THE WEEK IN CHESS 502 June 21st 2004 by Mark Crowther
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FIDE Championship in Tripoli 168 games
Armenia vs Rest of the World 6 games
II György Marx Chess Memorial 70 games
First Saturday June 29 games
2nd Leonine GM 30 games
PWPW S.A. Chess Cup 24 games
Young Stars of the World 18 games
106th New York Masters 4 games
US Women's Championship 10 games
St John's International 16 games
Alushta Summer GM III 55 games
CCA/ICC International 55 games
Chicago Open 69 games
2nd Asean IM 9 games
Flemish Championships 42 games
605 games
My thanks to John Fernandez, Sándor Vidéki, Cecil Rosner,
Alex Betaneli, Leonid Galperin, Pawel Suwarski, Haroon Rashid, Ruslan
Ponomariov, Sergey Bystrov, Miklos Orsó, Jean Christophe Pirini, Leander
Laruelle, Andy McFarland, Ali Nihat Yazici, Axel Fritz and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
The start of the FIDE Championship in Tripoli grabs the main headlines.
Missing many of the World's best it nevertheless offers the top seeds in
particular Vesselin Topalov, Michael Adams, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily
Ivanchuk and Nigel Short a real chance to win a World Title something some of
them have been seeking for a lot of years. In a blast from the past Gata Kamsky
made a very low key return to competitive chess at the New York Masters
reportedly after finishing his training as a lawyer. Even if he only plays in
his spare time his return is certainly welcome as he was a fantastic talent.
Its frightening to think its 8 years since he announced his retirement and 5
since he played his last chess. I don't know where the years have gone.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The opening ceremony for the FIDE Championships in Tripoli takes place
on 18th June 2004. Round 1 on Saturday 19th. The event is severely weakened
with many of the top players refusing to play for various reasons including
unhappyness with the contract and the treatment of the Israeli players. The
Israeli players are all missing from the event.
There were no real major shocks in round 1. Surprise results, such as
they were, included the matches where Leonid Kritz beat Krishnan Sasikiran,
Hichem Hamdouchi beat Alexander Motylev, Gadir Guseinov beat Giovanni Vescovi,
Peter Acs beat Predrag Nikolic, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami beat Rafael Vaganian, Alex
Wojtkiewicz beat Kiril Georgiev, Rafael Leitao beat Zhang Zhong, Suranas
Sulskis beat Bartlomiej Macieja, Ashot Anastasian beat Bu Xiangzhi. Young
genius Magnus Carlsen was eliminated after a playoff in spite of giving it a
good go against Levon Aronian.
There were four players who didn't turn up allowing their opponents
through to the second round. Alexander Morozevich (allowing Abobker Elarbi
(LBA) through), Vadim Milov (Das Neelotpal (IND)), Johann Hjartarson (Sergey
Kudrin (USA)) and Yuri Shulman (USA) (Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA)).
If playoffs are required then firstly there are a pair of rapid games
(25 minutes + 10 secs a move), then if needed a pair of blitz games (5 minutes
+ 10 seconds per move) followed finally by a sudden death game (White has 6
minutes black Black 5 minutes, black has draw odds.).
Some of the rapid games from round 1.3 are currently missing.
Official site: http://wcclibya2004.com/main.asp
Round 2 21st-22nd June 2004
1 Delchev, Aleksander (BUL) - (BUL) Topalov, Veselin
2 Elarbi, Abobker (LBA) - (RUS) Smirnov, Pavel
3 Asrian, Karen (ARM) - (ENG) Adams, Michael
4 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - (CYP) Kotronias, Vasilios
5 Harikrishna, Pentala (IND) - (UKR) Ivanchuk, Vassily
6 Short, Nigel D. (ENG) - (POL) Krasenkow, Michal
7 Dominguez, Lenier (CUB) - (RUS) Malakhov, Vladimir
8 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM) - (NED) Tiviakov, Sergei
9 Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) - (NED) Sokolov, Ivan
10 Dreev, Alexey (RUS) - (ARG) Felgaer, Ruben
11 Adianto, Utut (INA) - (ARM) Akopian, Vladimir
12 Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN) - (CHN) Ni, Hua
13 Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) - (IND) Neelotpal, Das
14 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) - (RUS) Lastin, Alexander
15 Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ) - (FRA) Bacrot, Etienne
16 Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) - (CRO) Kozul, Zdenko
17 Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) - (RUS) Rublevsky, Sergei
18 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - (DEN) Nielsen, Peter Heine
19 Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) - (BLR) Aleksandrov, Aleksej
20 Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) - (RUS) Kobalia, Mikhail
21 Almasi, Zoltan (HUN) - (ESP) Vallejo Pons, Francisco
22 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) - (UKR) Moiseenko, Alexander
23 Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU) - (RUS) Sakaev, Konstantin
24 Kritz, Leonid (GER) - (BRA) Leitao, Rafael
25 Lputian, Smbat G (ARM) - (AZE) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
26 Graf, Alexander (GER) - (FRA) Tkachiev, Vladislav
27 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA) - (RUS) Zvjaginsev, Vadim
28 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) - (IRI) Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
29 Filippov, Valerij (RUS) - (NED) Van Wely, Loek
30 Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) - (USA) Kudrin, Sergey
31 Aronian, Levon (ARM) - (AZE) Guseinov, Gadir
32 Acs, Peter (HUN) - (SVK) Movsesian, Sergei
Round 1 19th-20th June 2004
1 Topalov, Veselin (BUL) * - (LBA) Abulhul, Tarik 1-0 1-0
3 Adams, Michael (ENG) * - (LBA) Asabri, Hussien 1-0 1-0
4 Solomon, Kenneth (RSA) - * (RUS) Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 1/2
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) * - (ALG) Arab, Adlane 1-0 1-0
6 Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali (YEM) - * (ENG) Short, Nigel D. 0-1 0-1
7 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) * - (TUR) Haznedaroglu, Kivanc 1-0 1/2
8 Dableo, Ronald (PHI) - * (ROM) Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 0-1
9 Sokolov, Ivan (NED) * - (ZAM) Simutowe, Amon 1-0 1-0
10 Tissir, Mohamed (MAR) - * (RUS) Dreev, Alexey 0-1 0-1
11 Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) * - (MEX) Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1-0 1/2
12 Garcia Palermo, Carlos (ARG) - * (CHN) Ye, Jiangchuan 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
14 Mahjoob, Morteza (IRI) - * (GEO) Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 0-1
15 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) * - (CAN) Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 1-0
16 Johansen, Darryl K. (AUS) - * (BEL) Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 0-1
17 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) * - (EGY) Adly, Ahmed 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1-0
18 Bartel, Mateusz (POL) - * (AZE) Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 0-1
19 Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) * - (EGY) El Gindy, Essam 1-0 1/2
20 Barsov, Alexei (UZB) - * (SLO) Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1/2
21 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) * - (CHI) Vasquez, Rodrigo 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1-0 1-0 1/2
22 Paragua, Mark (PHI) - * (MDA) Bologan, Viktor 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 0-1
23 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) * - (GRE) Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 1/2 1-0
24 Kritz, Leonid (GER) * - (IND) Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 1-0
25 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) * - (UKR) Neverov, Valeriy 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1-0
26 Barua, Dibyendu (IND) - * (GER) Graf, Alexander 0-1 0-1
27 Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS) * - (BRA) Lima, Darcy 1-0 1-0
28 Ramirez, Alejandro (CRC) - * (UZB) Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1/2
29 Van Wely, Loek (NED) * - (USA) Ivanov, Alexander 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1-0
30 Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) * - (RUS) Motylev, Alexander 1/2 1-0
31 Vescovi, Giovanni (BRA) - * (AZE) Guseinov, Gadir 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
32 Acs, Peter (HUN) * - (BIH) Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1/2
33 Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) * - (RUS) Landa, Konstantin 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1/2
34 Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) - * (ARM) Aronian, Levon 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
36 Campora, Daniel H. (ARG) - * (RUS) Filippov, Valerij 1/2 0-1
37 Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) - * (IRI) Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 0-1 0-1
38 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA) * - (MKD) Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 1-0
40 Gagunashvili, Merab (GEO) - * (ARM) Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 0-1
41 Zhang, Zhong (CHN) - * (BRA) Leitao, Rafael 1/2 0-1
42 Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU) * - (POL) Macieja, Bartlomiej 1-0 1/2
43 Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR) * - (RUS) Dolmatov, Sergey 1-0 1/2
44 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (QAT) - * (HUN) Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 0-1
45 Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) * - (UKR) Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 1-0
46 Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) * - (RUS) Volkov, Sergey 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1-0
47 Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN) * - (IND) Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 1-0
48 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) - * (MDA) Iordachescu, Viorel 1/2 0-1
49 Kozul, Zdenko (CRO) * - (VIE) Dao, Thien Hai 1-0 1-0
50 Kotsur, Pavel (KAZ) - * (KAZ) Sadvakasov, Darmen 0-1 0-1
51 Lastin, Alexander (RUS) * - (POL) Kempinski, Robert 1/2 1-0
52 Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) * - (CHN) Bu, Xiangzhi 1-0 1/2
53 Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) - * (CHN) Ni, Hua 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0 0-1 0-1
54 Adianto, Utut (INA) * - (RUS) Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 1-0
55 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) - * (ARG) Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 0-1
56 Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) - * (GER) Dautov, Rustem 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1/2
57 Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) - * (NED) Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
58 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) - * (CUB) Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 0-1
59 Krasenkow, Michal (POL) * - (BRA) Milos, Gilberto 1/2 1-0
60 Harikrishna, Pentala (IND) * - (CHN) Xu, Jun 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
61 Kotronias, Vasilios (CYP) * - (GEO) Kacheishvili, Giorgi 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1-0 /12
62 Agrest, Evgenij (SWE) - * (ARM) Asrian, Karen 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1/2
63 Bruzon, Lazaro (CUB) - * (RUS) Smirnov, Pavel 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1/2
64 Galkin, Alexander (RUS) - * (BUL) Delchev, Aleksander 1/2 0-1
Prizemoney
Round 1 losers 64 x USD 6,000 USD 384,000
Round 2 losers 32 x USD 10,000 USD 320,000
Round 3 losers 16 x USD 15,000 USD 240,000
Round 4 losers 8 x USD 22,000 USD 176,000
Round 5 losers 4 x USD 32,000 USD 128,000
Round 6 losers 2 x USD 45,000 USD 90,000
Runner-up 1 x USD 70,000 USD 70,000
World Champion 1 x USD 100,000 USD 100,000
Total: USD 1,508,000
The 75th anniversary of the birth of the late Armenian world champion
Tigran Petrosian was celebrated with an Armenia v Rest of the World match which
took place in Moscow 10th-16th June 2004.
