THE WEEK IN CHESS 564 29th August 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) French Championship
3) 49th Spanish Teams Honours Division
4) 74th Ukrainian Chess Championship
5) Howard Staunton Memorial
6) American Continental Championship
7) Villa Martelli
8) SCG Juniors
9) XXXIX Villa de Mislata
10) XIII Memorial Adolfo Pedrido
11) Portuguese Championship
12) Ciutat de Badalona
13) XV Open La Pobla de Lillet
14) II Fincas Mediterranea International Open
15) Rudenko Memorial
16) 8th International Banyoles 2005
17) 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival
18) 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open
19) Eugene Martinovsky Memorial
20) Caissa IM
21) XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba
22) VI Obert d'Escacs International
23) Marin Marin Open
24) Independence Cup
25) VIII Bancpost & Ciuc Premium
26) Icelandic Championship
27) Swedish Teams
28) Slovenian National Championship
29) Ada Open
30) CAP International in Posadas
31) Sec Tournament
32) Nordic Championship
33) NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway
34) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

French Championship                      60 games
49th Spanish Teams Honours Division      60 games
74th Ukrainian Chess Championship        60 games
Howard Staunton Memorial                 18 games
American Continental Championship       834 games
Villa Martelli                            3 games
SCG Juniors                              66 games
XXXIX Villa de Mislata                  136 games
XIII Memorial Adolfo Pedrido             90 games
Portuguese Championship                  45 games
Ciutat de Badalona                       45 games
XV Open La Pobla de Lillet              135 games
II Fincas Mediterranea Open             180 games
Rudenko Memorial                        216 games
15th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival           299 games
2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open        8 games
Independence Cup                         19 games
VIII Bancpost & Ciuc Premium             90 games
Icelandic Championship                    6 games
Swedish Teams                           528 games
Slovenian National Championship         255 games
Ada Open                                576 games
CAP International in Posadas             62 games
3791 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Bognar Csaba, Søren Søgaard, Biro Sandor, Ching Kim Lye, Carlos Martín Sánchez, Thomas Henrich, Eric Schiller, Laszlo Nagy, Thomas Heine Bech, Jacob Aagaard, Sergei Movsesian, Manuel Rodríguez García, Esther Epstein, Alexander Ivanov, Victor Hugo Silva, Vladica Andrejic, Ben Finegold, Andy McFarland, Primoz Kokalj, Fernando Castro, Jan Mazuch, George Mirijanian, Gilberto Milos, Mirjana Medic, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh and everyone else who helped with the issue.

A huge amount of chess this week including the French Championship won by Joel Lautier and a stage of the Spanish Team Championship including Aronian and Gelfand. Elsewhere its probably the final couple of weeks of the summer tournaments throughout Europe but especially in Spain.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) French Championship

The 80th French Championships took place in Chartres 15th-27th August 2005. Joel Lautier won the men's event with 7.5/11. Almira Skripchenko won the women's event.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr but also coverage at: http://www.europe-echecs.com/

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ch-FRA Chartres FRA (FRA), 15-27 viii 2005                  cat. XIII (2560)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Lautier, Joel             g FRA 2672  * = = 1 = = 1 1 0 = 1 1  7.5  2682 
 2. Sokolov, Andrei1          g FRA 2603  = * = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 =  7.0  2657 
 3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime   m FRA 2527  = = * = = = 0 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2664 
 4. Bauer, Christian          g FRA 2641  0 1 = * 1 = = 0 1 0 = 1  6.0  2588 
 5. Fontaine, Robert          g FRA 2526  = = = 0 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 =  6.0  2598 
 6. Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2627  = 0 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2589 
 7. Vaisser, Anatoly          g FRA 2576  0 0 1 = = = * = = 1 = =  5.5  2558 
 8. Bagheri, Amir             g FRA 2537  0 = 0 1 0 = = * = 1 = 1  5.5  2561 
 9. Degraeve, Jean-Marc       g FRA 2546  1 = = 0 1 0 = = * = 0 =  5.0  2525 
10. Marzolo, Cyril            m FRA 2388  = 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = * 1 0  3.5  2442 
11. Kosten, Anthony C         g FRA 2522  0 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 0 * =  3.5  2430 
12. Apicella, Manuel          g FRA 2553  0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = *  3.5  2427 
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ch-FRA w Chartres FRA (FRA), 15-27 viii 2005
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Skripchenko, Almira         m FRA 2437  * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2488 
 2. Milliet, Sophie            wg FRA 2321  = * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.5  2447 
 3. Leconte, Maria             wg FRA 2296  0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2372 
 4. Collas, Silvia              m FRA 2372  = 1 = * 1 0 = = 1 0 1 =  6.5  2297 
 5. Lallemand, Roza            wg FRA 2287  = 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 0 1  5.5  2239 
 6. Martsynovskaya, Marina     wm FRA 2252  0 0 1 1 0 * = 0 1 0 = 1  5.0  2207 
 7. Fruteau, Sabine            wf FRA 2133  0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = = = =  5.0  2217 
 8. Benmesbah, Natacha            FRA 2127  = 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 =  4.5  2189 
 9. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike  wm FRA 2153  0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = =  4.0  2150 
10. Muller, Anne               wm FRA 2169  0 = 0 1 0 1 = 0 0 * = 0  3.5  2117 
11. Flear, Christine           wm FRA 2242  0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = = * =  3.5  2110 
12. Cochet, Caroline              FRA 2136  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 = *  3.5  2120 
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3) 49th Spanish Teams Honours Division

The Honor 1 Division of the Spanish Team Championships took place in Mérida, 23rd-28th August 2005. The next phase takes place 9th-11th September 2005 when if I understand correctly they will meet the winners of Division of Honor - Group II (Menorca) Teams: REVERTE ALBOX INSULAR BOX A EBORAJEDREZ C.A. MARCOTE VALENCIA CRADLES CHESS. Games Carlos Martín Sánchez.

Official site: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

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49th TCh-ESP Honor 1 Merida ESP (ESP), 24-28 viii 2005
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                                                1   2   3   4   5 
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 1. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel      g  ESP 2624   .  =15 +17 +23 +28  3.5  2797 
 2. Zhang Pengxiang               g  CHN 2616  +27 =18 + 8 =22  .   3.0  2773 
 3. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario     g  ESP 2467  +10 =30 +20 =24  .   3.0  2638 
 4. Aronian, Levon                g  ARM 2724  +16 =25  .  = 5 +31  3.0  2870 
 5. Gelfand, Boris                g  ISR 2724  +31 =16 +25 = 4  .   3.0  2870 
 6. Carrasco Martinez, Juan M     m  ESP 2419  -19 +11  .  + 9 =29  2.5  2506 
 7. Pelletier, Yannick            g  SUI 2603  =21 -12 +13  .  +14  2.5  2741 
 8. Eljanov, Pavel                g  UKR 2639   .  +22 - 2 =27 +18  2.5  2669 
 9. Andres Gonzalez, Alberto      m  ESP 2413  +29 +19 =11 - 6  .   2.5  2508 
10. Ibanez Aullana, Jose Ramon       ESP 2314  - 3  .  +30 =20 +24  2.5  2578 
11. Romero Holmes, Alfonso        g  ESP 2503   .  - 6 = 9 +32 +30  2.5  2491 
12. Van Wely, Loek                g  NED 2655  -13 + 7 -14 +21  .   2.0  2633 
13. Socko, Bartosz                g  POL 2615  +12  .  - 7 =14 =21  2.0  2643 
14. Volokitin, Andrei             g  UKR 2671   .  =21 +12 =13 - 7  2.0  2629 
15. Perez Candelario, Manuel      m  ESP 2504  +28 = 1  .  -17 =23  2.0  2491 
16. Bologan, Viktor               g  MDA 2700  - 4 = 5 =31  .  +25  2.0  2683 
17. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto     g  ESP 2512  =23 =28 - 1 +15  .   2.0  2489 
18. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel  m  ESP 2507  =22 = 2 +27  .  - 8  2.0  2607 
19. Vehi Bach, Victor M           m  ESP 2404  + 6 - 9 +29  .  -26  2.0  2406 
20. Campora, Daniel H             g  ARG 2538   .  +24 - 3 =10  .   1.5  2432 
21. Karjakin, Sergey              g  UKR 2645  = 7 =14  .  -12 =13  1.5  2549 
22. Sargissian, Gabriel           g  ARM 2611  =18 - 8  .  = 2 =27  1.5  2494 
23. Sanchez Guirado, Francisco    m  ESP 2408  =17  .  =28 - 1 =15  1.5  2428 
24. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S        m  ESP 2515  +30 -20  .  = 3 -10  1.5  2346 
25. Sokolov, Ivan                 g  NED 2691   .  = 4 - 5 +31 -16  1.5  2598 
26. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m  ESP 2467   .   .   .   .  +19  1.0       
27. Markowski, Tomasz             g  POL 2564  - 2  .  -18 = 8 =22  1.0  2400 
28. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio     m  ESP 2420  -15 =17 =23  .  - 1  1.0  2319 
29. Mullor Gomez, Luis            f  ESP 2326  - 9  .  -19  .  = 6  0.5  2139 
30. Rahal, Michael                m  ENG 2415  -24 = 3 -10  .  -11  0.5  2127 
31. Macieja, Bartlomiej           g  POL 2593  - 5  .  =16 -25 - 4  0.5  2387 
32. Toledano Llinares, Juan A     m  ESP 2338   .   .   .  -11  .   0.0       
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División de Honor - Grupo I (Mérida)

Pl      Team                               Pts.     Pl      +       =       -       Tie Break
1       GROS XAKE TALDEA                     4      4       4       0       0       15.5       
2       C.A. TIENDAS UPI                     3      4       3       0       1       14.5       
3       C.A. MAGIC MÉRIDA                    1.5    4       1       1       2       12       
4       UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS              1      4       1       0       3       10       
5       CA.ALZIRA HILATURAS PRESENCIA        0.5    4       0       1       3       8       


Round 1

1   C.A. MAGIC MÉRIDA                              1     0     UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Aronian, Levon                 - GM (2724)     1     0     Bologan, Victor               - GM (2700)
2   Karjakin, Sergey               - GM (2645)     ½     ½     Pelletier, Yannick            - GM (2603)
3   Sargissian, Gabriel            - GM (2611)     ½     ½     Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel  - MY (2507)
4   Perez Candelario, Manuel       - MY (2504)     1     0     Lacasa Diaz, Josep Antoni     - MY (2420)
5   Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.        - MY (2515)     1     0     Rahal Vives, Michael          - MY (2415)
6   Carrasco Martinez, Juan Manuel - MF (2419)     0     1     Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel      - MY (2404)
                                                   4     2      
 
2   GROS XAKE TALDEA                               1     0     CA.ALZIRA HILATURAS PRESENCIA
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Gelfand, Boris                 - GM (2724)     1     0     Macieja, Bartlomiej           - GM (2593)
2   Wely, Loek                     - GM (2655)     0     1     Socko, Bartosz                - GM (2615)
3   Zhang, Pengxiang               - GM (2616)     1     0     Markowski, Tomasz             - GM (2564)
4   Cifuentes, Robert              - GM (2512)     ½     ½     Sanchez Guirado, Francisco    - MY (2408)
5   Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario      - GM (2467)     1     0     Ibáñez Aullana, Jose          -    (2314)
6   Andrés González, Alberto       - MY (2413)     1     0     Mullor Gomez, Luis            - MF (2326)
                                                  4.5   1.5      
Rest Day: C.A. STORES UPI
 
Round 2

1   UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS                        0     1     GROS XAKE TALDEA
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Bologan, Victor                - GM (2700)     ½     ½     Gelfand, Boris                - GM (2724)
2   Pelletier, Yannick             - GM (2603)     0     1     Wely, Loek                    - GM (2655)
3   Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   - MY (2507)     ½     ½     Zhang, Pengxiang              - GM (2616)
4   Lacasa Diaz, Josep Antoni      - MY (2420)     ½     ½     Cifuentes, Robert             - GM (2512)
5   Rahal Vives, Michael           - MY (2415)     ½     ½     Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario     - GM (2467)
6   Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel       - MY (2404)     0     1     Andrés González, Alberto      - MY (2413)
                                                   2     4      
 
2   C.A. STORES UPI                                1     0     C.A. MAGIC MÉRIDA
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Sokolov, Ivan                  - GM (2691)     ½     ½     Aronian, Levon                - GM (2724)
2   Volokitin, Andrei              - GM (2671)     ½     ½     Karjakin, Sergey              - GM (2645)
3   Eljanov, Pavel                 - GM (2639)     1     0     Sargissian, Gabriel           - GM (2611)
4   Illescas Cordoba, Miguel       - GM (2624)     ½     ½     Perez Candelario, Manuel      - MY (2504)
5   Campora, Daniel H.             - GM (2538)     1     0     Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.       - MY (2515)
6   Romero Holmes, Alfonso         - GM (2503)     0     1     Carrasco Martinez, Juan Manuel- MF (2419)
                                                  3.5   2.5      
Rest Day: CA.ALZIRA HILATURAS PRESENCIA
 
Round 3

1   GROS XAKE TALDEA                               1      0    C.A. STORES UPI
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Gelfand, Boris                 - GM (2724)     1     0     Sokolov, Ivan                 - GM (2691)
2   Wely, Loek                     - GM (2655)     0     1     Volokitin, Andrei             - GM (2671)
3   Zhang, Pengxiang               - GM (2616)     1     0     Eljanov, Pavel                - GM (2639)
4   Cifuentes, Robert              - GM (2512)     0     1     Illescas Cordoba, Miguel      - GM (2624)
5   Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario      - GM (2467)     1     0     Campora, Daniel H.            - GM (2538)
6   Andrés González, Alberto       - MY (2413)     ½     ½     Romero Holmes, Alfonso        - GM (2503)
                                                  3.5    2.5      
 
2   CA.ALZIRA HILATURAS PRESENCIA                  0     1     UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Macieja, Bartlomiej            - GM (2593)     ½     ½     Bologan, Victor               - GM (2700)
2   Socko, Bartosz                 - GM (2615)     0     1     Pelletier, Yannick            - GM (2603)
3   Markowski, Tomasz              - GM (2564)     0     1     Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel  - MY (2507)
4   Sanchez Guirado, Francisco     - MY (2408)     ½     ½     Lacasa Diaz, Josep Antoni     - MY (2420)
5   Ibáñez Aullana, Jose           -    (2314)     1     0     Rahal Vives, Michael          - MY (2415)
6   Mullor Gomez, Luis             - MF (2326)     0     1     Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel      - MY (2404)
                                                   2     4      
Rest Day: C.A. MAGIC MÉRIDA

Round 4

1   C.A. STORES UPI                                1     0     CA.ALZIRA HILATURAS PRESENCIA
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Sokolov, Ivan                  - GM (2691)     1     0     Macieja, Bartlomiej           - GM (2593)
2   Volokitin, Andrei              - GM (2671)     ½     ½     Socko, Bartosz                - GM (2615)
3   Eljanov, Pavel                 - GM (2639)     ½     ½     Markowski, Tomasz             - GM (2564)
4   Illescas Cordoba, Miguel       - GM (2624)     1     0     Sanchez Guirado, Francisco    - MY (2408)
5   Campora, Daniel H.             - GM (2538)     ½     ½     Ibáñez Aullana, Jose          - (2314)
6   Romero Holmes, Alfonso         - GM (2503)     1     0     Mullor Gomez, Luis            - MF (2326)
                                                  4.5   1.5      

2   C.A. MAGIC MÉRIDA                              0     1     GROS XAKE TALDEA
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Aronian, Levon                 - GM (2724)     ½     ½     Gelfand, Boris                - GM (2724)
2   Karjakin, Sergey               - GM (2645)     0     1     Wely, Loek                    - GM (2655)
3   Sargissian, Gabriel            - GM (2611)     ½     ½     Zhang, Pengxiang              - GM (2616)
4   Perez Candelario, Manuel       - MY (2504)     0     1     Cifuentes, Robert             - GM (2512)
5   Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.        - MY (2515)     ½     ½     Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario     - GM (2467)
6   Carrasco Martinez, Juan Manuel - MF (2419)     1     0     Andrés González, Alberto      - MY (2413)
                                                 2.5    3.5      
Rest Day:   UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS     

Round 5

1   CA.ALZIRA HILATURAS PRESENCIA                 0.5   0.5    C.A. MAGIC MÉRIDA
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Macieja, Bartlomiej            - GM (2593)     0     1     Aronian, Levon                - GM (2724)
2   Socko, Bartosz                 - GM (2615)     ½     ½     Karjakin, Sergey              - GM (2645)
3   Markowski, Tomasz              - GM (2564)     ½     ½     Sargissian, Gabriel           - GM (2611)
4   Sanchez Guirado, Francisco     - MY (2408)     ½     ½     Perez Candelario, Manuel      - MY (2504)
5   Ibáñez Aullana, Jose           -    (2314)     1     0     Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.       - MY (2515)
6   Mullor Gomez, Luis             - MF (2326)     ½     ½     Carrasco Martinez, Juan Manuel- MF (2419)
                                                   3     3     
 
2   UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS                        0     1     C.A. STORES UPI
Bd  Player                                         Ps    Ps    Player
1   Bologan, Victor                - GM (2700)     1     0     Sokolov, Ivan                 - GM (2691)
2   Pelletier, Yannick             - GM (2603)     1     0     Volokitin, Andrei             - GM (2671)
3   Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   - MY (2507)     0     1     Eljanov, Pavel                - GM (2639)
4   Lacasa Diaz, Josep Antoni      - MY (2420)     0     1     Illescas Cordoba, Miguel      - GM (2624)
5   Rahal Vives, Michael           - MY (2415)     0     1     Romero Holmes, Alfonso        - GM (2503)
6   Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel       - MY (2404)     0     1     Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   - MY (2467)
                                                   2     4
Rest Day:   GROS XAKE TALDEA

4) 74th Ukrainian Chess Championship

74th Ukrainian Chess Championship, Final 2005 takes place August 24th - 2nd September 2005 in Rivne. 32 participants compete in a knock-out system. 18 Grandmasters including Efimenko Zahar (2643), Areshchenko Alexander (2625), Borovikov Vladislav (2595), Baklan Vladimir (2584), Neverov Valeriy (2572), Women European Chess Champion Lahno Kateryna, and 9 international/national masters take part in the competition.

