THE WEEK IN CHESS 656 4th June 2007 by Mark Crowther
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French Team Championships 507 games
1742 games
My thanks to Jean-Christophe Basaille, Axel Fritz, John Henderson, Radu
Breahna, Rolf Sander, Dario Mione, Thomas Henrich, Frank Berry, Miklos Orso,
Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, George Mirijanian, Stefan
Loeffler, Yuri Garrett, Nigel Freeman, Anatoly Lisenko and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
For me the Candidates Matches in Elista have been an unqualified
success. The first series of matches have been tough an uncompromising. The
best match in terms of excitement was that between 24 year old Levon Aronian
and 16 year old Magnus Carlsen. Aronian is the top seed in this event and so
was a little unlucky to draw Magnus Carlsen who was bottom seed 18 months or so
ago but clearly wasn't anymore. Aronian was the classier act but he struggled
to put away his determined opponent only managing to do so in the blitz
playoff. It will take time for Carlsen to put his openings together (a problem
that Aronian had until recently) but this match can't have done him any harm at
all. Aronian now has to go on to play Alexei Shirov for a place in Mexico City.
Shirov came close to elimination but won the final game of normal time rate
games against Michael Adams. Shirov then won the first two rapid playoff games
to take an unshakable grip. The other second round matches all also look
fascinating. Peter Leko takes on Evgeny Bareev. Bareev is the bottom rated
player left in the event but that's because he concentrates on teaching these
days. His openings looked tremendous against Judit Polgar. Boris Gelfand
against Gata Kamsky is a real heavyweight struggle in prospect and cases can be
made for either player. Finally Sergei Rublevsky against Alexander Grischuk is
another match that looks too close to call. I can't wait.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Candidates Matches take place May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in
Elista, Kalmykia. Each match will consist of six games, and, if necessary,
tie-break rapid games. Detailed notes and commentary by Mark Crowther and IM
Malcolm Pein have appeared on the main TWIC site.
Links
Official site: http://globalchess.eu/main.php
Further details: http://www.fide.com -
Preview by Martin Bennedik: http://www.bennedik.de/
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
for chess.fm's live coverage.
There will be a two rounds of matches producing four players who will
play in the Mexico City (http://www.chessmexico.com) tournament to
decide the world champion alongside Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter
Svidler and Alexander Morozevich to produce an 8 player, 14 round double round
robin event September 12th-30th 2007.
"Deep Fritz" and "Deep Junior" will have a 6 game match alongside the
second round of matches.
Candidates Matches Round 2
Matches start Wednesday June 6th 2007. They are also six game
matches.
Aronian, Levon - Shirov, Alexei
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander
Gelfand, Boris - Kamsky, Gata
Candidates Matches Round 1
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 0-1 36 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 21 A58 Volga Gambit
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 41 A30 English Symmetrical
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 40 E14 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 49 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 47 D17 Slav Defence
Rapid
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 66 A62 Benoni
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1/2 72 A14 Reti Opening
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 43 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 84 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Blitz
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 51 A32 English Symmetrical
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 0-1 57 E29 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Aronian, Levon g ARM 2759 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 = = 0 1 1 7.0 2750
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 0 = 1 0 1 = 0 = = 1 0 0 5.0 2702
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Leko, Peter - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 35 C10 French Rubinstein
Gurevich, Mikhail - Leko, Peter 0-1 53 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 50 C11 French Defence
Gurevich, Mikhail - Leko, Peter 0-1 40 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 = 1 1 1 . . 3.5 2971
Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2635 = 0 0 0 . . 0.5 2416
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Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 37 D17 Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 41 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 92 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 56 B87 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 38 D17 Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 18 B16 Caro Kann
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 = = 1 = = = 3.5 2774
Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2717 = = 0 = = = 2.5 2623
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Gelfand, Boris - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 47 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 E15 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 38 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 48 D24 QGA
Gelfand, Boris - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 45 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Rapid
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 39 E15 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 94 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 52 C42 Petroff's Defence
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 = = = = = = 1 = 1 . 5.5 2757
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2677 = = = = = = 0 = 0 . 3.5 2653
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Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 29 D15 Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 39 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 39 E08 Catalan
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 = 1 1 1 . . 3.5 3045
Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2709 = 0 0 0 . . 0.5 2383
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Grischuk, Alexander - Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0 42 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Malakhov, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 64 A30 English Symmetrical
Grischuk, Alexander - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 34 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Malakhov, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 37 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 43 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 1 = = 1 = . 3.5 2828
Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2679 0 = = 0 = . 1.5 2568
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Polgar, Judit - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 63 B19 Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Polgar, Judit 1-0 64 E15 Queens Indian
Polgar, Judit - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 56 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Bareev, Evgeny - Polgar, Judit 1-0 54 E19 Queens Indian
Polgar, Judit - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 33 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Bareev, Evgeny - Polgar, Judit 1/2 47 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 = 1 = 1 0 = 3.5 2784
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2727 = 0 = 0 1 = 2.5 2586
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Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 50 C06 French Tarrasch
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1/2 54 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 0-1 40 E17 Queens Indian
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 38 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1-0 49 C43 Petroff's Defence
Rapid
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1-0 48 C87 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 51 C54 Giuoco Piano
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1/2 75 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 = = = 0 = 1 1 1 = . 5.5 2814
Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 = = = 1 = 0 0 0 = . 3.5 2619
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The 42nd Capablanca Memorial took place 17th-29th May 2007. Ivanchuk won
by two points from Lenier Dominguez and Vugar Gashimov. There was a strong 10
round swiss alongside won by Csaba Horvath ahead of Diasmany Otero on tie-break
after both finished on 7.5/10. News: Otto Buchholz.
Correction to Delgado - Quezada (8) which was given the same game score
as Ivanchuk's game from the same round by mistake.
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/Inicio.htm.
Daily reports at: http://www.vanguardia.co.cu/
News: Otto Buchholz.
