THE WEEK IN CHESS 642 26th February 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Morelia - Linares 28 games
6th Aeroflot Festival 136 games
Bundesliga 128 games
Polish Championship 91 games
V Breizh Masters 62 games
Meurthe et Moselle Festival 90 games
2nd Soller GM 45 games
14th Open Belisce Metalis 203 games
III South American Ch U20 99 games
Necochea Tournaments 90 games
OCF Winter NAO FIDE Open 161 games
Czech Championship 66 games
Kozul - Nedev Rapid Match 6 games
Mediterreanean Championships 128 games
Cannes Open 332 games
Fenach Championship of Chile 45 games
Belgian League 48 games
Brazilian Women's Championship 119 games
1877 games
My thanks to Vasik Rajlich, Dmitry V. Borisenkov, Christophe Philippe,
George Mirijanian, Csaba Bognár, Thomas Henrich, Frank Berry, Chris
Bird, Alfonso Vilches, Ian Rogers, Oscar de la Riva, Valery Maes, Joaquim De
Deus Fº, Richard Reich, Nigel Freeman and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
The Morelia half of the Linares tournament has been completed and the
players now travel back to the home of the tournament to complete the event.
The winner of the event is still very hard to predict. Viswanathan Anand and
Magnus Carlsen lead on 4.5/7 half a point clear of Vassily Ivanchuk. Anand is
the joint leader without playing anywhere near his best but this start may
allow him to kickstart his best chess. The youngster Magnus Carlsen has had his
fair share of luck but is obviously playing better than in his first two super
GM events. If anything Vassily Ivanchuk is looking the most impressive, the
last minute entry pressed too hard against Magnus Carlsen and has had a couple
of time scrambles but he is a class act. World number one Veselin Topalov won
an extremely wild game against Alexander Morozevich wherer the latter looked to
be pressing before collapsing on the run up to first time control. Last year
Topalov had a similar poor start and stormed back in the Linares leg, we'll
have to see if that happens this year. Its all to play for starting on March
2nd. Its a relief for me, first time control at 1:30am and finishes up to
4:30am haven't really done much for my sleep, but its good for chess to have a
strong event on the other side of the Atlantic.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Morelia / Linares tournament takes place 16th Feb - 11th March 2007.
The Morelia half took place 17th-25th February 2007 and Linares 2nd-10th March
2007. There was a 7 round swiss open alongside.
Official sites:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/ajedrez/es/index.html
and http://www.soloajedrez.com/.
Other info: http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.org.mx/
- Sergey Shipov commentary http://www.crestbook.com/
Open Standings:
http://www.okantomi.com.mx/live/seccI/index.html.
Vadim Milov edged out Ivan Cheparinov on tie-break both scored 6/7. Sadly the
bulletin for the final two rounds isn't available, only the four live games for
each round.
Round 3 (February 19, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 40 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 53 C42 Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 39 E15 Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 1/2 43 D38 QGD Ragozin
Round 4 (February 21, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 59 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 60 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1/2 46 E06 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 29 A16 English Opening
Round 5 (February 22, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 64 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 48 D23 QGA
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 6 (February 24, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 22 D23 QGA
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 A28 English Four Knights
Round 7 (February 25, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon 1-0 49 D38 QGD Ragozin
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 27 B35 Sicilian Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 E04 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 48 C11 French Defence
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007cat. XX (2746)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 ** 1. =. 0. =. 1. =. 1. 4.5 2842
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 0. ** 1. =. =. =. 1. 1. 4.5 2855
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 =. 0. ** 1. =. =. 1. =. 4.0 2794
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 1. =. 0. ** =. =. =. =. 3.5 2745
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 =. =. =. =. ** =. =. =. 3.5 2748
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0. =. =. =. =. ** =. =. 3.0 2695
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 =. 0. 0. =. =. =. ** 1. 3.0 2690
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0. 0. =. =. =. =. 0. ** 2.0 2588
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Open Tournament Final Round 7 Standings:
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II Int Open Morelia MEX (MEX), 15 ii-18 iii 2007
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Rank Name Fed. RatingScore BH SB TPR
1 Milov, Vadim GM SUI 2665 6.0 35.0 29.5 2786
2 Cheparinov, Ivan GM BUL 2640 6.0 30.0 25.25 2719
3 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2585 5.5 34.0 25.0 2693
4 Gonzalez, Zamora Juan Carl GM MEX 2526 5.5 33.5 25.25 2622
5 Bruzon, Lazaro GM CUB 2614 5.5 32.0 24.25 2580
6 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2580 5.5 31.5 23.75 2609
7 Akobian, Varuzhan GM USA 2588 5.5 31.5 23.0 2631
8 Leon Hoyos, Manuel IM MEX 2430 5.5 29.5 21.25 2538
9 Quezada, Yuniesky GM CUB 2515 5.0 34.0 22.75 2534
10 Mitkov, Nikola GM MKD 2545 5.0 33.0 22.0 2590
11 Dominguez Aguilar, Guiller FM MEX 2376 5.0 30.0 19.0 2422
12 Almeida Saenz, Alfonso IM MEX 2404 5.0 29.0 18.5 2512
13 Norgaard, Jesper FM DEN 2434 5.0 28.0 19.0 2417
14 Martin Del Campo, Roberto IM MEX 2455 5.0 28.5 20.0 2383
15 Capo Vidal, Uriel FM MEX 2375 5.0 27.5 17.0 2432
16 De La Paz, Frank GM CUB 2433 5.0 29.0 19.25 2430
17 Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Ge MEX 2197 5.0 23.5 13.5 2362
18 Alvarez, Miguel Angel MEX 2101 5.0 25.5 15.5 2381
19 Verduga Zavala, Denis IM MEX 2356 5.0 25.0 14.5 2371
20 Espinosa, Rafael IM MEX 2381 5.0 24.0 14.5 2345
21 Ibarra Chami, Luis IM MEX 2296 4.5 31.0 17.25 2440
22 Escobedo Tinajero, Alberto IM MEX 2385 4.5 31.0 16.0 2373
23 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2682 4.5 30.5 18.25 2516
24 Arreguin, Hernandez Alan G MEX 2150 4.5 23.5 14.0 2283
25 Navarrete Mendez, Gonzalo MEX 2150 4.5 23.5 12.0 2226
26 Ramirez Ruacho, Juan Manue FM MEX 2216 4.5 23.0 11.75 2271
27 Morales Garcia, Sergio Jos MEX 2243 4.5 23.0 12.75 2223
28 Prieto, Ernesto COL 2146 4.0 30.0 15.0 2412
29 Huerta, Carballo Dayron FM CUB 2338 4.0 28.5 13.0 2391
30 Navarro Segura, Roberto IM MEX 2229 4.0 29.5 16.5 2370
31 Gonzalez Arroyo, Lenin MEX 2183 4.0 29.0 14.75 2255
32 Rivera Huerta, Alberto MEX 2206 4.0 29.0 14.75 2241
33 Magana Echeverria, Francis IM MEX 2271 4.0 28.5 13.5 2270
34 Gutierrez Carmona, Juan Al MEX 2171 4.0 27.5 14.5 2243
35 Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro FM MEX 2373 4.0 27.5 14.25 2226
36 Garmendez Gonzalez, Carlos FM MEX 2202 4.0 26.5 12.5 2280
37 Rojas Alarcon, Julian Anto NM MEX 2089 4.0 26.5 13.5 2260
38 Pellicer, Covarrubias Dani MEX 2100 4.0 22.5 10.0 2213
39 Rascon Vega, Alfonso MEX 1692 *4.0 23.0 12.0 2168
40 Ramirez Garcia, Jorge Albe MEX 2218 4.0 24.0 11.5 2092
41 Ancheyta, Alejandro MEX 2175 4.0 23.0 10.0 2154
42 Marti Cruz, Joaquin ESP 2137 4.0 22.5 10.5 2160
43 Hernandez Torres, Jose Gab USA 1791 *4.0 21.0 10.25 2131
44 Zavalza, Ivan MEX 2190 4.0 21.5 9.75 2146
45 Falcon Perez, Gustavo MEX 2169 4.0 21.5 9.0 2095
109 players
The 6th Aeroflot Festival took place in Moscow. Evgeny Alekseev won in
the final round to take clear first place and a spot in the Dortmund
tournament. The A2 tournament was won by Marat Askarov it would be nice to see
some games from this event also.
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
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Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (RUS), 14-22 ii 2007
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Leading Official Final Standings:
Rank Name Fed. Rating Score TPR W-We Col.Bal.
