THE WEEK IN CHESS 503 June 28th 2004 by Mark Crowther
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FIDE Championship in Tripoli 212 games
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PWPW S.A. Chess Cup 6 games
Young Stars of the World 36 games
107th New York Masters 5 games
XVIII Pula Open 199 games
National Open 253 games
Grenoble Masters 45 games
VI Magistral Comunic 45 games
US Women's Championship 11 games
St John's International 30 games
Echternach Open 1 game
IV Alushta Summer 91 games
938 games
My thanks to Roman M. Parparov, Adaucto Wanderley da Nobrega, Sandor
Biro, John Saunders, John Hillery, Vadim Milov, Laszlo Nagy, John Farrell, John
Fernandez, Marco Schumacher, Chris Bird, Jakub Fuksik and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
The FIDE Championships in Tripoli, Libya have reached their quarter
final stages with the only two real major eliminations, that of Nigel Short by
Michal Krasenkow and that was after the Briton dropped a rook when pressing for
a win and the notoriously gifted but occasionally fragile Vassily Ivanchuk. The
controversy that won't go away for FIDE is the absense of Israeli players and
the near absense of Jewish players in the event. Whilst officially they said
Visas would be granted to players with Israeli passports most decided not to
test whether they could go. Vadim Milov was the only one who actually attempted
to go and now says he will sue FIDE as he was effectively blocked from
competing. It will be interesting to see what happens, especially if the case
goes to the court of arbitration for sport.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE Championships take place in Tripoli 18th June - 13th July 2004.
The time control for the first 40 moves is 90 minutes followed by 15 minutes
until the end of the game with a time increment of 30 seconds per move from
move one. 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.).
The favourites for the event have generally advanced to the Quarter
Finals. Nigel Short fell to Michal Krasenkow in round 2 after dropping his rook
deep into the endgame simply placing it on an attacked square. In round 3
Vassily Ivanchuk went out to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the rapids. White won all
the games in game one of the quarter finals.
Official site: http://wcclibya2004.com/main.asp
Round 5 28th-29th June 2004
Top Half
1 Topalov, Veselin (BUL 2737) - Kharlov, Andrei (RUS 2593) 1-0
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB 2652) - Grischuk, Alexander (RUS 2719) 1-0
Bottom Half
2 Dominguez, Lenier (CUB 2612) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE 2670) 1-0
3 Adams, Michael (ENG 2731) - Akopian, Vladimir (ARM 2689) 1-0
Round 4 26th-27th June 2004
Top Half
1 Kozul, Zdenko (CRO 2627) - * Topalov, Veselin (BUL 2737) 0-1 0-1
8 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter (ROM 2692) - * Kharlov, Andrei (RUS 2593) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 0-1
4 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS 2719) * - Beliavsky,Alexander G (SLO 2667) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0 1/2
5 Almasi, Zoltan (HUN 2631) - * Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB 2652) 0-1 0-1
Bottom Half
2 Smirnov, Pavel (RUS 2601) - * Radjabov, Teimour (AZE 2670) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
7 Dreev, Alexey (RUS 2689) - * Dominguez, Lenier (CUB 2612) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
3 Nakamura, Hikaru (USA 2580) - * Adams, Michael (ENG 2731) 0-1 1/2
6 Krasenkow, Michal (POL 2609) - * Akopian, Vladimir (ARM 2689) 1/2 0-1
Round 3 23rd-24th June 2004
Top Half
1 Topalov, Veselin (BUL 2737) * - Movsesian, Sergei (SVK 2647) 1-0 1/2
16 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS 2671) - * Kozul, Zdenko (CRO 2627) 0-1 0-1
8 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (AZE 2657) - * Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter(ROM 2692) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
9 Kharlov, Andrei (RUS 2593) * - Leitao, Rafael (BRA 2564) 1-0 1/2
4 Filippov, Valerij (RUS 2639) - * Grischuk, Alexander (RUS 2719) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
13 Anastasian, Ashot (ARM 2587) - * Beliavsky,Alexander G (SLO 2667) 1/2 0-1
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR 2716) - * Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB 2652) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
12 Almasi, Zoltan (HUN 2631) * - Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN 2681) 1-0 1/2
Bottom Half
2 Aronian, Levon (ARM 2645) - * Smirnov, Pavel (RUS 2601) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 0-1 1-0 0-1
15 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA 2675) - * Radjabov, Teimour (AZE 2670) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
