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My thanks to Michael Rahal, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Andy McFarland, Frank Quisinsky, Doru Ionescu, Manuel Glave, Jakub Fuksik, Thomas Henrich, Laszlo Nagy, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr., Jon Speelman, Adolivio Capece, Haroonor Rashid, Franz Jittenmeier, Yochanan Afek, Jan Mazuch, Valery Maes, Holger Lieske and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Amber tournament heads into the final rounds with Morozevich dominating the blindfold event and Anand the rapid, these two are also fighting it out for the over all combined standings too. After some quite poor results recently its great to see Alexei Shirov bounce back to win the Poikovsky tournament with 6/9 and a 2800 performance, and settled with a win against Alexey Dreev who shared the lead with him going into the final round. Xu Yuhua is the new women's world champion defeating Alisa Galliamova in the final 2.5-0.5.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament, organized by the Association Max Euwe, takes place at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco from March 18th (first round) - March 30th (last round) 2006. There will be rest days on March 22nd and 27th.
Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber/
Blindfold --------- Round 4 (March 21, 2006) Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 50 E92 King's Indian Classical Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 36 C42 Petroff's Defence Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 51 C42 Petroff's Defence Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 41 D32 Tarrasch Defence Svidler, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Aronian, Levon - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 19 A04 Dutch System Round 5 (March 23, 2006) Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1-0 58 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 40 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Gelfand, Boris - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 23 E04 Catalan Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 0-1 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Nielsen, Peter Heine - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 20 D46 Semi-Slav Defence Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon 1/2 36 C41 Philidor's Defence Round 6 (March 24, 2006) Morozevich, Alexander - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 29 A04 Dutch System Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Aronian, Levon 1/2 37 E07 Catalan Grischuk, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1-0 67 C83 Ruy Lopez Open Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 46 D85 Gruenfeld Defence Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 34 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Round 7 (March 25, 2006) Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 1-0 33 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Van Wely, Loek - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 60 D19 Slav Defence Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 23 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Nielsen, Peter Heine - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 32 E15 Queens Indian Aronian, Levon - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 60 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 25 E15 Queens Indian Round 8 (March 26, 2006) Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 56 E16 Queens Indian Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 13 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 Grischuk, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 1-0 61 B06 Modern Defence Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 55 C10 French Rubinstein Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 32 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 63 B19 Caro Kann Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 * 1 . = 1 = . 1 1 = 1 . 6.5 2981 2 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0 * . = = = . 1 1 1 = . 5.0 2834 3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . . * . 0 = = 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2826 4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 = = . * 1 = . 0 = = 1 . 4.5 2774 5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 0 = 1 0 * 1 = = . . . 1 4.5 2754 6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = = = = 0 * 0 = . . . 1 3.5 2677 7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 . . = . = 1 * = 0 0 1 0 3.5 2700 8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 0 0 0 1 = = = * . . . 1 3.5 2671 9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 0 0 0 = . . 1 . * 1 0 1 3.5 2657 10 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 = 0 0 = . . 1 . 0 * = = 3.0 2632 11 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 0 = = 0 . . 0 . 1 = * = 3.0 2619 12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . . = . 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 2.5 2592 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rapid ----- Round 4 (March 21, 2006) Morozevich, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 70 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 E15 Queens Indian Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 42 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 0-1 57 E15 Queens Indian Grischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1-0 21 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Nielsen, Peter Heine - Aronian, Levon 1-0 46 A31 English Symmetrical Round 5 (March 23, 2006) Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 31 B23 Sicilian Closed Van Wely, Loek - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 71 D53 Queens Gambit Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 63 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Round 6 (March 24, 2006) Topalov, Veselin - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 54 A30 English Symmetrical Aronian, Levon - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 57 B23 Sicilian Closed Van Wely, Loek - Svidler, Peter 0-1 32 D11 Slav Defence Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 69 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Nielsen, Peter Heine - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 51 D17 Slav Defence Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 44 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Round 7 (March 25, 2006) Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence Morozevich, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 1-0 72 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 38 D15 Slav Defence Gelfand, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 61 E20 Nimzo Indian Grischuk, Alexander - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 28 C42 Petroff's Defence Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 46 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Round 8 (March 26, 2006) Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 55 E61 King's Indian Defence Nielsen, Peter Heine - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 44 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 45 B50 Sicilian Defence Van Wely, Loek - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 50 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 32 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1/2 46 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 * = 1 = . . 1 = = 1 . 1 6.0 2904 2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 = * 0 = = 1 . . 1 0 1 . 4.5 2773 3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0 1 * 1 = = . . = = = . 4.5 2782 4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = = 0 * . . 0 = = 1 . 1 4.0 2720 5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 . = = . * = 0 1 1 . 0 = 4.0 2700 6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 . 0 = . = * 1 0 1 . 0 1 4.0 2706 7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 . . 1 1 0 * = . 0 1 = 4.0 2743 8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 = . . = 0 1 = * . = = 0 3.5 2690 9 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 = 0 = = 0 0 . . * 1 1 . 3.5 2688 10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 0 1 = 0 . . 1 = 0 * . = 3.5 2671 11 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 . 0 = . 1 1 0 = 0 . * = 3.5 2676 12 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 0 . . 0 = 0 = 1 . = = * 3.0 2644 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combined -------- Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 ** 1= 10 =1 .. == .. 1= 10 11 =1 .. 11.0 2871 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 0= ** =1 0= 11 1= =1 .. =1 .. .. 1= 10.5 2828 3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 01 =0 ** == .. =1 .. 1= 1= == 1= .. 9.5 2804 4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 =0 1= == ** .. == .. =0 01 10 =1 .. 8.0 2731 5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 .. 00 .. .. ** =0 == 1= 1= =0 1= =1 8.0 2731 6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 == 0= =0 == =1 ** 00 .. =1 .. .. 1= 7.5 2699 7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 .. =0 .. .. == 11 ** 01 =0 10 01 0= 7.5 2722 8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 0= .. 0= =1 0= .. 10 ** .. 0= 10 11 7.5 2679 9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 01 =0 0= 10 0= =0 =1 .. ** .. .. 1= 7.0 2671 10 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 00 .. == 01 =1 .. 01 1= .. ** =0 =0 7.0 2663 11 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 =0 .. 0= =0 0= .. 10 01 .. =1 ** == 6.5 2654 12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 .. 0= .. .. =0 0= 1= 00 0= =1 == ** 6.0 2646 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The VII Poikovsky tournament took place March 18th-28th 2006. The leaders going into the final round met and Alexei Shirov emerged the winner of the tournament after defeating Alexei Dreev.
