The Week in Chess 679

THE WEEK IN CHESS 679 12th November 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Games Section
Tal Memorial	15 games
Liga de Campeones	16 games
European Team Championships	267 games
USSR vs Yugoslavia Match	20 games
SPICE Cup	18 games
Spanish Championship	24 games
Indian Women's Championship	112 games
4NCL	96 games
Dutch Team Championship	99 games
US Chess League	8 games
First Saturday November	54 games
22nd Le Touquet Open	226 games
Belgian Team Championships	40 games
I Magistral Joan Casals	45 games
Total	1037 gamess

1) Introduction

My thanks to Holger Lieske, Alexis Harakis, Iosu Mena, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Prathamesh Mokal, Malcolm Armstrong, Visweswaran Kameswaran, David Llada, John Henderson, Miklos Orso, Fred Lucas, Emmanuel Variniac, Steve Giddins, Dave Clayton, Harald Grafenhofer, Susan Polgar, Vernel M. Lawas, Evgeny Klavir, Ülar Lauk, Doug Bake, Eldar Mukhametov, Harry Schaack, Peter Doggers, George Mastrokoukos, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Alfonso Vilches, Valery Maes, Aben Rudy, Richard Grijalva, Larry Kaufman and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another very busy week of chess. It started with Russia winning the gold in the European Team Championships in both the men's and women's sections. The Liga de Campeones in Vitoria Gasteiz continues with Ruslan Ponomariov leading with 5.5/8 but Veselin Topalov is just half a point behind him. Sadly my fears for Anatoly Karpov came true as he is bottom with 2.5/8, I just don't think you can play an event of this strength without professional preparation and Karpov probably hasn't done any since 1990, talent isn't enough. In a stroll down memory lane we saw a team of veterans of the Yugoslav and USSR teams play in the Moscow Central Chess Club. We've had the good news of the Corus Wijk aan Zee A group for a few weeks but the strength of the B Group is a big surprise as it makes category XV and sees Etienne Bacrot, Gabriel Sargissian, Ivan Cheparinov, Sergey Movsesian, Pentala Harikrishna, Michal Krasenkow and Nigel Short all compete. Of course the Category XX Tal Memorial leads out with Vladimir Kramnik sharing the lead with Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after 3 rounds.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial Tournament takes place in Moscow 9th-19th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
Round 1 (November 10, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	40	E05	Catalan
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	32	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Lékó, Peter	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	31	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	29	A22	English Opening
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	29	C76	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Round 2 (November 11, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	45	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Gelfand, Boris	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	31	D12	Slav Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	39	B06	Modern Defence
Shirov, Alexei	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	45	C72	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	31	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 3 (November 12, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Lékó, Peter	1-0	62	E05	Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	39	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	24	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kamsky, Gata	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	29	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	41	E20	Nimzo Indian

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2785	*	½	.	.	½	1	.	.	.	.	2	2860
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2714	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	2	2862
3.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	½	1	2	2870
4.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2716	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	1½	2745
5.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2736	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2738
6.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2755	0	.	.	.	.	*	1	½	.	.	1½	2746
7.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2739	.	.	½	.	.	0	*	1	.	.	1½	2740
8.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2714	.	.	.	.	½	½	0	*	.	.	1	2618
9.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2710	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	1	2626
10.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2787	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	½	*	1	2601

3) Liga de Campeones

The "Chess Champions League" (Jesus de Lafuente memorial) takes place 1st-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz.

The main event is the "Tournament of Champions" which is a 6 player, 10 round event which takes place 2nd-4th, 6th-7th, 9th-11th and 13th-14th Nov 2007.

The event is called the "Chess Champions League - Playing for a better world". This is because: a) Initially, only former world players were invited to take place (plus Judit, as the best woman ever) b) The aim behind the tournament is to get funds to build up and/or send equipment to a Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, one of the poorest regions in the Congo. Side events which aim to raise this money include: To begin with, the the Moscow Orchestra will play several times in Vitoria duting the tournament (including at the opening ceremony), and they will donate all the benefits they got from the concerts to the project. -- The models and fashion designers from the Pasarela Cibeles Fashion Show (Madrid) will make an special appearance in the tournament, and some of the most famous fashion designers and models will offer a fashion show next to the playing hall. They will then give us the dresses and customs to be sold at auction. -- Some of the best Spanish sportsmen (the likes of Rafa Nadal and Miguel Indurain) will donate some items to be sold at auction. Topalov, for instance, has donated the medal he got when he became World Junior Champion in Puerto Rico 1989!

Website http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/ - David Llada's Blog

Chess Champions League Vitoria Gasteiz ESP (ESP), 2-14 xi 2007 cat. XIX (2702)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2705	*	*	½	.	1	1	½	½	½	.	1	½	5½	2834
2.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2769	½	.	*	*	0	.	½	1	1	½	1	½	5	2778
3.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2708	0	0	1	.	*	*	½	.	1	½	½	1	4½	2738
4.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2668	½	½	½	0	½	.	*	*	½	1	½	.	4	2713
5.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2690	½	.	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	*	½	.	2½	2567
6.	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2670	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	.	½	.	*	*	2½	2574

Chess Champions League Results
Round 8 (November 11, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	29	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Topalov, Veselin	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	51	D20	QGA
Polgar, Judit	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	69	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 7 (November 10, 2007)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	32	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	46	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Karpov, Anatoly	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	43	E17	Queens Indian
Round 6 (November 9, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	36	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	1-0	75	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Topalov, Veselin	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	53	E13	Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Round 1 Delayed Game (November 8, 2007)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	27	A56	Old Indian Defence
Round 5 (November 7, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	37	E97	King's Indian Classical
Polgar, Judit	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	27	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karpov, Anatoly	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	23	E90	King's Indian Classical
Round 4 (November 6, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	34	C42	Petroff's Defence
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	27	C42	Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	36	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Round 3 (November 4, 2007)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	32	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karpov, Anatoly	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	37	D12	Slav Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	36	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 2 (November 3, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	1-0	42	E15	Queens Indian
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	40	A33	English Symmetrical
Polgar, Judit	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	48	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 1 (November 2, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	48	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Polgar, Judit	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	45	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence

4) European Team Chess Championships

The European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) took place 27th October - 7th November 2007 in the luxurious Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete, Greece. Russia took first place in both the men's and women's events.

The event received high praise from the Association of Chess Professionals: http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=674

Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org there are now interviews including with Veselin Topalov at: http://videos.chessdom.com/ and one of the closing ceremony http://videos.chessdom.com/etcc-closing-ceremony. Also check out Etienne Bacrot's blog site (under "My Tournaments") commented games day by day in French then translated into English.

European Team Championships Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	MP	GP	Buc
1	1	RUS	RUSSIA	RUS	9	8	1	0	17	25,0	180,5
2	4	ARM	ARMENIA	ARM	9	6	2	1	14	21,5	175,0
3	3	AZE	AZERBAIJAN	AZE	9	6	1	2	13	20,5	183,5
4	10	POL	POLAND	POL	9	5	2	2	12	21,5	165,0
5	2	UKR	UKRAINE	UKR	9	4	4	1	12	21,0	159,0
6	8	ISR	ISRAEL	ISR	9	5	2	2	12	20,5	181,5
7	5	BUL	BULGARIA	BUL	9	5	1	3	11	22,0	178,0
8	19	SLO	SLOVENIA	SLO	9	5	1	3	11	20,5	172,0
9	6	FRA	FRANCE	FRA	9	5	1	3	11	20,0	186,5
10	12	HUN	HUNGARY	HUN	9	5	1	3	11	20,0	181,5
11	7	ESP	SPAIN	ESP	9	3	5	1	11	19,0	184,0
12	20	DEN	DENMARK	DEN	9	5	1	3	11	19,0	167,0
13	11	GEO	GEORGIA	GEO	9	4	2	3	10	21,5	154,5
14	17	GRE	GREECE	GRE	9	5	0	4	10	21,0	147,0
15	13	CZE	CZECH REPUBLIC	CZE	9	4	2	3	10	20,0	179,0
16	16	ENG	ENGLAND	ENG	9	4	2	3	10	19,5	168,5
17	26	MKD	FYROM	MKD	9	4	2	3	10	18,0	174,5
18	25	LTU	LITHUANIA	LTU	9	4	1	4	9	20,5	147,0
19	9	NED	NETHERLANDS	NED	9	3	3	3	9	19,5	168,5
20	31	ISL	ICELAND	ISL	9	4	1	4	9	19,0	169,5
21	14	SRB	SERBIA	SRB	9	4	1	4	9	19,0	165,5
22	27	NOR	NORWAY	NOR	9	3	3	3	9	19,0	161,5
23	15	GER	GERMANY	GER	9	3	2	4	8	19,5	153,0
24	30	MNE	MONTENEGRO	MNE	9	3	2	4	8	18,0	164,0
25	28	SUI	SWITZERLAND	SUI	9	3	2	4	8	17,0	160,5
26	18	CRO	CROATIA	CRO	9	3	2	4	8	17,0	159,5
27	21	SWE	SWEDEN	SWE	9	2	4	3	8	16,5	184,5
28	33	EST	ESTONIA	EST	9	4	0	5	8	16,5	162,5
29	29	ITA	ITALY	ITA	9	2	4	3	8	16,0	163,5
30	32	AUT	AUSTRIA	AUT	9	3	1	5	7	18,5	146,5
31	34	FIN	FINLAND	FIN	9	2	3	4	7	16,5	159,0
32	36	SCO	SCOTLAND	SCO	9	3	1	5	7	13,0	147,5
33	24	ROU	ROMANIA	ROU	9	2	2	5	6	16,0	152,5
34	23	TUR	TURKEY	TUR	9	2	2	5	6	15,0	157,0
35	35	BEL	BELGIUM	BEL	9	2	2	5	6	14,0	154,0
36	37	LUX	LUXEMBOURG	LUX	9	2	2	5	6	14,0	127,5
37	38	WLS	WALES	WLS	9	1	3	5	5	10,0	140,5
38	40	CYP	CYPRUS	CYP	9	1	2	6	4	10,0	130,5
39	39	MNC	MONACO	MNC	9	0	1	8	1	9,0	143,0
40	22	BIH	BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA	BIH	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	21,0

Best Performers by ELO
No.			Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	RUS	GM	Svidler Peter	2732	RUSSIA	2989	6,0	7	85,7	1
2	RUS	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2755	RUSSIA	2855	6,0	8	75,0	1
3	ISR	GM	Roiz Michael	2644	ISRAEL	2855	5,5	7	78,6	2
4	ENG	GM	Adams Michael	2729	ENGLAND	2800	5,5	8	68,8	1
5	AZE	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2752	AZERBAIJAN	2798	5,0	8	62,5	1
6	BUL	GM	Topalov Veselin	2769	BULGARIA	2797	3,0	4	75,0	1
7	CZE	GM	Navara David	2656	CZECH REPUBLIC	2792	6,0	9	66,7	1
8	ESP	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2660	SPAIN	2782	6,5	9	72,2	1
9	FRA	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2695	FRANCE	2781	5,0	8	62,5	1
10	RUS	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2716	RUSSIA	2760	5,0	7	71,4	3
11	UKR	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2694	UKRAINE	2758	4,5	7	64,3	1
12	NOR	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2714	NORWAY	2757	6,5	9	72,2	1
13	ARM	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2673	ARMENIA	2742	6,5	9	72,2	2
14	POL	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2573	POLAND	2739	5,5	7	78,6	2
15	NED	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2673	NETHERLANDS	2738	3,5	5	70,0	2
16	CZE	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2598	CZECH REPUBLIC	2737	5,5	8	68,8	2
17	AZE	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2742	AZERBAIJAN	2735	5,5	9	61,1	1
18	BUL	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2670	BULGARIA	2728	5,5	9	61,1	1
19	BUL	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2613	BULGARIA	2726	5,5	8	68,8	3
20	RUS	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2710	RUSSIA	2724	5,5	8	68,8	4

