THE WEEK IN CHESS 577 28th November 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Edoardo Bonazzi, Antonio Rosino, Thomas Henrich, Arthur
Brameld, Ching Kim Lye, Giorgio Gozzi, Michael Atkins, Greg Shahade, Gary
Suffield, Gerardo Fernandez, Valery Maes and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
The FIDE Chess World Cup has started in Khanty Mansyisk, Ivanchuk,
Bacrot, Aronian, Grischuk, Gelfand, Shirov, Radjabov and Ponomariov star in the
event and all made it through to round 2 without the need of a playoff which
takes place tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE World Chess Cup takes place 26th November - 18th December 2005
in Khanty Mansyisk, Russia.
Official site: http://www.worldchesscup2005.com/
Round 1 27th-29th November 2005
1 0,5-1,5 Sibriaev, Aleksandr (RUS) 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)
2 2-0 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 1-0 Chumfwa, Stanley (ZAM)
3 0-2 Frhat, Ali (EGY) 0-1 Aronian, Levon (ARM)
4 2-0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Needleman, Gaston (ARG)
5 0-2 Kobese, Watu (RSA) 0-1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
6 1,5-0,5 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1-0 Kuderinov, Kiril (KAZ)
8 2-0 Radjabov, Teimur (AZE) 1-0 Flores, Diego (ARG)
9 0,5-1,5 Ahmed, Adly (EGY) 0-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
10 2-0 Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) 1-0 Belkhodja, Slim (TUN)
11 0,5-1,5 Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 1/2 Sokolov, Ivan (NED)
12 2-0 Dreev, Alexey (RUS) 1-0 Charbonneau, Pascal (CAN)
13 0,5-1,5 Zhao, Yun (CHN) 1/2 Kamsky, Gata (USA)
14 2-0 Bologan, Viorel (MDA) 1-0 Matamoros, Carlos (ECU)
15 1-1 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) 1/2 Lautier, Joel (FRA)
16 1-1 Bruzon, Lazaro (CUB) 0-1 Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS)
17 0,5-1,5 Rodrigo, Vasquez (CHI) 1/2 Bareev, Evgeny (RUS)
18 1-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1-0 Ibraev, Nurlan (KAZ)
19 1-1 Li, Shilong (CHN) 0-1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)
20 1-1 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 1/2 Arencibia, Walter (CUB)
21 1-1 Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) 1/2 Harikrishna, Pentala (IND)
22 1,5-0,5 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1-0 Wang, Hao (CHN)
23 0-2 Lima, Darcy Gustavo (BRA) 0-1 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)
24 0,5-1,5 Volokitin, Andrei (UKR) 1/2 Cao, Sang (HUN)
25 0-2 Kuzubov, Yuriy (UKR) 0-1 Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR)
26 1,5-0,5 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) 1-0 Iljushin, Alexei (RUS)
27 1-1 Kudrin, Sergey (USA) 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)
28 0-2 Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) 0-1 Ganguly, Surya Sekar (IND)
29 1-1 Shulman, Yuri (USA) 1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS)
30 1-1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1/2 Balogh, Csaba (HUN)
31 1-1 Agrest, Evgenij (SWE) 1/2 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS)
32 1-1 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)
33 1-1 Ammonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 1/2 Krasenkow, Michal (POL)
34 1-1 Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) 0-1 Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR)
35 0-2 Stripunsky, Alexander (USA) 0-1 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
36 1-1 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS)
