THE WEEK IN CHESS 510 16th August 2004 by Mark Crowther
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8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 301 games
91st Smith&Williamson British Championships 135 games
Russia vs. China International Match 60 games
30th Stork Tournament 45 games
Montreal International 73 games
7th Olomouc Chess Summer 320 games
Australian Masters 37 games
Arab Championships 207 games
9th Creon International Open 183 games
3rd Annual Guelph Pro-Am 36 games
Manuel Larrea wins in Salto 45 games
World Open Correction 1 game
First Saturday August 34 games
1477 games
My thanks to Jonathan Berry, Roberto Alvarez, Marina Heredero Fuster,
Emmanuel Variniac, Wantiez Fabrice, Miklós Orsó, Jon Levitt,
Jakub Fuksik, Jason Luchan, Anatoly Lisenko, Richard Bérubé, Hans
Groffen, Dr. Hesham Elgendy, Reimund Lutzenberger, Eldar Mukhametov, Gerard van
Otten, David Clayton, Hassan Khaled, Igor Glek and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
Summer continues with more open tournaments of various flavours.
Jonathan Rowson won the British Championship without the need of a playoff to
become the first Scottish winner since 1946. The Bobby Fischer saga continues
with the news that he may try to marry in Japan to avoid being sent back to the
US.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament took place in Vlissingen August
7th-14th 2004. Top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran (India) won the 8th Hogeschool
Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen by beating World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
(relegating him to a disappointing 6/9.) in the last round. Shared first place
also for Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov and the 17-year old Dutch talent IM Daniel
Stellwagen who managed to make his final GM norm. There was also a IM norm for
Dutch WGM Tea Lanchava. My thanks to Hans Groffen.
Further details: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
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HZ Open Vlissingen NED (NED), 7-14 viii 2004
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1. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2666 7.5 57.5
2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2601 7.5 55.5
3. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2509 7.5 55.5
4. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2496 7.0 58.0
5. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2633 7.0 55.0
6. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2518 7.0 55.0
7. Werle, Jan m NED 2449 7.0 55.0
8. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2580 7.0 54.5
9. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2471 7.0 53.5
10. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2543 7.0 51.5
11. Souleidis, Georgios m GRE 2391 6.5 55.0
12. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2370 6.5 53.5
13. Kniest, Oliver f GER 2324 6.5 49.5
14. Lacrosse, Marc f BEL 2257 6.5 49.5
15. Riedel, Holger GER 2272 6.5 49.5
16. Meier, Volker f GER 2290 6.5 49.5
17. De Waal, Mark NED 2269 6.5 49.5
18. Van Beek, Alexander NED 2255 6.5 48.0
19. De Wit, Tex NED 2201 6.5 44.5
20. Kalisvaart, Peter NED 2119 6.5 43.5
21. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2640 6.0 56.0
22. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2425 6.0 54.0
23. Peek, Maurice NED 2348 6.0 53.0
24. Odendahl, Reiner f GER 2377 6.0 52.5
25. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2340 6.0 52.0
26. Vedder, Richard NED 2238 6.0 51.0
27. Sminia, Jelmer NED 2103 6.0 51.0
28. Koster, Ramon NED 2279 6.0 48.5
29. Floor, Dick NED 2181 6.0 48.5
30. Peschel, Andreas GER 2174 6.0 48.0
31. Overeem, Marc f NED 2159 6.0 48.0
32. Tolhuizen, Ludo NED 2297 6.0 47.5
33. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2325 6.0 47.5
34. Dek, Lennart NED ---- 6.0 47.5
35. Van den Berg, Ad NED 2286 6.0 47.5
36. Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2095 6.0 47.5
37. Konings, Frans NED 2200 6.0 47.0
38. Hekhuis, Jeroen NED 2173 6.0 47.0
39. Rosmuller, Anton NED 2158 6.0 46.5
40. Gather, Juergen GER 2195 6.0 46.0
41. Balje, Jan NED 2156 6.0 45.0
42. Koch, Hans Juergen GER 2219 6.0 43.0
43. Barpiyeva, Gulsana wf KAZ 2124 6.0 43.0
245 players
The 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships took place 1st -
14th August in the Spa Complex, Scarborough,Yorkshire. Jonathan Rowson
dominated throughout and even though a loss to Peter Wells in round 8 put his
victory in doubt allowing the field to catch him he was always likely to have
an easier run in than his rivals. Rowson became the first Scottish player to
win the British Championship since RF Combe in 1946.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2004/index.html
Nat Ti FIDE R O U N D S
Pos Player lty tl Rtng A B C D E F
1 ROWSON,Jonathan W........ SCO g 2558 8½ 11 8½ 2423 7.48 1.02
2 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2494 8 11 8 2418 6.60 1.40
3 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... ENG m 2427 8 11 8 2446 5.17 2.83
4 EMMS,John M.............. ENG g 2508 7½ 11 7½ 2339 7.92 -0.42
5 GREET,Andrew N........... ENG f 2310 7½ 11 7½ 2376 4.51 2.99
6 GWAZE,Robert............. m 2385 7½ 11 7½ 2327 6.38 1.12
7 MOTWANI,Paul............. SCO g 2552 7½ 11 7½ 2411 7.59 -0.09
8 HEBDEN,Mark.............. ENG g 2559 7 11 7 2373 8.14 -1.14
9 KNOTT,Simon J B.......... ENG m 2359 7 11 7 2392 4.95 2.05
10 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT,Ketevan.. GEO m 2446 6½ 11 6½ 2421 5.83 0.67
11 HASLINGER,Stewart G...... ENG m 2408 6½ 11 6½ 2317 6.82 -0.32
12 JONES,Gawain C........... ENG f 2453 6½ 11 6½ 2350 7.04 -0.54
13 LEDGER,Andrew............ ENG m 2452 6½ 11 6½ 2371 6.71 -0.21
14 MANNION,Steve R.......... SCO m 2333 6½ 11 6½ 2423 4.18 2.32
15 PALLISER,Richard JD...... ENG m 2411 6½ 11 6½ 2375 6.05 0.45
16 QUINN,Mark............... IRL m 2406 6½ 11 6½ 2330 6.60 -0.10
17 RADOVANOVIC,Jovica....... YUG 2205 6½ 11 6½ 2335 3.52 2.98
18 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron........ ENG g 2493 6½ 11 6½ 2357 7.48 -0.98
19 WARD,Chris G............. ENG g 2490 6½ 11 6½ 2388 7.04 -0.54
20 DEARING,Edward........... SCO 2392 6 11 6 2287 7.04 -1.04
21 GORMALLY,Daniel.......... ENG m 2479 6 11 6 2402 6.71 -0.71
22 HANLEY,Craig............. ENG f 2356 6 11 6 2402 4.84 1.16
23 HOWELL,David W........... ENG f 2334 6 11 6 2247 6.82 -0.82
24 RENDLE,Thomas............ ENG 2258 6 11 6 2352 4.07 1.93
25 SHERWIN,James............ USA m 2303 6 10 5 2297 5.10 -0.10
26 SOWRAY,Peter J........... ENG f 2349 6 11 6 2228 7.26 -1.26
27 TAN,Desmond.............. ENG f 2335 6 11 6 2263 6.60 -0.60
28 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG 2270 5½ 11 5½ 2324 4.62 0.88
29 BIGG,Andrew J............ ENG c 2275 5½ 11 5½ 2264 5.72 -0.22
30 GORDON,Stephen........... ENG f 2338 5½ 11 5½ 2348 5.39 0.11
31 HOUSKA,Jovanka........... ENG wg 2375 5½ 11 5½ 2299 6.60 -1.10
32 HUTCHINSON,Norman........ ENG 2176 5½ 11 5½ 2304 3.63 1.87
33 LEDGER,Dave J............ ENG f 2285 5½ 11 5½ 2234 6.27 -0.77
34 LYELL,Mark............... ENG f 2217 5½ 11 5½ 2274 4.62 0.88
35 MYCROFT,Richard.......... ENG 2110 5½ 11 5½ 2254 3.41 2.09
36 RUDD,Jack................ ENG 2281 5½ 11 5½ 2325 4.84 0.66
37 SISASK,Jesper............ ENG 2057 5½ 11 5½ 2313 2.09 3.41
38 TAYLOR,Martin R.......... ENG f 2331 5½ 11 5½ 2229 7.04 -1.54
