THE WEEK IN CHESS 671 17th September 2007 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, Eduardo Serrano Salvador, Lewis Ncube,
Miklos Orso, Spiros Ilandzis, Ray Cannon, Omar Salama, Stewart Reuben, Jan
Mazuch, Igor Glek, Etienne Bacrot, Sergey Abramov, John Henderson, Julian
Simpole, Robert Fontaine, Gerard Demuydt and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
There is no doubt that the World Chess Championships in Mexico City
overshadows all else this week. I've really enjoyed the first four rounds and I
think we're in for a real treat. As might be expected Kramnik and Anand have
gone to the front at the very start and certainly in the case of Kramnik he
looks in top form and it will take a really tremendous performance to take his
title from him.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Chess Championship Tournament takes place in Mexico City
13th-30th September 2007.
The first four of fourteen rounds in the World Chess Championships have
already been completed. Pre-event favourites World Champion Vladimir Kramnik
and World Number One Viswanathan Anand share the lead on 2.5/4. For both it
could have been half a point better as they both had winning positions in their
round 4 games. With two players on +1 and two on -1 and the rest on level
scores no-one has yet ruled themselves out of the tournament. I've been most
impressed with Kramnik so far and would place him as favourite to retain his
title.
TWIC has daily reports and updates of the moves every 5 minutes.
Official site: http://www.chessmexico.com
ICC broadcast the games live and
there will be chess.fm
commentary with Mig Greengard and GMs Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, Jon
Speelman, John Fedorowicz, Gregory Kaidanov and Nick De Firmian will take turns
alongside him. Also videos by Macauley Peterson.
Playchess have live coverage
with GM Yasser Seirawan doing live audio commentary in English, and GM Rustam
Kasimdzhanov doing video and audio commentary in German.
http://www.chessvibes.com will
have on the spot videos. Sergey Shipov annotations and live coverage at:http://www.chessok.com
- Ian Rogers
Daily Blog at the USCF
Round 1 (September 13, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1/2 23 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 28 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 1/2 25 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 (September 14, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 27 E04 Catalan
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 E15 Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 43 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 3 (September 15, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 65 C42 Petroff's Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 1/2 31 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1-0 37 C45 Scotch Game
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 100 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (September 16, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 60 E06 Catalan
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 61 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1-0 45 A33 English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
WCh Mexico City MEX (MEX), 13-29 ix 2007 cat. XXI (2752)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 ** =. .. =. =. 1. .. .. 2.5 2847
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2769 =. ** =. .. 1. .. =. .. 2.5 2847
3 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 .. =. ** =. .. =. .. =. 2.0 2750
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 =. .. =. ** .. .. =. =. 2.0 2751
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 =. 0. .. .. ** =. 1. .. 2.0 2761
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 0. .. =. .. =. ** .. 1. 2.0 2756
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 .. =. .. =. 0. .. ** =. 1.5 2665
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 .. .. =. =. .. 0. =. ** 1.5 2649
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The 60th Championship of Russia (Higher league) took place in
Krasnoyarsk 3rd-14th September 2007. There was a huge tie on 7/9 with Nikita
Vitiugov having the best tie-break.
Official site: http://russiachess.org/ [Live:
http://russiachess.org/online/ -
PGN http://russiachess.org/online/rc2007.pgn]
Official Final Standings:
1 17 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2608 7 67 46.00 2699 1.35
2 42 GM Rychagov, Andrey 2557 7 66.5 43.00 2732 2.61
3 18 GM Dreev, Alexey 2606 7 66 47.50 2716 1.64
4 22 GM Amonatov, Farrukh 2598 7 64.5 44.50 2721 1.82
5 6 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2654 7 62.5 40.50 2671 0.21
6 8 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2650 7 61.5 44.00 2682 0.44
7 12 GM Sakaev, Konstantin 2634 7 61.5 43.00 2688 0.79
8 5 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2658 7 61 41.00 2676 0.24
9 1 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 2679 7 60 39.50 2671 -0.11
10 21 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. 2599 7 59.5 39.50 2683 1.22
11 11 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 2634 7 59.5 37.50 2665 0.42
12 40 GM Zakhartsov, Viacheslav 2559 6.5 65.5 39.00 2692 2.03
13 7 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2653 6.5 62.5 41.50 2652 -0.02
14 2 GM Malakhov, Vladimir 2676 6.5 62.5 41.00 2660 -0.23
15 9 GM Motylev, Alexander 2648 6.5 62.5 40.50 2642 -0.07
16 50 GM Makarov, Marat 2518 6.5 59 33.50 2647 1.96
17 14 GM Korotylev, Alexey 2616 6 64 41.00 2617 -0.02
18 48 GM Popov, Ivan 2524 6 61.5 37.00 2631 1.56
19 37 GM Novikov, Stanislav 2562 6 61 38.00 2648 1.27
20 13 GM Najer, Evgeniy 2623 6 59.5 39.50 2615 -0.17
21 20 GM Grachev, Boris 2601 6 59 35.50 2594 -0.17
22 10 GM Smirnov, Pavel 2636 6 59 35.50 2598 -0.62
23 39 GM Turov, Maxim 2561 6 58 33.00 2636 1.09
24 45 GM Kokarev, Dmitry 2551 6 56 34.00 2620 1
25 43 IM Chuprov, Dmitry 2554 6 56 33.00 2602 0.69
26 49 IM Romanov, Evgeny 2521 6 55 35.50 2633 1.65