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42nd Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 18-28 v 2007 cat. XV (2617)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2877
2. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 = * = = 1 = 1 = = = 5.5 2690
3. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2644 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2693
4. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2541 = = = * = 0 = = = 1 4.5 2625
5. Miton, Kamil g POL 2653 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2612
6. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter g CUB 2555 0 = 0 1 = * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2623
7. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2649 0 0 = = = 1 * = = = 4.0 2570
8. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CUB 2552 0 = = = 0 = = * = = 3.5 2544
9. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2620 0 = = = 0 0 = = * = 3.0 2491
10. Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2547 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 2.5 2458
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Round 9 (May 28, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Delgado Ramirez, Neuris 1-0 33 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter 1/2 30 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Gashimov, Vugar - Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus 1/2 15 C13 French Classical
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Miton, Kamil 0-1
Open Tournament
Rank SNo Name Ti FED Rtg Pts BH. BH. BH. vict
1 2 Horvath Csaba GM HUN 2538 7½ 64 51½ 39 5
2 46 Otero Diasmany IM CUB 2366 7½ 59½ 50 38 6
3 1 Hernandez Carmenates Holden GM CUB 2541 7 63½ 51½ 39 5
4 20 Pozo Vera Sandro FM CUB 2448 7 62½ 50 37 5
5 30 Needleman Gaston IM ARG 2416 7 55½ 44½ 33½ 5
6 5 Zambrana Oswaldo IM BOL 2512 7 48 38½ 29 6
7 36 Guerra Mendez Jose Angel FM CUB 2399 6½ 62 49½ 37 5
8 19 Mateo Ramon IM DOM 2448 6½ 62 49½ 36½ 5
9 10 Corrales Jimenez Fidel IM CUB 2479 6½ 55½ 44½ 33½ 6
10 14 Colovic Aleksandar IM MKD 2463 6½ 55½ 44 33 4
11 31 Fernandez Alexey FM CUB 2414 6½ 47 39 29½ 6
12 35 Martinez Lelys FM CUB 2400 6 58 47½ 36 4
13 11 De La Paz Perdomo Frank GM CUB 2474 6 58 46½ 35 5
14 7 Almeida Quintana Omar GM CUB 2488 6 56½ 45½ 35 3
15 17 Leon Hoyos Manuel IM MEX 2454 6 56 44½ 33 4
16 26 Gongora Reyes Maikel IM CUB 2422 6 54½ 43½ 33 4
17 18 Alvarez Pedraza Aramis FM CUB 2449 6 54 42½ 32 3
18 32 Gomez Garrido Camilo FM CUB 2413 6 53½ 43 32½ 4
19 3 Cordova Emilio IM PER 2507 6 52 41½ 31 5
20 9 Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo GM CUB 2481 6 48 38½ 28½ 2
21 64 Aguero Luis Lazaro . CUB 2263 5½ 59½ 48 36 2
22 23 Baron Rodriguez Jesus IM ESP 2431 5½ 56 46 35 3
23 29 Ortega Mariano FM CUB 2417 5½ 55½ 44½ 33 3
24 15 Rasmussen Karsten IM DEN 2462 5½ 55 44 32½ 3
25 44 Alonso Garcia Rene IM CUB 2368 5½ 54½ 45 34 2
26 4 Abreu Delgado Aryam IM CUB 2498 5½ 53 42½ 32½ 2
27 63 Larduet Despaigne Carlos FM CUB 2286 5½ 52½ 43½ 32 2
28 37 Iturrizaga Eduardo IM VEN 2398 5½ 52½ 43 32½ 2
29 40 Diamant Andre FM BRA 2384 5½ 52½ 42½ 31½ 3
30 50 Soto Paez Oliver FM VEN 2350 5½ 52½ 41½ 31 3
31 24 Gonzalez Perez Arian FM CUB 2430 5½ 51½ 41 30½ 4
32 12 Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis GM ESP 2467 5½ 51 40½ 30 3
33 25 Barrientos Sergio IM COL 2428 5½ 50 40 30 3
34 8 Borges Mateos Juan GM CUB 2482 5½ 49½ 39½ 29½ 4
35 38 Ortiz Suarez Isam IM CUB 2387 5½ 49 39½ 29½ 4
36 33 Blanco Humberto FM CUB 2405 5½ 48½ 39 29 2
37 6 Gonzalez Vidal Yuri IM CUB 2493 5½ 47½ 38 28½ 3
38 79 Quesada Perez Yasser . CUB 2155 5½ 46 35½ 26½ 5
39 21 Prasca Raphael IM VEN 2439 5 53 42 31½ 3
40 34 Santos Marcus Vinicius Moreira FM BRA 2401 5 52½ 42½ 32½ 2
87 players
Zonal 2.3 takes place in Santo Domingo 29th May-10th June 2007. There is
a women's event alongside. Both are 14 player round robins.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezdominicano.com
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zt 2.3 Santo Domingo DOM (DOM), 30 v-10 vi 2007 cat. V (2364)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 * . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 7.0
2. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2620 . * . = . 1 . = . 1 1 1 1 . 6.0 2628
3. Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos g MEX 2537 . . * . 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 6.0 2552
4. Iturrizaga, Eduardo m VEN 2398 . = . * . 1 . 1 . 0 . 1 1 1 5.5 2559
5. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2454 0 . 1 . * . 0 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2459
6. Mendoza, Rafael f COL 2390 . 0 . 0 . * = = . = . 1 . 1 3.5 2359
7. Vittorino, Carlo f COL 2206 0 . 0 . 1 = * . = . 0 . 1 . 3.0 2317
8. Gonzalez, Bernal m CRC 2434 0 = . 0 . = . * . . 1 = = . 3.0 2335
9. Boada, Winston VEN 2185 0 . 0 . 0 . = . * 1 . . = 1 3.0 2300
10. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2401 0 0 0 1 . = . . 0 * 1 . . . 2.5 2346
11. Dominguez, Jose M m DOM 2330 . 0 . . 0 . 1 0 . 0 * 0 . 1 2.0 2209
12. Farley, Terry BAR 2284 0 0 0 0 . 0 . = . . 1 * . . 1.5 2253
13. Trujillo,Pablo VEN ---- . 0 0 0 0 . 0 = = . . . * . 1.0 2095
14. De los Santos, Eddy DOM 2174 0 . 0 0 0 0 . . 0 . 0 . . * 0.0
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The 10th IHEM took place 26th May - 3rd June 2007. GM Konstantin Landa
won scoring 8 out of 9. The best German player starting for a club of Hamburg
local federation was Evgueni Chevelevitch (4th place, 6,5 /9) therefore
qualifying for the German Championships. News: Rolf Sander.