7 Dominguez, Lenier (CUB 2612) * - Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA 2635) 1-0 1-0
10 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS 2665) - * Dreev, Alexey (RUS 2689) 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 0-1
3 Adams, Michael (ENG 2731) * - Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR 2544) 1-0 1/2
14 Nakamura, Hikaru (USA 2580) * - Lastin, Alexander (RUS 2622) 1-0 1/2
6 Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS 2654) - * Krasenkow, Michal (POL 2609) 1/2 0-1
11 Akopian, Vladimir (ARM 2689) * - Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR 2631) 1-0 1/2
Round 2 21st-22nd June 2004
1 Delchev, Aleksander (BUL) - * (BUL) Topalov, Veselin 0-1 0-1
2 Elarbi, Abobker (LBA) - * (RUS) Smirnov, Pavel 0-1 0-1
3 Asrian, Karen (ARM) - * (ENG) Adams, Michael 1/2 0-1
4 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) * - (CYP) Kotronias, Vasilios 1-0 1-0
5 Harikrishna, Pentala (IND) - * (UKR) Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 0-1
6 Short, Nigel D. (ENG) - * (POL) Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 1/2
7 Dominguez, Lenier (CUB) * - (RUS) Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
8 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM) * - (NED) Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 1/2
9 Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) * - (NED) Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 1/2
10 Dreev, Alexey (RUS) * - (ARG) Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 1-0
11 Adianto, Utut (INA) - * (ARM) Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 0-1
12 Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN) * - (CHN) Ni, Hua 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0
13 Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) * - (IND) Neelotpal, Das 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1/2
14 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) - * (RUS) Lastin, Alexander 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1/2 0-1
15 Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ) - * (FRA) Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 1/2
16 Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) - * (CRO) Kozul, Zdenko 0-1 1/2
17 Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) - * (RUS) Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 0-1 1/2 0-1
18 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) * - (DEN) Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
19 Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) * - (BLR) Aleksandrov, Aleksej 1-0 1/2
20 Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) * - (RUS) Kobalia, Mikhail 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
21 Almasi, Zoltan (HUN) * - (ESP) Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
22 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) - * (UKR) Moiseenko, Alexander 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
23 Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU) - * (RUS) Sakaev, Konstantin 0-1 0-1
24 Kritz, Leonid (GER) - * (BRA) Leitao, Rafael 0-1 1/2
25 Lputian, Smbat G (ARM) - * (AZE) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
26 Graf, Alexander (GER) - * (FRA) Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 0-1
27 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA) - * (RUS) Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 0-1
28 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) * - (IRI) Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 1-0 1/2
29 Filippov, Valerij (RUS) * - (NED) Van Wely, Loek 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0
30 Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) * - (USA) Kudrin, Sergey 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 1-0
31 Aronian, Levon (ARM) * - (AZE) Guseinov, Gadir 1-0 1-0
32 Acs, Peter (HUN) - * (SVK) Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 1-0 0-1 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 NAO Chess Club beat Clichy 3-1 in the final of the French Cup on
June 19th in the Parnassus hotel in Paris.
News: http://www.nao-cc.com
Round 1 (June 19, 2004)
Apicella, Manuel NAO - CLI Svidler, Peter 1/2 61 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Lautier, Joel CLI - NAO Tregubov, Pavel V 1-0 41 A84 Dutch
Fressinet, Laurent NAO - CLI Bauer, Christian 1/2 41 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
David, Alberto CLI - NAO Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 0-1 40 E94 King's Indian Classical
The International Women’s Tournament PWPW S.A. Chess Cup took
place June 18th-22nd in Warsaw. Venue: Hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Warsaw.