39 ADAMS,David M............ ENG 2180 5 11 5 2335 3.19 1.81
40 BRISCOE,Christopher...... ENG 2157 5 11 5 2248 4.18 0.82
41 GREGORY,Stephen J........ ENG 2180 5 10 4 2240 4.20 -0.20
42 LEE,Graham............... ENG f 2316 5 11 5 2225 6.82 -1.82
43 NIXON,Thomas C M......... ENG 2198 5 10 4½ 2220 4.70 -0.20
44 SNAPE,Ian L.............. ENG 2228 5 11 5 2289 4.62 0.38
45 BURROWS,Martin........... ENG 2226 4½ 11 4½ 2232 5.39 -0.89
46 HUTCHINSON,Paul A........ ENG 2245 4½ 11 4½ 2219 5.94 -1.44
47 MUIR,Andrew J............ SCO m 2328 4½ 11 4½ 2298 5.94 -1.44
48 PYM,Thomas W............. ENG 2059 4½ 11 4½ 2223 3.08 1.42
49 SPENCE,David............. ENG 2236 4½ 11 4½ 2230 5.61 -1.11
50 STOREY,Charles........... ENG 2217 4½ 10 3½ 2300 3.90 -0.40
51 ALMOND,Philip............ ENG 2131 4 10 3 2221 3.80 -0.80
52 CLARKE,Tom............... ENG 2132 4 10 4 2226 3.70 0.30
53 HEMPSON,Peter............ ENG 2172 4 10 3 2199 4.60 -1.60
54 KAFKA,Graeme............. SCO 2143 4 11 4 2202 4.62 -0.62
55 MARTYN,Rafe.............. ENG f 2322 4 11 4 2246 6.60 -2.60
56 SURTEES,Mike............. ENG 2239 4 10 3 2221 5.30 -2.30
57 LEDGER,Stephen........... ENG 2203 3½ 10 3 2235 4.60 -1.60
58 RAYNER,Francis........... WLS 2252 3½ 11 3½ 2210 6.16 -2.66
59 WALTON,Alan J............ ENG c 2208 3½ 10 2½ 2291 3.90 -1.40
60 WESTWOOD,Richard......... ENG 2030 3½ 11 3½ 2237 2.53 0.97
61 BRYANT,Richard........... ENG 1864 2 11 2 2195 1933
62 SMITH,Graham............. ENG 2157 2 10 1 2214 4.20 -3.20
Index of Columns :
A = Points scored in the tournament.
B = Number of rated opponents.(N)
C = Points scored against rated opponents.(W)
D = Average of rated opponents.(Rc). Not printed if B<4 and player is unrated.
E = Score expectation against rated opponents only.(We)
F = Actual game score less Expected score(rated players).(W-We).
Multiply by co-efficent K to get change in rating.
K = 25 for up to 30 FIDE rated games; then K = 15 until rating reaches 2400 when K = 10.
F = With -- in column E. FIDE performance rating of unrated players scoring > 5
0% against rated opponents.
F = FIDE performance Rating of unrated players. Not printed if B<4
Maximum difference in rating is calculated as 350 points.
The match Russia vs. China The International Match Russia vs. China
takes place in Moscow M.Botvinnik Central House of Chessplayer. The event runs
9th-16th August 2004. Sheveningen System for 6 men; 3 women and 3 juniors (2
boys, 1 girl) two rounds. The first match (China, 2001) Russia won 41,5 : 30,5.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru/online/
: games
http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=679&bid=31&
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RUS-CHN Moscow RUS (CHN), 10-16 viii 2004
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2476 = 3 +24 +11 = 3 +24 . 4.0 2585
2. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 +14 = 7 =13 +18 =21 . 3.5 2738
3. Zimina, Olga wg RUS 2430 =16 = 2 + 5 +16 - 2 . 3.0 2498
4. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2664 = 7 =21 =17 =14 +13 . 3.0 2677
5. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 =17 =18 +21 =13 = 7 . 3.0 2681
6. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2686 =18 =14 - 7 +21 +17 . 3.0 2673
7. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2449 +24 =11 - 3 +24 =11 . 3.0 2427
8. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2658 =13 =17 =18 = 7 =14 . 2.5 2602
9. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2674 +21 -13 -14 =17 =18 . 2.0 2548
10. Pogonina, Natalija wm RUS 2402 = 2 = 5 -16 - 2 - 5 . 1.0 2210
11. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2405 - 5 =16 - 2 - 5 =16 . 1.0 2187
12. Malysheva, Polina wf RUS 2364 -11 - 3 =24 -11 = 3 . 1.0 2139
China 30
1. Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2472 =20 = 6 +22 +20 + 6 . 4.0 2653
2. Zhou Jianchao CHN 2385 = 1 +23 +12 = 1 =23 . 3.5 2574
3. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2477 +22 =20 - 6 +22 +20 . 3.5 2557
4. Wang Yue f CHN 2525 = 8 = 4 +10 =15 = 9 . 3.0 2741
5. Wang Hao CHN 2433 +23 =12 - 1 +23 =12 . 3.0 2492
6. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2620 =15 +19 = 4 = 9 - 8 . 2.5 2667
7. Ni Hua g CHN 2583 - 4 =10 +19 = 8 =15 . 2.5 2674
8. Huang Qian wm CHN 2356 = 6 =22 +20 - 6 =22 . 2.5 2414
9. Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2681 = 9 =15 = 8 =19 -10 . 2.0 2594
10. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2603 =10 = 9 =15 - 4 =19 . 2.0 2599
11. Xu Jun g CHN 2617 -19 = 8 - 9 -10 = 4 . 1.0 2432
12. Shen Yang CHN 2263 -12 - 1 =23 -12 - 1 . 0.5 2076
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Round 1 (August 10, 2004)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Zhou Jianchao 1/2 47 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Xu Yuhua - Pogonina, Natalija 1/2 23 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Dreev, Alexey - Ni Hua 1-0 30 D15 Slav Defence
Zhao Xue - Zaiatz, Elena 1-0 70 D39 QGD Ragozin
Zimina, Olga - Huang Qian 1/2 59 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Sakaev, Konstantin - Wang Yue 1/2 30 D18 Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Zhang Zhong 1/2 56 C45 Scotch Game
Bu Xiangzhi - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 50 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ye Jiangchuan - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 20 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Xu Jun - Malakhov, Vladimir 0-1 32 D15 Slav Defence
Malysheva, Polina - Wang Hao 0-1 31 C07 French Tarrasch
Shen Yang - Andreikin, Dmitry 0-1 53 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 2 (August 11, 2004)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Shen Yang 1-0 48 A07 Barcza System
Zhou Jianchao - Malysheva, Polina 1-0 34 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Zimina, Olga - Xu Yuhua 1/2 29 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Wang Yue - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 17 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Sakaev, Konstantin - Xu Jun 1/2 30 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Wang Hao - Andreikin, Dmitry 1/2 60 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ni Hua - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 20 A29 English Four Knights
Motylev, Alexander - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 16 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Huang Qian - Zaiatz, Elena 1/2 71 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhang Zhong - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 17 C10 French Rubinstein
Malakhov, Vladimir - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 93 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Pogonina, Natalija - Zhao Xue 1/2 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 3 (August 12, 2004)
Zhao Xue - Zimina, Olga 0-1 53 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Xu Jun 1-0 31 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Rublevsky, Sergei - Wang Yue 0-1 57 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Wang Hao - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Andreikin, Dmitry - Zhou Jianchao 0-1 37 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bu Xiangzhi - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 32 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Huang Qian - Pogonina, Natalija 1-0 54 A59 Volga Gambit
