THE WEEK IN CHESS 665 6th August 2007 by Mark Crowther
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40th Biel Chess Festival 309 games
94th British Championships 204 games
HZ Open Vlissingen 150 games
North Urals Cup 5 games
Arctic Chess Challenge 98 games
Bad Homburg 45 games
Stara Pazova-Ilindan 66 games
5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial 3 games
XI Copa Puma Mercosur 145 games
Open Dutch Championship Dieren 174 games
Open Women's Bulgarian Championships 19 games
Battle of Senta tournament 270 games
North Sea Cup 550 games
Arximiro Penide Cedeira Memorial 154 games
2192 games
My thanks to Hans Groffen, Gerald Schendel, Alex Brunetti, Mihajlo
Savic, Elie Houlichian, Videki Sandor, Bognar Csaba, Jakub Fuksik, Dave
Clayton, Remco Hekhuis, Doug Bake, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa
Jr, Gujuan Tzu, Videki Sandor, Albert Vasse, David Levy, Sinisa Drazic, Stephen
Connor, Jack Rudd, Goran Urosevic, Bent Kolvig, Serge Archambault and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
Another busy summer week. Magnus Carlsen was in the box seat to win the
Biel Chess Festival with a point lead but two losses in a row left him behind
going into the final round where he won to tie with Onischuk and then won a
blitz playoff to take the title. The British Championships continue with Jacob
Aagaard now of Scotland looking strong favourite to take the title. The
Villarobledo Rapid was the strongest event of the week with Ponomariov winning
on tie-break with Topalov, Ivanchuk, Shirov etc also in the field. But I have a
saying, if you can't get the games, it might as well not have taken place at
all.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 40th Biel Chess Festival took place 21st July-3rd August 2007. A
final round win for Magnus Carlsen after two straight losses earned him a tie
with Alexander Onischuk for first place on 5.5/9, Carlsen then won a blitz
playoff 3-2. Mikhail Ulibin won the MTO Open with 8.5/10.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
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GM Biel SUI (SUI), 23 vii-2 viii 2007 cat. XVIII (2679)
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1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2710 * 1 0 = = 1 1 0 1 = 5.5 2755
2. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2650 0 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2762
3. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2591 1 = * = 0 = 1 = = = 5.0 2731
4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 = = = * = = 0 1 1 = 5.0 2718
5. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 = 0 1 = * = = = = 1 5.0 2716
6. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2746 0 = = = = * = 1 = 1 5.0 2714
7. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 0 = 0 1 = = * 0 1 0 3.5 2598
8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 1 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 = 3.5 2598
9. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2648 0 = = 0 = = 0 1 * = 3.5 2602
10. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2645 = 0 = = 0 0 1 = = * 3.5 2602
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Round 7 (July 31, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 48 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Polgar, Judit - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 56 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bu Xiangzhi - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 20 D39 QGD Ragozin
Van Wely, Loek - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 36 E97 King's Indian Classical
Avrukh, Boris - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 59 A29 English Four Knights
Round 8 (August 1, 2007)
Onischuk, Alexander - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 54 D98 Gruenfeld Smyslov
Pelletier, Yannick - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 37 D19 Slav Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 1/2 72 C42 Petroff's Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 16 C45 Scotch Game
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 60 D38 QGD Ragozin
Round 9 (August 2, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 28 B07 Pirc Defence
Polgar, Judit - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 49 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Bu Xiangzhi - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 66 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Motylev, Alexander - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 31 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Avrukh, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 54 D39 QGD Ragozin
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MTO Biel SUI (SUI), 23 vii-3 viii 2007
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1. Ulibin,Mikhail RUS GM 2514 8.5 68.5 665.0
2. Kritz,Leonid GER GM 2571 8.0 70.0 678.0
3. Bauer,Christian FRA GM 2626 8.0 70.0 676.0
4. Rodshtein,Maxim ISR GM 2586 8.0 66.5 673.0
5. Mazé,Sebastien FRA GM 2530 7.5 71.0 663.5
6. Roiz,Michael ISR GM 2630 7.5 70.5 643.5
7. Meier,Georg GER GM 2546 7.5 69.5 642.0
8. Vitiugov,Nikita RUS GM 2608 7.5 69.0 660.0
9. Al-Modiahki,Moham QAT GM 2563 7.5 68.0 662.0
10. Cvitan,Ognjen CRO GM 2529 7.5 68.0 659.0
11. Socko,Bartosz POL GM 2660 7.5 65.5 663.0
12. Kaplan,Sasha ISR IM 2437 7.0 71.5 669.0
13. Jenni,Florian SUI GM 2527 7.0 69.5 666.5
14. Nepomniachtchi,Ia RUS GM 2613 7.0 68.5 664.0
15. Pavlovic,Milos SRB GM 2541 7.0 67.5 631.5
16. Al Sayed,Mohamad QAT IM 2469 7.0 66.5 664.5
17. Shipov,Sergei RUS GM 2559 7.0 66.5 655.5
18. Golod,Vitali ISR GM 2589 7.0 66.5 646.5
19. Makarov,Marat RUS GM 2518 7.0 63.5 637.0
20. Negi,Parimarjan IND GM 2529 7.0 63.0 632.0
21. Meijers,Viesturs LAT GM 2483 7.0 63.0 626.5
22. Deepan,Chakkravar IND GM 2479 7.0 62.5 621.0
23. Klenburg,Mikhail UKR IM 2387 7.0 62.0 634.0
24. Beshukov,Sergei RUS GM 2458 7.0 60.5 617.5
25. Doric,Darko CRO IM 2488 7.0 60.0 594.5
26. Cebalo,Misho CRO GM 2533 6.5 71.0 650.0
27. Palac,Mladen CRO GM 2570 6.5 67.5 642.0
28. Hausrath,Daniel GER IM 2494 6.5 65.5 637.5
29. Zoler,Dan ISR IM 2465 6.5 65.0 621.5
30. Matveea,Svetlana RUS IM 2420 6.5 63.5 616.5
31. Klundt,Klaus GER IM 2375 6.5 63.5 606.0