37 1,5-0,5 Pantsulaia, Levan (GEO) 1/2 Milov, Vadim (SUI)
38 1-1 Gurevich, Mikhail (TUR) 1/2 Markus, Robert (SCG)
39 0,5-1,5 Dao, Thien Hai (VIE) 1/2 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS)
40 2-0 Van Wely, Loek (NED) 1-0 Minasian, Artashes (ARM)
41 1,5-0,5 Xu, Jun (CHN) 1/2 Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN)
42 1-1 Izoria, Zviad (GEO) 1/2 Erenburg, Sergey (ISR)
43 1-1 Nikolic, Predrag (BIH) 1-0 Navara, David (CZE)
44 1,5-0,5 Vescovi, Giovanni (BRA) 1/2 Adianto, Utut (INA)
45 1,5-0,5 Wang, Yue (CHN) 1-0 Asrian, Karen (ARM)
46 1-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1/2 Leitao, Rafael (BRA)
47 0,5-1,5 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan (IRI) 1/2 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS)
48 1,5-0,5 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 1-0 Kotsur, Pavel (KAZ)
49 0,5-1,5 Popov, Valerij (RUS) 1/2 Onischuk, Alexander (USA)
50 0,5-1,5 Granda, Julio (PER) 1/2 Ivanov, Alexander (USA)
51 1-1 Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) 1/2 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR)
52 0,5-1,5 Smirnov, Pavel (RUS) 1/2 Bocharov, Dmitry (RUS)
53 1,5-0,5 Paragua, Mark (PHI) 1-0 Movsesian, Sergei (SVK)
54 1-1 Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 1/2 Zhang, Zhong (CHN)
55 1-1 Korneev, Oleg (RUS) 1-0 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij (UKR)
56 1,5-0,5 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Roiz, Michael (ISR)
57 1,5-0,5 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas (KAZ) 1-0 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)
58 1-1 Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) 1/2 Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
59 0,5-1,5 Ni, Hua (CHN) 1/2 Kotronias, Vasilios (GRE)
60 1,5-0,5 Felgaer, Ruben (ARG) 1-0 Kaidanov, Gregory S (USA)
61 1-1 Ftacnik, Lubomir (SVK) 1/2 Istratescu, Andrei (ROM)
62 0,5-1,5 Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 1/2 Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ)
63 1-1 Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) 1/2 Kempinski, Robert (POL)
64 1-1 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) 1/2 Fedorov, Alexei (BLR)
The World Junior Championships took place in Istanbul 9th-22nd November
2005. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov regains the title he won in 2003 with a round to
spare. Elisabeth Paehtz took the girls title. There are a number of corrections
to results from games given last week.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/worldchess/
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WJun Instanbul TUR (TUR), 9-15 xi 2005
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1 4 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2408 GER 10 28073 2521
2 17 WGM Gu Xiaobing 2330 CHN 9½ 28050 2493
3 13 WIM Kadziolka Beata 2352 POL 9 28029 2459
4 33 WIM Mamedjarova Turkan 2223 AZE 9 27811 2403
5 6 WGM Harika Dronavalli 2392 IND 9 27634 2434
6 5 WGM Pogonina Nat 2443 GEO 8½ 27880 2424
8 8 IM Vasilevichalija 2401 RUS 8½ 28001 2429
7 1 IM Dzagnidze Nana Irina 2389 RUS 8½ 27822 2412
9 18 WGM Melia Salome 2318 GEO 8½ 27447 2382
10 21 Khotenashvili Bela 2288 GEO 8 27991 2397
11 19 WFM Motoc Alina 2313 ROM 8 27821 2387
12 16 WIM Zhang Jilin 2334 CHN 8 26862 2314
13 24 WFM Szczepkowska Karina 2278 POL 8 26614 2285
14 10 WGM Tania Sachdev 2379 IND 7½ 27835 2363
15 2 WGM Ushenina Anna 2409 UKR 7½ 27586 2348
16 26 WIM Andriasian Siranush 2263 ARM 7½ 27554 2330
17 9 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2381 POL 7½ 27479 2332
