THE WEEK IN CHESS 583 9th January 2006 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Urcan Olimpiu, Csaba Bognar, Jeroen van den Berg, Lahcene
Chemali, Mirjana Medic, Istvan Brindza, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, John Saunders,
Tarjei J. Svensen, Eugeny Atarov, Adolivio Capece, Alberto Dassisti, Wolfgang
de Cauter, Tomasz Delega, Ian Murray and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
Next Saturday sees the start of the 2006 Wijk aan Zee tournament. They
again have a superb field with 6 of the top 10 players in the world. FIDE
Champion Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand will fight it out for the World
Number One spot which will be vacated by Garry Kasparov in April unless he
makes a shock come back. Vladimir Kramnik withdrew from the tournament at the
last moment and at last provided an explanation as to what has been ailing him
for nearly two years now as his rating has declined. He is going for intense
treatment on a form of arthritis which he hopes will finally restore him to
full health and give him a chance to restore his form. The organisers still
have an exciting field and Kramnik's replacement is 20 year old Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov who has been steadily improving over the years. I'm really looking
forward to the event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January 14th-29th
2006. 4th seed Vladimir Kramnik dropped out at the last minute. His performance
at the Russian Championships was poor and indeed he didn't look well in the
photos from that event. In his announcement on his website he finally gives an
explanation as to the ailment that has been troubling him for the last couple
of years. Rising star 20 year old Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has been named as his
replacement.
Here is the statement on: http://www.kramnik.com/eng/ dated
January 5th 2006.
“I would like to inform the chess community that due to health
problems I shall not be able to participate in the Corus Chess Tournament 2006.
A couple of years ago a form of arthritis was diagnosed. This disease causes
painful inflammation in the joints. Unfortunately since that time, the symptoms
have started to appear more often and with greater severity. A new recent
crises makes it necessary to undertake serious clinical treatment. Solving the
present problem within a few months will allow me to come back and enjoy
competitive chess at the highest level. I want to stress clearly, that –
as always – I am eager to continue and enhance my chess career. There are
still many goals to achieve.”
Friso Nijboer withdrew following the death of his mother and was
replaced by Arkadij Naiditsch.
Official site:http://www.coruschess.com/
Players
Group A
No WR Name YOB t NAT Ja06
1 (2) Topalov, Veselin 1975 g BUL 2801
2 (3) Anand, Viswanathan 1969 g IND 2792
3 (5) Aronian, Levon 1982 g ARM 2752
4 (7) Leko, Peter 1979 g HUN 2740
5 (8) Ivanchuk, Vassily 1969 g UKR 2729
6 (9) Gelfand, Boris 1968 g ISR 2723
7 (13) Bacrot, Etienne 1983 g FRA 2717
8 (15) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1985 g AZE 2709
9 (17) Adams, Michael 1971 g ENG 2707
10 (24) Sokolov, Ivan 1968 g NED 2689
11 (25) Kamsky, Gata 1974 g USA 2686
12 (33) Tiviakov, Sergei 1973 g NED 2669
13 (42) Karjakin, Sergey 1990 g UKR 2660
14 (59) Van Wely, Loek 1972 g NED 2647
Average: 2716. Category 19.
Group B
No WR Name YOB t NAT Ja06
1 (42) Navara, David 1985 g CZE 2660
2 (46) Naiditsch, Arkadij 1985 g GER 2657
3 (60) Almasi, Zoltan 1976 g HUN 2646
4 (69) Motylev, Alexander 1979 g RUS 2638
5 (77) Vescovi, Giovanni 1978 g BRA 2633
6 (89) Beliavsky, Alexander G 1953 g SLO 2626
7 (90) Carlsen, Magnus 1990 g NOR 2625
8 (90) Cheparinov, Ivan 1986 g BUL 2625
9 (108) Jobava, Baadur 1983 g GEO 2614
10 (211) Stellwagen, Daniel 1987 g NED 2573
11 (301) L'Ami, Erwin 1985 g NED 2550
12 (301) Smeets, Jan 1985 g NED 2550
13 (363) Koneru, Humpy 1987 g IND 2537
14 (653) Lahno, Kateryna 1989 m UKR 2500
Average 2602. Category 15.
Group C
Name t NAT Ja06
1 (101) Suat Atalik g TUR 2618
2 (250) Klaus Bischoff g GER 2560
3 (322) Li Shilong g CHN 2543
4 (528) Jan Werle m NED 2514
5 (606) John van der Wiel g NED 2505
6 (806) Yge Visser m NED 2485
7 (907) Ahmed Adly g EGY 2473
8 (939) Harmen Jonkman g NED 2470
9 (988) Karel van der Weide g NED 2466
10 (1303) Cyril Marcelin g FRA 2441
11 (2210) Kateryna Atalik wg TUR 2399
12 (3013) Yochanan Afek m ISR 2370
13 (4323) Pieter Hopman NED 2332
14 (10826) Marlies Bensdorp wm NED 2230
Average rating 2458. Category 9
The Keres Memorial Rapid took place in Tallinn, Estonia 6th-9th January
2006. Vassily Ivanchuk, Anatoly Karpov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov finished on 7/9.
Alexei Shirov had a disaster finishing on 0.5/9. Games from round 6 not
complete.
Further details:
http://www.maleliit.ee/turniirid/arhiiv/2006/kalev/index.php?act=10⟨=eng,
http://www.moldesjakk.net and Live
Coverage: http://www.kabeliit.ee/HTML/1/tfd.htm
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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 7-8 i 2006 cat. XIV (2592)
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2794
2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2672 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2803
3. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2803
4. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2677
5. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2530 0 = = = * = = = = 1 4.5 2598
6. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2538 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2597
7. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2529 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 4.0 2555
8. Liiva, Riho m EST 2411 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2532
9. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2571 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * = 1.5 2321
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2134
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FIDE have released their Candidates Pairings for their next World
Championship Cycle. The matches will be some time this year at a time and place
as yet unspecified.
1. L. Aronian - M. Carlsen
2. P. Leko - M. Gurevich
3. R.
Ponomariov - S. Rublevsky
4. B. Gelfand - R. Kasimjanov
5. E. Bacrot -
G. Kamsky
6. A. Grischuk - V. Malakhov
7. J. Polgar - E. Bareev
8.
A. Shirov - M. Adams
Source: http://www.fide.com.