The Rest of the World just managed to hang on to the lead they
established in the first three rounds to beat an Armenian representative team
18.5-17.5. Boris Gelfand tried hard to win against Etienne Bacrot and square
the match, in the final game to finish. The Rook and Bishop vs Rook ending
finally was drawn.
Official site: http://www.cigarclan.com/english_main.php
and http://www.russiachess.ru/petrosian/online/
Teams - Armenia: Vladimir Akopian, Smbat Lputian and Rafael
Vaganian plus Garry Kasparov whose mother is Armenian, Peter Leko whose wife is
Armenian and Boris Gelfand who is most famous pupil to study under Tigran
Petrosian. Rest of the World: Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Peter
Svidler, Loek Van Wely, Etienne Bacrot and Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Round 1 (June 10, 2004)
ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5
Kasparov, Garry ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek 1-0 33 A33 English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 61 C18 French Winawer
Leko, Peter ARM - ROW Adams, Michael 1/2 24 C87 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris 1-0 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Akopian, Vladimir ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 32 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bacrot, Etienne ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 34 C17 French Winawer
Round 2 (June 11, 2004)
ROW 4- ARM 2
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry 1/2 34 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Vaganian, Rafael A ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 A32 English Symmetrical
Adams, Michael ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 25 C10 French Rubinstein
Gelfand, Boris ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek 1/2 26 A34 English Symmetrical
Bacrot, Etienne ROW - ARM Leko, Peter 1/2 27 E20 Nimzo Indian
Lputian, Smbat G ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter 0-1 41 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Round 3 (June 12, 2004)
ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5
Kasparov, Garry ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 66 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 19 C17 French Winawer
Akopian, Vladimir ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 45 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Adams, Michael ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 33 C09 French Tarrasch
Gelfand, Boris ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 24 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Van Wely, Loek ROW - ARM Leko, Peter 0-1 22 E15 Queens Indian
Round 4 (June 13, 2004)
ROW 3.0 - ARM 3.0
Kasparov, Garry ARM - ROW Adams, Michael 1/2 45 A30 English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris 1/2 30 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 48 C17 French Winawer
Lputian, Smbat G ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 54 D15 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir 0-1 65 E15 Queens Indian
Round 5 (June 14, 2004)
ROW 2 - ARM 4
Svidler, Peter ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry 1/2 58 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 68 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Bacrot, Etienne ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 20 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Lputian, Smbat G ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 76 E14 Queens Indian
Adams, Michael ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris 1/2 20 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vaganian, Rafael A ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek 1/2 44 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 6 (June 15, 2004)
ROW 2.5 - ARM 3.5
Anand, Viswanathan ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry 1/2 26 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vaganian, Rafael A ARM - ROW Adams, Michael 1-0 38 D05 Colle System
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Leko, Peter 1/2 18 E15 Queens Indian
Akopian, Vladimir ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Van Wely, Loek ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 31 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Gelfand, Boris ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 70 D13 Slav Exchange
Final Score Rest of the World 18.5 Armenia 17.5
Player scores
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ARM-ROW Match Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-15 vi 2004
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1. Leko, Peter g ARM HUN 2741 = 8 = 5 +12 = 2 + 6 = 7 4.0 2830
2. Svidler, Peter g ROW RUS 2733 +10 +11 = 3 = 1 = 4 = 9 4.0 2830
3. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM ARM 2639 = 5 = 6 = 2 = 7 =12 + 8 3.5 2762
4. Kasparov, Garry g ARM RUS 2817 +12 = 7 = 5 = 8 = 2 = 6 3.5 2762
5. Bacrot, Etienne g ROW FRA 2675 = 3 = 1 = 4 +11 = 9 =10 3.5 2762
6. Anand, Viswanathan g ROW IND 2774 +11 = 3 + 9 =10 - 1 = 4 3.5 2762
7. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ROW ESP 2666 = 9 = 4 +10 = 3 -11 = 1 3.0 2705
8. Adams, Michael g ROW ENG 2731 = 1 + 9 =11 = 4 =10 - 3 3.0 2705
9. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM ARM 2689 = 7 - 8 - 6 +12 = 5 = 2 2.5 2648
10. Gelfand, Boris g ARM ISR 2714 - 2 =12 - 7 = 6 = 8 = 5 2.0 2580
11. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM ARM 2634 - 6 - 2 = 8 - 5 + 7 =12 2.0 2580
12. Van Wely, Loek g ROW NED 2651 - 4 =10 - 1 - 9 = 3 =11 1.5 2512
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The II György Marx Chess Memorial took place 5th-15th June 2004 in
Paks Hungary. 73 year old Victor Korchnoi won the Category 14 event with 7.5/10
and a 2780 performance. Alongside was in IM event where Viktor Varadi made an
IM norm. My thanks to Sandor Vidéki.
The VIII Paks Cup will take place 21st-31st August 2004, GM IM
tournaments 12 players, 21-27 August 2004 FM tournament 10 players,
Accommodation: 6-18 Euro/night/person, Information: Videki
SandorTel:3675421225, 36304012866, email:videkis2001@yahoo.com
Official site:
http://marxgyorgychessmem.freeweb.hu/indexa.html
Round 5 (June 9, 2004)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 50 E07 Catalan
Last pair of moves missing last week.
Round 10 (June 15, 2004)
Berkes, Ferenc - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 28 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Portisch, Lajos - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 26 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Acs, Peter - Nevednichy, Vladislav 1/2 39 C41 Philidor's Defence
II Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 vi 2004 cat. XIV (2587)
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2579 ** == 10 11 1= 11 7.5 2782
2 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2613 == ** == 1= =1 =1 6.5 2692
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2667 01 == ** 01 =1 =1 6.0 2643
4 Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2544 00 0= 10 ** == 1= 4.0 2524
5 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2573 0= =0 =0 == ** =0 3.0 2441
6 Acs, Peter g HUN 2548 00 =0 =0 0= =1 ** 3.0 2446
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II Gyorgy Marx Mem IM Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 vi 2004 cat. IV (2328)
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1. Szuhanek, Ranko m ROM 2424 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2530
2. Bogdan, Dan m ROM 2452 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2491
3. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2395 = = * 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2454
4. Sebestyen, Balazs f HUN 2286 = 1 0 * = 1 0 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2396
5. Pap, Gyula HUN 2323 0 0 1 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2393
6. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2288 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2367
7. Petrienko, Vladimir m RUS 2425 = 0 = 1 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2319
8. Krutti, Valer m HUN 2377 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2287
9. Konnyu, Janos HUN 2257 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.5 2269
10. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2320 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = 0 3.5 2195
11. Meshcheriakova, Evgenia wm RUS 2206 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2206
12. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0 1958
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The First Saturday events took place 5th-17th of June 2004. The main
event was a Category 7 event won by Nguyen Ngoc Truongson, second placed Laszlo
Gonda made an IM norm. Organised by Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vi 2004 cat. VII (2419)
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2431 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2610
2. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2397 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2493
3. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2507 = = * = = = = = 1 = = 5.5 2446
4. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2497 = = = * = 1 = 0 = = = 5.0 2411
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2465 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2414
6. Paschall, William M m USA 2381 = = = 0 = * = 1 0 0 1 4.5 2386
7. Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2449 0 = = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2379
8. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2401 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 4.5 2384
9. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = * = 1 4.5 2387
10. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2335 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 = * 1 4.5 2391
11. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2370 = = = = = 0 = = 0 0 * 3.5 2313
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FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vi 2004 cat. II (2289)
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1. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2390 * 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2575
2. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2276 0 * = = = 1 1 = = 0 1 5.5 2326
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 0 = * = = 0 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2322
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2362 = = = * = 1 = = = 0 = 5.0 2282
5. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2290 = = = = * 1 0 = = = = 5.0 2289
6. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2140 0 0 1 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2304
7. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2243 = 0 0 = 1 = * = 0 1 = 4.5 2257
8. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2290 0 = 0 = = = = * = 1 = 4.5 2253
9. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 0 = = = = 0 1 = * 0 1 4.5 2250
10. Martini, Balazs HUN 2289 0 1 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 * = 4.0 2217
11. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2266 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = * 3.0 2142
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The 2nd Leonine GM took place in Dhaka 18th-28th May 2004. Nguyen Anh
Dung won the event with 8.5/11 half a point clear of Abdulla Al-Rakib. First
six rounds of games appeared in TWIC498. My thanks to Haroon Rashid.
