THE WEEK IN CHESS 651 30th April 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Leko - Kramnik Rapid Match 8 games
15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 15 games
Gausdal Classics 70 games
Moscow Championship 4 games
Ukrainian Team Championship 270 games
Kaupthing Bank tournaments 96 games
9th Dubai Open 164 games
XX Benidorm Open 80 games
Madrid Tournament 66 games
Lenk International Chess Festival 51 games
President's Cup Ankara 78 games
Abierto Berazategui 70 games
VI Torneio São José do Rio Preto 66 games
British Blind Championship 1 game
Metz Open 446 games
1485 games
My thanks to Dr Csaba Bognar, Sinisa Joksic, Harun Taner, Thomas
Henrich, Albert Vasse, Eldar Mukhametov, Goran Urosevic, Rolf Sander, Laszlo
Nagy, Miklos Orso, Robert Bellin, Malcolm Pein, Bill Armstrong, Erik van den
Doel, Hans-Walter Schmitt, Lou Caruana, Pierre Becker and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Leko in a worthy rather than tremendously
exciting match. Kramnik however I believe is getting back to being close to his
best which is a big relief after years of underperformance due to illness. Ivan
Cheparinov was the clear winner in Malmo with a 7/9 performance winning him the
event by a point and a half clear of Jan Timman (whose 5.5 was his best result
for a while), Tiger Hillarp Persson and Emanuel Berg. Magnus Carlsen did almost
exactly the same thing to the Gausdal GM field finishing on 7 a point and a
half clear of three players.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik played a rapid match April 25th-29th
2007 at the National Theater of Miskolc Hungary. Kramnik won 4.5-3.5.
Official site: http://www.lekokramnyik.hu/
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 A33 English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 51 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 44 E15 Queens Indian
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 52 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 57 A30 English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 49 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 29 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Rapid Match Miskolc HUN (HUN), 25-29 iv 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 = = 1 = 1 0 = = 4.5 2781
Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 = = 0 = 0 1 = = 3.5 2729
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The 15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place in Malmo 18th-26th
April 2007. Ivan Cheparinov won the event with 7/9 a point and a half clear of
Timman, Hillarp Persson and Berg.
Interview with
http://interviews.chessdom.com/ivan-cheparinov-sigeman
Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
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15th Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE (SWE), 18-26 iv 2007 cat. XIII (2554)
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1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2646 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2763
2. Timman, Jan H g NED 2545 = * 1 1 1 = = 0 1 0 5.5 2634
3. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2552 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 5.5 2633
4. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2574 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2631
5. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2506 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 5.0 2602
6. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2570 0 = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2551
7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2617 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 0 1 4.0 2503
8. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2515 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2515
9. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2475 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 0 2.0 2342
10. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2537 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2335
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Round 7 (April 24, 2007)
Timman, Jan H - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 28 A05 Various
Kotronias, Vasilios - Hermansson, Emil 1-0 39 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
L'Ami, Erwin - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 37 E97 King's Indian Classical
Negi, Parimarjan - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 53 B06 Modern Defence
Hector, Jonny - Carlsson, Pontus 0-1 31 C02 French Advance
Round 8 (April 25, 2007)
Cheparinov, Ivan - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 34 D27 QGA
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Timman, Jan H 0-1 39 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Carlsson, Pontus - Berg, Emanuel 1/2 14 C06 French Tarrasch
Hermansson, Emil - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 57 B19 Caro Kann
Hector, Jonny - Kotronias, Vasilios 0-1 41 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 9 (April 26, 2007)
Timman, Jan H - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 24 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Berg, Emanuel - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 47 B09 Pirc Defence
Kotronias, Vasilios - Carlsson, Pontus 0-1 30 B70 Sicilian Dragon
L'Ami, Erwin - Hector, Jonny 1-0 40 D18 Slav Defence
Negi, Parimarjan - Hermansson, Emil 1-0 23 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
The Gausdal Chess Classics took place 18th-26th April 2007 at the famous
high mountain hotel in Gausdal, Norway. Rate of play: 2 hours / 40 moves,1 hour
/ 20 moves and 0.5 hour / rest. Magnus Carlsen won the main Category XII GM
group with 7/9 a point and a half clear of the field.