The event was organised by the Polish Chess Federation and is sponsored Polska
Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych S.A. The event was a six player double round
robin. The rapid event had a time rate of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. The
prize fund was equal to 8500 US$ in total and all the 6 participating players
will receive financial prizes. Alexandra Kosteniuk and Almira Skripchenko
finished on 6.5/10.
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 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2469 ** == 1= =1 =1 01 6.5 2532
2 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 == ** 10 11 == 1= 6.5 2535
3 Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2395 0= 01 ** 00 1= 11 5.0 2437
4 Socko, Monika m POL 2408 =0 00 11 ** 10 == 4.5 2399
5 Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2444 =0 == 0= 01 ** 01 4.0 2355
6 Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2411 10 0= 00 == 10 ** 3.5 2324
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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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II Young Stars of the World Kirishi RUS (RUS), 18-29 vi 2004cat. IV (2346)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Zhigalko, Sergei f BLR 2486 * 1 = . = . 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2668
2. Khairullin, Ildar f RUS 2481 0 * = 1 1 1 . = 1 . 1 1 7.0 2558
3. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2418 = = * = . = = 1 1 1 . 1 6.5 2504
4. Kuzubov, Yuriy m UKR 2475 . 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 6.5 2516
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2445 = 0 . 1 * 1 = . = 1 1 = 6.0 2449
6. Howell, David WL f ENG 2332 . 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 . = = 1 4.5 2342
7. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2361 0 . = 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 = . 3.5 2283
8. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2366 0 = 0 0 . 0 1 * . 0 1 1 3.5 2263
9. Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2248 0 0 0 0 = . 0 . * 1 1 1 3.5 2275
10. Sjugirov, Sanan f RUS 2260 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * . 1 2.5 2185
11. Potapov, Pavel RUS 2240 0 0 . 0 0 = = 0 0 . * 1 2.0 2138
12. Mueller, Reinhold GER 2035 0 0 0 . = 0 . 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1920
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Gata Kamsky competed for the second week running in the New York Masters
on 22nd of June. Things went less well than his first week in that he lost to
Daniel Fridman one of the eventual winners and only took home $50 even though
his score was the same as the first week. The winners, Daniel Fridman, Irina
Krush and Salvijus Bercys won $315
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/
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107th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 22 vi 2004
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2594 +17 + 5 + 4 = 2 3.5 ($315)
2. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 +30 +12 + 8 = 1 3.5 ($315)
3. Bercys, Salvijus LTU 2279 = 6 +18 +25 + 9 3.5 ($315)
4. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2717 +21 +11 - 1 +15 3.0 ($ 50)
5. Molner, Mackenzie USA ---- +31 - 1 +24 +18 3.0 ($ 50)
6. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 = 3 =13 +16 = 8 2.5
7. De Firmian, Nick g USA 2542 +22 =15 = 9 =10 2.5
8. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2553 +16 +20 - 2 = 6 2.5
9. Scekic, Milos m SCG 2405 +23 +24 = 7 - 3 2.5
10. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2381 =26 +14 =15 = 7 2.5
11. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 +27 - 4 =12 +22 2.5
12. Hess, Robert USA 2169 +25 - 2 =11 +19 2.5
13. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- = = 6 =20 +25 2.5
14. Barnett, Alex USA 2149 =18 -10 +21 +20 2.5
15. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2290 +29 = 7 =10 - 4 2.0
16. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2327 - 8 +28 - 6 +29 2.0
17. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2140 - 1 =31 +27 = 2.0
18. Bonin, Jay m USA 2341 =14 - 3 +29 - 5 1.5
19. Klein, Erez f USA 2292 -24 =30 +23 -12 1.5
20. Eisen, Lew f USA 2242 +28 - 8 =13 -14 1.5
21. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2298 - 4 =27 -14 +31 1.5
22. Privman, Boris f USA 2268 - 7 =23 -19 +28 1.5
23. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2168 - 9 =22 -19 +28 1.5
24. Smith, Daniel USA ---- +19 - 9 - 5 = 1.5
25. Milman, Lev f USA 2383 -12 +26 - 3 -13 1.0
26. Rosenberg, Evan USA 2163 =10 -25 -22 =27 1.0
27. Lowinger, Daniel USA ---- -11 =21 -17 =26 1.0
28. Zhao, Parker USA 1992 -20 -16 +31 -23 1.0
29. Khrapatin, Fedor USA ---- -15 + -18 -16 1.0
30. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2253 - 2 =19 --- --- 0.5
31. Billinghurst, Ricardo USA ---- - 5 =17 -28 -21 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $ 500
2ND - $ 250
3RD - $ 100
U2400 - $ 195
The XVIII Pula Open took place 19th-26th June 2004. 9 players finished
on 7/9. 9 round swiss, 90 minutes + 30 seconds. My thanks to Mirjana Medic of
the Croation Chess Federation.