European Team Championships Best Board Performances % Medals
Board 1 Men
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2732	RUSSIA	85,7	7	6	2989
2	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2714	NORWAY	72,2	9	6½	2757
3	GM	Adams Michael	2729	ENGLAND	68,8	8	5½	2800
4	IM	Ragger Markus	2528	AUSTRIA	68,8	8	5½	2635
5	GM	Navara David	2656	CZECH REPUBLIC	66,7	9	6	2792
6	GM	Nyback Tomi	2565	FINLAND	64,3	7	4½	2683
7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2752	AZERBAIJAN	62,5	8	5	2798
8	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2695	FRANCE	62,5	8	5	2781
9	GM	Jobava Baadur	2644	GEORGIA	62,5	8	5	2673
10	GM	Efimov Igor	2446	MONACO	62,5	8	5	2538
11	GM	Aronian Levon	2741	ARMENIA	56,3	8	4½	2700
12	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2607	SERBIA	56,3	8	4½	2647
13	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2527	LITHUANIA	56,3	8	4½	2632
14	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2643	NETHERLANDS	50,0	9	4½	2651
15	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2609	SWITZERLAND	50,0	9	4½	2563
16	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2646	SLOVENIA	50,0	8	4	2684
17	GM	Shirov Alexei	2739	SPAIN	50,0	8	4	2676
18	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2655	ISRAEL	50,0	8	4	2675
19	GM	Socko Bartosz	2646	POLAND	50,0	8	4	2634
20	GM	Nielsen Peter Heine	2626	DENMARK	50,0	8	4	2633
21	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2576	FYROM	44,4	9	4	2592
22	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2691	HUNGARY	43,8	8	3½	2589
23	GM	Djukic Nikola	2528	MONTENEGRO	43,8	8	3½	2573
24	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2639	GERMANY	43,8	8	3½	2561
25	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2614	GREECE	43,8	8	3½	2515
26	GM	Godena Michele	2535	ITALY	43,8	8	3½	2508
27	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2787	UKRAINE	42,9	7	3	2623
28	GM	Stefansson Hannes	2574	ICELAND	42,9	7	3	2576
29	GM	Kozul Zdenko	2609	CROATIA	42,9	7	3	2556
30	GM	Kulaots Kaido	2547	ESTONIA	38,9	9	3½	2482
31	GM	Gurevich Mikhail	2627	TURKEY	37,5	8	3	2525
32	GM	Winants Luc	2504	BELGIUM	35,7	7	2½	2438
33	GM	Berg Emanuel	2593	SWEDEN	33,3	9	3	2514
34	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2531	ROMANIA	33,3	6	2	2471
35	FM	Jones Richard S	2327	WALES	31,3	8	2½	2344
36	IM	Muir Andrew J	2367	SCOTLAND	25,0	8	2	2278
37	IM	Berend Fred	2344	LUXEMBOURG	25,0	8	2	2236
38	CM	Savva Panikos	2099	CYPRUS	0,0	6	0	1792
Board 2 Men
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2755	RUSSIA	75,0	8	6	2855
2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2660	SPAIN	72,2	9	6½	2782
3	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2694	UKRAINE	68,8	8	5½	2758
4	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2606	GERMANY	64,3	7	4½	2650
5	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2742	AZERBAIJAN	61,1	9	5½	2735
6	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2670	BULGARIA	61,1	9	5½	2728
7	IM	Steingrimsson Hedinn	2533	ICELAND	61,1	9	5½	2646
8	IM	Bakalarz Mietek	2342	LUXEMBOURG	58,3	6	3½	2418
9	GM	Mitkov Nikola	2528	FYROM	57,1	7	4	2629
10	GM	Hansen Lars Bo	2572	DENMARK	57,1	7	4	2583
11	GM	Halkias Stelios	2590	GREECE	57,1	7	4	2569
12	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	2597	SLOVENIA	56,3	8	4½	2709
13	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2713	ARMENIA	56,3	8	4½	2663
14	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	2581	LITHUANIA	56,3	8	4½	2565
15	GM	Jenni Florian	2511	SWITZERLAND	55,6	9	5	2582
16	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2594	ITALY	50,0	8	4	2566
17	GM	Palac Mladen	2567	CROATIA	50,0	8	4	2564
18	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2562	ROMANIA	50,0	7	3½	2541
19	IM	Atlas Valery	2482	AUSTRIA	50,0	7	3½	2468
20	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2563	NORWAY	44,4	9	4	2517
21	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2610	CZECH REPUBLIC	43,8	8	3½	2603
22	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2567	ENGLAND	43,8	8	3½	2521
23	GM	Gelashvili Tamaz	2623	GEORGIA	43,8	8	3½	2491
24	IM	Agopov Mikael	2440	FINLAND	43,8	8	3½	2481
25	GM	Avrukh Boris	2641	ISRAEL	42,9	7	3	2588
26	GM	Tkachiev Vladislav	2661	FRANCE	42,9	7	3	2583
27	GM	Miton Kamil	2628	POLAND	42,9	7	3	2496
28	CM	Antoniou Antonis	2163	CYPRUS	42,9	7	3	2331
29	GM	Gyimesi Zoltan	2610	HUNGARY	41,7	6	2½	2533
30	IM	Polaczek Richard	2425	BELGIUM	41,7	6	2½	2375
31	GM	Atalik Suat	2599	TURKEY	37,5	8	3	2473
32	FM	Ruxton Keith	2314	SCOTLAND	37,5	8	3	2308
33	IM	Sepp Olav	2457	ESTONIA	33,3	9	3	2389
34		Kett Tim	2257	WALES	21,4	7	1½	2157
35	FM	Van Hoolandt Patrick	2245	MONACO	6,3	8	½	1959
Board 3 Men
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	GM	Roiz Michael	2644	ISRAEL	78,6	7	5½	2855
2	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2573	POLAND	78,6	7	5½	2739
3	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2617	GEORGIA	75,0	8	6	2690
4	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2673	ARMENIA	72,2	9	6½	2742
5	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2598	CZECH REPUBLIC	68,8	8	5½	2737
6	GM	Cicak Slavko	2569	SWEDEN	64,3	7	4½	2663
7	GM	Banikas Hristos	2591	GREECE	64,3	7	4½	2595
8	GM	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	2535	ROMANIA	64,3	7	4½	2589
9	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2649	BULGARIA	62,5	8	5	2697
10	GM	Miladinovic Igor	2603	SERBIA	62,5	8	5	2638
11	GM	Danielsen Henrik	2491	ICELAND	62,5	8	5	2633
12	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2678	UKRAINE	61,1	9	5½	2658
13	GM	Tratar Marko	2502	SLOVENIA	57,1	7	4	2632
14	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2598	SPAIN	56,3	8	4½	2633
15	GM	Balogh Csaba	2561	HUNGARY	56,3	8	4½	2619
16	IM	Brunello Sabino	2489	ITALY	56,3	8	4½	2554
17	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2663	AZERBAIJAN	50,0	8	4	2630
18	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	2639	NETHERLANDS	50,0	8	4	2571
19	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2497	SWITZERLAND	50,0	8	4	2524
20	IM	Karttunen Mika	2427	FINLAND	50,0	8	4	2489
21	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	2517	LITHUANIA	50,0	8	4	2471
22	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2654	FRANCE	50,0	6	3	2646
23	IM	Lie Espen	2421	NORWAY	44,4	9	4	2478
24	GM	Drasko Milan	2557	MONTENEGRO	43,8	8	3½	2554
25	IM	Weiss Christian	2460	AUSTRIA	42,9	7	3	2341
26	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2715	RUSSIA	41,7	6	2½	2580
27	GM	Kritz Leonid	2596	GERMANY	41,7	6	2½	2430
28	IM	Dutreeuw Marc	2391	BELGIUM	41,7	6	2½	2331
29	FM	Lauk Ular	2414	ESTONIA	38,9	9	3½	2388
30	GM	Nedev Trajce	2528	FYROM	37,5	8	3	2511
31	GM	Zelcic Robert	2578	CROATIA	37,5	8	3	2430
32	IM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2468	TURKEY	35,7	7	2½	2401
33	FM	Brittner Serge	2274	LUXEMBOURG	35,7	7	2½	2219
34	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	2564	DENMARK	33,3	6	2	2383
35		Morris Charles F	2198	WALES	33,3	6	2	2237
36		Grant Jonathan	2261	SCOTLAND	31,3	8	2½	2257
37		Iclicki Willy	2147	MONACO	12,5	8	1	2051
38		Aristotelous Vassilis	1960	CYPRUS	0,0	6	0	1716
Board 4 Men
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	IM	Liiva Riho	2442	ESTONIA	72,2	9	6½	2606
2	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2716	RUSSIA	71,4	7	5	2760
3	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2613	BULGARIA	68,8	8	5½	2726
4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2606	HUNGARY	68,8	8	5½	2722
5	IM	Lenic Luka	2531	SLOVENIA	68,8	8	5½	2697
6	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2559	GREECE	68,8	8	5½	2582
7	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2635	POLAND	64,3	7	4½	2602
8	GM	Arutinian David	2574	GEORGIA	64,3	7	4½	2566
9	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2634	FRANCE	62,5	8	5	2661
10	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	2513	MONTENEGRO	56,3	8	4½	2549
11	GM	Markus Robert	2586	SERBIA	56,3	8	4½	2544
12	GM	Schandorff Lars	2520	DENMARK	56,3	8	4½	2535
13	GM	Buhmann Rainer	2567	GERMANY	56,3	8	4½	2528
14	GM	Hebden Mark L	2542	ENGLAND	55,6	9	5	2574
15	IM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2402	NORWAY	50,0	9	4½	2502
16	GM	Asrian Karen	2623	ARMENIA	50,0	8	4	2572
17	IM	D'amore Carlo	2477	ITALY	50,0	8	4	2510
18	GM	Malisauskas Vidmantas	2495	LITHUANIA	50,0	8	4	2433
19	GM	Babula Vlastimil	2596	CZECH REPUBLIC	50,0	7	3½	2576
20	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614	AZERBAIJAN	50,0	7	3½	2575
21	IM	Kristjansson Stefan	2458	ICELAND	50,0	7	3½	2527
22	FM	Klerides Paris	2183	CYPRUS	50,0	7	3½	2302
23	GM	Khamrakulov Ibragim S	2604	SPAIN	50,0	6	3	2586
24	GM	Van Den Doel Erik	2593	NETHERLANDS	50,0	6	3	2559
25	GM	Smirin Ilia	2639	ISRAEL	50,0	6	3	2550
26	GM	Brkic Ante	2577	CROATIA	50,0	6	3	2465
27	IM	Esen Baris	2453	TURKEY	50,0	6	3	2417
28	FM	Morrison Graham	2322	SCOTLAND	43,8	8	3½	2294
29	IM	Laurent Bruno	2359	BELGIUM	42,9	7	3	2352
30	GM	Berescu Alin	2508	ROMANIA	41,7	6	2½	2417
31	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2567	SWEDEN	25,0	6	1½	2415
32	GM	Westerinen Heikki M J	2371	FINLAND	16,7	6	1	2245
33		Spice Alan	2170	WALES	16,7	6	1	2097
34		Rapaire Jean-Michel	1966	MONACO	6,3	8	½	1917
Board 5 Men
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2710	RUSSIA	68,8	8	5½	2724
2	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2638	UKRAINE	68,8	8	5½	2671
3	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2481	SWEDEN	66,7	9	6	2686
4	GM	Ruck Robert	2561	HUNGARY	66,7	6	4	2683
5	GM	Stanojoski Zvonko	2467	FYROM	64,3	7	4½	2677
6	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2608	POLAND	64,3	7	4½	2627
7	GM	Baramidze David	2569	GERMANY	64,3	7	4½	2598
8	IM	Rasmussen Karsten	2495	DENMARK	64,3	7	4½	2584
9	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2615	ISRAEL	62,5	8	5	2642
10	GM	Kosic Dragan	2482	MONTENEGRO	61,1	9	5½	2564
11	GM	Conquest Stuart C	2540	ENGLAND	58,3	6	3½	2562
12	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2573	GREECE	58,3	6	3½	2410
13	GM	Bauer Christian	2634	FRANCE	57,1	7	4	2577
14	GM	Jankovic Alojzije	2548	CROATIA	57,1	7	4	2552
15	GM	L'ami Erwin	2577	NETHERLANDS	56,3	8	4½	2589
16	GM	Sedlak Nikola	2605	SERBIA	50,0	8	4	2479
17	FM	Keskinen Sauli	2298	FINLAND	50,0	7	3½	2482
18	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2440	TURKEY	50,0	7	3½	2454
19		Gengler Pierre	2195	LUXEMBOURG	50,0	7	3½	2337
20	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	2581	BULGARIA	42,9	7	3	2513
21	FM	Gulbas Cemil	2365	BELGIUM	25,0	6	1½	2250
22	GM	Murariu Andrei	2503	ROMANIA	25,0	6	1½	2200
23		Kassinopoullos Doros	2121	CYPRUS	25,0	6	1½	2115

