THE WEEK IN CHESS 670 10th September 2007 by Mark Crowther
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60th Championship of Russia (Higher league) 231 games
Czech Coal Carlsbad Tournament 12 games
UK-China Match 48 games
Liverpool Chess International 387 games
Baku Women's International 35 games
First Saturday September 88 games
XV Albacete International 180 games
Geller Memorial, Odessa 54 games
29th Annual Southern California Open 29 games
4th LGA Premium Cup 210 games
Trieste Chess Festival 164 games
129th New York State Championship 66 games
XIX Open Porto San Giorgio 182 games
Predeal Chess Festival 270 games
15th Nikea Open 359 games
US Chess League 48 games
26th OCF North American FIDE Open 240 games
I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 2 games
2605 games
My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, Alin Campeanu, Doru Ionescu, John
Henderson, George Mirijanian, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Miklos Orso, Doug Bake,
Frank Berry, Axel Fritz, Lou Caruana, John Hillery, Pavel Matocha, Adolivio
Capece, Bill Townsend, Colin Mackenzie, Sergey Abramov, Yin Hao, Greg Shahade,
Chris Ross and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A good week of chess. The 60th Russian Championship Higher League
offering the usual good standard. China moved on to England fresh from beating
the Russians to duff up the English aswell, things are clearly moving in the
right direction for them. Pavel Matocha followed up the Cez Chess Trophy with
another nice event the Czech Coal tournament celebrating the illustrious
history of the old Carlsbad tournaments (rather ungratefully I suggested it
would be nice to return to 26 player all play all like they did in the good old
days, now that's a proper tournament, these days a tournament of that length
would only suggest ratings manipulation, how times have changed) where he has
assembled a really nice field. Finally there has been a low key buildup at
least in my case, but the World Championship title is to change hands again
after the Mexico City tournament which starts on the 13th. The World Champion
Vladimir Kramnik defends his title against Anand, Svidler Morozevich Leko,
Gelfand, Aronian and Grischuk. I expect great things.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Chess Championship Tournament takes place in Mexico City
13th-30th September 2007.
Official site: http://www.chessmexico.com
Players: Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander
Morozevich, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Levon Aronian and Alexander Grischuk.
TWIC will have daily on the spot reports.
Sergey Shipov annotations at:http://www.chessok.com
The 60th Championship of Russia (Higher league) takes place in
Krasnoyarsk 3rd-14th September 2007.
Official site: http://russiachess.org/ [Live:
http://russiachess.org/online/ -
PGN http://russiachess.org/online/rc2007.pgn]
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60th ch-RUS Higher League Krasnoyarsk RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2007
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1. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2608 =30 +20 +28 = 4 +18 = 3 = 5 . . . . 5.0 2742
2. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2557 = 5 +22 =26 =31 +19 = 6 +16 . . . . 5.0 2785
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2606 +63 +46 = 4 +24 = 6 = 1 =10 . . . . 5.0 2745
4. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2598 +55 +10 = 3 = 1 =13 =16 =12 . . . . 4.5 2709
5. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2648 = 2 + 8 =51 =33 =32 +38 = 1 . . . . 4.5 2679
6. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 +42 =51 =33 +27 = 3 = 2 = 7 . . . . 4.5 2678
7. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2566 +40 =14 =19 +34 -16 +26 = 6 . . . . 4.5 2741
8. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V g RUS 2559 = 9 - 5 +62 +14 =11 =21 +36 . . . . 4.5 2714
9. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2653 = 8 +54 =24 =51 +33 =12 =13 . . . . 4.5 2682
10. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2676 +50 - 4 +38 =26 +51 =13 = 3 . . . . 4.5 2694
11. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2634 +29 =28 =27 =45 = 8 =24 +32 . . . . 4.5 2649
12. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2591 =59 =17 +49 =16 +45 = 9 = 4 . . . . 4.5 2644
13. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2616 +47 -24 +48 +56 = 4 =10 = 9 . . . . 4.5 2673
14. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2679 =25 = 7 =44 - 8 +56 +50 +27 . . . . 4.5 2648
15. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2654 =44 =48 =29 =50 +47 =27 +24 . . . . 4.5 2659
16. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2658 =54 =25 +42 =12 + 7 = 4 - 2 . . . . 4.0 2621
17. Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2521 =35 =12 =21 =28 =39 =23 +51 . . . . 4.0 2640
18. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2623 =37 +53 =32 +39 - 1 =20 =21 . . . . 4.0 2619
19. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2605 =52 +30 = 7 =32 - 2 =25 +44 . . . . 4.0 2600
20. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2524 =34 - 1 +64 +43 =26 =18 =22 . . . . 4.0 2642
21. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2601 -46 +63 =17 =47 +48 = 8 =18 . . . . 4.0 2593
22. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2634 =53 - 2 =52 =30 +63 +39 =20 . . . . 4.0 2586
23. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2590 =49 =45 -56 +59 =29 =17 +46 . . . . 4.0 2532
24. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2562 +43 +13 = 9 - 3 =36 =11 -15 . . . . 3.5 2636
25. Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2567 =14 =16 =40 =46 =34 =19 =31 . . . . 3.5 2618
26. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2599 =60 +52 = 2 =10 =20 - 7 =30 . . . . 3.5 2550
27. Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2578 =57 +62 =11 - 6 +37 =15 -14 . . . . 3.5 2575
28. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2572 +61 =11 - 1 =17 =46 =34 =40 . . . . 3.5 2564
29. Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2551 -11 +61 =15 =35 =23 =51 =41 . . . . 3.5 2578
30. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2518 = 1 -19 =65 =22 +54 =31 =26 . . . . 3.5 2565
31. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2597 =58 =60 =37 = 2 =44 =30 =25 . . . . 3.5 2533
32. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2577 =64 +57 =18 =19 = 5 =36 -11 . . . . 3.5 2570
33. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2583 =62 +58 = 6 = 5 - 9 =44 =35 . . . . 3.5 2578
34. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2613 =20 =37 +60 - 7 =25 =28 =38 . . . . 3.5 2548
35. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2608 =17 =59 =46 =29 =50 =45 =33 . . . . 3.5 2521
36. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2636 =48 =44 =47 +54 =24 =32 - 8 . . . . 3.5 2557
37. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2541 =18 =34 =31 =38 -27 =57 +61 . . . . 3.5 2543
38. Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2567 =65 +64 -10 =37 +40 - 5 =34 . . . . 3.5 2558
39. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2579 =45 =56 +59 -18 =17 -22 +57 . . . . 3.5 2508
40. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2669 - 7 +65 =25 =44 -38 +52 =28 . . . . 3.5 2528
41. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2577 =56 =49 -45 =57 +65 =46 =29 . . . . 3.5 2451
42. Ovetchkin, Roman g RUS 2557 - 6 +66 -16 =49 =57 =47 +56 . . . . 3.5 2508
43. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2659 -24 -47 +66 -20 =58 +62 +45 . . . . 3.5 2483
44. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2561 =15 =36 =14 =40 =31 =33 -19 . . . . 3.0 2581
45. Kiselev, Gennady m RUS 2434 =39 =23 +41 =11 -12 =35 -43 . . . . 3.0 2555
46. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2509 +21 - 3 =35 =25 =28 =41 -23 . . . . 3.0 2538
47. Panarin, Michail m RUS 2529 -13 +43 =36 =21 -15 =42 =53 . . . . 3.0 2561
48. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2554 =36 =15 -13 +52 -21 =49 =55 . . . . 3.0 2516
49. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2451 =23 =41 -12 =42 =53 =48 =50 . . . . 3.0 2520
50. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2567 -10 =55 +58 =15 =35 -14 =49 . . . . 3.0 2529
51. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2591 +67 = 6 = 5 = 9 -10 =29 -17 . . . . 3.0 2543
52. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2510 =19 -26 =22 -48 +59 -40 +64 . . . . 3.0 2515
53. Kryakvin, Dmitry f RUS 2554 =22 -18 =57 =65 =49 =56 =47 . . . . 3.0 2443
54. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2561 =16 - 9 +55 -36 -30 =58 +63 . . . . 3.0 2516
55. Zablotsky, Sergei f RUS 2498 - 4 =50 -54 =62 =61 +65 =48 . . . . 3.0 2445
56. Voinov, Alexandr f RUS 2428 =41 =39 +23 -13 -14 =53 -42 . . . . 2.5 2491
57. Kostin, Alexey m RUS 2434 =27 -32 =53 =41 =42 =37 -39 . . . . 2.5 2464
58. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2488 =31 -33 -50 =64 =43 =54 =59 . . . . 2.5 2449
59. Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2482 =12 =35 -39 -23 -52 +66 =58 . . . . 2.5 2437
60. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2500 =26 =31 -34 -63 =62 -61 +65 . . . . 2.5 2399
61. Pevzner, Lev m RUS 2395 -28 -29 =63 =66 =55 +60 -37 . . . . 2.5 2409
62. Sidorov, Anatoly m RUS 2438 =33 -27 - 8 =55 =60 -43 +66 . . . . 2.5 2438
63. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2512 - 3 -21 =61 +60 -22 =64 -54 . . . . 2.0 2371
64. Petrukhin, Denis f RUS 2412 =32 -38 -20 =58 =66 =63 -52 . . . . 2.0 2354
65. Kremenietsky, Anatoly M m RUS 2353 =38 -40 =30 =53 -41 -55 -60 . . . . 1.5 2324
66. Keosidi, Konstantin f RUS 2409 . -42 -43 =61 =64 -59 -62 . . . . 1.0 2217
67. Chuiko, Alexander m RUS 2452 -51 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
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The Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament takes place 7th-15th September
2007.
