THE WEEK IN CHESS 568 26th September 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Championship
3) European Club Cup
4) 14th Monarch Assurance
5) Arab Individual Championships
6) European Youth Championships
7) Iranian Championship
8) Klaksvik International
9) Granda Zuniga - Cordova Match
10) Geller Memorial Open
11) 4th Kesarovski - Georgiev Memorial
12) Lausanne Young Masters
13) US Chess League
14) Caissa IM September
15) Montesano Hotels Open
16) Bucharest Open
17) Karpov activities in Argentina
18) FIDE World Cup 2005
19) Forthcoming Events and Links


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1) Introduction

My thanks to John Saunders, Andrea Malfagia, Kurpnieks Vairis, Mikhail Golubev, Doru Ionescu, Bognar Csaba, Hernán Sartori, Mogens Nielsen, Adolivio Capece, James Alvis, Eugeny Atarov, Goran Tomic, Dr. Hesham Elgendy, Stéphane Laborde, Giovanni Carlo Liistro, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Lahcene Chemali, Greg Shahade, Gary Suffield, George Mastrokoukos, Jovan Petronic and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The first round of the FIDE World Championships in San Luis (Argentina). I have to say I'm surprised both by the strength and format of the event and there is no doubt the winner will have a lot of credibility. Whilst the FIDE President has stated the winner could meet Vladimir Kramnik to tie up loose ends he is in a strong position as the players have agreed to stick with FIDE after the event and not play Kramnik without FIDE's permission. Kramnik had a modest success at the European Club Cup with his +1=3 score gaining him some rating points. Nevertheless he really needs a major success or he could end up being sidelined. As to the San Luis Match tournament its format is similar to the 1948 World Championship Match tournament and the Candidates tournaments 1950-62. These events split almost down the middle with half of them being exciting events with lots of decisive results and half being full of bore draws. A case could be made for almost all the competitors winning the event given the right form but you'd be hard pushed to look beyond Anand, Topalov and Leko as pre-event favourites. That said I don't believe Kasparov's estimation of 95% chances for one of the three of them winning, 75% would be as far as I'd go. I'm excited, and looking forward to Wednesday.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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. TWIC coverage: http://www.chesscenter.com/event/wchfide05/index.html

Chesspro.ru have some interesting stats on the event: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/sanluis05-stat.shtml

Schedule: Opening Ceremony Sept 27th 2005 Rounds 1-4 Sept 28th-Oct 1st Rounds 5-8 Oct 3rd-6th Rounds 9-12 Oct 8th-11th Rounds 13-14 and tie-breaks Oct 13th-15th Closing Ceremony Oct 16th.

Time Control: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, followed by 15 minutes plus 30 seconds for all moves (40/2h, 20/1h, 15m+30sec/all).

3) European Club Cup

The European Club Cup TOOK place September 18th-24th 2005 in the little mountain town of Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley, very famous due to the Casinò). Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 15 minutes to finish plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. The top three teams all finished with a +6 -1 record. Tomsk-400 lost narrowly in the final round to Polonia Plus GSM but still hung on to first place from them. Favourites NAO Chess Club took third. NTN Tbilisi won the women's event.

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

21st European Club Cup 2005 St. Vincent, Aosta / Italy

Men's Round 7 Final Standings:

Rank   Team                      +   =   -   MP Pts.
1      Tomsk-400                 6   0   1   12 29½ 
2      Polonia Plus GSM          6   0   1   12 29  
3      NAO Chess Club            6   0   1   12 27½ 
4      Ural                      4   2   1   10 28  
5      Werder Bremen             5   0   2   10 27  
6      TV Tegernsee              4   2   1   10 25½ 
7      I & A Tbilisi             4   2   1   10 24½ 
8      TPS                       5   0   2   10 24½ 
9      Ashdod City Club          4   1   2   9  25½ 
10     Beer Sheva Chess Club     4   1   2   9  25½ 
11     Union Ansfelden           4   1   2   9  25½ 
12     SK Rockaden Stockholm     4   1   2   9  25  
13     KSK 47 Eynatten           4   1   2   9  24½ 
14     Csuti-Hydroc.Zalaegerszeg 4   1   2   9  21½ 
15     HMC Calder                4   0   3   8  25½ 
16     Ladya Kazan               4   0   3   8  25  
17     Vesnianka Minsk           4   0   3   8  24  
18     Marmaris Munic. SC        3   2   2   8  23½ 
19     LSG                       3   2   2   8  22  
20     SK Alkaloid Skopje        3   2   2   8  21½ 
21     Zeljeznicar Chess Club    4   0   3   8  20½ 
22     Buducnost Podgorica       3   1   3   7  23½ 
23     SG Biel-Bienne            3   1   3   7  21  
24     Eczacibasi Istanbul       3   1   3   7  20½ 
25     SF Neukoelln              3   1   3   7  20  
26     ASA Penne                 2   3   2   7  18½ 
27     Rochade Eupen-Kelmis      3   0   4   6  23  
28     Sparkasse Schwarzach      3   0   4   6  22½ 
29     Reykjavik ChessClub       2   2   3   6  21½ 
30     Chess Cl."NSEL30"Vilnius  2   2   3   6  21½ 
31     Matinkylan Shakkikerho    3   0   4   6  19  
32     Hellir                    2   2   3   6  19  
33     C.E. Dudelange            3   0   4   6  19  
34     Oslo Schakselskap         2   2   3   6  18  
35     Barbican London           3   0   4   6  18  
36     Jyvas-Shakki              3   0   4   6  17½ 
37     Cercle Royal de Liege     3   0   4   6  16½ 
38     Asker Sjakklubb           2   1   4   5  19  
39     Cardiff Chess Club        2   1   4   5  18½ 
40     SK1968 Aarhus             1   2   4   4  18  
41     Klubi shahut Prishtina    2   0   5   4  17½ 
42     Niederrohrdorf            1   2   4   4  16½ 
43     Limhamns SK               2   0   5   4  16  
44     "de Sprenger" Echternach  2   0   5   4  14  
45     KSH Mitrovica             2   0   5   4  13½ 
46     Phibsboro Chess Club      1   1   5   3  14  
47     Ennis                     1   0   6   2  7   
48     Cwmbran Chess Club        0   0   7   0  10  

10th European Club Cup for Women 2005 
St. Vincent, Aosta / Italy

Women's Final Round 7 Standings

Rank   Team                      +   =   -   MP Pts.
1      NTN Tbilisi               4   2   1   10 18½ 
2      Southern Ural             4   2   1   10 18  
3      Internet CG Podgorica     4   2   1   10 16½ 
4      BAS Beograd               3   3   1   9  15  
5      FINEK St. Petersburg      4   1   2   9  14½ 
6      Platina                   4   1   2   9  13  
7      MTK Budapest              4   0   3   8  15½ 
8      AVS                       3   1   3   7  16  
9      MIKA Yerevan              3   0   4   6  13½ 
10     Obudovac                  1   1   5   3  7   
11     Stukkenjagers             1   1   5   3  6½  

4) 14th Monarch Assurance

The 14th Monarch Assurance tournament takes place in Port Erin 24th September - 2nd October 2005. The event is in its early stages with 13 players on 2/2. My thanks to John Saunders for the news and games.

Official site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2005/

Round 2 Standings: 
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14th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (IOM), 24 ix-2 x 2005
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  1 BRODSKY,Michail           UKR g  2554    2
  2 EPISHIN,Vladimir          RUS g  2600    2
  3 GORMALLY,Daniel           ENG g  2557    2
  4 IKONNIKOV,Vyacheslav      RUS g  2560    2
  5 KIDAMBI,Sundararajan      IND m  2484    2
  6 KOBALIA,Mikhail           RUS g  2614    2
  7 KORNEEV,Oleg              RUS g  2594    2
  8 KUZUBOV,Yuri              UKR m  2535    2
  9 PALLISER,Richard JD       ENG m  2389    2
 10 SHABALOV,Alexander        USA g  2593    2
 11 TIVIAKOV,Sergei           NED g  2678    2
 12 ULIBIN,Mikhail            RUS g  2529    2
 13 WELLS,Peter               ENG g  2529    2

 14 BOBRAS,Piotr              POL m  2525    1½
 15 DAVID,Alberto             LUX g  2579    1½
 16 GALKIN,Alexander          RUS g  2598    1½
 17 GHAEM MAGHAMI,Ehsan       IRI g  2603    1½
 18 GOLETIANI,Rusudan         USA wg 2332    1½
 19 GUPTA,Abhijeet            IND m  2380    1½
 20 KLENBURG,Mikhail          UKR m  2400    1½
 21 KOLBUS,Dietmar            GER m  2416    1½
 22 KRITZ,Leonid              GER g  2544    1½
 23 KUNIN,Vitaly              GER m  2448    1½
 24 LALIC,Bogdan              CRO g  2491    1½
 25 MIKHALEVSKI,Victor        ISR g  2572    1½
 26 POSTNY,Evgeny             ISR g  2559    1½
 27 SULSKIS,Sarunas           LTU g  2535    1½
 28 YAKOVICH,Yuri             RUS g  2560    1½

