THE WEEK IN CHESS 657 11th June 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Candidates Matches
3) I Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Memorial
4) Zonal 2.3 Santo Domingo
5) First Saturday June
6) Elitzur Winter Givataim
7) 1st Alexandr Buslaev Memorial
8) 1st Archil Ebralidze Memorial
9) Lithuanian Championship
10) EWS Cup Jakarta
11) Baden Challenge III
12) German International Youth Championship Neuhausen
13) 2nd Magistral Espirito Santo
14) XV Lasker Memorial
15) St Petersburg Championship
16) 7th European Individual Senior Championship
17) Bosnian Team Championships
18) 2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup
19) National Open
20) Nezhmetdinov Memorial
21) 8th United Insurance Dhaka
22) Guillermo Garcia Memorial
23) Caissa IM May
24) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

Candidates Matches                         26 games
I Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Mem         20 games
Zonal 2.3 Santo Domingo                   133 games
First Saturday June                       119 games
Elitzur Winter Givataim                    66 games
1st Alexandr Buslaev Memorial              55 games
1st Archil Ebralidze Memorial              55 games
Lithuanian Championship                    66 games
EWS Cup Jakarta                            30 games
Baden Challenge III                        54 games
German Youth Championship Neuhausen        45 games
2nd Magistral Espirito Santo               30 games
XV Lasker Memorial                        210 games
St Petersburg Championship                 66 games
7th European Senior Championship          647 games
Bosnian Team Championships                239 games
2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup                 30 games
National Open                             161 games
8th United Insurance Dhaka                 90 games
2142 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Miklos Orso, Axel Fritz, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Denis Vretenar, Adolivio Capece, Gary Suffield, Yoav Dothan, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Ching Kim Lye, Amir Bagheri, Csaba Bognár, Emmanuel Variniac, Malcolm Pein, Vasik Rajlich and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Candidates tournaments are coming to a close with only two matches remaining. Peter Leko has been in indifferent form for some time but he has made short work first of the bottom seed Mikhail Gurevich and secondly and more impressively of Evgeny Bareev. Leko was never in any trouble against Bareev and might have won more easily but he crushed the Russian's Caro-Kann Defence twice in powerful style to book his seat in Mexico City. Boris Gelfand also made pretty short work of Gata Kamsky. Kamsky had looked impressive against Etienne Bacrot but the positions he got out of the opening in that match didn't inspire confidence and Gelfand made Kamsky pay very dearly. One gets the feeling that Kamsky is only back in chess temporarily because he clearly hasn't done any professional work on his openings in a while. His first loss saw him use acres of time and having only 3 minutes for the 19 moves he unsurprisingly dropped the entire position. Gelfand has always been a very tough competitor and whilst he won't be one of the favourites I think he could have a decent score in Mexico. The other two matches will continue to the final game. Levon Aronian has a point lead against Alexei Shirov going into the final game. This has been a tremendously interesting match and Shirov will have one final go with white to try and take the match to the tie-break. Alexander Grischuk dominated his match against Sergei Rublevsky for the first three games and maybe should have been further ahead, then he simply ended up in a bad ending straight out of the opening in game four and the match is up in the air. The short draw he granted with the white pieces suggests that Grischuk might even be on thin ground going into the final game. Lots to look forward to.

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 Junior" defeated "Deep Fritz" 4-2 in a match alongside the event. Before the match a $100,000 challenge was made to FIDE, to have Rybka play the winner of the match. http://rybkachess.com/docs/ChallengeToFIDE.htm

Candidates Matches Round 2

Aronian, Levon  -  Shirov, Alexei  1-0   41  D20  QGA
Shirov, Alexei  -  Aronian, Levon  1/2   46  E15  Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon  -  Shirov, Alexei  1/2   68  D20  QGA
Shirov, Alexei  -  Aronian, Levon  1/2   83  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Aronian, Levon  -  Shirov, Alexei  1/2   34  D89  Gruenfeld Alekhine

WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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Aronian, Levon g  ARM 2759    1   =   =   =   =   .   3.0  2771
Shirov, Alexei g  ESP 2699    0   =   =   =   =   .   2.0  2687
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Leko, Peter     -  Bareev, Evgeny  1-0   34  B17  Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny  -  Leko, Peter     1/2   15  D11  Slav Defence
Leko, Peter     -  Bareev, Evgeny  1-0   41  B17  Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny  -  Leko, Peter     1/2   52  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter     -  Bareev, Evgeny  1/2   19  B19  Caro Kann

WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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                              1   2   3   4   5   6 
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Leko, Peter    g  HUN 2738    1   =   1   =   =   .   3.5  2792
Bareev, Evgeny g  RUS 2643    0   =   0   =   =   .   1.5  2589
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Grischuk, Alexander  -  Rublevsky, Sergei    1-0   35  B84  Sicilian Scheveningen
Rublevsky, Sergei    -  Grischuk, Alexander  1/2   18  C45  Scotch Game
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Rublevsky, Sergei    1/2   49  B85  Sicilian Scheveningen
Rublevsky, Sergei    -  Grischuk, Alexander  1-0   66  C45  Scotch Game
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Rublevsky, Sergei    1/2   18  B85  Sicilian Scheveningen

WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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Grischuk, Alexander g  RUS 2717    1   =   =   0   =   .   2.5  2680
Rublevsky, Sergei   g  RUS 2680    0   =   =   1   =   .   2.5  2717
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Kamsky, Gata    -  Gelfand, Boris  1/2   23  B92  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gelfand, Boris  -  Kamsky, Gata    1/2   51  D15  Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata    -  Gelfand, Boris  0-1   58  D02  Queen's Pawn Game
Gelfand, Boris  -  Kamsky, Gata    1/2   54  D94  Gruenfeld Closed
Kamsky, Gata    -  Gelfand, Boris  0-1   53  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo

WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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Gelfand, Boris g  ISR 2733    =   =   1   =   1   .   3.5  2854
Kamsky, Gata   g  USA 2705    =   =   0   =   0   .   1.5  2584
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DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1/2   32  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2   58  D85  Gruenfeld Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1-0   85  B97  Sicilian Najdorf
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  0-1   54  D85  Gruenfeld Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1/2   48  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2   41  A30  English Symmetrical

Ultimate Computer Challenge Elista RUS (RUS), 6-11 vi 2007
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                   1   2   3   4   5   6 
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DEEP JUNIOR        =   =   1   1   =   =   4.0  
DEEP FRITZ         =   =   0   0   =   =   2.0  
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3) I Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Memorial

The I Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Memorial International takes place in Ourense 7th-15th June 2007.

