THE WEEK IN CHESS 667 20th August 2007 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to James Alvis, Richard M. Reich, Stewart Reuben, Boris
Zlender, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Chris Bird, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Harry
Schaack, George Mastrokoukos, Geert van Tongeren, Andrew Ooi, Gérard
Demuydt, Dave Clayton, Steve Giddins, Peter Doggers, George Mirijanian, Miklos
Orso, Lennarth Eriksson, Ilgar Bajarani, Fred Lucas, Videki Sandor, Chris Ross,
Asbjorn Nejman, Videki Sandor, Jan Juul Nielsen, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Harald
Grafenhofer, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Wojciech Bartelski and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
Viswanathan Anand won the rapid part of the 12th Grenkeleasing Rapid
World Championship beating Levon Aronian 2.5-1.5 in the final. Aronian had
already defeated Anand in the 5th FiNet Chess960 World Championships. David
Navara won 14th Ordix Open and should play the event next year. Vassily
Ivanchuk's run of form didn't quite continue as he finished an also ran with an
undefeated +6=5 score.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Chess Classic Mainz took place August 13th-19th 2007 at the
Rheingoldhalle in Mainz. Viswanathan Anand beat Levon Aronian in the final (and
also won the preliminary) section of the 12th Grenkeleasing Rapid World
Championship. Etienne Bacrot and Rustam Kasimdzhanov shared 3rd place after
drawing their match. David Navara won the 14th Ordix Open on tie-break he had a
point lead going into the final round but lost his only game to Sasikiran but
still won the event. There were numerous chess960 events with Aronian beating
Anand in a blitz tie-break to take the world title.
The chess960 games don't work well with most database programs because
of the unusual castling rules for each position, the only way to give them is
to split them up into usually three parts around the castling moves. Some
programs can read the games and they're downloadable from the official site and
also displayed in viewers.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de
12th Grenkeleasing
Rapid World Championship
Preliminary Stages
Round 1 (August 17, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 45 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Aronian, Levon - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 22 D15 Slav Defence
Round 2 (August 17, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1-0 40 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 72 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 3 (August 17, 2007)
Aronian, Levon - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 52 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Bacrot, Etienne - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 37 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 4 (August 18, 2007)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 62 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Bacrot, Etienne - Aronian, Levon 0-1 45 C24 Bishop's Opening
Round 5 (August 18, 2007)
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 E00 Catalan
Bacrot, Etienne - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 42 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 6 (August 18, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 17 C41 Philidor's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Aronian, Levon 1/2 35 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Chess Classic Rapid Prelim Mainz GER (GER), 17-18 viii 2007cat. XX (2730)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 ** 1= 1= == 4.0 2834
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 0= ** == 11 3.5 2780
3 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2683 0= == ** 01 2.5 2688
4 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2695 == 00 10 ** 2.0 2616
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Final
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 24 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 33 E20 Nimzo Indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 31 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 68 E05 Catalan
Chess Classic Rapid Final Mainz GER (GER), 19-19 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 = = = 1 2.5 2845
Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 = = = 0 1.5 2705
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3rd-4th Playoff
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 62 D36 QGD Exchange
Bacrot, Etienne - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 50 D11 Slav Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 50 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bacrot, Etienne - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 38 D11 Slav Defence
Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th Mainz GER (GER), 19-19 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4
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Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2695 1 = 0 = 2.0 2683
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2683 0 = 1 = 2.0 2695
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14th Ordix Open Mainz GER (GER), 18-19 viii 2007
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Pl Player ELO NAT + = 0 Pts PktS MiBuch
1. GM Navara,David 2656 CZE 9 1 1 9,5 63,0 71,5
2. GM Mchedlishvili,Mikhail 2624 GEO 8 3 0 9,5 57,5 66,0
3. GM Sasikiran,Krishnan 2674 IND 9 1 1 9,5 56,0 67,0
4. GM Petrosian,Tigran L. 2613 ARM 8 2 1 9,0 58,0 72,0
5. GM Bologan,Victor 2650 MDA 7 4 0 9,0 58,0 69,5
6. GM Pentala,Harikrishna 2664 IND 8 2 1 9,0 57,0 67,0
7. GM Almasi,Zoltan 2682 HUN 7 4 0 9,0 56,5 70,0
8. GM Drozdovskyy,Yuriy 2572 UKR 8 2 1 9,0 56,0 65,0
9. GM Moiseenko,Alexander 2641 UKR 7 4 0 9,0 55,0 67,5
10. GM Nielsen,Peter-Heine 2638 7 4 0 9,0 54,5 66,0
11. GM Volokitin,Andrej 2698 UKR 9 0 2 9,0 54,0 66,5
12. IM Seel,Christian 2495 9 0 2 9,0 54,0 65,5
13. GM Khenkin,Igor 2602 7 3 1 8,5 56,5 67,0
14. GM Ivantschuk,Vassili 2766 UKR 6 5 0 8,5 56,0 70,0
15. GM Karjakin,Sergey 2678 UKR 7 3 1 8,5 55,0 66,5
16. GM Horvath,Adam 2491 HUN 8 1 2 8,5 53,5 70,5
17. GM Bareev,Evgeny 2653 6 5 0 8,5 53,5 66,0
18. GM Kamsky,Gata 2717 USA 8 1 2 8,5 53,5 64,5
19. GM Lalic,Bogdan 2509 CRO 7 3 1 8,5 52,5 63,5
20. IM Schaefer,Markus 2411 7 3 1 8,5 51,5 65,5
21. GM Vogt,Lothar 2473 8 1 2 8,5 51,5 63,0
22. IM Smerdon,David 2461 AUS 8 1 2 8,5 50,0 60,0
23. FM Becking,Stephan 2387 8 1 2 8,5 48,0 60,0
24. GM Sargissian,Gabriel 2667 ARM 7 2 2 8,0 57,0 68,5
25. GM Burmakin,Vladimir 2592 RUS 6 4 1 8,0 55,5 67,5
26. GM Gyimesi,Zoltan 2607 HUN 6 4 1 8,0 55,0 67,0
26. GM Lysyj,Igor 2578 RUS 6 4 1 8,0 55,0 67,0
28. GM Iljin,Artem 2569 RUS 7 2 2 8,0 54,5 71,5
29. GM Meier,Georg 2552 7 2 2 8,0 54,5 67,5
30. GM Döttling,Fabian 2537 6 4 1 8,0 54,0 70,0
31. GM Ruck,Robert 2563 HUN 6 4 1 8,0 53,5 66,5
32. GM Akopian,Vladimir 2708 ARM 7 2 2 8,0 53,0 69,5
33. GM Grischuk,Alexander 2726 RUS 7 2 2 8,0 53,0 66,0
34. GM Shirov,Alexey 2735 ESP 6 4 1 8,0 52,5 67,5
35. GM Landa,Konstantin 2669 RUS 7 2 2 8,0 52,5 66,0
36. GM Al-Modiahki,Mohamad 2563 QAT 7 2 2 8,0 52,5 65,5
37. GM Naiditsch,Arkadij 2644 8 0 3 8,0 52,0 67,5
38. GM Medvegy,Zoltan 2512 HUN 8 0 3 8,0 52,0 64,5