 29 AAGAARD,Jacob             DEN m  2442    1
 30 ADLY,Ahmed                EGY g  2503    1
 31 ALLEN,Keith               IRL    2210    1
 32 ARESHCHENKO,Alexander     UKR g  2625    1
 33 ASHTON,Adam               ENG    2294    1
 34 BOSBOOM-LANCHAVA,Tea      NED m  2363    1
 35 COX,John                  ENG f  2385    1
 36 DUHAYON,Yves              BEL    2230    1
 37 DWORAKOWSKA,Joanna        POL m  2401    1
 38 ERENBURG,Sergey           ISR g  2595    1
 39 FAIRBAIRN,Steve           CAN    2065    1
 40 FRIDMAN,Daniel            LAT g  2566    1
 41 GRANT,Alan                SCO    2152    1
 42 GREET,Andrew N            ENG m  2425    1
 43 GROFFEN,Hans              NED    2210    1
 44 HANLEY,Craig              ENG m  2367    1
 45 HOWELL,David W            ENG m  2471    1
 46 HUGHES,Howard R           ENG    2194    1
 47 KOGAN,Artur               ISR g  2580    1
 48 KONONENKO,Tatiana         UKR wg 2442    1
 49 LOHOU,Stephane            FRA    2144    1
 50 MALAKHATKO,Vadim          UKR g  2556    1
 51 MARTIN,Katie              ENG    1953    1
 52 MIRZOEVA,Elmira           RUS wg 2223    1
 53 NEELOTPAL,Das             IND m  2467    1
 54 NEGI,Parimarjan           IND    2376    1
 55 NEUBAUER,Martin           AUT m  2468    1
 56 PEEK,Marcel               NED m  2373    1
 57 RADOVANOVIC,Jovica        SCG f  2357    1
 58 ROEDER,Mathias            GER m  2393    1
 59 SAREEN,Vishal             IND m  2385    1
 60 SMITH,Andrew P            IRL f  2204    1
 61 SPENCE,David              ENG    2218    1
 62 WALTHER,Cliff             GER    2175    1
 63 ZATONSKIH,Anna            USA wg 2435    1
 64 ZIMMERMAN,Yuri            RUS m  2375    1
 65 ZUDE,Erik                 GER f  2424    1

 66 ADAMS,Phil                ENG    2138     ½
 67 BENNION,David A           WLS    2074     ½
 68 DUNN,Andrew               ENG c  2197     ½
 69 FOX,Pierre                BEL    1815     ½
 70 FRASER-MITCHELL,Jeremy    ENG    2098     ½
 71 GLADYSZEV,Oleg            RUS m  2436     ½
 72 GOODGER,Martyn            ENG    2162     ½
 73 KIRSCHBAUM,Gunnar         GER    2204     ½
 74 MANNION,Steve R           SCO m  2331     ½
 75 PERIC,Slavisa             SCG m  2280     ½
 76 VITOUX,Colomban           FRA    2264     ½
 77 WERNER,Gert               DEN    2047     ½
 78 YOUNG,Mel                 ENG    1971     ½
 79 ZOZULIA,Anna              UKR m  2314     ½

 80 DE LAGONTRIE,Jean         FRA    1988    0
 81 FOX,Anthony               IRL    2118    0
 82 HENDERIKSE,Bert           NED    2028    0
 83 HENRICHSEN,Jens           DEN    2075    0
 84 HEYL,Thomas               GER    2101    0
 85 HICKMAN,John              ENG    2115    0
 86 HUTCHINSON,Norman         ENG    2097    0
 87 MARKS,Ian A               SCO    1889    0
 88 MCKENZIE,Mark             AUS            0
 89 NICHOLSON,John            IRL    2000    0
 90 RUSTON,Mark               ENG    2116    0
 91 SPANTON,Tim               ENG    2032    0
 92 WADEMARK,Helge            SWE    2182    0

5) Arab Individual Championships

The Arab Individual Championships took place 12th-20th September 2005 in Dubai Chess Club. 42 players ( 22 men & 20 women ) participated in the Arab championships for men & women, held in Dubai, UAE 12th-21st September 2005 and organised by UAE Chess Fedration. 17-year-old IM Bassem Amin of Egypt won the championship title and the GM norm with 6.5 points. Five players tied for second spot with 6 points: IM Al-Sayed Nasser (Qatar), IM El-Taher Fouad , GM Slim Belkhodja of Tunisia , GM Ahmed Adly ( Egypt) and GM Taleb Moussa (UAE) The women championship was won by WIM Al-Rufei Eman of Iraq with 8 points. WIM Mouradian Knarik was runner up with 7 points, Hind Bahji of Morocco and 11 years old Egyptian talented girl Mona Khaled came third with 6 points each. News: Hesham Elgendy and Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Official sites: http://www.uaechess.org/english/ and http://www.arabfide.com/

Final Round 9 Standings:
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ch-Arab Dubai UAE (UAE), 12-13 ix 2005
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                                        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Amin, Bassem         m  EGY 2400  +22 - 5 =10 +15 + 8 +11 = 4 + 2 = 3  6.5  2562 
 2. El Taher, Fouad      m  EGY 2456  + 9 +10 = 5 = 6 = 4 = 3 + 8 - 1 +11  6.0  2550 
 3. Adly, Ahmed          g  EGY 2503  +15 + 8 - 4 =18 +10 = 2 = 5 + 6 = 1  6.0  2541 
 4. Al Sayed, Mohamad N  m  QAT 2478  +18 +20 + 3 = 5 = 2 + 6 = 1 = 8 - 7  6.0  2523 
 5. Taleb, Moussa        g  UAE 2508  +19 + 1 = 2 = 4 - 6 +15 = 3 = 9 +10  6.0  2526 
 6. Belkhodja, Slim      g  TUN 2468  =17 +13 +16 = 2 + 5 - 4 +19 - 3 + 9  6.0  2465 
 7. Hakki, Imad          m  SYR 2471  -10 +11 -18 = 9 +12 -19 +21 +15 + 4  5.5  2425 
 8. Tissir, Mohamed      m  MAR 2444  +21 - 3 +17 +19 - 1 +18 - 2 = 4 =14  5.0  2426 
 9. Mohammad, Samir      f  SYR 2312  - 2 +14 -19 = 7 +13 +10 =15 = 5 - 6  4.5  2372 
10. Al-Hadarani, Hatim   f  YEM 2320  + 7 - 2 = 1 +20 - 3 - 9 +16 +18 - 5  4.5  2340 
11. Khader, Sami         f  JOR 2396  =13 - 7 +14 =16 +17 - 1 =18 +19 - 2  4.5  2316 
12. Hassan, Abdullah     m  UAE 2341  -20 -18 +13 =17 - 7 =14 +22 =21 +19  4.5  2254 
13. Bouasis, Mehdi          TUN 2075  =11 - 6 -12 +22 - 9 =16 +20 +17 =15  4.5  2263 
14. Othman, A. Moussa    f  UAE 2377  -16 - 9 -11 +21 +22 =12 =17 +20 = 8  4.5  2250 
15. Najjar, Ahmad        f  LIB 2339  - 3 +21 +20 - 1 +16 - 5 = 9 - 7 =13  4.0  2244 
16. Ayyad, Maher            BRN 2074  +14 =17 - 6 =11 -15 =13 -10 +22 =21  4.0  2253 
17. Jasim, A.R. Saleh    f  UAE 2318  = 6 =16 - 8 =12 -11 +21 =14 -13 +22  4.0  2239 
18. Henni, Mohamed       m  ALG 2337  - 4 +12 + 7 = 3 =19 - 8 =11 -10 -20  3.5  2285 
19. Hussein, N.A         f  IRQ 2339  - 5 +22 + 9 - 8 =18 + 7 - 6 -11 -12  3.5  2297 
20. Al Hageri,Badr          KUW ----  +12 - 4 -15 -10 -21 +22 -13 -14 +18  3.0  2168 
21. Bengafer, Moh           LBA 2247  - 8 -15 -22 -14 +20 -17 - 7 =12 =16  2.0  2056 
22. Ali, Obay               SUD 2124  - 1 -19 +21 -13 -14 -20 -12 -16 -17  1.0  1890 
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ch-Arab w Dubai UAE (UAE), 12-13 ix 2005
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                                         1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Al-Rufei, Eman H     wm IRQ 2104  +19 +10 +11 = 2 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 9 = 4  8.0  2348 
 2. Mouradian, Knarik    wm LIB 2146  +18 + 6 + 8 = 1 + 9 + 4 - 3 +15 = 5  7.0  2213 
 3. Bahji,Hind              MOR ----  = 9 +14 + 7 = 8 - 1 + 6 + 2 - 4 +12  6.0  2132 
 4. Mona,Khaled             EGY ----  -10 +19 +12 = 6 +11 - 2 +17 + 3 = 1  6.0  2152 
 5. Mir Mahmoud, Afamia     SYR 2021  =14 -11 +15 + 7 = 6 +10 - 1 + 8 = 2  5.5  2095 
 6. Saleh, Nora Mohd     wf UAE ----  +15 - 2 +17 = 4 = 5 - 3 =12 +10 + 9  5.5  2090 
 7. Toubal,Hayat            ALG ----  =16 +13 - 3 - 5 +19 =12 -10 +20 +14  5.0  2033 
 8. Algildah, Nibal      wm SYR 1890  +17 +12 - 2 = 3 +10 - 1 = 9 - 5 =13  4.5  2010 
 9. Ibrahim, Delbak      wm IRQ 1923  = 3 +16 =10 +11 - 2 +17 = 8 - 1 - 6  4.5  2015 
10. Fuad, Natalie        wm JOR ----  + 4 - 1 = 9 +14 - 8 - 5 + 7 - 6 +20  4.5  1993 
11. Basil,Ziana             IRQ ----  +13 + 5 - 1 - 9 - 4 -15 =20 +19 +18  4.5  1993 
12. Juma,Jamila             UAE ----  +20 - 8 - 4 +18 =14 = 7 = 6 +16 - 3  4.5  1987 
13. Al-Harmoudi, Mona    wm UAE 1896  -11 - 7 +20 -15 +18 -14 +19 +17 = 8  4.5  1987 
14. Al Najjar,Hoda          SYR ----  = 5 - 3 +16 -10 =12 +13 -15 +18 - 7  4.0  1947 
15. Salem,Amna              UAE ----  - 6 +21 - 5 +13 -17 +11 +14 - 2 -16  4.0  1964 
16. Abdulsalam,Nadhmiya     YEM ----  = 7 - 9 -14 -17 +20 +19 =18 -12 +15  4.0  1948 
17. Malallah,Khadeja        UAE ----  - 8 +18 - 6 +16 +15 - 9 - 4 -13 =19  3.5  1887 
18. Al-Ghasra, Dalal        BRN ----  - 2 -17 +19 -12 -13 +20 =16 -14 -11  2.5  1838 
19. Al Naimat,Rayah         JOR ----  - 1 - 4 -18 +20 - 7 -16 -13 -11 =17  1.5  1727 
20. Al Hassan,Tissir        SUD ----  -12  .  -13 -19 -16 -18 =11 - 7 -10  0.5  1543 
21. BYE                         ----   .  -15  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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6) European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships took place in Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro September 13-28th, 2005. News: Goran Tomic.