1 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2661 7.0 2828 +1.84 1
2 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2624 6.5 2762 +1.66 1
3 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2691 6.5 2768 +0.92 1
4 GM Wang, Yue CHN 2644 6.5 2741 +1.15 1
5 GM Ni, Hua CHN 2632 6.5 2729 +1.14 1
6 GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2669 6.0 2724 +0.63 1
7 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 2650 6.0 2719 +0.78 1
8 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2629 6.0 2697 +0.81 1
9 GM Volkov, Sergey RUS 2636 6.0 2670 +0.40 1
10 GM Minasian, Artashes ARM 2595 5.5 2696 +1.26 -1
11 GM Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2700 5.5 2676 -0.25 -1
12 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2658 5.5 2669 +0.15 -1
13 GM Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2644 5.5 2671 +0.34 -1
14 GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2619 5.5 2656 +0.47 -1
15 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2679 5.5 2640 -0.45 -1
16 GM Asrian, Karen ARM 2634 5.5 2644 +0.13 -1
17 GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2629 5.5 2647 +0.23 -1
18 GM Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2593 5.5 2703 +1.38 1
19 GM Novikov, Stanislav RUS 2535 5.5 2712 +2.19 1
20 GM Predojevic, Borki BIH 2587 5.5 2711 +1.56 1
21 GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN 2551 5.5 2706 +1.93 1
22 GM Bocharov, Dmitry RUS 2602 5.5 2696 +1.17 1
23 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2616 5.5 2646 +0.41 1
24 GM Wang, Hao CHN 2619 5.5 2634 +0.21 1
25 GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2599 5.0 2653 +0.64 -1
26 GM Sadvakasov, Darmen KAZ 2615 5.0 2643 +0.34 -1
27 GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truongson VIE 2528 5.0 2652 +1.52 -1
28 GM Korotylev, Alexey RUS 2615 5.0 2620 +0.04 -1
29 GM Balogh, Csaba HUN 2616 5.0 2629 +0.11 -1
30 GM Grigoriants, Sergey RUS 2592 5.0 2610 +0.21 -1
31 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2627 5.0 2583 -0.57 -1
32 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2663 5.0 2629 -0.46 1
33 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2637 5.0 2628 -0.13 1
34 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR 2654 5.0 2625 -0.40 1
35 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2700 5.0 2619 -1.00 1
36 GM Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2645 5.0 2588 -0.70 1
88 players
Main tie-break was number of white's and blacks. The top 9 players
had 5 whites and 4 blacks!
Crosstable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2661 =66 =61 +81 +43 +56 = 4 +10 = 2 +22 7.0 2827
2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2691 +77 =43 +71 =13 +12 =10 +17 = 1 = 4 6.5 2768
3. Wang Yue g CHN 2644 +37 -11 =64 =32 +51 +45 +29 = 6 +10 6.5 2741
4. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2624 +75 +88 +38 +19 -10 = 1 +13 = 9 = 2 6.5 2761
5. Ni Hua g CHN 2632 +73 =44 =39 =38 +41 =27 +37 =10 +13 6.5 2728
6. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2629 +64 -71 -41 +52 +32 +39 +27 = 3 = 9 6.0 2696
7. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2669 +69 =56 =40 +34 =13 =29 =25 =15 +27 6.0 2723
8. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2636 +52 -38 +78 -37 =15 =59 +41 +51 +25 6.0 2669
9. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2650 =85 +67 -47 =55 +76 +56 +40 = 4 = 6 6.0 2718
10. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2535 +29 +16 =13 +47 + 4 = 2 - 1 = 5 - 3 5.5 2712
11. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2587 +24 + 3 =19 =12 =29 =25 =18 =16 =21 5.5 2711
12. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2602 =41 +15 +60 =11 - 2 =21 +24 -22 +39 5.5 2695
13. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2595 +79 +65 =10 = 2 = 7 +20 - 4 +26 - 5 5.5 2696
14. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2593 +84 =46 =33 =22 +19 =18 =16 =25 =17 5.5 2703
15. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2551 =20 -12 +77 =31 = 8 +47 +46 = 7 =18 5.5 2706
16. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2629 +50 -10 =58 =42 +71 +33 =14 =11 =23 5.5 2646
17. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2700 =57 +63 =56 =27 +47 =23 - 2 +43 =14 5.5 2676
18. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2619 =76 +74 =57 +44 =40 =14 =11 =23 =15 5.5 2655
19. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2644 +68 +55 =11 - 4 -14 +58 =53 +40 =20 5.5 2670
20. Wang Hao g CHN 2619 =15 +82 =59 =41 +38 -13 =34 +37 =19 5.5 2634
21. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2634 =70 =58 =55 =76 +44 =12 =42 +45 =11 5.5 2643
22. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2658 -55 +87 +61 =14 +57 =40 =23 +12 - 1 5.5 2669
23. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2616 =82 =41 +88 +59 =37 =17 =22 =18 =16 5.5 2646
24. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2679 -11 -37 +79 +81 +61 =55 -12 +42 +53 5.5 2639
25. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2616 -44 +68 +70 =57 +48 =11 = 7 =14 - 8 5.0 2628
26. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2663 +54 =40 =34 =45 =39 =37 +55 -13 =30 5.0 2629
27. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2615 +78 =59 =44 =17 +35 = 5 - 6 +67 - 7 5.0 2643
28. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2654 =39 -45 =52 +75 =30 =67 +38 =34 =29 5.0 2624
29. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2615 -10 +73 +63 +71 =11 = 7 - 3 =53 =28 5.0 2619
30. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2592 -63 +75 =42 =58 =28 =48 +50 =33 =26 5.0 2610
31. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2645 -38 =52 +74 =15 =54 =41 =39 =59 +55 5.0 2587
32. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson g VIE 2528 -43 =77 +66 = 3 - 6 =61 =47 +65 +57 5.0 2652
33. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2637 =58 +85 =14 =39 =45 -16 +64 =30 =34 5.0 2628
34. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2599 =87 +76 =26 - 7 =46 +70 =20 =28 =33 5.0 2652
35. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2700 =45 -39 +85 +64 -27 =57 -51 +48 +67 5.0 2619
36. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2627 =74 =70 -48 =50 +83 -42 =44 +76 +68 5.0 2582
37. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2563 - 3 +24 +65 + 8 =23 =26 - 5 -20 =43 4.5 2639
38. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2571 +31 + 8 - 4 = 5 -20 =43 -28 +63 =46 4.5 2613
39. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2576 =28 +35 = 5 =33 =26 - 6 =31 +56 -12 4.5 2641
40. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2601 +42 =26 = 7 +46 =18 =22 - 9 -19 =52 4.5 2625
41. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2508 =12 =23 + 6 =20 - 5 =31 - 8 +81 =45 4.5 2616
42. Li Chao2 CHN 2504 -40 +54 =30 =16 =72 +36 =21 -24 =51 4.5 2622
43. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2605 +32 = 2 =49 - 1 =59 =38 +63 -17 =37 4.5 2582
44. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2539 +25 = 5 =27 -18 -21 =62 =36 +80 =54 4.5 2613
45. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2588 =35 +28 =46 =26 =33 - 3 +72 -21 =41 4.5 2641
46. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2658 +81 =14 =45 -40 =34 +54 -15 =55 =38 4.5 2582
47. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2600 +83 =49 + 9 -10 -17 -15 =32 =64 +59 4.5 2566
48. Li Shilong g CHN 2531 -56 +69 +36 =60 -25 =30 =57 -35 +72 4.5 2628
49. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2663 +53 =47 =43 -56 -55 =50 -68 +71 +70 4.5 2574
50. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2556 -16 =62 =72 =36 +68 =49 -30 =60 +73 4.5 2619
51. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2580 -65 =79 =87 +63 - 3 +76 +35 - 8 =42 4.5 2563
52. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2562 - 8 =31 =28 - 6 =84 +88 +61 =57 =40 4.5 2583
53. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2586 -49 =83 =82 =78 +88 +60 =19 =29 -24 4.5 2587
54. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2583 -26 -42 +84 +87 =31 -46 +71 =68 =44 4.5 2556
55. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2577 +22 -19 =21 = 9 +49 =24 -26 =46 -31 4.0 2611
56. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2610 +48 = 7 =17 +49 - 1 - 9 =59 -39 =62 4.0 2565
57. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2590 =17 +72 =18 =25 -22 =35 =48 =52 -32 4.0 2577
58. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2563 =33 =21 =16 =30 =60 -19 =62 =72 =64 4.0 2582
59. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2421 +80 =27 =20 -23 =43 = 8 =56 =31 -47 4.0 2572
60. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2658 =67 +66 -12 =48 =58 -53 =70 =50 =61 4.0 2529
61. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2587 =72 = 1 -22 +82 -24 =32 -52 +85 =60 4.0 2571
62. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2604 -71 =50 -76 =83 +73 =44 =58 =70 =56 4.0 2506
63. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2445 +30 -17 -29 -51 +79 +66 -43 -38 +80 4.0 2545
64. Dyachkov, Sergej g RUS 2554 - 6 +86 = 3 -35 =65 +77 -33 =47 =58 4.0 2581
65. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2658 +51 -13 -37 =68 =64 +85 -67 -32 +81 4.0 2525
66. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2583 = 1 -60 -32 =73 +75 -63 =85 =78 +76 4.0 2519