The Reggio Emilia international tournament took place December 29th 2005
to January 6th 2006 in Hotel Astoria Mercure. Konstantin Landa took clear first
on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
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48th It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 29 xii 2005 - 6 i 2006cat. IX (2468)
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1. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2600 * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2673
2. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2554 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2583
3. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2512 = = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2543
4. Vocaturo, Daniele f ITA 2364 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2522
5. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2399 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 4.5 2475
6. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2512 0 = = = = * = = = 1 4.5 2463
7. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2626 = = 1 0 0 = * = 0 1 4.0 2407
8. Zimina, Olga wg RUS 2397 = = 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 4.0 2433
9. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2402 0 0 = = = = 1 0 * = 3.5 2395
10. Franchini, Gabriele f ITA 2315 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2134
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Round 6 (December 3, 2005)
Landa, Konstantin - Piscopo, Pierluigi 1-0 29 B45 Sicilian Classical
Vocaturo, Daniele - Cebalo, Miso 1/2 28 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Zimina, Olga - Yevseev, Denis 1/2 26 B19 Caro Kann
Ronchetti, Niccolo' - Kotronias, Vasilios 1-0 36 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Franchini, Gabriele - Fercec, Nenad 0-1 26 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Round 7 (December 4, 2005)
Yevseev, Denis - Landa, Konstantin 1/2 17 E16 Queens Indian
Cebalo, Miso - Zimina, Olga 1-0 47 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Piscopo, Pierluigi - Ronchetti, Niccolo' 1/2 19 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Fercec, Nenad - Vocaturo, Daniele 1/2 31 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Kotronias, Vasilios - Franchini, Gabriele 1-0 42 C10 French Rubinstein
Round 8 (December 5, 2005)
Landa, Konstantin - Ronchetti, Niccolo' 1-0 44 B35 Sicilian Defence
Yevseev, Denis - Cebalo, Miso 1/2 55 A63 Benoni
Vocaturo, Daniele - Kotronias, Vasilios 1-0 31 B01 Centre Counter
Zimina, Olga - Fercec, Nenad 1/2 73 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Franchini, Gabriele - Piscopo, Pierluigi 1/2 70 A47 Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 9 (December 6, 2005)
Cebalo, Miso - Landa, Konstantin 1/2 10 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Piscopo, Pierluigi - Vocaturo, Daniele 1/2 13 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Fercec, Nenad - Yevseev, Denis 1/2 16 B19 Caro Kann
Kotronias, Vasilios - Zimina, Olga 1/2 15 B19 Caro Kann
Ronchetti, Niccolo' - Franchini, Gabriele 1/2 11 C96 Ruy Lopez
The Hastings Chess Congress took place 28th December 2005 to 6th
January 2006. Valerij Neverov took clear first with 8/10.
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Final Round 10 Standings
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Masters Hastings ENG (ENG), 28 xii 2005 - 6 i 2006
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1 NEVEROV,Valerij.......... UKR g 2569 8 10 8 2446 6.70 1.30
2 COLIN,Vincent............ m 2376 7½ 10 7½ 2383 4.90 2.60
3 ERENBURG,Sergey.......... ISR g 2582 7½ 10 7½ 2420 7.10 0.40
4 GAGUNASHVILI,Merab....... GEO 2542 7½ 10 7½ 2389 7.00 0.50
5 BELOV,Vladimir........... RUS g 2620 7 10 7 2439 7.40 -0.40
6 BOBRAS,Piotr............. POL g 2563 7 10 7 2368 7.50 -0.50
7 HEBDEN,Mark.............. ENG g 2514 7 10 7 2362 7.00 0.00
8 KOBESE,Watu.............. RSA m 2400 7 10 7 2276 6.70 0.30
9 PAVLOVIC,Milos........... SCG g 2507 7 10 7 2435 6.00 1.00
10 WILLIAMS,Simon........... ENG m 2452 7 10 7 2457 4.90 2.10
11 ANSELL,Simon............. ENG m 2383 6½ 10 6½ 2344 5.50 1.00
12 GREET,Andrew............. ENG m 2428 6½ 10 6½ 2258 7.20 -0.70
13 HENDRIKS,Willy........... NED m 2402 6½ 10 6½ 2306 6.30 0.20
14 KUZUBOV,Yuriy............ UKR g 2541 6½ 10 6½ 2316 7.80 -1.30
15 LE ROUX,Jean-Pierre...... FRA m 2497 6½ 10 6½ 2344 7.00 -0.50
16 GORDON,Stephen........... ENG f 2411 6 9 5 2347 5.31 -0.31
17 HOUSKA,Jovanka........... ENG wg 2351 6 10 6 2329 5.30 0.70
18 KJARTANSSON,Gudmundur.... ISL 2257 6 10 6 2261 4.90 1.10
19 KRISTJANSSON,Stefan...... m 2467 6 10 6 2382 6.20 -0.20
20 LALIC,Bogdan............. CRO g 2489 6 10 6 2371 6.60 -0.60
21 MARUSENKO,Peter.......... UKR m 2342 6 10 6 2277 5.90 0.10
22 NEGI,Parimarjan.......... IND 2352 6 10 6 2498 3.00 3.00
23 PERT,Richard............. ENG m 2429 6 10 6 2360 6.00 0.00
24 ZUDE,Erik................ GER f 2426 6 10 6 2310 6.60 -0.60
25 ANDERTON,Matthew......... ENG 2205 5½ 9 5½ 2191 4.68 0.82
