THE WEEK IN CHESS 616 28th August 2006 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Lichthof Chess Champions Day
3) NK Hoteles Chess Tournament
4) 4th Staunton Memorial
5) Canadian Closed
6) 26th International Chess Festival Bratto
7) Banyoles International Chess Festival
8) Stare Mesto Open
9) Estonian Junior championship
10) Independence Cup
11) Velica Gorica Open
12) Lichtenberger Sommer
13) 23rd Open Collado Villalba
14) 17th Jozef Kochan Memorial
15) Predeal Open
16) Peterhof Festival
17) Genova Open
18) Vladimir Chess Festival
19) Dubna GM
20) Pays de Charleroi Tournament
21) VIII Sants Open
22) Acropolis Tournament
23) Republica Argentina Chess Festival
24) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

Lichthof Chess Champions Day            12 games
NK Hoteles Chess Tournament             30 games
4th Staunton Memorial                   30 games
Canadian Closed                        188 games
26th International Festival Bratto     306 games
Banyoles International Festival         24 games
Stare Mesto Open                       299 games
Estonian Junior championship            45 games
Independence Cup                       262 games
Velica Gorica Open                     243 games
Lichtenberger Sommer                   180 games
23rd Open Collado Villalba             102 games
17th Jozef Kochan Memorial             200 games
Predeal Open                           229 games
Peterhof Festival                      144 games
Genova Open                            104 games
Pays de Charleroi Tournament            45 games
Acropolis Tournament                    20 games
Republica Argentina Festival            36 games
2499 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Doru Ionescu, Thomas Henrich, Holger Lieske, Zsuzsa Veroci, Harald Fietz, Mikhail Golubev, Laszlo Nagy, Albert Muratet, Toni Ayza, Steve Ross, Marek Kolk, Spiros Ilandzis, Roberto Alvarez, Mig Greengard, Soretti Vincenzo, Gérard Demuydt and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Plenty of good chess this week. The main interest this week was the Lichthof Chess Champions days which saw Garry Kasparov return in an exhibition event against Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar and Viktor Korchnoi. Kasparov seemed in reasonably good form especially in playing conditions which really accentuated the fact it was an exhibition. He tied for first with Anatoly Karpov who must also be pleased as at the end of the month he plays an eight game rapid match against Peter Leko. The NH Hotels Scheveningen event sees its final round tomorrow. The main interest is not whether the rising stars or experience teams will win (the rising stars more or less have it wrapped up) but whether Magnus Carlsen will take first place over Sergey Karjakin and claim a place in the next Amber tournament. Carlsen was a point and a half clear but a loss to Beliavsky combined with a Karjakin win against Jussupow means a tense final round for the team mates.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Lichthof Chess Champions Day

The Lichthof Chess Champions Day celebrated the 150th Anniversary of Credit Suisse. The event saw Garry Kasparov playing his first chess event since his retirement after the Linares 2005 tournament in Zurich on August 22nd 2006. The event was very much an exhibition with fairly relaxed and noisy conditions whilst the players played blitz (5'+2") in the double round robin tournament. Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov shared first on 4.5/6.

Official site: Official site - Live coverage: http://www.chessbase.com/

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Lichthof Champions Blitz Zurich SUI (SUI), 22-22 viii 2006
cat. XVIII (2698)
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                                  1   2   3   4 
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1. Kasparov, Garry    g RUS 2812  **  ==  11  1=   4.5  2852 
2. Karpov, Anatoly    g RUS 2668  ==  **  =1  11   4.5  2900 
3. Polgar, Judit      g HUN 2710  00  =0  **  11   2.5  2636 
4. Korchnoi, Viktor   g SUI 2600  0=  00  00  **   0.5  2329 
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Round 1 (August 22, 2006)

Kasparov, Garry   -  Korchnoi, Viktor  1-0   23  E11  Bogo Indian Defence
Polgar, Judit     -  Karpov, Anatoly   1/2   43  B14  Caro Kann Panov

Round 2 (August 22, 2006)

Karpov, Anatoly   -  Korchnoi, Viktor  1-0   85  E14  Queens Indian
Polgar, Judit     -  Kasparov, Garry   0-1   28  B80  Sicilian Scheveningen

Round 3 (August 22, 2006)

Kasparov, Garry   -  Karpov, Anatoly   1/2   53  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Korchnoi, Viktor  -  Polgar, Judit     0-1   54  E73  King's Indian Averbakh

Round 4 (August 22, 2006)

Karpov, Anatoly   -  Polgar, Judit     1-0   *   E90  King's Indian Classical
Korchnoi, Viktor  -  Kasparov, Garry   1/2   45  D25  QGA

Round 5 (August 22, 2006)

Kasparov, Garry   -  Polgar, Judit     1-0   47  E60  King's Indian without Nc3
Korchnoi, Viktor  -  Karpov, Anatoly   0-1   52  D28  QGA

Round 6 (August 22, 2006)

Karpov, Anatoly   -  Kasparov, Garry   1/2   19  D27  QGA
Polgar, Judit     -  Korchnoi, Viktor  1-0   39  C12  French MacCutcheon

* incomplete

3) NK Hoteles Chess Tournament

The NH Chess Tournament takes place August 19th-29th at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. Youth almost secured victory with a round to go by going 25-20 up. However the race for the invitation to next year's Amber tournament available to the best scoring rising star is open again after Carlsen lost and Karjakin won. Carlsen leads by half a point with a round to go. This confirms a trend seen in Carlsen's career where he has failed towards the end of events when achievement is close (in the recent Norwegian Championships and last year's Wijk aan Zee tournament are just examples that spring to mind).

Another novelty is that apart from the usual live transmission of the games there will be streaming video coverage from the tournament hall so that the Internet audience can follow the entire action.

Official site: http://www.nhchess.quinsy.net

Round 4 (August 22, 2006)

Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Carlsen, Magnus         1/2   18  E55  Nimzo Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    -  Stellwagen, Daniel      1/2   20  D47  Queens Gambit Meran
Andersson, Ulf          -  Wang Hao                1/2   20  D14  Slav Exchange
Jussupow, Artur         -  Karjakin, Sergey        0-1   79  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Nunn, John D.M          -  Smeets, Jan             1-0   32  C65  Ruy Lopez Berlin

Round 5 (August 23, 2006)

Carlsen, Magnus         -  Andersson, Ulf          1-0   22  C10  French Rubinstein
Karjakin, Sergey        -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  1/2   37  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Wang Hao                -  Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    1-0   49  B83  Sicilian Scheveningen
Stellwagen, Daniel      -  Nunn, John D.M          1/2   30  B93  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Smeets, Jan             -  Jussupow, Artur         1/2   56  C18  French Winawer

Round 6 (August 25, 2006)

Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Smeets, Jan             1-0   31  A07  Barcza System
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    -  Carlsen, Magnus         1/2   34  A58  Volga Gambit
Andersson, Ulf          -  Karjakin, Sergey        1/2   16  A15  English counter King's Fianchetto
Jussupow, Artur         -  Stellwagen, Daniel      1/2   68  D47  Queens Gambit Meran
Nunn, John D.M          -  Wang Hao                0-1   40  C19  French Winawer

Round 7 (August 26, 2006)

Carlsen, Magnus         -  Nunn, John D.M          1-0   45  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karjakin, Sergey        -  Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    1/2   50  B36  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Wang Hao                -  Jussupow, Artur         1/2   33  C18  French Winawer
Stellwagen, Daniel      -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  1/2   44  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Smeets, Jan             -  Andersson, Ulf          1-0   45  C10  French Rubinstein

Round 8 (August 27, 2006)

Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Wang Hao                1/2   55  D15  Slav Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    -  Smeets, Jan             1-0   27  A13  Reti Opening
Andersson, Ulf          -  Stellwagen, Daniel      1/2   88  A87  Dutch Leningrad
Jussupow, Artur         -  Carlsen, Magnus         0-1   48  E55  Nimzo Indian
Nunn, John D.M          -  Karjakin, Sergey        1/2   64  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Round 9 (August 28, 2006)

Carlsen, Magnus         -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  0-1   56  C77  Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Karjakin, Sergey        -  Jussupow, Artur         1-0   45  C18  French Winawer
Wang Hao                -  Andersson, Ulf          1/2   22  C10  French Rubinstein
Stellwagen, Daniel      -  Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    1/2   35  B80  Sicilian Scheveningen
Smeets, Jan             -  Nunn, John D.M          1-0   38  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

NH Hotels Amsterdam NED (NED), 19-29 viii 2006 
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 1 Carlsen, Magnus         g NOR 2675  6.0  2720
 2 Karjakin, Sergey        g UKR 2679  5.5  2666
 3 Wang Hao                g CHN 2610  5.0  2637
 4 Stellwagen, Daniel      g NED 2575  4.5  2587
 5 Smeets, Jan             g NED 2532  4.0  2544
 1 Beliavsky, Alexander G  g SLO 2625  6.0  2732
 2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir    g SCG 2551  4.0  2571
 3 Andersson, Ulf          g SWE 2542  3.5  2527
 4 Jussupow, Artur         g GER 2617  3.5  2543
 5 Nunn, John D.M          g ENG 2617  3.0  2493
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NH Hotels Amsterdam NED  2006

                          -------------------  Carlsen,M        2675     6.0/9
                          |   ---------------  Karjakin,Sergey  2679     5.5/9
                          |   |   -----------  Wang Hao         2610     5.0/9
                          |   |   |   -------  Stellwagen,D     2575     4.5/9
                          |   |   |   |   ---  Smeets,J         2532     4.0/9
                          |   |   |   |   |   
 1 Beliavsky,A      2625  ½1  ½   1½  0½  11     6.0/9
 2 Ljubojevic,L     2551  ½½  ½½  0   ½½  01     4.0/9
 3 Jussupow,Ar      2617  ½0  00  ½½  1½  ½      3.5/9
 4 Andersson,U      2542  0   ½½  ½½  ½½  ½0     3.5/9
 5 Nunn,J           2617  00  ½½  ½0  ½   10     3.0/9

4) 4th Staunton Memorial

The 4th Staunton Memorial took place in Simpsons in the Strand 14th-19th August 2006 and then moved to Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire from 21st-25th August 2006. Ivan Sokolov took clear first with 9/11 half a point clear of Jan Timman and Michael Adams.

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2006/index.shtml

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4th Staunton Mem London/Crowthorne ENG (ENG), 14-25 viii 2006cat. XI (2517)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Sokolov, Ivan           g NED 2652  * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.0  2767 
 2. Timman, Jan H           g NED 2594  = * = 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1  8.5  2721 
 3. Adams, Michael          g ENG 2732  = = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2708 
 4. Werle, Jan              g NED 2531  = 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.0  2618 
 5. L'Ami, Erwin            g NED 2586  0 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2576 
 6. Wells, Peter K          g ENG 2480  = 0 0 1 = * 1 0 1 1 = 0  5.5  2520 
 7. Speelman, Jonathan S    g ENG 2541  0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1  5.0  2479 
 8. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea   m NED 2389  0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 = 1  4.5  2464 
 9. Visser, Yge             m NED 2516  0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2415 
10. Howell, David WL        m ENG 2479  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1  3.5  2387 
11. Levitt, Jonathan        g ENG 2431  0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 * 1  3.0  2350 
12. Day, Lawrence A         m CAN 2278  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 *  1.0  2156 
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Venue Wellington College

Round 7 (August 21, 2006)

Sokolov, Ivan          -  Timman, Jan H          1/2   18  B07  Pirc Defence
Werle, Jan             -  Visser, Yge            1-0   33  E94  King's Indian Classical
Wells, Peter K         -  Adams, Michael         0-1   28  E21  Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Speelman, Jonathan S   -  L'Ami, Erwin           1/2   80  D11  Slav Defence
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea  -  Howell, David WL       0-1   67  E63  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Day, Lawrence A        -  Levitt, Jonathan       0-1   40  B23  Sicilian Closed

Round 8 (August 22, 2006)

Sokolov, Ivan          -  Werle, Jan             1/2   36  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Timman, Jan H          -  Levitt, Jonathan       1-0   43  C07  French Tarrasch
Adams, Michael         -  Speelman, Jonathan S   1/2   44  C07  French Tarrasch
L'Ami, Erwin           -  Day, Lawrence A        1-0   22  E91  King's Indian Classical
Visser, Yge            -  Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea  0-1   36  B06  Modern Defence
Howell, David WL       -  Wells, Peter K         0-1   28  E45  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein

Round 9 (August 23, 2006)

Werle, Jan             -  Timman, Jan H          0-1   28  A30  English Symmetrical
Wells, Peter K         -  Visser, Yge            1-0   27  A45  Trompowsky
Speelman, Jonathan S   -  Howell, David WL       1-0   85  A48  King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea  -  Sokolov, Ivan          0-1   31  A56  Old Indian Defence
Levitt, Jonathan       -  L'Ami, Erwin           0-1   58  E45  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Day, Lawrence A        -  Adams, Michael         0-1   13  C34  Kings Knight Gambit

Round 10 (August 24, 2006)

Sokolov, Ivan          -  Wells, Peter K         1/2   30  D27  QGA
Timman, Jan H          -  L'Ami, Erwin           1-0   35  C93  Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Adams, Michael         -  Levitt, Jonathan       1-0   36  C02  French Advance
Werle, Jan             -  Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea  1-0   42  B06  Modern Defence
Visser, Yge            -  Speelman, Jonathan S   0-1   28  B17  Caro Kann
Howell, David WL       -  Day, Lawrence A        1-0   46  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin

Round 11 (August 25, 2006)

