THE WEEK IN CHESS 506 July 19th 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE Championship in Tripoli
3) Tai Yuan GM Tournament
4) Biel SuperGM
5) Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
6) Fischer Detained in Japan
7) Amsterdam Chess Tournament
8) First Saturday July
9) Republica Argentina Chess Festival
10) Szeged Cup Hungary - Poland Women's Match
11) Swedish Championship
12) Montpellier Open
13) Costa Rica National Championship
14) Scottish Championship
15) 109th New York Masters
16) Guramishvili vs Kharisma Match
17) Ikaros Chess Festival 2004
18) Canadian Open Championship
19) Western Canadian Open
20) European Youth Team Championships
21) 3rd Condom Chess Open
22) 12th World Computer Championship
23) 3rd Dubai Junior Open
24) AV Momot Memorial
25) 32nd World Open
26) Professional World Chess Ranking
27) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

FIDE Championship in Tripoli              2 games
Tai Yuan GM Tournament                   15 games
Biel SuperGM                              3 games
Amsterdam Chess Tournament               92 games
First Saturday July                      18 games
Republica Argentina Festival             38 games
Szeged Cup Women's Match                  8 games
Swedish Championship                     42 games
Montpellier Open                         47 games
Costa Rica National Championship         54 games
Scottish Championship                    82 games
109th New York Masters                    4 games
Guramishvili vs Kharisma Match            4 games
Ikaros Chess Festival 2004               82 games
Canadian Open Championship              212 games
Western Canadian Open                   292 games
European Youth Team Championships       126 games
3rd Condom Chess Open                   187 games
12th World Computer Championship         77 games
32nd World Open                          38 games
1423 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Rolf Behovits, Andy McFarland, Jonathan Rowson, Antonio Castello, Yin Hao, Diego Redondo, Hans Groffen, Hassan Khaled, John Fernandez, Richard Palliser, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Roberto Alvarez, Jakub Fuksik, Albert Vasse, Alexander Martynkov, Miklos Orso, Stephen Boyd, Andrew Saint, Denis Nadeau, Kristianus Liem, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Fang Zhang, Mike Arne, Sean Evans and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Garry Kasparov maybe World Number One, Rustam Kasimdzhanov the FIDE World Chess Champion and Vladimir Kramnik the Classical World Chess Champion but Bobby Fischer is still the most famous chess player, however sadly not for playing. Fischer once again demonstrated his iconic status with the worldwide reporting attending his detention in Japan. It seems that after 12 years the US Government are actively seeking his return to the States to face charges surrounding his match against Spassky in Yugoslavia in 1992 - Fischer's arrest followed the US Government recently revoking his passport, a passport he seems to have renewed in the late 1990s when presumably they weren't after him. Quite what they hope to gain this I don't know but it seems to be a week of tough US action against men in their 60s as they also seek the extradition of a man who went AWOL in 1965, also from Japan and it seems the cases have become linked in some way. Its difficult to see a trial of Fischer being anything other than a horrible car-wreck and I honestly wonder if he's mentally fit to stand trial.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Championship in Tripoli

The FIDE Championships took 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. Playoffs saw firstlya 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 final match between Michael Adams and Rustam Kasimdzhanov went to a playoff as reported last week. Former number one rapid player Michael Adams was favourite going into the match but Kasimdzhanov had shown his nerve in a number of these rapid playoffs. In the first game Adams got a considerable advantage and forced Kasimdzhanov to part with the exchange for insufficient compensation. However it was tricky to realise the advantage and Adams soon went astray and got himself a worse position and ten minutes down on the clock. Kasimdzhanov pressed this advantage to victory. In game two Adams tried hard but couldn't really create anything with the black pieces. Thus the long odds Kasimdzhanov became FIDE Champion. It was a shock result and he certainly rode his luck throughout the event being only a few accurate moves from elimination on a number of occasions. Having said all that this was no great shock than say Todd Hamilton winning the Open Golf Championship this weekend ahead of a stronger field. Because of the withdrawal of number two seed Alexander Morozevich Kasimdzhanov was able to achieve something unique (as it is usually not possible) in these knockout events. He beat the top four seeds on the way to the title. 24 year old Kasimdzhanov will pick up some rating points but probably not a huge number, it remains to be seen if this is an announcement of a new talent or the highpoint of his career. The winner in Tripoli is supposed to play Garry Kasparov later in the year. It remains to be seen whether this match will go ahead, there must be a commercial value for a Kasparov match and he may need to play it to get in the game for reunification whatever the prizefund.

Official site: http://wcclibya2004.com/main.asp

Adams, Michael        -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1/2   18  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Adams, Michael        1-0   55  C42  Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael        -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1-0   47  B43  Sicilian Paulsen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Adams, Michael        1-0   40  C68  Ruy Lopez Exchange
Adams, Michael        -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1-0   46  C97  Ruy Lopez
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Adams, Michael        1/2   44  C91  Ruy Lopez
Playoffs
Adams, Michael        -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  0-1   60  B51  Sicilian Rossolimo
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Adams, Michael        1/2   48  C68  Ruy Lopez Exchange


FIDE WCh KO Tripoli LBA (LBA), 6-13 vii 2004
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                                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g  UZB 2652   = 1 0 1 0 = 1 = . . .  4.5  2774
Adams, Michael       g  ENG 2731   = 0 1 0 1 = 0 = . . .  3.5  2609
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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

3) Tai Yuan GM Tournament

The Tai Yuan GM tournament takes place in China 17th-26th July 2004.Prizes $20,000. Time control 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds increment from move 1. Play starts 2pm local time (GMT+8) except the last round which is at 10am.

Official site (Chinese): http://sports.sina.com.cn/z/chess_2004/index.shtml

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Sanjin Hotel Cup Taiyuan CHN (CHN), 17-26 vii 2004cat. XVI (2634)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Short, Nigel D     g ENG 2684  * = . . . . . 1 1 .  2.5  2920 
 2. Dreev, Alexey      g RUS 2690  = * . . = . . . . 1  2.0  2768 
 3. Bu Xiangzhi        g CHN 2620  . . * = = . . . . 1  2.0  2741 
 4. Zhang Zhong        g CHN 2603  . . = * . = = . . .  1.5  2623 
 5. Xie Jun            g CHN 2564  . = = . * . . = . .  1.5  2648 
 6. Lautier, Joel      g FRA 2666  . . . = . * = . = .  1.5  2601 
 7. Ni Hua             g CHN 2583  . . . = . = * . . =  1.5  2650 
 8. Lputian, Smbat G   g ARM 2634  0 . . . = . . * = .  1.0  2496 
 9. Xu Jun             g CHN 2617  0 . . . . = . = * .  1.0  2536 
10. Ye Jiangchuan      g CHN 2681  . 0 0 . . . = . . *  0.5  2358 
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Round 1 (July 17, 2004)

Short, Nigel D    -  Xu Jun            1-0   55  B92  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Dreev, Alexey     -  Ye Jiangchuan     1-0   49  E84  King's Indian Saemisch
Bu Xiangzhi       -  Zhang Zhong       1/2   31  A31  English Symmetrical
Ni Hua            -  Lautier, Joel     1/2   29  B46  Sicilian Paulsen
Lputian, Smbat G  -  Xie Jun           1/2   63  E97  King's Indian Classical

Round 2 (July 18, 2004)

Short, Nigel D    -  Lputian, Smbat G  1-0   40  C18  French Winawer
Zhang Zhong       -  Ni Hua            1/2   49  A29  English Four Knights
Xie Jun           -  Dreev, Alexey     1/2   21  B61  Sicilian Rauzer
Xu Jun            -  Lautier, Joel     1/2   31  D17  Slav Defence
Ye Jiangchuan     -  Bu Xiangzhi       0-1   31  B25  Sicilian Closed