39. GM Gashimov,Vugar 2655 AZE 7 2 2 8,0 52,0 63,0
40. WGM Sebag,Marie Rachel 2491 FRA 7 2 2 8,0 51,5 62,0
41. IM Hausrath,Daniel 2494 7 2 2 8,0 51,0 65,0
41. Kuklin,Valentin 2340 CZE 7 2 2 8,0 51,0 65,0
43. GM Hort,Vlastimil 2471 7 2 2 8,0 50,0 64,5
44. Zuyev,Igor 2265 8 0 3 8,0 50,0 61,5
45. IM Leon Hoyos,Manuel 2484 MEX 8 0 3 8,0 50,0 61,0
46. GM Ubilava,Elizbar 2540 ESP 6 4 1 8,0 50,0 61,0
47. IM Meszaros,Tamas 2425 HUN 7 2 2 8,0 50,0 60,0
48. IM Casper,Thomas 2421 8 0 3 8,0 49,0 64,0
49. GM Zhu,Chen 2522 QAT 7 2 2 8,0 49,0 59,5
50. IM Csiszar,Csaba 2430 HUN 8 0 3 8,0 49,0 59,0
51. GM Sumets,Andrey 2529 UKR 7 2 2 8,0 49,0 59,0
52. GM Ginsburg,Gennadij 2514 8 0 3 8,0 48,0 59,5
53. GM Saltaev,Mihail 2522 UZB 7 2 2 8,0 47,5 58,0
54. IM Boidman,Yuri 2444 8 0 3 8,0 47,0 57,0
55. GM Farago,Ivan 2501 HUN 7 2 2 8,0 46,0 56,5
56. Gazic,Josip 2278 8 0 3 8,0 45,0 58,5
57. Upleger,Martin 2300 7 2 2 8,0 45,0 56,5
58. GM Balogh,Csaba 2567 HUN 6 3 2 7,5 54,0 67,0
59. GM Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 2755 AZE 7 1 3 7,5 53,5 71,5
60. GM Jenni,Florian 2527 SUI 7 1 3 7,5 53,0 66,5
61. GM Vaganjan,Rafael Agred 2596 ARM 6 3 2 7,5 51,5 64,5
62. GM Krivoshey,Sergei 2500 UKR 7 1 3 7,5 51,0 62,0
63. GM Glek,Igor 2540 7 1 3 7,5 50,5 65,5
64. IM Appel,Ralf 2512 6 3 2 7,5 50,5 64,0
65. IM Sprenger,Jan Michael 2535 5 5 1 7,5 50,5 63,5
66. GM Tregubov,Pavel 2599 RUS 6 3 2 7,5 50,5 61,0
67. FM Meinhardt,Maximilian 2378 7 1 3 7,5 50,0 64,0
68. IM Michiels,Bart 2454 BEL 6 3 2 7,5 49,5 60,0
69. IM Hoffmann,Michael 2481 7 1 3 7,5 49,5 59,5
70. Kabisch,Thilo 2241 6 3 2 7,5 49,0 64,5
71. IM Milov,Leonid 2472 7 1 3 7,5 49,0 62,5
72. Schneider,Ilja 2435 7 1 3 7,5 48,5 63,5
73. IM Wippermann,Till 2430 7 1 3 7,5 48,0 62,0
74. GM Horvath,Peter 2445 HUN 7 1 3 7,5 48,0 59,5
75. IM Polzin,Rainer 2505 7 1 3 7,5 47,5 61,0
76. Mayer,Frank 1 2331 7 1 3 7,5 47,5 60,0
77. GM Negi,Parimarjan 2529 IND 6 3 2 7,5 47,5 59,0
78. IM Löffler,Stefan 2419 7 1 3 7,5 47,5 56,0
79. GM Tischbierek,Raj 2487 7 1 3 7,5 46,5 58,5
80. FM Tereick,Benjamin 2404 6 3 2 7,5 46,5 58,5
80. IM Solonar,Stefan 2359 6 3 2 7,5 46,5 58,5
82. Savchenko,Vyacheslav 2423 UKR 7 1 3 7,5 46,5 56,5
83. IM Schenk,Andreas 2508 7 1 3 7,5 46,0 61,5
84. IM Richter,Michael 2399 7 1 3 7,5 46,0 61,0
85. IM Medvegy,Nora 2369 HUN 5 5 1 7,5 46,0 60,5
86. IM Zude,Arno 2447 7 1 3 7,5 46,0 57,0
87. FM Beckhuis,Gernod 2338 6 3 2 7,5 45,5 59,0
88. Morawietz,Dieter 2425 6 3 2 7,5 45,0 57,5
89. Skovgaard,Peter 2251 DEN 7 1 3 7,5 44,5 59,5
90. IM Donchenko,Anatoly 2375 6 3 2 7,5 44,5 58,5
91. Kormann,Maxim 2147 6 3 2 7,5 44,0 59,0
92. WGM Cmilyte,Viktorija 2485 LTU 7 1 3 7,5 41,5 52,5
93. WGM Pähtz,Elisabeth 2457 7 1 3 7,5 38,5 49,0
762 players
Chess960 Events
5th FiNet Chess960
Rapid World Championship
14th-16th August 2007
Preliminary
1. Aronian 4,5
2. Anand 4,0
3. Bacrot 2,0
4. Kasimdzhanov 1,5
Final 1 2 3 4 Tiebreak
Aronian 1 ½ ½ 0 2 1,5
Anand 0 ½ ½ 1 2 0,5
3rd-4th Playoff 1 2 3 4
Bacrot ½ ½ 1 1 3
Kasimdzhanov ½ ½ 0 0 1
6th FiNet Open 16th-17th August 2007
1. GM Bologan,Victor 2650 MDA 9,5 57,5 66,0
2. GM Kamsky,Gata 2717 USA 9,0 59,5 69,0
3. GM Ivantschuk,Vassili 2766 UKR 9,0 57,0 66,0
4. GM Volokitin,Andrej 2698 UKR 9,0 55,5 69,5
5. GM Navara,David 2656 CZE 9,0 52,0 61,5
6. GM Grischuk,Alexander 2726 RUS 8,5 54,0 67,5
7. GM Sasikiran,Krishnan 2674 IND 8,5 54,0 65,5
8. GM Gashimov,Vugar 2655 AZE 8,5 53,5 64,0
9. GM Sargissian,Gabriel 2667 ARM 8,5 53,0 65,5
10. GM Bacrot,Etienne 2703 FRA 8,0 57,0 70,5
11. GM Almasi,Zoltan 2682 HUN 8,0 56,5 68,5
12. GM Karjakin,Sergey 2678 UKR 8,0 54,0 66,0
13. GM Petrosian,Tigran L. 2613 ARM 8,0 52,0 67,5
14. GM Jussupow,Artur 2583 8,0 51,5 65,0
15. GM Akopian,Vladimir 2708 ARM 8,0 51,0 63,5
16. GM Moiseenko,Alexander 2641 UKR 8,0 50,0 62,0
17. GM Tregubov,Pavel 2599 RUS 8,0 49,5 61,5
18. GM Burmakin,Vladimir 2592 RUS 8,0 46,0 54,0
19. GM Ruck,Robert 2563 HUN 8,0 45,5 59,5
20. GM Pentala,Harikrishna 2664 IND 7,5 51,0 63,0
21. GM Shirov,Alexey 2735 ESP 7,5 50,5 66,0
22. GM Döttling,Fabian 2537 7,5 49,5 67,0
23. GM Iljin,Artem 2569 RUS 7,5 49,5 61,0
24. GM Drozdovskyy,Yuriy 2572 UKR 7,5 48,5 59,0
25. GM Meier,Georg 2552 7,5 48,5 58,5
26. GM Gyimesi,Zoltan 2607 HUN 7,5 48,0 61,5
27. GM Mchedlishvili,Mikhail 2624 GEO 7,5 48,0 59,5
28. GM Landa,Konstantin 2669 RUS 7,5 47,5 60,0
29. GM Vaganjan,Rafael Agred 2596 ARM 7,5 47,5 59,5
30. GM Bischoff,Klaus 2535 7,5 47,5 58,5
31. GM Medvegy,Zoltan 2512 HUN 7,5 45,5 62,0
32. GM Al-Modiahki,Mohamad 2563 QAT 7,5 45,5 59,5
33. GM Jenni,Florian 2527 SUI 7,5 45,0 57,0
34. GM Farago,Ivan 2501 HUN 7,5 44,5 58,5
35. GM Ubilava,Elizbar 2540 ESP 7,5 44,5 57,5
36. IM Boidman,Yuri 2444 7,5 44,0 57,0
37. GM Meijers,Viesturs 2483 LAT 7,5 42,5 55,0
38. GM Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 2755 AZE 7,0 50,0 66,5
39. GM Sumets,Andrey 2529 UKR 7,0 48,5 60,5
40. GM Naiditsch,Arkadij 2644 7,0 48,0 64,5
41. GM Balogh,Csaba 2567 HUN 7,0 47,5 61,0
42. GM Horvath,Adam 2491 HUN 7,0 47,0 62,5
43. GM Vogt,Lothar 2473 7,0 45,0 59,5
44. GM Akesson,Ralf 2477 SWE 7,0 45,0 59,0
45. IM Szabo,Krisztian 2482 HUN 7,0 44,5 61,5
46. FM Meinhardt,Maximilian 2378 7,0 44,5 60,0
47. GM Negi,Parimarjan 2529 IND 7,0 44,5 57,5
48. FM Vogler,Tillmann 2320 7,0 43,0 59,0
49. IM Siebrecht,Sebastian 2488 7,0 43,0 53,5
50. IM Smerdon,David 2461 AUS 7,0 42,0 58,0
280 players
3rd Livingston Chess960
Computer World Championship
15th-17th August 2007
Vorrunde
1. Deep Shredder 2,5
2. Rybka 1,5
3. Spike 1.3 MP 1,5
4. Jonny Mainz 0,5
Rückrunde
1. Deep Shredder 4,0
2. Rybka 4,0
3. Spike 1.3 MP 3,0
4. Jonny Mainz 1,0
Final 1 2 3 4
Deep Shredder 0 0 ½ - 0,5
Rybka 1 1 ½ - 2,5
3rd-4th Place 1 2 3 4
Spike 1.3 MP 1 ½ 1 0 2,5
Jonny Mainz 0 ½ 0 1 1,5
The 5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 4th-15th
August 2007. Peter Acs and Pentala Harikrishna finished on 6/10 with Acs taking
first place as he scored the most wins. Korchnoi collapsed with only a half
from 4 in the final rounds.
Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2007/index_eng.html
Round 9 (August 14, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Hou Yifan 1/2 57 E15 Queens Indian
Acs, Peter - Balogh, Csaba 1/2 42 A58 Volga Gambit
Berkes, Ferenc - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 47 D27 QGA
Round 10 (August 15, 2007)
Balogh, Csaba - Harikrishna, P 1/2 31 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Korchnoi, Viktor - Acs, Peter 0-1 31 D27 QGA
Hou Yifan - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 26 B17 Caro Kann
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 Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 ** 01 == == =1 1= 6.0 2637
2 Acs, Peter g HUN 2530 10 ** 1= 0= 01 11 6.0 2664
3 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2568 == 0= ** 1= 1= 01 5.5 2620
4 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 == 1= 0= ** 01 == 5.0 2579
5 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 =0 10 0= 10 ** 1= 4.5 2540
6 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 0= 00 10 == 0= ** 3.0 2444
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The 5th Staunton Memorial saw six Dutch and six English players compete
in a single round robin event. The event as last year, was supported by the
Dutch chess enthusiast Jan Mol. Michael Adams took clear first place by a point
from Ivan Sokolov and Loek van Wely.
Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtml
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5th Staunton Mem London ENG (ENG), 7-18 viii 2007 cat. XIII (2557)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 8.5 2753
2. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2666 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 7.5 2680
3. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2679
4. Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2526 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2625
5. Werle, Jan g NED 2552 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2622
6. Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2624
7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2598 = 0 = = = = * 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2517
8. Timman, Jan H g NED 2560 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 5.0 2521
9. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2517 = 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2459
10. Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2511 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * = = 3.5 2428
11. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2416 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * = 3.0 2395
12. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 2.5 2360
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Round 7 (August 13, 2007)
Adams, Michael - Jones, Gawain C B 1-0 40 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Houska, Jovanka 1-0 48 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Van Wely, Loek - Wells, Peter K 1-0 37 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H - Smeets, Jan 0-1 44 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Speelman, Jon S - Werle, Jan 1/2 18 E19 Queens Indian
McNab, Colin A - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 39 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 8 (August 15, 2007)
Jones, Gawain C B - McNab, Colin A 1-0 52 B09 Pirc Defence
Werle, Jan - Smeets, Jan 1-0 25 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
L'Ami, Erwin - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 25 D15 Slav Defence
Wells, Peter K - Timman, Jan H 0-1 31 A09 Reti Opening
Speelman, Jon S - Adams, Michael 1/2 17 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Houska, Jovanka - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 58 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 9 (August 16, 2007)
Adams, Michael - Werle, Jan 1-0 37 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Jones, Gawain C B 1/2 68 A57 Volga Gambit
Van Wely, Loek - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 20 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Smeets, Jan - Wells, Peter K 1-0 34 B65 Sicilian Rauzer
Timman, Jan H - Houska, Jovanka 1-0 43 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
McNab, Colin A - Speelman, Jon S 1/2 41 D75 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 10 (August 17, 2007)
Adams, Michael - McNab, Colin A 1-0 30 B06 Modern Defence
Jones, Gawain C B - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 25 B23 Sicilian Closed
Werle, Jan - Wells, Peter K 1-0 42 B17 Caro Kann
L'Ami, Erwin - Timman, Jan H 0-1 52 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Speelman, Jon S - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 38 A07 Barcza System
Houska, Jovanka - Smeets, Jan 1/2 62 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 11 (August 18, 2007)
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Adams, Michael 1/2 45 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Van Wely, Loek - Speelman, Jon S 1/2 24 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Smeets, Jan - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 20 C45 Scotch Game
Timman, Jan H - Jones, Gawain C B 0-1 38 E94 King's Indian Classical
Wells, Peter K - Houska, Jovanka 1/2 25 D60 Queens Gambit
McNab, Colin A - Werle, Jan 1/2 60 A81 Dutch Leningrad
The Euwe Stimulus tournament takes place in Arnhem, Netherlands
17th-26th August 2007.
Players: GMs Barua, Panno, Fridrik Olafsson and Gaprindashvili, IMs
Simutowe, Willy Hendriks, Ziska and Puchen Wang, WGM Bianca Muhren and
17-year-old Dutch talent Vincent Rothuis.
There is also a comprehensive exhibition of Dutch Chess art alongside
the event.
In the summer of 2005, Margreet Wevers and Geert van Tongeren (both
coming from and living in The Netherlands) got the idea to do something with
the combination of chess and art. They called this project and the company:
Schaakkunst (schaak=chess and kunst=art). Schaakkunst made contact with several
artists who use the theme chess in their work Schaakkunst organized his first
exhibition in April of 2006. After that there was a fast progress. Meanwhile
they are often present at chess-tournaments with few or many works of
chess-art. Organizations of tournaments are very pleased with this, because
players and visitors can see more than only the combat at the chessboard. For
example: Schaakkunst was present in Hilversum during the Dutch Championship
Chess and they were present at the Corus Chess Tournament in January of 2007.
In the meantime about 14 more artists did join this original initiative. With
the new artists and their chess-art, http://www.schaakkunst.nl became a large
site with many various art-works. Most of the work shown is for sale and can be
found at the (also in English) online shop http://www.chess-art.eu. At this shop one
can find beautiful chess-sets and many smaller articles, like calendars,
artprints, chess-art-wine, etc. All nice things to get or give as a present.
Specially for clubs and company's, Schaakkunst design and produce
chess-notation-booklets, diary's and so on, according the wishes of the
client.
Official site: http://www.euwe-stimulans.nl/
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Euwe Stimulans Arnhem NED (NED), 17-26 viii 2007 cat. VII (2409)
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1. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2421 * . 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 4.0
2. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2462 . * . . . 0 1 . 1 1 3.0 2635
3. Gaprindashvili, Nona1 g GEO 2364 0 . * . . . 1 1 . = 2.5 2507
4. Wang Puchen f NZL 2348 0 . . * . 1 . . = 1 2.5 2529
5. Ziska, Helgi Dam m FAI 2392 . . . . * = 0 1 = . 2.0 2415
6. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2420 0 1 . 0 = * . . . . 1.5 2318
7. Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2452 . 0 0 . 1 . * = . . 1.5 2301
8. Muhren, Bianca wg NED 2334 . . 0 . 0 . = * 1 . 1.5 2329
9. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2457 . 0 . = = . . 0 * . 1.0 2191
10. Rothuis, Vincent NED 2441 0 0 = 0 . . . . . * 0.5 2076
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Round 1 (August 17, 2007)
Barua, Dibyendu - Rothuis, Vincent 1-0 26 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Wang Puchen - Simutowe, Amon 0-1 50 E20 Nimzo Indian
Ziska, Helgi Dam - Hendriks, Willy 1/2 18 B07 Pirc Defence
Olafsson, Fridrik - Gaprindashvili, Nona1 0-1 25 A41 Modern Defence
Muhren, Bianca - Panno, Oscar 1-0 26 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 2 (August 18, 2007)
Gaprindashvili, Nona1 - Simutowe, Amon 0-1 57 E20 Nimzo Indian
Hendriks, Willy - Barua, Dibyendu 1-0 66 C02 French Advance
Olafsson, Fridrik - Muhren, Bianca 1/2 28 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Panno, Oscar - Ziska, Helgi Dam 1/2 34 E67 King's Indian Fianchetto
Rothuis, Vincent - Wang Puchen 0-1 41 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 3 (August 19, 2007)
Simutowe, Amon - Rothuis, Vincent 1-0 20 A31 English Symmetrical
Barua, Dibyendu - Panno, Oscar 1-0 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Wang Puchen - Hendriks, Willy 1-0 40 B25 Sicilian Closed
Ziska, Helgi Dam - Olafsson, Fridrik 0-1 41 B40 Sicilian Classical
Muhren, Bianca - Gaprindashvili, Nona1 0-1 75 B00 Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Round 4 (August 20, 2007)
Gaprindashvili, Nona1 - Rothuis, Vincent 1/2 53 E66 King's Indian Fianchetto
Hendriks, Willy - Simutowe, Amon 0-1 61 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Olafsson, Fridrik - Barua, Dibyendu 0-1 26 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Muhren, Bianca - Ziska, Helgi Dam 0-1 46 B87 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Panno, Oscar - Wang Puchen 1/2 23 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
The French Championships take place in Aix-les-Bains 13th-25th August
2007.
Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and news also
at: http://www.echecs.com/actualite/dossier.php
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ch-FRA Aix-les-Bains FRA (FRA), 13-25 viii 2007 cat. XIII (2571)
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1. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 * 1 . = . . = . 1 = = 1 5.0 2704
2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2595 0 * . . 1 1 . = 1 . = 1 5.0 2720
3. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2582 . . * = . = 1 = = . 1 1 5.0 2702
4. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2584 = . = * 1 0 = . . = 1 . 4.0 2626
5. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2626 . 0 . 0 * = . 1 = . 1 1 4.0 2598
6. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2520 . 0 = 1 = * 1 . 0 = . . 3.5 2583
7. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2567 = . 0 = . 0 * = . 1 1 . 3.5 2581
8. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2646 . = = . 0 . = * = = . 1 3.5 2564
9. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2544 0 0 = . = 1 . = * . . = 3.0 2532
10. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2588 = . . = . = 0 = . * = = 3.0 2510
11. Renet, Olivier g FRA 2498 = = 0 0 0 . 0 . . = * . 1.5 2369
12. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2450 0 0 0 . 0 . . 0 = = . * 1.0 2296
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The First Saturday tournaments for August took place 6th-16th August
2007. Bui Vinh won the GM event with 7/10.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2007 cat. VIII (2444)
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1. Bui Vinh m VIE 2466 * 0 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2590
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2547 1 * = 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2543
3. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2501 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2474
4. Berczes, David m HUN 2450 0 1 1 * = = 1 0 0 1 0 5.0 2443
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 = = = = * = = = = = = 5.0 2445
6. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2309 = = = = = * = 1 0 0 = 4.5 2421
7. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2500 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2402
8. Szabolcsi, Janos m HUN 2376 0 = 0 1 = 0 = * 1 1 0 4.5 2414
9. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 0 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 * = 1 4.5 2411
10. Papp, Gellert HUN 2425 0 = = 0 = 1 0 0 = * 1 4.0 2373
11. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2479 0 0 = 1 = = = 1 0 0 * 4.0 2368
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FSIMA August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2007 cat. II (2287)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Pitl, Gregory m GER 2387 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2470
2. Radnai, Adam HUN 2252 = * 1 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2400
3. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2325 = 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2355
4. Lang, Torsten f GER 2374 = 1 = * 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.0 2278
5. Kadziolka, Beata wg POL 2287 = 1 = 0 * = 0 1 = 0 1 5.0 2287
6. Izso, Daniel HUN 2200 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 5.0 2296
7. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2338 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 = 1 1 5.0 2282
8. Strunski, Andreas GER 2203 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 * = 1 1 5.0 2295
9. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2347 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 4.5 2245
10. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2306 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 * 1 4.0 2213
11. Mayer, Istvan f HUN 2141 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2005
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FSIMB August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2007 cat. II (2277)
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1. Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin f GER 2347 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2510
2. Torma, Robert f HUN 2325 = * = 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2382
3. Balog, Marton HUN 2262 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2388
4. Gauri, Shankar IND 2177 0 1 = * = = = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2323
5. Khairallah, Faisal f LIB 2323 0 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2308
6. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2296 1 0 = = = * = = 1 0 = 5.0 2275
7. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2264 0 = = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2242
8. Magyar, Otto f HUN 2304 0 = 0 1 = = = * = 0 = 4.0 2202
9. Koczo, Kristof HUN 2251 = = 0 = 0 0 = = * = = 3.5 2170
10. Cooke, Eric USA 2213 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 = * 0 3.0 2134
11. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2289 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * 3.0 2127
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The 10th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer took 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. The main Valoz Cup was won by Emre Can.