Official site: http://www.fegaxa.com/

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Xose Enrique Rodriguez Pena Mem Ourense ESP (ESP), 7-15 vi 2007cat. XII (2544)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Guliyev, Namig          g AZE 2590  * 0 . . 1 . . 1 1 .  3.0  2705 
 2. Graf, Alexander         g GER 2620  1 * . . 0 . = . . 1  2.5  2663 
 3. Strikovic, Aleksa       g SRB 2563  . . * = . 1 . 0 1 .  2.5  2590 
 4. Oral, Tomas             g CZE 2543  . . = * . . 1 . = =  2.5  2631 
 5. Korneev, Oleg           g RUS 2565  0 1 . . * = = . . .  2.0  2577 
 6. Felgaer, Ruben          g ARG 2574  . . 0 . = * = . . 1  2.0  2562 
 7. Paunovic, Dragan        g SRB 2524  . = . 0 = = * . . .  1.5  2488 
 8. Larino Nieto, David     m ESP 2404  0 . 1 . . . . * 0 =  1.5  2465 
 9. Salgado Lopez, Ivan     m ESP 2461  0 . 0 = . . . 1 * .  1.5  2438 
10. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre   g FRA 2596  . 0 . = . 0 . = . *  1.0  2342 
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4) Zonal 2.3 Santo Domingo

Zonal 2.3 took place in Santo Domingo 29th May-10th June 2007. Lenier Dominguez won the men's event and Maritza Arribas Robaina the women's both from Cuba.

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 1 1 1 11.5  2675 
 2. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro         g CUB 2620  = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0  2639 
 3. Iturrizaga, Eduardo            m VEN 2398  = = * = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10.0  2572 
 4. Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos   g MEX 2537  = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0  2561 
 5. Leon Hoyos, Manuel             m MEX 2454  0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  9.0  2497 
 6. Gonzalez, Bernal               m CRC 2434  0 = 0 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 = =  6.5  2358 
 7. Vittorino, Carlo               f COL 2206  0 0 = 0 1 0 * = = = 0 1 1 1  6.0  2346 
 8. Mendoza, Rafael                f COL 2390  0 0 0 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1  6.0  2332 
 9. Valdes, Leonardo               m CRC 2401  0 0 1 0 = = = = * 0 1 0 1 =  5.5  2303 
10. Boada, Winston                   VEN 2185  0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 1 1 =  5.5  2320 
11. Dominguez, Jose M              m DOM 2330  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 0 1  3.0  2155 
12. De los Santos, Eddy              DOM 2174  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 =  2.5  2127 
13. Farley, Terry                    BAR 2284  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1  2.5  2118 
14. Trujillo,Pablo                   VEN ----  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 *  2.0  2095 
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zt 2.3 w Santo Domingo DOM (DOM), 30 v-10 vi 2007
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                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Arribas Robaina, Maritza       wg CUB 2335  * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 11.0  2379 
 2. Mateus, Martha                    COL 2130  = * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.5  2350 
 3. Pina Vega, Sulennis            wg CUB 2322  0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1  9.5  2259 
 4. Zepeda, Lorena                 wm ESA 2167  = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 =  8.5  2206 
 5. Guerrero Rodriguez, Alejandra  wm MEX 2126  0 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2157 
 6. Han, Irene                     wm VEN 2072  = 1 0 0 0 * = 0 1 0 = 1 1 1  6.5  2104 
 7. Zepeda, Sonia                  wf ESA 2040  0 0 = = 1 = * = = = = 0 1 1  6.5  2106 
 8. Estrada Gaspar, Nelly Massiel     MEX 2079  0 0 0 0 1 1 = * 0 1 = = = 1  6.0  2074 
 9. Franco, Angela                 wf COL 2124  0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 1 =  6.0  2071 
10. Sanchez,Celsa                     VEN ----  0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 = = 1  5.5  2052 
11. Han, Ingrid                       VEN ----  0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 = 1  4.5  1999 
12. Rincon,Drina                      VEN ----  0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 1  4.5  1999 
13. De la Cruz, Mercedes           wf DOM 2093  = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * =  3.0  1891 
14. Munoz, Dorisbel                   DOM 1938  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = *  1.5  1778 
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5) 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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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007                  cat. VIII (2438)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Vajda, Levente            g ROM 2549  * . . = = 1 1 . 1 1 1 1  7.0  2731 
 2. Bluvshtein, Mark          g CAN 2520  . * = . = = 1 = = 1 1 .  5.5  2579 
 3. Erdos, Viktor             m HUN 2518  . = * = 1 . = . = 1 = 1  5.5  2541 
 4. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas   m CAN 2422  = . = * = = 1 . . = = 1  5.0  2526 
 5. Varadi, Viktor            m HUN 2408  = = 0 = * . . 1 = 0 . 1  4.0  2446 
 6. Bui Vinh                  m VIE 2483  0 = . = . * . = = = 1 0  3.5  2383 
 7. Berczes, David            m HUN 2442  0 0 = 0 . . * 1 = . = 1  3.5  2393 
 8. Kosic, Dragan             g MNE 2507  . = . . 0 = 0 * 1 0 = 1  3.5  2365 
 9. Citak, Selim              f TUR 2358  0 = = . = = = 0 * . = .  3.0  2385 
10. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc      m TUR 2440  0 0 0 = 1 = . 1 . * . 0  3.0  2371 
11. Paschall, William M       m USA 2353  0 0 = = . 0 = = = . * .  2.5  2333 
12. Pasalic, Harun              BIH 2261  0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 1 . *  2.0  2278 
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FSIMA June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007                      cat. I (2251)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Toth, Ervin                f HUN 2298  * = 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 .  5.5  2493 
 2. Luch, Michal               m POL 2336  = * = = = . . . 1 . 1 1  5.0  2413 
 3. Eggleston, David J           ENG 2300  1 = * = . = . 0 . 1 . 1  4.5  2323 
 4. Doggers, Peter               NED 2247  . = = * 0 . = 1 . 1 . 1  4.5  2349 
 5. Lengyel, Bela              m HUN 2324  0 = . 1 * = = . = . 1 .  4.0  2327 
 6. Eperjesi, Laszlo           m HUN 2223  . . = . = * = = = . = 1  4.0  2296 
 7. Hardicsay, Peter           m HUN 2328  0 . . = = = * . = . 1 1  4.0  2294 
 8. Corke, Anya               wg HKG 2154  0 . 1 0 . = . * = = . 1  3.5  2236 
 9. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor   f ISL 2299  . 0 . . = = = = * = 1 .  3.5  2252 
10. Mayer, Istvan              f HUN 2186  0 . 0 0 . . . = = * 1 =  2.5  2128 
11. Salem, Ali Maoloud           LBA 2214  0 0 . . 0 = 0 . 0 0 * .  0.5  1862 
12. Griffiths, Ryan Rhys         IRL 2103  . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . = . *  0.5  1831 
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FSIMB June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007                    cat. I (2272)
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 1. Goh Weiming                 f SIN 2375  * . 1 1 . = . 1 1 1 .  5.5  2704 
 2. Werner, Dimo                m GER 2358  . * . . 1 = 1 1 = . 1  5.0  2484 
 3. Kaufman, Raymond            f USA 2319  0 . * 0 . 1 1 1 . 1 .  4.0  2418 
 4. Galyas, Miklos              m HUN 2444  0 . 1 * . = . . 1 1 =  4.0  2401 
 5. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein     ISL 2156  . 0 . . * = 1 = . = 1  3.5  2294 
 6. Kahn, Evarth                m HUN 2334  = = 0 = = * . . = . 1  3.5  2293 
 7. Csapo, Zoltan               f HUN 2162  . 0 0 . 0 . * = 1 . 1  2.5  2184 
 8. Adams, Nick A                 USA 2218  0 0 0 . = . = * = . 1  2.5  2150 
 9. Farago, Sandor              m HUN 2275  0 = . 0 . = 0 = * = .  2.0  2144 
10. Asabri, Hussien             f LBA 2228  0 . 0 0 = . . . = * =  1.5  2089 
11. Ruszin, Anna                  HUN 2125  . 0 . = 0 0 0 0 . = *  1.0  1962 
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6) Elitzur Winter Givataim