Round 3 (July 19, 2004)

Dreev, Alexey     -  Short, Nigel D    1/2   14  E35  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bu Xiangzhi       -  Xie Jun           1/2   49  E84  King's Indian Saemisch
Lautier, Joel     -  Zhang Zhong       1/2   25  E37  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ni Hua            -  Ye Jiangchuan     1/2   18  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Lputian, Smbat G  -  Xu Jun            1/2   22  D28  QGA

4) 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 is Category 18. Ten different competitions will be held during 2004 Festival.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Round 1 (July 19, 2004)

Morozevich, Alexander  -  McShane, Luke J        1-0   42  B25  Sicilian Closed
Sasikiran, Krishnan    -  Pelletier, Yannick     1-0   41  D12  Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne        -  Ponomariov, Ruslan     1/2   15  C18  French Winawer

It Biel SUI (SUI), 19-29 vii 2004              cat. XVIII (2681)
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                                     1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2743 ** .. .. .. 1. ..  1.0      
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan    g IND 2666 .. ** .. .. .. 1.  1.0      
3 Bacrot, Etienne        g FRA 2712 .. .. ** =. .. ..  0.5  2722
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan     g UKR 2722 .. .. =. ** .. ..  0.5  2712
5 McShane, Luke J        g ENG 2643 0. .. .. .. ** ..  0.0      
6 Pelletier, Yannick     g SUI 2597 .. 0. .. .. .. **  0.0      
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5) 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.

The organisers are trying an experiment of charging for live coverage and have warned rebroadcasters that they will attempt to protect their live broadcasts through the courts if necessary. It remains to be seen if the law backs them up. This has never been checked in court before. Although at one time the view was live coverage was protected this view seemed to change around the time of the Kasparov - Kramnik match and a general view then was that you couldn't stop rebroadcasts. Commentators are the German Grandmasters Dr.Helmut Pfleger and Klaus Bischoff. Day-Ticket: 1 Euro per day Tournament-Ticket: 8 Euro for all 10 rounds.

Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2004 with information on registration.

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

6) Fischer Detained in Japan

The 11th World Chess Champion Robert James Fischer has been detained in Japan where he has lived for a number of years. 61 year old Fischer was stopped at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday 13th July, he was trying to leave Japan for the Philippines. Officials were reported to be preparing to deport Fischer to the United States.

According to a strongly Fischer connected website (http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/list/p_52/52_0.htm) Fischer's passport has recently been revoked by the US Government over his 1992 match against Boris Spassky which he was warned at the time broke US sanctions. It appears Fischer is still regarded as a fugitive even though the case against him must be seen as somewhat problematic due to the length of time passed and the question as to whether playing a match can really be called trade. Not to mention Fischer's obvious mental problems. It really hadn't been clear until now that the US was pursuing the case at all.

According to the Washington Post the US has only recently stepped up efforts to track Fischer. "He's in custody in Japan, and we are awaiting a determination whether he'll be deported back to the United States to face charges," said Allan Doody, special agent in charge of the immigration agency's Washington field office.).

Fischer's more serious problem in staying in the US may be the broadcasts he gave on Philippines radio glorying in the September 11th 2001 attacks.

seattlepi report on Fischer's detention
Fox report: http://msn.foxsports.com/story/2580826
Fischer radio broadcasts and other documents (strong stomach required): http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/ (closest thing there comes to an official Bobby site)
Bobby Fischer's pathetic endgame: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/12/chun.htm a good article from 2002 about his recent years.
Search Google News for further stories

7) 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/

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ACT Open Amsterdam NED (NED), 17-25 vii 2004
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 1. Gagunashvili, Merab           g  GEO 2580  2.0       
 2. Krasenkow, Michal             g  POL 2632  2.0       
 3. Kuzmin, Alexey                g  RUS 2567  2.0       
 4. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar        g  IND 2574  2.0       
 5. Sandipan, Chanda              g  IND 2555  2.0       
 6. Van Wely, Loek                g  NED 2680  2.0       
 7. Al Sayed, Mohamad N           m  QAT 2443  2.0       
 8. Bezemer, Arno                 f  NED 2375  2.0       
 9. L'Ami, Erwin                  m  NED 2486  2.0       
10. Michiels, Bart                m  BEL 2450  2.0       
11. Nijboer, Friso                g  NED 2568  2.0       
12. Stellwagen, Daniel            m  NED 2509  2.0       
13. Acs, Peter                    g  HUN 2545  1.5  2516 
14. Lobron, Eric                  g  GER 2493  1.5  2479 
15. Nikolic, Predrag              g  BIH 2671  1.5  2557 
16. Solleveld, Maarten            m  NED 2486  1.5  2473 
17. Van den Doel, Erik            g  NED 2586  1.5  2538 
18. Timman, Jan H                 g  NED 2596  1.5  2505 
19. Bosboom, Manuel               m  NED 2425  1.5  2651 
20. Sokolov, Ivan                 g  NED 2679  1.5  2561 
21. Tregubov, Pavel V             g  RUS 2628  1.5  2548 
22. Willemze, Jeroen                 NED 2422  1.5  2646 
23. Chuchelov, Vladimir           g  BEL 2574  1.5  2421 
24. Peek, Marcel                  m  NED 2406  1.5  2439 
25. Buckley, Simon T                 ENG 2314  1.5  2467 
26. Blees, Albert                 m  NED 2400  1.5  2599 
27. Dambacher, Martijn               NED 2405  1.5  2620 
28. Pavlovic, Milos               g  SCG 2545  1.5  2449 
29. Van Beek, Lucien                 NED 2321  1.5  2529 
30. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur  m  NED 2369  1.5  2570 
93 players

8) First Saturday July

The First Saturday July events took place 3rd-15th of July 2004. In the GM event IM Predojevic Borki BIH (last published Rating 2490 January 2004) made a GM-norm and finished first on 8/11.

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

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FSGM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vii 2004                cat. VII (2424)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Predojevic, Borki       m BIH 2490  * = = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1  8.0  2592 
 2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson   m VIE 2431  = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = = 1  7.5  2556 
 3. Ilincic, Zlatko         g SCG 2538  = 0 * = 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1  7.0  2515 
 4. Seres, Lajos            g HUN 2497  0 1 = * = = 1 = = = = =  6.0  2453 
 5. Nagle, Sean             f USA 2375  0 = 1 = * = 0 = 0 1 1 1  6.0  2464 
 6. Paschall, William M     m USA 2381  = = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1  6.0  2463 
 7. Reiss, Tibor            m HUN 2408  1 0 0 0 1 = * 0 = = 1 =  5.0  2389 
 8. Fogarasi, Tibor         g HUN 2465  0 0 1 = = = 1 * = 0 = =  5.0  2384 
 9. Khmelniker, Ilya          ISR 2458  = 0 0 = 1 = = = * 0 0 1  4.5  2355 
10. Jakab, Attila           m HUN 2390  0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 * = =  4.5  2361 
11. McDonald, Neil R        g ENG 2380  0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = * 1  4.5  2362 
12. Lorscheid, Gerhard      f GER 2272  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 *  2.0  2175 
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9) 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. News Roberto Alvarez.

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.