Official site: http://www.hamburger-schachverband.de/
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10th IHEM Hamburg GER (GER), 26 v-3 vi 2007
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1. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2608 +23 +11 + 4 = 2 +10 = 3 + 6 + 9 + 8 8.0 2779
2. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2579 +27 + 9 + 6 = 1 +14 +22 = 3 +11 - 4 7.0 2613
3. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2573 +25 - 6 +29 +31 + 5 = 1 = 2 = 4 +10 6.5 2565
4. Chevelevitch, Evgueni GER 2422 +32 +14 - 1 =18 =13 +16 +22 = 3 + 2 6.5 2558
5. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2482 +17 -16 +27 +12 - 3 =18 +21 =10 +11 6.0 2468
6. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich f GER 2342 +33 + 3 - 2 -22 +29 +14 - 1 = 7 +16 5.5 2442
7. Hebbinghaus, Holger f GER 2316 =34 =12 =32 =17 +27 =21 =13 = 6 +19 5.5 2330
8. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2502 +28 =13 +31 =16 -22 =10 +25 +12 - 1 5.5 2444
9. Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2322 +36 - 2 =24 =29 +15 +23 =10 - 1 +18 5.5 2383
10. Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2514 +21 +18 =16 +13 - 1 = 8 = 9 = 5 - 3 5.0 2447
11. Pajeken, Wolfgang f GER 2346 +15 - 1 =17 +24 =16 +13 +18 - 2 - 5 5.0 2383
12. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2374 =29 = 7 +25 - 5 =18 +19 +16 - 8 =14 5.0 2363
13. Stanke, Juergen GER 2310 +37 = 8 +19 -10 = 4 -11 = 7 =21 +23 5.0 2369
14. Putzbach, Gerd f GER 2253 +38 - 4 +26 +19 - 2 - 6 =17 +24 =12 5.0 2317
15. Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2081 -11 -23 +35 +33 - 9 -17 +31 +32 +26 5.0 2223
16. Lindinger, Markus f GER 2307 +35 + 5 =10 = 8 =11 - 4 -12 +17 - 6 4.5 2349
17. Bracker, Frank GER 2193 - 5 +35 =11 = 7 -23 +15 =14 -16 +30 4.5 2222
18. Zierke, Oliver f GER 2313 +26 -10 +37 = 4 =12 = 5 -11 +25 - 9 4.5 2299
19. Bach, Matthias f GER 2364 =20 +34 -13 -14 +32 -12 +29 +27 - 7 4.5 2212
20. Kjetsae, Johnny GER 2100 =19 -29 =34 =25 =24 =28 -27 +36 +32 4.5 2181
21. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2225 -10 -26 +36 +37 +31 = 7 - 5 =13 =27 4.5 2249
22. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2434 +24 -31 +23 + 6 + 8 - 2 - 4 . . 4.0 2420
23. Jacoby, Gisbert GER 2252 - 1 +15 -22 +32 +17 - 9 =24 =26 -13 4.0 2213
24. Maahs, Erich GER 2193 -22 +30 = 9 -11 =20 +35 =23 -14 =25 4.0 2168
25. Engelbert, Christoph GER 2230 - 3 +33 -12 =20 +26 +31 - 8 -18 =24 4.0 2228
26. Faika, Michael GER 2007 -18 +21 -14 =30 -25 +36 +28 =23 -15 4.0 2139
27. Rosmann, Ilja GER 2242 - 2 +36 - 5 +34 - 7 =29 +20 -19 =21 4.0 2213
28. Kroencke, Manfred GER 2207 - 8 -37 =30 =36 +38 =20 -26 =34 +35 4.0 2034
29. Mueller, Joerg GER 2118 =12 +20 - 3 = 9 - 6 =27 -19 -30 +38 3.5 2177
30. Kielhorn,Sebastian GER ---- -31 -24 =28 =26 =34 +33 -32 +29 -17 3.5 2064
31. Ritscher, Jan-Paul f GER 2300 +30 +22 - 8 - 3 -21 -25 -15 =33 +36 3.5 2164
32. Fraas, Henning GER 2158 - 4 +38 = 7 -23 -19 +34 +30 -15 -20 3.5 2095
33. Weiss, Siegfried GER 2078 - 6 -25 +38 -15 -35 -30 +37 =31 +34 3.5 2026
34. Schulz, Hans-Juergen GER 2043 = 7 -19 =20 -27 =30 -32 +35 =28 -33 3.0 2034
35. Wiese, Phil GER 1967 -16 -17 -15 +38 +33 -24 -34 +37 -28 3.0 1997
36. Atri, Jamshid IRI 2077 - 9 -27 -21 =28 +37 -26 +38 -20 -31 2.5 1989
37. Albers, Andreas GER 1998 -13 +28 -18 -21 -36 -38 -33 -35 +39 2.0 1910
38. Wilms,Robert GER ---- -14 -32 -33 -35 -28 +37 -36 +39 -29 2.0 1875
39. BYE ---- . . . . . . . -38 -37 0.0
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The 16th Annual Chicago Open took place May 25th-28th, 2007 in Oak
Brook, Illinois, USA. Vadim Milov and Yuri Shulman finished on 6/7.
Official site: http://www.chesstournamentservices.com/chicago/
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16th Chicago Open Oak Brook USA (USA), 25-28 v 2007
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1. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2676 6.0
2. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2600 6.0
3. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2641 5.5
4. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2625 5.5
5. Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2539 5.5
6. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2574 5.5
7. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2640 5.0
8. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2518 5.0
9. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2474 5.0
10. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2606 4.5
11. Bercys, Salvijus m USA 2438 4.5
12. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2419 4.5
13. Pasalic, Mehmed f GER 2392 4.5
14. Kleiman, Jake f USA 2312 4.5
15. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2529 4.0
16. Sharavdorj, Dashzegve g MGL 2454 4.0
17. Almeida Saenz, Alfonso m MEX 2429 4.0
18. Van de Mortel, Jan m NED 2423 4.0
19. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2418 4.0
20. Tate, Emory m USA 2406 4.0
21. Panjwani, Raja CAN 2272 4.0
22 Boekhoff, Andrew f USA 2322 4.0
23. Maltese, Adam USA 2205 4.0
24. Filipovich, David CAN 2216 4.0
25. Young, Angelo m PHI 2370 3.5
65 players
The First Saturday GM-IM-FM closed tournaments take place in Budapest
2nd-14th June 2007.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007 cat. VIII (2438)
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1. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2520 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2. Bui Vinh m VIE 2483 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2507 . . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Berczes, David m HUN 2442 . . . * . = . . . . . . 0.5 2518
5. Citak, Selim f TUR 2358 . . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2408
6. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2518 . . . = . * . . . . . . 0.5 2442
7. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2549 . . . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2422
8. Varadi, Viktor m HUN 2408 . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2358
9. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2422 . . . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2549
10. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2440 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Pasalic, Harun BIH 2261 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Paschall, William M m USA 2353 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Bulgarian GM Todor Todorov scored 6.5/9 in the 2nd Senigallia Chess
Festival - 1st "Perini Memorial" (May 28th-June 3rd 2007) to take first place
on tie break over Serbian GM Sinisa Drazic and Italian GM Igor Efimov. They all
remained unbeaten. French IM Vladimir Okhotnik, Greek GM Spyridon Skembris and
German IM Olaf Heinsel were placed 4th-6th on 5.5, FM Alessio De Santis from
Rome and Belgian FM Marc Geenen shared 7th-8th on 5. 86 players from eleven
countries competed in the event. News: Dario Mione.