The Elitzur Winter tournament took place in Givataim, Israel starting 7th April 2007. I've guessed the dates but its probable there were some double rounds on single days.

Details: http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=8005

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Elitzur Winter Givataim ISR (ISR), 7-17 iv 2007            cat. III (2313)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Kantsler, Boris         g ISR 2491  * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.5  2605 
 2. Lerner, Konstantin Z    g UKR 2524  = * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2555 
 3. Nedobora, Mikhail       m UKR 2442  = = * = 0 = 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2366 
 4. Porat, Maya               ISR 2153  = 0 = * 1 0 0 1 = 1 0 1  5.5  2327 
 5. Arlinsky, Uriel           ISR 2295  0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 0 1  5.5  2314 
 6. Kudischewitsch, David   m RUS 2336  0 = = 1 0 * 0 = = = 1 =  5.0  2274 
 7. Popilski, Gil             ISR 2193  0 0 0 1 = 1 * 1 0 1 0 =  5.0  2287 
 8. Kaganskiy, Gleb         f RUS 2337  0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1  5.0  2274 
 9. Porat, Ido              f ISR 2348  0 0 = = 1 = 1 0 * 0 = 1  5.0  2273 
10. Cohen, Or                 ISR 2221  0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 1  4.5  2256 
11. Baron, Tal                ISR 2237  0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 = 0 * =  4.0  2217 
12. Iclicki, Willy            MNC 2177  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = *  1.5  2016 
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7) 1st Alexandr Buslaev Memorial

The 1st Alexandr Buslaev Memorial took place in Tbilisi, 3rd-11th April 2007.

Details: http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=7537

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1st Alexandr Buslaev Mem Tbilisi GEO (GEO), 3-11 iv 2007     cat. I (2266)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Abasov, Nijat Azad         AZE 2194  * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1  7.5  2466 
 2. Gelazonia, Parmen          GEO 2312  0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2454 
 3. Gasparian, Tigran          ARM 2204  0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2465 
 4. Hambardzumian, Yuri        ARM 2351  = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2406 
 5. Purtseladze, Maka        m GEO 2348  1 = = = * 0 0 1 = 1 0  5.0  2257 
 6. Kashashvili, Alexandre   m GEO 2306  0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = = = 1  4.5  2225 
 7. Minasyan, Arnold           ARM 2170  = 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 = 1  4.0  2203 
 8. Sikharulidze, Geo          USA 2296  0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 0 1  4.0  2190 
 9. Khotenashvili, Bela     wm GEO 2301  = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1  3.5  2152 
10. Mikadze, Miranda        wf GEO 2260  0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0  2.5  2073 
11. Gurgenidze, Bukhuti      g GEO 2182  0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 *  2.0  2034 
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8) 1st Archil Ebralidze Memorial

The 1st Archil Ebralidze Memorial took place in Tbilisi 2rd-11th April 2007. Davit Jojua won the event with 7.5/10.

Details: http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=7538

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1st Archil Ebralidze Mem Tbilisi GEO (GEO), 3-11 iv 2007     cat. VII (2412)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Jojua, Davit                m GEO 2420  * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1  7.5  2603 
 2. Aroshidze, Levan            g GEO 2500  = * = = = 1 1 = 1 0 1  6.5  2512 
 3. Hayrapetian, Arman            ARM 2396  = = * = = 0 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2485 
 4. Chibukhchian, Artur         m ARM 2419  0 = = * = 1 = = = 1 1  6.0  2482 
 5. Margvelashvili, Giorgi      m GEO 2432  0 = = = * = = = 1 = 1  5.5  2445 
 6. Bagaturov, Giorgi           g GEO 2478  = 0 1 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1  5.5  2441 
 7. Babujian, Levon             m ARM 2413  0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = 1 1  5.5  2447 
 8. Gaprindashvili, Valeriane   g GEO 2489  = = = = = = 0 * 0 = 0  3.5  2293 
 9. Harutjunyan, Gevorg           ARM 2404  0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 0  3.5  2302 
10. Magalashvili, Davit         m GEO 2474  = 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * =  3.0  2256 
11. Ter-Karapetian, Armen         RUS 2103  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = *  2.5  2249 
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9) Lithuanian Championship

The Lithuanian Championship took place in Siauliai 5th-13th May 2007. Sarunas Sulskis won the event with 8/11.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.lt/

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ch-LTU Siauliai LTU (LTU), 5-13 v 2007                       cat. VI (2385)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Sulskis, Sarunas         g LTU 2528  * = = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2547 
 2. Malisauskas, Vidmantas   g LTU 2505  = * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.5  2507 
 3. Zagorskis, Darius        m LTU 2463  = = * = = = = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2480 
 4. Butnorius, Algimantas    m LTU 2402  = = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 0  6.5  2448 
 5. Kveinys, Aloyzas         g LTU 2546  1 = = = * = = 0 = = 1 1  6.5  2435 
 6. Sakalauskas, Vaidas      m LTU 2423  = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 0 0  5.0  2346 
 7. Savickas, Airidas        f LTU 2372  0 = = = = 0 * = = = = 1  5.0  2350 
 8. Jegorovas, Aleksandras     LTU 2274  0 = = 0 1 = = * = = 0 =  4.5  2330 
 9. Labeckas, Kestutis         LTU 2248  0 = = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1  4.5  2332 
10. Narmontas, Matas         f LTU 2293  0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 1  4.5  2328 
11. Beinoras, Mindaugas        LTU 2254  0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 = 0 * =  4.0  2295 
12. Labuckas, Aidas          m LTU 2317  0 0 0 1 0 1 0 = 0 0 = *  3.0  2216 
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10) EWS Cup Jakarta

The EWS Cup took place in Jakarta 15th-22nd May 2007. Regina Pokorna won the event with 6.5/10.