67. Luther, Thomas g GER 2580 =60 - 9 =83 =88 +78 =28 +65 -27 -35 4.0 2559
68. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2566 -19 -25 +86 =65 -50 +83 +49 =54 -36 4.0 2561
69. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2586 - 7 -48 -75 -84 +86 +82 -76 +87 +78 4.0 2500
70. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2562 =21 =36 -25 =72 +80 -34 =60 =62 -49 3.5 2549
71. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2509 +62 + 6 - 2 -29 -16 =80 -54 -49 +85 3.5 2539
72. Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 =61 -57 =50 =70 =42 +81 -45 =58 -48 3.5 2482
73. Sedlak, Nikola g SER 2561 - 5 -29 =80 =66 -62 =75 +83 +77 -50 3.5 2499
74. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2554 =36 -18 -31 =86 -77 +87 -81 =79 +83 3.5 2484
75. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2554 - 4 -30 +69 -28 -66 =73 =79 +84 - 3.0 2475
76. Gareev, Timur g UZB 2551 =18 -34 +62 =21 - 9 -51 +69 -36 -66 3.0 2484
77. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 - 2 =32 -15 =85 +74 -64 =78 -73 =79 3.0 2430
78. Evdokimov, Alexander A g RUS 2531 -27 +80 - 8 =53 -67 =84 =77 =66 -69 3.0 2454
79. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2456 -13 =51 -24 -80 -63 +86 =75 =74 =77 3.0 2451
80. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2592 -59 -78 =73 +79 -70 =71 +84 -44 -63 3.0 2371
81. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2577 -46 +84 - 1 -24 +82 -72 +74 -41 -65 3.0 2472
82. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2538 =23 -20 =53 -61 -81 -69 -86 +88 +87 3.0 2442
83. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2496 -47 =53 =67 =62 -36 -68 -73 +86 -74 2.5 2420
84. Shen Yang wg CHN 2446 -14 -81 -54 +69 =52 =78 -80 -75 =88 2.5 2393
85. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2572 = 9 -33 -35 =77 +87 -65 =66 -61 -71 2.5 2432
86. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2599 -88 -64 -68 =74 -69 -79 +82 -83 + 2.5 2301
87. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2474 =34 -22 =51 -54 -85 -74 +88 -69 -82 2.0 2349
88. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2459 +86 - 4 -23 =67 -53 -52 -87 -82 =84 2.0 2338
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The 5th weekend of the German Bundesliga took place 24th-25th February
2007.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de -
Further info: http://www.schach.com and
http://www.schachbund.de
Round 10 24th February 2007
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 5 - 3 SC Kreuzberg
1 Bu,Xiangzhi ½ : ½ Sargissian,Ga 2
3 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Socko,Bartosz 3
4 Sokolov,Andre 1 : 0 Luther,Thomas 4
5 Ribli,Zoltan 1 : 0 Kalinitschew, 5
8 Boensch,Uwe ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 6
9 Kindermann,St ½ : ½ Loeffler,Stef 8
10 Hertneck,Gera 0 : 1 Richter,Micha 10
11 Teske,Henrik 1 : 0 Moser,Eva 11
SC Eppingen 4 - 4 SK König Tegel
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Rabiega,Rober 1
2 Balogh,Csaba 0 : 1 Stern,Rene 2
3 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Muse,Mladen 3
4 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Muse,Drazen 4
5 Braun,Arik 0 : 1 Von Herman,Ul 6
6 Meier,Georg ½ : ½ Sarbok,Torste 7
7 Medvegy,Zolta 1 : 0 Pachow,Joerg 8
11 Vogt,Lothar 1 : 0 Teschke,Olaf 12
Venue: Muelheim Nord
SV Mülheim Nord 2 - 6 OSC Baden Baden
1 Tregubov,Pave 0 : 1 Bacrot,Etienn 4
2 Landa,Konstan 1 : 0 Nisipeanu,Liv 6
5 Levin,Felix 0 : 1 Harikrishna,P 7
7 Hausrath,Dani 0 : 1 Nielsen,Peter 9
8 Schebler,Gerh 0 : 1 Krasenkow,Mic 11
10 Kern,Guido 0 : 1 Dautov,Rustem 12
12 Wegener,Olaf ½ : ½ Schlosser,Phi 13
15 Tereick,Benja ½ : ½ Doettling,Fab 14
SF Katernberg 5 - 3 SC Bann
1 Volokitin,And 1 : 0 Laznicka,Vikt 1
3 Erenburg,Serg ½ : ½ Stocek,Jiri 2
4 L'Ami,Erwin ½ : ½ Cvek,Robert 3
5 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Slobodjan,Rom 5
9 Senff,Martin ½ : ½ Muraniy,Karl- 6
10 Siebrecht,Seb 1 : 0 Lazarev,Vladi 7
11 Souleidis,Geo 0 : 1 Bunzmann,Dimi 8
13 Scholz,Christ 1 : 0 Cernousek,Luk 10
Venue:Koelln
SG Köln Porz 6½-1½ Bindlach-Aktionä
1 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Naiditsch,Ark 1
2 Lutz,Christop 1 : 0 Navara,David 2
3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Baklan,Vladim 3
4 Timman,Jan H 1 : 0 Baramidze,Dav 4
5 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 6
7 Sakaev,Konsta 1 : 0 Stohl,Igor Dr 7
8 Korneev,Oleg 1 : 0 Bezold,Michae 8
9 Hansen,Curt 1 : 0 Markos,Jan 9
SC Remagen 4 - 4 SF Berlin 1903
4 Bauer,Christi 0 : 1 Polzin,Rainer 5
5 Goloshchapov, 1 : 0 Thiede,Lars 6
6 Degraeve,Jean ½ : ½ Borriss,Marti 8
7 Popovic,Petar 1 : 0 Poldauf,Dirk 9
8 Bindrich,Falk ½ : ½ Kraemer,Marti 10
10 Mainka,Romual ½ : ½ Schneider,Ilj 11
11 Boidman,Yuri ½ : ½ Thinius,Marco 12
14 Schulz,Klaus- 0 : 1 Rudolf,Henrik 13
Venue: Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen 4 - 4 SG Aljechin Soli
1 McShane,Luke ½ : ½ Nikolic,Predr 2
2 Efimenko,Zaha 0 : 1 Stellwagen,Da 3
3 Areshchenko,A 1 : 0 Naumann,Alexa 5
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Werle,Jan 6
5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Mich 7
7 Nyback,Tomi ½ : ½ Smeets,Jan 8
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Gabriel,Chris 9
9 Schandorff,La ½ : ½ Ernst,Sipke 10
Hamburger SK 5 - 3 SV Wattenscheid
1 Wojtaszek,Rad 1 : 0 Macieja,Bartl 2
3 Ftacnik,Lubom 1 : 0 Rustemov,Alex 3
4 Kempinski,Rob ½ : ½ Johannessen,L 4
5 Hansen,Sune B ½ : ½ Appel,Ralf 7
7 Mueller,Karst ½ : ½ Holzke,Frank 8
8 Reeh,Oliver 0 : 1 Handke,Floria 9
10 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Dinstuhl,Volk 11
13 Sebastian,Dir 1 : 0 Straeter,Timo 13
Round 11 25th February 2007
Venue: Tegernsee
SC Kreuzberg 3½-4½ SC Eppingen
2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Gyimesi,Zolta 1
3 Socko,Bartosz 1 : 0 Balogh,Csaba 2
4 Luther,Thomas ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 3
5 Kalinitschew, 0 : 1 Acs,Peter 4
6 Tischbierek,R ½ : ½ Braun,Arik 5
8 Loeffler,Stef 0 : 1 Meier,Georg 6
10 Richter,Micha ½ : ½ Medvegy,Zolta 7
11 Moser,Eva ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 11
SK König Tegel 2 - 6 TV Tegernsee
1 Rabiega,Rober 0 : 1 Bu,Xiangzhi 1
2 Stern,Rene ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 4
3 Muse,Mladen 0 : 1 Ribli,Zoltan 5
4 Muse,Drazen ½ : ½ Boensch,Uwe 8
6 Von Herman,Ul ½ : ½ Kindermann,St 9
7 Sarbok,Torste 0 : 1 Hertneck,Gera 10
8 Pachow,Joerg 0 : 1 Teske,Henrik 11
12 Teschke,Olaf ½ : ½ Stangl,Markus 13
Venue: Muelheim Nord
OSC Baden Baden 4½-3½ SF Katernberg
4 Bacrot,Etienn 0 : 1 Volokitin,And 1
6 Nisipeanu,Liv ½ : ½ Erenburg,Serg 3
7 Harikrishna,P ½ : ½ L'Ami,Erwin 4
9 Nielsen,Peter ½ : ½ Chuchelov,Vla 5
11 Krasenkow,Mic ½ : ½ Senff,Martin 9
12 Dautov,Rustem 1 : 0 Siebrecht,Seb 10
13 Schlosser,Phi ½ : ½ Souleidis,Geo 11
14 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Scholz,Christ 13
SC Bann 5½-2½ SV Mülheim Nord
1 Laznicka,Vikt ½ : ½ Tregubov,Pave 1
2 Stocek,Jiri 1 : 0 Landa,Konstan 2
3 Cvek,Robert ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
5 Slobodjan,Rom ½ : ½ Saltaev,Mihai 6
6 Muraniy,Karl- ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani 7
7 Lazarev,Vladi ½ : ½ Schebler,Gerh 8
8 Bunzmann,Dimi 1 : 0 Kern,Guido 10
10 Cernousek,Luk 1 : 0 Wegener,Olaf 12
Venue: Koelln
Bindlach-Aktionä 4 - 4 SC Remagen
1 Naiditsch,Ark ½ : ½ Bauer,Christi 4
2 Navara,David 1 : 0 Goloshchapov, 5
3 Baklan,Vladim ½ : ½ Degraeve,Jean 6
4 Baramidze,Dav 1 : 0 Popovic,Petar 7
6 Bischoff,Klau 0 : 1 Bindrich,Falk 8
7 Stohl,Igor Dr ½ : ½ Mainka,Romual 10
8 Bezold,Michae ½ : ½ Boidman,Yuri 11
9 Markos,Jan 0 : 1 Schulz,Klaus- 14
SF Berlin 1903 1 - 7 SG Köln Porz
5 Polzin,Rainer 0 : 1 Vaganian,Rafa 1
6 Thiede,Lars ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop 2
8 Borriss,Marti 0 : 1 Van Wely,Loek 3
9 Poldauf,Dirk 0 : 1 Timman,Jan H 4
10 Kraemer,Marti 0 : 1 Graf,Alexande 5
11 Schneider,Ilj 0 : 1 Sakaev,Konsta 7
12 Thinius,Marco 0 : 1 Korneev,Oleg 8
13 Rudolf,Henrik ½ : ½ Hansen,Curt 9
Venue: Werder Bremen
SG Aljechin Soli 3½-4½ Hamburger SK
2 Nikolic,Predr ½ : ½ Wojtaszek,Rad 1
3 Stellwagen,Da 1 : 0 Ftacnik,Lubom 3
5 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 4
6 Werle,Jan ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 5
7 Hoffmann,Mich 0 : 1 Mueller,Karst 7
8 Smeets,Jan 1 : 0 Reeh,Oliver 8
9 Gabriel,Chris 0 : 1 Heinemann,Thi 10
10 Ernst,Sipke 0 : 1 Sebastian,Dir 13
SV Wattenscheid 1½-6½ Werder Bremen
2 Macieja,Bartl ½ : ½ McShane,Luke 1
3 Rustemov,Alex ½ : ½ Efimenko,Zaha 2
4 Johannessen,L 0 : 1 Areshchenko,A 3
5 Bartel,Mateus ½ : ½ Hracek,Zbynek 4
8 Holzke,Frank 0 : 1 Pelletier,Yan 5
9 Handke,Floria 0 : 1 Nyback,Tomi 7
11 Dinstuhl,Volk 0 : 1 Fish,Gennadij 8
13 Straeter,Timo 0 : 1 Schandorff,La 9
Round 11 Standings:
1. OSC Baden Baden 11 20 64½
2. SG Köln Porz 11 17 56½
3. Hamburger SK 11 17 49½
4. SC Remagen 11 16 47
5. Bindlach-Aktionä 11 14 48
6. SF Katernberg 11 12 44
7. Werder Bremen 11 11 47½
8. SG Aljechin Soli 11 11 45½
9. TV Tegernsee 11 11 44½
10. SC Kreuzberg 11 11 44½
11. SC Eppingen 11 11 40
12. SV Wattenscheid 11 9 37½
13. SV Mülheim Nord 11 5 37½
14. SC Bann 11 5 36½
15. SF Berlin 1903 11 5 34
16. SK König Tegel 11 1 27
The Polish Championship took place in Opole 9th-22nd February 2007.