Ye Jiangchuan - Sakaev, Konstantin 1/2 26 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Zhang Zhong - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 29 C42 Petroff's Defence
Malakhov, Vladimir - Ni Hua 0-1 45 D15 Slav Defence
Zaiatz, Elena - Xu Yuhua 0-1 46 E56 Nimzo Indian
Malysheva, Polina - Shen Yang 1/2 68 C97 Ruy Lopez
Round 4 (August 14, 2004)
Wang Hao - Malysheva, Polina 1-0 19 D27 QGA
Andreikin, Dmitry - Shen Yang 1-0 29 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Zhang Zhong 1-0 56 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ni Hua - Sakaev, Konstantin 1/2 14 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Zhou Jianchao - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2 55 A16 English Opening
Motylev, Alexander - Wang Yue 1/2 42 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 12 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Xu Jun - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 50 D17 Slav Defence
Ye Jiangchuan - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 19 B01 Centre Counter
Huang Qian - Zimina, Olga 0-1 101 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Zaiatz, Elena - Zhao Xue 0-1 22 D27 QGA
Pogonina, Natalija - Xu Yuhua 0-1 48 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 5 (August 15, 2004)
Xu Yuhua - Zimina, Olga 1-0 64 B19 Caro Kann
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 33 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhao Xue - Pogonina, Natalija 1-0 42 A58 Volga Gambit
Sakaev, Konstantin - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 55 D17 Slav Defence
Andreikin, Dmitry - Wang Hao 1/2 49 A07 Barcza System
Ni Hua - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 16 C42 Petroff's Defence
Wang Yue - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 34 E81 King's Indian Saemisch
Malakhov, Vladimir - Zhang Zhong 1/2 23 D38 QGD Ragozin
Xu Jun - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 11 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Malysheva, Polina - Zhou Jianchao 1/2 61 B50 Sicilian Defence
Zaiatz, Elena - Huang Qian 1/2 20 E74 King's Indian Averbakh
Shen Yang - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 78 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
The 30th edition of the Open Dutch Youth Chess Championships, the Stork
tournament, was played in the Townhall of Hengelo, the Netherlands 9th-14th
August 2004.
Star player was the World and European Champion U 14, Sergei Zhigalko
from Belarus. In both championships he was ahead of players like Magnus Carlsen
however it was his namesake Andrey Zhigalko who won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site with live coverage: http://www.onjk.nl/
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Stork YM Hengelo NED (NED), 3-14 viii 2004 cat. V (2367)
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1. Zhigalko, Andrey m BLR 2478 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2627
2. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2414 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2528
3. Zhigalko, Sergei f BLR 2478 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2479
4. Leenhouts, Koen NED 2305 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2454
5. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2450 = = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2401
6. Muhren, Bianca NED 2282 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2419
7. Papa, Severin f SUI 2397 = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 4.5 2363
8. Michielsen, Joost NED 2285 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 2.0 2156
9. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2292 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2102
10. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2291 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1.5 2102
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The Montreal Internationals took place August 4th-15th 2004. Zahar
Efimenko won the Category XII A event and Alexandre Lesiege the Category VIII B
event.
Details at: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/~tim/index.htm
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It A Montreal CAN (CAN), 4-15 viii 2004 cat. XII (2534)
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1. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2572 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2663
2. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2553 = * 1 = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2633
3. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2640 = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2625
4. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2462 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2605
5. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2588 = = = = * = = = = = 1 = 6.0 2564
6. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2498 = = = = = * 1 1 0 0 = 1 6.0 2572
7. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2619 = = = 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 = 5.5 2525
8. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2465 0 1 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 5.5 2539
9. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2610 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 1 1 1 5.5 2526
10. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2472 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 * 1 1 5.0 2503
11. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas f CAN 2451 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 3.0 2366
12. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2472 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2230
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It B Montreal CAN (CAN), 4-15 viii 2004 cat. VIII (2442)
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1. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2497 * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2612
2. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2531 = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2535
3. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2551 = 1 * 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2534
4. Krush, Irina m USA 2459 = = 1 * 1 = 1 0 0 1 1 0 6.5 2505
5. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2553 = 0 1 0 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2496
6. Krnan, Tomas f CAN 2331 = = 0 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2452
7. Lawson, Eric f CAN 2276 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2457
8. Teplitsky, Yan m CAN 2440 = 0 1 1 = = = * 0 0 = = 5.0 2406
9. Divljan, Igor f CAN 2317 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 * = = 1 5.0 2417
10. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2461 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * 0 = 3.5 2307
11. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2404 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 3.5 2312
12. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2484 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 3.0 2263
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The US Open Championship took place in Fort Lauderdale August 7-15,
2004. Seven players tied on 7.5/9. Hopefully I'll have a selection of games for
next week.