Official site:
http://digilander.libero.it/dragonscacchicv/festivalS07.html
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Aldo Perini Mem Senigallia ITA (ITA), 28 v-3 vi 2007
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1. Todorov, Todor g BUL 2499 6.5
2. Drazic, Sinisa g SRB 2467 6.5
3. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2433 6.5
4. Okhotnik, Vladimir m FRA 2484 5.5
5. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2460 5.5
6. Heinzel, Olaf m GER 2403 5.5
7. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2321 5
8. Geenen, Marc f BEL 2317 5
9. Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2205 4.5
10. Aleksic, Nenad m SRB 2378 4.5
11. Samaritani, Fabio f ITA 2266 4.5
12. Damia, Angelo ITA 2212 4
13. Brancaleoni, Maurizio f ITA 2263 4
14. Luciani, Valerio ITA 2300 4
15. Rago, Riccardo ITA 2062 4
16. Beccaris, Gabriele ITA 2046 2.5
17. Fronzi, Ettore ITA 2007 2
18. Cattafi, Giuseppe ITA 2061 1
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The 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation takes place 27th May -
4th June 2007 at the National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000 in
Bangladesh. The tournament is a 10-round Swiss System tournament.
Official site: http://www.bcf-online.org/
Final Round 10 Pairings
White - Black Results
1 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan ( 7 ) - Girinath, P.D.S. ( 5½) 1- 9
2 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir ( 5½) - Nguyen Anh Dung ( 7 ) 12- 3
3 Gopal, G.N. ( 5 ) - Reefat Bin Sattar ( 6½) 7- 6
4 Lodhi, Mahmood ( 5½) - Abdullah Al Rakib ( 6 ) 10- 4
5 Hasan, Mehdi ( 5 ) - Hossain, Enamul ( 5 ) 15- 5
6 Abu Sufian, Shakil ( 4½) - Rahman, Ziaur ( 5 ) 11- 2
7 Islam, Kh. Aminul ( 4½) - Lalith, Babu M.R. ( 4½) 14- 13
8 Minhazuddin, Ahmed ( 4 ) - Mohammad, Javed ( 4 ) 21- 18
9 Haque, Rezaul ( 4 ) - Abdul, Maleq ( 3½) 24- 19
10 Hossain, Monir ( 3½) - Mohammad, Ali ( 4 ) 23- 26
11 Chatterjee, Debaral ( 2½) - Rahman, Taibur ( 3½) 25- 16
12 Chowdhury, Sohel ( 1½) - Rahman, Syed Mahfuzu( 3½) 17- 20
The Ukrainian Sports Games team event took place in Evpatoria, 21st-25th
May 2007. Games available.
Details in Russian http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t125.html
The Torneo Mestres Portugal took place in Lisboa 21st-29th May 2007
Official site: http://www.fpx.pt
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Galego, Luis g POR 2521 * 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2537
2. Dias, Paulo f POR 2417 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2549
3. Vitor, Antonio f POR 2367 0 = * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2459
4. Pereira, Ruben f POR 2327 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2464
5. Damaso, Rui m POR 2438 = = 0 1 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2407
6. Santos, Antonio P POR 2265 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2389
7. Padeiro, Jose POR 2274 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 3.5 2265
8. Leonardo, Joao f POR 2285 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 0 1 2.0 2124
9. Diogo, Vasco POR 2237 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 2.0 2129
10. Reis, Luis Sousa POR 2250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 1996
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The 3rd Okie Chess Festival took place May 26-28 in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
USA, with three round robins and a 48-player Open Swiss. Sponsored by Jim
and Frank Berry. Directed by Frank K. Berry (just days after he directed
the 2007 Frank K Berry U.S. Championship) and Steve Wharry. Organizer: Tom
Braunlich.
The 48 player 7-SS Open was won by IM Ron Burnett (6.5/7) with Courtney
Jamison second (6.0).
My thanks to Tom Braunlich and Frank K. Berry for this report.
Official site: http://www.geocities.com/okiechessfestival
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Okie Masters Tulsa USA (USA), 26-28 v 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2280 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2437
2. Chua, Alexander J USA 2228 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2444
3. Langer, Michael f USA 2315 0 1 * 1 1 = 0 1 4.5 2304
4. Galant, Sergey USA 2221 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2215
5. Jackson, Trevor H USA 2156 1 0 0 = * 0 = 1 3.0 2174
6. Braunlich, Tom USA 2199 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 2168
7. Bayaraa, Zorigt wf MGL 2155 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2122
8. Luther, Ronald G USA 2175 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1800
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Okie A Tulsa USA (USA), 26-28 v 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Smith, Bryan G m USA 2386 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2600
2. Gossell, Thomas USA 2238 = * = = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2358
3. Coleman, Maxx W USA 2201 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 4.0 2255
4. Orton, William R USA 2136 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 3.5 2214
5. Mc Entee, Tim R USA 2174 0 0 = = * 1 = 0 2.5 2107
6. Berry, James E USA 2108 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 2.5 2116
7. Jones, Kenneth E USA 2211 0 = 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2045
8. Simms, Gary USA 2184 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 2.0 2049
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Okie B Tulsa USA (USA), 26-28 v 2007
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1. Holliman, Bob USA 2143 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2347
2. Mokriak, Liudmila wm UKR 2167 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2343
3. Niggel,Chris USA ---- = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2216
4. Trammell, George USA 2069 0 0 = * 1 0 1 1 3.5 2048
5. Sukharnikov, Leonid O USA 2138 = 0 0 0 * = = 1 2.5 1937
6. Nugent, Michael A USA 1894 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 2.5 1971
7. Lisle,Mark USA ---- 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 1.5 1828
8. Jesch,Isaiah USA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 1749
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The 7th European Individual Senior Championship takes place 2 - 10 June,
2007, in the Business-Lounge of the Hockenheim circuit (Germany).
