THE WEEK IN CHESS 599 1st May 2006 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) XIII Russian Club Championship
3) Van Wely - Carlsen Match
4) Sigeman & Co Chess tournament
5) Dutch Team Championship
6) 12th Cutro International
7) Gausdal Classics
8) 8th Dubai Open
9) 1st Edmonton International
10) Argentine Championship
11) VI Internacional Governador Mario Covas
12) 11th Cvitanovic Memorial
13) 16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi
14) CCF Easter
15) Southend Jack Speigel Memorial
16) Olympiad Qualifier in Peru
17) Vietnam Championship
18) Final Weekend of the 4NCL
19) Georgian Boys and Girls under-20 Championships
20) Topalov wins the chess Oscar
21) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

XIII Russian Club Championship            847 games
Van Wely - Carlsen Match                    8 games
Sigeman & Co Chess tournament              20 games
Dutch Team Championship                    47 games
12th Cutro International                   91 games
Gausdal Classics                          125 games
8th Dubai Open                            263 games
1st Edmonton International                 45 games
Argentine Championship                     25 games
VI Governador Mario Covas                  10 games
11th Cvitanovic Memorial                   15 games
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi        270 games
CCF Easter                                 45 games
Southend Jack Speigel Memorial             28 games
Olympiad Qualifier in Peru                 73 games
Vietnam Championship                      193 games
Final Weekend of the 4NCL                   8 games
2113 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Holger Lieske, Tarjei J. Svensen, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Tadija Barbaric, Vlad Rekhson, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Rodolfo Arias Formoso, Lou Caruana, Tomas Dvorak, Richard Palliser, Miguel Sierra, Thomas Henrich, Gary Suffield, Matthew Herman, Michael Atkins, Doug Bake, Rob Vlaardingerbroek, Frank Berry and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Russian Team Championships were won by the Ural Team headed by Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Akopian. For the outsider the main interest was the number of 2600+ players competing including a rare outing from Anatoly Karpov (who didn't have a very good time). Magnus Carlsen drew a normal time rate match against Loek van Wely before demolishing him in a blitz playoff. The Category 13 Sigeman & Co Chess tournament has started, that will take us to the 7th of May by which time the Bosnia tournament in Sarajevo will have started and we'll within a few days of the extremely strong MTel Masters (Topalov, Anand, Svidler, Bacrot, Kamsky and Ponomariov). We're certainly not going to be short of chess.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) XIII Russian Club Championship

The XIII Russian Club Championship and VII Russian Women’s Club Championship took place 19th April - 1st May 2006 in Sochi. 11 rounds. Morozevich, Grischuk, Akopian, Bologan, Volkov, Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Dreev and Ponomariov were amongst the stronger players. Four teams qualify for the European Club Cup. Time control: 100 min. per 40 moves, 50 min. per 20 moves, 10 min + 30 sec. after one move to the rest of the game. Full listings of the games from the final rounds may turn up in a few days.

Official site: http://www.chessliga.ru

Final Standings:
 1. "Ural"        Sverdlovsk region       17 38  
 2.  TPS          Saransk                 17 37.5
 3. "Tomsk-400"   Tomsk                   16 38.5
 4. "Termosteps"  Samara                  14 35,5
 5. "Ladya"       Kazan                   12 34  
 6. "Yuzhyi Ural" Cheliabinsk             12 33  
 7. "Unilain"     Samara                  10 31.5
 8. "Economist"   SGSEU Saratov            8 30.5
 9.  MCF          Moscow                   7 32  
10. "Lada"        Togliatty                7 29.5
11.  FINEK        Saint-Petersburg         6 29  
12. "Merya"       Moscow- Ulan-Ude         6 28,5

Leading Teams
1st "Ural"        Sverdlovsk region
Grischuk, Alexander   g  2719  4,5/10
Shirov, Alexei        g  2699  5,5/9
Akopian, Vladimir     g  2706  5/9
Dreev, Alexey         g  2673  4,5/9
Malakhov, Vladimir    g  2691  6,5/10
Motylev, Alexander    g  2660  5/7
Sakaev, Konstantin    g  2637  4,5/7
Aleksandrov, Aleksej  g  2634  2,5/4

2nd TPS
Ivanchuk, Vassily     g  2731  6,5/11
Volokitin, Andrei     g  2660  5/11
Najer, Evgeniy        g  2653  8/11
Volkov, Sergey        g  2620  6/10
Popov, Valerij        g  2587  2,5/6
Korneev, Oleg         g  2671  6,5/11
Kiriakov, Petr        g  2555  3/6

3rd "Tomsk-400"
Aronian, Levon        g  2756  4,5/7
Morozevich, Alexander g  2730  6/9
Jakovenko, Dmitry     g  2675  4/9
Bologan, Viktor       g  2666  4/9
Tkachiev, Vladislav   g  2643  7/10
Smirnov, Pavel        g  2614  5/10
Inarkiev, Ernesto     g  2598  5,5/8
Nepomniachtchi, Ian   m  2506  2,5/4

3) Van Wely - Carlsen Match

The DSB Bank match between Loek van Wely and Magnus Carlsen took place 28th April - 1st May 2006. The four game match (2H/40 + 1H/20 + 15 min/rest + 30 sec./move for the last period) was tied 2-2. There were an additional four blitz (5 mins + 2 seconds a move) tiebreak games played. The venue was the ROC-vestiging aan de Hofstraat in the town of Schagen in the North Holland region of the Netherlands. Carlsen won the blitz match 3.5-0.5.

Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/njk2006/dsb.htm and http://www.tussendetorens.nl/

Standard Timerate Games
Van Wely, Loek   -  Carlsen, Magnus  1-0   41  E15  Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus  -  Van Wely, Loek   1-0   34  B43  Sicilian Paulsen
Van Wely, Loek   -  Carlsen, Magnus  1/2   87  E15  Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus  -  Van Wely, Loek   1/2   40  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov

Blitz Games
Van Wely, Loek   -  Carlsen, Magnus  0-1   59  A31  English Symmetrical
Carlsen, Magnus  -  Van Wely, Loek   1-0   64  B40  Sicilian Classical
Van Wely, Loek   -  Carlsen, Magnus  1/2   67  A17  English Opening
Carlsen, Magnus  -  Van Wely, Loek   1-0   34  B43  Sicilian Paulsen

DSB Match Schagen NED (NED), 28 iv-1 v 2006
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Carlsen, Magnus g  NOR 2646    0   1   =   =   1   1   =   1   5.5  2796
Van Wely, Loek  g  NED 2655    1   0   =   =   0   0   =   0   2.5  2505
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4) Sigeman & Co Chess tournament

The Sigeman & Co Chess tournament takes place 27th April – 7th May 2006.