27 24 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 2591 5.5 60.5 38.50 2567 -0.36
28 25 GM Potkin, Vladimir 2591 5.5 60.5 34.00 2549 -0.59
29 19 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 2605 5.5 59.5 35.50 2553 -0.78
30 31 GM Savchenko, Boris 2577 5.5 58.5 36.50 2573 -0.05
31 27 GM Lastin, Alexander 2583 5.5 58.5 34.00 2574 -0.13
32 34 GM Kornev, Alexei 2567 5.5 58 33.50 2600 0.49
33 23 GM Yakovich, Yuri 2597 5.5 57 33.00 2540 -0.87
34 47 GM Panarin, Michail 2529 5.5 57 30.50 2586 0.87
35 29 GM Lysyj, Igor 2578 5.5 56.5 34.00 2558 -0.29
36 33 GM Khairullin, Ildar 2567 5.5 55 33.50 2567 0.01
37 15 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2613 5.5 54.5 33.00 2541 -1.08
38 26 GM Belov, Vladimir 2590 5.5 54 33.50 2531 -0.87
39 16 GM Galkin, Alexander 2608 5.5 54 33.00 2537 -1.06
40 3 GM Landa, Konstantin 2669 5.5 54 32.00 2536 -1.92
41 41 GM Ovetchkin, Roman 2557 5.5 54 30.50 2550 -0.09
42 46 GM Kiriakov, Petr 2541 5.5 53.5 32.00 2567 0.4
43 44 IM Kryakvin, Dmitry 2554 5.5 51.5 30.00 2527 -0.38
44 36 GM Khismatullin, Denis 2566 5 63.5 37.50 2589 0.39
45 38 GM Shomoev, Anton 2561 5 56 28.00 2538 -0.31
46 35 GM Maletin, Pavel 2567 5 55.5 29.50 2536 -0.43
47 28 GM Kurnosov, Igor 2579 5 54.5 31.50 2490 -1.27
48 4 GM Volkov, Sergey 2659 5 51.5 27.00 2478 -2.58
49 51 IM Gavrilov, Alexei 2512 5 51 23.50 2471 -0.58
50 32 GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 2572 4.5 57.5 30.50 2482 -1.36
51 52 FM Nechepurenko, Roman V. 2510 4.5 55 25.50 2478 -0.51
52 53 IM Kabanov, Nikolai 2509 4.5 54 29.50 2501 -0.14
53 61 IM Kiselev, Gennady 2434 4.5 53 29.50 2514 1.11
54 59 IM Lintchevski, Daniil 2451 4.5 52.5 27.00 2487 0.51
55 57 IM Anisimov, Pavel 2482 4.5 51 25.50 2477 -0.1
56 63 FM Voinov, Alexandr 2428 4.5 50.5 26.00 2470 0.53
57 55 FM Zablotsky, Sergei 2498 4.5 50 24.00 2424 -1.11
58 30 GM Popov, Valerij 2580 4.5 49 29.50 2410 -2.55
59 54 IM Alavkin, Arseny 2500 4.5 49 24.00 2416 -1.29
60 56 GM Iskusnyh, Sergei 2488 4.5 48.5 23.50 2462 -0.41
61 65 IM Pevzner, Lev 2395 4.5 48 24.00 2441 0.63
62 64 IM Petrukhin, Denis 2412 4.5 47 23.00 2437 0.33
63 62 IM Kostin, Alexey 2434 3.5 51 23.00 2392 -0.64
64 60 IM Sidorov, Anatoly 2438 3.5 48 20.00 2372 -1.03
65 66 IM Kremenietsky, AnatolyM 2353 2.5 49 17.00 2296 -0.82
66 67 FM Keosidi, Konstantin 2409 2 46 9.00 2227 -2.25
67 58 IM Chuiko, Alexander 2452 0 5 0.00 0 0
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60th ch-RUS Higher League Krasnoyarsk RUS (RUS), 3-14 ix 2007
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1. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2557 =13 +11 = 9 =29 +28 = 7 + 8 = 2 - 3 =14 +23 7.0 2731
2. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2608 =16 +20 +51 = 5 +23 = 4 =13 = 1 = 6 = 7 =11 7.0 2698
3. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2654 =21 =26 =25 =45 +32 =38 +19 =12 + 1 = 4 = 6 7.0 2670
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2606 +49 +50 = 5 +19 = 7 = 2 =15 =10 = 8 = 3 =14 7.0 2716
5. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2598 +59 +15 = 4 = 2 =17 = 8 =30 =14 =13 +28 = 7 7.0 2721
6. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2634 +25 =51 =38 =53 =12 =19 +34 +15 = 2 =10 = 3 7.0 2688
7. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 +43 =42 =33 +38 = 4 = 1 =44 =17 +20 = 2 = 5 7.0 2682
8. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2658 =46 =27 +43 =30 +44 = 5 - 1 +18 = 4 =12 +26 7.0 2676
9. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2599 =57 +54 = 1 =15 =20 -44 =16 +51 +22 +13 =10 7.0 2682
10. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2679 =27 =44 =21 -12 +60 +45 +38 = 4 +30 = 6 = 9 7.0 2670
11. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2634 =41 - 1 =54 =16 +49 +47 =20 +44 =14 +17 = 2 7.0 2665
12. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V g RUS 2559 =14 -13 +64 +10 = 6 =18 +22 = 3 =17 = 8 =15 6.5 2691
13. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2648 = 1 +12 =42 =33 =34 +39 = 2 =30 = 5 - 9 +24 6.5 2642
14. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2653 =12 +46 =19 =42 +33 =30 =17 = 5 =11 = 1 = 4 6.5 2652
15. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2676 +45 - 5 +39 = 9 +42 =17 = 4 - 6 +36 =23 =12 6.5 2660
16. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2518 = 2 -28 =65 =11 +46 =29 = 9 =35 +33 =40 +34 6.5 2646
17. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2616 +32 -19 +26 +60 = 5 =15 =14 = 7 =12 -11 =25 6.0 2617
18. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2601 -50 +49 =24 =32 +26 =12 =23 - 8 +46 =25 =21 6.0 2594
19. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2562 +48 +17 =14 - 4 =22 = 6 - 3 =58 =31 +44 =20 6.0 2648
20. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2524 =35 - 2 +61 +48 = 9 =23 =11 +28 - 7 =34 =19 6.0 2630
21. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2561 = 3 =22 =10 =40 =29 =33 -28 =50 +52 +35 =18 6.0 2635
22. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2636 =26 =21 =32 +46 =19 =34 -12 +24 - 9 =36 +45 6.0 2597
23. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2623 =37 +41 =34 +47 - 2 =20 =18 =36 +44 =15 - 1 6.0 2615
24. Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2521 =31 =30 =18 =51 =47 =36 +42 -22 +58 +27 -13 6.0 2632
25. Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2551 - 6 +62 = 3 =31 =36 =42 =58 =47 +51 =18 =17 6.0 2619
26. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2554 =22 = 3 -17 +54 -18 =52 =59 +53 +47 +30 - 8 6.0 2602
27. Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2567 =10 = 8 =40 =50 =35 =28 =29 =33 +38 -24 =42 5.5 2600
28. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2605 =54 +16 =44 =34 - 1 =27 +21 -20 +39 - 5 =37 5.5 2553
29. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2597 =55 =57 =37 = 1 =21 =16 =27 =39 =41 =32 =43 5.5 2539
30. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2591 =56 =24 +52 = 8 +53 =14 = 5 =13 -10 -26 =41 5.5 2566
31. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2608 =24 =56 =50 =25 =45 =53 =33 =34 =19 =43 =39 5.5 2537
32. Panarin, Michail m RUS 2529 -17 +48 =22 =18 - 3 =43 =41 =42 +62 =29 =36 5.5 2586
33. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2583 =64 +55 = 7 =13 -14 =21 =31 =27 -16 +49 =40 5.5 2573
34. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2577 =61 +63 =23 =28 =13 =22 - 6 =31 +48 =20 -16 5.5 2572
35. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2613 =20 =37 +57 -44 =27 =51 =39 =16 =43 -21 +56 5.5 2541
36. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2590 =52 =53 -60 +56 =25 =24 +50 =23 -15 =22 =32 5.5 2530
37. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2541 =23 =35 =29 =39 -38 =63 +62 =45 =40 =42 =28 5.5 2567
38. Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2578 =63 +64 = 6 - 7 +37 = 3 -10 =48 -27 =56 +62 5.5 2557
39. Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2567 =65 +61 -15 =37 +40 -13 =35 =29 -28 +54 =31 5.5 2566
40. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2669 -44 +65 =27 =21 -39 +54 =51 =43 =37 =16 =33 5.5 2535
41. Kryakvin, Dmitry f RUS 2554 =11 -23 =63 =65 =52 =60 =32 +59 =29 =48 =30 5.5 2527
42. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2591 +67 = 7 =13 =14 -15 =25 -24 =32 +50 =37 =27 5.5 2572
43. Ovetchkin, Roman g RUS 2557 - 7 +66 - 8 =52 =63 =32 +60 =40 =35 =31 =29 5.5 2549
44. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2566 +40 =10 =28 +35 - 8 + 9 = 7 -11 -23 -19 =47 5.0 2588
45. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2567 -15 =59 +55 = 3 =31 -10 =52 =37 =56 +58 -22 5.0 2535
46. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2561 = 8 -14 +59 -22 -16 =55 +49 +54 -18 =47 =48 5.0 2537
47. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2579 =53 =60 +56 -23 =24 -11 +63 =25 -26 =46 =44 5.0 2490
48. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2659 -19 -32 +66 -20 =55 +64 +53 =38 -34 =41 =46 5.0 2478
49. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2512 - 4 -18 =62 +57 -11 =61 -46 +66 +63 -33 +64 5.0 2470
50. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2509 +18 - 4 =31 =27 =51 =58 -36 =21 -42 =52 =59 4.5 2500
51. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2572 +62 = 6 - 2 =24 =50 =35 =40 - 9 -25 =55 =53 4.5 2482
52. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2451 =36 =58 -30 =43 =41 =26 =45 =57 -21 =50 =54 4.5 2486
53. Kiselev, Gennady m RUS 2434 =47 =36 +58 = 6 -30 =31 -48 -26 =59 =57 =51 4.5 2513
54. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2510 =28 - 9 =11 -26 +56 -40 +61 -46 +64 -39 =52 4.5 2477
55. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2488 =29 -33 -45 =61 =48 =46 =56 =63 =60 =51 =57 4.5 2461
56. Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2482 =30 =31 -47 -36 -54 +66 =55 +60 =45 =38 -35 4.5 2476
57. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2500 = 9 =29 -35 -49 =64 -62 +65 =52 =61 =53 =55 4.5 2416
58. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2577 =60 =52 -53 =63 +65 =50 =25 =19 -24 -45 =61 4.5 2409
59. Zablotsky, Sergei f RUS 2498 - 5 =45 -46 =64 =62 +65 =26 -41 =53 =61 =50 4.5 2423
60. Voinov, Alexandr f RUS 2428 =58 =47 +36 -17 -10 =41 -43 -56 =55 =66 +65 4.5 2469
61. Petrukhin, Denis f RUS 2412 =34 -39 -20 =55 =66 =49 -54 +65 =57 =59 =58 4.5 2436
62. Pevzner, Lev m RUS 2395 -51 -25 =49 =66 =59 +57 -37 +64 -32 +63 -38 4.5 2440
63. Kostin, Alexey m RUS 2434 =38 -34 =41 =58 =43 =37 -47 =55 -49 -62 =66 3.5 2391
64. Sidorov, Anatoly m RUS 2438 =33 -38 -12 =59 =57 -48 +66 -62 -54 +65 -49 3.5 2372
65. Kremenietsky, Anatoly M m RUS 2353 =39 -40 =16 =41 -58 -59 -57 -61 +66 -64 -60 2.5 2295
66. Keosidi, Konstantin f RUS 2409 . -43 -48 =62 =61 -56 -64 -49 -65 =60 =63 2.0 2227
67. Chuiko, Alexander m RUS 2452 -42 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
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The Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament took place 7th-15th September
2007. Sergei Movsesian and Ruslan Ponomariov finished on 4.5/7.
Details: http://www.praguechess.cz/kvenglish.htm.
Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/
Round 4 (September 11, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 13 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Akopian, Vladimir - Navara, David 1/2 27 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Timman, Jan H - Laznicka, Viktor 1/2 17 D15 Slav Defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 54 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 5 (September 13, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 27 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Navara, David - Timman, Jan H 1-0 87 C42 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 41 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Laznicka, Viktor - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 27 D11 Slav Defence
Round 6 (September 14, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Navara, David 1-0 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Akopian, Vladimir - Timman, Jan H 1-0 25 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Korchnoi, Viktor - Laznicka, Viktor 1/2 53 D10 Slav Defence
Round 7 (September 15, 2007)
Navara, David - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 47 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 41 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Timman, Jan H - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 49 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Laznicka, Viktor - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 28 D70 Gruenfeld Defence
Czech Coal Carlsbad CZE (CZE), 8-15 ix 2007cat. XVII (2655)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2667 * = = 1 = = = 1 4.5 2754
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2706 = * = = = = 1 1 4.5 2749
3 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2708 = = * = 0 1 1 = 4.0 2696
4 Navara, David g CZE 2656 0 = = * = 1 = 1 4.0 2704
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 = = 1 = * 0 0 1 3.5 2643