http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2004/usopen/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Onischuk, Alexander 2690 7.5
2 Vasquez, Rodrigo 2642 7.5
3 Wojtkiewicz, Aleks 2639 7.5
4 Ibragimov, Ildar 2616 7.5
5 Matikozyan, Andran 2541 7.5
6 Gonzalez, Renier 2536 7.5
7 Martinez, Marcel 2458 7.5
8 Nakamura, Hikaru 2672 7
9 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2573 7
10 Gurevich, Dmitry 2562 7
11 Schneider, Dmitry 2522 7
12 Andrews, Todd D 2417 7
13 Ginsburg, Mark 2414 7
14 Kopec, Danny 2388 7
15 Reznik, Victor 2386 7
16 Lopez, Bruci 2358 7
17 Zaikov, Oleg 2316 7
18 Kleiman, Jake 2263 7
19 Norowitz, Yaacov 2251 7
20 Becerra, Julio J 2605 6.5
21 Fedorowicz, John P 2600 6.5
22 Browne, Walter S 2516 6.5
23 Donaldson, W John 2497 6.5
24 Ippolito, Dean J 2393 6.5
25 La Rota, Fabio 2355 6.5
26 Baquero, Luis A 2349 6.5
27 Eisen, Lewis 2322 6.5
28 Castaneda, Nelson 2304 6.5
29 Caruana, Fabiano 2258 6.5
30 Betaneli, Alexander 2254 6.5
31 Esserman, Marc R 2254 6.5
32 Santalla, Andres 2250 6.5
33 Shipman, Walter J 2237 6.5
34 Diaz, Jorge L 2187 6.5
35 Moskow, Eric D 2101 6.5
36 Mabe, Chris J 2069 6.5
37 Shaw, Tenzing 1953 6.5
443 players
The 7th Olomouc Chess Summer (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments,
Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament of youngsters)
took place 4th-12th August 2004. The strongest event was the Category IX
Skanska Cup won by Vlastimil Babula. My thanks to Jakub Fuksik.
Official site: http://www.pro.cz/a64/tournaments/olomouc2004/
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Skanska Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 4-12 vii 2004 cat. IX (2458)
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1. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2569 * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2622
2. Laznicka, Viktor m CZE 2434 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 = = 7.5 2592
3. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2563 1 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2581
4. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2532 1 = = * = 1 1 1 0 = = = 7.0 2552
5. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2442 0 = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2524
6. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2451 0 0 = 0 = * 1 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2422
7. Lagowski, Patryk m POL 2415 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2425
8. Slaby, Jerzy m POL 2391 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2427
9. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2406 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 4.5 2397
10. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2395 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 4.5 2398
11. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2439 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * = 3.5 2326
12. Balabaev, Timur m KAZ 2454 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2195
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2418 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2454
2. Kanovsky, David CZE 2286 = * 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2466
3. Mankeyev, Rauan f KAZ 2258 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8.0 2469
4. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2441 = 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2452
5. Kraemer, Martin GER 2295 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2392
6. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2394 = 1 0 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2317
7. Savage, Ben D ENG 2204 0 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2263
8. Kennaugh, Charles f ENG 2287 0 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2255
9. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2240 = 0 1 0 = 0 = = * = 0 1 4.5 2230
10. Tupy, Martin CZE 2322 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = = 3.0 2113
11. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 2076 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 2.0 2048
12. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2273 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1.5 1983
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Valoz Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 4-12 vii 2004 cat. II (2297)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Klima, Lukas m CZE 2432 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2495
2. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2425 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2460
3. Maryasin, Boris m ISR 2394 = 1 * = 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2390
4. Malinovsky, Karel CZE 2231 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2405
5. Pel, Bonno f NED 2278 0 = 1 = * = = 0 1 1 1 = 6.5 2363
6. Webb, Richard M f ENG 2309 = 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2331
7. Kim, Sergei KAZ 2298 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2296
8. Zeberski, Jakub POL 2338 = = 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2257
9. Lasinskas, Povilas LTU 2234 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 2200
10. Kuba, Jindrich CZE 2194 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 3.5 2173
11. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2226 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 2.5 2092
12. Priborsky, Ivo CZE 2205 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.5 2094
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1. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2452 7½ 40
2. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2484 7 38
3. Arutinian, David m GEO 2433 7 37½
4. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2492 7 37
5. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2448 7 37
6. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2533 7 36½
7. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2482 7 35½
8. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2438 7 34
9. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2447 6½ 35½
10. Kuziola, Mateusz POL 2248 6½ 34
11. Kantorik, Marian f SVK 2331 6½ 33½
12. Skalski, Michal f POL 2309 6½ 32½
13. Berescu, Alin m ROM 2404 6½ 32
14. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2403 6 35½
15. Harika, Dronavalli wm IND 2355 6 34½
16. Isonzo, David f ITA 2322 6 34
17. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2435 6 33½
18. Krapivin, Vladislav f RUS 2311 6 32½
19. Fraczek, Daniel POL 2273 6 32
20. Zhunusov, Murat m KAZ 2224 6 32
21. Van der Laan, Dinard NED 2228 6 32
22. Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2331 6 32
23. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2320 6 32
24. Karavade, Eesha wm IND 2276 6 31½
25. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2378 6 31½
26. Paterek, Michal POL 2245 6 30½
27. Meenakshi, S wm IND 2341 6 30½
28. Furman, Boris f RUS 2328 6 30½
29. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2247 6 29½
30. Kalajzic, Ivan CRO 2134 6 28½
31. Zeleny, Tomas CZE 2254 6 28½
32. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2264 6 26
33. Van Gils, Martin NED ---- 6 25½
183 players
The Australian Masters took place in the Melbourne Chess Club 3rd-14th
August (Rest Day 9th August) time rate 90mins + 30secs per move. David Smerdon
won the event with 9/11. News: Ching Kim Lye.
Official site: http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/masters/
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1. Smerdon, David m AUS 2403 * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2580
2. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2483 0 * 1 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2486
3. Lim Yee-Weng f MAS 2322 = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2427
4. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2325 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2427
5. Froehlich, Peter m GER 2388 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2384
6. Lee Wang-Sheng SIN 2252 1 = 0 = = * = 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2368
7. Xie, George AUS 2313 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2362
8. West, Guy m AUS 2362 0 1 = = 0 1 0 * = 0 1 = 5.0 2286
9. Jordan, William f AUS 2333 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2259
10. Rujevic, Mirko m AUS 2296 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 2153
11. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2278 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2154
12. Pecori, Ascaro AUS 2152 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.0 1958
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The 10th Jezero international takes place in Belgrade 7th-15th August
2004. The nine round open has prizes of 111.000,00 dinars around 1.500 EUR 15 +
7 special prizes.
Official site http://www.chessjezerobeograd.com
or http://www.chessdiagonals.com
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
1 FM Pavlovic Milos 2446 SCG 7 41
2 IM Andrijevic Milan 2383 SCG 6½ 39½
3 FM Solomunovic Igor 2446 GER 6 40½
4 FM Brujic Bozidar 2200 SCG 6 37
5 FM Cetkovic Bozidar 2237 SCG 6 35
6 FM Dena Branislav 2283 SCG 5½ 39½
7 FM Skare Goran 2320 SCG 5½ 39
8 Irizanin Radoje 2226 SCG 5½ 36½
9 FM Mihajlovic Miodrag 2276 SCG 5½ 34
10 GM Sahovic Dragutin 2281 SCG 5½ 33
11 FM Paulic Branko 2232 SCG 5½ 33
12 FM Prelevic Dusko 2287 SCG 5½ 32½
82 players
16/08/2004
- Bobby Fischer plans to marry marry Miyoko Watai the acting head of the Japan
Chess Association. They claim this will formalise a four year
relationship.