Players: Alexei Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov Vladimir Akopian, Viktor
Korchnoi, Jan Timman, David Navara, Sergej Movsesian and Viktor
Láznicka.
Details: http://www.praguechess.cz/kvenglish.htm.
Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/
Round 1 (September 8, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 60 C54 Giuoco Piano
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Navara, David 1/2 31 D12 Slav Defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Timman, Jan H 1/2 37 E01 Catalan
Shirov, Alexei - Laznicka, Viktor 0-1 70 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (September 9, 2007)
Akopian, Vladimir - Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 43 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Movsesian, Sergei - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 32 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Timman, Jan H - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 27 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Navara, David - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 37 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 3 (September 10, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 42 D15 Slav Defence
Laznicka, Viktor - Navara, David 1/2 57 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Korchnoi, Viktor - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 71 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei - Timman, Jan H 0-1 44 E15 Queens Indian
Czech Coal Carlsbad CZE (CZE), 8-15 ix 2007cat. XVII (2655)
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1 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2708 * = . . . 1 = . 2.0 2748
2 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2667 = * . = . . 1 . 2.0 2799
3 Timman, Jan H g NED 2560 . . * = . . = 1 2.0 2808
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2706 . = = * = . . . 1.5 2627
5 Navara, David g CZE 2656 . . . = * = . = 1.5 2678
6 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2594 0 . . . = * . 1 1.5 2699
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 = 0 = . . . * . 1.0 2520
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 . . 0 . = 0 . * 0.5 2330
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The Liverpool Chess International took place 3rd-9th September 2007.
China had a comfortable 28 - 20 win against a UK team.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
Round 1 (September 4, 2007)
Houska, Jovanka - Ding Yixin 1/2 63 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Shen Yang 1-0 33 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Hou Yifan - Howell, David W L 1/2 22 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Jones, Gawain C B - Ni Hua 0-1 52 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pert, Nicholas - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 22 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Rowson, Jonathan - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 51 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Wang Hao - Short, Nigel D 1-0 54 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Wang Yue - Adams, Michael 1/2 30 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 (September 5, 2007)
Ding Yixin - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1/2 72 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Shen Yang - Houska, Jovanka 1/2 54 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Howell, David W L - Wang Hao 0-1 34 C07 French Tarrasch
Jones, Gawain C B - Hou Yifan 1-0 57 C03 French Tarrasch
Zhang Pengxiang - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 45 C03 French Tarrasch
Ni Hua - Rowson, Jonathan 1-0 28 C45 Scotch Game
Short, Nigel D - Wang Yue 1/2 29 C47 Four Knights
Bu Xiangzhi - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 A30 English Symmetrical
Round 3 (September 6, 2007)
Ding Yixin - Houska, Jovanka 1/2 34 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shen Yang - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 0-1 39 E97 King's Indian Classical
Howell, David W L - Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 83 C05 French Tarrasch
Wang Hao - Jones, Gawain C B 1/2 104 C96 Ruy Lopez
Hou Yifan - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 74 C18 French Winawer
Wang Yue - Rowson, Jonathan 1-0 83 E15 Queens Indian
Short, Nigel D - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 39 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Adams, Michael - Ni Hua 1-0 51 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 4 (September 7, 2007)
Houska, Jovanka - Shen Yang 0-1 53 C90 Ruy Lopez
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Ding Yixin 1-0 53 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Ni Hua - Howell, David W L 1/2 60 A16 English Opening
Bu Xiangzhi - Jones, Gawain C B 1-0 53 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Pert, Nicholas - Wang Yue 1/2 50 D19 Slav Defence
Rowson, Jonathan - Wang Hao 1/2 21 D12 Slav Defence
Hou Yifan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 70 C60 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 44 B45 Sicilian Classical
Round 5 (September 8, 2007)
Houska, Jovanka - Ding Yixin 0-1 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Shen Yang 1/2 31 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Howell, David W L - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 62 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Jones, Gawain C B - Wang Yue 1/2 77 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ni Hua - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 58 C08 French Tarrasch
Rowson, Jonathan - Hou Yifan 1/2 35 E15 Queens Indian
Zhang Pengxiang - Short, Nigel D 1/2 52 C45 Scotch Game
Wang Hao - Adams, Michael 1/2 26 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 6 (September 9, 2007)
Ding Yixin - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1-0 52 B59 Sicilian Boleslavsky
Shen Yang - Houska, Jovanka 1/2 31 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Wang Yue - Howell, David W L 1-0 57 A16 English Opening
Zhang Pengxiang - Jones, Gawain C B 1/2 50 A45 Trompowsky
Pert, Nicholas - Wang Hao 1/2 30 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Bu Xiangzhi - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 22 D36 QGD Exchange
Short, Nigel D - Ni Hua 1/2 44 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Adams, Michael - Hou Yifan 1-0 39 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Final Round 6 Standings:
UK-CHN Match Liverpool (ENG), 4-9 ix 2007
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Chinese Men
1 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 4.0 2722
2 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 4.0 2722
3 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 4.0 2722
4 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 4.0 2722
5 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 3.5 2654
6 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 2.5 2540
22.0
Chinese Women
1 Ding Yixin wf CHN 2278 3.5 2466
2 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 2.5 2352
6.0
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28.0
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UK Men
1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 3.5 2700
2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 3.0 2643
