THE WEEK IN CHESS 659 25th June 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Kings Tournament Bazna Romania 35 games
Dutch Championships 61 games
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IV Muhamedzjanov Memorial 45 games
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1792 games
My thanks to Peter Doggers, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Nigel Freeman, Dmitry
V. Borisenkov, Pat Reynolds, Thomas Henrich, Maria Macieja, Laszlo Nagy,
Dominique Dervieux, Haggai Frank, Javier Rodríguez Liébana, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr, Olivier Breisacher, Gary Suffield, Bogdan Borshosh, Pawel
Suwarski, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Mikhail Golubev, Martin Bennedik, Jeroen Noomen
and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Well another amazing week with the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
starting with a whole host of stars including the World Chess Champion Vladimir
Kramnik. Sergey Karjakin also shows his credentials as an up and coming star by
leading the Aerosvit tournament in Foros. Probably the most important news is
that coming out of the FIDE Presidential Board in Tallinn with the new
structure for the World Chess Championships. This really should be the current
FIDE leaderships last chance to get this right and they have come up with a mix
of a World Cup qualifier, a Grand Prix (the details of which I look forward to
seeing) and matches which tries to please everyone. There really are a lot of
different events, perhaps too many, and getting sponsorship and publicity will
be the key to getting it to work. We'll have to wait and see how it works.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 23rd June - 1st July
2007 in the Dortmund Civic Theatre.
Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/
http://www.chessvibes.com has a
number of films and interviews from the event.
Round 1 (June 23, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 35 D12 Slav Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 29 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 44 C58 Two Knights Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 23 A32 English Symmetrical
Round 2 (June 24, 2007)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 45 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 62 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 29 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 35 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Sparkassen GM Dortmund GER (GER), 23 vi-1 vii 2007cat. XX (2727)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 * . . . . 1 = . 1.5 2938
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 . * = . . . 1 . 1.5 2952
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 . = * = . . . . 1.0 2755
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 . . = * = . . . 1.0 2739
5 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 . . . = * . . = 1.0 2696
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 0 . . . . * . 1 1.0 2666
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 = 0 . . . . * . 0.5 2532
8 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2654 . . . . = 0 . * 0.5 2532
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The Aerosvit tournament in Foros takes place 17th-30th June 2007.
Official Site:
http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2007/index_e.htm
Round 2 (June 19, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0 39 D39 QGD Ragozin
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 46 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Svidler, Peter 1/2 13 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 69 B17 Caro Kann
Van Wely, Loek - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 63 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Eljanov, Pavel - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 28 D15 Slav Defence
Round 3 (June 20, 2007)
Karjakin, Sergey - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 27 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 29 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Svidler, Peter - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 24 D29 QGA
Onischuk, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 44 D39 QGD Ragozin
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 28 A70 Benoni
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 37 E15 Queens Indian
Round 4 (June 21, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 18 E05 Catalan
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1/2 29 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 18 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Rublevsky, Sergei - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 64 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Van Wely, Loek - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 28 E15 Queens Indian
Eljanov, Pavel - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 57 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Round 5 (June 22, 2007)
Karjakin, Sergey - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 45 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Onischuk, Alexander - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 72 E55 Nimzo Indian
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 23 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 51 D19 Slav Defence
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (June 23, 2007)
Shirov, Alexei - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 39 B01 Centre Counter
Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 29 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 57 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Rublevsky, Sergei - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 36 C45 Scotch Game
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 17 A33 English Symmetrical
Eljanov, Pavel - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 23 D39 QGD Ragozin
Round 7 (June 25, 2007)
Karjakin, Sergey - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 53 E15 Queens Indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 54 D20 QGA
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 27 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 40 E15 Queens Indian
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Svidler, Peter 1/2 14 B07 Pirc Defence
Aerosvit Foros UKR (UKR), 18-29 vi 2007 cat. XVIII (2694)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2686 * = 1 = . = = . 1 1 . . 5.0 2855
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 = * . . = . . = = 1 = 1 4.5 2787
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 0 . * = . 1 1 . 0 . 1 = 4.0 2741
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736 = . = * . = = . = = . = 3.5 2685
5 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663 . = . . * = = = 1 = 0 . 3.5 2692
6 Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 = . 0 = = * . . 1 . = = 3.5 2691
7 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 = . 0 = = . * = . . 1 = 3.5 2696
8 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2708 . = . . = . = * 0 = 1 = 3.5 2687
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2674 0 = 1 = 0 0 . 1 * . . . 3.0 2649
10 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2686 0 0 . = = . . = . * = 1 3.0 2650
11 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690 . = 0 . 1 = 0 0 . = * . 2.5 2589
12 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693 . 0 = = . = = = . 0 . * 2.5 2600
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The "Gorenje 2007" tournament in Valjevo took place 13th-21st June 2007.
The event was sponsored by the Gorenje Group (http://www.gorenje.com/ and
http://www.gorenje.co.uk/) Roiz edged
out Atalik on tie-break after both finished on 6.5/9 a point clear of a
returning Karpov who will return to the FIDE rating list in the top 40 after
losing his place through inactivity.
Official site:
http://www.chessdiagonals.com/gorenje/startlist.htm
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Gorenje GM Valjevo SRB (SRB), 13-21 vi 2007 cat. XV (2609)
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1. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2605 * = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2775
2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2584 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2777
3. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2682
4. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2614 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 5.0 2651
5. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2631 = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2649
6. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2660 = = 0 = 1 * 1 0 = = 4.5 2603
7. Damljanovic, Branko g SRB 2585 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2568
8. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SRB 2588 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * = = 3.0 2486
9. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2567 = = = 0 0 = 0 = * 0 2.5 2447
10. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2587 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 2.5 2445
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Round 7 (June 19, 2007)
Roiz, Michael - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 44 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Georgiev, Kiril - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 63 A87 Dutch Leningrad
Damljanovic, Branko - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 12 B07 Pirc Defence
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Pavasovic, Dusko 1/2 13 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Iordachescu, Viorel - Atalik, Suat 0-1 35 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 8 (June 20, 2007)
Atalik, Suat - Damljanovic, Branko 1-0 48 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Karpov, Anatoly - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1-0 25 C10 French Rubinstein
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Roiz, Michael 0-1 52 D15 Slav Defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Pavasovic, Dusko 1-0 35 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Georgiev, Kiril - Iordachescu, Viorel 1/2 73 E05 Catalan
Round 9 (June 21, 2007)
Roiz, Michael - Atalik, Suat 1/2 14 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Damljanovic, Branko - Georgiev, Kiril 0-1 62 A13 Reti Opening
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 8 E41 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Pavasovic, Dusko - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 10 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Iordachescu, Viorel - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 43 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
The Kings Tournament Bazna Romania takes place 15th-27th June 2007. News
from the event's arbiter Chirila Radu-Catalin.
Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/ -
http://www.sahclub.ro/toma/070615live/
was also helpful.
Live: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/live/tfd.htm
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King's Tournament Bazna ROM (ROM), 16-26 vi 2007 cat. XIII (2566)
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1. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2590 * . = = = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2681
2. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2624 . * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2681
3. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2648 = 1 * = = . = = = = = 5.0 2599
4. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2528 = = = * . = = = = = = 4.5 2568
5. Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2580 = = = . * = = = = = = 4.5 2568
6. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 0 0 . = = * = 1 = 1 = 4.5 2556
7. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2512 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2535
8. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2584 = = = = = 0 = * = = . 4.0 2523
9. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2510 = 0 = = = = = = * . = 4.0 2532
10. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2537 = = = = = 0 0 = . * = 3.5 2495
11. Timman, Jan H g NED 2545 0 0 = = = = = . = = * 3.5 2486
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Round 4 (June 19, 2007)
Andersson, Ulf - Sokolov, Andrei1 1/2 25 E15 Queens Indian
Ribli, Zoltan - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 15 D12 Slav Defence
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 31 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Suba, Mihai - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 35 E05 Catalan
Timman, Jan H - Khalifman, Alexander 0-1 46 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 5 (June 20, 2007)
Vaganian, Rafael A - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 16 A07 Barcza System
Khalifman, Alexander - Ribli, Zoltan 1/2 14 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 33 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Mecking, Henrique - Timman, Jan H 1/2 73 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Portisch, Lajos - Suba, Mihai 1-0 64 E14 Queens Indian
Round 6 (June 21, 2007)
Andersson, Ulf - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 14 D59 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Ribli, Zoltan - Mecking, Henrique 1/2 32 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Sokolov, Andrei1 - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 28 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 21 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Suba, Mihai - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 15 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 7 (June 22, 2007)
Vaganian, Rafael A - Sokolov, Andrei1 1/2 18 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Khalifman, Alexander - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0 42 E20 Nimzo Indian
Mecking, Henrique - Suba, Mihai 1-0 35 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Portisch, Lajos - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 31 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Timman, Jan H - Ribli, Zoltan 1/2 53 D17 Slav Defence
Round 8 (June 23, 2007)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 35 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Andersson, Ulf - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 13 D14 Slav Exchange
Sokolov, Andrei1 - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 20 C94 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Mecking, Henrique 1/2 32 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Suba, Mihai - Timman, Jan H 1/2 58 A28 English Four Knights
Round 9 (June 24, 2007)
Khalifman, Alexander - Sokolov, Andrei1 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Ribli, Zoltan - Suba, Mihai 1/2 11 A37 English Symmetrical
Mecking, Henrique - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 17 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Portisch, Lajos - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 36 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Timman, Jan H - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 31 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 10 (June 25, 2007)
Vaganian, Rafael A - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 22 D39 QGD Ragozin
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 59 E15 Queens Indian
Andersson, Ulf - Timman, Jan H 1/2 19 E15 Queens Indian
Sokolov, Andrei1 - Mecking, Henrique 0-1 40 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Ribli, Zoltan 1/2 15 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
The Dutch Championships take place 16th-28th of June in Hilversum,
Holland. Its round-robin with 12 players including Tiviakov, Sokolov, l'Ami,
Stellwagen and Smeets will take part. The Women's championship, which starts on
June 18, features, among others, GM Zhaoqin Peng and WGM Bianca Muhren (a round
robin with 10 players). Wednesday June 20 and Monday June 25 are rest days.