Official site: http://ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/reparg7/home.htm

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VII Magistral Vicente Lopez AR (ARG), 9-20 vii 2004            cat. VI (2394)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. SHREDDER 8                       ----  * 1 1 . = 0 = 1 1 1 = .  6.5  2591 
 2. Alonso, Salvador           m ARG 2444  0 * = = = . = 1 1 1 1 .  6.0  2491 
 3. Valerga, Diego             m ARG 2498  0 = * = 1 = = 1 = . = 1  6.0  2465 
 4. Panno, Oscar               g ARG 2474  . = = * = 1 = . = 1 = =  5.5  2510 
 5. Zambrana, Oswaldo          m BOL 2472  = = 0 = * 1 . 0 . 1 1 1  5.5  2469 
 6. Rodriguez, Andres          g URU 2567  1 . = 0 0 * = 1 . 1 = 1  5.5  2465 
 7. Slipak, Sergio             g ARG 2502  = = = = . = * = = 1 . =  5.0  2413 
 8. Cubas, Jose Fernando       m PAR 2384  0 0 0 . 1 0 = * = . 1 =  3.5  2317 
 9. Szmetan, Ricardo           f BAR 2250  0 0 = = . . = = * 0 = 1  3.5  2302 
10. Fusco, Leonardo              ARG 2296  0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 * 1 1  3.0  2269 
11. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo   m URU 2420  = 0 = = 0 = . 0 = 0 * =  3.0  2231 
12. Rosito, Jorge              m ARG 2424  . . 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = *  2.0  2209 
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10) Szeged Cup Hungary - Poland Women's Match

The Hungary - Poland Women's Match took place in Szeged (the home city of Peter Leko), Hungary 6th-13th July 2004. The Double round Scheweningen system for 4 member teams (8 games) was for the Szeged Cup. Poland won the close match 17-15.

Live coverage: http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/index.html

Round 7 (July 12, 2004)

Madl, Ildiko         -  Radziewicz, Iweta    1/2   19  C02  French Advance
Gara, Anita          -  Socko, Monika        1/2   31  C02  French Advance
Dworakowska, Joanna  -  Lakos, Nikoletta     1/2   37  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Zielinska, Marta     -  Vajda, Szidonia      1/2   45  D04  Queen's Pawn Game

Round 8 (July 13, 2004)

Radziewicz, Iweta    -  Gara, Anita          1-0   46  D34  Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Socko, Monika        -  Madl, Ildiko         1/2   30  D10  Slav Defence
Vajda, Szidonia      -  Dworakowska, Joanna  1/2   10  B53  Sicilian Hungarian
Lakos, Nikoletta     -  Zielinska, Marta     1/2   24  B06  Modern Defence


HUN-POL Women's Match Szeged HUN (HUN), 6-13 vii 2004       cat. VI (2391)
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                                   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 
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1 Radziewicz, Iweta    m POL 2431 ** =. .. 1. .. .. 1. 0. 1.  5.5 /8  2509
2 Socko, Monika        m POL 2428 .. =. ** =. .. .. =. 1. =.  4.5 /8  2411
3 Dworakowska, Joanna  m POL 2402 .. =. .. =. ** .. =. =. 0.  3.5 /8  2325
4 Zielinska, Marta    wg POL 2402 .. =. .. =. .. ** =. =. 1.  3.5 /8  2325
Poland 17
1 Gara, Anita         wg HUN 2394 0. .. =. ** =. =. .. .. ..  3.5 /8  2372
2 Madl, Ildiko         m HUN 2348 =. ** =. .. =. =. .. .. ..  5.0 /8  2510
3 Vajda, Szidonia      m HUN 2355 0. .. =. .. =. =. ** .. ..  3.0 /8  2328
4 Lakos, Nikoletta    wg HUN 2350 1. .. 0. .. =. =. .. ** ..  2.0 /4  2415
5 Medvegy, Nora       wg HUN 2407 0. .. =. .. 1. 0. .. .. **  1.5 /4  2328
Hungary 15
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11) Swedish Championship

The Swedish Championship takes place in Gothenburg July 10th-23rd 2004.

Official site: http://www.schacksm.se/

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ch-SWE Gothenburg SWE (SWE), 10-23 vii 2004                    cat. VIII (2444)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Berg, Emanuel            m SWE 2510  * 0 . = . . = 1 . 1 1 . 1 1  6.0  2653 
 2. Agrest, Evgenij          g SWE 2602  1 * 0 = = . 1 1 . . . . = 1  5.5  2610 
 3. Brynell, Stellan         g SWE 2459  . 1 * . . 1 . . 1 0 = = = 1  5.5  2561 
 4. Hillarp Persson, Tiger   g SWE 2529  = = . * . . = . 1 1 = . = =  5.0  2546 
 5. Ernst, Thomas            g SWE 2456  . = . . * = 0 . 1 = 1 1 . =  5.0  2502 
 6. Ong, Kezli                 SWE 2202  . . 0 . = * . . = = = 1 1 1  5.0  2529 
 7. Hermansson, Emil         m SWE 2428  = 0 . = 1 . * = . . 0 . 1 =  4.0  2480 
 8. Barkhagen, Jonas         m SWE 2477  0 0 . . . . = * = 1 = = . 1  4.0  2445 
 9. Olsson, Anders           m SWE 2426  . . 0 0 0 = . = * = . 1 1 .  3.5  2396 
10. Svensson, Bengt          m SWE 2377  0 . 1 0 = = . 0 = * . = . .  3.0  2356 
11. Couso, Luis              f SWE 2377  0 . = = 0 = 1 = . . * 0 . .  3.0  2356 
12. Akesson, Ralf            g SWE 2485  . . = . 0 0 . = 0 = 1 * = .  3.0  2326 
13. Wedberg, Tom             g SWE 2533  0 = = = . 0 0 . 0 . . = * .  2.0  2262 
14. Akesson, Joel              SWE 2360  0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 . . . . . *  1.5  2206 
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12) Montpellier Open

The 11th Festival of Montpellier 5th-13th July 2004. 150 players including 4 GMs and 8 IMs competed. Christian Bauer repeated his performance of last year winning the tournament, this time by the narrowest of margins over Hicham Hamdouchi. News Stephen Boyd

Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

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GP CG de l'Heralt Montpellier FRA (FRA), 5-13 vii 2004
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 1. Bauer, Christian        g  FRA 2590  7,0 2621 45,5 2616
 2. Hamdouchi, Hichem       g  MAR 2556  7,0 2621 44,5 2619
 3. Miezis, Normunds        g  LAT 2530  6,5 2552 44,5 2562
 4. Chernuschevich, Alexei  m  FRA 2521  6,5 2551 44,0 2544
 5. Pert, Richard G         m  ENG 2407  6,5 2506 44,5 2529
 6. Dimitrov, Christo          FRA 2230  6,5 2444 40,5 2437
 7. Philippe, Christophe    f  FRA 2335  6,5 2428 40,0 2421
 8. Helstroffer, Arnaud        FRA 2192  6,5 2399 38,5 2392
 9. Beudaert, Xavier           FRA 2327  6,5 2389 40,5 2382
10. Prie, Eric              g  FRA 2441  6,0 2419 42,0 2416
11. Sermier, Guillaume      m  FRA 2376  6,0 2335 39,0 2332
12. Tan, Desmond               ENG 2335  6,0 2333 41,0 2330
13. Boudre, Jean-Pierre     m  FRA 2352  6,0 2326 39,5 2323
14. Laclau, Daniel             FRA 2280  6,0 2322 39,0 2343
15. Dussol, Pierre          f  FRA 2236  6,0 2308 40,5 2305
16. Zschiedrich, Heiko         GER 2213  6,0 2306 39,0 2303
17. Paci, Cedric               FRA 2240  6,0 2303 39,5 2300
18. Touzane, Olivier        m  FRA 2348  6,0 2301 38,0 2298
19. Zharkov, Hleb              BLR 2219  6,0 2288 39,0 2285
20. Forgues, Fabien            FRA 2016  6,0 2258 36,0 2255
21. Flear, Christine        wm FRA 2257  6,0 2234 36,5 2235
22. Flament, Frederic          FRA 2093  6,0 2176 36,0 2173
23. Diakonov, Michel           FRA 2077  6,0 2128 37,0 2125
24. Libiszewski, Fabien     m  FRA 2425  5,5 2389 42,0 2379
25. Pujos, Stephane            FRA 2296  5,5 2336 42,0 2346
150 players

13) Costa Rica National Championship

The 68th edition of the Costa Rican National Championship takes place 5th-22nd July 2004. After eight rounds played the IM Sergio Minero is now the leader after defeating IM Bernal González in round eight. The defending Champion IM Leonardo Valdés follows in third place with 5.5 points out of 8. MF William Charpentier and MF Mauricio Arias continue struggling for the fourth and fifth spot of the Costa Rican Olympic National Team. I give the games again as I got the venue wrong, the event is in the capital of Costa Rica San José. My thanks to Diego Redondo.