Home page: http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2007/
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Chess Classic GM Gausdal NOR (NOR), 18-26 iv 2007 cat. XII (2537)
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1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2740
2. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2578 = * = = = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2612
3. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2512 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2620
4. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2603
5. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2525 = = = = * 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2581
6. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2633 = = = = 1 * 0 0 = 1 4.5 2526
7. Krush, Irina m USA 2464 = = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.5 2545
8. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2529 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * = 1 4.0 2495
9. Jones, Gawain C B m ENG 2518 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * = 2.5 2373
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2260 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2217
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Round 7 (April 24, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 30 E04 Catalan
Krasenkow, Michal - Lie, Kjetil A 1-0 50 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Kulaots, Kaido - Krush, Irina 1-0 25 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Jones, Gawain C B - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 37 B23 Sicilian Closed
Moskow, Eric - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 43 A13 Reti Opening
Round 8 (April 25, 2007)
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Jones, Gawain C B 1-0 31 B50 Sicilian Defence
Portisch, Lajos - Moskow, Eric 1-0 43 D96 Gruenfeld Russian
Krasenkow, Michal - Kulaots, Kaido 1/2 54 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Krush, Irina - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 28 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Lie, Kjetil A - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 32 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 9 (April 26, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 41 A90 Dutch Classical
Kulaots, Kaido - Lie, Kjetil A 1/2 34 B35 Sicilian Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 56 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Jones, Gawain C B - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 18 C45 Scotch Game
Moskow, Eric - Krush, Irina 0-1 39 A29 English Four Knights
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Chess Classic Open Gausdal NOR (NOR), 18-26 iv 2007
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1 Bromberger, Stefan (5) GER 2495 im 7
2 Oral, Tomas (1) CZE 2543 gm 7
3 Lie, Espen (17) NOR 2335 fm 6
4 Rausis, Igors (3) BAN 2537 gm 6
5 Pavlovic, Milos (2) SRB 2538 gm 6
6 Greet, Andrew (7) ENG 2425 im 6
7 Stokke, Kjetil (16) NOR 2339 fm 5.5
8 Reinderman, Dimitri (4) NED 2504 gm 5.5
9 Mikkelsen, Nikolaj (19) DEN 2295 5
10 Dworakowska, Joanna (14) POL 2355 im 5
11 Aarland, Stein A (20) NOR 2265 5
12 Hole, Øystein (10) NOR 2410 im 5
13 Westerinen, Heikki (11) FIN 2384 gm 5
14 Tallaksen, Geir Sune (8) NOR 2414 fm 5
15 Cox, John (9) ENG 2411 im 5
16 Hammer, Jon Ludvig (15) NOR 2346 fm 4.5
17 Porper, Eduard (6) ISR 2492 im 4.5
18 Savage, Ben (18) ENG 2332 4.5
19 Van Den Bersselaar, Jeroen (26) NED 2189 4.5
20 Welling, Gerard (12) NED 2384 im 4.5
21 Thomassen, Joachim (35) NOR 2048 4.5
22 Pitl, Gregory (13) GER 2367 im 4
23 Stubberud, Ørnulf (24) NOR 2217 4
24 Røyset, Pål (23) NOR 2238 4
25 White, Michael (21) ENG 2260 4
26 Urkedal, Frode (28) NOR 2176 4
27 Tolhuizen, Ludo (22) NED 2255 3.5
28 Andersen, Mads (36) DEN 2039 3.5
29 Bentsen, Øyvind (27) NOR 2180 3.5
30 Guddahl, Viggo (29) NOR 2159 3.5
31 Tjølsen, Katrine (34) NOR 2081 3
32 Carlsen, Henrik (32) NOR 2095 3
33 Reppen, Sigmund (33) NOR 2093 3
34 Sævareid, Ove (25) NOR 2198 3
35 Kvisla, Johannes (30) NOR 2134 2.5
36 Torgersen, Terje (31) NOR 2133 2.5
The Moscow Championship took place 18th-24th April 2007. Vladimir Belov
won the event on tie-break from Boris Grachev.
Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=388
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ch-Moscow Moscow RUS (RUS), 18-24 iv 2007 cat. XII (2528)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2586 * = 1 1 = = = = 4.5 2621
2. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2578 = * = = = = 1 1 4.5 2622
3. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2574 0 = * = = 1 = 1 4.0 2571
4. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2556 0 = = * 1 = 1 0 3.5 2523
5. Vorobiev, Evgeni RUS 2258 = = = 0 * = = = 3.0 2516
6. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2571 = = 0 = = * = = 3.0 2471
7. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2620 = 0 = 0 = = * 1 3.0 2464
8. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2479 = 0 0 1 = = 0 * 2.5 2432
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Round 7 (April 24, 2007)
Belov, Vladimir - Novikov, Stanislav 1-0 38 A41 Modern Defence
Grachev, Boris - Korotylev, Alexey 1-0 54 D11 Slav Defence
Amonatov, Farrukh - Vorobiev, Evgeni 1/2 51 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Gavrilov, Alexei1 - Rychagov, Andrey 1/2 15 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
The Ukrainian Team Championship took place in Alushta 22nd-28th April
2007. The event was a ten team all-play-all and the winners were Keystone
(Ponomariov, Onischuk (USA), Areshchenko, Miroshnichenko, Efimenko, Baklan etc)
Final standings: 1. Keystone (Kiev) - 18 team points, 2. Franko
University (Lviv) - 15, 3. KDIPU (Simferopol) - 13, 4. Laws Academy (Kharkov) -
12, etc.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t121.htm
The Kaupthing Bank tournaments took place 4th-9th April 2007 just before
the Reykjavik International. Normunds Miezis won the GM group and Robert Bellin
the IM section.
In what's always a tricky decision as to whether to go with the FIDE
list or the official site I've gone for the name Robert Hardarson rather than
Robert Lagermann as he is in the FIDE list. Gunnarsson - Kveinys was clearly
wrong at the end, I've put a version that makes more sense but isn't
necessarily right.