Zahar Efimenko and Alexander Areshchenko await their opponents in the Semi-final.

Official site Ukrainian Chess Federation: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/eng/

Quarter Final
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Brodsky,M 0.5
Efimenko,Z 1.5

Areshchenko,A 2.0
Ushenina,A 0.0

Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.0
Borovikov,V 1.0

Kruppa,Y 1.0
Neverov,V 1.0

Round 2
---------

Brodsky,M 2.5
Malakhatko,V 1.5

Efimenko,Z 1.5
Lahno,Kateri 0.5

Zinchenko,Ya 0.0
Areshchenko,A 2.0

Ushenina,A 1.5
Korobov,A 0.5

Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Fedorchuk,S 0.5

Borovikov,V 2.5
Moroz,A 1.5

Kruppa,Y 1.5
Baklan,V 0.5

Neverov,V 1.5
Kuzubov,Y 0.5

Round 1
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Labensky,I 0.0
Brodsky,M 2.0

Malakhatko,V 2.0
Truskavetsky,A 0.0

Nedilko,V 1.0
Efimenko,Z 1.0

Lahno,Kateri 1.5
Andreev,Ed 0.5

Zinchenko,Ya 2.0
Kovalchuk,V 0.0

Areshchenko,A 1.0
Nesteretz,A 1.0

Ushenina,A 1.0
Romanishin,O 1.0

Korobov,A 2.0
Tarlev,K 0.0

Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Gritsak,O 0.5

Fedorchuk,S 1.5
Peskov,A 0.5

Burlai,O 0.5
Borovikov,V 1.5

Zubarev,Al1 0.5
Moroz,A 1.5

Pavlov,S2 0.5
Kruppa,Y 1.5

Baklan,V 1.5
Onischuk,V 0.5

Alexikov,A 0.5
Neverov,V 1.5

Kuzubov,Y 1.0
Smirnov,I UKR 1.0

5) Howard Staunton Memorial

The Howard Staunton Memorial takes place August 19th-30th 2005.

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2005/gamesresults.shtml

3rd Staunton Memorial London ENG (ENG), 19-20 viii 2005cat. VII (2421)
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                                    1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Speelman, Jonathan S  g ENG 2549 ** == == =. 01 11  5.5  2466
2 McNab, Colin A        g SCO 2451 == ** =. 01 1= 1=  5.5  2491
3 Levitt, Jonathan      g ENG 2441 == =. ** =1 01 01  5.0  2455
4 Howell, David WL      m ENG 2471 =. 10 =0 ** == 10  4.0  2352
5 Houska, Jovanka       m ENG 2342 10 0= 10 == ** 0.  3.5  2374
6 Day, Lawrence A       m CAN 2270 00 0= 10 01 1. **  3.5  2382
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6) American Continental Championship

The American Continental Championship took place in Buenos Aires 5th-16th August, 2005. Lazaro Bruzon won with 8.5/11.

The ChessBase story on the playoff and Gaston Needleman seems to have less to it than it first seems see Chessninja. Read also Gilberto Milos' comments: http://www.milos.com.br/xadrez/index.htm. But it all worked out well for the young player as he will be nominated for the World Cup by the FIDE President. http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=782

I thought I'd checked the games against standings last week but it turns out I hadn't. I give all the games again as there were many mistakes in the results.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

Official Leading Final Standings:

  1.    2  Bruzon, Lazaro              8.5  79.0  59.25  55.5  2662 2774 +1.46
  2.    9  Granda, Julio               8.0  77.0  53.50  54.0  2601 2739 +1.95
        5  Onischuk, Alexander         8.0  79.5  56.00  52.5  2628 2728 +1.40
        7  Milos, Gilberto             8.0  77.5  53.25  51.5  2606 2710 +1.40
        1  Kamsky, Gata                8.0  75.5  53.25  51.0  2700 2672 -0.36
        6  Felgaer, Ruben              8.0  76.0  53.50  50.5  2618 2693 +0.96
        3  Vescovi, Giovanni           8.0  76.5  53.50  49.0  2640 2689 +0.63
       99  Needleman, Gaston           8.0  73.5  53.75  43.5  2242 2655 +5.80
  9.   15  Ivanov, Alexander           7.5  77.0  49.00  50.0  2566 2641 +1.12
       12  Spraggett, Kevin            7.5  75.5  49.25  49.0  2592 2636 +0.68
       11  Shabalov, Alexander         7.5  75.0  49.25  48.5  2593 2589 +0.02
        4  Dominguez, Lenier           7.5  72.5  47.75  48.0  2639 2608 -0.42
       28  Hernandez, Gilberto         7.5  74.0  48.50  47.0  2518 2619 +1.56
       17  Akobian, Varuzhan           7.5  70.5  44.25  46.0  2558 2593 +0.57
       23  Lima, Darcy                 7.5  67.0  44.00  44.5  2535 2471 -0.75
       25  Arencibia, Walter           7.5  64.0  42.75  43.0  2527 2483 -0.53
       10  Leitao, Rafael              7.5  65.5  43.50  42.5  2598 2526 -0.86
 18.   20  Shulman, Yuri               7.0  75.0  45.75  48.0  2550 2610 +0.84
       22  Nogueiras, Jesus            7.0  69.0  40.75  47.0  2541 2539 -0.04
        8  Ibragimov, Ildar            7.0  72.0  42.25  46.5  2605 2588 -0.26
       13  Gulko, Boris                7.0  71.0  41.75  45.0  2589 2544 -0.70
       58  Labollita, Martin           7.0  71.5  42.50  43.0  2383 2551 +2.49
       27  Quezada, Yuniesky           7.0  65.5  38.50  42.0  2522 2446 -1.03
       57  Castro, Oscar H.            7.0  63.5  39.25  42.0  2385 2463 +1.17
       33  Vera, Reynaldo              7.0  66.0  41.75  41.0  2490 2456 -0.48
       16  Kudrin, Sergey              7.0  64.0  40.00  41.0  2559 2478 -1.14
       18  Vasquez, Rodrigo            7.0  64.5  39.25  40.5  2558 2472 -1.14


Playoff Results

No Name                   Pts                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1  Granda Zuniga, Julio E       g  PER 2601 4    # ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
2  Kamsky, Gata                 g  USA 2700 3.5  ½ # ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
3  Vescovi, Giovanni            g  BRA 2640 3.5  ½ ½ # ½ ½ ½ 1
4  Felgaer, Ruben               g  ARG 2618 3    0 ½ ½ # ½ ½ 1
5  Onischuk, Alexander          g  USA 2628 3    ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ ½
6  Milos, Gilberto              g  BRA 2606 2.5  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ # 0
7  Needleman, Gaston               ARG 2242 1.5  0 0 0 0 ½ 1 #

