THE WEEK IN CHESS 645 19th March 2007 by Mark Crowther
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786 games
My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Ian Rogers, Jan Mazuch, Vasik
Rajlich, Larry Kaufman, Peter Hum, Laszlo Nagy, Thomas Henrich, Valery Maes,
Manuel Rodríguez, Adolivio Capece, Stefan Loeffler, Dave Clayton, Gaguik
Oganessian, Neil Benn, Pablo Sierra, Miklos Orso, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam,
Evgeny Tkachev, Torstein Bae and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The finish of Linares always heralds the start of the Amber tournament.
In some ways its a shame that its so close but it does guarantee a long period
of interesting chess at the start of the year. Nor is it the only event of
interest, with the 8th Poikovsky Karpov tournament and a Ruy Lopez event with
Ponomariov and Sasikiran.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 16th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament will be held at the
Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco from March 17 to 29. The tournament is
organized by the Association Max Euwe and the total prize-fund is €
216,000. The participants are Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Vasily Ivanchuk,
Peter Leko, Levon Aronian, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand, Teimour
Radjabov, Peter Svidler, Magnus Carlsen, Loek van Wely and Francisco Vallejo.
Every day there is one round consisting of four sessions; two blindfold
sessions (three encounters each) and next two rapid sessions. The first session
starts at 15.00 hrs local time. The first round is on March 17, the last on
March 29. There are two rest days: March 21 and March 26.
The games can be followed live on the official website
http://www.amberchess.com/
Blindfold
Round 1 (March 17, 2007)
Gelfand, Boris - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 23 E15 Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 48 A07 Barcza System
Aronian, Levon - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 35 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 0-1 58 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Radjabov, Teimour - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 59 D17 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 27 A17 English Opening
Round 2 (March 18, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 74 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 62 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 21 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1/2 39 A32 English Symmetrical
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 43 E16 Queens Indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 3 (March 19, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 23 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1-0 23 E06 Catalan
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 37 A07 Barcza System
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 44 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter 1/2 52 A41 Modern Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 74 E97 King's Indian Classical
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2007 cat. XX (2731)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 * . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 3.0
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 . * . . = . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 3007
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . * = . . 1 = . . . . 2.0 2849
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 . . = * . 1 . = . . . . 2.0 2845
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0 = . . * . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2765
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 . . . 0 . * = . 1 . . . 1.5 2720
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . . 0 . . = * . 1 . . . 1.5 2717
8 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . = = . . . * 0 . . . 1.0 2588
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2679 . . . . . 0 0 1 * . . . 1.0 2602
10 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 . 0 . . 0 . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2615
11 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 0 . . . . . . . . 0 * 1 1.0 2617
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 0 0 . . . . . . . . 0 * 0.0
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Rapid
Round 1 (March 17, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 36 C12 French MacCutcheon
Kramnik, Vladimir - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 68 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 37 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Carlsen, Magnus - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 30 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Aronian, Levon 0-1 87 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 0-1 38 C90 Ruy Lopez
Round 2 (March 18, 2007)
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Carlsen, Magnus - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 108 E01 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon 0-1 37 E06 Catalan
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1/2 25 A30 English Symmetrical
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 54 D12 Slav Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 53 E26 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Round 3 (March 19, 2007)
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 46 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 70 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Leko, Peter 1/2 23 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 31 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Radjabov, Teimour - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 52 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2007 cat. XX (2731)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 * . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . 3.0
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 . * . = 1 . . . . . . 1 2.5 3013
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 . . * = . . . . . . 1 = 2.0 2842
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . = = * = . . . . . . . 1.5 2765
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 . 0 . = * . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2734
6 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . . . . * . = = = . . 1.5 2713
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0 . . . . . * = . 1 . . 1.5 2717
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2679 0 . . . . = = * . . . . 1.0 2602
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 . . . . = . . * = . . 1.0 2595
10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . . . . = 0 . = * . . 1.0 2599
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 1 1.0 2623
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 . 0 = . . . . . . . 0 * 0.5 2469
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Combined
Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2007 cat. XX (2731)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 ** .. .. .. 1= .. .. .. .. .. 1= 11 5.0 2990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 .. ** .. .. .. 01 .. =1 .. 11 .. .. 4.5 2913
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 .. .. ** 10 == .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 4.0 2859
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 .. .. 01 ** 0= .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. 3.5 2797
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0= .. == 1= ** .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.0 2765
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 .. 10 .. .. .. ** == .. == .. .. .. 3.0 2720
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 .. .. .. .. .. == ** 10 == .. .. .. 3.0 2724
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. =0 .. .. .. .. 01 ** .. 1= .. .. 3.0 2717
9 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 .. .. .. .. .. == == .. ** 0= .. .. 2.5 2656
10 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2679 .. 00 .. .. .. .. .. 0= 1= ** .. .. 2.0 2602
11 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 0= .. .. 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. ** 10 1.5 2549
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 00 .. 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 01 ** 1.0 2475
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The 8th Poikovsky Karpov tournament takes place 15th-23rd March
2007.