32. Hug,Werner SUI IM 2440 6.5 61.0 609.5
33. Cherniaev,Alexand RUS GM 2501 6.5 59.5 599.0
34. Beckhuis,Gernod GER FM 2338 6.5 58.0 601.5
35. Arun,Prasad S. IND IM 2448 6.5 57.5 617.0
36. Nezad,Husein Aziz QAT IM 2355 6.5 57.5 588.5
37. Kamber,Bruno SUI FM 2341 6.5 56.5 601.5
38. Citak,Selim TUR FM 2365 6.5 54.5 576.0
125 players
The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English
Chess Federation takes place Sunday 29th July - Saturday 11th August - Great
Yarmouth College, Great Yarmouth.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2007/index.html
and http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/british/2007/
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94th ch-GBR Great Yarmouth ENG (ENG), 30 vii-10 viii 2007
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1. Aagaard, Jacob m SCO 2467 +39 +13 +21 +20 + 2 = 3 . . . . . 5.5 2798
2. Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2536 +16 + 8 +11 +18 - 1 = 4 . . . . . 4.5 2591
3. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2599 +14 - 5 +40 +31 +18 = 1 . . . . . 4.5 2543
4. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2508 +26 = 9 +28 +29 = 5 = 2 . . . . . 4.5 2495
5. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2479 +53 + 3 -20 +16 = 4 +34 . . . . . 4.5 2564
6. Williams, Simon K m ENG 2480 +42 -11 +50 =25 +38 +24 . . . . . 4.5 2445
7. Gormally, Daniel W g ENG 2509 =21 +46 +54 =24 = 9 +20 . . . . . 4.5 2448
8. Haslinger, Stewart G m ENG 2468 +47 - 2 =37 +45 +25 +19 . . . . . 4.5 2516
9. Ward, Chris G g ENG 2439 +25 = 4 +33 =19 = 7 =10 . . . . . 4.0 2529
10. Gordon, Stephen J m ENG 2487 +63 +22 -18 +11 =20 = 9 . . . . . 4.0 2435
11. Buckley, Graeme N m ENG 2379 +38 + 6 - 2 -10 +44 +29 . . . . . 4.0 2447
12. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 =43 =33 +30 +42 =22 =13 . . . . . 4.0 2425
13. Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2540 +41 - 1 +67 =14 +26 =12 . . . . . 4.0 2472
14. Knott, Simon J B m ENG 2374 - 3 +58 +27 =13 =29 +35 . . . . . 4.0 2408
15. Howell, David W L g ENG 2519 =31 -18 +56 =54 +40 +37 . . . . . 4.0 2337
16. Lalic, Susan K m ENG 2350 - 2 +50 +55 - 5 +30 +33 . . . . . 4.0 2390
17. Ciuksyte, Dagne m LTU 2426 -30 -27 +62 +49 +43 +32 . . . . . 4.0 2310
18. Barrett, Stephen J ENG 2219 +56 +15 +10 - 2 - 3 =22 . . . . . 3.5 2502
19. Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2546 =34 +30 +36 = 9 =24 - 8 . . . . . 3.5 2343
20. Oswald, Graeme E ENG 2147 +51 +63 + 5 - 1 =10 - 7 . . . . . 3.5 2419
21. Wu, Li ENG 2314 = 7 +37 - 1 =33 +54 =23 . . . . . 3.5 2372
22. Rendle, Thomas E m ENG 2416 +40 -10 +60 =35 =12 =18 . . . . . 3.5 2338
23. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2403 =44 =52 +32 =53 =35 =21 . . . . . 3.5 2273
24. Briscoe, Chris ENG 2224 =64 +59 +52 = 7 =19 - 6 . . . . . 3.5 2359
25. White, Michael J R ENG 2246 - 9 +66 +65 = 6 - 8 +45 . . . . . 3.5 2311
26. Lewis, Andrew P f ENG 2284 - 4 +62 =45 +64 -13 +46 . . . . . 3.5 2326
27. Roberson, Peter T ENG 2209 -52 +17 -14 =36 +64 =42 . . . . . 3.0 2211
28. Bonafont, Philip R ENG 2098 =32 +44 - 4 =43 =42 =39 . . . . . 3.0 2281
29. Makepeace, Philip J ENG 1978 +58 =53 +34 - 4 =14 -11 . . . . . 3.0 2342
30. Storey, Charles H ENG 2218 +17 -19 -12 +60 -16 +53 . . . . . 3.0 2353
31. Eggleston, David J f ENG 2330 =15 =49 +46 - 3 -32 +58 . . . . . 3.0 2313
32. Hanley, James L ENG 2213 =28 =55 -23 +61 +31 -17 . . . . . 3.0 2217
33. Poobalasingam, Peter S ENG 2133 +65 =12 - 9 =21 +53 -16 . . . . . 3.0 2287
34. Rudd, Jack f ENG 2370 =19 +67 -29 =37 +36 - 5 . . . . . 3.0 2227
35. Fowler, Simon A ENG 2204 =59 +64 =43 =22 =23 -14 . . . . . 3.0 2271
36. Talsma,Paul A ENG ---- =60 +48 -19 =27 -34 +63 . . . . . 3.0 2263
37. Constantinou, Peter ENG 2173 +66 -21 = 8 =34 +63 -15 . . . . . 3.0 2322
38. Hodgson, John H ENG 2227 -11 =45 +57 +52 - 6 =43 . . . . . 3.0 2233
39. Posazhennikov, Alex RUS 2247 - 1 -65 =66 +51 +55 =28 . . . . . 3.0 2088
40. Adams, David M ENG 2234 -22 +51 - 3 +59 -15 +52 . . . . . 3.0 2275
41. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2352 -13 =56 -64 =48 +59 +54 . . . . . 3.0 2187
42. Snape, Ian L ENG 2255 - 6 +68 +49 -12 =28 =27 . . . . . 3.0 2238
43. James, Russell A ENG 2238 =12 =60 =35 =28 -17 =38 . . . . . 2.5 2192
44. Anderton, Matthew N ENG 2229 =23 -28 =61 +50 -11 =48 . . . . . 2.5 2132
45. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2187 =55 =38 =26 - 8 +65 -25 . . . . . 2.5 2146
46. Chapman, Terry P D ENG 2200 +62 - 7 -31 =55 +56 -26 . . . . . 2.5 2165
47. Mason, Donald J ENG 2251 - 8 =57 =59 =65 =52 =49 . . . . . 2.5 2073
48. Zhou, Yang-Fan ENG 2069 =54 -36 -53 =41 +67 =44 . . . . . 2.5 2148
49. Tippleston, Charles E ENG 2178 =61 =31 -42 -17 +66 =47 . . . . . 2.5 2153
50. Spence, David J ENG 2183 +57 -16 - 6 -44 =62 +65 . . . . . 2.5 2125
51. White, Ernest M ENG 1969 -20 -40 =58 -39 +68 +64 . . . . . 2.5 2105
52. De Coverly, Roger D ENG 2086 +27 =23 -24 -38 =47 -40 . . . . . 2.0 2133
53. Kwiatkowski, Feliks J ENG 2255 - 5 =29 +48 =23 -33 -30 . . . . . 2.0 2088
54. Anderson, John ENG 2207 =48 +61 - 7 =15 -21 -41 . . . . . 2.0 2169
55. Griffiths, Ryan Rhys IRL 2046 =45 =32 -16 =46 -39 =57 . . . . . 2.0 2079
56. Hall, Daniel J ENG 2113 -18 =41 -15 +57 -46 =62 . . . . . 2.0 2104
57. Van Kemenade, Rudy ENG 2032 -50 =47 -38 -56 +60 =55 . . . . . 2.0 2032
58. McEwan, Ken B SCO 2170 -29 -14 =51 =66 +61 -31 . . . . . 2.0 1984
59. Wilson, Alexandra wf SUI 2066 =35 -24 =47 -40 -41 +67 . . . . . 2.0 2117
60. Armstrong, Malcolm J ENG 2126 =36 =43 -22 -30 -57 +66 . . . . . 2.0 2025
61. Jain, Akash ENG 2002 =49 -54 =44 -32 -58 +68 . . . . . 2.0 2049
62. Stokes, Ivan SCO 2055 -46 -26 -17 +68 =50 =56 . . . . . 2.0 2084
63. Walker, Martin G ENG 2262 -10 -20 +68 +67 -37 -36 . . . . . 2.0 2049
64. Smith, Graham M ENG 2129 =24 -35 +41 -26 -27 -51 . . . . . 1.5 2014
65. Foord, Dominic ENG 1950 -33 +39 -25 =47 -45 -50 . . . . . 1.5 2014
66. Dossett, Christopher S ENG 2001 -37 -25 =39 =58 -49 -60 . . . . . 1.0 1917
67. Wise, David ENG 2189 +68 -34 -13 -63 -48 -59 . . . . . 1.0 1952
68. Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri wf ENG 2048 -67 -42 -63 -62 -51 -61 . . . . . 0.0
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The HZ Open takes place in Vlissingen 4th-11th August 2007.
Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl
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1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2683 3.0 4.5 4.5 3068 +0.33
2 Krasenkow, Michal GM POL 2660 3.0 5.5 5.5 3045 +0.33
3 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2648 3.0 4.5 4.5 3033 +0.33
4 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2631 3.0 5.0 5.0 3016 +0.22
5 Flores, Diego IM ARG 2560 3.0 4.5 4.5 2960 +0.24
6 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav GM RUS 2558 3.0 4.5 4.5 2945 +0.22
7 Caruana, Fabiano IM ITA 2549 3.0 5.0 5.0 2942 +0.23
8 Peralta, Fernando GM ARG 2546 3.0 5.5 5.5 2938 +0.23
9 Romanishin, Oleg GM UKR 2546 3.0 5.0 5.0 2937 +0.23
10 Appel, Ralf IM GER 2512 3.0 5.0 5.0 2912 +0.24
11 Sebag, Marie WGM FRA 2491 3.0 4.5 4.5 2901 +0.26
12 Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2480 3.0 5.5 5.5 2920 +0.15
13 Barua, Dibyendu GM IND 2462 3.0 5.0 5.0 2878 +0.27
14 Delemarre, Jop IM NED 2457 3.0 5.0 5.0 2879 +0.28
15 Sengupta, Deep IM IND 2435 3.0 4.5 4.5 2849 +0.40
16 Van Haastert, Edwin IM NED 2408 3.0 4.5 4.5 2860 +0.32
17 Leenhouts, Koen IM NED 2395 3.0 5.0 5.0 2848 +0.33
18 Grooten, Herman IM NED 2370 3.0 4.5 4.5 2848 +0.37
19 Piceu, Tom FM BEL 2350 3.0 6.0 6.0 2783 +0.29
20 Van Dooren, Dirk FM NED 2336 3.0 4.5 4.5 2746 +0.39
21 Schuurman, Petra FM NED 2290 3.0 4.0 4.0 2740 +0.16
22 Van Riemsdijk, Herman IM BRA 2420 2.5 5.5 4.25 2376 -0.10
23 Meinhardt, Maximilian FM GER 2378 2.5 4.0 3.25 2808 +0.29
24 Shrentzel, Mordechai FM ISR 2322 2.5 6.0 4.75 2757 +0.15
25 Maenhout, Thibaut FM BEL 2302 2.5 5.5 4.25 2152 -0.20
26 Lacrosse, Marc FM BEL 2301 2.5 5.0 3.75 2727 +0.14
27 Van Den Berg, Ad NED 2197 2.5 5.5 4.25 2766 +0.28
28 Hekhuis, Jeroen NED 2163 2.5 5.5 4.25 2355 +0.50
29 Grochal, Joey NED 2152 2.5 5.0 3.75 2302 +0.20
30 Westerweele, Maarten NED 1940 2.5 4.0 2.75 2844 +0.72
250 players
The North Urals Cup took place in Krasnoturinsk, Russia 22nd-31st July
2007. Zhu Chen and Zhao Xue finished on 6/9.
Official site:
http://www.northuralscup.ru/2007/tournamenteng.shtml
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North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk RUS (RUS), 22-31 vii 2007 cat. X (2479)
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1. Zhu Chen g QAT 2522 * 1 = = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2599
2. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2601
3. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2429 = 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2564
4. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2450 = 0 1 * = = 1 1 0 = 5.0 2525
5. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 = = = = * = 1 0 0 = 4.0 2438
6. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2502 = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 = 4.0 2433
7. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 = = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 2430
8. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2457 = = 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 3.5 2401
9. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 1 * 0 3.5 2400
10. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 1 * 3.5 2398
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Round 9 (July 31, 2007)
Zhu Chen - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 37 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Zhao Xue - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 70 A33 English Symmetrical
Muzychuk, Anna - Pogonina, Natalija 1/2 154 B50 Sicilian Defence
Hou Yifan - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 38 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Ushenina, Anna 1/2 17 B22 Sicilian Alapin
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
Round 3 Standings:
1 GM Bartosz Socko 2660 POL 3.0 2651
2 GM Michail Brodsky 2595 UKR 3.0 2571
3 GM Vugar Gashimov 2655 AZE 2.0 2543
4 GM Alexander Moiseenko 2641 UKR 2.0 2524
5 GM Mikhail Gurevich 2633 TUR 2.0 2524
6 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2598 ISR 2.0 2503
7 GM Bartlomiej Macieja 2596 POL 2.0 2503
8 GM Vladimir Epishin 2587 RUS 2.0 2486
9 GM Simen Agdestein 2582 NOR 2.0 2473
10 GM Vladimir Burmakin 2581 RUS 2.0 2457
11 GM Kjetil A. Lie 2536 NOR 2.0 2419
12 GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2481 BUL 2.0 2417
13 IM Eduard Porper 2474 ISR 2.0 2339
14 IM Gediminas Sarakauskas 2450 LTU 2.0 2396
15 FM Diego Suarez Pousa 2418 ESP 2.0 2369
16 IM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2412 NOR 2.0 2363
17 FM Espen Lie 2404 NOR 2.0 2344
18 GM Heikki M. J. Westerinen 2385 FIN 2.0 2342
19 IM Venkatachalam Saravanan 2355 IND 2.0 2093
20 Lukasz Dworakowski 2334 POL 2.0 2295
21 IM Joanna Dworakowska 2320 POL 2.0 2424
22 WIM Katarzyna Toma 2275 POL 2.0 2236
23 Espen Forså 2264 NOR 2.0 2217
24 Gunnar Berg Hanssen 2242 NOR 2.0 2311
25 Ørnulf Stubberud 2231 NOR 2.0 2260
26 Lars M Andreassen 2221 NOR 2.0 2208
27 Trond Romsdal 2199 NOR 2.0 2226
28 Alexander Kulago 2146 RUS 2.0 2071
29 Frode Bull Jæger 2096 NOR 2.0 2034
30 Joachim Thomassen 2075 NOR 2.0 2465
31 Peter Flermoen NOR 2.0 2099
98 players
There was a WGM tournament in Bad Bomburg 6th-15th July 2007. Zhao Xue
won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.queens-chess.de/
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WGM Bad Homburg GER (GER), 6-15 vii 2007 cat. VI (2394)
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1. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2654
2. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2457 0 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2466
3. Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2410 = = * = = 1 1 0 0 1 5.0 2434