Official site: http://admoil.ru/chess2006/index_chess_2006.htm and live http://www.aeroflotchess.com/pojkovsky/
Round 4 (March 21, 2006) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 19 C10 French Rubinstein Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 46 C00 French Defence Sokolov, Ivan - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 47 D47 Queens Gambit Meran Najer, Evgeniy - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 36 C66 Ruy Lopez Berlin Onischuk, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 58 D18 Slav Defence Round 5 (March 22, 2006) Shirov, Alexei - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 23 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Dreev, Alexey - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 51 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening Bareev, Evgeny - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 34 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs Rublevsky, Sergei - Najer, Evgeniy 1/2 19 C66 Ruy Lopez Berlin Bologan, Viktor - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 63 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Round 6 (March 24, 2006) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 50 B46 Sicilian Paulsen Dreev, Alexey - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 40 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Sokolov, Ivan - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 46 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto Najer, Evgeniy - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 44 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein Onischuk, Alexander - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 28 E54 Nimzo Indian Round 7 (March 25, 2006) Shirov, Alexei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 18 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Najer, Evgeniy 1/2 24 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo Bareev, Evgeny - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 36 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5 Rublevsky, Sergei - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 42 C49 Four Knights Metger Bologan, Viktor - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Round 8 (March 26, 2006) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 39 B09 Pirc Defence Dreev, Alexey - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 14 D20 QGA Bareev, Evgeny - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 53 E73 King's Indian Averbakh Sokolov, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 34 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Onischuk, Alexander - Najer, Evgeniy 1/2 57 D15 Slav Defence Round 9 (March 27, 2006) Shirov, Alexei - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 48 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 27 C26 Vienna Game Najer, Evgeniy - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 21 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Rublevsky, Sergei - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 32 C07 French Tarrasch Bologan, Viktor - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 56 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 18-27 iii 2006 cat. XVIII (2681) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2709 * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2802 2. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 = * = = = = = 1 1 0 5.0 2719 3. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2664 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2725 4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2697 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 5.0 2722 5. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2698 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2721 6. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 = = = = = * = 1 = 0 4.5 2679 7. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2652 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2684 8. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2665 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2639 9. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2650 = 0 = = 0 = = = * = 3.5 2604 10. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2661 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 2.5 2517 --------------------------------------------------------------------
The Women`s World Chess Championship 2006 took place in Ekaterinburg, Russia from 10th-25th March 2006. 64 player knockout. 29 year old Xu Yuhua won the final by beating Alisa Galliamova 2.5-0.5 both her wins came with black. The defending champion from 2004 Antoaneta Stefanova was eliminated in round 2.
Official site: http://www.womenchess.com
FIDE site details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=951
FIDE WCh Women KO 2006 Final ----- Galliamova, Alisa - Xu Yuhua 0-1 64 C10 French Rubinstein Xu Yuhua - Galliamova, Alisa 1/2 49 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Galliamova, Alisa - Xu Yuhua 0-1 58 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5 FIDE WCh Women KO Ekaterinburg RUS (RUS), 11-25 iii 2006 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 ------------------------------------------------------ Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2502 1 = 1 2.5 2740 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2467 0 = 0 0.5 2229 ------------------------------------------------------ Semifinal --------- Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 ½ 0 0,5 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 ½ 1 1,5 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 ½ 0 0,5 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 ½ 1 1,5 Quarterfinal ------------ Chiburdanidze,M 1.0 Cmilyte,V 3.0 Galliamova,A 2.0 Khurtsidze,N 0.0 Matveeva,S 1.5 Sebag,M 0.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Xu Yuhua 2.5 Round 3 ------- Ju Wenjun 2.0 Chiburdanidze,M 4.0 Kosteniuk,A 0.5 Cmilyte,V 1.5 Galliamova,A 2.5 Radziewicz,I 1.5 Khurtsidze,N 2.0 Hou Yifan 0.0 Vijayalakshmi,S 0.5 Matveeva,S 1.5 Sebag,M 4.0 Qin Kanying 2.0 Kovalevskaya,E 2.5 Peng Zhaoqin 1.5 Xu Yuhua 1.5 Kosintseva,T 0.5 Round 2 ------- Dzagnidze,N 1.5 Ju Wenjun 2.5 Chiburdanidze,M 1.5 Arakhamia,K 0.5 Danielian,E 0.0 Kosteniuk,A 2.0 Cmilyte,V 4.0 Ruan Lufei 2.0 Lujan,C 1.0 Galliamova,A 3.0 Stefanova,A 1.0 Radziewicz,I 3.0 Khurtsidze,N 1.5 Arribas,M 0.5 Hou Yifan 2.0 Zhukova,N 0.0 Javakhishvili,L 1.0 Vijayalakshmi,S 3.0 Zapata,K 0.5 Matveeva,S 1.5 Sebag,M 3.0 Koneru,H 1.0 Qin Kanying 2.5 Houska,Jo 1.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Kursova,M 0.5 Cramling,P 0.5 Peng Zhaoqin 1.5 Ushenina,A 0.5 Xu Yuhua 1.5 Kosintseva,T 1.5 Krush,I 0.5 Round 1 ------- Ovod,E 2.0 Dzagnidze,N 4.0 Socko,M 0.5 Ju Wenjun 1.5 Rivera,I 0.5 Chiburdanidze,M 1.5 Arakhamia,K 2.5 Zielinska,Mar 1.5 Foisor,C 1.5 Danielian,E 2.5 Kosteniuk,A 2.0 Khoudgarian,N 0.0 Pourkashiyan,A 0.5 Cmilyte,V 1.5 Mkrtchian,L 1.5 Ruan Lufei 2.5 Lujan,C 1.5 Dembo,Y 0.5 Galliamova,A 1.5 Purtseladze,M 0.5 Mezioud,A 0.5 Stefanova,A 1.5 Radziewicz,I 2.0 Kononenko,T 0.0 Wang Yu A 1.5 Khurtsidze,N 2.5 Zhu Chen 0.0 Arribas,M 2.0 Hou Yifan 1.5 Kosintseva,N 0.5 Zhukova,N 3.5 Shen Yang 2.5 Slavina,I 0.5 Javakhishvili,L 1.5 Vijayalakshmi,S 1.5 Berezina,I 0.5 Zapata,K 1.5 Lahno,Kateri 0.5 Matveeva,S 2.0 Vasilevich,I 0.0 Sebag,M 1.5 Zaiatz,E 0.5 Koneru,H 2.0 Sabure,T 0.0 Aketaeva,D 0.5 Qin Kanying 1.5 Skripchenko,A 0.5 Houska,Jo 1.5 Pina,S 0.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Zhao Xue 0.5 Kursova,M 1.5 Basta Sohair,F 0.0 Cramling,P 2.0 Paehtz,E 2.0 Peng Zhaoqin 4.0 Ushenina,A 3.0 Korbut,E 1.0 Xu Yuhua 1.5 Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet 0.5 Meenakshi,S1 0.0 Kosintseva,T 2.0 Krush,I 2.5 Amura,C 1.5
The 66th Armenian Championship, a FIDE category 11 tournament, took place March 16th-25th 2006 in Yerevan, Armenia. Artashes Minasian took clear first with 7/9 a point clear of Arman Pashikian.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 66th ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 16-25 iii 2006 cat. XI (2518) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2574 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2732 2. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2472 = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2648 3. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2646 = 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 = 5.5 2584 4. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2602 = = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2589 5. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2471 = = 1 = * 0 0 1 1 1 5.5 2603 6. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2558 0 = = = 1 * 1 0 1 0 4.5 2514 7. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2524 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 = 1 4.5 2517 8. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2531 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * = 1 3.0 2392 9. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2487 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.0 2301 10. Kalashian, David ARM 2319 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 2267 --------------------------------------------------------------------
The Trophee Universitaire took place in La Roche sur Yon 15th-24th March 2006. The category XII event saw Krishnan Sasikiran finish on 6/9 half a point clear of Christian Bauer who lost an interesting theoretical endgame to Andrei Istratescu (each side had an h-pawn and Istratescu had an extra bishop but of the wrong colour for the queening square, he managed to keep Bauer from reaching the corner to stop the pawn and pick up his opponents h-pawn). It turns out that 78...Kb4? was the blunder and that table bases say that 78...Kd4 still held.