Live coverage: http://russiachess.org/online/
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8th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 15-23 iii 2007 cat. XVII (2655)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2691 * . = = . 1 . = 1 . 3.5 2800
2. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2677 . * = . = . . 1 0 1 3.0 2717
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2658 = = * = . = . = . . 2.5 2661
4. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663 = . = * = . = . . = 2.5 2654
5. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2619 . = . = * . 1 . 0 = 2.5 2660
6. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2629 0 . = . . * . = 1 = 2.5 2659
7. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2661 . . . = 0 . * = 1 = 2.5 2646
8. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2649 = 0 = . . = = * . . 2.0 2591
9. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2658 0 1 . . 1 0 0 . * . 2.0 2583
10. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2643 . 0 . = = = = . . * 2.0 2577
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Round 1 (March 15, 2007)
Istratescu, Andrei - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 22 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Alekseev, Evgeny - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 43 A28 English Four Knights
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 26 D12 Slav Defence
Bologan, Viktor - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1 36 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Zhang Pengxiang - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 19 A45 Trompowsky
Round 2 (March 16, 2007)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 30 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Rublevsky, Sergei - Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 44 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Onischuk, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 41 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Sutovsky, Emil - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 77 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Alekseev, Evgeny - Istratescu, Andrei 0-1 38 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Round 3 (March 17, 2007)
Dreev, Alexey - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 34 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Istratescu, Andrei - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 21 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 32 A16 English Opening
Bologan, Viktor - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 124 D11 Slav Defence
Zhang Pengxiang - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 40 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 4 (March 18, 2007)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 28 C45 Scotch Game
Onischuk, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 45 E15 Queens Indian
Istratescu, Andrei - Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 17 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sutovsky, Emil - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 42 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Alekseev, Evgeny - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 53 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Round 5 (March 19, 2007)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 43 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Dreev, Alexey - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 12 D20 QGA
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 13 A32 English Symmetrical
Bologan, Viktor - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 51 E15 Queens Indian
Zhang Pengxiang - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 16 C47 Four Knights
The 1st Ruy Lopez International Festival takes place in Zafra,
birthplace of Ruy Lopez, starting March 16th until March 25th, 2007. The
Festival is planned around the following three activities: a top class
Tournament with the following participants, Ponomariov, Sargissian, Sokolov,
Granda, Manuel Perez Candelario, Hou Yifan and Antoaneta Stefanova. The
Children's Tournament and "Linex" Youth. The active chess class will have three
laptop computers as prizes for the winners in the following categories: Under
18s, Under 14s, and Under 10s. The Ruy Lopez Open active chess where all the
games will be played in this order: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 will have a total
of 12,000 Euros in prizes.
Official site:
http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
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Magistral Ruy Lopez Zafra ESP (ESP), 17-23 iii 2007 cat. XV (2607)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2658 * . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
2. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2515 . * . . . . 1 1 2.0
3. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 . . * = . . 1 . 1.5 2869
4. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2700 . . = * = . . . 1.0 2667
5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2612 . . . = * = . . 1.0 2604
6. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2509 0 . . . = * . . 0.5 2442
7. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2652 . 0 0 . . . * . 0.0
8. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2483 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (March 17, 2007)
Sargissian, Gabriel - Hou Yifan 1-0 56 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Perez Candelario, Manuel - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 48 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 31 D20 QGA
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1/2 50 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (March 18, 2007)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 40 A17 English Opening