3 Jones, Gawain C B m ENG 2526 2.5 2586
4 Howell, David W L g ENG 2519 2.0 2518
5 Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2536 1.5 2450
6 Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2599 1.5 2450
14.0
UK Women
1 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 4.0 2483
2 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 2.0 2233
6.0
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20.0
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UK-CHN Match Liverpool ENG (ENG), 4-9 ix 2007
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1 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 +11 = 7 +11 + 7 =11 - 7 4.0 2483
2 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 + 9 +13 =10 =16 = 6 =15 4.0 2722
3 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 +16 +15 -13 + 6 = 9 =10 4.0 2722
4 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 = 6 = 9 +16 =15 =10 +13 4.0 2722
5 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 +10 +16 - 6 =13 +15 = 9 4.0 2722
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 = 4 = 8 + 5 - 3 = 2 +12 3.5 2700
7 Ding Yixin wf CHN 2278 =14 = 1 =14 - 1 +14 + 1 3.5 2466
8 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 =15 = 6 - 9 +10 +13 =16 3.5 2654
9 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 - 2 = 4 + 8 =12 = 3 = 5 3.0 2643
10 Jones, Gawain C B m ENG 2526 - 5 +12 = 2 - 8 = 4 = 3 2.5 2586
11 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 - 1 =14 - 1 +14 = 1 =14 2.5 2352
12 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 =13 -10 +15 = 9 =16 - 6 2.5 2540
13 Howell, David W L g ENG 2519 =12 - 2 + 3 = 5 - 8 - 4 2.0 2518
14 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 = 7 =11 = 7 -11 - 7 =11 2.0 2233
15 Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2536 = 8 - 3 -12 = 4 - 5 = 2 1.5 2450
16 Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2599 - 3 - 5 - 4 = 2 =12 = 8 1.5 2450
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The Liverpool Chess International Open took place 3rd-9th September 2007
alongside the main China - UK match. Daniel Fridman won the event alone with
7/9 half a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
Final Round 9 Standings:
Pos Player lty tl Rtng A B C D E F
1 Fridman, Daniel.......... GER g 2628 7 8 6½ 2459 5.77 0.73
2 Berg, Emanuel............ SWE g 2580 6½ 9 6½ 2398 6.65 -0.15
3 Dgebuadze, Alexandre..... BEL g 2508 6½ 9 6½ 2384 5.89 0.61
4 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan..... IRI g 2610 6½ 9 6½ 2415 6.75 -0.25
5 Gormally, Danny.......... ENG g 2509 6½ 9 6½ 2410 5.65 0.85
6 Lalic, Bogdan............ CRO g 2509 6½ 9 6½ 2358 6.16 0.34
7 Lie, Kjetil.............. NOR g 2536 6½ 9 6½ 2401 6.09 0.41
8 Vovk, Yuri............... UKR m 2557 6½ 8 5½ 2347 6.18 -0.68
9 Ansell, Simon............ ENG m 2405 6 9 6 2318 5.40 0.60
10 David, Alberto........... LUX g 2529 6 8 5 2486 4.45 0.55
11 Haslinger, Stewart....... ENG m 2468 6 9 6 2450 4.71 1.29
12 Hebden, Mark............. ENG g 2540 6 9 6 2417 5.97 0.03
13 McNab, Colin............. SCO g 2416 6 8 5 2427 3.89 1.11
14 Meijers, Viesturs........ LAT g 2483 6 9 6 2326 6.25 -0.25
15 Miezis, Normandus........ LTU g 2524 6 9 6 2410 5.89 0.11
16 Quillan, Gary............ ENG 2359 6 7 4 2415 2.97 1.03
17 Carleton, John........... ENG 2322 5½ 7 3½ 2265 3.98 -0.48
18 Greet, Andrew............ ENG m 2441 5½ 9 5½ 2412 4.78 0.72
19 Madan, Augustin.......... ROM m 2425 5½ 9 5½ 2326 5.60 -0.10
20 Palliser, Richard........ ENG m 2417 5½ 9 5½ 2300 5.73 -0.23
21 Rendle, Thomas........... ENG m 2416 5½ 8 4½ 2299 4.99 -0.49
22 Shaw, John............... SCO g 2446 5½ 9 5½ 2434 4.53 0.97
23 Smerdon, David........... AUS m 2461 5½ 9 5½ 2445 4.58 0.92
24 Williams, Simon.......... ENG m 2480 5½ 9 5½ 2395 5.37 0.13
25 Ak Hirawan, Pg Mohd Omar. BRU 2344 5 7 3 2187 4.82 -1.82
26 Atako, Chino............. ENG 2181 5 6 2 2278 2.31 -0.31
27 Ciuksyte, Dagne.......... ENG m 2426 5 9 5 2280 6.08 -1.08
28 Glud, Jakob Vang......... DEN m 2435 5 9 5 2283 6.16 -1.16
29 Goodger, Martyn.......... ENG 2093 5 7 3 2347 1.32 1.68
30 Kennaugh, Charles........ ENG f 2294 5 7 3 2379 2.74 0.26
31 Lanka, Ravi.............. IND m 2404 5 8 4 2391 4.06 -0.06
32 Mikkelsen, Nikolaj....... DEN f 2303 5 9 5 2249 5.01 -0.01
33 Sebenik, Matej........... SLO m 2465 5 9 5 2373 5.46 -0.46
34 Weeks, Manuel............ AUS 2200 5 6 2½ 2307 2.23 0.27
35 Wu, Li................... ENG 2314 5 9 5 2335 4.22 0.78
36 Almond, Richard.......... ENG 2101 4½ 4 1 2390 0.61 0.39
37 Brown, Martin............ ENG 2038 4½ 7 3 2256 1.61 1.39
38 Hawkins, Nicholas........ ENG 2016 4½ 4 1 2278 0.69 0.31
39 Jameson, David........... WLS 2006 4½ 5 1½ 2250 0.99 0.51
40 Jowett, Peter............ ENG 2196 4½ 7 3 2250 3.02 -0.02
41 Minnican, Alan........... SCO 2110 4½ 7 2½ 2214 2.65 -0.15
42 Pass, Deborah............ ENG wf 2044 4½ 5 1 2191 1.63 -0.63
43 Peacock, Malcolm......... ENG 2094 4½ 4 1 2226 1.36 -0.36
44 Redmond, John............ IRL 2212 4½ 4 1 2075 2.66 -1.66
45 Storey, Charles.......... ENG 2218 4½ 8 3½ 2333 2.83 0.67
46 Tasker, Michael.......... ENG 2070 4½ 5 1½ 2168 1.92 -0.42
47 Williamson, Roger........ ENG 2129 4½ 7 2½ 2243 2.57 -0.07
48 Yeo, Michael............. ENG 2153 4½ 6 1½ 2232 2.49 -0.99
49 Almer, Julia............. SWE 1932 4 6 1½ 2193 1.04 0.46
50 Armstrong, Malcolm....... ENG 2126 4 6 2 2192 2.53 -0.53
51 Brocklebank, Peter....... ENG 4 4 0 2211 1534
52 Cannon, Raymond C........ ENG 2050 4 4 0 2358 0.47 -0.47
53 James, David............. WLS f 2220 4 8 3 2209 4.19 -1.19
54 Lambert, John............ ENG 4 5 1 2123 1883
55 Lee, Steven.............. ENG 4 6 2 1999 1874
56 McBride, John............ SCO 4 6 1½ 2143 1950
57 Mollison, Jamie.......... SCO 1917 4 5 0 2232 0.61 -0.61
58 Owen, Dennis............. ENG 4 8 3½ 2179 2136
59 Reppen, Ellisiv.......... NOR 1922 4 7 2 2247 0.69 1.31
60 Reuben, Stewart.......... ENG c 2144 4 4 1 2206 1.67 -0.67
61 Blades, Tony............. ENG 3½ 4 0 2108 1431
62 Ewart, Brian............. ENG 3½ 8 2½ 2117 1976
63 Kaufman, Raymond......... USA f 2310 3½ 7 3½ 2282 3.68 -0.18
64 Kent, Paul............... ENG 3½ 2 0
65 Littlewood, John......... ENG f 2230 3½ 8 2½ 2113 5.13 -2.63
66 MacDonald, Paul.......... SCO 3½ 8 3 2121 2034
67 Macgilchrist, Siegrun.... SCO 1834 3½ 3 0 2135 0.42 -0.42
68 Potter, Steven........... ENG 3½ 7 1½ 2113 1883
69 Taylor, Edward H......... ENG 2072 3½ 3 ½ 2305 0.66 -0.16
70 Wilson, Alexandra........ SUI wf 2066 3½ 7 2 2327 1.32 0.68
71 Ali, Golam............... ENG 1816 3 5 1½ 2126 0.59 0.91
72 Ashton, David............ ENG 3 3 0 2154 1477
73 Chard, Marcus............ ENG 3 7 2 2003 1845
74 Frith, Robert............ ENG 3 5 ½ 2172 1806
75 Martin, Brian............ ENG 3 3 0 1952 1275
76 Balatoni, Richard........ ENG 2½ 4 0 2146 1469
77 Crean, Mike.............. ENG 2½ 3 0 2020 1343
78 Morton, Alistair......... ENG 2½ 5 0 1977 1300
79 Solomon, Graeme.......... ENG 2½ 4 ½ 2002 1666
80 Brooke, John............. ENG 1887 2 3 0 2223 0.18 -0.18
81 Campbell, Ian............ ENG 1996 2 1 0 2346 0.07 -0.07
82 Rudd, Jack............... ENG f 2370 2 5 2 2265 3.08 -1.08
83 Wood, Michael............ ENG 2 3 ½ 2007 1734
84 Bentley, Emma............ ENG 1½ 2 0
85 Baudisson, William....... ENG ½ 1 0
86 Doran, Chris............. ENG ½ 2 ½
87 Lawson, Andrew........... ENG 2200 0 0 0
The 2nd Baku International Women Chess Tournament takes place 3-12
september 2007. Antoaneta Stefanova leads on 5.5/7.