Website: http://skpula.hr/
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XVIII Open Pula CRO (CRO), 19-26 vi 2004
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1. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2524 7 43.5 55.0 39.0
2. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2509 7 42.5 53.5 38.5
3. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2529 7 41.5 52.5 37.5
4. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2435 7 41.0 53.0 36.5
5. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2541 7 39.5 50.0 35.0
6. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2540 7 39.5 49.0 36.5
7. Godena, Michele g ITA 2533 7 39.0 50.5 37.0
8. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2466 7 39.0 50.0 36.5
9. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2478 7 36.5 47.0 33.5
10. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2460 6.5 40.5 50.5 33.5
11. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2519 6.5 40.0 51.0 36.0
12. Suarez Pousa, Diego f ESP 2395 6.5 39.0 50.0 32.5
13. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2452 6.5 38.0 48.5 33.5
14. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2392 6.5 34.0 43.5 30.5
15. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2482 6 44.0 56.0 37.0
16. Saric, Ibro f BIH 2413 6 41.5 52.5 34.5
17. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2440 6 40.0 51.5 35.0
18. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2390 6 38.5 49.0 32.5
19. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2408 6 38.0 48.5 31.5
20. Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2422 6 38.0 48.5 31.0
21. Pancevski, Filip MKD 2311 6 38.0 48.0 32.0
22. Franic, Milan m CRO 2415 6 37.0 48.0 32.0
23. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2341 6 37.0 48.0 31.5
24. Solomunovic, Igor f GER 2446 6 37.0 46.5 31.5
25. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2324 6 36.5 47.5 31.0
26. De Jong, Jan Willem NED 2244 6 36.0 46.5 32.0
27. Dorfanis, Ilarion GRE 2151 6 36.0 45.5 28.0
28. Belotelov, Dmitriy f RUS 2291 6 35.0 44.5 28.5
29. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2395 6 34.5 45.0 30.0
30. Zufic, Miroslav m CRO 2388 6 31.5 40.5 28.5
171 players
The National Open Tournament took place from June 18-20, 2004 in Las
Vegas, USA. Five players shared first place with 5/6 - GM Jaan Ehlvest, GM
Evgeny Najer, GM Daniel Fridman, GM Alex Yermolinsky and IM Varuzhan Akobian.