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Hou Yifan 1/2 39 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan - Perez Candelario, Manuel 0-1 42 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Sargissian, Gabriel 0-1 63 E29 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
The 6th weekend of the German Bundesliga took place 17th-18th March
2007. Leaders OSC Baden Baden were missing four players at the Amber tournament
but nevertheless won both their matches beating Bindlach-Aktionaer 4.5-3.5 with
just Alexei Shirov's win against Arkadij Naiditsch being the only decisive
game. They followed this with a 7-1 thrashing of of SF Berlin 1903 to virtually
guarantee the title as they are four point clear with only two matches to
go.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de -
Further info: http://www.schach.com and
http://www.schachbund.de
Round 12 17th March 2007
Venue: Solingen
SG Aljechin Soli 6½-1½ SK König Tegel
1 Jussupow,Artu ½ : ½ Rabiega,Rober 1
2 Nikolic,Predr 1 : 0 Stern,Rene 2
3 Stellwagen,Da ½ : ½ Muse,Mladen 3
5 Naumann,Alexa 1 : 0 Muse,Drazen 4
7 Hoffmann,Mich 1 : 0 Tomczak,Raine 5
8 Smeets,Jan ½ : ½ Von Herman,Ul 6
10 Ernst,Sipke 1 : 0 Pachow,Joerg 8
11 Zysk,Robert 1 : 0 Lipinsky,Fabi 9
SV Wattenscheid 4½-3½ SC Kreuzberg
2 Macieja,Bartl ½ : ½ Socko,Bartosz 3
3 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Luther,Thomas 4
5 Bartel,Mateus ½ : ½ Kalinitschew, 5
6 Czarnota,Pawe 1 : 0 Tischbierek,R 6
7 Appel,Ralf 0 : 1 Volke,Karsten 7
8 Holzke,Frank 1 : 0 Paehtz,Elisab 9
9 Handke,Floria ½ : ½ Richter,Micha 10
11 Dinstuhl,Volk 0 : 1 Moser,Eva 11
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK 5 - 3 SG Köln Porz
2 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 1
3 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop 2
4 Kempinski,Rob ½ : ½ Timman,Jan H 4
5 Hansen,Sune B 1 : 0 Graf,Alexande 5
7 Mueller,Karst 1 : 0 Sakaev,Konsta 7
10 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Korneev,Oleg 8
13 Sebastian,Dir 1 : 0 Hansen,Curt 9
15 Huschenbeth,N 0 : 1 Van den Doel, 10
Werder Bremen 4 - 4 SC Remagen
1 McShane,Luke 0 : 1 Fressinet,Lau 2
2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Goloshchapov, 5
3 Areshchenko,A 0 : 1 Degraeve,Jean 6
4 Hracek,Zbynek 1 : 0 Popovic,Petar 7
5 Pelletier,Yan 0 : 1 Bindrich,Falk 8
6 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Grund,Holger 12
7 Nyback,Tomi ½ : ½ Polaczek,Rich 13
8 Fish,Gennadij 1 : 0 Schulz,Klaus- 14
Venue: Bindlach
Bindlach-Aktionä 3½-4½ OSC Baden Baden
1 Naiditsch,Ark 0 : 1 Shirov,Alexei 3
2 Navara,David ½ : ½ Bacrot,Etienn 4
3 Baklan,Vladim ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv 6
4 Baramidze,Dav ½ : ½ Harikrishna,P 7
5 Prusikin,Mich ½ : ½ Krasenkow,Mic 11
6 Bischoff,Klau ½ : ½ Dautov,Rustem 12
7 Stohl,Igor Dr ½ : ½ Schlosser,Phi 13
9 Markos,Jan ½ : ½ Doettling,Fab 14
SF Berlin 1903 4½-3½ SC Bann
5 Polzin,Rainer 1 : 0 Laznicka,Vikt 1
7 Berndt,Stepha 1 : 0 Stocek,Jiri 2
8 Borriss,Marti 0 : 1 Cvek,Robert 3
9 Poldauf,Dirk ½ : ½ Slobodjan,Rom 5
10 Kraemer,Marti ½ : ½ Muraniy,Karl- 6
11 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Bunzmann,Dimi 8
12 Thinius,Marco 0 : 1 Dolezal,Rados 9
13 Rudolf,Henrik 1 : 0 Nun,Jiri 12
Venue: Muelheim
SV Mülheim Nord 4 - 4 TV Tegernsee
1 Tregubov,Pave ½ : ½ Bu,Xiangzhi 1
2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 3
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 4
6 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 5
7 Hausrath,Dani ½ : ½ Bromberger,St 7
8 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Boensch,Uwe 8
11 Sielecki,Chri ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera 10
12 Wegener,Olaf ½ : ½ Teske,Henrik 11
SF Katernberg 3½-4½ SC Eppingen
1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ Gyimesi,Zolta 1
4 L'Ami,Erwin ½ : ½ Balogh,Csaba 2
5 Chuchelov,Vla 1 : 0 Acs,Peter 4
6 Glek,Igor V 0 : 1 Meier,Georg 6
8 Firman,Nazar 0 : 1 Medvegy,Zolta 7
9 Senff,Martin 1 : 0 Mann,Christia 8
10 Siebrecht,Seb 0 : 1 Rau,Hannes 9
11 Souleidis,Geo ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 11
Round 13 18th March 2007
Venue: Solingen
SK König Tegel ½ - 7½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Rabiega,Rober 0 : 1 Macieja,Bartl 2
2 Stern,Rene ½ : ½ Rustemov,Alex 3
3 Muse,Mladen 0 : 1 Bartel,Mateus 5
4 Muse,Drazen 0 : 1 Czarnota,Pawe 6
5 Tomczak,Raine 0 : 1 Appel,Ralf 7
6 Von Herman,Ul 0 : 1 Holzke,Frank 8
8 Pachow,Joerg 0 : 1 Handke,Floria 9
9 Lipinsky,Fabi 0 : 1 Dinstuhl,Volk 11
SC Kreuzberg 4½-3½ SG Aljechin Soli
3 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
4 Luther,Thomas ½ : ½ Nikolic,Predr 2
5 Kalinitschew, 0 : 1 Stellwagen,Da 3
6 Tischbierek,R 0 : 1 Naumann,Alexa 5
7 Volke,Karsten ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Mich 7
9 Paehtz,Elisab 1 : 0 Smeets,Jan 8
10 Richter,Micha 1 : 0 Ernst,Sipke 10
11 Moser,Eva 1 : 0 Zysk,Robert 11
Venue: Hamburg
SG Köln Porz 4½-3½ Werder Bremen
1 Vaganian,Rafa 0 : 1 McShane,Luke 1
2 Lutz,Christop ½ : ½ Efimenko,Zaha 2
4 Timman,Jan H ½ : ½ Areshchenko,A 3
5 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Hracek,Zbynek 4
7 Sakaev,Konsta ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan 5
8 Korneev,Oleg 1 : 0 Babula,Vlasti 6
9 Hansen,Curt 1 : 0 Nyback,Tomi 7
10 Van den Doel, ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij 8
SC Remagen 4 - 4 Hamburger SK
2 Fressinet,Lau ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 2
5 Goloshchapov, ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 3
6 Degraeve,Jean ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 4
7 Popovic,Petar ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 5
8 Bindrich,Falk 1 : 0 Mueller,Karst 7
12 Grund,Holger 0 : 1 Heinemann,Thi 10
13 Polaczek,Rich 0 : 1 Sebastian,Dir 13
14 Schulz,Klaus- 1 : 0 Huschenbeth,N 15
Venue: Bindlach
OSC Baden Baden 7 - 1 SF Berlin 1903