Official site: http://www.univ-vendee.com/e-accueil.htm - Games http://www.echecs.asso.fr
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trophee Universitaire La Roche-sur-Yon FRA (FRA), 15-24 iii 2006cat. XII (2531) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 * = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2640 2. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2627 = * 1 0 1 = 1 = 0 1 5.5 2600 3. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 1 0 * 1 = 1 = 0 1 0 5.0 2576 4. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2618 = 1 0 * = = = = = 1 5.0 2564 5. Dunis, Aurelien m FRA 2534 = 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 5.0 2573 6. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2579 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2568 7. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2518 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2532 8. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2496 0 = 1 = = 0 = * 0 1 4.0 2492 9. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2464 0 1 0 = = 0 0 1 * 0 3.0 2413 10. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2292 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2337 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------l
The Mercantile Bank 32nd National Chess Championship of Bangladesh 2006, took place 10th-24th March 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Enamul Hossain took clear first on 12/13! (a 2700+ performance) a point clear of Al-Rakib Abdulla. News: Haroonor Rashid I.A. Chief Arbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32nd ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 10-24 iii 2006 cat. III (2320) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2468 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 12.0 2709 2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2477 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2603 3. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2478 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.5 2482 4. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2557 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2476 5. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2460 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 8.5 2419 6. Abu Sufian, Shakil f BAN 2278 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 0 7.5 2380 7. Hasan, Mehdi f BAN 2349 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2317 8. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2300 9. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2321 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2262 10. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2273 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 = 3.5 2148 11. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2233 = 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * = 1 0 3.5 2151 12. Hossain, Delwar BAN 2136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 3.0 2123 13. Hossain, Enayet Mohammed BAN 2110 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2085 14. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2147 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 2.5 2082 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Turkish Championship took place in Istanbul 11th-23rd March 2006. Mikhail Gurevich played and won his first Turkish Championship after moving Federations from Belgium with a score of 10.5/13. He was half a point clear of his only top 100 rival in the event Suat Atalik. Both will have lost a number of rating points.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ch-TUR Istanbul TUR (TUR), 11-23 iii 2006 cat. IV (2340) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2633 * 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 10.5 2568 2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2529 3. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2441 = = * = = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 9.0 2473 4. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2438 0 = = * 1 1 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2442 5. Can, Emre TUR 2281 = 0 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2431 6. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2345 = 0 0 0 1 * = = = 1 = 1 1 0 6.5 2339 7. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2365 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2337 8. Yagiz, Yasin Emrah TUR 2209 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 2320 9. Secer, Ata TUR 2229 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2319 10. Goksel, Doga Cihan TUR 2189 0 = = 1 0 0 = 1 = * = 0 0 1 5.5 2294 11. Kilicaslan, Hasan m TUR 2281 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 = * 0 0 1 4.0 2203 12. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2259 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * = 0 4.0 2205 13. Atalik, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * 1 4.0 2194 14. Korkmaz, Necmettin TUR 2071 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 2.5 2109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place in Bucharest 8th-20th March 2006. Andrei Murariu won the event with 8/12. Games from rounds 10-13 should become available by next week.
Official site: http://www.romanianchess.org/turnee/Memorial%20Victor%20Ciocaltea.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest ROM (ROM), 8-20 iii 2006 cat. VIII (2447) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2461 * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2513 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 3. Badea, Bela g ROM 2492 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 4. Sanduleac, Vasile m MDA 2473 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8 5. Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin f ROM 2400 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 7 6. Pap, Misa m SCG 2402 1 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 7. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2545 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 6½ 8. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor f ROM 2416 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 6 9. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2499 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5 10. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2463 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4 11. Ionescu, Mihai m ROM 2389 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 3½ 12. Lemmers, Oscar m NED 2425 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 3½ 13. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROM 2339 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 2½ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The third round of the Dutch Championship semi-finals took place March 25th-26th March 2006.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/hf/
Round 3 (March 25-26, 2006) L'Ami, Erwin * - De Jong, Jan Willem 1/2 1-0 Rothuis, Vincent - * Smeets, Jan 1-0 0-1 1/2 0-1 Van der Wiel, John * - Leenhouts, Koen 1-0 1/2 Ernst, Sipke - * Visser, Yge 0-1 0-1 Dutch Championship Hilversum 16th June - 2nd July 2006 1 Loek van Wely GM ch-NED 1st 2005 2 Daniel Stellwagen GM ch-NED 2nd 2005 3 Sergei Tiviakov GM ch-NED 3rd 2005 4 Friso Nijboer GM ch-NED 4th 2005 5 Jeroen Bosch IM Best Dutch player Open NK 2005 6 John van der Wiel GM Halve Finale 7 Yge Visser IM Halve Finale 8 Erwin l'Ami GM Halve Finale 9 Jan Smeets GM Halve Finale 10 Rating list to be decided 11 Wild card 12 Wild card
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 24th September 2005 - 23rd April 2006. After eight rounds HSG (Loek van Wely, Predrag Nikolic, Yasser Seirawa, Friso Nijboer, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Smeets, Erwin l' Ami, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Ian Rogers etc ) lead by a point from their only serious rivals U-Boat Worx (Ivan Sokolov, Michael Adams, Jan Timman, Laurent Fressinet, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Chuchelov, Mikhail Gurevich etc) by a point with a round to go. They met on March 25th in round 8 and drew 5-5. Although the final standings are established by a playoff amongst the top four teams at the end of the season. Games not yet available.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/
Ronde 8 - 25th March 2006 Hotels.nl - Post jr/ESGOO 6 - 4 Homburg Apeldoorn - Stukkenjagers 8 - 1 * SO Rotterdam - LSG 6 - 4 U-Boat Worx - HSG 5 - 5 HMC Calder - HWP Sas van Gent 7 - 3 Pl Meesterklasse Mp Bp 1. HSG 15 57 2. U-Boat Worx 14 53 3. Hotels.nl 10 45 4. SO Rotterdam 10 43 5. LSG 9 38 6. Post jr/ESGOO 8 37 7. HMC Calder 6 39 8. Homburg Apeldoorn 6 37 9. HWP Sas van Gent 2 29 10. Stukkenjagers 0 21
The Georgian Under-16 Championships for boys and girls took place 15th-24th March 2006. Davit Lomsadze edged out Luka Paichadze and Levan Bregadze on tie-break after they all finished on 7/9. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.