26 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG 2331 5½ 10 5½ 2317 5.20 0.30
27 BRISCOE,Christopher...... ENG 2151 5½ 9 5 2171 4.23 0.77
28 DUHAYON,Yves............. BEL 2233 5½ 10 5½ 2187 5.60 -0.10
29 EAMES,Robert............. ENG f 2320 5½ 10 5½ 2236 6.20 -0.70
30 GRANT,Alan............... SCO 2152 5½ 10 5½ 2299 3.00 2.50
31 GUNNARSSON,Jon Viktor.... ISL m 2411 5½ 10 5½ 2286 6.70 -1.20
32 KHANTUEV,Alexander....... RUS f 2302 5½ 10 5½ 2211 6.20 -0.70
33 LEDGER,David............. ENG f 2278 5½ 9 4½ 2307 4.14 0.36
34 MCNAB,Colin.............. SCO g 2456 5½ 10 5½ 2234 7.80 -2.30
35 PROSVIRIAKOV,Vladimir.... USA m 2387 5½ 9 5 2221 6.48 -1.48
36 RAYNER,Francis........... WLS 2212 5½ 8 3½ 2212 4.00 -0.50
37 RUDD,Jack................ ENG 2281 5½ 9 4½ 2385 3.24 1.26
38 SCHOEN,Wolfram........... GER m 2415 5½ 10 5½ 2319 6.30 -0.80
39 SINGH,Gurpreet Pal....... IND 2286 5½ 10 5½ 2225 5.80 -0.30
40 SNAPE,Ian................ ENG 2258 5½ 9 5 2134 6.03 -1.03
41 SUGDEN,John.............. ENG 2160 5½ 10 5½ 2157 5.00 0.50
42 THOMPSON,Ian............. ENG f 2295 5½ 8 4½ 2300 3.92 0.58
43 WU,Li.................... ENG 2287 5½ 10 5½ 2339 4.30 1.20
44 ZISKA,Helgi.............. FAI 2251 5½ 10 5½ 2305 4.20 1.30
45 ALMOND,Richard........... ENG 2096 5 8 4 2187 3.04 0.96
46 BERGSSON,Snorri.......... ISL f 2266 5 10 5 2358 3.70 1.30
47 CAFFERTY,Bernard......... ENG f 2207 5 8 4½ 2124 4.88 -0.38
48 CAPITAINE,Adriel......... 2186 5 9 4 2237 3.87 0.13
49 HUMPHREYS,Jerry.......... ENG 2084 5 9 5 2147 3.69 1.31
50 KARAPCHANSKI,Dimitar..... BUL f 2270 5 10 5 2117 7.00 -2.00
51 KWIATKOWSKI,Feliks....... ENG c 2223 5 8 3½ 2293 3.20 0.30
52 LE BAILLY,Baptiste....... 2106 5 10 5 2242 3.20 1.80
53 MADSEN,Dag............... NOR f 2301 5 9 4 2280 4.77 -0.77
54 NAKKEN,Roar.............. NOR 1708 5 10 5 2179 2179
55 PAFURA,Godfrey........... UGA 2105 5 9 4 2115 4.41 -0.41
56 PICKERSGILL,Adrian....... ENG 2085 5 8 3½ 2190 2.88 0.62
57 PYM,Thomas............... ENG 2100 5 9 4 2173 3.60 0.40
58 TAVOULARIS,Nicholas...... GRE 2211 5 9 4 2341 2.88 1.12
59 WILSON,Alexandra......... SUI wf 2101 5 7 3 2132 3.22 -0.22
60 BURROWS,Martin........... ENG 2200 4½ 7 3 2178 3.71 -0.71
61 CHIPANGA,Takaedza........ ZIM 2223 4½ 8 3½ 2132 4.96 -1.46
62 GILBERT,Jessie........... ENG wf 2148 4½ 9 3½ 2175 4.14 -0.64
63 JOHNSEN,Gunnar........... NOR 2231 4½ 9 3½ 2226 4.59 -1.09
64 KOLAS,Tore............... NOR 2160 4½ 10 4½ 2252 3.70 0.80
65 LANDE,Hugo............... NOR 170910 4½ 10 4½ 2216 2180
66 MANSSON,James............ ENG 2114 4½ 10 4½ 2193 3.90 0.60
67 MUTER,Donny.............. ENG 2085 4½ 9 3½ 2178 3.33 0.17
68 NORINKEVICIUTE,Rasa...... LTU 2082 4½ 9 4½ 2186 3.24 1.26
69 PEDERSEN,Jan Rode........ DEN 2238 4½ 8 2½ 2315 3.12 -0.62
70 SPANTON,Timothy.......... ENG 2018 4½ 10 4½ 2248 2.10 2.40
71 ARNGRIMSSON,Dagur........ 2289 4 10 4 2266 5.30 -1.30
72 BARTON,R Alan............ ENG 2154 4 8 2½ 2205 3.44 -0.94
73 CALVERT,D. Ian........... ENG 2073 4 9 3½ 2159 3.42 0.08
74 DUGGAN,Michael........... ENG 2082 4 7 2½ 2187 2.52 -0.02
75 GROVER,Sahaj............. IND f 1997 4 10 4 2080 3.90 0.10
76 HAYDON,David............. ENG 171205 4 10 4 2145 2073
77 HEGARTY,Sarah............ ENG 1892 4 9 3½ 2161 1.53 1.97
78 HUSTED,Peter............. DEN 2127 4 8 3 2095 4.32 -1.32
79 MCGOWAN,Daniel........... SCO 2122 4 10 4 2120 5.00 -1.00
80 POOBALASINGAM,Peter...... ENG 2060 4 10 4 2178 3.40 0.60
81 SCORIELS,Michael......... BEL 2156 4 8 3 2164 3.92 -0.92
82 STRAUB,Peter............. GER 2082 4 9 3 2151 3.60 -0.60
83 VEA,Odin Blikra.......... NOR 2090 4 9 3½ 2177 3.42 0.08
84 DENNIS,Nigel............. ENG 2050 3½ 10 3½ 2076 4.60 -1.10
85 DONOVAN,Nigel............ ENG 2136 3½ 8 2½ 2177 3.52 -1.02
86 MAKUMBI,Geoffrey......... UGA 2195 3½ 10 3½ 2073 6.70 -3.20
87 NORREGAARD,Claus......... DEN 2205 3½ 10 3½ 2034 7.30 -3.80
88 STRAND,Haakon............ NOR 1986 3½ 8 3½ 2027 3.52 -0.02
89 WEBSTER,Richard.......... 1968 3½ 10 3½ 2105 3.20 0.30
90 ANDERSEN,Daniel.......... DEN 2026 3 8 2 2121 2.96 -0.96
91 KENYON,Scott............. ENG 1713 3 9 3 1975 1.62 1.38
92 O'GRADY,Gary............. ENG 171105 3 10 3 2113 1964
93 RETY,John................ ENG 1992 3 10 3 2030 4.50 -1.50
94 TUCKER,Andrew............ ENG 1940 3 7 3 2166 1.47 1.53
95 ZISKA,Andrias............ FAI 1819 3 10 3 2056 2.00 1.00
96 CRESSWELL,Michael........ ENG 170726 2½ 5 1½ 2025 1876
97 FOORD,Dominic............ ENG 171024 2½ 9 2½ 2111 1945
98 REUBEN,Stewart........... ENG c 2150 2½ 4 2½ 1945 3.04 -0.54
99 SNOWDEN,James............ 1975 2½ 9 2 2027 3.87 -1.87
100 FOX,Pierre............... BEL 1813 2 8 1½ 2032 1.76 -0.26
101 MACRAE,James............. SCO 1790 1½ 10 1½ 2009 2.20 -0.70
102 CROUCH,Colin............. 2320 1 0 0
103 RICH,Mark................ ENG c 2193 ½ 1 ½ 1997 0.75 -0.25
104 HEATH,David.............. 1776 0 0 0
The Xstrata Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships
took place in Brisbane 28th December 2005 - 9th January 2006. Ian Rogers took
the main title with 9/11 a point clear of Smerdon and Chandler. Final round
game not yet available.