3 Shirov,Alexei 1 : 0 Polzin,Rainer 5
4 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Berndt,Stepha 7
6 Nisipeanu,Liv 1 : 0 Borriss,Marti 8
7 Harikrishna,P 1 : 0 Poldauf,Dirk 9
11 Krasenkow,Mic ½ : ½ Kraemer,Marti 10
12 Dautov,Rustem 1 : 0 Schneider,Ilj 11
13 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Thinius,Marco 12
14 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Rudolf,Henrik 13
SC Bann 2½-5½ Bindlach-Aktionä
1 Laznicka,Vikt ½ : ½ Naiditsch,Ark 1
2 Stocek,Jiri ½ : ½ Navara,David 2
3 Cvek,Robert 0 : 1 Baklan,Vladim 3
5 Slobodjan,Rom ½ : ½ Baramidze,Dav 4
6 Muraniy,Karl- 0 : 1 Prusikin,Mich 5
8 Bunzmann,Dimi ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 6
9 Dolezal,Rados ½ : ½ Stohl,Igor Dr 7
12 Nun,Jiri 0 : 1 Markos,Jan 9
Venue: Muelheim
TV Tegernsee 4½-3½ SF Katernberg
1 Bu,Xiangzhi ½ : ½ Volokitin,And 1
3 Khenkin,Igor 1 : 0 L'Ami,Erwin 4
4 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Chuchelov,Vla 5
5 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Glek,Igor V 6
7 Bromberger,St 0 : 1 Firman,Nazar 8
8 Boensch,Uwe 1 : 0 Senff,Martin 9
10 Hertneck,Gera 0 : 1 Siebrecht,Seb 10
11 Teske,Henrik 1 : 0 Scholz,Christ 13
SC Eppingen 4½-3½ SV Mülheim Nord
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Tregubov,Pave 1
2 Balogh,Csaba ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
4 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
6 Meier,Georg 1 : 0 Saltaev,Mihai 6
7 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani 7
8 Mann,Christia ½ : ½ Schebler,Gerh 8
9 Rau,Hannes ½ : ½ Kern,Guido 10
11 Vogt,Lothar ½ : ½ Wegener,Olaf 12
Table:
1. OSC Baden Baden 13 24 76
2. Hamburger SK 13 20 58½
3. SG Köln Porz 13 19 64
4. SC Remagen 13 18 55
5. Bindlach-Aktionä 13 16 57
6. SC Eppingen 13 15 49
7. TV Tegernsee 13 14 53
8. SG Aljechin Soli 13 13 55½
9. SC Kreuzberg 13 13 52½
10. SV Wattenscheid 13 13 49½
11. Werder Bremen 13 12 55
12. SF Katernberg 13 12 51
13. SF Berlin 1903 13 7 39½
14. SV Mülheim Nord 13 6 45
15. SC Bann 13 5 42½
16. SK König Tegel 13 1 29
The 10th round of the Belgian Team Championships took place on 11th
March 2007. CRELEL leads Namur by half a board point. News Valery Maes.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Results round 10 (11/03/07)
CRELEL Temse 6-2
Namur Eynatten 1 5,5-2,5
CREC Eynatten 2 4-4
Rochade Borgerhout 4,5-3,5
KBSK 1 KGSRL 3,5-4,5
KBSK 2 Leuven Centraal 1,5-6,5
Standings after 10 rounds
Club BP MP
1 CRELEL 53 18
2 Namur 52,5 18
3 Rochade 47 14
4 CREC 46,5 13
5 Eynatten 2 42,5 11
6 KGSRL 39,5 11
7 Eynatten 1 39 10
8 Temse 39 8
9 KBSK 1 36 7
10 Borgerhout 33,5 6
11 Leuven Centraal 30 4
12 KBSK 2 21,5 0
The last three rounds of the Norwegian League took place 9th-11th March
2007 in Oslo. Oslo Schakselskap won, ahead of Bergen and Moss. Trondheim and
Randaberg were relegated.
Final standings:
(team, matches, won, drawn, lost, board points, match points)
OSS 9 7 1 1 35 15
Bergens 9 5 2 2 30 12
Moss 9 5 2 2 29 12
Porsgrunn 9 4 3 2 32 11
SK 1911 9 4 1 4 26 9
Oslo Vest 9 3 2 4 25,5 8
Asker 9 3 1 5 26 7
Akademisk 9 3 0 6 25 6
Trondheim 9 2 1 6 22,5 5
Randaberg 9 2 1 6 19 5
There was huge controversy (I have an English translation the original
is here:) http://olevalaker.nettblogg.no/1173730935_flau_finale.html.
Basically in the final round Moss' team captain offered draws on all six boards
- simultaneously! OSS accepted, they won the league and Leif Øgaard
finally became a Grandmaster. Moss finished in third place.
This kind of stuff has been seen as standard in Olympiads but always
leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. It is game fixing, but its always been
allowed by FIDE. Apparently it was a protest by Moss over a decision in the
second round. These team events can cause high feelings. In my local Yorkshire
league the champions for many years withdrew from the league altogether after
disagreeing with a decision of the league.
The Turkish Championship took place 1st-14th March 2007. Suat Atalik won
the event with 11/13.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/
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ch-TUR Ankara TUR (TUR), 1-13 iii 2007 cat. III (2306)
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1. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2586 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2580
2. Esen, Baris m TUR 2447 = * = = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2435
3. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2409 0 = * 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2438
4. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2360 = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2411
5. Can, Emre f TUR 2409 0 1 1 = * = = = 0 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2384
6. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2384 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 8.0 2386
7. Secer, Ata TUR 2287 = = = = = = * = = = 1 0 0 1 6.5 2307
8. Kilicaslan, Hasan m TUR 2260 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2309
9. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2285 0 = = 0 1 0 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 2278
10. Tanrikulu, Secim Erhan TUR 2131 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 1 5.0 2232
11. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2194 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 5.0 2227
12. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2307 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 = * 1 1 5.0 2218
13. Demirel, Tolga f TUR 2203 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 3.5 2138
14. Demir, Zeki TUR 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 71st Men's and 56th Women's Bulgarian Championships takes place in
Pernik, Bulgaria March 10th-20th 2007. Boris Chatalbashev has already wrapped
up the men's event with 9.5/12 a point and a half clear with a round to go.