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14th Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE (SWE), 28 iv-6 v 2006      cat. XIII (2552)
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 1. Timman, Jan H            g NED 2616  * . = . 1 . . 1 1 .  3.5  2910 
 2. Stellwagen, Daniel       g NED 2543  . * = . . 1 . 1 . =  3.0  2740 
 3. Atalik, Suat             g TUR 2632  = = * 1 . . = . . .  2.5  2646 
 4. Carlsson, Pontus         m SWE 2433  . . 0 * = 1 . . = .  2.0  2566 
 5. Hillarp Persson, Tiger   g SWE 2524  0 . . = * . . = 1 .  2.0  2547 
 6. Cicak, Slavko            g SWE 2506  . 0 . 0 . * 1 . . 1  2.0  2526 
 7. Fedorov, Alexei          g BLR 2614  . . = . . 0 * . = 1  2.0  2563 
 8. Berg, Emanuel            g SWE 2539  0 0 . . = . . * . 1  1.5  2462 
 9. Khenkin, Igor            g GER 2602  0 . . = 0 . = . * .  1.0  2353 
10. Hector, Jonny            g SWE 2514  . = . . . 0 0 0 . *  0.5  2228 
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Round 1 (April 28, 2006)

Timman, Jan H           -  Berg, Emanuel           1-0   68  E15  Queens Indian
Atalik, Suat            -  Stellwagen, Daniel      1/2   51  E90  King's Indian Classical
Hillarp Persson, Tiger  -  Carlsson, Pontus        1/2   41  E46  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Cicak, Slavko           -  Hector, Jonny           1-0   41  A07  Barcza System
Khenkin, Igor           -  Fedorov, Alexei         1/2   19  E84  King's Indian Saemisch

Round 2 (April 29, 2006)

Timman, Jan H           -  Hillarp Persson, Tiger  1-0   54  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
Stellwagen, Daniel      -  Cicak, Slavko           1-0   37  B06  Modern Defence
Carlsson, Pontus        -  Khenkin, Igor           1/2   14  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Fedorov, Alexei         -  Atalik, Suat            1/2   23  C83  Ruy Lopez Open
Berg, Emanuel           -  Hector, Jonny           1-0   54  C47  Four Knights

Round 3 (April 30, 2006)

Atalik, Suat            -  Carlsson, Pontus        1-0   36  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Hillarp Persson, Tiger  -  Berg, Emanuel           1/2   42  B07  Pirc Defence
Cicak, Slavko           -  Fedorov, Alexei         1-0   42  B50  Sicilian Defence
Khenkin, Igor           -  Timman, Jan H           0-1   49  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Hector, Jonny           -  Stellwagen, Daniel      1/2   77  B48  Sicilian Paulsen

Round 4 (May 1, 2006)

Timman, Jan H           -  Atalik, Suat            1/2   14  C81  Ruy Lopez Open Keres Variation
Carlsson, Pontus        -  Cicak, Slavko           1-0   48  B01  Centre Counter
Hillarp Persson, Tiger  -  Khenkin, Igor           1-0   38  A07  Barcza System
Fedorov, Alexei         -  Hector, Jonny           1-0   33  C78  Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Berg, Emanuel           -  Stellwagen, Daniel      0-1   39  B42  Sicilian Paulsen

Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/

5) Dutch Team Championship

The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse took place 24th September 2005 - 23rd April 2006. After nine rounds HSG (Loek van Wely, Predrag Nikolic, Yasser Seirawa, Friso Nijboer, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Smeets, Erwin l' Ami, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Ian Rogers etc ) finished three points clear of U-Boat Worx (Ivan Sokolov, Michael Adams, Jan Timman, Laurent Fressinet, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Chuchelov, Mikhail Gurevich etc). The final standings are established by a playoff amongst the top four teams at the end of the season, details below. Games from round 9 now available.

Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/

Also some interesting material at: http://www.thewildknights.nl./ including Ian Rogers on his win against Jan Timman. In Dutch but with English version if you click on the flag.

Final Standings:
Pl Team               Mp Bp 
 1. HSG               17 65 
 2. U-Boat Worx       14 55½ 
 3. Hotels.nl         12 51½ 
 4. SO Rotterdam      12 50½ 
 5. LSG               11 45½ 
 6. Post jr/ESGOO      8 41½ 
 7. HMC Calder         6 41 
 8. Homburg Apeldoorn  6 40½ 
 9. HWP Sas van Gent   4 34½ 
10. Stukkenjagers      0 23½ 

Play-offs for the title amongst the top four teams 
are on 13th-14th May 2006. 

Semi-Finals - 13th May 2006
SO Rotterdam - HSG
U-Boat Worx  - Hotels.nl 

Finale - 14th May, 12.00

6) 12th Cutro International

The 12th Cutro International Chess Festival 2006 took place 23rd April-May 1st in Cutro, Italy. Dimitar Marholev and Dragisa Blagojevic finished on 6.5/9 a point clear of Aleksandar Wohl.

Official site: http://e4e6.com/cutro.

Official Leading Final Standings:
 1. Marholev, Dimitar           m  BUL 2419  6.5   43.0
 2. Blagojevic, Dragisa         g  SCG 2536  6.5   42.5
 3. Drasko, Milan               g  SCG 2504  6.0   43.5
 4. Kasparov, Sergey            m  BLR 2481  5.5   44.0
 5. Roeder, Mathias             m  GER 2403  5.5   42.0
 6. Di Caro, Calogero           f  ITA 2318  5.0   43.0
 7. Naumkin, Igor               g  RUS 2415  5.0   42.0
 8. Lazic, Miroljub             g  SCG 2493  5.0   39.5
 9. Voiska, Margarita           wg BUL 2314  5.0   38.5  2.0     4
10. Wohl, Aleksandar H.         m  AUS 2432  5.0   38.5  2.0     3
20 players

Crosstable
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Master Open Cutro ITA (ITA), 23 iv-1 v 2006
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Blagojevic, Dragisa    g  SCG 2536  + 7 = 2 +14 + 4 = 6 +15 = 9 = 5 = 8  6.5  2580 
 2. Marholev, Dimitar      m  BUL 2419  +18 = 1 + 8 = 6 = 4 = 3 +10 = 7 + 9  6.5  2567 
 3. Wohl, Aleksandar H     m  AUS 2432  +11 +20 + 6 = 5 =14 = 2 - 4 =15 +19  6.0  2429 
 4. Kasparov, Sergey       m  BLR 2481  +12 = 5 + 9 - 1 = 2 =14 + 3 = 6 = 7  5.5  2489 
 5. Roeder, Mathias        m  GER 2403  +19 = 4 =10 = 3 = 9 = 6 = 7 = 1 +14  5.5  2463 
 6. Drasko, Milan          g  SCG 2504  +10 = 9 - 3 = 2 = 1 = 5 =14 = 4 +12  5.0  2449 
 7. Di Caro, Calogero      f  ITA 2318  - 1 =15 +13 = 8 +12 = 9 = 5 = 2 = 4  5.0  2414 
 8. Lazic, Miroljub        g  SCG 2493  +16 =14 - 2 = 7 =15 -10 +13 +19 = 1  5.0  2340 
 9. Naumkin, Igor          g  RUS 2415  +17 = 6 - 4 +18 = 5 = 7 = 1 +14 - 2  5.0  2409 
10. Voiska, Margarita      wg BUL 2314  - 6 +17 = 5 -15 +11 + 8 - 2 =16 +20  5.0  2341 
11. Sardo, Gabriele           ITA 2186  - 3 =13 -16 +19 -10 +17 -12 +18 +15  4.5  2211 
12. Van Hoolandt, Patrick  f  MNC 2246  - 4 +19 +20 -14 - 7 =16 +11 +17 - 6  4.5  2259 
13. Cordi', Domenico          ITA 2065  -14 =11 - 7 -17 +19 +18 - 8 +20 +16  4.5  2219 
14. Mrdja, Milan           m  CRO 2409  +13 = 8 - 1 +12 = 3 = 4 = 6 - 9 - 5  4.0  2354 
15. Bentivegna, Francesco     ITA 2287  =21 = 7 =18 +10 = 8 - 1 =16 = 3 -11  4.0  2255 
16. Brancaleoni, Maurizio  f  ITA 2286  - 8 -18 +11 +20 =17 =12 =15 =10 -13  4.0  2159 
17. Cetkovic, Sergio          SCG 2101  - 9 -10 =19 +13 =16 -11 =20 -12 =18  3.0  2062 
18. Scerbo, Antonio           ITA 2124  - 2 +16 =15 - 9 =20 -13 -19 -11 =17  2.5  2035 
19. Serratore, Vincenzo       SUI 2046  - 5 -12 =17 -11 -13 +20 +18 - 8 - 3  2.5  2062 
20. Blasco, Domenico          ITA 2008  +21 - 3 -12 -16 =18 -19 =17 -13 -10  2.0  1959 
21. BYE                           ----  -20  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  1954 
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7) Gausdal Classics

The Gausdal Classics International Chess Tournament took place in Norway, 23rd April - 1st May 2006. Eduardas Rozentalis won the category 10 A event with 6/9 half a point clear of the field.