Official site: http://id.indochess.com/

EWS Cup Jakarta INA (INA), 15-22 v 2007               cat. I (2273)
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                                        1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Pokorna, Regina          wg SVK 2343 ** 0= 10 == 11 11  6.5  2368
2 Krivec, Jana             wm SLO 2341 1= ** 01 1= =0 =1  6.0  2330
3 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wf INA 2217 01 10 ** == 10 11  6.0  2355
4 Karlovich, Anastazia     wg UKR 2266 == 0= == ** == =1  5.0  2273
5 Zdebskaja, Natalia       wg UKR 2335 00 =1 01 == ** 1=  5.0  2260
6 Lindiawati, Evi             INA 2133 00 =0 00 =0 0= **  1.5  2004
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11) Baden Challenge III

The Baden Challenge III took place in Neuhausen 5th-10th June 2007. Vladimir Georgiev and Yuriy Kuzubov won with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.wnet24.de/sc-neuhausen/

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Baden Challenge III Neuhausen GER (GER), 5-10 vi 2007
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                                         1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Georgiev, Vladimir    g  MKD 2540  +12 = 7 +10 + 8 + 5 + 6 +11 = 4 = 9  7.5  2698 
 2. Kuzubov, Yuriy        g  UKR 2545  +11 = 5 + 6 +12 - 4 + 9 + 8 + 7 +10  7.5  2698 
 3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei  g  UKR 2551  = 8 = 4 + 9 +11 + 7 =10 +12 + 5 = 6  7.0  2645 
 4. Iotov, Valentin       m  BUL 2491  + 9 = 3 = 8 =10 + 2 +11 = 6 = 1 +12  6.5  2615 
 5. Mutschnik, Ilia       m  GER 2445  + 6 = 2 =11 - 9 - 1 +12 +10 - 3 = 8  4.5  2449 
 6. Swinkels, Robin          NED 2422  - 5 =11 - 2 = 7 + 8 - 1 = 4 +12 = 3  4.0  2428 
 7. Bojkov, Dejan         m  BUL 2487  =10 = 1 =12 = 6 - 3 = 8 + 9 - 2 =11  4.0  2406 
 8. Kraemer, Martin       m  GER 2424  = 3 + 9 = 4 - 1 - 6 = 7 - 2 =10 = 5  3.5  2395 
 9. Strohhaeker, Raoul    f  GER 2391  - 4 - 8 - 3 + 5 +12 - 2 - 7 +11 = 1  3.5  2391 
10. Ris, Robert           m  NED 2411  = 7 =12 - 1 = 4 -11 = 3 - 5 = 8 - 2  2.5  2305 
11. Bogner, Sebastian     m  GER 2345  - 2 = 6 = 5 - 3 +10 - 4 - 1 - 9 = 7  2.5  2309 
12. Brener, Ilja          f  GER 2413  - 1 =10 = 7 - 2 - 9 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 4  1.0  2124 
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12) German International Youth Championship Neuhausen

The German Youth Championship took place in Neuhausen, Germany 5th-10th June 2007. Wojciech Moranda won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.wnet24.de/sc-neuhausen/

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German Int ch-Youth Neuhausen GER (GER), 5-10 vi 2007  cat. IV (2348)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Moranda, Wojciech     m POL 2473  * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2606 
 2. Tomczak, Jacek        m POL 2451  = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2556 
 3. Kurmann, Oliver       f SUI 2433  0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1  6.0  2463 
 4. Vasilev, Milen        m BUL 2473  = = = * 0 1 0 = 1 1  5.0  2376 
 5. Heimann, Andreas        GER 2241  0 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 1  5.0  2402 
 6. Beck, Frederik          GER 2334  0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 =  4.5  2349 
 7. Huschenbeth, Niclas     GER 2279  = 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 = 1  3.5  2275 
 8. Graf, Felix             GER 2262  0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 =  3.0  2232 
 9. Hirneise, Tobias        GER 2307  0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1  2.5  2186 
10. Mader, Manuela       wf GER 2223  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 *  1.0  2010 
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13) 2nd Magistral Espirito Santo

The 2nd Magistral Espirito Santo tournament took place in Vitoria 29th May - 5th June 2007. Axel Bachmann won the event with 7/10.

Official site: http://www.fesx.com.br/II_Magistral_ES.htm

2nd Magistral Espirito Santo Vitoria BRA (BRA), 29 v-5 vi 2007cat. VI (2383)
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                                           1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Bachmann, Axel               m PAR 2470 ** == 0= 11 11 1=  7.0  2514
2 Bittencourt, Jorge           f BRA 2442 == ** 0= 1= 11 =1  6.5  2480
3 Hungaski, Robert Andrew      m USA 2379 1= 1= ** == 01 10  6.0  2455
4 Stamenkovic, Dragan          m SRB 2423 00 0= == ** 11 11  5.5  2410
5 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito  f BRA 2353 00 00 10 00 ** 11  3.0  2239
6 Bortoloso, Moacir Canella      BRA 2228 0= =0 01 00 00 **  2.0  2173
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14) XV Lasker Memorial

The XV Lasker Memorial took place in Barlinek, Poland 2nd-10th June 2007. Lech Sopur won the event with 7.5/10.