There will also be a strong open in Hilversum during these championships, from
June 20th-28th 2007.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2007
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ch-NED Hilversum NED (NED), 16-28 vi 2007 cat. XII (2533)
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1. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2600 * = = 1 = 1 . . . 1 = 1 6.0 2744
2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2663 = * 1 = . = = 1 . = 1 . 5.5 2671
3. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2617 = 0 * = = . = 1 1 . 1 . 5.0 2630
4. Smeets, Jan g NED 2552 0 = = * = 1 . . 1 = . 1 5.0 2650
5. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2655 = . = = * = = . . = 1 1 5.0 2616
6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2606 0 = . 0 = * . 1 = 1 . 1 4.5 2575
7. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2483 . = = . = . * = = = = = 4.0 2519
8. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2489 . 0 0 . . 0 = * = 1 1 1 4.0 2512
9. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2412 . . 0 0 . = = = * 1 = 0 3.0 2421
10. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2466 0 = . = = 0 = 0 0 * . . 2.0 2364
11. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2428 = 0 0 . 0 . = 0 = . * = 2.0 2349
12. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2423 0 . . 0 0 0 = 0 1 . = * 2.0 2335
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Round 4 (June 19, 2007)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Smeets, Jan 1-0 39 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Tiviakov, Sergei - Dambacher, Martijn 1/2 26 C10 French Rubinstein
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 41 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Janssen, Ruud - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 78 A70 Benoni
Hendriks, Willy - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 68 C54 Giuoco Piano
Bosboom, Manuel - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 39 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 5 (June 21, 2007)
L'Ami, Erwin - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 47 E17 Queens Indian
Smeets, Jan - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 65 B07 Pirc Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 36 C18 French Winawer
Van der Wiel, John - Janssen, Ruud 1/2 19 C47 Four Knights
Dambacher, Martijn - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1/2 100 A56 Old Indian Defence
Spoelman, Wouter - Hendriks, Willy 1/2 21 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Round 6 (June 22, 2007)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Dambacher, Martijn 1-0 57 C10 French Rubinstein
Tiviakov, Sergei - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 36 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Smeets, Jan - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 54 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan NED - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 46 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Hendriks, Willy - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 22 B29 Sicilian Defence
Bosboom, Manuel - Janssen, Ruud 0-1 25 C54 Giuoco Piano
Round 7 (June 23, 2007)
L'Ami, Erwin - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 35 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Nijboer, Friso - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 41 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Wiel, John - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 28 B01 Centre Counter
Janssen, Ruud - Hendriks, Willy 1/2 80 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Dambacher, Martijn - Smeets, Jan 1/2 83 D10 Slav Defence
Spoelman, Wouter - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 34 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 8 (June 24, 2007)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Spoelman, Wouter 1/2 45 C85 Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 42 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Smeets, Jan - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 21 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Nijboer, Friso - Dambacher, Martijn 1-0 20 C10 French Rubinstein
Bosboom, Manuel - Hendriks, Willy 1-0 21 A30 English Symmetrical
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ch-NED w Hilversum NED (NED), 18-28 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2439 * . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 6.0
2. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2220 . * = 1 = = 0 . 1 . 3.5 2212
3. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2174 0 = * = 1 . . = 1 . 3.5 2240
4. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2227 0 0 = * 1 . . 1 . 1 3.5 2245
5. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2156 . = 0 0 * . 1 1 . = 3.0 2131
6. Muhren, Bianca wg NED 2311 0 = . . . * 0 = 1 1 3.0 2143
7. Schut, Donna NED 2026 0 1 . . 0 1 * 0 0 . 2.0 2072
8. Middelveld, Martine NED 2019 . . = 0 0 = 1 * . 0 2.0 2044
9. Otten, Colleen NED 2038 0 0 0 . . 0 1 . * 1 2.0 2090
10. Bensdorp, Laura NED 2120 0 . . 0 = 0 . 1 0 * 1.5 2005
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Round 2 (June 19, 2007)
Hamelink, Desiree - Otten, Colleen 1-0 28 C06 French Tarrasch
Van Nies, Pauline - Bensdorp, Marlies 1/2 26 C91 Ruy Lopez
Muhren, Bianca - Peng Zhaoqin 0-1 42 C03 French Tarrasch
Schut, Donna - Middelveld, Martine 0-1 18 C14 French Classical
Bensdorp, Laura - Van Weersel, Arlette 1/2 61 B01 Centre Counter
Round 3 (June 21, 2007)
Peng Zhaoqin - Schut, Donna 1-0 42 C06 French Tarrasch
Bensdorp, Marlies - Hamelink, Desiree 0-1 44 D18 Slav Defence
Van Weersel, Arlette - Van Nies, Pauline 0-1 60 B40 Sicilian Classical
Middelveld, Martine - Bensdorp, Laura 0-1 54 A87 Dutch Leningrad
Otten, Colleen - Muhren, Bianca 0-1 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 4 (June 22, 2007)
Hamelink, Desiree - Muhren, Bianca 1/2 43 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Van Nies, Pauline - Middelveld, Martine 1/2 48 C01 French Exchange
Bensdorp, Marlies - Van Weersel, Arlette 1-0 43 E16 Queens Indian
Schut, Donna - Otten, Colleen 0-1 30 B06 Modern Defence
Bensdorp, Laura - Peng Zhaoqin 0-1 36 B06 Modern Defence
Round 5 (June 23, 2007)
Peng Zhaoqin - Van Nies, Pauline 1-0 41 A61 Benoni
Van Weersel, Arlette - Hamelink, Desiree 1/2 27 A34 English Symmetrical
Muhren, Bianca - Schut, Donna 0-1 55 C06 French Tarrasch
Middelveld, Martine - Bensdorp, Marlies 0-1 26 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Otten, Colleen - Bensdorp, Laura 1-0 70 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 6 (June 24, 2007)
Hamelink, Desiree - Schut, Donna 0-1 58 A85 Dutch
Van Nies, Pauline - Otten, Colleen 1-0 28 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Bensdorp, Marlies - Peng Zhaoqin 0-1 43 D27 QGA
Van Weersel, Arlette - Middelveld, Martine 1-0 22 A08 Barcza System
Bensdorp, Laura - Muhren, Bianca 0-1 32 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
FIDE have announced their new cycle
http://www.fide.com/news/download/NewWorldChampCycle.pdf.
The format will be a mixed one.
The World Championship itself will be settled by matches after the
tournament in Mexico City. In 2008 Vladimir Kramnik will play the winner of
Mexico City unless he wins the event himself. Veselin Topalov as the loser of
the last match in Elista will play the winner of the World Cup in Khanty
Mansiysk which takes place at the end of the year. The winners of those matches
will play for the title in 2009. However if Kramnik wins the WCCh tournament in
Mexico City 2007, a match between Kramnik and Topalov, the current and the
previous world champions, will take place in 2008. In that case, the winner of
the Kramnik- Topalov match will play against the winner of the 2007 World
Cup.
After that qualification for a world title shot will come from one of
two methods. Firstly there will be another World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk in
2009. The winner of that will play the winner of a newly established Grand Prix
- three events per year (different continents) - taking place over the years
2008-9. The winners of the Grand Prix and the World Cup will meet in a match
and the winner of that will challenge the world champion in 2010 and on it goes
with another match in 2012.