European Team Championships Women's Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	MP	GP	Buc
1	1	RUS	RUSSIA	RUS	9	6	3	0	15	25,0	184,5
2	6	POL	POLAND	POL	9	5	3	1	13	23,5	179,5
3	10	ARM	ARMENIA	ARM	9	5	3	1	13	21,0	176,0
4	3	UKR	UKRAINE	UKR	9	5	2	2	12	22,5	172,5
5	2	GEO	GEORGIA	GEO	9	5	2	2	12	22,5	166,5
6	11	SLO	SLOVENIA	SLO	9	5	2	2	12	20,5	171,0
7	5	HUN	HUNGARY	HUN	9	5	1	3	11	22,5	172,5
8	12	ROU	ROMANIA	ROU	9	4	3	2	11	20,0	162,5
9	22	CRO	CROATIA	CRO	9	4	2	3	10	21,0	132,0
10	18	AZE	AZERBAIJAN	AZE	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	173,0
11	7	GER	GERMANY	GER	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	170,5
12	8	NED	NETHERLANDS	NED	9	4	2	3	10	17,5	188,5
13	4	FRA	FRANCE	FRA	9	4	2	3	10	17,5	181,5
14	15	ESP	SPAIN	ESP	9	3	3	3	9	19,5	141,0
15	16	ISR	ISRAEL	ISR	9	4	1	4	9	16,5	175,5
16	13	GRE	GREECE 1	GRE1	9	3	2	4	8	19,0	152,0
17	21	CZE	CZECH REPUBLIC	CZE	9	3	2	4	8	18,5	150,5
18	14	BUL	BULGARIA	BUL	9	4	0	5	8	18,0	172,0
19	9	SRB	SERBIA	SRB	9	3	2	4	8	18,0	162,5
20	23	SUI	SWITZERLAND	SUI	9	2	4	3	8	18,0	134,0
21	17	LTU	LITHUANIA	LTU	9	2	4	3	8	16,5	173,0
22	20	ENG	ENGLAND	ENG	9	4	0	5	8	14,5	170,5
23	19	TUR	TURKEY	TUR	9	3	1	5	7	16,0	156,0
24	26	EST	ESTONIA	EST	9	2	3	4	7	14,5	156,0
25	27	MNE	MONTENEGRO	MNE	9	2	3	4	7	13,5	170,5
26	29	FIN	FINLAND	FIN	9	3	1	5	7	12,0	152,0
27	24	AUT	AUSTRIA	AUT	9	1	3	5	5	16,0	137,0
28	25	SWE	SWEDEN	SWE	9	1	3	5	5	15,5	139,0
29	30	GRE	GREECE 2	GRE2	9	0	1	8	1	6,5	157,0
30	28	BIH	BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA	BIH	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	19,0

European Team Championships Best Board Performances Women
Board 1 Women
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	GM	Peng Zhaoqin	2419	NETHERLANDS	72,2	9	6½	2597
2	IM	Danielian Elina	2458	ARMENIA	72,2	9	6½	2573
3	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2515	RUSSIA	68,8	8	5½	2587
4	IM	Socko Monika	2473	POLAND	66,7	9	6	2561
5	IM	Atalik Ekaterina	2404	TURKEY	62,5	8	5	2423
6	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2459	UKRAINE	61,1	9	5½	2506
7	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2466	HUNGARY	61,1	9	5½	2490
8	IM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2464	LITHUANIA	61,1	9	5½	2475
9	IM	Skripchenko Almira	2438	FRANCE	56,3	8	4½	2470
10	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2463	BULGARIA	56,3	8	4½	2420
11	WFM	Kulovana Eva	2305	CZECH REPUBLIC	56,3	8	4½	2413
12	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2405	ROMANIA	55,6	9	5	2443
13	WGM	Muzychuk Anna	2469	SLOVENIA	50,0	9	4½	2425
14	IM	Houska Jovanka	2404	ENGLAND	50,0	9	4½	2376
15	WIM	Golubenko Valentina	2264	CROATIA	50,0	8	4	2318
16	IM	Moser Eva	2412	AUSTRIA	50,0	8	4	2305
17	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2500	GEORGIA	50,0	6	3	2429
18	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2452	GERMANY	44,4	9	4	2359
19	IM	Klinova Masha	2326	ISRAEL	44,4	9	4	2348
20	IM	Dembo Yelena	2448	GREECE 1	44,4	9	4	2297
21	WGM	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	2331	SPAIN	43,8	8	3½	2316
22	WIM	Seps Monika	2290	SWITZERLAND	43,8	8	3½	2265
23	WIM	Agrest Svetlana	2255	SWEDEN	42,9	7	3	2271
24	WGM	Mamedjarova Zeinab	2326	AZERBAIJAN	38,9	9	3½	2340
25	WIM	Tsiganova Monika	2216	ESTONIA	37,5	8	3	2259
26	WGM	Bojkovic Natasa	2428	SERBIA	33,3	9	3	2258
27	WIM	Drljevic Ljilja	2270	MONTENEGRO	31,3	8	2½	2227
Board 2 Women
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	WIM	Nemcova Katerina	2255	CZECH REPUBLIC	83,3	9	7½	2548
2	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2411	POLAND	72,2	9	6½	2573
3	IM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2492	RUSSIA	68,8	8	5½	2517
4	WGM	Borsuk Angela	2301	ISRAEL	68,8	8	5½	2458
5	WGM	Zhukova Natalia	2452	UKRAINE	62,5	8	5	2475
6	WGM	Kadimova Ilaha	2311	AZERBAIJAN	61,1	9	5½	2432
7	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2402	ARMENIA	61,1	9	5½	2428
8	IM	Vajda Szidonia	2407	HUNGARY	61,1	9	5½	2422
9	WGM	Chelushkina Irina	2351	SERBIA	61,1	9	5½	2388
10	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2474	GEORGIA	57,1	7	4	2410
11	WFM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2178	AUSTRIA	56,3	8	4½	2266
12	WIM	Krivec Jana	2315	SLOVENIA	55,6	9	5	2391
13	IM	Collas Silvia	2408	FRANCE	50,0	9	4½	2351
14	IM	Kachiani-G Ketino	2404	GERMANY	50,0	8	4	2319
15	WIM	Andersson Christin	2209	SWEDEN	50,0	7	3½	2258
16	WGM	Voiska Margarita	2294	BULGARIA	43,8	8	3½	2332
17	WIM	Fomina Tatyana	2248	ESTONIA	43,8	8	3½	2221
18	WGM	Medic Mirjana	2240	CROATIA	43,8	8	3½	2206
19	WGM	Calzetta Monica	2287	SPAIN	41,7	6	2½	2307
20	WGM	Hund Barbara	2216	SWITZERLAND	41,7	6	2½	2178
21	WIM	Daulyte Deimante	2222	LITHUANIA	38,9	9	3½	2264
22	WGM	Voicu Carmen	2333	ROMANIA	38,9	9	3½	2242
23	IM	Ciuksyte Dagne	2411	ENGLAND	38,9	9	3½	2215
24	WIM	Rantanen Tanja	2089	FINLAND	35,7	7	2½	2182
25		Vojinovic Jovana	2227	MONTENEGRO	31,3	8	2½	2147
26	WIM	Topel Zehra	2246	TURKEY	31,3	8	2½	2103
27	IM	Bosboom-Lanchava Tea	2379	NETHERLANDS	16,7	6	1	2080
28	WFM	Petraki Maria	2099	GREECE 2	12,5	8	1	1943
Board 3 Women
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	IM	Ushenina Anna	2486	UKRAINE	71,4	7	5	2451
2	WIM	Heinatz Dr Gundula	2193	SWITZERLAND	71,4	7	5	2350
3	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2469	RUSSIA	68,8	8	5½	2494
4	IM	Madl Ildiko	2381	HUNGARY	68,8	8	5½	2460
5	WGM	Aginian Nelly	2261	ARMENIA	68,8	8	5½	2450
6	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2278	SLOVENIA	66,7	9	6	2416
7	WGM	Michna Marta	2375	GERMANY	62,5	8	5	2360
8	WIM	Franciskovic Borka	2227	CROATIA	62,5	8	5	2286
9	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	2250	AZERBAIJAN	61,1	9	5½	2378
10	WGM	Muhren Bianca	2303	NETHERLANDS	56,3	8	4½	2379
11	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2450	GEORGIA	56,3	8	4½	2349
12	WIM	Llaneza Vega Patricia	2272	SPAIN	56,3	8	4½	2296
13	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2371	POLAND	55,6	9	5	2378
14	WGM	Makropoulou Marina	2243	GREECE 1	55,6	9	5	2333
15	WGM	Motoc Alina	2300	ROMANIA	55,6	9	5	2292
16	WFM	Mijovic Aleksandra	2198	MONTENEGRO	50,0	8	4	2247
17	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2220	TURKEY	50,0	8	4	2190
18	WIM	Lauterbach Ingrid	2124	ENGLAND	44,4	9	4	2223
19	WGM	Velcheva Maria	2255	BULGARIA	43,8	8	3½	2245
20	WGM	Milliet Sophie	2395	FRANCE	38,9	9	3½	2239
21	WGM	Benderac Ana	2328	SERBIA	37,5	8	3	2184
22	WIM	Blazkova Petra	2239	CZECH REPUBLIC	37,5	8	3	2145
23	WGM	Igla Bella	2291	ISRAEL	35,7	7	2½	2150
24	WIM	Johansson Viktoria	2203	SWEDEN	33,3	6	2	2040
25	WIM	Zaksaite Salomeja	2228	LITHUANIA	27,8	9	2½	2113
26		Pavlidou Ekaterini	2003	GREECE 2	25,0	8	2	2000
27		Puuska Heini	2016	FINLAND	21,4	7	1½	2000
28		Narva Regina R	2067	ESTONIA	6,3	8	½	1776
Board 4 Women
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	IM	Dzagnidze Nana	2416	GEORGIA	81,3	8	6½	2466
2	WIM	Sargac Rajna	2170	CROATIA	75,0	8	6	2296
3	WIM	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	2270	GREECE 1	72,2	9	6½	2424
4	WIM	Paulet Iozefina	2276	ROMANIA	72,2	9	6½	2333
5	WFM	Ohme Melanie	2274	GERMANY	68,8	8	5½	2380
6	WIM	Bashkite Viktoria	2188	ESTONIA	68,8	8	5½	2325
7	WGM	Gara Anita	2315	HUNGARY	64,3	7	4½	2403
8	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2277	SLOVENIA	62,5	8	5	2371
9	WIM	Stojanovic Andjelija	2274	SERBIA	62,5	8	5	2304
10	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2440	UKRAINE	58,3	6	3½	2319
11	WIM	Umudova Nargiz	2188	AZERBAIJAN	58,3	6	3½	2312
12	WIM	Hernandez Yudania	2263	SPAIN	56,3	8	4½	2266
13		Batyte Daiva	2198	LITHUANIA	55,6	9	5	2259
14	WGM	Leconte Maria	2364	FRANCE	50,0	9	4½	2261
15	FM	Schuurman Petra	2281	NETHERLANDS	50,0	7	3½	2305
16		Jiretorn Eva	2121	SWEDEN	50,0	7	3½	2128
17	WGM	Lematschko Tatjana	2189	SWITZERLAND	50,0	6	3	2186
18	WIM	Vasiliev Olga	2214	ISRAEL	42,9	7	3	2238
19	WIM	Cedikova Katerina	2171	CZECH REPUBLIC	42,9	7	3	2158
20	WIM	Andriasian Siranush	2234	ARMENIA	37,5	8	3	2210
21		Misovic Sanja	1876	MONTENEGRO	35,7	7	2½	2078
22	WFM	Ozturk Kubra	2174	TURKEY	31,3	8	2½	2019
23		Savola Laura	2040	FINLAND	21,4	7	1½	1957
24		Fragaki Maria	1922	GREECE 2	12,5	8	1	1830
Board 5 Women
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Gms	Pts.	Rp
1	WIM	Trujillo Delgado Dafnae	2243	SPAIN	75,0	6	4½	2219
2	IM	Korbut Ekaterina	2443	RUSSIA	71,4	7	5	2462
3	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	2409	GEORGIA	64,3	7	4½	2257
4	WFM	Raeva Elitsa	2242	BULGARIA	61,1	9	5½	2315
5	IM	Vasilevich Tatjana	2368	UKRAINE	58,3	6	3½	2348
6		Rautanen Sari	1961	FINLAND	42,9	7	3	2082
7		Schink Barbara	2031	AUSTRIA	41,7	6	2½	1918
8	WIM	Bensdorp Marlies	2263	NETHERLANDS	33,3	6	2	2177