Official site: http://www.barlinek.caissa.com.pl/

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XV Lasker Mem Open A Barlinek POL (POL), 2-10 vi 2007
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 
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 1. Sopur, Lech                  POL 2372  +37 +19 + 5 = 4 - 3 + 8 + 7 = 2 +11 = 6  7.5  2536 
 2. Urban, Klaudiusz          m  POL 2464  =16 + 7 =32 =10 +13 +17 + 6 = 1 = 4 = 5  7.0  2487 
 3. Koziak, Vitali            m  UKR 2461  +30 +10 =15 +24 + 1 = 6 = 4 = 5 = 9 = 7  7.0  2517 
 4. Voloshin, Leonid          g  CZE 2456  +28 +12 = 6 = 1 =11 +16 = 3 +17 = 2 = 9  7.0  2487 
 5. Bulski, Krzysztof         f  POL 2396  +31 +18 - 1 +12 = 6 =11 +10 = 3 +21 = 2  7.0  2438 
 6. Hnydiuk, Aleksander          POL 2377  +25 +21 = 4 +15 = 5 = 3 - 2 = 9 + 8 = 1  6.5  2454 
 7. Zezulkin, Jurij           g  BLR 2454  =14 - 2 +23 +21 =24 +20 - 1 +22 +15 = 3  6.5  2354 
 8. Aliavdin, Nikolai         f  BLR 2421  +23 =20 = 9 =32 +15 - 1 +12 =11 - 6 +16  6.0  2358 
 9. Zeberski, Jakub              POL 2438  +35 =32 = 8 =13 =10 +30 =11 = 6 = 3 = 4  6.0  2394 
10. Bronowicki, Mateusz       f  POL 2313  +34 - 3 +31 = 2 = 9 +14 - 5 =19 +13 =12  6.0  2319 
11. Owczarzak, Jerzy          f  POL 2389  +26 +39 =24 =20 = 4 = 5 = 9 = 8 - 1 +21  6.0  2342 
12. Galazewski, Tomasz           POL 2232  +36 - 4 +39 - 5 +18 +21 - 8 =14 +19 =10  6.0  2257 
13. Trifonov, Denis              BLR 2291  -21 +37 +25 = 9 - 2 +18 =15 +24 -10 =14  5.5  2273 
14. Vas, Peter SWE               SWE 2138  = 7 -16 =19 +29 +33 -10 +28 =12 =17 =13  5.5  2218 
15. Czerwonski, Aleksander    m  POL 2384  +40 +22 = 3 - 6 - 8 +23 =13 +29 - 7 =17  5.5  2297 
16. Tokarski, Lukasz             POL 2164  = 2 +14 -20 +38 +32 - 4 -22 +31 +24 - 8  5.5  2258 
17. Maljush, Andrej              BLR 2343  -39 +40 +35 +30 +20 - 2 =24 - 4 =14 =15  5.5  2274 
18. Gasik, Anna               wf POL 2200  +41 - 5 =22 +19 -12 -13 +26 -21 +33 +29  5.5  2113 
19. Markowski, Piotr             POL 1969  +42 - 1 =14 -18 =38 +37 +20 =10 -12 +28  5.5  2215 
20. Mazurkiewicz, Michal         POL 2174  +33 = 8 +16 =11 -17 - 7 -19 =28 +22 =24  5.0  2212 
21. Fernandez, Daniel Howard  f  SIN 1975  +13 - 6 +28 - 7 +31 -12 +30 +18 - 5 -11  5.0  2275 
22. Siwiec, Arkadiusz            POL 2025  +27 -15 =18 =33 -23 +38 +16 - 7 -20 +37  5.0  2164 
23. Jagodzinski, Piotr           POL 2120  - 8 =38 - 7 +26 +22 -15 -25 =35 +31 +36  5.0  2152 
24. Orzech, Dominik              POL 2335  +29 +43 =11 - 3 = 7 +28 =17 -13 -16 =20  5.0  2245 
25. Tokarski, Bartosz            POL 2076  - 6 +27 -13 +43 -28 =34 +23 =32 =29 =30  5.0  2166 
26. Rymskyy, Aleksander          UKR 2093  -11 =33 -38 -23 +43 +36 -18 =27 +39 +34  5.0  2077 
27. Kutsankov, Vladimir       f  BLR 2334  -22 -25 -34 -36 +41 +43 =38 =26 +35 +32  5.0  2024 
28. Czaja, Roman                 POL 2146  - 4 +34 -21 +37 +25 -24 -14 =20 +38 -19  4.5  2068 
29. Dragun, Kamil                POL 2030  -24 -30 +41 -14 +35 +33 +32 -15 =25 -18  4.5  2105 
30. Shaw, Tenzing                USA 2164  - 3 +29 +43 -17 +34 - 9 -21 =33 =32 =25  4.5  2104 
31. Klim, Kamil                  POL 2108  - 5 +41 -10 +39 -21 =32 +34 -16 -23 +38  4.5  2062 
32. Paprocki, Jaroslaw           POL 2217  +38 = 9 = 2 = 8 -16 =31 -29 =25 =30 -27  4.0  2136 
33. Kowalska, Sara               POL 1878  -20 =26 +40 =22 -14 -29 +36 =30 -18 =39  4.0  2018 
34. Demidowicz, Maria            POL 1982  -10 -28 +27 +35 -30 =25 -31 =37 +41 -26  4.0  2058 
35. Przezdziecka, Ewa            POL 2133  - 9 +36 -17 -34 -29 +40 =37 =23 -27 +41  4.0  2049 
36. Maliszewski, Jaroslaw        POL 1942  -12 -35 -37 +27 +39 -26 -33 +41 +40 -23  4.0  2014 
37. Szewczyk, Janusz             POL 2051  - 1 -13 +36 -28 +40 -19 =35 =34 +43 -22  4.0  2022 
38. Ogonowska, Katarzyna         POL 1887  -32 =23 +26 -16 =19 -22 =27 +40 -28 -31  3.5  2016 
39. Poniewierski, Piotr          POL 2046  +17 -11 -12 -31 -36 =41 -40 +43 -26 =33  3.0  1946 
40. Lundberg, Roland             SWE 2088  -15 -17 -33 +41 -37 -35 +39 -38 -36 +43  3.0  1906 
41. Daleczko, Zbigniew           POL 1886  -18 -31 -29 -40 -27 =39 +43 -36 -34 -35  1.5  1790 
42. Strzemiecki, Zbigniew     f  POL 2285  -19  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
43. Ocytko,Michal                POL ----   .  -24 -30 -25 -26 -27 -41 -39 -37 -40  0.0       
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15) St Petersburg Championship

The St Petersburg Championship took place 29th May - 8th June 2007. Marat Makarov took the title on tie-break from Pavel Anisimov and Maxim Matlakov all scored 6.5/11.

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru

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ch-St Petersburg St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 29 v-8 vi 2007  cat. IX (2459)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Makarov, Marat        g RUS 2515  * = 1 = = = = = 1 = = =  6.5  2519 
 2. Anisimov, Pavel       m RUS 2497  = * = = 1 1 0 = = 1 = =  6.5  2520 
 3. Matlakov, Maxim         RUS 2440  0 = * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 =  6.5  2525 
 4. Yemelin, Vasily       g RUS 2564  = = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 0  6.0  2485 
 5. Lovkov, Roman         f RUS 2427  = 0 = = * 1 1 0 = = 1 =  6.0  2498 
 6. Solovjov, Sergey I    m RUS 2414  = 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 = = =  6.0  2499 
 7. Smirnov, Artem        m RUS 2403  = 1 0 0 0 1 * = = = = 1  5.5  2464 
 8. Loginov, Valery A     g RUS 2496  = = 0 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = 1  5.0  2419 
 9. Zacurdajev, Mikhail   f RUS 2384  0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 * = 1 =  5.0  2429 
10. Biriukov, Oleg V      m RUS 2379  = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 1  4.5  2401 
11. Yevseev, Denis        g RUS 2525  = = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1  4.5  2388 
12. Lanin, Alexsej        m RUS 2465  = = = 1 = = 0 0 = 0 0 *  4.0  2356 
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16) 7th European Individual Senior Championship

The 7th European Individual Senior Championship took place 2nd-10th June, 2007, in the Business-Lounge of the Hockenheim circuit (Germany). Nukhim Rashkovsky edged out Algiman Butnorius on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Games from lower boards in the final round not yet available.