Tomasz Markowski won the title by half a point from Bartosz Socko, both players
won in the final round.
Official site: http://www.ozszach.pl/impm2007/index.html
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64th ch-POL Opole POL (POL), 9-22 ii 2007 cat. XII (2529)
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1. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2553 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2738
2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2629 0 * 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 9.5 2696
3. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2587 = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2634
4. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2637 0 0 = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 7.5 2577
5. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2542 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 7.0 2556
6. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2629 = = = 0 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2550
7. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2590 = = = = = = * = = = = 0 = 1 6.5 2524
8. Cyborowski, Lukasz g POL 2580 0 = = 1 0 = = * = = = = = 1 6.5 2525
9. Heberla, Bartlomiej g POL 2557 = 0 0 = = = = = * 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2526
10. Bobula, Mateusz POL 2359 = 0 0 0 1 = = = 1 * = = 1 0 6.0 2513
11. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2461 0 = = 0 0 = = = 0 = * = = = 4.5 2424
12. Tomczak, Jacek f POL 2457 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 4.5 2424
13. Lubczynski, Rafal f POL 2383 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 0 3.5 2365
14. Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2441 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 3.5 2360
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The V Breizh Masters took place in Guingamp, France 16th-24th February
2007. Mikhailo Oleksienko won the men's event with 7/9. Myroslava Hrabinska and
Vita Chulivska finished on 6.5/9 in the women's.
http://echiquierguingampais.free.fr/
- http://echiquierguingampais.free.fr/breizhmaster5.htm
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V Breizh Masters GM Guingamp FRA (FRA), 16-24 ii 2007 cat. IX (2451)
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1. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2541 * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2661
2. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2592 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2601
3. Eliet, Nicolas m FRA 2440 1 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2577
4. Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae m ROM 2455 0 = = * = 1 1 1 1 = 6.0 2576
5. Benitah, Yohan m FRA 2423 = 0 1 = * 0 = = 1 = 4.5 2454
6. Bellaiche, Anthony m FRA 2472 0 = = 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 4.0 2406
7. Spiridonov, Nikola g BUL 2365 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 3.5 2381
8. Monroy, Charles f FRA 2408 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.5 2376
9. Terrieux, Kevin f FRA 2332 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 2.5 2298
10. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2486 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 2174
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1. Hrabinska, Myroslava wg UKR 2294 * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2247
2. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2208 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2256
3. Andersson, Christin wm SWE 2225 1 1 * = 0 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2213
4. Marchadour, Emilie FRA 2079 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2229
5. Greef, Melissa RSA 1930 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2246
6. Benmesbah, Natacha wf FRA 2179 = 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2173
7. Choisy, Mathilde wf FRA 2079 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.5 2104
8. Le Diouron, Aurelie FRA 2021 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 2.5 1945
9. Le Bail, Clara FRA 1952 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 1846
10. Bismuth, Lea FRA 2056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 5th international Chess Festival of Meurthe et Moselle in Nancy
(France) took place 19th-25th February 2007.
Christophe Philippe reports: 130 players competed over 9 rounds and one
week in 13 groups of 10 players each. The beautiful playing hall was in
"Conseil Général de Meurthe et Moselle", the official building of
the department. Group A was for GM-norms (average 2489) and only the ukrainian
IM Sikula achieved it with 6/9. GM Namig Guliyev from Azerbaidjan crushed the
tournament being always on the lead and finishing calmy with two draws and 7/9.
Iranian GM Moradiabadi finished 3rd with 5,5/9. Indian GM Sandipan suffered a
terrible tournament but fight back to win the 2 last rounds. The local FM
Nicolas Brunner achieved an unnecessary 4th IM-norm with 4/9. Group B was for
IM-norms (average 2315) but no player could achieve the necessary 6 or 6,5
points. FM Bouhallel could do it but lost terribly the last round against the
weakest elo. Russian IM Gladyshev crushed the tournament with 8/9 ! He wins a
place in the GM-group of next year. The group C was very interesting with 10
players over 2200 elo, killing themselves for 2 places in IM-group of next
year. Finally an old french player and writter, Alain Fayard played like a
young gun and achieved 7,5/9. Delorme is second with 7/9 and take the other
ticket for 2008-B group. Next year, about same dates for 6th chess festival...
Official site:
http://philippechess.free.fr/Festival2007/F07resultats.html
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1. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2545 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2704
2. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2515 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2612
3. Moradiabadi, Elshan g IRI 2569 = = * 1 1 = 0 = = 1 5.5 2561
4. Okhotnik, Vladimir m FRA 2486 = = 0 * = 0 = = 1 1 4.5 2491
5. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2561 0 = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 4.5 2482
6. Brunner, Nicolas f FRA 2426 = 0 = 1 0 * = = = = 4.0 2454
7. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2475 0 0 1 = = = * = 0 1 4.0 2449
8. Nezar, Mustapha f FRA 2423 0 = = = = = = * = 0 3.5 2418
9. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2472 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = * = 3.5 2412
10. Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2433 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.5 2330
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1. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2455 * 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2655
2. Dovzik, Juri m UKR 2421 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2433
3. Bouhallel, Rabah f FRA 2329 0 = * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2398
4. Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw m LUX 2378 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2356
5. Spielmann, Alain f FRA 2228 = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 4.5 2330
6. Pucher, Sebastien FRA 2254 0 = = = = * = = 1 0 4.0 2284
7. Stark, Lars f GER 2424 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2265
8. Woehrel, Hermann FRA 2166 0 0 1 0 = = 0 * 0 1 3.0 2211
9. Delorme, Alban FRA 2236 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 2.5 2163
10. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2307 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 * 2.5 2155
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The 2nd Soller GM tournament took place in Spain 5th-11th February 2007.
Pontus Carlsson made a GM norm in winning the event with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.chessmallorca.com
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1. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2492 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2607
2. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2445 1 * = 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2527
3. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2526 = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2518
4. Salgado Lopez, Ivan f ESP 2422 = 1 = * 0 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2492
5. Llaneza Vega, Marcos f ESP 2427 0 0 1 1 * = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2492
6. Galego, Luis g POR 2537 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2436
7. Alsina Leal, Daniel f ESP 2430 0 1 0 = 1 0 * = 1 0 4.0 2405
8. Vila Gazquez, Xavier f ESP 2407 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = 4.0 2408
9. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2450 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 * = 2.5 2280
10. Michalczak, Thomas f GER 2332 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 2.5 2293
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The 14th Open Belisce Metalis took place in Bizovac, Croatia 22nd-25th
February 2007. Misa Pap won the event with 6/7.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/07/index
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1. Pap, Misa m SER 2475 6,0 25,0 33,5 2685 26,0
2. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2495 5,5 25,0 33,0 2610 24,5
3. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2504 5,5 24,5 34,0 2598 25,0
4. Perunovic, Milos g SER 2547 5,5 24,5 32,5 2599 25,0
5. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2591 5,5 24,0 33,5 2603 24,5
6. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2471 5,5 23,5 31,0 2546 23,5
7. Milanovic, Danilo m SER 2519 5,5 23,0 32,5 2567 24,5
8. Vargic, Drago f CRO 2360 5,5 22,5 29,5 2517 22,0
9. Dulic,Grgur CRO ---- 5,5 22,0 30,5 2525 21,0
10. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO g CRO 2557 5,5 22,0 30,0 2536 23,0
11. Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2507 5,5 22,0 30,0 2517 23,0
12. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2575 5,5 21,5 30,5 2578 23,5
13. Leventic, Ivan g CRO 2486 5,5 21,0 29,0 2483 22,5
14. Drazic, Sinisa g SER 2483 5,5 20,5 29,0 2450 21,5
15. Zivkovic, Vjekoslav m CRO 2441 5,0 22,5 30,5 2383 22,5
16. Orak, Ljubomir f CRO 2331 5,0 20,5 28,0 2372 20,0
17. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2570 5,0 20,5 28,0 2317 19,0
18. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2387 5,0 20,0 28,0 2344 20,5
19. Sertic, Rudolf CRO 2346 5,0 19,5 28,0 2279 20,0
20. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2528 5,0 19,5 26,5 2354 19,5
21. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2307 5,0 16,0 23,5 2255 19,0
165 players
The III South American Championship U20 took place 2nd-11th February
2007 in Buenos Aires. Sandro Mareco won the event with 7/9. Some of the ratings
given in the official standings are different to the rating list I have, also
it says its the 2006 championships, I don't know whether that's an error or if
the event is just late.