Official site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2006-2/index.htm

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Classics GMA Gausdal NOR (NOR), 23 iv-1 v 2006          cat. X (2482)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Rozentalis, Eduardas   g LTU 2596  * = = = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2594 
 2. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2557  = * = 1 = 1 = = = =  5.5  2553 
 3. Kveinys, Aloyzas       g LTU 2532  = = * = = 1 = 1 0 1  5.5  2556 
 4. Reinderman, Dimitri    g NED 2493  = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 1  5.5  2560 
 5. Bromberger, Stefan     m GER 2481  = = = 0 * 1 0 1 1 1  5.5  2561 
 6. Porper, Eduard         m ISR 2469  = 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 1  4.5  2483 
 7. Romanishin, Oleg M     g UKR 2552  = = = = 1 = * 0 = 0  4.0  2431 
 8. Karlsson, Lars         g SWE 2506  0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1  3.5  2399 
 9. Dworakowska, Joanna    m POL 2364  0 = 1 0 0 0 = = * =  3.0  2369 
10. Moskow, Eric             USA 2268  0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = *  2.0  2285 
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Classics GMB Gausdal NOR (NOR), 23 iv-1 v 2006
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Levin, Felix                g  GER 2487  +11 = 9 = 3 + 4 = 6 +14 + 7 = 2 = 5  6.5  2497 
 2. Akesson, Ralf               g  SWE 2472  +20 - 4 = 9 +12 + 3 = 6 = 5 = 1 + 7  6.0  2459 
 3. Thompson, Ian D             f  ENG 2303  +18 = 7 = 1 = 9 - 2 +13 +12 + 6 = 4  6.0  2419 
 4. Afek, Yochanan              m  ISR 2328  +12 + 2 = 5 - 1 - 7 = 9 +10 +14 = 3  5.5  2408 
 5. Ivanov, Mikhail M           g  RUS 2443  +19 + 8 = 4 = 6 =14 - 7 = 2 + 9 = 1  5.5  2414 
 6. Westerinen, Heikki M.J      g  FIN 2386  =17 +10 + 7 = 5 = 1 = 2 + 8 - 3 -11  5.0  2391 
 7. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove     m  DEN 2356  +15 = 3 - 6 +20 + 4 + 5 - 1 = 8 - 2  5.0  2392 
 8. Silseth, Simon              f  SWE 2328  +13 - 5 +17 -14 +15 +10 - 6 = 7 =16  5.0  2290 
 9. Hole, Oystein               f  NOR 2346  +16 = 1 = 2 = 3 =10 = 4 =14 - 5 =19  4.5  2313 
10. Jaksland, Tim               f  DEN 2311  +14 - 6 =12 +11 = 9 - 8 - 4 +16 =17  4.5  2248 
11. Hanssen, Gunnar Berg           NOR 2254  - 1 =17 +18 -10 =13 =15 -16 +20 + 6  4.5  2228 
12. Vea, Odin Blikra               NOR 2143  - 4 +20 =10 - 2 +17 +16 - 3 =13 =15  4.5  2251 
13. Agdestein, Emil                NOR 2102  - 8 =19 =15 +18 =11 - 3 +17 =12 =20  4.5  2204 
14. Thurlow, Kevin J               ENG 2098  -10 +16 +19 + 8 = 5 - 1 = 9 - 4 -18  4.0  2251 
15. Nordstrom, Felix            f  SWE 2178  - 7 =18 =13 =17 - 8 =11 =20 +19 =12  4.0  2158 
16. Nyland, Thomas                 NOR 2172  - 9 -14 -20 +19 +18 -12 +11 -10 = 8  3.5  2134 
17. Bentsen, Hakon                 NOR 2180  = 6 =11 - 8 =15 -12 =19 -13 =18 =10  3.0  2090 
18. Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep      NOR 2026  - 3 =15 -11 -13 -16 =20 =19 =17 +14  3.0  2065 
19. Bentsen, Oyvind                NOR 2211  - 5 =13 -14 -16 +20 =17 =18 -15 = 9  3.0  2070 
20. Muratet Casadevall, Albert     ESP 2216  - 2 -12 +16 - 7 -19 =18 =15 -11 =13  2.5  2046 
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8) 8th Dubai Open

The 8th Dubai Open Chess Championship takes place 22nd April - 2nd May 2006 and the players compete for the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum's Cup. Sergey Fedorchuk, Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L Petrosian lead with 6.5/8 going into the final round.

Official site: http://www.dubaichess.com/DxbOp06/index.htm

Standings: Round 8 of 9
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8th Dubai Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 23 iv-1 v 2006
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 1. Fedorchuk, Sergey A      g  UKR 2576  6.5	17574	31.0
 2. Sargissian, Gabriel      g  ARM 2612  6.5	17553	31.5
 3. Petrosian, Tigran L      g  ARM 2571  6.5	16944	29.5
 4. Sadvakasov, Darmen       g  KAZ 2619  6.0	17716	31.0
 5. Izoria, Zviad            g  GEO 2647  6.0	17714	29.5
 6. Kacheishvili, Giorgi     g  GEO 2605  6.0	17573	30.5
 7. Gelashvili, Tamaz        g  GEO 2576  6.0	17195	29.0
 8. Pantsulaia, Levan        g  GEO 2611  6.0	17130	28.0
 9. Gagunashvili, Merab      g  GEO 2560  6.0	16939	28.5
10. Anastasian, Ashot        g  ARM 2553  6.0	16325	26.0
11. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  g  UKR 2608  5.5	17564	29.0
12. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan     g  IRI 2584  5.5	17546	28.5
13. Ramesh, R.B              g  IND 2507  5.5	17150	27.0
14. Adly, Ahmed              g  EGY 2460  5.5	17064	27.0
15. Sethuraman, S.P             IND 2231  5.5	16900	24.5
16. Krivoshey, Sergei        m  UKR 2531  5.5	16802	26.0
17. Safarli, Eltaj           f  AZE 2417  5.5	16745	25.5
18. Odeev, Handszar          g  TKM 2492  5.5	16700	25.5
19. Sturua, Zurab            g  GEO 2524  5.5	16552	25.0
20. Kotsur, Pavel            g  KAZ 2570  5.5	16493	26.5
21. Abbasov, Farid           m  AZE 2467  5.5	16214	25.5
22. Babaev, Rashad           m  AZE 2481  5.5	15832	23.0
23. Negi, Parimarjan            IND 2445  5.5	15819	23.0
24. Kulicov, Oleg            m  RUS 2407  5.5	15694	24.5
25. Kayumov, Sergey          m  UZB 2426  5.5	15564	23.5
142 players

9) 1st Edmonton International

The First Edmonton International tournament ran between April 13th-17th 2006 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The tournament was a category III round-robin which gave IM norm opportunities. In the end Slovakian IM Peter Vavrak won first place with 7/9. IM Jesse Kraai and FM Dmitry Zilberstein from the United-States came close second with 6.5/9. As a result of this performance, FM Dmitry Zilbersten achieved his final IM norm. The best Alberta player was Rob Gardner who had a solid performance of 4/9 with two IM scalps. News: Tournament director, Vlad Rekhson.