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2nd Leonine GM Dhaka BAN (BAN), 18-28 v 2004 cat. VIII (2431)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2535 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2632
2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2422 = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2606
3. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2493 = = * = 1 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2527
4. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2561 = = = * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2520
5. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2472 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 2491
6. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2579 0 1 1 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2482
7. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2471 = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2463
8. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2461 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * 1 0 = 1 5.5 2427
9. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2436 = 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 = 4.5 2365
10. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2369 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2334
11. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2243 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1.5 2138
12. Thapa, Krishna NEP 2126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.0 2075
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The International Women’s Tournament PWPW S.A. Chess Cup takes
place June 18th-22nd in Warsaw. Venue: Hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Warsaw.
The event is organised by the Polish Chess Federation and is sponsored Polska
Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych S.A. The event is a six player double round
robin. The rapid event has a time rate of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. The
prize fund is equal to 8500 US$ in total and all the 6 participating players
will receive financial prizes.
Official site: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/pwpw.htm
PWPW S.A Chess Cup Warsaw POL (POL), 19-21 vi 2004cat. VIII (2431)
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1 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 ** == 1. 1. == 1= 5.5 2572
2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2469 == ** =1 1. =. 01 5.0 2518
3 Socko, Monika m POL 2408 0. =0 ** 11 10 =. 4.0 2435
4 Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2395 0. 0. 00 ** 1= 11 3.5 2388
5 Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2444 == =. 01 0= ** 0. 3.0 2337
6 Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2411 0= 10 =. 00 1. ** 3.0 2349
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The 2nd "Young Stars of the World" (Vani Somova Memorial) takes place
18th-29th June 2004 in Kirishi,
Official sites: http://www.gmchess.com/kirishi/
(Russian only) http://www.gmchess.com/kirishi/table_eng.html
(English Table)
Further coverage:http://www.bs-chess.com/news/news.html
(Russian) http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/news/news.html
(English)
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1. Zhigalko, Sergei f BLR 2486 * . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . 3.0
2. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2445 . * . . = 1 1 . . . . . 2.5 2662
3. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2418 . . * . . = = . 1 . . . 2.0 2516
4. Khairullin, Ildar f RUS 2481 0 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0 2378
5. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2361 0 = . . * . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2393
6. Howell, David WL f ENG 2332 . 0 = . . * . . 1 . . . 1.5 2409
7. Kuzubov, Yuriy m UKR 2475 . 0 = . . . * 1 . . . . 1.5 2370
8. Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2248 . . . . 0 . 0 * . . 1 . 1.0 2240
9. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2366 . . 0 . . 0 . . * 1 . . 1.0 2205
10. Potapov, Pavel RUS 2240 . . . 0 . . . . 0 * . 1 1.0 2169
11. Sjugirov, Sanan f RUS 2260 0 . . . . . . 0 . . * 1 1.0 2131
12. Mueller, Reinhold GER 2035 . . . 0 . . . . . 0 0 * 0.0
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Gata Kamsky played his first chess in public since 1999 when he turned
up to play in the New York Masters at the famous Marshall Chess Club in New
York. 30 year old Kamsky basically retired from chess in 1996 with a brief
return for the FIDE Championships Knockout in Las Vegas in 1999. Since then
there has been virtually no news although its reported he is now married and
has graduated as a lawyer. At the time he was extremely bitter about his
treatment by FIDE and the PCA so its nice to see he still has the wish to play.
If this prefaces even a limited return to over the board chess Kamsky will
certainly come straight in as US number one. His inactive FIDE rating is 2717
far above the current top US player on the list Alexander Onischuk who is rated
2649.
The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and
John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to
compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
Even though Kamsky was obviously extremely rusty he still tied for first
place with five others in the four round swiss rapid event, all the players won
$160.
Leonid Yudasin won the 105th New York Masters with a clean 4/4 score on
8th June 2004. The regular rapid event provides regular chances for keen
players of 2200 and above to compete against GMs and IMs in New York. News John
Fernandez. I gave the 104 games again as I forgot to change the dates and
edition number in the games.
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1. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2717 + 7 = 3 = 9 + 6 3.0 ($160)
2. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2553 +15 +14 = 6 = 3 3.0 ($160)
3. Scekic, Milos m SCG 2405 +16 = 1 + 8 = 2 3.0 ($160)
4. Bercys, Salvijus USA 2279 +21 - 8 +16 + 9 3.0 ($160)
5. Maltese, Adam USA ---- = 8 +11 =10 +12 3.0 ($160)
6. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2451 +22 +12 = 2 - 1 2.5
7. Privman, Boris f USA 2268 - 1 +17 +14 = 8 2.5
8. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 = 5 + 4 - 3 = 7 2.0
9. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 =19 +13 = 1 - 4 2.0
10. Bonin, Jay m USA 2341 =13 =19 = 5 =11 2.0
11. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 =17 - 5 +18 =10 2.0
12. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2298 +18 - 6 +15 - 5 2.0
13. Arnold, Marc USA 2008 =10 - 9 =17 +20 2.0
14. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2337 +20 - 2 - 7 = 1.5
15. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2327 - 2 +20 -12 = 1.5
16. Ross, Laura wf USA 2099 - 3 +21 - 4 = 1.5
17. Thaler, Michael USA 2067 =11 - 7 =13 = 1.5
18. Fischler, Matthew USA ---- -12 +22 -11 =21 1.5
19. Appelman, Harris USA 2188 = 9 =10 --- --- 1.0
20. Zhao, Parker USA 1992 -14 -15 +21 -13 1.0
21. Khrapatin, Fedor USA ---- - 4 -16 -20 =18 0.5
22. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2253 - 6 -18 --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 400
2ND - $ 200
3RD - $ 70
U2400 - $ 130
The US Women's Championship and a Category VIII International tournament
take place at St. John's University in Manhattan. The event is organised by Dr.
Frank Brady author of the book Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy.
Official site:
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~kerrt/2004/sjuchess_main.html
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1. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2337 * 1 1 . . 1 = 3.5 2655
2. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2444 0 * . 1 1 . . 2.0 2491
3. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2236 0 . * 1 0 . 1 2.0 2362
4. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 . 0 0 * 1 1 . 2.0 2305
5. Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2297 . 0 1 0 * . . 1.0 2256
6. Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2246 0 . . 0 . * 1 1.0 2259
7. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2352 = . 0 . . 0 * 0.5 2000
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2553 * . . . . 1 . . 1 1 3.0
2. Cela, Altin m ALB 2482 . * . = . . . 1 1 . 2.5 2655
3. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2517 . . * . = . 1 = . . 2.0 2510
4. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2566 . = . * . . 1 . . . 1.5 2621
5. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 . . = . * = . = . . 1.5 2409
6. Kurniawan, Bobby m INA 2371 0 . . . = * = . . = 1.5 2363
7. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 . . 0 0 . = * . 1 . 1.5 2336
8. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2341 . 0 = . = . . * 0 . 1.0 2227
9. Times, Jerald W USA 2240 0 0 . . . . 0 1 * . 1.0 2244
10. Ivkov, Borislav g SCG 2433 0 . . . . = . . . * 0.5 2269
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[Table derived from the games]
A 3rd Summer tournament took place in Alushta, Ukraine 5th-15th June
2004. IM Boris Itkis of Romania won the event with 8/10 a point and a half
clear of the field and half a point above the GM norm. Information Leonid
Galperin.
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
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1. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2436 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2659
2. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2494 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2523
3. Kuznetsov, Viktor2 f RUS 2375 0 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2461
4. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2435 = = = * = = = = = = = 5.0 2419
5. Derjabin, Ilja m UKR 2391 0 = = = * 1 0 1 0 1 = 5.0 2423
6. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2413 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2421
7. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2449 0 = = = 1 = * = = 0 = 4.5 2381
8. Tishin, D m UKR 2372 = 0 = = 0 = = * = = 1 4.5 2389
9. Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2399 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 0 4.0 2350
10. Tolstikh, Nikolay m RUS 2425 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = 3.5 2310
11. Rakhimov, Zinnour K m RUS 2437 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = * 3.5 2308
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Alex Betaneli reports: The 2004 CCA/ICC International took place on June
8th-13th 2004 in Stratton Mountain Vermont. It was organized and co-sponsored
by Continental Chess Association and by Internet Chess Club. Thirty four
players competed in the 10-round swiss event including seven Grandmasters and
six International masters. GMs Alexander Shabalov (USA) and Daniel Fridman
(Latvia) collected 7.5 out of 10 splitting first and second prizes, while GM
Jaan Ehlvest of Estonia was clear third with 7 points. Young american FMs
Joshua Friedel and Matthew Hoekstra had a spectacular event earning IM norms.