Complete schedule, games and information in http://www.tablerotico.com

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ch-CRC San Jose CRC (CRC), 5-22 vii 2004
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Minero Pineda, Sergio        m CRC 2429  * 1 . = 1 1 = 1 . . . 1 1 1  8.0  2581 
 2. Gonzalez, Bernal             m CRC 2420  0 * = . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . .  7.5  2529 
 3. Valdes, Leonardo             m CRC 2370  . = * 1 = = 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1  6.5  2393 
 4. Arias Santana, Mauricio      f CRC 2207  = . 0 * = . = = 1 = 1 . 1 .  5.5  2334 
 5. Hernandez Basante, Francisco m CRC 2244  0 . = = * . = 1 . 1 = . = 1  5.5  2320 
 6. Charpentier, William         f CRC 2223  0 0 = . . * = . = 1 1 1 . 1  5.5  2340 
 7. Murillo, Alexis              m CRC 2352  = 0 1 = = = * = = . . . 1 .  5.0  2314 
 8. Granados, Carlos               CRC 2241  0 0 . = 0 . = * . = . 1 1 1  4.5  2246 
 9. Rodriguez, Adrian              CRC 2178  . 0 0 0 . = = . * = 0 1 . 1  3.5  2161 
10. Jimenez, Juan Leon           f CRC 2176  . 0 . = 0 0 . = = * . = 1 =  3.5  2131 
11. Ugalde, Ronald                 CRC 2165  . 0 0 0 = 0 . . 1 . * 0 1 1  3.5  2145 
12. Trejos, Enrique                CRC 2170  0 0 0 . . 0 . 0 0 = 1 * 0 .  1.5  1986 
13. Leandro, Johnny                CRC 2133  0 . . 0 = . 0 0 . 0 0 1 * 0  1.5  1957 
14. Carvajal, Jonathan             CRC 2087  0 . 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 = 0 . 1 *  1.5  1966 
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14) Scottish Championship

The 111th Chess Scotland Championship, organised by Chess Scotland took place in Hamilton from the 10th-18th July 2004. Jonathan Rowson took outright 1st place with 7.5/9. IM Jacob Aagaard (who could play as he lives in Scotland but couldn't win the title) secured a 2nd GM norm.

Official site: http://www.chessscotland.com/scotchamps/SCMaster.htm

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111th ch-SCO Hamilton SCO (SCO), 10-18 vii 2004
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Rowson, Jonathan        g  SCO 2558  + 7 +12 = 5 = 3 = 2 +10 + 4 + 9 + 8  7.5  2643 
 2. Aagaard, Jacob          m  DEN 2411  +16 + 3 +12 + 4 = 1 + 5 = 9 = 8 = 6  7.0  2586 
 3. Motwani, Paul           g  SCO 2552  +17 - 2 + 7 = 1 + 8 - 4 = 5 +10 + 9  6.0  2488 
 4. McNab, Colin A          g  SCO 2427  + 6 +10 + 9 - 2 = 5 + 3 - 1 =11 +17  6.0  2489 
 5. Shaw, John              m  SCO 2424  +20 + 8 = 1 = 9 = 4 - 2 = 3 +12 +11  6.0  2497 
 6. Grant, Alan                SCO 2193  - 4 =18 +15 = 8 =11 - 7 +14 +13 = 2  5.0  2261 
 7. Ruxton, Keith              SCO 2258  - 1 +14 - 3 +13 -10 + 6 - 8 +15 +16  5.0  2286 
 8. Mannion, Stephen R      m  SCO 2333  +13 - 5 +10 = 6 - 3 =12 + 7 = 2 - 1  4.5  2337 
 9. Bryson, Douglas M       m  SCO 2374  +18 +11 - 4 = 5 =12 +16 = 2 - 1 - 3  4.5  2355 
10. Grant, Jonathan            SCO 2266  +19 - 4 - 8 +18 + 7 - 1 =12 - 3 +14  4.5  2275 
11. Pritchett, Craig W      m  SCO 2284  =14 - 9 =13 =16 = 6 =15 +17 = 4 - 5  4.0  2171 
12. Holmes, Donald A        f  SCO 2290  +15 - 1 - 2 +17 = 9 = 8 =10 - 5 =18  4.0  2261 
13. Brown, Steven A            SCO 2082  - 8 =17 =11 - 7 +18 -14 +16 - 6 =15  3.5  2098 
14. MacDonald, Christopher     SCO 2018  =11 - 7 =17 =15 -16 +13 - 6 =18 -10  3.0  2053 
15. Tweedie, Chris             SCO 2046  -12 =16 - 6 =14 =17 =11 =18 - 7 =13  3.0  2052 
16. Kafka, Graeme              SCO 2143  - 2 =15 =18 =11 +14 - 9 -13 =17 - 7  3.0  2075 
17. Redpath, Joseph            SCO 2219  - 3 =13 =14 -12 =15 +18 -11 =16 - 4  3.0  2092 
18. Stevenson, James           SCO 2111  - 9 = 6 =16 -10 -13 -17 =15 =14 =12  2.5  2015 
19. Collins, Sam SCO           SCO 1935  -10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
20. Maxwell, Alistair          SCO 2120  - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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15) 109th New York Masters

Aleks Wojtkiewicz and Alex Stripunsky finished on 3.5/4 to take first place in the 109th New York Masters on 13th July 2004.

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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109th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 13 vii 2004
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                                     1   2   3   4   Total
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   1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks    g USA 2551 +15 +11 + 5 = 4   3.5  ($285)
   2. Stripunsky, Alex      g USA 2553 +20 =12 +17 + 6   3.5  ($285)
   3. Yudasin, Leonid       g ISR 2556 +13 =10 = 6 +15   3.0  ($ 20)
   4. Ehlvest, Jaan         g EST 2605 +14 =17 +10 = 1   3.0  ($ 20)
   5. Becerra, Julio        g USA 2550 + 8 + 7 - 1 +16   3.0  ($ 20)
   6. Miton, Kamil          g POL 2597 +16 +19 = 3 - 2   2.5
   7. Bonin, Jay            m USA 2342 +24 - 5 +12 = 8   2.5
   8. Wang, Haoyuan           CAN 2272 - 5 +24 +11 = 7   2.5  ($ 70)
   9. Furdzik, Rafal          USA 2261 -17 +14 +19 =     2.5  ($ 70)
  10. Vovsha, Eli           m ISR 2436 +23 = 3 - 4 =12   2.0
  11. Sarkar, Justin        m USA 2408 +21 - 1 - 8 +18   2.0
  12. Schneider, Igor       f USA 2266 +26 = 2 - 7 =10   2.0
  13. Bercys, Salvijus        USA 2279 - 3 +18 -16 +21   2.0
  14. Privman, Boris        f USA 2275 - 4 - 9 +24 +22   2.0
  15. Pader, Douglas          USA ---- - 1 +23 +21 - 3   2.0
  16. Norowitz, Yaacov        USA ---- - 6 +22 +13 - 5   2.0
  17. Rohde, Michael        g USA 2508 + 9 = 4 - 2 ---   1.5
  18. Zhao, Parker            USA 1944 =   -13 +20 -11   1.5
  19. Klein, Erez           f USA 2292 +22 - 6 - 9 ---   1.0
  20. Erdei, Andras           HUN 2188 - 2 -21 -18 +25   1.0
  21. Weinstein, Joshua       USA ---- -11 +20 -15 -13   1.0
  22. Smith, Daniel           USA ---- -19 -16 +23 -14   1.0
  23. Maltese, Adam           USA 2150 -10 -15 -22 =     0.5
  24. Ross, Laura          wf USA 2099 - 7 - 8 -14 =     0.5
  25. Daftani, Marajudin      USA 2142 --- --- --- -20   0.0
  26. Vicary, Elizabeth       USA ---- -12 --- --- ---   0.0