Games now available.
Internet coverage (results, games, photos) - http://www.a64.cz
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Valoz Cup GMA Olomouc CZE (CZE), 1-9 viii 2007 cat. VIII (2432)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Can, Emre m TUR 2411 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2609
2. Malinovsky, Karel f CZE 2334 = * = 1 = = = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2506
3. Ismagambetov, Anuar m KAZ 2479 0 = * 1 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2492
4. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2572 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2484
5. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2517 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2489
6. Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2478 = = 1 = = * = = = 0 = 1 6.0 2463
7. Grandelius, Nils SWE 2271 = = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 0 5.5 2446
8. Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2354 = 1 = 0 = = = * = = 0 = 5.0 2403
9. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2548 0 = = = = = 0 = * 0 1 1 5.0 2385
10. Ibrayev, Nurlan g KAZ 2468 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * = 1 5.0 2392
11. Zeberski, Jakub POL 2437 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * = 3.5 2298
12. Rogule, Laura wg LAT 2316 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * 2.0 2180
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Jihlavanka Cup GMB Olomouc CZE (CZE), 1-9 viii 2007 cat. VIII (2427)
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1. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2440 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2637
2. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V g RUS 2559 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2590
3. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2487 = = * 1 0 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2523
4. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2476 = = 0 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2487
5. Kraemer, Martin m GER 2437 0 = 1 = * 0 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2491
6. Tikkanen, Hans f SWE 2394 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 = 1 = = = 5.5 2430
7. Luch, Michal m POL 2362 = = = 0 = 1 * = 0 0 = = 4.5 2368
8. Mankeyev, Rauan f KAZ 2402 = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = 0 0 4.0 2327
9. Sluka, Radek CZE 2354 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2332
10. Reutsky, Sergei f RUS 2360 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * = = 4.0 2331
11. Kanovsky, David m CZE 2410 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 = * 1 4.0 2326
12. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2447 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 = = 0 * 3.5 2292
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Proclient Cup IMA Olomouc CZE (CZE), 1-9 viii 2007 cat. II (2283)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2317 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2490
2. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2433 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2443
3. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2318 = 1 * 0 = = = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2381
4. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2396 0 = 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2374
5. Bosman, Michiel f NED 2333 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 6.5 2342
6. Nilsson, Sebastian SWE 2218 = = = 1 0 * = = 0 = = 1 5.5 2288
7. Tuma, Jiri CZE 2292 0 0 = = = = * = 1 = = 1 5.5 2281
8. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2347 = = = = 0 = = * 0 = = 1 5.0 2240
9. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2258 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 1 1 5.0 2248
10. Cernin, Radim f CZE 2314 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 3.5 2146
11. Butuc, Maria wf MDA 2082 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = * = 3.0 2125
12. Musil, Vitezslav CZE 2082 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 1991
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Agentura 64 Cup IMB Olomouc CZE (CZE), 1-9 viii 2007 cat. II (2297)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Alaguzov, Maxat KAZ 2200 * 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2480
2. Tazbir, Marcin f POL 2428 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2459
3. Baryshpolets, Andrey f UKR 2307 0 = * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2470
4. Lagerman, Robert f ISL 2315 1 = 0 * 0 0 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2359
5. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2430 0 0 1 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2349
6. Zvara, Petr f CZE 2440 1 0 0 1 1 * = 0 = 1 = = 6.0 2319
7. Kotan, Ladislav m SVK 2279 = 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2334
8. Kulovana, Eva wf CZE 2276 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = 1 = 1 5.0 2262
9. Neerforth, Philipp GER 2246 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = = = 3.5 2168
10. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2347 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2158
11. Dauletova, Gulmira wf KAZ 2210 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 3.5 2171
12. Klecker, Tadeas CZE 2080 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2007
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Ave-Kontakt Cup IMC Olomouc CZE (CZE), 1-9 viii 2007 cat. II (2292)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Khamzin, Olzhas f KAZ 2333 * = 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2463
2. Kireev, Aleksei m RUS 2380 = * = 1 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 7.5 2417
3. Klima, Lukas m CZE 2405 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 7.0 2384
4. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2296 = 0 = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2394
5. Kaufman, Raymond f USA 2310 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2392
6. Plat, Vojtech CZE 2279 1 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2329
7. Smith, Axel SWE 2284 = = 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2329
8. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2378 = = = = = = = * = = 1 0 5.5 2284
9. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 2250 0 1 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 5.5 2296
10. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2255 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 3.0 2120
11. Ni, Viktorija wf LAT 2147 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2043
12. Sondermann, Johannes GER 2192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 1.5 1992
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FIDE Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 1-9 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Parligras, Cosmin ROM 2255 ** == 1= 1= 11 11 8.0 2339
2 Cagasik, Tomas CZE 2238 == ** 10 11 01 11 7.0 2252
3 Sonter, Matthew AUS 2183 0= 01 ** =1 =1 1= 6.0 2186
4 Bonacic, Nenad GER 2152 0= 00 =0 ** 1= 11 4.5 2084
5 Hozda, David CZE 2039 00 10 =0 0= ** 11 4.0 2071
6 Brooke, John ENG ENG 1887 00 00 0= 00 00 ** 0.5 1703
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The I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 2007 takes place at St
Aiden's College in Durham from 13th to 24th August 2007.
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.
Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk
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ch-Euro IBCA Durham (ENG), 14-23 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Meshkov, Yuri A m RUS 2418 +55 +29 +20 + 7 + 6 . . . . 5.0
2. Olsar, Jaroslav CZE 2279 +44 =16 +21 +17 +26 . . . . 4.5 2457
3. Gunajew, Rafal POL 2249 +66 +28 + 5 =10 = 4 . . . . 4.0 2428
4. Smirnov, Sergey N RUS 2201 +59 +42 =12 +13 = 3 . . . . 4.0 2409
5. Krylov, Sergey m RUS 2409 +49 +15 - 3 +32 +24 . . . . 4.0 2404
6. Wassin, Sergej f UKR 2299 +58 +31 +18 +19 - 1 . . . . 4.0 2375
7. Zsiltzova-Lisenko, Lubov wm UKR 2284 +56 +32 +37 - 1 +19 . . . . 4.0 2391
8. Berlinsky, Vladimir m RUS 2330 =51 +46 =16 +29 +18 . . . . 4.0 2294
9. Dukaczewski, Piotr m POL 2339 +57 +41 -19 +35 +22 . . . . 4.0 2229
10. Zoltek, Tadeusz f POL 2237 +22 =21 +38 = 3 =11 . . . . 3.5 2250
11. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2370 =46 +51 +27 =12 =10 . . . . 3.5 2267
12. Grigorchuk, Sergey UKR 2235 +74 +25 = 4 =11 =15 . . . . 3.5 2311
13. Romanenkov, Aleksandr RUS 2229 +61 =38 +63 - 4 +33 . . . . 3.5 2220
14. Ross, Chris N ENG 2133 =63 +54 -17 +64 +38 . . . . 3.5 2175
15. Suder, Ryszard POL 2209 +23 - 5 +43 =16 =12 . . . . 3.0 2226
16. Migala, Andrzej POL 2102 +72 = 2 = 8 =15 =23 . . . . 3.0 2235
17. Gosek, Zenon POL 2068 =47 +50 +14 - 2 =27 . . . . 3.0 2176
18. Baloha,Mykhailo UKR ---- +53 +24 - 6 +31 - 8 . . . . 3.0 2314
19. Rosikhin, Igor BLR 2101 +71 +26 + 9 - 6 - 7 . . . . 3.0 2305
20. Desanjose Candalija, Eduardo f ESP 2271 +36 +35 - 1 =33 =28 . . . . 3.0 2196
21. Pirosca, Alexandru ROM 2086 +62 =10 - 2 +34 =35 . . . . 3.0 2196
22. Berggren, Marcus SWE 1738 -10 +62 +39 +41 - 9 . . . . 3.0 2218
23. Altinok,Selim TUR ---- -15 =49 +57 +37 =16 . . . . 3.0 2164
