THE WEEK IN CHESS 681 26th November 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) World Chess Cup
3) FIDE World Cup Blitz
4) Kramnik vs Anand Advanced Chess Match
5) Cultural Village Tournament
6) World Youth Chess Championships
7) US Chess League
8) Ukrainian Championship
9) Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship
10) 67th Italian Championship
11) 8th Liberec Open
12) Fecerj International
13) Guernsey Chess Festival Open
14) Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial
15) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games Section
World Chess Cup 180 games
FIDE World Cup Blitz 380 games
Kramnik vs Anand Advanced Chess Match 2 games
Cultural Village Tournament 29 games
US Chess League 4 games
Ukrainian Championship 98 games
Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship 25 games
8th Liberec Open 16 games
Guernsey Chess Festival Open 236 games
Total 970 gamess

1) Introduction

My thanks to Michael Langer, Fred Lucas, Nebojsa Baralic, George Mirijanian, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Anton Mihailov, Arthur F Brameld, Ian Rogers and everyone else who helped with the issue.

A very busy week of chess with the FIDE World Cup Blitz following on from the Tal Memorial with a stellar field. Vassily Ivanchuk reasserted his good form by taking clear first from Viswanathan Anand after beating him in the final round. Anand followed this up with a draw against Vladimir Kramnik in an Advanced Chess Rapid match whilst most of the rest of the blitz players made their way to Khanty-Mansiysk to play in the World Chess Cup. There were few real shocks in round one 19th seed Pavel Eljanov, 25th, Konstantin Landa, 32nd, Pentala Harikrishna, 39th, Emil Sutovsky and 42nd seed and former World Championships Challenger Nigel Short (strangely after or perhaps because of his opponent arriving late) were the main casualties. The real business is yet to come.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) World Chess Cup

The World Chess Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk. Arrival 22nd, Opening Ceremony 23rd and Round 1 24th November, departure after 7 knockout rounds on 18th December 2007.

Official site: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm [and link to the handy pairings tree is at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1520] Further coverage: http://www.chessdom.com/world-chess-cup-2007/