Search
Google News for further updates: http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=bobby+fischer
The 10th international chess tournament "Festival Schneider Bohemia -
Pilsen 2004", 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/.
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
1 IM Gajewski Grzegorz 2439 POL 2
MK Èernousek Lukás 2378 CZE 2
MK Fiala Robert 2324 CZE 2
Novák Pavel 2323 CZE 2
MK Petr Martin 2307 CZE 2
MK Øehoøek Martin 2300 CZE 2
Jaros Martin 2149 CZE 2
Køíz Lubos 2072 CZE 2
9 IM Zawadzki Stanislav 2428 POL 2
WGM Hagarová Zuzana 2330 SVK 2
Plischki Sebastian 2325 GER 2
FM Bensch Patrick 2295 GER 2
13 Wiesinger Robert 2265 AUT 2
Folk Petr 2245 CZE 2
15 Zelený Tomás 2254 CZE 2
16 IM Berescu Alin 2404 ROM 1½
IM Juøek Josef 2387 CZE 1½
MK Cífka Stanislav 2302 CZE 1½
MK Studnièka Tomás 2302 CZE 1½
Tùma Jiøí 2192 CZE 1½
Racek Jiøí 2112 CZE 1½
22 IM Neuman Petr 2428 CZE 1½
23 FM Heinzel Olaf 2402 GER 1½
Simùnek Ales 2200 CZE 1½
Beran Bohumil 2158 CZE 1½
Toman Jan 2103 CZE 1½
Muk Ivo 1916 CZE 1½
28 Chalus Karel 2123 CZE 1½
29 IM Cvek Robert 2461 CZE 1½
IM Sikora-Lerch Jan 2320 CZE 1½
Purnoch Josef 2184 CZE 1½
Hlaváè Rudolf 2165 CZE 1½
Havlík Jan 2136 CZE 1½
34 WIM Zawadzka Jolanta 2272 POL 1½
Káòa Pavel 2159 CZE 1½
108 players
The UAE chess federation organised the Arab championship for men &
women in Dubai, UAE 2nd-12th August 2004. 20 men & 26 women from 15 Arab
countries competed in a 9 rounds swiss event. GM Hamdouchi Hichem of Morocco
claimed the men's title, while Lebanese WIM Mouradian Knarik has claimed Arab
women's title. News: Dr. Hesham Elgendy
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1. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2556 = 6 = 4 +15 + 7 = 2 = 3 + 5 + 9 +12 7.0 2608
2. Belkhodja, Slim g TUN 2463 +17 +13 = 3 +16 = 1 + 6 = 4 + 7 = 5 7.0 2613
3. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2451 + 9 =10 = 2 + 5 = 4 = 1 - 7 =12 + 6 5.5 2497
4. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2484 = 8 = 1 +13 = 6 = 3 +16 = 2 - 5 + 7 5.5 2472
5. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2443 +11 -16 +17 - 3 +13 +14 - 1 + 4 = 2 5.5 2455
6. Hassan, Abdullah m UAE 2324 = 1 + 8 =10 = 4 = 7 - 2 +16 +14 - 3 5.0 2448
7. Taleb, Moussa m UAE 2464 +18 +14 =16 - 1 = 6 +17 + 3 - 2 - 4 5.0 2426
8. Doghri, Nabil f TUN 2303 = 4 - 6 +12 - 9 +15 =10 -14 +17 +18 5.0 2379
9. Khairallah, Faisal f LIB 2283 - 3 +20 =14 + 8 -17 +13 +10 - 1 =11 5.0 2368
10. Bouaziz, Slim g TUN 2352 +20 = 3 = 6 =14 =16 = 8 - 9 =18 =15 4.5 2270
11. Abdul Moula, Sabri YEM 2196 - 5 =12 -18 -17 +20 =15 +19 +16 = 9 4.5 2228
12. Khader, Sami f JOR 2385 -16 =11 - 8 +20 =18 +19 +17 = 3 - 1 4.5 2251
13. Othman, A. Moussa f UAE 2363 +19 - 2 - 4 +15 - 5 - 9 =18 +20 +14 4.5 2287
14. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2416 +15 - 7 = 9 =10 +19 - 5 + 8 - 6 -13 4.0 2260
15. Ihsan, Jawad PLE 2195 -14 +18 - 1 -13 - 8 =11 +20 +19 =10 4.0 2233
16. Nadir, Samir SUD 2163 +12 + 5 = 7 - 2 =10 - 4 - 6 -11 =19 3.5 2265
17. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2289 - 2 +19 - 5 +11 + 9 - 7 -12 - 8 =20 3.5 2201
18. Saleh, Nabil f UAE 2301 - 7 -15 +11 -19 =12 +20 =13 =10 - 8 3.5 2170
19. Shehab,Ibrahim A UAE ---- -13 -17 +20 +18 -14 -12 -11 -15 =16 2.5 2090
20. Mohamed,Sheer UAE ---- -10 - 9 -19 -12 -11 -18 -15 -13 =17 0.5 1818
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1. Mouradian, Knarik wm LIB 2095 +14 =15 +12 + 4 + 7 = 3 = 2 = 6 + 5 7.0 2267
2. Houli, Asma ALG 2101 -18 +21 = 8 +19 +17 +11 = 1 + 3 + 6 7.0 2232
3. Mir Mahmoud, Afamia SYR 2007 +22 = 8 = 6 +15 + 5 = 1 + 7 - 2 + 9 6.5 2213
4. Basta-Sohair, F wm EGY 2072 +10 +13 = 7 - 1 - 8 = 9 +16 +12 +11 6.0 2141
5. Ben Khaled,Rabea ALG ---- = 6 +25 =15 +12 - 3 +16 +11 + 7 - 1 6.0 2159
6. Arouche, Farida wm ALG 2118 = 5 + 9 = 3 - 7 +18 +15 +13 = 1 - 2 5.5 2110
7. Al-Rufei, Eman H wm IRQ 2109 +17 +11 = 4 + 6 - 1 + 8 - 3 - 5 +13 5.5 2104
8. Bahji,Hind MAR ---- +20 = 3 = 2 =11 + 4 - 7 =15 - 9 +19 5.0 2057
9. Worya Qanee,Jenar IRQ ---- =19 - 6 +22 =10 =20 = 4 +17 + 8 - 3 5.0 2051
10. Jalloul,Maya LIB ---- - 4 +23 =19 = 9 -15 =22 =12 +17 =14 4.5 2002
11. Mezioud, Amina ALG 1959 +24 - 7 +18 = 8 +13 - 2 - 5 +20 - 4 4.5 2021
12. Zahira, El MAR 2018 +21 +18 - 1 - 5 -16 +20 =10 - 4 +22 4.5 2012
13. Toubal, Wissan ALG 1966 +23 - 4 +25 =17 -11 +19 - 6 +15 - 7 4.5 2020
14. Dib,Rima SYR ---- - 1 -16 +24 =20 -19 =23 +26 +18 =10 4.5 1997
15. Algildah,Nibal SYR ---- +16 = 1 = 5 - 3 +10 - 6 = 8 -13 =21 4.0 1977
16. Alaa,Yousra EGY ---- -15 +14 -17 +22 +12 - 5 - 4 -26 +24 4.0 1967
17. Kamal,Fatima Zahra MAR ---- - 7 +24 +16 =13 - 2 =18 - 9 -10 +26 4.0 1976
18. Yougane,Jamila MAR ---- + 2 -12 -11 +25 - 6 =17 =19 -14 =23 3.5 1933
19. Sabah, Moslem Raneen IRQ 1929 = 9 =20 =10 - 2 +14 -13 =18 =21 - 8 3.5 1921
20. Al-Hammadi, Fatma wf UAE 1949 - 8 =19 =26 =14 = 9 -12 +23 -11 =25 3.5 1909
21. Saleh,Noora Mohd UAE ---- -12 - 2 =23 =26 =22 =25 =24 =19 =15 3.5 1925
22. Mansour,Mariam UAE ---- - 3 +26 - 9 -16 =21 =10 +25 =24 -12 3.5 1922
23. Matosi,Amina UAE ---- -13 -10 =21 =24 =26 =14 -20 =25 =18 3.0 1865
24. Marzooq,Amira UAE ---- -11 -17 -14 =23 =25 +26 =21 =22 -16 3.0 1870
25. Abdulsalam,Nadhmiah UAE ---- +26 - 5 -13 -18 =24 =21 -22 =23 =20 3.0 1865
26. Al Harmoudi,Mona UAE ---- -25 -22 =20 =21 =23 -24 -14 +16 -17 2.5 1828
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The 9th Creon International Chess Open (near Bordeaux in Gironde) took