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 1. Vavrak, Peter         m SVK 2408  * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 =  7.0  2524 
 2. Zilberstein, Dmitry   f USA 2381  1 * = = 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2473 
 3. Kraai, Jesse          m USA 2466  = = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1  6.5  2464 
 4. Nekrasov, Mihail      m UKR 2406  0 = = * = 0 1 = 1 1  5.0  2348 
 5. Gentes, Kevin         f CAN 2303  0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = =  4.5  2316 
 6. Gardner, Robert         CAN 2240  0 = 1 1 0 * 1 = 0 0  4.0  2280 
 7. Reeve, Jeff             CAN 2253  0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1  3.5  2242 
 8. Lee, Vicente            CAN 2222  0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1  3.0  2200 
 9. Day, Lawrence A       m CAN 2289  0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 1  3.0  2193 
10. Haessel, Dale R         USA 2183  = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 *  2.0  2109 
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10) Argentine Championship

The 81st Argentinean Championship takes place in Buenos Aires, 26th April - 6th May, 2006.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/camparg/superior06/final-sup06.htm

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81st ch-ARG San Luis ARG (ARG), 26 iv-6 v 2006         cat. VII (2421)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Peralta, Fernando    g ARG 2524  * = . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1  4.5  2796 
 2. Felgaer, Ruben       g ARG 2580  = * . . . . = . 1 1 1  4.0  2588 
 3. Flores, Diego        m ARG 2494  . . * . = . 1 . 1 1 .  3.5  2701 
 4. Valerga, Diego       m ARG 2470  0 . . * = . = . 1 1 .  3.0  2469 
 5. Campora, Daniel H    g ARG 2552  . . = = * . = . . = .  2.0  2406 
 6. Amura, Claudia N    wg ARG 2368  0 . . . . * . 0 = = 1  2.0  2258 
 7. Ricardi, Pablo       g ARG 2515  . = 0 = = . * . . . .  1.5  2437 
 8. Mahia, Gustavo       f ARG 2427  0 . . . . 1 . * 0 . =  1.5  2274 
 9. Blit, Jacques          ARG 2246  . 0 0 0 . = . 1 * . .  1.5  2318 
10. Perelman, Hernan       ARG 2148  . 0 0 0 = = . . . * .  1.0  2252 
11. Malbran, Guillermo   m ARG 2308  0 0 . . . 0 . = . . *  0.5  2152 
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11) VI Internacional Governador Mario Covas

The Festival Santista de Xadrez takes place in Santos, Brasil 29th April - 7th May 2006. The main event is the VI Internacional Governador Mario Covas. Alongside is a second event IV Magistral Internacional "Regina Helena Marques Prol.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/

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VI Mario Covas Santos BRA (BRA), 29 iv-7 v 2006                  cat. IX (2468)
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                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Cubas, Jose Fernando             m PAR 2425  * = . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2679 
 2. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda   m BRA 2471  = * . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2618 
 3. Coelho, Luis                     m BRA 2394  . . * = . . . . 1 .  1.5  2632 
 4. Lafuente, Pablo                  m ARG 2405  . . = * . . . . . 1  1.5  2602 
 5. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag          BRA 2421  . . . . * = . . 1 .  1.5  2724 
 6. Milos, Gilberto                  g BRA 2589  . . . . = * = . . .  1.0  2498 
 7. Leitao, Rafael                   g BRA 2575  . . . . . = * = . .  1.0  2545 
 8. Rodriguez, Andres                g URU 2502  0 . . . . . = * . .  0.5  2307 
 9. Matsuura, Everaldo               m BRA 2473  . . 0 . 0 . . . * .  0.0       
10. Zambrana, Oswaldo                m BOL 2425  . 0 . 0 . . . . . *  0.0       
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12) 11th Cvitanovic Memorial

The 11th Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial takes place April 29th - May 7th in Split (CRO). Tournament is cat. VII.

Official site: http://www.skmornar.hr/izbornik/natjecanja/Memorijal_Ivana_Cvitanovica_raspis.html and Live coverage: http://www.inet.hr/~tbarbari/_pgnviewer/cvitA.html

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XI Ivan Cvitanovic mem Split CRO (CRO), 29 iv-7 v 2006cat. VII (2403)
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 1. Horvath, Csaba      g HUN 2545  * . . . = 1 1 . . .  2.5  2680 
 2. Dizdarevic, Emir    g BIH 2492  . * . = . . . . 1 1  2.5  2603 
 3. Ljubicic, Filip     m CRO 2396  . . * . = . . 1 1 .  2.5  2684 
 4. Martinovic, Sasa      CRO 2350  . = . * . = 1 . . .  2.0  2534 
 5. Polak, Tomas        g CZE 2487  = . = . * . . = . .  1.5  2441 
 6. Rade, Miroslav      m CRO 2430  0 . . = . * . . . 1  1.5  2391 
 7. Bozanic, Ivica      f CRO 2306  0 . . 0 . . * 1 . .  1.0  2301 
 8. Bosiocic, Marin     f CRO 2384  . . 0 . = . 0 * . .  0.5  2123 
 9. Dumpor, Atif        f BIH 2362  . 0 0 . . . . . * =  0.5  2115 
10. Plenkovic, Zdenko   f CRO 2278  . 0 . . . 0 . . = *  0.5  2155 
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13) 16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi

16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi took place 13th March - 17th April 2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There were least two round robin tournaments and a FIDE Open.