6 Timman, Jan H g NED 2560 = = 0 0 1 * = = 3.0 2618
7 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2594 = 0 0 = 1 = * = 3.0 2613
8 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1.5 2430
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The new season of the 4NCL started on the 15th and 16th September 2007
in Sunningdale with no huge surprises. Round 1 available round 2 will be next
week. [Rounds 3 and 4 take place 10th/11th November 2007]
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Division 1 results - Round 1 15th September 2007
RD 1 RICHMOND 2271 3½-4½ GUILDFORD-A&DC 1 2479
1 w Gormally, Daniel 2509 1 - 0 Hebden, Mark L 2540
2 b Bates, Richard A 2378 ½ - ½ Pert, Nicholas 2536
3 w Wall, Gavin 2328 1 - 0 Plaskett, James 2503 (default)
4 b Bisby, Daniel L 2276 0 - 1 Kosten, Anthony C 2508
5 w Franklin, Michael 2230 1 - 0 Tissir, Mohamed * 2444
6 b Nixon, Thomas C M 2211 0 - 1 Cherniaev,Alex. 2501
7 w Meyer, Gordon 2164 0 - 1 Shaw, John K 2446
8 b Chevannes,Sabrina 2073 0 - 1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2350
RD 1 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2340 6 - 2 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2208
1 w Cox, John J 2381 0 - 1 Rogers, Jonathan 2344
2 b Collins, Sam 2405 1 - 0 Sands, David 2260
3 w Collinson, Adam 2385 ½ - ½ Hodgson, John H 2227
4 b D'Costa, Lorin A 2384 1 - 0 Coleman, David 2234
5 w Knott, Simon 2374 1 - 0 Farrand, Julian T 2169
6 b Devereaux, Maxim 2350 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter 2209
7 w Pritchett, Craig 2316 1 - 0 Manley, Jon P 2174
8 b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2124 1 - 0 Bhatia, Kanwal K 2047
RD 1 BETSSON.COM 2369 5½-2½ SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2287
1 w Hunt, Adam C 2461 0 - 1 Smolen, Jan 2438
2 b Pert, Richard G 2455 1 - 0 Pg,Mohd Omar Ak H 2344
3 w Hunt, Harriet (F) 2448 1 - 0 Bezuch, Martin 2238
4 b Ledger, Andrew J 2418 1 - 0 Rees, Ioan 2259
5 w Ansell, Simon 2405 ½ - ½ Williams, Samuel 2267
6 b Eames, Robert G 2290 ½ - ½ Marlow, Michael 2267
7 w Ledger, David J 2285 ½ - ½ Kahar, Krunal 2197
8 b Ledger, Stephen C 2188 1 - 0 default
RD 1 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2266 4 - 4 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2277
1 w Macak, Stefan 2370 0 - 1 Gordon, Stephen J 2487
2 b Quillan, Gary 2359 0 - 1 Greet, Andrew N 2441
3 w Morrison, Graham 2322 ½ - ½ Hanley, Craig A 2436
4 b Kennaugh, Charles 2294 1 - 0 Briscoe, Chris 2224
5 w van der Linden,L 2270 ½ - ½ Tavoularis, Nic. 2276
6 b Coates, Kenneth G 2242 1 - 0 Lindner, Daniel 2238
7 w Hulmes, David I 2225 ½ - ½ McFarland, Robert 2232
8 b Grigoryan-Lyell,M 2048 ½ - ½ Klein, Cornelia 1883
RD 1 CAMBRIDGE UNI 1 2221 2½-5½ THE ADS 2346
1 w Mah, Karl C C 2410 ½ - ½ Speelman, Jon 2511
2 b Pinter, Gabor 2362 0 - 1 Davies, Nigel R 2495
3 w Moskovic, David M 2275 0 - 1 Cernousek, Lukas 2405
4 b Conlon, Joe 2201 ½ - ½ Jirka, Jiri 2398
5 w Garner, David 2188 0 - 1 Richardson, John 2304
6 b Churm, Rohan M 2178 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian 2255
7 w Eckersley-Waites,A2175 1 - 0 Anderton, David 2245
8 b Broomfield, Lucy 1981 0 - 1 Bellin, Jana (F) 2151
RD 1 GUILDFORD-A&DC 2 2301 4½-3½ WOOD GREEN 2248
1 w Howell, David W L 2519 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J 2483
2 b King, Daniel J 2517 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J 2352
3 w Buckley, Graeme 2379 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn 2382
4 b Thompson, Ian D 2322 ½ - ½ Pein, Malcolm 2395
5 w Cooksey, Paul S 2245 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P 2308
6 b Sharpe, Ian 2290 1 - 0 Lee, Graham D 2276
7 w Richardson, Keith 2239 ½ - ½ Hegarty, Sarah 1967
8 b Samul, Mariana 1900 ½ - ½ Cumming, Rhys 1818
Division 1 results - Round 2 16th September 2007
RD 2 GUILDFORD-A&DC 1 2497 6 - 2 GUILDFORD-A&DC 2 2280
1 w Hebden, Mark L 2540 1 - 0 Tissir, Mohamed * 2444
2 b Howell, David W L 2519 1 - 0 Shaw, John K 2446
3 w King, Daniel J 2517 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme 2379
4 b Kosten, Anthony C 2508 ½ - ½ Thompson, Ian D 2322
5 w Pert, Nicholas 2536 1 - 0 Richardson, Keith 2239
6 b Cherniaev,Alex. 2501 ½ - ½ Sharpe, Ian 2290
7 w Plaskett, James 2503 1 - 0 Abayasekera,Roger 2217
8 b Lalic, Susan (F) 2350 1 - 0 Samul, Mariana 1900
RD 2 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2277 5½-2½ CAMBRIDGE UNI 1 2189
1 w Gordon, Stephen J 2487 1 - 0 Mah, Karl C C 2410
2 b Greet, Andrew N 2441 ½ - ½ Moskovic, David M 2275
3 w Hanley, Craig A 2436 1 - 0 Garner, David 2188
4 b Briscoe, Chris. 2224 ½ - ½ Conlon, Joe 2201
5 w Tavoularis, Nic. 2276 1 - 0 Churm, Rohan M 2178
6 b Lindner, Daniel 2238 1 - 0 Eckersley-Waites,A2175
7 w McFarland, Robert 2232 ½ - ½ Beckett, Chris J 2106
8 b Klein, Cornelia 1883 0 - 1 Broomfield, Lucy 1981
RD 2 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2287 1 - 7 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2358
1 w Smolen, Jan 2438 0 - 1 Parker, Jonathan 2527
2 b Pg, Mohd Omar Ak,H2344 0 - 1 D'Costa, Lorin A 2384
3 w Bezuch, Martin 2238 0 - 1 Cox, John J 2381
4 b Rees, Ioan 2259 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam 2405
5 w Williams, Samuel 2267 0 - 1 Knott, Simon 2374
6 b Marlow, Michael 2267 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim 2350
7 w Kahar, Krunal 2197 0 - 1 Pritchett, Craig 2316
8 b default 0 - 1 Lauterbach, Ing. 2124
RD 2 WOOD GREEN 2248 4 - 4 RICHMOND 2271
1 w Turner, Matthew J 2483 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel 2509
2 b Sowray, Peter J 2352 0 - 1 Bates, Richard A 2378
3 w Tiller, Bjorn 2382 ½ - ½ Wall, Gavin 2328
4 b Pein, Malcolm 2395 ½ - ½ Bisby, Daniel L 2276
5 w Law, Andrew P 2308 ½ - ½ Franklin, Michael 2230
6 b Lee, Graham D 2276 1 - 0 Nixon, Thomas C M 2211
7 w Hegarty, Sarah 1967 ½ - ½ Meyer, Gordon 2164
8 b Cumming, Rhys 1818 ½ - ½ Chevannes,Sabrina 2073
RD 2 THE ADS 2346 6½-1½ NORTH WEST EAGLES 2274
1 w Speelman, Jon 2511 1 - 0 Macak, Stefan 2370