5) USSR vs Yugoslavia Match

No its not a misprint, neither country exists anymore but the XXII Friendly Chess Match between USSR and Yugoslavia teams took place 8th-9th November 2007 at the Central Chess Club of Moscow, Russia. The USSR won 11-9 by virtue of a 6-4 win on day one, day two was tied.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=422

USSR vs Yugoslavia Rd 1 8th Nov 2007
Player	NAT	vs	Player	NAT	Res	Mo	ECO	Opening
Gligoric, Svetozar	YUG	-	Korchnoi, Viktor	USSR	0-1	54	E41	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Vasiukov, Evgeni	USSR	-	Ivkov, Borislav	YUG	1/2	13	D14	Slav Exchange
Matanovic, Aleksandar	YUG	-	Taimanov, Mark E	USSR	1/2	29	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Balashov, Yuri S	USSR	-	Velimirovic, Dragoljub	YUG	0-1	65	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Karaklajic, Nikola	YUG	-	Zaitsev, Igor A	USSR	1/2	16	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Averbakh, Yuri L	USSR	-	Vlahovic, Svetozar	YUG	1/2	8	A13	Reti Opening
Spasojevic, Zoran	YUG	-	Vorotnikov, Vladislav V	USSR	1/2	22	C41	Philidor's Defence
Machulsky, Anatoly D	USSR	-	Savic, Andreja	YUG	1/2	10	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Lazarevic, Milunka	YUG	-	Fatalibekova, Elena	USSR	0-1	16	B23	Sicilian Closed
Zaitseva, Ludmila G	USSR	-	Blagojevic, Katarina	YUG	1-0	46	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Rd1 USSR 6 - Yugoslavia 4
USSR vs Yugoslavia Rd 2 9th Nov 2007
Player	NAT	vs	Player	NAT	Res	Mo	ECO	Opening
Korchnoi, Viktor	USSR	-	Gligoric, Svetozar	YUG	1/2	32	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Ivkov, Borislav	YUG	-	Vasiukov, Evgeni	USSR	1/2	14	D26	QGA
Taimanov, Mark E	USSR	-	Matanovic, Aleksandar	YUG	1/2	19	E59	Nimzo Indian
Velimirovic, Dragoljub	YUG	-	Balashov, Yuri S	USSR	1/2	35	C44	Scotch Gambit
Zaitsev, Igor A	USSR	-	Karaklajic, Nikola	YUG	1/2	42	B01	Centre Counter
Vlahovic, Svetozar	YUG	-	Averbakh, Yuri L	USSR	1-0	35	C34	Kings Knight Gambit
Vorotnikov, Vladislav V	USSR	-	Spasojevic, Zoran	YUG	1-0	37	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Savic, Andreja	YUG	-	Machulsky, Anatoly D	USSR	1/2	9	A92	Dutch Stonewall
Fatalibekova, Elena	USSR	-	Lazarevic, Milunka	YUG	1/2	9	A84	Dutch
Blagojevic, Katarina	YUG	-	Zaitseva, Ludmila G	USSR	1/2	7	B40	Sicilian Classical
Rd2 USSR 5 - Yugoslavia 5
Final Score USSR 11 - Yugoslavia 9

6) SPICE Cup

Texas Tech University’s Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) hosts an invitational tournament 9th-16th November 2007 in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. The 2007 SPICE Cup International Invitational Chess Tournament is held in memory of GM Samuel Reshevsky, and is the first international tournament at Texas Tech organized by Susan Polgar.

Official site: http://www.monroi.com/ChessTournament/SpiceCup/home.html

SPICE Cup Lubbock (USA), 9-16 xi 2007 cat. XII (2527)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Perelshteyn, Eugene	g	USA	2536	*	1	.	.	½	1	.	.	1	.	3½	2861
2.	Leon Hoyos, Manuel	m	MEX	2495	0	*	.	.	½	1	.	.	.	1	2½	2616
3.	Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	g	MEX	2536	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	½	.	1	2½	2618
4.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2568	.	.	½	*	.	.	1	.	.	½	2	2675
5.	Schneider, Dmitry	m	USA	2502	½	½	.	.	*	.	0	1	.	.	2	2496
6.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2475	0	0	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	1	2	2503
7.	Hera, Imre jr	g	HUN	2544	.	.	½	0	1	.	*	.	.	.	1½	2535
8.	Lugo, Blas	m	USA	2411	.	.	½	.	0	0	.	*	½	.	1	2342
9.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2628	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	2280
10.	Gulko, Boris F	g	USA	2571	.	0	0	½	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	2196

7) Spanish Championship

The Spanish Championships take place in Ayamonte 9th-16th November 2007. The event is a knockout. Illescas plays San Segundo and Lopez Martinez plays Khamrakulov in the semi-finals that start tomorrow.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/campeonatos/2007/absoluto/index.htm

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
9th November 2007		11th November 2007		13th November 2007		15th November 2007

Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2598 (1)	2

Fernandez Siles, Luis f ESP 2310 (16)	0
		Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	2

		Moreno Ruiz, Javier (9)	0
Moreno Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2466 (9)	1.5

Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario g ESP 2490 (8)	0.5
				Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	-

				San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (5)	-
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2536 (5)	1.5

Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2428 (12)	0.5
		San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (5)	2

		Andres Gonzalez, Alberto (13)	0
Andres Gonzalez, Alberto m ESP 2435 (13)	1.5

Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2546 (4)	0.5
						-	-

						-	-
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel g ESP 2563 (3)	3

Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2370 (14)	1
		Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (3)	1.5

		Oms Pallise, Josep g 6 (6)	0.5
Llaneza Vega, Marcos m ESP 2426 (11)	0.5

Oms Pallise, Josep g ESP 2506 (6)	1.5
				Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (3	-

				Khamrakulov, Ibragim S (2)	-
Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2512 (7)	2.5

Llanes Hurtado, Miguel m ESP 2459 (10)	1.5
		Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G (7)	0.5

		Khamrakulov, Ibragim S (2)	1.5
Huerga Leache, Mikel f ESP 2440 (15)	0.5

Khamrakulov, Ibragim S g ESP 2604 (2)	1.5

8) Russia Cup

The Russian Cup takes place in Serpukhov in the Moscow Region 5th-16th November 2007. The event is a knockout. The games are available via http://russiachess.org/eng/ but are a bit of a mess currently.