Official site: http://www.euro-seniorchamp.de.vu - http://www.schach.com/hockenheim

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7th ch-Euro Senior Hockenheim GER (GER), 2-10 vi 2007
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1.   Rashkovsky,Nukhim  GM    2496 RUS     6 3 0  7.5   42.0  54.0
2.   Butnorius,Algiman  IM    2402 LTU     6 3 0  7.5   40.0  50.0
3.   Murey,Jacob        GM    2433 ISR     6 2 1  7.0   44.0  56.5
4.   Jansa,Vlastimil    GM    2499 CZE     6 2 1  7.0   42.0  54.0
5.   Farago,Ivan        GM    2501 HUN     6 2 1  7.0   41.5  53.5
6.   Uhlmann,Wolfgang   GM    2419 GER     6 2 1  7.0   37.5  47.0
7.   Klovans,Janis      GM    2441 LAT     5 3 1  6.5   43.0  54.5
8.   Khanukov,Boris     FM    2358 GER     5 3 1  6.5   41.5  53.5
9.   Donchenko,Anatoly  IM    2374 GER     4 5 0  6.5   39.5  51.0
10.  Tseitlin,Mark D    GM    2491 ISR     5 3 1  6.5   38.5  49.5
11.  Gutman,Lev         GM    2444 GER     5 3 1  6.5   37.5  48.0
12.  Kremenietsky,Anat  IM    2353 RUS     6 1 2  6.5   36.0  47.0
13.  Ivanets,Vladimir   FM    2261 RUS     6 1 2  6.5   34.0  44.0
14.  Rotstein,Efim      FM    2371 GER     5 2 2  6.0   41.0  52.5
15.  Pushkov,Nikolai    GM    2522 RUS     6 0 3  6.0   38.5  50.5
16.  Fradkin,Boris      IM    2465 RUS     5 2 2  6.0   38.5  49.5
17.  Rosen,Willy        FM    2279 GER     5 2 2  6.0   38.0  49.5
18.  Gruzmann,Boris     FM    2309 RUS     5 2 2  6.0   38.0  49.0
19.  Ljubarskij,Jurij   FM    2301 GER     5 2 2  6.0   38.0  48.5
20.  Van Den Berg,Ad          2204 NED     5 2 2  6.0   37.0  47.0
21.  Arkhangelsky,Bori  IM    2355 RUS     3 6 0  6.0   36.0  47.0
22.  Schippan,Bernd           2266 GER     5 2 2  6.0   36.0  46.0
23.  Fatalibekova,Elen  WGM   2273 RUS     5 2 2  6.0   35.0  46.5
24.  Rosino,Antonio     FM    2275 ITA     6 0 3  6.0   33.5  44.5
25.  Chernikov,Oleg L   GM    2405 RUS     5 2 2  6.0   33.5  44.0
26.  Karl,Hans          FM    2251 SUI     3 6 0  6.0   33.5  42.0
27.  Fomina,Tatyana     WIM   2231 EST     6 0 3  6.0   32.5  42.0
28.  Jadrijevic,Ante          2213 CRO     6 0 3  6.0   32.5  41.5
29.  Onoprienko,Vladim  IM    2342 RUS     5 2 2  6.0   31.5  40.0
30.  Khazankin,Moisei         2112 UKR     6 0 3  6.0   31.0  41.5
31.  Bogorads,Mihails         2245 GER     5 2 2  6.0   31.0  41.5
32.  Neese,Hans-Joachi        2287 GER     5 1 3  5.5   40.5  52.0
33.  Hvenekilde,Jorgen        2221 DEN     5 1 3  5.5   39.0  48.0
34.  Sorensen,Bent            2258 DEN     5 1 3  5.5   38.0  48.5
35.  Fischer,Gerd             2175 GER     4 3 2  5.5   37.0  47.0
36.  Erenska-Barlo,Han  WGM   2246 POL     4 3 2  5.5   36.0  46.5
37.  Estrada Martinez,        2208 ESP     4 3 2  5.5   34.5  44.5
38.  Kaminik,Aleksanda        2314 ISR     4 3 2  5.5   34.0  44.0
39.  Mueller,Waldemar         2115 GER     4 3 2  5.5   31.0  41.0
158 players

17) Bosnian Team Championships

The Bosnian Team Championships took place in Vogosca, 2nd-10th June 2007. The surprise winners were Zeljeznièar, Sarajevo (Robert Ruck, Zoltan Ribli etc) who edged out the overwhelming favourites Bosna Sarajevo (Zoltan Almasi, Ivan Sokolov, Nigel Short, Sergei Movsesian, Borki Predojevic, Suat Atalik etc). Games from the final round is missing.

Official site: http://www.bihchess.com/premijer_liga_07/index.htm

Final Table
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
|. |  Ekipa                         |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  MP  |  Pts.  |Rank |
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 1|SK Tusanj, Tuzla                |     | 1½  |  4  |  3  |  3  | 2½  | 2½  |  3  | 3½  |  2   |  7   |   25   |    5|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 2|SK Bihaæ-AA Kapital Brokers     | 4½  |     | 3½  |  5  |  5  |  3  |  3  | 3½  | 5½  |  3   |  15  |   36   |    3|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 3|SK Glasinac, Sokolac            |  2  | 2½  |     |  3  | 4½  | 3½  | 2½  | 1½  |  4  |  1½  |  7   |   25   |    6|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 4|SK Panteri, Bijeljina           |  3  |  1  |  3  |     | 2½  |  3  |  3  |  3  |  3  |  1   |  6   |  22½   |    9|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 5|SK Siroki Brijeg, Siroki Brijeg |  3  |  1  | 1½  | 3½  |     |  4  | 1½  |  2  |  4  |  2   |  7   |  22½   |    8|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 6|KSK, Banja Luka                 | 3½  |  3  | 2½  |  3  |  2  |     | 2½  |  3  | 3½  |  1   |  7   |   24   |    7|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 7|SK Zeljeznièar, Sarajevo        | 3½  |  3  | 3½  |  3  | 4½  | 3½  |     |  4  |  4  |  3½  |  16  |  32½   |    1|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 8|SK Slavija, Istoèno Sarajevo    |  3  | 2½  | 4½  |  3  |  4  |  3  |  2  |     |  4  |  ½   |  9   |  26½   |    4|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
| 9|HSK Napredak, Zenica            | 2½  |  ½  |  2  |  3  |  2  | 2½  |  2  |  2  |     |  1½  |  1   |   18   |   10|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+
|10|SK Bosna, Sarajevo              |  4  |  3  | 4½  |  5  |  4  |  5  | 2½  | 5½  | 4½  |      |  15  |   38   |    2|
+--+--------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------+-----+


1 SK Tusanj, Tuzla Rtg-Ø:2455

+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|  Bo.  |    |             Name |  IRtg  |  FED  |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|1      |GM  |     Sedlak Nikola|2575    |SRB    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|2      |GM  |   Jovanovic Zoran|2529    |CRO    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|3      |GM  |     Leventic Ivan|2500    |CRO    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|4      |FM  |       Tomic Bosko|2393    |BIH    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|5      |IM  | Sinanovic Muhamed|2396    |BIH    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|6      |FM  |     Budimir Boris|2335    |BIH    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|       |FM  |      Iveljic Igor|2310    |BIH    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|       |FM  |      Hamzic Sefko|2302    |BIH    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+
|       |    | Stjepanovic Dusko|2107    |BIH    |
+-------+----+------------------+--------+-------+