place August 2nd - August 8th 2004. Vladislav Nevednichy won the event with
7.5/9. 161 players. News: Emmanuel Variniac.
Pairings, results, and standings are at the official website :
http://creonechecs.free.fr/
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1. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2538 7,5 47 2619
2. Novitzkij, Dmitrij m BLR 2359 7,5 46 2587
3. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2352 7,0 45 2469
4. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2555 7,0 44,5 2532
5. Cornette, Matthieu m FRA 2393 7,0 43,5 2368
6. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2422 7,0 42,5 2405
7. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2380 6,5 47 2482
8. Grigore, George-Gabriel g ROM 2507 6,5 46,5 2477
9. Govciyan, Pavel FRA 2245 6,5 44,5 2404
10. Renaze, Luc FRA 2276 6,5 43 2448
11. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2447 6,5 41,5 2368
12. Ouakhir, Mehdi MAR 2244 6,5 40 2244
13. Sanchez, Nicolas FRA 2146 6,5 39 2272
14. Schoucair, Henry FRA 2085 6,5 38 2286
...
23 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2561 6.0
162 players
The 3rd Annual Guelph Pro-Am International 2004 took place July 28th -
August 2nd, 2004 at the University of Guelph, Ontario. Alexander Moiseenko was
the clear winner on 7.5/9. My thanks to Jonathan Berry for the news.
Official site:
http://www.chessexpress.ca/guelphproam/gpai2004.htm
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3rd Pro-Am Open Guelph CAN (CAN), 28 vii-2 viii 2004
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1. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2640 7.5
2. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2520 6.0
3. Hutters, Tomas m DEN 2425 6.0
4. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2444 5.5
5. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2439 5.5
6. Livshits, Ron m CAN 2346 5.5
7. MacPhail, John f CAN 2339 5.5
8. Harper, Ryan f TRI 2207 5.5
9. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2531 5.0
10. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2498 5.0
11. Quan Zhe f CAN 2324 5.0
12. Peredun, Andrew f CAN 2303 5.0
13. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2497 4.5
14. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2484 4.5
15. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2425 4.5
16. Stevens, Christian CAN 2266 4.5
17. Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2175 4.5
18. Ted Kret CAN 2142 4.5
30 players
Juan S. Morgado and Roberto Alvarez report: The 1st "Horacio Quiroga
Hotel" international tournamment was held between August 1st-6th, with the
participation of 6 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine and 1 Spanish player. "Hotel Horacio
Quiroga" (Quiroga was a famous writer) is an espectacular "five stars¨
Thermal Spa, in the beach formed by the dam Salto Grande in the Uruguay river,
natural border between Uruguay and Argentina.
Games were at a pace of 90 minutes "sudden death". Young Uruguayan
Manuel Larrea won easily, with 8,0 points out of 9 ,followed by argentinian
Horacio Ippoliti.
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1. Larrea, Manuel URU 2224 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2459
2. Ippolitti, Horacio ARG 2163 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2280
3. Genta, Alejandro URU 2150 = 0 * = = = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2159
4. Belistri, Ubaldo URU 2090 0 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2166
5. Morgado, Juan J f ARG 2247 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 4.5 2105
6. Viera, Emilio URU 2123 0 = = 1 = * 0 = 1 0 4.0 2076
7. Garello,Gustavo URU ---- 0 = 1 0 0 1 * = 0 1 4.0 2090
8. Maiztequi Casas, Lincoln URU 2200 = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 4.0 2067
9. Lopez Garcia,Juan ESP ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * = 2.0 1913
10. Recine, Leonel URU ---- 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 2.0 1913
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The 10th Mahaala Open took place 19th-28th July 2004. The event was
open to all and took place in Mahaala City about 120 km from Cairo. 128
players, 38 of them are FIDE rated competed, all but three Syrian competitors
were Egyptian. 3 players shared 1st place; Tarek Fatehy 2210; Saiid Abdel Naby
2348; Malak Ragheb 2146 all with 7.5 points. News: Hassan Khaled
Leading Round 9 Standings:
1 Fatehy, Tarek EGY 2210 7.5
2 Naby, Saiid A. EGY 2348 7.5
3 Ragheb, Malak EGY 2146 7.5
4 Kamel, Mahmoud EGY 2161 7
5 Tork, Mohamed EGY 2156 7
6 Eldesoky, Hatem EGY 2262 7
7 Amin, Ashraf EGY 2222 6.5
8 Meged, Elsdayed A. EGY 2183 6.5
9 Mokhtar, Ahmed EGY 2306 6.5
10 Elgabry, Mohsen m EGY 2326 6.5
11 Elzayady, Ahmed EGY 0 6.5
12 Ismail, Reda EGY 2165 6.5
13 Yehya, Mohamed EGY 2120 6
14 Abdel Maabod, Gamal EGY 2115 6
15 Zayan, Osama EGY 2216 6
16 Sadek, Sameh EGY 2217 6
17 Seif, Ahmed EGY 2091 6
18 Magdy, Morad EGY 2148 6
19 Saber, Ibrahim EGY 2129 6
20 Ismail, Shereif EGY 0 6
21 Ezat, Abdallah EGY 2202 6
22 Abdel Hafeiz, Ayman EGY 0 6
23 Aly, Hosam EGY 0 6
24 Abel Naby, Ahmed EGY 2068 6
25 Wageih, Kareim EGY 0 6
26 Aly, Adel Mohamed EGY 2124 5.5
27 Fekri, Wael EGY 2118 5.5
28 Ibrahim, Mohamed EGY 2141 5.5
29 Abdel Hai, Hany EGY 2051 5.5
30 Abdel Hamid, Gamal EGY 2057 5.5
128 players
The game Ivanov-Ippolito from the World Open should be 34. Qd2, not Qxe4
(which allows a back row mate). Jason Luchan provides the correction.