Longer reports and full crosstable are available on chesstour.com and on
wichessacademy.com
Internet coverage: http://wichessacademy.com/
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1. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 7½
2. Fridman, Daniel2 g LAT 2594 7½
3. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2596 7
4. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2544 6½
5. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2412 6½
6. Browne, Walter S g USA 2456 6
7. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2500 6
8. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2451 6
9. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2307 6
10. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2398 5½ IM norm
11. Rizzitano, James m USA 2395 5½
12. Winer, Steven f USA 2335 5½
13. Hoekstra, Matthew f USA 2358 5 IM norm
14. Voloaca, Mihnea CAN 2204 5
15. Privman, Boris f USA 2268 5
16. Pupols, Viktors USA 2233 5
17. Betaneli, Aleksandr USA 2228 5
18. Figler, Ilye f USA 2327 5
19. Almeida Saenz, Alfonso m USA 2378 5
20. Ross, David m CAN 2303 4½
21. Lawson, Eric f CAN 2276 4½
22. Nilsson, Martin SWE 2215 4½
23. Hess, Robert L USA 2169 4½
24. Boekhoff, Andrew USA ---- 4
25. Reichstein, Boris f USA 2211 4
26. Donaldson, John W m USA 2459 4
27. Castaneda, Nelson f USA 2288 3½
28. Bakker, Joshua USA 2114 3½
29. Saint-Amand, Paul CAN 2125 3
30. Lamastus-Candal, Jean P PUR 2141 3
31. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2559 3
32. Rogers, Norman f USA 2300 2½
33. Kobernat, Alan USA 2130 2
34. Rust, Lary F USA 1982 ½
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The $100,000 Chicago Open was held May 28th-31st 2004. There were 22 GMs
in the field of 773 entries. Jan Ehlvest and Alex Shabalov tied for first with
6-1 scores, with Ehlvest winning the playoff. Chouchanik Airapetian rated only
2066 and qualified not only for the women's place for the US Championship but
also the men's (the event was a combined swiss last time).
Further news: http://chesstour.com
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2596 6 27 29.5 24
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 6 24.5 27.5 22
3. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2611 5½ 31 35 25
4. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2559 5½ 27.5 30.5 23
5. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2516 5½ 27.5 30.5 23
6. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2533 5½ 26.5 29 23
7. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2444 5½ 26.5 29 21
8. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2550 5½ 25 27.5 21.5
9. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2580 5 30.5 33.5 24.5
10. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 5 28 31 24
11. Anka, Emil g HUN 2422 5 27.5 30 20.5
12. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2500 5 26.5 29.5 22.5
13. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2398 5 25 27 20
14. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2559 5 24.5 24.5 17
15. Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2265 5 22.5 22.5 18
16. Airapetian, Chouchanik USA 2092 5 20 23 16
17. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2520 4½ 30 33.5 21
18. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2553 4½ 26.5 29.5 21
19. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2497 4½ 26.5 29.5 21
20. Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2466 4½ 26.5 29.5 20.5
21. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2547 4½ 26.5 29 19
22. Pasalic, Mehmed GER 2360 4½ 26 28 18
23. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2454 4½ 25.5 29 20
24. Benen, Samson f USA 2303 4½ 25.5 28.5 17
25. Adamson, Robby f USA 2375 4½ 25 27 19.5
26. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2451 4½ 24.5 27.5 20.5
27. Lein, Anatoly g USA 2375 4½ 24.5 26 19.5
28. Burgess, Jon L ENG 2153 4½ 24 26.5 16.5
29. Schneider, Igor f USA 2252 4½ 23 24 18
30. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2317 4½ 21 23.5 17.5
31. Boekhoff, Andrew R USA ---- 4½ 21 22.5 15
32. Fridman, Daniel2 g LAT 2594 4 28.5 32 21
33. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2364 4 27 30 18
34. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2378 4 25.5 28 19
35. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2556 4 25 25 19.5
36. Cole, John W USA 2305 4 23.5 24.5 16
37. Lugo, Blas f CUB 2395 4 23 25 16.5
38. Aramil, William J USA 2173 4 22.5 25 14.5
39. Boor, Carl Brando USA 2166 4 22 24 14
40. Duncan, Jason USA 2107 4 21.5 22.5 14
41. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2621 4 21.5 21.5 18.5
42. Langer, Mikhail USA 2281 4 20.5 22.5 14
43. Van Meter, Lester f USA 2240 4 20.5 22 13
44. Vayserberg, Tatia USA 1905 4 17.5 19.5 10
110 players
The 2nd ASEAN Masters IM Tournament took place 13th-20th June 2004.
Jason Goh Koon-Jong won the event with 6.5/10. Games from the first three
rounds only available.
Further details: http://www.asiachesscentre.com and
http://www.aseanchess.com/results/2amim.doc
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1. Goh Koon-Jong, Jason f SIN 2382 ** =0 10 1= 11 1= 6.5
2. Cain, Celestino PHI 2310 =1 ** 10 == 1= == 6.0
3. Aung Aung m MYA 2524 01 01 ** == == 10 5.0
4. Nay Oo Kyaw Tun m MYA 2431 0= == == ** == == 4.5
5. Myo Naing m MYA 2425 00 0= == == ** 1= 4.0
6. Maninang, Rafaelito m PHI 2288 0= == 01 == 0= ** 4.0
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The Flemish Championships took place in Bilzen 20th-31st May 2004. Mher
Hovhanisian won the title with 5/5/7. My thanks to Leander Laruelle for the
news.
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/vsfkamp04/index.html
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1. Hovhanisian, Mher m ARM 2304 +12 + 5 + 9 + 3 = 4 = 2 = 6 5.5 2362
2. Claesen, Pieter m BEL 2380 - 9 + 8 + 6 = 5 + 3 = 1 + 4 5.0 2301
3. Grecuccio,Nicola BEL ---- + 6 = 4 + 7 - 1 - 2 + 5 +12 4.5 2252
4. Barbier, Wim BEL 2185 +10 = 3 = 5 + 9 = 1 = 6 - 2 4.0 2199
5. Van Herck, Marcel BEL 2216 + 7 - 1 = 4 = 2 + 9 - 3 +11 4.0 2190
6. Van de Wynkele,Eric BEL ---- - 3 +10 - 2 + 8 +11 = 4 = 1 4.0 2196
7. Mattheys, Eddy BEL 1965 - 5 +12 - 3 +10 + 8 =11 -10 3.5 2052
8. Van Espen, Eddy BEL 2154 =11 - 2 +12 - 6 - 7 +10 + 9 3.5 2070
9. Lavrenov, Yuli BEL 2147 + 2 +11 - 1 - 4 - 5 +12 - 8 3.0 2127
10. Cluyts,Marc BEL ---- - 4 - 6 +11 - 7 =12 - 8 + 7 2.5 1936
11. Gijbels,Rudi BEL ---- = 8 - 9 -10 =12 - 6 = 7 - 5 1.5 1838
12. Luysmans,Kristof BEL ---- - 1 - 7 - 8 =11 =10 - 9 - 3 1.0 1772
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Helgi Olafsson, one of Iceland's top chess grandmasters, took first
place and the $2,000 prize today in the Icelandic Invasion chess tournament at
the University of Winnipeg. The eight-round event had 69 participants from
Manitoba, North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Iceland. The tournament was part of a
week-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Icelandic republic.
Iceland's Minister of Industry opened the event. Olafsson had 7 points,
followed by four other Icelandic grandmasters: Johann Hjartarson, Jon Arnason,
Helgi Gretarsson and Throstur Thorhallsson on 6.5 points. The top Canadian in
the tournament was Cecil Rosner, who had 6 points.
It was all part of a festival to celebrate 60 years of the Icelandic
Republic and 100 years of home rule for the former Danish colony. Members of
the Icelandic national theatre group, along with other cultural ambassadors,
were also in Manitoba.
The tournament was held June 18-19 at the University of Winnipeg. The
eight-round Swiss was a rapid Game/30 event, with three rounds on Friday night
and the remaining five on Saturday.
Further details: http://www.chessmanitoba.com/
The Herforder Rapid Chess Open took place from 19th.-20th of June. 76
Participants. Karl-Heinz Podzielny won mit 9/11 before Alexander Kabatianski,
Arkadij Rotstein, Carsten Lingnau and Ulf Andersson. Further details:
http://www.schach.com/herford/turniere
FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos gave a long interview with
Yuri Vasiliev of the "Sport Express" newspaper. You can read it in full in
English at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=494
(excerpts appeared at http://wwwchessbase.com). Or the original
at: http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?87457
Ruslan Ponomariov answered the points in detail in a new open letter:
Open Letter from Ruslan Ponomariov 16th June 2004
Why FIDE is silent now?
Dear colleagues,
In June, 15 on www.chessbase.com it has been published interview with
Georgios Makropoulos " Why they were silent in Prague? ", given by him to the
russian newspaper "Sports - Express" from June, 8. In my opinion, the manner of
dialogue and all stylistics of mr. Makropoulos, is characteristic for the
majority of chess officials and does not leave doubts of that mr. Makropoulos
traditionally counts itself "chief" of all chess players. Naturally, the basic
arrows have been directed on his obstinate "subordinates" –
top-grandmasters among whom has got once again and me.
Should tell, that I for myself already for a long time have turned
page of history with not taken place match Ponomariov –– Kasparov and
I do not see sense to live in the past. But as functionaries FIDE constantly
come back to the given theme and purposefully impose to the chess public idea
that the match has not taken place ostensibly from - for my unwillingness to
play with Garry Kimovich. I think necessary to not disregard a retort of mr.
Makropoulos and again to remind chronology of negotiations with FIDE.