4. Socko, Monika m POL 2479 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2427
5. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2454 = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2386
6. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2405 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2392
7. Michna, Marta wg GER 2377 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 4.0 2352
8. Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROM 2411 0 0 1 0 = 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2348
9. Nill, Jessica wg GER 2238 = = 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 0 3.0 2285
10. Mader, Manuela wf GER 2204 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2194
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The Villarobledo Rapid took place 4th-5th August 2007. Ruslan
Ponomariov, Alexey Dreev and Veselin Topalov finished on 7.5/9. Games are in a
viewer, hopefully a source for the available games in PGN or some other usable
format will appear.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.com/
and
Results
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2706 7,5 50,0 54,5 38,5
2 GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2606 7,5 49,5 54,0 39,0
3 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2769 7,5 48,5 52,5 38,5
4 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2666 7,0 52,5 56,0 39,0
5 GM Nikolic Predrag BIH 2646 7,0 48,5 53,0 35,5
6 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2762 7,0 48,0 52,5 38,5
7 GM Milov Vadim SUI 2678 7,0 46,0 51,5 34,5
8 GM Gofshtein Zvulon ISR 2541 7,0 46,0 50,0 35,0
9 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2657 6,5 52,0 56,0 38,0
10 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2624 6,5 49,0 53,5 36,5
11 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2676 6,5 49,0 53,0 38,5
12 IM Giaccio Alfredo ARG 2469 6,5 48,0 51,5 35,5
13 GM Evdokimov Alexander A RUS 2544 6,5 47,0 51,0 36,5
14 GM Shirov Alexei ESP 2735 6,5 46,0 51,0 34,0
15 GM Ubilava Elizbar ESP 2540 6,5 44,0 48,5 34,0
16 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2533 6,5 44,0 48,0 34,0
17 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2531 6,5 43,0 46,0 33,5
18 IM Ortiz Suarez Isam CUB 2390 6,5 42,0 46,5 33,0
19 GM Cabrera Alexis COL 2514 6,0 50,5 54,5 34,5
20 IM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos ESP 2475 6,0 49,5 54,0 35,0
21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2618 6,0 48,0 51,5 35,0
22 GM Lalic Bogdan CRO 2509 6,0 46,0 50,0 32,0
23 GM Iljushin Alexei RUS 2520 6,0 46,0 49,0 32,0
24 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2669 6,0 45,5 50,0 32,0
25 IM Castellanos Rodriguez Renier CHI 2471 6,0 45,0 48,5 32,5
26 GM Campora Daniel H ARG 2530 6,0 44,0 46,5 32,0
27 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 2442 6,0 43,5 47,5 31,0
28 FM Roa Alonso Santiago ESP 2445 6,0 42,5 46,5 29,5
29 IM Vassallo Mauricio ESP 2387 6,0 42,5 46,0 31,5
30 Martinez Lozano Miguel Angel ESP 2203 6,0 42,5 45,5 30,5
31 GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2567 6,0 41,5 45,5 31,0
32 GM San Segundo Carrillo Pablo ESP 2537 6,0 41,5 45,5 30,5
33 GM Rodriguez Guerrero Enrique ESP 2447 6,0 41,5 45,5 30,0
169 players
The Championships of the Lebanon took place in Beirut 25th July - 3rd
August 2007. Ahmad Najjar won the event iwth 8/9. I will round up the games
next week. News: Elie Houlichian.
Official site: http://www.lebchess.org/
1 FM Najjar Ahmad 2334 LIB 8 41½ 34
2 WIM Mouradian Knarik 2164 LIB 7½ 39½ 35
3 Maasarani Mahmoud 2143 LIB 6½ 36½ 36
4 Sakr Nassim 2121 LIB 6½ 35 37
5 Nader Elias 2086 LIB 6½ 35 38
6 Atwi Ali 2138 LIB 6½ 28½ 39
7 Mikati Hani 0 LIB 6½ 27 40
8 Kassis Antoine 2219 LIB 6 34 41
9 Chahine Abdallah 2053 LIB 6 32 42
10 ElJawish Amr 0 LIB 6 30 43
11 Mrad Charif 2028 LIB 6 29 44
12 Issa Khalil 0 LIB 6 26 45
13 Nassar Marwan 2137 LIB 5½ 32½ 46
14 Moudallal Tarek 1838 LIB 5½ 31½ 47
15 Ramadan Wissam 0 LIB 5½ 23 48
16 Oknayan Razmik 0 LIB 5½ 20½ 49
65 players
The closed tournament "Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2007" took place 25th
July-2nd August 2007 in Stara Pazova. GM Aleksandar Kovacevic won the event
with 8 points. The chief arbiter was Mihajlo Savic.
Official site: http://www.chessdiagonals.com
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IGM Stara Pazova SRB (SRB), 25 vii-2 viii 2007 cat. VI (2390)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SRB 2566 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2549
2. Berescu, Alin g ROM 2511 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2481
3. Abramovic, Bosko g SRB 2516 = = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2480
4. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2501 = = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2445
5. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2456 0 = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2449
6. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2472 0 = = = = * = 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2447
7. Kosanovic, Goran A g SRB 2396 = = = = = = * = = = = 1 6.0 2425
8. Klasan, Vladimir SRB 2260 = 0 = = 0 1 = * = 0 = 1 5.0 2366
9. Skoko, Milan SRB 2259 0 = = = = 0 = = * 0 = = 4.0 2300
10. Matovic, Petar f SRB 2203 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 1 0 4.0 2305
11. Popov, Luben m BUL 2307 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * = 3.5 2264
12. Miljkovic, Vladimir SRB 2235 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 2.0 2142
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The 5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 4th-15th
August 2007.
Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2007/index_eng.html
V Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 2007cat. XIV (2582)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Acs, Peter g HUN 2530 ** .. .. .. 1. .. 1.0
2 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2568 .. ** .. 1. .. .. 1.0
3 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 .. .. ** .. .. 1. 1.0
4 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 .. 0. .. ** .. .. 0.0
5 Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 0. .. .. .. ** .. 0.0
6 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 .. .. 0. .. .. ** 0.0
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The XI Magistral de la República Copa PUMA Mercosur took place
23rd-30th July 2007. Alongside are three other events ITT V. Lopez, ITT V.
Martelli and IRT J. Rubinstein. Andres Rodriguez Vila won with 7.5/10.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/
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Copa Puma Mercosur Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 23 vii-2 viii 2007cat. VII (2405)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2547 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2583
2. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2454 1 * 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 7.0 2549
3. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2456 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2509
4. POCKET FRITZ 3 ---- 0 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2481
5. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2435 = = = = * 1 0 = = = = 5.0 2402
6. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2466 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2398
7. Flores Rios, Mauricio f CHI 2391 = = 0 = 1 = * = 0 = = 4.5 2370
8. Fernandez, Daniel m USA 2447 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 4.0 2328
9. Claverie, Raul ARG 2397 0 0 1 0 = 0 1 = * 0 = 3.5 2295
10. Pacheco, Marco f PER 2405 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 1 * = 3.5 2295
11. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2457 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 3.0 2250
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ITT Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 23 vii-2 viii 2007 cat. III (2312)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Diaz, Nahuel m ARG 2420 * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2466
2. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2283 = * = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2481
3. Iermito, Sebastian f ARG 2319 1 = * = = 0 1 = = 1 5.5 2391
4. Fusco, Leonardo f ARG 2332 0 = = * = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2389
5. Real de Azua, Ernesto f ARG 2435 = 0 = = * = = 1 = = 4.5 2298
6. Prates, Fabiano Fortes f BRA 2309 0 0 1 0 = * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2312
7. Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2394 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2259
8. Born, Carlos BRA 2202 0 1 = 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 2244
9. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2242 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 * = 3.0 2194
10. Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel ESP 2184 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1.5 2053
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ITT Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 23 vii-2 viii 2007 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Barrionuevo, Pablo ARG 2288 * 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2463
2. Oliveira, Silvio Eduardo BRA 2261 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = = = 5.5 2380
3. Paglilla, Carlos m ARG 2367 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 = 5.5 2368
4. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2280 = = = * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2341
5. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2344 1 0 = = * = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2291
6. Larrea, Manuel f URU 2324 = = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2293
7. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2283 0 0 = = 1 1 * = 0 = 4.0 2254
8. Ripari, Marcelo f ARG 2350 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 4.0 2247
9. Aguilar, Andres ARG 2264 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = * = 3.0 2175
10. Gattas, Allan BRA 2203 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2140
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The Open Dutch Championship in Dieren, took place July 24th - 2nd August
2007. Erik van den Doel edged out Erwin L'Ami and Deep Sengupta on tie-break
after all finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2007/.
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Open NK Dieren NED (NED), 24 vii-2 viii 2007
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1. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2587 7.0 52.0 38.5 2620
2. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2598 7.0 46.0 34.75 2612
3. Sengupta, Deep m IND 2435 7.0 45.5 34.5 2493
4. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2558 6.5 52.5 36.75 2569
5. Brandenburg, Daan m NED 2433 6.5 52.0 36.25 2628
6. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2541 6.5 48.5 31.75 2575
7. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2431 6.5 46.0 32.5 2439
8. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2462 6.5 44.5 30.0 2514
9. Saravanan, V1 m IND 2355 6.5 44.5 28.75 2491
10. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2555 6.5 42.5 31.5 2482
11. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2512 6.0 49.0 30.25 2502
12. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2440 6.0 48.5 30.75 2444
13. Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2435 6.0 45.5 28.75 2439
14. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2506 5.5 50.5 28.25 2467
15. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2568 5.5 50.0 28.5 2440
16. Van Delft, Merijn m NED 2408 5.5 45.5 26.0 2365
17. De Jong, Migchiel f NED 2286 5.5 45.0 23.25 2371
18. Laarhoven, Thijs NED 2143 5.5 43.5 22.25 2320
19. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2390 5.5 42.5 24.5 2282
20. Van Kampen, Robin NED 2033 5.5 41.5 22.5 2329
21. Ootes, Lars NED 2064 5.5 41.0 23.5 2329
22. Van Assendelft, Floris NED 2297 5.5 39.5 23.25 2340
23. Van der Poel, Henk f NED 2323 5.5 38.5 22.75 2268
88 players
The Open Women's Bulgarian Championships took place 25th-31st July 2007.
Pavlina Chilingirova won the event with 7.5/9. Only three or four games from
round 8 are available.
Official site: http://openwomen2007.hit.bg/index_en.htm
- http://openwomen2007.hit.bg/games_en.htm
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Open Women Bulgarian Ch Vratsa BUL (BUL), 25-31 vii 2007
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1 Chilingirova Pavlina WIM 2189 BUL 7.5 40.0 50.5
2 Ionescu Irina WGM 2274 ROM 6.5 39.0 51.0
3 Dragomirescu Angela WIM 2227 ROM 6.5 36.5 48.0
4 Raeva Elitsa WFM 2215 BUL 6.0 41.0 53.0
5 Voiska Margarita WGM 2314 BUL 6.0 40.5 51.5
6 Genova Lybka WIM 2221 BUL 6.0 37.5 48.5
7 Nikolova Adriana WFM 2234 BUL 5.5 39.0 49.0
8 Videnova Iva WFM 2155 BUL 5.5 36.5 46.5
9 Jordanova Svetla WFM 2136 BUL 5.5 36.5 46.5
10 Bednikova Stefi 2077 BUL 5.5 34.5 45.5
11 Stefanova Milena 2018 BUL 5.5 34.0 44.0
12 Petkova Veneta 1966 BUL 5.0 30.5 38.0
13 Danova Tanja WFM 2135 BUL 5.0 29.5 39.5
14 Koen Maja WIM 2192 BUL 4.5 37.5 48.5
15 Naidenova Jordanka 1749 BUL 4.5 34.0 40.5
16 Vladimirova Maria 1998 BUL 4.5 33.5 39.5
17 Trifonova Sandra 1889 BUL 4.5 31.0 40.0
18 Georgieva Konstantina 1769 BUL 4.5 27.0 33.5
19 Georgieva Emilia 2023 BUL 4.5 25.5 31.5
20 Sirkova Darena 1732 BUL 4.0 32.0 42.0
21 Barbageorgopoulou Fani 1792 GRE 4.0 31.0 40.0
22 Vladimirova Diana 1776 BUL 4.0 30.5 38.0
23 Ivanova Simoneta 1839 BUL 4.0 30.0 38.5
24 Papathanasiou Ageliki 1558 GRE 4.0 22.5 28.5
25 Boneva Zvezdelina 1962 BUL 3.5 32.5 40.0
26 Galunova Tsveta 1832 BUL 3.5 28.5 35.5
27 Barbageorgopoulou Despina 1715 GRE 3.5 28.0 34.0
28 Todorova Gabriela 1846 BUL 3.5 26.5 32.5
29 Todorova Kalina 1729 BUL 3.0 26.0 32.0
30 Papathanasiou Elisavet 0 GRE 2.0 24.0 29.5
31 Chokova Galabina 0 BUL 1.0 27.0 33.0
The 11th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" took
place 20th-30th July 2007 in Senta (the Vojvodina / Serbia). Miodrag R Savic
won with 7.5/9 a point clear of a big group on 6.5 including the twin brothers
Goran and Zoran Arsovic.
