THE WEEK IN CHESS 574 7th November 2005 by Mark Crowther
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US Chess League 15 games
8th IM Kostrena 55 games
WGM Malinska 45 games
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27th Arco Chess Festival 330 games
10th Annual Governor's Cup 15 games
31st Guernsey Open 185 games
Elwood Community Championship 28 games
First Saturday November 6 games
II Calvia Chess Festival 1 game
1245 games
My thanks to Tarjei J. Svensen, Greg Shahade, Miklos Orso, John
Donaldson, David Clayton, Dr.Thomas Michos, Bartlomiej Macieja, Gérard
Demuydt, Novo Bojicic, Paolo Di Minico, Eduard Piacun, Milan Ninchich, Arthur
Brameld, Alex Ismailov, Zenón Franco Ocampos and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
A good week of chess, and one of surprises. The World Team Championship
enters its last three round with China leading. This is surprising enough but
they actually lead after having played one match less (there is a bye due to
the absence of an African team) than the favourites Russia. This might mean
that Russia can't catch China by the time they meet in the final round.
Viswanathan Anand is a regular at the Corsica Masters and also a regular winner
(at first glance it seems he may have won every year since 2000). The defending
champion was downed in the final by Vadim Milov in a blitz playoff (5 mins + 3
seconds).
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Team Championship takes place 31st October (arrival) to 11th
November (departure) 2005 in Beer-Sheva, Israel. China are the surprise
leaders, especially as they have played a game less than favourites Russia. The
two teams meet in the final round.
Official site: http://www.wccisrael.com
Round 6 Standings:
No. Nation + - = Pts.
1 China Men 5 0 0 16
2 Russia 6 0 0 15.5
3 USA 2 2 1 11.5
4 Armenia 2 1 2 11
5 Ukraine 2 3 0 10.5
6 Israel 2 2 1 10
7 Georgia 1 4 1 9.5
8 Cuba 1 4 0 7
9 China Women 0 5 1 5
Round 1
1 USA 2.5-1.5 Georgia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628 1/2 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601
2 GM Gulko, Boris 2589 1/2 GM Giorgadze, Giorgi 2601
3 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605 1-0 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2578
4 GM Novikov, Igor 2589 1/2 GM Mikheil, Mchedlishvili 2564
2 Armenia 2-2 Israel
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Aronian, Levon 2724 1/2 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717
2 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707 1/2 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2654
3 GM Karen, Asrian 2645 1-0 GM Avrukh, Boris 2653
4 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 2614 0-1 GM Roiz, Michael 2600
3 Russia 3-1 Cuba
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Svidler, Peter 2740 1-0 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677
2 GM Dreev, Alexey 2694 1/2 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635
3 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2720 1/2 GM Nogueiras, Jesus 2547
4 GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707 1-0 GM Quezada, Yuniesky 2505
4 China Women 0-4 China Men
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 WGM Yu, Wang 2396 0-1 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637
2 Gong, Qianyun 2374 0-1 GM Ni, Hua 2603
3 Yang, Shen 2326 0-1 GM Zhou, Jianchao 2516
4 Hou, Yifan 2220 0-1 GM Liang, Chong 2515
Round 2
1 Cuba 3-1 China Women
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677 1-0 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478
2 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635 1/2 Qian, Huang 2398
3 GM Delgado, Neuris 2551 1/2 WGM Yu, Wang 2396
4 GM Arencibia, Walter 2510 1-0 Hou, Yifan 2220
2 Israel 1.5-2.5 Russia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717 0-1 GM Svidler, Peter 2740
2 GM Smirin, Ilia 2673 1-0 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2720
3 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2654 0-1 GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707
4 GM Erenburg, Sergey 2582 1/2 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 2652
3 Georgia 1-3 Armenia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 2658 1/2 GM Aronian, Levon 2724
2 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601 0-1 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707
3 GM Mikheil, Mchedlishvili 2564 1/2 GM Karen, Asrian 2645
4 GM Gagunashvili, Merab 2542 0-1 GM Anastasian, Ashot 2596
4 Ukraine 2.5-1.5 USA
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748 1-0 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628
2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2704 1/2 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614
3 GM Volotkin, Andrei 2666 1-0 GM Goldin, Alexander 2615
4 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2663 0-1 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605
Round 3
1 Armenia 2.5-1.5 Ukraine
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Aronian, Levon 2724 1-0 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748
2 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707 1/2 GM Volotkin, Andrei 2666
3 GM Karen, Asrian 2645 1/2 GM Alexander, Moiseenko 2663
4 GM Anastasian, Ashot 2596 1/2 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658
2 Russia 2.5-1.5 Georgia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Svidler, Peter 2740 1-0 GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 2658
2 GM Dreev, Alexey 2694 0-1 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601
3 GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707 1/2 GM Giorgadze, Giorgi 2601
4 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2675 1-0 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2578
3 China Women 1.5-2.5 Israel
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478 0-1 GM Smirin, Ilia 2673