News, results and games at: http://www.ozchess2006.com
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Xstrata ch-AUS 2006 Brisbane AUS (AUS), 5 xii 2005 - 9 i 2006
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1. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2556 +30 +15 = 6 = 5 + 8 = 2 + 3 + 4 =16 + 9 +10 9.0 2677
2. Smerdon, David m AUS 2421 +23 = 5 + 4 + 9 = 3 = 1 + 6 +13 = 8 +16 - 7 8.0 2614
3. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2537 +28 +17 +26 = 6 = 2 + 5 - 1 +11 = 4 +20 = 8 8.0 2567
4. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2544 +14 = 8 - 2 +21 +11 + 6 =13 - 1 = 3 + 5 +16 7.5 2550
5. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2612 +18 = 2 +11 = 1 +16 - 3 = 9 +15 = 6 - 4 +13 7.0 2543
6. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2445 +24 +19 = 1 = 3 +15 - 4 - 2 +20 = 5 =13 +14 7.0 2491
7. Goldenberg, Igor f AUS 2335 -26 +24 +25 -15 - 9 =12 +23 +17 =13 = 8 + 2 6.5 2340
8. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2415 +21 = 4 = 9 +12 - 1 -13 =14 +18 = 2 = 7 = 3 6.0 2397
9. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2462 =27 +10 = 8 - 2 + 7 =15 = 5 =14 =11 - 1 +20 6.0 2403
10. Song, Raymond AUS 2051 =13 - 9 -20 +23 =17 +25 +19 -16 +22 +12 - 1 6.0 2322
11. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2461 +25 +12 - 5 =19 - 4 +26 =20 - 3 = 9 =14 +21 6.0 2345
12. Ly, Moulthun AUS 2162 +16 -11 +18 - 8 -20 = 7 +27 +26 =14 -10 +24 6.0 2307
13. Xie, George Wendi f AUS 2340 =10 -16 =14 +28 +19 + 8 = 4 - 2 = 7 = 6 - 5 5.5 2347
14. Smirnov, Vladimir RUS 2235 - 4 =21 =13 =17 +25 +19 = 8 = 9 =12 =11 - 6 5.5 2320
15. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2399 +22 - 1 +28 + 7 - 6 = 9 =16 - 5 -20 +27 =17 5.5 2362
16. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2439 -12 +13 +30 +26 - 5 =20 =15 +10 = 1 - 2 - 4 5.5 2338
17. Humphrey, Jonathan f AUS 2254 +29 - 3 -19 =14 =10 +27 =18 - 7 +24 =21 =15 5.5 2221
18. Guthrie, Aaron f AUS 2257 - 5 +23 -12 =25 =26 +28 =17 - 8 -21 +29 +27 5.5 2217
19. Moylan, Laura wm AUS 2112 +20 - 6 +17 =11 -13 -14 -10 =24 =27 +31 +29 5.5 2229
20. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2354 -19 -25 +10 +30 +12 =16 =11 - 6 +15 - 3 - 9 5.0 2283
21. Pyke, Malcolm AUS 2126 - 8 =14 +27 - 4 -28 =24 =26 +23 +18 =17 -11 5.0 2232
22. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2114 -15 -30 =24 -27 +29 -23 +31 +25 -10 =28 +26 5.0 2117
23. Bird, Andrew AUS 2146 - 2 -18 =29 -10 +30 +22 - 7 -21 +31 +26 =28 5.0 2128
24. Booth, Stewart AUS 2179 - 6 - 7 =22 +29 -27 =21 +28 =19 -17 +25 -12 4.5 2132
25. Lakner, Jay AUS 2207 -11 +20 - 7 =18 -14 -10 +29 -22 +28 -24 +31 4.5 2134
26. Obst, James AUS 2048 + 7 +27 - 3 -16 =18 -11 =21 -12 +29 -23 -22 4.0 2151
27. Caoili, Arianne wm AUS 2207 = 9 -26 -21 +22 +24 -17 -12 +29 =19 -15 -18 4.0 2090
28. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2212 - 3 +29 -15 -13 +21 -18 -24 +31 -25 =22 =23 4.0 2107
29. Frame,Nigel TAS ---- -17 -28 =23 -24 -22 +31 -25 -27 -26 -18 -19 1.5 1848
30. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2241 - 1 +22 -16 -20 -23 . . . . . . 1.0 2081
31. BYE ---- . . . . . -29 -22 -28 -23 -19 -25 0.0
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14th Asian Teams Chess Championship Esfahan- Iran 20-28 December
2005.
The 14th Asian Team Championships were held in Esfahan, Iran 20th-28th
December 2005, 6 teams from India, Vietnam, Turkmenistan and Iran (2 teams)
competed in the men's double round robin event. Every team included 5 players
and competition was on 4 boards and the team’s composition were:
1 India Rtg-2585 4 Vietnam Rtg-2534
Bo. Name IRtg Bo. Name IRtg
1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2663 1 GM Dao Thien Hai 2581
2 GM Kunte Abhijit 2553 2 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2551
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2562 3 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truongson 2542
4 IM Sundararajan Kidambi 2497 4 FM Le Quang Liem 2386
GM Sandipan Chanda 2560 GM Tu Hoang Thong 2461
2 Iran A Rtg-2476 5 Iran B Rtg-2313
Bo. Name IRtg Bo. Name IRtg
1 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2586 1 FM Ardeshi Mehrdad 2333
2 GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2497 2 FM Sharbaf Mohsen 2387
3 IM Mahjoob Morteza 2418 3 Ryahi Naser 2222
4 FM Darban Morteza 2401 4 Toufighi Homayoon 2311
Khaghani Mehdi 2293 Soleimani Shantiya 2182
3 Turkmenistan Rtg-2359 6 Afghanistan Rtg-1561
Bo. Name IRtg Bo. Name IRtg
1 IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad 2483 1 Asefi Zaheeruddeen 2043
2 IM Simonenko Sergei 2409 2 Fidaeyee Habibullah 0
3 Amanov Mesgen 2273 3 Farazi khaiber 0
4 FM Bayramsahatov Serdar 2272 4 Sarway Hamidullah 0
Osman Barbak 0
And after the 10 round event India won the competition with 31.5 points,
ahead of Vietnam with 29 points and Iran A with 25.5 points. The competition
had $6000 in Prize Money and the tournament hall was in the 5 star Kowsar Hotel
and the teams stayed at the Suite Hotel very near to the tournament Hall. In
Opening and Closing Ceremony Dr. Saghaeeyan Nejad Meyer of Esfahan and Dr.
Maddahi President of Iran Chess Federation and many other high Level manager of
Esfahan City participate and the ceremonies shows live in Channel 3 of Iran
Television. The GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of the Iran A team made the best
performance rating.
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 India * * 2 3 2 3 3½ 3½ 3½ 4 3½ 3½ 31½
2 Vietnam 2 1 * * 2½ 3 3 4 2½ 3 4 4 29
3 Iran A 2 1 1½ 1 * * 2½ 3½ 3 3 4 4 25½
5 Iran B ½ 0 1½ 1 1 1 1 3½ * * 3 2½ 15
4 Turkmenistan ½ ½ 1 0 1½ ½ * * 3 ½ 3½ 4 15
6 Afghanistan ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1½ * * 4
In Board competitions also was Medals and Prize Money:
Board Title Name Rtg Team % Games RA RP
1 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2586 Iran A 80.0 10 2426 2666
2 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2551 Vietnam 72.2 9 2378 2544
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2562 India 87.5 8 2227 2563
4 FM Le Quang Liem 2386 Vietnam 85.0 10 2209 2505
5 Soleimani Shantiya 2182 Iran B 90.0 5 2007 2373
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| Women | Men |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 700$ |First Team | 1000$ |First Team |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 500$ |Second Team | 750$ |Second Team |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 300$ |Third Team | 500$ |Third Team |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 250$ |Champion of Board1 | 250$ |Champion of Board 1 |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 250$ |Champion of Board 2 | 250$ |Champion of Board 2 |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 250$ |Champion of Board 3 | 250$ |Champion of Board 3 |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 250$ |Champion of Board 4 | 250$ |Champion of Board 4 |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| | | 250$ |Champion of Board 5 |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
| 2500$ |Total | 3500$ |Total |
+--------------+---------------------+--------------+---------------------+
1 India Rtg- 2266 3 Iran B Rtg- 1876
Bo. Name IRtg Bo. Name IRtg
1 WGM Mohota Nisha 2318 1 WFM Navabi Shirin 2092
2 WIM Gomes Mary Ann 2232 2 WFM Salman Mahini Mona 2136
3 WGM Swathi Ghate 2248 3 Hejazipour Mitra 0
WIM Gokhale Anupama 2197 Hakimifard Ghazal 0
2 Iran A Rtg- 2216 4 Vietnam Rtg- 2314
Bo. Name IRtg Bo. Name IRtg
1 WGM Paridar Shadi 2237 1 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An 2357
2 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2271 2 WFM Le Thanh Tu 2279
3 WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh 2139 3 WFM Luong Minh Hue 2169
Tajik Sareh 1925 WIM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 2306
The Rating-Ø are compute from the 3 rating-strongest players.