Further details: http://www.scgchess.org/euro2005/index.html

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:

Boys U18 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                     Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

 1-2  Czarnota, Pawel          POL   7        38.5  49.5    6   35.5
      Vitiugov, Nikita         RUS   7        36.0  47.0    6   32.0
 3-5  Laznicka, Viktor         CZE   6.5      40.5  51.0    5   35.5
      Tukhaev, Adam            UKR   6.5      40.0  51.0    6   36.0
      Ragger, Markus           AUT   6.5      33.5  43.5    5   30.0
6-10  Rodshtein, Maxim         ISR   6        42.5  53.0    5   38.5
      Pashikian, Arman         ARM   6        38.0  48.5    4   33.0
      Lanin, Alexsei           RUS   6        37.0  48.0    5   31.5
      Erdos, Viktor            HUN   6        33.0  43.0    4   28.0
      Pavlov, Sergey           UKR   6        31.5  40.5    5   25.5
11-18 Nepomniachtchi, Ian      RUS   5.5      37.0  48.0    4   31.0
      Azaladze, Shota          GEO   5.5      36.5  47.0    4   28.0
      Lovkov, Roman            RUS   5.5      35.5  46.0    4   30.0
      Moranda, Wojciech        POL   5.5      35.5  43.5    3   29.0
      Nechepurenko, Roman V.   RUS   5.5      35.0  44.0    4   31.0
      Llaneza Vega, Marcos     ESP   5.5      34.0  43.5    5   25.0
      Vass, Frantisek          SVK   5.5      33.5  43.0    4   27.5
      Broekmeulen, Jasper      NED   5.5      30.5  39.5    4   23.0
19-30 Movsisian, Vardan        ARM   5        37.0  48.0    2   27.0
      Brandenburg, Daan        NED   5        36.5  45.5    3   27.5
      Gavariev, Renat          RUS   5        36.0  45.5    4   26.5
      Nithander, Victor        SWE   5        36.0  45.5    3   23.0
      Valeanu, Eduard-Andrei   ROM   5        35.0  45.0    4   28.0
      Ponkratov, Pavel         RUS   5        35.0  44.5    4   29.0
      Hambartsumian, Yuri      ARM   5        34.0  44.5    3   24.5
      Zorko, Jure              SLO   5        33.5  44.5    3   26.0
      Luch, Michal             POL   5        32.5  41.5    2   26.5
      Papin, Vasily            RUS   5        32.0  41.5    5   24.0
      Stopa, Jacek             POL   5        32.0  41.0    1   27.0
      Abdulov, Orkhan          AZE   5        31.0  39.5    4   22.0
66 players

Boys U16 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                   Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

 1-2  Andriasian, Zaven      ARM   7        42.5  54.0    6   36.5
      Jojua, Davit           GEO   7        36.5  46.5    6   34.0
 3-7  Trofimov, Sergey P.    RUS   6.5      42.0  54.0    5   37.0
      Rakhmanov, Aleksandr   RUS   6.5      38.0  48.5    6   30.5
      Monsieux, Cyril        FRA   6.5      38.0  46.5    6   31.0
      Warakomski, Tomasz     POL   6.5      37.0  47.0    4   33.0
      Spoelman, Wouter       NED   6.5      36.0  46.5    6   33.5
8-14  Nakhapetiane, Pogos    RUS   6        40.5  51.5    5   36.5
      Potapov, Pavel         RUS   6        39.0  49.5    4   32.0
      Edouard, Romain        FRA   6        37.0  47.5    4   31.5
      Margvelashvili, Giorgi GEO   6        37.0  47.0    5   33.5
      Levin, Evgeny A.       RUS   6        36.5  46.5    5   30.0
      Lintchevski, Daniil    RUS   6        35.0  46.0    4   30.5
      Nestorovic, D. Nikola  SCG   6        32.5  42.5    6   27.0
15-19 Zadruzny, Nicolaj      SWE   5.5      39.0  50.0    5   32.0
      Olszewski, Michal      POL   5.5      38.5  49.0    5   28.5
      Yaremko, Nazar         UKR   5.5      37.0  47.0    4   28.5
      Hasanov, Shakhriyar    AZE   5.5      36.5  45.5    4   27.5
      Agafii, Victor         MDA   5.5      31.0  41.0    5   25.0
72 players

Boys U14 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                     Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

  1   Benidze, Davit           GEO   7.5      40.5  52.0    6   37.0
 2-3  Recuero Guerra, David    ESP   7        38.5  50.5    5   36.0
      Kulakov, Viacheslav      RUS   7        36.5  46.0    6   34.5
 4-7  Matlakov, Maxim          RUS   6.5      41.0  53.0    5   37.5
      Kharchenko, Boris        UKR   6.5      38.0  50.0    6   31.5
      Bregadze, Levan          GEO   6.5      37.5  48.0    6   33.5
      Narmontas, Matas         LTU   6.5      36.5  46.5    6   33.5
8-15  Pap, Gyula               HUN   6        40.0  50.5    4   36.5
      Salgado Lopez, Ivan      ESP   6        39.0  50.5    5   32.5
      Feller, Sebastien        FRA   6        38.0  49.0    4   31.5
      Martinovic, Sasa         CRO   6        38.0  48.0    4   30.0
      Golichenko, Ilija        UKR   6        37.0  48.0    5   28.5
      Lilov, Valeri            BUL   6        34.5  43.0    6   31.0
      Tokarski, Lukasz         POL   6        29.5  38.5    6   27.0
      Ponizil, Cyril           CZE   6        28.0  35.5    5   24.5
16-23 Safarli, Eltaj           AZE   5.5      42.5  52.5    4   35.5
      Roganovic, Milos         SCG   5.5      39.0  50.0    5   31.5
      Tvarijonas, Povilas      LTU   5.5      37.5  45.0    4   31.0
      Kruglyakov, Pavlo        UKR   5.5      32.5  41.5    4   25.5
      Galburd, Yan             ISR   5.5      31.0  39.5    5   27.0
      Khandelwal, Ankush       ENG   5.5      31.0  39.5    5   21.5
      Nguyen, Piotr            POL   5.5      31.0  39.0    5   23.5
      Chirila, Ioan Cristian   ROM   5.5      30.0  38.5    4   23.5
75 players