Goran Urosevic points out a few interesting facts about Senta. The city
is in north-east Serbia and has about 22.000 inhabitants, 90% of them are
ethnic Hungarians. The conditions are wonderful and many players are coming
back year after year. Member of the board in the local amateur club is Janos
Kubat, director of Thessaloniki, Dubai, Novi Sad and Bled Olympiads and person
who persuaded Bobby Fischer to play against Spassky in 1992. Peter Leko played
for this club when he was kid, before moving to Hungary.
Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu further
info: http://reports.chessdom.com/senta-chess-festival
and http://previews.chessdom.com/senta-2007
Leading players:
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11th Festival Open A Senta SRB (SRB), 21-27 vii 2007
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1. Savic, Miodrag R g SRB 2514 7½ 54 39½ 43 16
2. Arsovic, Goran m SRB 2470 6½ 53 36½ 41½ 8
3. Arsovic, Zoran m SRB 2451 6½ 52 35 41½ 8
4. Solomunovic, Igor f GER 2396 6½ 52 35 40½ 11
5. Pavlovic, Milos f SRB 2438 6½ 51½ 34½ 40 10
6. Matsenko, Sergei f RUS 2406 6½ 50½ 35 40½ 11
7. Lajthajm, Borko m SRB 2511 6½ 50½ 33½ 39½ 1
8. Radlovacki, Jovan SRB 2394 6½ 50 35½ 40½ 14
9. Kostic, Vladimir G g SRB 2395 6½ 49½ 34½ 38½ 11
10. Perunovic, Miodrag m SRB 2368 6½ 49 33½ 38½ 14
11. Brenjo, Slavisa m SRB 2485 6½ 46½ 30½ 36½ -4
12. Mrsevic, Miroslav SRB 2286 6½ 46½ 30½ 36 24
13. Andrijevic, Milan m SRB 2338 6½ 44 31½ 35 10
123 players
The 22nd North Sea Cup took place July 13th - 20th 2007. Karsten
Rasmussen won with 8.5/10.
Offcial site: http://www.northseacup.dk
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22nd North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 13-20 vii 2007
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1. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2461 8.5 53.5 55
2. Rasmussen, Allan Stig f DEN 2446 8 52.5 50.25
3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2568 7.5 54 49
4. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2466 7.5 52 47.5
5. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2455 7 56 47.75
6. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj f DEN 2317 7 55.5 45.25
7. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2323 7 49 39.75
8. Hagen, Andreas Skytte DEN 2241 7 45.5 37.5
9. Andersen, Jackie DEN 2267 7 45.5 36.75
109 players
The VII Concello de Arteixo - Memorial Arximiro Penide Cedeira "Miro"
took place 26th July - 1st August 2007. Vitalijs Samolins and Marius Manolache
finished on 6.5/9.
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1. Samolins, Vitalijs LAT 2319 6½ 39 49 38
2. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2528 6½ 38 48 33½
3. Milchev, Nikolay f BUL 2315 6 38 49 32
4. De Prado Rodriguez, Oscar B ESP 2208 6 37½ 46½ 30½
5. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2497 6 37 48 33
6. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2452 6 37 47 32½
7. Rusev, Krasimir m BUL 2443 6 36½ 47½ 33½
8. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2382 6 36 47 31½
9. Stanoev, Atanas BUL 1953 6 36 45½ 26
10. Permuy Lorenzo, Carlos Javier f ESP 2326 6 32 41½ 27½
11. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2502 5½ 41½ 53 33
12. Larrosa Vila, Jose f ESP 2265 5½ 35 44½ 27
13. Penalonga Sweers, Angel ESP 2043 5½ 31½ 40½ 25
40 players
The 10th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer takes 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.
There are 267 players from 25 countries competing including 6 GMs and
24 IMs. Top players are GM Evgeny Vorobiov (RUS 2572), GM Viacheslav Zakhartsov
(RUS 2559), IM Konstantin Maslak (RUS 2548), IM Jan Bernášek (CZE
2517), IM Nikita Mairov (BLR 2487), IM Anuar Ismagambetov (KAZ 2479), GM
Alexandre Sulypa (UKR 2478), GM Ramil Hasangatin (RUS 2476), GM Nurlan Ibrayev
(KAZ 2468).
Internet coverage (results, games, photos) - http://www.a64.cz
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/
Round 1 Pairings:
1 Corrales Jimenez, Fidel - Lysyj, Igor
2 Harika, Dronavalli - Iljin, Artem
3 Brandenburg, Daan - Meier, Georg
4 Braun, Arik - Bitalzadeh, Ali
5 Kuzubov, Yuriy - Broekmeulen, Jasper
6 Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Van Oosterom, Chiel
7 Savchenko, Boris - Michielsen, Joost
8 Pruijssers, Roeland - Burg, Twan
9 Bogner, Sebastian - Van Eijk, Sander
10 Muhren, Bianca - Hoolt, Sarah
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
The Caissa IM July II. tournament took place 23rd-31st July 2007 in
Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr. Arngrimsson won the tournament with 8,5 pts. and made
his third IM norm. More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com
Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu. Next events
will be on 20-28 August, 17-25 September.
Third Saturday September
The Third Saturday September events take place 15th-23rd Sept 2007.
Norms fide GM , IM, FM sections 9-11 rounds fide tempo Novi Sad, Serbia, 1 hour
from Belgrade airport accomodation across organiser, 100 m from tourn hall in
centre of Novi Sad org. GM Drazic Sinisa mail: sinisadrazic@sbb.co.yu or
thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com http://www.drazic.co.yu ++381 (0)64 124 9741
mobil ++381 (0)21 450 714 home
4th China vs Russia Chess Match
The 4th China vs Russia Chess Match takes place 18th-31st August 2007 in
Moscow, Russia.