In April 2003 I received the draft contract for our match with Kasparov
in Buenos Aires. Before signing it I gave it to the lawyers for examination.
Some of these lawyers were permanently cooperating with different sporting
organizations. They came to the unanimous conclusion: the draft contract had
several legal defects. The parties did not have equal rights, and one party -
FIDE - was given a clear advantage over the other party - the "Players" (i.e.
Mr. Kasparov and myself). It was wrong to make both players act as one party of
the contract while they could not meet regularly and work out a common
position. The lawyers also pointed out that the interest of FIDE officials (and
especially their financial interests) were over-protected while the players'
rights and ways to protect the "Players"' interests were not outlined clearly
enough. On the part of FIDE only the rights were listed, without any mention of
the FIDE's obligations to the players. On the part of the "Players" - only
their obligations and duties towards FIDE were described, and also the
sanctions for failing to perform these obligations. No sanctions for FIDE were
previewed in case it breaks the "Players"' rights, there were not even any
sanctions if FIDE fails to perform it's own obligation: to organize the match
in Buenos Aires on the specific dates. I sent to FIDE twenty one most important
(in my opinion) suggestions to change some parts of the contract, and pointed
out that three parts are contradicting with the Prague agreements and the rules
of the match. I asked to send my comments to Kasparov and to tell me about his
position.
The Executive Director of FIDE Mr. Omuku accepted a few least important
of my suggestions and objected against most of them saying that FIDE has its
traditions and normal practices. At the same time Mr. Omuku told me that the
match will not take place in June in Buenos Aires because the president
Ilyumzhinov by his authority postponed the match to autumn and divided it
between Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Among my suggestions to improve the
contract there was a request to impose sanctions on FIDE if it breaks its
obligations, and in particular if the match will be cancelled because of it, so
Mr. Omuku told me that for postponing our match FIDE will pay Kasparov and me
$100,000 each in form of compensation for our related losses. FIDE took an
obligation to pay it by August, 15, 2003. I must say that Argentina paid this
money to FIDE as a non-refundable security advance payment. FIDE failed to
fulfill its obligation. Ilyumzhinov said in several interviews that Argentina
did make this payment to FIDE, but it is unknown where this money is now.
In July the president of Ukraine sent his order to hold the match in
Yalta to Mr. Ilyumzhinov, and once again I started urging FIDE to adjust the
contract in the short time remaining before the match. I suggested that the
parties meet and discuss the contract details. FIDE ignored my requests. Again
they sent me the draft contract at the last moment, and again Ilyumzhinov's
signature was missing from it. The contract can not be considered an official
document if it doesn't bear the signature of the FIDE President. The absence of
his signature was all the more strange because earlier Mr. Omuku confirmed that
Mr. Ilyumzhinov should be the first to sign the contract because it was him who
created this document.
To my disappointment I found out that even those of my suggestions and
changes that were accepted by FIDE in April, were not included in the new draft
contract. I sent my suggestions again, this time I reduced the number of
changes because time for corresponding were running short. I demanded that they
fulfill the following requirements:
- they should send me the contract in Russian (previously they
consistently were sending me all papers in English that didn't only delay
things but there was also a risk of translation errors);
- the contract should be signed by Ilyumzhinov;
- the contract should include Kasparov's opinion on its contents, and
on my suggestions.
I was patiently waiting that Mr. Kasparov would express a desire to meet
with me, or would at least inform me about his opinion about the contract, and
about my suggestions. However, Kasparov was silent, and I started strongly
asking FIDE to arrange an exchange of information between me and Kasparov. Up
to the moment when the match was cancelled by Ilyumzhinov neither him, nor his
office nor Kasparov answered my question about what Kasparov thought about the
contract, and whether Kasparov even knew of my suggestions. Eventually I found
out that Kasparov made a statement that he didn't approve the text of the
contract, and that he sent to FIDE five pages of his objections, but later he
for some reason withdrew it. Also Kasparov said that because the match in
Buenos Aires was postponed, and then the match in Yalta cancelled, he lost
$500,000. In this connection I find it strange (to say the least) that Kasparov
withdrew his objections, and that later he didn't demand that Ilyumzhinov
compensates his losses.
In response to my requests Ilyumzhinov sent me a fax with the request
that I should be the first to sign the contract. As for his own signature, he
promised to put it on the paper as soon as he can spare a moment in between of
his state affairs. On August, 12 I faxed to FIDE a Russian text of the contract
with my signature. I left only five of my previously requested changes (all the
other changes I didn't include in order to reach compromise). I was sure that
my compromising approach would make Ilyumzhinov want to reciprocate, and that
he would accept my five changes that in no way affected FIDE's interests. But
instead the FIDE Board gave me a new deadline, and an ultimatum: if I don't
sign a contract by August, 18 without any reservations, I will be replaced by
another participant.
I reduced the number of my proposed changes again to a necessary
minimum, I left only two of them, and I was ready to give up on one of those
two after personal discussions. I made still more compromises with a sole
purpose of saving the match. Because Ukraine fully guaranteed the prize fund of
the match and the organizing expenses in the amount of $1.700.000, I gave
written guarantees to the Ukrainian Government that I'll be ready to play after
my proposed changes are accepted. The Organizing Committee of the match
approved both of my changes, and considered them legal, fair and honest. My
first proposed change was to remove the incomprehensively written clause giving
FIDE an absolutely illegal right "to defer the player's right to play in the
match" if he "does not observe the time frame stipulated by the contract" or if
"his conduct violates the conditions of the contract". In such cases FIDE can
appoint a "reserve" player instead of the one who broke the rules and "to
impose the punitive sanctions in full".
It sounds rather vague, doesn't it? What does it mean "to defer the
player's right to play in the match" To defer for how long, and when to resume?
What "time frame" should a player "observe"? What exactly meant by "the
player's conduct violating the conditions of the match"? What is a "reserve"
player and what is "imposing punitive sanctions in full"? What are the criteria
to determine if "the player's conduct does or doesn't violate the conditions",
and most importantly, who are the judges? Who has the right to determine that a
player's conduct is bad enough to replace him? There were no answers to these
questions in the draft contract. In the history of World Chess Championships
there was a case when a match was suddenly terminated by the FIDE President.
But while in the past it was done without mentioning the right to do this in
the contract, now Mr. Ilyumzhinov decided to "legalize" the FIDE's right to
arbitrary rule.
The second controversial point of the contract was adding a twentieth
day to the match in the form of a day-off before tie-breaks, in case the winner
is not determined after the main twelve games. Indeed, on January 6, 2003 my
manager Mr. Silvio Danailov on my behalf suggested that there were only three
days off in the match schedule: two during the match, and one before
tie-breaks. However, at the time FIDE declined this suggestion. An extra day
off in itself was not a problem for me, and I would agree to this suggestion
made by Kasparov, but I had one principal objection. In the official rules of
the match, worked out by FIDE, there was no mention of the third day off, and
the match was supposed to last for nineteen days. Mr. Ilyumzhinov had no right
to make changes in the rules single-handedly. But Kasparov, who as early as on
December 31, 2002 signed the rules, suddenly decided to add an extra day off
after twelve games, and Ilyumzhinov readily obliged him. Thus, he forged the
rules that were approved by the FIDE Board on February 22-23, 2003 in
Bucharest. I raised my objections because such "freedom" in handling the rules
is dangerous in principle. There was one more distinct flaw in the contract
that had to be corrected: the early termination of the match was not previewed
in case a participant sores 6.5 before all twelve games are played.
I suggested that FIDE, Ilyumzhinov, Kasparov and the members of the
Organizing Committee get together, freely exchange opinions and then sign the
mutually agreed version of the contract. FIDE declined my offer. But without
meeting in person we were not able to settle certain disagreements that
concerned the issues beyond contract. Wasn't it a discrimination against me
(since I'm not fluent in English) that Fide conducted all correspondence with
me in English, and I was demanded in a categorical manner to sign the English
version of the contract - whereas FIDE Statutes maintains that Russian is one
of FIDE's official languages. Why then to use English in correspondence between
the Russian Ilyumzhinov, the Russian Kasparov and me, who's native language is
Russian?
According to an old democratic tradition all the participants were asked
to name three arbiters, and FIDE had to pick two out of those three: a chief
arbiter and a deputy arbiter. I wonder why only English speaking arbiters from
Kasparov's list were chosen, and all the Russian speaking arbiters from my list
were declined? When the organizing Committee objected against this decision,
Ilyumzhinov told me that he accepted my objections and included Zsuzsa Veroci
(Hungary) who was number three in my list. Ms. Veroci speaks Russian, although
she's not perfectly fluent. But numbers one and two in my list were fluent
Russian speakers, one of whom lives in the US, and the other in Byelorussia.
FIDE created the position of the third arbiter-assistant for Ms. Veroci. This
position was not previewed in the rules, the rights and duties of the third
arbiter were not determined. That means FIDE once again broke its own rules
while pretending that it satisfied my legitimate request. In fact, I was put in
an unequal position with Kasparov.
As far as I know, soon after that there was a phone talk between the
FIDE representatives and the Ukrainian government, and the preliminary
agreement was reached about accepting my requests. But then the FIDE President
cancelled the match in Yalta without giving reasons.