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 Pts.
1 Vietnam * * 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 1½ 1½ 10½
2 India 1½ 1½ * * 1 ½ 2½ 2½ 9½
3 Iran B 1½ 0 2 2½ * * 1 1½ 8½
4 Iran A 1½ 1½ ½ ½ 2 1½ * * 7½
Women Board Champions:
Board Name Rtg Team % Games Rtg-Ø Rp
1 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An 2357 Vietnam 75.0 6 2216 2409
2 WFM Salman Mahini Mona 2136 Iran B 75.0 6 2275 2468
3 WGM Swathi Ghate 2248 India 58.3 6 2015 2072
4 WIM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 2306 Vietnam 80.0 5 1967 2207
Chief Arbiter of tournament was the Oldest International Arbiter in
Asia: HosseinGholi Saloor Chief Arbiter of Women Part was International Arbiter
from UAE: Mehdi Abdulrahim Chief Arbiter of Men Part was International Arbiter
from Iran: Abolghasem Najib Tournament Director was President of Esfahan Chess
Association: Amir Hossein Sistani Honory Organizer of tournament was Meyer of
Esfahan City: Dr. Saghaeeyan Nejad Tournament Technical Manager was: IA Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh
Photo Albums and PGN files are on the official website:
http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
14th Bieze Tournament organised by the Dutch Chess Club De Toren took
place in Arnhem on January 7th 2006. Ahmed Adly of Egypt won the 7
round swiss with 6.5/7. The Rapid event had a time rate of 18 min + 5 sec.
Official site: http://www.schaakverenigingdetoren.nl/
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14th Bieze Arnhem NED (NED), 7 i 2006
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1. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2480 6.5 35.5 32.75 27.5 2808 +1.75
2. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2535 6.0 29.0 22.50 24.0 2536 -0.02
3. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2564 5.5 33.5 25.50 23.0 2530 -0.24
4. Dambacher, Martijn NED 2406 5.5 29.0 21.75 22.5 2508 +2.00
5. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2608 5.5 27.5 20.25 21.5 2487 -0.66
6. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2582 5.0 32.5 22.25 22.5 2552 -0.18
7. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2539 5.0 32.5 21.25 23.5 2455 -0.62
8. Polaczek, Richard m BEL 2431 5.0 31.0 20.50 22.0 2254 -0.82
9. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2281 5.0 29.0 18.50 21.0 2387 +0.75
10. Dahlmann, Dirk GER 2238 5.0 28.5 17.00 21.0 2319 +1.00
11. Timman, Ton NED 2318 5.0 28.0 17.75 20.0 2298 -0.10
12 Stork, Ornett NED 2122 5.0 27.0 15.50 19.0 2315 +1.54
13 Kuipers, Stefan NED 2153 5.0 26.0 15.50 18.0 2195 +0.30
14. Kabatianski, Alexandr m GER 2415 4.5 32.0 18.75 22.5 2388 -0.20
15. Carlier, Bruno m NED 2452 4.5 29.0 15.00 21.0 2449 +0.00
16 Van Lanen,Toon NED 2037 4.5 28.0 15.00 17.0 2254 +0.50
17 Arts, Dennis NED 2073 4.5 26.0 14.75 17.5 2325 +0.50
18 Van den Berg, Bram NED 2173 4.5 23.0 12.25 17.0 2300 +1.21
19 Haast, Mark NED 1969 4.5 22.5 12.75 15.5 2188 +1.76
76 players
Moscow Superblitz tournament was held on the 6th January 2006 held in
one of the best hotels in Moscow called Baltschug Kempinsky.
It was second high class blitz event organsied by the
ChessPro.ru site. (their 1st event was won
by Vladislav Tkachev ahead of Alexander Grischuk.
Results 2005 (even though it was held in 2006!).
1-2. Grischuk and Morozevich - 15/22; 3. Svidler - 14; 4-5. Tkachev and
Korotylev - 12.5; 6. Dreev - 11.5; 7-8. Shipov and Kobalia - 10; 9. Jakovenko -
9; 10-11. Grachev and Savchenko - 8.5; 12. Malakhov - 5.5. First prize = $3000
Official site: http://www.chesspro.ru/blitz/blitz05.shtml
The 8th Open Championship of Bajmok - SCG took place 23rd December 2005
- 6th January 2006. This was a 9 Round Swiss won by Akos Pletl with 7.5/9.
News: Brindza Istvan.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Pletl, Akos SCG 2131 +20 = 3 + 7 = 2 + 4 + 6 + 5 =10 + 9 7.5 2405
2. Tatalovic, Dusan SCG 2271 +16 +13 = 4 = 1 + 6 +12 + 7 = 3 = 5 7.0 2335
3. Tancik, Kristijan SCG 2120 +15 = 1 =13 =10 + 8 = 4 + 9 = 2 = 7 6.0 2252
4. Vidic, Stevan f SCG 2267 +12 + 5 = 2 = 9 - 1 = 3 +15 = 7 +10 6.0 2232
5. Petrekanovic, Miroslav SCG 2087 +11 - 4 =17 =13 +14 +10 - 1 +12 = 2 5.5 2178
6. Ikras, Djura SCG 2131 =10 +16 = 8 +19 - 2 - 1 =14 +17 =11 5.0 2110
7. Brindza, Istvan SCG 2072 +21 =19 - 1 =16 +13 +15 - 2 = 4 = 3 5.0 2151
8. Jovicic, Aleksandar SCG 2080 +14 = 9 = 6 =11 - 3 -13 +22 =18 +17 5.0 2098
9. Halasi, Josef SCG 2144 +17 = 8 =19 = 4 -12 +11 - 3 +14 - 1 4.5 2073
10. Kovac, Zoltan SCG 2059 = 6 =12 +21 = 3 =11 - 5 +13 = 1 - 4 4.5 2100
11. Guzsvany, Arpad SCG 2002 - 5 +20 +15 = 8 =10 - 9 =12 =13 = 6 4.5 2080
12. Szabados, Karoly SCG 2065 - 4 =10 +20 +17 + 9 - 2 =11 - 5 =16 4.5 2103
13. Maravic, Zdravko SCG 2099 +18 - 2 = 3 = 5 - 7 + 8 -10 =11 +22 4.5 2077
14. Gabric, Goran SCG 2001 - 8 -15 +22 +20 - 5 +16 = 6 - 9 +21 4.5 2063
15. Aradski, Branislav SCG 2022 - 3 +14 -11 +21 +19 - 7 - 4 +22 =18 4.5 2052
16. Horvat, Stevica SCG 2070 - 2 - 6 +18 = 7 =17 -14 +21 =20 =12 4.0 2021
17. Varjas, Sandor SCG 1993 - 9 +18 = 5 -12 =16 +22 +19 - 6 - 8 4.0 2022
18. Mester, Robert SCG 2009 -13 -17 -16 +22 +21 =19 =20 = 8 =15 4.0 1990
19. Godar, Zlatko SCG ---- +22 = 7 = 9 - 6 -15 =18 -17 =21 =20 3.5 1965
20. Trbovic, Bogdan SCG 2039 - 1 -11 -12 -14 +22 +21 =18 =16 =19 3.5 1950
21. Vrbica, Dragan SCG ---- - 7 +22 -10 -15 -18 -20 -16 =19 -14 1.5 1757
22. BYE ---- -19 -21 -14 -18 -20 -17 - 8 -15 -13 0.0
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The 21st Post Open took place in Düsseldorf 26th-31st December