Boys U12 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                          Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

  1   Sjugirov, Sanan               RUS   8        44.0  55.5    7   42.5
  2   Bogdanovich, Stanislav        UKR   7.5      40.0  51.5    6   41.0
 3-4  Tamazyan, Haik                ARM   7        39.5  51.0    6   34.5
      Lortkipanidze, Nodar          GEO   7        36.5  48.5    5   33.5
 5-7  Strzemiecki, Zbigniew         POL   6.5      40.5  52.0    6   35.0
      Graf, Felix                   GER   6.5      40.0  49.5    6   34.0
      Ter Sahakyan, Samvel          ARM   6.5      37.0  48.5    6   35.0
8-13  Popilski, Gil                 ISR   6        40.0  52.5    5   36.5
      Smirnov, Artyom               RUS   6        38.0  50.0    6   30.0
      Galopoulos, Nikolaos          GRE   6        37.5  46.5    5   30.5
      Kanarek, Marcel               POL   6        37.0  49.0    6   31.0
      Rzayev, Bahruz                AZE   6        33.5  43.0    5   27.5
      Kovalev, Vladislav            BLR   6        32.0  42.0    5   29.0
14-21 Zherebukh, Yaroslav           UKR   5.5      39.5  52.0    4   31.5
      Giri, Anish                   RUS   5.5      38.5  48.5    5   31.5
      Witek, Tomasz                 POL   5.5      37.5  48.0    5   32.5
      Petenyi, Tamas                SVK   5.5      37.5  47.0    5   30.0
      Swiercz, Dariusz              POL   5.5      36.0  47.0    4   31.0
      Meskovs, Nikita               LAT   5.5      34.0  43.5    5   27.0
      Plat, Vojtech                 CZE   5.5      34.0  43.0    4   27.5
      Dionisi, Thomas               FRA   5.5      33.5  43.5    4   29.5
79 players

Boys U10 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                       Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

 1-3  Nikologorskiy, Konstantin  RUS   7.5      38.5  49.5    7   32.5
      Bajarani, Ulvi             AZE   7.5      38.5  49.0    6   37.5
      Berbatov, Kiprian          BUL   7.5      37.0  47.5    7   36.5
  4   Gabrielyan, Rafael         ARM   7        34.5  42.5    7   32.0
 5-6  Chernyavskiy, Alexander    RUS   6.5      39.0  50.0    6   37.5
      Nyzhnyk, Illya             UKR   6.5      38.0  48.0    6   39.0
7-14  Tomsia, Kamil              POL   6        40.0  52.0    6   35.0
      Yudin, Ivan                RUS   6        39.5  51.0    5   33.5
      Medvedev, Oleg             BLR   6        39.5  50.0    6   30.0
      Abasov, Nijat Azad         AZE   6        37.5  48.0    6   30.0
      Kazakos, Emmanouil         GRE   6        36.5  45.5    5   27.0
      Bukavshin, Ivan            RUS   6        36.0  47.0    5   25.0
      Benidze, Gigla             GEO   6        34.5  44.0    5   32.0
      Savitskiy, Sergey          RUS   6        33.0  43.5    5   28.5
15-19 Lapidus, Mark              EST   5.5      35.5  45.5    4   29.0
      Vasilov, Artur             RUS   5.5      35.5  45.5    4   29.0
      Srbis, Jurica              CRO   5.5      33.5  43.5    5   27.5
      Amstadt, Aron              HUN   5.5      33.0  42.0    4   26.0
      Hunt, Daniel               ENG   5.5      30.5  39.0    4   25.0
73 players

Girls U18 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                      Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

  1   Melia, Salome             GEO   7.5      41.0  51.0    6   39.0
  2   Purtseladze, Maka         GEO   7        39.5  51.0    6   36.5
 3-5  Kovanova, Baira           RUS   6.5      40.5  51.5    5   32.0
      Rozic, Vesna              SLO   6.5      39.5  51.0    5   33.0
      Dolzhikova, Kateryna      UKR   6.5      37.5  48.5    5   33.0
 6-8  Lupik, Marina             RUS   6        37.0  48.0    6   30.0
      Guichard, Pauline         FRA   6        36.0  42.5    5   28.5
      Raeva, Elitsa             BUL   6        32.0  41.0    5   26.0
9-14  Rogule, Laura             LAT   5.5      41.5  53.5    4   34.5
      Vasiliev, Olga            ISR   5.5      39.5  51.0    5   34.5
      Burtasova, Anna           RUS   5.5      38.5  48.0    5   30.5
      Czarnota, Dorota          POL   5.5      38.0  48.5    4   30.0
      Batsiashvili, Nino        GEO   5.5      37.0  48.0    5   31.0
      Lomako, Anna              RUS   5.5      35.0  46.0    5   29.5
15-23 Djukic, Sandra            SCG   5        38.0  49.0    4   26.5
      Lelekova, Olga            RUS   5        36.5  47.5    4   28.0
      Schoene, Maria            GER   5        35.0  43.5    4   25.0
      Borosova, Zuzana          SVK   5        34.0  43.5    4   27.0
      Khudaya, Aliaksandra      BLR   5        31.5  40.5    5   25.0
      Padurariu, Ioana-Smaranda ROM   5        31.5  40.5    4   26.0
      Markantonaki, Haritomeni  GRE   5        31.0  39.0    5   25.0
      Gilbert, Jessie           ENG   5        30.0  39.0    4   23.5
      Savtchenko, Viktoria      RUS   5        29.0  38.5    4   22.5
24-30 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina   ESP   4.5      35.5  45.0    4   25.0
      Videnova, Iva             BUL   4.5      33.0  43.0    4   22.5
      Rudolf, Anna              HUN   4.5      32.5  42.0    3   25.5
      Darbinyan, Ani            ARM   4.5      31.0  40.5    3   22.0
      Novak, Ksenija            SLO   4.5      31.0  39.5    3   23.0
      Machalova, Erika          SVK   4.5      25.5  33.0    4   15.0
      Bolon, Karelle            FRA   4.5      25.0  32.0    4   16.5
50 players

Girls U16 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                     Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

 1-2  Ivakhinova, Inna         RUS   7        40.0  50.0    5   36.5
      Benmesbah, Natacha       FRA   7        39.5  50.0    6   38.0
 3-7  Daulyte, Deimante        LTU   6.5      40.5  52.0    5   34.5
      Severiukhina, Zoja       RUS   6.5      38.5  49.0    5   35.0
      Kublashvili, Etery       RUS   6.5      37.0  47.0    5   32.0
      Rakic, Marija            SCG   6.5      36.0  46.5    6   33.5
      Leks, Hanna              POL   6.5      35.0  46.0    6   30.5
8-11  Paulet, Iosefina         ROM   6        39.0  49.0    5   35.5
      Ignacz, Maria            HUN   6        36.5  47.0    6   30.0
      Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ROM   6        34.5  46.0    5   29.0
      Congiu, Mathilde         FRA   6        32.5  40.5    6   27.0
12-19 Mikadze, Miranda         GEO   5.5      41.0  51.0    4   33.5
      Gunina, Valentina        RUS   5.5      38.0  49.5    5   31.5
      Rudovska, Regina         UKR   5.5      37.0  48.0    3   28.0
      Huseynova, Sahar         AZE   5.5      37.0  47.0    5   28.0
      Atnilov, Bela            ISR   5.5      35.0  44.5    4   28.0
      Hairapetyan, Anna        ARM   5.5      33.5  43.0    5   22.5
      Ikonomopoulou, Maria     GRE   5.5      32.5  42.0    5   26.0
      Kruljac, Petra           CRO   5.5      28.5  36.0    4   25.5
61 players

Girls U14 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                           Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

  1   Repina, Varvara                RUS   7.5      36.5  44.5    7   37.5
 2-3  Tairova, Elena                 RUS   7        38.5  51.0    6   36.0
      Uta, Adeline-Ramona            ROM   7        30.5  37.5    7   30.0
  4   Erdos, Boglarka                HUN   6.5      35.5  46.5    5   30.5
 5-9  Girya, Olga                    RUS   6        40.0  50.5    6   37.0
      Kulon, Klaudia                 POL   6        36.0  45.0    3   29.5
      Khazhomia, Salome              GEO   6        35.5  43.0    5   30.0
      Savina, Anastasia              RUS   6        34.0  43.0    5   30.5
      Kiss, Kinga                    HUN   6        29.0  35.5    6   24.0
10-15 Guadamuro Torrente, Ana Isabel ESP   5.5      39.0  49.0    5   35.5
      Ni, Viktorija                  LAT   5.5      36.0  46.5    5   34.0
      Vojinovic, Jovana              SCG   5.5      33.5  45.0    4   27.0
      Bryla, Lidia                   POL   5.5      33.0  44.0    5   26.0
      Braggaar, Leonore              NED   5.5      30.0  38.0    4   22.5
      Vince, Viola                   HUN   5.5      28.5  37.0    5   21.0
16-24 Muzychuk, Mariya               UKR   5        39.0  49.5    4   32.5
      Bodnaruk, Anastasia            RUS   5        37.5  48.5    4   31.0
      Bakhtiyarli, Aysel             AZE   5        36.5  46.0    4   23.5
      Paulauskaite, Gintare          LTU   5        36.0  47.0    4   30.5
      Karapetyan, Lusine             ARM   5        34.5  44.0    4   25.0
      Zeynalova, Hokuma              AZE   5        34.5  43.0    3   26.5
      Hannes, Diana                  GER   5        30.5  39.5    4   25.0
      Parmar, Amisha                 ENG   5        30.0  40.0    4   23.5
      Genzling, Sylvie               FRA   5        28.0  37.5    4   23.0
51 players