2 SK Bihaæ-AA Kapital Brokers Rtg-Ø:2546

+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name          |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Nikolic Predrag |   2631| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Saric Ibro      |   2507| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     3| GM |Gyimesi Zoltan  |   2617| HUN  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     4| GM |Berkes Ferenc   |   2600| HUN  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     5| GM |Stevic Hrvoje   |   2506| CRO  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     6| IM |Runic Zoran     |   2414| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Boric Muhamed   |   2364| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Osmanovic Kemal |   2327| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+

3 SK Glasinac, Sokolac Rtg-Ø:2530
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name               |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Ivanisevic Ivan      |   2614| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Miladinovic Igor     |   2607| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     3| GM |Kovacevic Aleksandar |   2555| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     4| GM |Solak Dragan         |   2575| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     5|    |Bilic Vladimir       |   2257| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     6|    |Plakalovic Predrag   |   2197| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      | FM |Benderac Srdjan      |   2289| MNE  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Batinic Predrag      |   2250| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      | GM |Jeremic Veljko       |   2537| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Kosoric Sasa         |      0| BIH  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+

4 SK Panteri, Bijeljina Rtg-Ø:2469

+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name             |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Perunovic Milos    |   2562| SRB  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     2| IM |Tadic Branko       |   2504| SRB  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     3| IM |Milanovic Danilo   |   2493| SRB  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     4| IM |Stojanovic Dalibor |   2473| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     5| IM |Brenjo Slavisa     |   2505| SRB  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     6| FM |Puric Nenad        |   2275| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Elez Sinisa        |   2168| SRB  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+

5 SK Siroki Brijeg, Siroki Brijeg Rtg-Ø:2473

+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name             |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Brkic Ante         |   2567| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Fercec Nenad       |   2501| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     3| IM |Bogut Zeljko       |   2454| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     4| IM |Golubovic Boris    |   2441| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     5| IM |Zivkovic Vjekoslav |   2429| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     6|    |Galic Ivan         |   2260| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Rade Miroslav      |   2444| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | FM |Brnas Augustin     |   2329| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+

6 KSK, Banja Luka Rtg-Ø:2471

+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name               |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     1| IM |Stojanovic Mihajlo   |   2588| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Ilincic Zlatko       |   2488| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     3| GM |Cabrilo Goran        |   2494| SRB  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     4| IM |Savanovic Aleksandar |   2432| BIH  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     5| IM |Sibarevic Milenko    |   2337| BIH  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|     6| FM |Gavric Miladin       |   2391| BIH  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Lekic Dusan          |   2340| MNE  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Milosevic Goran      |   2410| SUI  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Filipovic Branko     |   2415| CRO  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Ilic Nedjeljko       |      0| BIH  |
+------+----+---------------------+-------+------+

7 SK Zeljeznièar, Sarajevo Rtg-Ø:2541

+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name             |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Ruck Robert        |   2534| HUN  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Ribli Zoltan       |   2580| HUN  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     3| GM |Drasko Milan       |   2543| MNE  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     4| GM |Vuckovic Bojan     |   2555| SRB  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     5| GM |Blagojevic Dragisa |   2529| MNE  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     6| GM |Vukic Milan        |   2505| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Jakovljevic Vlado  |   2419| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Nurkic Sahbaz      |   2409| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+

8 SK Slavija, Istoèno Sarajevo Rtg-Ø:2500

+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name           |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Balogh Csaba     |   2617| HUN  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Savic Miodrag R  |   2535| SRB  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|     3| GM |Popovic Dusan    |   2557| SRB  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|     4| GM |Pikula Dejan     |   2512| SRB  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|     5| IM |Dumpor Atif      |   2401| BIH  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|     6| IM |Arapovic Vitomir |   2379| BIH  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Janjic Jovo      |   2012| BIH  |
+------+----+-----------------+-------+------+

9 HSK Napredak, Zenica Rtg-Ø:2344

+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name          |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     1| IM |Doric Darko     |   2482| CRO  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     2| IM |Saric Ivan      |   2463| CRO  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     3| IM |Ljubicic Filip  |   2414| CRO  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     4| IM |Bilobrk Franjo  |   2393| CRO  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     5| FM |Hrvacic Pavle   |   2284| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|     6|    |Trogancic Davor |   1918| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Popovic Darko   |   2025| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+
|      |    |Lubar Josip     |      0| BIH  |
+------+----+----------------+-------+------+

10 SK Bosna, Sarajevo Rtg-Ø:2644

+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|  Bo. |    |  Name             |  IRtg | FED  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     1| GM |Almasi Zoltan      |   2675| HUN  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     2| GM |Sokolov Ivan       |   2663| NED  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     3| GM |Short Nigel D      |   2691| ENG  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     4| GM |Movsesian Sergei   |   2642| SVK  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     5| GM |Predojevic Borki   |   2609| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|     6| GM |Atalik Suat        |   2584| TUR  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | GM |Dizdarevic Emir    |   2527| CRO  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | IM |Kelecevic Nedeljko |   2371| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+
|      | FM |Lalic Nedim        |   2385| BIH  |
+------+----+-------------------+-------+------+

18) 2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup

The 2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup takes place in Tbilisi 6th-14th June 2007. Prize fund $10,000. There is a four way tie on 4.5/5. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.

Round 5 Standings: 
  1 Bagaturov, Giorgi            GEO  g 2478   4.5    14.5
  2 Kuparadze, Giga              GEO    2399   4.5    14.5
  3 Chigladze, Iveri             GEO    2346   4.5    14  
  4 Sanikidze, Tornike           GEO  m 2426   4.5    12.5
  5 Charkhalashvili, Inga        GEO wg 2323   4      13  
  6 Kekelidze, Mikheil           GEO  g 2443   4      12.5
  7 Nigalidze, Gaioz             GEO    2350   4      12  
  8 Jobava, Beglar               GEO  m 2442   3.5    13  
  9 Tsereteli, Tamar             GEO wg 2342   3.5    12.5
 10 Zarkua, Davit                GEO    2390   3.5    11.5
 11 Paichadze, Luka              GEO    2392   3.5    11.5
 12 Batsiashvili, Nino           GEO wm 2317   3.5    11  
 13 Pantsulaia, Levan            GEO  g 2616   3.5    10.5
 14 Lomineishvili, Maia          GEO  m 2399   3.5    10.5
 15 Arutinian, David             GEO  g 2544   3.5    10.5
 16 Mgeladze, Tamaz              GEO    2216   3.5    10.5
 17 Khotenashvili, Bela          GEO wm 2301   3.5    10  
 18 Vakhania, Alexandra          GEO    2154   3.5     9.5
 19 Melia, Salome                GEO wg 2394   3.5     9  
 20 Gavasheli, Ana               GEO wm 2175   3.5     9  
 21 Benidze, Davit               GEO  f 2300   3      11.5
 22 Shanava, Konstantine         GEO  g 2532   3      11  
 23 Guramishvili, Sopiko         GEO wf 2267   3      10.5
 24 Aroshidze, Levan             GEO  g 2500   3      10  
 25 Bajarani, Ilgar              AZE  m 2319   3      10  
 26 Purtseladze, Maka            GEO  m 2348   3       9.5
 27 Magalashvili, Davit          GEO  m 2474   3       9  
 28 Lortkipanidze, Nodar         GEO    2063   3       8.5
 29 Gaprindashvili, Valeriane    GEO  g 2489   3       8.5
 30 Supatashvili, Khvicha        GEO  m 2481   3       8.5
 31 Azaladze, Shota              GEO    2361   3       8  
 32 Chkhaidze, Nikoloz           GEO    2183   3       8  
 33 Dzagnidze, Nana              GEO  m 2435   3       7.5

19) National Open

The National Open took place in the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas 7th-11th June 2007. Hikaru Nakamura took clear first place with 5.5/6.