The first ACP Tour standings have been published and will be updated on
the 15th of each month. Organisers of strong tournaments (at least E level
according to the ACP Tour Rules) willing to include their event in the ACP Tour
should ACP Board Member Pavel Tregubov at gmtregubov@hotmail.com.
Tournament list:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/tour/tournaments.html,
current standings
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/tour/standings.html.
Tournament Format Date Level
Championnat de Paris, Paris Open 03 - 11.07.2004 E (R = 2595)
XXII Open International, Andorra Open 03 - 11.07.2004 E (R = 2593)
Amsterdam Chess Tournament Open 17 - 25.07.2004 D (R = 2607)
GMT Tai Yuan Round Robin 17 - 26.07.2004 C (R = 2635)
ICF Biel Open 19 - 29.07.2004 D (R = 2602)
ICF Biel Round Robin 19 - 29.07.2004 A (R = 2681)
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 22.07 - 01.08.2004 A (R = 2692)
Czech Open, Pardubice Open 23 - 31.07.2004 D (R = 2613)
Ordix Open, Mainz Open 07 - 08.08.2004 a (R=2707)
Aiacciu Masters, Ajaccio Knock-Out 25 - 27.10.2004 a*
Corsica Masters, Bastia Knock-Out 29.10 - 04.11.2004 a*
Santo Domingo Open 22 - 30.11.2004 C*
Decameron Open 01 - 08.12.2004 C*
Masters Comtois, Belfort Round Robin 12.2004 D*
4th AMPLICO AIG Life, Warsaw 18 - 19.12.2004 b*
l'Open Cappelle la Grande Open 02.2005 C*
Aeroflot-Open, Moscow Open 02.2005 A*
Karpov Tournament, Poikovsky 04.2005 A*
World Open, Philadelphia Open 06.2005 D*
Standings as of 15.08
(only tournaments started in July are included)
Next update 15.09
N Player Tournaments Points
1 Anand, Viswanathan 1 630
* Morozevich, Alexander 1 540
2 Kramnik, Vladimir 1 420
3 Short, Nigel 1 400
4 Sasikiran, Krishanan 1 324
* Grigoriants, Sergey 1 300
* Nijboer, Friso 1 300
5 Ni, Hua 1 240
6-7 Leko, Peter 1 210
Svidler, Peter 1 210
8-10 Avrukh, Boris 1 140
Bauer, Christian 1 140
Eljanov, Pavel 1 140
* Rustemov, Alexander 1 140
* Shariyazdanov, Andrey 1 140
11 Tregubov, Pavel 2 133
12-13 Dreev, Alexey 1 116
Lautier, Joel 1 116
14 Fressinet, Laurent 1 109
* Comas Fabrego, Lluis 1 109
* Damljanovic, Branko 1 109
* Khenkin, Igor 1 109
15-17 Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1 72
Kazhgaliev, Murtas 1 72
Landa, Konstantin 1 72
* Bagheri, Amir 1 72
* David, Alberto 1 72
* Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1 72
18 Socko, Bartosz 2 63
19-23 Krasenkow, Michal 1 61
Lobron, Eric 1 61
Nikolic, Predrag 1 61
Sokolov, Ivan 1 61
Van Wely, Loek 1 61
* Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1 61
* L'Ami, Erwin 1 61
* Timman, Jan H 1 61
* - not ACP members.
FS August events take place 7th-19th August 2004.
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-19 viii 2004 cat. VII (2420)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2410 * . = = = 1 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2533
2. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2536 . * = = = = = 1 . 1 1 5.5 2559
3. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2466 = = * . = 0 1 = 1 1 . 5.0 2505
4. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2455 = = . * = . = 1 1 0 1 5.0 2500
5. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2448 = = = = * = . = = 1 = 5.0 2465
6. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2456 0 = 1 . = * = . = 1 = 4.5 2458
7. Manca, Federico m ITA 2366 0 = 0 = . = * . = = 1 3.5 2384
8. Paschall, William M m USA 2389 = 0 = 0 = . . * = = = 3.0 2339
9. Rupprecht, Andreas f GER 2329 0 . 0 0 = = = = * . 1 3.0 2338
10. Berczes, David f HUN 2351 = 0 0 1 0 0 = = . * . 2.5 2299
11. Nilssen, John Arni f FAI 2414 = 0 . 0 = = 0 = 0 . * 2.0 2230
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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
Sao Paulo Rapid
The Sao Paulo Rapid takes place 20th-23rd August, 2004. Players:
Karpov, Anand, Milos, Vescovi, Leitao, Morovic 10 rounds.
Garry Kasparov doesn't play in the rapid but will give a lecture
"Strategy of the Future" in my home town Campinas in the evening of August 23rd
and another in the next day in Belo Horizonte.
http://www.gestaodofuturo.com.br/english/
Official site: http://gestaodofuturo.com.br/english/
and http://www.fpx.com.br/
Howard Staunton Memorial
The Howard Staunton Memorial takes place in Simpson's-in-the-Strand in
London August 23rd-29th 2004. Players: Jon Speelman, Daniel King, Jonathan
Levitt and Jovanka Houska.
Official site: http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/staunton/
73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship
The 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship takes place in Kharkiv 23rd
August - 2nd September 2004. 32 participants compete in 5 knockout rounds.
Almost all of the best Ukrainian players take part in the tournament: Vassily
Ivanchuk (2715), Alexander Moiseenko (2640), Andrei Volokitin (2638), Evgenij
Miroshnichenko (2615), Pavel Eljanov (2613), Spartak Vysochin (2599), Vereslav
Eingorn (2596), Sergey Karjakin (2591), Alexander Goloshchapov (2577),
Alexander Areshchenko (2575), etc.
For a full list of participants and the 1st pairings round see in the
Ukrainian Chess Federation official website
http://www.ukrchess.org.ua
Alexei Tsvetkov Memorial Correspondence Tournament
GM Alexei Tsvetkov on June 14, 2004 a member of the Chessfriend.com
(CFC) correspondence chess server. There is a 128 player Memorial Knockout
tournament Timerate 20 + 2 days per move - Leave = 14 days for each round - No
entry fees Prizes = 1st prize = 500 Euro + 3 book prizes Startdate = 01.