Things are much less clear in the women's section with Margarita Voiska half a
point clear of a group of four players including Adriana Nikolova who she meets
in the final round.
Official website: http://www.chessmix.com/bulchamp07/
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1. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2541 * = = = 1 . = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2615
2. Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2425 = * 1 = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 . 8.0 2536
3. Genov, Petar g BUL 2489 = 0 * = = = 1 = . 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2489
4. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2462 = = = * = 1 = . 1 = = = = = 7.0 2447
5. Bojchev, Marian BUL 2366 0 0 = = * = . 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 7.0 2466
6. Drenchev, Petar BUL 2430 . = = 0 = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2442
7. Pantev, Veselin BUL 2325 = = 0 = . = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2438
8. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2453 0 = = . 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2419
9. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2380 0 = . 0 0 = 1 1 * = = 1 = 0 5.5 2365
10. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2426 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 = * = 0 . 1 5.0 2341
11. Tsvetkov, Ilia BUL 2324 0 = = = 1 0 0 = = = * . = 0 4.5 2323
12. Milchev, Nikolay BUL 2348 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 1 . * 1 = 4.0 2285
13. Serafimov, Tervel BUL 2396 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = . = 0 * 1 3.0 2205
14. Yordanov, Nikolay BUL 2237 0 . 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 * 3.0 2218
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1. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2319 * . = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = = 7.0 2313
2. Nikolova, Adriana BUL 2204 . * 1 0 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 6.5 2274
3. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2184 = 0 * 1 = . 1 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2284
4. Raeva, Elitsa BUL 2207 0 1 0 * = 1 1 = = . 1 1 6.5 2299
5. Genova, Lybka wm BUL 2214 = 0 = = * = . 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2288
6. Jordanova, Svetla BUL 2245 0 = . 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 0 5.0 2174
7. Videnova, Iva BUL 2175 0 = 0 0 . 0 * 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2142
8. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2243 = 1 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 . 0 4.0 2111
9. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2189 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = . 4.0 2122
10. Bednikova, Stefi BUL 2068 = = 1 . 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2117
11. Andreeva, Plamena BUL 2090 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 . = = * 1 3.0 2034
12. Stefanova, Milena BUL 2034 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 . 0 0 * 2.5 2001
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The First Saturday March GM-IM-FM closed tournaments in Budapest Take
place 3rd-13th March 2007. 15 year old Fabiano Caruana made a GM norm on the
way to winning the GM event with 7.5/10. Andrey Okara won the IM event. There
were three errors in the results given in the GM group last week ( Berczes -
Ilincic (4), Potapov - Toth (5) and Toth - Bosiocic (6))
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 iii 2007 cat. VIII (2442)
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1. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2492 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2630
2. Hoang Thanh Trang m HUN 2470 1 * 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2588
3. Bosiocic, Marin f CRO 2474 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 0 = 1 6.0 2510
4. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2531 = = = * = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2505
5. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2504 = = = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2507
6. Berczes, David m HUN 2433 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2514
7. Potapov, Pavel m RUS 2380 0 0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 1 4.5 2412
8. Toth, Ervin f HUN 2283 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.5 2421
9. Ilincic, Zlatko g SER 2451 0 0 1 = = 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2369
10. Boros, Denes m HUN 2502 0 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * = 3.0 2287
11. Varga, Csaba Zoltan f HUN 2342 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1982
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FSIM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 iii 2007 cat. III (2323)
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1. Okara, Andrey f RUS 2358 ** 1= == 10 11 11 7.5 2508
2. Vitoux, Colomban f FRA 2317 0= ** == 01 11 1= 6.0 2395
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2353 == == ** == == =1 5.5 2352
4. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 01 10 == ** == =1 5.5 2364
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2323 00 00 == == ** 11 4.0 2250
6. Bednay, Bence HUN 2291 00 0= =0 =0 00 ** 1.5 2032
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The 66th Georgian Championships take place in Tbilisi 13th-25th March
2007. Info: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.
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1. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2650 * . . = 1 1 = . . . 1 . 4.0 2769
2. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2583 . * = . . 1 = = . 1 . . 3.5 2688
3. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2611 . = * 0 . . = . 1 . 1 . 3.0 2588
4. Nigalidze, Gaioz GEO 2224 = . 1 * . . . 0 = . . 1 3.0 2594
5. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2587 0 . . . * . . 1 = = . 1 3.0 2538
6. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2612 0 0 . . . * . 1 . 1 . 1 3.0 2544
7. Giorgadze, Giorgi1 g GEO 2610 = = = . . . * . = . = . 2.5 2601
8. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2531 . = . 1 0 0 . * . 1 . . 2.5 2467
9. Arutinian, David g GEO 2552 . . 0 = = . = . * . 1 . 2.5 2528
10. Azaladze, Shota GEO 2332 . 0 . . = 0 . 0 . * . 1 1.5 2367
11. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2612 0 . 0 . . . = . 0 . * 1 1.5 2389
12. Gelazonia, Parmen GEO 2268 . . . 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 * 0.0
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The 64th Georgian Women's Championship took place in Tbilisi 2nd-13th
March 2007. Lela Javakhishvili beat Sopiko Khukhashvili after a playoff after
they were tied on 7.5/11. Info: Varlam Vepkhvishvili. Thanks to the newly
elected President of the Georgian Chess Federation (elected on 23.12.2006), IM
Roman Sichinava for his help.