Crosstable

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American Continental Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 6-16 viii 2005
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  1. Bruzon, Lazaro               g  CUB 2662  +119 + 41 + 54 +  7 =  8 =  2 = 11 + 20 +  9 =  6 =  4  8.5  2774 
  2. Onischuk, Alexander          g  USA 2628  +102 + 63 + 14 =  4 + 21 =  1 =  8 = 11 = 20 + 27 =  7  8.0  2728 
  3. Needleman, Gaston               ARG 2242  = 15 = 62 = 61 + 65 - 56 + 35 + 41 + 31 + 26 + 10 =  6  8.0  2664 
  4. Felgaer, Ruben               g  ARG 2618  + 69 + 91 + 28 =  2 =  9 = 12 = 18 = 29 + 46 + 11 =  1  8.0  2693 
  5. Vescovi, Giovanni            g  BRA 2640  + 51 + 59 = 11 -  8 +101 + 31 + 14 =  9 = 27 =  7 + 18  8.0  2688 
  6. Kamsky, Gata                 g  USA 2700  + 92 = 36 +109 = 31 + 42 = 18 + 21 +  8 =  7 =  1 =  3  8.0  2657 
  7. Milos, Gilberto              g  BRA 2606  + 98 + 57 + 17 -  1 = 11 + 52 + 30 + 28 =  6 =  5 =  2  8.0  2710 
  8. Granda Zuniga, Julio E       g  PER 2601  +151 + 45 + 46 +  5 =  1 + 10 =  2 -  6 = 18 + 28 = 13  8.0  2738 
  9. Spraggett, Kevin             g  CAN 2592  + 76 + 61 = 72 + 39 =  4 = 30 + 26 =  5 -  1 = 12 + 28  7.5  2636 
 10. Shabalov, Alexander          g  USA 2593  + 60 + 19 = 31 + 52 + 27 -  8 - 28 + 44 + 34 -  3 + 22  7.5  2588 
 11. Ivanov, Alexander            g  USA 2566  + 85 + 80 =  5 + 29 =  7 + 86 =  1 =  2 = 13 -  4 + 46  7.5  2641 
 12. Hernandez, Gilberto          g  MEX 2518  + 97 + 82 = 20 = 24 + 19 =  4 = 13 - 18 + 55 =  9 + 32  7.5  2618 
 13. Dominguez, Lenier            g  CUB 2639  + 95 = 29 = 50 + 73 + 34 = 28 = 12 + 55 = 11 = 18 =  8  7.5  2607 
 14. Akobian, Varuzhan            g  USA 2558  + 84 + 99 -  2 = 64 + 73 + 91 -  5 + 30 = 22 + 39 = 16  7.5  2593 
 15. Lima, Darcy                  g  BRA 2535  =  3 + 70 = 38 + 94 - 30 + 80 + 95 = 69 = 39 = 29 + 48  7.5  2471 
 16. Leitao, Rafael               g  BRA 2598  - 96 +104 + 92 = 35 + 75 = 55 - 19 + 73 + 36 + 54 = 14  7.5  2523 
 17. Arencibia, Walter            g  CUB 2527  +122 + 87 -  7 + 38 - 86 + 94 - 69 = 82 + 56 + 47 + 29  7.5  2483 
 18. Shulman, Yuri                g  USA 2550  +105 = 79 + 65 = 72 + 63 =  6 =  4 + 12 =  8 = 13 -  5  7.0  2609 
 19. Labollita, Martin            m  ARG 2383  +135 - 10 + 48 + 25 - 12 + 77 + 16 - 27 + 42 - 21 + 54  7.0  2550 
 20. Ibragimov, Ildar             g  USA 2605  +118 + 64 = 12 = 30 = 31 + 72 + 54 -  1 =  2 - 22 + 59  7.0  2588 
 21. Gulko, Boris F               g  USA 2589  +124 = 38 +101 + 55 -  2 + 56 -  6 = 42 = 47 + 19 = 26  7.0  2544 
 22. Vera, Reynaldo               g  CUB 2490  - 86 + 43 = 60 = 88 + 84 = 87 + 75 + 70 = 14 + 20 - 10  7.0  2456 
 23. Kudrin, Sergey               g  USA 2559  = 90 = 71 +102 + 50 = 72 = 29 = 57 - 39 = 38 +101 + 63  7.0  2472 
 24. Castro, Oscar H              m  COL 2385  =136 +113 + 32 = 12 - 28 +112 - 55 = 67 + 78 + 34 = 27  7.0  2462 
 25. Vasquez, Rodrigo             g  CHI 2558  +114 = 83 = 68 - 19 + 96 + 38 - 29 = 37 + 80 = 59 + 57  7.0  2471 
 26. Quezada, Yuniesky            m  CUB 2522  - 67 +121 = 98 +118 + 64 + 53 -  9 + 59 -  3 + 69 = 21  7.0  2446 
 27. Nogueiras, Jesus             g  CUB 2541  +115 =108 + 83 +143 - 10 = 57 + 68 + 19 =  5 -  2 = 24  7.0  2538 
 28. Rodriguez, Andres            g  URU 2523  +100 +103 -  4 + 37 + 24 = 13 + 10 -  7 + 69 -  8 -  9  6.5  2545 
 29. Cordova, Emilio              f  PER 2422  +128 = 13 + 67 - 11 + 70 = 23 + 25 =  4 = 54 = 15 - 17  6.5  2532 
 30. Milman, Lev                  f  USA 2459  + 43 = 67 + 79 = 20 + 15 =  9 -  7 - 14 + 93 - 48 + 69  6.5  2479 
 31. Sorin, Ariel                 g  ARG 2496  +104 + 96 = 10 =  6 = 20 -  5 +108 -  3 + 79 = 49 = 38  6.5  2493 
 32. Delgado, Neuris              g  CUB 2570  + 88 = 68 - 24 = 76 - 92 + 66 + 60 = 38 + 37 + 72 - 12  6.5  2414 
 33. Mareco, Sandro                  ARG 2187  + 56 = 52 = 35 = 36 - 91 - 93 +103 + 94 = 41 = 50 + 80  6.5  2462 
 34. Flores, Diego                m  ARG 2513  + 48 -109 + 96 + 82 - 13 = 37 + 79 + 57 - 10 - 24 + 75  6.5  2452 
 35. Bachmann, Axel               f  PAR 2410  = 71 + 90 = 33 = 16 - 52 -  3 +105 + 76 = 43 + 95 = 40  6.5  2385 
 36. Mosquera, Miguel             m  COL 2442  + 77 =  6 = 94 = 33 =143 = 79 = 37 + 92 - 16 + 68 = 43  6.5  2434 
 37. Lawson, Eric                 m  CAN 2367  = 81 + 74 = 44 - 28 +126 = 34 = 36 = 25 - 32 + 67 + 78  6.5  2420 
 38. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo   f  BRA 2367  +142 = 21 = 15 - 17 +117 - 25 +126 = 32 = 23 + 62 = 31  6.5  2510 
 39. Alonso, Salvador             m  ARG 2457  =112 +110 +108 -  9 = 87 = 75 +109 + 23 = 15 - 14 = 49  6.5  2459 
 40. Ricardi, Pablo               g  ARG 2551  -106 +133 - 95 + 48 - 69 +117 + 78 = 87 + 82 = 57 = 35  6.5  2338 
 41. Soppe, Guillermo             m  ARG 2432  + 66 -  1 =115 =117 + 90 = 92 -  3 = 98 = 33 +114 + 70  6.5  2349 
 42. Zugic, Igor                  m  CAN 2474  - 70 +123 +124 +109 -  6 + 82 = 86 = 21 - 19 + 87 = 51  6.5  2418 
 43. Di Benedetto, Guillermo         ARG 2205  - 30 - 22 +149 =116 +103 = 73 = 80 + 99 = 35 + 56 = 36  6.5  2436 
 44. Mieles Palau, Daniel         m  ECU 2476  +121 =106 = 37 - 75 = 76 +105 + 93 - 10 - 49 +109 + 79  6.5  2397 
 45. Monier, Raul                 f  ARG 2412  +148 -  8 + 47 = 70 - 53 = 60 - 67 =110 +100 +106 + 74  6.5  2315 
 46. Gurevich, Dmitry             g  USA 2515  +126 + 75 -  8 = 87 -108 +118 +101 + 86 -  4 + 53 - 11  6.5  2439 
 47. Bitelmajer, Martin              ARG 2243  - 58 +140 - 45 +138 - 68 +135 + 63 + 50 = 21 - 17 + 72  6.5  2427 
 48. Tristan, Leonardo               ARG 2225  - 34 +120 - 19 - 40 +142 = 99 +118 +108 + 52 + 30 - 15  6.5  2427 
 49. De Dovitiis, Alejo           f  ARG 2345  +139 - 54 -126 +137 -112 +131 +110 = 52 + 44 = 31 = 39  6.5  2367 
 50. Dolezal, Cristian            f  ARG 2402  =107 +152 = 13 - 23 + 88 =106 = 53 - 47 +126 = 33 + 77  6.5  2343 
 51. Duarte, Leonardo                ARG 2317  -  5 -127 - 89 +149 =136 +152 = 71 +128 + 58 + 55 = 42  6.5  2346 
 52. Garcia, Gildardo             g  COL 2453  +123 = 33 + 93 - 10 + 35 -  7 = 87 = 49 - 48 = 60 + 95  6.0  2385 
 53. Mayorga, Nicolas                ARG 2188  = 55 -143 +134 + 93 + 45 - 26 = 50 = 68 + 64 - 46 = 61  6.0  2427 
 54. Sunye Neto, Jaime            g  BRA 2530  +117 + 49 -  1 + 68 = 57 +108 - 20 + 72 = 29 - 16 - 19  6.0  2478 
 55. Rojas, Luis                  m  CHI 2437  = 53 +112 +106 - 21 + 98 = 16 + 24 - 13 - 12 - 51 + 87  6.0  2430 
 56. Lafuente, Pablo              m  ARG 2435  - 33 = 77 +113 +105 +  3 - 21 = 92 + 95 - 17 - 43 + 96  6.0  2334 
 57. Zambrana, Oswaldo            m  BOL 2421  +132 -  7 + 84 +126 = 54 = 27 = 23 - 34 + 67 = 40 - 25  6.0  2467 
 58. Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlo  g  MEX 2546  + 47 = 94 - 73 - 86 - 97 +125 + 74 = 88 - 51 + 71 + 99  6.0  2293 
 59. Liascovich, Lucas            f  ARG 2432  +131 -  5 = 88 =106 = 60 + 76 + 97 - 26 + 70 = 25 - 20  6.0  2407 
 60. Ripari, Marcelo              f  ARG 2295  - 10 +135 = 22 = 62 = 59 = 45 - 32 = 71 +127 = 52 +101  6.0  2426 
 61. Needleman, Alejandro            ARG 2394  +111 -  9 =  3 = 67 -106 -126 +131 +104 + 88 = 74 = 53  6.0  2280 
 62. Valerga, Diego               m  ARG 2499  =110 =  3 =118 = 60 - 95 +122 = 88 +106 = 87 - 38 + 92  6.0  2324 
 63. Leon Hoyos, Manuel           f  MEX 2431  +127 -  2 + 85 + 95 - 18 - 69 - 47 + 89 + 98 + 86 - 23  6.0  2374 
 64. Real de Azua, Ernesto        f  ARG 2386  +144 - 20 +100 = 14 - 26 - 70 +115 + 97 - 53 + 90 = 66  6.0  2343 
 65. Uribe, Mauricio                 COL 2373  = 74 +136 - 18 -  3 + 81 - 97 -100 =122 +131 +105 + 86  6.0  2262 
 66. Goldwaser, Cristian             ARG 2180  - 41 +119 = 80 = 99 =109 - 32 - 76 +151 +118 + 94 = 64  6.0  2401 
 67. Kovalyov, Anton              f  ARG 2234  + 26 = 30 - 29 = 61 + 83 - 68 + 45 = 24 - 57 - 37 +109  5.5  2405 
 68. Claverie, Raul                  ARG 2388  + 89 = 32 = 25 - 54 + 47 + 67 - 27 = 53 = 86 - 36 = 84  5.5  2357 
 69. Hungaski, Roberto               USA 2308  -  4 - 78 +144 +123 + 40 + 63 + 17 = 15 - 28 - 26 - 30  5.5  2422 
 70. Perez Cascella, Julio           ARG 2209  + 42 - 15 +103 = 45 - 29 + 64 + 91 - 22 - 59 + 73 - 41  5.5  2428 
 71. Ianovsky, Matias Manuel         ARG 2155  = 35 = 23 - 87 = 85 -102 +116 = 51 = 60 + 76 - 58 +119  5.5  2362 
 72. Pierrot, Facundo             m  ARG 2449  +125 + 86 =  9 = 18 = 23 - 20 +106 - 54 + 75 - 32 - 47  5.5  2421 
 73. Amura, Claudia N             wg ARG 2372  =134 +107 + 58 - 13 - 14 = 43 + 90 - 16 =114 - 70 +104  5.5  2342 
 74. Morinongeli, Martin             ARG 2119  = 65 - 37 = 90 =100 +115 = 98 - 58 +117 + 92 = 61 - 45  5.5  2337 
 75. Pacheco, Daniel              f  ARG 2324  +150 - 46 +138 + 44 - 16 = 39 - 22 + 77 - 72 + 81 - 34  5.5  2349 
 76. Mazziotti Irigoyen, Gabriel     ARG 2293  -  9 =111 +136 = 32 = 44 - 59 + 66 - 35 - 71 +113 +107  5.5  2307 
 77. Ruiz, Pablo                     COL 2189  - 36 = 56 +133 = 80 + 99 - 19 = 94 - 75 +119 + 82 - 50  5.5  2336 
 78. Zapata, Karen                wm PER 2156  - 91 + 69 = 99 -108 +116 +102 - 40 +109 - 24 + 93 - 37  5.5  2364 
 79. Echavarria, Johann              COL 2362  +147 = 18 - 30 = 81 +104 = 36 - 34 +112 - 31 +110 - 44  5.5  2341 
 80. Scarella, Enrique            m  ARG 2367  +149 - 11 = 66 = 77 +128 - 15 = 43 +100 - 25 + 89 - 33  5.5  2277 
 81. Guerrero, Alvaro                URU 2092  = 37 - 93 +114 = 79 - 65 - 90 =151 +102 +117 - 75 +118  5.5  2315 
 82. Moreda, Lucas                   ARG 2329  +129 - 12 +127 - 34 +131 - 42 +128 = 17 - 40 - 77 +114  5.5  2328 
 83. Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro     f  MEX 2367  +130 = 25 - 27 =112 - 67 -110 -111 =144 +142 +122 +106  5.5  2246 
 84. Patriarca, Luis              f  PAR 2266  - 14 +145 - 57 +140 - 22 -128 +134 =113 =107 + 91 = 68  5.5  2273 
 85. Blit, Jacques                   ARG 2278  - 11 +149 - 63 = 71 -107 =113 =135 +139 - 89 +141 +121  5.5  2194 
 86. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag       BRA 2218  + 22 - 72 +151 + 58 + 17 - 11 = 42 - 46 = 68 - 63 - 65  5.0  2427 
 87. Bronstein, Luis              m  ARG 2342  +138 - 17 + 71 = 46 = 39 = 22 = 52 = 40 = 62 - 42 - 55  5.0  2383 
 88. Lemos, Damian                   ARG 2284  - 32 + 89 = 59 = 22 - 50 +104 = 62 = 58 - 61 =107 = 97  5.0  2334 
 89. Parrilli, Fernando              ARG 2140  - 68 - 88 + 51 - 90 +119 =114 +102 - 63 + 85 - 80 = 98  5.0  2285 
 90. Demaria, Juan Pablo             ARG 2272  = 23 - 35 = 74 + 89 - 41 + 81 - 73 +111 = 99 - 64 = 94  5.0  2268 
 91. Alzate, Dario                m  COL 2415  + 78 -  4 =117 +115 + 33 - 14 - 70 = 96 - 95 - 84 +110  5.0  2265 
 92. D'Arruda, Ricardo D          f  ARG 2320  -  6 +131 - 16 +127 + 32 = 41 = 56 - 36 - 74 +111 - 62  5.0  2355 
 93. Contreras, Henry             f  COL 2328  =137 + 81 - 52 - 53 +121 + 33 - 44 +127 - 30 - 78 =100  5.0  2205 
 94. Sosa Harrison, Jorge         f  PAR 2346  +140 = 58 = 36 - 15 +120 - 17 = 77 - 33 + 97 - 66 = 90  5.0  2253 
 95. Hobaica, Juan Pablo          f  ARG 2317  - 13 +128 + 40 - 63 + 62 +143 - 15 - 56 + 91 - 35 - 52  5.0  2413 
 96. Arambel, Sergio              f  ARG 2295  + 16 - 31 - 34 +132 - 25 +111 =127 = 91 -101 +126 - 56  5.0  2338 
 97. Orsini, Antonio                 ARG 2233  - 12 =129 +147 -101 + 58 + 65 - 59 - 64 - 94 +124 = 88  5.0  2300 
 98. Bielicki, Carlos             m  ARG 2307  -  7 +148 = 26 +107 - 55 = 74 =112 = 41 - 63 =121 = 89  5.0  2272 
 99. Zapata, Marco                f  CHI 2353  +145 - 14 = 78 = 66 - 77 = 48 +107 - 43 = 90 +115 - 58  5.0  2219 
100. Zukerfeld, Andres            f  ARG 2237  - 28 +141 - 64 = 74 +137 -101 + 65 - 80 - 45 +116 = 93  5.0  2263 
101. Dos Santos, Ramiro           f  ARG 2393  =152 +134 - 21 + 97 -  5 +100 - 46 =114 + 96 - 23 - 60  5.0  2316 
102. Tovillas, Daniel R           f  ARG 2310  -  2 +132 - 23 =111 + 71 - 78 - 89 - 81 +138 =127 +130  5.0  2179 
103. Fierro Baquero, Martha L     m  ECU 2340  +141 - 28 - 70 =121 - 43 +120 - 33 -107 =130 +132 +126  5.0  2148 
104. Mesias, Rabindranath            CHI 2220  - 31 - 16 +146 +151 - 79 - 88 +129 - 61 +120 +108 - 73  5.0  2266 
105. Minaya, Juan                 f  COL 2255  - 18 =147 +130 - 56 +152 - 44 - 35 +138 =108 - 65 +129  5.0  2240 
106. Luconi, Cristian                ARG 2258  + 40 = 44 - 55 = 59 + 61 = 50 - 72 - 62 +113 - 45 - 83  4.5  2350 
107. Duje, Rafael                    PAR 2146  = 50 - 73 +110 - 98 + 85 -109 - 99 +103 = 84 = 88 - 76  4.5  2247 
108. Toloza, Pablo                m  CHI 2349  +146 = 27 - 39 + 78 + 46 - 54 - 31 - 48 =105 -104 =117  4.5  2272 
109. Quiroga, Facundo             m  ARG 2321  +120 + 34 -  6 - 42 = 66 +107 - 39 - 78 +112 - 44 - 67  4.5  2256 
110. Daneri, Martin                  ARG 2220  = 62 - 39 -107 =134 +140 + 83 - 49 = 45 +116 - 79 - 91  4.5  2253 
111. Ronco, Raul                     ARG 2144  - 61 = 76 =116 =102 =114 - 96 + 83 - 90 +151 - 92 =115  4.5  2245 
112. Molina, Jorge                f  BOL 2195  = 39 - 55 +152 = 83 + 49 - 24 = 98 - 79 -109 -119 +135  4.5  2258 
113. Tenti, Joaquin                  ARG 2153  =143 - 24 - 56 +130 -118 = 85 +124 = 84 -106 - 76 +140  4.5  2214 
114. Tobares, Leandro                ARG 2260  - 25 =130 - 81 +147 =111 = 89 +138 =101 = 73 - 41 - 82  4.5  2181 
115. Giampa, Alejandro               ARG 2243  - 27 +146 = 41 - 91 - 74 +136 - 64 =141 +123 - 99 =111  4.5  2193 
116. Avalos, Joao                    CHI 2323  =133 -137 =111 = 43 - 78 - 71 +145 +136 -110 -100 +127  4.5  2073 
117. Rodi, Luis Ernesto              ARG 2242  - 54 +139 = 91 = 41 - 38 - 40 +137 - 74 - 81 +144 =108  4.5  2214 
118. Chemin, Justo Reinaldo          BRA 2296  - 20 +144 = 62 - 26 +113 - 46 - 48 +140 - 66 +136 - 81  4.5  2218 
119. Critelli, James M            f  USA 2318  -  1 - 66 +129 -131 - 89 =139 +142 +135 - 77 +112 - 71  4.5  2120 
120. Soares,Joaquim                  BRA ----  -109 - 48 +148 +122 - 94 -103 +123 -126 -104 =142 +136  4.5  2160 
121. Burijovich, Liliana          wm ARG 2211  - 44 - 26 +142 =103 - 93 -138 =144 +145 +128 = 98 - 85  4.5  2188 
122. Cerda, Guillermo                CHI 2237  - 17 -138 +135 -120 +134 - 62 =139 = 65 =141 - 83 +137  4.5  2135 
123. Herrera, Martin                 ARG 2192  - 52 - 42 +145 - 69 =138 =137 -120 +133 -115 =135 +134  4.5  2105 
124. Farfan Ortiz, Alfredo           CHI 2285  - 21 +142 - 42 -128 -135 +149 -113 =134 +140 - 97 +138  4.5  2131 
125. Bermudes, Eduardo               COL 2190  - 72 -151 -140 =145 +147 - 58 =146 =129 =135 =134 +141  4.5  2117 
126. Saladen, Rafael                 COL 2229  - 46 +150 + 49 - 57 - 37 + 61 - 38 +120 - 50 - 96 -103  4.0  2211 
127. Bibiloni, Jorge                 ARG 2178  - 63 + 51 - 82 - 92 +129 +151 = 96 - 93 - 60 =102 -116  4.0  2201 
128. Alza, Agustin                   ARG 2167  - 29 - 95 +141 +124 - 80 + 84 - 82 - 51 -121 -130 +150  4.0  2141 
129. Toniutti, Ezio                  ARG 2051  - 82 = 97 -119 =136 -127 +147 -104 =125 =144 +131 -105  4.0  2102 
130. Negri, Santiago                 ARG 2104  - 83 =114 -105 -113 -139 -141 +147 +150 =103 +128 -102  4.0  2085 
131. Lucena, Lincoln                 BRA 2184  - 59 - 92 +139 +119 - 82 - 49 - 61 +146 - 65 -129 +149  4.0  2152 
132. Idiarte Borda, Jorge            URU 2157  - 57 -102 +150 - 96 -151 =142 -140 +137 =134 -103 +145  4.0  2087 
133. Perez Wertheim, Rodolfo         ARG 1999  =116 - 40 - 77 -152 =148 -134 +149 -123 =146 =145 +144  4.0  2084 
134. Varela, Daniel                  ARG 2113  = 73 -101 - 53 =110 -122 +133 - 84 =124 =132 =125 -123  3.5  2094 
135. Fedrizzi, Alan                  ARG 2119  - 19 - 60 -122 +141 +124 - 47 = 85 -119 =125 =123 -112  3.5  2110 
136. Malajovich, Sandra           wm ARG 2126  = 24 - 65 - 76 =129 = 51 -115 +148 -116 +139 -118 -120  3.5  2094 
137. Cuevas, Alex                 f  ARG 2017  = 93 +116 -143 - 49 -100 =123 -117 -132 =145 +146 -122  3.5  2106 
138. Elias, Leonardo                 ARG 2061  - 87 +122 - 75 - 47 =123 +121 -114 -105 -102 +151 -124  3.5  2139 
139. Lida Garcia, Fernando           ARG 2066  - 49 -117 -131 =144 +130 =119 =122 - 85 -136 =147 =142  3.5  2062 
140. Lo Presti, Roberto              ARG 2068  - 94 - 47 +125 - 84 -110 =144 +132 -118 -124 +148 -113  3.5  2089 
141. Evans, Pablo                    ARG 2058  -103 -100 -128 -135 =150 +130 +152 =115 =122 - 85 -125  3.5  2053 
142. Echeguren, Gustavo              ARG 2094  - 38 -124 -121 +150 - 48 =132 -119 +152 - 83 =120 =139  3.5  2061 
143. Fernandez, Daniel            f  USA 2406  =113 + 53 +137 - 27 = 36 - 95   .    .    .    .    .   3.0  2276 
144. Borda, Alan                     BOL 2131  - 64 -118 - 69 =139 =145 =140 =121 = 83 =129 -117 -133  3.0  2014 
145. Leeuw, Pablo                    ARG 2088  - 99 - 84 -123 =125 =144 +148 -116 -121 =137 =133 -132  3.0  2006 
146. Barros, Raul                    COL 2080  -108 -115 -104 =148 -149 +150 =125 -131 =133 -137 =147  3.0  1964 
147. Benko, Francisco                ARG 2090  - 79 =105 - 97 -114 -125 -129 -130 +153 =148 =139 =146  3.0  1984 
148. Bendana, Guy                    NCA 2155  - 45 - 98 -120 =146 =133 -145 -136 =149 =147 -140 +153  3.0  1939 
149. Alaluf, Alfredo                 ARG 2091  - 80 - 85 - 43 - 51 +146 -124 -133 =148 +153 =150 -131  3.0  1995 
150. Diaz, Genara                    CHI ----  - 75 -126 -132 -142 =141 -146 +153 -130 +152 =149 -128  3.0  1956 
151. Utman, Carlos                   CHI 2341  -  8 +125 - 86 -104 +132 -127 = 81 - 66 -111 -138   .   2.5  2011 
152. Bustamante, Oscar               ARG 2141  =101 - 50 -112 +133 -105 - 51 -141 -142 -150   .    .   1.5  1917 
153. BYE                                 ----    .    .    .    .    .    .  -150 -147 -149   .  -148  0.0       
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7) Villa Martelli

There is a festival celebrating the 50th Anniverary of the Villa Martelli Chess Club which takes place 17th-27th August 2005. Julio Granda Zuniga won with 7.5/10. Round 2 games now available but they seem to have stopped recording the games after round 5 for some reason.

Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/50a.htm

50th Ann Festival GM Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 17-27 viii 2005cat. XIII (2555)
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E  g PER 2601 ** 1= =1 10 1= 11  7.5  2738
2 Felgaer, Ruben          g ARG 2618 0= ** 1= 11 1= 1=  7.0  2691
3 Leitao, Rafael          g BRA 2598 =0 0= ** == 11 =1  5.5  2582
4 Valerga, Diego          m ARG 2499 01 00 == ** 1= ==  4.5  2529
5 Rodriguez, Andres       g URU 2523 0= 0= 00 0= ** =1  3.0  2412
6 Slipak, Sergio          g ARG 2489 00 0= =0 == =0 **  2.5  2374
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8) SCG Juniors

The ch-SCG Junior took place in Vrnjacka Banja 11th-21st August 2005. Marko Krivokapic won the event with 8.5/11.

Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/

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SCG ch jr Vrnjacka Banja SCG (SCG), 11-21 viii 2005
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Krivokapic, Marko         SCG 2338  * = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2420 
 2. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind      SCG 2357  = * 0 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.0  2382 
 3. Bogosavljevic, Boban      SCG 2302  0 1 * 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.5  2345 
 4. Nestorovic, D. Nikola     SCG 2320  0 0 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 0  6.0  2247 
 5. Lapcevic, Milos           SCG 2269  = 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 0 1 1 1  6.0  2251 
 6. Ristic, Nebojsa           SCG 2183  = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1  5.5  2223 
 7. Krstic, Petar             SCG 2182  1 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 0 0 1  5.0  2187 
 8. Ravic, Nenad              SCG 2101  0 = = = 1 0 0 * = = = 1  5.0  2195 
 9. Pavlik, Goran             SCG 2190  0 = = 0 1 = = = * 0 = =  4.5  2158 
10. Sarenac, Ivan             SCG 2070  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * = 1  4.0  2131 
11. Mijovic, Stefan           SCG 2135  0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 0  3.5  2095 
12. Pletl, Akos               SCG 2196  0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 *  2.5  2011 
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9) XXXIX Villa de Mislata

The XXXIX Villa de Mislata open tournament took place 18th-26th August 2005. Aryam Abreu edged out Alexis Cabrera and Maikel Gongora on tie-break all finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmislata.org/

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 1. Abreu, Aryam                     m  CUB 2442 7.5   39.5 44.75  50.0
 2. Cabrera, Alexis                  g  COL 2500 7.5   39.5 43.50  49.5
 3. Gongora, Maikel                  m  CUB 2466 7.5   38.0 47.50  52.0
 4. Alonso Moyano, Jonathan          m  ESP 2406 7     32.0 33.00  39.5
 5. Garcia Fernandez, Carlos         m  ESP 2349 6.5   37.0 34.75  49.0
 6. Veingold, Aleksandr              m  EST 2465 6.5   37.0 32.50  45.5
 7. Garcia Roman, Daniel                ESP 2390 6.5   35.5 34.50  48.0
 8. Pallardo Lozoya, Jose Vicente       ESP 2278 6.5   34.5 32.25  45.5
 9. Kovacevic, Slobodan              m  SCG 2314 6.5   34.0 34.75  48.5
10. Garcia Martinez, Silvino         g  CUB 2337 6.5   33.5 37.00  46.5
11. Vassallo, Mauricio               m  ESP 2410 6.5   33.5 34.75  44.0
12. Gomez Jurado, Luis Alberto          ESP 2292 6.5   33.5 30.50  42.5
13. Torres Sanchez, Jose                ESP 2283 6.5   33.0 31.25  43.0
14. Galvan, Jesus                       PER 2226 6.5   31.5 30.00  41.0
151 players

10) XIII Memorial Adolfo Pedrido

The XIII Memorial Adolfo Pedrido took place in Vilagarcia de Arousa 1st-9th August 2005. Valentin Iotov took first place on tie-break ahead of three others on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.fegaxa.com/torneos/2005/circuito/pedrido/pedrido05.htm

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 1. Iotov, Valentin                 m  BUL 2447   7     40.0   38.5  50.5
 2. Abreu, Aryam                    m  CUB 2442   7     38.5   36.0  49.5
 3. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica           m  ROM 2434   7     38.0   34.5  48.0
 4. Espineira Gonzalez, Pablo D        ESP 2158   7     33.0   31.0  41.5
 5. Dimitrov, Vladimir              g  BUL 2418   6     43.0   33.5  54.0
 6. Hernandez, Holden               m  CUB 2458   6     41.0   35.5  52.0
 7. Gongora, Maikel                 m  CUB 2466   6     41.0   33.0  52.5
 8. Danilov, Ilie Vladimir          f  ROM 2363   6     38.5   33.5  48.5
 9. Manolache, Marius               m  ROM 2462   6     38.5   32.5  48.5
10. Casares Cabanas, Carlos            ESP 2116   6     37.5   30.5  45.5
11. Astaneh Lopez, Alex                IRL 2304   6     37.5   30.0  49.0
12. Perez Fungueiro, Manuel A          ESP 2300   6     37.5   30.0  47.5
13. Pena Gomez, Manuel                 ESP 2297   6     35.5   30.0  46.0
14. Torres Dominguez, David            ESP 2223   5.5   34.0   27.0  43.5
15. Teijeiro Barros, Alberto           ESP 2270   5.5   32.5   24.5  42.0
16. Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Javier        ESP 2117   5.5   32.0   25.0  41.0
61 players

11) Portuguese Championship

The Portuguese Championship took place in Vila Real, 3rd-11th August 2005. Luis Galego looks to have take the title on tie-break.

Official site: http://www.fpx.pt/competicoes/campnacabs05

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ch-POR Vila Real POR (POR), 3-11 viii 2005               cat. V (2353)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Galego, Luis            g POR 2501  * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2609 
 2. Damaso, Rui             m POR 2432  0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2617 
 3. Fernando, Diogo         m POR 2440  1 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2509 
 4. Fernandes, Antonio      g POR 2444  0 0 1 * 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2468 
 5. Pinheiro, Jose          f POR 2362  = 0 0 0 * 1 = = 1 =  4.0  2309 
 6. Rocha, Sergio           m POR 2409  0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1  4.0  2304 
 7. Costa, Joao Guerra        POR 2258  0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = =  3.0  2238 
 8. Frois, Antonio          m POR 2375  0 0 0 = = = 0 * 0 1  2.5  2184 
 9. Diogo, Vasco              POR 2155  0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * =  2.5  2209 
10. Martins, Hugo Fidalgo     POR 2157  0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = *  1.5  2102 
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12) Ciutat de Badalona

The XXXI Open Internacional Ciutat de Badalona 2005 took place 1st-9th August 2005. Yuri Gonzalez seems to have taken first place alone on 7.5/9 but a final table is unavailable.

Official site: http://www.cesantjosep.com/open/

13) XV Open La Pobla de Lillet

The XV Open La Pobla de Lillet took place 2nd-10th August 2005. Viktor Moskalenko edged out Karen Movsziszian on tie-break, both scored 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.celillet.net/open05/

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 1. Moskalenko, Viktor              g  UKR 2534  7½    2580    48½   7    18762
 2. Movsziszian, Karen              g  ARM 2439  7½    2555    48    7    18589
 3. Kosten, Anthony C               g  FRA 2522  7     2544    51    6    18917
 4. Petkov, Vladimir                m  BUL 2475  7     2531    49    6    18821
 5. Alonso Moyano, Jonathan         m  ESP 2406  6½    2437    49    6    18505
 6. Granero Roca, Antonio           m  ESP 2342  6½    2432    47½   5    18480
 7. Hebden, Mark                    g  ENG 2510  6½    2408    47½   6    18190
 8. Pogorelov, Ruslan               g  UKR 2442  6½    2384    45½   5    18004
 9. Bruned, Yvain                   f  ESP 2328  6½    2374    44½   5    17970
10. Hanley, Craig                   m  ENG 2367  6     2463    50½   5    19105
11. Baron Rodriguez, Jesus          m  ESP 2445  6     2323    44    5    17825
12. Bernal Moro, Luis Javier        m  ESP 2431  6     2242    43½   5    17568
13. Ayza Ballester, Jordi           f  ESP 2300  6     2200    39½   5    16793
14. Camacho Collados, Jose             ESP 2236  5½    2262    46    5    17827
15. Bautista Sanchez, Joan             ESP 2250  5½    2243    44½   4    17595
16. Rodriguez Fontecha, Marcos         ESP 2179  5½    2217    41½   5    17694
17. Burmakin, Vladimir              g  RUS 2558  5½    2197    43    5    17449
18. Camacho Collados, Marcos           ESP 2016  5½    2184    41½   5    17336
19. Bruned, Boris                      ESP 2212  5½    2151    43½   3    17617
20. Ruiz Manchon, Francesc Xavier      ESP 2101  5½    2086    42½   5    17031
21. Fabre Massana, Miquel              ESP 2136  5½    2074    40    5    16723
22. Nogue Fajula, Joan                 ESP 2069  5½    2052    36½   4    16522
23. Basas Gamazo, Josep                ESP 2062  5½    2051    38    5    16472
24. Garcia Galeote, Lorenzo            ESP 2110  5½    1951    38    4    16119
88 players

14) II Fincas Mediterranea International Open

II Fincas Mediterranea International Open took place in Castelldefels 17th-25th August 2005. Hichem Hamdouchi edged out Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu on tie-break, both finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.escacsgava.com/IntOpen05/intopen.htm

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 1. Hamdouchi, Hichem              g  MAR 2567  7.5   44.0  56.5   41.0
 2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter        g  ROM 2679  7.5   44.0  55.5   39.5
 3. Marin, Mihail                  g  ROM 2537  7     44.5  56.0   38.5
 4. Megaranto, Susanto             g  INA 2499  7     43.0  55.5   37.5
 5. Milov, Leonid                  m  UKR 2482  7     42.0  52.5   37.5
 6. Peralta, Fernando              g  ARG 2553  7     39.5  51.0   36.5
 7. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria   m  ESP 2351  7     39.0  50.5   36.0
 8. Purnama, Tirta Chandra            INA 2337  7     39.0  50.0   36.0
 9. Crickmore, Neil EG                ENG 2129  6.5   40.5  51.5   34.5
10. Iglesias, Jorge                   ARG 2355  6.5   39.0  50.0   33.5
11. Hernando Rodrigo, Julio A         ESP 2371  6.5   37.5  48.5   31.5
12. Marin, Irina Luiza             wm ROM 2224  6.5   37.0  48.0   33.0
13. Rios, Alejandro                m  COL 2282  6     41.5  51.5   35.5
14. Panelo, Marcelo                   ARG 2404  6     40.5  51.0   34.5
15. Lerch Gallemi, Jose Ma            ESP 2267  6     40.0  51.5   37.0
16. Halay, Taufik                  f  INA 2320  6     40.0  50.5   35.5
17. Castells Briones, Miquel          ESP 2101  6     39.0  50.5   32.0
18. Wong Castaneda, Arturo            VEN 2182  6     38.0  49.5   32.0
19. Maleki, Manuel                    FRA 2119  6     38.0  48.5   32.0
20. Escobar Torres, Antonio           ESP 2095  6     36.0  46.0   32.0
21. Sprenger, Wendelin                AUT 2174  6     35.5  46.0   32.0
22. Kluss, Kai                        GER 2192  6     35.5  45.5   33.0
23. Raineri, Pablo                    ARG 2241  6     35.0  45.5   33.0
24. Martin Canfran, Ruben             ESP 2202  6     35.0  44.5   30.0
25. Colom Andres, Xavier              ESP 2090  6     33.5  43.0   29.5
26. Zelmate,Adnane                    MAR ----  6     33.5  43.0   27.0
27. Sucher, Johannes                  AUT 2207  6     33.5  42.5   28.0
152 players

15) Rudenko Memorial

The Rudenko Memorial took place 20th-28th August 2005. Natalia Zdebskaja took clear first with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chigorin.ru/

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Rudenko Memorial St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 20-28 viii 2005
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                                                   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Zdebskaja, Natalia              wg UKR 2390  +33 +16 +27 +11 +17 + 6 = 3 = 2 = 4  7.5 2574 
 2. Shumiakina, Tatiana             wg RUS 2328  +36 =21 +19 = 9 +11 = 4 + 7 = 1 = 3  6.5 2429 
 3. Sudakova, Irina                 wg RUS 2360  +31 +22 -11 +14 = 9 +25 = 1 +10 = 2  6.5 2421 
 4. Komiagina, Maria                wm RUS 2324  +32 +35 =12 = 5 +16 = 2 + 9 = 6 = 1  6.5 2418 
 5. Chistiakova, Tamara             wf RUS 2308  +39 + 8 = 9 = 4 = 7 -10 +25 +12 =13  6.0 2381 
 6. Danielian, Elina                m  ARM 2433  +24 - 9 +26 +27 +13 - 1 +11 = 4 = 7  6.0 2394 
 7. Shaidullina, Sandugach          wg RUS 2331  =41 +38 +25 =12 = 5 +23 - 2 +15 = 6  6.0 2355 
 8. Bystryakova, Elena V            wm RUS 2171  +43 - 5 =32 =36 +29 +17 -15 +19 +16  6.0 2297 
 9. Donets, Valentina               wf RUS 2237  +44 + 6 = 5 = 2 = 3 +12 - 4 =13 =10  5.5 2379 
10. Pogonina, Natalija              wg RUS 2413  +20 =25 =15 -16 +33 + 5 +19 - 3 = 9  5.5 2302 
11. Malysheva, Polina               wm RUS 2282  +30 +29 + 3 - 1 - 2 +21 - 6 =16 +25  5.5 2313 
12. Sirotkina, Nina                 wm RUS 2243  +34 +28 = 4 = 7 =19 - 9 +24 - 5 +26  5.5 2263 
13. Petrenko, Svetlana              m  MDA 2307  -35 +40 +33 +21 - 6 =16 +23 = 9 = 5  5.5 2270 
14. Iodo, Anna                      wf RUS 2168  +42 -27 +35 - 3 +28 -19 +29 +17 =15  5.5 2260 
15. Molchanova, Tatjana             wm RUS 2292  =38 +41 =10 -17 =24 +22 + 8 - 7 =14  5.0 2255 
16. Dolgova, Olga                   wf RUS 2185  +46 - 1 +31 +10 - 4 =13 +18 =11 - 8  5.0 2285 
17. Guseva, Marina                  wm RUS 2395  +26 =19 =21 +15 - 1 - 8 +36 -14 +31  5.0 2227 
18. Bronnikova, Elizaveta           wf RUS 2268  -29 =30 +38 =23 =20 +41 -16 +21 =22  5.0 2151 
19. Bezgodova-Filichkina, Svetlana     RUS 2193  +45 =17 - 2 +41 =12 +14 -10 - 8 +30  5.0 2239 
20. Gromova, Iulia                     RUS 2132  -10 =37 =28 +34 =18 -24 =30 +29 +32  5.0 2145 
21. Borisova, Elizaveta                RUS 2172  +48 = 2 =17 -13 +31 -11 +32 -18 +28  5.0 2238 
22. Ambartsumova, Karina            wf RUS 2184  +47 - 3 =36 +32 -23 -15 +41 +33 =18  5.0 2202 
23. Miednikova, Swietlana           wf RUS 2169  -28 +34 +29 =18 +22 - 7 -13 -26 +36  4.5 2143 
24. Akatova, Ekaterina              wf RUS 2150  - 6 =44 +30 =28 =15 +20 -12 -25 +37  4.5 2141 
25. Lupik, Marina                      RUS 2200  +37 =10 - 7 +39 +27 - 3 - 5 +24 -11  4.5 2244 
26. Severiukhina, Zoja                 RUS 2099  -17 +45 - 6 -29 +34 =32 +38 +23 -12  4.5 2145 
27. Tomilova, Elena                 wf RUS 2306  +40 +14 - 1 - 6 -25 =30 =31 =28 =33  4.0 2117 
28. Sokolova,Vera                      RUS ----  +23 -12 =20 =24 -14 +35 =33 =27 -21  4.0 2124 
29. Kuznetsova, Tatiana                RUS 2010  +18 -11 -23 +26 - 8 +39 -14 -20 +35  4.0 2116 
30. Rumiantseva, Maria                 RUS 2021  -11 =18 -24 =38 +43 =27 =20 +41 -19  4.0 2116 
31. Derbentseva, Irina                 RUS 2093  - 3 +47 -16 +43 -21 =38 =27 +34 -17  4.0 2117 
32. Yakovich, Yuliya                wf RUS 2083  - 4 +48 = 8 -22 +37 =26 -21 +43 -20  4.0 2073 
33. Deriabina, Svetlana             wf RUS 2096  - 1 +46 -13 +48 -10 +42 =28 -22 =27  4.0 2127 
34. Korchagina, Viktoria               RUS 2005  -12 -23 +47 -20 -26 +48 +39 -31 +42  4.0 2047 
35. Shushpanova, Nina               wf RUS 2068  +13 - 4 -14 =42 =39 -28 =37 +46 -29  3.5 2008 
36. Sorokina, Anastasia RUS         wf RUS 2084  - 2 +43 =22 = 8 -41 +44 -17 =37 -23  3.5 2062 
37. Gorozhankina, Julia                RUS 1968  -25 =20 -41 +45 -32 +47 =35 =36 -24  3.5 2003 
38. Yugina, Maria                      RUS 2023  =15 - 7 -18 =30 +48 =31 -26 =42 =39  3.5 2051 
39. Gaprindashvili, Nona2              RUS 2079  - 5 =42 +44 -25 =35 -29 -34 +47 =38  3.5 1986 
40. Efremova, Daria                    RUS 2046  -27 -13 =42 -44 -47 -46 +45 +48 +43  3.5 1973 
41. Larina, Marija                     RUS 2081  = 7 -15 +37 -19 +36 -18 -22 -30 =46  3.0 2016 
42. Chuvakhova,Maria                   RUS ----  -14 =39 =40 =35 =44 -33 =47 =38 -34  3.0 1926 
43. Kutueva,Natalia                    RUS ----  - 8 -36 +46 -31 -30 +45 +44 -32 -40  3.0 1915 
44. Butneva, Larisa                    RUS 1982  - 9 =24 -39 +40 =42 -36 -43 -45 +48  3.0 1935 
45. Milyaeva, Nina                     RUS 1949  -19 -26 -48 -37 +46 -43 -40 +44 +47  3.0 1899 
46. Bezgodova, Maria                   RUS 1936  -16 -33 -43 =47 -45 +40 +48 -35 =41  3.0 1922 
47. Borzova,Asya                       RUS ----  -22 -31 -34 =46 +40 -37 =42 -39 -45  2.0 1808 
48. Inyakina,Alina                     RUS ----  -21 -32 +45 -33 -38 -34 -46 -40 -44  1.0 1681 
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16) 8th International Banyoles 2005