PRIZES

1ST   - $ 400
2ND   - $ 170
3RD   - $  60
U2400 - $ 140

16) Guramishvili vs Kharisma Match

Kristianus Liem organised the “Enerpac Chess Match 2004” (Road to the Future World Champion) match between Vice-World Champion Girl U12 2003 WFM Sopiko Guramishvili (13 years) against Indonesian’s World Rank 9 Girl U12 2003 Irene Kharisma Sukandar. They played 2 rapid games (25 minutes) and 4 standard games 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increments. Guramishvili won the match by winning the first three games although Kharisma won the final game. The prize money was US$1,000 for the winner and US$500 for the loser.

Official site: http://www.indochess.com and http://www.sekolahcatur.com

Enerpac Match Jakarta INA (INA), 12-16 vii 2004
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Guramishvili, Sopiko wf GEO 2130    0   1   1   1   1   0   4.0  2125
Kharisma,Irene              ----    1   0   0   0   0   1   2.0  2005
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17) Ikaros Chess Festival 2004

The traditional Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 13th-20th July 2004. Dmitry Svetushkin leads with 6.5/7 with two rounds to go.

Full details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

Round 7 of 9 Standings: 
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Aegean Open Agios Kirykos GRE (GRE), 13-20 vii 2004
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 1. Svetushkin, Dmitry           g  MDA 2546 6½ 33 
 2. Zagrebelny, Sergey           g  UZB 2499 6  32½
 3. Parligras, Mircea            g  ROM 2564 6  30½
 4. Hellsten, Johan              m  SWE 2557 5½ 32½
 5. Nikolaou, Georgios              GRE 2244 5½ 30½
 6. Topalidis, Konstantinos         GRE 2140 5½ 27½
 7. Dochev, Dimitar              m  BUL 2353 5  34 
 8. Zakarian, David                 ARM 2328 5  32½
 9. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz           GEO 2439 5  32½
10. Frhat, Ali                   f  EGY 2310 5  31½
11. Tassopoulos, Marios             GRE 2234 5  31 
12. Valden, Petros                  GRE 2192 5  30½
13. Milovanovic, Ninoslav           SCG 2263 5  30 
14. Dalaklis, Georgios              GRE 2186 5  29½
15. Skaperdas, Kostantinos          GRE 2217 5  29 
16. Georgiadis, Ioannis             GRE 2038 5  29 
17. Mina, N. Mina                   EGY 2195 5  29 
18. Stiri, Alexandra                GRE 2186 5  28½
128 players

18) Canadian Open Championship

The Canadian Open Championship took plce 10th-18th July 2004 in Kapuskasing, Canada. Alexander Moiseenko and Dimitri Tyomkin finished on 8/10 ahead of a strong field.

Further coverage: http://www.kapchess.com/

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Canadian Open Kapuskasing CAN (CAN), 10-18 vii 2004
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 1. Moiseenko, Alexander         g  UKR 2640  8.0
 2. Tyomkin, Dimitri             g  CAN 2498  8.0
 3. Spraggett, Kevin             g  CAN 2584  7.5
 4. Mikhalevski, Victor          g  ISR 2551  7.5
 5. Arencibia, Walter            g  CUB 2531  7.5
 6. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij      g  UKR 2615  7.5
 7. Huzman, Alexander            g  ISR 2588  7.0
 8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre        g  FRA 2553  7.0
 9. Kunte, Abhijit               g  IND 2532  7.0
10. Kudrin, Sergey               g  USA 2541  7.0
11. Lapshun, Yury                m  USA 2444  7.0
12. Jonkman, Harmen              g  NED 2425  7.0
13. Epishin, Vladimir            g  RUS 2635  6.5
14. Fridman, Daniel              g  LAT 2594  6.5
15. Zatonskih, Anna              wg USA 2445  6.5
16. Bluvshtein, Mark             m  CAN 2462  6.5
17. Nickoloff, Bryon             m  CAN 2405  6.5
18. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar      m  IND 2407  6.5
19. Krnan, Tomas                 f  CAN 2331  6.5
20. Goletiani, Rusudan           wg USA 2334  6.5
21. Costa, Joao Guerra              POR 2209  6.5
22. Harper, Ryan                 f  TRI 2207  6.5
23. Zubac, Marius                   CAN 2185  6.5
24. Miller, Evgeny                  CAN 2193  6.5
25. Panjwani, Raja                  CAN 2154  6.5
26. Yuan,Michael                    CAN ----  6.5
27. Tseitlin, Mark D             g  ISR 2484  6.0
126 players

19) Western Canadian Open

The Western Canadian Open took place July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE rated event was organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation. Pia Cramling won the event with 8/10.

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

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Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (CAN), 9-18 vii 2004
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 1. Cramling, Pia               g  SWE 2489  8.0
 2. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel   g  ESP 2416  7.5
 3. Lee,Vicente                    CAN ----  7.5
 4. Welling, Gerard             m  NED 2361  7.0
 5. Ristovic, Nenad             f  CAN 2281  7.0
 6. Harper, Bruce               f  CAN 2332  7.0
 7. Bouvier, Jesse                 CAN 2197  7.0
 8. Davies, Lucas                  CAN 2112  7.0
 9. Aird, Ian                      SCO 2051  7.0
10. Yoos, John C                f  CAN 2405  6.5
11. Fuentebella,Mayo               CAN ----  6.5
12. Metz, Hartmut               f  GER 2290  6.5
13. Meng, Fanhao                f  CAN 2286  6.5
14. Van den Bersselaar, Jeroen     NED 2189  6.5
15. Oszvald, Joe                   CAN 2171  6.5
16. Henson, Joshua                 CAN 2036  6.5
17. Pechisker, Alfred              CAN 2042  6.5
18. Kazmaier,Daniel                CAN ----  6.5
19. Davies, Noam                   CAN ----  6.5
20. Goutor, Valentina              CAN 1915  6.5
97 players

20) European Youth Team Championships

European Youth Team Championships and European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships took place 9th-21st July 2004 in Obrenovac, one of the communities of Belgrade. Germany won the Boys event and Serbia and Montenegro the Girls.

Further information: http://www.scgchess.org

Final Standings Obrenovac 2004
 
BOYS

 BOYS                        MP BP 
 1 Germany                   11 18 
 2 Romania                    9 16½ 
 3 Slovenia                   8 15½ 
 4 Czech Republic             7 16½ 
 5 Serbia and Montenegro 1    5 12½ 
 6 Serbia and Montenegro 2    2 4 
 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina     0 1 

GIRLS

 GIRLS                        MP BP 
 1 Serbia and Montenegro 1    11 11 
 2 Czech Republic              7  7 
 3 Slovakia                    7  6 
 4 Romania                     6  5 
 5 Slovenia                    5  5½ 
 6 Serbia and Montenegro 2     3  4 
 7 Germany                     3  3½ 

21) 3rd Condom Chess Open

3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France) took place 10th-17th July 2004. 9 rounds swiss system 40 moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE. Vadim Malakhatko and Petar Genov finished on 7/9. Games from the final round unavailable.

Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr

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Open Condom FRA (FRA), 10-17 vii 2004
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  1. Malakhatko, Vadim        g  UKR 2555  7,0 57,5 39,0 2622
  2. Genov, Petar             g  BUL 2485  7,0 54,0 37,5 2603
  3. Zozulia, Anna            wg UKR 2324  6,5 53,5 33,5 2469
  4. Starostits, Ilmars       m  LAT 2460  6,5 52,0 33,0 2477
  5. Sofronie, Iulian         m  ROM 2436  6,5 51,0 33,5 2486
  6. Cioara, Andrei Nestor    m  ROM 2373  6,5 51,0 33,5 2460
  7. Sulypa, Alexandre        g  UKR 2469  6,5 48,5 30,0 2493
  8. Fedorchuk, Sergey A      g  UKR 2569  6,5 46,5 27,5 2520
  9. Karpatchev, Aleksandr    g  RUS 2463  6,0 50,5 32,5 2397
 10. Michiels, Rob               BEL 2248  6,0 50,5 28,0 2386
 11. Starostits, Andris          LAT 2277  6,0 49,0 32,5 2412
 12. Aout, Sebastien             FRA 2198  6,0 48,0 26,5 2333
 13. Lejarre, Ludovic            FRA 2303  6,0 46,5 27,5 2320
 14. Van Elst, Andreas           FRA 2257  6,0 45,5 24,5 2257
 15. Verduyn, Philippe           BEL 2142  5,5 52,5 32,0 2380
 16. Pucher, Olivier             FRA 2294  5,5 52,5 32,0 2349
 17. Pham Minh Hoang          m  VIE 2446  5,5 50,0 29,5 2297
 18. Picard, Romain              FRA 2278  5,5 50,0 29,0 2324
 19. Bricard, Emmanuel        m  FRA 2460  5,5 49,5 27,5 2324
 20. Murey, Jacob             g  ISR 2477  5,5 49,0 28,0 2305
 21. Piceu, Tom                  BEL 2313  5,5 48,5 27,0 2277
 22. Midoux, Sebastien           FRA 2304  5,5 48,0 30,5 2382
 23. Maes, Wim                f  BEL 2318  5,5 48,0 27,0 2225
 24. Vanparys, Philip            BEL 2156  5,5 47,0 25,0 2293
 25. Beuselinck, Steven          BEL 2106  5,5 46,0 27,5 2189
 26. Marciniak, Alexandre        FRA 2168  5,5 46,0 26,5 2308
 27. Zarrouati, Pierre           FRA 2165  5,5 46,0 24,5 2225
 28. Benmesbah, Natacha          FRA 2068  5,5 44,0 27,0 2182
 29. Gaubil, Olivier             FRA 2081  5,5 42,5 27,0 2218
 30. Seynaeve, Kevan             FRA ----  5,5 40,5 24,5 2121
 136 players

22) 12th World Computer Championship

The 12th World Computer Championship took place in Ramat-Gan in Israel 4th-12th July 2004. Junior the program of Amir Ban & Shay Bushinsky of Israel won the event ahead of Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen of Germany) and DIEP by Vincent Diepeveen of the Netherlands.

Official site: http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/games/

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12th WCCC Ramat Gan ISR (ISR), 4-15 vii 2004
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                                 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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 1. DEEP JUNIOR          ISR   = 6 +11 + 3 + 5 = 2 +10 = 9 + 8 = 4 +13 + 7  9.0  2262 
 2. SHREDDER             GER   = 5 + 7 = 6 + 3 = 1 = 4 +12 +10 +11 +14 = 8  8.5  2211 
 3. DIEP                 NED   +13 + 8 - 1 - 2 = 6 +12 - 5 +11 + 9 + 4 +14  7.5  2133 
 4. FRITZ                RUS   =10 = 9 - 8 +13 + 5 = 2 +14 + 7 = 1 - 3 +12  7.0  2102 
 5. CRAFTY               USA   = 2 =10 + 9 - 1 - 4 +14 + 3 +12 + 8 - 7 +13  7.0  2102 
 6. JONNY                GER   = 1 +13 = 2 - 8 = 3 + 9 - 7 +14 =12 +10 =11  6.5  2065 
 7. PARSOS               GER   +12 - 2 =10 = 9 +11 = 8 + 6 - 4 =13 + 5 - 1  6.0  2036 
 8. FALCON               ISR   +14 - 3 + 4 + 6 -10 = 7 +13 - 1 - 5 +11 = 2  6.0  2036 
 9. ISICHESS             GER   =11 = 4 - 5 = 7 +14 - 6 = 1 +13 - 3 +12 +10  6.0  2036 
10. DEEP SJENG           BEL   = 4 = 5 = 7 +12 + 8 - 1 +11 - 2 +14 - 6 - 9  5.5  2000 
11. WOODPUSHER 1997      ENG   = 9 - 1 =12 +14 - 7 =13 -10 - 3 - 2 - 8 = 6  3.0  1825 
12. MOVEI                ISR   - 7 +14 =11 -10 +13 - 3 - 2 - 5 = 6 - 9 - 4  3.0  1825 
13. THE CRAZY BISHOP     FRA   - 3 - 6 +14 - 4 -12 =11 - 8 - 9 = 7 - 1 - 5  2.0  1738 
14. FIBCHESS             ESP   - 8 -12 -13 -11 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 6 -10 - 2 - 3  0.0       
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23) 3rd Dubai Junior Open

The 3rd Dubai Junior Open took place 11th-19th July 2004 in the Dubai Chess Club. 128 players from 14 countries participated in the event, in three categories under 10,12,14 with $10,000 cash prizes and money and a trophy for each category. The event was played for the Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup and was won by Toufighi Homayoon of Iran. Sai Srinivas of India was the runner up. Both players scored 7.5 points but Toufighi won the title with a better tie-break. Toufighi won the championship cup and $1700 prize money and Srinivas also got $1700. Agayev Nidjat, Arjun Vishnuvardhan, Dinger Florian and Gurbanzade Erkin came third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Details: http://www.arabfide.com/DJ04/index.html

Leading Rd9 Final Standings: 
  1. Toufighi, Homayoon             7.5
     Sai, Srinivas                  7.5
  3. Safarli, Eltaj                 7.0
     Salehian, Sina                 7.0
     Agayev, Nidjat                 7.0
     Arjun, Vishnuvardhan           7.0
     Dinger, Florian                7.0
     Gurbanzade, Erkin              7.0
  9. Manoj, Gauri                   6.5
     Kouhestani M, Shahin           6.5
     Khademi, Mohammad              6.5
     Behmardi Kalantari, Rostam  1  6.5
     S. Nitin                       6.5
     Srinath, Narayanan             6.5
 15. Madanasri, Gundala             6.0
     MadhuKiran, G.                 6.0
     Salehian, Shayan               6.0
     Nuhic, Amir                    6.0
     Abdollahzadeh, Arash           6.0
     Saeed, Ishaq                   6.0
     Bajarani, Ulvi              1  6.0
     Mehdi, Hossini Pour            6.0
     Hamad, Abdul Razzaq            6.0

24) AV Momot Memorial

The AV Momot Memorial took plce 13th-14th July 2004. Alexander Areshchenko won the rapid event with 7.5/10. No games available. News: Alexander Martynkov