24. Pribeanu, Dacian f ROM 2228 +60 -18 +56 +36 - 5 . . . . 3.0 2130
25. Nemes, Gyorgy HUN 2031 +45 -12 +47 -26 +53 . . . . 3.0 2206
26. Nizam, Rasim m BUL 2244 +67 -19 +58 +25 - 2 . . . . 3.0 2113
27. Wojcieszyn, Zdzislaw POL 2109 =34 +69 -11 +40 =17 . . . . 3.0 2159
28. Pohlers, Juergen GER 2095 +65 - 3 =34 +63 =20 . . . . 3.0 2176
29. Chojnowski, Marcin POL 2159 +64 - 1 +67 - 8 +59 . . . . 3.0 2180
30. Aguilar Sevilla, Diego ESP 2165 =54 -63 =65 +74 +46 . . . . 3.0 2073
31. Sakic, Milutin CRO 2163 +76 - 6 +44 -18 +55 . . . . 3.0 2125
32. Mlacnik, Franc SLO 2128 +75 - 7 +61 - 5 +48 . . . . 3.0 2210
33. Eros, Pal HUN 2089 =50 =47 +45 =20 -13 . . . . 2.5 2100
34. Holmela,Kari FIN ---- =27 =43 =28 -21 +66 . . . . 2.5 2063
35. Draghici, Gavril ESP 2107 +52 -20 +48 - 9 =21 . . . . 2.5 2139
36. Berggren, Patrik SWE 1913 -20 +52 +53 -24 =42 . . . . 2.5 2166
37. Voronin, Alexey RUS 2141 =48 +40 - 7 -23 +63 . . . . 2.5 2056
38. Vojan, Istvan HUN 2066 +73 =13 -10 +50 -14 . . . . 2.5 2119
39. Lilley, Graham ENG 2155 =40 =48 -22 +68 =44 . . . . 2.5 1939
40. Demirel,Ismail TUR ---- =39 -37 +49 -27 +68 . . . . 2.5 2082
41. Bischoff, Hermann GER 2000 +68 - 9 +59 -22 =43 . . . . 2.5 2019
42. Schellmann, Frank GER 2141 +70 - 4 =64 =46 =36 . . . . 2.5 2024
43. Muri, Emil SLO 2028 =69 =34 -15 +70 =41 . . . . 2.5 2041
44. Armstrong, William G ENG 1957 - 2 +72 -31 +69 =39 . . . . 2.5 2119
45. Znuderl,Matej SLO ---- -25 +74 -33 =66 +64 . . . . 2.5 2024
46. Stolarczyk, Anna POL 2007 =11 - 8 +54 =42 -30 . . . . 2.0 2129
47. Spele,Richard SWE ---- =17 =33 -25 =56 =58 . . . . 2.0 1958
48. Fexa,Rainer AUT ---- =37 =39 -35 +57 -32 . . . . 2.0 2034
49. Iwancio, Lukasz POL 2009 - 5 =23 -40 +61 =52 . . . . 2.0 2009
50. Murin,Miroslav SVK ---- =33 -17 +51 -38 =56 . . . . 2.0 1967
51. Szurgot, Dominik POL 2005 = 8 -11 -50 =54 +70 . . . . 2.0 2068
52. Jennen,Herman BEL ---- -35 -36 +60 =58 =49 . . . . 2.0 1932
53. Kacic-Karlin, Kresimir CRO 2192 -18 +60 -36 +67 -25 . . . . 2.0 1877
54. Chambers,Colin ENG ---- =30 -14 -46 =51 +75 . . . . 2.0 1990
55. Fratini, Mauro ITA 2011 - 1 -64 +72 +65 -31 . . . . 2.0 2044
56. Wikman, Bengt FIN 1971 - 7 +75 -24 =47 =50 . . . . 2.0 2030
57. Ilic, Andreas GER 2000 - 9 +68 -23 -48 +72 . . . . 2.0 1995
58. Garcia Magadan, Ramon ESP 1994 - 6 +76 -26 =52 =47 . . . . 2.0 2036
59. Hilton, Stephen SCO 1992 - 4 +70 -41 +73 -29 . . . . 2.0 2000
60. Altinok,Kerim TUR ---- -24 -53 -52 +71 +73 . . . . 2.0 2012
61. Agalarov,Habibulla AZE ---- -13 +73 -32 -49 +69 . . . . 2.0 2001
62. Papadopoulos,Christos GRE ---- -21 -22 -68 +75 +74 . . . . 2.0 1892
63. Gelman,Gennadiy AZE ---- =14 +30 -13 -28 -37 . . . . 1.5 2003
64. Dalschaert,Didier BEL ---- -29 +55 =42 -14 -45 . . . . 1.5 1939
65. Lapadatu,Teodor ROM ---- -28 =66 =30 -55 =67 . . . . 1.5 1865
66. Denes,Jozsef HUN ---- - 3 =65 =69 =45 -34 . . . . 1.5 1900
67. Fries, Elisabeth GER 1802 -26 +71 -29 -53 =65 . . . . 1.5 1970
68. Boer,Jan NED ---- -41 -57 +62 -39 -40 . . . . 1.0 1791
69. Whittle,Les ENG ---- =43 -27 =66 -44 -61 . . . . 1.0 1778
70. Engstrom,Olle SWE ---- -42 -59 +71 -43 -51 . . . . 1.0 1793
71. Koumtsis,Argiris GRE ---- -19 -67 -70 -60 +76 . . . . 1.0 1740
72. Konstantinou,Panagiotis GRE ---- -16 -44 -55 +76 -57 . . . . 1.0 1774
73. Spychala,Jozefa POL ---- -38 -61 +76 -59 -60 . . . . 1.0 1771
74. Aclan,Levent TUR ---- -12 -45 +75 -30 -62 . . . . 1.0 1840
75. Gromme,Freddy SUI ---- -32 -56 -74 -62 -54 . . . . 0.0
76. Dalle,Natasha BEL ---- -31 -58 -73 -72 -71 . . . . 0.0
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GM Leonid Kritz was the winner of the New England Masters, finishing
with 7/9, a half-point ahead of GM Alex Shabalov and IM Dean Ippolito. Kritz
maintains his 100% record of winning Master tournaments organized by Chris
Bird, which includes his joint first in the Las Vegas Masters last year.
Finishing in fourth place was IM Robert Hess with 6/9, while IM Lev
Milman, IM Josh Friedel and 12 year old FM Ray Robson finished tied for fifth
with 5.5/9.
Ippolito's 2nd place finish was also good for the top Under 2400 prize
while Robson took second in the same category. FM James Critelli and local
youngster Max Enkin took the top Under 2300 prize, both of them finishing with
5/9, and both of them notching up a win against English GM Nigel Davies during
the course of the tournament.
IM Dean Ippolito's 6.5/9 was good enough for a GM norm performance and
FM James Critelli's 5/9 was good enough for an IM norm performance.
Unfortunately both players played six USA players and the FIDE rules stipulate
that a maximum of 60% of your opposition can come from your own federation. FM
Ray Robson and Max Enkin both ended up just a half-point shy of IM norm
performances, although they would have also failed to play the necessary
non-USA opposition. News: Chris Bird
Official site: http://www.newenglandmasters.com/
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New England Masters Peabody USA (USA), 13-17 viii 2007
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1. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2571 7.0 2654
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2637 6.5 2599
3. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2395 6.5 2616
4. Hess, Robert L f USA 2439 6.0 2487
5. Milman, Lev m USA 2499 5.5 2500
6. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2472 5.5 2461
7. Robson, Ray f USA 2347 5.5 2412
8. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2540 5.0 2472
9. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2403 5.0 2422
10. Vigorito, David m USA 2393 5.0 2397
11. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2373 5.0 2390
12. Critelli, James M f USA 2262 5.0 2468
13. Enkin, Max USA 2213 5.0 2448
14. Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2495 4.5 2336
15. Pruess, David m USA 2424 4.5 2368
16. Rizzitano, James m USA 2328 4.5 2393
31 players
The World Youth Under-16 Olympiad took place in Singapore 4th-12th
August 2007.
Arvind Aaron reports that second seed India beat top seeds Hungary
3.5-0.5 in the fifth round and went on to win the World Youth Chess Olympiad in
a very close contest on August 11th. India scored 28/40 for gold, Hungary 27.5
(silver), Philippines 25.5 (bronze), Uzbekistan 24.5...34 teams. Games now
available.
Info: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
and http://www.intchessasia.com/site/index.htm
also http://www.olimpbase.org
Final Standings:
1st - IND 28.0
2nd - HUN 27.5
3rd - PHI 25.5
4th - UZB 24.5
5th - AUS 1 24.0
6th - TUR 23.5
The Ptuj Open took place 12th-19th August 2007. Domen Krumpacnik edged
out Igor Jelen on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.sah-drustvo-ptuj.si/Open/open.htm
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Open Ptuj SLO (SLO), 12-19 viii 2007
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1. Krumpacnik, Domen m SLO 2410 7.0 42.0
2. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2371 7.0 37.0
3. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2444 6.5 42.0
5. Makaj, Marko CRO 2249 6.5 40.0
4. Doric, Nenad m CRO 2318 6.5 39.5
6. Gruskovnjak, Tomislav f SLO 2348 6.0 38.0
9. Podkriznik, Gregor f SLO 2375 6.0 38.0
7. Buzeti, Jernej SLO 2108 6.0 37.5
8. Roskar, Robert f SLO 2279 6.0 36.5
10. Jeraj, Zlatko SLO 2094 6.0 34.5
11. Vujec, Ivan CRO 1921 5.5 34.0
12. Flander,Nejc SLO ---- 5.5 31.0
48 players
The 17th Chess Festival took place in Abu Dhabi 12th-20th August 2007.
Bassem Amin and Ashot Anastasian finished on 7/9.
Further details: http://chess-results.com/Tnr7534.aspx?lan=1
- http://www.abudhabichess.com and
games at http://www.ulvichess.az
Unofficial Final Round 9 Standings:
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17th Chess Festival Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 12-20 viii 2007
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1. Amin, Bassem g EGY 2535 7.0 2747
2. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2555 7.0 2713
3. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2608 6.5 2626
4. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2572 6.5 2596
5. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2541 6.5 2629
6. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2610 6.5 2607
7. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2611 6.0 2640
8. Durarbeyli, Vasif AZE 2416 6.0 2607
9. Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2504 6.0 2607
10. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2485 6.0 2615
11. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2471 6.0 2588
12. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2566 6.0 2578
13. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2644 5.5 2546
14. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2605 5.5 2525
15. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2586 5.5 2578
16. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2671 5.5 2544
17. Jankovic, Alojzije g CRO 2536 5.5 2568
18. Sethuraman, S.P IND 2380 5.5 2490
19. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2484 5.5 2501
70 players
The Callao Chess Open took place in Peru, 8th-16th August 2007. Emilio
Cordova won with 7.5/9. The event was supposed to run 11 rounds but the final
two rounds were cancelled after the terrible earthquake took place during the
10th rounds and the players had to evacuate even though the epicentre was many
kms away.