2 Qian, Huang 2398 0-1 GM Avrukh, Boris 2653
3 WGM Yu, Wang 2396 1/2 GM Roiz, Michael 2600
4 Yang, Shen 2326 1-0 GM Erenburg, Sergey 2582
4 China Men 3.5-0.5 Cuba
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637 1-0 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677
2 GM Ni, Hua 2603 1/2 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635
3 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608 1-0 GM Delgado, Neuris 2551
4 GM Zhou, Jianchao 2516 1-0 GM Nogueiras, Jesus 2547
Round 4
1 Israel 1.5-2.5 China Men
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717 1-0 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637
2 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2654 0-1 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2613
3 GM Avrukh, Boris 2653 1/2 GM Ni, Hua 2603
4 GM Roiz, Michael 2600 0-1 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608
2 Georgia 2-2 China Women
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601 0-1 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478
2 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2578 1/2 Qian, Huang 2398
3 GM Mikheil, Mchedlishvili 2564 1-0 WGM Yu, Wang 2396
4 GM Gagunashvili, Merab 2542 1/2 Yang, Shen 2326
3 Ukraine 1.5-2.5 Russia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748 1/2 GM Svidler, Peter 2740
2 GM Volotkin, Andrei 2666 0-1 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2720
3 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2663 1/2 GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707
4 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658 1/2 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2675
4 USA 2-2 Armenia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628 1/2 GM Aronian, Levon 2724
2 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614 1/2 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707
3 GM Goldin, Alexander 2615 1/2 GM Karen, Asrian 2645
4 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605 1/2 GM Anastasian, Ashot 2596
Round 5
1 Russia 2.5-1.5 USA
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Svidler, Peter 2740 1/2 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628
2 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2720 1/2 GM Gulko, Boris 2589
3 GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707 1/2 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614
4 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2675 1-0 GM Goldin, Alexander 2615
2 China Women 0.5-3.5 Ukraine
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478 1/2 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748
2 Qian, Huang 2398 0-1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2704
3 Gong, Qianyun 2374 0-1 GM Alexander, Moiseenko 2663
4 Yang, Shen 2326 0-1 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658
3 China Men 3.5-0.5 Georgia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637 1-0 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601
2 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2613 1/2 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2578
3 GM Ni, Hua 2603 1-0 GM Mikheil, Mchedlishvili 2564
4 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608 1-0 GM Gagunashvili, Merab 2542
4 Cuba 1.5-2.5 Israel
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677 1/2 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717
2 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635 1/2 GM Smirin, Ilia 2673
3 GM Arencibia, Walter 2510 1/2 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2654
4 GM Quezada, Yuniesky 2505 0-1 GM Avrukh, Boris 2653
Round 6
1 Georgia 3-1 Cuba
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 2658 1-0 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677
2 GM Giorgadze, Giorgi 2601 1/2 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635
3 GM Mikheil, Mchedlishvili 2564 1-0 GM Delgado, Neuris 2551
4 GM Gagunashvili, Merab 2542 1/2 GM Nogueiras, Jesus 2547
2 Ukraine 1.5-2.5 China Men
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2704 1/2 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637
2 GM Volotkin, Andrei 2666 1/2 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2613
3 GM Alexander, Moiseenko 2663 0-1 GM Ni, Hua 2603
4 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658 1/2 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608
3 USA 4-0 China Women
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Gulko, Boris 2589 1-0 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478
2 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614 1-0 WGM Yu, Wang 2396
3 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605 1-0 Yang, Shen 2326
4 GM Novikov, Igor 2589 1-0 Hou, Yifan 2220
4 Armenia 1.5-2.5 Russia
Brd. Player Rat. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Aronian, Levon 2724 1/2 GM Svidler, Peter 2740
2 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707 1/2 GM Dreev, Alexey 2694
3 GM Karen, Asrian 2645 1/2 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2720
4 GM Anastasian, Ashot 2596 0-1 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2675
Round 7 8th November 2005
1 Israel - Georgia
2 China Women - Armenia
3 Cuba - Ukraine
4 China Men - USA
Round 8 9th November 2005
1 Armenia - China Men
2 USA - Cuba
3 Ukraine - Israel
4 Russia - China Women
Round 9 10th November 2005
1 China Men - Russia
2 Cuba - Armenia
3 Georgia - Ukraine
4 Israel - USA
The Corsica Masters took place in Bastia 30th October - 3rd November
2005. 100,000 Euros of prizes attracted a strong field. There was a seven round
swiss followed by a preliminary one round elimination round before the last
knockout phase with 16 players. Vadim Milov beat Viswanathan Anand 3-1 in the
final. I believe Anand has won the event every year since 2000. Time rate 40
moves in 90 mins + 30 seconds per move. My thanks to Gérard Demuydt -
http://www.europe-echecs.com.
Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/
Corsica Masters KO 2005
Final
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Anand,V 1.0
Milov,V 3.0
Semifinal
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Anand,V 2.5
Adams,Mi 0.5
Milov,V 2.5
Almasi,Z 0.5
Quarterfinal
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Anand,V 2.0
Gurevich,M 0.0
Adams,Mi 2.0
Fressinet,L 0.0
Polgar,Ju 0.5
Milov,V 1.5
Almasi,Z 2.5
David,Alb 1.5
Round 1
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Anand,V 2.0
Markowski,T 0.0
Gurevich,M 2.5
Izoria,Z 1.5
Adams,Mi 4.0
Riazantsev,A 3.0
Bologan,V 2.5
Fressinet,L 3.5
Polgar,Ju 3.0
Tregubov,P 1.0
Milov,V 2.0
Naiditsch,A 0.0
Sasikiran,K 0.5
Almasi,Z 1.5
Bacrot,E 0.5
David,Alb 1.5
Magnus Carlsen and Simen Agdestein play off for the Norwegian
Championship title (they tied in the original event in Sandnes, Norway July
2nd-9th 2005). It takes place November 7th-9th 2005 in Oslo. They play two
games with a full 7 hour time control, followed if necessary by tie break games
on the 9th, which are pairs of rapid games until a winner is decided.
Live site:
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/sjakk/article480889.ece
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 40 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
ch-NOR Playoff Oslo NOR (NOR), 7-8 xi 2005
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1 2
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Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2582 1 . 1.0
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2570 0 . 0.0
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5.5-4.5 in a ten game
blitz match on 4th November 2005. I don't have the results or games from games
two or six of the match. There were two opens 23rd-31st October 2005. These
were followed by various all-play-all events taking place 1st-9th November
2005.
Official site including coverage of the remaining events of the
festival: http://www.chessclub.az/
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1st Open C Baku AZE (AZE), 23-31 x 2005
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1. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2445 7,0 38,5 5
2. Andreev, Eduard g UKR 2451 7,0 37,5 5
3. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2579 7,0 36,5 5
4. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2585 7,0 34,0 5
5. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2456 6,5 33,5 4
6. Kekelidze, Mikheil g GEO 2475 6,5 32,5 6
7. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2542 6,5 31,5 5
8. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2432 6,0 35,0 6
9. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2543 6,0 33,0 4
10. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2518 6,0 32,0 4
11. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2569 6,0 31,0 6
12. Gaprindashvili, Valeriane g GEO 2444 6,0 29,0 4
13. Magalashvili, Davit m GEO 2448 5,5 35,0 4
14. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2457 5,5 33,0 5
15. Magomedov, Magaram g RUS 2565 5,5 30,0 4
16. Safarli, Eltaj f AZE 2364 5,5 30,0 4
17. Margvelashvili, Giorgi f GEO 2332 5,5 29,5 4
18. Dmitrenko, Viktor m UKR 2342 5,5 29,0 5
19. Guseinov, Elmir m AZE 2397 5,5 29,0 4
20. Zarkua, Davit GEO 2343 5,5 28,5 4
21. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2401 5,5 28,0 5
22. Velikhanli Firuza wg AZE 2319 5,5 26,0 4
23. Agayev, Nidjat AZE 2218 5,5 25,5 4
24. Abdullaev Makhish AZE 2267 5,5 25,0 5
25. Azaladze, Shota GEO 2336 5,5 24,5 4
26. Zeynalov Farid AZE 2179 5,5 21,5 5
77 players
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. News: Greg
Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
Week 10 2nd November 2005
The Final League Standings
East:
New York 8.0-2.0
Baltimore 6.5-3.5
Boston 4.0-6.0
Philadelphia 3.5-6.5
West:
San Francisco 6.0-4.0
Miami 5.5-4.5
Dallas 3.5-6.5
Carolina 3.0-7.0
Playoffs begin next week
New York plays Baltimore (NY gets draw odds)
San Francisco plays Miami (SF gets draw odds)
IM Pascal Charbonneau is the 2005 US Chess League MVP.