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1. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2421 * = = 1 = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2493
2. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wg GEO 2320 = * = 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2502
3. Gvetadze, Sopio wg GEO 2416 = = * = = = = 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2462
4. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2399 0 1 = * = = 1 = 1 0 = = 6.0 2398
5. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2451 = 1 = = * = 0 = = 0 1 = 5.5 2357
6. Charkhalashvili, Inga wg GEO 2316 1 0 = = = * = = 1 0 0 1 5.5 2370
7. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2463 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 1 1 = 0 5.5 2356
8. Mikadze, Miranda wf GEO 2248 = = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = = = 5.0 2340
9. Batsiashvili, Nino wm GEO 2310 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 4.5 2305
10. Tsereteli, Tamar wg GEO 2334 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 = 0 * = = 4.5 2303
11. Melia, Salome wg GEO 2400 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = = = * = 4.0 2260
12. Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2308 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = 0 = = * 3.5 2237
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Playoff
Javakhishvili Lela - Khukhashvili Sopiko
Rapid match (25 min, + 10 sec): 1:0, 0:1
Blitz Match (5 min, + 2 sec) : 1:0, 1:0.
Javakhishvili became a Champion.
The Russian Championship under 20 (boys and girls) takes place 10th-21st
March 2007 in St Petersburg. Among participants are GM's N.Vitiugov (2604),
former youth World Champion I.Khairullin, I.Lysyi. Most of male players are
rated above 2500. With a round to go Ivan Popov and Tatevik Airapetian lead the
girls and boys groups respectively by a point.
Online coverage of the games
http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/online/
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ch-RUS U20 Saint Petersburg RUS (RUS), 10-21 iii 2007 cat. XI (2517)
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1. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2531 * = 0 = = 1 1 . 1 = 1 1 7.0 2657
2. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2604 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 . = 6.0 2584
3. Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2501 1 = * 0 = = = = 1 = 1 . 6.0 2595
4. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2576 = = 1 * = = = = . = 1 = 6.0 2587
5. Lanin, Alexsej f RUS 2465 = = = = * = . = = 1 0 1 5.5 2559
6. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2529 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 . = 1 5.5 2555
7. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2509 0 = = = . = * = = = = 1 5.0 2523
8. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2586 . = = = = 0 = * 0 = = 1 4.5 2472
9. Krapivin, Alexander m RUS 2478 0 = 0 . = 0 = 1 * = 1 = 4.5 2479
10. Chadaev, Nikolai m RUS 2484 = 0 = = 0 . = = = * = = 4.0 2447
11. Rakhmanov, Aleksandr m RUS 2473 0 . 0 0 1 = = = 0 = * 0 3.0 2363
12. Ponkratov, Pavel m RUS 2469 0 = . = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 3.0 2374
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1. Airapetian, Tatevik wf RUS 2245 * 0 1 . 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2478
2. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2347 1 * 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 1 . 6.5 2396
3. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2324 0 1 * 0 . 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2398
4. Kovanova, Baira wm RUS 2334 . = 1 * 0 = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2357
5. Tarasova, Viktoriya wm RUS 2230 0 0 . 1 * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2360
6. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2314 1 = 0 = 0 * . 1 1 = 0 1 5.5 2320
7. Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2278 0 = 1 0 1 . * = 1 0 1 = 5.5 2320
8. Dolgova, Olga wf RUS 2245 = 0 0 1 = 0 = * 0 . 1 1 4.5 2253
9. Fominykh, Maria wf RUS 2316 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 . 1 4.5 2248
10. Lomako, Anna wf RUS 2300 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 . 0 * = 0 3.0 2140
11. Karpova, Lyudmila wf RUS 2280 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 . = * 1 2.5 2091
12. Shlakich, Anna RUS 2225 0 . = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2046
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The 39th International Women's GM tournament took place in
Belgrade/Lazarevac 4th-13th March 2007. The International March 8th Tournaments
have now become a tradition in Belgrade, and with the exception of 1980, 1984.
and 2004, they have been held every year. This is the 3rd longest running
annual event after Hastings and Wijk aan Zee. The first four rounds were held
in Belgrade before moving to Lazarevac for the remainder of the event.
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu
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39th WGM Belgrade/Lazarevac SRB (SRB), 4-13 iii 2007 cat. I (2254)
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1. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2319 * 1 1 1 = = = = = 1 6.5 2412
2. Rakic, Marija SER 2241 0 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2334
3. Chelushkina, Irina wg SER 2338 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2324
4. Cherenkova, Kristina wm RUS 2239 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2298
5. Benderac, Ana wg SER 2303 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2291
6. Vojinovic, Jovana MNE 2151 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2307
7. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2274 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2208
8. Maksimovic, Suzana wg SER 2271 = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2171
9. Djukic, Sandra SER 2176 = = = = 0 0 0 = * = 3.0 2137
10. Stojanovic, Andjelija wm SER 2223 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 2.0 2036
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The VS Arhipov Memorial took place in Chelyabinsk RUS 9th-17th January
2007. Alexei Bezgodov won the event with 6/9. Victor Korchnoi only made 50%.
Details: http://www.surchess.ru/arkhipov2.htm
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VS Arhipov Mem Chelyabinsk RUS (RUS), 9-17 i 2007 cat. XII (2532)
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1. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2552 * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.0 2654
2. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2629 = * = = = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2601
3. Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2501 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2615
4. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2580 = = = * 1 = = = 1 0 5.0 2569
5. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2504 0 = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 5.0 2578
6. Ponkratov, Pavel m RUS 2469 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2539
7. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2629 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2521
8. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2534 = 0 = = 1 0 0 * 1 = 4.0 2488
9. Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2458 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 * = 2.5 2374
10. Galstian, Beniamin m ARM 2464 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 = = * 2.5 2373
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The Edinburgh Chess Club and Quality Chess Europe Invitation held a
chess weekend in Edinburgh 10th-11th March, 2007. The main event was a
four-player knockout tournament with GM's Colin McNab and Mihail Marin, IM
Sabino Brunello and Scottish Champion Jonathan Grant. The tournament consisted
of mini-matches with two 2x 25+10 rapid games Saturday and two Sunday.