2 b Davies, Nigel R 2495 ½ - ½ Quillan, Gary 2359
3 w Cernousek, Lukas 2405 1 - 0 Morrison, Graham 2322
4 b Jirka, Jiri 2398 1 - 0 Hague, Ben 2300
5 w Richardson, John 2304 ½ - ½ Carleton, John J 2322
6 b Snape, Ian 2255 1 - 0 Coates, Kenneth G 2242
7 w Anderton, David 2245 1 - 0 Hulmes, David I 2225
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2151 ½ - ½ Grigoryan-Lyell,M 2048
RD 2 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2189 2 - 6 BETSSON.COM 2369
1 w Rogers, Jonathan 2344 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C 2461
2 b Sands, David 2260 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G 2455
3 w Manley, Jon P 2174 0 - 1 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2448
4 b Coleman, David 2234 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J 2418
5 w Farrand, Julian T 2169 0 - 1 Ansell, Simon 2405
6 b Taylor, Peter 2209 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G 2290
7 w Brett, Andrew * 2075 0 - 1 Ledger, David J 2285
8 b Bhatia, Kanwal K 2047 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C 2188
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2 0 0 4
THE ADS 2 0 0 4
BETSSON.COM 2 0 0 4
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1 2 0 0 4
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 1 1 0 3
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2 1 0 1 2
RICHMOND 0 1 1 1
WOOD GREEN 0 1 1 1
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 0 1 1 1
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 0 0 2 0
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 0 0 2 0
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 0 0 2 0
The 2nd Baku International Women Chess Tournament took place 3rd-12th
September 2007. Monika Socko won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of
Antoaneta Stefanova.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Socko, Monika m POL 2479 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2621
2. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2567
3. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2460 = = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2529
4. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2533 = = = * = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2475
5. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2450 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2448
6. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2467 = = 0 = = * 0 1 = = 4.0 2360
7. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2283 0 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 4.0 2380
8. Milliet, Sophie wg FRA 2414 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2366
9. Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2316 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 0 1.5 2147
10. Umudova, Nargiz wm AZE 2213 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1.5 2158
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The First Saturday tournaments for September took place 1st-13th
September 2007. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won the GM event with an impressive
8/10.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 ix 2007 cat. VIII (2439)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2530 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2670
2. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2519 0 * = 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2541
3. Bui Vinh m VIE 2466 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 6.0 2508
4. Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2486 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2506
5. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2427 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2512
6. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 0 = = = = * = 1 = = = 5.0 2440
7. Khakimov, Timur f RUS 2409 0 0 = 0 1 = * = = 1 1 5.0 2442
8. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2406
9. Berczes, David m HUN 2450 0 = = 0 0 = = = * = 1 4.0 2366
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2313 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 0 2.0 2212
11. Mihok, Oliver f HUN 2402 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2203
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FSIM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 ix 2007 cat. I (2270)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Petran, Pal m HUN 2369 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 8.5 2419
2. Gauri, Shankar IND 2177 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2372
3. Paschall, William M m USA 2353 = = * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 0 7.0 2319
4. Molner, Mackenzie USA 2293 0 1 0 * = = = 1 1 = 0 1 1 7.0 2324
5. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2296 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2296
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2289 = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 = = 6.5 2297
7. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2325 0 0 = = 1 1 * = 0 1 = = 1 6.5 2294
8. Vegh, Endre m HUN 2313 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 = 1 6.0 2266
9. Fowler, Simon A ENG 2204 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 6.0 2275
10. Bednay, Bence f HUN 2277 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 5.0 2212
11. Cooke, Eric USA 2213 1 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 0 = * 0 1 4.5 2187
12. Adams, Nick A USA 2218 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 0 1 * 0 3.5 2115
13. Ismail, Shereif f EGY 2178 0 0 1 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 3.5 2119
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The Efim Geller Chess Memorial took place in Odessa, Ukraine from
September 7th-16th September 2007. Alexander Zubov edged out Anton Korobov and
Andrey Sumets on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Final round games should
follow next week.