L'Ami, Erwin           -  Adams, Michael         1/2   32  E19  Queens Indian
Wells, Peter K         -  Werle, Jan             1-0   40  E20  Nimzo Indian
Speelman, Jonathan S   -  Sokolov, Ivan          0-1   33  D18  Slav Defence
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea  -  Timman, Jan H          1/2   38  A42  Modern Defence
Levitt, Jonathan       -  Howell, David WL       0-1   38  A40  Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Day, Lawrence A        -  Visser, Yge            0-1   36  A48  King's Indian Defence /c2-c4

5) Canadian Closed

The Belzberg Invitational Canadian Closed & Zonal Chess Championships took place 18th-27th August 2006 in Toronto, Ontario. Igor Zugic won the event with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.chessontario.com/tournaments/BelzbergInvitational-2006.htm and http://monroi.com/tournamentgate/canadianclosed06/index.html

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Canadian Closed zt Toronto CAN (CAN), 18-26 viii 2006
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 1. Zugic, Igor              m  CAN 2467   7.0  2600 
 2. Bluvshtein, Mark         g  CAN 2541   6.5  2491 
 3. Charbonneau, Pascal      g  CAN 2501   6.5  2441 
 4. Gerzhoy, Leonid          m  ISR 2386   6.5  2455 
 5. Lee, Vicente                CAN 2236   6.5  2319 
 6. Krnan, Tomas             m  CAN 2399   6.0  2460 
 7. Lawson, Eric             m  CAN 2393   6.0  2452 
 8. Milicevic, Goran         f  CAN 2305   6.0  2404 
 9. Khassanov, Marat         f  CAN 2314   6.0  2324 
10. Thavandiran, Shiyam         CAN 2264   6.0  2327 
11. Tayar, Jonathan             CAN 2214   6.0  2445 
12. Haessel, Dale R             CAN 2195   6.0  2353 
65 players

6) 26th International Chess Festival Bratto

The 26th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" took place in Bratto (Italy), 19th-27th August 2006. Eraid Dervishi edged out Dimitri Komarov on tie-break both finishing on 7.5/9.

Official Website: http://www.scaccobratto.com/

Open A Final Round 9 Standings:
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XXVI Open A Bratto ITA (ITA), 19-27 viii 2006
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  1. Dervishi, Erald           g  ALB 2531   7.5   50.5           
  2. Komarov, Dimitri          g  UKR 2530   7.5   47.5           
  3. Mogranzini, Roberto       f  ITA 2352   7.0   45.5           
  4. Sax, Gyula                g  HUN 2545   6.5   50.0           
  5. Groszpeter, Attila        g  HUN 2511   6.5   47.5           
  6. Shytaj, Luca              m  ITA 2433   6.5   47.0           
  7. Godena, Michele           g  ITA 2528   6.5   46.5           
  8. Fierro Baquero, Martha L  m  ECU 2314   6.5   44.0           
  9. Brunello, Sabino          f  ITA 2391   6.5   43.0           
 10. Salvador, Roland          f  PHI 2420   6.5   42.5           
 11. Cebalo, Miso              g  CRO 2505   6.0   50.5           
 12. Vancini, Edoardo          f  ITA 2250   6.0   49.5           
 13. Rombaldoni, Axel             ITA 2169   6.0   48.0           
 14. Drasko, Milan             g  SCG 2521   6.0   47.5           
 15. Borgo, Giulio             m  ITA 2414   6.0   46.0           
 16. Isonzo, David             f  ITA 2361   6.0   44.0  4.5      
 17. Grooten, Herman           m  NED 2362   6.0   44.0  4.0     5
 18. Bellia, Fabrizio          m  ITA 2392   6.0   44.0  4.0     4
 19. Piscopo, Pierluigi        f  ITA 2393   6.0   43.5           
 20. Castaldo, Folco           f  ITA 2336   6.0   42.0           
 21. Bruno, Fabio              m  ITA 2388   6.0   40.5           
 22. Drazic, Sinisa            g  SCG 2514   6.0   40.0           
 23. Vezzosi, Paolo            m  ITA 2356   6.0   37.5           
 24. Epishin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2555   5.5   48.5           
 25. Schuurman, Petra          f  NED 2219   5.5   47.0           
 26. Guido, Flavio             f  ITA 2323   5.5   43.5           
 27. Mola, Pietro              f  ITA 2279   5.5   43.0           
 28. Efimov, Igor              g  ITA 2439   5.5   42.0  4.5      
 29. De Santis, Alessio        f  ITA 2337   5.5   42.0  3.5      
 30. Lanzani, Mario            m  ITA 2331   5.5   40.0           
 31. Sbarra, Marco             f  ITA 2290   5.5   39.5           
 32. Ferretti, Folco           f  ITA 2254   5.5   38.5           
 33. Andreolini, Mauro            ITA 2195   5.5   38.0           
 34. Costantini, Roberto       f  ITA 2293   5.5   35.0           
126 players

7) Banyoles International Chess Festival

The Banyoles International Chess Festival took place 16th-25th August 2005. It started with the 2nd Lluis Muratet Rapid on August 16th which was won by Sergey Fedorchuk with 8/9. Then there was an eight day open won on tie-break by Viktor Korchnoi on tie-break from a group of 6 players on 7/9. Korchnoi received two half point byes to allow him to play in the Lichthof Chess Champions Day reported above. My thanks to Albert Muratet who sent a small number of games, more (perhaps 10 per round) may follow.

Official site: http://www.compartir.org/escacsbanyoles/first.htm

2nd Lluis Muratet Rapid Banyoles ESP (ESP), 16-16 viii 2006
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   1    Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  (4)          UKR   2592  8      50.5  55.5   42.0
  2-4   Almeida, Omar  (13)                CUB   2475  7.5    50.0  54.5   41.5
        Epishin, Vladimir  (5)             RUS   2555  7.5    49.0  53.5   35.5
        Malakhatko, Vadim  (3)             UKR   2594  7.5    46.5  50.5   36.5
  5-7   Matnadze, Ana  (23)                GEO   2361  7      52.0  56.5   39.0
        Fluvià Poyatos, Joan  (14)         CAT   2467  7      48.0  52.5   36.0
        Tiviakov, Sergei  (1)              NED   2668  7      48.0  51.0   35.0
 8-14   Moskalenko, Viktor  (7)            UKR   2543  6.5    49.5  54.5   38.0
        Korchnoi, Viktor  (2)              SUI   2600  6.5    49.5  54.0   39.0
        Kasparov, Sergey  (10)             BLR   2487  6.5    45.5  50.0   33.5
        Braghetta, Sergio  (29)            ITA   2304  6.5    45.5  48.5   32.5
        Fomichenko, Eduard  (20)           RUS   2385  6.5    45.0  48.0   30.5
        Coursaget, Nicolas  (28)           FRA   2331  6.5    44.0  47.5   33.5
        Mayo Casademont, Martí  (40)       CAT   2191  6.5    39.0  42.0   30.0
 15-24  Cicak, Slavko  (8)                 SWE   2532  6      49.5  53.5   35.0
        Hillarp Persson, Tiger  (6)        SWE   2549  6      48.0  53.0   35.0
        Vehi Bach, Victor M.  (25)         CAT   2345  6      47.0  51.5   33.0
        Hetey, Laszlo  (27)                GER   2331  6      46.5  50.0   33.0
        Pomes Marcet, Joan  (21)           CAT   2380  6      44.0  48.5   31.5
        Kristiansen, Jens  (17)            DEN   2425  6      43.0  46.5   29.5
        Zozulia, Anna  (24)                UKR   2352  6      42.0  46.0   32.0
        Alonso Rosell, Alvar  (37)         CAT   2196  6      41.5  45.0   30.0
        Guso Llorca, Jordi  (59)           CAT   2088  6      38.5  41.0   26.0
        Mircescu, Ovidiu  (44)             FRA   2161  6      36.0  38.5   29.0
 154 players
 