Details:
http://www.hellir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=651&Itemid=68
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Kaupthing GM Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 4-9 iv 2007 cat. VII (2423)
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1. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2521 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2685
2. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2546 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2534
3. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2475 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 5.5 2497
4. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2485 = = 0 * = = = = 1 = 4.5 2416
5. Shaw, John g SCO 2441 0 = = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2421
6. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2384 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 = 4.5 2427
7. Hardarson,Robert f ISL 2332 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = 1 4.0 2390
8. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2279 = = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2359
9. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2419 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 3.5 2343
10. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2348 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2158
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Kaupthing IM Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 4-9 iv 2007 cat. III (2301)
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1. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2381 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2564
2. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2299 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2466
3. Lamoureux, Charles m FRA 2360 0 = * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2373
4. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2296 = = 1 * = 0 = = = 1 5.0 2344
5. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2418 = 0 1 = * = = = = = 4.5 2287
6. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein ISL 2156 0 = 0 1 = * = = = 1 4.5 2316
7. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2330 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2297
8. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn f ISL 2329 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 4.0 2254
9. Asgeirsson, Heimir ISL 2180 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2147
10. Olszynski, Kazimierz POL 2256 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1861
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Kaupthing Women Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-9 iv 2007
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1 2 3 4
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1. Lamoureux, Izabelle FRA 2057 * = 1 1 2.5 2205
2. Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur ISL 1796 = * 1 1 2.5 2292
3. Thorfinnsdottir,Elsa ISL ---- 0 0 * 1 1.0 1826
4. Johannsdottir, Johanna Bjorg ISL ---- 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 9th Dubai Open takes place 22nd-30th April 2007 at the Dubai Chess
Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At stake is the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan
Al Maktoum Cup and a total of $45,000 in cash prizes. Levan Pantsulaia leads
with 6.5/8 with a round to go.
http://www.arabfide.com/
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9th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 22-30 iv 2007
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1 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2616 GEO 6,5 17753 30,5 0,0 2754
2 GM Guseinov Gadir 2586 AZE 6,5 17347 30,5 0,0 2696
3 GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2605 GEO 6,0 17605 30,5 0,0 2676
4 GM Sadvakasov Darmen 2618 KAZ 6,0 17537 29,5 0,0 2669
5 GM Megaranto Susanto 2530 INA 6,0 17515 28,5 0,0 2656
6 GM Anastasian Ashot 2552 ARM 6,0 17468 28,0 0,0 2650
7 GM Kotsur Pavel 2588 KAZ 6,0 17465 28,5 0,0 2653
8 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2599 IRI 6,0 17304 28,5 0,0 2637
9 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2609 GEO 6,0 17142 26,5 0,0 2619
10 GM Bagheri Amir 2481 IRI 6,0 16851 27,0 0,0 2474
11 GM Guliev Sarhan 2486 AZE 6,0 16571 24,5 0,0 2535
12 GM Sturua Zurab 2513 GEO 5,5 17429 27,5 0,0 2592
13 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2560 ARM 5,5 17403 29,0 0,0 2591
14 GM Koneru Humpy 2575 IND 5,5 16966 26,5 0,0 2537
15 IM Girinath P D S 2378 IND 5,5 16843 25,0 0,0 2500
16 GM Minasian Artashes 2586 ARM 5,5 16260 22,0 0,0 2450
17 Gopal G N 2455 IND 5,5 15686 23,0 0,0 2355
18 IM Safarli Eltaj 2463 AZE 5,0 17427 26,0 0,0 2543
19 FM Alavi Sayed Javad 2485 IRI 5,0 17236 27,0 0,0 2508
20 WGM Karavade Eesha 2343 IND 5,0 17043 23,5 0,0 2474
21 GM Ramesh R B 2471 IND 5,0 16942 25,0 0,0 2474
22 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2580 ARM 5,0 16937 25,5 0,0 2488
23 FM Toufighi Homayoon 2365 IRI 5,0 16908 22,0 0,0 2458
24 GM Bakre Tejas 2426 IND 5,0 16865 22,0 0,0 2462
25 GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2568 QAT 5,0 16833 25,5 0,0 2473
26 Adhiban B 2368 IND 5,0 16825 23,5 0,0 2451
27 GM Adly Ahmed 2503 EGY 5,0 16798 25,0 0,0 2467
28 GM Ehlvest Jaan 2643 USA 5,0 16645 23,5 0,0 2459
29 IM Kulicov Oleg 2403 RUS 5,0 16643 23,0 0,0 2432
30 WGM Harika Dronavalli 2476 IND 5,0 16630 25,0 0,0 2444
31 GM Taleb Moussa 2386 UAE 5,0 16540 22,0 0,0 2417
32 Kamble Vikramaditya 2339 IND 5,0 16537 22,0 0,0 2397
33 IM El Taher Fouad 2488 EGY 5,0 16463 25,0 0,0 2412
34 GM Handoko Edhi 2441 INA 5,0 16373 24,0 0,0 2400
35 IM Sitanggang Salor 2417 INA 5,0 16222 21,0 0,0 2382
36 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2510 GEO 5,0 16103 21,5 0,0 2380
37 GM Zhu Chen 2531 QAT 5,0 15959 20,5 0,0 2354
38 IM Al Sayed Mohamad N 2483 QAT 5,0 15916 21,5 0,0 2347
39 WIM Nadig Kruttika 2207 IND 5,0 15892 17,0 0,0 2331
40 IM Kayumov Sergey 2425 UZB 5,0 15828 21,0 0,0 2327
126 players
The XX Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2007 Benidorm
takes place 22nd April - 1st May 2007 (10 rounds). Karen Asrian leads on 7/8
with two rounds to go.
