournament
regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 33 players from the men’s
section and 13 players from the women’s section will qualify. The
organizer offers a prize fund of 200,000 Euros. In addition FIDE will
contribute to the prize fund with an amount of 80,000 US Dollars (60,000 for
the open section and 20,000 for the women’s section). FIDE/ECU will deduct
20 % from the total prize fund. The national federations were requested to fill
in and return the Application Form not later than 31th January 2007. The
organizer will accept late registrations after this date subject to an extra
charge. All details regarding schedule, prizes and entry fee are published at
the official site: http://www.dresden2008.de (in German and
English language).
Currently, over 580 registrations have been made by the national
federations at the end of the first application phase - 424 participants in the
Open and 162 in the women´s event.
43 of the 54 ECU federations have registered at least one starter. The
largest group will come from Germany with 148 chess players followed by the
Russian Federation with 88.
The field of participants will be headed by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (ELO
2754) from Azerbaijan, number 5 of the world ranking and the European Champion
of 2004 Ivanchuk Vassily (ELO 2750) from the Ukraine. Eight ladies out of the
world's TOP 20 will be present in Dresden including Nadezhda Kosintseva (ELO
2496) from Russia and World Champion of 2004 Antoaneta Stefanova (ELO 2483)
from Bulgaria.
You can see all registrated players at the official site: change
language into English, then the links
http://www.dresden2008.de/front_content.php?idcat=183
or http://www.dresden2008.org/anmeldung/registrations.php
Alushta Diary 2007
GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 -
12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06
- 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 -
12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06
- 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize -
1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz
tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 -
9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06
Individual and group studying Further information:
http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 44 7717890632 (for
English speaking, call after 18.00) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Marienbad Chess Festival
The Marienbad Chess Festival took place 19th-29th January 2007. Final
results available but only about half the games so far. Emil Hermansson edged
out Mathias Womacka on tie-break after both finished on 7/11. Games from the
second half of the event still missing.
Official site: http://www.avekont.cz/marianky/eng/
San Cristobal de La Laguna Open
The San Cristobal de La Laguna open tournament takes place 5th- 11th
March 2007 in the Canary Islands - Spain. 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 seconds
Details: http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com/
New England Masters
New England Masters, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 13-17, 2007. 9
Round FIDE Swiss with great norm opportunities. Low entry fees and hotel rate,
open to players rated FIDE 2200 or higher. Website:
http://www.newenglandmasters.com.
Email: chris@chesstournamentservices.com.
Pobeskydi Chess Festival
The chess festival "Pobeskydi" takes place 5th-9th April 2007. There
will be 2 round robin tournaments with possibility of GM and IM norm and one
9-round Swiss tournament. Prize found will be about 1500euros. For further
information visit http://www.chessfm.cz
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
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
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
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