GM Yermolinsky won the Edmondson Cup on tie-breaks. There was also a National
Open Blitz Championship held prior to the main event that was won by GM Vitali
Golod and GM Daniel Fridman. News: Chris Bird
Full results are available online at http://www.64.com
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National Open Las Vegas USA (USA), 18-20 vi 2004
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2596 5.0
2. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2606 5.0
3. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2594 5.0
4. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2555 5.0
5. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2516 5.0
6. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 4.5
7. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 4.5
8. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2556 4.5
9. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2533 4.5
10. Serper, Grigory g USA 2544 4.5
11. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2467 4.5
12. Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2415 4.5
13. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2444 4.5
14. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2468 4.0
15. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2497 4.0
16. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2419 4.0
17. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2451 4.0
18. Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2438 4.0
19. Anka, Emil g HUN 2422 4.0
20. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2420 4.0
21. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2413 4.0
22. Lugo, Blas m USA 2395 4.0
23. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2364 4.0
24. Lein, Anatoly g USA 2375 4.0
25. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2295 4.0
26. Hernandez, Alberto f CUB 2310 4.0
27. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m USA 2352 4.0
28. Bartholomew, John f USA 2327 4.0
29. Ishkanov, Tigran USA 2290 4.0
30. Fang, Joseph m USA 2317 4.0
31. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2224 4.0
32. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2467 3.5
33. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2446 3.5
34. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2439 3.5
35. Andrianov, Nikolai m RUS 2446 3.5
36. Adamson, Robby f USA 2375 3.5
37. Vigorito, David f USA 2360 3.5
38. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2322 3.5
39. Saidy, Anthony F m USA 2338 3.5
40. Milat, Marcel f CAN 2302 3.5
41. Zaikov, Oleg USA 2302 3.5
42. Rowley, Robert f USA 2281 3.5
43. Steigman, A.J USA 2242 3.5
44. Boekhoff,Andrew USA ---- 3.5
45. Van Enk,Steven USA ---- 3.5
46. Ho, Matthew USA 2242 3.5
121 players
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National Open Blitz Las Vegas USA (USA), 17-17 vi 2004
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1. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 12.0
2. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2594 12.0
3. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2516 11.0
4. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2497 8.0
5. Acor,Corey B USA ---- 7.5
6. Karagianis, Peter USA 2090 7.5
7. Baze,Lineas USA ---- 7.5
8. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2451 7.0
9. Kurosaki, Takashi USA 2076 7.0
10. Gauvin,Chad N R USA --- 7.0
22 players
The Grenoble Masters took place 19th-25th June 2004. Laurent Verat took
first place on tie-break from Gilbert Grimberg and Ovidiu Doru Foisor all
finishing on 5.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://grenoblechecs.free.fr/
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Masters Grenoble FRA (FRA), 19-25 vi 2004 cat. III (2323)
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1. Verat, Laurent f FRA 2319 * = 1 = 1 = = = 0 1 5.5 2403
2. Grimberg, Gilbert f FRA 2318 = * = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2403
3. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2411 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2392
4. Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2237 = = = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2375
5. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2422 0 1 = 1 * = = = 0 = 4.5 2311
6. Silva, Sebastain CHI 2352 = = = = = * 1 1 0 0 4.5 2319
7. Aguettaz, Maxime FRA 2349 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 4.0 2276
8. Olivier, Jean-Christophe m FRA 2360 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2275
9. Bardel, Stephan f FRA 2278 1 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 3.5 2247
10. Adda, Olivier FRA 2181 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 * 3.0 2213
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The VI Magistral Comunic took place 15th-22nd June 2004. Andres
Rodriguez took first place with 8/9. Comunic VII takes place 24th-30th June
2004.
Official site: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/
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VI Comunic CXSP Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 15-22 vi 2004 cat. V (2351)
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1. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2556 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2679
2. Fier, Alexander Hila f BRA 2258 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2634
3. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2557 = = * = 1 = 1 0 1 = 5.5 2408
4. Needleman, Alejandro ARG 2420 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 0 1 4.5 2343
5. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2317 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 4.5 2355
6. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2271 0 0 = = 0 * = = 1 1 4.0 2317
7. Santos, M.V.M f BRA 2305 0 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2313
8. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2287 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 0 1 3.0 2233
9. Frenklakh, Valery f USA 2280 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2234
10. Madeira, Wagner Martins BRA 2263 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2010
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The 10th Annual Bray Rapidplay was held on Saturday 19 June. FM Sam
Collins defeated top seed GM Alex Baburin in the key final round clash to take
the honours and first prize of 700 Euros. 89 players. News: Pat Reynolds.