Official site: - http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ - 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. 7 Zubov, Alexander 2552 7.0 50.5 38.25 39.5 2690 +1.55
10 Korobov, Anton 2530 7.0 49.0 37.25 35.0 2653 +1.29
11 Sumets, Andrey 2529 7.0 44.5 33.75 34.5 2633 +1.17
4. 17 Zubarev, Alexander 2504 6.5 51.0 35.25 34.5 2621 +1.50
14 Firman, Nazar 2517 6.5 48.0 34.25 32.0 2553 +0.46
36 Shilin, Denis 2380 6.5 47.0 32.75 33.0 2596 +2.67
7. 6 Oleksienko, Mikhailo 2567 6.0 52.0 33.50 34.0 2569 +0.09
19 Zinchenko, Yaroslav 2497 6.0 52.0 34.00 34.0 2590 +1.19
5 Drozdovskij, Yuri 2567 6.0 51.5 32.75 35.5 2583 +0.24
1 Brodsky, Michail 2595 6.0 51.0 33.00 30.0 2557 -0.38
12 Malaniuk, Vladimir P 2522 6.0 47.5 30.75 31.0 2508 -0.12
13 Vysochin, Spartak 2518 6.0 47.0 30.25 33.0 2507 -0.05
3 Solodovnichenko, Yuri 2582 6.0 46.5 28.75 32.5 2537 -0.42
30 Smirnov, Igor 2423 6.0 45.5 29.50 29.5 2482 +0.73
23 Podgaets, Mikhail 2460 6.0 44.5 29.00 31.0 2484 +0.46
26 Lushenkov, Mikhail 2447 6.0 44.0 27.50 29.0 2438 -0.04
31 Korobkov, Piotr 2423 6.0 41.5 25.00 28.5 2487 +0.95
33 Lutsko, Igor 2418 6.0 40.5 27.00 27.5 2407 -0.01
24 Podolchenko, Evgeniy 2458 6.0 40.0 25.50 28.5 2454 +0.02
20. 22 Tarlev, Konstantin 2472 5.5 51.0 29.00 33.0 2533 +0.84
2 Eingorn, Vereslav S 2586 5.5 48.5 28.00 30.0 2489 -1.06
18 Teterev, Vitaly 2500 5.5 48.5 28.25 30.0 2482 -0.11
42 Tobak, Andrey 2354 5.5 48.5 28.25 29.5 2539 +2.32
8 Shishkin, Vadim 2543 5.5 47.5 25.50 30.0 2453 -0.91
35 Nedilko, Vasily 2400 5.5 47.5 24.00 29.5 2444 +0.66
4 Chernyshov, Konstantin 2570 5.5 44.0 26.25 27.5 2444 -1.29
45 Fingerov, Dmitry 2330 5.5 43.5 23.50 29.0 2441 +1.28
25 Zhukova, Natalia 2452 5.5 43.5 22.75 28.5 2400 -0.44
27 Kovalev, Denis 2433 5.5 43.5 23.75 28.0 2444 +0.26
34 Pavlov, Sergey 2415 5.5 43.5 24.00 28.0 2425 +0.24
16 Kiselev, Vitaliy 2509 5.5 43.5 24.50 26.0 2336 -1.63
107 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 3 - Monday September 10th 2007
1. San Francisco Mechanics vs New York Knights TIE 2-2
Wednesday September 12th
2. Philadelphia Inventors vs Boston Blitz Boston 3.5-0.5
3. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New Jersey Knockouts TIE 2-2
4. Miami Sharks vs Carolina Cobras Carolina 2.5-1.5
5. Queens Pioneers vs Dallas Destiny Dallas 3-1
6. Seattle Sluggers vs Tennessee Tempo Seattle 3.5-0.5
9/10/2007
San Francisco vs New York
1. IM Vinay Bhat (SF) vs GM Hikaru Nakamura (NY) 1-0
2. IM Irina Krush (NY) vs IM Vince McCambridge (SF) 1-0
3. IM David Pruess (SF) vs IM Jay Bonin (NY) 0-1
4. Matt Herman (NY) vs Gregory Young (SF) 0-1
9/12/2007
Philadelphia vs Boston
1. GM Sergey Kudrin (PHI) vs GM Eugene Perelshteyn(BOS) 1/2-1/2
2. SM Jorge Sammour Hasbun (BOS) vs IM Bryan Smith (PHI) 1-0
3. NM Daniel Yeager (PHI) vs NM Denys Shmelov (BOS) 0-1
4. NM Chris Williams (BOS) vs NM Elvin Wilson (PHI) 1-0
Baltimore vs New Jersey
1. GM Pawel Blehm (BAL) vs GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1/2-1/2
2. IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) vs FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat(BAL) 1-0
3. WGM Katerina Rohonyan (BAL) vs NM Victor Shen (NJ) 1-0
4. NM Todd Lunna (NJ) vs NM John Rouleau (BAL) 1/2-1/2
Miami vs Carolina
1. GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs IM Lev Milman (CAR) 1-0
2. IM Jonathan Schroer (CAR) vs IM Blas Lugo (MIA) 1-0
3. FM Marcel Martinez (MIA) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) 0-1
4. NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Dennis Mederos (CAR) 1/2-1/2
Queens vs Dallas
1. GM Alex Stripunsky (QNS) vs IM Drasko Boskovic (DAL) 0-1
2. IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) vs IM Elia Vovsha (QNS) 1/2-1/2
3. NM Parker Zhao (QNS) vs IM Jacek Stopa (DAL) 1/2-1/2
4. WFM Bayaraa Zorigt (DAL) vs Michael Thaler (QNS) 1-0
Seattle vs Tennessee
1. IM Eric Tangborn (SEA) vs IM Ron Burnett (TEN) 1-0
2. FM Todd Andrews (TEN) vs FM Loren Schmidt (SEA) 1/2-1/2
3. FM Marcel Milat (SEA) vs FM Jerry Wheeler (TEN) 1-0
4. Gerald Larson (TEN) vs FM John Readey (SEA) 0-1
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Game ||Opp Avg Rating |
| | | |Points || |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|Boston |3.0|0.0|9/12 (75%) ||2396 |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|Philadelphia |2.0|1.0|6/12 (50%) ||2381 |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|Baltimore |1.5|1.5|6/12 (50%) ||2397 |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|New Jersey |1.5|1.5|6/12 (50%) ||2351 |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|Queens |0.5|2.5|4/12 (33%) ||2413 |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
|New York |0.5|2.5|4/12 (33%) ||2362 |
+----------------+---+---+-----------++---------------+
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Game ||Opp Avg Rating |
| | | |Points || |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|Dallas |2.5 |0.5 |8/12 (67%) ||2352 |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|Seattle |2.0 |1.0 |8.5/12 (71%) ||2327 |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|San Francisco |2.0 |1.0 |7/12 (58%) ||2383 |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|Carolina |2.0 |1.0 |6.5/12 (54%) ||2368 |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|Tennessee |0.5 |2.5 |3.5/12 (29%) ||2373 |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
|Miami |0.0 |3.0 |3.5/12 (29%) ||2392 |
+----------------+----+----+-------------++---------------+
The XXII Parla Open took place 1st-9th September 2007. Vladimir Epishin
edged out Luis Rubio Mejia and Alejandro Franco Alonso after all finished on
7.5/9. My thanks to Eduardo Serrano Salvador.