Full details: http://www.chessbenidorm.com
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XX Open Benidorm ESP (ESP), 23 iv-1 v 2007
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1 12 Movsziszian Karen GM ARM 2494 7 39½
2 3 Strikovic Aleksa GM SRB 2563 6½ 37½
3 1 Gagunashvili Merab GM GEO 2625 6 41½
4 2 Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel GM ESP 2563 6 38½
5 6 Jankovic Alojzije GM CRO 2541 6 37½
6 5 Khamrakulov Ibragim S GM ESP 2545 6 37½
7 18 Barlov Dragan GM SRB 2439 6 37
8 7 Narciso Dublan Marc GM ESP 2539 6 36
9 11 Saric Ante GM CRO 2496 6 36
10 4 Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2546 6 35½
11 9 Arizmendi Martinez Julen L GM ESP 2525 6 34½
12 30 Kovacevic Slobodan IM SRB 2325 6 34½
13 10 Paunovic Dragan GM SRB 2524 5½ 37
14 14 Radulski Julian GM BUL 2485 5½ 36½
15 17 Llanes Hurtado Miguel IM ESP 2441 5½ 36½
16 28 Valmaña Canto Jaime FM ESP 2338 5½ 36½
17 27 Huerga Leache Mikel FM ESP 2344 5½ 35½
18 21 Saldano Horacio IM ESP 2422 5½ 34½
19 25 Salgado Allaria Carlos FM ESP 2363 5½ 34
20 19 Swinkels Robin NED 2430 5½ 33
21 31 Toledano Llinares Juan A IM ESP 2317 5½ 31
22 20 Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel GM ESP 2423 5 38
23 22 Vassallo Mauricio IM ESP 2392 5 37½
24 8 Suba Mihai GM ROM 2537 5 37½
25 15 Pogorelov Ruslan GM UKR 2462 5 37½
26 24 Garcia Fernandez Carlos IM ESP 2377 5 37
27 29 Vega Gutierrez Sabrina WIM ESP 2335 5 34
28 33 Garcia Jimenez Francisco J FM ESP 2309 5 33
29 26 Clement Gomez Jose A FM ESP 2357 5 32
30 34 Eggleston David J FM ENG 2301 5 32
31 47 Serrano Marhuenda Salvador CM ESP 2143 5 31
32 38 Tscharotschkin Michael GER 2211 5 31
33 23 Vehi Bach Victor M IM ESP 2377 5 30
34 44 Moreto Quintana Alex ESP 2153 5 29½
35 42 Maleki Manuel FRA 2163 5 29½
36 40 Fernandez Manrique Agustin ESP 2187 5 29
37 58 Mataix Arbona Cesar ESP 2072 5 27
142 players
The Madrid tournament took place 20th-27th April 2007. Renier Vazquez
won the event with 8/11 undefeated a point clear of Ramon Mateo.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrezfma.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=62&page=1
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FMA Masters Madrid ESP (ESP), 20-27 iv 2007 cat. IX (2470)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vazquez, Renier m ESP 2517 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2640
2. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2448 = * = 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2573
3. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2535 = = * 1 1 = = 0 1 0 1 = 6.5 2528
4. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden g CUB 2541 = 1 0 * 1 0 = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2528
5. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2404 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2511
6. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2532 = 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 = 5.5 2464
7. Roa Alonso, Santiago f ESP 2423 = = = = 1 1 * 0 = 0 0 = 5.0 2437
8. Llaneza Vega, Marcos f ESP 2455 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 = 5.0 2435
9. Martinez Martin, David m ESP 2403 0 0 0 1 1 1 = 0 * 0 = = 4.5 2410
10. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2482 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = = 4.5 2403
11. Minzer, Claudio Javier m ARG 2414 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = * = 4.0 2372
12. Moreno Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2482 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = = * 3.5 2335
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Lenk International Chess Festival The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" took
place in Lenk with the 19th "Kreuz-Open" April 5th-9th 2007. 7 rounds (40 moves
for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end).
Sinisa Joksic reports: Mihajlo Stojanovic won the 19th Lenk Open after
second tie-break (sum of Buholz). Stojanovic had same result, after the first
tie-break (Buholz -1) as Andrei Sokolov. Best woman Josefa Del Val (SUI),
senior Pierre Pauchard (SUI), junior Andreas Lehmann (SUI), school-boy Marco
Lehmam (SUI), Swiss IM Richard Gerber. There were, also, team competition; four
players free composition of team. Won by "Masuhoga" IM Horvath (HUN), Gass
(GER), Maurer, Suter (both SUI). The event took place in Hotel "Kruez", April
7th-10th 2007. 150 players competed, a new record. Next year, 2008, jubilee,
20th edition, will take place March 20th-24th 2008.