Official site: http://www.brayrapidplay.com/
Final Standings:
1 Collins, Sam f IRL 2392 5.5
2 Stillger, Bernhard f GER 2296 5
3 Weidemann, Joerg f GER 2280 5
4 Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2356 5
5 Brady, Stephen f IRL 2367 5
6 Mkrthcyan, Semyon IRL ---- 5
7 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2548 4.5
8 Scannell, Steven IRL 2150 4.5
9 Reynolds, Pat IRL 2146 4.5
10 Beckett, Brian IRL 1994 4.5
11 White, John S IRL ---- 4.5
12 O'Donovan, Richard IRL 2150 4
13 Morris, Stephen B. IRL ---- 4
14 McPhillips, Karl IRL 2192 4
15 Freeman, Gordon IRL 2063 4
16 Quinn, Mark m IRL 2400 4
17 Clarke, Thomas IRL 2132 4
18 Stuart, Robert IRL ---- 4
19 Pye, Robert IRL ---- 4
20 Fox, Anthony IRL 2123 4
21 Reid, Joseph IRL ---- 4
22 Savinel, Philippe FRA 2065 4
23 Byford, Colin IRL ---- 4
24 O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2268 3.5
89 players
The US Women's Championship and a Category VIII International tournament
took place at St. John's University in Manhattan. The event was organised by
Dr. Frank Brady author of the book Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy.
Jennifer Shahade ran away with the event securing first place with two rounds
to go before spoiling it slightly by losing to second placed Irina Krush. Krush
finished level with Anna Zatonskih on 4 points from 7. Leonid Yudasin won the
St John International alongside with 7/9.
Official site:
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~kerrt/2004/sjuchess_main.html
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ch-USA w New York USA (USA), 17-25 vi 2004 cat. IV (2340)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2337 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 4.5 2533
2. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 4.0 2443
3. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2444 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 4.0 2447
4. Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2246 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.0 2355
5. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2352 = 0 1 0 * 0 1 2.5 2280
6. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2236 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 2.0 2231
7. Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2297 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 2073
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St John Uni New York USA (USA), 17-27 vi 2004 cat. VIII (2432)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2553 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2638
2. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2555
3. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2517 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2547
4. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2566 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2542
5. Cela, Altin m ALB 2482 0 = = = * 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2506
6. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2341 0 = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2442
7. Kurniawan, Bobby m INA 2371 0 = 0 = = 0 * = = 1 3.5 2358
8. Ivkov, Borislav g SCG 2433 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 1 3.5 2351
9. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 3.0 2313
10. Times, Jerald W USA 2240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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As reported in TWIC 501 the Open of Echternach (Luxembourg) took place
June 5th-6th 2004. More than 10 GMs and 350 players in total participated in
the 9 round event. GM Leonid Kritz of Germany won with 8/9. Vassily Ivanchuk
finished 5th on 7.5/9. One game now available. News: Marco Schumacher.
Complete results and photos at
http://open.desprenger-echternach.lu
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Kritz,Leonid g GER 2534 8.0 41.5
2. Kasimdzhanov,Rust g UZB 2652 8.0 40.0
3. Chuchelov,Vladimi g BEL 2593 7.5 40.0
4. Gurevich Mikhail g BEL 2672 7.5 39.0
5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 7.5 39.0
6. Zude Erik f GER 2350 7.5 38.5
7. Goloshchapov,Alex g UKR 2569 7.5 38.5
8. Delchev, Aleksand g BUL 2602 7.0 40.5
9. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2589 7.0 37.0
10. Dautov Rustem g GER 2616 7.0 36.0
11. Khenkin,Igor g GER 2596 7.0 36.0
12. Gulbas Cémil f BEL 2363 7.0 36.0
13. Sonntag,Hans-Hube m GER 2383 7.0 36.0
14. Polaczek,Richard m BEL 2426 7.0 35.5
15. Ginsburg Gennadi m GER 2519 7.0 35.0
16. Röder,Matthias m GER 2457 7.0 35.0
17. Afek Yochanan m ISR 2338 7.0 35.0
352 players
The IV Alushta Summer tournament took place 17th-27th June 2004. IM
Rasul Ibrahimov and GM Andrei Kovalev both finished with 10/13. My thanks to
Leonid Galperin.