Official site: http://www.festivalcallao.com/
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Open Callao PER (PER), 8-16 viii 2007
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1. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2492 7.5 38.5 52.0
2. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2412 6.5 35.5 49.0
3. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2454 6.5 35.0 49.5
4. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2477 6.5 33.5 49.5
5. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2559 6.5 31.5 46.5
6. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2621 6.5 26.5 39.5
7. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2403 6 34.0 44.5
8. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2547 6 30.5 46.5
9. Robledo, Manuel PER 2226 6 28.5 46.0
10. Toloza, Pablo m CHI 2340 6 28.5 43.5
11. Cabrera Huaman, Andres PER 2268 6 28.5 43.0
12. Barrientos, Sergio m COL 2417 5.5 33.0 50.0
13. Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2394 5.5 32.5 49.0
14. Cornejo, Max f PER 2338 5.5 31.0 48.5
15. Calizaya, Marco PER 2125 5.5 31.0 46.0
15. Vasquez, Rodrigo g CHI 2522 5.5 30.5 47.0
16. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2505 5.5 29.5 49.0
17. Soto, Jorge f PER 2341 5.5 28.5 42.0
18. Pacheco, Marco f PER 2405 5.5 26.5 38.5
20. Fernandez, Fernando PER 2244 5.5 25.0 40.0
21. Quinones, Cesar PER 2268 5.5 22.5 37.0
79 players
The Spiltan Fonder IM tournament took place in Gothenberg, Sweden,
11th-19th August 2007. Ilja Vovk won the event with 6.5/9 which was enough for
an IM norm. News: Asbjörn Nejman.
Official site: http://www.ssmanhem.se/
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Spiltan Fonder IM Gothenburg SWE (SWE), 11-19 viii 2007cat. III (2316)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Vovk, Ilja EST 2304 * 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2483
2. Svensson, Bengt m SWE 2386 1 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2433
3. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2435 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2383
4. Nithander, Victor f SWE 2357 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2391
5. Akesson, Joel f SWE 2326 = = = = * 1 = 0 0 = 4.0 2272
6. Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2326 = = 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 4.0 2272
7. Vas, Peter SWE SWE 2166 = 0 = 0 = = * 0 = 1 3.5 2253
8. Ask, Josef SWE 2211 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 = 3.5 2248
9. Zimmermann, Julian f GER 2327 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * = 3.5 2235
10. Moberg, Karl Johan m SWE 2326 0 = = = = 0 0 = = * 3.0 2190
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The Austrian Championships took place in Tweng 4th-12th August 2007.
Siegfried Baumegger took clear first with 6.5/9. Anna-Christina Kopinits won
the women's event on tie-break. News: Harald Grafenhofer.
Further details:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr6778.aspx?art=0&lan=1&mm=1
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ch-AUT Tweng AUT (AUT), 4-12 viii 2007
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1 Baumegger Siegfried IM 2434 AUT 6,5 45,0 35,5 32,50 2571
2 Ragger Markus IM 2529 AUT 6,0 48,0 38,0 31,25 2541
3 Freitag Manfred IM 2390 AUT 6,0 47,0 37,5 31,25 2530
4 Hoelzl Franz IM 2353 AUT 5,5 48,0 38,0 28,50 2520
5 Neubauer Martin Mag. IM 2456 AUT 5,5 46,5 36,5 28,00 2463
6 Schroll Gerhard MMag.Dr. IM 2397 AUT 5,5 46,5 36,0 25,75 2492
7 Stanec Nikolaus GM 2504 AUT 5,5 41,5 33,5 23,25 2455
8 Sommerbauer Norbert DI. IM 2462 AUT 5,5 41,0 33,0 24,25 2484
9 Neumeier Klaus Mag. FM 2263 AUT 5,5 38,5 29,0 19,50 2378
10 Ganaus Hannes IM 2303 AUT 5,0 38,0 29,5 20,75 2407
11 Danner Georg IM 2426 AUT 4,5 44,5 35,0 20,00 2378
12 Balinov Ilia GM 2499 AUT 4,5 44,5 34,0 21,25 2369
13 Schachinger Mario 2284 AUT 4,5 39,5 30,0 13,75 2310
14 Diermair Andreas FM 2373 AUT 4,5 39,0 31,0 19,75 2349
15 Pilaj Herwig Mag. IM 2388 AUT 4,5 39,0 30,5 19,50 2350
16 Wittmann Walter Dr. IM 2313 AUT 4,5 37,5 29,0 14,00 2288
17 Genser Harald FM 2347 AUT 4,0 43,0 33,5 19,25 2334
18 Dietmayer-Kraeutler Marco MK 2311 AUT 4,0 40,0 30,5 13,00 2256
19 Pachta Paul FM 2266 AUT 4,0 38,0 30,5 14,75 2327
20 Kuba Guenter IM 2413 AUT 4,0 37,0 28,5 17,25 2312
21 Alvir Aco IM 2375 AUT 4,0 36,0 28,0 11,50 2245
22 Natter Siegfried 2236 AUT 4,0 35,0 27,5 10,50 2230
23 Fröwis Georg 2208 AUT 3,5 37,0 29,0 9,50 2200
24 Holzer Gerhard NM 2254 AUT 3,5 34,5 28,0 9,00 2177
25 Fahrner Kurt FM 2322 AUT 2,5 37,0 28,5 6,00 2084
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ch-AUT w Tweng AUT (AUT), 4-12 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Kopinits, Anna-Christina wf AUT 2152 +11 = 8 + 9 + 3 = 7 = 5 = 2 = 4 + 6 6.5 2194
2. Novkovic, Julia wf LIE 2144 +14 - 3 +10 +12 +13 = 7 = 1 + 5 = 4 6.5 2150
3. Newrkla, Katharina AUT 1979 +18 + 2 + 6 - 1 - 5 +12 = 7 +14 +11 6.5 2177
4. Sommer, Sonja AUT 1990 -12 -10 +16 +17 + 8 + 6 + 5 = 1 = 2 6.0 2138
5. Horvath, Maria wf AUT 2004 +16 = 6 = 7 + 9 + 3 = 1 - 4 - 2 +12 5.5 2102
6. Mira, Helene wm AUT 2184 +15 = 5 - 3 +14 +10 - 4 +13 + 7 - 1 5.5 2060
7. Schink, Barbara AUT 2029 +13 = 9 = 5 + 8 = 1 = 2 = 3 - 6 =10 5.0 2067
8. Exler, Veronika AUT 2005 +10 = 1 =12 - 7 - 4 -11 +17 +16 +15 5.0 2012
9. Zechner, Andrea AUT 1965 +17 = 7 - 1 - 5 +16 -13 +10 =15 +18 5.0 1976
10. Froewis, Annika AUT 1873 - 8 + 4 - 2 +11 - 6 +18 - 9 +17 = 7 4.5 1998
11. Molnar, Monika AUT 1959 - 1 =12 =15 -10 +18 + 8 =14 +13 - 3 4.5 1946
12. Kessler,Michaela AUT ---- + 4 =11 = 8 - 2 =14 - 3 =16 +18 - 5 4.0 1898
13. Hackbarth, Christa AUT 1915 - 7 +17 =14 +15 - 2 + 9 - 6 -11 =16 4.0 1948
14. Nagy, Laura AUT 1921 - 2 +18 =13 - 6 =12 +15 =11 - 3 -17 3.5 1904
15. Unger, Eva AUT 1964 - 6 =16 =11 -13 +17 -14 =18 = 9 - 8 3.0 1810
16. Kopinits, Silvia AUT 1755 - 5 =15 - 4 =18 - 9 +17 =12 - 8 =13 3.0 1825
17. Fritz,Rebecca AUT ---- - 9 -13 +18 - 4 -15 -16 - 8 -10 +14 2.0 1680
18. Almert, Margit AUT 1712 - 3 -14 -17 =16 -11 -10 =15 -12 - 9 1.0 1584
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George Mirijanian reports: The 37th Continental Open took place on
August 9th-12th, 2007 at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake in Sturbridge,
Massachusetts, USA. William Goichberg directed the event for the sponsoring
Continental Chess Association. A total of 233 players competed in seven
sections, with 48 players vying for top honors and prizes in the Open section.
GM Alexander Shabalov, the current U.S. champion, won the tournament with a
score of 5-1. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
1. GM Alexander Shabalov (Pennsylvania) 2672 5.0
2. GM Sergey Kudrin (Connecticut) 2618 4.5
3. GM Alexander Ivanov (Massachusetts) 2608 4.5
4. IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (New Jersey) 2390 4.5
5. GM Ildar Ibragimov (Connecticut) 2673 4.0
6. IM Justin Sarkar (New York) 2441 4.0
7. FM Eugene Yanayt (California) 2342 4.0
8. Charles Riordan (Massachusetts) 2331 4.0
9. Ryan Goldenberg (Connecticut) 2147 4.0
10. GM Leonid Kritz (Germany) 2674 3.5
11. IM Mark Ginsburg (Arizona) 2413 3.5
12. FM James Critelli (Connecticut) 2296 3.5
13. Alex Cherniack (Massachusetts) 2296 3.5
14. Lawyer Times (Massachusetts) 2236 3.5
15. Franklin Alvarez (Dominican Republic) 2222 3.5
16. Luis Belliard (Dominican Republic) 2202 3.5
17. Michael Ellenbogen (New York) 2073 3.5
18. David Harris (Rhode Island) 2037 3.5
48 players
The Tsiolkovsky Memorial took place in Kaluga (RUS), 3rd-12th August
2007. Farrukh Amonatov took clear first with 7/9. Games from the final round
now available.