World Chess Cup Round 1 24th-26th November 2007
Round 1 Match 01
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2787 1 1 2
Aderito, Pedro ANG 2352 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 02
Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY 2389 0 0 0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2752 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 03
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2742 1 1 2
Genba, Vladimir RUS 2413 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 04
Hobaica, Juan Pablo ARG 2427 0 0 0
Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 05
Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739 1 1 2
Gwaze, Robert ZIM 2429 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 06
Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN 2435 - 0 0
Svidler, Peter RUS 2732 + 1 2
Round 1 Match 07
Adams, Michael ENG 2729 ½ 1 1,5
Zugic, Igor CAN 2477 ½ 0 0,5
Round 1 Match 08
Ismagambetov, Anuar KAZ 2480 1 0 ½ 0 1,5
Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716 0 1 ½ 1 2,5
Round 1 Match 09
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2715 1 ½ 1,5
Lima, Darcy BRA 2487 0 ½ 0,5
Round 1 Match 10
Zhao, Zong-Yuan AUS 2491 0 0 0
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 11
Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 ½ 1 1,5
Adly, Ahmed EGY 2494 ½ 0 0,5
Round 1 Match 12
Filippov, Anton UZB 2496 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Round 1 Match 13
Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2710 1 1 2
Rahman, Ziaur BAN 2497 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 14
El Gindy, Essam EGY 2503 1 0 0 ½ 1,5
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 0 1 1 ½ 2,5
Round 1 Match 15
Wang, Yue CHN 2703 ½ 1 1,5
Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS 2506 ½ 0 0,5
Round 1 Match 16
Laylo, Darwin PHI 2508 ½ 0 0,5
Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2695 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 17
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 1 1 2
Matsuura, Everaldo BRA 2511 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 18
Kabanov, Nikolai RUS 2512 0 0 0
Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2692 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 19
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2691 ½ 0 0,5
Hossain Enamul BAN 2514 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 20
Wen Yang CHN 2515 0 ½ 0,5
Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2691 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 21
Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2690 1 1 2
Xu, Yuhua CHN 2517 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 22
Gopal, G.N. IND 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2690 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4
Round 1 Match 23
Dominguez Perez, Lenier CUB 2683 1 1 2
Iljushin, Alexei RUS 2528 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 24
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2530 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2,5
Van Wely, Loek NED 2679 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 3,5
Round 1 Match 25
Landa, Konstantin RUS 2678 0 ½ 0,5
Nevednichy, Vladislav ROU 2531 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 26
Le, Quang Liem VIE 2534 ½ 0 0,5
Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2678 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 27
Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2676 1 ½ 1,5
Hera, Imre Jr. HUN 2544 0 ½ 0,5
Round 1 Match 28
Andriasian, Zaven ARM 2546 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Onischuk, Alexander USA 2674 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Round 1 Match 29
Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2674 ½ 1 1,5
Peralta, Fernando ARG 2546 ½ 0 0,5
Round 1 Match 30
Kunte, Abhijit IND 2547 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2674 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Round 1 Match 31
Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2670 + + 2
Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos MEX 2552 - - 0
Round 1 Match 32
Zhao, Jun CHN 2552 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Harikrishna, P. IND 2668 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Round 1 Match 33
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668 1 ½ 1,5
Amin, Bassem EGY 2561 0 ½ 0,5
Round 1 Match 34
Balogh, Csaba HUN 2561 ½ 0 0,5
Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2661 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 35
Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3,5
Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2562 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2,5
Round 1 Match 36
Kudrin, Sergey USA 2563 0 ½ 0,5
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2660 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 37
Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2657 1 1 2
Iljin, Artem RUS 2565 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 38
Ivanov, Alexander USA 2565 ½ 0 0,5
Navara, David CZE 2656 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 39
Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2655 ½ 0 0,5
Zhou, Jianchao CHN 2566 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 40
Flores, Diego ARG 2566 0 0 0
Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2654 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 41
Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653 1 1 2
Becerra Rivero, Julio USA 2568 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 42
Baramidze, David GER 2569 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Short, Nigel D ENG 2649 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 43
Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2649 1 1 2
Megaranto, Susanto INA 2569 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 44
Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2573 0 ½ 0,5
Volkov, Sergey RUS 2648 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 45
Socko, Bartosz POL 2646 1 1 2
Georgiev, Vladimir MKD 2576 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 46
Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2582 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 2,5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2646 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 3,5
Round 1 Match 47
Motylev, Alexander RUS 2645 1 ½ 1,5
Savchenko, Boris RUS 2583 0 ½ 0,5
Round 1 Match 48
Gagunashvili, Merab GEO 2584 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Zhang, Pengxiang CHN 2644 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Round 1 Match 49
Roiz, Michael ISR 2644 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 4
Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 3
Round 1 Match 50
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2585 0 ½ 0,5
Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2643 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 51
Wang, Hao CHN 2643 ½ 1 1,5
Markus, Robert SRB 2586 ½ 0 0,5
Round 1 Match 52
Belov, Vladimir RUS 2587 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2643 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Round 1 Match 53
Izoria, Zviad GEO 2643 - - 0
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan IRI 2591 + + 2
Round 1 Match 54
Milos, Gilberto BRA 2592 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Avrukh, Boris ISR 2641 ½ ½ 1 1 3
Round 1 Match 55
Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2639 ½ 1 1,5
Granda Zuniga, Julio E PER 2592 ½ 0 0,5
Round 1 Match 56
Berg, Emanuel SWE 2593 0 ½ 0,5
Najer, Evgeniy RUS 2635 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 57
Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 2634 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4
Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2594 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 3
Round 1 Match 58
Kaidanov, Gregory S USA 2597 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Gurevich, Mikhail TUR 2627 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Round 1 Match 59
Shabalov, Alexander USA 2626 0 ½ 0,5
Pavasovic, Dusko SLO 2597 1 ½ 1,5
Round 1 Match 60
Leitao, Rafael BRA 2601 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Shulman, Yuri USA 2616 ½ ½ 1 1 3
Round 1 Match 61
Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2615 ½ 0 0,5
Gustafsson, Jan GER 2606 ½ 1 1,5
Round 1 Match 62
Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2606 1 ½ 1,5
Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2610 0 ½ 0,5
Round 1 Match 63
Kozul, Zdenko CRO 2609 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3,5
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 2607 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2,5
Round 1 Match 64
Galkin, Alexander RUS 2608 1 0 1 1 3
Bartel, Mateusz POL 2608 0 1 0 0 1

3) FIDE World Cup Blitz

The World Blitz Cup took place 21st-22nd November 2007 (with qualifiers on 19th-20th). Vassily Ivanchuk won the event a point clear of Viswanathan Anand who he beat in the final round. Defending champion Alexander Grischuk was 3rd.