Further details: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
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Summer IV Alushta UKR (UKR), 17-27 vi 2004 cat. VIII (2431)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2460 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 10.0 2639
2. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2557 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2632
3. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2494 = = * = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2536
4. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2430 = = = * = 1 1 0 1 = = = = 1 8.0 2518
5. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2449 0 = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2516
6. Kargin, Arseny f RUS 2383 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 7.0 2463
7. Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2399 = = = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = = 1 = 6.5 2433
8. Evdokimov, Alexander A m RUS 2495 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2426
9. Tishin, D m UKR 2372 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 = 5.0 2348
10. Kuznetsov, Viktor f RUS 2375 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = * = = 1 0 5.0 2348
11. Farakhov, Rafail f RUS 2371 = 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * = 0 = 4.5 2325
12. Tolstikh, Nikolay m RUS 2425 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = = * 0 1 4.5 2321
13. Purtov, Andrei m RUS 2432 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 4.5 2320
14. Derjabin, Ilja m UKR 2391 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 0 * 3.0 2223
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There are no Israeli players competing in the championship. It was
thought that Vadim Milov who now represents Switzerland would play but he makes
it clear that he believes that as an Israeli passport holder FIDE made sure he
could not compete.
Message on the ACP site at:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=169
Vadim Milov: I'm going to sue Fide for failing to fullfil their
obligations and for forcing me to miss the World Championship!
ACP Board [Sat Jun 26th, 01:20]
Dear chess colleagues,
Although I signed the contract and agreed to play in the World
Championship in Libya, I was excluded from this tournament only because of my
possession of the Israeli passport. Fide has done everything possible for me to
miss this tournament. They sent me the invitation too late (on Friday 18th of
June), which was the arrival day and I already physically couldn't get the
plane to Tripoli.
I think all chessplayers have had enough of Fide's lies. I'm going to
sue Fide for failing to fullfil their obligations and for forcing me to miss
the World Championship.
Vadim Milov Biel, Switzerland June 25th, 2004
XII Montcada Open
Viktor Moskalenko, Azer Mirzoev, Sergey Kasparov, Yuri Gonzalez, Juan
Mellado Triviño and Frank De La Paz are amongst the 140 players in the
XII Montcada Open which takes place 25th June - 3rd July 2004.
Coverage: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2004/Montcada.html
and live coverage http://www.fcde.org/endirecte/endirecte.htm
First Saturday July
There are First Saturday events take place 3rd-15th of July 2004. 10-14
participants compete but there are vacancies. Contact Laszlo Nagy e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net http://www.firstsaturday.hu tel-fax:
(361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914
FSGM Players: IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (SCG), IGM SERES, Lajos (HUN), IGM
FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN), IM REISS, Tibor (HUN), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN), IM
PASCHALL, William (USA), IM PREDOJEVIC, Borki (BIH), KHMELNIKER, Ilya (ISR), FM
NAGLE, Sean (USA), IM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VI), IM ANTONIEWSKI, Rafal (POL),
IM SZEBERÉNYI, Ádám (HUN), Reserves: IM FARAGÓ,
Sándor (HUN), IM EPERJESI, László (HUN), FM LORSCHEID,
Gerd (GER), IM TOUZANE, Olivier (FRA).