The most detailed coverage is at: http://www.e3e5.com, http://russiachess.org/eng/ with live games at: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/live/

Russian Cup
Round 1 (November 5th-6th)
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	D	Svetushkin	MDA		-	IM	D	Chuprov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	M	Makarov	RUS		-	GM	B	Savchenko	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	V	Yemelin	RUS		-	GM	V	Dobrov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	I	Popov	RUS		-	GM	Yu	Yakovich	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	S	Azarov	BLR		-	GM	A	Rychagov	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	E	Andreev	UKR		-	GM	R	Ovetchkin	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	A	Iljin	RUS		-	GM	M	Panarin	RUS		1-1	3-1
IM	D	Kryakvin	RUS		-	GM	A	Lastin	RUS		0-2
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS		-	GM	D	Kokarev	RUS		1-1	2.5-1.5
IM	E	Romanov	RUS		-	GM	S	Dvoirys	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	M	Turov	RUS		-	GM	A	Gutov	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Kornev	RUS		-	GM	I	Lysyj	RUS		1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	S	Grigoriants	RUS		-	GM	S	Novikov	RUS		1-1	2-0
FM	A	Zabotin	RUS		-	GM	K	Chenyshov	RUS		1-1	1.5-0.5
GM	E	Vorobiov	RUS		-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS		0-2
IM	A	Deviatkin	RUS		-	GM	B	Grachev	RUS		0.5-1.5
Round 2 (November 7th-8th)
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	V	Malakhov	RUS		-	GM	B	Grachev	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	M	Turov	RUS		-	GM	P	Smirnov	RUS		1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Potkin	RUS		-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS		-	GM	S	Volkov	RUS		1-1	3-2
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS		-	GM	A	Iljin	RUS		2-0
FM	A	Zabotin	RUS		-	GM	A	Dreev	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Aleksandrov	BLR		-	GM	I	Popov	RUS		2-0
GM	S	Grigoriants	RUS		-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS		-	GM	A	Lastin	RUS		1.5-0.5
IM	D	Chuprov	RUS		-	GM	M	Kobalia	RUS		2-0
GM	D	Bocharov	RUS		-	GM	V	Dobrov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	B	Savchenko	RUS		-	GM	F	Amonatov	TJK		1.5-0.5
GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS		-	GM	S	Azarov	BLR		1-1	2.5-1.5
IM	E	Romanov	RUS		-	GM	A	Fedorov	BLR		0.5-1.5
GM	K	Sakaev	RUS		-	GM	R	Ovetchkin	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS		-	GM	K	Landa	RUS		1.5-0.5
Round 3 (November 9th-10th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	P	Smirnov	RUS	2636	-	GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	0-2
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS	2591	-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS	2516	1-1	3-1
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	FM	A	Zabotin	RUS	2480	1-1	2-0
GM	A	Aleksandrov	BLR	2614	-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS	2653	0.5-1.5
IM	D	Chuprov	RUS	2557	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Dobrov	RUS	2499	-	GM	B	Savchenko	RUS	2583	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Fedorov	BLR	2612	-	GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS	2600	-	GM	K	Sakaev	RUS	2634	1-1	0-2

9) 11th OIBM Bad Wiessee

The 11th OIBM (Offene Internationale Bayerische Meisterschaft) takes place in Bad Wiessee 10th-18th November 2007. Alexander Shabalov is the strongest player in the field.

Official site: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/

Top 30 players at 11th OIBM Bad Wiessee
1	Shabalov, Alexander	GM	2626	USA
2	Postny,Evgeny	GM	2598
3	Khenkin,Igor	GM	2600	GER
4	Halkias,Stelios	GM	2590	GRE
5	Korneev,Oleg	GM	2587	RUS
6	Baramidze,David	GM	2569	GER
7	Eingorn,Vereslav	GM	2576	UKR
8	Buhmann,Rainer	GM	2567	GER
9	Mamedov,Nidjat	GM	2565	AZE
10	Bobras,Piotr	GM	2564	POL
11	Prusikin,Michael	GM	2564	GER
12	Meier,Georg	GM	2558	GER
13	Parligras,Mircea Emi	GM	2553	ROU
14	Levin,Felix	GM	2552	GER
15	Naumann,Alexander	GM	2548	GER
16	Bischoff,Klaus	GM	2535	GER
17	Andersson,Ulf	GM	2528	SWE
18	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	2518	POL
19	Teske,Henrik	GM	2518	GER
20	Siebrecht,Sebastian	IM	2481	GER
21	Skatchkov,Pavel	GM	2509	RUS
22	Abbasov,Farid	GM	2507	AZE
23	Holzke,Frank	IM	2485	GER
24	Mainka,Romuald	GM	2496	GER
25	Bromberger,Stefan	IM	2491	GER
26	Friedel, Josh	IM	2477	USA
27	Kopylov,Michael	IM	2472
28	Volke,Karsten	IM	2472	GER
29	Hoffmann,Michael	IM	2471	GER
30	Karpatchev,Aleksandr	GM	2469

10) Indian Women's Championship

34th Women's National A Chess Championship is organised by the Symbiosis Spa Chess School at Symbiosis Center for Health Care Campus, Range Hills Road, Kirkee, Pune 411020. The Technical Assistance is provided by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust. The tournament offers a record prize money of Rs.2,50,000 and includes the cream of Indian Women's chess among its participants. The top three players from this tournament will be selected to represent India at the World Chess Olympiad to be held at Dresden, Germany in 2008 while the top six players will comprise the Indian Women's team for various other International Events.

Official site: http://www.symbiosisspa.lci.in/

ch-IND w Pune IND (IND), 6-13 xi 2007 Round 8 of 11 Standings
Rank	Name		Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	RtgØ
1	Tania Sachdev	WGM	2413	IND	6	34½	2269
2	Swathi Ghate	WGM	2316	IND	5½	34½	2270
3	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	WIM	2263	IND	5½	34	2276
4	Harika Dronavalli	IM	2480	IND	5½	34	2275
5	Gomes Mary Ann	WIM	2262	IND	5½	32½	2208
6	Soumya Swaminathan	WIM	2244	IND	5½	31	2230
7	Mohota Nisha	WGM	2416	IND	5	32½	2213
8	Nimmy A G		2196	IND	5	29½	2166
9	Karavade Eesha	WGM	2331	IND	4½	35½	2265
10	Priya P		2129	IND	4½	31	2229
11	Divyasri Ch		2050	IND	4½	24½	2102
12	Ramaswamy Aarthie	WGM	2317	IND	4	35½	2258
13	Meera Sai	WFM	2205	IND	4	35½	2248
14	Amrutha Mokal		2159	IND	4	31½	2184
15	Pon N Krithika	WFM	2140	IND	4	31½	2177
16	Padmini Rout		2226	IND	4	27½	2166
17	Uthra P		2055	IND	4	22	2072
18	Anuprita Patil		2060	IND	3½	32½	2224
19	Syed Nabeela Farheen		2093	IND	3½	28½	2129
20	Harini S		2060	IND	3	28½	2153
21	Pujari Rucha	WFM	2061	IND	3	27½	2128
22	Sangeetha M R		2118	IND	3	27½	2126
23	Dave Dhyani	WFM	2002	IND	3	27	2109
24	Swati Mohota		2112	IND	3	26	2089
25	Preethi R		2125	IND	3	25	2100
26	Athirai S		2000	IND	2½	22½	2091
27	Savetha C H		1968	IND	2½	21½	1959
28	Baisakhi Das		2101	IND	1	22½	2090

11) 4NCL

The 3rd and 4th rounds of the 4NCL took place in Birmingham 10th-11th NOvember 2007. My thanks to Malcolm Armstrong for the games.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