Official site: http://www.lvchessfestival.com/results/ and http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/LasVegas07/info.html

-----------------------------------------------
National Open Las Vegas USA (USA), 8-10 vi 2007
-----------------------------------------------
 1. Nakamura, Hikaru        g  USA 2658  5.5
 2. Korchnoi, Viktor        g  SUI 2623  5.0
 3. Sevillano, Enrico       m  USA 2493  5.0
 4. Serper, Grigory         g  USA 2507  5.0
 5. Friedel, Joshua E       m  USA 2474  5.0
 6. Gonzalez, Renier        m  USA 2454  5.0
 7. Matikozian, Andranik    m  ARM 2469  5.0
 8. Akobian, Varuzhan       g  USA 2574  4.5
 9. Erenburg, Sergey        g  ISR 2574  4.5
10. Kolev, Atanas1          g  BUL 2553  4.5
11. Gurevich, Dmitry        g  USA 2518  4.5
12. Krush, Irina            m  USA 2464  4.5
13. Pruess, David           m  USA 2408  4.5
14. Yanayt, Eugene             USA 2332  4.5
15. Gagunashvili, Merab     g  GEO 2625  4.0
16. Finegold, Benjamin      m  USA 2543  4.0
17. Abramovic, Bosko        g  SRB 2509  4.0
18. Simutowe, Amon          m  ZAM 2419  4.0
19. Stein, Alan             m  USA 2412  4.0
20. Mezentsev, Vladimir     m  RUS 2402  4.0
21. Vigorito, David         m  USA 2358  4.0
22. Aleskerov, Faik            AZE 2311  4.0
23. Adamson, Robby          f  USA 2307  4.0
24. Dishman, Stephen           ENG 2321  4.0
25. Ehlvest, Jaan           g  USA 2640  3.5
26. Shabalov, Alexander     g  USA 2606  3.5
27. Becerra Rivero, Julio   g  USA 2544  3.5
28. Khachiyan, Melikset     g  USA 2475  3.5
29. Anka, Emil              g  HUN 2440  3.5
30. Hecht, Hans-Joachim     g  GER 2393  3.5
31. Ginsburg, Mark          m  USA 2372  3.5
32. Enhbat, Tegshsuren      f  USA 2379  3.5
33. Kretchetov, Alexandre   f  RUS 2299  3.5
102 players

20) Nezhmetdinov Memorial

The Nezhmetdinov Memorial has finished in Kazan but details are a little scarce. According to Chess Todaly Farrukh Amonatov was leading with 7 points - half a point ahead of Dmitry Bocharov. 17 players were on 5½.

Official site:http://tatchess.narod.ru/

21) 8th United Insurance Dhaka

The 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation took place 27th May - 4th June 2007 at the National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000 in Bangladesh. The ten round Swiss final result are not yet up. Games up to round 7 available.

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    

22) Guillermo Garcia Memorial

Csaba Horvath won the Guillermo Garcia memorial in Villa Clara, Cuba. No games or details available. Source: http://www.vanguardia.co.cu

23) Caissa IM May

The Caissa IM May cat. II. tournament took place 21-29. May 2007 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr. Zeberski won the tournament with 7,5 pts, 40,25 SB, ahead of Mr. Eisenbeiser and Mr. Goh on tie-break but on the same score. They made an IM norm too, but Mr. Eisenbeiser had already a lot. More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Next events will be on 18-26. June, 23-31 July.

24) Forthcoming Events and Links

Pula Open

The Pula Open takes place in Pula, Croatia, 23rd-30th June 2007 at the beautiful and famous tourist resort "Punta Verudela" in congress hall of hotel Histria.

Preliminary list of entires had 210 players from 26 countries: AUS, AUT, BEL, BIH, BUL, CRC, CRO, CZE, DEN, ENG, FRA, GER, HUN, IRL, ITA, LTU, NED, NOR, POL, POR, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE. There are 63 titled players - 13 GM, 1 WGM, 25 IM, 2 WIM, 17 FM, 5 WFM. 180 players are FIDE rated. You can directly contact and the director of chess tournament Mr.Vretenar Denis - pulaopen@globalnet.hr

All information about tournament: http://www.skpula.hr, results http://chess-results.com/Tnr6753.aspx?lan=1, information about the city of Pula http://www.pulainfo.hr/en/.

Zonal 2.4

Zonal 2.4 takes place in Sao Paulo 16th-22nd June, 2007.

Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br/

IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open

The IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes place in the Cititel Mid Valley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 19th-27th August 2007. 11 Rounds Swiss, 1st Prize USD4000, Info: aham@pc.jaring.my

Details: http://chess.maribelajar.com/2007/06/08/datmo-4-details/

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

GM Amir Bagheri's Website and Match

GM Amir Bagheri's Website: http://amirbagheri.freehostia.com/

Amir Bagheri (Iran, rating 2481) will play a 2-game match vs. members of the ICCF Forum. The games (one with White and one with Black pieces) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and are intended to start on June 20th 2007, with the reflection time rule "10 moves/100 days". http://www.iccf-webchess.com

6th La Fere Open

The 6th La Fere Open International Chess Tournament will take place 7th-13th July 2007 in Picardie (North of France).

Official site: http://laferect.free.fr/

5th Staunton Memorial

The 5th Staunton Memorial sees six Dutch and six English players compete in a single round robin event. The players are: Holland: Loek Van Wely 2674; Jan Timman 2545; Jan Smeets 2552; Jan Werle 2556; Ivan Sokolov (last years winner) 2663; Erwin L’Ami 2617; England: Michael Adams 2734; Jon Speelman 2518; Peter Wells 2499; Colin McNab 2418; Gawain Jones 2524; Jovanka Houska 2404. Play begins on August 7th and ends on August 18th. The event is, as last year, supported by the Dutch chess enthusiast Jan Mol.

Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtml

British Chess Championships

The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English Chess Federation Sunday 29th July - Saturday 11th August - Great Yarmouth College, Great Yarmouth

Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2007/index.html

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

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