2005. Aleksa Berelovich won the event with 6.5/7.
Official site:
http://www.post-sv-duesseldorf.de/schach/default.htm
and games (final round missing) available at:
http://www.deep-chess.de/
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
1. Berelovich,Aleksa GM 2548 6.5 29.0 20.0
2. Hausrath,Daniel IM 2441 6.0 31.0 20.5
3. Rezasade,Amir 2191 6.0 30.0 20.5
4. Trella,Thomas 2196 6.0 28.0 18.5
5. Kolkin,Michail 2297 6.0 27.5 17.5
6. Orlov,Andrey IM 2438 5.5 30.0 20.0
7. Zahn,Richard 1992 5.5 29.5 20.0
8. Prudlo,Simon 2200 5.5 29.5 19.5
9. Savchenko,Vyaches 2356 5.5 28.0 19.0
10. Lupor,Andre 2219 5.5 28.0 19.0
11. Lemanczyk,Thomas 2235 5.5 27.5 18.0
12. Lelchuk,Zoya WGM 2304 5.5 26.5 17.5
13. Kohlweyer,Bernd IM 2372 5.5 25.5 17.0
14. Lupor,Stefan 2214 5.5 24.0 16.0
15. Malykin,Vitaly IM 2269 5.0 30.0 20.0
16. Bakhmatov,Eduard FM 2331 5.0 29.0 19.5
17. Peters,Alex 2053 5.0 27.5 18.5
17. Hess,Christian 2015 5.0 27.5 18.5
19. Meins,Gerlef IM 2427 5.0 27.5 18.0
19. Coenen,Michael 2013 5.0 27.5 18.0
21. Czybik,Nils Patri 1827 5.0 27.5 18.0
22. Wigger,Jochen 2194 5.0 27.0 18.0
23. Fehling,Michael 2167 5.0 26.0 17.5
24. Savchenko,Aleksij 1987 5.0 25.5 17.5
25. Bogorad,Michail 2158 5.0 25.5 16.0
26. Straub,Natalia WGM 2224 5.0 25.0 17.0
26. Müller,Frank 2018 5.0 25.0 17.0
28. Ciornei,Dragos 2114 5.0 24.0 16.0
29. Heinert,Eugen 2019 5.0 23.5 15.0
30. Mazurkiewicz,Kazi 1935 5.0 23.5 14.5
31. Kienitz,Andre 2067 5.0 23.0 15.0
32. Fehmer,Carsten 2020 5.0 22.0 15.0
33. Chan,Allan 1797 5.0 21.5 14.5
34. Ciaxz,Ralf 2068 5.0 21.0 13.5
232 players
The 24th Chess Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski took place in Warsaw,
16th-18th December 2005 in the Olympic Centre Wybrzeze Gdynskie street 4.
Zoltan Gyimesi beat Vladimir Malaniuk 1.5-0.5 in the final. There is now a
large game file. There are errors and incomplete games but the file isn't bad
for such a big rapid event. My thanks to Tomasz Delega.
Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/
Tie-break results
13-20 Sveshnikov Evgeny Manik Malus 1/2
14-19 Deviatkin Adrei Zezulkin Jurij 1:0
15-18 Zawadzka Jolanta Grabarczyk Miros³aw 0:1
16-17 Wojtaszek Rados³aw Balogh Csaba 1:0
Group tournaments
Group 1 (1,8,9,16) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Socko Bartosz X = = = 1,5 2
2 Zubov Alexander = X = 1 2 1
3 Macieja Bartlomiej = = X = 1,5 3
4 Manik Malus = 0 = X 1 4
Group 2 (2,7,10,15) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Gyimesi Zoltan X = = 1 2 1
2 Ruck Robert = X = 1 2 2
3 Wojtaszek Radoslaw = = X 1 2 3
4 Markowski Tomasz 0 0 0 X 0 4
Group 3 (3,6,11,14) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Grabarczyk Miroslaw X = = 0 1 3
2 Jaracz Pawel = X 0 = 1 4
3 Korchnoi Wiktor = 1 X 1 2,5 1
4 Rustemov Alexander 1 = 0 X 1,5 2
Group 4 (4,5,13,14) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Malaniuk Vladimir X 1 = = 2 1
2 Deviatkin Andrei 0 X = 1 1,5 3
3 Jussupov Artur = = X 0 1 4
4 Movsesian Sergei = 0 1 X 1,5 2
Semifinal I-IV 1 2 S T1 S
Zubov Alexander = = 1 0 1
Malaniuk Vladimir = = 1 1 2
Semifinal II-III 1 2 S T1 S
Gyimesi Zoltan 1 = 1,5 1,5
Korchnoi Wiktor 0 = 0,5 0,5
Final 1 2 S T1 S
Malaniuk Vladimir = 0 0,5 0,5
Gyimesi Zoltan = 1 1,5 1,5
Match for 3rd Place 1 2 S T1 S
Zubov Alexander 1 = 1,5 1,5
Korchnoi Wiktor 0 = 0,5 0,5
Places 5-8 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Movsesian Sergei X 0 = 0 0,5 8
2 Socko Bartosz 1 X 0 1 2 6
3 Rustemov Alexander = 1 X = 2 5
4 Ruck Robert 1 0 = X 1,5 7
Places 9-12 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Macieja Bartlomiej X 1 = = 2 9
2 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 0 X 1 = 1,5 11
3 Deviatkin Andrei = 0 X 0 0,5 12
4 Grabarczyk Miroslaw = = 1 X 2 10
Places 13-16 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Markowski Tomasz X = = 1 2 14
2 Jaracz Pawel = X 0 = 1 15
3 Jussupov Artur = 1 X 1 2,5 13
4 Manik Malus 0 = 0 X 0,5 16
The 35th Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2005 - 5th January 2006.
Eduardas Rozentalis had the best tie-break amongst those on 7/9 the others were
Sergey Ivanov, Tomi Nybäck, Evgeny Postny and Normunds Miezis.