Results:
http://chess-results.com/tnr7815.aspx?tnr=7815&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=1
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XXII Open Parla ESP (ESP), 1-9 ix 2007
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1. Epishin Vladimir GM RUS 2587 7,5 38,5 0,0 50,5
2. Rubio Mejia Luis ESP 2270 7,5 38,0 0,0 44,5
3. Franco Alonso Alejandro IM ESP 2425 7,5 37,5 0,0 49,5
4. Korneev Oleg GM RUS 2565 7,0 36,5 0,0 50,5
5. Arribas Lopez Angel ESP 2292 7,0 35,0 0,0 43,5
6. Serrano Salvador Eduardo FM ESP 2354 6,5 34,5 0,0 46,5
7. Jacob Volker GER 2262 6,5 33,0 0,0 42,5
8. Gonzalez Somoza Oliver FM ESP 2343 6,5 33,0 0,0 43,5
9. Tabernig Bernhard FM AUT 2336 6,5 31,0 0,0 42,0
10. Kononenko Tatiana IM UKR 2393 6,0 37,0 0,0 52,0
11. Ballesteros Gonzalez David ESP 2196 6,0 34,5 0,0 48,0
12. Perez Gonzalez Jose Manuel FM ESP 2297 6,0 33,0 0,0 45,0
13. Castejon Caballero Natalia ESP 2060 6,0 31,5 0,0 45,0
14. Madina Yadarola Martin ARG 2344 6,0 31,5 0,0 42,0
15. Salcedo Tornero Pablo ESP 2158 6,0 30,5 0,0 39,5
16. Ortiz Suarez Isam IM CUB 2390 6,0 30,0 0,0 40,5
17. Coleto Calderon Jose Antonio ESP 2159 5,5 31,5 0,0 42,0
18. Vazquez Gonzalez Francisco ESP 2105 5,5 31,0 0,0 46,0
19. Martin Rodriguez Emilio ESP 2145 5,5 31,0 0,0 44,0
20. Lozano Cortijo Mariano ESP 2173 5,5 30,5 0,0 42,5
21. Vazquez Gonzalez Jesus ESP 2081 5,5 28,5 0,0 42,5
22. Tejedor Ariza Francisco ESP 1952 5,5 28,5 0,0 40,0
23. Navas Jimenez Julian ESP 1901 5,5 28,5 0,0 40,5
24. Sanchez Gonzalez Sergio ESP 2098 5,5 28,5 0,0 43,0
25. Diezma Aganzo Jose Luis ESP 2215 5,5 28,0 0,0 41,5
26. Ramirez Bulnes Joaquin ESP 1951 5,5 27,5 0,0 41,0
27. Molina Rodriguez Jorge FM BOL 2201 5,5 27,5 0,0 37,0
28. Sanchez Crespo Ignacio ESP 1972 5,5 27,5 0,0 41,0
29. Escobar Pena Rafael ESP 1915 5,5 27,5 0,0 37,0
30. Anton Guijarro David ESP 1957 5,5 27,0 0,0 43,0
31. Ramos Aldoradin John Paul ESP 2129 5,5 27,0 0,0 40,0
32. Burlacu Laurentiu ROM 1944 5,5 26,5 0,0 37,5
33. Valbuena Mota Alejandro ESP 2129 5,5 26,5 0,0 38,0
34. Cerrato Torrijos Maria ESP 1811 5,5 23,5 0,0 32,5
118 players
The Peiraikos Open took place in Peiraias, Greece, 1st-7th September
2007. 87 players took part, among them 3 IMs. Nikoloz Managadze took clear
first on 6.5/7. News: Spiros Ilandzis.
Official site: http://www.geocities.com/peiraikoschess/
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Open Peiraias GRE (GRE), 1-7 ix 2007
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Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Club Pts.
1 2 Managadze Nikoloz IM 2433 GEO 6½
2 4 Skalkotas Nikolaos IM 2275 GRE 6
3 12 Ilandzis Spyridon 2174 GRE 5½
4 3 Gazis Efstathios FM 2307 GRE 5½
5 1 Kalesis Nikolaos IM 2459 GRE 5½
6 10 Tsomis Dimitrios FM 2201 GRE 5
7 17 Aggelis Nikolaos 2075 GRE 5
8 14 Litsas Ioannis 2157 GRE 5
9 11 Dounis Alexandros 2190 GRE 5
10 15 Balaskas Panayotis 2145 GRE 5
11 13 Koerant Filipos 2163 GRE 5
12 16 Spirou Panagiotis 2089 GRE 5
13 8 Psaras Stilianos 2212 GRE 5
14 7 Delithanasis Dimitrios 2217 GRE 5
15 6 Kostouros Alexandros 2223 GRE 4½
16 9 Papadatos Ioannis 2205 GRE 4½
17 18 Sideris Theodoros 2032 GRE 4½
18 22 Savoglou Nikolaos 1934 GRE 4½
19 19 Cimina Andra 2011 LAT 4½
20 36 Asvestopoulos Hristos 1745 GRE 4½
21 33 Hristidis Savas 1784 GRE 4½
22 27 Fragaki Maria 1878 GRE 4½
87 players
The 2007 African Individual Chess Championships were held at the Safari
Court Hotel in the Namibian Capital of Windhoek from August 31 to September 10,
2007.
The event featured 48 players in the Open Section out of which the
titled players were 3 Grandmasters, 13 International Masters, 4 FIDE Masters
and 1 Candidate Master. The Women´s Section featured 16 players with 1
Woman Grandmaster, 4Women International Masters and 1 Woman FIDE Master making
up the titled players.
The 14 African Countries that were represented comprised Angola,
Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Malawi Mozambique Namibia,Nigeria, South
Africa,Sudan,Tunisia, Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Open Section was won by IM Robert Gwaze of Zimbabwe with an
undefeated score of 7/9. IM Pedro Aderito of Angola took the silver medal ahead
of IM Essam El Gindy of Egypt on tie-break. The 13 year old Egyptian sensation
WIM Mona Khaled took the honours in the Women´s Section with a score of
8/9. South African WIM Anzel Solomons came in second and Alaa El Din Yosra from
Egypt was third. The African Continental Championships which were well
organised by the Namibian Chess Federation under the auspices of the African
Chess Union also served as a qualifying event for the 2007 World Chess Cup
scheduled for November 2007 in the Russian City of Khanty Mansyisk. In addition
to IMs Robert Gwaze, Pedro Aderito and Essam El Gindy Essam, GM Amin Bassem
(Egypt) ,GM Ahmed Adly(Egypt) and FM Abdel Razik Khaled (Egypt) qualified to
make up the six African qualifiers for the Khanty Mansyisk World Chess Cup. FM
Khaled came through a 4 player play-off.
News: Lewis Ncube (FIDE Vice President) - Games: Omar Salama.
Games from the final round (9) of the women's event missing.