Further details: http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/

A.V.Momot's Memorial                
Ukraine, Kramatorsk g/25 13th-14th July 2004 Rating average = 2479 Category X
Rk Name,                     Tit NAT DoB        RAT  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1   Total
1  Areshchenko, Alexander     GM UKR 15/06/1986 2575 # = 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1   7.5   
2  Kruppa, Yuri               GM UKR 21/06/1964 2544 = # = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1   7.0   
3  Brodsky, Michail           GM UKR 27/03/1969 2548 0 = # = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1   6.5   
4  Lahno, Kateryna            IM UKR 27/12/1989 2472 0 0 = # 1 = = 1 1 = 1   6.0   
5  Kuzubov, Yuriy             IM UKR 26/01/1990 2467 1 = 1 0 # = = = 1 0 =   5.5   
6  Efimenko, Zahar            GM UKR 03/07/1985 2572 = 1 = = = # 0 = = 1 =   5.5   
7  Matjushin, Gennady         IM UKR 23/08/1984 2422 0 = 0 = = 1 # = 1 1 =   5.5   
8  Kuzmin, Gennadi P          GM UKR 19/01/1946 2518 = 0 0 0 = = = # 1 1 1   5.0   
9  Zdebskaja, Natalia        WIM UKR 16/08/1986 2338 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 # 1 1   2.5   
10 Palekha, Alexey            IM UKR 29/05/1985 2400 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 # =   2.0    
11 Polivanov, Anatoliy        IM UKR 12/09/1986 2423 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = #   2.0    

25) 32nd World Open

The 32nd World Open took place in June 26th - July 6th 2004 at the Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia. Varuzhan Akobian won his final round game against Vitali Golod to take the $14,500 first prize. Games from the final round now available.

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

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32nd World Open Philadelphia USA (USA), 1-6 vii 2004
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  1. Akobian, Varuzhan         m  USA 2526  7.5 42.0 50.5 $14500.00 
  2. Nakamura, Hikaru          g  USA 2601  7.0 45.0 55    $1833.34 
  3. Najer, Evgeniy            g  RUS 2606  7.0 44.0 54    $1833.34 
  4. Ehlvest, Jaan             g  EST 2605  7.0 43.5 52.5  $1833.34 
  5. Smirin, Ilia              g  ISR 2671  7.0 42.5 51.5  $1833.34 
  6. Stocek, Jiri              g  CZE 2557  7.0 41.5 51    $1833.34 
  7. Novikov, Igor A           g  USA 2610  7.0 41.5 44.5  $1833.34 
  8. Ivanov, Alexander         g  USA 2565  7.0 41.0 50    $1833.34 
  9. Onischuk, Alexander       g  USA 2655  7.0 39.0 45    $1833.34 
 10. Kunte, Abhijit            g  IND 2532  7.0 37.0 45    $1833.34 
 11. Mikhalevski, Victor       g  ISR 2551  6.5 42.0 51.5   $300.00 
 12. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg     g  MGL 2441  6.5 40.5 49     $300.00 
 13. Lapshun, Yury             m  USA 2444  6.5 38.5 47     $300.00 
 14. Kudrin, Sergey            g  USA 2541  6.5 38.5 45.5   $300.00 
 15. Rahman, Ziaur             g  BAN 2532  6.5 37.5 46     $300.00 
 16. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander   g  USA 2551  6.0 45.5 55     $100.00 
 17. Golod, Vitali             g  ISR 2538  6.0 43.5 51.5   $100.00 
 18. Ibragimov, Ildar          g  USA 2582  6.0 42.5 52.5   $100.00 
 19. Stripunsky, Alexander     g  USA 2553  6.0 42 51.5     $100.00 
 20. Benjamin, Joel            g  USA 2566  6.0 41.5 50.5   $100.00 
 21. Fridman, Daniel           g  LAT 2594  6.0 41.0 50     $100.00 
 22. Gurevich, Dmitry          g  USA 2504  6.0 40.0 47.5   $100.00 
 23. Charbonneau, Pascal       m  CAN 2472  6.0 40.0 47     $100.00 
 24. De Firmian, Nick E        g  USA 2537  6.0 40.0 44.5   $100.00 
 25. Kraai, Jesse              m  USA 2439  6.0 39.5 48.5   $100.00 Qualified 
 26. Vovsha, Eli               m  ISR 2436  6.0 39.5 47.5   $100.00 
 27. Sevillano, Enrico         m  USA 2464  6.0 39.0 47.5   $100.00 
 28. Kedyk, Dmitry                UKR 2196  6.0 39.0 46.5   $500.00 
 29. Bartholomew, John         f  USA 2342  6.0 38.0 46     $500.00 
 30. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  m  GEO 2446  6.0 38.0 45.5   $100.00 
 31. Zilberstein, Dmitry       f  USA 2392  6.0 37.5 45     $500.00 Qualified 
 32. Muhammad, Stephen A       f  USA 2378  6.0 37.5 44.5   $500.00 Qualified 
 33. Fernandez, Daniel         f  USA 2317  6.0 37.0 45.5   $500.00 
 34. Zatonskih, Anna           wg USA 2445  6.0 36.5 44     $100.00 
 35. Enhbat, Tegshsuren        f  USA 2406  6.0 36.0 45     $100.00 Qualified 
 36. Ginsburg, Mark            m  USA 2364  6.0 35.5 44     $500.00 
 37. Young, Angelo             m  PHI 2390  6.0 35.0 42.5   $500.00 
 38. Vucic, Mladen             m  USA 2385  6.0 34.0 40.5   $500.00 
 39. Tate, Emory               f  USA 2340  6.0 32.5 35.5   $500.00 
234 entries

26) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher for July 2004 has been released and incorporates the FIDE Championship. Below is the top 50. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.

NN Name                    Birthday   NAT Rat  Variance
 1 Kasparov,Garry          13.04.1963 RUS 2764 137
 2 Anand,Viswanathan       11.12.1969 IND 2728 155
 3 Topalov,Veselin         15.03.1975 BUL 2714 153
 4 Kramnik,Vladimir        25.06.1975 RUS 2709 132
 5 Morozevich,Alexander    18.07.1977 RUS 2706 172
 6 Leko,Peter              08.09.1979 HUN 2690 146
 7 Polgar,Judit            23.07.1976 HUN 2690 161
 8 Adams,Michael           17.11.1971 ENG 2687 143
 9 Svidler,Peter           17.06.1976 RUS 2675 136
10 Shirov,Alexei           04.07.1972 ESP 2669 150
11 Ponomariov,Ruslan       11.10.1983 UKR 2669 171
12 Gelfand,Boris           24.06.1968 ISR 2665 145
13 Grischuk,Alexander      31.10.1983 RUS 2654 149
14 Bareev,Evgeny           21.11.1966 RUS 2652 182
15 Ivanchuk,Vassily        18.03.1969 UKR 2645 153
16 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter  01.08.1976 ROM 2643 132
17 Akopian,Vladimir        07.12.1971 ARM 2643 160
18 Bacrot,Etienne          22.01.1983 FRA 2641 153
19 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab   16.03.1960 GEO 2637 179
20 Sokolov,Ivan            13.06.1968 NED 2631 152
21 McShane,Luke James      07.01.1984 ENG 2628 187
22 Dreev,Alexey            30.01.1969 RUS 2627 140
23 Vallejo Pons,Francisco  21.08.1982 ESP 2626 147
24 Sutovsky,Emil           19.09.1977 ISR 2626 180
25 Short,Nigel D           01.06.1965 ENG 2622 157
26 Karpov,Anatoli          23.05.1951 RUS 2620 137
27 Radjabov,Teimour        12.03.1987 AZE 2620 139
28 Aronian,Levon           06.10.1982 ARM 2620 146
29 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam     05.12.1979 UZB 2620 181
30 Nielsen,Peter-Heine     24.05.1973 DEN 2617 169
31 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar   12.04.1985 AZE 2615 151
32 Gurevich,Mikhail        22.02.1959 BEL 2614 145
33 Sakaev,Konstantin       13.04.1974 RUS 2614 157
34 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2613 176
35 Kozul,Zdenko            21.05.1966 CRO 2613 195
36 Lautier,Joel            12.04.1973 FRA 2610 156
37 Beliavsky,Alexander G   17.12.1953 SLO 2606 150
38 Rublevsky,Sergei        15.10.1974 RUS 2604 174
39 Aleksandrov,Aleksej     11.05.1973 BLR 2603 156
40 Malakhov,Vladimir       27.11.1980 RUS 2603 165
41 Ye Jiangchuan           20.11.1960 CHN 2602 162
42 Van Wely,Loek           07.10.1972 NED 2602 171
43 Nikolic,Predrag         11.09.1960 BIH 2601 167
44 Khalifman,Alexander     18.01.1966 RUS 2599 127
45 Onischuk,Alexander      03.09.1975 USA 2597 184
46 Hansen,Curt             18.09.1964 DEN 2596 162
47 Dominguez,Lenier        23.09.1983 CUB 2596 162
48 Almasi,Zoltan           29.08.1976 HUN 2594 153
49 Filippov,Valerij        28.11.1975 RUS 2593 170
50 Krasenkow,Mikhail       14.11.1963 POL 2592 173