It looks terribly complicated to me but with the World Cups already
guaranteed in Khanty Mansiysk for the next two cycles the problem of finding
sponsorship for this event is solved. The details of the Grand Prix, who gets
invited, scoring and which events are involved is obviously pretty key. We'll
have to see how this all works out in practice.
In addition there will be a new code of behaviour obviously aimed at the
controversy surrounding the Kramnik - Topalov match in Elista. FIDE's press
release states: "Having discussed several recent cases in different chess
tournaments where the attitude of players toward their opponent or officials,
journalists etc. was not acceptable under conventional social behaviour, the
FIDE Presidential Board –at the suggestion of President Ilyumzhinov-
decided on setting up strict rules regarding such behaviour. Any player who
does not shake hands with the opponent (or greets the opponent in a normal
social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society)
before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does
not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) or deliberately insults
his/her opponent or the officials of the event, will immediately and finally
lose the relevant game."
The 40th Biel Chess Festival takes place 21st July-3rd August 2007. The
main GM is very strong in spite of defending champion Alexander Morozevich
deciding not to play due to health reasons (some treatment he needs and from
which he'll need to recuperate before the world championship in Mexico City).
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Players:
Teimour Radjabov AZE 2747
Judit Polgar HUN 2727
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2717
Magnus Carlsen NOR 2693
Loek Van Wely NED 2674
Alexander Onischuk USA 2663
Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2656
Boris Avrukh ISR 2644
Alexander Motylev RUS 2642
Yannick Pelletier SUI 2602
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Average : = 2677 (cat. XVIII)
Zonal 2.4 took place in Sao Paulo 16th-22nd June, 2007. Gilberto Milos
took first place on tie-break from Rafael Leitao after both finished on 6/8 but
both progress in the FIDE cycle.
Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br/
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2579 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2683
2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2603 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2680
3. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2609 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2627
4. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2502 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2594
5. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2486 0 = = = * = 1 = = 4.0 2501
6. Fier, Alexandr g BRA 2499 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 3.5 2457
7. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2495 = 0 = 0 0 0 * = = 2.0 2307
8. Nina, Miguel Angel f PER 2312 0 0 0 = = = = * 0 2.0 2330
9. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2416 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 2.0 2317
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The IV Muhamedzjanov Memorial took place in Naberezhnye Chelny (2nd
largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) 10th-18th June 2007. David
Markosian of Armenia took clear first place with 7/9 a point and a half clear
of the field.
Official site: http://www.nabchess.narod.ru/eur_asia/muh_4.htm
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1. Markosian, David S m ARM 2352 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2641
2. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2467 1 * = = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2488
3. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2511 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2483
4. Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2433 = = = * 0 = = = 1 = 4.5 2412
5. Zhidkov, Valery S m UKR 2351 0 = 0 1 * = = = 1 = 4.5 2421
6. Mingachev, Mansur f RUS 2402 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2415
7. Vorontsov, Nickolay m KAZ 2300 0 = = = = = * = 0 = 3.5 2346
8. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2493 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 1 3.5 2325
9. Akhmadeev, Vadim m RUS 2430 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 3.5 2332
10. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2402 = = = = = 0 = 0 0 * 3.0 2290
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The European Union Championship took place June 15th-24th 2007 in Arvier
(Aosta Valley). The tournament was open to the players of the 27 countries of
the European Union, plus 4 countries 'host' (Croacia, Montenegro, Serbia and
Turkey). Nikola Sedlak edged out Michele Godena on tie-break after both
finished on 8/10.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
1 Sedlak Nikola GM 2575 SRB 8,0 66,5 53,5 51,75 2663
2 Godena Michele GM 2558 ITA 8,0 64,5 51,5 50,50 2651
3 Luther Thomas GM 2586 GER 7,5 64,0 50,5 47,00 2566
4 Caruana Fabiano IM 2513 ITA 7,5 61,5 49,5 45,25 2547
5 Baburin Alexander GM 2545 IRL 7,5 61,0 48,5 43,75 2544
6 Cebalo Miso GM 2491 CRO 7,5 60,0 48,5 44,00 2494
7 Sulskis Sarunas GM 2533 LTU 7,0 61,5 49,0 41,50 2448
8 Sulava Nenad GM 2549 CRO 7,0 59,5 48,0 40,50 2431
9 Llaneza Vega Marcos FM 2455 ESP 7,0 48,0 39,5 33,00 2191
10 Brunello Sabino IM 2454 ITA 6,5 65,5 53,0 40,00 2526
11 Agrest Evgenij GM 2561 SWE 6,5 65,5 52,5 41,25 2506
12 Piscopo Pierluigi IM 2392 ITA 6,5 63,5 51,0 38,25 2487
13 D'Amore Carlo IM 2476 ITA 6,5 63,5 51,0 37,75 2457
14 Likavsky Tomas GM 2485 SVK 6,5 63,0 51,0 38,00 2451
15 Foisor Cristina Adela IM 2384 ROM 6,5 62,0 49,5 37,50 2425
16 Okhotnik Vladimir IM 2484 FRA 6,5 61,5 49,5 37,25 2455
17 Borgo Giulio IM 2418 ITA 6,5 61,5 49,5 36,00 2477
18 Prie Eric GM 2513 FRA 6,5 59,5 48,0 36,25 2448
19 Vocaturo Daniele IM 2450 ITA 6,5 59,0 48,0 35,75 2425
20 Castaldo Folco FM 2330 ITA 6,5 59,0 48,0 34,50 2402
21 Daulyte Deimante WIM 2224 LTU 6,0 61,0 49,5 33,50 2359
22 Rombaldoni Axel 2221 ITA 6,0 60,0 47,5 32,25 2346
23 Calzetta Monica WGM 2340 ESP 6,0 59,5 47,5 32,25 2282
24 Rombaldoni Denis FM 2368 ITA 6,0 59,0 47,0 33,00 2355
25 Vezzosi Paolo IM 2287 ITA 6,0 58,5 47,0 32,25 2343
26 Bruno Fabio IM 2428 ITA 6,0 56,0 44,5 31,75 2256
27 Friedrich Norbert FM 2317 GER 6,0 55,5 46,0 29,75 2281
28 Moser Eva IM 2405 AUT 6,0 55,0 43,0 29,00 2298
29 Makka Ioulia WIM 2185 GRE 6,0 54,5 45,0 30,00 2283
30 Zimina Olga WGM 2377 ITA 6,0 54,5 44,0 30,00 2250
31 Foisor Sabina Francesca WIM 2333 ROM 6,0 54,0 42,5 29,00 2268
32 Raineri Valerio 2123 ITA 6,0 53,5 43,5 30,25 2148
33 Pace Colin CM 2146 MLT 6,0 52,5 41,5 28,00 2159
34 Tocchioni Doriano 2247 ITA 6,0 51,0 41,0 27,00 2225
35 Brunello Marina 1924 ITA 6,0 50,0 40,5 27,00 2157
36 Borosova Zuzana WFM 2206 SVK 5,5 58,0 48,0 28,00 2266
37 Cocchi Andrea FM 2321 ITA 5,5 57,0 46,5 28,50 2300
38 Schaefer Michael 2228 GER 5,5 56,5 44,5 27,75 2246
39 Tate Alan 2058 SCO 5,5 55,0 45,0 27,25 2255
40 Pepino Enrico 2153 ITA 5,5 55,0 44,0 28,50 2190
41 Agrest Inna 2069 SWE 5,5 55,0 43,5 26,75 2237
42 Brancaleoni Maurizio FM 2263 ITA 5,5 54,0 43,0 27,50 2178
43 Pantaleoni Claudio 2219 ITA 5,5 52,5 41,5 24,75 2173
44 Bashkite Viktoria WIM 2202 EST 5,5 50,5 40,0 24,25 2172
45 Astengo Corrado 2110 ITA 5,5 50,0 40,0 25,25 2090
46 Norinkeviciute Rasa WFM 2048 LTU 5,5 50,0 40,0 24,25 2196
47 Brigati Alessandro 2093 ITA 5,5 49,0 39,5 23,75 2055
48 Foisor Mihaela Veronica 1980 ROM 5,5 46,5 37,0 21,25 2072
49 Agrest Roman 2161 SWE 5,5 43,0 34,0 21,75 2034
112 players
The 11th International Chess Festival Voronezh 2007 took place
10th-21st June 2007. Farrukh Amonatov took first place on tie-break from
Alexander Lastin and Boris Savchenko after all finished on 7/9.
Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
Final Round 9 Standings:
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1. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2574 7.0 54.0 40.75 38.0 2745 +1.87
2. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2590 7.0 53.0 40.00 39.0 2722 +1.42
3. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2583 7.0 52.5 39.50 35.5 2728 +1.60
4. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2571 6.5 51.0 36.25 35.0 2677 +1.28
5. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2593 6.5 47.0 33.25 33.0 2644 +0.56
6. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2567 6.5 47.0 34.00 32.0 2607 +0.47
7. Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2546 6.5 45.0 31.75 30.0 2554 +0.11
8. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2580 6.0 51.0 32.00 32.0 2620 +0.42
9. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2503 6.0 50.5 32.00 32.0 2609 +1.23
10. Kryakvin, Dmitry f RUS 2539 6.0 50.0 32.25 33.0 2611 +0.87
11. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2614 6.0 49.0 32.00 30.0 2584 -0.39
12. Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2552 6.0 48.0 30.00 32.5 2575 +0.24
13. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2611 6.0 48.0 31.00 30.5 2591 -0.21
14. Rakhmanov, Aleksandr m RUS 2497 6.0 48.0 30.75 29.5 2557 +0.69
15. Tarlev, Konstantin UKR 2468 6.0 47.5 28.00 31.5 2607 +1.68
16. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2570 6.0 47.5 30.50 31.5 2589 +0.24
17. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2550 6.0 47.0 31.25 32.0 2562 +0.15
18. Deviatkin, Andrei m RUS 2541 6.0 46.0 28.75 30.5 2561 +0.24
19. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2486 6.0 45.5 27.50 30.0 2544 +0.69
20. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2395 6.0 45.5 27.75 28.0 2559 +1.95
21. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2472 6.0 45.0 27.00 27.5 2536 +0.78
22. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2499 5.5 52.0 29.25 34.5 2599 +1.27
23. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2500 5.5 49.0 27.25 31.5 2562 +0.73
24. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2492 5.5 45.5 24.50 29.5 2511 +0.28
25. Zablotsky, Sergei f RUS 2500 5.5 45.0 25.25 28.0 2497 +0.01
26. Ulko, Jaroslav m RUS 2486 5.5 44.5 25.75 29.0 2502 +0.19
27. Frolyanov, Dmitry g RUS 2525 5.5 44.0 23.75 27.5 2454 -0.78
28. Can, Emre m TUR 2404 5.5 42.0 21.75 29.5 2530 +1.54
29. Sergienko, Sergey m RUS 2480 5.5 41.5 22.75 27.5 2423 -0.62
30. Kiselev, Gennady m RUS 2424 5.5 41.0 20.75 26.5 2481 +0.73
31. Petrushin, Alexander I m RUS 2492 5.5 40.0 21.00 25.0 2443 -0.53
32. Provotorov, Ivan f RUS 2382 5.5 39.5 19.50 25.0 2462 +1.00
33. Dmitriev, Igor m RUS 2310 5.0 48.5 26.25 29.5 2580 +3.11
34. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2515 5.0 48.0 23.75 29.5 2485 -0.40
35. Obukhov, Alexander g RUS 2446 5.0 47.5 23.25 25.5 2488 +0.50
36. Bryzgalin, Kirill m RUS 2475 5.0 47.0 24.50 29.5 2568 +1.13
37. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2556 5.0 46.5 24.25 29.5 2474 -1.03
38. Danin, Alexandre m RUS 2513 5.0 46.5 23.75 28.0 2484 -0.40
39. Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2365 5.0 46.5 23.50 26.5 2511 +1.76
40. Slizhevsky, Alexander m RUS 2452 5.0 45.5 21.50 28.0 2463 +0.14
41. Moskalenko, Alexander f RUS 2371 5.0 45.0 22.25 26.5 2500 +1.58
42. Feoktistov, Alexey A m RUS 2449 5.0 44.0 22.00 26.5 2439 -0.13
43. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2571 5.0 43.0 23.00 26.5 2464 -1.30
44. Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2496 5.0 42.0 20.25 24.0 2422 -0.94
45. Nadeev, Sergey RUS 2308 5.0 42.0 20.00 23.0 2428 +1.49
46. Slugin, Sergey f RUS 2383 5.0 41.0 19.00 22.5 2383 +0.00
47. Chudinovskikh, Alexander M f RUS 2399 5.0 39.5 20.25 23.5 2399 -0.04
48. Kravtsiv, Martyn m UKR 2448 5.0 38.5 18.25 25.5 2446 -0.04
49. Chuprikov, Dmitry RUS 2394 5.0 38.5 19.00 23.5 2422 +0.32
50. Rodin, Dmitrij RUS 2442 5.0 38.0 18.75 24.5 2410 -0.40
51. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2561 5.0 37.0 18.00 22.0 2380 -2.02
116 players
The Teplice Open took place 16th-23rd June 2007. Marcin Dziuba won the
event with 7/9 half a point clear of the rest of the field.
Official site: http://www.chess-glaverbel.cz/
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Open Teplice CZE (CZE), 16-23 vi 2007
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1 Dziuba Marcin IM POL 2525 7,0 50,0 39,5 2295
2 Jedynak Radoslaw GM POL 2538 6,5 52,5 41,5 2318
3 Manik Mikulas GM SVK 2438 6,5 50,0 39,0 2295
4 Tazbir Marcin FM POL 2428 6,5 49,5 39,5 2289
5 Talla Vladimir IM CZE 2432 6,5 49,5 39,5 2222
6 Pakhomov Alexey IM RUS 2449 6,5 49,0 38,0 2212
7 Luch Michal IM POL 2336 6,0 51,0 40,5 2281
8 Hausner Ivan IM CZE 2409 6,0 51,0 40,0 2206
9 Spirin Oleg FM RUS 2349 6,0 50,0 39,0 2283
10 Horak Jiri CZE 2192 6,0 50,0 39,0 2282
11 Dolezal Radoslav CZE 2425 6,0 50,0 39,0 2169
12 Plat Vojtech CZE 2284 6,0 48,0 38,0 2258
13 Ivanov Mikhail M GM RUS 2450 6,0 47,5 37,0 2195
14 Cernousek Lukas IM CZE 2411 6,0 46,5 36,5 2201
15 Janda Zdenek CZE 2182 6,0 45,0 35,0 2068
16 Krsek Tomas CZE 2132 6,0 42,0 33,5 2077
17 Trapl Jindrich IM CZE 2347 5,5 50,5 39,5 2219
18 Vokac Marek GM CZE 2482 5,5 48,5 38,0 2205
19 Karlik Vladimir FM CZE 2295 5,5 48,0 37,5 2238
20 Balhar Jan CZE 2188 5,5 46,0 37,5 2206
21 Hadraba Vladimir CZE 2193 5,5 45,0 35,5 2117
22 Cedikova Katerina WIM CZE 2184 5,5 45,0 35,5 2100
23 Kantorik Marian IM SVK 2359 5,5 42,5 32,5 2075
24 Kalina Jiri CZE 2031 5,5 42,0 33,0 2023
25 Tuma Jakub CZE 2026 5,5 39,5 31,5 2039
26 Bujak Michal CZE 2218 5,0 53,5 42,5 2342
27 Van Dooren Dirk FM NED 2303 5,0 46,0 36,0 2123
28 Stastny Petr CZE 2040 5,0 44,0 35,5 2030
29 Papay Jindrich CZE 2024 5,0 42,0 33,5 2029
30 Chmelik Jiri CZE 2063 5,0 42,0 33,0 1981
31 Svitak David CZE 1769 5,0 40,0 31,5 1958
32 Sleich Jan CZE 2236 5,0 40,0 30,0 1966
33 Hricko Martin CZE 1684 5,0 39,5 30,5 1989
34 Kucera Petr CZE 2025 5,0 38,5 29,0 1904
35 Bakajsa Libor CZE 1661 5,0 37,5 29,0 1993
36 Zimmermann Rene GER 1900 5,0 37,5 29,0 1939
37 Cerny Jakub CZE 1617 5,0 36,5 28,0 1859
80 players
The Uzbekistan Championships took place 11th-23rd May 2007. Vladimir
Egin, Anton Filippov and Timur Gareev tied for first on 9.5/13. A curiosity is
that the game Saidov-Kasyan (2) seems to have been played with the colours the
wrong way round.
Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz
(Results:
http://www.uzchess.uz/Championship/2007/Vishaya%20Liga/Men/men.htm)
(Games:
http://www.uzchess.uz/Bases/Vishaya%20Liga/Men/Vishaya%20Liga%20(men).htm)
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ch-UZB Tashkent UZB (UZB), 11-23 v 2007 cat. VII (2408)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Egin, Vladimir m UZB 2437 * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 9.5 2581
2. Filippov, Anton UZB m UZB 2481 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 9.5 2577
3. Gareev, Timur g UZB 2551 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2572
4. Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek UZB 2322 = = 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 = 0 1 1 8.5 2524
5. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2521 = = = = * = = 1 = 0 1 = = 1 7.5 2456
6. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2505 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2457
7. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2504 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2429
8. Kvon, Andrey UZB 2360 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2440
9. Saidov, Beqali UZB 2297 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2359
10. Karimov, I UZB 2317 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2328
11. Galyamov, Vildan UZB 2238 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 4.5 2311
12. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2490 = = 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 0 0 4.0 2260
13. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2425 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 4.0 2265
14. Kasyan, Aleksandr UZB 2267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 2.0 2123
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The Uruguayan Championship took place in Montevideo 1st-10th June 2007.
Bernardo Roselli Mailhe won the event for the 12th time on tie-break from
Manuel Larrea. News: Horacio Arevalo.
Further info: http://www.fuajedrez.com,
http://pasionporelajedrez.blogspot.com/2007/06/final-uruguayo-2007-completo.html
and Mailhe's own blog http://escuelajedrez.blogspot.com/
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2419 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2446
2. Larrea, Manuel f URU 2317 0 * 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2456
3. Oddone, Cristhian URU 2060 0 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2282
4. Izquierdo, Daniel f URU 2338 = 0 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2228
5. Curi, Gabriel f URU 2278 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2197
6. Etcheverz, Ignacio URU 2147 = 0 1 1 0 * 1 = 0 0 0 1 5.0 2173
7. Bauza, Alejandro f URU 2220 = = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 = 1 = 5.0 2166
8. Carvalho, Guillermo URU 2255 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 = = 5.0 2163
9. Barrere,Claudio URU ---- = 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * = 1 0 4.0 2120
10. Almada, Marcelo URU 2075 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2114
11. Lopez Falcon, Jorge URU 2144 0 0 1 = = 1 0 = 0 0 * 0 3.5 2076
12. Muniz, Rafael URU 2198 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = 1 * 3.5 2071
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The IV Sanxenxo Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) Open took place 16th-24th June
2007. Alexander Graf edged out Vugar Gashimov and Roi Reinaldo Castineira on
tie-break after they all finished on 7/9.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com/2007/4sansenxo/open_sanxenxo_2007.php
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1. Graf, Alexander g GER 2620 7 53½ 42 37½
2. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2644 7 53 42½ 37½
3. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi m ESP 2452 7 52 41½ 35
4. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2598 6½ 53 42 34½
5. Wippermann, Till m GER 2410 6½ 51½ 40½ 34½
6. Giorgadze, Giorgi1 g GEO 2610 6 53 41 34
7. Caselas Cabanas, Jacobo m ESP 2423 6 52 40 33½
8. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2404 6 51½ 40½ 33½
9. Recuero Guerra, David f ESP 2372 6 50 38½ 31½
10. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2453 6 50 38½ 30½
11. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2457 6 49 38½ 32
12. Aloma Vidal, Robert f ESP 2321 6 47½ 37 29½
13. Vila Gazquez, Xavier f ESP 2415 6 44½ 34½ 29½
14. Vonthron, Horst f GER 2305 5½ 49½ 39 30
15. Wintzer, Joachim f GER 2351 5½ 48½ 37½ 30
16. Aguera Naredo, Javier f ESP 2365 5½ 46½ 37 30
17. Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael m ESP 2271 5½ 45½ 37 30
18. Alvarez Fernandez, Enrique ESP 2301 5½ 45½ 35½ 29
19. Zozulia, Anna m BEL 2344 5½ 44 33½ 28
20. Del Barrio Gomez, Jesus M f ESP 2228 5½ 43 34 26
21. Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2379 5½ 42 33½ 25
22. Perez Cameselle, Francisco ESP 2003 5½ 40 33 27
76 players
The Ceclub Division De Honor 2007 Grupo I took place in Lugo 20th-24th
June 2007. Linex Magic and Iretza Gros progress to the playoff final with the
top two in Grupo II to decide the title.
The Ceclub Division De Honor 2007 Grupo II takes place in Torrelavega
27th June - 1st July 2007.
Official site: http://www.feda.org/ceclub/honor1/index.htm
Round 1 20th June 2007
1.1 1 LLANERA - ALZIRA 2.5- 3.5 6 REVERTE ALBOX CIUDAD DE ALMERIA
1 GM SOCKO BARTOSZ 2641 1/2 GM DREEV ALEXEY 2633
2 GM MACIEJA BARTLOMIEJ 2616 1/2 GM KRASENKOW MICHAL 2661
3 GM WOJTASZEK RADOSLAW 2620 1-0 GM NIELSEN PETER HEINE 2649
4 GM CZARNOTA PAWEL RAFAL 2565 0-1 GM HRACEK ZYBNEK 2613
5 GM BELLON LOPEZ JUAN MANUEL 2423 1/2 GM HERRERA IRISBERTO 2458
6 IM SANCHEZ GUIRADO FRANCISCO 2407 0-1 GM RIVAS PASTOR MANUEL 2496
1.2 2 CAJA CANARIAS 3 - 3 5 IRETZA - GROS
1 GM MOTYLEV ALEXANDER 2642 0-1 GM MOROZEVICH ALEXANDER 2762
2 GM GRANDA ZUÑIGA JULIO E. 2612 0-1 GM KASIMDZHANOV RUSTAM 2677
3 GM ALEKSANDROV ALEKSEI 2609 1-0 GM MILOV VADIM 2675
4 GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 2591 1/2 GM TKACHIEV VLADISLAV 2652
5 GM KORNEEV OLEG 2565 1-0 IM ANDRES GONZALEZ ALBERTO 2424
6 GM SAN SEGUNDO CARRILLO PABLO 2539 1/2 FM GONZALEZ DE LA TORRE SANTIAGO 2388
1.3 3 U.G.A. 1.5 - 4.5 4 LINEX MAGIC
1 GM MIROSHNICHENKO EVGENIJ 2646 0-1 GM ADAMS MICHEL 2734
2 GM PELLETIER YANNICK 2602 1/2 GM PONOMARIOV RUSLAM 2771
3 GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ JOSEP MANUEL 2563 1/2 GM AKOPIAN VLADIMIR 2703
4 GM FELGAER RUBEN 2561 0-1 GM SARGISSIAN GABRIEL 2651
5 IM VEHI BACH VICTOR M. 2377 1/2 IM PEREZ CANDELARIO MANUEL 2511
6 IM RAHAL MICHAEL 2395 0-1 IM CARRASCO MARTINEZ JUAN M. 2406
Round 2 21st June 2007
2.1 6 REVERTE ALBOX 3 - 3 4 LINEX MAGIC
1 GM DREEV ALEXEY 2633 1/2 GM ADAMS MICHEL 2734
2 GM KRASENKOW MICHAL 2661 1/2 GM PONOMARIOV RUSLAM 2717
3 GM NIELSEN PETER HEINE 2649 1/2 GM AKOPIAN VLADIMIR 2703
4 GM HRACEK ZYBNEK 2613 1/2 GM SARGISSIAN GABRIEL 2651
5 GM HERRERA IRISBERTO 2458 1/2 IM PEREZ CANDELARIO MANUEL 2511
6 GM RIVAS PASTOR MANUEL 2496 1/2 IM CARRASCO MARTINEZ JUAN M. 2406
2.2 5 IRETZA - GROS 4.5 - 1.5 3 U.G.A.