Tiebreaks after 1-1 draws were pairs of blitz games until a decision was
reached.
News came from Adolivio Capece who sent the games from the winner
Sabino Brunello the other four games are unavailable but I suppose may appear
at the website below.
A Blitz tournament was also held, winner was Marin with 7/7 in front of
Aagaard 6/7.
Details: http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/4playerKO.htm
Semi Finals 10th March
McNab-Brunello 3-5
Grant-Marin 0-2
Final 11th March
Brunello-Marin 3.5-2.5
3rd-4th Playoff
McNab-Grant 1.5-0.5
The 31st Blackpool Chess Conference took place 16th-18th March 2007.
Harald Borchgrevink took clear first on 4.5/5 after defeating leader Jeff
Horner in the final round. 6 players finished on 4 points.
Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk -
Games
http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/blackpool/2007/index.htm
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31st Conference Blackpool ENG (ENG), 16-18 iii 2007
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1. Borchgrevink, Harald NOR 2297 4.5
2. Horner, Jeff f ENG 2339 4.0
Hebden, Mark g ENG 2540 4.0
Hawkins, Jonathan ENG 2207 4.0
Muter, Donny ENG 2162 4.0
Cherniaev, Alexander g RUS 2473 4.0
Surtees, Mike ENG 2177 4.0
The 23rd Bad Wörishofen International Open took place 8th-16th
March 2007. Bu Xiangzhi won the event with 8.5/9. I couldn't find a source for
games.
Official site: http://chessorg.de/bad_woerishofen.htm
Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl Name Pkt. Buch. Feinw.
1. Bu Xiangzhi GM 8.5 56.50 451.00
2. Bromberger Stefan IM 7.0 55.00 441.50
3. Mainka Romuald GM 7.0 55.00 431.00
4. Savchenko Stanislav GM 7.0 54.50 452.50
5. Romanishin Oleg GM 7.0 53.50 422.50
6. Levin Felix GM 7.0 51.00 438.50
7. Galdunts Sergey GM 7.0 47.50 423.50
8. Karpatchev Alexander GM 7.0 46.00 421.50
9. Skembris Spyridon GM 7.0 44.50 401.00
10. van der Weide Karel GM 6.5 53.50 439.50
11. Langheinrich Ferenc 6.5 51.50 420.00
12. Pirrot Dieter IM 6.5 50.00 414.50
13. Fischer Johann FM 6.5 49.50 419.50
14. Dittmar Peter FM 6.5 49.00 418.50
15. Trabert Bettina FGM6.5 48.50 407.00
16. Keller Manfred 6.5 46.50 398.00
17. Pitl Gregory FM 6.0 53.50 426.00
18. Ris Robert 6.0 52.00 424.50
19. Bronznik Valeri IM 6.0 49.00 411.50
20. Braun Peter 6.0 49.00 405.50
21. Heika Martin 6.0 48.00 409.00
22. Bjarnason Oskar 6.0 47.00 403.00
23. Schaefer Michael 6.0 47.00 378.00
24. Loew Gerald FM 6.0 46.50 389.00
25. Trescher Manfred 6.0 46.00 404.50
26. Waldschmidt Georg 6.0 46.00 404.00
27. Kugelmann Werner 6.0 46.00 403.50
28. Gypser Andreas 6.0 46.00 401.00
29. Otterstaetter Stefan 6.0 44.50 397.50
30. Günther Thomas 6.0 43.00 395.50
188 players
The Armenian Club Championship took place 14th-19th March 2007 in
Yerevan.
Karen Asrian, Smbat Lputian, Rafael Vaganian, Artashes Minasian, Ashot
Anastasian, Tigran L. Petrosian, Tigran Kotanjian, Zaven Andriasian, Arman
Pashikian, Arsen Yegiazarian, Ara Minasian, Maia Chiburdanidze, Elina
Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Nino Khurtsidze played in the Championship. Only a
small number of games are available at the site and with no round numbers or
initials, they do promise more and I'll check back for hopefully a better
file.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am/
Final Standings
1. Bank King 8 (18)
2. FIMA 6 (14,5)
3. Hrazdan 4 (10,5)
4. ASAU 2 (9)
5. Academy 0 (8)
Women's Teams
1. Mika 4 (7)
2. Academy 2 (3)
3. Gyumri 0 (2)
The computer program RYBKA beat Jaan Ehlvest 5.5-2.5 at pawn odds in a
match which took place March 6th-8th 2007.
Details:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=519
The La Laguna Open took place 5th-12th March 2007. Atanas Kolas won the
event on tie-break from Bojan Kurajica, Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Gawain C
Jones after all scored 7/9. More games from the final two rounds may become
available.