Girls U12 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                     Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

  1   Paikidze, Nazi           GEO   7.5      40.5  51.0    6   41.0
 2-4  Arabidze, Meri           GEO   7        40.0  50.0    6   33.0
      Anakidze, Nino           GEO   7        38.0  48.0    6   35.0
      Efremova, Daria          RUS   7        35.5  46.0    6   33.0
  5   Kashlinskaya, Alina      RUS   6.5      40.0  51.0    6   32.5
6-10  Bulmaga, Irina           MDA   6        42.5  52.5    5   35.5
      Butuc, Maria             MDA   6        40.0  51.0    4   31.0
      Purgar, Ivona            CRO   6        33.5  42.0    5   26.5
      Adamowicz, Katarzyna     POL   6        33.0  42.5    5   28.0
      Sokolova, Vera           RUS   6        30.5  40.5    5   23.5
11-15 Pavlidou, Ekaterini      GRE   5.5      39.0  48.5    4   32.0
      Lysenko, Maria           RUS   5.5      38.0  48.5    4   27.5
      Vince, Andrea            SCG   5.5      37.5  47.5    4   32.5
      Jalabadze, Natia         GEO   5.5      35.5  46.5    5   28.5
      Olsarova, Karolina       CZE   5.5      31.5  39.5    5   25.0
16-23 Kaya, Emel               TUR   5        37.0  48.5    4   31.5
      Abdulla, Khayala         AZE   5        37.0  48.0    4   25.5
      Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica ROM   5        35.5  45.5    4   25.0
      Ivanenko, Olga           UKR   5        34.5  44.0    5   25.0
      Baciu, Diana             MDA   5        33.0  43.0    5   27.0
      Gorozhankina, Julia      RUS   5        32.5  42.0    4   29.5
      Torosyan, Lusine         ARM   5        32.0  40.5    3   23.5
      Messina, Roberta         ITA   5        31.5  40.0    3   22.0
56 players

Girls U10 - Round 9
Standings

Place Name                    Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

  1   Mestnikova, Varvara     RUS   8        40.0  51.5    8   39.0
  2   Ibrahimova, Sabina      AZE   7.5      41.0  53.0    7   40.0
  3   Lach, Aleksandra        POL   7        42.0  54.0    6   37.5
 4-6  Galunova, Tsveta        BUL   6.5      39.5  52.0    6   32.5
      Ziazulkina, Nastassia   BLR   6.5      38.0  48.0    6   33.5
      Severina, Maria         RUS   6.5      32.5  41.5    6   30.0
7-10  Kusenkova, Natallia     BLR   6        39.0  50.0    5   33.5
      Baekelant, Eva          BEL   6        38.0  48.5    6   33.0
      Baraeva, Marina         RUS   6        34.5  45.0    5   29.5
      Gaboyan, Susanna        ARM   6        30.0  39.0    6   27.0
11-15 Efroimski, Marsel       ISR   5.5      39.5  49.5    5   30.5
      Iwanow, Anna            POL   5.5      37.0  48.5    5   30.5
      Aflalo, Sophie          FRA   5.5      35.5  47.5    5   28.0
      Osmanodja, Filiz        GER   5.5      35.0  45.0    4   28.5
      Ivekovic, Tihana        CRO   5.5      34.0  43.5    4   25.5
16-27 Baraeva, Irina          RUS   5        40.0  52.0    5   32.0
      Papathanasiou, Ageliki  GRE   5        37.5  49.5    4   29.0
      Gogishvili, Dea         GEO   5        34.0  44.0    4   27.0
      Visanescu, Daria        ROM   5        33.5  44.0    5   27.0
      Klek, Hanna-Marie       GER   5        33.5  43.5    4   26.5
      Owens, Megan            WLS   5        33.5  43.5    4   24.0
      Kolesnikova, Kristina   RUS   5        33.0  41.0    4   23.0
      Eid, Maha               FRA   5        31.0  39.0    2   25.5
      Kovacevic, Ana          SCG   5        30.5  39.5    4   21.5
      Huszar, Reka            HUN   5        28.5  35.5    5   22.0
      Koselova, Zuzana        SVK   5        28.0  36.0    5   22.0
      Macharashvili, Tekla    GEO   5        27.5  35.5    4   19.0
59 players

7) Iranian Championship

The final part of the Iranian Championship took place in Tehran 10th-20th September 2005. Morteza Mahjoob took clear first on 9.5/11. Games from the final rounds not available.

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

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ch-IRI Tehran IRI (IRI), 11-21 ix 2005  cat. II (2297)
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 1. Mahjoob, Morteza      m IRI 2442   9.5
 2. Darban, Morteza       f IRI 2397   8.5
 3. Khaghani, Mehdi         IRI 2311   6.0
 4. Sharbaf, Mohsen       f IRI 2346   5.5
 5. Mahmoody, M. Sadegh     IRI 2228   5.5
 6. Mahdavirad, Mehdi       IRI 2228   5.5
 7. Toufighi, Homayoon      IRI 2170   5.5
 8. Ardeshi, Mehrdad      f IRI 2265   5.0
 9. Ghorbani, Mohsen      m IRI 2340   5.0
10. Soozankar, A.M          IRI 2251   4.5
11. Mohajerin, Payman     f IRI 2334   4.0
12. Doostkam, P             IRI 2250   1.5
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8) Klaksvik International

The Klaksvik International took place 16th-24th September 2005. Johan Eriksson won the double round robin event with 6/10.

Details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2655&lan=1

It Klaksvik FAI (FAI), 16-24 ix 2005                cat. IV (2332)
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                                       1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Eriksson, Johan          m SWE 2423 ** == =0 =1 10 11  6.0  2386
2 Olsen, Heini             f FAI 2325 == ** 1= 01 == 10  5.5  2369
3 Gullaksen, Eirik         m NOR 2382 =1 0= ** 0= =1 1=  5.5  2358
4 Simonsen, Hans Kristian    FAI 2305 =0 10 1= ** == =0  4.5  2301
5 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove  m DEN 2381 01 == =0 == ** ==  4.5  2286
6 Ziska, Helgi Dam           FAI 2177 00 01 0= =1 == **  4.0  2291
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9) Granda Zuniga - Cordova Match

The Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (UNI) hosted a semi-rapid match (1 hour per player per game) 19th-20th September 2005. Julio Granda Zuniga beat 14 year old IM Emilo Cordova Daza 3.5-0.5. News: James Alvis Tafur.

Official site: http://members.fortunecity.es/unichessclub/

Granda Zuniga, Julio E  -  Cordova, Emilio         1-0   59  E15  Queens Indian
Cordova, Emilio         -  Granda Zuniga, Julio E  0-1   46  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Granda Zuniga, Julio E  -  Cordova, Emilio         1-0   49  E35  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Cordova, Emilio         -  Granda Zuniga, Julio E  1/2   64  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit

UNI Semirapid Match Ingenieria PER (PER), 19-20 ix 2005
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                                     1   2   3   4 
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Granda Zuniga, Julio E g  PER 2601    1   1   1   =   3.5  2758
Cordova, Emilio        f  PER 2422    0   0   0   =   0.5  2279
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10) Geller Memorial Open

The Geller Memorial Open-A took place in Odessa, UKR, 15th-23rd September 2005. Vadim Shishkin took first place on tie-break from Spartak Vysochin, Alexander Zubov and Andrey Sumets who all scored 6.5/9. News: Mikhail Golubev.

Final official table: http://www.chess.odessa.ua/chess/geller05/Gell_9at.txt

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Geller mem Open A Odessa UKR (UKR), 15-23 ix 2005
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Shishkin, Vadim UKR    m  UKR 2507  +31 -12 +29 +15 +17 = 7 + 3 = 2 = 5  6.5  2582 
 2. Vysochin, Spartak      g  UKR 2573  +30 +38 =16 =17 = 9 +13 = 4 = 1 +12  6.5  2582 
 3. Zubov, Alexander       m  UKR 2473  =27 +44 +11 =16 +19 + 9 - 1 + 7 = 6  6.5  2497 
 4. Sumets, Andrey         m  UKR 2477  +39 =15 =25 =22 +28 +16 = 2 = 5 +11  6.5  2559 
 5. Malaniuk, Vladimir P   g  UKR 2513  +35 =13 +23 =10 =16 +14 = 7 = 4 = 1  6.0  2525 
 6. Drozdovskij, Yuri      g  UKR 2517  =36 +27 =12 =13 =11 +15 =14 +23 = 3  6.0  2479 
 7. Korobkov, Piotr           UKR 2400  +54 +14 = 9 + 8 =10 = 1 = 5 - 3 +17  6.0  2541 
 8. Golubev, Mihail        g  UKR 2517  +32 =25 =15 - 7 +39 =29 +30 =12 +19  6.0  2440 
 9. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy    m  UKR 2448  +19 +21 = 7 +12 = 2 - 3 =17 -11 +28  5.5  2470 
10. Gasanov, Eldar         m  UKR 2427  +37 +28 =17 = 5 = 7 =12 =16 =19 =14  5.5  2424 
11. Peskov, Alexsey           UKR 2378  +33 =18 - 3 +31 = 6 =30 +25 + 9 - 4  5.5  2453 
12. Kozel, Roman           m  UKR 2378  +49 + 1 = 6 - 9 +36 =10 +26 = 8 - 2  5.5  2473 
13. Shilin, Denis          m  UKR 2381  +48 = 5 =18 = 6 +20 - 2 -23 +32 +29  5.5  2464 
14. Nedilko, Vasily           UKR 2334  +46 - 7 +40 +38 +18 - 5 = 6 =17 =10  5.5  2449 
15. Kovalev, Denis            UKR 2373  +53 = 4 = 8 - 1 +22 - 6 +37 =29 +26  5.5  2419 
16. Tarlev, Konstantin        UKR 2409  +34 +22 = 2 = 3 = 5 - 4 =10 =26 =21  5.0  2432 
17. Matjushin, Gennady     m  UKR 2443  +41 +20 =10 = 2 - 1 +21 = 9 =14 - 7  5.0  2435 
18. Podgaets, Mikhail      m  UKR 2487  +26 =11 =13 =20 -14 =36 +27 =21 =22  5.0  2360 
19. Fiodorov, Mikhail         UKR 2151  - 9 +51 +24 +23 - 3 =25 +28 =10 - 8  5.0  2415 
20. Vasilyev, Mikhail      m  UKR 2342  +40 -17 +39 =18 -13 -26 +41 +33 =23  5.0  2317 
21. Muzychuk, Anna         wg SLO 2364  +51 - 9 =31 +37 =25 -17 +36 =18 =16  5.0  2359 
22. Nester, Igor           f  UKR 2336  +50 -16 +47 = 4 -15 =37 +39 =25 =18  5.0  2326 
23. Galakhov, Vladimir        UKR 2405  +47 =29 - 5 -19 +54 +35 +13 - 6 =20  5.0  2340 
24. Arutyunova, Diana      wg UKR 2338  =44 =36 -19 +54 =35 =27 =40 =31 +38  5.0  2240 
25. Pichugin, Alexandr     m  UKR 2385  +42 = 8 = 4 =36 =21 =19 -11 =22 =31  4.5  2299 
26. Goreskul, Alyona       wg UKR 2250  -18 +33 =28 =29 +38 +20 -12 =16 -15  4.5  2341 
27. Miljutin, Oleg            UKR 2171  = 3 - 6 +42 -28 +49 =24 -18 +36 =30  4.5  2299 
28. Fingerov, Dmitry       m  UKR 2358  +43 -10 =26 +27 - 4 +31 -19 +40 - 9  4.5  2272 
29. Tishin, D              m  UKR 2334  +52 =23 - 1 =26 +43 = 8 =38 =15 -13  4.5  2326 
30. Mironov, Ilya          f  BLR 2311  - 2 +45 =54 =43 +40 =11 - 8 =38 =27  4.5  2268 
31. Voicu, Carmen          wm ROM 2263  - 1 +49 =21 -11 +50 -28 +44 =24 =25  4.5  2258 
32. Aliferenko, Aleksei       UKR 2289  - 8 =42 -43 -40 +48 +52 +34 -13 +37  4.5  2141 
33. Evtodiy,Vyacheslav        UKR ----  -11 -26 -41 +53 =34 +49 +35 -20 +42  4.5  2153 
34. Vecherkin, Alexey         UKR 2090  -16 -50 +53 -39 =33 +46 -32 +44 +40  4.5  2118 
35. Baranov, Jury             UKR 2268  - 5 +48 -38 +47 =24 -23 -33 +50 +45  4.5  2197 
36. Garifulin, Alexander      UKR 2299  = 6 =24 +50 =25 -12 =18 -21 -27 +47  4.0  2260 
37. Berdiugina, Elena         UKR 2118  -10 =43 +44 -21 +46 =22 -15 +39 -32  4.0  2192 
38. Gubanov, Oleg             UKR 2393  +45 - 2 +35 -14 -26 +50 =29 =30 -24  4.0  2229 
39. Elkin, Maxim              BLR 2219  - 4 +53 -20 +34 - 8 +43 -22 -37 +48  4.0  2178 
40. Makarov, Pavlo            UKR 2147  -20 +41 -14 +32 -30 +47 =24 -28 -34  3.5  2174 
41. Khazankin, Moisei         UKR 2139  -17 -40 +33 -50 +42 =44 -20 -45 +51  3.5  2018 
42. Lodochnikov, Alexandr     UKR 1910  -25 =32 -27 =44 -41 =51 +46 +43 -33  3.5  2042 
43. Kotin, Vladimir           UKR 2114  -28 =37 +32 =30 -29 -39 =50 -42 +53  3.5  2091 
44. Mamedov,Aflatun           UKR ----  =24 - 3 -37 =42 +45 =41 -31 -34 +52  3.5  2072 
45. Kovaleva, Marianna        UKR 2045  -38 -30 =52 =51 -44 =48 +47 +41 -35  3.5  2053 
46. Chayka,Vitaliy            UKR ----  -14 -54 =49 +48 -37 -34 -42 +55 +50  3.5  1979 
47. Daryev, Sergey            UKR 2087  -23 +52 -22 -35 +51 -40 -45 +49 -36  3.0  2041 
48. Andreev,Volodymyr         UKR ----  -13 -35 =51 -46 -32 =45 +55 +52 -39  3.0  2008 
49. Dmitriev,Sergey           UKR ----  -12 -31 =46 +52 -27 -33 =53 -47 +55  3.0  1974 
50. Romaniv,Dmitriy           UKR ----  -22 +34 -36 +41 -31 -38 =43 -35 -46  2.5  2045 
51. Kinarev,Nikolay           UKR ----  -21 -19 =48 =45 -47 =42 =52 =53 -41  2.5  1911 
52. Stasenko,Julia            UKR ----  -29 -47 =45 -49 +53 -32 =51 -48 -44  2.0  1863 
53. Kataev,Fedor              UKR ----  -15 -39 -34 -33 -52 +54 =49 =51 -43  2.0  1877 
54. Volosheniuk, Alexey       UKR 2082  - 7 +46 =30 -24 -23 -53  .   .   .   1.5  2049 
55. BYE                           ----   .   .   .   .   .   .  -48 -46 -49  0.0       
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11) 4th Kesarovski - Georgiev Memorial

The 4th Kesarovski - Georgiev Memorial, took place in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria 16th-24th September b2005. 84 players including 7 GMs and 14 IMs competed. The website was unavailable when I checked for results.

Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/sunnybeach05/

12) Lausanne Young Masters

The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best under-20 players in the world was held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne. Andrei Volokitin beat Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 in the final to take the title. Games from the playoffs in the final round of the event now available.

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

Final
1 Andrei VOLOKITIN       - Hikaru NAKAMURA        1-0 1-0
3rd-4th Places
2 Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV  - Pentala HARIKRISHNA    1/2 1/2 Playoffs 2.5-1.5
5th-6th Places
3 Magnus CARLSEN         - Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE 1-0 1-0
7th-8th Places
4 Nana DZAGNIDZE         - Elisabeth PÄHTZ        1-0 1/2

Round 2 KO 16th-17th September 2005

1st-4th
1 Andrei VOLOKITIN       - Pentala HARIKRISHNA    1-0 1/2
2 Hikaru NAKAMURA        - Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV  1-0 0-1 Playoffs 1-0 1/2

5th-8th
3 Magnus CARLSEN         - Elisabeth PÄHTZ        1/2 1/2 Playoffs 1-0 1-0
4 Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE - Nana DZAGNIDZE         1-0 1/2

Round 1 KO 14th-15th September 2005

1 Andrei VOLOKITIN       - Elisabeth PÄHTZ        1-0 1-0
2 Hikaru NAKAMURA        - Nana DZAGNIDZE         1-0 1-0
3 Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV  - Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE 1-0 1-0
4 Pentala HARIKRISHNA    - Magnus CARLSEN         1-0 1/2

13) 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 on ICC. I've repeated the games from last week as I made a couple of errors. News: Greg Shahade.