The 8th IM ZNG111 took place in Kostrena, Croatia 28th October - 4th
November 2005. Robert Loncar won with 8/10.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/zng111/zng111-8.htm
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8th IM ZNG111 Kostrena CRO (CRO), 28 x-4 xi 2005 cat. I (2270)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2371 * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2499
2. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2309 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2458
3. Crepan, Marjan f SLO 2310 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2458
4. Medancic, Rikard m CRO 2290 0 = = * = 1 1 = 0 0 1 5.0 2267
5. Doric, Nenad m CRO 2367 = = 0 = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2260
6. Saric, Ivan CRO 2339 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2262
7. Savic, Miroslav CRO 2254 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 4.5 2235
8. Babic, Drasko f SCG 2316 0 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2193
9. Markovic, Alen SCG 2090 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2215
10. Ramesa, Davor CRO 2226 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2164
11. Troselj, Teo CRO 2096 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 1921
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There was a WGM tournament in Malinska 23rd-29th October 2005. Eva
Repkova was the easy winner two points clear of the field on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/krk05.htm
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WGM Malinska CRO (CRO), 23-29 x 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2350 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2491
2. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2260 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2308
3. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2280 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2306
4. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2249 0 = = * = 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2309
5. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2229 0 1 = = * 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 2274
6. Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2366 0 = = 1 0 * 1 0 1 1 5.0 2259
7. Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2248 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 4.5 2229
8. Babataeva, Indira wf KAZ 2182 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = 1 4.0 2194
9. Franciskovic, Borka wf CRO 2162 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.5 2073
10. Djeno, Snjezana CRO 1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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9th Bayerische International Chess Open, took place 29th October - 6th
November 2005 in Bad Wiessee. Top seed Aleksander Delchev won the event on
tie-break from 6 others all scoring 7.5/9.
Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
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9th Bavarian Open Bad Wiessee GER (GER), 29 x-6 xi 2005
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1. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2669 7.5 52.5
2. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2571 7.5 52.0
3. Baramidze, David g GER 2542 7.5 50.5
4. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2578 7.5 49.5
5. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2545 7.5 49.0
6. Morawietz, Dieter GER 2385 7.5 48.5
7. Braun, Arik m GER 2465 7.5 46.0
8. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2634 7.0 52.5
9. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2508 7.0 52.0
10. Hoffmann, Michael1 m GER 2443 7.0 50.0
11. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2492 7.0 49.0
12. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2431 7.0 48.5
13. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2603 7.0 48.0
14. Naumann, Alexander g GER 2534 7.0 48.0
15. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2563 7.0 47.5
16. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2547 7.0 47.5
17. Pirrot, Dieter m GER 2401 7.0 47.0
18. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2587 7.0 47.0
19. Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2528 7.0 46.5
20. Senff, Martin m GER 2469 7.0 46.0
21. Rau, Hannes m GER 2421 7.0 45.5
22. Zude, Arno m GER 2422 7.0 45.0
23. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2478 7.0 43.0
24. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2445 7.0 43.0
25. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2600 6.5 49.5
26. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2441 6.5 49.0
27. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2486 6.5 48.5
28. Salvermoser, Bernd f GER 2266 6.5 47.5
29. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2555 6.5 47.5
30. Zysk, Robert m GER 2460 6.5 47.0
31. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2560 6.5 45.5
32. Kabisch, Thilo GER 2330 6.5 45.5
33. Bayer, Bernhard f GER 2330 6.5 45.0
34. Seuffert, Gabriel f GER 2336 6.5 43.0
35. Becker, Martin GER 2361 6.5 42.5
36. Vrban, Mladen f CRO 2319 6.5 42.0
37. Meister, Peter m GER 2358 6.5 42.0
38. Fischer, Johann GER f GER 2302 6.5 40.0
509 players
27th Arco Chess Festival took place 22nd-30th October 2005. Simen
Agdestein took first with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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Open A Arco ITA (HUN), 22-30 x 2005
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1. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2582 8.0 48.0
2. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2513 7.0 47.5
3. Luther, Thomas g GER 2569 6.5 49.5
4. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2452 6.5 48.0
5. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2439 6.5 47.0
6. Moser, Eva m AUT 2361 6.5 46.0
7. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2457 6.0 50.0
8. Manca, Federico m ITA 2408 6.0 48.0
9. Isonzo, David f ITA 2337 6.0 47.5
10. Dittmar, Peter f GER 2322 6.0 46.5
11. Schacher, Gerd ITA 2258 6.0 45.0 4.5
12. Bronznik, Valerij m UKR 2386 6.0 45.0 4.0 4
13. Bogdanov, Valentin m UKR 2399 6.0 45.0 4.0 4
14. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2373 6.0 44.5
15. Mazet, Julien FRA 2250 6.0 43.5
16. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2331 6.0 43.0
17. Fossum, Oystein Boyum NOR 2247 6.0 42.0
18. Pojer, Romeo ITA 2153 6.0 38.5
19. Mukic, Josko f CRO 2328 5.5 48.5
20. Lymar, Irina wg UKR 2309 5.5 43.5
21. Ager, Josef AUT 2246 5.5 42.5
22. Crea, Vincenzo ITA 2082 5.5 41.0
23. Dalponte, Dino ITA 2101 5.5 40.5
24. Diotallevi, Maurizio ITA 2113 5.5 39.5
25. Giancotti, Eraldo ITA 2063 5.5 39.0
26. Scotti, Umberto ITA 2182 5.5 38.5
27. Kranebitter, Gerhard AUT 2070 5.5 38.0 2.5
28. De Andres Gonalons, Fernando ESP 2071 5.5 38.0 2.0
29. Schaefer, Michael1 GER 2217 5.5 37.0 4.0
30. Larsen Hagen, Brede Andre NOR 1951 5.5 37.0 3.0 4
31. Geske, Julian GER 2077 5.5 37.0 3.0 4
32. Antoniacci, Riccardo ITA 1972 5.5 36.5
116 players
The 10th Annual Governor's Cup took place in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
October 28th-30th 2005. Some games now available. News: John Donaldson.
Leading Final Standings Open section: 1-3. GM Ehlvest (EST) 2618, GM
Yermolinsky 2549 (USA) and IM Simutowe 2458 (ZAM) 4/5 3-6. GM Kudrin 2551
(USA), IM Donaldson 2405 (USA) and FM Karklins (USA) 2246 3.5 =7. GM
Wojtkiewicz(USA) 2570, IM Kustar (HUN) 2375 .... 3
31st Guernsey International Chess Festival 16th-22nd October 2005 The
venue was the Cobo Bay hotel in Guernsey. The playing hall had spectacular
views over the bay. The blue water was often calm but mainly crashing against
the red granite rocks a bit like the chess as well. There were 52 players in
the Open tournament and 39 in the Holiday tournament. The tournament began
under a cloud with the news of the very sad loss of highly respected arbiter
Steve Boniface. One of the players was also a qualified arbiter, and he stepped
in until the arrival of BCF chief arbiter David Welch, who kindly rushed to our
aid in the sad and unfortunate circumstances. Grand Master Tiger
Hillarp-Persson and International Master Robert Bellin both began the
tournament with comfortable wins in the first round. Grand Master Oleg Korneev
took a half point bye in the first round and began play in round two.
Hillarp-Persson and Korneev met in round 5 (Korneev white) and played a very
sharp Sicilian which ended in a draw being agreed after 24 moves.
Hillarp-Persson this time with white was again held to a draw this time by
Bellin in round 6 with an interesting Dutch defence. Korneev and Bellin were
not paired in the final round and of course this left the door open for Korneev
to take first place outright which he duly did. The day after the close of the
tournament it's creator and inspiration for many years also passed away at the
grand age of 91. Report: Fred Hamperl. Games now available from Arthur
Brameld.