Official site: http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com
The 23rd Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Tournament taking
place 16th-24th March 2007. 50 players, out of 9 countries: HUN, GER, FRA, AUT,
ITA, IRQ, ISR, ENG, CHI, 42 FIDE rated, 8 nonrated.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
Leading Round 3 of 9 Standings
1. 1 Werner, Dimo 2353 3.0 2884 +0.75
2 Szalanczy, Emil 2346 3.0 2857 +0.68
3 Hussein, N.A. 2321 3.0 2841 +0.70
4. 8 Bodrogi, Mihaly 2217 2.5 2273 +0.18
9 Koczo, Kristof 2210 2.5 2298 +0.28
6. 4 Kahn, Evarth Dr. 2293 2.0 2012 -0.68
5 Sanchez, Louis 2258 2.0 2274 +0.10
7 Fordan, Tibor 2221 2.0 2259 +0.17
10 Borda, Lajos 2182 2.0 2118 -0.24
11 Bacso, Gabor 2173 2.0 2164 -0.02
12 Csapo, Zoltan 2173 2.0 2623 +0.32
13 Letay, Gyula 2173 2.0 2117 -0.12
15 Bodnar, Zoltan 2152 2.0 2192 +0.21
16 Trajber, Csaba 2135 2.0 2162 +0.17
17 Mester, Attila 2132 2.0 2161 +0.18
18 Metaxasz, Vaszilisz 2126 2.0 2596 +0.18
19 Lukacs, Janos 2121 2.0 2658 +0.48
23 Heyl, Thomas 2091 2.0 1523 -0.28
24 Kiss, Kinga 2075 2.0 1486 -0.30
25 Weiss, Segev 2044 2.0 2200 +0.42
50 players
3rd go at getting Spoelman,W - Rogers,I (6) correct.
Canadian Open
The 2007 Canadian Open Chess Championship is a 10-round, one-section
Swiss that takes place 7-15 July 2007 in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. 120
minutes/game + 30sec. increment/move. Projected prize fund of $20,000 CDN based
on 200 entrants. Free entry to GMs, WGMs and IMs. Entry fee for all others,
$125 CDN until May 31, 2007, $150 CDN thereafter. Players must be members of
the Chess Federation of Canada. A tournament membership is available for $10
CDN, and a one-year membership for foreign players is $50 CDN. The venue is the
Ottawa Marriott (www.ottawamarriott.com), offering rates of $89/night CDN for
single and double occupancy.
Online reservations may be made at the website:
http://cwp.marriott.com/yowmc/chess/
Confirmed GMs so far: GM Nigel Short, GM Vadim Milov, GM Suat Atalik, GM Alex
Yermolinsky, GM Mark Bluvshtein. More GMs will be announced at the event blog:
http://cocycc.blogspot.com
Event website: http://www.canchess.ca
7th Znojmo Open
The 7th Znojmo Open takes place 5th-6th May 2007 at the Monastery of
Louka, Znojmo, the Czech Republic
Details: http://czechtour.net/znojmo/index.php
Chess festival BRNO 2007
Chess festival BRNO 2007 takes place 29th June - 8th July 2007. GM, IM
and Open events.
Details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm
Kramnik - Aronian Rapid Match
World Champion Vladimir Kramnik plays World Cup Holder Levon Aronian in
a rapid match May 4th-6th, 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia. Two games will be played
each day. The time control will be 25 minutes for the whole game with an
increment of 10 seconds per move. The match is organized by the Armenian Chess
Federation.
Details http://www.armchess.am
VIII Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
For the eighth year running the VIII Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad
de Dos Hermanas" is being held on the ICC Internet Chess Club playing zone
(http://www.chessclub.com). This event is had become the most important
Internet chess tournament in the world, featuring the biggest number of
participants. In the 2006 edition, more than 2000 players from all over the
world took part. 23 GM's, 11 of them with more than 2600, made it to the final,
with the special participation of world class players such as Gata Kamsky, or
young elite players such as Nakamura or Magnus Carlsen. German GM Fabian
Doettling won the 1.800 euros first prize, while Baadur Jobava, another young
Georgian GM, who previously had won the Aeroflot Open, finished second. This
year the prize fund has been increased, with 32 cash prizes. The total prize
fund is 7.700 euros, with a first prize of 1.800 euros. In addition, there are
many class prizes. As in previous editions, the playing system is as follows:
twelve 12-round Swiss qualifiers using the Fischer System playing rate: 4
minutes + 1 seconds. Qualifiers are held twice a day from March 16th to 21st.
March 22nd is a rest day and the finals are held on March 23rd and 24th. The 12
qualifier winners plus the 20 best scores qualify to the 32 KO final.
Full rules and registrations can be found on the Dos Hermanas website
http://www.doshermanas.net/aje_8torneo.asp
ICC and FICS client for mobile phones
Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS,
compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like
this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice
free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.
Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html
Lenk International Chess Festival
Lenk International Chess Festival The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will
continue in Lenk with the 19th "Kreuz-Open" April 5th-9th 2007. The venue is
the Hotel Kreuz, Grande Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a
maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize
are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.-
20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1946),
junior(1987-90), schoolboy (1991) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs
and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. The teams
competition, with 4 members; 3 prizes: 4x100/4x75/4x50 SF; entry fee 10 SF.
Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 5,; Rounds 2/3
09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 6,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 7,; Rounds 5/6
09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 8,; Round 7 9.30-14.30 April 9. Closing
ceremony April 9 at 16.00. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or
info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.
5th Brussels International Chess Festival
5th Brussels International Chess Festival (11 rounds - 25 minutes) Open
to all rated and unrated players-no club membership requested Saturday 5 May -
Sunday 6 May 2007
Details: http://www.creb.be/
1st Ruy López International Festival
1st Ruy López International Festival will be held in Zafra,
birthplace of Ruy López, 16th-25th March 2007.
Further details:
http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
Bunratty Chess Festival
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 but promised on March 12th 2007.
Official site: http://members.aol.com/bunrattychess/
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
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
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
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
