THE WEEK IN CHESS 656 4th June 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Candidates Matches
3) 42nd Capablanca Memorial
4) Zonal 2.3 Santo Domingo
5) Hamburg International
6) Chicago Open
7) First Saturday June
8) 2nd Senigallia Chess Festival
9) 8th United Insurance Dhaka
10) Ukrainian Sports Games
11) Torneo Mestres Portugal
12) Okie Chess Festival
13) 7th European Individual Senior Championship
14) Festival Santista de Xadrez
15) 1st Capo d´Orso Festival
16) 1st World Women’s Teams
17) Georgian Boys and Girls U20
18) 76th Massachusetts Open
19) French Team Championships
20) SG Koeln-Porz out of Bundesliga
21) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Candidates Matches                 39 games
42nd Capablanca Memorial           87 games
Zonal 2.3 Santo Domingo            49 games
Hamburg International             171 games
Chicago Open                       57 games
First Saturday June                 6 games
2nd Senigallia Chess Festival      17 games
8th United Insurance Dhaka         92 games
Ukrainian Sports Games            420 games
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Okie Chess Festival               134 games
Festival Santista de Xadrez         5 games
1st Capo d´Orso Festival           70 games
1st World Women’s Teams            40 games
French Team Championships         507 games
1742 games

1) Introduction

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

2) Candidates Matches

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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                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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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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                                 1   2   3   4   5   6 
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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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                                  1   2   3   4   5   6 
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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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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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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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                               1   2   3   4   5   6 
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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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                              1   2   3   4   5   6 
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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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                              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 
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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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3) 42nd Capablanca Memorial

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

4) Zonal 2.3 Santo Domingo

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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5) Hamburg International

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   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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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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6) Chicago Open

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

7) First Saturday June

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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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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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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8) 2nd Senigallia Chess Festival

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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9) 8th United Insurance Dhaka

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    

10) Ukrainian Sports Games

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

11) Torneo Mestres Portugal

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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12) Okie Chess Festival

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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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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13) 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).

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  

14) Festival Santista de Xadrez

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/

15) 1st Capo d´Orso Festival

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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Capo d'Orso Porto Mannu PAL (PAL), 19-26 v 2007
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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

16) 1st World Women’s Teams

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  

17) Georgian Boys and Girls U20

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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Rank   N Fed Tit Rating Name                          Total   Tie-Break            
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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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Rank   N Fed Tit Rating Name                          Total   Tie-Break
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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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18) 76th Massachusetts Open

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

19) French Team Championships

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

20) SG Koeln-Porz out of Bundesliga

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

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

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