4NCL Division 1 Round 3 10th November 2007
		SLOUGH SHARKS 1		2254	2½ - 5½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2		2368
111	w	Jones, Gawain C B (def)	g	2567	d - 1	Flear, Glenn C	g	2493
112	b	Rendle, Thomas E	m	2397	½ - ½	Kosten, Anthony C	g	2519
113	w	Williams, Samuel G (def)		2267	d - 1	King, Daniel J	g	2517
114	b	Kahar, Krunal		2197	0 - 1	Buckley, Graeme	m	2378
115	w	Van Weersal, Arlette	w*	2174	½ - ½	Shepley, Julien M (reserve)		2110
116	b	Muter, Donny		2212	1 - 0	Povah, Nigel E	m	2353
117	w	Kafka, Graeme		2103	½ - ½	Thompson, Ian D	f	2309
118	b	Armstrong, Malcolm		2118	0 - 1	Sandu, Mihaela	wf	2266
		BARBICAN 4NCL 1		2369	4½ - 3½	ADs 1		2358
121	w	Parker, Jonathan	g	2527	1 - 0	Speelman, Jonathan S	g	2498
122	b	D'Costa, Lorin A R	f	2395	0 - 1	Davies, Nigel R	g	2476
123	w	Knott, Simon	m	2366	1 - 0	Smerdon, David	m	2466
124	b	Palliser, Richard	m	2417	0 - 1	Cernousek, Lukas	m	2405
125	w	Ferguson, Mark	m	2413	½ - ½	Jirka, Jiri	m	2385
126	b	Cox, John J	m	2386	1 - 0	Snape, Ian		2229
127	w	Collins, Sam	m	2401	½ - ½	Wheeler, Darren P		2237
128	b	Bhatia, Kanwal K	w	2047	½ - ½	Bellin, Jana	wg	2169
		NORTH WEST EAGLES 1		2294	3 - 5	WOOD GREEN		2290
131	w	Macak, Stefan		2384	½ - ½	Cramling, Pia	g(w)	2531
132	b	Quillan, Gary		2359	0 - 1	Turner, Matthew J	g	2484
133	w	Hennigan, Michael T	m	2380	½ - ½	Martin, Andrew D	m	2425
134	b	Morrison, Graham	f	2322	½ - ½	Sowray, Peter J	f	2346
135	w	Carleton, John J		2322	0 - 1	Tiller, Bjorn	m	2389
136	b	Hanley, James		2248	½ - ½	Tan, Desmond	f	2329
137	w	Kennaugh, Charles W	f	2294	0 - 1	Hegarty, Sarah	w	1967
138	b	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri	wf	2040	1 - 0	Cumming, Rhys		1845
		BETTSON.COM		2348	4½ - 3½	HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1		2370
141	w	Hunt, Adam C	m	2464	1 - 0	Gordon, Stephen J	m	2498
142	b	Pert, Richard G	m	2455	½ - ½	Houska, Jovanka	m(wg)	2404
143	w	Hunt, Harriet	m(w)	2448	½ - ½	Greet, Andrew N	m	2441
144	b	Ansell, Simon	m	2405	0 - 1	Trent, Lawrence	m	2460
145	w	Webb, Laurence E	f	2289	1 - 0	Hanley, Craig A	m	2436
146	b	Duncan, Christopher R	f	2288	½ - ½	Briscoe, Christopher		2273
147	w	Ledger, David J	f	2266	1 -0	Burrows, Martin P		2204
148	b	Ledger, Stephen C		2166	0 - 1	Tavoularis, Nicholas		2246
		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1		2278	4 - 4	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1		2483
151	w	Rajlich, Iweta	m(w)	2411	1 - 0	Hebden, Mark L	g	2542
152	b	Mah, Karl C C	m	2410	½ - ½	Pert, Nicholas	g	2539
153	w	Pinter, Gabor	m	2362	½ - ½	Conquest, Stuart C	g	2540
154	b	Rajlich, Vas	m	2304	0 - 1	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	2484
155	w	Moskovic, David M		2275	0 - 1	Howell, David W L	g	2527
156	b	Beckett, Chris J		2106	0 - 1	Shaw, John K	g	2446
157	w	Churm, Rohan M		2178	1 - 0	Tissir, Mohamed	m	2444
158	b	Eckersley-Waites, Adam		2175	1 - 0	Lalic, Susan	m(wg)	2338
		RICHMOND		2273	2½ - 5½	BARBICAN 4NCL 2		2279
161	w	Gormally, Daniel W	g	2484	½ - ½	Collinson, Adam	f	2385
162	b	Bates, Richard A	m	2378	0 - 1	Berry, Neil	f	2307
163	w	Hinks-Edwards, Thomas	f	2365	½ - ½	Devereaux, Maxim	f	2350
164	b	Wall, Gavin	m	2307	0 - 1	Taylor, Martin R	f	2337
165	w	Bisby, Daniel L		2276	0 - 1	Eggleston, David J	f	2341
166	b	Osborne, Marcus E		2258	½ - ½	Pritchett, Craig W	m	2316
167	w	Chevannes, Sabrina	w	2073	1 - 0	Lewis, Andrew P	f	2296
168	b	Mitchem, Nicholas D		2041	0 - 1	Jule, Alexandra	w	1896
Division 1 Round 4 11th November 2007
		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1		2492	7½ - ½	NORTH WEST EAGLES 1		2299
111	w	Conquest, Stuart C	g	2540	1 - 0	Hennigan, Michael T	m	2380
112	b	Pert, Nicholas	g	2539	½ - ½	Morrison, Graham	f	2322
113	w	Hebden, Mark L	g	2542	1 - 0	Macak, Stefan		2384
114	b	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	2484	1 - 0	Quillan, Gary		2359
115	w	Howell, David W L	g	2527	1 - 0	Kennaugh, Charles W	f	2294
116	b	Shaw, John K	g	2446	1 - 0	Hague, Ben		2290
117	w	King, Daniel J	g	2517	1 - 0	Carleton, John J		2322
118	b	Lalic, Susan	m(wg)	2338	1 - 0	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri	wf	2040
		HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1		2370	4 - 4	BARBICAN 4NCL 1		2380
121	w	Gordon, Stephen J	m	2498	½ - ½	Parker, Jonathan	g	2527
122	b	Houska, Jovanka	m(wg)	2404	1 - 0	Cox, John J	m	2386
123	w	Greet, Andrew N	m	2441	1 - 0	Knott, Simon	m	2366
124	b	Trent, Lawrence	m	2460	½ - ½	Devereaux, Maxim	f	2350
125	w	Hanley, Craig A	m	2436	1 - 0	Collins, Sam	m	2401
126	b	Briscoe, Christopher		2273	0 - 1	Palliser, Richard	m	2417
127	w	Burrows, Martin P		2204	0 - 1	Ferguson, Mark	m	2413
128	b	Tavoularis, Nicholas		2246	0 - 1	Regan, Natasha	wm	2183
		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2		2376	5 - 3	RICHMOND		2266
131	w	Flear, Glenn C	g	2493	½ - ½	Gormally, Daniel W	g	2484
132	b	Kosten, Anthony C	g	2519	1 - 0	Bates, Richard A	m	2378
133	w	Tissir, Mohamed	m	2444	0 - 1	Hinks-Edwards, Thomas	f	2365
134	b	Buckley, Graeme	m	2378	1 - 0	Wall, Gavin	m	2307
135	w	Povah, Nigel E	m	2353	0 - 1	Bisby, Daniel L		2276
136	b	Cooksey, Paul S		2245	1 - 0	Osborne, Marcus E		2258
137	w	Thompson, Ian D	f	2309	1 - 0	Chevannes, Sabrina	w	2073
138	b	Sandu, Mihaela	wf	2266	½ - ½	Allen, Dominic		1987
		WOOD GREEN		2290	3½ - 4½	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1		2273
141	w	Cramling, Pia	g(w)	2531	1 - 0	Mah, Karl C C	m	2410
142	b	Turner, Matthew J	g	2484	0 - 1	Rajlich, Iweta	m(w)	2411
143	w	Martin, Andrew D	m	2425	½ - ½	Rajlich, Vas	m	2304
144	b	Sowray, Peter J	f	2346	½ - ½	Pinter, Gabor	m	2362
145	w	Tiller, Bjorn	m	2389	½ - ½	Moskovic, David M		2275
146	b	Tan, Desmond	f	2329	0 - 1	Eckersley-Waites, Adam		2175
147	w	Hegarty, Sarah	w	1967	1 - 0	Robertson, J Stuart		2105
148	b	Cumming, Rhys		1845	0 - 1	Mycroft, Richard		2141
		ADs 1		2358	2½ - 5½	BETTSON.COM		2348
151	w	Speelman, Jonathan S	g	2498	½ - ½	Hunt, Adam C	m	2464
152	b	Davies, Nigel R	g	2476	½ - ½	Pert, Richard G	m	2455
153	w	Smerdon, David	m	2466	0 - 1	Hunt, Harriet	m(w)	2448
154	b	Cernousek, Lukas	m	2405	½ - ½	Ansell, Simon	m	2405
155	w	Jirka, Jiri	m	2385	0 - 1	Webb, Laurence E	f	2289
156	b	Snape, Ian		2229	0 - 1	Duncan, Christopher R	f	2288
157	w	Wheeler, Darren P		2237	½ - ½	Ledger, David J	f	2266
158	b	Bellin, Jana	wg	2169	½ - ½	Ledger, Stephen C		2166
		BARBICAN 4NCL 2		2262	4½ - 3½	SLOUGH SHARKS 1		2254
161	w	D'Costa, Lorin A R	f	2395	1 - 0	Jones, Gawain C B	g	2567
162	b	Berry, Neil	f	2307	½ - ½	Rendle, Thomas E	m	2397
163	w	Lewis, Andrew P	f	2296	1 - 0	Williams, Samuel G		2267
164	b	Pritchett, Craig W	m	2316	0 - 1	Muter, Donny		2212
165	w	Eggleston, David J	f	2341	1 - 0	Van Weersal, Arlette	w*	2174
166	b	Taylor, Martin R	f	2337	0 - 1	Kahar, Krunal		2197
167	w	Taylor, Peter		2206	½ - ½	Kafka, Graeme		2103
168	b	Jule, Alexandra	w	1896	½ - ½	Armstrong, Malcolm		2118

12) Dutch Team Championship

The Dutch Team Championships take place 15th September 2007 - 17th May 2008.

A player has been banned for 2,5 years after he was caught last Saturday using PocketFritz during a chess game in the Dutch League. (Further details: http://www.chessvibes.com)

Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/

Dutch Team Championships
Round 2 - 6th October 2007
LSG 1	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	2½	-	7½
HSG	-	LSG 2	10	-	0
ESGOO	-	HMC Calder	5½	-	4½
HWP Sas van Gent	-	Hotels.nl	4½	-	5½
Utrecht	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	5½	-	4½

Round 3 - 3rd November 2007
Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	5½	-	4½
Hotels.nl	-	Utrecht	7	-	3
HMC Calder	-	HWP Sas van Gent	7	-	3
LSG 2	-	ESGOO	2½	-	7½
LSG 1	-	HSG	4	-	6

13) Asian Indoor Games

FIDE report (http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1501) that The China team won the 9-round Swiss Macau Asian Indoor Games Blitz Team Championship on Saturday with India winning Silver and Kazakhstan the bronze. The day before, Krishnan Sasikiran and Koneru Humpy, both of India, won the men`s and women`s gold medals, respectively, in the individual blitz championship consisting of 9-round Swiss qualifications, 4-game semifinal and 4-game final matches. There are some games from the standard time rate event but I need to find a table.

Further details: http://chess-results.com/tnr8545.aspx?lan=1 - http://www.maigoc2007.com/Eng/index.shtml - http://www.asia-chess.com/

14) US Chess League

The new US Chess League took place August 27th - October 31st 2007. Philadelphia beat New York and Miami beat San Francisco in the wildcard playoff on November 7th. Boston and Dallas receive the first round byes as they topped the two divisions. The final placings will be decided on 14th and 28th November 2007. Games are played on ICC. My thanks to Greg Shahade.

Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com

USCL Wildcard Round 7th November 2007
		Philadelphia	3.5			New York	0.5
1	GM	Sergey Kudrin	(PHI)	vs	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	(NY)	1/2-1/2
2	IM	Irina Krush	(NY)	vs	IM	Bryan Smith	(PHI)	1-0
3	IM	Richard Costigan	(PHI)	vs	IM	Jay Bonin	(NY)	0-1
4	WFM	Iryna Zenyuk	(NY)	vs	NM	Elvin Wilson	(PHI)	1-0
		Miami	2.5			San Francisco	1.5
1	GM	Julio Becerra	(MIA)	vs	GM	Patrick Wolff	(SF)	1/2-1/2
2	IM	Vinay Bhat	(SF)	vs	IM	Blas Lugo	(MIA)	0-1
3	FM	Marcel Martinez	(MIA)	vs	IM	Dmitry Zilberstein	(SF)	1-0
4		Gregory Young	(SF)	vs		Luis Barredo	(MIA)	1-0

15) First Saturday November

The First Saturday tournaments for November takes place 3rd-13th November 2007. There are two IM and two FM events, the IMB is a 6 player double round robin.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSIMA November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	f	DEN	2315	*	1	.	½	.	1	1	½	1	1	6	2570
2.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2314	0	*	.	1	1	½	½	.	1	1	5	2418
3.	Kaufman, Raymond	f	USA	2393	.	.	*	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	5	2411
4.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2166	½	0	0	*	1	½	.	1	1	.	4	2341
5.	Cooke, Eric		USA	2253	.	0	1	0	*	0	0	1	1	.	3	2233
6.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2304	0	½	0	½	1	*	.	½	.	½	3	2227
7.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2346	0	½	½	.	1	.	*	½	0	0	2½	2180
8.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2263	½	.	0	0	0	½	½	*	.	1	2½	2186
9.	Andersen, Alf R		NOR	2200	0	0	½	0	0	.	1	.	*	1	2½	2187
10.	Hvenekilde, Jorgen		DEN	2239	0	0	0	.	.	½	1	0	0	*	1½	2075

FSIMB November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2419	*	*	½	½	½	.	1	.	½	.	1	1	5	2388
2.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2220	½	½	*	*	1	.	½	.	1	½	½	.	4½	2398
3.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2352	½	.	0	.	*	*	½	1	½	.	1	½	4	2282
4.	Francsics, Endre		HUN	2164	0	.	½	.	½	0	*	*	½	½	1	.	3	2244
5.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2261	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	*	*	0	.	2½	2146
6.	Burghardt, Jozsef		HUN	2198	0	0	½	.	0	½	0	.	1	.	*	*	2	2154

16) Bendigo Bank Chess Championship

The Bendigo Bank Chess Championship took place 3rd-6th November 2007. Darryl Johansen won the event with 6/7. There was live coverage but no games in PGN are available at the moment.