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

Week 4 21st September 2005

Baltimore - 3.5
Boston - 0.5

New York - 3.0
Philadelphia - 1.0

Dallas - 2.0
Carolina - 2.0

San Francisco - 2.5
Miami - 1.5

The current standings are 

East Division:

New York - 3/4
Baltimore - 2.5/4
Boston - 2/4
Philadelphia 1.5/4

West Division

Miami - 2.5/4
Dallas - 2/4
San Francisco - 1.5/4
Carolina - 1/4

 Top 2 from each division qualify for the playoffs.
The season lasts 10 weeks.

14) Caissa IM September

The Caissa IM September tournament took place 17th-23th September 2005 in Kecskemet. Robert Hardarson and Attila Jakab won the event with absolutely tie (they achieved the same results against all their opponents). Mr. Hardarson and Miss Domany made an IM and a WIM norm. News: Csaba Bognar.

(Next events, 15-24-10-2005, 19-28-11-2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu)

Final Standings:
  1 Hardarson, Robert          2361  FM   ISL  2300362  7 
    Jakab, Attila              2451  IM   HUN   709727  7 
  3 Sarosi, Zoltan             2336  IM   HUN   701521  5½
  4 Kragelj, Igor              2230  FM   SLO 14600960  5 
    Domany, Zsofia             2101       HUN   932353  5 
    Farkas, Tibor              2349  IM   SCG   933333  5 
  7 Vasvari, Tamas             2203       HUN   721271  4 
  8 Bennett, David Michael     0          USA           2½
  9 Donko, Matyas              2040  FM   HUN   716812  2 
    Keresztes, Richard         2232       HUN   719919  2 

15) Montesano Hotels Open

The 1st Festival Scacchistico Internazionale "Montesano Hotels" took place in Villa San Giovanni, Italy, 7th-15th September 2005. Igor Efimov edged out Namig Gouliev and Sergio Estremera Panos on tie-break after all scored 6.5/9. News: Giovanni Carlo Liistro.

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Hotel Montesano Open A Villa San Giovanni ITA (ITA), 7-15 ix 2005
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 1. Efimov, Igor             g  ITA 2401 6.5   47.5                 
 2. Gouliev, Namig           m  AZE 2555 6.5   44.5                 
 3. Estremera Panos, Sergio  m  ESP 2367 6.5   44.0                 
 4. Lazarev, Vladimir        g  RUS 2518 6.0   49.0                 
 5. Drazic, Sinisa           g  SCG 2497 6.0   47.5                 
 6. Okhotnik, Vladimir       m  UKR 2404 6.0   47.0  5.0            
 7. Manca, Federico          m  ITA 2390 6.0   47.0  4.0            
 8. Genocchio, Daniele       f  ITA 2306 6.0   45.5  4.0            
 9. Vocaturo, Daniele        f  ITA 2372 6.0   45.5  2.0            
10. Naumkin, Igor            g  RUS 2444 6.0   44.0                 
11. Rombaldoni, Denis        f  ITA 2327 6.0   41.5                 
12. Scharrer, Patrick           ITA 2209 6.0   41.0                 
13. Calzetta, Monica         wg ESP 2282 6.0   36.0                 
14. Mihalj, M. Miroslav      f  SCG 2298 5.5   45.0                 
15. Rombaldoni, Axel            ITA 2137 5.5   42.0  3.5            
16. Hirneise, Tobias            GER 2131 5.5   42.0  3.0     4    3'
17. Safranska, Anda          wg LAT 2291 5.5   42.0  3.0     4   11'
18. Sarno, Spartaco          m  ITA 2371 5.0   41.0                 
19. Nicoletti,Francesco         ITA ---- 5.0   38.0                 
20. Caracci, Giuseppe           ITA 2064 5.0   37.5                 
21. Xia, Jie                    ITA 2121 5.0   37.0                 
22. Armentano, Alessio          ITA 2092 5.0   34.5                 
52 players

16) Bucharest Open

The Bucharest Open took place 17th-24th September 2005. The event had 112 players, including 6 GMs and 27 IMs. Marius Manolache won the event alone on 7.5/9. News: Doru Ionescu.

Further details: http://www.chess-romania.ro

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
  1   Manolache, Marius               ROM   2462 1421 7.5    50.0 42.00
  2   Berescu, Alin                   ROM   2445 1401 7      51.5 38.75
  3   Ionescu, Constantin             ROM   2456 1444 7      50.5 38.75
  4   Itkis, Boris                    ROM   2489 1468 7      50.5 38.50
  5   Rogozenko, Dorian               ROM   2517 1495 6.5    53.0 33.75
  6   Bogdan, Dan                     ROM   2455 1421 6.5    49.0 34.25
  7   Svetushkin, Dmitry              MDA   2514 1514 6.5    49.0 33.75
  8   Sanduleac, Vasile               MDA   2480 1480 6.5    46.5 28.00
  9   Vajda, Albert                   ROM   2439 1406 6      51.0 29.25
 10   Nevednichy, Vladislav           ROM   2583 1559 6      51.0 27.00
 11   Khruschiov, Alexey              MDA   2410 1410 6      49.5 31.25
 12   Jianu, Vlad Cristian            ROM   2453 1413 6      49.0 30.50
 13   Szabo, Gergely Andras           ROM   2440 1388 6      49.0 27.75
 14   Ionescu, Doru Alexandru         ROM   2377 1370 6      48.5 24.25
 15   Mateuta, Gabriel                ROM   2465 1444 6      48.0 30.75
 16   Nanu, Ciprian Costica           ROM   2434 1455 6      48.0 30.00
 17   Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae      ROM   2469 1495 6      48.0 26.50
 18   Barnaure, Vlad Victor           ROM   2445 1391 6      46.5 27.00
 19   Cosma, Ioan                     ROM   2453 1463 6      46.0 28.25
 20   Voiteanu, Gabriel               ROM   2187 1162 6      46.0 22.00
 21   Nemeth, Francisc                ROM   2415 1384 6      42.5 22.75
 22   Grecescu, Gabriel Andrei        ROM   2332 1210 5.5    50.0 30.50
 23   Cioara, Andrei Nestor           ROM   2403 1385 5.5    49.0 28.00
 24   Vajda, Levente                  ROM   2541 1529 5.5    48.5 28.25
 25   Grigore, Nicolae Petre          ROM   2367 1344 5.5    47.5 26.00
 26   Calotescu, Ana Cristina         ROM   2273 1298 5.5    45.0 25.00
 27   Tugui, Adrian                   ROM   2340 1330 5.5    44.5 24.25
 28   Murariu, Andrei                 ROM   2435 1398 5.5    43.0 26.00
 29   Motoc, Alina                    ROM   2270 1314 5.5    43.0 24.50
 30   Nuta, Dan                       ROM   2216 1139 5.5    41.5 19.00
 31   Nevednichy, Boris               S     2302 1302 5.5    40.0 22.25
112 players

17) Karpov activities in Argentina

Anatoly Karpov was in Argentina reports Hernán Sartori of the Clarín newspaper.

He gave two simuls.

Saturday 17th September 2005

He played a match against a six boards team of the Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa Martelli, a tradicional chess club of northern Buenos Aires.

He finished 4,5 to 1,5

He won against IM Diego Valerga and Enrique Scarella, and 15 year ord Germán Della Morte. He made draw against GM Sergio Slipak, IM Alejo De Dovitiis y WIM Marisa Zuriel, national champion.

Tuesday 20th September 2005

He played against six boards in a shopping center: Diego Flores (22 years), recent Argentine champion; Gastón Needleman (15), eighth in recent Continental Championships and invited to 2006 World Championships; Germán Della Morte (15); and the winners of the different categories of the Festival "Miguel Najdorf": Robert Hungasky (18), Anton Kovalyov (13) and Cristian Massaferro (10).

Karpov won against Flores (on time), Massaferro and Hungaski (also time). Then made draws against Della Morte and Kovalyov. And finally lost against Needleman, the future of national chess. Karpov was so upset that he did not attend the prize award meeting, in which was invited the Vicepresident of Argentina. But at night Karpov had dinner with him, to be diplomatic.

Interview with Anatoly Karpov in Buenos Aires: By Hernán Sartori, Clarín newspaper of Argentina. E mail: hsartori@clarin.com

Link in Spanish: http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/09/20/deportes/d-06101.htm

These are the quotes:

With the respect you have won in world chess, why are you planning to participate in a difficult political campaign to confront the Fide president?