Details:
http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_AfricanCh2.html
- http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/?p=75
-
http://chess-results.com/Tnr7817.aspx?tnr=7817&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=-1
and
http://chess-results.com/tnr7816.aspx?tnr=7816&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=3
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ch-Africa Men Windhoek NAM (NAM), 1-9 ix 2007
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1 Gwaze Robert IM ZIM 2413 7,0 41,0 40,0
2 Aderito Pedro IM ANG 2305 6,5 42,0 37,5
3 El Gindy Essam IM EGY 2507 6,5 39,0 32,5
4 Amin Bassem GM EGY 2535 6,5 37,0 32,0
5 Adly Ahmed GM EGY 2488 6,5 30,0 27,5
6 Abdel Razik Khaled FM EGY 2372 6,0 37,0 31,5
7 Belkhodja Slim GM TUN 2478 6,0 36,0 32,0
8 Simutowe Amon IM ZAM 2421 6,0 35,5 31,5
9 Sarwat Walaa IM EGY 2388 6,0 32,5 28,5
10 Ezat Mohamed IM EGY 2438 5,5 39,5 33,5
11 Van Den Heever Donovan RSA 2151 5,5 39,0 27,0
12 Steel Henry Robert RSA 2200 5,5 35,5 27,5
13 Solomon Kenny IM RSA 2344 5,5 33,5 26,5
14 Frhat Ali IM EGY 2384 5,5 33,5 25,5
15 Chumfwa Stanley ZAM 2329 5,5 33,0 24,5
16 Andrade Ivan MOZ 2134 5,0 37,0 30,0
17 Pascoal Eduardo A ANG 2086 5,0 36,0 25,5
18 Hassan Sayed Barakat IM EGY 2375 5,0 33,5 28,0
19 Mandiza Farai FM ZIM 2366 5,0 33,0 26,0
20 Adu Oladapo IM NGR 2294 5,0 30,0 24,0
21 Njili Kamel TUN 2366 5,0 27,0 18,0
22 Makoto Rodwell ZIM 0 5,0 26,0 18,0
23 Onabogun Kolade NGR 1890 4,5 38,5 27,0
24 Abdelnabbi Imed IM EGY 2484 4,5 35,0 24,0
25 Kawuma Steven Male UGA 2144 4,5 33,5 21,0
26 Erikson Roberto ANG 0 4,5 30,5 18,0
27 Khetho Phemelo FM BOT 2240 4,0 32,5 22,5
28 Oatlhotse Providence BOT 2154 4,0 32,5 22,0
29 Solomons Deon RSA 2233 4,0 32,0 21,5
30 Mwali Chitumbo IM ZAM 2163 4,0 31,0 19,0
31 Phiri Richmond ZAM 0 4,0 30,0 22,0
32 Simutowe Musatwe ZAM 0 4,0 30,0 22,0
33 Masango S ZIM 2140 4,0 29,0 15,0
34 Nadir Samir CM SUD 2164 4,0 28,5 18,5
35 Mamombe Kudzanai IM ZIM 2089 4,0 28,0 18,5
36 Nyazi Nehad EGY 2239 3,5 30,0 18,5
37 Chambule Pedro Lucas MOZ 2096 3,5 29,5 19,0
38 Chimthere Alfred Charles MAW 1968 3,5 25,5 12,5
39 Dennis Frans NAM 0 3,5 24,5 10,5
40 Alice Mateus Felizardo Viageirof FM MOZ 2255 3,5 23,5 17,5
41 Magana Ben KEN 2151 3,0 32,5 18,0
42 Campos Rui Medil ANG 0 3,0 28,5 15,0
43 Matewere Henry MAW 0 3,0 24,5 14,5
44 Eichab Charles NAM 2062 2,5 29,0 14,0
45 Kaunda Kajani MAW 0 2,5 26,5 13,5
46 Tjipueja Werner NAM 2083 2,0 28,0 6,0
47 Silver Willem August NAM 0 2,0 24,5 10,0
48 Kuhanga Freeman NAM 0 0,5 31,5 4,0
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ch-Africa Women Windhoek NAM (NAM), 1-9 ix 2007
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1 Mona Khaled WIM EGY 1981 8,0 33,0 38,0 37,00
2 Solomons Anzel WIM RSA 1865 7,5 34,5 39,5 37,50
3 Alaa El Din Yosra EGY 0 6,0 33,5 25,5 29,25
4 Omoragbon Doris NGR 0 5,5 35,0 26,0 20,00
5 Greef Melissa WIM RSA 2031 5,0 37,5 27,5 21,25
6 Basta-Sohair F WIM EGY 2075 5,0 35,0 23,0 20,00
7 Sabure Tuduetso WGM BOT 2042 5,0 29,0 23,0 16,25
8 Mudongo Boikhutso WFM BOT 1941 4,5 35,5 25,5 15,75
9 Mbalenhie Cindi RSA 0 4,5 34,0 22,0 16,25
10 Ezet Roos RSA 0 4,5 29,0 22,5 12,75
11 Amadasun Rosemary NGR 1913 4,0 30,0 22,5 16,25
12 Swartz Stephne NAM 0 4,0 30,0 21,0 9,50
13 Vilhete Vania Fausta MOZ 0 3,0 27,0 15,0 5,50
14 Swartz Celeste NAM 0 2,5 28,0 13,0 7,00
15 Jambo Linda MAW 0 2,5 28,0 13,0 6,50
16 Msiska Royce MAW 0 0,5 28,0 3,0 1,25
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/
Ray Cannon has sent three corrections to his games from the Liverpool
Open last week (not sure what that says about other people's games). Also I
tried initially to be a bit clever producing a crosstable from the games where
I removed the BYE element which had come to the top of the table. I removed it
once it was point out that (of course Doh!) all the pairings in the crosstable
were a round out.
John Watson's Book Show
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. This week Nigel Short appears. You can catch the show by signing
up for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
Moscow Open 2008
The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 takes place
2nd-10th February 2008. Venue - the Russian State Social University. Minimal
gartanted prize fund of full festival is RUR 5 000 000 (nearly EUR 150 000 or
USD 200 000, two times more than in 2007!) There are Open “A” (for
all, 1st prize RUR 500 000 - also possible to play 6- or 7 days like last two
years), Open “B” (<2300, 1st RUR 150 000), Women Open (new! 1st
prize RUR 150 000), open tournaments for school chidrens (qualify for World
School Ch). Conditions for GMs 2600+ and best rated women GMs will be given
probably, for GMs 2550+ it’s still unclear. More details in the middle of
September. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start.
As preparation to the World Mind Games in China – 2008 there are probably
"Moscow Open Mind Games 2008" - Chess 960, Bridge, Go, Shogi, Damen tournaments
etc. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start.
Contact: wlct06@gmail.com
Further details: http://www.chess-events.org
Etienne Bacrot's Website
Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ giving news about
himself, some comments on recent events including the World Championships in
Mexico City etc. Worth check out.
1st South Bohemia Open
1st SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN 2007 International Chess Festival which takes
place in one of the most beautiful Czech towns – Cesky Krumlov on
13.-20.10. 2007. Open FIDE, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the
festival.
Details: http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/
4th Highlands Open
The 4th Highlands Open takes place 22nd-30th September 2007 (Final Entry
16.9. 2007.)
Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/
17th World Seniors
The 17th World Seniors and Traunsee Open takes place in Gmunden, Austria
16th-29th September 2007.
Official site: http://www.chess-worldseniors.austria2007.com/
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
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
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
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
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/wcl.html
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