In opinion of Mr. Makropoulos "Should the least possibility to save
the match exist, the FIDE President would have had used it.". It would be
desirable to ask Mr. Makropoulos: if conditions which I put forward, were such
insignificant from point of view FIDE why they have not been accepted? And who
purposefully negotiated to failure of a match?
From its part I can recognize one doubtless mistake: until recently I
considered, that it is enough to chess player to play a chess and easy to
prepare for competitions, not paying attention to mass media. Unfortunately,
officials FIDE apply the basic efforts for attack to mass consciousness of
ordinary chess players, entering of split between top-grandmasters and other
chess players. Thus dishonest methods, so-called "dirty" PR are actively used.
Conscious ignoring of interests of conducting chess players of the world and
passivity top - grandmasters have led to logic result: the future tournament in
Libya can be named somehow, but only not the world championship. You can
present yourselves the world championship in football in which would not
participate at once teams of Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, England and Germany?
And the world championship in hockey without Canada, the USA, Czech Republic,
Finland, Sweden and Russia is possible? And here in a chess today - all is
possible!
I any more don’t speak about that wild situation when the
Jewish chess players have actually superseded from the world championship. Mr.
Makropoulos can name in details weight of the objective reasons and consider
nonparticipation of Jews in tournament in Libya the "insignificant" moment, but
the fact remains the fact: the nation given to the chess world the majority of
champions, from - for political, organizational and financial illegibility of
officials FIDE today appeared behind a board of struggle for a chess crown. Or
all business in in due time to leave from FIDE?
Unfortunately, officials FIDE do not perceive constructive offers,
and prefer to live personal insults. I, for example, in essence and have not
received the uniform intelligible answer concerning idea of a match -
tournament with participation of conducting chess players. The answer one:
where all of you were in Prague? So if management FIDE recognizes an absurd
situation in which there was a chess world on a way of realization of the
Prague agreements, can it is necessary to stop and think what to do further,
instead of to struggle with own ambitions?
Ruslan Ponomariov, the World Champion. Kiev, June 16, 2004
VIII Paks Cup
The VIII Paks Cup will take place 21st-31st August 2004, GM IM
tournaments 12 players, 21-27 August 2004 FM tournament 10 players,
0Accommodation: 6-18 Euro/night/person, Information: Videki
SandorTel:3675421225, 36304012866, email:videkis2001@yahoo.com
IX Cesenatico Open
The IX Open International Chess Tournament takes place in Cesenatico
(Italy): 4th-12th September 2004 at Colonia AGIP, Viale Carducci, 181 -
Cesenatico (Forli' - Italy). Fax +3954786331 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.
Open A 9 rounds Open B 8 rounds site
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
email info@antiquascom.it organiser
Chess Classic Mainz
Chess Classic Mainz will be held in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz 4th-8th
August 2004. The main match this year is an eight game rapid clash between
Indian superstar Vishy Anand and one of the most succesfull players of 2004,
Alexei Shirov. At the same time, Peter Svidler will try to defend his WNCA
Chess 960 world title in an eight games match against Levon Aronian, winner of
the Chess960 Open last year. On August 4 Svidler and Shirov will play a Chess
960 and classical chess simul, but several other exhibitions are planned, e.g.
the first man against machine Chess960 match with the Dutch chess program The
Baron. On August 5 and 6 hundreds of professionals and amateurs meet in the
third FiNet-Chess960 Open and on August 7 and 8 the 11the Ordix Open will be
held, in which at least 500 players are expected to play. The joint price fund
for both Open tournaments is €35.000. News Eric van Reem.
More information can be found on http://www.chesstigers.de
Biel SuperGM
The Biel Grandmaster Tournament takes place July 19th-29th 2004. The
field is extremely impressive with last year's stunning winner Alexander
Morozevich being joined by FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. Along with Bacrot,
Sasikiran, McShane and Pelletier the event should be at least Category 17. Ten
different competitions will be held during 2004 Festival.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Biel Grandmaster Tournament (July 19th-29th 2004)
Ti Name NAT Age Ap Rat Ap Rank
GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 27 yo 2732 nr 7
GM Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 20 yo 2722, nr 10
GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 21 yo 2675, nr 27
GM Krishnan Sasikiran IND 23 yo 2659, nr 39
GM Luke McShane ENG 20 yo 2656, nr 42
GM Yannick Pelletier SUI 27 yo 2581
Amsterdam Chess Tournament
The Amsterdam Chess Tournament ACT takes place 17th-25th July 2004. Main
event is a 9 round swiss with Ivan Sokolov, Van Wely, Jan Timman etc.
Further details: http://home.hccnet.nl/w.haggenburg/act04/
Group A 59 Entries so far. Top entries
Sokolov,I Oegstgeest 2690 GM
Wely,LFAM van Tilburg 2651 GM
Nikolic,P Bosnie 2648 GM
Tregubov,PV Rusland 2636 GM
Krasenkow,M Polen 2609 GM
Doel,E van den Leiden 2599 GM
Ganguly,SS India 2582 GM
Nijboer,F Amsterdam 2578 GM
Timman,JH Amsterdam 2576 GM
Gagunashvili,M Georgie 2562 GM
Sandipan,C India 2561 GM
Acs,P Hongarije 2548 GM
Pavlovic,M Servie & Montenegro 2545 GM
Smeets,J Oegstgeest 2531 IM
Bagheri,A Iran 2506 GM
Riga 2004
The 2nd International chess tournament "Riga 2004" takes place
15th– 21st August 2004. For Latvian players it also will be the national
championship.
Details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13254
and in Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13253
26th Annual Southern California Open
26th Annual Southern California Open. Burbank, CA, September 3-6, 2004.
6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
45th US Armed Forces Open
The 2004 (45th annual) US Armed Forces Open (USAFO) Chess Tournament
will be held from Saturday October 9 to Monday (Columbus Day) October 11, 2004
at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. The event is free and open
to all active, reserve, guard and cadet/ROTC, and retired military service
members. UK players can also compete.
Further details: http://home.earthlink.net/~eschlich/
The Brain Versus Beauty Clash of the Titans
The United States Chess Federation (USCF) have organised a six-game
Brain versus Beauty - Clash of The Titans match between Anatoly Karpov and
Susan Polgar.
They will play Rapid, Blitz and Advanced Chess. The event starts on
Saturday, September 18, 2004, with a Chess Parade in downtown Lindsborg,
Kansas. The match will take place in Bethany College Theater on September
18-19. 2 Rapid games - time control of 20 minutes with 5 seconds delay, 2 Blitz
games - time control of 5 minutes with 3 seconds delay and 2 Advanced Chess -
time control of 25 minutes with 5 seconds increments. The United States Chess
Federation (USCF) has officially sanctioned the match. The Karpov - Polgar
match is supported by the State of Kansas and the city of Lindsborg.
Brazil Norm Events
There are 2 IM-norm and 1 GM-norm events in Brazil.
Further details: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/
and http://www.osasco.sp.gov.br/xadrez.asp
Comunic VI June 15th-21st 2004
g Neuris Delgado 2557
g Andrés Rodriguez 2556
Alejandro Needleman 242
f Daniel Fernandez 2317
f M. V. Santos 2305
Àlvaro Aranha 2287
f Valery Frenklakh 2280
m Yaniet Marrero 2271
Wagner Madeira 2263
f Juliano Resende 2261
Comunic VII June 24th-30th 2004
g Neuris Delgado 2557
g Andrés Rodriguez 2556
Alejandro Needleman 2420
f Édson Tsuboi 2388
C. A. Sega 2323
f Daniel Fernandez 2317
f Valery Frenklakh 2280
m Yaniet Marrero 2271
f Bolívar Gonzalez 2268
f André Diamant 2227
Osasco 2004 Memorial França Garcia July 1st-8th
g Neuris Delgado 2557
g Andrés Rodríguez 2556
g Darcy Lima 2542
m Eugene Perelshteyn 2500
m Everaldo Matsuura 2473
m Osvaldo Zambrana 2472
m Dmitry Schneider 2454
m Jefferson Pelikian 2407
f Antonio Carlos Resende 2368
Wagner Madeira 2263
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in the Dortmund
Theatre 22nd July - 1st August 2004. The event consists of Preliminary Group
Stages followed by a knockout much as it was for the Candidates event in 2002.
The Preliminary double round robin sees each player play 6 games. The two
winners from each group will advance to the semifinals. The winners will play
the final match, the losers will play the match for the 3rd place. Number 3 and
number 4 in each preliminary group will play for the places 5 to 8.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de Venue:
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de/
Schedule
Round 1 Thursday July 22nd 14.00
Group 1 Anand vs. Naiditsch; Svidler vs. Rublevsky
Group 2 Kramnik vs. Karjakin; Leko vs. Bologan
Round 2 Friday July 23rd 14.00
Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Rublevsky; Anand vs. Svidler
Group 2 Kramnik vs. Leko; Karjakin vs. Bologan
Round 3 Saturday July 24th 14.00
Group 1 Rublevsky vs. Anand; Svidler vs. Naiditsch
Group 2 Leko vs. Karjakin; Bologan vs. Kramnik
Round 4 Sunday July 25th 14.00
Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Anand; Rublevsky vs. Svidler
Group 2 Karjakin vs. Kramnik; Bologan vs. Leko
Round 5 Monday July 26th 14.00
Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Svidler; Anand vs. Rublevsky
Group 2 Karjakin vs. Leko; Kramnik vs. Bologan
Round 6 (and tie break) Tuesday July 27 14.00
Group 1 Svidler vs. Anand; Rublevsky vs. Naiditsch
Group 2 Bologan vs. Karjakin; Leko vs. Kramnik
Rest Day Wednesday July 28
Semifinal game 1 Thursday July 29 14.00
Semifinal game 2 (and tie break) Friday July 30 14.00
Final game 1 Saturday July 31 14.00
Final game 2 (and tie break) Sunday August 1 11.30
Politiken Cup 2004
The Politiken Cup takes place 24th of July - 1st of August 2004. There
are 10 rounds in 9 days. Luke McShane, Alexander Beliavsky, Magnus Carlsen,
Curt Hansen, Peter Heine Nielsen. The elo average of the top ten is 2610+. This
year it is played on Hotel Quality in Høje Taastrup, 15 minutes from
Copenhagen central station. Speciel Prices availible at the hotel.