FSIM Players: IM WERNER, Dimo (GER), IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN),
IGM MCDONALD, Neil (ENG), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN), HALLDORSSON,
Halldor (ISL), KARLSSON, Bjorn Ivar (ISL), ARNGRIMSSON, Dagur (ISL), FM JANAHI,
Zeyad (BRN, 2251), (until 25th of June answers), FM ZLATIC, Mihajlo (SCG), VAN
LEENT, Dimitri (NLD), RENDLE, Thomas (ENG), FM ISSA, Rafat (SYR), . KOLBUS,
Dietmar (GER), FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER), Reserves: IM EPERJESI,
László (HUN), IM LENGYEL, Béla (HUN), FM LORSCHEID, Gerd
(GER).
2005 European Union Championship
The 2005 European Union Championship whic his part of the programme of
events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005.
The event takes place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham
Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Prize Fund - 7,750 Euros. A
FIDE rated ten round Swiss Open for players registered with FIDE as a player in
the European Union or a citizen of a European Union member state 1st prize
2,000 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards including a British
Championship Qualifying Place.
In addition the 13th Annual Cork Congress takes place 1st-3rd April
2005 with a Prize Fund 5,000 Euros an ICU rated six round Swiss with three
rated sections. 1st prize 750 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards
Full details, special offers to a limited number of IMs and GMs and
entry forms are available from Michael Burniston Tournament Director Ladybird
House Glengarriff County Cork Ireland. phone 00 353 27 63113 e mail
jemcreations@eircom.net
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
Republica Argentina Chess Festival
The Republica Argentina Chess Festival 2004 takes place 9th-20th July,
2004 in the medical center "Círculo Médico de Vicente Lopez"
(CMSalud), Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina. There are several important events
including the VII Republica Argentina Chess Masters a GM event and the ITT
Vicente Lopez City IM event.
GM event players; GM Andres Rodriguez (URU), GM Oscar Panno (ARG), GM
Sergio Slipak (ARG), IM Diego Valerga (ARG), IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL), IM
Bernardo Roselli (URU) - current Uruguayan Champion-, IM Salvador Alonso (ARG).
And, as in the 3 previous editions, it will play a Chessbase program, this
year, the current World Computer Champion Shedder 8.0.
Website will appear at: http://escavm.tripod.com/home.htm
VII Banc Post & Ciuc Premium Tournament
The VII. Banc Post & Ciuc Premium International Chess Tournament
takes place in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania), 21-29 August 2004. Event for IM, wIGM,
wIM-norms and ELO (11 games).
Entry fee (ELO/EUR): A : Elo 2150-2200 = 120, 2201-2250 = 100,
2251-2300 = 80, 2301-2350 = 60, above 2351 = 40 B : nonrated = 100, below 2051
= 80, 2051-2100 = 60, 2101-2150 = 50, 2151-2200 = 40, above 2201 = 30 C :
nonrated = 60, below 1900 = 50, 1901-2000 = 40, 2001-2050 = 30, 2051-2100 = 20,
above 2101 = 10 Prizes A,B,C : Total Fund 500 EUR + extra prize
Organizer : IM Sandor BIRO, C.P. 68, R-530300 Miercurea Ciuc-1,
Romania, E-mail : caissa@topnet.ro Tel+Fax : (+40)-266-316712, Mobil :
(+40)-740-021866
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. This year the event has been opened up to any player who is from a
NATO country who has an Active Duty, Reserve, or Retired status.
Further details: http://home.earthlink.net/~eschlich/
Los Angeles Open
Los Angeles Open. Los Angeles, CA, September 24-26, 2004. 5-SS. $10,000
based on 200 players, $6,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
Friendship Chess Tournament
The Friendship Chess Tournament takes place in Cartak (Czech Republic)
19th-27th June 2004. Various all-play-all events. No games available. I will
round up the results next week.
Coverage:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/tp2004/default.htm
32nd World Open
The 32nd World Open takes place in June 26th - July 5th 2004 at the
Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia.
Official site: http://www.worldopen.com
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
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/