Final Round 9 Standings: Boys Under-16 Championship 1) 3 GEO 2219 F Lomsadze, Davit 7 37 bwbwbwbbw 2) 4 GEO 2171 F Paichadze, Luka 7 36 wbwbwbwwb 3) 2 GEO 2249 F Bregadze, Levan 7 35 wbwbwbwbw 4) 13 GEO 2061 F Sichinava, Davit 6.5 33.5 bwbwbwbbb 5) 9 GEO 2125 F Latsabidze, Giorgi 6.5 33 bwbwbwbwb 6) 1 GEO FM 2263 F Benidze, Davit 6.5 32.5 bwbwbwbwb 7) 5 GEO 2167 F Maisuradze, Gega 6 32 bwbwbwbwb 8) 7 GEO 2129 F Javakhadze, Zurab 6 31 bwbwbwbwb 9) 22 GEO 1990 F Nikolashvili, Giorgi N 6 31 wbwbwbwbb 10) 21 GEO 1997 F Janiashvili, Irakli 6 30 bwbwbwbww 11) 8 GEO 2128 F Tskitishvili, Alexandre 6 27.5 wbwbwbwbw 12) 6 GEO 2161 F Patsia, Zviad 5.5 31.5 wbwbwbwbw 13) 12 GEO 2066 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 5.5 31 wbwbwbwbw 14) 23 GEO 1974 F Gojiashvili, Giorgi 5.5 30.5 bwbwwbwbb 15) 19 GEO 2010 F Tugushi, Ioseb 5.5 29.5 bwbwbwbww 16) 11 GEO 2079 F Gugulashvili, Tamaz 5.5 29 bwbbwwbwb 17) 10 GEO WFM 2121 F Paikidze, Nazi 5.5 26 wbwbwbwbw 18) 20 GEO 2001 F Lagiashvili, Elguja 5.5 24 wbwbwbwbw 19) 45 GEO Kerashvili, Giorgi 5.5 22 bbwwbbwwb 20) 16 GEO 2037 F Davarashvili, Nodar 5 33 wbwbwbwbw 21) 17 GEO 2020 F Khazhalia, Simon 5 29.5 bwbwbwbwb 22) 14 GEO 2052 F Kvaratskhelia, Dimitri 5 27 wbwbwbwwb 23) 29 GEO 1896eF Chikovani, Tsotne 5 26.5 bwbwwbwbw 24) 18 GEO 2014 F Beraia, Levan 5 26 wbwbwbwbw 25) 15 GEO 2046 F Lortkipanidze, Nodar 5 23.5 bwbwbwbwb 26) 26 GEO 1931 F Tsirekidze, Giorgi 5 23 wbwbwbwwb 63 players Girls Under-16 Championship -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) 6 GEO 2026 F Khazhomia, Salome 7.5 40 wbwbwbwbw 2) 3 GEO WFM 2103 F Arabidze, Meri 6.5 35 bwbwbwwbw 3) 7 GEO 2002 F Khutsidze, Sopo 6.5 33.5 bwbwwbbww 4) 12 GEO 1954 F Siradze, Salome 6.5 29 wbwbwbwbb 5) 1 GEO WFM 2142 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 6 33.5 bwbwbwbwb 6) 5 GEO 2037 F Zhorzholiani, Meri 6 30 bwbwbwbwb 7) 10 GEO 1966 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 5.5 28 wbwbwbbwb 8) 9 GEO 1985 F Beridze, Tinatin 5.5 27.5 bwbwbwwbw 9) 8 GEO 1996 F Ugulava, Lela 5.5 25 wbwbwbwwb 10) 24 GEO Kekelidze, Nino 5.5 24 bwbwbwbbw 11) 4 GEO 2071 F Bokuchava, Madona 5 30 wbwbwbwbw 12) 2 GEO 2108 F Tsatsalashvili, Keti 5 29.5 wbwbwbwwb 13) 18 GEO 1865 F Makhatadze, Nazi 5 28 bbwwbwbbw 14) 27 GEO Macharashvili, Tekla 5 25.5 wbwbwwbbw 15) 29 GEO Rizhamadze, Patman 5 24 wbwbwbbwb 33 players
Vyacheslav Dydyshko won the top-league of the Byelorussian championship which took place 4th-16th March 2006 in Minsk ahead of Alexei Fedorov and Andrei Zhigalko.
Coverage: http://bychess.info/tourn/liga06/men.html or http://www.chess.by/HLiga06/MLiga-72.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ch-BLR Minsk BLR (BLR), 4-16 iii 2006 cat. X (2479) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2547 * = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2684 2. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2608 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9.5 2643 3. Zhigalko, Andrey m BLR 2505 = = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 8.5 2586 4. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2492 = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 7.5 2534 5. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2538 0 1 0 = * = = 1 = 0 = = 1 1 7.0 2503 6. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2491 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2506 7. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2490 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 = 0 6.0 2448 8. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2496 = 0 = 0 0 = = * = 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2448 9. Smirnov, Valerij m BLR 2403 = 0 = = = = 0 = * = = = = = 5.5 2427 10. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2408 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = * = = = 1 5.5 2427 11. Teterev, Vitaly BLR 2507 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = = 1 5.5 2419 12. Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2487 0 0 1 = = = 0 0 = = = * 1 0 5.0 2390 13. Novitzkij, Dmitrij m BLR 2373 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 1 4.5 2376 14. Maljush, Andrej BLR 2355 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 3.5 2313 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Lithuanian Championship took place 18th-26th March 2006 in Vilnius. Vidmantas Malisauskas won the event with 7.5/11.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.lt
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ch-LTU Vilnius LTU (LTU), 18-26 iii 2006 cat. V (2366) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Malisauskas, Vidmantas g LTU 2503 * = 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2486 2. Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2392 = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2465 3. Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2489 1 = * 1 = = 0 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2419 4. Savickas, Airidas LTU 2320 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2435 5. Sakalauskas, Vaidas m LTU 2464 = 1 = = * 0 1 = = = 1 0 6.0 2393 6. Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2337 0 = = 1 1 * = 0 0 1 = 1 6.0 2404 7. Narmontas, Matas LTU 2212 = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 1 1 = = 5.5 2379 8. Piesina, Gintautas m LTU 2358 0 0 1 0 = 1 1 * 0 = 1 = 5.5 2366 9. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2453 = 0 = = = 1 0 1 * 0 0 1 5.0 2322 10. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2309 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2269 11. Vaznonis, Vytautas LTU 2193 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * = 3.5 2248 12. Dambrauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2361 0 = 0 0 1 0 = = 0 0 = * 3.0 2191 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 22nd Bad Wörishofen Chess Festival took place 17th-25th March 2006. Vyacheslav Ikonnikov took first on tie-break from Vladimir Burmakin. On a small technical issue Wolfgang Mueller is probably FIDE rated but the rating given doesn't match either of the one's in the FIDE list. Final two round games not yet available.
Official site: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/woerishofen2006/index.html
------------------------------------------------------------ Open Bad Woerishofen GER (GER), 17-25 iii 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2580 7.5 54.50 459.00 2. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2519 7.5 54.50 447.00 3. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2528 7.0 55.00 450.50 4. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2396 7.0 54.00 447.50 5. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2595 7.0 53.00 446.50 6. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2493 7.0 51.50 435.50 7. Saravanan, V1 m IND 2329 7.0 49.50 436.00 8. Rau, Hannes m GER 2425 6.5 53.50 436.50 9. Stark, Lars f GER 2366 6.5 53.50 435.50 10. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2451 6.5 53.50 421.50 11. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2517 6.5 52.50 434.50 12. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2429 6.5 52.00 424.50 13. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2400 6.5 51.50 432.00 14. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2400 6.5 51.00 423.00 15. Dittmar, Peter f GER 2334 6.5 50.00 430.50 16. Lupor, Andre GER 2284 6.5 50.00 423.50 17. Heika, Martin GER 2357 6.5 48.50 431.00 18. Heinig, Wolfram f GER 2338 6.5 48.00 416.50 19. Pirrot, Dieter m GER 2408 6.5 47.00 409.50 221 players
The Torre ENTEL PCS tournament takes place in Santiago, Chile 22nd-29th March 2006. The computer program Rybka (http://www.rybkachess.com/) competes although it won't count in the official final standings.