Official site: http://www.euro-seniorchamp.de.vu
- http://www.schach.com/hockenheim
Leading players
1. Pushkov,Nikolai GM 2522 M RUS 1946
2. Farago,Ivan GM 2501 M HUN 1946
3. Jansa,Vlastimil GM 2499 M CZE 1942
4. Rashkovsky,Nukhim N GM 2496 M RUS 1946
5. Tseitlin,Mark D GM 2491 M ISR 1943
6. Fradkin,Boris IM 2465 M RUS 1946
7. Gutman,Lev GM 2444 M GER 1945
8. Klovans,Janis GM 2441 M LAT 1935
9. Ochoa De Echaguen,F. IM 2436 * ESP 1954
10. Murey,Jacob GM 2433 M ISR 1941
11. Bangiev,Alexander IM 2420 * GER 1946
12. Uhlmann,Wolfgang GM 2419 M GER 1935
13. Chernikov,Oleg L GM 2405 M RUS 1936
14. Butnorius,Algimantas IM 2402 M LTU 1946
15. Nekrasov,Mihail IM 2388 * UKR 1946
16. Donchenko,Anatoly G IM 2374 M GER 1940
17. Rotstein,Efim FM 2371 M GER 1933
18. Gaprindashvili,Nona GM 2364 * GEO 1941
19. Khanukov,Boris FM 2358 M GER 1939
20. Arkhangelsky,Boris IM 2355 M RUS 1931
21. Kremenietsky,Anatoly IM 2353 M RUS 1939
22. Bakhmatov,Eduard FM 2351 M GER 1934
23. Loktiev,Ivan IM 2350 M RUS 1943
24. Onoprienko,Vladimir IM 2342 M RUS 1942
25. Kaminik,Aleksandar 2314 M ISR 1931
26. Gruzmann,Boris FM 2309 M RUS 1934
27. Ljubarskij,Jurij FM 2301 M GER 1933
28. Werner,Clemens FM 2295 M GER 1946
29. Neese,Hans-Joachim 2287 M GER 1937
30. Fronczek,Heinrich FM 2285 M GER 1932
31. Rosen,Willy FM 2279 M GER 1933
32. Rosino,Antonio FM 2275 M ITA 1942
33. Fatalibekova,Elena WGM 2273 W RUS 1947
34. Schippan,Bernd 2266 M GER 1946
35. Ivanets,Vladimir FM 2261 M RUS 1939
36. Sorensen,Bent 2258 M DEN 1943
37. Karl,Hans FM 2251 M SUI 1935
38. Erenska-Barlo,Hanna WGM 2246 W POL 1946
39. Bogorads,Mihails 2245 M GER 1936
40. Visser,Gerrit 2240 M BEL 1945
The Festival Santista de Xadrez took place 19th-27th May in Santos -
BRASIL. The main VII Internacional Governador Mario Covas was won by Alexandr
Fier with 7/9. Alongside the V Regina Helena Marques Prol was won by Cristian
Dolezal on tie-break from Nahuel Diaz, both finished on 8/11. Round 6 Games
from the Mario Covas event now available.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/
The 1st International Festival "Capo d´Orso" in Porto Mannu,
Sardegna Italy took place 19th-26th May 2007. Hedinn Steingrimsson edged out
Fabiano Caruana on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Rounds 7-8 now
available.
Official site: http://asd.caissa.it/portomannu/vega/index.html
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1 7 IM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2482 7.5 2342.22 45.00 2394
2 5 IM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2513 7.5 2261.11 40.50 2313
3 3 GM Marin Mihail ROM 2533 7.0 2341.89 43.00 2344
4 8 IM Aagaard Jacob SCO 2477 7.0 2282.78 43.50 2303
5 10 IM Shytaj Luca ITA 2451 6.5 2322.89 43.50 2327
6 4 GM Matamoros Franco Car ECU 2523 6.5 2307.44 42.00 2314
7 1 GM Rowson Jonathan SCO 2594 6.5 2300.11 40.50 2291
8 12 GM Efimov Igor MNC 2433 6.5 2278.56 41.00 2248
9 13 IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2428 6.5 2275.22 41.50 2261
10 11 IM Orlov Andrey RUS 2447 6.5 2256.56 39.00 2213
11 9 GM Djuric Stefan SRB 2460 6.5 2245.00 41.00 2285
12 6 GM Naumkin Igor RUS 2497 6.5 2227.88 40.50 2225
13 19 FM Rombaldoni Denis ITA 2368 6.5 2225.44 39.50 2215
14 16 IM Seger Ruediger GER 2399 6.5 2193.67 38.50 2217
149 players
The 1st World Women’s Team Chess Championship took place May 19th-
30th 2007 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Women`s teams from 10 national federations
participated in the Championship; Armenia, Botswana, Vietnam, Georgia, China,
Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Czech Republic. China took first place on
17 points from Russa 15 and Armenia 14.
Official site: http://www.chesswomen.com/en/. Further
info: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1318.