1 GM MOROZEVICH ALEXANDER 2762 1-0 GM MIROSHNICHENKO EVGENIJ 2646
2 GM KASIMDZHANOV RUSTAM 2677 1-0 GM PELLETIER YANNICK 2602
3 GM MILOV VADIM 2675 1-0 GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ JOSEP MANUEL 2563
4 GM BAUER CHRISTIAN 2629 0-1 GM FELGAER RUBEN 2561
5 GM CIFUENTES PARADA ROBERTO 2491 1/2 FM ALSINA LEAL DANIEL 2428
6 IM ARGANDOÑA RIVEIRO IÑIGO 2400 1-0 IM RAHAL MICHAEL 2395
2.3 1 LLANERA - ALZIRA 2 - 4 2 CAJA CANARIAS
1 GM SOCKO BARTOSZ 2641 1/2 GM MOTYLEV ALEXANDER 2642
2 GM MACIEJA BARTLOMIEJ 2616 1/2 GM GRANDA ZUÑIGA JULIO E. 2612
3 GM WOJTASZEK RADOSLAW 2620 1/2 GM ALEKSANDROV ALEKSEI 2609
4 GM CZARNOTA PAWEL RAFAL 2565 0-1 GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 2591
5 GM BELLON LOPEZ JUAN MANUEL 2423 1/2 GM KORNEEV OLEG 2565
6 IM SANCHEZ GUIRADO FRANCISCO 2407 0-1 GM SAN SEGUNDO CARRILLO PABLO 2539
Round 3 22nd June 2007
3.1 2 CAJA CANARIAS 3,5-2,5 6 REVERTE ALBOX
1 GM MOTYLEV ALEXANDER 2642 1-0 GM DREEV ALEXEY 2633
2 GM GRANDA ZUÑIGA JULIO E. 2612 0-1 GM KRASENKOW MICHAL 2661
3 GM ALEKSANDROV ALEKSEI 2609 1/2 GM NIELSEN PETER HEINE 2649
4 GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 2591 1/2 GM HRACEK ZYBNEK 2613
5 GM KORNEEV OLEG 2565 1-0 GM HERRERA IRISBERTO 2458
6 GM MORENO CARNERO JAVIER 2508 1/2 GM RIVAS PASTOR MANUEL 2496
3.2 3 U.G.A. 2-4 1 LLANERA - ALZIRA
1 GM MIROSHNICHENKO EVGENIJ 2646 1/2 GM SOCKO BARTOSZ 2641
2 GM PELLETIER YANNICK 2602 1/2 GM MACIEJA BARTLOMIEJ 2616
3 GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ JOSEP MANUEL 2563 0-1 GM WOJTASZEK RADOSLAW 2620
4 GM FELGAER RUBEN 2561 0-1 GM CZARNOTA PAWEL RAFAL 2565
5 FM ALSINA LEAL DANIEL 2428 1-0 GM BELLON LOPEZ JUAN MANUEL 2423
6 IM VEHI BACH VICTOR M. 2377 0-1 IBAÑEZ AULLANA JOSE RAMON 2339
3.3 4 LINEX MAGIC 4,5-1,5 5 IRETZA - GROS
1 GM ADAMS MICHEL 2734 1/2 GM MOROZEVICH ALEXANDER 2762
2 GM PONOMARIOV RUSLAM 2717 1/2 GM KASIMDZHANOV RUSTAM 2677
3 GM AKOPIAN VLADIMIR 2703 1-0 GM MILOV VADIM 2675
4 GM SARGISSIAN GABRIEL 2651 1/2 GM TKACHIEV VLADISLAV 2652
5 IM PEREZ CANDELARIO MANUEL 2511 1-0 IM ARGANDOÑA RIVEIRO IÑIGO 2400
6 IM CARRASCO MARTINEZ JUAN M. 2406 1-0 FM GONZALEZ DE LA TORRE SANTIAGO 2388
Round 4 23rd June 2007
4.1 6 REVERTE ALBOX 1,5-4,5 5 IRETZA - GROS
1 GM DREEV ALEXEY 2633 1/2 GM MOROZEVICH ALEXANDER 2762
2 GM KRASENKOW MICHAL 2661 0-1 GM KASIMDZHANOV RUSTAM 2677
3 GM NIELSEN PETER HEINE 2649 1/2 GM TKACHIEV VLADISLAV 2652
4 GM HRACEK ZYBNEK 2613 0-1 GM BAUER CHRISTIAN 2629
5 GM HERRERA IRISBERTO 2458 1/2 GM CIFUENTES PARADA ROBERTO 2491
6 FERRER SANCHEZ PEDRO 2303 0-1 IM ANDRES GONZALEZ ALBERTO 2424
4.2 1 LLANERA - ALZIRA 2-4 4 LINEX MAGIC
1 GM SOCKO BARTOSZ 2641 1/2 GM ADAMS MICHEL 2734
2 GM MACIEJA BARTLOMIEJ 2616 0-1 GM PONOMARIOV RUSLAM 2717
3 GM WOJTASZEK RADOSLAW 2620 0-1 GM AKOPIAN VLADIMIR 2703
4 GM CZARNOTA PAWEL RAFAL 2565 1-0 GM SARGISSIAN GABRIEL 2651
5 GM BELLON LOPEZ JUAN MANUEL 2423 1/2 IM PEREZ CANDELARIO MANUEL 2511
6 IBAÑEZ AULLANA JOSE RAMON 2339 0-1 IM CARRASCO MARTINEZ JUAN M. 2406
4.3 2 CAJA CANARIAS 4-2 3 U.G.A.
1 GM MOTYLEV ALEXANDER 2642 1/2 GM MIROSHNICHENKO EVGENIJ 2646
2 GM GRANDA ZUÑIGA JULIO E. 2612 1/2 GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ JOSEP MANUEL 2563
3 GM ALEKSANDROV ALEKSEI 2609 1-0 GM FELGAER RUBEN 2561
4 GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 2591 1/2 FM ALSINA LEAL DANIEL 2428
5 GM KORNEEV OLEG 2565 1-0 IM VEHI BACH VICTOR M. 2377
6 GM SAN SEGUNDO CARRILLO PABLO 2539 1/2 IM RAHAL MICHAEL 2395
Round 5 24th June 2007
5.1 3 U.G.A. 2,5-3,5 6 REVERTE ALBOX
1 GM MIROSHNICHENKO EVGENIJ 2646 1/2 GM DREEV ALEXEY 2633
2 GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ JOSEP MANUEL 2563 0-1 GM KRASENKOW MICHAL 2661
3 GM FELGAER RUBEN 2561 1/2 GM NIELSEN PETER HEINE 2649
4 FM ALSINA LEAL DANIEL 2428 1/2 GM HRACEK ZYBNEK 2613
5 IM VEHI BACH VICTOR M. 2377 1/2 GM HERRERA IRISBERTO 2458
6 IM RAHAL MICHAEL 2395 1/2 GM RIVAS PASTOR MANUEL 2496
5.2 4 LINEX MAGIC 3-3 2 CAJA CANARIAS
1 GM ADAMS MICHEL 2734 1/2 GM MOTYLEV ALEXANDER 2642
2 GM PONOMARIOV RUSLAM 2717 1/2 GM GRANDA ZUÑIGA JULIO E. 2612
3 GM AKOPIAN VLADIMIR 2703 1/2 GM ALEKSANDROV ALEKSEI 2609
4 GM SARGISSIAN GABRIEL 2651 1/2 GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 2591
5 IM PEREZ CANDELARIO MANUEL 2511 1/2 GM KORNEEV OLEG 2565
6 IM CARRASCO MARTINEZ JUAN M. 2406 1/2 GM MORENO CARNERO JAVIER 2508
5.3 5 IRETZA - GROS 4,5-1,5 1 LLANERA - ALZIRA
1 GM MOROZEVICH ALEXANDER 2762 1-0 GM SOCKO BARTOSZ 2641
2 GM KASIMDZHANOV RUSTAM 2677 1/2 GM MACIEJA BARTLOMIEJ 2616
3 GM TKACHIEV VLADISLAV 2652 1/2 GM WOJTASZEK RADOSLAW 2620
4 GM BAUER CHRISTIAN 2629 1-0 GM CZARNOTA PAWEL RAFAL 2565
5 GM CIFUENTES PARADA ROBERTO 2491 1-0 GM BELLON LOPEZ JUAN MANUEL 2423
6 IM ANDRES GONZALEZ ALBERTO 2424 1/2 IM SANCHEZ GUIRADO FRANCISCO 2407
Final Standings:
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts.
1 LINEX MAGIC 5 3 2 0 19
2 IRETZA - GROS 5 3 1 1 18
3 CAJA CANARIAS 5 3 2 0 17½
4 REVERTE ALBOX CIUDAD DE ALMERIA 5 2 1 2 14
5 LLANERA - ALZIRA 5 1 0 4 12
6 U.G.A. 5 0 0 5 9½
The Chinese Zonal 3.5 took place in Shandong, 28th April - 6th May 2007.
Bu Xiangzhi won with 7.5/9 a point clear of Wang Yue and Ding Liren. Two
players qualify for the FIDE World Cup.