Info:
http://201.216.215.170/torneos/SUD_SUB20_MATHEU/index_matheu.htm
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3rd ch-Sudamericano U20 Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 6-11 ii 2007
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Official Final Standings:
1 MARECO, Sandro ARG 2356 7 39.0 43.0 43.5
2 GOLDWASER, Christian ARG 2374 6.5 29.5 41.0 44.5
3 DI BERARDINO, Diego BRA 2416 im 6 28.5 40.0 43.0
4-7 CORDOVA, Emilio PER 2477 im 5.5 30.5 43.0 47.5
KOVALYOV, Anton ARG 2475 fm 5.5 30.0 43.0 47.0
FUSCO, Leonardo ARG 2251 5.5 29.0 42.0 45.5
AMBROGI, Agustin ARG 2159 5.5 23.0 37.0 37.5
8-9 DIAMANT, André BRA 2426 fm 5 26.0 42.0 46.0
FIER HILARIO, Alexandr BRA 2526 gm 5 26.0 42.0 45.5
10-14 MEKHITARIAN, Krikor BRA 2416 im 4.5 27.0 43.5 46.0
MAYORGA, Nicolas ARG 2231 4.5 24.0 37.5 40.5
NEEDLEMAN, Gaston ARG 2437 im 4.5 23.5 41.5 45.0
BLIT, Jacques ARG 2306 4.5 21.5 37.5 40.0
LEMOS, Damian ARG 2439 im 4.5 19.5 34.0 34.5
15-17 CORI TELLO, Jorge PER 2213 fm 4 20.5 39.0 39.5
LATORRE, Matias PAR 2009 4 20.5 38.0 40.5
ZABALA, Adriel ARG 2093 4 17.5 33.5 34.0
18-19 GARNIER, Rene ARG 2042 3.5 18.0 34.5 35.0
PEREZ PONSA, Federico ARG 2183 3.5 17.0 33.0 33.5
20 BORDA, Alan BOL 2044 3 11.0 32.5 33.0
21 PIZZOCARO GOMEZ, Gustavo BRA 2043 2.5 10.0 31.5 32.0
22 ROSSI, Leonardo ARG 2019 0.5 3.5 35.0 37.5
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1. Mareco, Sandro ARG 2356 +22 +11 +10 = 5 + 4 + 9 = 6 = 2 = 3 7.0 2599
2. Goldwaser, Cristian ARG 2374 =18 =16 +15 - 8 + 7 +11 + 5 = 1 + 6 6.5 2429
3. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2439 +20 = 4 =14 -10 =16 +15 + 9 + 5 = 1 6.0 2453
4. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2477 +13 = 3 + 9 +11 - 1 - 5 +10 = 6 = 8 5.5 2475
5. Kovalyov, Anton f ARG 2475 =16 +15 + 8 = 1 =10 + 4 - 2 - 3 +12 5.5 2415
6. Fusco, Leonardo ARG 2251 - 9 +17 =19 +12 + 8 +10 = 1 = 4 - 2 5.5 2430
7. Ambrogi, Agustin ARG 2159 -11 +22 -12 +19 - 2 +14 +17 = 8 +13 5.5 2358
8. Diamant, Andre f BRA 2426 +17 = 9 - 5 + 2 - 6 +16 =13 = 7 = 4 5.0 2353
9. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2522 + 6 = 8 - 4 +18 +13 - 1 - 3 =10 +16 5.0 2360
10. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2419 +21 +14 - 1 + 3 = 5 - 6 - 4 = 9 =11 4.5 2382
11. Needleman, Gaston ARG 2437 + 7 - 1 +16 - 4 +18 - 2 -12 +15 =10 4.5 2261
12. Blit, Jacques ARG 2306 -15 =18 + 7 - 6 =14 +21 +11 =13 - 5 4.5 2231
13. Mayorga, Nicolas ARG 2231 - 4 +20 =18 +14 - 9 +17 = 8 =12 - 7 4.5 2278
14. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2439 +19 -10 = 3 -13 =12 - 7 =21 +20 +22 4.5 2204
15. Latorre, Matias PAR 2009 +12 - 5 - 2 =17 +19 - 3 +18 -11 =21 4.0 2222
16. Cori, Jorge f PER 2213 = 5 = 2 -11 +22 = 3 - 8 =20 +19 - 9 4.0 2281
17. Zabala, Jorge Adriel ARG 2093 - 8 - 6 +21 =15 +20 -13 - 7 +22 =19 4.0 2108
18. Garnier, Rene ARG 2042 = 2 =12 =13 - 9 -11 +22 -15 +21 -20 3.5 2140
19. Perez Ponsa, Federico ARG 2183 -14 +21 = 6 - 7 -15 =20 +22 -16 =17 3.5 2061
20. Borda, Alan BOL 2044 - 3 -13 =22 =21 -17 =19 =16 -14 +18 3.0 2064
21. Gomez, Gustavo Pizzocaro BRA 2043 -10 -19 -17 =20 +22 -12 =14 -18 =15 2.5 2006
22. Rossi, Leonardo ARG 2019 - 1 - 7 =20 -16 -21 -18 -19 -17 -14 0.5 1730
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Two all-play-all events with very similar compositions were held back to
back 14th-25th February 2006. Leonardo Tristan won the stronger first event
with 6/9 undefeated. Jose Fernando Cubas scored 7/9 in the second event a point
clear of Tristan in the second.
Details: http://scalise.250free.com/nec07/nec07ini.htm
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1. Tristan, Leonardo ARG 2317 * = = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2450
2. Real de Azua, Ernesto f ARG 2437 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2392
3. Perdomo, Leandro m ARG 2383 = = * = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2398
4. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2414 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2395
5. Garbarino, Rodolfo m ARG 2374 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2319
6. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2281 = = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2329
7. Airando, Martin f ARG 2229 = = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2335
8. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2253 = 0 = = = = = * 0 = 3.5 2253
9. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2365 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 3.0 2195
10. Zuriel, Marisa wm ARG 2197 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * 2.5 2173
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1. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2414 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2500
2. Tristan, Leonardo ARG 2317 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2416
3. Hase, Juan C m ARG 2311 = = * = = 1 = = = = 5.0 2334
4. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2281 = = = * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2338
5. Orsini, Antonio ARG 2370 = = = = * 0 1 1 0 1 5.0 2328
6. Aguilar, Andres ARG 2258 0 = 0 = 1 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2297
7. Shcherbine, Andrei RUS 2238 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = 3.5 2219
8. Leskovar, Matias f ARG 2297 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 3.5 2213
9. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2253 0 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2173
10. Zuriel, Marisa wm ARG 2197 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2138
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The 2007 OCF Winter NAO FIDE Open Was held in Stillwater, Oklahoma USA
with a 7-SS format over 3 days (2-3-2). 111 players from many federations and
over a dozen states competed. (25 players were from Texas and 35 from host
state Oklahoma) The clear winner with 6 points was GM Vaseliy Aveskulov from
the Ukraine playing in his first USA event. He rode the bus down from Omaha,
Nebraska. Many titled players drove the 4 hours up from the Univ of Texas at
Dallas to play. They included IM Vavrak, GM Panchanathan, IM Zivanic and WFM
Doibani. Time control was G-100 + 20 sec. The event was organized by the
Oklahoma Chess Foundation and games were collected by Monroi with the help of
Chris Bird of Boston. Jerry Hanken was present from Los Angeles to write an
article on the event for USCF’s Chess Life Magazine. Frank Berry, Jim
Berry, Pieta Garrett and Chris Bird helped directed the event. My thanks to
Frank Berry for this report and to Chris Bird for collecting the games.
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OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op Stillwater USA (USA), 17-19 ii 2007
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1. Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2517 6.0
2. Krush, Irina m USA 2449 5.5
3. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2602 5.5
4. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2500 5.5
5. Vavrak, Peter m SVK 2423 5.5
6. Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran g IND 2466 5.5
7. Ortiz, Nadya Karolina wm COL 2291 5.5
8. Baginskaite, Camilla wg USA 2317 5.5
9. Simms, Gary USA 2173 5.5
10. Zivanic, Marko m SER 2451 5.0
11. Bayaraa, Zorigt wf MGL 2151 5.0
12. Anderson, Renard f USA 2270 5.0
13. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2295 5.0
14. Brooks, Michael A m USA 2481 5.0
15. Zenyuk, Iryna wf USA 2176 5.0
16. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2280 4.5
17. Vicary, Elizabeth wf USA 2133 4.5
18. Vayserberg, Tatia USA 2037 4.5
19. Jackson, Trevor H USA 2139 4.5
20. Solovyov,Anton ---- 4.5
111 players
The Czech championship took place in Praha 5th-16th February 2007. Tomas
Polak took the title, its unclear to me whether there was a playoff or he took
the title on tie-break from Vlastimil Babula, both finished on 7.5/11.