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9th Open Banyoles ESP (ESP), 17-16 viii 2006
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1   GM  Korchnoi Viktor                SUI 2600  7,0  37,5 0,0 39,5
2   GM  Tiviakov Sergei                NED 2668  7,0  37,5 0,0 42,0
3   IM  Lapshun Yury                   USA 2452  7,0  36,0 0,0 38,0
4   GM  Hillarp Persson Tiger          SWE 2549  7,0  35,5 0,0 40,0
5   IM  Fomichenko Eduard              RUS 2385  7,0  35,5 0,0 41,0
6   IM  Kristiansen Jens               DEN 2425  7,0  33,0 0,0 37,0
7   FM  Cuadras Avellana Jorge         ESP 2363  6,5  34,0 0,0 37,0
8   IM  Fluvia Poyatos Joan            ESP 2467  6,5  33,0 0,0 34,5
9   IM  Fluvia Jordi                   ESP 2482  6,5  32,5 0,0 37,5
10  IM  Sermier Guillaume              FRA 2368  6,5  31,5 0,0 34,5
11  GM  Moskalenko Viktor              UKR 2543  6,0  37,0 0,0 43,5
12  GM  Cicak Slavko                   SWE 2532  6,0  37,0 0,0 41,0
13  IM  Giffard Nicolas                FRA 2353  6,0  35,0 0,0 41,5
14  IM  Almeida Omar                   CUB 2475  6,0  35,0 0,0 42,0
15  IM  Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel    ESP 2480  6,0  33,0 0,0 36,0
16  WGM Arribas Maritza                CUB 2283  6,0  32,5 0,0 38,5
17      Ibarra Chami Lius              MEX 2223  6,0  32,0 0,0 37,5
18  FM  Coursaget Nicolas              FRA 2331  6,0  31,5 0,0 35,0
19  FM  Borne Niels                    FRA 2331  6,0  31,0 0,0 38,0
20      Ruijgrok Dennis                NED 2268  6,0  30,0 0,0 37,0
21  IM  Hetey Laszlo                   GER 2331  6,0  29,5 0,0 34,5
22      Michielsen Joost               NED 2323  6,0  29,0 0,0 36,5
23  WGM Matnadze Ana                   GEO 2361  5,5  34,0 0,0 42,0
24      Swinkels Robin                 NED 2286  5,5  32,5 0,0 38,5
25  FM  Braghetta Sergio               ITA 2304  5,5  30,5 0,0 36,5
26      Meera Sai                      IND 2138  5,5  29,0 0,0 33,0
27      Narings Niek                   NED 2229  5,5  28,5 0,0 34,5
28      Fogel Pierre                   BEL 2165  5,5  28,5 0,0 37,0
29  IM  Vehi Bach Victor M             ESP 2345  5,5  28,5 0,0 34,5
30  cm  Mayo Casademont Marti          ESP 2191  5,5  27,5 0,0 29,0
31  CM  Colls Gelaberto Emili          ESP 2249  5,5  27,5 0,0 33,0
32      Osterwald Elwin                NED 2142  5,5  27,0 0,0 33,5
33  cm  Serra Pagel Jordi              ESP 2251  5,5  26,0 0,0 30,0
34      Kleijn Christov                NED 2080  5,5  26,0 0,0 35,0
35      Chouquet Adrien                FRA 2168  5,5  26,0 0,0 35,0
36  FM  Sorroche Martin Jose Maria     ESP 2217  5,5  25,5 0,0 31,0
37  cm  Fabre Massana Miquel           ESP 2124  5,5  23,5 0,0 29,5
131 players

8) Stare Mesto Open

The Stare Mesto Open took place 11th-19th August 2006. Ramil Hasangatin edged out Marek Vokac on tie-break after both scored 8/10.

Official site: http://www.fera.hitech.cz

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Open Stare Mesto CZE (CZE), 11-20 viii 2006
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  1. Hasangatin, Ramil       g  RUS 2491  8,0  8,0  68,0  55,0
  2. Vokac, Marek            g  CZE 2498  8,0  8,0  66,5  53,0
  3. Sosna, Jan              m  CZE 2411  7,5  7,5  64,5  51,5
  4. Zpevak, Pavel           m  CZE 2377  7,5  7,5  63,5  51,0
  5. Jasny, Stanislav        f  CZE 2325  7,5  7,5  59,0  47,0
  6. Mudrak, Josef           f  CZE 2368  7,5  7,5  59,0  47,0
  7. Meszaros, Michal        f  SVK 2420  7,5  7,5  58,0  47,5
  8. Lubczynski, Rafal       f  POL 2361  7,5  7,5  57,0  44,5
  9. Hrabusa, Matej             SVK 2192  7,0  7,0  66,0  54,0
 10. Plischki, Sebastian        GER 2387  7,0  7,0  66,0  53,0
 11. Kireev, Aleksei         m  RUS 2382  7,0  7,0  60,0  48,0
 12. Jurcik, Marian             SVK 2328  7,0  7,0  60,0  47,5
 13. Parligras, Cosmin          ROM 2232  7,0  7,0  60,0  47,0
 14. Jurcik, Martin             SVK 2309  7,0  7,0  58,0  46,0
 15. Dauth, Benjamin            GER 2341  7,0  7,0  56,0  44,0
 16. Vojtek, Vladimir           SVK 2387  7,0  7,0  55,0  45,5
176 players

9) Estonian Junior championship

The Estonian Junior championship, Lembit Oll Memorial took place in Narva-Joesuu, 15th-20th August 2006. Vladijir Onischuk won the event with 7.5/9. News: Marek Kolk.

Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee/turniirid/arhiiv/2006/juuniorideMV/index.php?lang=eng&act=

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 1. Onischuk, Vladimir    m UKR 2411  * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2548 
 2. Ivanov, Alexey          RUS 2408  0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 =  6.5  2442 
 3. Volodin, Aleksandr      EST 2354  = 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2407 
 4. Zacurdajev, Mikhail     RUS 2397  = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 1  5.5  2357 
 5. Kalinichev, Andrey    f EST 2372  0 = 1 0 * = 1 = = =  4.5  2280 
 6. Vovk, Ilja              EST 2236  0 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1  4.5  2295 
 7. Shlykov, Vitali         EST 2245  0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 = 1  3.5  2214 
 8. Soskov, Vjatsheslav     EST 2251  0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1  3.0  2168 
 9. Kunitson, Nikolai       EST 2074  = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * =  2.5  2147 
10. Ezov, Roman             EST 2144  0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = *  1.5  2032 
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10) Independence Cup

The Independence Cup in Kiev took place 13th-23rd August 2006. Vladimir Baklan scored 8.5/11 half a point clear of Vladimir Sergeev.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t096.html

  1.    1  Baklan, Vladimir            8.5  74.5  56.25  54.5  2621 2643 +0.25
  2.    6  Sergeev, Vladimir           8.0  73.0  50.50  49.0  2489 2588 +1.40
  3.    3  Zontakh, Andrey             7.5  72.5  49.50  47.0  2555 2559 +0.13
        7  Kislinsky, Alexey           7.5  67.5  42.50  44.5  2454 2468 +0.24
        2  Vysochin, Spartak           7.5  66.5  42.75  43.5  2555 2457 -1.19
       18  Nazarevich, Vitaly          7.5  58.5  38.75  38.5  2303 2397 +1.45
  7.    4  Kruppa, Yuri                7.0  72.0  45.00  43.5  2540 2472 -0.92
        8  Pavlov, Sergey              7.0  69.5  41.00  45.5  2415 2501 +1.28
       36  Goncharov, Oleh             7.0  66.5  40.75  39.5  2193 2465 +3.92
       25  Zakharchenko, Arnold        7.0  55.5  31.00  31.0  2275 2323 +0.70
 11.    5  Shishkin, Vadim             6.5  69.5  38.00  42.5  2529 2433 -1.31
       11  Kharchenko, Boris           6.5  67.0  35.75  42.0  2383 2396 +0.23
48 players

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Independence Cup A Kyiv UKR (UKR), 13-23 viii 2006
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 1. Baklan, Vladimir        g  UKR 2621  +49 + 6 +21 = 2 = 7 + 9 =11 + 5 +13 = 3 = 4  8.5  2642 
 2. Sergeev, Vladimir       m  UKR 2489  +28 +20 +17 = 1 - 9 +27 = 5 = 3 = 4 +19 +12  8.0  2585 
 3. Zontakh, Andrey         g  UKR 2555  +10 =25 +23 =13 =27 =21 + 4 = 2 +11 = 1 = 7  7.5  2558 
 4. Vysochin, Spartak       g  UKR 2555  =13 -43 +30 +33 +47 +12 - 3 +21 = 2 + 9 = 1  7.5  2455 
 5. Kislinsky, Alexey       m  UKR 2454  +35 =14 -13 +39 +43 +23 = 2 - 1 + 8 = 7 +20  7.5  2468 
 6. Nazarevich, Vitaly         UKR 2303  +31 - 1 =47 -36 =15 +35 +37 +27 =14 +13 +11  7.5  2398 
 7. Kruppa, Yuri            g  UKR 2540  =43 = 8 +28 +20 = 1 =13 =21 +12 = 9 = 5 = 3  7.0  2469 
 8. Goncharov, Oleh            UKR 2193  =26 = 7 +24 -21 +20 +22 -12 +17 - 5 +25 +13  7.0  2462 
 9. Pavlov, Sergey2            UKR 2415  +41 =40 +43 =12 + 2 - 1 +14 =11 = 7 - 4 +19  7.0  2500 
10. Zakharchenko, Arnold    m  UKR 2275  - 3 -31 -15 +46 +30 +45 -17 +44 +36 +22 +16  7.0  2330 
11. Shishkin, Vadim UKR     m  UKR 2529  -14 +19 +29 =27 +40 +18 = 1 = 9 - 3 +24 - 6  6.5  2433 
12. Kharchenko, Boris          UKR 2363  =32 +38 +39 = 9 =23 - 4 + 8 - 7 +18 +14 - 2  6.5  2397 
13. Dolzhikova, Kateryna    wm UKR 2276  = 4 +36 + 5 = 3 =21 = 7 +19 +18 - 1 - 6 - 8  6.0  2423 
14. Baryshpolets, Andrey       UKR 2251  +11 = 5 =22 =18 =17 +32 - 9 +43 = 6 -12 =21  6.0  2395 
15. Palkovich, Denis           UKR 2212  -21 -16 +10 =44 = 6 =26 +34 =24 +23 -20 +35  6.0  2329 
16. Kruglyakov, Pavlo          UKR 2281  -30 +15 -31 =37 +33 +47 +36 =22 -19 +21 -10  6.0  2213 
17. Nogin, Nikolai             UKR 2321  +45 +42 - 2 =32 =14 -19 +10 - 8 -25 +39 +31  6.0  2257 
18. Kernazhitsky, Leonid    m  UKR 2344  -39 +45 +34 =14 +36 -11 +43 -13 -12 =28 +32  6.0  2290 
19. Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi      UKR 2242  -22 -11 +49 +42 +34 +17 -13 +23 +16 - 2 - 9  6.0  2350 
20. Vovk, Orest                UKR 2296  +37 - 2 +42 - 7 - 8 +39 -22 +47 +31 +15 - 5  6.0  2283 
21. Perun, Sergey           m  UKR 2355  +15 +29 - 1 + 8 =13 = 3 = 7 - 4 =22 -16 =14  5.5  2373 
22. Zhizmer, Yuri           m  UKR 2393  +19 =39 =14 =40 =32 - 8 +20 =16 =21 -10 =29  5.5  2256 
23. Dzupin, Dmitry             UKR 2311  +34 +30 - 3 +31 =12 - 5 =27 -19 -15 =37 +36  5.5  2252 
24. Poluektov, Yury2           UKR 2365  -29 +41 - 8 +30 =31 =37 =32 =15 +27 -11 =25  5.5  2235 
25. Moliboga, V                RUS 2284  +33 = 3 -27 -47 -37 =41 +45 +35 +17 - 8 =24  5.5  2253 
26. Solomaha, Andrey           UKR 2323  = 8 -27 -33 +38 =35 =15 +41 -31 +34 =32 =28  5.5  2208 
27. Taborov, Boris             UKR 2446  =48 +26 +25 =11 = 3 - 2 =23 - 6 -24 =35 +39  5.5  2328 
28. Zhesterev, Anatol          UKR 2251  - 2 +37 - 7 =29 =39 =34 =33 +38 =32 =18 =26  5.5  2255 
29. Julin, Alexei              UKR 2231  +24 -21 -11 =28 -41 =38 =47 +40 +33 =31 =22  5.5  2254 
30. Vdovichenko, Vladislav     UKR 2065  +16 -23 - 4 -24 -10 +50 -35 +46 =38 +47 +37  5.5  2211 
31. Gorbatenko, Kateryna       UKR 2094  - 6 +10 +16 -23 =24 -43 +40 +26 -20 =29 -17  5.0  2259 
32. Melnichuk, Mikhail         UKR 2215  =12 +44 =40 =17 =22 -14 =24 =36 =28 =26 -18  5.0  2263 
33. Mazurchak, Bogdan          UKR 2075  -25 =35 +26 - 4 -16 +42 =28 =37 -29 +44 =34  5.0  2211 
34. Gubay, Nikolay             UKR 2165  -23 +49 -18 +41 -19 =28 -15 +50 -26 +38 =33  5.0  2184 
35. Grinev, Valeriy            UKR 2249  - 5 =33 +38 -43 =26 - 6 +30 -25 +47 =27 -15  4.5  2174 
36. Berezjuk, Evgeniya         UKR 2096  =48 -13 +44 + 6 -18 +40 -16 =32 -10 =40 -23  4.5  2196 
37. Chernozem, Sergey          UKR 2080  -20 -28 +50 =16 +25 =24 - 6 =33 =39 =23 -30  4.5  2156 
38. Manilyk, Andrei            UKR 2143  =44 -12 -35 -26 +42 =29 +50 -28 =30 -34 +46  4.5  2112 
39. Borzov, Dmitri             UKR 2201  +18 =22 -12 - 5 =28 -20 =44 +41 =37 -17 -27  4.0  2216 
40. Matorin, Evgeny         m  RUS 2283  +47 = 9 =32 =22 -11 -36 -31 -29 +45 =36 -42  4.0  2109 
41. Moiseev, Igor              UKR 2246  - 9 -24 +45 -34 +29 =25 -26 -39 =46 -42 +44  4.0  2123 
42. Porokhnyak,Inna            UKR ----  +50 -17 -20 -19 -38 -33 =46 =45 -44 +41 +40  4.0  2089 
43. Abramov, Alexander         RUS 2266  = 7 + 4 - 9 +35 - 5 +31 -18 -14  .   .   .   3.5  2319 
44. Ianovsky, Alexander        UKR 2308  =38 -32 -36 =15 -45 +46 =39 -10 +42 -33 -41  3.5  2017 
45. Brozhik, Vasilij           UKR 2189  -17 -18 -41 +50 +44 -10 -25 =42 -40 -46 +47  3.5  2060 
46. Khadzh Khamed, Naser       UKR 1998   .   .   .  -10 +50 -44 =42 -30 =41 +45 -38  3.0  2066 
47. Novikova, Margarita        UKR 2067  -40 +50 = 6 +25 - 4 -16 =29 -20 -35 -30 -45  3.0  2073 
48. BYE 1/2                        ----  =36  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2271 
49. Semenova, Lidia K       wg UKR 2280  - 1 -34 -19  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
50. BYE                            ----  -42 -47 -37 -45 -46 -30 -38 -34  .   .   .   0.0       
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11) Velica Gorica Open