Official site: http://www.beochess.ch
Final standing:
1. IM Stojanovic, Mihajlo (SRB) 5.5 30.5 167.5
2. GM Sokolov, Andrei (FRA) 5.5 30.5 162.5
3. IM Gerber, Richard (SUI) 5.5 29.5 168.0
4. GM Pavlovic, Milos (SRB) 5.5 29.0 167.0
5. IM Horvath, Tamas (HUN) 5.5 29.0 161.5
6. GM Gofshtein, Zvulon (ISR) 5.5 27.5 155.5
7. IM Hoffmann, Michael (GER) 5.5 27.0 161.0
8. IM Thesing, Matthias (GER) 5.0 29.0 167.5
9. Lehmann, Andreas (SUI) 5.0 28.0 156.5
10. GM Miralles, Gilles (FRA) 5.0 28.0 154.5
11. FM Bucher, Michael (SUI) 5.0 27.5 162.0
12. Gaehler, Marco (SUI) 5.0 27.0 155.0
13. Lehmann, Marco (SUI) 5.0 26.5 154.0
14. Kolly, Jacques (SUI) 5.0 26.0 152.0
15. IM Huss, Andreas (SUI) 5.0 25.0 155.5
16. Rufener, Markus (SUI) 5.0 24.0 152.0
17. Quinn, John M. (ENG) 5.0 23.0 143.5
18. Broennimann, Michael (SUI) 5.0 22.5 154.5
etc.
The President's Cup (Cumhurbaskanligi Kupasi) rapid tournament took
place in Ankara, Turkey 28th-29th April 2007.Umut Atakisi edged out Kivanc
Haznedaroglu on tie-break after both scored 9.5/12. News: Harun Taner.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr
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President's Cup Rapid Ankara TUR (TUR), 28-29 iv 2007 cat. III (2322)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2392 * = = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.5 2546
2. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2440 = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2542
3. Esen, Baris m TUR 2455 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2468
4. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2383 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2441
5. Citak, Selim f TUR 2358 0 1 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.5 2413
6. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2401 0 0 1 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2372
7. Soylu, Suat m TUR 2400 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2372
8. Olcayoz, Alper f TUR 2315 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2379
9. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2317 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2265
10. Solakoglu, Ozgur f TUR 2113 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 2181
11. Ulker, Ates f TUR 2156 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 0 2.0 2062
12. Yagiz, Yasin Emrah f TUR 2304 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2050
13. Ozturk, Kubra wf TUR 2150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1.5 2014
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The Abierto Berazategui tournament took place 18th-22nd April 2007.
Ruben Felgaer and Andres Rodriguez finished on 6/7.
Official site:
http://201.216.215.170/torneos/BERAZATEGUI_07/index_torneo.htm
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Abierto Berazategui ARG (ARG), 18-22 iv 2007
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1-2 Felgaer, Ruben 2561 6.0 29.0 25.0 27.75
Rodriguez, Andres URU 2559 6.0 28.5 26.0 24.50
3-5 Lafuente, Pablo 2447 5.5 29.0 22.0 24.25
Mahia, Gustavo 2424 5.5 26.0 23.0 23.00
Dos Santos, Ramiro 2393 5.5 25.0 21.0 21.75
6-13 Hungaski, Robert USA 2379 5.0 28.5 22.0 20.25
Mareco, Sandro 2418 5.0 28.0 21.0 21.25
Kovalyov, Anton 2483 5.0 27.5 21.0 18.00
Fernandez Sanchez, Fernando PER 2207 5.0 27.0 20.0 12.50
Lemos, Damian 2422 5.0 26.0 22.5 22.00
Pacheco Vivanco, Marco PER 2362 5.0 25.5 21.5 18.25
Contin, Daniel ITA 2327 5.0 24.0 19.0 16.00
Spata, German 2190 5.0 20.0 17.0 15.50
14-28 Flores, Diego 2541 4.5 29.5 23.0 19.00
Ricardi, Pablo 2523 4.5 28.5 22.0 18.00
Recoulat, Eduardo 2261 4.5 27.0 18.5 16.50
Iermito, Sebastian 2316 4.5 26.0 20.0 17.00
Blit, Jacques 2256 4.5 26.0 19.5 16.50
Sandoval, Teofilo PER 2183 4.5 26.0 18.5 18.25
Mussanti, Diego 2317 4.5 25.5 21.0 16.50
Claverie, Raul 2409 4.5 25.0 19.5 16.25
Real de Azua, Ernesto 2450 4.5 25.0 17.5 17.25
Orsini, Antonio 2362 4.5 24.5 20.0 16.00
Meza, Gabriela 2038 4.5 24.0 17.0 12.00
Cori Tello, Jorge 2213 4.5 23.5 17.5 12.25
Meza, Hugo 2154 4.5 23.5 16.5 11.00
Lo Presti, Roberto 2120 4.5 22.5 16.5 11.75
Liascovich, Lucas 2425 4.5 21.5 17.0 13.50
100 players
The VI Torneio Internacional de São José do Rio Preto took
place 19th-29th April 2007.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2393 * = = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2454
2. Perdomo, Leandro m ARG 2389 = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2454
3. Oliveira, Silvio Eduardo BRA 2187 = = * 1 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2473
4. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2447 = = 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2418
5. Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira f BRA 2401 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2385
6. Stamenkovic, Dragan m SRB 2423 = = 0 0 1 * = = = 1 0 1 5.5 2318
7. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2414 = = = 0 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2319
8. Crosa Coll, Martin m URU 2403 = 0 = = = = = * = = = = 5.0 2284
9. Borges, Leomar Barbero f BRA 2225 0 = = = 0 = 1 = * = = = 5.0 2300
10. Marra, Eduardo da Costa f BRA 2290 = = 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 0 1 4.0 2228
11. Batista, Gerson Peres BRA 2240 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * 1 4.0 2233
12. Navarrete, Daniel URU 2115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.0 1963
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The British Blind Championship was held in Bournemouth at Easter, and
was won by IM Colin Crouch who scored a perfect 7 defeating two previous
winners and becoming the Braille Chess Association prime hope for the European
Individual Blind Championship to be held in Durham later this year. The crucial
game was his victory over defending champion Chris Ross in round three. It was
a positive aggressive game by Black but White put up stiff resistence. News:
Bill Armstrong.
Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk/
Final Standings
Place First Name Surname Grade Score out of 7
1 Colin Crouch 208 7
2 Chris Ross 176 5.5
3 Bill Armstrong 148 4.5
4 Stephen Hilton 152 4
5 John Gallagher 123 4
6 Colin Chambers 139 3.5
7 Stephen Thacker 113 3.5
8 Les Whittle 138 3
9 Stan Lovell 120 3
10 John Jenkins 115 2.5
11 Steven Brown 55 1
12 Phil Gordon 98 0.5
The Caissa IM April category I tournament took place 21st-27th. April
2007 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Dimo Werner won the IM tournament with 5,5 pts,
23,75 SB, ahead of Zoltan Sarosi and Jesper Lauridsen on tie-break but on the
same score. News: Csaba Bognar.
More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com
Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Next events will be on
21-29. May, 18-26. June, 23-31 July.
Ranking after round 9 of Caissa IM April
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 4 Werner, Dimo GER 5.5 39.5 23.75 29.0 2358 2332 -0.26
10 Sarosi, Zoltan HUN 5.5 39.5 23.25 25.0 2377 2329 -0.53
2 Lauridsen, Jesper Morch DEN 5.5 39.5 23.25 24.5 2293 2339 +0.55
4. 1 Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 5.0 40.0 21.50 25.5 2274 2304 +0.32
6 Erdelyi, Tamas HUN 5.0 40.0 21.25 25.5 2207 2311 +1.22
6. 8 Brustkern, Juergen GER 4.5 40.5 19.25 23.0 2254 2263 +0.09
7. 7 Korpics, Zsolt HUN 4.0 41.0 17.75 21.5 2317 2213 -1.22
8. 5 Farkas, Tibor SRB 3.5 41.5 16.75 17.0 2298 2178 -1.54
3 Szabo, Bence HUN 3.5 41.5 15.25 17.0 2113 2199 +0.98
10. 9 Gauri, Shankar IND 3.0 42.0 12.50 17.0 2131 2152 +0.30
The Italian Team Championship took place in Palermo, April 20-22 2007.
There was a strong field including GM Vallejo-Pons, GM Fontaine, GM Hubner, GM
Dervishi, GM Godena, GM Ortega. 10 teams. Marostica, the town of the famous
"living game" won their 7th title. News: Adolivio Capece. Games from the final
round 5 are still unavailable.
Details: http://www.centroscacchi.it (http://www.centroscacchi.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=45)
- http://www.accademiascacchi.it/
and http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/italia/cis07.html
The 25th Metz International Open, took place 14th-22nd April 2007.
Sergey Fedorchuk and Vaszilij Sikula finished on 7/9. There were 5 norms: Tony
WIRIG, Tigran GHARAMIAN, Vladimir PETKOV : GM Mihaela SANDU : WGM Tatiana
KASPAROVA : WIM. News: Jean-Christophe Basaille.
More games now available.
Official site:
http://metzalekhine57.free.fr/openint2007/p_open.htm
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Open Metz FRA (FRA), 14-22 iv 2007
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1. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2603 7 38 2689 5 2691
2. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2536 7 34,5 2608 6 2608
3. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2456 6,5 37 2623 5 2660
4. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2588 6,5 35,5 2589 4 2579
5. Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2443 6,5 35 2610 4 2648
6. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2545 6,5 35 2591 4 2591
7. Boidman, Yuri m GER 2438 6,5 34 2547 5 2568
8. Shchekachev, Andrei g FRA 2530 6,5 33,5 2541 6 2537
9. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2598 6,5 32,5 2563 5 2552
10. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2485 6,5 32 2489 6 2479
11. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2593 6 34,5 2568 4 2562
12. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2471 6 33 2588 3 2617
13. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2631 6 32 2541 4 2511
14. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2413 6 29,5 2389 5 2372
15. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2433 6 29 2586 4 2601
16. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2488 6 29 2342 5 2264
17. Krivoshey, Sergei g UKR 2475 5,5 32,5 2489 5 2492
18. Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2519 5,5 31,5 2423 3 2411
19. Kasparov, Sergey g BLR 2536 5,5 31 2465 3 2456
20. Haub, Thorsten-Michael m GER 2468 5,5 31 2426 4 2402
21. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2590 5,5 30 2455 4 2416
22. Aguettaz, Maxime f FRA 2329 5,5 29,5 2372 4 2383
23. Pytel, Krzysztof m FRA 2396 5,5 28,5 2409 3 2413
24. Laurent, Bruno m BEL 2399 5,5 28,5 2377 5 2350
25. Marzolf, Bruno FRA 2259 5,5 26,5 2263 5 2264
26. Struk, Jerzy POL 2265 5,5 26,5 2232 5 2180
27. Schweitzer, Viktoriya wm FRA 2243 5,5 26 2269 5 2276
28. Hartmann, Dominique FRA 1977 5,5 20 1955 4 1962
101 players
Malcolm Pein reports that Nigel Short has been charged with bringing the
game into disrepute by FIDE over his comments on Fide Vice President Zurab
Azmaiparashvili and Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos. See story in full:Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess Tuesday May
1st 2007
Erik van den Doel Leiden 25th April 2007
This is a response to Mr Kutin's response to my open letter.