Official site: http://ajedrez.123.cl/index.php
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Torre ENTEL PCS Santiago CHI (CHI), 22-29 iii 2006 cat. VII (2419) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. RYBKA ---- * = . . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 5.5 2888 2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2575 = * . . 1 = . 1 . 1 . 4.0 2589 3. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2440 . . * 0 . . 1 1 1 . 1 4.0 2650 4. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2607 . . 1 * . = = . = . 1 3.5 2599 5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2631 0 0 . . * 1 . . . 1 1 3.0 2450 6. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2574 0 = . = 0 * 1 1 . . . 3.0 2407 7. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2423 . . 0 = . 0 * . 1 0 = 2.0 2336 8. Alvarez Nunez, Julian CHI 2208 . 0 0 . . 0 . * 0 1 1 2.0 2330 9. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2405 0 . 0 = . . 0 1 * . . 1.5 2186 10. Flores Rios, Mauricio f CHI 2332 0 0 . . 0 . 1 0 . * . 1.0 2127 11. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2409 0 . 0 0 0 . = 0 . . * 0.5 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 22nd Spring Festival Open takes place in Budapest 23rd-31st March 2006.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
Leading Round 4 Standings: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22nd Spring Festival Open Budapest HUN (HUN), 23-31 iii 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Nguyen Huynh Minh H f VIE 2217 4.0 7.0 7.00 10.0 2217 2827 +1.32 2. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2443 3.5 8.5 7.25 8.0 2443 2462 +0.07 3. Hess, Christian1 f GER 2320 3.5 8.0 7.25 8.0 2320 2444 +0.42 4. Duong The Anh f VIE 2287 3.5 11.0 9.25 9.5 2287 2494 +0.82 5. Szell, Lajos f HUN 2198 3.5 10.0 8.25 9.5 2198 2496 +1.30 6. Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2396 3.0 10.0 6.50 8.0 2396 2346 -0.20 7. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2374 3.0 9.5 5.75 7.5 2374 2308 -0.25 8. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2312 3.0 8.5 6.00 8.0 2312 2342 +0.12 9. Leviczki, Tibor f HUN 2311 3.0 9.5 6.75 7.5 2311 2326 +0.08 10. Mitscherling, Andreas f GER 2247 3.0 9.5 6.50 8.0 2247 2315 +0.32 11. Szamoskozi, Gabor HUN 2245 3.0 9.0 6.25 8.0 2245 2355 +0.56 12. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2213 3.0 7.5 5.00 8.0 2213 2307 +0.44 13. Kis, Bela HUN 2199 3.0 8.0 4.50 8.0 2199 2091 -0.30 14. Pineau, Jacques USA 2168 3.0 10.5 6.50 9.0 2168 2373 +0.83 15. Mizsei, Janos HUN 2157 3.0 6.0 4.50 6.5 2157 2209 +0.12 16. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2145 3.0 8.0 5.00 7.5 2145 2339 +0.80 17. Sondermann, Johannes GER 2144 3.0 6.0 3.00 7.0 2144 2204 +0.16 77 players
The Czech Team Championship took place 15th October 2005 - 26th March 2006. Bauset Pardubice took first place (GM Movsesian, GM Stohl, IM Laznicka, GM Kovalev, GM Votava, IM Bernasek, IM Heberla, Petr) a point clear of Lokomotiva Brno A. News: Jakub Fuksik.
Internet coverage: http://extraliga.chess.cz
Final table: 1. Bauset Pardubice 11 9 2 0 57.0 29 2. Lokomotiva Brno A 11 9 1 1 58.5 28 3. SK SK Zlin 11 7 0 4 51.0 21 4. SK Mahrla Praha 11 6 2 3 49.0 20 5. Labortech Ostrava 11 6 1 4 48.0 19 6. A64 Hagemann Opava 11 6 1 4 48.0 19 7. Sokol Plzen Ingem 11 6 1 4 45.5 19 8. SK Sokol Vysehrad 11 5 1 5 42.5 16 9. TJ Zikuda Turnov 11 3 1 7 40.5 10 10. TZ Trinec 11 3 0 8 38.0 9 11. Lokomotiva Brno B 11 1 0 10 29.0 3 12. TJ Pankrac 11 0 0 11 21.0 0
The 7th Open International Chess Championship of Montenegro (Sozina 2006) took place in the port of Bar, 18th-26th March 2006.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/2006/sozina06/sozina06tabela.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------ Sozina Open Bar SCG (SCG), 18-26 iii 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Vuckovic, Bojan g SCG 2506 7 42 53½ 40,25 5 2. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2507 7 39½ 50½ 38,75 5 3. Lajthajm, Borko f SCG 2464 6½ 43 54½ 37,50 5 4. Arsovic, Zoran m SCG 2417 6½ 40 51 34,50 5 5. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2466 6½ 39 46 33,50 5 6. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2489 6½ 38½ 49½ 35,00 4 7. Arsovic, Goran m SCG 2450 6½ 37½ 48½ 33,00 5 8. Pavlovic, Milos f SCG 2426 6½ 37½ 48 33,50 5 9. Miladinovic, Igor g SCG 2607 6½ 37 44½ 32,25 4 10. Mehmeti, Dritan ALB 2378 6½ 35½ 42½ 31,00 4 11. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2409 6 40 50½ 31,25 5 12. Krivokapic, Marko SCG 2352 6 35½ 46 27,75 4 13. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2466 6 35½ 45½ 30,00 3 14. Antic, Dejan g SCG 2505 6 35½ 45½ 28,75 5 15. Kontic, Djordjije m SCG 2355 6 34½ 45 28,00 5 16. Badev, Kiril BUL 2319 6 33½ 43 24,50 6 17. Nestorovic, Dejan m SCG 2399 6 31½ 39½ 27,00 5 18. Kizov, Atanas m MKD 2427 6 30½ 36½ 26,50 3 100 player
The traditional Beer-Sheva was held in a 3 days rapid format (25 minutes + 10 seconds increment) March 19th-21st 2006.
Final standings: 1.-2. GM A. Khuzman & GM B. Avrukh 8/11 ; 3. GM V. Golod 7 4. GM M. Roiz 6.5 5.-6. GM V. Korchnoi & GM A. Greenfeld 6 7.-8. IM I. Khmelniker & GM Ma. Tseitlin 5 9. GM S. Dvoiris 4.5 10. IM A. Vydeslaver 4 11. IM S. Umarov 3.5 12. IM M. Klenburg 2.5 Korchnoi started the tournament with 3 consecutive defeats however did not lose a single game afterwards.News: Yochanan Afek.
Sadly no games were recorded.
Frascati, a nice little town near Roma is holding its 2nd International Chess Week. There is a fide round robin tournament with Romanishin, Sergey Kasparov, Godena, etc. Sunday 26th March saw the Italian Rapid championship. On March 29th the tournament to choose the last players for the Italian Olympic teams (male and female) will start. On March 31st and April 1st, simul exhibitions by A. Karpov and A. Kosteniuk will take place. The end of the event is on April 2nd. News: Adolivio Capece.