The 6th Velica Gorica Open took place 19th-26th August 2006. Ivan Saric edged out Vladimir Bukal Junior on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/vgorica/06/index.htm

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 1. Saric, Ivan              CRO 2394 7,5 38,5 48,5 40,0
 2. Bukal, Vladimir jr    m  CRO 2407 7,5 38,0 48,5 35,0
 3. Bukal, Vladimir       m  CRO 2414 7,0 42,5 54,0 38,5
 4. Brumen, Dinko         m  CRO 2341 7,0 42,0 53,5 40,5
 5. Doric, Darko          f  CRO 2420 6,5 42,0 54,0 34,5
 6. Biti, Ozren           f  CRO 2355 6,5 40,5 51,5 36,0
 7. Lalic, Bogdan         g  CRO 2488 6,5 40,5 51,0 34,0
 8. Feletar, Darko        m  CRO 2400 6,5 40,0 52,0 34,5
 9. Zivkovic, Vjekoslav   m  CRO 2407 6,5 40,0 51,5 35,0
10. Rogulj, Branko        m  CRO 2413 6,5 40,0 51,5 34,5
11. Bosiocic, Marin       f  CRO 2433 6,5 39,5 51,0 34,0
12. Krstic, Uros          m  CRO 2347 6,5 39,0 50,0 33,5
13. Zecevic, Dean            CRO 2389 6,5 38,0 47,5 35,5
14. Frank, Vladimir          CRO 2254 6,5 36,5 46,0 32,5
15. Franic, Milan         m  CRO 2392 6,5 35,5 46,0 31,5
16. Zaja, Ivan            g  CRO 2445 6,0 41,0 52,0 33,5
17. Vadla, Zeljko            CRO 2227 6,0 40,0 51,5 33,5
18. Jovanic, Ognjen       m  CRO 2464 6,0 39,5 50,5 32,0
19. Matic, Zeljko            CRO 2187 6,0 38,0 47,5 30,5
20. Stefan, Kresimir         CRO 2223 6,0 37,0 47,5 30,0
21. Kristovic, Marijan    f  CRO 2299 6,0 37,0 46,5 29,5
22. Kosanski, Stanko      m  CRO 2339 6,0 36,5 46,5 32,0
23. Kalajzic, Ivan           CRO 2223 6,0 35,5 46,0 29,0
24. Havas, Ladislav       f  CRO 2278 6,0 35,0 45,5 30,5
25. Djurovic, Goran          CRO 2199 6,0 32,0 41,0 29,0
137 players

12) Lichtenberger Sommer

The Lichtenberger Sommer open took place in Berlin, 19th-27th August 2006. Harald Fietz reports that GM Rabiega won for the third time (the open is five years old). IM Jacob Geller had a half point lead before the final round but did not manage to overcome his former coach IM Jakob Meister (based in Berlin since 2002). IM Rene Stern, Rabiega's team mate at König Tegel - the newcomer in next year's Bundesliga - finish third (all 7,5 points).

Full table: http://home.arcor.de/friesenschach/Lichtenberger_Sommer/LS_06/fort_erweitert.htm

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 1. Rabiega, Robert               g  GER 2524  7.5  51.5 382.0
 2. Geller, Jakov                 m  RUS 2480  7.5  51.0 380.5
 3. Stern, Rene                   m  GER 2465  7.5  50.5 384.5
 4. Meister, Yakov                m  GER 2504  7.0  50.0 368.0
 5. Muse, Drazen                  m  GER 2407  7.0  48.5 367.5
 6. Kalinitschew, Sergey          g  GER 2499  7.0  47.0 353.5
 7. Tahiri, Daut                     GER 2099  6.5  47.5 358.0
 8. Litwak, Aleksej                  GER 2222  6.5  47.5 355.5
 9. Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian     GER 2370  6.5  46.5 360.0
10. Werner, Dimo                  m  GER 2315  6.5  45.0 367.0
11. Prudlo, Simon                    GER 2242  6.5  42.5 338.0
12. Schilow, Wladimir                GER 2397  6.5  42.0 363.0
13. Zschaebitz, Klaus             f  GER 2066  6.5  40.5 336.0
157 players

13) 23rd Open Collado Villalba

The 23rd Open Collado Villalba tournament took place 19th-27th August 2006. Mihai Suba won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the final two rounds are missing.