Official site: http://www.obninskchess.ru/kaluga07/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Tsiolkovsky Mem Kaluga RUS (RUS), 3-12 viii 2007
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1. Amonatov, Farrukh 2598 7.0 53.5 2600 -0.02
2. Korobkov, Piotr 2423 6.5 55.0 2534 +1.28
Dvalishvili, Pavel S. 2472 6.5 51.5 2543 +0.83
Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav 2506 6.5 50.0 2536 +0.38
Tarasov, Igor 2337 6.5 46.5 2438 +1.19
Nachev, Stanislav 2424 6.5 46.0 2511 +1.01
7. Yandemirov, Valeri 2504 6.0 48.5 2453 -0.57
Shabanov, Yuri 2431 6.0 48.0 2405 -0.30
Gorshkov Yury 2244 6.0 45.0 2490 +2.60
Vlasov, Andrey 2262 6.0 42.5 2479 +2.24
Potapov, Alexey 2280 6.0 42.0 2411 +1.42
Dmitriev, Igor 2310 6.0 39.5 2344 +0.36
13.Zhelnin Vladimir 2433 5.5 48.0 2372 -0.71
Ditiatev, Sergey 2325 5.5 46.0 2374 +0.58
Tologontegin, Semetey 2320 5.5 46.0 2376 +0.66
Kozlov Vladimi N. 2345 5.5 45.0 2354 +0.10
60 players
The 35th Annual World Open took place June 30th-July 4th 2007 in the
Valley Forge Radisson & Convention Plaza, King of Prussia, PA. Varuzhan
Akobian won after an armaegeddon speed playoff game against Alex Stripunsky.
For some reason I forgot to include this in TWIC even though I had it on the
front page.
Live coverage:
http://www.monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=360
- Official site: http://www.worldopen.com/
- Results page: http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/WorldOpen07/
Final World Open Standings
# Name Rtng Total & prize
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2738 6.5 $5102.12
2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2719 6.5 $5102.12
3 GM Leonid G Yudasin 2679 6.5 $5102.12
4 GM Evgeny Najer 2672 6.5 $5102.12
5 GM Alexander Shabalov 2671 6.5 $5102.12
6 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2669 6.5 $5102.12
7 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2663 6.5 $5102.12
8 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2651 6.5 $5468.12
9 GM Julio Becerra 2592 6.5 $5102.12
10 GM Vadim Milov 2731 6 $453.60
11 GM Borki Predojevic 2709 6 $453.60
12 GM Jiri Stocek 2692 6 $453.60
13 GM Abhijit Kunte 2637 6 $453.60
14 GM Alexander Ivanov 2625 6 $453.60
15 GM Lars B Hansen 2704 5.5 $328.75
16 GM Daniel Fridman 2669 5.5 $328.75
17 GM Yury Shulman 2667 5.5 $328.75
18 GM Milos Pavlovic 2638 5.5 $328.75
19 GM David Howell 2611 5.5 $328.75
20 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2611 5.5 $328.75
21 GM Sergey Kudrin 2583 5.5 $328.75
22 GM Melikset Khachiyan 2553 5.5 $328.75
23 IM Emory A Tate 2435 5.5 $1097.00
24 GM Sergey Erenburg 2610 5
25 GM Bosko Abramovic 2609 5
26 GM Darmen Sadvakasov 2583 5
27 IM Joshua E Friedel 2542 5
28 GM John P Fedorowicz 2526 5
29 GM Dashze Sharavdorj 2521 5
30 IM Salvijus Bercys 2485 5
31 IM John Bartholomew 2473 5
32 IM Robert L Hess 2472 5
33 WGM Keteva Arakhamia-Grant 2458 5
34 IM Justin Sarkar 2443 5
35 WIM Batch Tuvshintugs 2275 5
36 FM Teddy Coleman 2258 5
37 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2683 4.5
38 GM Mageesh Panchanathan 2572 4.5
39 IM Yury Lapshun 2549 4.5
40 FM Marcel Martinez 2459 4.5
41 IM Bryan G Smith 2457 4.5
42 Daniel J Ludwig 2411 4.5
43 FM Igor Schneider 2385 4.5
44 FM Ray S Robson 2378 4.5
45 Jake Kleiman 2344 4.5
46 Victor C Shen 2234 4.5
47 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2680 4
48 IM Amon Simutowe 2460 4
49 Thomas J Bartell 2403 4
50 FM James Critelli 2333 4
92 players
The Spanish CECLUB Primera Division Norte took place in Sabadell
15th-19th August 2007. S.C.C. de Sabadell and Club d´escacs
Barberá are promoted. I'll wait until next week in the hope that a
better file of games emerges.
Official site:
http://www.feda.org/ceclub/primeranorte/index.htm
Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 S.C.C. de Sabadell 6 5 0 1 16,5 10 0
2 3 Club d´escacs Barberá 6 4 2 0 16,0 10 1
3 4 Unio Montcada 6 4 1 1 16,0 9 1
4 2 C.A. Jaime Casas 6 4 1 1 15,0 9 0
5 10 Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga 6 3 2 1 15,0 8 0
6 6 Stadium Casablanca 6 3 2 1 14,5 8 0
7 9 Barceloneta E.C. 6 4 1 1 14,0 9 0
8 8 GEVA-CEA Andorra 6 2 3 1 13,5 7 0
9 11 R.C. Regatas 6 3 1 2 13,5 7 0
10 16 C.A. Padrón 6 3 2 1 13,0 8 0
11 17 C.A. Orvina 6 3 1 2 13,0 7 0
12 13 CAI Olivar 6 1 3 2 13,0 5 0
13 5 C.A. Ibercaja 6 3 1 2 12,5 7 0
14 7 P. d´escacs Casino Pradro S. de Sitges 6 3 0 3 12,5 6 0
15 21 Club d´escacs Figueres 6 2 1 3 12,5 5 0
16 26 Círculo de las Artes 6 4 0 2 12,0 8 0
17 19 C.A. Batalla de Irún 6 3 0 3 12,0 6 0
18 14 C.A. Universidad de Vigo 6 1 2 3 11,5 4 0
19 12 C.D. Universidade de Santiago 6 2 2 2 11,0 6 1
20 18 Club Tres Peons 6 1 3 2 11,0 5 1
21 31 Iretza Gros Xake Taldea B 6 4 0 2 10,5 8 0
22 22 C.E. Sant Marti 6 3 0 3 10,5 6 2
23 15 C.D.A. San Isidoro 6 2 2 2 10,5 6 0
24 24 Grupo 64 6 2 0 4 10,5 4 0
25 23 Sol Antillas-Tropic-Casa Catalana 6 2 1 3 10,0 5 0
26 20 C.C. Sant Andreu 6 1 2 3 10,0 4 2
27 29 Peña Rey Ardid 6 1 2 3 10,0 4 0
28 25 A.D. San Viator de Vitoria 6 2 0 4 9,0 4 0
29 28 Sociedad Ajedrecística Logroñesa 6 0 2 4 9,0 2 0
30 27 C.A. UNED de Segovia 6 1 1 4 7,5 3 0
31 30 C.A. Gambito - UC 6 1 0 5 6,5 2 0
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'.
The 'Experience' team consists of Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia), Artur
Jussupow (Germany), Alexander Khalifman (Russia), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia)
and Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia).
The 'Rising Stars' team consists of Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Sergey
Karjakin (Ukraine), Parimarjan Negi (India), Jan Smeets (The Netherlands) and
Daniel Stellwagen (The Netherlands). A place in the Amber 2008 tournament is
part of the prize for the top finishing rising star.
Official site: http://www.nhchess2007.nl/
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://malaysiaopen.net -
http://tcn.sourceforge.net -
http://chess.maribelajar.com -
http://www.gilachess.com
Round 1 Pairings:
GM Zhang, Zhong 2634 CHN- Nanjo, Ryosuke 2165 JPN
GM Adianto, Utut 2583 INA- Kojima, Shinya 2156 JPN
GM Chandler, Murray 2540 ENG- Tan, Khai Boon 2138 MAS
GM Dao, Thien Hai 2537 VIE- Yeap, Eng Cheam 2138 MAS
GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2537 VIE- Illingworth, Max 2137 AUS
Li Chao 2529 CHN- Abang, Mohd Reduan 2136 MAS
GM Zaiur Rahman 2522 BAN- Bennett, Hilton 2132 NZL
IM So, Wesley 2516 PHI- Dotsenko, Viacheslav 2132 RUS
IM Wang, Rui 2482 CHN- Ruston, Mark R 2116 ENG
Zhou, Weiqi 2469 CHN-WIM Moylan, Laura 2100 AUS
Irwanto Sadikin 2456 INA-FM Jones, Brian 2084 AUS
IM Girinath, P.D.S. 2440 IND- Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R 2080 IND
Julio Catalinco 2421 PHI- Chong, Chor Yuen 2067 HKG
C. Sadorra
IM Tirto 2418 INA- Lim, Kian Hwa 2062 MAS
WGM Li, Ruofan 2417 SIN- Low, Jun Jian 2057 MAS
IM Lane, Gary W. 2412 AUS- Spiller, Paul 2037 NZL
IM Barlo A Nadera 2402 PHI-WFM Milligan, Helen 2034 SCO
Rolando, Nolte 2396 PHI- Inoue, Sho 2031 JPN
IM Ginting, Nasib 2393 INA- Crowdy, Stephen C 2030 ENG
Wan, Yunguo 2386 CHN- Mohan, Raj 1986 MAS
Senador, Emmanvel 2380 PHI- Viswanath, Sandilya B. 1967 IND
IM Bancod, Ronald 2373 PHI- Schon, Eugene 1963 AUS
IM Mas, Hafizulhelmi 2372 MAS- S., Balendran 1951 MAS
FM Mok, Tze-Meng 2346 MAS- Lee, T H Bryan 1867 HKG
WIM Zhang, Jilin 2338 CHN- Japeri, Reduan 1831 MAS
Shen, Siyuan 2337 CHN- Roland Brockman 1793 AUS
Wang, Li 2337 CHN- Ahmad, Morsin 0 MAS
FM Lim, Yee-Weng 2336 MAS- Fong Wei Chern, Gavin 0 MAS
Khairul, Aman 2316 INA- Cristopher Masters 0 HKG
FM Sebastian Simanjuntak 2271 INA- David Gates 0 ENG
FM Tindall, Brett 2258 AUS- Junaid Pamungkas 0 INA
FM Saw, Geoffrey 2257 AUS- Justin Tan 0 AUS
FM Ton That Nhu Tung 2247 VIE- Kaiser Jenius 0 INA
Wallis, Christopher 2238 AUS- Law, Mark 0 HKG
Zakaria, Fairin 2225 MAS- Yaudi 0 INA
Constance, James 2205 ENG- Zhang, Jing 0 CHN
Haessler, Carl 2167 USA
The Kavala Open took place in Kavala (GRE), 4th-12th August 2007. Ivan
Ivanisevic defeated Vasilios Kotronias in the final round to take first place
with 7.5/9. Official final standings now available.