18 25 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2271 IRI 7½ 27201 2303
19 11 WIM Guseva Marina 2363 RUS 7½ 27131 2308
20 3 WGM Mongontuul Bathuyag 2408 MGL 7½ 26964 2286
21 12 WGM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2362 GEO 7½ 26574 2253
22 28 WIM Muhren Bianca 2260 NED 7½ 26491 2246
23 30 WIM Aketaeva Dana 2256 KAZ 7 28135 2344
24 22 Liu Pei 2283 CHN 7 27730 2319
25 32 WIM Nadig Kruttika 2224 IND 7 27286 2276
26 14 WGM Karavade Eesha 2348 IND 7 27241 2286
27 15 IM Purtseladze Maka 2338 GEO 7 27006 2268
28 34 WGM Corke Anya 2222 HKG 7 26394 2182
29 61 Ozturk Kubra 1980 TUR 7 26220 2199
30 20 WIM Sharevich Anna 2305 BLR 6½ 27632 2282
31 40 WIM Bashkite Viktoria 2173 EST 6½ 27261 2252
32 52 Plazaola Maria De Los,A 2087 ARG 6½ 27179 2240
33 37 WIM Bensdorp Marlies 2199 NED 6½ 27153 2241
34 7 WGM Zdebskaja Natalia 2390 UKR 6½ 26665 2208
35 45 WFM Gutierrez Castillo Paloma 2127 ESP 6½ 26612 2198
36 49 Umudova Nargiz 2101 AZE 6½ 26233 2169
37 36 Raeva Elitsa 2213 BUL 6½ 26216 2165
38 43 Hoolt Sarah 2144 GER 6½ 26133 2161
39 31 WGM Paridar Shadi 2237 IRI 6½ 26128 2159
40 41 Zhang Xiaowen 2153 CHN 6½ 26013 2152
41 35 WIM Ortiz Nadya Karolina 2218 COL 6½ 26008 2150
42 50 Gevorgyan Irina 2099 UZB 6½ 25923 2136
43 23 WIM Nebolsina Vera 2278 RUS 6 27478 2240
44 38 WIM Meshcheriakova Evgenia 2197 RUS 6 26815 2182
45 57 Tilenbaeva Janyl 2019 KGZ 6 26411 2145
46 27 WFM Ciobanu Camelia 2262 ROM 6 26185 2138
47 39 Gregorova Zuzana 2183 SVK 6 26173 2135
48 62 Mezioud Amina 1978 ALG 6 23419 2028
49 47 WFM Topel Zehra 2105 TUR 5½ 25956 2088
50 64 Chierici Marianna 1960 ITA 5½ 25838 2054
51 44 Djukic Sandra 2140 SCG 5½ 25837 2073
52 51 Bensdorp Laura 2090 NED 5½ 25623 2037
53 46 Bulmaga Irina 2122 MDA 5½ 25601 2065
54 55 Ursic Simona 2040 SLO 5½ 24393 2121
55 58 Dudas Eszter 2010 HUN 5½ 23581 2041
56 67 Reppen Ellisiv 1850 NOR 5½ 22465 1919
57 60 Pavlogianni Despina 1989 GRE 5½ 22324 1907
58 53 Xu Ruoyin 2079 CHN 5 25317 2003
59 42 WFM Gilbert Jessie 2148 ENG 5 24616 1930
60 48 Raghavi N 2104 IND 5 24079 2047
61 54 Alimova Maral 2053 TKM 5 23710 2005
62 66 Frank-Nielsen Marie 1924 DEN 5 23024 1948
63 56 Chaumont Adeline 2035 FRA 5 22752 1904
64 59 Levacic Melissa 1993 FRA 4½ 23098 1900
65 65 Almer Julia 1943 SWE 3½ 22592 1786
66 63 Brekke Jorunn Marie 1961 NOR 3 25063 1761
67 68 Coddens Barbara 0 BEL 2 22542 1632
68 29 WFM Ding Yixin 2260 CHN 0 0
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1 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2674 AZE 10½ 30549 2783
2 5 GM Berkes Ferenc 2596 HUN 9½ 29835 2646
3 2 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2632 RUS 9 29985 2571
4 3 GM Gashimov Vugar 2608 AZE 9 29898 2622
5 15 GM Smeets Jan 2531 NED 8½ 30418 2626
6 59 Li Chao(B) 2305 CHN 8½ 30136 2613
7 9 GM Stellwagen Daniel 2561 NED 8½ 29789 2580
8 8 GM Nyback Tomi 2563 FIN 8½ 29765 2577
9 6 GM Wang Yue 2585 CHN 8½ 29745 2576
10 28 IM Magalashvili Davit 2448 GEO 8½ 29600 2557
11 4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2606 POL 8 30264 2595
12 12 GM L'ami Erwin 2541 NED 8 30258 2593
13 17 GM Wang Hao 2519 CHN 8 29857 2560
14 11 IM Kharitonov Alexandr 2545 RUS 8 29444 2529
15 7 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2564 RUS 8 29315 2522
16 16 GM Kurnosov Igor 2523 RUS 8 28810 2426
17 36 IM Sengupta Deep 2400 IND 8 28469 2436
18 49 FM Glud Jacob Vang 2349 DEN 7½ 29882 2525
19 34 IM Sanikidze Tornike 2411 GEO 7½ 29490 2489
20 10 GM Predojevic Borki 2558 BIH 7½ 29233 2483
21 38 Karakehajov Kalin 2396 BUL 7½ 29221 2428
22 13 IM Khairullin Ildar 2537 RUS 7½ 29108 2419
23 22 IM Zhigalko Sergei 2490 BLR 7½ 29101 2468