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

World Blitz Moscow RUS 21-22 xi 2007 cat. XIX (2710)
Final Round 38 Standings
Place SNo. Name Fed. FIDE Total S.B. Wins
1 16 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2787 25.5 480 19
2 4 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2801 24.5 437 18
3 3 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2715 23.5 430.5 14
4 7 Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 23.5 429 16
5 8 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2785 21.5 393.75 13
6 1 Leko, Peter HUN 2755 21.5 392.5 13
7 9 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2676 21.5 385.75 16
8 18 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2755 21 378.5 16
9 17 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 20.5 352 15
10 13 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2752 18.5 344.75 13
11 20 Adams, Michael ENG 2729 18.5 337.25 13
12 11 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 18 339.5 15
13 5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2690 17.5 319.75 11
14 2 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2607 17 313.5 12
15 14 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2736 17 310.75 10
16 6 Savchenko, Boris RUS 2583 17 291.5 13
17 19 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739 16 298.75 11
18 12 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2670 14 252 8
19 10 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2695 12 235 9
20 15 Korotylev, Alexey RUS 2600 11.5 205.25 7

Blitz Qualifier Moscow RUS 19-20 xi 2007 Final Round 11 Standings
Place SNo. Title Name Fed. FIDE Total MBch.
1 7 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2690 15 119
2 5 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2695 14.5 114
3 1 GM Adams, Michael ENG 2729 14.5 114
4 44 GM Savchenko, Boris RUS 2583 14.5 107.5
5 3 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 14 113.5
6 36 GM Dreev, Alexey RUS 2607 14 112.5
7 11 GM Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2676 14 112
8 38 GM Korotylev, Alexey RUS 2600 14 108
9 21 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2654 13.5 105.5
10 18 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2661 13 123
11 31 GM Fedorov, Alexei BLR 2612 13 101.5
12 17 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661 13 101
13 19 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2660 13 91
14 14 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2670 12.5 109
15 24 GM Volkov, Sergey RUS 2648 12.5 104.5
16 28 GM Amonatov, Farrukh TJK 2637 12.5 96.5
17 33 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2611 12 116
18 8 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2690 12 112
19 9 GM Van Wely, Loek NED 2679 12 110.5
20 25 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2646 12 106
21 13 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2674 12 104.5
22 4 GM Wang, Yue CHN 2703 12 104
23 23 GM Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2649 12 103
24 57 GM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2518 12 100.5

4) Kramnik vs Anand Advanced Chess Match

Kramnik and Anand drew a two game Advanced Chess (computer assisted) Match in Moscow on 23rd November 2007.

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

Advanced Chess Rapid Match Moscow (RUS), 23 xi 2007
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 47 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 24 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

Advanced Chess Rapid Match Moscow (RUS), 23 xi 2007
1 2
Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2801 ½ ½ 2785
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 ½ ½ 2801

5) Cultural Village Tournament

The Cultural Village Tournament takes place in the Cafe De Zon in Wijk aan Zee 19th-28th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.ssij.nl/ and details: http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n140

CVCT Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 19-28 xi 2007 cat. VIII (2427)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2510 * ½ ½ 1 1 . . 1 . 1 5 2682
2. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROU 2519 ½ * 1 . . ½ 1 . 1 ½ 4½ 2633
3. (oA)kesson, Ralf g SWE 2468 ½ 0 * . . ½ 1 1 1 . 4 2556
4. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2465 0 . . * ½ 1 . 0 1 1 3½ 2459
5. Ris, Robert m NED 2381 0 . . ½ * ½ 1 . ½ 1 3½ 2497
6. Brandenburg, Daan m NED 2483 . ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 . . 3 2415
7. Van Oosterom, Chiel NED 2401 . 0 0 . 0 ½ * 1 ½ . 2 2296
8. Den Heeten, Djurre NED 2258 0 . 0 1 . 0 0 * . 1 2 2323
9. Willemze, Thomas m NED 2417 . 0 0 0 ½ . ½ . * 1 2 2308
10. Armas, Julius m FRA 2366 0 ½ . 0 0 . . 0 0 * ½ 2024

6) World Youth Chess Championships

The World Youth Chess Championships take place 17th-29th November 2007 in Antalya. I'll round up results and games next week.