The 8th International Banyoles took place 16th-25th August 2005. Harmen Jonkman and Jordi Fluvia Poyatos finished on 7.5/9. Hopefully all the games will be available next week.

Official site: http://www.compartir.org/escacsbanyoles/index.htm

 1-2   Jonkman, Harmen                 NED   2454      7.5      49.5  54.5   41.0
       Fluvia Poyatos, Jordi           CAT   2443 2460 7.5      48.5  52.0   38.5
 3-4   Moskalenko, Viktor              UKR   2534 2585 7        51.0  55.5   35.0
       Campos Moreno, Javier           CHI   2443 2535 7        43.0  46.5   33.5
 5-8   Bromberger, Stefan              GER   2491      6.5      48.0  53.0   36.0
       Slaby, Jerzy                    POL   2432      6.5      45.5  48.0   34.5
       Matnadze, Ana                   GEO   2389      6.5      44.5  48.5   33.0
       Cuadras Avellana, Jordi         CAT   2376 2430 6.5      40.5  44.0   31.0
 9-14  Borges Mateos, Juan             CUB   2467 2485 6        50.5  54.5   36.0
       Narciso Dublan, Marc            CAT   2476 2530 6        48.0  52.0   35.5
       Fluvia Poyatos, Joan            CAT   2458 2515 6        47.0  51.5   34.0
       Ermenkov, Evgenij               PLE   2478      6        46.0  49.0   33.0
       Parmentier, Xavier              FRA   2283      6        44.5  48.5   32.5
       Coursaget, Nicolas              FRA   2358      6        39.5  43.5   29.0
15-27  Alonso Rosell, Alvar            CAT   2156 2280 5.5      45.0  47.5   29.5
       Wiwe, Andreas                   DEN   2200      5.5      44.0  47.0   31.5
       Pijuan Herranz, Manel           CAT   2189 2285 5.5      43.5  47.0   30.0
       Chouquet, Adrien                FRA   2154      5.5      43.0  46.5   28.5
       Carrasco, Patrick               FRA   2066      5.5      42.5  44.5   28.5
       Roig Grau, Jesus                CAT   2200 2235 5.5      41.5  45.0   28.0
       Mayo Casademont, Marti          CAT   2041 2210 5.5      40.0  42.5   25.5
       Hoensch, Matthias               GER   2332 2330 5.5      38.0  41.5   25.5
       Giuriati, Paolo                 ITA   2236      5.5      38.0  41.0   27.0
       Kuznetsova, Elena               GER   2132      5.5      37.5  40.0   27.0
       Morcillo Ferran, Jordi          CAT   2093 2185 5.5      35.5  39.5   26.0
       Ridameya Tatche, Josep          CAT   2120 2185 5.5      34.0  36.0   27.0
       Molina Suau, Francesc           CAT        2110 5.5      33.5  36.0   23.5
105 players

17) 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival

The 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place 14th to 23rd Aug 2005. Total Prizes about 40,000 $, Ashot Anastasian took clear first place with 7/9 ahead of Dmitry Bocharow and Sergey Kayumov.

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

Official Final Standings:
 1  Anastasian Ashot           g ARM  2595  7.0  49.0
 2  Bocharov Dmitry            g RUS  2574  6.5  46.5
 3  Kayumov Sergey             m UZB  2405  6.5  43.5
 4  Kobalia Mikhail            g RUS  2614  6.0  52.0
    Goloshchapov Alexander     g UKR  2519  6.0  52.0
 6  Aleksandrov Aleksej        g BLR  2630  6.0  51.0
 7  Mamedyarov Shakhriyar      g AZE  2646  6.0  50.5
 8  Fedorov Alexei             g BLR  2611  6.0  49.0
 9  Potkin Vladimir            g RUS  2534  6.0  46.5
10  Kotsur Pavel               g KAZ  2595  6.0  45.5
11  Ibrahimov Rasul            m AZE  2525  6.0  43.0
    Rausis Igors               g BAN  2498  6.0  43.0
13  Ganguly Surya Shekhar      g IND  2596  6.0  42.5

Crosstable

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Masters Abu Dhabi UA (UAE), 14-23 viii 2005
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Anastasian, Ashot        g  ARM 2595  +41 +39 = 8 +19 +18 = 4 = 6 + 5 = 7  7.0  2770 
 2. Bocharov, Dmitry         g  RUS 2574  +51 +55 =16 + 8 = 4 = 9 - 5 +35 + 6  6.5  2635 
 3. Kayumov, Sergey          m  UZB 2405  +67 =17 =26 +32 -14 =11 +39 +19 +15  6.5  2653 
 4. Kobalia, Mikhail         g  RUS 2614  +36 +12 =24 +14 = 2 = 1 = 9 =15 = 8  6.0  2648 
 5. Aleksandrov, Aleksej     g  BLR 2630  +21 +32 -14 +24 =15 +10 + 2 - 1 = 9  6.0  2636 
 6. Goloshchapov, Alexander  g  UKR 2519  +50 =16 = 7 +11 +13 +14 = 1 = 8 - 2  6.0  2630 
 7. Fedorov, Alexei          g  BLR 2611  =29 +38 = 6 =22 +24 +25 = 8 = 9 = 1  6.0  2577 
 8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar   g  AZE 2646  +59 + 9 = 1 - 2 +33 +17 = 7 = 6 = 4  6.0  2665 
 9. Potkin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2534  +46 - 8 +51 +55 +16 = 2 = 4 = 7 = 5  6.0  2594 
10. Rausis, Igors            g  BAN 2498  +60 =18 =15 =27 +38 - 5 =20 +31 +23  6.0  2582 
11. Kotsur, Pavel            g  KAZ 2595  =65 =29 +20 - 6 +41 = 3 =30 +44 +25  6.0  2451 
12. Ibrahimov, Rasul         m  AZE 2525  +58 - 4 +53 =18 =34 +16 =19 =23 +30  6.0  2558 
13. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar   g  IND 2596  +62 =33 +30 =23 - 6 -22 +34 +37 +26  6.0  2588 
14. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g  RUS 2548  +25 +34 + 5 - 4 + 3 - 6 =23 =20 =18  5.5  2562 
15. Iuldachev, Saidali       g  UZB 2541  +44 =35 =10 +28 = 5 =23 +22 = 4 - 3  5.5  2553 
16. Volkov, Sergei              RUS 2174  +20 = 6 = 2 +37 - 9 -12 =24 +38 +35  5.5  2534 
17. Grigoriants, Sergey      g  RUS 2562  +53 = 3 =22 =34 +21 - 8 =31 +33 =20  5.5  2488 
18. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan     g  IRI 2603  +45 =10 +28 =12 - 1 +55 =35 =25 =14  5.5  2529 
19. Guseinov, Gadir          g  AZE 2585  +40 =30 +33 - 1 =22 +34 =12 - 3 +29  5.5  2516 
20. Prasad, Devaki V         m  IND 2359  -16 +50 -11 +44 +49 +26 =10 =14 =17  5.5  2463 
21. Karavade, Eesha          wm IND 2370  - 5 +48 =49 +42 -17 -39 +43 +53 +32  5.5  2417 
22. Sale, Srdjan             m  CRO 2437  =61 +52 =17 = 7 =19 +13 -15 -26 +44  5.0  2459 
23. Gleizerov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2572  =65 +43 +35 =13 =25 =15 =14 =12 -10  5.0  2427 
24. Annaberdiev, Meilis      m  TKM 2409  +49 +27 = 4 - 5 - 7 =32 =16 =36 +47  5.0  2457 
25. Mamedjarova, Zeinab      wg AZE 2262  -14 +64 +39 +26 =23 - 7 +27 =18 -11  5.0  2538 
26. Ulibin, Mikhail          g  RUS 2529  =65 +42 = 3 -25 +29 -20 +40 +22 -13  5.0  2360 
27. Kurnosov, Igor           g  RUS 2549  +57 -24 +36 =10 =31 -35 -25 +48 +41  5.0  2380 
28. Djuric, Stefan           g  SCG 2463  =42 +31 -18 -15 +60 =50 -44 +46 +40  5.0  2359 
29. Safarli, Eltaj           f  AZE 2335  = 7 =11 =32 =49 -26 +51 =36 +39 -19  4.5  2443 
30. Al Sayed, Mohamad N      m  QAT 2478  +56 =19 -13 -31 +58 +38 =11 =32 -12  4.5  2432 
31. Salem, Ghuloom           f  UAE 2318  =65 -28 +61 +30 =27 =33 =17 -10 =37  4.5  2396 
32. Dobrov, Vladimir         g  RUS 2535  +48 - 5 =29 - 3 +57 =24 +42 =30 -21  4.5  2367 
33. Moradiabadi, Elshan      g  IRI 2485  +63 =13 -19 +45 - 8 =31 +50 -17 =36  4.5  2420 
34. Negi, Parimarjan            IND 2376  +64 -14 +43 =17 =12 -19 -13 =50 +53  4.5  2380 
35. Gupta, Abhijeet          f  IND 2380  +66 =15 -23 =40 +53 +27 =18 - 2 -16  4.5  2403 
36. Sachdev, Tania           wm IND 2343  - 4 +58 -27 =48 +63 =37 =29 =24 =33  4.5  2390 
37. Raetsky, Alexander       m  RUS 2453  -43 +61 +44 -16 =50 =36 +55 -13 =31  4.5  2281 
38. Himdan, Maher            m  EGY 2337  =52 - 7 +63 +56 -10 -30 +59 -16 +50  4.5  2299 
39. Simonenko, Sergei        m  TKM 2431  +47 - 1 -25 =57 +48 +21 - 3 -29 =45  4.0  2290 
40. Akshat, Khamparia           IND 2296  -19 =56 +52 =35 -55 +49 -26 +42 -28  4.0  2268 
41. Jasim, A.R. Saleh        f  UAE 2318  - 1 =47 =60 +46 -11 -44 +52 +49 -27  4.0  2257 
42. Toufighi, Homayoon          IRI 2170  =28 -26 +59 -21 =51 +45 -32 -40 +62  4.0  2346 
43. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh   wm IRI 2109  +37 -23 -34 -53 =46 +58 -21 =56 +59  4.0  2297 
44. Pourkashiyan, Atousa     wm IRI 2261  -15 +66 -37 -20 +54 +41 +28 -11 -22  4.0  2322 
45. Muralidharan, M.B           IND 2329  -18 =60 +47 -33 =56 -42 =46 +63 =39  4.0  2257 
46. Illijin, Neboisa         m  ROM 2242  - 9 +59 -55 -41 =43 +61 =45 -28 +57  4.0  2280 
47. Nadig, Kruttika             IND 2198  -39 =41 -45 =52 -59 +64 +61 +55 -24  4.0  2221 
48. Al-Tamimi, Hamad            QAT 2244  -32 -21 +67 =36 -39 =63 +56 -27 +55  4.0  2302 
49. Al-Sulaiti, Ghanem       f  QAT 2076  -24 +57 =21 =29 -20 -40 +60 -41 =51  3.5  2236 
50. Mamedjarova, Turkan      wm AZE 2208  - 6 -20 +66 +62 =37 =28 -33 =34 -38  3.5  2293 
51. Aryanejad, Hossein       f  IRI 2288  - 2 +54 - 9 =60 =42 -29 =63 =59 =49  3.5  2203 
52. Marwan, Abdulwahab          UAE 1983  =38 -22 -40 =47 =64 =60 -41 =58 +63  3.5  2167 
53. Amanov, Mesgen              TKM 2277  -17 +67 -12 +43 -35 =59 +57 -21 -34  3.5  2255 
54. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE         UAE 2082  -55 -51 -57 +67 -44 -66 =58 +60 +64  3.5  2120 
55. Mahjoob, Morteza         m  IRI 2442  +54 - 2 +46 - 9 +40 -18 -37 -47 -48  3.0  2233 
56. Faisal, Abdulla             UAE 2175  -30 =40 +62 -38 =45 -57 -48 =43 =58  3.0  2164 
57. Paridar, Shadi           wg IRI 2263  -27 -49 +54 =39 -32 +56 -53 =62 -46  3.0  2174 
58. Amer, Mohamed               EGY 2223  -12 -36 =64 +61 -30 -43 =54 =52 =56  3.0  2074 
59. Boricsev, Oleg           m  HUN 2373  - 8 -46 -42 +66 +47 =53 -38 =51 -43  3.0  2131 
60. Coleman, James              ENG 2206  -10 =45 =41 =51 -28 =52 -49 -54 +67  3.0  2108 
61. Ahmed, Ishaq             f  UAE 2079  =22 -37 -31 -58 +62 -46 -47 =67 +66  3.0  2130 
62. Bogza, Adina-Maria       wg ROM 2325  -13 =63 -56 -50 -61 +67 +66 =57 -42  3.0  2074 
63. Momeni, E                   IRI 2198  -33 =62 -38 +64 -36 =48 =51 -45 -52  2.5  2095 
64. Mansour, Abbas              UAE 2018  -34 -25 =58 -63 =52 -47 =67 +66 -54  2.5  1992 
65. BYE DRAW                        ----  =31  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2503 
66. Salem, A.R. Saleh        f  UAE 2044  -35 -44 -50 -59 =67 +54 -62 -64 -61  1.5  1925 
67. Khouri, Ibrahim Mohamed  f  UAE 2062  - 3 -53 -48 -54 =66 -62 =64 =61 -60  1.5  1913 
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18) 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open

The 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open took place 19th-26th August 2005. 70 participants including 13 GMs participated: Ian Rogers, Utut Adianto, Nguyen Anh Dung, Wang Hao, Wu Shaobin, Edhi Handoko, Koneru Humpy, Abhijit Kunte, Eugene Torre, Joey Antonio, Dao Thien Hai, Nelson Mariano, Taleb Moussa... The event was won by Wang Hao who compiled a tremendous score of 10/11 including a win against Ian Rogers in the final round where the latter needed a win to take second place. News: Ching Kim Lye.

Next year's 3rd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (to be held again during the same period next year) will be increased to USD18,000 from USD15,000 this year.