This annually tranditional Match takes place before UK v China in
Liverpool, a UK-China summit chess match, from 4-9 September 2007. THE 4TH
CHINA VS RUSSIA CHESS MATCH
The Yuang Chinese team: GM Wang Yue (age 20) 2696, GM Bu Xiangzhi (age
22) 2685, GM Ni Hua (age 24) 2681, GM Zhang Pengxiang (age 27) 2649, GM Wang
Hao (age 18) 2623. Women: WGM Zhao Xue (age 22) 2500, WGM Shen Yang(age 18)
2439, Ruan Lufei (age 20) 2433, WM Huang Qian (age 21) 2410, WGM Wang Yu A (age
25) 2384.
The Yuang Russian team: GM Jakovenko, Dmitry (age 24) 2735, GM Alekseev,
Evgenyg (age 22) 2689, GM Inarkiev, Ernesto (age 22) 2663, GM Tomashevsky,
Evgeny (age 20) 2654, GM Timofeev, Artyom (age 22 ) 2650. Women: IM Kosintseva,
Tatiana (age 21) 2502, IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda (age 22) 2475, IM Kovalevskaya,
Ekaterina (age 33) 2454, IM Tairova, Elena (age 16) 2410, WGM Korbut, Ekaterina
(age 22) 2445.
Liverpool Chess Internaional
The Liverpool Chess International takes place 3rd-9th September 2007.
In addition there is a China - UK match.
China ( GM Wang Yue (age 20) 2696 GM Bu Xiangzhi (age 22) 2685
GM Ni Hua (age 24) 2681 GM Zhang Pengxiang (age 27) 2649 GM Wang Hao (age 18)
2619 WGM Hou Yifan (age 13) 2523 WGM Shen Yang(age 18) 2439 WFM Ding Yixin (age
16) 2278) vs
UK ( GM Michael Adams (age 34) 2724 GM Nigel Short (age 42) 2683
GM Jonathan Rowson (age 30) 2599 GM Nick Pert (age 26) 2536 GM Gawain Jones
(age 18) 2526 GM David Howell (age 16) 2519 IM Keti Arakahamia-Grant (age 39)
2419 IM Jovanka Houska (age 27) 2401) Match.
Alongside is an open tournament same dates. 9 round swiss £10,000
in prizes. Entry on the official site below or
http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/open_entryform_2007.htm
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
ECU Website down + European Youth ch U8
1 Website of the European Chess Union (ECU) Due to a hard drive crash on
the server of ECU's provider, the ECU website (www.eurochess.org) is down. The
ECU webmaster and a rescue team are trying to recover as much data as possible.
2 Deadline for European Youth ch U8 The European open youth chess championship
U8 will take place in Batumi, Georgia (October 12-23, 2007). The deadline for
registration is August 12, 2007. The invitation and regulations have been
published by the English Chess Federation for instance:
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/organisation/fide/ecu-letter/eculetter_eu-youth_may07.doc
11th Mind Sports Olympiad
11th Mind Sports Olympiad Potters Bar: 17th - 27th August 2007
Official site: http://www.msoworld.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.
6th Davos Open
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will continue in Davos with 6th Chess
Summer Open from August 6th-12th, 2007. Switzerland is the famous tourist
country particular popular is tremendous Davos. 6th Davos Open, 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. Natural prizes for 5 and more points. Special prizes. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park
Hotel free; at the door 20 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 18.00-23.00 August
6th; Round 2/6 15.00-20.00 August 7th-11 th; Round 7 9.30-14.30 August 12th.
Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 12th, 3
p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates.
Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Baltic Sea Cup
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) took place July 30th - August 5th
2007. The website wasn't working when I tried to collect the results and
games.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
3rd Chess Summer in Bern
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" continues with the "Chess Summer"
tournament in Bern which takes place July 28th - August 5th 2007. Venue: Hotel
"Bern" in the center of the Swiss capital. Main event is "Int. Bern Open
Championship". 9 rounds; 2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes till the end. All
rounds from 16.30 to 22.30 except last round from 12.00 to 18.00. Enter fee:
140 CHF; juniors 1987 and younger and FM 70 CHF; GM&IM free. Ten money
prizes 10: 2000 CHF/1.500/1.000/700... The players who like to play late,
during night, will get a chance with the "Bern Summer Night Open" July 29th -
August 4th 2007. 7 rounds; 90 minutes for 30 moves + 30 minutes till the end.
Games start daily at 19.00 to 23.00. Enter fee: 110 CHF; juniors 55 CHF. Six
money prizes: 500/400/300/250/200/150 CHF. Special offer to juniors. Those who
register before July 9th will not pay an entry fee!
Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Books on chess.fm with John Watson
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. Tuesday 24th July his guest was Alexei Shirov, this week, July
31st, Malcolm Pein. Joel Benjamin this week. You can catch the show by signing
up for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
ICC Competition with visit to Mexico City World Championship as
prize
Mexico 2007 ICC Qualifiers August 4th-9th 2007. Starting August 4, and
running until August 12, you will have a chance to win a trip to be a VIP guest
at the World Championships in Mexico City. Now, after the huge record-breaking
success of our Mainz qualifier, there comes another bigger and better qualifier
- and exclusive ONLY for full ICC members. The package for the overall winner
includes: $1500 USD (to be paid out only on arrival in Mexico) to cover your
airfares and other expenses. Also included in the package is 4 nights (13-17
Sept.) at a top hotel in Mexico City, plus VIP tickets for the World
Championships, and free entry into the "Copa Internacional de la Cd. De Mexico"
Open.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/
Acropolis 2007
The international tournament "Acropolis 2007" takes place August
14th-22nd 2007 at the hotel President (43 Kifisias Ave.) in Athens. This is the
22nd year that the tournament with the longest history compared to any other
international tournament in Greece is organized.
Official site in English
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/press1.asp
The participants list so far has 18 GMs with Kiril Georgiev being No1
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/participants.asp.
There will be live transmision on the net Acropolis 2007 is part of the
tournaments of the Association of Chess Professionals
Scandinavian Chess Tournament
Scandinavian Chess Tournament proudly presents The peoples chess
festival 2007 at Täby Park Hotel, Sweden 4th-11th August 2007. Prizes: 1-3
prize new cars (applies only for swedish census registred players since
November 2006 ) 47 prizes in swedish krona (4. prize 15 000, 5.prize 10 000,
6.prize 5 000, 7.prize 2 200, 8.prize 2 150, 9.prize 2 100, 10. prize 2 050 and
so on until last prize 50 sek. Additional 50 prizes worth 500 Sek each. Only
one and the best player representing his country (except swedish) can win a
prize, but several players from the same country can participate in the
tournament.
Details: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/id.asp?newsID=4
Official site: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/
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
Liga de Campeones
The Liga de Campeones (Jesus de la fuente memorial) takes place 1st-15th
November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Alongside is a tournament of champions with:
Veselin Topalov, Anatoli Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, Rustam
Kasimdzhanov and Judit Polgar.