Official site: http://azerichess.az/
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2nd Women's Baku AZE (AZE), 4-12 ix 2007 cat. VII (2410)
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1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 * = = . 1 . = 1 1 1 5.5 2629
2. Socko, Monika m POL 2479 = * = = . 1 = 1 . 1 5.0 2580
3. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2460 = = * = 1 0 1 . 1 . 4.5 2517
4. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2533 . = = * = 1 . 0 1 1 4.5 2475
5. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2450 0 . 0 = * . = 1 1 1 4.0 2462
6. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2283 . 0 1 0 . * 1 0 1 = 3.5 2411
7. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2467 = = 0 . = 0 * 1 = . 3.0 2347
8. Milliet, Sophie wg FRA 2414 0 0 . 1 0 1 0 * . = 2.5 2327
9. Umudova, Nargiz wm AZE 2213 0 . 0 0 0 0 = . * 1 1.5 2197
10. Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2316 0 0 . 0 0 = . = 0 * 1.0 2098
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The First Saturday tournaments for September take place 1st-11th
September 2007.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2530 * 1 = . . 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2759
2. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2519 0 * . 1 0 1 = = 1 1 . 5.0 2536
3. Bui Vinh m VIE 2466 = . * . 1 = = = = = 1 5.0 2515
4. Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2486 . 0 . * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2513
5. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2427 . 1 0 = * 0 = 1 = . 1 4.5 2477
6. Khakimov, Timur f RUS 2409 0 0 = 0 1 * = = . 1 1 4.5 2446
7. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 0 = = = = = * . 1 = . 4.0 2455
8. Berczes, David m HUN 2450 0 = = 0 0 = . * = 1 = 3.5 2359
9. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 0 0 = = = . 0 = * . 1 3.0 2365
10. Mihok, Oliver f HUN 2402 0 0 = 0 . 0 = 0 . * 1 2.0 2256
11. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2313 = . 0 = 0 0 . = 0 0 * 1.5 2196
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1. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2289 * = . . . 1 . = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2436
2. Petran, Pal m HUN 2369 = * . . . 1 1 = . . 1 0 1 5.0 2402
3. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2296 . . * = = . . = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2351
4. Paschall, William M m USA 2353 . . = * 1 . . . = 1 1 = 0 4.5 2341
5. Molner, Mackenzie USA 2293 . . = 0 * . = . = 1 1 . 1 4.5 2366
6. Gauri, Shankar IND 2177 0 0 . . . * . 1 = . = 1 1 4.0 2315
7. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2325 . 0 . . = . * = 1 0 = = 1 4.0 2258
8. Vegh, Endre m HUN 2313 = = = . . 0 = * . . = 1 . 3.5 2269
9. Bednay, Bence f HUN 2277 0 . 0 = = = 0 . * 1 . . . 2.5 2174
10. Fowler, Simon A ENG 2204 0 . = 0 0 . 1 . 0 * . . 1 2.5 2185
11. Adams, Nick A USA 2218 = 0 = 0 0 = = = . . * . . 2.5 2160
12. Cooke, Eric USA 2213 0 1 0 = . 0 = 0 . . . * . 2.0 2145
13. Ismail, Shereif f EGY 2178 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 . . 0 . . * 2.0 2095
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The XV Albacete International took place 2nd-7th September 2007.
Vladimir Burmakin took clear first with 8/9.
Official site:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/cmancha/albacete_2007/albacete_2007.php
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XV Open Albacete ESP (ESP), 2-7 ix 2007
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1. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2581 8,0 53,0 58,0 43,0
2. Perez Mitjans, Orelvis f CUB 2412 7,0 49,5 52,5 36,5
3. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2534 7,0 49,0 53,0 36,0
4. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden g CUB 2544 7,0 48,5 53,0 35,5
5. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2498 6,5 49,0 53,0 36,0
6. Minzer, Claudio Javier m ARG 2410 6,5 47,0 51,0 34,0
7. Vassallo, Mauricio m ESP 2387 6,5 46,0 50,5 33,0
8. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2454 6,5 46,0 50,0 36,0
9. Llavador Moron, Juan Jose ESP 2194 6,5 42,0 46,0 28,5
10. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S g ESP 2592 6,0 50,5 55,0 35,0
11. Babaev, Rashad g AZE 2488 6,0 47,5 52,0 34,5
12. Vitor, Antonio f POR 2373 6,0 47,5 52,0 33,0
13. Castellanos, Renier m CHI 2471 6,0 46,5 49,5 33,5
14. Rivas Pastor, Manuel g ESP 2510 6,0 46,0 50,5 34,0
15. Valmana Canto, Jaime f ESP 2346 6,0 45,0 49,0 32,0
16. Picazo Lopez, Juan Antonio ESP 2198 6,0 45,0 48,0 31,5
17. Fernandez Barrera, Victor ESP 2204 6,0 44,5 48,5 30,5
18. Granero Roca, Antonio m ESP 2348 6,0 43,5 47,0 32,5
19. Saldano, Horacio m ESP 2451 6,0 43,5 47,0 30,5
20. Guerra Bastida, Diego m ESP 2370 6,0 43,0 46,5 31,5
108 players
The Efim Geller Chess Memorial takes place in Odessa, Ukraine from
September 7th-16th September 2007.
Daily coverage: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t131.html
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3rd Geller mem Open A Odessa UKR (UKR), 8-16 ix 2007
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1. 12 Malaniuk, Vladimir P 2522 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 3032 +0.45
13 Vysochin, Spartak 2518 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 3020 +0.43
18 Teterev, Vitaly 2500 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 3001 +0.43
21 Golubev, Mikhail 2472 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 2966 +0.41
22 Tarlev, Konstantin 2472 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 2962 +0.41
4 Chernyshov, Konstantin 2570 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 3093 +0.47
7 Zubov, Alexander 2552 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 3063 +0.45
25 Zhukova, Natalia 2452 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 2865 +0.13
1 Brodsky, Michail 2595 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3098 +0.44
5 Drozdovskij, Yuri 2567 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3079 +0.46
6 Oleksienko, Mikhailo 2567 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3071 +0.44
36 Shilin, Denis 2380 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3047 +0.87
15 Murariu, Andrei 2511 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3017 +0.44
17 Zubarev, Alexander 2504 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3004 +0.43
19 Zinchenko, Yaroslav 2497 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 2998 +0.43
42 Tobak, Andrey 2354 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 2992 +0.82
17. 101 Gubar, Valery 0000 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2583 0
2 Eingorn, Vereslav S 2586 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2562 -0.04
29 Kharchenko, Boris 2427 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2538 +0.34
20 Mihajlovskij, Sergei 2491 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2429 -0.12
98 Kolodiy, Taras 1869 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2412 +1.28
23 Podgaets, Mikhail 2460 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2322 -0.25
14 Firman, Nazar 2517 1.5 2.0 1.25 2.0 2519 +0.01
41 Grekh, Andrey 2355 1.5 2.0 1.25 2.0 2501 +0.39
10 Korobov, Anton 2530 1.5 2.0 1.50 2.0 2241 -0.34
24 Podolchenko, Evgeniy 2458 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2875 +0.13
3 Solodovnichenko, Yuri 2582 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2551 -0.06
26 Lushenkov, Mikhail 2447 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2551 +0.32
11 Sumets, Andrey 2529 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2494 -0.06
52 Ipatov, Alexander 2298 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2491 +0.25
37 Shevchenko, Sergey 2378 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2484 +0.33
30 Smirnov, Igor 2423 1.5 1.5 1.00 2.0 2423 +0.00
50 Zdebskaja, Natalia 2303 1.5 1.0 0.75 2.0 2821 +0.22
32 Zavgorodniy, Sergiy 2422 1.5 1.0 0.75 2.0 2278 -0.26
45 Fingerov, Dmitry 2330 1.5 1.0 0.75 2.0 1980 -0.39
107 players
The 29th Annual Southern California Open, held at the LAX Hilton
September 1-3, ended in a tie at 5-1 among IM Tim Taylor, IM Enrico Sevillano,
and master John Daniel Bryant. Taylor received the State Championship title and
trophy on tiebreak. Fifty-six players competed in the FIDE-rated Open section,
and a total of 288 in all sections. John Hillery directed.