24 19 IM Mamedov Nidjat 2517 AZE 7½ 29068 2467
25 41 IM Esen Baris 2384 TUR 7½ 29046 2414
26 18 IM Laznicka Viktor 2517 CZE 7½ 28688 2439
27 29 FM Kuderinov Kirill 2432 KAZ 7½ 28620 2382
28 56 Macak Stefan 2319 SVK 7½ 28591 2379
29 40 FM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2386 GEO 7½ 28523 2374
30 26 IM Heberla Bartlomiej 2465 POL 7 29895 2501
31 24 IM Romanov Evgeny 2479 RUS 7 29643 2483
32 20 GM Bartel Mateusz 2513 POL 7 29596 2481
33 32 IM Rau Hannes 2421 GER 7 28895 2419
34 42 IM Livshits Gaby 2381 ISR 7 28746 2363
35 53 FM Jojua Davit 2337 GEO 7 28717 2397
36 25 IM Lenic Luka 2476 SLO 7 28705 2407
37 14 IM Zhigalko Andrey 2537 BLR 7 28444 2385
38 33 IM Cornette Matthieu 2418 FRA 7 28428 2381
39 21 GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2497 IRI 7 27928 2345
40 35 Rohit Gogineni 2401 IND 7 27895 2334
41 31 FM Papin Vasily 2425 RUS 7 27581 2314
42 44 Wen Yang 2374 CHN 7 27287 2374
43 43 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei 2380 ROM 7 26744 2209
44 54 Gopal G N 2327 IND 6½ 29500 2428
45 48 Negi Parimarjan 2352 IND 6½ 29301 2424
46 37 IM Poobesh Anand S 2397 IND 6½ 29126 2399
47 30 Babujian Levon 2429 ARM 6½ 29062 2405
48 65 Maenhout Thibaut 2282 BEL 6½ 28774 2337
49 61 Kvon Andrey 2293 UZB 6½ 28561 2320
50 23 IM Zinchenko Yaroslav 2485 UKR 6½ 28411 2358
51 55 Aleskerov Faik 2321 AZE 6½ 27953 2273
52 50 Tikkanen Hans 2343 SWE 6½ 27854 2306
53 27 FM Barnaure Vlad-Victor 2454 ROM 6½ 27100 2242
54 67 Amanov Mesgen 2273 TKM 6½ 25775 2229
55 46 FM Terrieux Kevin 2365 FRA 6 29864 2391
56 52 FM Xie George Wendi 2340 AUS 6 29228 2387
57 51 FM El Debs Felipe De Cresce 2341 BRA 6 29196 2375
58 60 Jessel Stephen 2304 IRL 6 28816 2311
59 78 Zeynalov Farid 2179 AZE 6 28803 2363
60 63 FM Kurmann Oliver 2287 SUI 6 28655 2298
61 47 Krivokapic Marko 2361 SCG 6 28120 2280
62 66 Akshat Khamparia 2275 IND 6 27981 2247
63 64 Can Emre 2287 TUR 6 27160 2218
64 74 Samakov Nurdin 2209 KGZ 6 26128 2227
65 57 Nava Roderick 2317 PHI 6 25969 2215
66 45 FM Perdomo Leandro 2373 ARG 6 25917 2211
67 69 Moosavian S Hamed 2263 IRI 5½ 28476 2292
68 88 Khuseinkhodzhaev Muhammad 0 TJK 5½ 28289 2274
69 71 Ouakhir Mehdi 2239 MAR 5½ 27537 2184
70 79 Tanrikulu Erhan 2151 TUR 5½ 27246 2162
71 70 Pileckis Emilis 2255 LTU 5½ 25760 2171
72 58 FM Carron Julien 2314 SUI 5½ 23440 2116
73 62 FM Citak Selim 2291 TUR 5½ 23015 2083
74 39 FM Wei Chenpeng 2390 CHN 5 28701 2275
75 75 Yagiz Yasin Emrah 2206 TUR 5 28166 2203
76 80 IM Stander Heinrich 2128 RSA 5 27868 2216
77 77 Tulay Berkay 2179 TUR 5 27125 2123
78 68 Lettieri Giuseppe 2265 ITA 5 26097 2167
79 72 Shlykov Vitali 2238 EST 5 25026 2084
80 81 Uzun Fuat 2070 TUR 5 24224 2045
81 76 Bekkat Azeddinne 2202 ALG 5 22082 1943
82 89 Mosetlhe Kgaugelo 0 RSA 4½ 27773 2150
83 82 Cil Hasan Kivanc 2067 TUR 4½ 24603 2029
84 92 Villa Ronald 0 COL 4 24317 1976
85 83 Agdestein Emil 2057 NOR 4 21844 1909
86 87 De Bruyn Leon W 0 RSA 4 21720 1899
87 91 Tasdelen Deniz Murat 0 TRK 4 21540 1885
88 73 Laval Brice 2214 FRA 4 20309 1914
89 84 Uesugi Shinsaku 2040 JPN 4 19681 1866
90 85 Lauda Alexandr 2010 MDA 4 19298 1836
91 90 Sarwary Hamidullah 0 AFG 3 25862 1902
92 86 Acuner Emrah 1903 TUR 3 21908 1844
The 3rd and 4th rounds took place 19th-20th November 2005. My thanks to
Arthur Brameld for the games.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Round 4 Division 1 tables
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
WOOD GREEN 1 3 1 0 7
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 3 1 0 7
HILSMARK K'FISHER 1 2 2 0 6
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 3 0 1 6