Official site: http://www.chessfm.cz/

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17th Pobeskydi Arcimpex Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 13-17 iv 2006cat. III (2320)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Meszaros, Michal       f SVK 2362  * = = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2481 
 2. Szczepkowska, Karina  wf POL 2285  = * = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2489 
 3. Wiley, Tom E           f ENG 2317  = = * = 1 = 0 1 1 1  6.0  2445 
 4. Pisk, Petr             m CZE 2357  = = = * = 1 = = = =  5.0  2358 
 5. Plischki, Sebastian      GER 2376  = = 0 = * = 1 0 1 1  5.0  2356 
 6. Vesselovsky, Serguei   m CZE 2390  = = = 0 = * = = = 1  4.5  2312 
 7. Michenka, Jozef        m CZE 2385  0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 1 =  4.5  2312 
 8. Rojicek, Vojtech         CZE 2237  0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 =  3.5  2249 
 9. Rohacek, Miroslav        SVK 2247  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1  2.0  2108 
10. Jakubek, Peter           SVK 2244  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 *  1.5  2055 
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17th Pobeskydi Hamont Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 13-17 iv 2006cat. III (2320)
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 1. Gajsin, Evgenij             RUS 2451  * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2578 
 2. Talla, Vladimir           m CZE 2403  = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2476 
 3. Zapolskis, Antanas        m LTU 2370  0 = * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2439 
 4. Carstensen, Jacob         f DEN 2278  = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 0 1  4.5  2324 
 5. Toma, Katarzyna          wm POL 2238  0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 = =  4.5  2328 
 6. Lahner, Jakub               CZE 2291  0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 1 =  4.5  2323 
 7. Bromann, Thorbjorn        f DEN 2384  = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1  4.0  2269 
 8. Dambrauskas, Virginijus   m LTU 2360  0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1 =  3.5  2235 
 9. Ponizil, Cyril              CZE 2198  0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2113 
10. Bombek, Peter               SVK 2225  0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = *  2.0  2110 
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17th Pobeskydi Radegast Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 13-17 iv 2006
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 1. Zilka, Stepan          f  CZE 2345  7.5  53.5  42.0  44.00
 2. Novotny, Josef            CZE 2143  7.0  51.5  39.5  38.50
 3. Zabystrzan, Pavel         CZE 2259  7.0  51.0  39.5  37.75
 4. Krcal, Michal             CZE 2105  7.0  49.5  38.5  36.25
 5. Smolen, Jan               SVK 2328  6.5  52.0  40.5  36.00
 6. Belunek, Vladimir      f  CZE 2262  6.5  51.5  40.0  35.25
 7. Kuchynka, Lukas           CZE 2069  6.5  45.5  36.5  31.75
 8. Rychlik, Hanna            POL 1996  6.5  42.0  34.5  27.00
 9. Macicek, Jan1             CZE 2135  6.5  41.0  32.0  29.50
10. Nemeth, Miklos1        f  HUN 2401  6.0  54.0  42.0  34.00
11. Hrabusa, Matej            SVK 2077  6.0  48.5  39.0  28.25
12. Pavlicek, Miroslav        CZE 2044  6.0  47.5  38.0  28.25
13. Kociscak, Jiri            CZE 2074  6.0  42.5  33.5  26.50
84 players

14) CCF Easter

The Coulsdon Chess Fellowship organised an all play-all 9th-13th April 2006. Thomas Rendle gained his final IM norm as a result of his score at this event. He tied with Danny Gormally and Colin McNab on 6.5/9. Time control: 1 hour 40 minutes for 40 moves plus 50 minutes added to finish. In addition, 30 seconds Fischer timings will be added per move.

Official site: http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2006-04-13_International.htm

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CCF Easter Coulsdon ENG (ENG), 9-13 iv 2006           cat. III (2316)
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 1. Gormally, Daniel       g ENG 2554  * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 =  6.5  2455 
 2. McNab, Colin A         g SCO 2437  = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2468 
 3. Rendle, Thomas         f ENG 2357  0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2477 
 4. Taylor, Martin R       f ENG 2305  = = = * 1 = = = 1 =  5.5  2397 
 5. Snape, Ian               ENG 2227  0 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1  4.5  2325 
 6. Lyell, Mark            f ENG 2235  1 0 0 = = * 0 = = 1  4.0  2281 
 7. Rudd, Jack               ENG 2299  0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 1  4.0  2274 
 8. Tavoularis, Nicholas     GRE 2193  0 = = = 0 = 0 * = =  3.0  2204 
 9. Khantuev, Alexander    f RUS 2286  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1  3.0  2194 
10. Lukman, Ronny            INA 2265  = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 *  1.5  2048 
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15) Southend Jack Speigel Memorial

The Jack Speigel Memorial took place 14th-17th April 2006 alongside the Southend Easter Chess Congress. Jim Plaskett won this very respectable category X event with 5.5/7 and a 2700+ performance!

Further details: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southendchess/club/2005/JackSpeigelMem.html

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Jack Speigel Mem Southend ENG (ENG), 14-17 iv 2006 cat. X (2476)
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1. Plaskett, Jim       g ENG 2485  * = 1 = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2704 
2. Gormally, Daniel    g ENG 2554  = * 1 = = = 1 1  5.0  2622 
3. Trent, Lawrence     m ENG 2423  0 0 * 1 1 = = 1  4.0  2533 
4. Emms, John M        g ENG 2502  = = 0 * = 1 0 1  3.5  2472 
5. Hebden, Mark        g ENG 2523  0 = 0 = * 1 = 1  3.5  2469 
6. Ward, Christopher   g ENG 2467  = = = 0 0 * = 1  3.0  2427 
7. Hunt, Harriet       m ENG 2422  0 0 = 1 = = * =  3.0  2433 
8. Ledger, Andrew      m ENG 2430  0 0 0 0 0 0 = *  0.5  2060 
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16) Olympiad Qualifier in Peru

There was a qualifier for Peru's Olympiad team in Lima Peru. The top four players in both the men's and women's events qualified for their respective Olympiad teams. News: Rafael LLanos. Games Miguel Sierra.

The games and crosstable: http://www.mastersierra.com/

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Liguilla Absoluta Lima PER (PER), 1-5 iv 2006           cat. II (2290)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Cruz, Cristhian         f PER 2225  * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1  6.0  2421 
 2. Cordova, Emilio         m PER 2429  = * = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1  6.0  2399 
 3. Oblitas, Carlomagno     m PER 2398  = = * = = = 1 1 1 =  6.0  2402 
 4. Pacheco, Marco          f PER 2331  = 1 = * = = 0 1 1 =  5.5  2364 
 5. Ramos, Ernesto          f PER 2274  0 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 1  5.0  2334 
 6. Retamozo, Henry           PER 2235  = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 =  4.5  2295 
 7. Alarcon, Ruy              PER 2255  0 0 0 1 1 0 * = = 1  4.0  2250 
 8. Cruz, Jonathan            PER 2187  = 1 0 0 0 = = * 0 =  3.0  2175 
 9. Nina, Miguel            f PER 2333  = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1  3.0  2159 
10. Samame Castillo, Juan   m PER 2228  0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 *  2.0  2076 
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Liguilla Femenina Lima PER (PER), 1-5 iv 2006
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1. Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Yadira  wf PER 2019  * 1 = = 1 = 1 -  4.5  2310 
2. Morales Mendoza, Luciana         wm PER 2154  0 * 1 1 1 = 1 -  4.5  2291 
3. Zapata, Karen                    wm PER 2236  = 0 * 1 1 1 1 -  4.5  2279 
4. Calle, Miryam                       PER 2127  = 0 0 * = 1 1 -  3.0  2115 
5. Zapata, Talia                    wf PER 2048  0 0 0 = * 1 1 -  2.5  2076 
6. Aquino,Milsy                        PER ----  = = 0 0 0 * 1 -  2.0  2033 
7. Cornejo,Natalia                     PER ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 * -  0.0  1774 
8. Muente,Claudia                      PER ----  - - - - - - - *  0.0       
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Claudia Muente withdrew after three games and her scores were cancelled.

17) Vietnam Championship

The Vietnam Championship took place 3rd-12th April 2006. A 9 round swiss was followed by a semi-final and final (games for this last part unavailable). Nguyen Anh Dung beat Dao Thien Hai in the final to take the title. Nguyen Duc Hoa beat Nguyen Hoang Nam to take 3rd. I've done my best with the names but with no ELO ratings on the official site its hard to know if I've missed any rated players out.