Information: http://www.politikencup.dk/
68th Costa Rican National Championships
68th Costa Rican National Championships is in two stages. The first
stage (18th-31st May 2004) is a 9 round swiss event that will qualify 9 players
to the second and final stage (July 2004) that will be a 14 player round robin
that will decide the 2004 Costa Rican Champion. In the first stage there are
two IM's: IM Alexis Murillo and IM Francisco Hernandez. In the second stage
they are already classified: IM Leonardo Valdes, IM Bernal González, IM
Sergio Minero, FM William Charpentier and FM Juan Leon Jimenez.
Internet coverage is in http://www.tablerotico.com
14th Heart of Finland Open
The 14th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
21-25, 2004.
9 rounds Swiss. ELO-rated with the possibility of title norms. Venue:
IT-Dynamo, street address Piippukatu 2, Lutakko, Jyväskylä. Timerate
2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish
Entry fees: GMs/IMs no entry fee (early registration required), FM/U20
50 EUR, ELO-rated players 70 EUR, others 90 EUR.
Prizes: Total prize fund approximately 7000 EUR, lots of rating group
prizes.
Further information: Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 791140,
mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Website: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof04/indexe.html
European Youth Team Championships
European Youth Team Championships and European Youth Rapid and Blitz
Chess Championships takes place 9th-21st July 2004 in Belgrad.
Further information: http://www.scgchess.org
I Catalonian Circuit Grand Prix
The Catalonia Chess Federation are organising the I Catalonian Circuit
Grand Prix. 24 Tournaments are included in this competition. All rules are
available at http://www.fcde.net/circuit/oberts.html
The circuit starts June 6th and finishes September 16th 2004.
91st British Chess Championships
The 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships take place 1st -
14th August in the Spa Complex, Scarborough,Yorkshire. Michael Adams will be
competing.
Details: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2004/index.html
13th Monarch Assurance Open
The 13th Monarch Assurance tournament takes place in the Isle of Man
25th September - 3rd October 2004.
Leading confirmed entries include: Ilya Smirin 2675 Israel Luke McShane
2661 England unless playing for England in Majorca Zhong Zhang 2633 China
Vladimir Baklan 2615 Ukraine Vassilios Kotronias 2607 Cyprus Evgeny Agrest 2601
Sweden Kaido Kulaots 2600 Estonia Ian Rogers 2587 Australia Hikaru Nakamura
2580 USA Jon Speelman 2569 England Viktor Korchnoi 2568 Switzerland Ehsan Ghaem
Maghami 2558 Iran Hicham Hamdouchi 2544 Morocco Mark Hebden 2544 England Stuart
Conquest 2524 England Murray Chandler 2520 England Peter Wells 2507 England
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004/index.html
Ikaros Chess Festival 2004
The traditional Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 13th-20th July 2004.
Full details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
The 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes place in
Kuala Lumpur August 21st-31st 2004.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically
http://tcn.sourceforge.net/atmalaysianopen.html
24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004
The 24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004 takes place in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. 27th-29th August 2004. This is followed by a Rapid Chess Open
(Time Control: 25 Minutes + 10 Seconds increment from move 1) takes place
29th-31st August 2004.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically
http://tcn.sourceforge.net/merdeka2004.html
2nd Riva del Garda International Open
2nd Riva del Garda International Open Chess Tournament takes place
26th-30th December 2004. Open A >1700 - Open B <1800 – Seniores 7
Rounds - 2h x 40 + 1/2h quick play finish Info: tel. +39 0464 576657 - fax:+39
0464 521222 astoria@rivadelgarda.com
Further details; http://www.relaxhotels.com/Scacchi/
Olomouc Chess Summer
7th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2004 takes place
in Olomouc (Czech Republic) on 4-12.8. 2004. Round-robin GM and IM tournaments,
Open Championship of the Olomouc region (FIDE open), Open Seniors Championship
of the Czech Republic, Open Championship of the Olomouc region forYoungsters up
to 15 years of age and open tournament in active chess are part of the
festival.
Detailed information http://www.czechtour.net
Festival Schneider Bohemia
The 10th international chess tournament "Festival Schneider Bohemia -
Pilsen 2004", which takes place 14th-22nd August 2004 in the sports hall of
Streleck stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the OPEN
international tournament ( the 1st prize is 20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000
CZK - ca 2500 Euro ). Further information:
http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
3rd Open Rabat Championship
3rd Open Rabat Championship 2004 takes place June 25th - July 2nd 2004.
Players such as Hamdouchi and Tissir compete.
Details :http://www.fusechecs.fr.fm
10th Mahaala Open 2004
The 10th Mahaala Open takes place 19th-28th July 2004. The event is
open to all and takes place in Mahaala City about 120 km from Cairo.
Organized by Misr Spinning & Weaving Company at Mahaala City. FIDE
Rated - Swiss Sytem 9 Rounds Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec.
Added for every move).. Prizes as follows : 1st till 10th.
175-150-125-100-75-50-50-50-50-50 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort
System between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised
prizes). Players who wants to participate will pay 175 US$ for all beriod full
accommodation and Full Board in Double Bedroom Room 3 Star Hotel . That include
: Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free
Tourist tours; Free entry fee . No special conditions .
Also will follow another FIDE rated tournament in Mansoura City ( 40 km
from Mahaala ) from 31 July till 9 Augst 2004 , its details will be declared
later
Badalona Open
The XXX International Chess Open "Ciutat de Badalona" takes place
2nd-10th August, 2004. Prizes over 6000 euros sponsored by the Generalitat de
Catalunya and the Catalan Chess Federation.
Further details:
http://www.iespana.es/cesantjosep/open2004/xxxopen.htm
VI Friendship Tournament in Cartak
The VI Friendship Tournament takes place in Cartak, Czech Republic.
19th-27th June 2004. Events: GM, IM and FIDE Open tournaments.
Contact Richard Biolek biolci@volny.cz
Further info: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/
Kasparov visit to Brazil
Garry Kasparov visits Campinas August 23rd and Belo Horizonte August 24
2004 to give a lecture "Strategy of the Future".
http://www.gestaodofuturo.com.br/english/
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. There is now a website with lots of information on the
event. Calvià is hoping to become a huge chess town with regular events
for tourists. There will be many events alongside the Olympiad.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
Petrosian Memorial
A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th
World Champion Tigran Petrosian will be held in Yerevan (Armenia), November
18-30, 2004.
The programme of the Petrosian Memorial includes two events:
a) Open Tournament - November 18-27, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund
US$ 35.000
b) European Rapid Chess Championship - November 28-30, Swiss System, 11
rounds, Prize Fund 10.000 Euro
Further information: http://www.armchess.am or by contacting the
organisers at armchess@arminco.com
Czech Open 2004
The 15th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games and the
European Amateurs Championship in Chess takes place in Pardubice, Czech
Republic 15th July - 1st August 2004. There are a large number of different
events.
More details: http://www.czechopen.net
You can read about the Czech Tour 2004/2005 4th International Chess
Festivals Series details: http://www.czechtour.net
Open de Sants
The VI International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta
Barcelona takes place 28th August - 5th September 2004.
Information: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
VII Memorial Pedro Salas Caparros
The III Torneo Internacional de Vera or "VII Memorial Pedro Salas
Caparros" takes place in Vera, Almería, Spain, 8th-11th July 2004.
Players
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RI Nombre Tí Fed Elo Edad
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1. Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2670 17
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2666 21
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2657 19
4. Korchnoi, Viktor GM SUI 2579 73
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Official site: http://www.jaque.tv/noticia9204.htm
37th Biel International Chess Festival
The 37th Biel International Chess Festival 17th-30th July 2004.
Events include GM tournament (category 17), "Accentus" ladies
Grandmaster tournament, with six of the best juniors of the world and other 10
international events.
Newly designed website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch in
English, German, French and Russian. With special offers.
XXII Andorra Open
The XXII Andorra International Open takes place 3rd-11th July 2004.
Total prizes: Total: 12.000€ including: 1st 2.500,00 € 2nd
2.000,00 € 3rd. 1.250,00 € 4th. 1.000,00 € 5th 800,00 €
6th. 650,00 € 7th. 500,00 € 8th. 360,00 € 9th. 300,00 €
10th. 250,00 € etc
Further details: http://www.feva.ad
Alushta Tournaments
Leonid Galperin the Vice-President of the Chess Federation of the
Ukraine sends news of future events in Alushta.
Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/
1. GM norm events (11-13-15 rounds, circular system, VIII-IX category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
2. IM norm events (11-13 rounds, circular system, II-III category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
3. Festival "Alushta's summer-2004" The tournaments with the GM and IM
norm (11-13 rounds, circular system) 05.06 - 15.06 17.06. - 27.07 Rating
tournament (11-13 rounds, circular system) 17.06-27.06 Open tournament (under
16 years). First prize - 200 $. (9 rounds, swiss system ) 8.06-16.06 Blitz
tournament (9 rounds, swiss system) 28.06 "Rapid chess" (open) (9 rounds, swiss
system) 29.06-30.06 Open tournament (main tournament of festival)(9 rounds,
swiss system) First prize 1000 $. First prize (woman) 500$. 1.07-10.07
Australian Open Championship update
The Australian Open Chess Championships take place December 28th, 2004
to January 9th, 2005. It will be played at Mount Buller, a tourist destination
just a few hours from Melbourne, Australia. The organisers can arrange free
transfer from Melbourne to Mt Buller.
Confirmed entries include:
GM Shabalov, Alex (2636 - USA)
GM Ehlvehst, Jaan (2599 - EST)
GM Mikhalevski, Victor (2568 - ISR)
GM Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (2564 - USA)
GM Kengis, Edvins (2555 - LAT)
GM Golod, Vitali (2544 - ISR)
GM Kosten, Tony (2507 - FRA)
The organisers are looking for other GM or IM players interested in
participating. Contact cordover@chessworld.com.au for details of conditions for
players.
Prizes for the tournament are $3500, $2500, $1700, $1100, $900 . down to
8th place. There is a good chance the first prize will be increased to $10,000.
Further details: http://www.mindsports.com.au
Dutch Championships
The Dutch Championships take place June 28th - July 10th 2004.
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Essent Dutch Championship
Name Title Qualified
Loek van Wely GM Essent NC 2003
Sergei Tiviakov GM Essent NC 2003
Daniel Stellwagen IM Essent NC 2003
John van der Wiel GM Essent NC 2003
Friso Nijboer GM Dutch Open
Ivan Sokolov GM wildcard
Erik van den Doel GM Semi Finals
Dennis de Vreugt GM Semi Finals
Yge Visser IM Semi Finals
Manuel Bosboom IM Semi Finals
Essent Dutch Championship for Women
Name Title Qualified
Zhaoqin Peng WGM Essent NC
Tea lanchava WGM Essent NC 2003
Petra Schuurman FM Essent NC 2003
Désiree Hamelink WIM Dutch Open
Bianca Muhren Semi Finals
Arlette van Weersel Semi Finals
US Championships
The 2004 US Championships will take place November 25th - December 5th
at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla San Diego, California.
Further details of who has qualified so far and which events make-up
the 2004 cycle can be found at http://www.af4c.org/events.asp.
Further details: http://www.af4c.org
Olimp Base
One of the huge reference gaps in online chess literature is a list of
games and results from the Olympiads. There is a new site which is designed to
fill that gap.
Site: http://www.olimpbase.org
Mikhail Golubev Ukraine
Mikhail Golubev chronicled Ukrainian Chess news over a number of years
on his Chess-Sector website. He no longer updates the site but there is an
archive at: http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchive/.
His personal pages are at: http://www.geocities.com/mikhail_golubev/
Other websites of Ukrainian news: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua,
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua,
http://www.kaissa.com.ua and
http://www.ladja.com.ua
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress
The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress takes place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. The open has 9 rounds and the 2 subsidiary events 7, the
latter starting on the 27th. A number of very strong grandmasters are likely to
compete as in previous years. Total prize fund £16500. The first World
Senior Team Championship will take place 5th - 12th October also in the same
Ocean Castle Hotel. This is for teams of 4 + one optional reserve. Male players
have to be at least 60 on 1 January 2004 and female players at least 50.
Further details on both events Stewartreuben@aol.com
Canadian Events
A calendar of Canadian events can be found at the Chess Federation of
Canada's web site - http://www.chess.ca -
Listed are the major Canadian events for the summer tourist season in order of
date, with links that can be pasted into a web browser. Please note the FIDE
Zone 2.2 Championships 77th Canadian Closed Ch - August 20-29.
Canadian Schedule 2004:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bw998/schedule.html
19th North Sea Cup
North Sea Cup, Esbjerg, Denmark. After 18 round-robins the Esbjerg Chess
Union has decided to change the format of their renowned North Sea Cup. The
organizers have always felt indebted to the participants of the amateur section
who year after year have made the NSC a little chess festival. So now any chess
devotee is offered the ( at least theoretical) possibility of facing even a GM
- the NSC transforms at least for one year into the Open format.
The 19th North Sea Cup will be played July 3-10 2004, 9 rounds Swiss
(two rounds on the 4th), the three top prizes DKK 15.000 - DKK 10.000 - DKK
5.000. The first 4 GMs who sign up will be offered free accommodation. Last
entry June 27. Entry fee DKK 200, GM-IM-WGM and WIM for free. More info: Brian
Isaksen brisak@esenet.dk
Further info: http://www.northseacup.dk
3rd Condom Chess Open
3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France)
The tournament takes place 10-17 july 2004 9 rounds swiss system 40
moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE homogation total prize : 8000 â?¬ - 1st 1200
â?¬ E-Mail: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Zhukova vs "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine"
Natalia Zhukova takes on the newspaper "All Sport" and the web-site
"Chess in Ukraine". Voting seems to be via E-Mail.
Moves so far: Zhukova vs. "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine" 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7
10.h4 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.g4 Bb7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.h5
continues.
Further details: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/
Pula Open 2004
The Pula Open 2004 takes place 19th-26th June 2004 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://skpula.hr
Brno Events
The Duras Chess Club in Brno is organising Closed GM and IM events and
the Duras international open 3rd-11th July 2004.
Details: http://www.volny.cz/skduras/indexe.htm
TWIC Messageboard
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
15.-23.5. 2004 4th OPEN ZNOJMO (FIDE open, Open Women Championship of
the Czech Republic in active chess ?Znojemska kralovna ? The Znojmo Queen?,
tournament for girls up to 14 years of age, active chess tournament)
15.7.-1.8. 2004 15th CZECH OPEN ? Pardubice (5 FIDE opens, one of them
with GM and IM norm, Open European Amateurs Championship, Open Championship of
the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament, in active chess, blitz
tournament, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, 14 tournaments altogether)
4.-12.8. 2004 7th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (FIDE open, closed GM and IM
tournaments, Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament
of youngsters)
18.-26.9. 2004 1st OPEN HIGHLANDS ? Havlickuv Brod (Men Championship of
the Czech Republic - semifinals, FIDE open)
23.-30.10. 2004 5th OPEN LIBEREC (FIDE open)
14.-21.1. 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22.-30.1. 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM
tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and
http:/www.czechtour.net
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World ChessWorld.net hosting a "Rest of
the World" match against IM Jeremy Silman. This is a voting game where the
"Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against Silman, and the highest
voted move played after five days. Kasparov played a ROW game a few years back.
IM Jeremy Silman is the author of the one chess book that everyone raves about,
How to ReAssess Your Chess.
The match has inspired the largest ROW team ever at ChessWorld, well
over 300 players at last count. IM Silman opened the game with 1. d4 and the
voting is underway. You can get in on the game at
http://www.chessworld.net - head for
Play!..World team games after logging in.
The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.
Shirov's Website
Alexei Shirov has a webpage which includes an online school project
(together with GM Alfonso Romero and IM Javier Sanz both from Spain) and a
personal page within. The address is http://www.shirovonline.com, at the
moment everything is in Spanish although the English version should follow
soon.
IX Cesenatico International Open
The IX Cesenatico International Chess Open takes place in Cesenatico
(Italy) 4th-12th September 2004.Open A 9 rounds. Open B 8 rounds.
Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it Fax
+39547681217 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.
Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Hungarian chess tournaments June-August 2004
1. BALATON OPEN and GM-IM closed about 20th-30th of June, org: IM Rigo,
e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu /150 km West from Budapest/,
2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
3. Open EGER 9 rounds Swiss, 17th-25th of July /100 km North-East from
Budapest/ and GM-IM closed tmt, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, cell phone:
+(36)-30-326-3692, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu, other organizer: Vajda, Albert
Sr. e-mail: avajda@udv.topnet.ro More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
4. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
5. Cat.XI. GM-closed, 10 participants, Budapest, 18th-27th of Aug. Org:
PALI, Gabor, e-mail: gaborpali@freemail.hu Mobile: +/36/-20-470-50-37
6. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from
Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
65th Square Website
There is a new Turkish website: http://www.65thsquare.org (note the change
of address). I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.
33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament Herford
Herford, 19th-20th June 2004 33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament
2004. Grand-Prix of Sparkasse Herford. Qualification tournament for the German
Rapid Championships. 11 Rounds. Guaranteed Prize fund: € 1.500. 1st Prize
€ 500.-, Info:
http://www.schach.com/herford/turnier/2004/herford2004ausschreibung.htm
Homepage: http://www.schach.com/herford/
Western Canadian Open
The Western Canadian Open takes place July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE
rated event is organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation.
Further details: http://www.chessbc.com
Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament
The 3rd Annual Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament commemorating a
man who died in the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is underway. The
event raises money for charity.
Details: http://www.nathchesstournament.com/
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