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2 1 1 5
GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2 0 2 4
WOOD GREEN 2 2 0 2 4
THE ADS 1 1 1 2 3
BETSSON.COM 1 0 3 2
N.W. EAGLES 1 1 0 3 2
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 0 1 3 1
3CS OLDHAM 1 0 1 3 1
Division 1 results - Round 3
RD 3 HILSMARK K'FISHER 2432 v N.W. EAGLES 1 2268
1
1 w Wells, Peter K 2513 1 - 0 Quillan, Gary 2356
2 b Greet, Andrew N 2428 ½ - ½ Morrison, Graham 2326
3 w Williams, Simon K 2452 1 - 0 Littlewood, John 2275
E
4 b Arkell, Keith C 2475 1 - 0 Carleton, John J 2284
5 w Berzinsh, Roland 2447 1 - 0 Hague, Ben 2300
6 b Crouch, Colin 2365 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles 2274
W
7 w Trent, Lawrence 2423 1 - 0 van der Linden, 2281
Lukas
8 b Houska, Jovanka 2351 1 - 0 Milligan, Helen 2045
(F) (F)
7 - 1
RD 3 BETSSON.COM 2287 v BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2370
1 w Ledger, Andrew J 2438 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan 2515
2 b Hunt, Adam C 2431 0 - 1 Kelly, Brian 2496
3 w Ansell, Simon 2383 0 - 1 Collins, Sam 2408
4 b Eames, Robert G 2320 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim 2344
5 w Ledger, David J 2278 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2385
6 b Adelaja, Abimbola 2225 0 - 1 Rogers, Jonathan 2340
W
7 w Ledger, Stephen C 2171 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2378
8 b Lyell, Meri (F) 2053 ½ - ½ Bhatia, Kanwal K 2091
(F)
2½-5½
RD 3 3CS OLDHAM 1 2288 v SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2424
1 w Davies, Nigel R 2521 0 - 1 Navara, David 2646
2 b Gordon, Stephen J 2411 ½ - ½ Pert, Nicholas 2500
3 w Haslinger, 2426 1 - 0 Erdos, Viktor 2522
Stewart
4 b Ashton, Adam G 2331 ½ - ½ Schenk, Andreas 2497
5 w Walton, Alan J 2197 0 - 1 Jones, Gawain C B 2444
6 b Longson, 2264 0 - 1 Martyn, Rafe 2323
Alexander
7 w James, Dale R 2199 0 - 1 Rees, Ioan 2237
8 b Martin, Katie (F) 1956 0 - 1 Rudolf, Anna (F) 2219
2 - 6
RD 3 WOOD GREEN 1 2489 v THE ADS 1 2261
1 w Speelman, 2539 1 - 0 Chandler, Murray 2537
Jonathan S G
2 b Gormally, Daniel 2566 1 - 0 Anderton, David 2267
W
3 w Baburin, 2511 1 - 0 Wheeler, Darren P 2239
Alexander
4 b Ward, Christopher 2475 1 - 0 Snape, Ian 2258
5 w Turner, Matthew J 2495 0 - 1 Cafferty, Bernard 2207
6 b Emms, John M 2502 0 - 1 Broom, Mark 2189
7 w Martin, Andrew D 2433 1 - 0 Graham, David B 2224
8 b Sedina, Elena (F) 2390 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F) 2170
5½-2½
RD 3 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2504 v WOOD GREEN 2 2417
1 w Gallagher, Joseph 2550 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G 2429
G
2 b Rowson, Jonathan 2599 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan 2490
3 w King, Daniel J 2526 1 - 0 Levitt, Jonathan 2448
P
4 b Hebden, Mark L 2514 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J 2352
5 w Conquest, Stuart 2514 1 - 0 Rechel, Bernd 2416
C
6 b Plaskett, James 2485 1 - 0 Pein, Malcolm 2403
7 w Cherniaev, 2472 1 - 0 McDonald, Neil 2374
Alexander
8 b Ciuksyte, Dagne 2370 0 - 1 Arakhamia-Grant, 2426
(F) Ketevan (F)
5½-2½
RD 3 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2270 v GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2373
1 w Cox, John J 2384 ½ - ½ Shaw, John K 2432
2 b Palliser, Richard 2389 ½ - ½ Flear, Glenn C 2474
3 w Taylor, Peter 2241 0 - 1 Wallace, John P 2392
4 b Coleman, David 2245 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme 2391
5 w Berry, Neil 2289 1 - 0 Povah, Nigel E 2353
6 b Pritchett, Craig 2291 ½ - ½ Lalic, Susan (F) 2356
W
7 w Hodgson, John H 2217 0 - 1 Muir, Andrew J 2325