October 2004 All games are played on the CFC server
Participants: The tournament is open for all chessplayers including
players of other organizations (IECG, ICCF, IECC, etc.) Precondition is that
the player has registered (e.g. with the free single tournament user) at the
CFC server (http://www.chessfriend.com) Entries are considered in the order of
the entrance.
The advantage of a knockout tournament is, that the players have to
play only 2 games in each round. Therefore the players don’t need much
time to participate in this tournament.
Details: http://www.chessfriend.com
14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival
The 14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2004 takes place 14th-24th August
2004. The Master tournament is a large open with 56 players and there is a also
a Hydra - Shredder computer match.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com
Master Tournament
1 Vladimirov,Evgeny 2628 GM KAZ 13700014
2 Kobalia,Mikhail 2618 GM RUS 4119150
3 Timofeev,Artyom 2611 GM RUS 4140419
4 Kotsur,Pavel 2607 GM KAZ 13700278
5 Harikrishna,Pentala 2599 GM IND 5007003
6 Ulibin,Mikhail 2588 GM RUS 4101405
7 Chernyshov,Konstantin 2585 GM RUS 4117328
8 Minasian,Artashes 2584 GM ARM 13300040
9 Anastasian,Ashot 2571 GM ARM 13300059
10 Bocharov,Dmitry 2569 GM RUS 4138716
11 Hamdouchi,Hichem 2556 GM MAR 9000011
12 Ghaem,Maghami,Ehsan 2552 GM IRI 12500739
13 Iuldacev,Saidali 2550 GM UZB 14200104
14 Gleizerov,Evgeny 2539 GM RUS 4101332
15 Dzhumaev,Marat 2520 GM UZB 14200236
16 Vakhidov,Tahir 2504 IM UZB 14200155
56 players
15th NATO Championship
The 15th NATO Championship took place 8th-14th August 2004. I'll round
up results and games later.
Official site: http://www.natochess.org/15thchampionship.html
Badalona Open
The XXX International Chess Open "Ciutat de Badalona" took place
2nd-10th August, 2004. Players: Delchev, Moskalenko, Lazarev, Agamaliev,
Hasangatin, Berg, González, Solozhenkin, Brynell. Sadly no games or
results available so far.
Further details:
http://www.iespana.es/cesantjosep/open2004/xxxopen.htm
4th Winterthur Chess Week
The 4th Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 1st-9th 2004. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize money
of CHF 10750 (EUR 7000, USD 8400). Other events include an invitational Young
Masters tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 4th-8th), as well as two
Blitz tournaments. Further details:
http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/.
GM Thaler vs The Rest of the World
ChessWorld.net is currently hosting "Rest of the World" matches against
GM Thaler, IM Basman, and 'Zsoyd' - an anonymous player who has not yet lost a
single game and has broken all Chessworld.net highest rating records. In these
voting games the "Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against the
master, and the highest voted move played after five days. The most recent ROW
game vs IM Silman has finished in a draw.
You can get in on the game at the online chess site
www.chessworld.net
- head for Play!..World team games after logging in.
There is also a free to enter upcoming Chess Olympia celebration event
in August where you can play for your country. Last years event attracted well
over 1400 players from over 150 countries. You can join in the fun by simply
logging in, and ticking in the My stuff..My details area that you want to play
in the Olympia celebration event.
The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.
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
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
Paks Cup
The VIII Paks Cup takes place 21st-31st August 2004. GM-IM Tournaments
23rd-29th August 2004 and also an FM Tournament. One player needed for the GM
Group. Contact: Videki Sandor Tel: 0036-75421225, 304012866 email:
videkis2001@yahoo.com
GM group 1.Nevednichy 2538 GM ROM, 2. Polak T 2482 GM CZ, 3. Anka GM
2407 4. Toth A IM 2429,5. Videki IM 2409, 6. Paschall W IM USA 2389, 7. Pataki
2390, 8. Simacek 2439 IM CZ 9. Zelic M 2300 CRO Average: 2420
Villeurbanne IM
The Chess club of Villeurbanne (suburbs of Lyon, France) will organize
the 3rd edition of The Trophée des Maîtres from September 17th -
25th 2004. This category 4 round-robin (IM norm at 6/9 points) will have 10
participating players (3 IM included) The rate of play is 1hour and 40 minutes
+ 30sec / moves to play 40 moves followed by 40 minutes + 30 sec / moves to
finish the game The registration fee is 150 euros for untitled FIDE players,
100 euros for Fide masters, accomodation is possible for 24 euros per night for
a single room, breakfast included. Players who are interested, can join me for
more informations at this e-mail adress : thierry.paris@free.fr or phone
Thierry Paris : +336 86 99 08 80
Hungarian chess tournaments August-December 2004
List of the chess tournaments in the near future in 2004 in Hungary:
1. 19th-26th of August, Open Swiss, Balatonzamardi /150 km from
Budapest West/ Org: Valis Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
2. 21st-31st of August, Paks GM-IM-FM round robins, /100 km South from
Budapest/, org: IM Videki Sandor, e-mail: videkis2001@yahoo.com
3. 4th-16th of September, FS GM-IM-FM closed events, Budapest org: NL
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo /NL/, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/
4. 2nd-15th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL
5. 16th-26th of October, Papp Béla memorial GM closed,
Torokbalint, /15 km from Budapest/, info: NL
6. 6th-19th of November, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL
7. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., Harkany Open Swiss, /250 West from
Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu
8. 4th-17th of December, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL
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
Australian Open
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.
There are $18,500AU in prizes with a top prize of $4500. The organisers
are looking for any players interested in participating in this event.
Contact George Howard on georgeshoward@hotmail.com for details or
queries.
Website: http://www.mtbullerchess.com will have
full details of the event shortly.
Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar
Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. There are
7.773 official computer chess event games since 1990.
CC-Calendar:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
Events include: 07th http://rsise.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess/
Australasian NCC-ch 2004, RedHill, Canberra FICS 20.07.04, Warp (former
LambChop) 12th WCCC http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/games/ ,
Ramat-Gan 04.07.04 - 12.07.04, Junior 04th http://e4e6.com/cips2004/ Campionato
Italiano P. Scacchistici, Roma 26.06.04 - 27.06.04, Delfi 06th
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/eefrance/
French programmers tournament, Massy 20.06.04, Chess Wizard 04th MASPV
http://www.hun-digital.hu/MASPV2004/index_en.html
, Budapest 28.05.04 - 30.05.04, Merlin
Bratto Open
The 24th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" will takes
place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2004. The Festival includes: Tournament A
(players with Elo Fide > 1999), Tournament B, Tournament C and Promotion
Tournament (for beginners). Swiss system, 9 rounds. Time control: 100 minutes
for 40 moves + 50 minutes; all move played get 30 seconds bonus (Fischer mode).
Prizes: in the tournament A: 1st 1500 Euros, 2nd 1000 Euros, 3rd 700 Euros ..
... 16th-20th 200 Euros. Info: gianpi.pa@tiscali.it
Official Internet coverage:
http://www.scaccobratto.com/2004.shtml
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
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/
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