Because we must stop the people that are destroying professional chess. They can´t find sponsors to make important tournaments. They don´t push the National Federations to develop junior and youth chess. And great masters are confronting a weak FIDE because it doesn´t follow the rules and changes the schedule of the tournaments. Every tournament must be a success for chess, but if somebody organizes one because he finds a sponsor, they get jealous. That is why in many countries there are so many problems between chess players and Federations.

About Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

"His main weakness is that he can not accept critics. He turns apart anybody who criticised him and he has only people who say what he wants to hear"

About World Championships

"Top players agreed in Prague 2002 that there is no need for a knock out system. They would like to see a strong competition between the best. FIDE participated in that meeting, but unfortunately nothing happened".

About San Luis World Championships

"It will be a digitated World Championships, because all the best players won't be there. It just happened once in chess history, after Second World War".

About changes

"We need changes at the top. We lost Kasparov, who stopped playing because of this unclear situation. We hope to see changes, because when the most famous players are there, the easiest is to find a sponsor".

About his rivalry with Kasparov

In soccer, everybody confronts Diego Maradona and Pelé to decide who was the best. In chess, everybody confronted you with Kasparov. ¿Why not enjoy your rivalry and the chess you both played against each other, rather than confronting you? --It is a sign of the time. Mass media prefers articles with problems. Television doesn´t show a constructed bridge. Television only shows a destroyed bridge.

About presenting chess to children

"The future of the chess depends on the level in schools. Developing masters or grand masters is not the most important and I don´t think it´s even necesary. What is important is to present chess to every child and then let him choose if he wants to play it or not"

About chess "Chess teaches to think logically, to make plans, to administrate time and to develop memory. I tell parents not to worry if your child gives two hours per day to chess, because he will recover those hours by administrating time and developing his memory".

About Argentina and chess "I feel almost at home. People know me and I know people. It's one of my favorite countries. I came here for the first time in 1978, when chess was very popular. It's excepcional that besides the political and economical problems, chess activity continues here"

In addition to Hernán Sartori's report above ChessBase http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2647 also reported the event. One interesting historical point was the meeting over Anatoly Karpov and Diego Maradona on a human chessboard. The game wasn't of much interest as it was only 4 moves long. Karpov vs Maradona 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Nc3 and draw.

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Karpov Simul Villa Martelli ARG (ARG),
17 ix 2005
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1. Karpov, Anatoly      g RUS 2672  
2. De Dovitiis, Alejo   f ARG 2345  
3. Slipak, Sergio       g ARG 2489  
4. Zuriel, Marisa      wf ARG 2207  
5. Della Morte, Pablo   f ARG 2271  
6. Scarella, Enrique    m ARG 2367  
7. Valerga, Diego       m ARG 2499  
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Karpov Simul Villa Martelli (September 17, 2005)

Karpov, Anatoly     -  De Dovitiis, Alejo  1/2   30  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Karpov, Anatoly     -  Slipak, Sergio      1/2   36  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Karpov, Anatoly     -  Zuriel, Marisa      1/2   48  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Karpov, Anatoly     -  Della Morte, Pablo  1-0   39  D12  Slav Defence
Karpov, Anatoly     -  Scarella, Enrique   1-0   48  E61  King's Indian Defence
Karpov, Anatoly     -  Valerga, Diego      1-0   38  E11  Bogo Indian Defence

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Karpov Simul Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 
20 ix 2005
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1. Karpov, Anatoly       g RUS 2672  
2. Needleman, Gaston       ARG 2242  
3. Della Morte, Pablo    f ARG 2271  
4. Kovalyov, Anton       f ARG 2234  
5. Flores, Diego         m ARG 2513  
6. Hungaski, Roberto       USA 2308  
7. Massaferro,Cristian         ----  
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Karpov Simul Buenos Aires (September 20, 2005)

Karpov, Anatoly      -  Needleman, Gaston    0-1   91  E69  King's Indian Fianchetto
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Della Morte, Pablo   1/2   60  E63  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Kovalyov, Anton      1/2   47  B13  Caro Kann Exchange
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Flores, Diego        1-0   40  E15  Queens Indian
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Hungaski, Roberto    1-0   59  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Massaferro,Cristian  1-0   30  D12  Slav Defence

18) FIDE World Cup 2005

FIDE have announced an agreement with the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region-Yugra to hold the 2005 World Chess Cup. The tournament will take place 3rd-24th December 2005 with the total prize fund of USD 1, 572, 000.

128 players participate: World Champion + four (4) semi-finalists from the Libya World Championship, Women's World Champion, two (2) World Junior U-20 Champions (2004 & 2005), ninety (90) players from Continental Championships, twenty (20) rated players, seven (7) FIDE President nominees, three (3) Organiser nominees. The names of the Asian qualifiers will be known on 16 October 2005, of the African qualifiers on 15 November 2005 and the name of the World Junior Champion U-20 will be known on 22 November 2005. The full list with the pairings will be announced on 23 November 2005.

FIDE Site: http://www.fide.com

Schedule for the World Cup Tournament:

Opening Ceremony/Players` meeting  3 December
Round 1:				4-5 
Tie breaks        			6 
Round 2:		 		7-8
Tie breaks        			9
Round 3:				10-11 
Tie breaks        			12 
Round 4:		 		13-14
Tie breaks        			15
Round 5:				16-17 
Tie breaks        			18 
Round 6:		 		19-20
Tie breaks        			21
Round 7:				22-23
Closing Ceremony/Tie breaks	24

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

V Internacional Governador Mario Covas

The V Internacional Governador Mario Covas takes place in Santos, Brazil 26th September - 2nd October 2005.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2005/01festsan05/progVmcovas.htm

Players;  
1. Vescovi, Giovanni       gm BRA 2640
2. Milos, Gilberto         gm BRA 2606
3. Leitão, Rafael          gm BRA 2598
4. Felgaer, Ruben          gm ARG 2618
5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E  gm PER 2601
6. Rodriguez, Andres       gm URU 2523

26th International Bethune Open

The 26th International Bethune Open takes place in the room Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) December 26th-30th 2005. This year the tournament will have 9 rounds instead of 7. The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st price : 300 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 5500 euros of prices (7300 euros given in 2004), prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Entry fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM. Contact info: E-mail: open@bethunechess.com

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

15th World Seniors

The 15th World Seniors takes place in Lignano Sabbiadoro 27th September - 10th October 2005.

Official site: http://www.vacanzesport.com/EventiDettaglio.asp?IDEvento=18

Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence

The Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence takes place 15th-18th December 2005. Magnus Carlsen will compete.

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

Mezezers International Open 2006

The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes place 1st-6th July 2005.

Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv

Jovan Petronic Website

Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.

http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm

Liberec Open 2005

6th International Chess Festival Liberec Open 2005 take places 22nd-29th October 2005 in Liberec (Czech Republic).

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

GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006

Sergio Mariotti is the first Grand Master to take on the world from the official Turin Olympiad website starting on 29th September 2005. Just Register on the Olympiad website and wait to receive your password by email. Then Enter the game in PlayArea/play on line

Further details: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship

The Rakan Muda Gacc World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship takes place at the Second Residential College University Of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. i. All teams are expected to arrive in Malaysia not later than 6 Dec 2005 and expected to depart earliest on 14 Dec 2005.Participation in GACC World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship is open to all BONA FIDE representatives from universities and colleges. GACC will be conducted as an individual Swiss event. The accumulated results of the best 4(four) individuals from the same university (which is inclusive of at least one female player) will be accumulated for the team results. This format is to encourage more female players to participate. Each University or Institute can send two teams if they wish to.

Contact details: TEL: 03-7957 1706 . FAX: 03-7957 1608 E-MAIL: gacc_10@yahoo.com

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

10th Cesenatico International

The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament took place 3rd-11th September 2005. Couldn't find games and results.

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

Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival

The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno had 2 closed GM groups, 1 closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September 2005. Couldn't find results or games.

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

Scandinavian Chess Tournament Grand Prix 2005

Scandinavian Chess Tournament Grand Prix 2005. (3 Tournaments) Tallinn, Estonia 26-27 March 2005. Mariehamn, Aland (Finland) 1-2 October 2005 (5000 Euro Prize fund, 1st Prize 900 Euro) 11 rounds 15 minutes games with time handicap, Täby, Sweden 10-11 December 2005. 1st prize 12 000 SEK , 25 minutes games Besides the normal prizes there will be 5 Grand Prix-prizes: 30.000 SEK, 22.000 SEK, 15.000 SEK, 10.000 SEK, 5.000 SEK.

Information: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se

New RSS Chess Website

Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess content to the world via JS and RSS feed.

http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/

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

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

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.

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.

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/

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 hopefully be able to round up the games at some point.

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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 at some point.

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

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

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

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.

Hungarian Tournaments September - December 2005

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

1 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL

2. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L

3. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest

4. 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/

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

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