8 b Flower, David G 2106 1 - 0 Granat, Russell G 2262
- ineligible player 2½-5½
as filler, match game
lost
Division 1 results - Round 4
RD 4 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2480 v GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2523
1 w Navara, David 2646 1 - 0 Fressinet, 2624
Laurent
2 b Pert, Nicholas 2500 0 - 1 Rowson, Jonathan 2599
3 w Erdos, Viktor 2522 ½ - ½ Gallagher, Joseph 2550
G
4 b Schenk, Andreas 2497 ½ - ½ Hebden, Mark L 2514
5 w Jones, Gawain C B 2444 ½ - ½ King, Daniel J 2526
6 b McNab, Colin A 2456 1 - 0 Plaskett, James 2485
7 w Radziewicz, Iweta 2453 0 - 1 Conquest, Stuart 2514
(F) C
8 b Martyn, Rafe 2323 0 - 1 Ciuksyte, Dagne 2370
3½-4½
RD 4 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2370 v WOOD GREEN 1 2501
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2515 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan 2490
2 b Kelly, Brian 2496 0 - 1 Emms, John M 2502
3 w Palliser, Richard 2389 0 - 1 Speelman, 2539
Jonathan S
4 b Rogers, Jonathan 2340 0 - 1 Gormally, Daniel 2566
W W
5 w Collins, Sam 2408 ½ - ½ Baburin, 2511
Alexander
6 b Devereaux, Maxim 2344 ½ - ½ Ward, Christopher 2475
7 w Knott, Simon 2378 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J 2495
8 b Bhatia, Kanwal K 2091 0 - 1 Arakhamia-Grant, 2426
(F) Ketevan (F)
2 - 6
RD 4 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2418 v HILSMARK K'FISHER 2432
1
1 w Howell, David W L 2475 0 - 1 Wells, Peter K 2513
2 b Cherniaev, 2472 ½ - ½ Greet, Andrew N 2428
Alexander
3 w Shaw, John K 2432 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K 2452
4 b Flear, Glenn C 2474 0 - 1 Arkell, Keith C 2475
5 w Wallace, John P 2392 ½ - ½ Trent, Lawrence 2423
6 b Buckley, Graeme 2391 0 - 1 Berzinsh, Roland 2447
7 w Povah, Nigel E 2353 1 - 0 Houska, Jovanka 2351
(F)
8 b Lalic, Susan (F) 2356 ½ - ½ Crouch, Colin 2365
3½-4½
RD 4 WOOD GREEN 2 2402 v 3CS OLDHAM 1 2336
1 w Pert, Richard G 2429 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R 2521
2 b Martin, Andrew D 2433 0 - 1 Gordon, Stephen J 2411
3 w Levitt, Jonathan 2448 ½ - ½ Haslinger, 2426
P Stewart
4 b Sowray, Peter J 2352 ½ - ½ Ashton, Adam G 2331
5 w Rechel, Bernd 2416 ½ - ½ James, Dale R 2199
6 b Pein, Malcolm 2403 1 - 0 Longson, 2264
Alexander
7 w Sedina, Elena (F) 2390 ½ - ½ Walton, Alan J 2197
8 b Tiller, Bjorn 2346 1 - 0 default
4½-3½
RD 4 THE ADS 1 2276 v BETSSON.COM 2287
1 w Chandler, Murray 2537 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J 2438
G
2 b Richardson, John 2356 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C 2431
R
3 w Cafferty, Bernard 2207 0 - 1 Ansell, Simon 2383
4 b Snape, Ian 2258 ½ - ½ Eames, Robert G 2320
5 w Graham, David B 2224 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J 2278
6 b Broom, Mark 2189 0 - 1 Adelaja, Abimbola 2225
7 w Anderton, David 2267 ½ - ½ Ledger, Stephen C 2171
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2170 1 - 0 Lyell, Meri (F) 2053
3 - 5
RD 4 N.W. EAGLES 1 2256 v BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2209
1 w Quillan, Gary 2356 1 - 0 Cox, John J 2384
2 b Morrison, Graham 2326 1 - 0 Pritchett, Craig 2291
W
3 w Littlewood, John 2275 0 - 1 Berry, Neil 2289
E
4 b van der Linden, 2281 ½ - ½ Hodgson, John H 2217
Lukas
5 w Hague, Ben 2300 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter 2241
6 b Kennaugh, Charles 2274 ½ - ½ Coleman, David 2245
W
7 w Hughes, Howard R 2194 ½ - ½ Flower, David G 2106
8 b Milligan, Helen 2045 ½ - ½ Smith, Lucy (F) 1900
(F)
4½-3½
The 65th Italian Championship takes place in Cremona 23rd November - 3rd
December 2005.
Official site: http://www.federscacchi.it
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65th ch-ITA Cremona ITA (ITA), 23 xi-3 xii 2005 cat. VI (2384)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2439 * = . . = 1 . 1 . . . 1 4.0 2660
2. Godena, Michele g ITA 2502 = * = . . . 1 . = 1 . . 3.5 2517
3. Rossi, Carlo m ITA 2357 . = * . . . 0 . 1 1 1 . 3.5 2515
4. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2385 . . . * 0 = . 1 . . 1 1 3.5 2526
5. Manca, Federico m ITA 2408 = . . 1 * 0 1 . = . . . 3.0 2482
6. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2402 0 . . = 1 * . . . . 1 = 3.0 2453
7. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2417 . 0 1 . 0 . * = . = . . 2.0 2305
8. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2399 0 . . 0 . . = * 1 = . . 2.0 2301
9. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2408 . = 0 . = . . 0 * . . 1 2.0 2339
10. Pizzuto, Samuele Tullio ITA 2219 . 0 0 . . . = = . * 1 . 2.0 2319
11. Scalcione, Michelangelo f ITA 2284 . . 0 0 . 0 . . . 0 * 1 1.0 2111
12. Cacco, Christian f ITA 2393 0 . . 0 . = . . 0 . 0 * 0.5 2017
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II Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Bilbao took place
19th-23rd November 2005. Man-Machine event. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam
Kasimdzhanov and Alexander Khalifman. Junior, Fritz and Hydra. Time rate 2
hours for the first 40 moves and an extra hour to finish the game. Machines won
a 8-4.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com
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2nd Man Machine Bilbao ESP (ESP), 20-23 xi 2005
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1. HYDRA ---- 3.0
2. JUNIOR ---- 3.0
3. FRITZ ---- 2.0
4. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 1.5
5. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2704 1.5
6. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 1.0
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Round 1 (November 20, 2005)
HYDRA - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 39 E94 King's Indian Classical
FRITZ - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 53 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Ponomariov, Ruslan - JUNIOR 0-1 57 B10 Caro Kann
Round 2 (November 21, 2005)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - JUNIOR 1/2 31 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ponomariov, Ruslan - FRITZ 1-0 48 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Khalifman, Alexander - HYDRA 1/2 41 D11 Slav Defence
Round 3 (November 22, 2005)
HYDRA - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 29 C06 French Tarrasch
JUNIOR - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 65 C90 Ruy Lopez
FRITZ - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 54 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 4 (November 23, 2005)
JUNIOR - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 153 C18 French Winawer
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - HYDRA 1/2 36 A30 English Symmetrical
Khalifman, Alexander - FRITZ 1/2 53 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
The Russian Cup Final took place 14th-24th November 2005. Alexander
Lastin beat Denis Khismatullin in the final. No games available.
News:
http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=1102&bid=31&
The Baden Challenge Pforzheim took place 17th-24th November 2005.
Official site: http://www.wnet24.de/sc-neuhausen/index.php
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Baden Challenge Pforzheim GER (GER), 17-24 xi 2005 cat. II (2291)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2433 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2469
2. Bojkov, Dejan m BUL 2516 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2461
3. Schafranietz, Sebastian GER 2334 0 = * 1 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.5 2396
4. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2457 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 0 1 6.0 2346
5. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 = = 0 = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2278
6. Huschenbeth, Niclas GER 2248 0 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2294
7. Guenthner, Oliver f GER 2260 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 = 4.5 2257
8. Mader, Manuela GER 2043 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 = 3.5 2205
9. Beck, Frederik GER 2214 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = = 3.5 2188
10. Dinger, Florian GER 2209 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 = * 0 3.0 2149
11. Heimann, Andreas GER 2073 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 3.0 2163
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The 55th Greek Championship took place 16th-24th November 2005 in
Kalamata, a town 250km from Athens. The tournament was a 10 player round-robin
with 10 players (7 GMs). GM Banikas won the Greek championship for a 6th time
in a row.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr (only in Greek). Live
coverage.
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55th ch-GRE Kalamata GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2005 cat. X (2497)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2566 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 6.0 2614
2. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2496 = * = = = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2576
3. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2570 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2568
4. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2521 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2537
5. Souleidis, Georgios m GRE 2421 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2548
6. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2626 = 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2525
7. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2540 = = = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2448
8. Kapnisis, Spyridon m GRE 2427 0 = = = 0 0 1 * = = 3.5 2424
9. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2461 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2420
10. Kotrotsos, Vasilios f GRE 2339 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 2.0 2294
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The 1st Open Piacenza took place 4th-6th November 2005. News: Giorgio
Gozzi.
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1st Open Piacenza ITA (ITA), 4-6 xi 2005
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1. Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2501 4.0 15.0
2. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2432 4.0 14.5
3. Meijers, Viesturs g LAT 2507 4.0 13.5
4. Gromovs, Sergejs f ITA 2302 4.0 12.5
5. Aleksic, Nenad1 m SCG 2381 4.0 11.0
6. Peric, Slavisa m SCG 2308 4.0 10.5
7. Laketic, Gojko m SCG 2479 3.5 14.0
8. Salvador, Roland f PHI 2397 3.5 13.0
9. Brancaleoni, Maurizio f ITA 2308 3.5 12.5
10. Bevilacqua,Roberto ---- 3.5 10.0
46 players
The United States Chess League saw 8 of the strongest cities in the US
compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC. The
Baltimore Kingfishers won the US Chess League Championship by defeating the
Miami Sharks 3.5-0.5.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
Valery Maes sends games from round 4 of the Belgian league 20th November
2005.
Nationale Interclubs 2005~2006.