Live transmission of games: http://www.chesswomen.com/games/
Final Table
China CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total Rank
1. Zhao Xue 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.5 1
2. Hou Yifan 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0.5 1
3. Ruan Lufei 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1
4. Shen Yang 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 0.5
5. Huang Qian 1 1 1 1
Score 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 17 I
Russia CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Kosintseva, Tatiana 0 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 0.5 1
2. Kosintseva, Nadezhda 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0.5
3. Korbut, Ekaterina 0 0.5 0 1 1 1
4. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1
5. Tairova, Elena 0 1 1 0.5 1
Score 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 15 II
Poland CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Socko, Monika 0 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 0
2. Rajlich, Iweta 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0
3. Zawadzka, Jolanta 0 0.5 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
4. Szczepkowska, Karina 0 0.5 1 1
5. Przezdziecka, Marta 0 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 1
Score 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 9
Georgia CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Chiburdanidze, Maya 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0 1
2. Javakhishvili, Lela 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5
3. Khurtsidze, Nino 0.5 0 1 0 0.5 1 1 0.5
4. Khukhashvili, Sopiko 0 0 0.5 0.5 1 0.5
5. Gvetadze, Sofio 0 0.5 0.5 0 1 0.5
Score 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 11
Ukraine CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Lahno, Kateryna 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1
2. Ushenina, Anna 0 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 1
3. Gaponenko, Inna 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 1
4. Vasilevich, Tatiana 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5
5. Vozovic, Oksana 0 0.5 1
Score 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 14 III
Armenia CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Danielyan, Elina 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 1 1 0.5 1
2. Mkrtchyan, Lilit 0 0.5 1 0.5 0 1 0.5 0.5
3. Aghinyan, Nelly 0 0 0.5 0 1 1 0.5
4. Andriasyan, Siranush 0 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
5. Aghabekyan, Liana 0 0.5 0 0.5 1 1 0
Score 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5
Czech Republic CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Jackova, Jana 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0.5 0.5
2. Sikorova, Olga 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3. Blazkova, Petra 0 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 1 0.5 0.5
4. Nemcova, Katerina 0.5 0 0 1 0.5 0 1 1 0
Score 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Botswana CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Sabure, Tuduetso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Lopang, Tshepiso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Modongo, Boikhutso 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Sabure, Ontiretse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Pilane Masego, Sylvia 0 0 0 0 0
Score 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Paehtz, Elisabeth 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1
2. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5
3. Nill, Jessica 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0
4. Ohme, Melanie 0.5 0 0 1 0 1 0.5
5. Schoene, Maria Randi 0 0 0.5 0.5 1
Score 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 8
Vietnam CHN RUS POL GEO UKR ARM CZE BOT GER VIE Total
1. Le Kieu Thien Kim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.5 1 0
2. Le Thanh Tu 0 0.5 1 0.5 0 0.5 1 1
3. Hoang Thi Bao Tram 0 0 0.5 0 1 0.5 0.5
4. Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 0.5 0 0 0.5 0.5 1 1
5. Pham Le Thao Nguyen 0 1 1 1 0.5
Score 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 8
The Georgian Boys and Girls U20 championships took place in Tbilisi
17th-25th May 2007. Gaioz Nigalidze won the boys event and Bela Khotenashvili
the girls. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.
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1) 8 GEO 2350 F Nigalidze, Gaioz 7 37.5
2) 1 GEO m 2474 F Magalashvili, Davit 7 32.5
3) 7 GEO 2361 F Azaladze, Shota 6 34.5
4) 9 GEO f 2302 F Bregadze, Levan 6 32
5) 5 GEO 2392 F Paichadze, Luka 6 29.5
6) 12 GEO wf 2267 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 5.5 31.5
7) 6 GEO 2390 F Zarkua, Davit 5.5 30
8) 3 GEO m 2420 F Jojua, Davit 5.5 30
9) 19 GEO 2127 F Davarashvili, Nodar 5.5 27.5
10) 23 GEO 2068 F Janiashvili, Irakli 5.5 23.5
11) 10 GEO f 2300 F Benidze, Davit 5 30
12) 15 GEO 2152 F Ter-Karapetian, Alexi 5 27.5
13) 4 GEO 2399 F Kuparadze, Giga 5 26
14) 11 GEO 2268 F Lomsadze, Davit 5 26
15) 18 GEO 2131 F Urushadze, Davit 5 25.5
16) 16 GEO 2149 F Javakhadze, Zurab 5 24.5
17) 20 GEO 2126 F Chkhikvishvili, Mindia 5 23.5
18) 24 GEO wf 2056 F Danelia, Mariam 5 22.5
19) 2 GEO m 2426 F Sanikidze, Tornike 4.5 27.5
20) 13 GEO 2241 F Patsia, Zviad 4.5 27
21) 21 GEO f 2109 F Gamzardia, Giorgi 4.5 24.5
22) 25 GEO 2050 F Nikolashvili, Giorgi 4.5 21
23) 17 GEO 1840 F Pantsulaia, Tornike 4.5 20.5
24) 14 GEO 2174 F Nizharadze, Parnavaz 4.5 20
25) 22 GEO 2076 F Latsabidze, Giorgi 4.5 19.5
26) 26 GEO 2043 F Kvaratskhelia, Dimitri 4 20
27) 33 GEO Baramashvili, Zurab 4 15
28) 29 GEO 1918 F Ervandian, Andro 4 14
29) 28 GEO 1984 F Beraia, Levan 3.5 17.5
30) 32 GEO Almasia, Giorgi 3.5 15.5
31) 34 GEO Gurtskaia, Nikoloz 3 18
32) 31 GEO 1840 F Tedoshvili, Dimitri 3 16.5
33) 30 GEO 1910 F Diakonashvili, Giorgi 3 16.5
34) 38 GEO Pipia, Beka 3 14.5
35) 36 GEO Kheladze, Ilia 3 9.5
36) 37 GEO Madzgarashvili, Sandro 2.5 6
37) 35 GEO Kardenakhishvili, Mikheil 2 8
38) 27 GEO 1994 F Merabishvili, Alexandre 1.5 10
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1) 3 GEO wm 2301 F Khotenashvili, Bela 7.5 39
2) 4 GEO wf 2260 F Mikadze, Miranda 6.5 36
3) 1 GEO m 2348 F Purtseladze, Maka (wg) 6.5 34.5
4) 2 GEO wm 2317 F Batsiashvili, Nino 6 31.5
5) 7 GEO 2140 F Khazhomia, Salome 5.5 30
6) 6 GEO 2161 F Tsatsalashvili, Keti 5.5 24.5
7) 5 GEO wm 2175 F Gavasheli, Ana 5 30
8) 8 GEO wf 2102 F Bokuchava, Madona 5 26
9) 15 GEO 1956 F Siradze, Salome 5 23
10) 13 GEO 1976 F Beridze, Tinatin 5 23
11) 9 GEO 2096 F Gurchumalidze, Teona 5 23
12) 17 GEO 1932 F Jalabadze, Natia 4.5 22
13) 16 GEO 1945 F Ugulava, Lela 4.5 17.5
14) 20 GEO 1785 F Geldiashvili, Irma 4.5 15.5
15) 23 GEO 2102 F Meskhi, Teona 4 23
16) 10 GEO 2062 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 4 21
17) 21 GEO Chakvetadze, Dea 4 18
18) 11 GEO 2035 F Zarkua, Elisabed 3.5 21.5
19) 14 GEO 1960 F Rizhamadze, Patman 3.5 20.5
20) 18 GEO 1918 F Anakidze, Nino 3 15.5
21) 19 GEO 1910 F Khazhomia, Anuki 3 14
22) 22 GEO Paresishvili, Teona 1 7
23) 12 GEO 1978 F Kalandadze, Nino 1 5
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George Mirijanian reports: The 76th Massachusetts Open took place on May
26th-28th, 2007 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Marlborough, Mass. IM David
Vigorito, 37, of Andover, Mass., achieved one of his lifelong goals by winning
the Massachusetts state championship with a score of 5-1 (four wins, two
draws). Taking clear second place with a 4.5.1-5 tally was FM William Kelleher,
57, of Watertown, Mass., who drew Vigorito in the penultimate round. Tied for
third place with 4-2 results were FM Paul MacIntyre, 45, of Malden, Mass., FM
Braden Bournival, 23, of Manchester, New Hampshire, FM John Curdo, 75, of
Auburn, Mass., and national master Denys Shmelov, 20, of Pepperell, Mass.
Top-rated GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass., the defending state champion,
withdrew from the tournament after being upset by FM MacIntyre in the fourth
round. The tournament drew 183 players in 11 sections and was directed by R.
Kenneth Ballou of Framingham, Mass., for the sponsoring Massachusettts Chess
Association (MACA). He was assisted by Robert Messenger of Nashua, New
Hampshire.
Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
Clichy are the French Team Champions winning the title at their own
venue 31st May - 3rd June 2007. The bottom four are relegated and will play in
Nationale 1 next year : Paris Chess Club, Marseille Echecs, Drancy, and
Creteil. Four new teams join the top 16 next year : Bois-Colombes, Noyon,
Hyeres, and Marseille Duchamps. ALso includes the games from rounds 4-7. My
thanks to Jean-Christophe Basaille.
Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and further info
at: http://www.europe-echecs.com
Poule Haute
Round 8, 31st May 2007
Mulhouse 3 - 4 Cannes
Evry 1 - 4 Gonfreville
Paris Chess 15 4 - 2 Antibes
Clichy 4 - 0 Bischwiller
Round 9, 1st June 2007
Cannes 5 - 1 Evry
Gonfreville 3 - 0 Mulhouse
Antibes 2 - 4 Clichy
Bischwiller 2 - 4 Paris Chess 15
Round 10, 2nd June 2007
Clichy 4 - 0 Cannes
Paris Chess 15 5 - 1 Gonfreville
Evry 2 - 3 Antibes
Mulhouse 1 - 3 Bischwiller
Round 11, 3rd June 2007
Cannes 5 - 0 Paris Chess 15
Gonfreville 0 - 2 Clichy
Antibes 4 - 0 Mulhouse
Bischwiller 1 - 2 Evry
1 Clichy 32 11 36 40 4
2 Cannes 31 11 27 39 12
3 Paris Chess 15 30 11 33 44 11
4 Gonfreville 26 11 13 30 17
5 Antibes 23 11 6 31 25
6 Mulhouse 21 11 0 25 25
7 Evry 20 11 -17 8 25
8 Bischwiller 20 11 -7 11 18
Poule Basse
Round 8, 31st May 2007
Vandoeuvre 5 - 0 Drancy
Paris Chess Club 2 - 3 Metz
Marseille 0 - 1 Montpellier
Créteil 2 - 4 Strasbourg
Round 9, 1st June 2007
Metz 2 - 2 Vandoeuvre
Drancy 0 - 3 Paris Chess Club
Strasbourg 1 - 2 Marseille
Montpellier 5 - 0 Créteil
Round 10, 2nd June 2007
Vandoeuvre 3 - 2 Strasbourg
Paris Chess Club 1 - 3 Montpellier
Marseille 2 - 4 Metz
Créteil 1 - 4 Drancy
Round 11, 3rd June 2007
Montpellier 2 - 0 Vandoeuvre
Strasbourg 2 - 0 Paris Chess Club
Drancy 2 - 2 Marseille
Metz 4 - 2 Créteil
9 Montpellier 23 11 2 23 21
10 Vandoeuvre 22 11 0 23 23
11 Metz 20 11 -16 21 37
12 Strasbourg 19 11 0 13 13
13 Paris Chess Club 19 11 3 16 13
14 Marseille 18 11 -6 19 25
15 Drancy 17 11 -25 11 36
16 Créteil 11 11 -45 12 57
One of the most famous German chess clubs 10 time champions SG
Koeln-Porz (based in Cologne) has dropped out of the German Bundesliga. Their
sponsor of more than forty years, Wilfried Hilgert, doesn´t support the
Bundesliga´s move to autonomy from the German federation, which has been
amended by all other teams and the federation, too. Porz´s place in the
coming season starting October 19 will be taken by SV Muelheim-Nord who
finished 13th. Some reactions (in German) can be found at:
http://www.schachbundesliga.de
John Watson Books Show
John Watson has a program on chess.fm on books, this week it features FM
Graham Burgess, Editorial Director of Gambit Publishing.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
Aerosvit tournament in Foros
The Aerosvit tournament in Foros takes place 17th-30th June 2007. Quite
a few Candidates and their seconds play in this very strong event.
Official Site:
http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2007/index_e.htm
Players:
1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729
3 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2708
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699
5 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693
6 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690
7 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2686
8 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2686
9 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680
10 Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2674
12 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663
Gorenje Valjevo Tournament
The "Gorenje 2007" tournament in Valjevo takes place 13th-21st June
2007. Karpov's return is obviously the main point of interest. A decent
performance should restore him to the top 40, he currently hasn't played enough
games to make the list.
Official site:
http://www.chessdiagonals.com/gorenje/startlist.htm
Players
1 GM Karpov, Anatoly
2 GM Roiz, Michael
3 GM Georgiev, Kiril
4 GM Nikolic, Predrag
5 GM Damljanovic, Branko
6 GM Ivanisevic, Ivan
7 IM Stojanovic, Mihajlo
8 GM Atalik, Suat
9 GM Pavasovic, Dusko
10 GM Iordachescu, Viorel
Kings Tournament Bazna Romania
The Kings Tournament Bazna Romania takes place 15th-27th June 2007.