Official site: http://www.frascatiscacchi.it
-------------------------------------------------------------------- It Frascati ITA (ITA), 24 iii-2 iv 2006 cat. IX (2474) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2491 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0 2. Godena, Michele g ITA 2505 . * . = . . 1 . . . 1.5 2746 3. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 . . * = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2706 4. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2615 . = = * . . . . . . 1.0 2551 5. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2409 . . . . * = . = . . 1.0 2461 6. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2552 . . . . = * . . = . 1.0 2410 7. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2491 . 0 . . . . * . . 1 1.0 2403 8. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2370 0 . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2257 9. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2411 . . 0 . . = . . * . 0.5 2381 10. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2301 0 . . . . . 0 . . * 0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------
First Division. The last round will certainly be a thriller in Gent where Jean Jaurès meets CRELEL who is only one point ahead. CE Namur needs a good score against the strong SK Rochade to avoid relagation. News: Valery Maes.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Round 10 results: 12th March 2006 1. Borgerhout - SK Rochade 1½- 6½ 2. KBSK - Eynatten 1 2½- 5½ 3. CRELEL - Eynatten 2 2½- 5½ 4. KGSRL - SK Deurne 3½- 4½ 5. CE Namur - Boey Temse 3 - 5 6. Jean Jaurès - KGSRL 3½- 4½ Standings after round 10: 1. Eynatten 1 57½ 2. SK Rochade 51½ 3. CREC 47 4. KBSK 41½ 5. KGSRL 40½ 6. Eynatten 2 39½ 7. Boey Temse 37 8. Borgerhout 36 9. CE Namur 33½ 10. CRELEL 33½ 11. Jean Jaurès 32½ 12. SK Deurne 30
(Internet Chess Club (ICC), 17th-25th March, 2006) IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona)
Last year it was German GM Daniel Fridman who won the tournament, whereas this year the winner of the seventh edition of the Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", which was held from March 17th to 25th on the Internet Chess Club (ICC), was another German GM, Fabian Doettling, who has an International Rating of 2542 points. Although he lost 4-2 in the final against Chinese GM Ni Hua, this player was disqualified after the event had finished.
More than 2000 players from all over the world registered for the event. 23GM's, 11 of them with more than 2600, made it to the final, with the special participation of legends such as Gata Kamsky, or young elite players like Nakamura or Carlsen.
Doettling won the 1800 euros first prize, and Baadur Jobava, another young Georgian GM, who recently won the Aeroflot Open, finished second.
Time rate: 4 minutes + 1 second per move.
Complete classifications, games in PGN format, and other interesting information can be found at the official Dos Hermanas website http://www.doshermanas.net
VII Internet Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" March 17-25, 2006: Results
Final standings:
1º Fabian Doettling (GM) Germany
2º Baadur Jobava (GM) Georgia
3º/4º Bu Xiangzhi (GM) China, Tigran L. Petrosian (GM) Armenia
5º/8º Boris Savchenko (MI) Russia, Surya Sekhar Ganguly (GM) India, Magnus Carlsen (GM) Norway, Sergei Movsesian (GM) Czech Republic
9º/16º Gata Kamsky (GM) USA, Goran Todorovic (GM) Serbia, Tamaz Gelashvili (GM) Georgia, Hikaru Nakamura (GM) USA, Eljanov Pavel (GM) Ukraine, Pawel Jaracz (GM) Poland , Zviad Izoria (GM) Georgia, Zhang Pengxiang (GM ) China
KO table Seed Handle Title Real name Country Qual FIDE 1 Talion GM Gata Kamsky USA 10.5S21B 2686 2 Petrushka18 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR WinnerS17B 2655 3 DJShrek GM Zviad Izoria GEO 10.0S22B 2652 4 bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 10.0S21A 2645 5 Smallville GM Hikaru Nakamura USA WinnerS18B 2644 6 zpx GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 10.0S22B 2638 7 chaozz GM Sergei Movsesian CZE WinnerS22A 2632 8 Magnus GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 10.0S18A 2625 9 Inch GM Ivan Cheparinov ESP 10.0S20A 2625 10 norival GM Ni Hua CHN 10.5S21A 2614 11 Oligarkh GM Baadur Jobava ESP 10.0S20A 2614 12 sunshine GM Surya Sekhar IND WinnerS21B 2579 Ganguly 13 Gela GM Tamaz Gelashvili GEO 10.0S22A 2577 14 B-Savchenko IM Boris Savchenko RUS WinnerS22B 2569 15 TINTIRITO GM Petrosian Tigran ARM WinnerS20A 2558 L. 16 FabsiD GM Fabian Doettling DEU WinnerS21A 2542 17 Dlugy GM Max Dlugy USA WinnerS20B 2531 18 Shadeath IM Andrey Deviatkin RUS 10.0S17B 2528 19 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov AZE WinnerS19A 2525 20 Sheki GM Jamil Agamaliev AZE WinnerS17A 2507 21 vigleik GM Kjetil Aleksander NOR 10.0S18A 2493 Lie 22 pelaohh IM Herminio Herraiz ESP 10.0S19A 2492 Hidalgo 23 scodaoctavia GM Pawel Jaracz POL 10.0S21B 2486 24 gorato GM Goran Todorovic SCG WinnerS18A 2480 25 jm-2460IM IM Alfredo Giaccio ARG 10.0S20B 2470 26 LeonHoyos IM Manuel León Hoyos MEX 10.0S19B 2428 27 Bogoss IM Abergel FRA 10.0S22A 2426 28 INDIAN-ELEPHANT IM Rajaram Laxman IND 10.5S19A 2418 29 olimpus FM Axel Bachmann PRY WinnerS19B 2414 30 Mamey IM Luis Manuel Perez CUB 10.5S18B 2414 Rodriguez 31 Imperator15 IM Yuri Vovk UKR 10.0S17A 2414 32 Panaman FM Luis Esquivel ESP 10.0S18B 2212
www.playchess.com is holding the annual PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament (advanced chess) on 18th-19th March (main tourney) and 8th-9th April (final).
The first leg of the second PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament, which carries a prize fund of $16,000, was won by an unknown player with the Playchess handle Vvarkey. He scored 7.5 points from 8 games (before the last round his score was 7/7).
Behind Vvarkey were six players with six points each. So all seven automatically qualified for the final round, which will be played out on April 8th and 9th, 2006. Amongst the qualified programs is Hydra, the multi-processor hardware system developed in the United Arab Emirates. Its handle is Zor_Champ. Rajlich,Rybka, which is the Rybka program run by its author Vas Rajlich, qualified, as did Correspondence Chess GM Arno Nickel, playing under the name Ciron.
The details: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2950
Prizefund: The winner of the finals gets the first prize of US $8,000 and the title of "Second PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Champion". The runner-up gets $4,000, the third place gets $2,000. There will be special software prizes totalling US $1,000 for the places 4-8
The Bunratty Chess Festival took place 17th-19th February 2006. There was a five way tie for first place on 4.5/6 with Simon Williams winning a playoff. There was a rare outing for John Nunn. Yuri Rochev is possibly FIDE rated Russian player Iouri Rotchev but I don't have any confirmation of that.
Official site: http://members.aol.com/bunrattychess/
Next year's Bunratty 2007 takes place February 23rd-25th 2007.