Official site: http://www.global1t.com/chess

Bendigo Bank Chess Championship 3rd-6th November 2007 Final Round 7 Standings:
1	Johansen, Darryl K	VIC	2446	2424	6
2-6	Antic, Dejan	OS	2476	2486	5.5
	Solomon, Stephen J	QLD	2465	2447	5.5
	Bjelobrk, Igor	NSW	2379	2423	5.5
	Sandler, Leonid	VIC	2364	2319	5.5
	Sales, Jesse Noel	OS	2312	2312	5.5
14-Jul	Goldenberg, Igor	VIC	2408	2391	5
	Rujevic, Mirko	VIC	2274	2216	5
	Stojic, Dusan	VIC	2193	2142	5
	Dilla, Edsil	VIC	2176	2176	5
	Skiotis, Pano	VIC	2158	2058	5
	Hacche, David J	VIC	2103	2048	5
	Brown, Andrew	ACT	2014	1947	5
	Hogg, Dean	VIC	1940	1940	5
15-23	Wallis, Christopher	VIC	2257	2202	4.5
	Dragicevic, Domagoj	VIC	2254	2139	4.5
	Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija	VIC	2061	1918	4.5
	Voon, Richard	VIC	1985	1852	4.5
	Zaprudsky, George	VIC	1968	1897	4.5
	Lawson, Shane	VIC	1913	1689	4.5
	Kordahi, Nicholas	NSW	1888	1792	4.5
	Kalisch, Thomas	VIC	1875	1780	4.5
	Dalton, Samuel	VIC	1664	1637	4.5
85 players

17) 22nd Le Touquet International Open

22nd Le Touquet International Open Internationnal took place 27th October - 2nd November 2007. 16 year old Sebastian Feller won with 8/9 and will become a GM at the next FIDE Congress. Games Emmanuel Variniac.

Official site: http://www.opalechecs.com/accueil.php

22nd Le Touquet Open 27th October - 2nd November 2007. Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Nom		Elo	Fede	Pts	Tr.	Perf.
1	FELLER Sebastien	m	2513	FRA	8	43	2769
2	RADULSKI Julian	g	2519	BUL	7	41	2570
3	IKONNIKOV Vyacheslav	g	2555	RUS	6,5	44,5	2600
4	KUNIN Vitaly	g	2507	GER	6,5	44,5	2572
5	BRODSKY Michail	g	2597	UKR	6,5	42,5	2559
6	STAROSTITS Ilmars	m	2511	LAT	6,5	41,5	2497
7	GOFSHTEIN Zvulon	g	2541	ISR	6,5	41	2472
8	HANDKE Florian	g	2497	GER	6	44,5	2484
9	LE ROUX Jean-Pierre	m	2477	FRA	6	43	2470
10	SAVCHENKO Stanislav	g	2604	UKR	6	42	2513
11	BERNARD Christophe	m	2367	FRA	6	41,5	2429
12	BATTAGLINI Gabriel		2295	FRA	6	39,5	2450
13	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	2546	FRA	6	39	2422
14	VOGEL Jaap	f	2218	NED	6	38,5	2367
15	CLAVERIE Christophe	m	2320	FRA	6	38,5	2340
16	MAES Wim	f	2314	BEL	6	38	2380
17	PYTEL Krzysztof	m	2410	FRA	6	37,5	2351
95 players

18) 7th Rohde Open

The 7th Rohde Open took place in Sautron, France 27th October - 3rd November 2007. Farid Abbasov won the event on tie-break from Vladimir Potkin, Vitali Koziak and David Pruess (2nd GM norm) after all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.sautronechecs.fr

7th Rohde Open Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	ELO.	NAT	Sco	Tr	Bu.	Perf
1	ABBASOV Farid	g	2507	AZE	7	44,5	55,5	2586
2	POTKIN Vladimir	g	2612	RUS	7	44	54,5	2653
3	KOZIAK Vitali	m	2437	UKR	7	43,5	53	2603
4	PRUESS David	m	2417	USA	7	42,5	53	2589
5	MALAKHATKO Vadim	g	2596	BEL	6,5	46	56	2613
6	DAS Arghyadip		2367	IND	6,5	45	55,5	2599
7	MAZE Sebastien	g	2576	FRA	6,5	44,5	56	2623
8	EDOUARD Romain	m	2472	FRA	6,5	44	54	2506
9	BABAEV Rashad	g	2465	AZE	6,5	42,5	53	2475
10	FRIEDEL Joshua E	m	2477	USA	6,5	42,5	53	2472
11	RAETSKY Alexander	g	2410	RUS	6,5	42,5	52,5	2439
12	BEDOUIN Xavier	f	2342	FRA	6,5	40,5	50	2403
13	DELORME Axel	f	2328	FRA	6,5	39,5	49	2422
14	BOGNER Sebastian	m	2383	GER	6	44,5	54,5	2494
15	BOJKOV Dejan	m	2520	BUL	6	44	55	2464
16	KOZAKOV Mikhail	g	2449	UKR	6	42,5	53	2392
17	BRUNED Yvain	f	2355	ESP	6	42	52	2369
18	PETKOV Vladimir	g	2508	BUL	6	42	51,5	2454
19	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	2408	BEL	6	41,5	51	2399
20	KOSTEN Anthony C.	g	2519	FRA	6	41	51	2373
21	OKHOTNIK Vladimir	m	2433	FRA	6	41	50,5	2409
22	MULLON Jean-Baptiste	f	2339	FRA	6	39,5	48,5	2321
23	DEMUTH Adrien		2256	FRA	6	38	47	2223
24	DENIS Laurent		2220	FRA	6	37,5	47	2188
25	CHABRADZE Boris		2161	GEO	6	37	45,5	2216
95 players

19) Russian Youth Championships

The Russian Youth Chess Championship U-8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 of the South Federal District takes place in Elista from 1st-10th November 2007. No details or games.

Photo report: http://www.fide.com/default.asp?curpage=1&x=0.8191492

20) Campeonato de México Absoluto

The Mexican Championships take place in Pachuca, the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora leads on 7/8, half a point clear of Luis Ibarra Chami with one round to go.

Official site: http://www.fenamac.org.mx/postnuke/html/

21) Moscow Juniors

In what appears to be a Russian Girls event takes place in Moscow 3rd-11th November 2007.

Details in Russianhttp://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=417

22) Belgian Team Championships

The Belgian Team Championships takes place 30th September 2007 - 16th March 2008. As expected favorit Bredene, this time disposing of 4 grandmasters and 2 masters, took the lead after crushing the second team of Eynatten. Nothing special though, because the average team elo difference was enormous, 2457 against 2230. * The match CREC against Brussels has been postponed to December 16th due to the ETCC in Crete where two team members of CREC Charleroi played. News Valery Maes.

Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/

Belgian Team Championships Round 3 04/11/07
SK Rochade	KBSK	15 - 17
Eynatten 1	Borgerhout	17 - 15
Eynatten 2	Bredene	9 - 22
CRELEL	Temse	21 - 11
Namur	KGSRL	15 - 17
CREC	Brussels	*-------

Belgian Team Championships Round 3 Standings
St	Team	BP	MP
1	Bredene	55	2,5
2	CRELEL	55	2,5
3	KBSK	54	3
4	KGSRL	52	2
5	SK Rochade	50	2
6	Eynatten 1	49	2
7	Namur	44	1
8	Borgerhout	41	0
9	Boey Temse	40	0
10	CREC *	38	2
11	Eynatten 2	36	0
12	Brussels *	29	0

23) I Magistral Internacional Joan Casals

The I Magistral Internacional Joan Casals took place in Maó, Menorca Illes Balears, Spain 25th October - 1st November 2007. Jakob Vang Blud won with 6.5/9. Games now available.

Official site: http://www.chessmallorca.com/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr8455.aspx

Joan Casals Memorial 25th October - 1st November 2007
Rk.		Nombre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	Pts.	T/B
1	IM	Glud Jakob Vang	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6,5	25,75
2	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan	½	*	½	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	5,5	22,50
3	GM	Mirzoev Azer	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5,5	22,25
4	FM	Huerga Leache Mikel	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	1	5,0	21,25
5	IM	Giaccio Alfredo	½	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	5,0	19,75
6	GM	Movsziszian Karen	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	4,5	18,00
7	IM	Larino Nieto David	0	½	0	½	1	1	*	1	0	0	4,0	18,75
8		Cubas Pons Juan	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	*	½	1	4,0	15,75
9	FM	Bolado Saez Sergio	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	*	1	4,0	15,00
10		Cantero Antonio	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	*	1,0	4,00

24) 8th Liberec Open

The 8th Liberec Open takes place 10th-17th November 2007. Open FIDE, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

More detailed information should be found in English, German, Russian and Polish at http://www.czechtour.net/liberec-open/

8th Liberec Open 10-17 ix 2007. Round 2 of 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	FED		Rtg	Pts.
1	Plischki Sebastian	GER	IM	2357	2,0
2	Porat Ido	ISR	FM	2275	2,0
3	Agafonov Yuri	LAT		2173	2,0
4	Backmann Michael	SWE		2140	2,0
5	Stehlik Jiri	CZE		2082	2,0
6	Pichl Michael	GER		2082	2,0
7	Matcins Aleksejs	LAT		2074	2,0
8	Ksieski Zbigniew	POL	IM	2400	2,0
9	Golcman Evgeny	RUS		2223	2,0
10	Porat Maya	ISR		2198	2,0
11	Broekman Willem	NED		2136	2,0
12	Vavra Pavel	CZE		2125	2,0
13	Kikinder Roman	SVK		2111	2,0
14	Paldus Petr	CZE		2072	2,0
15	Bartos Jan	CZE	FM	2216	2,0
16	Snorek Milan Ing.	CZE		2061	2,0
17	Malec Jan Ing.	CZE		2059	2,0
18	Sirota Sergej	CZE		2044	2,0
19	De Vrieze Michael	NED		2018	2,0
20	Bogdanovich Grigory	RUS	IM	2352	1,5
21	Bjornsson Tomas	ISL	FM	2208	1,5
22	Jiruse Josef Mgr.	CZE		2153	1,5
23	Johansson Thomas	SWE		2147	1,5
24	Turner Radek Ing.	CZE		2094	1,5
25	Van Nieuwenhuizen Hans	NED		1974	1,5
26	Natsidis Christoph	GER		2256	1,5
27	Kohout Jan Ing.	CZE		2031	1,5
28	Bindrich Oswald	GER		2200	1,5
29	Bartkowiak Damian	POL		2116	1,5
30	Noordhoek Henk	NED		2102	1,5
31	Blahacek Evzen Ing.	CZE		2088	1,5
32	Adema Johan	NED		2025	1,5
33	Bednar Marcel	CZE		2003	1,5
34	Hlavnicka Jan	CZE		1988	1,5
35	Bach Ulf-Gunter	GER		1986	1,5
36	Ingason Sigurdur	ISL		1947	1,5
37	Porschberg Thomas	GER		2022	1,5
38	Pokora Lubomir	CZE		1986	1,5
39	Cervinka Vladimir	CZE		1943	1,5
118 players

25) Forthcoming Events and Links

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008

The field for the 2008 Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been announced at http://www.coruschess.com Five of the top 6 in the world are playing including the new World Champion Anand and new World number 2 Ivanchuk. Also Kramnik and Gelfand who finished 2nd in Mexico City.