Official site: http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/

7) US Chess League

The new US Chess League took place August 27th - October 31st 2007. Boston beat New York in the first semi-final. Dallas beat Miami in the second. Games are played on ICC. My thanks to Greg Shahade.

Final lineups (November 28th 2007) [from the official site]

Board 1 - IM Drasko Boskovic vs GM Larry Christiansen: Boskovic is coming off a fantastic win against GM Julio Becerra, earning him the game of the week award. He will need to conjure up more of this magic to beat Christiansen. Christiansen has played a very strong field this season, winning two games and drawing the rest, and will actually be facing his lowest rated opponent of the season in Boskovic. Board 2 - SM Jorge Sammour Hasbun vs IM Davorin Kuljasevic: Both of these players are playing ridiculously well in 2007. Jorge has an amazing 5.5/6 score so far, while Davorin has an even better score at 6.5/7. These two are clearly the front runners for the first spot on the 2nd Board All Star Team, and this game may decide who receives this honor. It should be an action packed match between two lightning hot opponents. Click here for an interview with IM Kuljasevic. Board 3- IM Jacek Stopa vs NM Denys Shmelov: We have another matchup of potential all stars on Board 3, with the winner of this game having a good shot to make the first team for Board 3. Stopa was the on the 1st All Star team in 2006 for Board 2, and was able to drop down to Board 3 this season. Needless to say he's doing very well, with a record of three wins and two draws. Shmelov has been performing very well as well, going through the regular season undefeated, and suffering his only loss to IM Jay Bonin in the Semifinal match. Board 4- NM Chris Williams vs WFM Bayaraa Zorigt: Williams has been awesome in 2007, with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses. Zorigt has had an up and down season with an even record for the year. The numbers say that Williams has the edge, but Zorigt has faced and defeated many higher rated players than Williams in her career and Dallas fans are hoping that she can do it again. Click here to watch Chris Williams celebrate after Boston's Semifinal victory.

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

USCL Semi-Finals 14th and 19th November 2007
    New York 1.5     Boston 2.5  
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
2 SM Jorge Sammour Hasbun (BOS) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1-0
3 IM Jay Bonin (NY) vs NM Denys Shmelov (BOS) 1-0
4 NM Chris Williams (BOS) vs WFM Iryna Zenyuk (NY) 1-0
    Miami 0.5     Dallas 3.5  
1 GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs IM Drasko Boskovic (DAL) 0-1
2 IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) vs IM Blas Lugo (MIA) 1-0
3 FM Marcel Martinez (MIA) vs IM Jacek Stopa (DAL) 1/2-1/2
4 NM Francisco Guadalupe II (DAL) vs   Luis Barredo (MIA) 1-0

8) Ukrainian Championship

The Ukrainian Championship took place in Kharkov 17th-25th November 2007. Valery Aveskulov won the event alone with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/ukr07mf/index.html