Official site:
http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton/rc_index.htm
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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XXXV Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 2005 - 5 i 2006
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1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2585 7 19893 37.5
2. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2538 7 19672 37.5
3. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2563 7 19569 37.5
4. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2571 7 19524 35.5
5. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2469 7 18752 34.0
6. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2501 6.5 19516 36.0
7. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2564 6.5 19422 37.0
8. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 6.5 19251 34.5
9. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2496 6.5 19234 34.5
10. Nouro, Mikael m FIN 2349 6.5 18513 29.5
11. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2496 6.5 18378 32.5
12. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2507 6 19496 35.5
13. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2457 6 19435 34.0
14. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2523 6 19427 34.5
15. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2583 6 19358 33.0
16. Khmelniker, Ilya m ISR 2430 6 19322 32.5
17. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2492 6 19162 33.5
18. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2492 6 19062 31.5
19. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2401 6 18941 33.5
20. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2389 6 18774 31.0
21. Van Beek, Alexander f NED 2334 6 18718 27.5
22. Berczes, David m HUN 2475 6 18600 30.5
23. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2486 6 17968 28.0
24. Kolbus, Dietmar m GER 2413 6 17788 30.0
25. Lindberg, Bengt m SWE 2420 5.5 0 32.0
26. Ask, Josef SWE 2236 5.5 0 31.5
27. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2441 5.5 0 30.0
28. Jens, Jelmer m NED 2366 5.5 0 29.5
29. Gagarin, Vasilij m RUS 2422 5.5 0 29.0
30. Sisatto, Olli FIN 2250 5.5 0 27.5
31. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2475 5.5 0 27.0
32. Jaracz, Barbara wm POL 2281 5.5 0 26.5
. Kosmo, Santul FIN 2232 5.5 0 26.5
34. Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 2161 5.5 0 25.0
35. Flindt, Thomas DEN 2177 5.5 0 23.5
36. Nithander, Victor SWE 2243 5 0 30.5
37. Willemze, Thomas NED 2363 5 0 29.0
38. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2534 5 0 28.0
39. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2293 5 0 27.0
. Eriksson, Jonas f SWE 2285 5 0 27.0
41. Couso, Luis f SWE 2347 5 0 26.5
42. Furhoff, Johan f SWE 2354 5 0 26.0
. Eriksson, Jorgen SWE 2234 5 0 26.0
44. Handke, Florian g GER 2460 5 0 25.5
. Marttala, Thomas SWE 2269 5 0 25.5
46. Lindberg, Henrik SWE 2239 5 0 25.0
. Nygren, Kim SWE 2231 5 0 25.0
48. Papadopoulou, Vera wm GRE 2220 5 0 24.5
. Haapasalo, Jukka-Pekka FIN 2195 5 0 24.5
50. Niemi, Kalle FIN 2250 5 0 24.0
. Mardell, Jimmy SWE 2140 5 0 24.0
52. Blomqvist, Erik SWE 2088 5 0 23.5
53. Nyland, Thomas NOR 2147 5 0 23.0
54. Martinsen, Stig K NOR 2124 5 0 22.0
55. Grandelius, Nils SWE ---- 5 0 20.5
56. Henriksson, Jacob SWE 2236 5 0 20.0
126 players
The Bosnjaci tournament took place near Zupanja (Croatia) 3rd-8th
January 2006. Ante Brkic won the event with 7/9. News: Mirjana Medic.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bosnjaci/06/index.htm
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12th Open A Bosnjaci CRO (CRO), 3-17 i 2006
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1. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2500 +16 +25 = 2 = 6 + 5 = 4 = 3 + 7 +12 7.0 2653
2. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2520 +10 +17 = 1 = 3 = 4 +20 + 7 = 5 = 6 6.5 2601
3. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2527 +24 +15 = 5 = 2 + 6 = 7 = 1 = 4 +13 6.5 2603
4. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2558 +13 = 6 +17 = 5 = 2 = 1 =12 = 3 +14 6.0 2566
5. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2512 +14 +22 = 3 = 4 - 1 +19 + 6 = 2 = 7 6.0 2551
6. Saric, Ibro m BIH 2441 +21 = 4 + 8 = 1 - 3 +10 - 5 +18 = 2 5.5 2517
7. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2400 = 9 =18 +11 +22 +13 = 3 - 2 - 1 = 5 5.0 2440
8. Martic, Zlatko f CRO 2298 =12 + 9 - 6 =15 =18 =13 =17 =16 +21 5.0 2388
9. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2182 = 7 - 8 =14 +16 =10 =18 -13 +24 +20 5.0 2368
10. Krstic, Uros m CRO 2350 - 2 +16 =12 =18 = 9 - 6 +25 =21 +17 5.0 2395
11. Budimir, Boris f BIH 2288 -17 +14 - 7 -19 +26 =15 =20 +23 +18 5.0 2324
12. Doric, Darko f CRO 2402 = 8 =23 =10 =20 =19 +22 = 4 =13 - 1 4.5 2344
13. Saric, Ivan CRO 2339 - 4 +21 =19 +23 - 7 = 8 + 9 =12 - 3 4.5 2352
14. Sulc, Damir f CRO 2316 - 5 -11 = 9 +25 =17 +23 =21 +15 - 4 4.5 2343
15. Glavas, Dragan f BIH 2333 +19 - 3 =23 = 8 -20 =11 +22 -14 +26 4.5 2276
16. Sertic, Rudolf CRO 2319 - 1 -10 +26 - 9 +25 -17 +24 = 8 +19 4.5 2280
17. Zivkovic, Vjekoslav CRO 2414 +11 - 2 - 4 =21 =14 +16 = 8 =20 -10 4.0 2311
18. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2359 =23 = 7 =20 =10 = 8 = 9 +19 - 6 -11 4.0 2253
19. Rukavina, Dario CRO 2225 -15 +24 =13 +11 =12 - 5 -18 +25 -16 4.0 2302
20. Iveljic, Igor BIH 2221 -22 +26 =18 =12 +15 - 2 =11 =17 - 9 4.0 2273
21. Babic, Drasko f SCG 2316 - 6 -13 +24 =17 =22 +26 =14 =10 - 8 4.0 2272
22. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2348 +20 - 5 +25 - 7 =21 -12 -15 +26 =24 4.0 2261
23. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2262 =18 =12 =15 -13 =24 -14 +26 -11 -25 3.0 2162
24. Ivekovic, Mario f CRO 2330 - 3 -19 -21 +26 =23 =25 -16 - 9 =22 2.5 2100
25. Vasic, Bosko CRO 2223 +26 - 1 -22 -14 -16 =24 -10 -19 +23 2.5 2128
26. BYE ---- -25 -20 -16 -24 -11 -21 -23 -22 -15 0.0
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The Caissa IM "New Year" tournament took place 27th December 2005-4th
January 2006 in Kecskemet (HUN). Mr. Keresztes won the event, this is a big
surprise, he never won IM tournamet in his life, but he achieved 6 pts, the IM
norm was 7. No. 1 ranked Mr. Jakab was only the 6th. Ms. Lara Stock made a WIM
norm with 5,5 pts (the norm was only 4,5 pts). News: Csaba Bognar.
(Next events, 21-28-02-2006, 21-29-03-2006... IM round robin and/or FM
tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com
Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu new email!)