The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 will be held from 11-27 January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue is the De Moriaan Community Centre

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	W rnk
GM Viswanathan Anand	1969	2801	1
GM Vassily Ivanchuk	1969	2787	2
GM Vladimir Kramnik	1975	2785	3
GM Veselin Topalov	1975	2769	4
GM Peter Leko	1979	2755	5
GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov	1985	2752	7
GM Teymour Radjabov	1987	2742	8
GM Levon Aronian	1982	2741	9
GM Boris Gelfand	1968	2736	11
GM Michael Adams	1971	2729	13
GM Magnus Carlsen	1990	2714	17
GM Judit Polgar	1976	2708	20
GM Pavel Eljanov	1983	2681	30
GM Loek van Wely	1972	2680	32
Average rating: 2741 (based on October figures) Category: 20

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
GM	Etienne Bacrot	FRA	2695
GM	Gabriel Sargissian	ARM	2673
GM	Ivan Cheparinov	BUL	2670
GM.	Sergey Movsesian	SLO	2670
GM	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2668
GM	Michal Krasenkow	POL	2668
GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2649
GM	Daniel Stellwagen	NED	2639
GM	Ian Nepomniachtchi	RUS	2611
GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2606
GM	Erwin l'Ami	NED	2577
GM	Jan Smeets	NED	2558
WGM	Hou Yifan	CHI	2502
IM	Wouter Spoelman	NED	2445
Average rating : 2617 Category : 15

Corus Wijk aan Zee Participants honorary four-event match 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	CCT victories
GM Viktor Kortchnoi	1931	2611	4
GM Lajos Portisch	1937	2530	4
GM Jan Timman	1951	2559	2
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic	1950	2550	1

In addition Monday 19th November there starts a kind of prelude for the big Corus tournament, the Cultural Village tournament. http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n140 The winner will be invited for the C group. Games will be played in the café de Zon and the amateurs will also play games there during Corus 2008.

Anand Interview at Internet Chess Club

There is an interview with Viswanathan Anand at the Internet Chess Club on the occasion of the Indian festival "Diwali". Internet Chess Club's Chess.fm India presents an exclusive Interview with World Champion Viswanathan Anand. As special tribute, ICC http://www.chessclub.com has made an exclusive coverage of Anand's world championship triumph in Mexico followed by a historic reception in his hometown of Chennai. The Diwali special treat is available at http://webcast.chessclub.com/India/Macauley/Anand_interview.html & http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/India.asx

ICC Qualifier for Gibtelecom Chess Festival

The Internet Chess Club is organizing an online event where the first prize includes travel to the Gibraltar Chess Festival from anywhere in the world! The prize also includes entry and accommodation plus board for the whole tournament. Play begins on the 15th November, details at http://www.chessclub.com/activities/gibraltar/

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/

XXI Benidorm Open

The XXI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2008 Benidorm organised an international tournament 1977 till 1995 now it has returned second year. The event takes place 25nd April - 4st May 2008 (10 rounds). 35.000 Euros in prizes. Information: Mr. Alfonso Vilches Tel: +34 695 91 56 78. E-mail: open@chessbenidorm.com

Official site: http://www.chessbenidorm.com

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

The schedule for Chess Classic Mainz 2008 is now available. The event takes place 21st-28th July 2008 in Mainz/Germany.

In addition there is a Chess Classic Calendar for the next year, which will be available in the first week of December. It is a big format (420 x 594 mm) and shows the stars and the biggest moments of the 14 years tournament history. The copies are limited to 200 (39,- Euro plus delivery) plus 64 with an autograph of World Champion Vishy Anand (48,- Euro plus delivery). Contact for order: juergen.wienecke@chesstigers.de

Further details: http://www.chesstigers.de

16th Donau Open

The 16th Donau Open takes place 26th-31st December 2007

Further details: http://www.aschach.at/schach/

Icelandic Rapid Championships

The Icelandic Rapid Championships took place 18th-20th October 2007. Bragi and Björn Þorfinnsson will meet in the final in December which be on TV in Iceland.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5661&Itemid=387

Games Festival Halkidiki 2008

Games Festival is a mass event organized for the third year in Halkidiki, Greece 28th April - 6th May 2008. The festival includes series of tournaments & exhibitions in prestigious sports like, chess, billiards, bridge, darts, streetbasketball and popular table games like scrabble, strategic games, pc games etc.

Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/

Vados Cup

The Vados Cup, international rapid chess open takes place 17th-18th November 2007 in Arad (Romania). Prize fund: over 2000 euro. 1st prize: 1800 RON (~535 euro). - The organisers can provide free accommodation for IMs and can give conditions to GMs (please contact the organizer).

More info: http://www.vados.ro - http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php

Campeanu, Alin - tel. +40-722-613128, email:sahclubvados@yahoo.com

Guernsey Chess Festival Open

33rd Fortis Guernsey International Chess Festival GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson wins with 6 out of 7 having taken a half point bye in round 1. GM Vladimir Epishin was equal second. Games may become available.

Official site: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/

Glitnir Blitz

The Glitnir Blitz took place in Oslo last Saturday, Grischuk beat Carlsen 3-1 in the final and Agdestein beat Nielsen 3-0 in the semi-final. Would really like to find some games.

Official site: http://www.sjakk.no/glitnirblitz/resultater.html

67th Italian Championship

The 67th Italian Championship takes place 23rd November - 4th December 2007. The tournament will consist of 12 players in a round robin at the 4 star Park Hotel San Michele in Martina Franca. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the Italian Chess Federation´s web site. The players are: GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Michele Godena, GM Carlo Garcia-Palermo, IM Sabino Brunello, IM Fabio Bruno, IM Giulio Borgo, IM Roberto Mogranzini, IM Federico Manca, IM Daniel Contin, FM Daniele Genocchio, FM Denis Rombaldoni, and Alessandro Bonafede.

Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/

I Avanzado International

The I Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Avanzado (Tecnológico) takes place 1st-9th December 2007

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com

Bundesliga

The German Bundesliga for 2007-8 takes place 19th October 2007 - 20th April 2008. The first games were on Friday 19th October as part of the special round 7 - fixtures from this round are played before various weekend programs. Rounds 3 and 4 take place 24th-25th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ further coverage: http://www.schach.com and also at the national Federation site at: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.php and statistics also at: http://www.godesbergersk.de/bundesliga-statistik/

28th Bethune Open

The Bethune chess club is preparing his 28th International Open, Hall Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) from December 26 to 30. 9 rounds The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1900, 1st price : 400 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 6000 euros of prices, prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Conditions for IM and GM and special conditions for GM>2600, contact us at open@bethunechess.com

For more information visit: http://www.bethunechess.com

Harmonie Chess Tournament

The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place 21st-30th December 2007.

Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2007/2007eng.html

XVII Pampona International

The XVII Pampona International takes place 21st-29th December 2007.

Details: http://www.chesspamplona.com/

Pamplona Masters 21-29 xii 2007. Category XVII
1	GM	WANG Yue	2703	CHN
2	GM	SARGISSIAN Gabriel	2673	ARM
3	GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	2670	SVK
4	GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	2660	ESP
5	GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	2646	SLO
6	GM	JOBAVA Baadur	2644	GEO
7	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2615	ISR
8	GM	KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S	2604	ESP

Chigorin Memorial 2007

The Chigorin Memorial takes place in St Petersburg 29th November - 9th December 2007.

Details: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2007/chigorin.html

VI Bali International Chess Festival

The VI Bali International Chess Festival takes place 30th November 9th December 2007. Many events including the tournament of stars 6th-9th December 2007 which has the participation of the new world champion Viswanathan Anand.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Czech Chess Christmas 2007

The Czech Chess Christmas 2007 tournament takes place in Litomysl (CZE) 26th December 2007 - 1st January 2008

9th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 700 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz,

Further details: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2007/

Hungarian Chess Tournaments October 2007 - March 2008

1. 6th-19th of October 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 /NL/, 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/

2. 24th-31st of October, HÉVÍZ Open - 200 km West from Budapest, 9 rounds Swiss, org: IM Rigo, http://www.lellechess.tar.hu

3. 22nd-30th of October 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.

4. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL

5. 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

6. 1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL

7. 15th-21st of Dec, Kecskemet, IM tmt

8. 27th Dec- 5th Jan Kecskemet IM tmt,

9. 11th-19th of January 2008 Open in Budapest, Season opening, org: IA FAZEKAS, György, e-mail: srcolonel@freemail.hu

10. 19th-28th of January - IM tmt, Kecskemet

11. 2nd-15th of February - First Saturday Budapest,

12. 16th-25th of February - IM tmt Kecskemet,

13. 1st-13rd of March - First Saturday Budapest,

14. 21st-29th of March - Budapest Spring Festival Open, org.: Nagy Laszlo

Halkidiki Chess Festival 2008

The Halkidiki Chess Festival takes place in Kallithea, 28th April - 5 May 2008.

The Organizing Committee of the Halkdiki Chess Festival 2008. Tel/fax: +30 2310 865778 - e-mail: teotsorb@otenet.gr V.Olgas 285, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/

4th Singapore International Chess Convention

4th Singapore International Chess Convention, 16 - 22 December 2007: - Singapore Masters 2007 - Seminar for Coaches - Seminar for Arbiters The offical website of the organiser is the website of the Singapore Chess Federation:

Official site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg

Computer Chess Events

On Saturday 29th September will take place the 1st AICA Man-Machine Match, Accademia Due Torri, Bologna, Italy. Delfi, current italian computer champion, will play FM Nicolò Ronchetti, who has just scored his third IM norm. Time control: Ronchetti 2 hours, Delfi 10 seconds per move. The game will be relayed on PlayChess, from 10:00 (CET). Site: http://e4e6.com/g6. On the same place, on 29 and 30 September will take place the 2nd Chess Computer Cup, also valid as 7th italian computer chess championship (CIPS 2007). 7 rounds, around 20 players. First two boards will be relayed on PlayChess, from 13:00 (CET).

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/

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

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          7.5
  1 - 2   FM Allan Stig Rasmussen               2450 2451     7.5
  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          6.5
  6 - 9   GM Sune Berg Hansen                   2574 2580     6.5
  6 - 9   GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson              2568 2568     6.5
  6 - 9   IM Thorbjørn Bromann                  2413 2414     6.5
 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          5.5
 21 - 32  Martin Matthiesen                     2363 2353     5.5
 21 - 32  WGM Anna Zozulia                      2332          5.5
 21 - 32  IM Bjørn Brinck-Claussen              2324 2300     5.5
 21 - 32  FM Jacob Carstensen                   2304 2293     5.5
 21 - 32  FM Tobias Hirneise                    2293          5.5
 21 - 32  FM Teddy Coleman                      2239          5.5
 21 - 32  FM Ove Weiss Hartvig                  2232 2210     5.5
 21 - 32  Andreas Wiwe                          2187 2152     5.5  
 21 - 32  Parker Zhao                           2180          5.5  
 21 - 32  Morten Kock Møller                    2178 2141     5.5  
 21 - 32  CM Andreas Arnold Schmitz             2081          5.5  
118 players

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

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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