27) Forthcoming Events and Links

World Youth Chess Championships

World Youth Chess Championships for age categories U10 to U18 takes place November 3rd-14th 2004 in Heraklio, Crete, Greece. The venue which is the same as for the WYCC of 2002, is the Creta Maris Conference Hotel

Details: http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2004

2nd Misr Closed 2004

The 2nd Misr Closed 2004 is a Round Robin event taking place 16th-25th August in Egypt (Six Corner Hotel-Ismailia City 100 k.m from Cairo). 11 Rounds 12 Players (6 invited GMs 6 EGY players with average Rating about 2450) average for all 12 2468 at least New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. added for every move) , play starts at 6 p.m. daily from 16-25 August, Arrival 15 August , Rest Day 20 August, There will be 2 days ,which play will have 2 Rounds be also at Morning at 10 a.m , departure 26 August. Prizes as follows : 1st till 6th. 700-500-400-300-200-100 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort System (between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes).

Invited GMs will be provided with accommodation in a Single Room 4 Star Hotel 15th-26th August 2004 , and 500 US$ as compensation for Air-Tickets 3 players needed between 2470-2530 (I will be in Czech Open from 22 July-1 August ) Our email is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled General Director Egyptian Chess Federation

Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285

Specsavers Opticians Young Masters

The Specsavers Opticians Young Masters will take place at Millfield School, Somerset, 19th-25th July 2004. This year's event contains a weekend tournament for young talents to gain some very useful competition, but the main section is a 45-player swiss which will give many young English players key international experience. The ten-round event offers an excellent opportunity for the eleven unrated English players to gain a full or partial FIDE rating and also for international master norms for the more experienced competitors. This year players from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland and Wales compete.

Official site: http://www.ncjsyoungmasters.co.uk

Players: 1. IM Gergely Antal (HUN) 2478 2. CM Gawain Jones 2453 3. IM Richard Palliser 2411 4. WGM Jana Jackova (CZE) 2403 5. IM Gabor Pinter (HUN) 2356 6. FM Craig Hanley 2356 7. FM Tomas Dvorak (CZE) 2328 8. Rafe Martyn 2322 9. FM Stanislav Jasny (CZE) 2311 10. CM Andrew Bigg 2275 11. Thomas Rendle 2258 12. Ioan Rees (WLS) 2210 13. Karl McPhillips (IRE) 2172 14. Michael White 2154 15. WFM Tana Holusova (CZE) 2153 16. David Eggleston 2140 17. J. Ezra Lutton 2134 18. David Bareham 2115 19. Simon Fowler 2115 20. Peter Roberson 2111 21. Ben Purton 2106 22. Thomas Eggleston 2096 23. William Bennet 2084 24. David Hart 2065 25. James Hanley 2062 26. E. Josiah Lutton 2062 27. Thomas Pym 2059 28. Jesper Sisak 2057 29. Sagar Deva 1993 30. Tim Seymour 1978 31. Katie Martin 1977 32 Jamie Hillman 1968 33. Stephanie Barraclough 1906 34. Sarah Hegarty 1880 35. David Barraclough 36. Gavyn Cooper 37. Murray David 38. Charlie Fry 39. Balvinder Grewal 40. Daniel Hall 41. Ankush Khandelwal 42 Kishan Lakhani 43. Philip Makepeace 44. Chris Russell 45. James Snowden

8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament

The 8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, takes place August 7th-14th 2004. 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Already over 200 entries (250 is our maximum). Among the participants the FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB, 2640), who won the event in 2003. Top seed will be Krishnan Sasikiran (IND, 2666). The other GM's who have confirmed are Viorel Iordachescu (MDA, 2633), Sergey Tiviakov (NED, 2601), Merab Gagunashvili (GEO, 2580), Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (RUS, 2543), Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO, 2518), Lars Schandorff (DEN, 2496) and Harmen Jonkman (NED, 2425). Until now already 26 titleholders have registered.

Further details: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen

Collado Villalba Open

The Collado Villalba Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2004.

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

Open Highlands Chess Festival

The Open Highlands Chess Festival takes place 18th-26th September 2004 in Havlickuv Brod (the Czech Republic).The festival is part of the 4th CZECH TOUR 2004/2005 Series.

Further details: http://www.czechtour.net

30th Stork Tournament

The 30th edition of the Open Dutch Youth Chess Championships, the Stork tournament, will be played in the Townhall of Hengelo, the Netherlands 9th-14th August 2004,

Over 500 young chess players from all over Europe will participate in one of the finest youth chess tournaments you can imagine. To get an impression of the tournament, you can visit the website of last years edition at http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/stork2003/index.htm

Participants so far http://www.onjk.nl/Deelnemers.xls

Contact st.caissa@zonnet.nl or Albert Vasse albert.vasse@home.nl

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

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

Liepâjas Rokâde 2004

The biggest chess tournament in Baltic states "Liepâjas Rokâde 2004", takes place July 29th August 1st 2004. Sadly its always a struggle to get games.

Players GM A.Khalifman, A.Shabalov, L. van Wely, D.Fridman, J. Ehlvest, E.Kengis, A.Kveinys, H. Stefansson.

Details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13571 In English: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13572

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 (Ruslan Ponomariov will be playing) 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

8th Open Bavarian Chess Champianship

The 8th Open Bavarian Chess Champianship take place 30th October - 7th November 2004 in Bad Wiessee, Germany.

Full details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/

Swiss Chess Tour Davos Open

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2004" will continue in Davos, one of the most popular turist place in Europe, with the 2nd "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", July 31st - August 8th 2003. "Sunstar Park Hotel" will be host, for the third time. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1944), junior(1984-87), schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel". Time table: Rounds 1 16.00-22.00 July 31st; Round 2/8 14.00-20.00 August 1st-7th; Round 9 10.00-16.00 August 8th . Closing ceremony August 8th, half-hour after the last game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

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

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

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

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.

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

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. Includes the first World Major Championship restricted to players rated under 2350.

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

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/.

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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 July-August 2004

1. 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

2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.

3. 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

4. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net

5. 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.

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/