Official site:
http://www.chess.cz/web/souteze/mcr-muzi/_2007.html
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ch-CZE Praha CZE (CZE), 6-16 ii 2007 cat. IX (2473)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2500 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2603
2. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2584 = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2596
3. Votava, Jan g CZE 2529 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2570
4. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2566 = = = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2566
5. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2506 = = = = * = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2572
6. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2530 0 = = = = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 6.0 2504
7. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2437 = 0 = = = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2476
8. Oral, Tomas g CZE 2521 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = = 1 1 5.5 2469
9. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2446 = = = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 5.0 2439
10. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2360 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 * 1 1 4.5 2418
11. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2501 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2337
12. Kociscak, Jiri CZE 2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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A rapid match took place in Negotino (MKD) 12th-16th February 2007 where
Zdenko Kozul beat Trajce Nedev 5,5:0,5. Time rate: 25min+5sec.
Official site: http://www.chess.com.mk
Kozul, Zdenko - Nedev, Trajce 1-0 35 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Nedev, Trajce - Kozul, Zdenko 0-1 49 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Kozul, Zdenko - Nedev, Trajce 1-0 42 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Nedev, Trajce - Kozul, Zdenko 0-1 44 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Kozul, Zdenko - Nedev, Trajce 1-0 42 A65 Benoni
Nedev, Trajce - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 68 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Rapid Match Negotino MKD (MKD), 12-16 ii 2007
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Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2616 1 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2924
Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2523 0 0 0 0 0 = 0.5 2215
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Cannes hosted the 4th Mediterreanean Men & Women Championships and
several opens 18th-25th February 2007. Games from rounds 1-8 of the
Mediterreanean championships won by Suat Atalik on tie-break from Manuel
Apicella are available. All 9 rounds of the open were covered by
Monroi are
available, that was won by Nebojsa Nikcevic on tie-break.
Further info: http://www.medchess.com/,
http://www.cannes-echecs.org,
http://www.echecs.asso.fr
4th Mediterreanean Men & Women Championships
Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl Nom Elo Cat. Pts Me. Bu. Cu.
1 g ATALIK Suat 2586 Sen 7 27½ 49½ 36
2 g APICELLA Manuel 2534 Sen 7 26 46½ 34
3 g BELKHODJA Slim 2487 Sen 6 25½ 46½ 31
4 m DEMBO Yelena 2469 Sen 6 24 43½ 27½
5 g GUREVICH Mikhail 2635 Sen 6 24 43½ 27½
6 m SARIC Ivan 2469 Cad 5½ 28 50 31½
7 f BOGUT Zeljko 2437 Sen 5½ 26 48 29
8 GEORGIADIS Ioannis 2392 Jun 5½ 25½ 45½ 30½
9 m COLLAS Silvia 2389 Sen 5 27½ 49 29½
10 g DJUKIC Nikola 2527 Sen 5 27 51 31½
11 m PISCOPO Pierluigi 2380 Sen 5 25½ 44½ 27½
12 CABRERA TRUJILLO Jorge 2279 Min 5 24½ 43½ 26
13 mf KRIVEC Jana 2316 Sen 5 24 41½ 26
14 f CALISTRI Tristan 2381 Sen 5 21½ 37½ 22½
15 m EL GINDY Essam 2523 Sen 5 21 37½ 21
16 m PERIC Slavisa 2306 Sen 4½ 24 41½ 22½
17 gf CALZETTA Monica 2352 Sen 4½ 21 38 22½
18 f VAN HOOLANDT Patrick 2257 Sen 4½ 19 35 20½
19 f KHAIRALLAH Faisal 2293 Sen 4 22½ 41½ 21½
20 ff DRLJEVIC Ljilja 2243 Sen 4 22½ 39 22
21 MEHAIBIA Azzedine 2190 Sen 4 20½ 37 19
22 f GARCIA Raul 2233 Sen 4 18 34 14
23 NIKAC Predrag 2383 Sen 4 17 34½ 17
24 LEBEL Patrick 2165 Sen 3½ 22½ 39 18
25 mf TITOVA-BORIC Elena 2281 Sen 3½ 18 34½ 14
26 mf GUTIERREZ CASTILLO Paloma 2192 Sen 3½ 18 33½ 16
27 ff OZTURK Kubra 2131 Min 3 22½ 41½ 19½
28 mf SOLIC Kristina 2155 Sen 3 20 36 11½
29 PACE Colin 2147 Sen 3 18 33½ 15
30 BORG Andrew 2105 Sen 3 18 31½ 12
31 mf LEBEL-ARIAS Julia 1989 Sen 2½ 19 34 10
32 MESSINA Roberta 1834 Sen 2 19½ 34½ 14
FIJ 2007 OPEN A
Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl Nom Elo Pts Tr. Perf Bu.
1 g NIKCEVIC Nebojsa 2448 7 42 2597 50½
2 g ZELCIC Robert 2557 7 41 2577 47½
3 m BOSIOCIC Marin 2474 7 41 2560 50
4 m FOISOR Ovidiu Doru 2418 7 38½ 2545 47
5 m SANCHEZ Joseph 2482 6½ 43 2572 52
6 g SULAVA Nenad 2537 6½ 43 2565 52
7 f HESS Robert L 2394 6½ 39½ 2483 47
8 m MOGRANZINI Roberto 2401 6½ 38 2495 45½
9 g PALAC Mladen 2571 6 45½ 2533 55½
10 f ARANOVITCH Emiliano 2297 6 40½ 2408 47
11 f CLERY Nicolas 2324 6 39½ 2418 47½
12 f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2358 6 37 2397 44
13 f FELLER Sebastien 2431 6 36½ 2399 44
14 m WOHL Aleksandar H. 2425 5½ 42 2423 51
15 f FARGERE Francois 2330 5½ 41 2387 48½
16 SAATDJIAN Thomas 2187 5½ 39 2404 46½
17 PULITO Alberto 2239 5½ 38½ 2415 45
18 m OLIVIER Jean-Christophe 2365 5½ 38 2350 45
19 mf FOISOR Sabina-Francesca 2342 5½ 38 2322 44
20 f VERNAY Clovis 2341 5½ 37½ 2312 46
21 m MUFIC Goran 2312 5½ 37 2316 43½
22 m FOISOR Cristina Adela 2399 5½ 36 2351 44½
23 f BRUNED Yvain 2335 5½ 35½ 2351 43½
24 MIDOUX Sebastien 2358 5 39½ 2299 47
25 m FIERRO BAQUERO Martha L. 2339 5 39 2312 46½
26 MALEKI Nicolas 2116 5 37½ 2299 44½
27 m PETROSIAN Suren 2391 5 36½ 2260 44
28 gf LECONTE Maria 2377 5 36 2311 43½
29 m SARAVANAN V. 2374 5 34½ 2223 42
30 DERIEUX Christian 2134 5 34 2273 40½
31 VAN HEIRZEELE Daniel 2234 5 34 2244 40
32 mf MULLER Anne 2188 5 31 2252 36½
33 f DIMITROV Christo 2299 5 28½ 2135 34
88 players
The Championship of Chile 2006-7 (Fenach - they have two federations)
took place in Santiago de Chile 5th-11th 2007. Eduardo Arancibia won the event
with 7.5/9 on tie-break from Luis Rojas.
Official site: http://www.fenach.cl/
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1. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2358 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2546
2. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2414 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2540
3. Rioseco, Fernando CHI 2198 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2371
4. Avalos, Joao CHI 2272 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2326
5. Calvo, Pablo CHI 2254 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2328
6. Lopez Silva, Hugo CHI 2410 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2268
7. Mesias, Rabindranath CHI 2220 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 3.5 2209
8. Salas, Cristian f CHI 2418 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2142
9. Vergara Rozas,Jose CHI ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * = 2.0 2093
10. Riffo, Elizardo CHI 2279 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2009
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The 8th round of the Belgian League took place on 11th February 2007.
CE Namur maintains first place with one boardpoint because runner up
CRELEL surprisingly only drew with Eynatten 1. No more suspense as far as
relegation is concerned. News: Valery Maes.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Results round 8 ( 11-02-2007 )
KBSK 2 KGSRL 2-6
Leuven Centraal Temse 2-6
KBSK 1 Borgerhout 4-4
CRELEL Eynatten 1 4-4
Rochade Eynatten 2 6-2
CE Namur CREC 4,5-3,5
Standings after round 8
Club BP MP
1 CE Namur 42 14
2 CRELEL 41 14
3 CREC 37 10
4 SK Rochade 36,5 10
5 Eynatten 2 35,5 10
6 Eynatten 1 34,5 10
7 Temse 33,5 8
8 KGSRL 30 7
9 Borgerhout 28 6
10 KBSK 1 28 5
11 Leuven Centraal 20,5 2
12 KBSK 2 17,5 0
The Brazilian Women's Championship took place in Americana-SP 17th-20th
February 2007. Suzana Chang won the event with 6.5/7 a point clear of the
field. News: Joaquim De Deus Fº.