The participants are: Ulf Andersson (Sweden), Alexander Beliavsky
(Slovenia), Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia), Alexander Khalifman (Russia),
Henrique Costa Mecking (Brazil), Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Zoltan Ribli
(Hungary), Andrei Sokolov (France), Mihai Suba (Romania), Jan Timman
(Netherlands), Rafael Vaganian (Armenia). Organizers: ROMGAZ & CS
“Alex 2001” Bucharest.
Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/Bazna.html
European Union Championship
The European Union Championship takes place June 15th-24th 2007 in
Arvier (Aosta Valley). The tournament is open to the players of the 27
countries of the European Union, plus 4 countries 'host' (Croacia, Montenegro,
Serbia and Turkey).
Details: http://www.scacchivda.com
Ghent Open
The 30th Open International Chess Tournament of Ghent takes place
14th-18th July 2007.
Official site:
http://home.scarlet.be/~ping6819/opentoer/2007/indexengl.htm
World Youth Chess Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships take place 17th-29th November 2007
in Antalya.
Official site: http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/
IV Calvià Chess Festival
The IV Calvià Chess Festival takes place in Calvià,
Mallorca (Spain) 6th-24th October 2006. Event including an International,
Blitz, Senior, Amateur & Under-16 tournaments.
Details: http://www.calviafestival.com
Czech Open 2007
The 18th Czech Open takes place in Pardubice 12th-29th July 2007.
Alongside will take place the World School Chess Teams Championship, European
Chess Solving Championship and European Amateurs Championship in Chess
Details: http://www.czechopen.net/index.php
John Watson Book Reviews on chess.fm
TWIC contributer John Watson can be heard on chess.fm reviewing books
every week on a Tuesday. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam the editor of New in Chess will
be John Watson's guest on the show on May 22nd 2007. This show will be made
available for 7-days ONDemand for members.
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
ICC has announced it taken over World Chess Network, from Master Games
International, and Chess Live, from GamesParlor. The two services will be
merged together to form a new service, separate from ICC, to be called World
Chess Live.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/wcl.html
3rd Lodi Tournament
The 3rd Lodi Tournament is a 5 round Swiss 8th-10th June 2007. The
Association "Le Nuvole ONLUS", an italian No-Profit organization organises the
event and the the income of the tournament for humanitarian purpose: 2005 -
promoted the aid to Childhood of Chernobyl (bielorussia) 2006 - promoted the
construction of a well in Tanzania (Africa). 3 different tournaments: Open A,
B, C with a great prize fund of more than €10.000. 15 GMs and 10 IMs have
already signed up. GM Sergey Karjakin will be the special guest, not only in
the tournament but also in the great Simultaneous "100 chessboards under the
stars". Mr. Karjakin and the Rombaldoni family (mother, father and 4 children)
will play on 100 chessboards in the wonder San Francesco square, a place rich
of history. Contact: scacchi@lenuvole.org
Details: http://www.lenuvole.org/
Rowson Simul
Simultaneous chess display by GM Jonathan Rowson Northern Lights room,
Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen June 9, 2007. Mental Health Aberdeen is looking for
sponsors to support the event, and that any potential sponsors looking for
publicity can contact Rowson at jonathan.rowson@post.harvard.edu.
Details: http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/ab_simul.htm
Anand interview
There is a new interview with Anand on the website:
http://latestchess.com/
Predeal Chess Festival
The Predeal Chess Festival takes place in Romania August 8th-18th 2007
This will be a very large one, with 5 tournaments, European Women Rapid Chess
and blitz Championships, World Amateur Ch, Romanian Open and a children
tournament. We expect over 600 participants.
Details; http://www.chess-predeal.com and also
on the Romanian Grand Prix and Romanian Chess Federation chess pages,
http://www.romaniangp.com and
http://www.frsah.ro.
Contact : Doru Ionescu, doru.ionescu@romaniangp.com, +40742064336.
12th Pannonia Cup
The 12th Pannonia Cup takes place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary)
1st-05th August 2007. Group A: International Open for FIDE ratings (without age
limit) Group B:International Open for FIDE ratings for players rated under 2000
(without age limit). U18 Players’ results will be evaluated separately.
Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu
Entry and contact for further information: Address: Fáncsy Imre:
8222. Balatonalmádi, Gábor Áron u. 15.; HUNGARY E-mail:
almadikupa@freemail.hu
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2007, is 30 years old. The main event of the
festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 7th-15th July
2007 on the island of Ikaria in Greece. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize
fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies
and veterans). Special conditions are offered to GMs/IMs/WGMs/WIMs. A package
including entry fee, accomodation (in double room, no meals or food expenses
included) and ferry tickets (C class, from Piraeus, the port of Athens to
Ikaria, and back) is offered at a reduced price (compared to normal price).
Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros
Contact: e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr or phone one can try: +30 6932
478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou) Apart from the International
Aegean Open Championship, this year's events include plenty of other side
events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and simultaneous
exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.
Crete Summer Cup
The 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2007" takes
place 21-29 July 2007, The games will take place in the Hermes Conference
Hotel**** on the seaside of Agios Nikolaos in Crete, 60 km east of Heraklion
airport. An excellent location on the beach with a panoramic view of the Aegean
Sea!
Location: Agios Nikolaos, Crete island (Greece), 21-29 July* 9 rounds,
Prize fund: EUR 3100, 1st prize EUR 1000* Website:
http://www.greekchess.com/cup2007
Email: cup2007@greekchess.com
XXV Novi Becej Open
The XXV Novi Becej Open International Chess Tournament takes place
9th-17th June 2007
Details: http://chess-open-novi-becej.org
2nd Edmonton International
The 2nd Edmonton International takes place August 2nd-6th 2007. The
tournament will be played in a 10 player round-robin format with regular time
controls. The confirmed participants so far are:
1. GM Aveskulov, Valery (2539, Ukraine) 2. IM (GM Elect) Kraai, Jesse
(2477, USA) 3. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (2475, USA) 4. IM Bachmann, Axel (2470,
Paraguay) 5. IM Donaldson, John (2413, USA) 6. FM Huber, Greg (2211, Canada) 7.
Reeve, Jeff (2205, Canada) 8. Li, Zhichao (2143, Hong-Kong)
Official site: http://www.albertachess.org/
Maxim Dlugy
Former World Junior Champion GM Maxim Dlugy now has a website.
http://www.dlugy.com/
MyChess correspondence Chess Server
There is a correspondence chess server designed by Matthias Karkowski
at: http://www.mychess.de/
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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/
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