Website http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/
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David
Llada's Blog
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site allows predictions for current chess
tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto
Highlands Open
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/.
olimpbase
Its always worth mentioning Wojciech Bartelski's excellent
http://www.olimpbase.org which covers
not only Olympiads but all team chess.
New events: European U18 Team Championship has recently finished in
Subotica, Serbia. http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eb/2007in.html
(boys' results) and http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eg/2007in.html
(girls' results)
The 9th All-Africa Games took place in Algiers, Algeria 11th-23rd July
There were 13 men's team in a four board round robin (rate of play was Active
Chess 25+10). No games available. See details:
http://www.olimpbase.org/2007f/2007in.html
ChessVibes
Another great site. Latest is
http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1071&lp_lang_view=en
is an interview with ACP President Pavel Tregubov.
Al Jazeera meets Kirzan Ilyumzhinov
There is a two Part Documentary on YouTube Al Jazeera meets Kirzan
Ilyumzhinov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrsmLxkt3Y
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCmHi50Mve0
Gary Lane in Malaysia
The Chess Club of Sekolah Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang (Malasia) will be
hosting a chess workshop by Australian Chess Player of the Year 2004,
International Master (IM) Gary Lane. The chess workshop, entitled "Improve your
chess with IM Gary Lane 2007", will be held on the 18th of August 2007
(Saturday), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school library.
Tarragona open
The Tarragona open takes place 18th-26th August 2007. Time rate 90
minutes + 30 seconds a move. The registration deadline is 16th August. In order
to register, the players must call to Mr Francesc Xavier Farran. phone number:
877022621 mobile: 650084822 e-mail: jooe@eresmas.com or donlatino@hotmail.com
Details: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Festival Internacional de Ajedrez de Benidorm 2007 takes
place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com -
http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
Three GM events in Hungary and Serbia
THREE GM-IM norm tournaments in a row in Eastern Europe in
Sept-Oct...(Hungary and Serbia)
1. 1st-13th of September GM-IM-FM closed tournaments, First Saturday -
Budapest, Hungary, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
2. 15th-23rd of September GM-IM tmt, Third Saturday - Novi Sad, Serbia,
org: IGM drazic, e-mail: sdrazic@eunet.yu (the Serbian city Novi is for 6 hours
by train South from Budapest),
3. 6th-19th of October, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday - Budapest, org.: Nagy
Laszlo
The City of Dublin Championships
The City of Dublin Championships takes place 31st August, 1st and 2nd
September 2007.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/phibsborochess/
Sydney International Open 2008
The 2008 Sydney International Open takes place at Parramatta Town Hall
25th-29th March 2008. Free accommodation and modest conditions are offered to
GMs. All enquiries to the Tournament Organiser, FM Brian Jones, at
info@chessaustralia.com.au
Details: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/
Geller Memorial, Odessa
The Efim Geller Chess Memorial will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from
September 7th (day of arrival) - September 16th, 2007.
Venue: Sanatorium Belaya Akaziya (Franzuzsky Boulevard 15, Odessa). The
Geller Memorial organisers are: the Pivdenny Bank, the Physical Culture and
Sports Department of the Odessa municipal government, the Odessa Region Chess
Federation, the Union of Chess and Checkers Clubs of the Odessa Region.
The prize fund of the Open A (9 rounds Swiss) is 28740 UAH (approx.
5745 USD; 1 Ukrainian Hryvnia/UAH = approx 0.2 USD), with ten prizes and
additional prizes. The first prize is 8000 UAH (approx. 1600 USD). Sixteen top
players by ELO will be provided the full-board accomodation by the organisers.
The entry fee depending on ELO varies from 250 UAH (for players without ELO) to
50 UAH (for players with ELO higher than 2300). There is a 50% discount for:
veterans, women and U-20 players (with exceptions of those players who does not
have an ELO rating). The entry is free for GMs/IMs with the ELO rating higher
than 2400 and for WGMs/WIMs with ELO higher than 2200. The time control in the
Open A (for each player) is 1 hour 30 minutes for the game + 30 seconds
increment after each move.
Two other 9 round Swiss tournaments are: Open B with a time rate 2
hours per game (prize fund 4100 UAH; eight main prizes with the first prize of
700 UAH; entry fee 25 UAH) where players who have the first category or higher
have the right to participate, and children's Open C with a time rate 2 hours
per game, this tournament is for players of the age of 16 years and younger
(prize fund 2100 UAH, including prizes for Girls, U-12 and U-10 players, entry
fee 15 UAH).
Each player in any of three tournaments can get only one prize. Prizes
will not be shared: places for the players who score the same number of points
will be determined accordingly to the tournament regulations.
Registration of players will take place in the children's chess school
(Kanatnaya Street 95, Odessa) on September 7, 2007 from 10 a.m till 5 p.m. The
opening ceremony will take place in the Sanatorium Belaya Akaziya on September
8, 2007 at 3 p.m. A confirmation of the participation until August 15, 2007 is
necessary for all participants. More detailed information in Russian is
available at: http://www.chess.odessa.ua. The coverage
of the Geller Memorial will be provided at
http://worldcup.pivdenny.com. The
contact address of the organisers is chess@te.net.ua
NH Chess Tournament
The NH Chess Tournament takes place 22nd August - 1st September 2007 in
the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam organised by the Association Max
Euwe in Monaco. The Scheveningen team tournament is a battle between a team of
'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'.
'Experience' Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), Artur Jussupow (GER), Alexander
Khalifman (RUS), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (SRB) en Predrag Nikolic (BIH).
'Rising Stars' Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Parimarjan
Negi (IND), Jan Smeets (NED) en Daniel Stellwagen (NED). A place in the Amber
2008 tournament is part of the prize for the top finishing rising star.
Official site closer to the time is likely to be
http://nhchess.quinsy.net/ which at
the moment only has info on the last Amber tournament.
"Acropolis" 2007
The "Acropolis" 2007 tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2007 at the
President Hotel, Kifissias 43,Athens.
The official annoucement is at:
http://www.chessfed.gr/declarations/declarations141.htm
European Blind Individual Championship
The Braille Chess Association host the European Blind Individual
Championship in Durham August 14th-23rd 2007. Play starting at 1.45 pm. except
Monday (a rest day) and final day (11 am start) ) IM Colin Crouch is the main
British contender and six others including Graham Lilley and Chris Ross will
play.
It is hoped that the top four boards will be shown live on the net at:
http://www.braillechess.org.uk
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
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
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
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/
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
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/
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/
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/
Lugano tournament November
There is a Lugano tournament at the end of November 2007. Details:
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
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
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
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Benidorm Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezalicante.com/menu.htm
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/
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