Details: http://www.fpx.com.br/mostranw.asp?nwid=391
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ch-BRA w Americana-SP BRA (BRA), 17-20 ii 2007
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Official Final Standings:
1 Chang, Suzana 2065 6.5 23.0 31.0 26.0 28.25
2 Delai, Paula Fernanda 2042 5.5 24.5 34.0 25.0 25.25
3 Gazola, Vanessa Ramos 2055 5.5 21.5 30.5 23.0 21.75
4 Terao, Juliana Sayumi 2073 5 21.0 30.5 21.0 18.50
5 Drobrzenski, Jessica 1939 5 21.0 29.5 21.0 19.50
6 Feliciano, Vanessa 2075 4.5 22.5 30.5 22.0 17.25
7 Choma, Juliana Luiza 4.5 19.5 27.0 18.5 14.75
8 De Miranda, Carolina 4.5 19.0 26.5 18.5 14.25
9 Ribeiro, Regina 2108 4.5 18.5 28.5 18.5 16.50
10 Chaves, Joara 2032 4 19.5 27.0 16.0 11.50
11 Prior, Marciane 4 18.5 26.5 17.5 13.25
12 Valcarenghi, Cristina 4 18.0 24.0 16.0 9.50
13 Pereira, Amanda Marques 1812 4 17.0 25.5 16.5 12.00
14 Coelho, Tatiane Cristina 4 17.0 23.0 16.0 12.75
15 De Oliveira, Ana Paula 4 16.5 23.0 16.5 12.50
16 Giese, Ellen Cristine 1842 3.5 20.5 28.0 17.0 12.00
17 Jardim, Daphne Tofano 2026 3.5 17.5 24.0 11.0 10.25
18 Sales, Vanessa de Paula 3.5 16.5 22.5 12.0 5.75
19 De Padua, Camila Marques 3.5 16.0 22.0 8.0 6.50
20 Januário, Thais Maia 3.5 15.5 21.0 11.0 8.25
21 Martinez, Janine 1884 3 20.0 28.0 16.0 10.50
22 Tashima, Vanessa Kelly 1904 3 18.0 25.5 15.0 7.50
23 Tambasco, Cláudia Pehrsson 3 16.0 22.5 12.0 7.00
24 Guevara, Marisol Kiyoko Nakabayash 3 12.5 19.5 6.5 7.50
25 Correa, Lorenna Martins 3 12.5 16.0 9.0 6.00
26 Cury, Francielle Gomes 2.5 17.5 25.0 11.0 8.75
27 Silva, Monik Helen Menassa 2.5 16.0 22.0 8.5 4.50
28 Julião, Taís Sandrim 2.5 15.0 23.0 11.0 6.00
29 Auriemo, Danielle Ferreira 2.5 12.5 17.5 8.0 2.00
30 Rodrigues, Raquel Vieira 2 16.5 22.5 8.0 2.50
31 Correa, Helhaine Martins 2 15.5 20.5 8.0 4.00
32 Palandi, Silvana Aparecida 2 15.0 21.0 8.0 2.50
33 Santos, Bianca Paula Lima 1 14.5 20.5 4.0 0.00
34 Corrêa, Ariane Miranda 0 6.5 6.5 0.0 0.00
Crosstable
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1. Chang, Suzana BRA 2065 +27 +13 +10 = 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 6.5 2434
2. Delai, Paula wf BRA 2042 +22 + 8 + 5 = 1 + 6 + 4 - 3 5.5 2259
3. Gazola, Vanessa Ramos BRA 2055 +28 +15 + 9 = 6 - 1 +23 + 2 5.5 2242
4. Drobrenski, Jessika BRA 1939 +24 +12 - 6 + 9 + 8 - 2 +16 5.0 2152
5. Terao, Juliana Sayumi wf BRA 2073 +18 +16 - 2 +15 +21 - 1 + 6 5.0 2144
6. Feliciano, Vanessa BRA 2075 +26 +21 + 4 = 3 - 2 +11 - 5 4.5 2100
7. Ribeiro, Regina wm BRA 2108 =11 +17 -14 +18 +10 +16 - 1 4.5 2097
8. Choma,Juliana Luiza BRA ---- +20 - 2 +30 +23 - 4 +15 = 9 4.5 2085
9. De Miranda, Carolina BRA ---- +17 +23 - 3 - 4 +29 +21 = 8 4.5 2074
10. Prior, Marciane BRA ---- +32 +14 - 1 =16 - 7 +20 =13 4.0 2029
11. Coelho,Tatiane Cristina BRA ---- = 7 -26 +32 +28 +14 - 6 =12 4.0 2080
12. De Oliveira, Ana Paula BRA ---- +31 - 4 +20 -21 +24 =14 =11 4.0 2029
13. Pereira, Amanda Marques wf BRA 1812 +30 - 1 +28 =14 -16 +17 =10 4.0 2045
14. Chaves, Joara wm BRA 2032 +34 -10 + 7 =13 -11 =12 +21 4.0 2021
15. Valcarenghi,Cristina BRA ---- +33 - 3 +24 - 5 +26 - 8 +23 4.0 2054
16. Giese, Ellen Cristine BRA 1842 +19 - 5 +27 =10 +13 - 7 - 4 3.5 1990
17. Tofano, Daphne Jardim BRA 2026 - 9 - 7 +19 =20 +30 -13 +24 3.5 1988
18. Januario, Thais Maia BRA ---- - 5 +19 -21 - 7 +33 =26 +27 3.5 2009
19. De Padua,Camila Marques BRA ---- -16 -18 -17 =22 +35 +28 +26 3.5 1981
20. Sales,Vanessa de Paula BRA ---- - 8 +34 -12 =17 +31 -10 +32 3.5 2003
21. Martinez, Janine BRA 1883 +25 - 6 +18 +12 - 5 - 9 -14 3.0 1975
22. Guevara, Marisol Kiyoko Nakabayash BRA ---- - 2 -30 -25 =19 =28 +29 +31 3.0 1956
23. Tashima, Vanessa Kelly BRA 1904 +29 - 9 +26 - 8 +27 - 3 -15 3.0 1957
24. Tambasco,Claudia Pehrsson BRA ---- - 4 +31 -15 +32 -12 +25 -17 3.0 1945
25. Correa,Lorenna Martins BRA ---- -21 -27 +22 -26 +32 -24 +33 3.0 1933
26. Cury,Francielle Gomes BRA ---- - 6 +11 -23 +25 -15 =18 -19 2.5 1895
27. Juliao, Tais Sandrim BRA ---- - 1 +25 -16 +30 -23 =31 -18 2.5 1871
28. Silva,Monik Helen Menassa BRA ---- - 3 +33 -13 -11 =22 -19 +30 2.5 1879
29. Auriemo,Danielle Ferreira BRA ---- -23 -32 +33 =31 - 9 -22 +35 2.5 1884
30. Correa,Helhaine Martins BRA ---- -13 +22 - 8 -27 -17 +33 -28 2.0 1818
31. Palandi,Silvana Aparecida BRA ---- -12 -24 +35 =29 -20 =27 -22 2.0 1842
32. Rodrigues,Raquel Vieira BRA ---- -10 +29 -11 -24 -25 +35 -20 2.0 1842
33. Santos, Bianca Paula Lima BRA ---- -15 -28 -29 +35 -18 -30 -25 1.0 1691
34. Correa, Ariane Miranda BRA ---- -14 -20 . . . . . 0.0
35. BYE ---- . . -31 -33 -19 -32 -29 0.0
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The Bunratty Chess Festival took place 23rd-25th. February 2007. Joel
Benjamin, Gawain Jones and Nicholas Pert finished on 5/6. No games currently
available.
Official site: http://members.aol.com/bunrattychess/
Final Round 6 Standings:
1 JOEL BENJAMIN GM 2571 U.S.A. 5
2 GAWAIN JONES IM 2509 ENNIS 5
3 NICHOLAS PERT GM 2518 ENGLAND 5
4 ALEXANDER BABURIN GM 2545 KILKENNY 4.5
5 ANTOON VAN LANEN 2156 HOLLAND 4
6 MARK HEIDENFELD IM 2358 DUBLIN 4
7 YURY ROCHEV 2371 GALWAY 4
8 JOHN FEDOROWICZ GM 2469 U.S.A. 4
9 JAN SELTEN 2191 NETHERLANDS 4
10 STEPHEN MANNION IM 2337 SCOTLAND 4
11 MARK QUINN IM 2397 KILKENNY 4
12 HEATHER RICHARDS WIM 2220 ENGLAND 4
13 SAM COLLINS IM 2398 GONZAGA 3.5
14 EAMONN KEOGH 2074 KILKENNY 3.5
15 LAWRENCE COOPER IM 2307 ENGLAND 3.5
16 FRANS WOLFERINK 2149 NETHERLANDS 3.5
17 MARK ORR IM 2293 SCOTLAND 3.5
18 PEEWEE Van VOORTHUIJSEN FM 2250 NETHERLANDS 3.5
19 LIAM NORMOYLE 1849 SHANNON 3.5
20 DAVID FITZSIMONS 2076 ELM MOUNT 3.5
The 23rd Bermuda Open took place at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel from
the 9th to 11th February. It was sponsored by Nick Faulks, arbitered by Carol
Jarecki and organised by Nigel Freeman. This weekend event gives players a
chance for a part FIDE rating as there is a very good chance of playing at
least three FIDE rated players in the five rounds. US players, who do not get
much chance of FIDE ratings, are taking advantage of this and William Carroll
made his third part rating to be on the next FIDE rating list.