Crosstable:
http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.asp
and website: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg
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31st Guernsey Open Cobo Bay GCI (GCI), 16-22 x 2005
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2601 6.0
2. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2374 5.5
Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2534 5.5
4. Havenaar, Jan NED 2195 5.0
5. Roberts, Paul SCO 2201 4.5
Lock, Gavin R. ENG 2178 4.5
Goater, Kevin ENG 2178 4.5
Hensbergen, Willem NED 2106 4.5
Heppell, In ENG 2165 4.5
De Kruif, Kees NED 2054 4.5
Taylor, Martin R. f ENG 2311 4.5
Carpenter, P GCI ---- 4.5
52 players
Elwood Community Bendigo Bank Chess Championship 2005: Victoria,
Australia A major Victorian event with big prizes: $2000 1st Place; $1000 2nd
Place; $500 3rd Place. Sponsored by Bendigo Bank. 29th October to 1st November,
2005 Format: 7 round ACF and FIDE rated Swiss tournament. Time Control: 90
minutes, plus 30 seconds per move. News: Milan Ninchich.
Official site: http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/elwood/
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ch-Elwood Elwood AUS (AUS), 29 x-1 xi 2005
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1-3 Smerdon, David C m AUS 2421 6.0
Goldenberg, Igor f AUS 2335 6.0
Tabatt, Hendrik GER 2223 6.0
4 Froehlich, Peter m GER 2360 5.5
5-14 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2462 5.0
Baron, Michael f AUS 2320 5.0
Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2399 5.0
Sandler, Leonid m AUS 2381 5.0
Wallis, Christopher AUS 2114 5.0
Hacche, David J AUS 2187 5.0
Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija BIH 2122 5.0
Skiotis, Pano AUS 2178 5.0
Lojanica, Milenko m BIH 2112 5.0
Rujevic, Mirko AUS 2247 5.0
15-24 Guthrie, Aaron f AUS 2257 4.5
Hislop, James K AUS 4.5
Stead, Kerry AUS 2056 4.5
Dragicevic, Domagoj AUS 2135 4.5
Ly, Thai AUS 2051 4.5
Pyke, Malcolm L AUS 2126 4.5
Zileski, George AUS 4.5
Stirling, Nathan AUS 2087 4.5
Frost, Peter AUS 1942 4.5
Szuveges, Narelle S wmAUS 1895 4.5
25-34 Voon, Richard AUS 2090 4.0
Depasquale, Chris J f AUS 2309 4.0
Tsagarakis, Angelo AUS 4.0
Bowen, Leon AUS 4.0
Schon, Eugene AUS 1790 4.0
Flitney, Adrian AUS 2047 4.0
Kara, Barbaros AUS 4.0
Kildisas, Victor E AUS 2056 4.0
Podvorac, Zeljko AUS 4.0
Sucevic, Milic AUS 4.0
86 players
The November First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place
5th-15th November 2005 in Budapest.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-11 xi 2005 cat. VII (2410)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Berczes, David m HUN 2475 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2390 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2546 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2522 . . . * . = . . . . . . 0.5 2328
5. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2540 . . . . * . . . = . . . 0.5 2376
6. Porat, Ido f ISR 2328 . . . = . * . . . . . . 0.5 2522
7. Prohaszka, Peter1 HUN 2070 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2396
8. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2396 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2070
9. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2376 . . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2540
10. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2441 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Pap, Gyula HUN 2384 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2453 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Calvia open correction. Zenón Franco Ocampos sends a correction
to one of his games from TWIC 573.
Gibraltar Congress 2006
The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006.
Contact Stewart Reuben for more details: Stewartreuben@aol.com
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
BCF Rapid Play
The British Rapidplay Chess Championship takes place in Halifax
12th-13th November 2005.
Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/rapid2005/
55th Greek Championship
The 55th Greek Championship take place 16th-24th November 2005 in
Kalamata, a town 250km from Athens. The tournament is a 10 player round-robin
with 10 players (7 GMs). The GM norm is at 6/9 and the IM norm 4/9 Current
champion is GM Banikas who has won the Greek championship five times in a row.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr (only in Greek). Live
coverage planned.
Players
1. Banikas Hristos GM 2566
2. Kapnisis Spyridon IM 2427
3. Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GM 2570
4. Souleidis Georgios IM 2421
5. Skembris Spyridon GM 2461
6. Nikolaidis Ioannis GM 2521
7. Halkias Stelios GM 2540
8. Kotrotsos Vasilios FM 2323
9. Mastrovasilis Athanasios GM 2496
10. Kotronias Vasilios GM 2626
5th Amplico AIG Life
The 24th Chess Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski takes place in Warsaw,
16th-18th December 2005 in the Olympic Centre Wybrzeze Gdynskie street 4.