Official site: http://www.vietnamchess.com/Tournament/Nat/2006/chess2006.htm

Final
Dao Thien Hai - Nguyen Anh Dung 0-1, ½-½

3rd-4th
	 Nguyen Hoang Nam - Nguyen Duc Hoa 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-1

Semi Final
Dao Thien Hai - Nguyen Hoang Nam ½-½, 1-0
Nguyen Anh Dung - Nguyen Duc Hoa ½-½, 1-0

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ch-VIE Cao Lanh Dong Thap VIE (VIE), 3-9 iv 2006
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 1. Nguyen Anh Dung          g  VIE 2542  +29 + 3 +12 = 5 =10 = 6 = 2 +16 + 8  7.0  2576 
 2. Dao Thien Hai            g  VIE 2560  +32 + 4 =10 +11 + 5 - 3 = 1 + 6 +16  7.0  2537 
 3. Nguyen Duc Hoa           f  VIE 2205  +40 - 1 +39 + 9 + 8 + 2 = 6 +10 = 4  7.0  2530 
 4. Nguyen Hoang Nam            VIE 2156  +37 - 2 +26 - 8 +24 +15 + 9 + 5 = 3  6.5  2392 
 5. Bui Vinh                 m  VIE 2475  +33 +13 +22 = 1 - 2 +16 =10 - 4 +12  6.0  2470 
 6. Tu Hoang Thong           g  VIE 2457  = 7 +41 =11 +27 +20 = 1 = 3 - 2 +13  6.0  2426 
 7. Tran Quoc Dung              VIE 2126  = 6 = 8 - 9 +40 +27 +20 -16 +23 +10  6.0  2415 
 8. Tran Thanh Tu               VIE 2274  =41 = 7 +30 + 4 - 3 =11 +22 +20 - 1  5.5  2308 
 9. Pham Chuong              f  VIE 2328  -30 +38 + 7 - 3 +29 +21 - 4 =19 +11  5.5  2211 
10. Le Quang Liem            f  VIE 2473  +34 +23 = 2 =20 = 1 +12 = 5 - 3 - 7  5.0  2329 
11. Vo Thanh Ninh               VIE ----  +16 +27 = 6 - 2 =15 = 8 +17 =14 - 9  5.0  2412 
12. Nguyen Van Huy              VIE 2347  +25 +24 - 1 =22 +14 -10 =13 +15 - 5  5.0  2342 
13. Bao Quang                f  VIE 2333  +39 - 5 +28 +14 -16 =17 =12 +22 - 6  5.0  2344 
14. Dinh Duc Trong           f  VIE 2387  =35 =26 +23 -13 -12 +29 +21 =11 =19  5.0  2178 
15. Pham Duc Thang           f  VIE 2210  =17 +19 -21 +32 =11 - 4 +34 -12 +27  5.0  2251 
16. Tu Hoang Thai            m  VIE 2419  -11 +42 +29 +21 +13 - 5 + 7 - 1 - 2  5.0  2269 
17. Ly Hong Nguyen           f  VIE 2351  =15 -35 +37 +36 =22 =13 -11 =18 +24  5.0  2143 
18. Bao Khoa                    VIE 2087  =31 -21 -36 +28 +35 =26 =27 =17 +29  5.0  2118 
19. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson    g  VIE 2555  =26 -15 +41 +35 =21 -22 +23 = 9 =14  5.0  2207 
20. Hoang Canh, Huan            VIE 2323  =21 +31 +35 =10 - 6 - 7 +32 - 8 +26  5.0  2203 
21. Le Thanh Minh               VIE ----  =20 +18 +15 -16 =19 - 9 -14 +33 =22  4.5  2287 
22. Ngo Ngoc Quang              VIE 2278  +38 +30 - 5 =12 =17 +19 - 8 -13 =21  4.5  2274 
23. Ton That Nhu,Tung           VIE ----  +28 -10 -14 =30 +25 +31 -19 - 7 +34  4.5  2186 
24. Phung Nguyen Tuong,Minh     VIE ----  +36 -12 -27 +38 - 4 +28 =26 +32 -17  4.5  2145 
25. Bui Duc Tiep                VIE ----  -12 =36 -32 +33 -23 +42 =31 =28 +38  4.5  2053 
26. Tran Ngoc Lan               VIE 1988  =19 =14 - 4 =31 +30 =18 =24 =27 -20  4.0  2177 
27. Nguyen Thien Viet           VIE 2339  +42 -11 +24 - 6 - 7 +36 =18 =26 -15  4.0  2053 
28. Dang Hoang Son              VIE ----  -23 +34 -13 -18 +39 -24 +41 =25 =33  4.0  2035 
29. Nguyen Xuan Quang           VIE ----  - 1 +40 -16 +39 - 9 -14 +38 +36 -18  4.0  2152 
30. Tran Manh Tien              VIE 2139  + 9 -22 - 8 =23 -26 =41 -33 =35 +36  3.5  2048 
31. Huynh Lam Binh Nguyen       VIE ----  =18 -20 =33 =26 +41 -23 =25 -34 =37  3.5  1996 
32. Nguyen Ngoc Phung           VIE 2130  - 2 =37 +25 -15 =36 +38 -20 -24 =39  3.5  2041 
33. Tran Tuan Minh              VIE ----  - 5 -39 =31 -25 =42 +40 +30 -21 =28  3.5  1988 
34. Dam Cong Tung               VIE ----  -10 -28 -38 =42 +37 +35 -15 +31 -23  3.5  1995 
35. Vo Minh Hoang               VIE ----  =14 +17 -20 -19 -18 -34 =37 =30 =42  3.0  2079 
36. Tran Quang Khai             VIE ----  -24 =25 +18 -17 =32 -27 +42 -29 -30  3.0  1991 
37. Le Huu Thai                 VIE ----  - 4 =32 -17 -41 -34 =39 =35 +40 =31  3.0  1977 
38. Duong Thuong Cong           VIE ----  -22 - 9 +34 -24 +40 -32 -29 +41 -25  3.0  1988 
39. Nguyen Quang Duc            VIE ----  -13 +33 - 3 -29 -28 =37 -40 +42 =32  3.0  1949 
40. Lu Chan Hung                VIE ----  - 3 -29 +42 - 7 -38 -33 +39 -37 +41  3.0  1943 
41. To Quoc Khanh               VIE 2287  = 8 - 6 -19 +37 -31 =30 -28 -38 -40  2.0  1938 
42. Nguyen Anh Tuan             VIE ----  -27 -16 -40 =34 =33 -25 -36 -39 =35  1.5  1811 
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18) Final Weekend of the 4NCL

The final three rounds of the 4NCL took place Saturday 29th April 2006 to Bank Holiday Monday 1st May 2006. The final round game between Guilford-ADC 1 and Wood Green 1 was drawn 4-4. They were tied going into the final weekend whose results have not been reported in detail yet. The organisers also dispensed with their excellent bulletin editor Arthur Brameld without any explanation or thanks so it remains to be seen when the games turn up. Games from the final match are available from the live coverage.

Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/4ncl/

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

Round 11 (May 1, 2006)

Final Round between Guilford-ADC 1 and Wood Green 1 drawn 4-4

Fressinet, Laurent   GADC     -  Adams, Michael         WG1    0-1   55  C49  Four Knights Metger
Polgar, Judit        WG1      -  Harikrishna, P         GADC   1/2   47  B19  Caro Kann
Gurevich, Mikhail    GADC     -  Dreev, Alexey          WG1    1/2   52  D12  Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan        WG1      -  Krasenkow, Michal      GADC   1/2   64  D85  Gruenfeld Defence
Lautier, Joel        GADC     -  Smirin, Ilia           WG1    1-0   62  E88  King's Indian Saemisch
Bologan, Viktor      WG1      -  Rowson, Jonathan       GADC   1/2   49  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sutovsky, Emil       GADC     -  Nielsen, Peter Heine   WG1    1-0   44  C43  Petroff's Defence
McShane, Luke J      WG1      -  Ciuksyte, Dagne        GADC   1-0   31  B41  Sicilian Paulsen

19) Georgian Boys and Girls under-20 Championships

The Georgian Boys and Girls under-20 Championships take place in Tbilisi 28th April - 6th May 2006. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili

Round 3 Standings:
Boys
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Rank   N Fed Tit Rating Name                          Total   Tie-Break Colors              
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  1)  14 GEO     2169 F  Patsia, Zviad                 3       6    wbw 
  2)   2 GEO     2396 F  Kuparadze, Giga               2.5     5    wbw 
  3)   3 GEO   f 2360 F  Jojua, Davit                  2.5     5    bwb 
  4)   9 GEO     2201 F  Nikolishvili, Zurab           2.5     5    bwb 
  5)  18 GEO     2083 F  Amirkhanashvili, Archil       2.5     4.5  bwb 
  6)   1 GEO     2400 F  Zarkua, Davit                 2       5    bwb 
  7)   6 GEO     2271 F  Bregadze, Levan               2       4.5  wbw 
  8)  13 GEO     2176 F  Maisuradze, Gega              2       4.5  bwb 
  9)   5 GEO   f 2292 F  Benidze, Davit                2       3    bwb 
 10)  17 GEO     2087 F  Davarashvili, Nodar           2       3    wbw 
 11)   8 GEO     2220 F  Nigalidze, Gaioz              1.5     4    wbw 
 12)  11 GEO     2180 F  Goguadze, Mikheil             1.5     4    bwb 
 13)  12 GEO     2180 F  Nizharadze, Parnavaz          1.5     4    wbw 
 14)   7 GEO     2258 F  Lomsadze, Davit               1.5     3.5  bwb 
 15)  19 GEO     2045 F  Kordzakhia, Giorgi            1.5     3.5  wbw 
 16)   4 GEO     2318 F  Azaladze, Shota               1.5     2.5  wbw 
 17)  21 GEO     1999 F  Nemsadze, Beka                1.5     2    wb  
 18)  28 GEO             Tedoshvili, Dimitri           1.5     2    bw  
 19)  10 GEO     2188 F  Urushadze, Davit              1       3    wbw 
 20)  22 GEO     1957 F  Tsaboshvili, Lasha            1       2    bwb 
 21)  23 GEO     1951 F  Morchiladze, Vakhtang         1       2    wbw 
 22)  24 GEO     1894 F  Gabunia, Tornike              1       2    bwb 
 23)  15 GEO   f 2147 F  Gamzardia, Giorgi             1       1    wbw 
 24)  16 GEO     2090 F  Khelaia, Giorgi               1       1    bwb 
 25)  20 GEO     2025 F  Shinjiashvili, Vladimer       0.5     1    bw  
 26)  25 GEO     1887 F  Samniashvili, Davit           0.5     1    wb  
 27)  26 GEO             Antadze, Mamuka               0       0    bwb 
 28)  27 GEO             Chikhradze, Khvicha           0       0    wbw 
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Girls
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  1)   2 GEO  wm 2291 F  Khotenashvili, Bela           3       6    wbw 
  2)   9 GEO     2090 F  Meskhi, Teona                 3       6    bbw 
  3)   5 GEO  wf 2203 F  Mikadze, Miranda              2.5     5.5  bwb 
  4)  10 GEO     2088 F  Bokuchava, Madona             2.5     5.5  wbw 
  5)   1 GEO  wm 2318 F  Batsiashvili, Nino            2       5    bwb 
  6)  11 GEO     2073 F  Zhorzholiani, Meri            2       5    bwb 
  7)   6 GEO  wf 2180 F  Guramishvili, Sopiko          2       4    wbw 
  8)   8 GEO  wm 2156 F  Datuashvili, Nona             2       4    wbw 
  9)  14 GEO     2005 F  Danelia, Mariam               2       3    wbw 
 10)   3 GEO     2244 F  Gavasheli, Ana                1.5     3.5  bwb 
 11)  23 GEO     2121 F  Tsatsalashvili                1.5     3.5   wb 
 12)  12 GEO     2051 F  Khazhomia, Salome             1.5     2.5  wbw 
 13)  18 GEO     1934 F  Rizhamadze, Patman            1.5     2.5  wbw 
 14)   4 GEO     2209 F  Vakhania, Alexandra           1.5     2.5  wbw 
 15)  15 GEO     1984 F  Butskhrikidze, Ana            1.5     2.5  bwb 
 16)   7 GEO  wf 2161 F  Paikidze, Nazi                1       3    bwb 
 17)  21 GEO     1872 F  Khazhomia, Anuki              1       2    bwb 
 18)  22 GEO     1865 F  Jalabadze, Natia              1       2    w b 
 19)  16 GEO     1969 F  Siradze, Salome               1       1    wbw 
 20)  19 GEO     1933 F  Zarkua, Elisabed              1       1    bw  
 21)  17 GEO  wf 1936 F  Topuridze, Ana                0.5     1    bwb 
 22)  20 GEO     1897 F  Samniashvili, Tamar           0.5     1    wbw 
 23)  13 GEO     2045 F  Khutsidze, Sopo               0       0    bwb 
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20) Topalov wins the chess Oscar

For the 11th time the Russian chess magazine "64 Chess Review" (the editor-in-chief Alexander Roshal) has organised the traditional competition "Oscar". This prize is handed over to the best chess player of the last year. In the past Garry Kasparov has won the award five times, Viswanathan Anand - for four times, Vladimir Kramnik - once.

Unsurprisngly the Oscar for the best performance in 2005 is FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov

361 lists from 68 countries has been considered. Among voted are the journalists writing and acting in mass media, visible chess experts and the grandmasters, publishing the materials on a regular basis. Topalov topped 293 lists of the "best ten" Topalov. Overall he scored 4376 points.

Other places: 2. V.Anand (India) - 3495 (31 times he is named by the first), 3. L.Aronyan (Armenia) - 2721 (10), 4. P.Svidler (Russia) - 1881 (1), 5. P.Leko (Hungary) - 1187, 6. A.Morozevich (Russia) - 1025 (4), 7. Garry Kasparov (Russia) - 1001 (12), 8. Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - 968 (2), 9. R.Ponomarev (Ukraine) - 821, 10. M.Carlsen (Norway) - 433 (2). The bronze figurine of "The Fascinated wanderer" will be handed over to Topalov on May 10th at the opening of the international tournament in Sofia. In ceremony is expected participation of the president of Bulgaria George Pravanov and the president of International chess federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov which the editor-in-chief "64" will ask to hand over a prize to the winner.

Official site: http://www.64.ru/?/en/

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

4th "Young Stars of the World"

The 4th "Young Stars of the World" (Vani Somova Memorial) takes place from the 8th-21st of May 2006 in Kirishi, Russia.

Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/

2nd Alajuela Open

The 2nd Alajuela international open (Costa Rica) takes place 11th-16th July 2006.

Further details: http://www.alajuela2006.com/

IbeatGarry.com: The Six Degrees of Kasparov

If you've won a game that's appeared in Chessbase Megabase 2005 then find out a series of results which by separation means you beat Garry Kasparov! Fun stuff from Karlheinz Zoechling. I'm not in Megabase but have beaten someone who has a separation of two, giving me a separation of three!