Results in Chinese:
http://www.chende.net/07fqs/07fqs_bulletin.htm
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1. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2656 =23 +13 = 6 +11 +25 + 4 +17 + 7 = 3 7.5 2712
2. Wang Yue g CHN 2656 +22 +21 =19 = 7 + 9 -17 = 8 +10 + 4 6.5 2670
3. Ding Liren CHN 2289 = 7 - 4 +36 +37 =18 +19 +24 + 5 = 1 6.5 2615
4. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2657 =31 + 3 + 8 +19 +17 - 1 = 5 +11 - 2 6.0 2577
5. Xiu Deshun CHN 2289 +16 =25 +29 -17 +21 + 9 = 4 - 3 + 8 6.0 2634
6. Wan Yunguo CHN 2386 =14 +30 = 1 - 9 +20 +25 - 7 +18 +17 6.0 2556
7. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2572 = 3 +14 +37 = 2 =19 = 8 + 6 - 1 = 9 5.5 2526
8. Zhou Weiqi CHN 2469 +20 =11 - 4 +27 +13 = 7 = 2 +17 - 5 5.5 2505
9. Li Chao2 CHN 2525 -12 +33 +32 + 6 - 2 - 5 +22 +14 = 7 5.5 2441
10. Wen Yang m CHN 2475 -11 =20 +28 +15 =22 =18 +29 - 2 +25 5.5 2454
11. Wang Cheng CHN 2249 +10 = 8 =25 - 1 =31 +21 +16 - 4 =15 5.0 2523
12. Li Haoyu CHN 2285 + 9 -19 -20 -31 +30 =14 =32 +23 +24 5.0 2388
13. Zhang Ziyang CHN 2323 =17 - 1 +30 +16 - 8 -24 +36 =21 +26 5.0 2485
14. Yu Yangyi CHN 2204 = 6 - 7 =23 =32 +37 =12 +19 - 9 +29 5.0 2462
15. Lou Yiping CHN 2268 =24 =26 =21 -10 =23 +37 =25 +29 =11 5.0 2459
16. Zhao Jun g CHN 2554 - 5 +38 =18 -13 +34 +22 -11 =24 +28 5.0 2355
17. Wang Hao g CHN 2638 =13 +23 +35 + 5 - 4 + 2 - 1 - 8 - 6 4.5 2438
18. Ju Wenjun CHN 2345 =35 =27 =16 +24 = 3 =10 =26 - 6 =20 4.5 2356
19. Wang Rui m CHN 2482 +33 +12 = 2 - 4 = 7 - 3 -14 =26 +31 4.5 2404
20. Ji Dan CHN 2246 - 8 =10 +12 =23 - 6 =27 +35 =25 =18 4.5 2352
21. Du Shan f CHN 2399 +28 - 2 =15 +35 - 5 -11 +23 =13 =22 4.5 2315
22. Yu Lie CHN 2325 - 2 =28 +33 +29 =10 -16 - 9 +27 =21 4.5 2426
23. Wang Li CHN 2337 = 1 -17 =14 =20 =15 +32 -21 -12 +36 4.0 2310
24. Wu Wenjin g CHN 2498 =15 =34 =27 -18 +35 +13 - 3 =16 -12 4.0 2258
25. Liang Chong g CHN 2505 +38 = 5 =11 +26 - 1 - 6 =15 =20 -10 4.0 2315
26. Wang Yu A wg CHN 2384 =27 =15 +34 -25 -29 +28 =18 =19 -13 4.0 2310
27. Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2203 =26 =18 =24 - 8 =32 =20 =31 -22 +38 4.0 2309
28. Lin Yi CHN 2226 -21 =22 -10 =30 +33 -26 +34 +31 -16 4.0 2312
29. Li Shilong g CHN 2552 +32 =37 - 5 -22 +26 +31 -10 -15 -14 3.5 2245
30. Wang Xiaohui CHN 2190 =34 - 6 -13 =28 -12 -33 +38 =36 +37 3.5 2205
31. Wei Chenpeng f CHN 2343 = 4 -35 =38 +12 =11 -29 =27 -28 -19 3.0 2219
32. Wu Kaiyu CHN 2287 -29 +36 - 9 =14 =27 -23 =12 -34 =33 3.0 2189
33. Tian Bohan CHN 2249 -19 - 9 -22 =36 -28 +30 -37 +35 =32 3.0 2180
34. Ding Yixin wf CHN 2278 =30 =24 -26 =38 -16 -36 -28 +32 =35 3.0 2184
35. An Zhixiao CHN 2169 =18 +31 -17 -21 -24 +38 -20 -33 =34 3.0 2238
36. Jia Haoxiang CHN 2198 -37 -32 - 3 =33 +38 +34 -13 =30 -23 3.0 2161
37. Gu Xiaobing wg CHN 2351 +36 =29 - 7 - 3 -14 -15 +33 -38 -30 2.5 2144
38. Wang Jiaquan CHN 2276 -25 -16 =31 =34 -36 -35 -30 +37 -27 2.0 2090
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The Uzhgorod Spring Open took place 24th-27th May 2007. Ladislav Kotan
edged out Juri Dovzik on tie-break after both finished on 5.5/7. I couldn't
find a reason why Matej Vyparina finished on 4 rather than the 5 points
suggested by the games [Now corrected, he lost in round 4].
Nice photo report:
http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru/Uzhopen07en.html
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Spring Open Uzhgorod UKR (UKR), 24-27 v 2007
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1. 5 Kotan, Ladislav IM 5.5 29.0 22.25 20.5 2289 2393 +0.78
1 Dovzik, Juri IM 5.5 27.0 20.25 23.0 2415 2448 +0.25
3. 7 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy 5.0 29.0 18.50 23.5 2250 2380 +1.06
4. 17 Korduban, Valeriy 4.5 32.5 19.75 22.5 2061 2377 +2.89
6 Boricsev, Oleg IM 4.5 29.0 17.00 20.5 2280 2269 -0.05
4 Borsos, Bogdan IM 4.5 28.0 17.25 17.0 2328 2262 -0.52
3 Molnar, Peter FM 4.5 27.0 15.75 16.0 2353 2164 -1.36
19 Matvienko, Vasyl 4.5 25.0 14.75 15.5 1977 2246 +2.54
11 Svana, Peter 4.5 24.5 14.50 17.5 2162 2312 +1.00
9 Rizsonkov, Vlagyimir 4.5 23.5 13.25 15.5 2233 2074 -1.05
11. 8 Vyparina, Matej 4.0 29.5 14.50 19.0 2235 2182 -0.42
2 Panchenko,Alexandar G IM 4.0 25.0 11.50 16.0 2365 2224 -1.25
13. 18 Kolbasin, Alexandr 3.5 27.5 11.50 15.0 2042 2205 +1.18
12 Bemak, Mikhail 3.5 27.0 10.00 16.0 2129 2032 -0.65
22 Birov, Vasyl 3.5 23.0 8.25 11.5 0000 2049 2049
16 Prokopchuk, Anatoly 3.5 22.0 7.75 12.5 2085 2094 +0.05
28 Tjoma, Mykola 3.5 19.5 7.75 12.5 0000 1898 1898
18. 13 Isak,Yuri 3.0 25.0 7.50 16.0 2123 1925 -1.20
26 Olkhovoy, Yakov 3.0 18.0 4.25 7.0 0000 1435 0
20. 15 Yushko, Olga 2.5 26.5 6.25 12.5 2117 2000 -0.90
14 Vovchuk, Orest 2.5 24.5 7.25 10.5 2121 1594 -1.20
10 Kobal, Vladimir 2.5 23.5 5.75 12.5 2173 1925 -1.10
21 Baloha, Mykhailo 2.5 19.0 5.00 8.0 0000 1991 1991
24. 20 Michalko, Matej 2.0 20.0 3.25 6.5 1766 1452 -0.20
23 Durda, Volodymyr 2.0 19.0 4.25 4.5 0000 1781 0
27 Stefanik, Marcel 2.0 18.5 3.00 7.5 0000 1718 0
24 Karpov, Nikolay 2.0 16.5 2.75 6.0 0000 1342 0
The 2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup took place in Tbilisi 6th-14th June 2007.
Prize fund $10,000. Levan Pantsulaia won with 7.5/9. Below is confirmation of
the final table. At first I had the round 8 standings last week. News: Varlam
Vepkhvishvili.