Leading Final Standings:
1. GM NIck de Firmian (USA) 2539 4.5/5
2. IM Yan Teplitsky (CAN) 2446 4
Conrad Ho (CAN) 2058 4
4. William Wright (USA) 2175 3.5
Denis Strenzwilk (USA) 2142 3.5
CM NIck Faulks (BER) 2094 3.5
Doug Pacchiana (USA) ---- 3.5
8. Jeremy Larsen (USA) 2151 3
FM Rupert Jones (PNG) 1969 3
Andrei Moffat (CAN) 2152 3
Michael Ellenbogen (USA) 2183 3
CM Sami LIll (BER) 1764 3
Edward Epp (USA)
32 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 2007 Rhode Island Open took place on
February 17th-18th at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Tying for first place with scores of 4.5-0.5 were U.S. Chess Federation-rated
senior master Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, 27, of Rhode Island and IM Igor Foygel, 59,
of Brookline, Massachusetts. Sammour-Hasbun, who plays under the Palestinian
flag in FIDE-rated tournaments, was awarded the Rhode Island Open championship
title by virtue of being a resident of the state. He drew with Foygel in the
third round. Runners-up with scores of 3.5-1.5 were USCF-rated experts Matthew
Davey of Connecticut and Donald Tirrell of Rhode Island. The tournament drew 46
players in three major sections and was directed by Frank Vogel III for the
sponsoring Rhode Island Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available
at http://masschess.org
The Caissa IM and FM Februar tournaments took place 16th-24th February
2007 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr. Sarosi won the IM tournament again with 8,5
pts. but there were no IM norms. Mr. Bogner Norbert won the FM group with 8/10.
More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com
Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Next events will be on
21th-29th March, 15th-23rd. April., 21st-29th May 2007.
Ranking after round 11 of Caissa IM Februar
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 Sarosi, Zoltan 8.5 60.5 46.75 46.0 2355 2511 +1.81
2. 1 Meszaros, Gyula 7.0 60.5 37.75 37.5 2431 2370 -0.53
3. 10 Keresztes, Richard 6.5 60.5 38.50 41.0 2300 2327 +0.50
7 Bogner, Sebastian 6.5 60.5 32.50 33.0 2331 2325 +0.11
3 Porat, Ido 6.5 60.5 31.50 37.5 2368 2325 -0.34
6. 6 Mader, Manuela 4.5 60.5 19.75 28.5 2228 2188 -0.52
7. 9 Porat, Maya 4.0 60.5 19.25 32.0 2154 2159 -0.04
8. 11 Erdelyi, Tamas 3.5 60.5 20.00 21.0 2230 2114 -1.52
4 Stips, Felix 3.5 60.5 16.75 22.5 1964 2117 +1.57
8 Thomassen, Joachim 3.5 60.5 16.75 21.0 2045 2129 +0.81
11. 5 Thomassen, Thomas 1.0 60.5 6.25 10.0 2060 1873 -1.85
The Romanian Championships took place 16th-25th February 2007.
Constantin Lupulescu won the event. No games available.
Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/documente_2007/clasMasc.HTM
Romanian Individual National Chess Championship 2007 - men
1 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2566 ROM 7 53½ 40,75 2669
2 GM Grigore George-Gabriel 2496 ROM 6½ 50½ 35,50 2611
3 GM Berescu Alin 2510 ROM 6½ 50 35,00 2572
4 IM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2496 ROM 6½ 48 33,50 2571
5 IM Jianu Vlad-Cristian 2493 ROM 6½ 47½ 33,50 2489
6 IM Manolache Marius 2491 ROM 6 52½ 34,00 2569
7 GM Rogozenko Dorian 2527 ROM 6 51½ 32,50 2522
8 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica 2505 ROM 6 51 33,00 2514
9 GM Marin Mihail 2549 ROM 6 48½ 31,75 2504
10 GM Murariu Andrei 2501 ROM 6 48½ 30,50 2513
11 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2567 ROM 6 48 30,25 2513
12 IM Barnaure Vlad-Victor 2440 ROM 6 48 29,75 2523
13 Doncea Vladimir 2379 ROM 6 45 27,50 2401
14 IM Ardelean George Catalin 2464 ROM 6 44½ 27,75 2419
15 IM Sofronie Iulian 2440 ROM 6 43½ 26,50 2380
16 FM Miron Lucian-Costin 2325 ROM 6 42 26,00 2354
17 GM Badea Bela 2489 ROM 5½ 50½ 29,75 2454
18 IM Mateuta Gabriel 2462 ROM 5½ 49½ 29,25 2431
19 IM Nemeth Francisc 2423 ROM 5½ 49½ 27,75 2449
77 players
ICC hosted CCt9 a computer chess tournament 17th-18th February 2007.
Rybka won with 6/7.
Official site: http://www.cctchess.info/index.html
5th PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament
$16,000 Freestyle tournament starts on March 2nd 23.02.2007 The Fifth
PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament begins on March 2nd on the Playchess server.
The main tournament is an eight-round Swiss, with time controls of 60 min + 15
sec per game. You probably know that in Freestyle any kind of assistance is
allowed: computers, friends, books, anything. The starting fee is 10 Euro. GMs
and IMs are free
Details and entry:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3693
RYBKA - Ehlvest
The computer program RYBKA will play a match against Jaan Ehlvest at
pawn odds on March 6th-8th 2007.
Details:
http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/RYBKA_EHLVEST_2007/Rybka_versus_GM_Ehlvest.htm
and here:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=420
First Saturday March
First Saturday GM-IM-FM closed tournaments in Budapest for the norms,
3rd-16th of March 2007
The organizers have some vacancies for the above mentioned tournaments.
Who wish to try a shot for the norms and the FIDE Elo ratings now from this
Saturday? First comes - first served.
Laszlo Nagy 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
XX Benidorm Open
The XX Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2007 Benidorm
organised an international tournament 1977 till 1995 now it has returned. The
event takes place 22nd April - 1st May 2007 (10 rounds). 29.000 Euros in
prizes.
Information: Mr. Emilio Pellicer Tel: +34 96 585 16 50. Alfonso Vilches
Tel: +34 695 91 56 78. E-mail: open@chessbenidorm.com
Full details: http://www.chessbenidorm.com
11th Voronezh Festival
The 11th International Chess Festival Voronezh 2007 takes place
10th-21th June 2007.
Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
XXV Andorra International Open
The XXV International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 30th June - 8th
July 2007. Tournament Hall: Hotel Sant Gothard - Erts (La Massana) ANDORRA
Prizes: 10.000 Euros / 1st. Prize: 2.100 Euros All the prizes are tax-free
Valid for the Catalan Chess circuit Entries: 35Euros /sub16 20 Euros - Elo
+2350 free
For entries and information contact: openandorra@andorra.ad FEVA -
Tel/Fax: 00.376.867846 Oscar de la Riva: 00.376.839899 (21:00 a 23:30)
Details: http://www.feva.ad
Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2007
The Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 23rd June - 1st July 2007 in
the Dortmund Civic Theatre.
Eight players will compete in a single round robin: Viswanathan Anand,
Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov, Arkadij Naiditsch and the winner of the Aeroflot Open 2007 in
Moscow (Evgeny Alekseev).
There will be open A and B events alongside.
Cappelle la Grande Open
The Cappelle la Grande mega-open (France) is a 9 round swiss which
takes place 3rd-10th March 2007. 1h40/40 moves + 30sec/move + 30min/40 move +
30sec/move (+ 10sec/move since 81th) First price : 3000 Euros Total: 23000
Euros
As in previous years many GMs and IMs compete, this year 15 GMs of over
2600 ELO take part and altogether more than 50 GMs and 50 IMs.
Top Players; GASHIMOV, Vugar 2658, WANG, Yue 2644, ZHANG, Pengxiang
2643, SPRAGGETT, Kevin 2633, MIROSHNICHENKO, Evgenij 2632, NI, Hua 2632, WANG,
Hao 2619, BALOGH, Csaba 2616, POSTNY, Evgeny 2616, BRUZON, Lazaro 2614,
GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2611, KHENKIN, Igor 2611, MALAKHATKO, Vadim 2604, BOCHAROV,
Dmitry 2602, FEDORCHUK, Sergey 2601.
Official website: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/
Pula Open 2007
The "Pula Open 2007" takes place in Pula, Croatia, 23rd-30th June 2007,
in the hotel Histria.
All further information at: http://www.skpula.hr , or contact the
tournament director at : pulaopen@globalnet.hr
39th WGM Tournament
The 39th International Women GM tournament takes place 4th-13th March
2007. This is the 3rd longest running event after Hastings and Wijk aan Zee.
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu
Mediterranean Championship
The Mediterranean Championship takes place in Cannes 18th-25th February
2007.
Official site:
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/(w2srhk55owb1fd55q4cdvni2)/FicheTournoi.aspx?Ref=8660
Georgi Tringov Memorial
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/
25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island
25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island , a wonderful
place for a holiday two groups; first prize Open A (elo from 1800 up) 1.000
euro. official venue Lacona, May 6th-13th 2007 - good opportunities for room
and apartments in Lacona Hotel and Residence. There will be somo GM to get
norms.
Further details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/cms.asp?IDPg=10
Hungarian tournaments March - August 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from March - August 2007 in Hungary:
1 3rd-15th of March 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. 19th-27th of March, 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. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival 9 round Swiss Open, org:
Nagy L. www.firstsaturday.hu
4. 7th-20th of April, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org: NL
5. 21st of April – 1st of May GM tmt minimal cat.9. Planned
/2451-2475 Elo range/, Org: NL,
6. 5th-18th of May, GM-IM-FM Budapest, org NL,
7. 19th-29th of May, ELEKES MEMORIAL, GM-IM closed, Org: IM Zsinka,
e-mail: zsinkala@t-online.hu
8. 2nd -14th of June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM closed. Org : NL
9. 16th-24th of June, Balatonlelle Open, GM-IM closed. Org: IM Rigo,
e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu
10. 7th-19th of July FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM closed, Org: NL
11. 4th-16th of August FS Bp, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.
12. 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
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Benidorm Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezalicante.com/menu.htm
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/
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
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