ch-UKR Final Kharkov (UKR), 17-25 xi 2007
Pl Name Ti NAT rat. Score WP SB PS TPR W-We
1 Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2545 6.5 44.5 30.25 35.0 2687 +1.70
2 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2651 6.0 47.0 30.75 30.5 2647 -0.05
3 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2582 6.0 44.0 30.25 29.0 2665 +1.00
4 Gasanov, Eldar g UKR 2504 6.0 42.0 26.75 26.5 2670 +2.00
5 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2598 5.5 46.5 26.75 28.0 2596 +0.00
6 Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2507 5.5 46.0 27.25 28.0 2639 +1.63
7 Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2567 5.0 45.5 22.75 26.0 2568 -0.02
8 Tukhaev, Adam m UKR 2517 5.0 44.0 22.75 27.5 2579 +0.73
9 Kovalenko, Igor UKR 2429 5.0 42.5 20.25 24.5 2595 +1.97
10 Onischuk, Vladimir m UKR 2469 5.0 40.5 20.00 27.0 2586 +1.40
11 Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2524 5.0 40.5 21.00 24.0 2553 +0.32
12 Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2587 5.0 38.0 19.00 21.5 2531 -0.69
13 Zubov, Alexander m UKR 2556 4.5 44.0 20.50 27.0 2528 -0.34
14 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2547 4.5 41.0 19.25 24.5 2504 -0.54
15 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2496 4.5 40.5 19.75 22.5 2519 +0.29
16 Kononenko, Dmitry1 g UKR 2513 4.5 34.5 16.25 19.5 2501 -0.15
17 Solodovnichenko, Yuri g UKR 2564 4.5 33.5 15.75 18.0 2478 -1.06
18 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2597 4.0 42.0 17.75 21.5 2442 -1.87
19 Nosenko, Alexander m UKR 2504 4.0 40.0 16.50 20.5 2471 -0.38
20 Zinchenko, Yaroslav g UKR 2505 4.0 40.0 17.25 20.0 2495 -0.09
21 Maximov, Dmitry m UKR 2488 4.0 32.5 13.25 15.5 2465 -0.27
22 Truskavetsky, Alexandr m UKR 2398 3.5 41.0 12.50 19.5 2449 +0.59
23 Jakimov, Vladimir UKR 2434 3.5 41.0 15.50 19.0 2455 +0.24
23 Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2493 3.5 40.5 14.75 21.5 2489 -0.06
25 Tarlev, Konstantin m UKR 2490 3.5 34.0 11.50 17.0 2441 -0.62
26 Rogovski, Vladimir g UKR 2485 3.0 38.0 10.50 13.5 2390 -1.12
27 Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2500 3.0 35.5 11.50 15.0 2381 -1.42
28 Shishkin, Vadim UKR g UKR 2530 2.0 35.0 6.75 8.0 2254 -3.19

9) Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship

The Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship took place 3rd-6th November 2007. Darryl Johansen won the event with 6/7. Some games now available.

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

Elwood 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

10) 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/ but the page for the championship wasn't working at the time I compiled this article.

11) 8th Liberec Open

The 8th Liberec Open took place 10th-17th November 2007. Zbigniew Ksieski won the event with 7.5/9. Games from Round 8 still missing but round 9 now available.

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. Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk. Name   FED Rtg Pts. TB1
1 POL Ksieski Zbigniew IM POL 2400 7,5 54,0
2 GER Plischki Sebastian IM GER 2357 7,0 51,5
3 LAT Matcins Aleksejs   LAT 2074 7,0 50,0
4 RUS Golcman Evgeny   RUS 2223 6,5 52,0
5 RUS Bogdanovich Grigory IM RUS 2352 6,5 51,0
6 ISR Porat Ido FM ISR 2275 6,5 50,5
7 LAT Agafonov Yuri   LAT 2173 6,0 51,5
8 CZE Jiruse Josef Mgr.   CZE 2153 6,0 50,5
9 GER Natsidis Christoph   GER 2256 6,0 49,5
10 SVK Kikinder Roman   SVK 2111 6,0 48,5
11 ISR Porat Maya   ISR 2198 6,0 48,5
12 GER Baum Bernd Dr FM GER 2210 6,0 48,0
13 CZE Bartos Jan FM CZE 2216 6,0 47,5
14 ISL Bjornsson Tomas FM ISL 2208 6,0 46,5
15 CZE Tesar Jan JUDr.   CZE 2069 6,0 44,5
16 GER Muehlhan Klaus   GER 1946 6,0 44,0
17 CZE Snorek Milan Ing.   CZE 2061 6,0 44,0
18 CZE Turner Radek Ing.   CZE 2094 6,0 44,0
19 NED Huijzer Johannes   NED 1943 6,0 43,5
20 CZE Braun Marek   CZE 2076 6,0 41,5
21 CZE Rutter Lidmila   CZE 1920 6,0 41,5
118 players

12) Fecerj International

The Fecerj International takes place in Rio de Janeiro 25th November - 3rd December 2007. Players; GM Andrés Rodrigues - 2541 - Uruguai GM Ruben Felgaer - 2539 - Argentina GM Alexandre Fier - 2516 - Brasil MI José Cubas - 2448 - Paraguai MF Jorge Bittencourt - 2448 - Brasil MI Diego Di Berardino - 2430 - Brasil MI Dragan Stanmekovic - 2417- Sérvia MI Eduardo Limp - 2405 - Brasil MF Ricardo Teixeira - 2397 - Brasil Arthur Cruz - 2247 - Brasil

Official site: http://www.fexerj.com.br/index2.htm

13) 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. The event took place 21st-27th October 2007. Games now available my thanks to Arthur F Brameld.