Ranking after round 9 of Caissa IM New year
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 10 Keresztes, Richard 6.0 39.0 23.25 32.5 2264 2372 +1.32
2. 2 Werner, Dimo 5.5 39.5 23.75 24.0 2376 2325 -0.62
4 Stock, Lara 5.5 39.5 23.25 29.0 2209 2333 +1.54
3 Varga, Csaba 5.5 39.5 21.75 21.0 2279 2326 +0.55
7 Hagesaether, Ellen 5.5 39.5 21.25 34.5 2204 2334 +1.63
9 Jakab, Attila 5.5 39.5 20.50 27.0 2424 2325 -1.07
7. 8 Sutorikhin, Vladimir 4.5 40.5 16.00 22.5 2375 2245 -1.62
8. 5 Adams, Nick A. 4.0 41.0 13.75 20.5 2208 2211 +0.04
9. 1 Andersen, Alf R. 2.5 42.5 8.75 13.5 2217 2087 -1.55
10. 6 Blandini, Carmelo Prof. 0.5 44.5 2.75 0.5 1934 1804 -0.76
The Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments
took place 25th-31st December 2005. Ni Hua won the event. Games don't appear to
be available in PGN only in a playthrough at:
http://www.monroi.com/wdc/realtime/tournament.php?tnm_id=110
News: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/,
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2848
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1. 2 Ni, Hua CHN 7.5 52.0 42.50 37.5 2603 2725 +1.20
2. 1 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 7.0 54.0 40.50 40.0 2658 2726 +0.70
3 Zhang, Zhong CHN 7.0 51.0 38.25 37.0 2598 2708 +1.15
4. 4 Paragua, Mark PHI 6.5 52.0 34.75 34.5 2596 2623 +0.29
6 Koneru Humpy IND 6.5 49.5 34.00 34.0 2540 2599 +0.65
20 Sitanggang, Salor INA 6.5 42.0 27.50 30.5 2415 2527 +1.28
7. 5 Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 6.0 48.0 30.50 33.5 2554 2563 +0.06
7 Megaranto, Susanto INA 6.0 43.0 26.50 29.0 2530 2443 -0.92
30 Sadorra, Julio PHI 6.0 40.0 23.50 29.0 2337 2410 +0.87
10 Zhao, Xue CHN 6.0 38.0 23.50 24.0 2478 2344 -1.38
11. 22 Li, Ruofan CHN 5.5 47.0 25.50 29.5 2398 2452 +0.64
12 Gonzales, Jayson PHI 5.5 46.5 26.50 29.0 2464 2411 -0.62
23 Tu, Hoang Thai VIE 5.5 46.0 24.25 30.0 2384 2466 +1.00
15 Varavin, Viktor RUS 5.5 45.5 25.50 28.5 2439 2386 -0.62
25 Tirto INA 5.5 44.5 26.25 28.5 2370 2469 +1.27
26 Bao, Quang VIE 5.5 43.5 24.25 30.5 2361 2425 +0.74
19 Nadanian, Ashot ARM 5.5 43.5 23.00 29.0 2425 2448 +0.28
41 Hoang, Canh Huan VIE 5.5 42.0 24.75 24.5 2223 2414 +2.35
21 Goh, Wei Ming SIN 5.5 41.5 22.25 24.0 2407 2454 +0.46
66 players
GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006
The second GM against the World game on the Olympiad site will be GM
Misho Cebalo (Croatia) and he it start on Monday, January 9th. 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
Lodi International Chess Festival
The 2nd Festival Scacchistico Internazionale "Città di Lodi"
takes place in Lodi, Italy, 5th-11th June 2006. Prize fund Euros20.000,00.
Further details: http://www.lenuvole.org/ or
scacchi@lenuvole.org
Fajr tournaments
The Iran Chess Federation will organize following Fajr tournaments in
Iran Chess Palace in Tehran: - 4th Fajr Youth Open under 10, 12 & 14, 19-24
January 2006 with 3200$ Prize Money. - 14th Fajr Open, 24-30 January 2006 with
12000$ Prize Money.
You can find more information and regulation on
http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
US Championship Dates Change
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 2nd-12th,
2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade. The event has
been pushed back a day so that players can compete in the Morelia Chess
Festival. Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
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
14th Donau Open
The 14th Donau Open took place 26th-31st December 2005. I couldn't get
the official site: http://www.aschach.info/schach/english.htm
to work correctly.
Asian Youth Championships
The Asian Youth Championships took place in New Delhi December 7th-14th
2005.
Games, Results, photos are available at
http://www.delhichess.com.
Morelia Chess Festival and Linares 2006
Morelia in Mexico is hosting the first half of the traditional Linares
super tournament. Their half will take place February 18th-26th, 2006. The
Linares half will probably finish around 12th March 2006.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko , Vassily Ivanchuk , Peter Svidler
, Ettienne Bacrot , Levon Aronian , Francisco Vallejo and one other player yet
to be announced.
In addition there is the Morelia International Chess Festival February
16th-28th, 2006. Prize Fund - US$158,000.
Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
Free ICCF Server Offer
ICCF has announced an end-of-year gift to everyone around the World: a
free 2-game match on their dedicated ICCF WebChess server.
The offer is open to anyone Just fill a form with your personal
information (name and surname, nationality, e-mail address), and they will pair
you in a free 2-game match with someone else from around the World.
You can find the form on the ICCF WebChess server. Just go to
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/ . In
the main page, you click on "New Events". Then click on "Enter" in the line
with the offer to participate in a Friendly 2-game match. Fill with your
personal information and click "OK" when you're done.
The time rate will be 10 moves in 40 days, and the games will be
unrated, so your ELO (if you have one) will not change with the result.
The deadline for entries is December 31, 2005. We will be starting
matches throughout December and the last batch will be online in early January.
Davos Festival 2006
Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing the
first time in individual senior championship
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Davos with Chess Summer
Festival from August 5-13, 2006. Main event will be the 6th European Individual
Senior Championship. The second tournament will be 5. Davos Open. The first
time Davos host an official event. Just to remind, Davos is one of the most
popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter), with specific micro
clime, unique in the world.
6th European Individual Senior Championship, August 7th to 13th 2006.
"Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new, comfortable
Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6
hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles
and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1945 and
earlier; women born 1955 and earlier. Prize (men):
2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 SF. 3 group rating prize (200/150/100
SF). Women: 400/300/3x200 SF; Entry fee 70 SF; at the door 10 SF more. Time
table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 5th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 6th-12th;
Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 13th.
5th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours
(40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200,
900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 4 and more
points. Special prizes for best Lady, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs
and juniors 70 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel
free; at the door 10 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 6th;
Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 7th-12th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress
Center. Closing ceremony August 13th, 4 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info
Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
ISCU Grand Prix
ISCU Grand Prix International tournaments for school chess champions in
categories U9, U11, U13, U15
The International School Chess Union and The Russian Chess Federation
have the honour of inviting National Chess Federations, School Sports
Associations and school chess champions to participate in the ISCU Grand Prix
organised in Moscow, Russia from 25th of January (Arrival) to 7th of February
(Departure) 2006.
Further details: E-mail: scca@online.ru, iscu@mail.ru
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
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/
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.
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/
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
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
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/
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
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/
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.
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
TWIC Messageboard
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