THE WEEK IN CHESS 594 27th March 2006 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament
3) VII Poikovsky tournament
4) Women's World Chess Championship
5) 66th Armenian Championship
6) La Roche sur Yon
7) 32nd National Chess Championship of Bangladesh
8) Turkish Championship
9) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
10) Dutch Championship Semi-Finals
11) Dutch Team Championship
12) Georgian Under-16 Championships
13) Byelorussian Championship
14) Lithuanian Championship
15) 22nd Bad Wörishofen Chess Festival
16) Torre ENTEL PCS
17) 22nd Spring Festival Open
18) Czech Team Championship
19) Sozina Open
20) Beer-Sheva Rapid
21) Frascati 2nd International Chess Week
22) Belgian Interteams
23) VII Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
24) PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament
25) Bunratty Chess Festival
26) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold  72 games
VII Poikovsky tournament        30 games 
Women's World Championship       5 games
66th Armenian Championship      25 games
La Roche sur Yon                20 games
Bangladesh Championship         23 games
Turkish Championship            21 games
Dutch Championship Semi-Finals  10 games
Byelorussian Championship       91 games
Lithuanian Championship         66 games
22nd Bad Wörishofen Festival   142 games
Torre ENTEL PCS                 30 games
22nd Spring Festival Open      149 games
Czech Team Championship        528 games
Sozina Open                    269 games
Frascati 2nd International      10 games
Belgian Interteams              48 games
VII Dos Hermanas Internet      108 games
Bunratty Chess Festival        106 games
1753 games

1) Introduction

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

2) 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament

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
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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)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 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
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Rapid
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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)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 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)
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                                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 
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 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
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3) VII Poikovsky tournament

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

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7th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 18-27 iii 2006     cat. XVIII (2681)
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                                      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 
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4) Women's World Chess Championship

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
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                                 1   2   3 
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Xu Yuhua          wg CHN 2502    1   =   1   2.5  2740
Galliamova, Alisa m  RUS 2467    0   =   0   0.5  2229
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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

5) 66th Armenian Championship

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

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66th ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 16-25 iii 2006         cat. XI (2518)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 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 
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6) La Roche sur Yon

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

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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 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 
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7) 32nd National Chess Championship of Bangladesh

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.

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32nd ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 10-24 iii 2006                        cat. III (2320)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 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 
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8) Turkish Championship

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/

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ch-TUR Istanbul TUR (TUR), 11-23 iii 2006                        cat. IV (2340)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 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 
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9) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

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

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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 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
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10) Dutch Championship Semi-Finals

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

11) Dutch Team Championship

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 

12) Georgian Under-16 Championships

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
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Rank   N Fed Tit Rating Name                          Total   Tie-Break Colors              
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  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

13) Byelorussian Championship

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

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 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 
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14) Lithuanian Championship

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

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 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 
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15) 22nd Bad Wörishofen Chess Festival

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

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Open Bad Woerishofen GER (GER), 17-25 iii 2006
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  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

16) Torre ENTEL PCS

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

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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 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 
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17) 22nd Spring Festival Open

The 22nd Spring Festival Open takes place in Budapest 23rd-31st March 2006.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

Leading Round 4 Standings: 
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 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

18) Czech Team Championship

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

19) Sozina Open

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

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Sozina Open Bar SCG (SCG), 18-26 iii 2006
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 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

20) Beer-Sheva Rapid

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.

21) Frascati 2nd International Chess Week

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

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It Frascati ITA (ITA), 24 iii-2 iv 2006               cat. IX (2474)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 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       
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22) Belgian Interteams

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

23) VII Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

(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

24) PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament

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

25) Bunratty Chess Festival

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.
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Masters Bunratty IRL (IRL), 17-19 iii 2006
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6 
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 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 
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# Playoffs: Collins eliminated on tiebreak; Williams beat Speelman in 
semi-final; Baburin beat Hanley in semi-final.
# Winner: Williams beat Baburin in final

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

Topalov vs Nisipeanu match

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

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 charity chess simultaneous

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

4th Solingen chess weeks

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

Czech Tour 2006/2007

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

Computer chess calendar

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).

21st North Sea Cup

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

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/

Memorialul Pius Brinzeu

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 

30th Blackpool Chess Conference

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/

Hungarian tournaments April-December 2006

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.

Semi-finals Argentine Championship

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

CE Martigny 12 hour Blitz

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

6th Znojmo Open

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

Free "How good is your chess" articles in German

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 vs. Deep Fritz Match Announced

Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s 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

MTel Masters Sofia

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/

Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival

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, children’s rapid-transit tournament, women’s 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/

Politiken Cup

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/

3rd South Wales International

The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament takes place 8-13 July 2006.

Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/

RC Sport Open 2006

The 1st RC Sport Open takes place 29th April - 6th May 2006 in Ústí nad Orlicí (Czech republic).

Further details: http://sachy.rcsport.info

Brno Chess Festival

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

World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad

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

Andrew Martin Chess Academy

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)

Aarhus GM

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).

XIX edition of the Ciudad de León

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

Spanish Championship

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.

2nd San Marino Open

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

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

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

Alushta Tournaments

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, 26.09–6.10,

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, 26.09–6.10,

Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06

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) 7.07–8.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 23.06–27.06. 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

Lenk International Chess Festival

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.

VIII Rector Cup

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

20th Pula Open 2006

The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.

Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament

The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.

Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19

Russia vs ROW Correspondence

The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop van Oosterom

http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm

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