Official site: http://www.malaysiaopen.net/ with additional info at: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/

Final Round 11 Standings: 
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Rank  SNo.    Name                   Rtg  FED  Pts BH. SB.  
   1   12     Wang Hao               2512 CHN  10  73  65.25 
   2   11 GM  Antonio Rogelio Jr     2513 PHI   8  76  53.00 
   3   16 IM  Gonzales Jayson        2477 PHI  7½  78½ 50.00 
   4    2 GM  Adianto Utut           2588 INA  7½  76  49.00 
   5    4 GM  Rogers Ian             2569 AUS  7½  75  48.25 
   6   18 GM  Mariano Nelson         2466 PHI  7½  74½ 46.25 
   7    6 GM  Nguyen Anh Dung        2555 VIE  7½  73½ 49.00 
   8    5 GM  Kunte Abhijit          2561 IND  7½  69½ 45.75 
   9    7 GM  Torre Eugenio          2535 PHI   7  76  44.50 
  10    1 GM  Dao Thien Hai          2601 VIE   7  71½ 43.50 
  11    3 IM  Wynn Zaw Htun          2578 MYA   7  65  40.25 
  12    8 GM  Koneru Humpy           2531 IND  6½  72½ 40.75 
  13   22 GM  Handoko Edhi           2407 INA  6½  72  40.50 
  14   24 IM  Situru Nathanael       2382 INA  6½  70½ 34.50 
  15   19 IM  Abdullah Al-Rakib      2462 BAN  6½  69  39.50 
  16   45     Deni Sonjaya           2178 INA  6½  66½ 34.75 
  17   17 IM  Hossain Enamul         2473 BAN  6½  65½ 36.50 
  18   20 IM  Sriram Jha             2437 IND  6½  64  34.50 
  19   10 IM  Myo Naing              2516 MYA  6½  63  36.75 
  20   26     Tirto                  2370 INA  6½  62  32.50 
  21   34 FM  Chan Nicholas          2313 MAS  6½  62  32.25 
  22   13 GM  Wu Shaobin             2510 CHN   6  70  34.25 
  23   32     Sorbe Stephane         2340 FRA   6  69  35.75 
  24   29 FM  Lim Yee Weng           2348 MAS   6  68  33.25 
  25   14 IM  Juswanto Denny         2509 INA   6  66½ 34.50 
  26   28 FM  Mok Tze Meng           2351 MAS   6  64½ 31.00 
  27    9 FM  Irwanto Sadikin        2517 INA   6  62½ 30.50 
  28   33     Prayitno Sugeng        2333 INA   6  62½ 27.75 
  29   31 FM  Sales Jesse Noel       2340 PHI   6  61  31.00 
  30   41     Shen Si Yuan           2232 CHN   6  59½ 27.25 
  31   49 FM  Bakri Anas Nazreen     2150 MAS   6  58½ 27.50 
  32   21 WGM S. Vijayalakshmi       2414 IND  5½  69½ 33.50 
  33   23 FM  Wu Xibin               2390 CHN  5½  67  31.75 
  34   30 IM  Lahiri Atanu           2344 IND  5½  65½ 27.00 
  35   42     Panggabean Hasian      2222 INA  5½  65  28.75 
  36   15 GM  Moussa Taleb           2508 UAE  5½  60½ 27.75 
  37   36 WGM S. Meenakshi           2273 IND  5½  60½ 26.50 
  38   65     Anasrullah                0 INA  5½  59½ 28.25 
  39   27 WIM Zhang Jilin            2356 CHN  5½  59  27.25 
  40   44     Srivachirawat Kannapon 2186 THA  5½  58½ 25.75 
  41   25 FM  Salimbagat Rico        2379 USA  5½  58  24.25 
  42   55 WFM Son Asia               2105 KAZ  5½  55  25.75 
  43   38     Lim Chuin Hoong        2239 MAS   5  63  25.00 
  44   35 IM  Tan Lian Ann           2302 SIN   5  60½ 23.75 
  45   39     Koneru Chandra Hawsa   2235 IND   5  60  25.75 
  46   37     Maliki Ahmad           2244 MAS   5  60  25.00 
  47   40     Haessler Carl          2234 USA   5  56½ 20.50 
  48   50     Ahmad Ismail           2138 MAS   5  56  19.25 
  49   61     Aplin Christer Jon     1947 SIN   5  55½ 22.00 
  50   51     Tun Seri Lanang Othman 2129 MAS   5  53  23.00 
  51   52     Chong Chor Yuen        2127 HKG   5  53  21.00 
  52   69     Yu Marco                  0 HKG   5  42½ 14.25 
  53   47 WFM Yang Ning              2164 CHN  4½  61  20.75 
  54   43 FM  Jones Lee              2189 AUS  4½  55  20.25 
  55   53 WFM Lombibao Sherrie Joy   2126 PHI  4½  53  19.00 
  56   66     Dotsenko Viacheslav       0 RUS  4½  49½ 17.75 
  57   70     Yu Melvin                 0 HKG   4  54½ 16.00 
  58   46 FM  Jones Brian            2173 AUS   4  50  15.00 
  59   60     Wang Xinyue            1978 CHN   4  48½ 11.25 
  60   57     Chan Tze Wei           2039 MAS   4  47  11.00 
  61   64     K Noguchi              1832 JPN   4  45  13.50 
  62   59     Edwin Lam              1983 MAS   4  44  11.75 
  63   63     Wan Khye Theng         1911 MAS   4  43  11.25 
  64   48 WIM Mendoza Beverly        2150 PHI  3½  52  14.50 
  65   56     Ahmad Kamal Rizal      2079 MAS  3½  51½ 12.75 
  66   54     Lim Kian Hwa           2106 MAS  3½  49½ 12.00 
  67   62     Aw Wai Onn             1920 MAS  3½  43½ 9.25  
  68   58     Goh Benjamin           2035 SIN   3  45  7.25  
  69   67     Lu David                  0 HKG  2½  41  5.00  
  70   68     Malcampo Crisfer          0 PHI   0  46½ 0.00 

19) Eugene Martinovsky Memorial

The Eugene Martinovsky Memorial took place August 19th-23rd, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA, at the AmericInn Hotel. The event was a 6 player category 11 double round robin taking place in suburban Chicago. GM norm = 6.5 out of 10 or 6 out of 9. Ben Finegold made a 9 round GM norm which he is assured should give him the title. He lost his final round missing out on the 10 round norm by half a point.

Martinovsky Mem Bolingbrook USA (USA), 19-23 viii 2005
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1 Mitkov, Nikola        g MKD 2515 7.5-2.5
2 Shulman, Yuri         g USA 2550 6.5-3.5
3 Finegold, Benjamin    m USA 2522 6-4
4 Georgiev, Vladimir    g MKD 2532 6-4
5 Smetankin, Stanislav  m BLR 2479 3.5-6.5
6 Young, Angelo         m PHI 2413 0.5-9.5     
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20) Caissa IM

The 20-28-08-2005. Caissa IM August (II.), the Caissa FM August and the "C" child group tmt finished in Kecskem‚t, Hungary. The winners: Amadeus Eisenbeiser, Rich rd Keresztes and Alexander Staib. The IM group had 7 players, double round robin tmt. Mr. Eisenbeiser made an IM norm with 9,5 pts in 12 games. Next events, 17-26-09-2005, 15-24-10-2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu

21) XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba

The XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba 20th-28th August 2005.

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

22) VI Obert d'Escacs International

The VI Obert d'Escacs International 'Ciutat de Tarragona' takes place 20th-28th August 2005.

Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/

23) Marin Marin Open

The V Aberto Internacional de Xadrez Vila de Marin Marin (Pontevedra) takes place 21st-29th Augusts 2005.

Official site: http://usuarios.lycos.es/perezcarnerogaspar/

24) Independence Cup

The Independence Cup 2005 Tournament A took place in Kyiv in the RCC 'Avangard' 12th-22nd August 2005. Vadim Shishkin won with 9/11 half a point clear of Yuri Kruppa.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t061.html

Official Table
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No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
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  1.    2  Shishkin, Vadim             9.0  73.0  59.75  51.5  2507 2604 +1.08
  2.    1  Kruppa, Yuri                8.5  69.5  51.50  54.5  2525 2557 +0.47
  3.    3  Pavlov, Sergey              7.5  73.0  46.00  47.5  2459 2489 +0.46
  4.    4  Shalimov, Valery            7.0  74.5  45.25  44.0  2426 2445 +0.29
        8  Onischuk, Vladimir          7.0  73.0  43.75  46.5  2349 2437 +1.28
       37  Borsuk, Konstantin          7.0  69.5  41.75  41.0  2215 2412 +2.44
        6  Solomaha, Andrey            7.0  62.0  36.25  40.0  2368 2327 -0.58
  8.    7  Kernazhitsky, Leonid        6.5  69.5  38.00  44.0  2358 2349 -0.10
       19  Dolzhikova, Kateryna        6.5  64.5  33.50  35.5  2248 2358 +1.50
       21  Kruglyakov, Pavlo           6.5  63.5  30.25  37.0  2242 2386 +2.00
 11.   13  Ianovsky, Alexander         6.0  67.0  29.75  39.5  2297 2332 +0.50
       17  Katsman, Mikhail            6.0  66.0  30.50  36.5  2262 2321 +0.64
       15  Moiseev, Igor               6.0  63.0  33.00  37.0  2280 2336 +0.68
       12  Matorin, Evgeny             6.0  62.5  31.00  36.5  2298 2266 -0.40
       38  Vovk, Orest                 6.0  62.5  33.75  36.5  2296 2295 +0.00
       25  Aridov, Vladimir            6.0  61.0  31.25  34.0  2164 2260 +1.17
       16  Semenova, Lidia K           6.0  58.5  29.50  36.5  2271 2324 +0.59
       34  Gubay, Nikolay              6.0  54.5  27.25  31.5  0000 2258  2258
       26  Leshchenko, Vasilij         6.0  53.0  25.75  30.0  2159 2211 +0.54
 20.    5  Panchenko, Alexandar G      5.5  68.5  30.75  40.5  2412 2288 -1.87
       11  Moliboga, V.                5.5  67.5  31.50  33.5  2323 2318 -0.10
       22  Grinev, Valeriy             5.5  56.5  28.50  33.0  2241 2335 +1.13
       20  Julin, Alexei               5.5  54.0  20.75  28.5  2247 2138 -1.07
 24.    9  Petryk, Fedir               5.0  65.0  22.75  37.5  2334 2203 -1.48
       10  Tchoubar, Vladimir          5.0  62.5  25.50  31.0  2325 2215 -1.22
       23  Baryshpolets, Andrey        5.0  61.0  26.25  31.0  2196 2211 +0.13
       35  Manilyk, Andrey             5.0  57.0  21.00  28.0  0000 2175  2175
       29  Alaev, Pavel                5.0  53.5  18.75  27.0  2102 2092 -0.10
       18  Nikulenkov, Anatoly         5.0  50.5  15.25  24.0  2251 2159 -1.13
 30.   36  Petrov, Evgeniy             4.5  59.5  21.00  27.5  0000 2158  2158
       33  Dyak, Grigorij              4.5  57.0  20.00  32.0  0000 2162  2162
       14  Kuzmenko, Yevgen            4.5  52.0  17.75  27.0  2291 2086 -2.22
       28  Kazarian, Georgy            4.5  47.5  12.25  22.5  2133 2004 -1.14
 34.   27  Brozhik, Vasilij            4.0  56.0  18.00  27.0  2149 2142 -0.12
 35.   24  Sergienko, Nikolay          3.0  49.0   6.75  18.0  2166 1982 -1.58
       31  Burakovsky, Marat           3.0  45.5   7.25  14.0  2042 1905 -1.08
 37.   32  Chistiakov, Anatolij        2.5  48.0   6.25  12.5  0000 1898  1898
 38.   30  Meleshko, Maxim             0.0  48.5  16.00   0.0  2052 1597 -0.66

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 1. Shishkin, Vadim UKR     m  UKR 2507  +10 -21 +14 +16 + 4 = 2 +20 + 3 = 5 + 6 + 9  9.0  2603 
 2. Kruppa, Yuri            g  UKR 2525  +29 +24 +25 + 3 = 8 = 1 = 5 +16 = 4 = 9 +14  8.5  2557 
 3. Pavlov, Sergey             UKR 2459  +23 +13 +21 - 2 +11 =20 = 8 - 1 +10 = 7 + 5  7.5  2488 
 4. Shalimov, Valery        m  UKR 2426  + 9 +16 -11 +21 - 1 =10 +17 + 7 = 2 = 5 = 8  7.0  2444 
 5. Onischuk, Vladimir      f  UKR 2349  +19 =14 = 6 =22 +26 +25 = 2 + 8 = 1 = 4 - 3  7.0  2436 
 6. Borsuk, Konstantin         UKR 2215  =35 +30 = 5 = 7 -21 +23 +14 =20 + 8 - 1 +12  7.0  2373 
 7. Solomaha, Andrey           UKR 2368  +37 -11 + 9 = 6 -20 +26 +31 - 4 +30 = 3 +19  7.0  2334 
 8. Kernazhitsky, Leonid    m  UKR 2358  =12 +34 +31 +11 = 2 =17 = 3 - 5 - 6 +15 = 4  6.5  2349 
 9. Kruglyakov, Pavlo          UKR 2242  - 4 +38 - 7 +33 -13 +32 +21 +25 +16 = 2 - 1  6.5  2374 
10. Dolzhikova, Kateryna    wm UKR 2248  - 1 +39 =15 -24 +30 = 4 +34 +13 - 3 =16 +20  6.5  2357 
11. Moiseev, Igor              UKR 2280  +18 + 7 + 4 - 8 - 3 -13 =12 -30 =24 +36 +26  6.0  2275 
12. Aridov, Vladimir           UKR 2164  = 8 =27 -16 =28 =19 +29 =11 +31 =14 +20 - 6  6.0  2248 
13. Matorin, Evgeny         m  RUS 2298  +36 - 3 =26 =18 + 9 +11 -16 -10 +17 -19 +28  6.0  2244 
14. Katsman, Mikhail           UKR 2262  +30 = 5 - 1 -31 +34 +18 - 6 +24 =12 +25 - 2  6.0  2269 
15. Vovk, Orest                UKR 2296  =35 =35 =10 -26 +27 +22 =25 +17 =20 - 8 =16  6.0  2250 
16. Ianovsky, Alexander        UKR 2297  +38 - 4 +12 - 1 +32 +21 +13 - 2 - 9 =10 =15  6.0  2329 
17. Semenova, Lidia K       wg UKR 2271  =27 =31 +28 =25 +22 = 8 - 4 -15 -13 +34 +24  6.0  2265 
18. Gubay,Nikolay              UKR ----  -11 +37 =34 =13 =24 -14 =23 +21 -26 +27 +25  6.0  2270 
19. Leshchenko, Vasilij        UKR 2159  - 5 -32 =30 +38 =12 -34 +37 +23 +27 +13 - 7  6.0  2212 
20. Panchenko, Alexandar G  m  UKR 2412  -22 +33 +23 +32 + 7 = 3 - 1 = 6 =15 -12 -10  5.5  2288 
21. Moliboga, V                RUS 2323  +39 + 1 - 3 - 4 + 6 -16 - 9 -18 +29 +33 =22  5.5  2256 
22. Grinev, Valeriy            UKR 2241  +20 -25 +24 = 5 -17 -15 =27 +34 -25 +37 =21  5.5  2269 
23. Julin, Alexei              UKR 2247  - 3 +36 -20 =27 +28 - 6 =18 -19 +38 =32 +31  5.5  2144 
24. Tchoubar, Vladimir      m  UKR 2325  +28 - 2 -22 +10 =18 -31 +33 -14 =11 +30 -17  5.0  2151 
25. Petryk, Fedir           f  UKR 2334  +33 +22 - 2 =17 +31 - 5 =15 - 9 +22 -14 -18  5.0  2196 
26. Baryshpolets, Andrey       UKR 2196  =35 =35 =13 +15 - 5 - 7 -30 +33 +18 =28 -11  5.0  2130 
27. Manilyk,Andrey             UKR ----  =17 =12 -32 =23 -15 +36 =22 +29 -19 -18 +40  5.0  2142 
28. Alaev, Pavel               UKR 2102  -24 +29 -17 =12 -23 -30 +40 +38 +31 =26 -13  5.0  2114 
29. Nikulenkov, Anatoly        UKR 2251  - 2 -28 +39 -34 +36 -12 +32 -27 -21 +40 +37  5.0  2128 
30. Petrov,Evgeniy             UKR ----  -14 - 6 =19 +37 -10 +28 +26 +11 - 7 -24 -33  4.5  2158 
31. Dyak,Grigorij              UKR ----  +32 =17 - 8 +14 -25 +24 - 7 -12 -28 +38 -23  4.5  2173 
32. Kuzmenko, Yevgen           UKR 2291  -31 +19 +27 -20 -16 - 9 -29 +40 +37 =23 -36  4.5  2100 
33. Kazarian, Georgy           UKR 2133  -25 -20 +36 - 9 =37 +38 -24 -26 +40 -21 +30  4.5  2111 
34. Brozhik, Vasilij           UKR 2149  =35 - 8 =18 +29 -14 +19 -10 -22 +36 -17 -38  4.0  2055 
35. BYE DRAW                   UKR ----  =26 =26  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2224 
36. Burakovsky, Marat          UKR 2042  -13 -23 -33 +40 -29 -27 +38 -37 -34 -11 +32  3.0  1981 
37. Sergienko, Nikolay         UKR 2166  - 7 -18 =38 -30 =33 +40 -19 +36 -32 -22 -29  3.0  1951 
38. Chistiakov, Anatolij       UKR 1904  -16 - 9 =37 -19 +40 -33 -36 -28 -23 -31 +34  2.5  1928 
39. Meleshko, Maxim            UKR 2052  -21 -10 -29  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
40. BYE                            ----   .   .   .  -36 -38 -37 -28 -32 -33 -29 -27  0.0       
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25) VIII Bancpost & Ciuc Premium

The VIII Bancpost & Ciuc Premium tournaments took place in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, 20th-28th August 2005. Christian Schatz won the stronger of the events with 7.5/9. Siegfried Schmid made 9/9 in the B event.