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

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23rd Open Collado Villalba ESP (ESP), 19-27 viii 2006
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 1. Suba, Mihai                       g  ROM 2533  7½   64
 2. Moreno Ruiz, Javier               m  ESP 2469  7    65
 3. Guliev, Logman                    m  AZE 2417  7    66
 4. Pogorelov, Ruslan                 g  UKR 2395  7    67
 5. Zambrana, Oswaldo                 m  BOL 2429  6½   68
 6. Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel       f  ESP 2281  6½   69
 7. Babaev, Rashad                    m  AZE 2454  6½   70
 8. Roa Alonso, Santiago              f  ESP 2418  6½   71
 9. Marholev, Dimitar                 m  BUL 2434  6½   72
10. Aranaz Portugues, Jose Carlos        ESP 2159  6½   73
11. Gavilan Diaz, Mario                  ESP 2229  6½   74
12. Elissalt Cardenas, Hector         m  CUB 2329  6    75
13. Valles Moreno, Ivan                  ESP 2356  6    76
14. Vazquez, Renier                   m  ESP 2517  6    77
15. Madina, Martin                       ARG 2262  6    78
16. Pastor Alonso de Prado, Alberto      ESP 2230  6    79
17. Cueto, J                          m  BOL 2314  6    80
18. Portugues, Rodriguez                 ESP 2200  6    81
19. De la Fuente G., Francisco           ESP 2217  6    82
20. Estrada Martinez, Cesar              ESP 2135  6    83
21. Garcia Galeote, Lorenzo              ESP 2144  6    84
22. Buijs Martin, Urtzi                  ESP 2142  6    85
126 players

14) 17th Jozef Kochan Memorial

The 17th Jozef Kochan Memorial took place in Koszalin, Poland, 4th-13th July 2006. Aloyzas Kveinys won the event with 7.5/10.

Official site: http://www.hetman.man.koszalin.pl/

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 1. Kveinys, Aloyzas        g  LTU 2546  =35 +11 + 6 =12 +10 = 2 + 4 + 9 = 3 = 8  7.5  2497 
 2. Warakomski, Tomasz      f  POL 2420  =11 +35 +16 + 9 = 4 = 1 = 8 + 7 = 5 = 3  7.0  2489 
 3. Jakubiec, Artur         g  POL 2490  +23 =14 = 5 =10 +17 +13 =12 + 8 = 1 = 2  7.0  2468 
 4. Tazbir, Marcin          f  POL 2413  +34 =26 +14 +13 = 2 +21 - 1 +12 = 6 = 9  7.0  2439 
 5. Brzeski, Maciej            POL 2261  =31 +29 = 3 + 6 = 7 - 9 +25 +16 = 2 =11  6.5  2382 
 6. Piorun, Kacper             POL 2126  +17 +18 - 1 - 5 +34 =14 +13 +15 = 4 =10  6.5  2432 
 7. Krysztofiak, Marcin        POL 2388  =32 +27 =26 +19 = 5 =12 +10 - 2 = 9 +18  6.5  2383 
 8. Stysiak, Szymon            POL 2221  -22 +36 +30 +25 =13 +18 = 2 - 3 +12 = 1  6.5  2390 
 9. Bach, Matthias          f  GER 2339  +36 +28 =10 - 2 +31 + 5 +21 - 1 = 7 = 4  6.5  2371 
10. Kuziola, Mateusz           POL 2269  +24 +22 = 9 = 3 - 1 +26 - 7 +33 +18 = 6  6.5  2382 
11. Kanarek, Marcel            POL 2190  = 2 - 1 =33 +40 +28 -15 +26 +17 +16 = 5  6.5  2366 
12. Strzemiecki, Zbigniew   f  POL 2366  =27 +32 +31 = 1 +15 = 7 = 3 - 4 - 8 +19  6.0  2361 
13. Skalski, Michal         f  POL 2343  +19 +30 +15 - 4 = 8 - 3 - 6 +27 =14 +20  6.0  2300 
14. Panocki, Adrian            POL 2246  +40 = 3 - 4 -16 +27 = 6 =32 +30 =13 +21  6.0  2303 
15. Gunajew, Rafal             POL 2266  +21 +39 -13 +28 -12 +11 =17 - 6 -20 +25  5.5  2195 
16. Dukaczewski, Piotr      m  POL 2344  =37 +33 - 2 +14 -21 +31 +23 - 5 -11 +28  5.5  2213 
17. Grycel, Kamil              POL 2317  - 6 =20 +32 +27 - 3 +19 =15 -11 =28 =26  5.0  2191 
18. Mickiewicz, Piotr          POL 2380  +20 - 6 -28 +36 +33 - 8 +34 +21 -10 - 7  5.0  2169 
19. Palosz, Andrzej            POL 2139  -13 +38 +39 - 7 =25 -17 =20 +23 +31 -12  5.0  2212 
20. Rzoska, Kamil              POL 2161  -18 =17 =29 =30 -32 +41 =19 +26 +15 -13  5.0  2242 
21. Krzyzanowski, Marcin       POL 2106  -15 +41 +22 +26 +16 - 4 - 9 -18 +32 -14  5.0  2261 
22. Tofil, Borys               POL 2003  + 8 -10 -21 +37 -26 -34 =24 +42 =29 +33  5.0  2166 
23. Jozwicki, Jakub            POL 2207  - 3 =24 -27 +39 +30 =32 -16 -19 +41 +34  5.0  2185 
24. Kulon, Klaudia          wf POL 2109  -10 =23 =38 -34 +29 -28 =22 =35 +42 +32  5.0  2156 
25. Carlstedt, Jonathan        GER 2052  -26 +42 +34 - 8 =19 +36 - 5 =32 +33 -15  5.0  2174 
26. Paszkiewicz, Sebastian     POL 2222  +25 = 4 = 7 -21 +22 -10 -11 -20 +35 =17  4.5  2175 
27. Zowada, Kazimierz          POL 2152  =12 - 7 +23 -17 -14 +38 +31 -13 =30 =29  4.5  2219 
28. Quinn, Rory                IRL 1979  +41 - 9 +18 -15 -11 +24 -33 +34 =17 -16  4.5  2211 
29. Zoltek, Tadeusz         f  POL 2280  =33 - 5 =20 -31 -24 =35 +41 +36 =22 =27  4.5  2110 
30. Zuk, Andrzej               POL 2072  +38 -13 - 8 =20 -23 +40 +37 -14 =27 =36  4.5  2157 
31. Sokolowski, Ryszard        POL 2096  = 5 +37 -12 +29 - 9 -16 -27 +38 -19 +42  4.5  2191 
32. Szymanska, Maria        wf POL 2186  = 7 -12 -17 +38 +20 =23 =14 =25 -21 -24  4.0  2147 
33. Ferenc, Jozef              POL 2123  =29 -16 =11 +35 -18 +39 +28 -10 -25 -22  4.0  2094 
34. Chojnowski, Marcin         POL 2188  - 4 +40 -25 +24 - 6 +22 -18 -28 +37 -23  4.0  2078 
35. Andrzejewska, Edyta     wm POL 2213  = 1 - 2 =37 -33 -36 =29 +42 =24 -26 +38  4.0  2150 
36. Puszczewicz, Krzysztof     POL 2134  - 9 - 8 +41 -18 +35 -25 +39 -29 =40 =30  4.0  2109 
37. Walczak, Przemyslaw        POL 2149  =16 -31 =35 -22 -39 +42 -30 +41 -34 +40  4.0  2045 
38. Suder, Ryszard             POL 2242  -30 -19 =24 -32 +42 -27 +40 -31 +39 -35  3.5  1990 
39. Lange, Detlef              GER 1957  +42 -15 -19 -23 +37 -33 -36 =40 -38 +41  3.5  2045 
40. Eichler, Gottfried         GER 2082  -14 -34 +42 -11 =41 -30 -38 =39 =36 -37  2.5  1946 
41. Dudek, Andrzej             POL 2215  -28 -21 -36 +42 =40 -20 -29 -37 -23 -39  1.5  1809 
42. BYE                            ----  -39 -25 -40 -41 -38 -37 -35 -22 -24 -31  0.0       
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15) Predeal Open