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

14) Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial

George Mirijanian reports: The Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial tournament took place 25th November 2007 at the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts in Leominster, Mass., USA. IM David Vigorito of Andover, Mass., captured first place with a score of 3.5-0.5. Tying for second place with 3-1 tallies were FM John Curdo of Auburn, Mass., and U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Bennet Pellows of Sharon, Mass. The top Under 2100 prize went to USCF-rated expert Derek Meredith of West Hartford, Connecticut, who scored 2.5-1.5. The tournament was held in three sections and drew 50 players. Senior TD Ken Ballou of Framingham, Mass. directed for the sponsoring Massachusetts Chess Association (MACA). Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

15) Forthcoming Events and Links

Russian Championship Superfinals

The Russian Championship Superfinals take place 17th-30th December 2007.

According to Chess Today the players are: Men: Alekseev, Amonatov, Vitjugov, Grischuk, Dreev, Inarkiev, Morozevich, Rychagov, Svidler, Timofeev, Tomashevsky, Jakovenko. Women: Galliamova, Gunina, Matveeva, Kovalevskaya, Korbut, N.Kosintseva, T.Kosintseva, Kosteniuk, Ovod, Stepovaya, Tairova, Shadrina.

50th Reggio Emilia

The 50th "Torneo di Capodanno" in Reggio Emilia takes place December 29th 2007 - January 6th 2008. The tournament was created by Enrico Paoli, who organized it for many many years. The tournament will be played, as usual, in Hotel Astoria Mercure, with rounds starting at 2.30 pm (last round at 10.30 am). XVI FIDE cathegory, elo 2635 chief director Mrs Franca Dapiran. Main sponsors UNIPOL spa, STUDIO ALFA spa, VANETON srl, and ORLANDINI srl. Official commentator GM Croato Miso Cebalo.

Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it

50th "Torneo di Capodanno" Reggio Emilia
December 29th 2007 - January 6th 2008
1 GM ALMASI ZOLTAN 2691 HUN
2 GM LANDA KONSTANTIN 2678 RUS
3 GM HARIKRISHNA PENTALA 2668 IND
4 GM GASHIMOV VUGAR 2663 AZE
5 GM NAVARA DAVID 2656 CZE
6 GM TIVJAKOV SERGEJ 2643 NED
7 GM NI HUA 2641 CHI
8 GM KORCHNOI VIKTOR 2611 SWI
9 GM MARIN MIHAIL 2551 ROM
10 GM GODENA MICHELE 2535 ITA

British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships took place 17th-18th November 2007 at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax. 1st - G.M.Peter Wells 9.5 /11 2nd- G.M.Mark Hebden 9 /11 3rd- G.M.Stewart Haslinger 8.5/11. I will try and round the games and fuller results up next week.

The event British Rapidplay Chess 2008 takes place November 29th-30th 2008.

Official site: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

John Watson's Book Show

Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm on Tuesdays. This week Larry Christiansen appears. You can catch the show by signing up for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/

XX Carlos Torre Memorial

The XX Carlos Torre Memorial takes place in Mérida, Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2007.

Details: http://www.idey.gob.mx/ct2008.htm

13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf

The 13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf (Germany) takes place 3rd-7th February 2008.

http://www.scoberland.de/

Dutch Team Championship

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

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

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.

11th OIBM Bad Wiessee

The 11th OIBM (Offene Internationale Bayerische Meisterschaft) took place in Bad Wiessee 10th-18th November 2007. Nidjat Mamedov and Mircea Parligras finished on 7.5/9. Games still not yet available.

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

Campeonato de México Absoluto

The Mexican Championships took place in Pachuca, the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora won with 7.5/9. The games file is still a long way from complete.

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

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

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

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).

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