Official site: http://www.caissa.nextra.ro/

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 1. Schatz, Christian      GER 2183  * 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2232 
 2. Balazs, Attila         ROM 2029  0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1  6.0  2101 
 3. Roeber, Juergen        GER 2054  0 1 * = = = = 1 1 =  5.5  2053 
 4. Argyo, Nora            ROM 2061  = = = * = = 0 = 1 1  5.0  2016 
 5. Voegerl, Ronald        GER 2024  = 0 = = * = = = 1 1  5.0  2020 
 6. Bolog, Iulian          ROM 1976  0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1  5.0  2025 
 7. Szakats, Stefan        ROM 1819  0 0 = 1 = = * = = =  4.0  1957 
 8. Szebeni, Pal           ROM 1946  = 0 0 = = 0 = * = 0  2.5  1819 
 9. Ghinea, Constantin     ROM 1869  0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1  2.5  1828 
10. Kocsis, Mihaly         ROM 1858  0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 *  2.0  1775 
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 1. Schmid, Siegfried     GER 2247  * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.0       
 2. Adam,Andrea           ROM ----  0 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2113 
 3. Stuermer, Martin      GER 1962  0 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1  5.5  2032 
 4. Darvas, Ignatie       ROM 1840  0 = 0 * 1 0 = = 1 1  4.5  1965 
 5. Kopacz,Sandor         ROM ----  0 1 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 1  4.0  1904 
 6. Boehm, Manfred        GER 1858  0 0 = 1 0 * = = = 1  4.0  1920 
 7. Biro, Zoltan          ROM 1965  0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = 0  3.5  1871 
 8. Gered,Iuliu           ROM ----  0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = =  3.5  1867 
 9. Kokosi, Daniel        ROM 1659  0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1  3.0  1860 
10. Kelemen,Ludovic       ROM ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 *  1.5  1674 
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26) Icelandic Championship

The Icelandic Championship took place in Reykjavic 11th-21st August 2005. GM Stefansson, Hannes is the Icelandic Chess Champion for the 7th time in 8 years with 9 points out of 11. IM Kristjansson, Stefan and IM Gunnarsson, Jon Vikor took the second and third place little ahead of other players. Games from the final round now available.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.com/ice05/

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 1. Stefansson, Hannes          g ISL 2579  * 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1  9.0  2558 
 2. Kristjansson, Stefan        m ISL 2459  0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2518 
 3. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor      m ISL 2388  = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  8.0  2488 
 4. Sigfusson, Sigurdur         f ISL 2344  = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 =  6.5  2382 
 5. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn         f ISL 2328  = 0 = = * = 0 0 1 1 1 1  6.0  2355 
 6. Asgeirsson, Heimir            ISL 2118  0 0 = = = * 1 = = = = 1  5.5  2338 
 7. Bergsson, Snorri            f ISL 2259  0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 = 1 =  5.0  2289 
 8. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn   f ISL 2277  0 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 = = =  4.5  2258 
 9. Asmundsson, Ingvar          f ISL 2299  = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1  4.0  2219 
10. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor    f ISL 2291  0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * = 1  4.0  2220 
11. Bjarnason, Saevar           m ISL 2255  0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * =  3.0  2150 
12. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P      ISL 2241  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = *  2.0  2065 
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27) Swedish Teams

The Swedish Team Championships took place 5th November 2004 - 13th March 2005.

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

 Pl   Team                  Pl  +  =  -   pp   mp
  1   SK Rockaden, Sthlm    11  11 0  0   67   22
  2   Sollentuna SK         11  8  2  1   55   18
  3   Skara SS              11  8  0  3   57   16
  4   Limhamns SK           11  7  2  2   53   16
  5   SödraSASS             11  5  2  4   43,5 12
  6   Eksjö-Aneby Alliansen 11  6  0  5   41,5 12
  7   Lunds ASK             11  4  1  6   44,5 9
  8   SK Kamraterna, Gtbg   11  3  2  6   40   8
  9   Wasa SK               11  3  1  7   37   7
  10  Farsta SK             11  2  1  8   31,5 5
  11  Åstorps SS            11  2  1  8   30,5 5
  12  SK Passanten          11  1  0  10  27,5 2

28) Slovenian National Championship

Jure Borisek (IM) and Jana Krivec (wIM) both members of Slovenian National Team, won the Men's and Women's National Championship that took place in Ptuj last week. The championships were open to all Slovenian players, took place 12th-19th August 2005(swiss system, 9 rounds).

More details: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0508/si05ch/

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 1. Borisek, Jure           m  SLO 2509 7.0  38.5
 2. Bratovic, Blaz          f  SLO 2350 7.0  33.0
 3. Tratar, Marko           m  SLO 2419 6.5  40.5
 4. Lenic, Luka             m  SLO 2463 6.5  39.0
 5. Sakelsek, Tadej         m  SLO 2390 6.0  39.0
 6. Gruskovnjak, Tomislav   f  SLO 2293 6.0  37.5
 7. Barle, Janez            m  SLO 2408 6.0  36.0
 8. Jelen, Igor             m  SLO 2334 6.0  35.5
 9. Jeric, Simon            m  SLO 2326 6.0  33.0
10. Gjuran, Denis           f  SLO 2340 5.5  35.0
11. Podkriznik, Gregor      f  SLO 2391 5.5  34.5
12. Zorko, Jure             f  SLO 2335 5.5  33.5
13. Kokol, Peter               SLO 2122 5.0  37.0
14. Sebenik, Matej          m  SLO 2407 5.0  36.0
15. Skoberne, Jure             SLO 2312 5.0  36.0
16. Penko, Igor                SLO 2235 5.0  33.0
17. Krumpacnik, Domen       m  SLO 2379 5.0  32.5
18. Serdt, Simon               SLO 2222 5.0  30.5
19. Srebrnic, Vojko            SLO 2251 5.0  29.5
20. Bozicnik,Joze              SLO ---- 5.0  29.0
21. Mitrovic, Boris            SLO 2077 4.5  33.0
22. Buzeti, Jernej             SLO 1948 4.5  31.5
23. Gazvoda, Franc             SLO 2148 4.5  31.0
24. Jazbinsek, Sebastjan       SLO 2233 4.5  30.5
25. Slana,Mirko                SLO ---- 4.5  29.0
26. Bozic, Marjan              SLO 2130 4.5  28.0
27. Florjancic, Rudolf         SLO 2078 4.5  27.0
28. Napast, Viktor             SLO 2045 4.0  35.5
29. Skok, Joze                 SLO 2101 4.0  32.0
30. Djurkovic, Maks            SLO 2205 4.0  30.0
31. Roskar, Zlatko             SLO ---- 4.0  27.0
32. Krivec, Jana            wm SLO 2270 4.0  26.0
33. Cojhter, Karel             SLO 2056 3.5  34.5
34. Kodric, Vladimir           SLO ---- 3.5  29.5
35. Sibanc,Bogo                SLO ---- 3.5  29.5
36. Matko, Milan               SLO 2200 3.5  27.5
37. Pihler, Damjan             SLO 1990 3.5  26.0
38. Belsak,Zan                 SLO ---- 3.5  26.0
39. Spelec, Darko              SLO 2066 3.0  31.0
40. Grobovsek, Ivan            SLO 2000 3.0  29.0
41. Hevir, Zlatko              SLO 2159 3.0  26.0
42. Omerzel,Nikola             SLO ---- 3.0  23.0
43. Leban, Matej               SLO 2010 2.5  24.5
44. Podkriznik, Aleksander     SLO ---- 1.5  26.5
45. Sitnik, Igor               SLO 2303 
46. Krumpak, Hinko             SLO 2146 
47. Lipovsek,Miran             SLO 2098 0.0  26.0
48. Tolic,Mato                 SLO 2045 0.0  26.5

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15th ch-SLO w Ptuj SLO (SLO), 12-19 viii 2005
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 1. Krivec, Jana       wm SLO 2270  8.0  35.0 
 2. Novak, Ksenija     wf SLO 2164  6.5  34.5 
 3. Srebrnic, Ana      wm SLO 2289  6.0  35.5 
 4. Rozic, Vesna       wf SLO 2192  6.0  34.5 
 5. Mar, Karmen        wm SLO 2134  5.5  33.5 
 6. Grobelsek, Ana     wf SLO 2129  5.0  33.0 
 7. Ursic, Mateja         SLO 2036  5.0  32.5 
 8. Drame,Sasa            SLO ----  5.0  26.5 
 9. Ursic, Simona         SLO 1995  4.5  32.5 
10. Vospernik, Mira       SLO 2071  4.5  32.0 
11. Bukovec, Tina         SLO 1829  4.0  34.0 
12. Ahmatovic, Mirela     SLO 1966  4.0  31.5 
13. Vombek, Dani       f  SLO 2340  3.5  31.0 
14. Bucar,Natasa          SLO ----  3.5  27.5 
15. Seruga,Vanja          SLO ----  1.0  28.5 
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29) Ada Open

The Traditional "Ada 2005" Open Chess Tournament took place in Belgrade 15th-23rd August 2005. GM Bosko Abramovic won the tournament. The event was organised by the Belgrade Chess Association.

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  1. Abramovic, Bosko         g  SCG 2489  7.5    55.5    43.0 45.25    6
  2. Nestorovic, Dejan        m  SCG 2407  7.5    54.0    42.0 43.75    6
  3. Pavlovic, Milos          f  SCG 2432  7.0    56.0    43.5 41.75    6
  4. Rajkovic, Dusan          g  SCG 2461  7.0    54.0    42.0 33.75    5
  5. Strbac, Mladen              SCG 2248  7.0    52.5    41.0 38.75    6
  6. Vrbljanac, Aleksandar       SCG 2259  6.5    47.0    36.0 31.50    5
  7. Nikolic, Milos              SCG 2212  6.5    46.5    35.5 30.50    6
  8. Stankovic, Branislav D      SCG 2292  6.5    44.5    34.5 31.75    5
  9. Peovic, Milos               SCG 2279  6.5    44.0    34.0 26.75    5
 10. Stamenkovic, Aleksandar     SCG 2272  6.5    43.5    34.0 30.00    5
 11. Brkic, Djordje SCG          SCG 2276  6.5    42.0    32.5 28.75    5 
 12. Martic, Nemanja             SCG 2190  6.0    51.5    40.0 33.00    3
 13. Skare, Goran             f  SCG 2318  6.0    50.5    40.0 32.50    4
 14. Grbic, Milorad              SCG 2327  6.0    50.5    39.5 32.25    5
 15. Mihajlovic, Miodrag      f  SCG 2240  6.0    50.5    39.5 29.75    5
 16. Vasiljevic, Dragan       m  SCG 2304  6.0    50.0    39.0 31.00    4
 17. Lundin, Jan                 SWE 2262  6.0    50.0    38.0 31.25    4
 18. Toth, Aleksandar            SCG 2262  6.0    49.0    38.0 31.25    4
 19. Mirkovic, Stevan            SCG 2114  6.0    48.5    39.0 30.00    3
 20. Cvetkovic, Srdjan        m  SCG 2423  6.0    48.5    37.5 28.00    5
 21. Tasic, Zoran                SCG 2236  6.0    47.0    36.5 29.50    6
 22. Poleksic, Miodrag           SCG 2227  6.0    45.0    35.5 28.50    5
 23. Cvetkovic, Nemanja          SCG 2163  6.0    44.0    33.5 27.50    5
 24. Jevtic, Miroljub L          SCG 2112  6.0    43.5    34.0 27.00    5
 25. Maksimovic, Miroslav        SCG 2193  6.0    42.0    33.5 26.25    5
 26. Jovicic, Radosav            SCG 2291  6.0    39.0    30.0 19.25    4
139 players

30) CAP International in Posadas

The Internacional 79th Anniversary CAP International in Posadas city in Argentina took place 11th-15th August 2005. It celbrates the anniversary of the club founded on 12th July 1926. 18 players from Brazil, Paraguay and other points of Argentina (Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa states) and the Misiones state.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezposadas.com.ar/

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 1. Ojeda, Javier           PAR 2200  +18 = 2 +15 + 5 + 4 = 3 = 6  5.5  2377 
 2. Valiente, Cristobal  m  PAR 2328  +13 = 1 = 3 + 6 +12 = 4 = 5  5.0  2284 
 3. Jimenez, Joaquin        ARG 2211  +17 + 6 = 2 = 4 = 7 = 1 +13  5.0  2280 
 4. Espinoza, Edgar      f  PAR 2255  +14 +11 + 7 = 3 - 1 = 2 =10  4.5  2239 
 5. Caro, Esteban           ARG 2215  + 9 - 7 + 8 - 1 +13 +11 = 2  4.5  2206 
 6. Goiriz, Y Damian        PAR 2022  +12 - 3 +10 - 2 +14 + 7 = 1  4.5  2217 
 7. Chang, Suzana           BRA 2071  + 8 + 5 - 4 +11 = 3 - 6 =15  4.0  2172 
 8. Garcia,Cristian         ARG ----  - 7 + 9 - 5 +14 +17 -10 +12  4.0  2090 
 9. Anazco,Fabricio         ARG ----  - 5 - 8 +18 =10 +16 =12 +11  4.0  2102 
10. Gomez, Pedro            ARG ----   .  =15 - 6 = 9 +18 + 8 = 4  3.5  2103 
11. Ledesma, Hugo           ARG 2151  +16 - 4 +14 - 7 +15 - 5 - 9  3.0  2027 
12. Oviedo,Horacio          ARG ----  - 6 +17 +13 =15 - 2 = 9 - 8  3.0  1997 
13. Crotti, Lucas           ARG 1983  - 2 +18 -12 +16 - 5 +17 - 3  3.0  2057 
14. Agnello,Silvana         ARG ----  - 4 +16 -11 - 8 - 6 +18 +17  3.0  2011 
15. Rendon,Antonio          ARG ----   .  =10 - 1 =12 -11 +16 = 7  2.5  2013 
16. Fernandez,Gabriel       ARG ----  -11 -14 +17 -13 - 9 -15 +18  2.0  1861 
17. Chu Lau,Carlos          ARG ----  - 3 -12 -16 +18 - 8 -13 -14  1.0  1718 
18. Escalada,Hugo           ARG ----  - 1 -13 - 9 -17 -10 -14 -16  0.0       
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31) Sec Tournament

A small open tournament took place in Sec, Czech Republic 14th-21st August 2005. 25 players including one FM took part in the 9 round-swiss. Alongside there was a blitz tournament, which was held as a memorial to Petr Mach.The blitz event's results: 1. Movsesian 7,5/9 2. Movsesjanova 6,5, 3. Rosko 6. etc. News: Sergei Movsesian.