Final standings are available at
http://www.westernchess.com/sco07/standings.html
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29th Southern CA Open Los Angeles USA (USA), 1-3 ix 2007
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1. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2337 5
2. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2497 5
3. Bryant, John Daniel USA 2175 5
4. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2474 4½
5. Tanaka, Christian T USA 2114 4½
6 Zhang, Kevin Z USA ---- 4½
7. Ganbold, Odondoo m MGL 2396 4½
8. Moussa, Alaa-Eddine PLE 2221 4½
9 Small, Gregg H USA 2253 4½
10. Chen, Francis USA 2162 4
11. Santos,Catalino Jr. ---- 4
12. Kurosaki, Takashi USA 2116 4
57 players
The 4th LGA Premium Cup took place in Nuernberg 6th-9th September 2007.
Jonny Hector and Vitaly Kunin finished on 6/7. News: Axel Fritz.
Official site: http://schach.lga.de/index.shtml
and live coverage: http://live.schach.lga.de/
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4th LGA Premium Cup Nuernberg GER (GER), 6-9 ix 2007
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1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2550 6.0 33.5 27.75
2. Kunin, Vitaly g GER 2507 6.0 32.0 26.25
3. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 5.5 34.0 25.50
4. Gutman, Lev g GER 2408 5.5 33.5 25.75
5. Baramidze, David g GER 2569 5.5 31.0 23.75
6. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2500 5.5 31.0 22.75
7. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2567 5.5 30.5 22.75
8. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2529 5.5 29.0 22.50
9. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2458 5.5 29.0 22.25
10. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2480 5.5 29.0 21.50
11. Prusikin, Michael g GER 2569 5.5 28.5 22.00
12. Rau, Hannes m GER 2412 5.5 28.5 20.50
13. Mainka, Romuald g GER 2499 5.5 28.0 22.25
14. Haba, Petr g CZE 2526 5.5 27.5 22.25
15. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2541 5.5 27.0 20.50
16. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2506 5.5 26.0 19.50
17. Braun, Arik m GER 2540 5.0 32.0 21.75
18. Reich, Thomas m GER 2427 5.0 30.0 19.75
19. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2569 5.0 29.5 20.00
20. Jahnel, Guenther f GER 2315 5.0 29.5 18.50
21. Chernov, Vadim m ROM 2494 5.0 29.0 19.00
22. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2350 5.0 29.0 18.00
23. Zude, Erik m GER 2399 5.0 28.0 19.25
24. Meier, Georg g GER 2546 5.0 26.5 18.50
25. Seyb, Alexander GER 2150 5.0 24.0 16.00
182 players
The 9th International Chess Festival of Trieste took place in Trieste
(Italy) 1st-8th September, 2007. Sergei Tiviakov edged out Vladimir Baklan on
tie-break after both finished on 7/9.
Website: http://www.sst1904.com/pagine/index.html
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Masters Trieste ITA (ITA), 1-8 ix 2007
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1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648 +25 +13 + 5 = 2 + 3 + 4 = 7 = 6 =12 7.0 2674
2. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2648 +24 +12 +15 = 1 = 4 = 5 = 3 +10 + 7 7.0 2686
3. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2549 +17 =16 +23 + 7 - 1 +11 = 2 + 5 = 6 6.5 2585
4. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2420 +29 = 8 +11 + 9 = 2 - 1 +13 = 7 = 5 6.0 2587
5. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2506 +31 +19 - 1 +16 +14 = 2 + 9 - 3 = 4 6.0 2574
6. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2474 +32 - 9 +26 =15 =11 +19 + 8 = 1 = 3 6.0 2560
7. Stock, Lara wm CRO 2297 +36 +10 + 9 - 3 =12 +13 = 1 = 4 - 2 5.5 2549
8. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2550 +18 = 4 =16 +19 =13 =12 - 6 +23 = 9 5.5 2471
9. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2584 +20 + 6 - 7 - 4 +27 +14 - 5 +16 = 8 5.5 2435
10. Bosiocic, Marin m CRO 2496 +28 - 7 +24 -14 +15 +16 =12 - 2 +23 5.5 2442
11. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2475 =22 +21 - 4 +34 = 6 - 3 =18 +26 +15 5.5 2367
12. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2491 +37 - 2 +25 +21 = 7 = 8 =10 =15 = 1 5.5 2489
13. Drazic, Sinisa g SRB 2480 +37 - 1 +20 +31 = 8 - 7 - 4 +21 +14 5.5 2402
14. Efimov, Igor g MNC 2426 +27 -15 +18 +10 - 5 - 9 +24 +17 -13 5.0 2390
15. Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2562 +26 +14 - 2 = 6 -10 =25 +19 =12 -11 4.5 2412
16. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2352 +35 = 3 = 8 - 5 +24 -10 +25 - 9 =20 4.5 2364
17. Elias, Leonardo ARG 2122 - 3 =27 -31 +30 +28 +21 =23 -14 =26 4.5 2189
18. Jeran, Bostjan SLO 2153 - 8 +30 -14 -24 +29 +27 =11 -19 +28 4.5 2209
19. Ramesa, Davor CRO 2310 +30 - 5 +28 - 8 +36 - 6 -15 +18 =22 4.5 2243
20. Tonon, Alessandro ITA 2186 - 9 +29 -13 =28 +34 -23 =31 +24 =16 4.5 2208
21. Tocchioni, Doriano ITA 2265 +33 -11 +36 -12 =25 -17 +22 -13 +29 4.5 2185
22. Bevilacqua, Andrea ITA 2102 =11 -23 -34 =29 +35 +36 -21 +31 =19 4.5 2127
23. Barletta, Mauro ITA 2257 =34 +22 - 3 =27 =31 +20 =17 - 8 -10 4.0 2179
24. Marzano, Carlo ITA 2230 - 2 +32 -10 +18 -16 +31 -14 -20 +27 4.0 2227
25. Hilmer, Frank GER 2221 - 1 +34 -12 +35 =21 =15 -16 -28 +32 4.0 2205
26. Aroven, Mikael SWE 2169 -15 +37 - 6 -36 =32 +34 +28 -11 =17 4.0 2123
27. Riondino, Michele ITA 1991 -14 =17 +32 =23 - 9 -18 =29 +30 -24 3.5 2114
28. Panican,Gheorghe ITA ---- -10 +35 -19 =20 -17 +33 -26 +25 -18 3.5 2088
29. Milazzo, Mario ITA 1971 - 4 -20 =30 =22 -18 +35 =27 +33 -21 3.5 2021
30. Tonel, Giulia ITA 1934 -19 -18 =29 -17 -33 +32 +35 -27 +31 3.5 1985
31. Capaliku, Aleks ITA 2112 - 5 +33 +17 -13 =23 -24 =20 -22 -30 3.0 2065
32. Heikkila, Antti FIN 2071 - 6 -24 -27 +33 =26 -30 +36 =34 -25 3.0 1954
33. Miele, Roberto ITA 1900 -21 -31 -35 -32 +30 -28 +34 -29 +36 3.0 1887
34. Bussa, Paolo ITA 1891 =23 -25 +22 -11 -20 -26 -33 =32 =35 2.5 1983
35. Pasquotto, Mirko ITA 1960 -16 -28 +33 -25 -22 -29 -30 +36 =34 2.5 1864
36. Plani, Andrea ITA 1906 - 7 +37 -21 +26 -19 -22 -32 -35 -33 2.0 1899
37. BYE ---- -13 -36 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The 129th New York State Championship was held in Colonie, a suburb of
Albany, NY from Aug. 31 to Sept 3. About 185 players competed in the four
sections.
The event was won by GMs Alexander Ivanov and Ildar Ibragimov with 5-1.
There was a lot of strong opposition at this tourney, and it’s worthwhile
to note that all the games these two grandmasters played were decisive. There
was a six way tie for third place with 4½-1½ among: GM Hikaru
Nakamura, GM Leonid Yudasin, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Sergey Kudrin, IM Jay Bonin
and expert Ben Dean-Kawamura.
The NYSCA constitution states that the NY State champion must be a
state resident, so while Ivanov and Ibragimov shared the top prize money,
neither could be NY State Champion because they both were from out of state.
There were four New Yorkers among the players with 4½ and since GM
Nakamura had the best tiebreaks, he is officially the state champion, having
previously won the title in 2004.
There were two important last round games on the top boards that
decided the final places, Nakamura-Ibragimov and Bonin-Yudasin. On board one,
GM Nakamura had 4½, leading the rest of the field by a half a point.
Ordinarily this would be a recipe for an early draw offer, but Nakamura came
roaring out of the gate with the double-edged Danish Gambit, obviously
intending to roll Ibragimov off the board. However, Nakamura’s attack
fizzled and Ibragimov was able to launch a killing counterattack. This game had
a big crowd of spectators around it as the two grandmasters tried to mate each
other as their time was running down. Such was the attraction of the game that
after Nakamura resigned and the players were going over the game, GM Yudasin
was making suggestions in spite of the fact that his own game was still going
on, and he seemed to be in trouble. However, in spite of being a pawn down
against IM Jay Bonin, Yudasin managed to draw.
Tied for ninth with 4-2 were: FM Michael Dougherty, FM James Critelli,
FM Sunil Weeramantry, Lonnie Kwartler and Michael Thaler.
The New York State championship is the longest running annual
tournament in the U.S., and possibly the world, having started in 1878 and been
held almost every year since then. There are many famous players on the list of
New York State Champions, such as world champion Jose Capablanca (1910) and 5th
World Correspondence Champion Hans Berliner (1953).
The event was directed by Steve Immitt and Bill and Brenda Goichberg.
Full crosstables for the event are posted at the Continental Chess website, the
address is: http://www.chesstour.com/nysc07r.htm
Report: Bill Townsend.
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129th ch-New York State New York USA (USA), 1-3 ix 2007
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1. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2547 5 - $1,100 21 24 17 84
2. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2599 5 - $1,100 19.5 22 16 79.5
3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2647 4½ - $140 21.5 24.5 18.5 86.5
4. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2550 4½ - $140 21 23 18 88
5. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2576 4½ - $140 20 23 17.5 85.5
6. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2365 4½ - $140 20 21.5 17 80.5
7. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2543 4½ - $140 19 21 17 83.5
8. Dean Kawamura,Ben USA ---- 4½ - $700 18.5 20.5 17 78
9. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2211 4 20 22.5 15 84
10. Critelli, James M f USA 2262 4 18 20.5 16 74
11. Weeramantry, Sunil f SRI 2217 4 18 20.5 15 74
12. Kwartler, Lonnie USA 2227 4 18 20 15 74
13. Thaler, Michael USA 2098 4 - $600 16.5 18.5 13 67.5
65 players
The XIX Open Porto San Giorgio took place 21st-29th August 2007. Gawain
Jones took clear first with 7.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.torneoscacchi.it/edizioni/torneo.asp?codice=2007&torneo=open_a
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XIX Open Porto San Giorgio ITA (ITA), 21-29 viii 2007
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1. Jones, Gawain C B m ENG 2526 7.5 51.0 41.00 40.0 2682 +1.76
2. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2375 7.0 53.5 40.50 37.0 2651 +3.26
3. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2565 7.0 52.5 39.50 36.0 2616 +0.59
4. Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2515 7.0 48.5 37.25 35.0 2554 +0.52
5. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2618 7.0 48.0 36.25 35.5 2601 -0.02
6. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2576 6.5 51.5 35.25 31.5 2492 -0.66
7. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2501 6.5 51.5 35.50 37.5 2564 +0.96
8. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2544 6.5 50.0 34.75 33.5 2504 -0.29
9. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2524 6.5 48.0 33.75 33.5 2479 -0.31
10. Trent, Lawrence m ENG 2458 6.5 48.0 34.50 34.0 2503 +0.76
11. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2536 6.5 47.5 33.75 32.0 2472 -0.45
12. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2490 6.5 47.5 31.25 35.5 2503 +0.30
13. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2567 6.5 45.5 33.50 30.5 2447 -1.01
14. Brkic, Ante g CRO 2558 6.0 54.0 34.00 37.0 2551 +0.05
15. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2524 6.0 54.0 33.75 35.5 2514 +0.00
16. Horvath, Peter g HUN 2445 6.0 52.0 32.00 34.5 2489 +0.75
17. Krivoshey, Sergei g UKR 2500 6.0 51.0 32.25 36.0 2524 +0.40
18. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2464 6.0 51.0 32.25 35.0 2474 +0.27
19. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2456 6.0 50.5 32.00 34.0 2483 +0.53
20. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2550 6.0 48.5 30.25 30.5 2428 -1.16
21. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2491 6.0 48.0 31.50 32.5 2421 -0.62
22. Di Caro, Calogero f ITA 2366 6.0 48.0 29.25 31.0 2430 +0.88
23. Rendle, Thomas E m ENG 2416 6.0 47.0 30.00 30.0 2348 -0.58
24. Bokros, Albert m HUN 2468 6.0 46.5 30.50 31.0 2378 -0.84
25. Andonov, Bogomil m BUL 2383 6.0 46.5 29.00 29.0 2319 -0.56
26. Calavalle, Giulio ITA 2212 6.0 46.0 26.75 28.0 2419 +2.30
27. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2264 6.0 44.5 27.25 29.0 2377 +1.32
28. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2345 6.0 42.5 27.75 29.5 2310 -0.19
29. Vuelban, Virgilio f PHI 2332 6.0 41.5 24.50 29.0 2326 +0.06
30. Sautto, Daniele ITA 2196 6.0 40.5 26.50 26.0 2272 +0.77
153 players
The Predeal Chess Festival took place in Romania August 8th-18th 2007.
Ciprian-Costica Nanu won the Romanian Open, Viktorija Cmilyte the European
Women's Rapid Championship, Anna Muzychuk the blitz and Alexandru Gabriel Duca
the World Amateur Chess Championship. News: Doru Ionescu.