I have to admit that it was too early to put the blame on ECU and for
this I appologize. Having said that, the case is by no means closed. The fact
that we were not forced to stay in the IBIS hotel doesn't make any difference.
Erik van den Doel Netherlands
Russian Team Championships
The Russian Team Championships take place in the Hotel Dagomys Sochi
1st-12th May 2007. Usually very strong.
Official site: http://www.chessliga.ru.
Euro Chess Tournament 2007
The Euro Chess Tournament takes place August 6th-11th 2007 at the
University of Twente, Enschede. The Euro Chess Tournament is Europe's largest
Open Youth Chess tournament. Over 500 children will battle on the chess board
for the 33rd Open Dutch Youth Chess Championship titles. Parallel to the Dutch
Open, the University of Twente Young Masters, a 20 player Swiss by invitation
GM tournament will be played.
Details: http://www.onjk.nl/
1st Thun Open
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will continue in Thun with the 1st
"International Town Hall Open" May 25th-28th 2007. Thun is famous turist place,
20 minutes from Bern by train, located on the lake, with the same name, Thun.
The venue is the Hotel-Restorant “City-House” Thun, 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. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1946),
junior(1987-90), schoolboy (1991) and 3 best local players. Entry fee 130 SF,
FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more (for everybody enclude GM, IM),
GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "City House". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00
May 25th ; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 April 26th; Round 4/5
9.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 27th; Rounds 6/7 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May
28th; Closing ceremony May 28 at 20.30. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert
Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.
Chess Classic Mainz
The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 13th-19th 2007 at the
Rheingoldhalle. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Etienne Bacrot and Rustam
Kasimdzhanov will play a mixed rapid chess and Chess960 event. These will take
place along with the usual mixture of other events.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup takes place in Szeged 8th-16th May 2007.
Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/
Carlsen - Radjabov Rapid Match
After last years Match of the Legends in May 2006 between Anatoly
Karpov and Boris Spassky, the Corsican chess League is now organising the match
of the Hopes.
The "Match of the Hopes" takes place on Friday 18th May 2007 in
Porto-Vecchio (south of Corsica) between Teimour Radjvabov (Azerbaïdjan)
and Magnus Carlsen (Norway). The rate of play is 10 mins + 3 secs increment per
move.(If the scores are level, tie-break blitz games shall be played). 300
pupils of the area will attend the event. All details on the site of the
Corsican chess League :
http://www.corse-echecs.com/porto-vecchio/porto_vecchio2007.html
. Games on line at the site of the French Chess Federation
http://www.echecs.asso.fr
Hungarian tournaments May - October 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from March - August 2007 in Hungary:
1 5th-17th of May 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. 21st -29th of May 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-East
from Budapest.
3. 2nd -14th of June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM closed. Org : NL
4. 16th-24th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed. Org: IM Rigo,
e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu
5. 7th-19th of July FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM closed, Org: NL
6. 22nd-29th of July AGRIA Open, Eger, 110 km North-East from Budapest,
Org: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu http://agriasakk. eurochess.hu
7 . 4th-16th of August FS Bp, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.
8. 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
9. 1st-13th of September, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
10. 17th -25th of September KECSKEMET IM tmt, org. dr.Erdelyi
11. 6th-18th of October, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
12. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET IM - org. dr.Erdelyi
Benidorm International Chess Festival
The VI Benidorm 2007 International Chess Festival takes place 30th
November - 9th December 2007 with diverse tournaments
More information and entry, discounts by individual lodging or for
groups larger than 15 people, please to contact Patricia Claros Aguilar:
615547567 - 6620 20592 or emails ajedrezenalicante@yahoo.es and
ajedrezalicante@hotmail.com.
Details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/
Candidates Matches and Computer Match
The Candidates Matches will be held May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in
Elista, Kalmykia. "Deep Fritz" and "Deep Junior" will have a 6 game match
alongside the event.
Further details: http://www.fide.com
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 organised by the Armenian Chess
Federation.
Official site: http://www.aroniankramnik2007.am/
First Saturday May
For the 5th-17th of May First Saturday Budapest GM-IM tournaments there
are some vacancies. A chance for GM-IM-norms. Contact Laszlo Nagy E-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net http://www.firstsaturday.hu -
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
- http://www.fide.com/official/officials.asp?f=13
Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914
British Chess Problem Society
Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society has a new website:
http://www.bstephen.me.uk/. The site
has much info on the Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship.