Site: http://ibeatgarry.com/

15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny

The 15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny takes place 4th-7th August 2006.

Further detail: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/openmartigny/

IRT Buenos Aires

An IRT (International Rated Tournament) takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by FAOGBA (Federación de Ajedrez del Oeste del Gran Buenos Aires) Federation of Chess of the West of Great Buenos Aires. Apr, 19th-May, 20th 2006. 11 players, average ELO 2118 (eight rated players) It takes place in the halls of the Italian Society of the city of Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar

15th Kavala Open

The 15th Kavala Open takes place 4th-11th August 2006. There is one (traditional) Open Tournament, which is at the same time the Greek Championships. This year they decided to form two groups with very low elo players competing separately, so as not to create great elo differences and discourage high-ranked players from participating (and being paired with a 1400 player, when a game loss, or draw might mean an "elo catastrophy") on a swiss tournament such as this one. This separation of low elos and the bigger ones is done for the first time in Greece, previously all competed in one tournament. The 1st group players will be eligible for Greek Open titles in men's and women's competitions.

Entries must be sent by fax to + 30.2510.226871 or by e-mail : vliog@tee.gr, not later than July 24th and should include full name, ELO Rating, telephone and dates of arrival and departure. Telephone communication : Vassilis Liogkas : +30.2510.622370 and 6977474684

Further info: http://www.chesskavala.gr or http://www.chesskavala.com

5th Knokke Open

The 5th Knokke Open International Chess Tournament  takes place 12th-15th August 2006  The Belgium Chess Club 'Cnoc Is Ier' located at the coast city Knokke Belgium, the tournament accredited by the Flemish Chess Federation exists of 7 rounds 'Swiss system 2 hours K.O'.  

Prize money provided for a total amount of 2275 Euro 1st prize: 750 euro -  2e prize: 375 euro - 3e prize: 200 euro 4e prize: 125 euro -  6e until 13e prize: 25 euro. The best youth player (born after 15 Aug. 1990): 50 euro - Best senior (born before 12 Aug. 1946): 50 euro

The participants who win no money prize will rewarded with a gift prize.  

Tournament participation Before 31 July 2006 one pays 20 euro, afterwards 25 euro. Participation is for nobody free. Maximum 120 players are allowed. Registrations happen in order of recieved payment. Participants must present themselves on the 12 of Augusts between 10 and 12 O'clock.

Register by e-mail sk_knokke@hotmail.com

Further details: http://users.telenet.be/schaakknokke/SchaakClubKnokkeTornooiMain.htm

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

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 29th July - 6th August 2006. Players: Arkadij Naiditsch, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams and Baadur Jobava.

Official site was http://www.chessgate.de/ last year.

Aarhus GM

The Grundfosis a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August 5th-13th 2006 with a special event on August 4.

There will also be an IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men) and Soren Sogaard (soren@seagaard.dk) needs female players with an ELO between 2350 and 2450.

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place July 15th-23rd 2006 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Further details: http://www.chessfest.ca/can_open.htm

10th Anniversary of correspondencechess.com

correspondencechess.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. It has a 10th Anniversary Commemorative Coin: http://www.correspondencechess.com/coin.htm

Home of: Grandmaster V.V. Palciauskas' The World of Correspondence Chess Senior International Master Knudsen's The Correspondence Chess Place The Campbell Report Ralph Marconi's Chess Pages The Canadian Correspondence Chess Association (CCCA) American Postal Chess Tournaments (APCT) The Correspondence Chess Message Board (TCCMB)   and much, much more!

Official site: http://www.correspondencechess.com/

FIDE Presidential Election Websites

Both Presidential tickets for the upcoming FIDE Elections in Turin now have websites.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: http://www.chessfidelity.com

Bessel Kok: http://www.rightmove06.org

Bosna Sarajevo 2006

Unconfirmed reports say the Bosna Sarajevo 2006 takes place place May 5th-16th 2006. According to reliable sources, the players are GM Vladimir Malakhov (RUS 2691), GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM 2695), GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2692), GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER 2664), GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR 2646) and GM Borki Predojevic (BIH 2566) in a double round robin tournament.

Official site will be: http://www.skbosna.ba (no 2006 information yet)

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International Dates: 23 September - 1 October 2006 Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man Total Prize Fund: £17,500

Three sections: (1) Masters (9-round FIDE Rated swiss, ACP registered, GM/IM norms achievable, first prize £3,000) (2) Under 2000 / ECF grade 175 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept) (3) Under 1640 / ECF grade 130 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept)

Confirmed entries so far include nine 2600+ rated players (Korneev, Efimenko, Kobalia, Krasenkow, Volkov, Socko, Shabalov, Khenkin, Iordachescu, Landa) plus US women's champion Anna Zatonskih, etc.

For entry details, consult the tournament website ( http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2006/index.html) or contact tournament director Dennis Hemsley, 3 Links Avenue, Port St Mary, Isle of Man IM9 5EY, tel. 44(0)1624 833742, fax 44(0)1624 833583, email chess@manx.net

Dutch Championship

The Dutch Championship takes place in Hilversum 16th June - 2nd July 2006.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/

Men's Event
 1.  Ivan Sokolov       Lelystad    2676  GM 
 2.  Sergei Tiviakov    Groningen   2669  GM
 3.  Loek van Wely      Tilburg     2655  GM
 4.  Jan Timman         Amsterdam   2616  GM
 5.  Friso Nijboer      Amsterdam   2584  GM
 6.  Erwin l' Ami       Woerden     2565  GM
 7.  Daniel Stellwagen  Soest       2543  GM
 8.  Jan Smeets         Oegstgeest  2535  GM
 9.  Jan Werle          Groningen   2529  GM - elect
10.  John van der Wiel  Voorschoten 2511  GM
11.  Yge Visser         Groningen   2480  IM
12.  Jeroen Bosch       Nijmegen    2465  IM


Women's Championship
 1.  Zhao Qin Peng        Rotterdam  2395  GM 
 2.  Tea Lanchava         Winschoten 2380  IM
 3.  Petra Schuurman      Eindhoven  2258  FM
 4.  Bianca Muhren        Rosmalen   2253  WIM
 5.  Marlies Bensdorp     Maarssen   2251  WIM
 6.  Linda Jap Tjoen San  Den Haag   2191  WIM  
 7.  Mariska Bertholee-de Mie Haarlem2153  
 8.  Arlette van Weersel  Etten Leur 2148  
 9.  Maartje de Jonge     Utrecht    2136  
10.  Pauline van Nies     Zoetermeer 2107  

Open Internet Chess Blitz Cup 2006

Central Chess Club, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Chess Assistant Club invites chess players and chess clubs from your country to take part in the Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to 50 year jubilee of the Central Chess Club (Moscow) for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The prize-winning fund of the Cup makes 10 000 USD that will be played off in 10 qualifying tournaments (April 1 - May 3) and 2 final tournaments (May 6 and 10). The closing ceremony and winners rewarding will be made by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in May during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (Italy).

The Cup tournaments will be held at Chess Assistant playing zone (www.ChessAssistant.com).

E-mail for contacts: info@chessassistantclub.com

Regulations: http://www.chessassistantclub.com/botv_50.html

Christophe Bouton Chess Blog

Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at: http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/

Galati Chess Open

Galati Chess Open 26th of April to 3rd of May. The open is part of Romanian Chess 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.

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

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.

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)

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

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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