Table derived from the games. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masters Bunratty IRL (IRL), 17-19 iii 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Williams, Simon m ENG 2452 +21 +12 - 3 + 5 + 9 = 4 4.5 2549 2. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2539 +16 +13 +17 = 6 = 4 = 3 4.5 2479 3. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2511 +29 +19 + 1 - 4 + 6 = 2 4.5 2578 4. Hanley, Craig m ENG 2402 +30 =18 +26 + 3 = 2 = 1 4.5 2490 5. Collins, Sam E IRL m IRL 2409 +24 = 8 +32 - 1 +10 +12 4.5 2388 6. Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2617 +22 +14 + 9 = 2 - 3 = 7 4.0 2463 7. Rochev,Yuri ---- +35 -17 +20 = 8 +19 = 6 4.0 2355 8. Hanley, James L ENG 2108 +15 = 5 =18 = 7 =13 = 9 3.5 2265 9. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2418 +28 +11 - 6 +17 - 1 = 8 3.5 2332 10. McPhillips, Karl IRL 2210 -17 +35 +15 +18 - 5 =13 3.5 2212 11. Van Voorthuijsen, Peewee f NED 2265 +27 - 9 =14 =25 +20 =15 3.5 2300 12. Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2293 +25 - 1 =22 +29 +14 - 5 3.5 2294 13. Lopez,Alex ---- +33 - 2 =25 +22 = 8 =10 3.5 2237 14. Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2365 +34 - 6 =11 +28 -12 +18 3.5 2276 15. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2426 - 8 +24 -10 +27 +26 =11 3.5 2214 16. Jeffares, Simon IRL 2081 - 2 =33 +31 -19 +32 +26 3.5 2253 17. Mendelson, Andrew RSA 2108 +10 + 7 - 2 - 9 =22 =19 3.0 2278 18. White,John ---- +20 = 4 = 8 -10 +25 -14 3.0 2223 19. Cooper, Lawrence m ENG 2303 +23 - 3 =28 +16 - 7 =17 3.0 2132 20. Grant, Jonathan SCO 2254 -18 +30 - 7 +23 -11 +28 3.0 2059 21. Keogh, Eamon IRL 2108 - 1 -25 =35 +34 =23 +29 3.0 2077 22. Van Dijk, Bram NED 2200 - 6 +34 =12 -13 =17 =23 2.5 2116 23. Quinn, Rory IRL 1989 -19 =29 +33 -20 =21 =22 2.5 2091 24. Cafolla, Peter IRL 2080 - 5 -15 -34 =30 +35 +31 2.5 2086 25. Harnett,Robert ---- -12 +21 =13 =11 -18 . 2.0 2061 26. Short, Philip M f IRL 2284 . +31 - 4 +32 -15 -16 2.0 2115 27. Kane,Robert ---- -11 -28 +30 -15 +36 . 2.0 2087 28. Fox, Anthony IRL 2104 - 9 +27 =19 -14 =29 -20 2.0 2098 29. O'Shea,Kevin ---- - 3 =23 +36 -12 =28 -21 2.0 2042 30. O'Driscoll,Kieran ---- - 4 -20 -27 =24 +33 =32 2.0 2006 31. Normoyle,Liam ---- =36 -26 -16 =35 +34 -24 2.0 1953 32. Healy, Tom IRL 2028 . +36 - 5 -26 -16 =30 1.5 2005 33. Connolly, Suzanne IRL 2027 -13 =16 -23 =36 -30 =34 1.5 1824 34. Galligan, Brian IRL 2035 -14 -22 +24 -21 -31 =33 1.5 1937 35. Murray, David IRL 1990 - 7 -10 =21 =31 -24 =36 1.5 1873 36. O'Leary, Matt ---- =31 -32 -29 =33 -27 =35 1.5 1814 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Playoffs: Collins eliminated on tiebreak; Williams beat Speelman in semi-final; Baburin beat Hanley in semi-final. # Winner: Williams beat Baburin in final
Topalov vs Nisipeanu match will take place between April 6 and 9. There will be 4 games, each game will start at 13.30 CET. Time control is 40 moves / 2hours then 20 moves / 1 hour then 15 min and 30sec/move for the rest of the game.
Live coverage on http://www.chess-romania.ro
Galati Chess Open 26th of April to 3rd of May. The open is part of Romanian Ches Grand Prix 2006. 9 rounds. At least 7000 Euro in cash prizes. GMs please ask for conditions. Contact info: Doru Ionescu contact@chess-romania.ro, +40 742 064 336. Website http://www.chess-romania.ro.
Jonathan Speelman is playing a charity chess simultaneous for the Seafarers UK on Saturday April 22nd. 2006. The venue will be HMS BELFAST, a floating museum on the Thames moored opposite the Tower of London. Registration for the event will begin from 12 noon for a 1pm start. All chess enthusiasts, including club players, are invited to join in. Players are asked to donate £25. They should contact Hugh Breidenbach on 07808 067049 or wafu@orange.net for a reference number, and can then pay online using the fundraising webpage http://www.justgiving.com/bridey
Only 40 places are available. The event will take 3-4 hours. Tea and coffee will be served from the cash bar in the playing This will benefit SEAFARERS UK, supporting survivors of accidents in the fishing fleet, which suffers 10 lost vessels and 2 fatalities each month, and also those invalided out of the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy/Royal Marines who would be disadvantaged or homeless without their help.
These details can also be found on the English Chess Federation website http://www.englishchess.org.uk/ (Directly to the document download at: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/national/2006/seafareres-uk-simul_feb06.doc)
Seafarers UK is also known as King George?s Fund for Sailors, registered charity number 226446. You can find out more about them at http://www.kgfs.org.uk
The 4th Solingen chess weeks will be held in Solingen (Germany) June 10th- June 18th. Festival consists of Blitz tournament (June 10th, 22 games (11 rounds with 2 games));
Rapid Tournament (9 rounds, 20 min/game) will take place June 11th.
Main tournaments are two Open from June 15th to 18th; 7 rounds Swiss system 2h/40+ 1h/ Rest; A-tournament is open for all players and Elo-rated. Top prizes 800/500/400 euros
B-tournament is open for all players with a rating below 2000; top prizes 300/200/150 euros
Further information: Andreas Peschel: 0175-5912407; peschel@schachgesellschaft.de
Tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
CZECH OPEN 2006 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games European Amateurs Championship in Chess Pardubice 13th-30th July 2006, Czech Republic
2nd WORLD SCHOOL CHESS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Tournaments for school chess teams in categories U12, U14, U16 Pardubice, July 12th-20th, 2006
6th ZNOJMO OPEN (the Dukla hotel and Monastery of Louka) 13th-21st May 2006 .
9th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel) 2nd-10th August 2006.
3rd HIGHLANDS OPEN (Havlickuv Brod, the Slunce hotel) 23rd September - 1st October 2006.
7th LIBEREC OPEN (the Liberec hotel) 11th-18th November 2006.
6th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) 11th-18th January 2007.
6th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Evropa hotel) 19th-27th January 2007.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net or Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz
In addition there is the 27th Tournament of Chess Hopes and 17th Pobeskydi Tournament organised by the town of Frydek-Mistek 13th-17th April 2006.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
New updates to the Computer chess calendar with the latest official computer chess tournaments and an updated PGN database. The latest events added:
01. CCT-8 2006, Rybka won 02. IPCCC 2005, Rybka won 03. Dutch-open 2005, Zappa won 04. WCCC, Zappa won 05. Australasian NCC-ch 2005, Bodo won 06. Polish-ch, Gosu won
Next events are: 06th International CSVN Tournament Leiden, 2006-05-05 up to 2006-05-07 14th WCCC Torino, 2006-05-25 up to 2006-06-01 Please note: The information are now again available under the older domain: http://www.amateurschach.de (selection: CC-Calendar).
The *.pgn database with official computer chess tournaments have now 8.673 games and 726 games from older tournaments (time before 1990).
The Esbjerg Chess Union organises the 21st North Sea Cup July 8th-15th 2006.
Further information and registration: Jens Nielsen, Storegade 66, 6700 Esbjerg, (+45)75123975, e-mail: Jerneif@get2net.dk. Registration not later than Sunday July 2nd.
Further details: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2006/2index.htm
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi takes place 13th March - 17th April 2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments. Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
Details: http://www.chessfm.cz/
The Memorial Pius Brinzeu Open takes place in Timisoara, 18th-26th March 2006.