Endgame Studies
Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor SchaakEindspelStudie. Endgame studies:
http://www.arves.org/
Arctic Chess Challenge
The Arctic Chess Challenge will take place in Tromsø, Norway
August 4th-12th 2007. The Open Swiss is a follow up to last year’s
Midnight Sun Chess Challenge, won by GM Sergei Shipov ahead of among others
Carlsen, Krasenkow and Rozentalis and is the second in a series of events
leading up to Tromsø’s bid for the 2014 Chess Olympics
Details: http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex.htm
Bahrain Batelco Championship
The Bahrain Batelco Championship takes place registration 2 to 13 May. A
9 round Swiss with a rest day. There are free tickets available for GMs and IMs
from Paris and also accommodation and full board. total prize fund $10,000.
Further details Mr Abdughaffar _batelcopen2007@gmail.com_
(mailto:batelcopen2007@gmail.com)
5th Solingen Chess Weeks
The 5th Solingen Chess Weeks will be held at Solingen (North
Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) between June, 1st and June, 10th 2007.
The main events of the chess festival are the two opens between June,
7th and 10th., both 7 rounds swiss, 2h/40+1h/all. The A-open is
an Elo tournament open for all players; the top prizes are 800/500/400 euros.
IM and GM are free of entry fee. The B-open is for players
rated below 2000 DWZ (national rating) only; the top prizes are 300/200/150
euros. Additionaly there will be
a blitz tournament on June, 1st (15 rounds swiss, 5 min/game) and
a rapid tournament on June, 2nd (9 rounds swiss, 20 min/game).
Further information: Andreas Peschel: +49 (0)175 591.24.07;
anrope@hotmail.com
Complete informations also on the tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de/
Lugano tournaments
There are two tournaments in Lugano. One at the end of April
http://www.scaccomatto.ch/. The other
at the end of November http://www.chessevent.ch/
Novi Sad Championship
Novi Sad will host the 2009 European National Team Championship. In the
run up to that the Championship of Novi Sad took place 18th-25th March 2007.
Dusan Rajkovic won the event on tie-break from Miroljub Lazic after both
finished on 6.5/9. I'm hoping for a better games file before I try and publish
the games.
Further details: http://www.drazic.co.yu
Mediterranean 2013" Open Rijeka Croatia
The "Mediterranean 2013" Open chess tournament takes place in Rijeka
Croatia, 25 November - 2 December 2007
System of play: Swiss / 9 rounds. Tempo of play: 90 minutes per player
+ 30 extra seconds for each move played starting with the first. The tournament
will be registered with FIDE in order to assign the rating and title norms.
Prizes Awards fund: about 10 000 Euros. 1st award - 12 000,00 kunas 2nd
award - 8 000,00 kunas 3rd award - 6 000,00 kunas
WEB: http://www.mediteran2013.com/en/default.asp
e-mail: club@sah-rijeka.hr
8th Montreal International
The 8th Montreal International takes place July 19th - 28th 2007. Nigel
Short, Sergei Tiviakov, Pavel Eljanov, Pentala Harikrishna, Vadim Milov, Kamil
Miton, Mark Bluvshtein and Pascal Charbonneau are signed up to play.
Details:
http://fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie=1
MTel Masters
The MTel Masters take place in Sofia 9th-20th May 2007. The field for
the ten round, double round robin event, is Veselin Topalov, Liviu Dieter
Nisipeanu, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams and Krishnan
Sasikiran. Tiebreak games will be played to decide the winner in the case of a
tie. The Sofia draw Rule will be strictly applied. The players will not be
allowed to offer draws, the decision as to whether the game is sterile is taken
by the Chief-Arbiter.
40th Biel Chess Festival
The 40th Biel Chess Festival takes place 21st July - 3rd August 2007.
Players include Judit Polgar, Alexander Morozevich and Magnus Carlsen
Further details and entry for the many events at:
http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Uzhgorod-Open
Uzhgorod-Open, Spring 2007 2007, May, 24 - May, 27 City: Uzhgorod
Country: Ukraine Organizer: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod (President - IM Bogdan
Borsos) Tel: +380503179153, +380503723900 Email: chessfeduzh@rambler.ru
Address: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Hotel "Svitanok", Koshitska st. 20
Further details: http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru
8th United Insurance and United Leasing GM Chess Tournament
The 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament shall be organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation from 6th to
14th May 2007 at the National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000 in
Bangladesh. The tournament shall be an 11-round Swiss System. Download the
tournament brochure. Invited players must send their confirmation to
participate in the event on or before 20th April 2007 to Jamilur Rahman General
Secretary Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com Mobile: +88
0191418214, +88 0152415241
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1296
has the full brochure.
RC Sport Open
The RC Sport Open takes place 10th-17th August 2007 in Ceská
Trebová (Czech republic). Total prize fund is 122 000 CZK (4 000 Euro).
Details: http://sachy.rcsport.info
Baku Chess Festival
The Baku Chess Festival takes place April 30th – May 12th 2007.
Four tournaments will be held: * Children tournament 01-10 May * Open
tournament 03-11 May * Seniors tournament 03-11 May * Blitz tournament 12
May.
Details:http://www.chessclub.az/kubok/poloj.htm
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
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
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/
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
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.
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
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
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Benidorm Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezalicante.com/menu.htm
Baltic Sea Cup
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) takes place July 30th - August
5th 2007.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
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
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.
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
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
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/
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