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break
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1 2616 Pantsulaia, Levan GEO g 7.5 34.5
2 2346 Chigladze, Iveri GEO 7 38.5
3 2426 Sanikidze, Tornike GEO m 7 36
4 2544 Arutinian, David GEO g 7 33.5
5 2350 Nigalidze, Gaioz GEO 6.5 36
6 2323 Charkhalashvili, Inga GEO wg 6.5 35
7 2399 Lomineishvili, Maia GEO m 6.5 31.5
8 2317 Batsiashvili, Nino GEO wm 6.5 31
9 2399 Kuparadze, Giga GEO 6 37.5
10 2342 Tsereteli, Tamar GEO wg 6 33
11 2442 Jobava, Beglar GEO m 6 33
12 2392 Paichadze, Luka GEO 6 32
13 2302 Bregadze, Levan GEO f 6 28.5
14 2500 Aroshidze, Levan GEO g 6 28
15 2489 Gaprindashvili, Valeriane GEO g 6 27.5
16 2481 Supatashvili, Khvicha GEO m 6 27
17 2478 Bagaturov, Giorgi GEO g 5.5 35.5
18 2443 Kekelidze, Mikheil GEO g 5.5 32
19 2396 Melia, Salome GEO wg 5.5 29
20 2348 Purtseladze, Maka GEO m 5.5 27.5
21 2154 Vakhania, Alexandra GEO 5.5 26.5
22 2268 Lomsadze, Davit GEO 5.5 25.5
23 1918 Anakidze, Nino GEO 5.5 19.5
86 players
The 2007 Bray Rapidplay was held on June 17 Karl McPhillips took the
title following a blitz playoff. 64 players.
http://www.brayrapidplay.com/ -
http://www.icu.ie/ -
http://www.icu.ie/tournaments/display.php?id=467
Leading Final Standings:
1 Mc PHILLIPS, KARL IRL 2185 5
2 JEFFARES, SIMON IRL 2095 5
3 DALY, COLM f IRL 2353 5
4 MADYNSKI, PAWEL POL 2178 5
5 BENNETT, ERIC IRL 1967 5
6 COLLINS, SAM E. m IRL 2398 5
7 FREEMAN, GORDON IRL 2100 4.5
8 OSBORNE, SAM C. IRL 1929 4.5
9 QUINN, CIARAN IRL 4
10 FITZSIMONS, DAVID IRL 2133 4
11 BUSIG, XAVIER 4
12 SAWICKI, NICOLAS POL 2092 4
13 FOX, ANTHONY IRL 2087 4
14 MORAN, STEPHEN IRL 1892 4
15 PALMER, BERNARD M. IRL 1980 4
16 BREZING, THOMAS IRL 4
17 Mc MORROW, JOHN IRL 4
18 IGRIS, GREGORY 4
64 players
MonRoi International Women's Chess Grand-Prix sees its finale in an 8
player round robin July 21st-28th in Montreal, Canada.
Standings, based on rating performances in 7 qualifiers in Grand-Prix
host countries: Gibraltar, France, Croatia, Germany, Liechtenstein, Italy &
USA 1. WGM Irina Krush, USA, RP- 2554 GibTelecom 2. GM Pia Cramling, Sweden,
RP-2522 GibTelecom 3. WGM Iweta Rajlich, Poland, RP- 2521 Euro 2007 4. WGM
Jovaka Houska, England, RP- 2512 GibTelecom 5. WGM Lela Javakhishvili, Georgia,
RP- 2490 Euro 2007 6. WGM Cristina Adela Foisor, Romania, RP- 2489
Liechtenstein 7. WGM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman, India, RP- 2482 Liechtenstein 8.
Myriam Roy, Canada, Quebec Chess Federation selection
Details: http://www.monroi.com/GP/
Mazovian Chess Festival
The Mazovian Chess Festival takes place in Grodzisk Mazowiecki,
20th-28th July 2007. Includes: VII Miguel Najdorf International Chess
Tournament and VI Mazovian Junior Chess Championship in the Age Groups From 10
to 18 Years old
Details: http://www.poloniachess.pl/ -
http://www.szachy.grodzisk.pl/ -
http://www.mzszach.net/
Form in English:
http://www.poloniachess.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=444&Itemid=80
6th Condom Open
The 6th Condom International Chess Festival will take place 7th-14th
July 2007 in Gers (South-West of France).
Official site: http://www.chess32.tonsite.biz/
Judge Lictenstein Memorial
The Elkana Chess Club in Israel is a closed 10 player category 8
tournament as part of the Judge Lictenstein Memorial chess Festival July
15th-26th in Israel. They have 9 players already and need another player rated
2439+ to complete the category 8 regulations.
All Accommodation& food is free of charge.
Contact Haggai Frank chaggaif@bezeqint.net
V Transcarpathian Rapid
The V Transcarpathian Rapidtournament "Chess Decyk" takes place
September, 15th-16th 2007 City: Uzhgorod Country: Ukraine Time control: Rapid:
20' - 20' Number of rounds: 9 System: Swiss Prize fund: 4000 UAH Remarks:
Welcome to the age-old town above the river Uzh with more than 1000-year’s
history!!!
Organizer: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod (President - IM Bogdan Borsos)
Tel: +380503179153, +380503723900 E-mail: chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Address:
Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Hotel "Svitanok", Koshitska st. 30
Further details: http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru
Hungarian tournaments July - December 2007
List of the chess tournaments from July - December 2007 in Hungary:
1. 7th - 19th of July 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 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 July KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi,
Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website:
http://www.caissachessbooks.hu
Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km
South-East from Budapest.
3. 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
4 . 4th-16th of August FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.
5. 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
6. 1st-13th of September, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
7. 17th -25th of September KECSKEMET IM tmt, org. dr.Erdelyi
8. 6th-18th of October, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
9. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET IM - org. dr.Erdelyi
10. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL
11. 15th-23rd of November, XXXI. TENKES CUP, 9 round Swiss Open,
Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.FULOP, Csaba, e-mail:
fulopcsa@invitel.hu Website:
http://www.baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15⟨=hu&det=12
12. 1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL
Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup
The Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from
4th-6th July 2007.
Ten grandmasters will take part in the event which is a rapid
all-play-all. The time control: 20 minutes for entire game + 10 seconds
increment after each move.
The participants are: Teimour RADJABOV (Azerbaijan), Vassily IVANCHUK
(Lviv, Ukraine), Alexander GRISCHUK (Russia), Boris GELFAND (Israel), Etienne
BACROT (France), Alexei SHIROV (Spain), Ilia SMIRIN (Israel), Viktor KORCHNOI
(Switzerland), Yuri DROZDOVSKIJ (Odessa, Ukraine) and Vladimir TUKMAKOV
(Odessa, Ukraine).
The event is organised by the PIVDENNY BANK, Ukrainian Chess
Federation, Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and the Charity Fund
VICTOR.
Official site: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com
8th Montreal International
The 8th Montreal International takes place 19th-28th July 2007.
Players: Vassily Ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky, Nigel Short, Pavel Eljanov,
Sergei Tiviakov, Emil Sutovsky, Kamil Miton, Pentala Harikrishna, Mark
Bluvshtein and Pascal Charbonneau.
Official site:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie
1st Leiden Chess Tournament
The 1st Leiden Chess Tournament is being organised by
http://www.schakers.info, a Dutch chess news website that celebrates its 5th
anniversary in 2007. The tournament is sponsored by H.L. Druckerfonds.
The tournament will take place in the Leiden Denksportcentrum, July
13th-July 22nd 2007. It is a 9 round Swiss
Registration by e-mail: redactie@schakers.info
More information and tournament site:
http://www.schakers.info info (banner
LCT2007)
2nd Konig Memorial
The Mechanics' Institute will be holding the 2nd Konig Memorial July
10th-25th 2007 on the Schevingen system - double round robin between the two
teams. The time control is 40/75 + SD/15 all with 30 seconds added per move.
GM Team GM Baburin ( Ireland) GM S.Atalik (Turkey) GM Yermolinsky
( USA) GM Fedorowicz ( USA) IM E.Atalik ( Turkey)
IM Team IM Pruess ( USA) IM Stein (USA) IM Zilberstein (USA) IM
Friedel (USA) IM Mezentsev (USA)
Daily coverage at: http://www.chessclub.org
XX Belgrade International Open
The XX International Open Championship of Belgrade "OBRENOVAC 2007"
takes place 22nd-30th November 2007.
Prizes : EUR 5,600.00 The championship will be played in 9 rounds
according to the FIDE Swiss System (computer pairing). Rate of play is 40 moves
for 2 hours and 30 minutes til the end of game.
Contact information: BELGRADE CHESS INFORMATION 11000 Belgrade,
Deligradska 27/III, Serbia Tel/Fax; +381-11 -2656 846 E-mail: beochess@eunet.yu
Further details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
Olomouc and Highlands Opens Czech Republic
10th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2007, which
takea place in the city of Olomouc on 1st-9th August 2007. Closed GM and IM
tournaments, closed FIDE tournament, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active
chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More detailed information
should be found at
http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/regulations/.
Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/.
4th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2007, which will take
place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou on 22nd-30th September 2007. Final
qualification for the Men and Women Championship of the Czech Republic, FIDE
open, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More detailed
information should be found at
http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/regulations/
. Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/.
Both events are held within the frame of 7th International Chess
Festivals CZECH TOUR 2007/2008 Series. More detailed information about the
series, which is taking place in 8 towns of the Czech Republic, should be found
at http://www.czechtour.net/regulations/.
Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/news/.
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/.
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/
or
http://www.gilachess.com/2007/06/09/4th-igb-dato-arthur-tan-malaysian-open-2007/
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
World Open, Philadelphia
USA, June 28 - July 4
Montreal Chess Festival Finale, July 21-28
Further details: http://www.monroi.com/GP
Politiken Cup
The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 21st-29th July 2007.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French:
http://echecs-info.blogspot.com
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