Round 4: 20.11.05
1. Borgerhout - Jean Jaurès 4½ - 3½
2. CE Namur - CRELEL 4 - 4
3. SK Rochade - KBSK 7 - 1
4. KGSRL - CREC 4½ - 3½
5. SK Deurne - Eynatten 2 1½ - 6½
6. Boey Temse - Eynatten 1 2½ - 5½
Stand na de vierde ronde
1. Eynatten 1 23½
2. Rochade 19½
CREC 19½
4. KBSK 17½
5. CE Namur 17
Borgerhout 17
7. KGSRL 16½
8. CRELEL 16
9. Eynatten 2 15
10. Jean Jaurès 13
11. Boey Temse 11½
12. Deurne 6½
131 chessplayers competed in two tournaments during "Autunno
Scacchistico Veneziano", organised together, from October 29 to November 1, by
"Esteban Canal Chess Club" and by "Carlo Salvioli Chess Club" of Venice. The
Master Tournament (Rating > 1900) with 48 players, was clearly won by the
Lituanian international master Gediminas Sarakauskas. Open A tournament (Rating
< 2000) was won by a fifteen year old Venetian student, Emmanuele Grandesso
with 5 of 5, before Marco Gallana (Venice) and Sabrina Reginato (Asolo) with
4,5.
Reported in TWIC 575 but the decisive game Djuric-Sarakauskas (5) of the
event had the wrong results in the PGN section.
News: Antonio Rosino.
Further details: http://www.veneziascacchi.org
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Venetian Autumn Chess Open Venice ITA (Italy), 29 x - 1 xi 2005
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1. im Sarakauskas, Gediminas LTU 2437 5.5 of 6
2. gm Dervishi, Erald ALB 2489 5 20.0
3. fm Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2339 5 19.0
4. gm Djuric, Stefan SCG 2460 4,5 22.5
5. gm Efimov, Igor ITA 2403 4,5 19.5
6. fm Artigas Isart, Miquel ESP 2240 4 18.5
7. im Rogulj, Branko CRO 2393 4 18.0
8. Mosconi, Oscar Ariel ITA 2164 4 17.5
9 Pfeifer, Andreas FRA 2127 4 17.0
10. Vianello, Enrico ITA 2086 4 17.0
11. Temi, Walter ITA 2086 4 14.0
48 players
National Chess Congress
The National Chess Congress takes place in Philadelphia November
25th-27th 2005.
Coverage: http://www.nationalchesscongress.com
First Saturday December
FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM (Elo) closed turnaments in Budapest, Hungary,
from 3rd until 16th of December, GM closed events cat.VII and IX (two groups,
10-14 players), there are some vacancies, first comes, first served. Contact:
Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
http://www.firstsaturday.hu or
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914 ICC and Skype nickname:
mrfirstsaturday ICQ#: 44805877
Argentine Chess Club Centenary
International Open Chess Tournament Argentine Chess Club Centenary
Buenos Aires City Cup November 30th - December 11th 2005.
2 hours to finish for player / Swiss System to 11 Rounds. VALID
TOURNAMENT FOR FIDE ELO TOTAL PRIZES: u$s 15.000 TO WINNER: u$s 5.000
More information: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com and
http://club-argentino.tripod.com
Swiss Chess Tour 2006
The Swiss Chess Tour 2006 starts in Basle in the New Year
(1.-7.1.2005.). Venue of Chess Festival for 8th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.
Hilton Open (1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60
minutes for complete the game.) Prizes:
2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for
best Lady, Senior (1946), junior (1986-89), schoolboy (1990). Enter fee: 140
CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF. Basle amateur
(1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30 minutes to complete
the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national). Enter fee: 120 CHF
(juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.
Basle juniors (2.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors 1986 and
younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.
NSV Senior Open (1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30 moves
+ 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF +
natural prizes. Enter fee: 70 CHF. At the door 20 CHF. Basel Lighting Chess
(1.1.2006. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors
5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes for everybody 50% and
more points.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650,
fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Russian Championship Superfinal
The Russian Championship Superfinal features Vladimir Kramnik,
Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Dreev, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler plus 7
qualifiers from Kazan. Arrival and drawing of lots 18th December 2005, 1st
round 19th December 2005, last round 30th December. One rest day.
Harmonie Chess Tournament
The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place in Groningen, 23rd-30th
December 2005. No players listed yet.
Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2005/2005eng.html
Hyderabad Open
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the International Open Tournament to
be conducted by Chess Players Association of India at Hyderabad, India during
December 2005 is postponed. There will be a fresh date (most likely in February
2006 after the Aeroflot Open).
Further details: http://www.cpai.in
East Bay Chess Club Fide Swiss
East Bay Chess Club Fide Swiss A 9 round swiss, Dec 17-23, 2005 for
fide ratings and norms. Prizes $US 900-700-500-400, plus appearance fees to the
first three GMs to register. Information is available at
http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/fideswiss.html,
or email tournaments@eastbaychess.com with questions or to register.
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
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/
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
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/
Deep Junior vs Almira Skripchenko Exhibition
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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