Official site: http://ajsahtimis.ro/
Listed players: 1. Nevednichy Vladislav GM ROM 2581 1969 2. Malaniuk Vladimyr GM UKR 2532 1957 3. Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2494 1974 4. Bogdan Dan IM ROM 2441 1972 5. Berescu Alin IM ROM 2433 1980 6. Grunberg Mihai IM ROM 2416 1976 7. Grecescu Gabriel CM ROM 2386 1986 8. Colin Vincent IM FRA 2374 1980 9. Bylino Oleg FM UKR 2316 1939 10. Bach Adrian FM ROM 2287 1961 11. Dragomirescu Calin FM ROM 2259 1963 12. Dragomirescu Angela WIM ROM 2255 1973 13. Petrisor Adrian ROM 2078 1992 14. Dragomirescu Robin ROM 2066 1993 15. Craciun Paula ROM 2014 1989 16. Chirita Marius ROM 1987 1982 17. Miu Paul Vlad ROM 1986 1993 18. Clitan Zaharia ROM 1973 1987 19. Lolici Iselin ROM 1945 1993
The 30th Blackpool Chess Conference took place 10th-12th March 2006. Open results Results from the 30th Blackpool Chess Conference, 10-12 March 2006, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England 1st= on 4.5/5 GM Mark Hebden & John Merriman £550 each 3rd Lawrence Trent 4/5 £200
Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/
1. 23rd- 31st of March 22nd Budapest SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open org.: NL.
2. 1st-14th of April, 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/..
3. 15th-23rd of April Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from Budapest.
4. 6th - 18th of May, Budapest, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, org.NL.
5.. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt, org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu
6. 19th-27th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Info: IM Horvath, Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu website: www.csutisk.hu
7. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ - IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.
8.. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, 130 km West from Budapest, org. IM RIGO, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu Website: www.lellechess.tar.hu
9.. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Bp. Org.NL,
10. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
11.. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
13. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM closed, Org: NL.
14. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org. Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net
15. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy László
16. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.
17. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.
18. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu
19. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.
The Open Tournament Semi-finals of the Argentine Championship take place 4th-19th March, 2006 Merlo, Buenos Aires ARG Swiss Open, 7 rounds.
Coverage: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar
The CE Martigny 12 hour Blitz takes place Saturday 15th April 2006. Venue: 5 minutes per player per game, 40 games
Further details: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/ or Pierre Perruchoud Rue des Marronniers 4 1920 Martigny Tél . 079 / 287 51 57 e-mail : pierre.perruchoud@mycable.ch
The 6th International Chess Festival Znojmo Open 2006 takes place 13th-21st May 2006 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic). Among others European Women Rapid Chess Championship (the prize fund 5 000 EUR), FIDE open, The Znojmo Little Queen and Open Championship of the Southmoravian chess federation in active chess will be a part of the festival.
Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Website for the Czech Tour: http://www.czechopen.net
For German Readers The excellent series "How good is your chess", written by the english Grandmaster Daniel King, appears also in the german language as "Test & Training". You can download a free sample in the section "Training" at http://www.schach-magazin.de
Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the Germans Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall. It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday 03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
The Mtel Masters takes place in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st (closing) May 2006. Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Website: http://www.mtelmasters06.com/
The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes place 21st-30th July 2006. Events: A Main tournament, B tournament, rapid-transit ( ,, Blitz ,, ) tournament, rapid-transit tournament, childrens rapid-transit tournament, womens rapid-transit tournament
Information, registration for tournaments and private accommodation bookings at Seles Ambrus, 27 Fruskogorska street, 24400 Senta Serbia-Montenegro . Telephone number : +381-24-813-251 or mob. +381-63-8-754-713, E-mail : kajari@sksyu.net , szelescs@sabotronic.co.yu, novaklaslo@ptt.yu, brindzai@stcable.co.yu.
Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/
The Copenhagen Chess Festival, including the Politiken Cup will take place 22nd-30th July 2006. Nigel Short has already agreed to participate.
Further details: http://www.politikencup.dk/
The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament takes place 8-13 July 2006.
Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
The 1st RC Sport Open takes place 29th April - 6th May 2006 in Ústí nad Orlicí (Czech republic).
Further details: http://sachy.rcsport.info
The Brno Chess Festival takes place in the Czech Republic, 30th June - 9th July 2006.
Events: A. Grandmasters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 SKANSKA BRNO 2006 B. 2 masters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 DS BRNO 2006 and ZS BRNO 2006 C. Open tournament FIDE 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK FIDE D. Open tournament national 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK national E. Open blitz tournament 8.7.2006 Memorial Vaclav Felix F. Simultaneous games 5.7.2006
Further details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm
The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place in 5th-13th August 2006 in Dogubeyazit, Agri Turkey.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr
The Official web site for the Andrew Martin Chess Academy goes live on Wednesday, March 1st featuring A Game Annotation Service A personal on-line tuition and coaching service A regular newsletter A Series of (real OTB) tournaments for Children under 14 years.
Official site: http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/ (http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/main.php)
There is a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August 5th-13th 2006 with a special event on August 4. The players will consist of 5 women vs. 5 men and women with ELO > 2460 are welcome to contact Soren Sogaard (soren@seagaard.dk) for further information. There will also be an IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men).
The XIX edition of the Ciudad de León chess tournament takes place 8th-12th June 2006 at the Junta de Castilla y León building in León, Spain.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Paco Vallejo and Lázaro Bruzón.
There will be 2 semi finals (June 9th and June 10th) and a final (June 11th)
Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the venue and the official hotel of the organization.
The 2nd San Marino International Chess Open takes place in the Republic of San Marino June 5th-11th 2006, at the end of the Turin World Chess Olympiad. Prize fund 40.000, 1st prize 10.000. For any related information visit the internet website http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm
For further info: info@sanmarinoscacchi.sm
Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament June 10th-14th, 2006
School House Chess Center, Las Vegas, USA FIDE rated, 9 round Swiss, open to players rated FIDE 2200 and higher. $3,800 prize fund, free entry to GMs and non-US IMs.
Website: http://www.clarkcountychessclub.com/masters/. Info: Chris Bird, (702)575-0635, chris@clarkcountychessclub.com.
National Open Chess Tournament June 16th-18th, 2006
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA 6 round Swiss, 8 sections: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200 and Unrated. Estimated $100,000 total prize fund! Free entry to GMs. Side events include Susan Polgar World Championship for Girls and National Open Blitz Championship.
Website: http://www.lvchessfestival.com
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06, 2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.096.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06, 2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.096.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.0627.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 14.06-22.06, Swiss 9 rounds.
Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman)- 500$: 28.06-6.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Open tournament (rapid chess) 7.078.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 23.0627.06. Individual and group studying.
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Lenk with the 18th "Kreuz-Open" April 13th-17th 2006.
The venue is the Hotel Kreuz, Grande Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1945), junior(1986-89), schoolboy (1990) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. New: teams competition, with 4 members; 3 prizes: 4x100/4x75/4x50 SF; entry fee 10 SF. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 13,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 14,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 15,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 16,; Round 7 9.30-14.30 April 17. Closing ceremony April 17 at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.
The VIII Rector Cup takes place 27th March - 7th April 2006. There are GM events for men and women. The events take place in the National law academy of Ukraine & Chess club in Kharkov 12 participants in each tournament, round robin, 11 rounds, 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with extra 30 seconds for each move from the start (Fischer system)
Further info:
+38(057) 704-38-12 Chess club - Law academy
+38(067) 562-00-07 mobile Karlovich Anastasiya
+38(050) 353-37-22 mobile
Kovchan Alexander
e-mail: nlau@mail.ru
The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.
Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/
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
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
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.
The Asian Youth Championships took place in New Delhi December 7th-14th 2005.
Games, Results, photos are available at http://www.delhichess.com.
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
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
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
The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes place 1st-6th July 2005.
Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv
Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm
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/
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, 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 now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
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
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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