Warsaw International Blitz Championship (16th of December) 5th Amplico
AIG Life International Chess Tournament - European Rapid Championship 2005
(17th -18th of December)
Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/
FIDE African Continental Championship
The FIDE African Continental Championship takes place November 4th-15th
2005 in Lusaka, Zambia.
Coverage:
http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_AfricanCh2.html
Deep Junior vs Almira Skripchenko Exhibition
Deep Junior will play Almira Skripchenko Deep Junior will play Almira
Skripchenko in an exhibition game. in the resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
November 30th 2005 14:00 local in the Golf Hotel. The exhibition is part of the
Intetain conference featuring intelligent technologies for entertainment.
Almira will have the white pieces and the game will be conducted under normal
time controls. The following day (Dec. 1st) Almira will make a presentation
titled "In the mind of the grandmaster" and will conduct a simultaneous
exhibition versus a selected group of the conference attendees.
Further details and registration: http://www.intetain.org as well as
http://chess.itc.it/irst/Renderer.aspx?targetID=1347
Villa de Bilbao
II Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Bilbao takes place
19th-23rd November 2005.
Man-Machine event. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and
Alexander Khalifman. Machines: Junior, Fritz and Hydra.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com
Wellington College International
FIDE rated, qualifying event for British Champs and part of the BCF
Grand Prix. The event takes place over 2 weekends
Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January 2006 and Saturday 11th to
Sunday 12th February 2006
£1,000+ prize fund including a paid place in 2006 British
Championships
Venue: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles
south west of London)
Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. Chief Controller: Neville
Belinfante (BCF Arbiter)
Entries, requests for accommodation lists, travel details, detailed map
and other enquiries should be addressed to :
Ray Clark High Cedars, 17 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA
England
Tel. (44) (0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753
883300 (other times)
E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk or rclark@thehackettgroup.com
Hyderabad Open
Chess Players Association of India will be conducting an International
Open Chess Tournament at Hyderabad, India from 7th to 18th Dec 2005, with a
total prize fund of US$18000 (First US$ 4500).
We request you to give wide publicity for the event in your website.
With your help, we are looking forward to have many Titled players from outside
India. For any queries please write to mailto_cpai@yahoo.co.in or
konguvelp@gmail.com
Further details: http://www.cpai.in
Hungarian Events November 2005 - August 2006
1. 5th-18th of November 2005 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. 17th-25th of November, Harkány Tenkes cup Open, 250 km South
West from Budapest, org:Fulop Csaba, mobile: +(36)-30-9276900
3. 19th-29th of November, IM-FM, KECSKEMET,
4. 3rd-16th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, (Two GM groups - a
cat.VI.-VII and a cat.IX - X.!!!) Org: NL.
5. 27th of December 2005 - 4th of January 2006 IM-FM, Kecskemet,
6. 6th-14th of January 2006, Budapest, TAPOLCA Open, Org. Paréj
József, info: Nagy László, firstsat@hu.inter.net
7 4th-17th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM (cat.VII and cat.IX/) -IM-FM
Budapest
8. 4th-17th of March FS GM-IM-FM, Org.NL.
9. 23rd- 31st of March SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open Budapest,
org.: NL.
10. 1st-14rth of April, FS cat.VII, IX, XII GM events, IM and FM closed
tournaments, Budapest, org.NL.
11. 14th-22nd of April, BUDAPEST Open, 9 rounds Swiss, organizer: IM
Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu
12. 6th-18th of May, Budapest, FS GM-IM-FM, org.NL.
13. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt,
org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu
14. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ -
IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.
15. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, org. IM RIGO,
e-mail: me-ri@t-online-hu
16. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM closed, Bp. Org.NL,
17. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
18. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
19. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
US Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 1st-12th,
2006 (note the new dates) 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 top seeded players are: 1 Gregory Kaidanov; 2 Gata Kamsky; 3 Alexander
Onischuk; 4 Boris Gulko 5 Ildar Ibraigimov; 6 Alexander Shabalov; 7 Varuzhan
Akobian; and 8 Igor Novikov. In the women's: 1 Susan Polgar; 2 Anna Zatonskih;
3 Irina Krush; 4 Camilla Baginskaite; 5 Tatev Abrahamyan; and 6 Jennifer
Shahade.
Full details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
Caissa Events October
The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 15th-24th
October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info
http://www.caissachessbooks.com.
Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006
The field for the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been finalised.
The event takes place January 13th-29th 2006.
Players: 1 (2) Viswanathan Anand IND 2788 2 (3) Veselin Topalov BUL 2782
3 (4) Peter Leko HUN 2751 4 (5) Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2748 5 (7) Vladimir
Kramnik RUS 2739 6 (9) Etienne Bacrot FRA 2725 7 (10) Levon Aronian ARM 2724 8
(12) Michael Adams ENG 2718 9 (13) Boris Gelfand ISR 2717 10 (20) Sergey
Tiviakov NED 2700 11 (21) Ivan Sokolov NED 2696 12 (23) Gata Kamsky USA 2690 13
(44) Sergey Karjakin UKR 2658 14 (55) Loek van Wely NED 2648. October world
ranking in brackets.
Official site:http://www.coruschess.com/
Linares 2006
Limited information on the Linares tournament this year. I understand it
may be a split event between Linares in Spain and an as yet unannounced place
in Mexico. Approximate dates 12th Feb - 12th March 2006. Possible lineup:
Veselin Topalov (not yet confirmed), Peter Leko, Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter
Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Paco Vallejo and two more possibly including
Viswanathan Anand. 8 players. All news yet to be officially confirmed.
Iranian Super League
The second Season of the Iranian Super League starts from 3rd October
2005. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Further details:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2350&lan=1
and http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Czech Chess Christmas 2005
Czech Chess Christmas 2005 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2005-1.1.2006 7th
christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h
+ 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura
64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, mobil: 608 364 664, e-mail:
a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz
Penang International Open
Penang International Open Chess Tournament 2005 is a FIDE-rated, open
chess tournament open to all players. It will be held at the tropical island of
Penang, Malaysia. The tournament is organized by the Penang Chess Association.
Dates: 7th-11th December 2005.
Details: http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/PgOpen/
Seagaard ChessReviews
Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be
updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep
running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM
Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going
another 6 months.
Website: http://seagaard.dk/review
17th Leuven Open
Chessclub Desperado Leuven organises its 17th Open International
Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Thursday November 10th
until Sunday November 13th 2005. The Open Tournament consists out of 7 rounds,
Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than
EUR 4.500, including several large ratingprizes!
Further info: http://turn.to/desperado
Hastings Chess Congress 2005-6
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2005 to 6th
January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006.
Further details from Con Power conpowr@aol.com and
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Singapore News
Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open
Tournaments
The Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments
takes place 25th-31st December 2005. Swiss System; FIDE-rated and titled; Rate
of play will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment for
every move starting from the first move. 4. Prize Fund : US$ 18,000 Singapore
Masters International Open (US$16,000): For players rated 1801 and above 1st
4000; 2nd 3000; 3rd 2000; 4th 1200; 5th 1000; 6th 800; 7th 600; 8th 400; 9th to
12th 350; 13th to 20th 200 each
Further details: singchess@pacific.net.sg and
ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg
Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers in Singapore
Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers will be held in Singapore in
conjunction with the Singapore I nternational Chess Convention from 18th-24th
December 2005.
Downloads:
http://www.fide.com/news/download/ArbSem05_SIN.doc
http://www.fide.com/news/download/TrainSem05_SIN.doc
The registration forms should be sent back not later than 15 November
2005 to: Singapore Chess Federation, 51 Bishan Street 13, #02-01A, Singapore,
International Games Centre, Singapore 579799. or by fax to: (65) 6352 9691,
(65) 6358 1483 or by e-mail to singchess@pacific.net.sg,
ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg
Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005
Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005 in Singapore, Singapore International
Chess Convention The Singapore Chess Federation has the honour of inviting all
Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2005
Asian Schools Chess Festival (under-9, under-11, under -13, under -15) in
Singapore from 17th December (arrival) to 25th December (departure).
Official Site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg
World Amateur Open Championship Cancelled
Due to the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita that recently hit the
Gulf Coast area, the World Amateur Open Chess Tournament that was to be held
Oct. 7-9, 2005, in Kissimmee, Florida, has been cancelled.
Cajun Chess Web Site will be back soon:
http://www.cajunchess.com/
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
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 and Laurent Fressinet 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
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
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/
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
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
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
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.
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/
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
) .
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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