Official site: http://www.chess-predeal.com
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1. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica m ROM 2507 7,5 0,0 36,5 2562
2. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2629 7,0 0,0 43,5 2627
3. Filip, Lucian ROM 2400 6,5 0,0 41,0 2563
4. Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula m ROM 2524 6,5 0,0 41,0 2527
5. Sofronie, Iulian m ROM 2453 6,5 0,0 40,5 2485
6. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2495 6,5 0,0 40,0 2580
7. Bratanov, Zsivko m BUL 2459 6,5 0,0 40,0 2535
8. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2528 6,5 0,0 39,5 2526
9. Baratosi, Daniel f ROM 2331 6,5 0,0 39,0 2527
10. Grigore, George-Gabriel g ROM 2534 6,5 0,0 38,5 2510
11. Lupulescu, Constantin g ROM 2574 6,5 0,0 38,5 2503
12. Nguyen Chi-Minh f FRA 2377 6,5 0,0 38,0 2514
13. Ardelean, George Catalin m ROM 2482 6,5 0,0 38,0 2465
14. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2514 6,5 0,0 37,0 2502
15. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2559 6,5 0,0 37,0 2476
16. Aguettaz, Maxime f FRA 2356 6,5 0,0 36,5 2438
17. Badea, Bela g ROM 2488 6,5 0,0 36,0 2412
18. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2460 6,0 0,0 40,5 2529
19. Netzer, Jean f FRA 2383 6,0 0,0 39,5 2468
20. Onischuk, Vladimir m UKR 2506 6,0 0,0 38,5 2388
21. Jianu, Vlad-Cristian m ROM 2542 6,0 0,0 37,5 2508
22. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2410 6,0 0,0 37,5 2379
23. Soltanici, Ruslan m MDA 2358 6,0 0,0 37,0 2476
24. Miljkovic, Miroslav m SRB 2405 6,0 0,0 37,0 2417
25. Slovineanu, Viacheslav m MDA 2423 6,0 0,0 36,0 2433
26. Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2416 6,0 0,0 36,0 2409
27. Leniart, Arkadiusz f POL 2357 6,0 0,0 35,0 2386
28. Miron, Lucian-Costin f ROM 2351 6,0 0,0 34,5 2440
29. Georgescu, Tiberiu f ROM 2385 6,0 0,0 34,5 2345
30. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROM 2345 6,0 0,0 33,5 2382
31. Agafii, Victor f MDA 2329 6,0 0,0 33,0 2345
184 players
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ch-Euro Rapid Women Predeal ROM (ROM), 8-9 viii 2007
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1. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2467 7,0 41,5 53,0 6 34,5
2. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 7,0 39,5 50,5 6 38,5
3. Gvetadze, Sopio wg GEO 2371 7,0 39,0 50,0 6 35,0
4. Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROM 2411 6,5 37,0 48,5 6 34,5
5. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2460 6,5 36,5 47,5 5 34,0
6. Motoc, Alina wg ROM 2289 6,5 35,0 45,5 6 31,5
7. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2410 6,0 41,0 52,0 4 34,0
8. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2314 6,0 37,5 47,5 4 32,5
9. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2346 6,0 35,5 46,5 5 30,5
10. Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2370 5,5 41,5 53,0 5 32,0
11. Genova, Lyubka wm BUL 2221 5,5 36,5 47,0 5 28,5
12. Muzychuk, Mariya wm UKR 2330 5,5 34,5 45,0 5 30,5
13. Nikolova, Adriana BUL 2234 5,5 31,5 41,5 5 26,0
14. Marin, Irina Luiza wm ROM 2166 5,5 31,0 40,5 5 27,5
15. Huda, Maryana wg UKR 2278 5,5 29,5 37,5 5 23,5
52 players
The 15th Nikea Open took place 23rd-30th August 2007. Tigran Gharamian
edged out Hristos Banikas and Vladimir Petkov on tie-break after all finished
8/9.
Official site: http://www.fysiolatris.net/en/indexen.html
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15th Open Nikea GRE (GRE), 23-30 viii 2007
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Rk Name FED Rtg Pts BH.
1 Gharamian Tigran IM FRA 2518 8 55
2 Banikas Hristos GM GRE 2567 8 53½
3 Petkov Vladimir GM BUL 2520 8 50
4 Malakhatko Vadim GM BEL 2596 7½ 51½
5 Petritaj Fotjon ALB 2250 7½ 46½
6 Dochev Dimitar IM BUL 2405 7 52
7 Kozhuharov Spas IM BUL 2477 7 51
8 Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2309 7 50½
9 Gazis Efstathios FM GRE 2307 7 48½
10 Laurent Bruno IM BEL 2376 7 48½
11 Karagiannis Athanasios IM GRE 2349 7 47½
12 Tassopoulos Marios GRE 2215 7 47
13 Soultatis Kostas GRE 2140 7 47
14 Kourousis Epaminondas GRE 2076 7 43
15 Petrov Marijan IM BUL 2486 6½ 53½
16 Sismanis Aggelos GRE 2183 6½ 51
17 Dobrev Nanko IM BUL 2469 6½ 51
18 Delithanasis Dimitrios GRE 2217 6½ 48
19 Managadze Nikoloz IM GEO 2433 6½ 48
20 Westerinen Heikki M J GM FIN 2385 6½ 47½
21 Sgouros Apostolos GRE 1765 6½ 46½
22 Aggelis Nikolaos GRE 2075 6½ 46
23 Tsomis Dimitrios FM GRE 2201 6½ 45
24 Stoumbos Konstantinos GRE 2147 6½ 44½
25 Kostopoulos Evangellos GRE 2141 6½ 44
26 Hrisafis Argirios GRE 1880 6½ 43
27 Ponirakis Dimitrios GRE 2091 6½ 42
28 Petraki Maria WFM GRE 2069 6½ 42
29 Nikolaidis Konstantinos FM GRE 2316 6½ 41½
30 Makkas Panayiotis GRE 2019 6½ 40
31 Drivas Stefanos GRE 2001 6½ 40
32 Kaforos Dimitrios-Alkis GRE 2006 6½ 36½
341 players
The new US Chess League takes place August 27th - October 31st 2007 with
playoffs on 7th, 14th and 28th November 2007. Games are played on ICC. My
thanks to Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
WEEK 1 - Monday August 27th
1. New Jersey Knockouts vs Queens Pioneers TIE 2-2
Wednesday August 29th
2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New York Knights Baltimore 3-1
3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Miami Sharks Philadelphia 2.5-1.5
4. Dallas Destiny vs Tennessee Tempo Dallas 3-1
5. San Francisco Mechanics vs Carolina Cobras San Francisco 3-1
6. Seattle Sluggers vs Boston Blitz Boston 2.5-1.5
WEEK 2 - Wednesday September 5th
1. Boston Blitz vs Queens Pioneers Boston 3-1
2. Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers Carolina 3-1
3. New York Knights vs Philadelphia Inventors Philadelphia 3-1
4. Tennessee Tempo vs New Jersey Knockouts TIE 2-2
5. Dallas Destiny vs San Francisco Mechanics TIE 2-2
6. Miami Sharks vs Seattle Sluggers Seattle 3.5-0.5
The 26th North American Open, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA (USA) took place
31st August – 3rd September 2007.
4 players (two from Wisconsin) finished with 7.5 pts out of 10 rounds
to win the 26th Original North American FIDE Open held August 31 –
September 3rd, 2007 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This was an excellent
opportunity for players to try and obtain FIDE rating norms as over 1/3rd of
the players were FIDE rated. 94 players from over a dozen states and 3
Federations (USA-Columbia and Hungary) competed in this 4-day event organized
by Jim and Frank Berry. (chief TD: Jim Berry asst TD: Frank Berry, Dennis
Glascock and Steve Wharry. Time rate G/100m+20 sec ) My thanks to Frank
Berry for this report.
Official site: http://www.OKChess.org
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26th OCF NAO Fide Open Stillwater USA (USA), 31 viii-3 ix 2007
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1-4. Vaja,Ashish USA ---- 7.5/10
1-4. Ortiz, Nadya Karolina wm COL 2281 7.5
1-4. Betaneli, Aleksandr USA 2239 7.5
1-4. Chua, Alexander J USA 2225 7.5
5-7. Langer, Michael f USA 2331 7.0
5-7. Galant, Sergey USA 2221 7.0
5-7. Holt,Conrad ---- 7.0
8-17. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2257 6.5
8-17. Plunkett, Robert USA 2090 6.5
8-17. Brownscombe, Tom f USA 2199 6.5
8-17. Gossell, Thomas USA 2238 6.5
8-17. Datta, Deepyaman USA 2143 6.5
8-17. Steiner, Tim C USA 2128 6.5
8-17. Shridhar,Mitesh ---- 6.5
8-17. Altschuler,Jason ---- 6.5
8-17. Lee, Marvin USA 1932 6.5
8-17. Berger,Jacob ---- 6.5
94 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 67th New England Open Championship took
place on September 1st-3rd, 2007 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New
Hampshire, USA. IM Igor Foygel, 59, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and FM Braden
Bournival, 23, of Manchester, N.H., tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of
4.5-1.5. Runners-up with 4-2 tallies were IM Justin Sarkar of Scarsdale, New
York; FM Paul MacIntyre of Malden, Mass.; and 12-year-old Class A contestant
Zaroug Jaleel of Lexington, Mass. The event drew 81 players in six sections and
was directed by Robert Messenger of Nashua, N.H., for the sponsoring New
Hampshire Chess Association. In a separate non-rated event, the New England
Open Speed Championship (Game/5) was won by FM William Kelleher of Watertown,
Mass. with a score of 8.5-1.5, followed by IM Jonathan Yedidia of Cambridge,
Mass. at 7-3.
Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
67th New England Open - Open section
IM Igor Foygel 2502 (Massachusetts) 4.5
FM Braden Bournival 2363 (New Hampshire) 4.5
IM Justin Sarkar 2429 (New York) 4.0
FM Paul MacIntyre 2267 (Massachusetts) 4.0
Zaroug Jaleel 1813 (Massachusetts) 4.0
IM David Vigorito 2433 (Massachusetts) 3.5
IM Joseph Fang 2362 (New Hampshire) 3.5
Bennett Pellows 2067 (Massachusetts) 3.5
Isaac Saidel-Goley 2008 (New Hampshire) 3.5
20 players
The I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 2007 took place at St
Aiden's College in Durham from 13th to 24th August 2007. Jaroslav Olsar
finished on 8/9 half a point clear of Yuri Meshkov. My thanks to Chris Ross for
the games. Final corrections.
Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk
The City of Dublin Championships took place 31st August, 1st and 2nd
September 2007. Alexander Baburin and Colm Daly finished on 5/6. Details to
follow.
Info: http://www.icu.ie/
The Guadalajara tournament finished on 9th September 2007. Santiago Roa
Alonso and Daniel Barria Zuñiga finished on 6/7. No games currently
available.
Results:
http://chess-results.com/Tnr7819.aspx?tnr=7819&art=1&lan=1&turdet=YES&mm=1
Final Round 7 Standings:
1 Roa Alonso Santiago FM ESP 2441 6,0 31,0 23,5 24,0
2 Barria Zuñiga Daniel IM CHI 2409 6,0 30,0 22,5 26,5
3 Reyes Larena Juan IM PER 2461 5,5 35,5 25,5 26,0
4 Valles Moreno Ivan ESP 2391 5,5 32,5 24,5 24,0
5 Qasem Abul BAN 0 5,5 32,0 23,0 24,0
6 Garcia Cuenca Victor FM ESP 2302 5,5 31,0 22,5 22,5
7 Candela Perez Jose IM ESP 2396 5,0 31,0 22,0 23,0
8 Caravaca Aguirre Antonio ESP 2004 5,0 30,0 21,0 21,0
9 Paniagua Tineo Arturo ESP 2032 5,0 29,5 21,0 20,0
10 Cruz Condori Alfredo FM BOL 2188 5,0 28,5 19,5 20,0
11 Llerena Achutegui Mariano ESP 1796 5,0 26,5 19,5 19,0
12 Aranda Marin Cristian FM ESP 2345 5,0 26,5 18,0 22,0
13 Montañes Arribas Adrian ESP 1876 4,5 30,0 20,5 19,5
14 Garcia Roman Jose Luis ESP 2081 4,5 29,5 20,5 18,5
15 Saceda Nieto Noe ESP 0 4,5 26,5 19,0 18,5
16 Vermenouze Hernandez Eduardo ESP 1761 4,5 23,5 17,5 15,5
69 players
The 17th European Youth Chess Championship takes place in Šibenik,
Croatia 13th-24th September 2007. Sections U10 U12 U14 U16 and U18 for boys and
another for girls they claim a record 766 participants.
Official site: http://www.euroyouth2007.com/
John Watson's Book Show
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. This week Danish FIDE Master and author Carsten Hansen appears.
You can catch the show by signing up for ICC trial membership. Link:
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
32nd Kings Head Rapidplay
The 32nd Kings Head Rapidplay takes place Saturday 5 April 2008 start
time 11:00, details below: 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund
£700
The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2 5HS
Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1849
colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com
Further details; http://www.khcc.org.uk
Arad Romania
Romania - Arad 20-28 September 2007. Vados IM & Rating Tournaments -
12 players, round robin for IM norm and for international ELO take place 20th
and 28th September 2007 - Arad (west of Romania, near hungarian border) Entry
fee: ELO: 2100-2200 - 200 euro ;2201-2250 - 150 euro ;2251-2300 - 125 euro ;
2301-2350 - 100 euro ; 2351-2400 - 80 euro; >2400 - 50 euro. Still 3 places
available. Accommodation discounts. More info -
http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php
Contact Alin Campeanu - tel. +40-722-613128, email:sahclubvados@yahoo.com,
alincampeanu@yahoo.com
Baltic Sea Cup
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) took place July 30th - August 5th
2007. Reynaldo Vera and Allan Stig Rasmussen finished on 7.5/9. A games file is
on its way from the organisers.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
Baltic Sea Cup July 30th - August 5th 2007
Standing
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No Name Fed ELO Nat # Points
1 - 2 GM Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo 2479 7½
1 - 2 FM Allan Stig Rasmussen 2450 2451 7½
3 - 5 GM Igor Khenkin 2602 7
3 - 5 GM Eduardas Rozentalis 2551 7
3 - 5 GM Jonny Hector 2550 2550 7
6 - 9 GM Vadim Malakhatko 2596 6½
6 - 9 GM Sune Berg Hansen 2574 2580 6½
6 - 9 GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 2568 2568 6½
6 - 9 IM Thorbjørn Bromann 2413 2414 6½
10 - 20 GM Boris Savchenko 2577 6
10 - 20 GM Sergey Kasparov 2500 6
10 - 20 IM Kim Pilgaard 2448 2453 6
10 - 20 IM Jens Kristiansen 2436 2439 6
10 - 20 IM Jacob Vang Glud 2435 2434 6
10 - 20 GM Carsten Høi 2422 2427 6
10 - 20 Esben Lund 2396 2408 6
10 - 20 Ashwin Jayaram 2399 6
10 - 20 FM Jorge Cabrera Trujillo 2324 6
10 - 20 FM Jake Kleiman 2312 6
10 - 20 Andreas Skytte Hagen 2256 2278 6
21 - 32 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2589 5½
21 - 32 Martin Matthiesen 2363 2353 5½
21 - 32 WGM Anna Zozulia 2332 5½
21 - 32 IM Bjørn Brinck-Claussen 2324 2300 5½
21 - 32 FM Jacob Carstensen 2304 2293 5½
21 - 32 FM Tobias Hirneise 2293 5½
21 - 32 FM Teddy Coleman 2239 5½
21 - 32 FM Ove Weiss Hartvig 2232 2210 5½
21 - 32 Andreas Wiwe 2187 2152 5½
21 - 32 Parker Zhao 2180 5½
21 - 32 Morten Kock Møller 2178 2141 5½
21 - 32 CM Andreas Arnold Schmitz 2081 5½
118 players
Vados IM & Rating Tournaments
Vados IM & Rating Tournaments - 12 players, round robin for IM norm
and for international ELO take place 20th and 28th September 2007.
More info - http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php
Contact Alin Campeanu - tel. +40-722-613128, email:sahclubvados@yahoo.com,
alincampeanu@yahoo.com
10th European Senior Team-Championship
10th European Senior Team-Championship take place 11th-19th February
2008 in RAMADA-Hotel in Dresden.
Further info contact: ZMD Schachfestival Dresden e.V.,
Oskar-Mai-Straße 6, D-01159 Dresden, Fon +49 (0)351 416 16 29, Fax: +49
(0)351 416 16 39 Dr. Gerhard Schmidt, Hepkestraße 131, D-01277 Dresden,
Fon +49 (0)351 251 34 20, E-Mail: gerhard.schmidt@schachfestival.de
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/
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 takes place 27th December 2007 – 5th January 2008
in 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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