Final Ranking              
Rk SNo.Name                    Rtg   FED  Pts BH.
 1   2 Stehno Pavel            2373  CZE  7½  45½
 2   1 Heinzel Olaf         FM 2402  GER  7   47
 3   5 Koth Stefan             2182  GER  6   47½
 4   4 Taborsky Rostislav      2204  CZE  5½  51
 5   3 Vedral Oldrich          2252  CZE  5½  50½
 6   8 Pirklova Hana           2121  CZE  5½  44½
 7  11 Mejzlik Ondrej          2091  CZE  5½  42
 8   6 Eret Jaroslav           2173  CZE  5   43
 9  14 Holub Jan               2042  CZE  5   43
10  10 Reitinger Petr          2093  CZE  4½  46½
11  22 Posmurny Oldrich        1857  CZE  4½  45
12  13 Rousar Zdenek           2043  CZE  4½  43
13   9 Mejzlik Vojtech         2095  CZE  4½  38½
14  16 Stodolova Kristyna      2025  CZE  4½  37
    18 Stolc Martin            2008  CZE  4½  37
    19 Kastner Vojtech         1941  CZE  4½  37
17  17 Reitingerova Iveta      2010  CZE  4½  36
18  15 Kastner Kamil           2026  CZE  4½  35
19  20 Blasko Stepan           1926  CZE  3½  38½
20  24 Reitinger Jan           1716  CZE  3½  36
21  25 Rehak Jakub             1657  CZE  3   42½
22   7 Petras Milan            2151  CZE  3   36
23  12 Gruber Milos            2047  CZE  2½  33½
24  21 Portych Václav          1868  CZE  1½  31½
25  23 Sara Stanislav          1739  CZE  1   14½

32) Nordic Championship

The Nordic Championship takes place in Vammala Finland August 24th-September 4th 2005. Sadly the coverage is a bit of a mess with games missing and possible wrong results. Will hopefully round up next week.

Official site: http://www.vammalanshakkikerho.net/pm2005/index.html

33) NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway

George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway tournament took place 19th-21st August 2005 at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. IM Eugene Perelshteyn of Swampscott, Mass., captured first place with a score of 4-1. Runners-up with 3-2 tallies were IM Mikhail Shur of Springfield, Mass. (who defeated top-rated GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass., in the first round), FM Joshua Friedel of Goffstown, New Hampshire, 16-year-old national master Max Enkin of Peabody, Mass., and national expert Melvin Zhang, 17, of Roslindale, Mass. The tournament drew 82 players in five sections and was directed by Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire, assisted by tournament organizer Severine Wamala of Lowell, Mass., for the sponsoring NorthEast Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at http://MassChess.org

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Seagaard ChessReviews

Soren Sogaard announces that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will no longer be updated.

His letter: Dear reader! This is the last "newsletter" you receive from Seagaard ChessReviews. I have run the site for 5½ years, but now I no longer have the time to keep running the site. I have looked for sponsors for some time now, but I didn't succeed. Without these sponsors it is not easy to run the site. It was a hard decision, but the site, products and reviews will still be there for you - I just stop reviewing the products that I receive. If I receive products in the future, I will still store them in the database. However, I will writ eto the publishers that the site is closing so don't count on a lot of new products ;-) Thanks to all the people who supported me during the years. I am happy that more than 320 people now subscribes to the newsletter and that we have + 70.000 hits every week. All the best Soren Sogaard - Seagaard ChessReviews

Website: http://seagaard.dk/review

First Saturday September

FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM tournaments in Budapest HUNGARY, 3rd-15th of September, some vacancies yet, first contacts - first served. Info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Scanno Italy

SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno, 50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Dutch Championship

The Dutch Championship takes place September 5th-16th 2005 in Leeuwarden.

Men GM Sergei Tiviakov 2678 GM Loek van Wely 2655 GM Erik van den Doel 2587 GM Jan Smeets 2537 GM Daniël Stellwagen 2533 GM Friso Nijboer 2529 IM Erwin l'Ami 2519 IM Jan Werle 2514 replaces Timman IM Ruud Janssen 2501 IM Sipke Ernst 2457 GM Jan Timman 2625 out with a broken hand according to Dutch teletext. Women GM Peng Zhao Qin 2405 WIM Bianca Muhren 2269 FM Petra Schuurman 2266 WIM Marlies Bensdorp 2225 Arlette van Weersel 2173 Laura Bensdorp 2108

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2005/

Highlands Open Czech Republic

2nd International Chess Festival Open Highlands will take place on 24th September - 2nd October 2005 in the Havlickuv Brod town (the Czech Republic) which part is open FIDE with the possibility to participate for all applicants. The festival is part of the 5th CZECH TOUR 2005/2006 Series.

More detailed information should be found at the address http://www.czechtour.net.

VII Sants Open

The VII Sants Open in Barcelona takes place 27th August - 4th September 2005.

Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open2005 This tournament is part of the Catalan Grand Prix http://www.fcde.org/circuit/oberts.html

US Chess League

The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience.

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

Caissa Events September - October

The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 17th-26th September 2005 and 15th-24th October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com. Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.

74th Ukrainian Chess Championship

74th Ukrainian Chess Championship, Final 2005 takes place August 24th - 2nd September 2005 in Rivne. 32 participants compete in a knock-out system. 18 Grandmasters including Efimenko Zahar (2643), Areshchenko Alexander (2625), Borovikov Vladislav (2595), Baklan Vladimir (2584), Neverov Valeriy (2572), Women European Chess Champion Lahno Kateryna, and 9 international/national masters take part in the competition.

Official site Ukrainian Chess Federation: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/eng/

Chessworld.net London Social

Chessworld.net, one of the largest correspondence chess servers on the Internet will be hosting a real life social chess event based in Covent Garden in the center of London on the coming Saturday August 27th 2005. The event will take place from 11am onwards at the Punch and Judy pub in Covent Garden, in the dowstairs area.

Official site: http://www.chessworld.net/

Bratto della Presolana

Bratto della Presolana is a small mountain town 40 km from Bergamo, Italy. 15 GMs in the Master Group. There will be also Italian Female Championship and Italian Under 20 Championship.

Games, news, and Bulletin: http://www.scaccobratto.com/

Vladimir Open

The Vladimir Open takes place 17th-25th August 2005.

Results: http://www.vladchess.ru/tourtable/tourtable_28.html?resul=1

Liepajas rokade

Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics took place from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia. Loek van Wely won the main all-play-all rapid event. I will round up the games next week.

English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684 and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681

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 1. Van Wely, Loek         g NED 2655 11    66.25
 2. Fridman, Daniel2       g LAT 2566 9.5   56.25
 3. Starostits, Ilmars     m LAT 2474 7.5   48.25
 4. Khalifman, Alexander   g RUS 2653 7.5   45.50
 5. Kengis, Edvins         g LAT 2534 7.5   39.50
 6. Kveinys, Aloizas		     g LTU 2510 7     40.50
 7. Ehlvest, Jaan          g EST 2614 6.5   36.25
 8. Sveshnikov, Evgeny     g LAT 2507 6     34.25
 9. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2570 5.5   33.25
10. Neiksans, Arturs       m LAT 2453 5.5   30.75
11. Miezis, Normunds       g LAT 2527 5     31.50
12. Kanep, Meelis          m EST 2491 5     29.75
13. Putka, Verner            LAT 2283 5     26.25
14. Sveshnikov, Vladimir     LAT 2194 2.5   15.75
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14th Kavala Open

The 14th Kavala Open Tournament took place in the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre 12th-19th August 2005. Hopefully I'll be able to round up all the games and results next week.

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

4th Galway Chess Congress

The 4th Galway Chess Congress takes place October 7th-9th 2005 at the 4 star Corrib Great Southern hotel in Galway (Ireland). The prize fund is 10,000 Euros or approx £6,800. There will be 4 tournaments for different rating sections with a 2000 Euro (£1300) first prize in the top section and significant prizes for the other sections including generous grading prizes. There are now direct flights to Galway from London, Manchester and Edinburgh so we're hoping to perhaps have some visitors from the UK.

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

Moscow Open 2006

The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru), Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)

Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member): igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax: +7-095-3650757

Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru

European Team Championship

In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org

Jiraskuv Memorial

The Jiraskuv Memorial takes place 6th-13th August 2005 in Rakovnik (Czech Republic - 60 km west from Prague).

Further details: http://www.czfree-ra.net/~sachy

Alajuela International

Alajuela International Chess Tournament in Costa Rica took place 23rd-28th July 2005. Varuzhan Akobian took clear first with 8/9. A full bulletin should become available.

Official site: http://www.alajuela2005.com/

  1.    3  Akobian, Varuzhan          2558  8.0  55.5  
  2.   11  Murillo, Alexis            2362  7.5  47.0  
  3.    5  Ramirez, Alejandro         2483  7.0  55.0  
        8  Leyva, Hector              2402  7.0  53.0  
        9  Juarez, Carlos             2391  7.0  52.5  
        7  Perez, Luis Manuel         2430  7.0  50.5  
       31  Chavez, Ricardo            2148  7.0  48.5  
  8.   12  Valdes, Leonardo           2362  6.5  49.5  
        2  Delgado, Neuris            2570  6.5  55.0  
       18  Urbina, Ricardo            2254  6.5  55.5  
        6  Mittelman, Gur             2431  6.5  54.0  
        4  Zapata, Alonso             2509  6.5  52.0  
       13  Estrada, Julian            2348  6.5  49.5  
       10  Blanco Fernandez Alvaro    2381  6.5  47.0  
       17  Hernandez, Francisco       2265  6.5  47.5  
       20  Lorenzana, Wilson          2249  6.5  50.0  
177 players

58th Quebec Open Championship

IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance. Hopefully I can round up all the games next week.

Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

#  Name                      Tot 
1  Vahagn Voskanyan          2277 6.5 
2  Jean Hebert               2405 6.5 
3  Antoine Berube            2168 6.5 
4  Simon Gravel              2287 6.5 
5  Thanh Nha Duong           2360 6.0 
6  Sebastian Predescu        2234 6.0 
7  Matt Noble                2368 6.0 
8  Steve Bolduc              2206 6.0 
9  Omid Malek                2021 6.0 
45 player

Odessa Open - Geller Memorial

Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be 3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.

Details in Russian are available at: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the starter problem, and other details, is available at the website: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html

FIDE World Championship

The FIDE Championship takes place September 27th - October 16th 2005 at Potrero de los Funes, San Luis (Argentina). Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar.

Official site: http://www.wccsanluis.net/home.asp?lang=en

Coral Springs IM

Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2 rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30 second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon Haskel jon@bocachess.com

10th Cesenatico International

The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament takes place 3rd-11th September 2005.

Further info: http://www.antiquascom.it

Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events

A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston, Charlotte and Orlando areas.

Charlotte Open - August 26-28: http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament10.shtml

World Amateur Open Championship - October 7-9, 2005: http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament13.shtml

Cajun Chess Web Site: http://www.cajunchess.com/

Denker Memorial

The Chess4Less Denker Memorial takes place at the Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, July 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17. Live coverage of some of the game son ICC. http://www.chessclub.com. Hopefully I'll be able to round things up next week.

Prague Chess Holiday

The XV International Chess Holiday 2005 and VIII Professor Jaroslav Pelikán Memorial takes place in Prague. Three dates: 16th-23rd July 2005, 23rd-30th July 2005 and 30th July - 6th August 2005.

Official site: http://www.schach-prag.de/

2nd Varna Chess Festival

The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September 7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St., Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642 877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg

Lausanne Young Masters

The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best under-20 players in the world will be held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne Players: Pentala Harikrishna Hikaru Nakamura, Andrei Volokitin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Nana Dzagnidze and Elisabeth Paehtz.

Alongside will be an Invitational Event "Maîtres contres Espoirs" including Vladimir Tukmakov and Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) will play several young Swiss talents.

Also a General Open, total prize money CHF 14'500.-, CHF 3'000.- for the winner, will be held at the same location from September 16th-19th, 2005. 7 rounds,

Information: René Kesselring, phone ++41 21 701 38 63 and ++41 79 342 44 15 Email: rkesselring@bluewin.ch

Internet http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com

Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival

The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno has 2 closed GM groups, 1 closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September 2005. Contact: IM Petr Pisk -GM and IM groups (petr.pisk@centrum.cz) or go to the website below.

Further details: http://volny.cz/skduras

Malaysian Chess Federation Calendar

The Malaysian Chess Federation has a calendar at: http://tcn.sourceforge.net. The event includes: the 2nd Arthur Tan Malaysian Open takes place 19th-26th August 2005, - Open Swiss with Prize Fund of US$ 15,000 27 Aug - 1 Sep Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2005 - Team event Prize Fund US$ 10,000 2 - 12 Sept Zone 3.3 (East Asia Zone) Championship. Contact: Hamid Majid email: aham@pc.jaring.my

Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net

Senior World Championship

The Senior Chess World Championship takes place 27th September - 10th October 2005 in the Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, just one hour car far away from Venice.

The tournament is open to both men and women, and is an 11 round Swiss. Time rate: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes until the end of the game. with a 30 second increment from move 1.

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

3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial

The 3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial takes place 3rd-5th September 2005. The event takes place in Winnipeg Canada. The tournament is a six-round open Swiss, FIDE-rated, over the Labour Day weekend. Entry fee by July 15th 2005: $80 Cdn.

Russian GM Sergey Shipov and Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein have confirmed their participation in the Abe Yanofsky Memorial.

This year's tournament will have 50 per cent more in prizes than 2004, with $6,000 guaranteed, including class prizes.

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

Iranian Team Championship

The Iran Super League (Ligue 84) the 12 club team event started on 30th May 2005. The Double round robin sees 6 GMs, 12 IMs and a total of 28 titled players participate.

Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

Peter Leko Official Site

Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/

CC-Calendar

CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990. 726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection: CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program Shredder won. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.

Bratto Open

The 25th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" will takes place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2005. 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: gpp@hotelmilano.com

Official Internet coverage: http://www.scaccobratto.com/2005.shtml

Hungarian Tournaments July - December 2005

1. 2nd-14th of July 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

2. 15th -23rd of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, organizer FM Korpics, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu

3. 24th of July - 1st of August, AGRIA Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

4. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL

5. 21st-31st of August, PAPP BELA memorial GM closed tmt, Torokbalint, 10 km from Budapest, info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net

6 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL

7. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L

8. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest

9. 3rd - 15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM.

9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft

9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005.

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

US Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd - March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.

The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C. The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura; Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players from the rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot decided by the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the highest score from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Championship website.

Details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com

Obrenovac Open

The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO. First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Lugano International Open

The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.

Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/

2nd Samba Cup

The 2nd Samba Cup will take place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in Skanderborg, Denmark.

A-group will be at least cat. 16. B and C-group will be cats. 8/9 and 3/4 if played. All groups 10 players round-robin. Interested players for any group are welcome to contact organiser Michael Andersson at gm@skanderborgskakklub.dk.

Web site is under construction but will be http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005

FIDE Trainers Committee

IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat (Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France), Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia), Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia), Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser (USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan), Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).

Read the article: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm and an update: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm

Instructional Tactics

There is an instructional tactical site at: http://www.chesstactics.org compiled by Ward Farnsworth.

Queenstown Chess Classic 2006

The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event. The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.

Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com

Kasparov on his retirement

Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary entry on the reasons for his retirement: http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html

Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years

Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"? which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.

Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is something new in CC).

A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80 The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the promo booklet (archived pdf file) http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip

The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver ( http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278 ) .

II Calvia Chess Festival

The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival offers a varied programme with tournaments for different categories covering all ages. Takes place October 21st-November 5th 2005.

http://www.calviafestival.com

9th Essent Chess Tournament

The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th October 2005.

Last year the event was covered at: http://www.essentchess.nl

Computer Chess News

There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar at: http://www.playwitharena.com

Ratings Article

Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation: http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30

Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005

Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/

The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html and this for the problems used: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html

British Chess Problem Society: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/

Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2005

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2005" will continue in Davos with Chess Festival, the first time, besides "Open Davos", will be separate "Senior Open Davos", "Junior Open Davos" and "Summer-night open".

Davos is one of the most popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter). Last year when all Europe caught by high tropical temperature at Davos was 20-25 degrees Celsius, always with a cupful of mountain wind. Next year, 2006, Davos will host European Individual Senior Championship.

Main event, the 4th "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", July 30th - August 7th 2005. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new, comfortable "Congress Center". 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, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs and juniors 70 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Time table: Rounds 1 16.00-22.00 July 30th; Round 2/8 14.00-20.00 July 31st- August 6th; Round 9 10.00-16.00 August 7th.

"Senior Open" July 31st - August 6th, senior 1945, 7 rounds and the games last of 5 hours (40 moves 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize is: 500/400/300/2x200/2x150 SF. Natural prizes for players with 4 points. Entry fee 70 SF, at the door 10 SF more. Time table 9.30 - 14.30 every day.

"Junior Open", born 1985 and younger. Exactly the same like "Senior Open" except, juniors lodging at "Sunstar Park Hotel" don't pay enter-fee. (Hotel pays for them).

"Summer-night Open", 7 rounds, 45 minutes for game; time-table 21.15-22.45 every day; natural prizes for all players with 4 points; enter fee 10 SF.

Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars). 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

Alushta Diary 2005

Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine 2005.

GM Norm events: 6 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29 - 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $ First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group studying

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence

31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden. Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in 1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had played.

There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for "live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska Schackbutiken AB.

The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland, IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and starts this event on his very last day in office.

Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.

Hamarat Challenge Match

The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4 and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".

The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.

The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at http://www.iccf-webchess.com

Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF webpage.

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

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

TWIC Messageboard

You need to register to post and vote. Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard