THE WEEK IN CHESS 524 22nd November 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Russian Championship
3) 4NCL
4) 3rd Benidorm Open
5) First Saturday November
6) Spanish Team Championship
7) Acropolis International Tournament
8) Croatian Championships
9) 125th New York Masters
10) World Juniors
11) 16th Leuven Open
12) Petrosian Memorial
13) 14th World Seniors
14) German Bundesliga
15) Alekhine CC Open in Calcutta
16) Austrian Teams
17) FIDE Anti-Doping
18) Karpov vs Sadvakasov Match
19) British Rapidplay
20) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Russian Championship                  30 games
3rd Benidorm Open                     30 games
First Saturday November               28 games
Spanish Team Championship             80 games
Acropolis International Tournament   288 games
Croatian  Championships               36 games
125th New York Masters                 4 games
World Juniors                        251 games
16th Leuven Open                      68 games
Petrosian Memorial                    84 games
14th World Seniors                   172 games
German Bundesliga                    128 games
Austrian Teams                       108 games
Karpov vs Sadvakasov Match             2 games
British Rapidplay                     52 games
1311 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Gaguik Oganessian, Andrej Pacic, Sinisa Joksic, Dave Clayton, Vladica Andrejic, Laszlo Nagy, John Henderson, Richard Palliser, Stewart Reuben, Jacques Robrecht, Sotiris Logothetis, Harald Grafenhofer, Mirjana Medic, Miklos Orso, Eugeny Atarov and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Kasparov has moved to the top of the standings in the Russian Championship. He has looked a little rusty but is starting to collect the points. His target is +4 which he stated would probably be enough to win this event and which would also probably keep him as world number one in January. There is plenty of chess elsewhere with Ivanchuk playing in Armenia, Anand, Svidler and Shirov turning up in the Bundesliga (the latter playing in the 4CNL the following week) and Kasimdzhanov winning a rapid event in Benidorm.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Russian Championship

The Russian Championship takes place November 14th - 27th 2004 in the hotel Russia. The prize fund is $125,000 with $50,000 to the winner (paid in rouble equivalent). After 7 rounds Kasparov leads the event with 4.5/6 ahead of Alexander Grischuk who has 4.5/7. Kasparov hasn't hit top form yet but wins in rounds 6 and 7 (and a very disappointing near miss in round 4) have moved him into the box seat for the event. Grischuk plays Kasparov with white in the final round.

Scores: 1. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2813 4.5/6; 2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2704 4.5/7; 3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 4.0/7; 4. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2611 3.5/6; 5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 3.5/6; 6. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2715 3.5/7; 7. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 2.5/6; 8. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2651 2.5/6; 9. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2596 2.5/6; 10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 2.0/6; 11. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2577 2.0/7;

Official site Russian Chess Federation: http://www.russiachess.ru and official live coverage: http://www.russiachess.ru/57russia/ Further coverage: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/rus-ch04.shtml

Round 2 (November 16, 2004)

Grischuk, Alexander    -  Epishin, Vladimir      1/2   44  B41  Sicilian Paulsen
Timofeev, Artyom       -  Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    1/2   44  B07  Pirc Defence
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Motylev, Alexander     1/2   84  E73  King's Indian Averbakh
Korotylev, Alexey      -  Kasparov, Garry        1/2   26  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Dreev, Alexey          0-1   36  B60  Sicilian Rauzer

Round 3 (November 17, 2004)

Dreev, Alexey          -  Grischuk, Alexander    1/2   10  D80  Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Svidler, Peter         -  Timofeev, Artyom       0-1   63  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Epishin, Vladimir      -  Bareev, Evgeny         1/2   26  D10  Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander     -  Korotylev, Alexey      0-1   45  B63  Sicilian Rauzer
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   63  C45  Scotch Game

Round 4 (November 18, 2004)

Kasparov, Garry        -  Motylev, Alexander     1/2   76  C42  Petroff's Defence
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    1-0   57  B07  Pirc Defence
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Dreev, Alexey          1/2   21  D12  Slav Defence
Korotylev, Alexey      -  Epishin, Vladimir      1/2   27  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   25  A00  Irregular Openings

Round 5 (November 20, 2004)

Dreev, Alexey          -  Korotylev, Alexey      1-0   39  D11  Slav Defence
Timofeev, Artyom       -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   57  C91  Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter         -  Grischuk, Alexander    1/2   22  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Epishin, Vladimir      -  Kasparov, Garry        1/2   42  E46  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    -  Bareev, Evgeny         0-1   29  C11  French Defence

Round 6 (November 21, 2004)

Kasparov, Garry        -  Dreev, Alexey          1-0   59  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Timofeev, Artyom       1/2   27  E60  King's Indian without Nc3
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   22  D81  Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Motylev, Alexander     -  Epishin, Vladimir      1-0   55  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Korotylev, Alexey      -  Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    1/2   51  A58  Volga Gambit

Round 7 (November 22, 2004)

Dreev, Alexey          -  Motylev, Alexander     1/2   78  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Timofeev, Artyom       -  Bareev, Evgeny         1/2   17  B14  Caro Kann Panov
Svidler, Peter         -  Korotylev, Alexey      1-0   62  B63  Sicilian Rauzer
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Grischuk, Alexander    1/2   26  A15  English counter King's Fianchetto
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    -  Kasparov, Garry        0-1   39  B84  Sicilian Scheveningen

------------------------------------------------------------------------
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (RUS), 15-27 xi 2004            cat. XVIII (2678)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Kasparov, Garry         g RUS 2813  * . 1 . . 1 = = = . 1  4.5  2832 
 2. Grischuk, Alexander     g RUS 2704  . * = = = . = 1 . = 1  4.5  2763 
 3. Dreev, Alexey           g RUS 2698  0 = * = . = . = 1 1 .  4.0  2742 
 4. Timofeev, Artyom        g RUS 2611  . = = * 1 = . . . = =  3.5  2754 
 5. Svidler, Peter          g RUS 2735  . = . 0 * = . . 1 = 1  3.5  2717 
 6. Bareev, Evgeny          g RUS 2715  0 . = = = * = = . . 1  3.5  2669 
 7. Epishin, Vladimir       g RUS 2599  = = . . . = * 0 = = .  2.5  2649 
 8. Motylev, Alexander      g RUS 2651  = 0 = . . = 1 * 0 . .  2.5  2630 
 9. Korotylev, Alexey       g RUS 2596  = . 0 . 0 . = 1 * . =  2.5  2621 
10. Morozevich, Alexander   g RUS 2758  . = 0 = = . = . . * 0  2.0  2529 
11. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly     g RUS 2577  0 0 . = 0 0 . . = 1 *  2.0  2546 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

3) 4NCL

The first two rounds of the 4NCL took place November 20th-21st 2004, at the West Bromwich Moat House. Games should follow next week.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

Division 1 results - Round 3 20th November 2004               
   RD 3    GUILDFORD-ADC 1  2491   v    NUMERICA 3CS 1   2249 
    1   w Rowson, Jonathan  2577 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R   2523 
    2   b Hebden, Mark L    2550 ½ - ½ Gordon, Stephen J 2340 
    3   w Gallagher, Joseph 2543 1 - 0 Ashton, Adam G    2283 
          G                                                   
    4   b King, Daniel J    2517 1 - 0 Longson,          2264 
                                       Alexander              
    5   w Cherniaev,        2509 1 - 0 Bentley, John L   2216 
          Alexander                                           
    6   b Plaskett, James   2490 1 - 0 James, Dale R     2199 
    7   w Povah, Nigel E    2377 1 - 0 Walton, Alan J    2187 
    8   b Lalic, Susan (F)  2364 1 - 0 Martin, Katie (F) 1977 
                                 7 - 1                        
                                                              
   RD 3       BRISTOL 1     2240   v    GUILDFORD-ADC 2  2275 
    1   w Cobb, Charles     2406 0 - 1 Shaw, John K      2433 
    2   b Beaumont, Chris   2329 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme   2420 
    3   w Buckley, Simon T  2332 0 - 1 Howell, David W L 2340 
    4   b Sherwin, James T  2302 ½ - ½ Cooksey, Paul S   2248 
    5   w Rudd, Jack        2291 0 - 1 Thompson, Ian D   2235 
    6   b Buckley, David E  2223 1 - 0 Anderton, Matthew 2233 
                                       N                      
    7   w Sisask, Jesper    2166 1 - 0 Richardson, Keith 2220 
                                       B                      
    8   b Aarons, Poppy J   1871 0 - 1 Lang, Heather (F) 2068 
          (F)                                                 
                                 2½-5½                        
                                                              
   RD 3     WOOD GREEN 2    2403   v      RICHMOND A     2343 
    1   w Littlewood, Paul  2380 ½ - ½ Bates, Richard A  2381 
          E                                                   
    2   b Pert, Richard G   2420 ½ - ½ Cech, Pavel       2403 
    3   w Martin, Andrew D  2433 ½ - ½ Van de Griendt,   2373 
                                       Jan W                  
    4   b Levitt, Jonathan  2441 ½ - ½ Webb, Laurence E  2336 
          P                                                   
    5   w Pein, Malcolm     2419 1 - 0 Hinks-Edwards,    2383 
                                       Thomas                 
    6   b Tiller, Bjorn     2378 ½ - ½ Quinn, Mark       2409 
    7   w Pokorna, Regina   2370 ½ - ½ Wall, Gavin       2385 
          (F)                                                 
    8   b McDonald, Neil    2380 1 - 0 Wilson, Alexandra 2070 
                                       (F)                    
                                 5 - 3                        
                                                              
   RD 3     N.W. EAGLES 1   2293   v     WOOD GREEN 1    2474 
    1   w Hanley, Craig A   2396 0 - 1 Shirov, Alexei *  2726 
    2   b Trent, Lawrence   2390 ½ - ½ Cramling, Pia (F) 2477 
    3   w Haslinger,        2405 ½ - ½ Cmilyte,          2442 
          Stewart                      Viktorija (F)          
    4   b Littlewood, John  2308 ½ - ½ Kovalevskaya,     2471 
          E                            Ekaterina (F)          
    5   w Kennaugh, Charles 2281 ½ - ½ Arakhamia-Grant,  2460 
          W                            Ketevan (F)            
    6   b Hague, Ben        2264 1 - 0 Sedina, Elena (F) 2431 
    7   w Spence, David     2221 0 - 1 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2385 
    8   b Milligan, Helen   2077 0 - 1 Dembo, Yelena (F) 2396 
          (F)                                                 
                                 3 - 5                        
                                                              
   RD 3      BETSSON.COM    2349   v       THE ADS 1     2304
    1   w Williams, Simon K 2473 ½ - ½ Chandler, Murray  2531
                                       G
    2   b Hunt, Adam C      2434 0 - 1 Hennigan, Michael 2417
                                       T
    3   w Ledger, Andrew J  2450 ½ - ½ Richardson, John  2309
                                       R
    4   b Ansell, Simon     2403 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark       2230
    5   w Duncan,           2332 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian        2273
          Christopher R
    6   b Eames, Robert G   2309 ½ - ½ Wheeler, Darren P 2239
    7   w Ledger, David J   2267 1 - 0 Anderton, David   2248
    8   b Tidman, Sophie    2127 0 - 1 Bellin, Jana (F)  2184
          (F)
                                 4 - 4

   RD 3       WESSEX 1      2224   v    BARBICAN 4NCL 1  2389
    1   w Corkett, Anthony  2310 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan  2537
          R
    2   b Simons, Martin J  2293 0 - 1 Kelly, Brian      2494
    3   w Webb, Richard M   2313 0 - 1 Palliser, Richard 2402
    4   b Allicock, Rawle A 2292 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam      2387
    5   w Upton, Ian J      2242 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon      2388
    6   b Yeo, Michael J    2216 0 - 1 Ferguson, Mark    2395
    7   w Clark, Ian C      2109 0 - 1 Devereaux, Maxim  2331
    8   b Evans-Quek,       2013 1 - 0 Lauterbach,       2179
          Debbie (F)                   Ingrid (F)
                                 2½-5½

Division 1 results - Round 4 21st November 2004                
   RD 4    NUMERICA 3CS 1   2260   v    BARBICAN 4NCL 1  2368 
    1   w Davies, Nigel R   2523 ½ - ½ Kelly, Brian      2494 
    2   b Gordon, Stephen J 2340 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan  2537 
    3   w Clarke, Stuart W  2303 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark    2395 
    4   b Longson,          2264 1 - 0 Twyble, Michael S 2215 
          Alexander                    (res)                  
    5   w Ashton, Adam G    2283 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam      2387 
    6   b James, Dale R     2199 ½ - ½ Palliser, Richard 2402 
    7   w Walton, Alan J    2187 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim  2331 
    8   b Martin, Katie (F) 1977 0 - 1 Lauterbach,       2179 
                                       Ingrid (F)             
                                 4 - 4                        
                                                              
   RD 4       THE ADS 1     2304   v       WESSEX 1      2224 
    1   w Chandler, Murray  2531 ½ - ½ Upton, Ian J      2242 
          G                                                   
    2   b Hennigan, Michael 2417 ½ - ½ Allicock, Rawle A 2292 
          T                                                   
    3   w Richardson, John  2309 1 - 0 Webb, Richard M   2313 
          R                                                   
    4   b Lyell, Mark       2230 0 - 1 Simons, Martin J  2293 
    5   w Snape, Ian        2273 ½ - ½ Corkett, Anthony  2310 
                                       R                      
    6   b Wheeler, Darren P 2239 ½ - ½ Yeo, Michael J    2216 
    7   w Anderton, David   2248 ½ - ½ Clark, Ian C      2109 
    8   b Bellin, Jana (F)  2184 ½ - ½ Evans-Quek,       2013 
                                       Debbie (F)             
                                 4 - 4                        
                                                              
   RD 4     WOOD GREEN 1    2474   v      BETSSON.COM    2329 
    1   w Shirov, Alexei *  2726 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K 2473 
    2   b Cramling, Pia (F) 2477 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C      2434 
    3   w Cmilyte,          2442 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J  2450 
          Viktorija (F)                                       
    4   b Kovalevskaya,     2471 1 - 0 Ansell, Simon     2403 
          Ekaterina (F)                                       
    5   w Arakhamia-Grant,  2460 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J   2267 
          Ketevan (F)                                         
    6   b Sedina, Elena (F) 2431 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G   2309 
    7   w Hunt, Harriet (F) 2385 ½ - ½ Ledger, Stephen C 2170 
    8   b Dembo, Yelena (F) 2396 1 - 0 Tidman, Sophie    2127 
                                       (F)                    
                                 5½-2½                        
                                                              
   RD 4      RICHMOND A     2343   v     N.W. EAGLES 1   2292 
    1   w Wall, Gavin       2385 1 - 0 Haslinger,        2405 
                                       Stewart                
    2   b Van de Griendt,   2373 ½ - ½ Trent, Lawrence   2390 
          Jan W                                               
    3   w Bates, Richard A  2381 ½ - ½ Hanley, Craig A   2396 
    4   b Cech, Pavel       2403 1 - 0 Littlewood, John  2308 
                                       E                      
    5   w Quinn, Mark       2409 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles 2281 
                                       W                      
    6   b Webb, Laurence E  2336 ½ - ½ van der Linden,   2263 
                                       Lukas                  
    7   w Hinks-Edwards,    2383 1 - 0 Lund, D Brett     2212 
          Thomas                                              
    8   b Wilson, Alexandra 2070 0 - 1 Milligan, Helen   2077 
          (F)                          (F)                    
                                 5 - 3                        
                                                              
   RD 4    GUILDFORD-ADC 2  2275   v     WOOD GREEN 2    2398
    1   w Shaw, John K      2433 0 - 1 Martin, Andrew D  2433
    2   b Buckley, Graeme   2420 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G   2420
    3   w Howell, David W L 2340 1 - 0 Littlewood, Paul  2380
                                       E
    4   b Cooksey, Paul S   2248 ½ - ½ Levitt, Jonathan  2441
                                       P
    5   w Thompson, Ian D   2235 ½ - ½ Pein, Malcolm     2419
    6   b Anderton, Matthew 2233 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J   2342
          N
    7   w Richardson, Keith 2220 ½ - ½ Pokorna, Regina   2370
          B                            (F)
    8   b Lang, Heather (F) 2068 0 - 1 Tiller, Bjorn     2378
                                 2½-5½

   RD 4    GUILDFORD-ADC 1  2491   v       BRISTOL 1     2269
    1   w Hebden, Mark L    2550 1 - 0 Cobb, Charles     2406
    2   b Rowson, Jonathan  2577 1 - 0 Sherwin, James T  2302
    3   w King, Daniel J    2517 1 - 0 Rudd, Jack        2291
    4   b Gallagher, Joseph 2543 1 - 0 Beaumont, Chris   2329
          G
    5   w Plaskett, James   2490 ½ - ½ Buckley, Simon T  2332
    6   b Cherniaev,        2509 1 - 0 Buckley, David E  2223
          Alexander
    7   w Povah, Nigel E    2377 1 - 0 Sisask, Jesper    2166
    8   b Lalic, Susan (F)  2364 0 - 1 Ashby, Ann-Marie  2105
                                       (F)
                                 6½-1½

Division 1 tables                          
         Team        Won Drawn Lost Points 
   *WOOD GREEN 1*     4    0    0     8    
   *GUILDFORD-ADC 1*  4    0    0     8    
   *BARBICAN 4NCL 1*  2    2    0     6    
   *WOOD GREEN 2*     2    1    1     5    
   *THE ADS 1*        0    3    1     3    
   *N.W. EAGLES 1*    1    1    2     3    
   *BETSSON.COM*      1    1    2     3    
   *WESSEX 1*         1    1    2     3    
   *NUMERICA 3CS 1*   1    1    2     3    
   *GUILDFORD-ADC 2*  1    0    3     2    
   *RICHMOND A*       1    0    3     2    
   *BRISTOL 1*        1    0    3     2

4) 3rd Benidorm Open

The 3rd Benidorm International Open took place 19th-28th November 2004. The strongest event was a rapid play 10 minutes + 15 seconds a move event which saw Rustam Kasimdzhanov take first with 6.5/7.

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

Final Round 7 Standings
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1st Master Rapid Open Benidorm ESP (ESP), 19-28 xi 2004
---------------------------------------------------------------
  1   Kasimdzhanov, Rustam          UZB   2650 gm   6.5   25.0
  2   Perez Garcia, Rodney          CUB   2422 im   5.5   24.0
  3   Minzer, Claudio               ARG   2424 im   5.5   23.5
  4   Muelas Cerezuela, Jose        ESP   2104      5.0   25.5
  5   Barria Zuñiga, Daniel         CHI   2347 im   5.0   23.5
  6   Vidarte Morales, Arturo       PER   2375 im   5.0   23.5
  7   Garcia Fernandez, Carlos      ESP   2360 im   5.0   23.0
  8   Renteria Becerra, Jorge       COL   2259      5.0   22.5
  9   Valdes, Leonardo              CRC   2372 im   5.0   22.5
 10   Szmetan, Ricardo              BAR   2283 fm   5.0   18.5
 11   Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A   COL   2354 im   4.5   22.5
 12   Mirzoev, Azer                 AZE   2513 gm   4.5   19.5
 13   Hernandez, Gilberto           MEX   2509 gm   4.0   27.0
 14   Taboas Rodriguez, Daniel      ESP   2266 fm   4.0   25.0
 15   Gomez Jurado, Luis Alberto    ESP   2282      4.0   24.0
 16   Giaccio, Alfredo              ARG   2467 im   4.0   23.5
 17   Bertona, Fernando             ARG   2437 im   4.0   23.0
 18   Cabrera, Alexis               COL   2502 gm   4.0   21.0
 19   Peralta, Fernando             ARG   2531 im   4.0   20.5
 20   Garcia Garcia, Ruben          ESP   2297 fm   4.0   19.0
 21   Montilla Carrillo, Esteban    ESP   2267      4.0   17.5
 22   Roche Simon, Miguel A         ESP   2178      4.0   17.5
 23   Vallet, Marc                  FRA   2222      3.5   22.0
 24   Pogorelov, Ruslan             UKR   2439 gm   3.5   19.0
 25   Serrano Marhuenda, Salvador   ESP   2216 .    3.5   19.0
 26   Gallardo Retortillo, Enrique  ESP   2140      3.5   18.5
 27   Barral Rubirosa, Cristobal    ESP   1969      3.5   17.5
 28   Farfan Ortiz, Alfredo         CHI   2246      3.5   16.5
 29   Alonso Jimenez, Joan          ESP   2059      3.0   22.0
 30   Cabello, Sandro               ESP   2154      3.0   21.5
 31   Correas Gonzalez, Jose Ramon  ESP   2113      3.0   21.5
 32   Cantero, Antonio              ESP   2233      3.0   20.5
 33   Bruned Segura, Mario          ESP   2156      3.0   20.0
 34   Moya Mallafre, Erik           ESP             3.0   17.5
 35   Corral Garcia, Salvador       ESP             3.0   17.0
 36   Larrañaga Aldalur, Jose       ESP             3.0   15.5
 37   Torres Samper, Rafael         ESP   2114      2.5   19.5
 38   Cañizares, Pedro              ESP   1998      2.5   18.5
 39   Rodriguez Marcos, Jose Ramon  ESP   2006      2.5   17.5
 40   Saldaña Caballe, Jose Enrique ESP   2118      2.5   16.5
 41   Stoeckmann, Helmut            GER   2174      2.5   16.0
 42   Calle Fuentes, Jose Luis      ESP             2.5   13.5
 43   Sarto Ramos, Angel            ESP   2090      2.0   18.5
 44   Alberola Reig, Francisco      ESP             2.0   16.5
 45   Barbero Sendra, Alejandro     ESP             2.0   16.0
 46   Palma Cansino, Jose           CHI             1.5   15.0
 47   Urruticoechea, Jose Angel     ESP             1.0   16.5
 48   Navarrete Espi, Samuel        ESP             0.0   17.0
 49   Garcia Pachon, Eduardo        COL   2298 fm   0.0    5.0
 50   Olias Muñoz, Francisco        ESP   2116      0.0    3.5
 51   Rodriguez Seara, Jesus        ESP             0.0    3.0
 52   Uribe Arteaga, Daniel         COL             0.0    3.0
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5) First Saturday November

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM events took place in Budapest 6th-18th November 2004. Zlatko Ilincic won the GM event and second place Laszlo Gonda performed half a point above the IM norm and Juergen Brustkern and Deon Solomons the IM.

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

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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 xi 2004                   cat. VII (2412)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Ilincic, Zlatko               g SCG 2522  * = 1 1 1 0 1 = = = 1 1  8.0  2577 
 2. Gonda, Laszlo                 f HUN 2400  = * 1 1 = 1 0 1 = 0 = 1  7.0  2515 
 3. Jakab, Attila                 m HUN 2402  0 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2515 
 4. Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula   m ROM 2433  0 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2475 
 5. Paschall, William M           m USA 2394  0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 1 = = =  6.0  2450 
 6. Fogarasi, Tibor               g HUN 2425  1 0 0 = 1 * = = = = = 1  6.0  2447 
 7. Wittmann, Walter              m AUT 2339  0 1 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1  6.0  2455 
 8. Seres, Lajos                  g HUN 2443  = 0 = = = = = * = = = =  5.0  2373 
 9. Boros, Denes                  m HUN 2414  = = 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 =  4.5  2347 
10. Bergez, Luc                   m FRA 2395  = 1 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 0  4.0  2312 
11. Ziatdinov, Raset              m USA 2464  0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 1  3.5  2274 
12. Reutsky, Sergei               f RUS 2318  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 *  2.5  2210 
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2236  * 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 = 1  6.5  2377 
 2. Solomons, Deon         RSA 2249  0 * 1 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 1  6.5  2375 
 3. Farago, Sandor       m HUN 2305  1 0 * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2370 
 4. Horvath, Andras        HUN 2339  = 1 0 * = = = 1 = = =  5.5  2292 
 5. Bernard, Jacques       FRA 2232  = 0 1 = * = = 1 0 1 =  5.5  2303 
 6. Eperjesi, Laszlo     m HUN 2283  = = = = = * = = = = 1  5.5  2298 
 7. Gerard, Nicolas      f FRA 2323  0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 1  5.5  2294 
 8. Lengyel, Bela        m HUN 2335  = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1  4.5  2221 
 9. Fodor, Tamas jr      f HUN 2169  0 1 = = 1 = 0 0 * 0 =  4.0  2201 
10. Radnai, Adam           HUN 2213  = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1  3.5  2159 
11. Koczo, Kristof         HUN 2222  0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 *  1.5  1972 
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6) Spanish Team Championship

The Spanish Team Championship top division finals take place Sanxenxo, Pontevedra 18th-26th November 2004.

Coverage: http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com and http://www.chess21.com

Round 1 18th November 2004

1.1 1  C. A. Ibercaja              ½ - 3½ 10 C. A. Reverté Albox
1   GM Illescas Cordoba       2626 0 : 1  GM Krasenkow Michal      2676
       Miguel
2   GM Damljanovic Branko     2578 ½ : ½  GM Nijboer Friso         2567
3   IM Glavina Rossi Pablo    2458 0 : 1  GM Romero Holmes Alfonso 2514
4   IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus  2432 0 : 1  GM Del Rio Angelis       2491
                                             Salvador G
1.2 2  C. A. CajaCanarias          2 - 2  9  C. A. Caja Insular
                                             Canarias
1   GM Korneev Oleg           2583 ½ : ½  GM Gurevich Mikhail      2644
2   GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516 ½ : ½  GM Chernin Alexander     2584
       Pablo
3   GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512 ½ : ½  FM Corral Blanco Juan    2446
                                             Antonio
4   GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479 ½ : ½  IM Lezcano Jaen Pedro    2391
       Luis
1.3 3  C. A. Marcote               ½ - 3½ 8  C. A. Tiendas UPI
1   GM Graf Alexander         2646 ½ : ½  GM Sokolov Ivan          2663
2   GM Giorgadze Giorgi       2612 0 : 1  GM Lautier Joel          2682
3   GM Franco Ocampos Zenon   2526 0 : 1  GM Malakhov Vladimir     2664
4   FM Lariño Nieto David     2307 0 : 1  GM Fressinet Laurent     2640
1.4 4  C. A. Magic                 1½ -   7  U. E. Foment
                                   2½        Martinenc
1   GM Carlsen Magnus         2581 ½ : ½  GM Marin Mihail          2511
2   IM Perez Candelario       2474 0 : 1  GM Narciso Dublan Marc   2487
       Manuel
3   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S  2500 1 : 0  IM Jerez Perez Alfonso   2434
4   IM Carrasco Martinez Juan 2408 0 : 1  IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425
       M
1.5 5  U. Graciense Escacs         1½ -   6  C. A. Valencia Cuna
                                   2½        Ajedrez
1   GM Bologan Viktor         2669 ½ : ½  GM Vallejo Pons          2678
                                             Francisco
2   GM Pelletier Yannick      2589 ½ : ½  GM Nielsen Peter Heine   2663
3   IM Lopez Martinez Josep   2481 0 : 1  GM Moiseenko Alexander   2653
       Manuel
4   IM Rahal Viv óes Michael  2416 ½ : ½  GM Arizmendi Martinez    2531

Round 2 19th November 2004

2.1 10 C. A. Reverté Albox          -   6  C. A. Valencia Cuna
                                           Ajedrez
1   GM Krasenkow Michal        2676 :   GM Vallejo Pons Francisco  2678
2   GM Nijboer Friso           2567 :   GM Nielsen Peter Heine     2663
3   GM Suba Mihai              2516 :   GM Moiseenko Alexander     2653
4   GM Comas Fabrego Lluis     2509 :   GM Arizmendi Martinez      2531
                                           Julen L
2.2 7  U. E. Foment Martinenc       -   5  U. Graciense Escacs
1   GM Marin Mihail            2511 :   GM Bologan Viktor          2669
2   GM Narciso Dublan Marc     2487 :   GM Pelletier Yannick       2589
3   IM Jerez Perez Alfonso     2434 :   IM Lopez Martinez Josep    2481
                                           Manuel
4   IM Granados Gomez Manuel   2425 :   IM Lacasa Diaz Jose        2431
                                           Antonio
2.3 8  C. A. Tiendas UPI            -   4  C. A. Magic
1   GM Sokolov Ivan            2663 :   GM Carlsen Magnus          2581
2   GM Malakhov Vladimir       2664 :   IM Perez Candelario Manuel 2474
3   GM Fressinet Laurent       2640 :   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S   2500
4   GM Tiviakov Sergei         2617 :   IM Carrasco Martinez Juan  2408
                                           M
2.4 9  C. A. Caja Insular           -   3  C. A. Marcote
       Canarias
1   GM Gurevich Mikhail        2644 :   GM Graf Alexander          2646
2   GM Chernin Alexander       2584 :   GM Giorgadze Giorgi        2612
3   FM Corral Blanco Juan      2446 :   GM Franco Ocampos Zenon    2526
       Antonio
4   IM Lezcano Jaen Pedro      2391 :   FM Lariño Nieto David      2307
2.5 1  C. A. Ibercaja               -   2  C. A. CajaCanarias
1   GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2626 :   GM Korneev Oleg            2583
2   GM Damljanovic Branko      2578 :   GM San Segundo Carrillo    2516
                                           Pablo
3   IM Glavina Rossi Pablo     2458 :   GM Moreno Carnero Javier   2512
4   IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus   2432 :   GM Fernandez Garcia Jose   2479
                                           Luis

Round 3 20th November 2004

3.1 2  C. A. CajaCanarias          2 - 2  10 C. A. Reverté Albox
1   GM Korneev Oleg           2583 ½ : ½  GM Krasenkow Michal      2676
2   GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516 ½ : ½  GM Nijboer Friso         2567
       Pablo
3   GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512 1 : 0  GM Suba Mihai            2516
4   GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479 0 : 1  GM Comas Fabrego Lluis   2509
       Luis
3.2 3  C. A. Marcote               2½ -   1  C. A. Ibercaja
                                   1½
1   GM Graf Alexander         2646 0 : 1  GM Illescas Cordoba      2626
                                             Miguel
2   GM Giorgadze Giorgi       2612 ½ : ½  GM Damljanovic Branko    2578
3   GM Franco Ocampos Zenon   2526 1 : 0  IM Glavina Rossi Pablo   2458
4   FM Lariño Nieto David     2307 1 : 0  IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432
3.3 4  C. A. Magic                 3 - 1  9  C. A. Caja Insular
                                             Canarias
1   GM Carlsen Magnus         2581 ½ : ½  GM Gurevich Mikhail      2644
2   IM Perez Candelario       2474 ½ : ½  GM Chernin Alexander     2584
       Manuel
3   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S  2500 1 : 0  FM Corral Blanco Juan    2446
                                             Antonio
4   IM Carrasco Martinez Juan 2408 1 : 0  IM Lezcano Jaen Pedro    2391
       M
3.4 5  U. Graciense Escacs         1½ -   8  C. A. Tiendas UPI
                                   2½
1   GM Bologan Viktor         2669 ½ : ½  GM Lautier Joel          2682
2   GM Pelletier Yannick      2589 ½ : ½  GM Malakhov Vladimir     2664
3   IM Lacasa Diaz Jose       2431 0 : 1  GM Fressinet Laurent     2640
       Antonio
4   IM Rahal Michael          2416 ½ : ½  GM Tiviakov Sergei       2617
3.5 6  C. A. Valencia Cuna         3½ - ½ 7  U. E. Foment
       Ajedrez                               Martinenc
1   GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678 1 : 0  GM Marin Mihail          2511
2   GM Nielsen Peter Heine    2663 1 : 0  GM Narciso Dublan Marc   2487
3   GM Moiseenko Alexander    2653 1 : 0  IM Jerez Perez Alfonso   2434
4   GM Arizmendi Martinez     2531 ½ : ½  IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425
       Julen L

Round 4 21st November 2004
 
4.1 10 C. A. Reverté Albox         2½ -   7  U. E. Foment
                                   1½        Martinenc
1   GM Nijboer Friso          2567 0 : 1  GM Marin Mihail          2511
2   GM Romero Holmes Alfonso  2514 1 : 0  GM Narciso Dublan Marc   2487
3   GM Comas Fabrego Lluis    2509 ½ : ½  IM Jerez Perez Alfonso   2434
4   GM Del Rio Angelis        2491 1 : 0  IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425
       Salvador G
4.2 8  C. A. Tiendas UPI           3 - 1  6  C. A. Valencia Cuna
                                             Ajedrez
1   GM Sokolov Ivan           2663 ½ : ½  GM Vallejo Pons          2678
                                             Francisco
2   GM Lautier Joel           2682 1 : 0  GM Nielsen Peter Heine   2663
3   GM Malakhov Vladimir      2664 1 : 0  GM Moiseenko Alexander   2653
4   GM Fressinet Laurent      2640 ½ : ½  GM Arizmendi Martinez    2531
                                             Julen L
4.3 9  C. A. Caja Insular          2 - 2  5  U. Graciense Escacs
       Canarias
1   GM Gurevich Mikhail       2644 0 : 1  GM Bologan Viktor        2669
2   GM Chernin Alexander      2584 ½ : ½  GM Pelletier Yannick     2589
3   FM Corral Blanco Juan     2446 1 : 0  IM Lopez Martinez Josep  2481
       Antonio                               Manuel
4   IM Garcia Padron Jose     2429 ½ : ½  IM Rahal Michael         2416
4.4 1  C. A. Ibercaja              ½ - 3½ 4  C. A. Magic
1   GM Illescas Cordoba       2626 ½ : ½  GM Carlsen Magnus        2581
       Miguel
2   GM Damljanovic Branko     2578 0 : 1  IM Perez Candelario      2474
                                             Manuel
3   IM Glavina Rossi Pablo    2458 0 : 1  IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500
4   IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus  2432 0 : 1  IM Carrasco Martinez     2408
                                             Juan M
4.5 2  C. A. CajaCanarias          1 - 3  3  C. A. Marcote
1   GM Korneev Oleg           2583 0 : 1  GM Graf Alexander        2646
2   GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516 0 : 1  GM Giorgadze Giorgi      2612
       Pablo
3   GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512 ½ : ½  GM Franco Ocampos Zenon  2526
4   GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479 ½ : ½  FM Lariño Nieto David    2307
       Luis

7) Acropolis International Tournament

The Acropolis International Tournament takes place 16th-24th November 2004. GM, IM and WGM sections.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2004/

Round 6 Standings:
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 1. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios   m GRE 2502  * . = 1 = 1 . = . 1  4.5  2688 
 2. Vouldis, Angelos            m GRE 2524  . * = = = . 1 . 1 1  4.5  2694 
 3. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios    g GRE 2574  = = * . 1 = 1 = . .  4.0  2594 
 4. Kotronias, Vasilios         g GRE 2599  0 = . * . = . 1 1 1  4.0  2579 
 5. Schmaltz, Roland            g GER 2528  = = 0 . * . = 1 = .  3.0  2473 
 6. Tzermiadianos, Andreas      m GRE 2453  0 . = = . * = . 1 =  3.0  2496 
 7. Kapnisis, Spyridon          m GRE 2435  . 0 0 . = = * = . 1  2.5  2425 
 8. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru         m ROM 2376  = . = 0 0 . = * = .  2.0  2386 
 9. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz         GEO 2430  . 0 . 0 = 0 . = * =  1.5  2293 
10. Managadze, Nikoloz          m GEO 2440  0 0 . 0 . = 0 . = *  1.0  2217 
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Acropolis IM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004
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 1      1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas       2595  LTU    5     17
 2     13 GM Dobrov Vladimir           2487  RUS   4½    18½
 3      6 GM Atalik Suat               2541  BIH   4½     18
 4      9 GM Halkias Stelios           2526  GRE   4½    17½
 5      5 GM Parligras Mircea          2559  ROM   4½     17
 6     10 GM Gershon Alik              2524  ISR   4½     17
 7      8 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis        2527  GRE   4½    16½
 8      2 GM Socko Bartosz             2570  POL   4½     16
 9     15 IM Moutousis Konstantinos    2422  GRE   4½     14
10      7 GM Fontaine Robert           2531  FRA    4    17½
11      4 GM Solak Dragan              2563  SCG    4    15½
12     11 GM Miezis Normunds           2524  LAT    4    15½
13     22    Sigalas Frangiskos        2284  GRE    4     14
14     23    Simeonidis Ioannis        2281  GRE    4     13
15     19 FM Shahtahtinsky Alekper     2307  GRE    4     13
16     17 IM Khetsuriani Besarion      2346  GEO    4     13
17     14 GM Skembris Spyridon         2446  GRE   3½    14½
18      3 GM Svetushkin Dmitry         2568  MDA   3½    14½
19     21 IM Skalkotas Nikolaos        2286  GRE   3½     13
20     60    Stavrianakis Ioannis      2045  GRE   3½    12½
21     20    Kotrotsos Vasilios        2291  GRE   3½     12
22     26    Tzermiadianos Angelos     2233  GRE   3½     11
23     28    Petrakis Ilias            2224  GRE   3½     11
24     59    Sideris Theodoros         2093  GRE   3½     9
25     12 GM Georgiev Vladimir         2512  MKD    3     14
26     53    Papargyriou Anastasios    2110  GRE    3     12
27     16 IM Karayannis Athanasios     2364  GRE    3    11½
28     30    Klokas Konstantinos       2221  GRE    3     11
29     31    Michos Thomas             2219  GRE    3    10½
30     29    Skaperdas Kostantinos     2224  GRE    3    10½
31     18 FM Hadzimanolis Antonios     2314  GRE    3    10½
32     24    Delithanasis Dimitrios    2268  GRE    3     10
33     36    Poteas Ioannis            2187  GRE    3     9
34     56    Soukos Konstantinos       2104  GRE    3     9
35     57    Parginos Vassilios        2097  GRE    3     8
36     49    Georgiadis Ioannis        2129  GRE    3     7½
37     27    Draci Robert              2229  ALB   2½     11
38     55    Angelopoulos Georgios     2104  GRE   2½     11
39     35    Papadatos Ioannis         2195  GRE   2½     10
40     45    Gkogkas Dimitrios         2134  GRE   2½     9½
41     37    Drakopoulos Anastasios    2175  GRE   2½     8½
42     54    Koerant Filipos           2106  GRE   2½     8½
43     40    Kalaitzoglou Panayotis    2155  GRE   2½     8
44     33    Siamidis Dimitrios        2211  GRE   2½     8
45     32    Tassopoulos Marios        2215  GRE   2½     6½
46     50    Galanos Dimitrios         2128  GRE   2½     5½
47     39    Kaloskambis Mihail        2171  GRE    2     8
48     41    Koliopoulos Konstantinos  2149  GRE    2     8
49     34    Valden Petros             2204  GRE    2     8
50     38    Kokolias Konstantinos     2172  GRE    2     7½
51     44    Soultatis Kostas          2135  GRE    2     5
52     58    Markopoulos Theodoros     2094  GRE    2     5
53     46    Kakkanas Evangelos        2134  GRE    2     4
54     42    Kampitsis Vasilios        2143  GRE    2     3
55     48    Delikanakis Nikolaos      2131  GRE   1½     6½
56     47    Tsimboukidis Anastasios   2132  GRE   1½     4½
57     51    Kokkalis Vasilios         2116  GRE   1½     4
58     52    Papoutsakis Mihail        2115  GRE    1     4
59     43    Tziallilas Kostas         2142  GRE    ½     2
60     25 FM Tsomis Dimitrios          2242  GRE    0     0

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Acropolis WGM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Socko, Monika             m  POL 2439  + 2 = 6 +10 + 9 + 3 = 4  .   .   .   5.0  2540 
 2. Krivec, Jana              wm SLO 2214  - 1 +23 +18 + 7 + 8 = 5  .   .   .   4.5  2452 
 3. Makka, Ioulia             wm GRE 2217  +21 +17 = 9 +14 - 1 +11  .   .   .   4.5  2425 
 4. Botsari, Anna-Maria       wg GRE 2362  +20 =10 + 6 = 8 =11 = 1  .   .   .   4.0  2415 
 5. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini     wm GRE 2258  +24 =22 =14 =19 + 9 = 2  .   .   .   4.0  2290 
 6. Tetenkina, Irina          wm SWE 2255  +26 = 1 - 4 =13 +22 +18  .   .   .   4.0  2304 
 7. Khurtsilava, Inga         wm GEO 2268  -22 +27 +20 - 2 +19 +15  .   .   .   4.0  2230 
 8. Foisor, Cristina Adela    m  ROM 2436  =15 +11 +13 = 4 - 2 =10  .   .   .   3.5  2276 
 9. Trabert, Bettina          wg GER 2331  +18 +12 = 3 - 1 - 5 +20  .   .   .   3.5  2292 
10. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca     ROM 2228  +25 = 4 - 1 =22 +13 = 8  .   .   .   3.5  2276 
11. Papadopoulou, Vera        wm GRE 2227  +27 - 8 +24 +17 = 4 - 3  .   .   .   3.5  2260 
12. Mietzner, Tina            wm GER 2235  +28 - 9 -19 +24 =20 +22  .   .   .   3.5  2167 
13. Makka, Evanthia              GRE 2087  =14 +16 - 8 = 6 -10 +19  .   .   .   3.0  2258 
14. Makropoulou, Marina       wg GRE 2270  =13 +15 = 5 - 3 -18 +26  .   .   .   3.0  2147 
15. Sorokina, Anastasia       wm AUS 2199  = 8 -14 =16 +26 +17 - 7  .   .   .   3.0  2254 
16. Smokina, Karolina         wm MDA 2267  =23 -13 =15 -18 +21 +25  .   .   .   3.0  2037 
17. Burtasova, Anna           wm RUS 2273  +19 - 3 +22 -11 -15 +24  .   .   .   3.0  2136 
18. Petraki, Maria               GRE 2108  - 9 +28 - 2 +16 +14 - 6  .   .   .   3.0  2222 
19. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna        GRE 2092  -17 +25 +12 = 5 - 7 -13  .   .   .   2.5  2118 
20. Karlovich, Anastazia      wg UKR 2155  - 4 +26 - 7 +25 =12 - 9  .   .   .   2.5  2132 
21. Stoumbou, Eleni              GRE 1854  - 3 -24 +27 =23 -16 +28  .   .   .   2.5  2019 
22. Grapsa, Georgia              GRE 2065  + 7 = 5 -17 =10 - 6 -12  .   .   .   2.0  2127 
23. Baloutsou, Vasiliki          GRE 2045  =16 - 2 -26 =21 -25 +27  .   .   .   2.0  1906 
24. Iordanidou, Zoi              GRE 2021  - 5 +21 -11 -12 +27 -17  .   .   .   2.0  2001 
25. Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica     ROM 1929  -10 -19 +28 -20 +23 -16  .   .   .   2.0  2006 
26. Ikonomopoulou, Maria         GRE 2014  - 6 -20 +23 -15 +28 -14  .   .   .   2.0  2029 
27. Nikolaidou, Eleni            GRE 1909  -11 - 7 -21 +28 -24 -23  .   .   .   1.0  1796 
28. Stefanidi, Maria                 ----  -12 -18 -25 -27 -26 -21  .   .   .   0.0       
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8) Croatian Championships

The Croatian Championships takes place in Zagreb with 12 players (Kozul, Palac, Stevic etc.) 16th-26th November 2004.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zagreb/croch_04/index.htm

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ch-CRO Zagreb CRO (CRO), 16-26 xi 2004                      cat. X (2493)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Palac, Mladen          g CRO 2543  * . 0 = 1 . 1 1 . . 1 .  4.5  2707 
 2. Fercec, Nenad          m CRO 2477  . * = . . 1 = . = 1 . 1  4.5  2664 
 3. Jovanic, Ognjen        m CRO 2475  1 = * 1 . = . . . = = .  4.0  2625 
 4. Kozul, Zdenko          g CRO 2640  = . 0 * . . . 1 = . 1 1  4.0  2593 
 5. Cebalo, Miso           g CRO 2520  0 . . . * 1 . . 1 = = =  3.5  2518 
 6. Jankovic, Alojzije     m CRO 2477  . 0 = . 0 * = = . 1 . .  2.5  2437 
 7. Stevic, Hrvoje         g CRO 2539  0 = . . . = * . = = . =  2.5  2415 
 8. Leventic, Ivan         m CRO 2502  0 . . 0 . = . * 1 . = =  2.5  2435 
 9. Saric, Ante            m CRO 2437  . = . = 0 . = 0 * = . .  2.0  2397 
10. Brkic, Ante            m CRO 2454  . 0 = . = 0 = . = * . .  2.0  2362 
11. Kuljasevic, Davorin    m CRO 2410  0 . = 0 = . . = . . * =  2.0  2396 
12. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO   m CRO 2446  . 0 . 0 = . = = . . = *  2.0  2389 
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9) 125th New York Masters

The 125th New York Masters took place on 16th November 2004. Hikaru Nakamura won the event with 3.5/4. Tables from the 123rd-125th events are given below.

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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123rd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 26 x 2004
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                                     1   2   3   4   Total
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  1. Stripunsky, Alex    g USA 2640 + 7 +12 + 5 = 2   3.5  ($300)
  2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks  g USA 2590 + 8 +11 + 4 = 1   3.5  ($300)
  3. Kamsky, Gata        g USA 2777 + 6 - 5 + 9 = 7   2.5  ($ 30)
  4. Yudasin, Leonid     g ISR 2691 + 9 +10 - 2 = 5   2.5  ($ 30)
  5. Bonin, Jay          m USA 2380 +14 + 3 - 1 = 4   2.5  ($ 30)
  6. Schneider, Igor     f USA 2317 - 3 +14 +10 =12   2.5  ($ 30)
  7. Privman, Boris      f USA 2245 - 1 +16 +11 = 3   2.5  ($ 30)
  8. Furdzik, Rafal        USA 2205 - 2 +13 +12 =     2.5  ($ 30)
  9. Lenderman, Alex     f USA 2283 - 4 +15 - 3 +14   2.0
 10. Hoffmann, Asa       f USA 2396 +15 - 4 - 6 =13   1.5
 11. Belorusov, Mikhail  f USA 2343 +13 - 2 - 7 =     1.5
 12. Sarkar, Justin      m USA 2337 +16 - 1 - 8 = 6   1.5
 13. Uminer, Moshe         USA 1871 -11 - 8 +16 =10   1.5
 14. Hoffman, Paul         USA 1940 - 5 - 6 +15 - 9   1.0
 15. Zenyuk, Iryna         USA 2094 -10 - 9 -14 =16   0.5
 16. Rabin, Evan           USA 1711 -12 - 7 -13 =15   0.5

PRIZES 1ST - $ 400 2ND - $ 200 3RD - $ 60 U2400 - $ 120 

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  1. Miton, Kamil        g POL 2640 +16 = 8 +12 + 6   3.5  ($280)
  2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks  g USA 2590 +20 =12 +11 + 5   3.5  ($280)
  3. Lapshun, Yury       m USA 2527 +14 - 5 + 8 + 9   3.0  ($ 50)
  4. Privman, Boris      f USA 2245 -12 +17 +15 +11   3.0  ($140)
  5. Kamsky, Gata        g USA 2777 + 9 + 3 = 6 - 2   2.5
  6. Stripunsky, Alex    g USA 2640 +13 + 7 = 5 - 1   2.5
  7. Milman, Lev         f USA 2455 +17 - 6 +10 =     2.5
  8. Lenderman, Alex     f USA 2283 +19 = 1 - 3 +15   2.5
  9. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2375 - 5 +13 +14 - 3   2.0
 10. Sarkar, Justin      m USA 2337 =11 =15 - 7 +16   2.0
 11. Yudasin, Leonid     g ISR 2691 =10 +18 - 2 - 4   1.5
 12. Nakamura, Hikaru    g USA 2676 + 4 = 2 - 1 ---   1.5
 13. Barsky, Sam           USA 2148 - 6 - 9 +17 =     1.5
 14. Gottherer, Jonathan   USA 1879 - 3 +16 - 9 =     1.5
 15. Bonin, Jay          m USA 2380 =18 =10 - 4 - 8   1.0
 16. Treger, Yeffim        USA 2242 - 1 -14 +18 -10   1.0
 17. Uminer, Moshe         USA 1871 - 7 - 4 -13 +     1.0
 18. Paciulli, Frank       USA 1848 =15 -11 -16 =     1.0
 19. Shabalov, Alex      g USA 2689 - 8 --- --- ---   0.0
 20. Tamarkin, Larry       USA 2019 - 2 --- --- ---   0.0

PRIZES 1ST - $ 410 2ND - $ 150 3RD - $ 50 U2400 - $ 140 

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  1. Nakamura, Hikaru    g USA 2676 +11 + 7 = 5 + 3   3.5  ($600)
  2. Yudasin, Leonid     g ISR 2691 + 9 - 4 +10 + 5   3.0  ($110)
  3. Stripunsky, Alex    g USA 2640 +10 + 8 + 4 - 1   3.0  ($110)
  4. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks  g USA 2590 +12 + 2 - 3 + 8   3.0  ($110)
  5. Miton, Kamil        g POL 2640 +15 +13 = 1 - 2   2.5
  6. Hoffmann, Asa       f USA 2396 -13 +18 + 9 = 7   2.5  ($ 60)
  7. Bonin, Jay          m USA 2380 +16 - 1 +15 = 6   2.5  ($ 60)
  8. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2375 +17 - 3 +13 - 4   2.0
  9. Sarkar, Justin      m USA 2337 - 2 +14 - 6 +15   2.0
 10. Lenderman, Alex     f USA 2283 - 3 +17 - 2 +14   2.0  ($ 60)
 11. Schneider, Igor     f USA 2317 - 1 -12 =14 +17   1.5
 12. Margulies, Stuart     USA 2240 - 4 +11 =   ---   1.5
 13. Furdzik, Rafal        USA 2205 + 6 - 5 - 8 =     1.5
 14. Fierro, Martha     wg ECU 2354 =18 - 9 =11 -10   1.0
 15. Treger, Yeffim        USA 2242 - 5 +16 - 7 - 9   1.0
 16. Espuny, Ramon         ESP 2174 - 7 -15 -17 +     1.0
 17. Logunov, Ilya         USA 1984 - 8 -10 +16 -11   1.0
 18. Kamsky, Gata        g USA 2777 =14 - 6 --- ---   0.5

PRIZES 1ST - $ 600 2ND - $ 230 3RD - $ 100 U2400 - $ 120 U2300 - $ 60 

10) World Juniors

The World Junior Championships take place in the Hotel Casino, Cochin, India on Thursday 18th November - 1st December 2004. 13 Round Swiss.

Official site: http://www.worldjunior.chessindia.org/index.asp

Leading Round 5 Standings:
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XLIII WJun Kochin IND (IND), 20-30 xi 2004
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 1  2   GM Harikrishna P            2612  IND   5     2415
 2  3   GM Alekseev Evgeny          2604  RUS   4½    2420
 3  4   GM Petrosian Tigran L.      2539  ARM   4     2476
 4  12     Zhao Jun                 2511  CHN   4     2379
 5  14  GM Koneru Humpy             2503  IND   4     2323
 6  5   IM Wojtaszek Radoslaw       2536  POL   4     2312
 7  17  IM Venkatesh M.R.           2450  IND   4     2303
 8  13  GM Drozdovsky Yuri          2510  UKR   4     2301
 9  1   GM Berkes Ferenc            2630  HUN   3½    2444
10  6   IM Paragua Mark             2534  PHI   3½    2370
    11  IM Quezada Perez Yunieski   2513  CUB   3½    2370
12  21  FM Gupta Abhijeet           2412  IND   3½    2338
13  9   IM l'Ami Erwin              2516  NED   3½    2332
14  24     Deep Sengupta            2359  IND   3½    2267
15  19  IM Jianu Vlad-Cristian      2444  ROM   3½    2266
16  18  IM Moradiabadi Elshan       2445  IRI   3½    2258
17  20  IM Smerdon David            2425  AUS   3½    2232
18  29     Tikkanen Hans            2338  SWE   3     2440
19  27  FM Zhe Quan                 2345  CAN   3     2432
20  35  FM Perdomo Leandro          2312  ARG   3     2417
21  22  IM Deepan Chakravarthy      2396  IND   3     2410
22  36     Barbosa Oliver           2311  PHI   3     2372
23  15  IM Bartel Mateusz           2481  POL   3     2364
24  23  IM Poobesh Anand            2367  IND   3     2351
25  25  FM D'Costa Lorin            2358  ENG   3     2338
26  7   GM Timur Gareyev            2525  UZB   3     2319
27  8   IM Iljin Artem              2522  RUS   3     2300
28  33  IM Johannes Manyedi M.      2316  RSA   3     2262
29  31     Grigorov Grigor          2321  BUL   3     2198
72 players

11) 16th Leuven Open

The 16th Leuven Open took place November 11th-14th 2004 organised by chessclub Desperado Leuven. Amongst the 127 participants there were no grandmasters, but the battle for first prize didn't suffer from this. From the IMs and FMs present, 6 ended tied for first place with 6/7. Mher Hovhanisian took first prize. News: Jacques Robrecht.

Full details: http://turn.to/desperado

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16th Open of Leuven (BEL)
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  Name                 Tit Rat	    Pts G TPR
1 Hovhanisian Mher      IM 2324 BEL 6.0 7 2477
2 Afek Yochanan 	       IM 2322 ISR 6.0 7 2432
3 Wuts Frank            FM 2306 BEL 6.0 7 2287
4 Claesen Pieter 	      IM 2388 BEL 6.0 7 2484
5 Claesen Jeroen 	      FM 2264 BEL 6.0 7 2326
6 Akhayan Ruben        	** 2205 BEL 6.0 7 2353
7 Duhayon Yves          ** 2228 BEL 5.5 7 2274
8 De Wachter Mathias    ** 2274 BEL 5.5 7 2284
9 Croonenborghs Tom     ** 2195 BEL 5.5 7 2138
...
(127 participants)

12) Petrosian Memorial

A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th World Champion Tigran Petrosian takes place in Yerevan (Armenia), November 18-30, 2004. There are two events an Open Tournament - November 18-27, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund US$ 35.000 followed by the European Rapid Chess Championship - November 28-30, Swiss System, 11 rounds, Prize Fund 10.000 Euro

Official site: http://www.armchess.am

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Petrosian Mem Open Yerevan ARM (ARM), 18-27 xi 2004
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 1. Melkumyan, Hrant            ARM 2315  3
 2. Areshchenko, Alexander   g  UKR 2580  3
 3. Asauskas, Henrikas          LTU 2378  3
 4. Izoria, Zviad            g  GEO 2600  3
 5. Pashikian, Arman         m  ARM 2473  2,5
 6. Khachatryan, Vahagn      m  ARM 2317  2,5
 7. Vardanian, Hakob            ARM 2304  2,5
 8. Ivanchuk, Vassily        g  UKR 2705  2,5
 9. Minasian, Artashes       g  ARM 2584  2,5
10. Magalashvili, Davit      f  GEO 2389  2,5
11. Khurtsidze, Nino         m  GEO 2399  2,5
12. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil   g  GEO 2504  2,5
13. Iljushin, Alexei         g  RUS 2534  2,5
14. Sargissian, Gabriel      g  ARM 2611  2,5
15. Chibukhchian, Artur      m  ARM 2402  2,5
16. Makarov, Marat           g  RUS 2525  2,5
17. Geller, Jakov            m  RUS 2489  2,5
18. Petrosian, Tigran A         ARM 2321  2,5
19. Anastasian, Ashot        g  ARM 2579  2,5
20. Asrian, Karen            g  ARM 2591  2,5
21. Shanava, Konstantine     m  GEO 2456  2,5
22. Lomineishvili, Maia      m  GEO 2429  2,5
23. Kotanjian, Tigran        m  ARM 2472  2,5
24. Evdokimov, Alexander A   m  RUS 2455  2,5
25. Arutinian, David         m  GEO 2451  2,5
26. Minasian, Ara            g  ARM 2524  2
27. Bagaturov, Giorgi        g  GEO 2451  2
28. Rukhaia, Kartlos            GEO 2342  2
29. Azaladze, Shota             GEO 2233  2
30. Arakelyan,Anushavan         ARM ----  2
31. Chigladze, Iveri            GEO 2344  2
32. Petrosian, Davit G       m  ARM 2395  2
33. Harutjunyan, Gevorg         ARM 2366  2
34. Nalbandian, Tigran       g  ARM 2504  2
35. Sanikidze, Tornike       f  GEO 2364  2
36. Tevdorashvili, Vakhtang     GEO 2148  2
37. Sulskis, Sarunas         g  LTU 2555  2
38. Skatchkov, Pavel         m  RUS 2516  2
39. Frolyanov, Dmitry        m  RUS 2486  2
40. Danielian, Elina         m  ARM 2437  2
41. Galstian, Beniamin          ARM 2386  2
42. Mamikonian, Tigran          ARM 2296  2
43. Batsiashvili, Nino          GEO 2288  2
44. Galojan, Lilit           wm ARM 2239  2
45. Ordian, Vrej                ARM 2378  2
46. Iskusnyh, Sergei         g  RUS 2502  2
47. Danielian, Vardan           ARM 2244  2
48. Hayrapetian, Arman          ARM 2333  2
49. Smirnov, Pavel           g  RUS 2626  2
50. Hovhannisyan, Robert        ARM 2233  2
51  Gvetadze, Sopio          wm GEO 2324  2
52. Hovhannisyan, Yervand       ARM 2168  2
53. Pantsulaia, Levan        m  GEO 2490  2
54. Yegiazarian, Arsen       g  ARM 2519  1.5
128 players

13) 14th World Seniors

The 14th World Seniors took place in Halle, Germany 24th October - 5th November 2004. Yuri Shabanov took first on tiebreak of a group of 5 finishing on 8.5/11. Some games now available.