Official site: http://www.chesskavala.gr/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 5-12 viii 2007
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1 Ivanisevic Ivan 7½ 37½ 53½ 44.75 6
2 Kotronias Vasilios 7 39 54 40.25 6
3 Gelashvili Tamaz 6½ 37 52½ 36.25 4
4 Banikas Hristos 6½ 37 52 36.25 5
5 Halkias Stelios 6½ 36½ 55½ 37.75 6
6 Danielian Elina 6½ 34½ 50½ 31.75 6
7 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 6½ 34½ 49½ 33.75 5
Milanovic Danilo 6½ 34½ 49½ 33.75 5
9 Nikolov Momchil 6½ 33½ 49½ 35.50 4
10 Oleksienko Mikhailo 6½ 33 51½ 35.25 6
11 Margvelashvili Giorgi 6½ 33 47 31.25 5
12 Dimitrov Pavel 6½ 32½ 49½ 33.25 5
13 Perunovic Milos 6 34 51 32.25 4
14 Papadopoulos I 6 34 50 32.00 3
15 Kolev Atanas 6 33½ 53 34.00 4
16 Spasov Vasil 6 32½ 49 31.00 4
17 Parligras Mircea 6 32 51 33.25 3
18 Petkov Vladimir 6 32 48½ 30.50 5
19 Sanikidze Tornike 6 32 45½ 28.50 4
20 Morchiashvili Bachana 6 32 45 27.25 4
21 Marjanovic Slavoljub 6 31 47½ 30.00 4
22 Ghane Shojaat 6 31 46½ 30.25 4
23 Dzagnidze Nana 6 29½ 46 29.50 4
139 players
83rd Hastings International Congress
The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress takes place 28
December 2007 to 6 January 2008. This includes a 10 round Master Swiss, and an
open FIDE Rated tournament 5-6 January. Celebrating what? The lives of the many
people who have died within the past four years, who have so enriched the chess
scene with their work. Full details http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Contact: Con Power conpowr@aol.com
Entries so far include:
Vugar Gashimov GM AZE 2655
Vadim Malakhatko GM BEL 2596
Nidjat Mamedov GM AZE 2548
Stuart Conquest GM ENG 2546
Mark Hebden GM ENG 2540
Nicholas Pert GM ENG 2536
Gawain Jones GM ENG 2526
David Howell GM ENG 2519
Glenn Flear GM ENG 2479
Stewart Haslinger GME ENG 2468
Anna Zozulia IM/WGM BEL 2332
Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2008
The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival will be held
from 22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best
hotels. In previous years players of the quality of Alexei Shirov, Michael
Adams and Nigel Short have played in the Masters section. Usually the Masters
field includes at least 30 grandmasters. In 2008 the first prize in the Masters
has gone up to £12,000 and the tournament is so strong at the top that it
even offers a £2,000 prize for the best score by a player rated under
2600 (we think that might be unique worldwide) as well as the same amount for
other rating categories down to sub-2200. There is also big money to be won in
the Under 2250 (£1,500 first prize) and Under 1850 (£1,000 first
prize) events. Even the relatively light-hearted evening events (which cost
nothing to enter) have a combined prize fund of £1,200.
Full details and entry form:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Books on chess.fm with John Watson
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. On Tuesday 20th August 2007 his guest is the great Dutch
journalist Hans Ree. You can catch the show by signing up for ICC trial
membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
European Team Chess Championships
The European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) takes place 27th October -
7th November 2007 in the luxurious Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete,
Greece.
Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org
XXXVII Rilton Cup
XXXVII Rilton Cup 2007-12-27 – 2008-01-05 Mälarsalen.
Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, Stockholm, SWEDEN Stockholm
Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 37th Rilton Cup. This
year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than SEK 200 000 (about 22
000 euro) will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton
Open (Rilton Open is only open for Nordic players with a rating lower than
national 1800). Rilton Cup and Rilton ELO is Elo registrated Rilton Cup and
Rilton Elo plays 9 rounds Fide Swiss. The first round starts at 13:00 on the
27th of December and the following rounds start at 11:00 every day until the
5th of January. The 1st of January (New Year’s Day) is free. Send your
entry by mail, fax or e-mail, not later than the 17th of December to Stockholm
Chess Federation, attention “Rilton Cup”. Mobile telephones or
computers are not allowed in the playing hall. Rilton Cup Open for players with
an Elo rating or national rating >= 2200. Reflection time: 40 moves in two
hours, 20 moves in one hour and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Entry fees: 800 SEK, 400 for FM, 300 for players born 1987 or later. IGM
and IM free. Prizes (SEK): 1st 20 000 2nd 16 000 3rd 12 000 4th 10 000 5th 8
000 6th 6 000 7:th 5 000 8th 4 000 9th 3 000 10th 3 000 10th 3 000 Rating
prizes: 3 000, 2 000 and 1000 (not for GMs and IMs). Prizemoney is not divided.
Rilton Elo Open for all players with a n Elo rating or national rating up to
2199. Reflection time: 40 moves in two hours, then one hour for the rest of the
game. Entry fees: 600 SEK, 400 for FM, 300 for players born 1987 or later.
Prizes (SEK): 1st 8 000 2nd 5000 3rd 3 000 4th 2 000 5th 1 000 6th 500 Rating
prizes: 3 000, 2 000 and 1000 Prizemoney is not divided.
Stockholms Schackförbund Hornsgatan 82 118 21 Stockholm Tel: 08-669
36 54 Mobil: 073-613 19 73 Fax: 08-669 64 44 Spellokal: 08-668 21 35 (under
turneringen) E-mail:stockholms.schackfrbund@telia.com
Further details: http://www.stockholmschack.nu
Benidorm Chess Festival
The VI Festival Internacional de Ajedrez de Benidorm 2007 takes place
30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and
http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
Alexandra Kosteniuk Killer Chess Tips
Alexandra Kosteniuk has a free video podcast Killer Chess Tips which is
available at the link below on RSS feed or Itunes.
Official site: http://www.chesskillertips.com
Panevezys Open and WGM events
Panevezys city in Lithuania hosts an open tournament 18th-24th August
2007. Alongside is a WGM event 20th-26th August 2007.
Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt/
Open Event Top 10 players
1. Kveinys, Aloyzas LTU 2537 gm
2. Batyrov, Sapar TKM 2471 gm
3. Sakalauskas, Vaidas LTU 2403 im
4. Malinin, Yuri RUS 2374 im
5. Savickas, Airidas LTU 2363 fm
6. Luch, Michal POL 2362 im
7. Dambrauskas, Virginijus LTU 2336 im
8. Pileckis, Emilis LTU 2326
9. Chocenka, Dmitrijus LTU 2298
10. Labuckas, Aidas LTU 2291 im
WGM event Players
Anna Sharevich BLR 2305 WGM
Alina Motoc ROM 2289 WGM
Evgenyia Doluhanova UKR 2218 WGM
Deimante Daulyte LTU 2216 WIM
Zivile Sarakauskiene LTU 2176 WIM
Viktorija Ni LAT 2147 WFM
Anna Warakomska POL 2135 WFM
Limontaite Simona LTU 2140
Acropolis 2007
The Acropolis International Chess Tournament 2007 Athens, Greece takes
place 14th-22nd August 2007.
Leading players: 1 GM Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2663 2 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR
2649 3 GM Svetushkin, Dmitry MDA 2618 4 GM Gelashvili, Tamaz GEO 2604 5 GM
Kotronias, Vasilios GRE 2602 6 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2596 7 GM Malakhatko,
Vadim BEL 2596 8 GM Graf, Alexander GER 2595 9 GM Chatalbashev, Boris BUL 2573
10 GM Banikas, Hristos GRE 2567 11 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2551 12 GM
Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2546
Official site:
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/default.asp
Abkhazia Open
The IV Int. Chess Festival "Abkhazia Open" takes place 3rd-12th August
2007 in the resort of Sukhum on the Black Sea.
There are 322 participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan
and Israel: 171 players with FIDE-Rating, under them 8 GMs and 20 IMs. During
the ceremony of festival's opening the Director of the Festival, President of
Abkhazian Chess Federation Mr.Konstantin Tuzhba has asked one minute of silence
for the memory of GM Maxim Sorokin who was a highest rated player by last
edition of the festival in 2006. On free day 8th August blitz tournament in
memory of him. Blitz tournament "Maxim Sorokin Memorial" will take part on free
day 8th August. Ex-World Champion Anatoly Karpov which name chess school in
Sukhum called sent his greetings letter to the participants of the festival.
There are games but only in Russian in document format.
Further info: http://www.chess-events.org and
http://www.abkhaziachess.ru
Bratto 2007
The 27th International Chess Festival in Bratto, Italy takes place
August 23rd-31st 2007. There will be about 20 GMs including GM Tiviakov S. GM
Cebalo M. GM Godena M. GM Epishin V. GM David A. GM Khenkin I. WGM Sebag Marie
WGM Fierro Baquero Martha WGM Zimina Olga
Official site: http://www.scaccobratto.com/
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
Lebanon Championships
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
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.
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/
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
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
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
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/
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/
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