Official site: http://www.seniorenschachweltmeisterschaft.de

Leading Final Round 11 Standings.
 1. Shabanov, Yuri          RUS GM 2409 8.5 53.5 
 2. Klundt, Klaus           GER IM 2358 8.5 52.0 
 3. Spassov, Liuben         BUL GM 2377 8.5 51.5 
 4. Bakhmatov, Eduard       GER    2313 8.5 51.0 
 5. Donchenko, Anatoly G    GER IM 2418 8.5 50.5 
 6. Bukal, Vladimir         CRO IM 2405 8.0 54.0 
 7. Jakobsen, Ole           DEN IM 2376 8.0 52.0 
 8. Böhnisch, Manfred       GER FM 2346 8.0 50.0 
 9. Karasev, Vladimir I     RUS IM 2421 8.0 47.0 
10. Ivanets, Vladimir       RUS FM 2265 8.0 45.5 
11. Klovans, Janis          LAT GM 2455 7.5 55.5 
12. Chernikov, Oleg L       RUS GM 2412 7.5 50.5 
13. Malich, Burkhard Dr.    GER GM 2360 7.5 48.0 
14. Piankov, Evgenij        UKR IM 2323 7.5 48.0 
15. Kraidman, Yair          ISR GM 2307 7.5 46.5 
16. Kaminik, Aleksander     UKR    2224 7.5 46.5 
17. Van Den Berg, Ad        NED    2267 7.5 46.0 
18. Khanukov, Boris         GER    2329 7.5 46.0 
19. Asmundsson, Ingvar      ISL FM 2274 7.5 45.5 
20. Seredenko, Vladimir     KAZ IM 2312 7.5 44.0 
21. Krieger, Hermann        GER    2251 7.5 43.0 
22. Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren MGL IM 2176 7.5 42.5 
23. Braun, Gottfried Dr.    GER FM 2325 7.0 49.5 
24. Reichenbach, Werner     GER FM 2322 7.0 49.0 
25. Baumgartner, Heinz      AUT FM 2337 7.0 48.0 
26. Lieb, Harald            GER FM 2286 7.0 46.0 
27. Packroff, Hermann       GER    2209 7.0 46.0 
28. Saidy, Anthony F        USA IM 2332 7.0 46.0 
29. Johannessen, Svein      NOR IM 2303 7.0 44.0 
30. Klein, Manfred          GER    2266 7.0 43.0 
31. Rosen, Willy            GER FM 2306 7.0 42.5 
32. Zhelesny, Stanislav     RUS FM 2274 7.0 42.5 
33. Leiber, Bernhard        GER    2221 7.0 42.5 
34. Walter, Guenter         GER FM 2277 7.0 42.0 
35. Strauss, Anton          AUT    2157 7.0 41.0 
36. Zelkind, Eduard         USA FM 2276 7.0 40.5 
37. Niebling, Ferdinand     GER    2210 7.0 39.5 
205 players

14) German Bundesliga

The Bundesliga chess league got underway last weekend. Three matches from round 7, a spare round which is played by teams on several dates were completed on Friday, then rounds 1 and 2 proper were also completed. The favourites for the event SC Baden-Oos are narrowly ahead of SG Porz, both teams completed three matches. Players included Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Alexei Shirov (all play for Baden Oos). Games from rounds 1-2 available, I gave the round 7 games and results last week.

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

15) Alekhine CC Open in Calcutta

The Alekhine Chess Club in Calcutta organised an international open 7th-18th November 2004. The event is recognised by FIDE, the Indian Government and the All India Chess Federation. The club has organised over 25 international events including the Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament. Abhijit Kunte was first on tie-break ahead of five other players on 7.5/11.

Leading Final Standings: 1. Abhijit Kunte (India, 7.5); 2. Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus, 7.5); 3. Ni Hua (China, 7.5); 4. Oleg Romanishin M (Ukraine, 7.5); 5. Ghaem Maghami Ehsan (Iran, 7.5); 6. Surya Sekhar Ganguly (India, 7.5); 7. Dao Thien Hai (Vietnam, 7); 8. Dibyendu Barua (India, 7); 9. Tejas Bakre (India, 7); 10. Reefat Bin-Sattar (Bangladesh, 7); 11. Niaz Murshed (Bangladesh, 6.5); 12. Alexander Fominyh (Russia, 6.5); 13. Saptarshi Roy (India, 6.5); 14. Timur Gareev (Uzbekistan, 6.5); 15. Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam, 6.5)

Club website: http://www.alekhinechessclub.8k.com I'm looking for results and games from the event. The above information came from http://www.telegraphindia.com which reports on the event daily.

16) Austrian Teams

The first three rounds of the Austrian Team Championships took place in Graz 19th-21st November 2004. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer.

Further details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.htm?tnr=1749&bild=30&lan=1

17) FIDE Anti-Doping

Two amateur players refused to take a dope test at the recent Olympiad in Calvia. Shaun Press and Bobby Miller both had all their scores cancelled in the event but avoided a lengthy ban but the warning is there for players who refuse in the future that a two year ban is possible.

Decisions and details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=596

18) Karpov vs Sadvakasov Match

There is a match in Astana November 4th-10th 2004 between Anatoly Karpov and Darmen Sadvakasov there are four normal time rate games (Sadvakasov won this section 2.5-1.5) and four rapid games. The official site is http://www.chess.awd.kz/ gave the moves only after move 21 supposedly at the insistance of Karpov. Sadvakasov annotated his two wins at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2035 although the rest of the games are still missing.

19) British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships took place 13th-14th November 2004 at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax. I will round up games and full results next week. Nicholas Pert won the event with 9.5/11. Peter Wells, Keith Arkell and Danny Gormally finished =2nd-4th with 8/11. Some games now available my thanks to Dave Clayton.

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

Prize winners
Position                                 Score/11     Prize £
1st              Nicholas Pert           9.5          500
=2nd             Keith Arkell            8            136.67
=2nd             Danny Gormally          8            136.67
=2nd             Peter Wells             8            136.67
Grading Prize    Mike Surtees                         26
Best Female      No female entrant :(                 50

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

US Championships

The 2004 US Championships takes 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

Gibtele.com Masters International

The Gibtele.com Masters International takes place 25th January - 3rd February 2005. Many sections for different strengths of player.

Full details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

17th Belgrade Trophy

17th BELGRADE TROPHY (or International Belgrade Open Chess Championship) will take place at Obrenovac (near Belgrade), Serbia and Montenegro, from 22 to 30th of November 2004. Prize fund is 5250 euros (1st Place 1000 euros). Two sites will coverage this event

Belgrade Chess Federation (http://www.beochess.org.yu) Serbia and Montenegro Chess Federation (http://www.scgchess.org) The promoter of 17th Belgrade Trophy is 10th World Chess Champion, Boris Spassky who will be in Belgrade until November 24th.

Hastings Chess Congress

Entries so far include: Barsov, Cherniaev, Efimenko, C Flear, Kiriakov, Hebden, Kotronias, Lalic, McNab, Mirzoeva, Pavlovic, N Pert, B Socko, M Socko, S Williams, The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28 December 2004 to 9 January 2005 and has a new format. The Hastings Premier and Challengers are combined into one knockout tournament. Let us imagine 120 players enter for the event which finishes 6 January. Then 60 players go forward from the first round, with 4 lucky losers. These 64 players play a second round of knockout. The 56 losers play in the Challengers Swiss. The 64 players continue in one game knockouts until there are 8 players left. These 8 play in the Premier of 2 game knockouts. All players knocked out will be contracted to play in the Swiss Challengers, except for the losing finalist. Players when knocked out will carry forward their score in the standard play games. Of course White would have been a big advantage. There was an error earlier. The games will be played with White having 70 minutes and Black 90 in which to make the first 40 moves. Then each player will receive an extra 20 minutes for all the moves. There will be an addition of one minute per move cumulatively from the first. Where games are drawn, ties will be resolved first by blitz games, failing that an Armageddon play-off. Players will be able to gain title results from either event. The event will be part of the Association of Chess Professionals GP and the BCF GP. The weekend tournament takes place 7-9 January. Full details from Con Power _conpowr@aol.com_ (mailto:conpowr@aol.com) Players seeking conditions should contact _Stewartreuben@aol.com_ (mailto:Stewartreuben@aol.com) website

Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

International Chess Tournament for Women

International Chess Tournament for Women of the City Of Hyeres (South of France) 26th-30th December 2004.

Further details: http://www.latourhyeroise.com e-mail: bernard.ramazzotti@wanadoo.fr

Hungarian chess tournaments December 2004 - August 2005

1. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., HARKANY, Open Swiss, /250 West from Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu Phone: +(36)- 30-9276900

2. 4th-17th of December, FIRST SATURDAY /FS/ GM-IM-FM round robins, 9-13 games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/

3. 7th-15th of January 2005, "TAPOLCA" Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, organizer: Paréj József, home, calling from abroad: +(36)-87-321-950, E-mail for info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

4. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.

5. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,

6. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open, Budapest, Org.: NL

7. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:

8. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL

9. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003

10. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97

11. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL

12. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu

13. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.

14. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

15. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL

Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship

The Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship takes place on February 5th 2005 in the Mercure Hotel Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 17 double rounds with 5 minutes per player per game, Swiss system in one group. Prizefund Euro 8.500. First Euro 1.750, Second Euro 1.250, third Euro 1.000. Also several grading prizes. Contact: info@blitzchess.nl

Further details: http://www.blitzchess.nl

8th Afro-Asian Correspondence Championship

All players from Africa and Asia (including Japan , Hong-Kong, Singapore, New Zealand , Australia, Turkey, ...) may apply for the 8th Afro-Asian Correspondence championship (Zonal Championship) . The preliminary stage will start on 15.01.2005 and will be played by ICCF webserver .There is no entry fees required .The number of sections will depend upon the entries number . The application should be sent to : msamraoui@iccf.com not late than 31.12.2004. (supplied by the ICCF zonal director Med Samraoui)

ICCF website is http://www.iccf.com and for ICCFwebchess http://www.iccf-webchess.com

25th Bethune Chess Open

TThe Bethune chess club is celebrating its 25th International Open, venue Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) 26th-30th December 2004. 7 rounds, the tournament is divided in 2 tournaments : - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros, Fischer pace 1h40+30s/move/40moves then 40min+30s/move to finish the game. - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800, 1st price : 300 euros, pace : 40 moves in 2 hours then 1 hour KO. Minimum 5500 euros of prices (8300 euros given in 2003), prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM, contact the organisers at open@bethunechess.com

Further info: http://www.bethunechess.com

Chess Today 4th Anniversary

Chess Today was 4 on 7th November. Sample: http://www.chesstoday.net/sample_issues.html

Prague Exhibition Matches

There will be exhibition matches Alexei Shirov vs. David Navara and Jan Timman vs Kaido Kulaots in Prague 3rd-4th December 2004. Last year Victor Korchnoi played David Navara.

Live coverage: http://www.promopro.cz/

Iranian Chess

http://www.rokhdarrokh.com launched on 6th September 2004. This website contains articles, news, etc in Persian and English on Iranian Chess.

Czech Tour 2004-2005

4th International Chess Festivals Series

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

Grand Prix d'Echecs 2004

The Grand Prix d'Echecs 2004 takes place 8th-11th December 2004 in Aix-en-Provence. Players: Anatoly Karpov, Joel Lautier, Anna Kosteniuk and Antoaneta Stefanova + 4 qualifiers (qualifying tournament on 28th November).

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

7th United Insurance GM

The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament takes place 2nd-13th February 2005 in the Conference-Room of the National Sports Council 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000. Organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. 11 round Swiss System with around 40. Total Prize Money US $5000.00 Accommodation & Food : Free for all GM’s & IM’s, only accommodation 2350+ Appearance Money : GM 2500+ US $ 500.00, Some pocket money will given to IM’s Last Date of Entries on or before 5th January to Contact: Syed Shujauddin Ahmed, General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 , E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com

2nd Ashdod Chess Festival

The 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival takes place 9th-15th December 2004. The Israel International Open Chess Tournament 2004 Prize fund: 70,000 NIS (1$ = 4.5NIS) Organizing Committee: IM Inon Boim, IA Abraham Dorner, Yehuda Frankel, Ori Einhorn, Miki Rozenberg, NA Moshe Slav, GM Dimitry Tyomkin, Benni Hezkia. Format: 9 rounds, Swiss System. The tournament is open to ELO rated players and provides norms possibilities. The inclusion of a number of unrated players will be considered individually. Time limit: 90 min. per game + 30 sec. increment per move. Venue: The sport hall, Makif Zayin School, Haatzmaut St., Ashdod.

Contact The Israel Chess Federation: Tel 972-52-3363731, Fax 972-3-6437630. Additional Information and Conditions for International Players: GM Dima Tyomkin dimatyomkin@hotmail.com

Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar

Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. Recent events include: Dutch-Open 2004, Diep won France-ch 2004, ChessTiger won Polish-ch 2004, Rzeznik won Australasian NCC-ch 2004, Warp won

Address: http://www.playwitharena.com the CC-Calendar is a selection of Arena Chess GUI webpage

CC-Calendar: http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm

Rilton Cup 2004-5

The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2004 – 5th January 2005. 22,000 in Euros worth of prizes.

Official site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/

Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004

The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004 take place 4th-12th of December 2004 in Singapore. This year's events include the 22nd Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship ‘The Cairnhill’s Cup’ as well as other side events such as Blitz and Rapidplay tournaments.

Website: http://openchess.netfirms.com/

Drammen Chess Festival

The Drammen Chess Festival took place 27th December 2004 - 5th January 2005. Participants include: GM Alexei Shirov ESP 2726 GM Aleksander Khalifman RUS 2669 GM Peter Heine Nielsen DEN 2663 GM Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2601 GM Simen Agdestein NOR 2589 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2581 GM Leif E. Johannessen NOR 2519 GM Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2523.

Details: http://www.buskerudsjakk.org

Czech Chess Christmas

Czech Chess Christmas 2004 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2004-2.1.2005 6th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 640 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura 64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, tel. +420 585 393 327, fax: +420 585 222 977, mobil: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

The Staunton Society Website

The Staunton Society Website is up and running. It features varied material on Staunton, the Staunton Society, the Memorial tournaments, and links to other Staunton related sites.

Site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/

Kings Head Rapidplay

The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12 March 2005, 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee £17 > The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2

Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1949 colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com

Further details: http://www.khcc.org.uk

Miroslav Radojcic Book

Miroslav ("Miro") Radojcic who died in 2000 was one of Yugoslavia's most renowned political journalists for their paper Politika. During the 1960s he worked out of the UN in New York as Politika's foreign correspondent to the US, and later in the 1970s he was assigned the same post for London. But he was also a popular figure in the chess arena, both as a player (he was a Yugoslav National Master) and writer on chess, including a long- running column in the American magazine Chess Review titled,

Bruce Monson bamonson@pcisys.net is writing a book with Yugoslav author Dimitry Bjelica on a book commemorating Radojcic's life and hopes that people who knew Miro will read about this effort on TWIC and contact him with information they may have about him, particularly unusual or funny stories, witty quotes, or other interesting anecdotes.

All those who have something to offer will receive mention in the credits, and those who have substantive material to offer (e.g., extended or multiple narrative accounts, scans of photos and other Radojcic-related memorabilia, etc.) will receive a free copy of the book.

1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament

The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.

Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19

Technology for the disabled and Chess

Duif Calvin especially known for being the webmaster of the USCF website for many years writes about chess and disabled life.

Article: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1934

4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament

The 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Rapid Tournament takes place in Warsaw (Poland) played during the 23rd Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski. The tournament is a part of the ACP Tour and will take place on Saturday, December 18th, 2003 and Sunday, December 19th, 2004 in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. The prize fund is 15.000 USD. There is a lot of special prizes (for best women, seniors, juniors in different age, players in many rating groups). Among participants we expect many super stars, led by Vassily Ivanchuk.

Further details: http://www.amplicolife.pl/chess or an e-mail to the Tournament Director: Maria Macieja janmac@mg.gov.pl or kspolonia@poczta.pop.pl

HB Global Chess Challenge

The HB Foundation has posted $500,000 prize fund for the HB Global Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event expects to bring more than 4,000 participants to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The event takes place May 18th-22nd 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. First place in the Open section has a cash prize of $50,000, and that overall more than 50 others will receive cash prizes. Many other side events.

Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and http://www.generationchess.com

Singapore International Chess Convention

The Singapore Chess Federation and Asean Chess Academy organise the Singapore International Chess Convention 11th-17th December 2004. The events include: 1) Asian Youth Championships 2) Singapore Masters and Challengers International Open 3) Seminar for Coaches 4) Arbiters Training Seminar.

Official site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/

Bundesliga

The Bundesliga Germany's national chess league starts on 13th November 2004.

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

IX Cesenatico Open

The IX Open International Chess Tournament took place in Cesenatico (Italy): 4th-12th September 2004. Hopefully results and games will become available.

Official site: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm

Swiss Chess Tour 2004

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2004" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most attractive tourist towns in Switzerland. The 4th "Casino Open" December 26th-30th 2004. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. 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: Hotel "Chalet Oberland" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds. Time table for "Chalet Oberland-Open Interlaken": December 26. The last registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremonies 15.30. Special chess rates in Hotel "Charlet Oberland". Main sponsor "RAPP" company. More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel "Charlet Oberland" tel. +41+33+827-87-87.

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Swiss Chess Tour 2005

The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-8.1.2005.). New event is European ITAG Masters & Rapid Championship will be 1-2.1.2005. 11 Round, 30 minutes each, guarantee prizes. Prizes: 2500/2000/1500/1000/800/700/600/500/ 2x400/2x300/4x250/4x200 CHF; Special prizes: 400/300/200 CHF for Ladys, seniors (1945), juniors (1985 and younger), amateur under 2200 (FIDE or national), under 1800. Enter fee 30.00 CHF Hilton Open (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for complete the game. Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1945), junior (1985-88), schoolboy (1989). Enter fee: 130 CHF (FM and juniors 60 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 10 CHF. Basle amateur (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national). Enter fee: 10 CHF (juniors 50 CHF). At the door 10 CHF. Prizes: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF. Basle juniors (2.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors 1985 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players. NSV Senior Open (1-4.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30 moves + 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF + natural prizes. Enter fee: 60 CHF. At the door 10 CHF. ITAG - Tele-Rapid (3-5.1.2005.) European Rapid Champion, Andrei Sokolov, last year winner and two others. 15 minutes for the game. All games will be on TV Tele-Basel in live. BaZ Lighting Chess (8.1.2005. from 19.00 to 22.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes for everybody 50% and more points. ITAG Simultan (9.1.2005.) with European Rapid Champion 2005

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch

Kramnik and Kasparov Websites

Kramnik's official website has become active: http://www.kramnik.com/ in time for his World Championship match in September / October. Garry Kasparov also has a newish website in part promoting his book ‘My Great Predecessors’ at: http://www.chesschamps.com

3rd Parsvnath International Open

The 3rd Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament takes place in New Delhi, 2nd-11th January 2005. Prizes : Total Cash Prizes: Rs.600,000/-

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

Jersey International Chess Festival 2005

The Jersey International Chess Festival takes place 13th-19th February 2005 inclusive. 7 rounds, three sections; OPEN (FIDE rated), MAJOR Under 160 / 1880 ELO and MINOR Under 130 / 1640 ELO. There is a total of £7,000 in prizes and is part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix.

Details: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/jersey.htm

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

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.

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

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

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

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

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

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