The Predeal Chess Open took place 12th-18th August 2006. Evgeny Gleiserov edged out Evgeny Sveshnikov and Mikhail Ulibin on tie-break all finished on 7/9. My thanks to Doru Ionescu for the games.

Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro.

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Open Predeal ROM (ROM), 12-18 viii 2006
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  1. Gleizerov, Evgeny              g  RUS 2562  7        42.0
  2. Sveshnikov, Evgeny             g  LAT 2496  7        39.5
  3. Ulibin, Mikhail                g  RUS 2489  7        38.5
  4. Grigore, George-Gabriel        g  ROM 2472  6.5      43.0
  5. Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula    m  ROM 2465  6.5      41.5
  6. Badea, Bela                    g  ROM 2508  6.5      40.5
  7. Berescu, Alin                  m  ROM 2491  6.5      40.5
  8. Nevednichy, Vladislav          g  ROM 2576  6.5      40.0
  9. Lupulescu, Constantin          g  ROM 2566  6.5      40.0
 10. Malaniuk, Vladimir P           g  UKR 2511  6.5      39.5
 11. Vajda, Levente                 g  ROM 2524  6.5      37.5
 12. Murariu, Andrei                g  ROM 2516  6.5      37.0
 13. Jianu, Vlad-Cristian           m  ROM 2491  6.5      36.0
 14. Sofronie, Iulian               m  ROM 2410  6        41.5
 15. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian         m  ROM 2403  6        40.5
 16. Pap, Misa                      m  SCG 2409  6        39.5
 17. Sanduleac, Vasile              g  MDA 2519  6        38.5
 18. Bonte, Andrei                     ROM 2191  6        38.5
 19. Soltanici, Ruslan              m  MDA 2348  6        37.5
 20. Inkiov, Ventzislav             g  BUL 2538  6        36.5
 21. Seger, Ruediger                m  GER 2407  6        36.5
 22. Doncea, Vladimir                  ROM 2264  6        36.5
 23. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor          m  ROM 2426  6        35.5
 24. Bogdan, Dan                    m  ROM 2434  6        35.0
 25. Chirila, Ioan Cristian         f  ROM 2292  6        34.5
 26. Manea, Alexandru               f  ROM 2321  6        34.0
 27. Katov, Luboslav                   BUL 2226  6        34.0
174 players

16) Peterhof Festival

The Peterhof festival "Petrovskaya Ladya" took place 14th-20th August 2006. Aleksandr Shimanov won the main category IV A1 event. Games from the final rounds are missing.

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

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Petrovskaja Ladja A1 Peterhof RUS (RUS), 14-20 viii 2006 cat. IV (2328)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Shimanov, Aleksandr     RUS 2306  * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1  7.5  2523 
 2. Karpov, Alexander     m UZB 2352  1 * 0 = = = 1 0 1 1 1  6.5  2436 
 3. Petrenko, Svetlana    m MDA 2293  0 1 * = = = = = 1 = 1  6.0  2403 
 4. Valov, Ilya             RUS 2270  0 = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2406 
 5. Zhidkov, Valery S     m UKR 2416  = = = = * = = = = = 1  5.5  2355 
 6. Markosian, David S    m ARM 2377  0 = = 1 = * 0 1 0 = =  4.5  2287 
 7. Kosarev, Dmitry         RUS 2173  0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 1 0  4.5  2307 
 8. Utkin, Aleksey        f RUS 2395  0 1 = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 =  4.0  2249 
 9. Malysheva, Polina    wm RUS 2323  = 0 0 = = 1 0 0 * 1 =  4.0  2256 
10. Gritsenko, Andrey     f RUS 2367  = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 * =  3.5  2214 
11. Mukhin, Georgy          RUS 2340  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = *  3.0  2178 
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Petrovskaja Ladja A2 Peterhof RUS (RUS), 14-20 viii 2006 cat. I (2271)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Drugov, Pavel         f RUS 2337  * = 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1  7.5  2457 
 2. Timofeev, Andrei        RUS 2316  = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2459 
 3. Bets, Anatolij        m MDA 2369  0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2453 
 4. Nadjezhdin, Dmitry      RUS 2216  0 = = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2469 
 5. Gerasimov, Yuri       f RUS 2294  = = 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2378 
 6. Pogosian, Vladimir      ARM 2241  = = 0 0 0 * 0 1 = 1 1  4.5  2237 
 7. Malofeev, Alex        f RUS 2303  0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 =  4.5  2231 
 8. Kaliberda, Vladimir   m UKR 2397  0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1  3.5  2148 
 9. Lupik, Marina           RUS 2249  1 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 0 1  3.0  2123 
10. Kozlov, Oleg          m RUS 2170  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 0  1.5  1984 
11. Kobzar, Alexandr        UKR 2085  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 *  1.5  1993 
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Petrovskaja Ladja S Peterhof RUS (RUS), 14-20 viii 2006cat. VIII (2449)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Yevseev, Denis        g RUS 2572  * = = = = = = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2547 
 2. Maslak, Konstantin    m RUS 2537  = * = = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1  6.5  2550 
 3. Brodsky, Michail      g UKR 2571  = = * = = = 1 = = 1 =  6.0  2509 
 4. Can, Emre               TUR 2301  = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 0 1  5.5  2500 
 5. Lintchevski, Daniil   f RUS 2429  = 1 = 0 * = = = 1 = =  5.5  2487 
 6. Kim, Alexey           g KOR 2454  = 0 = = = * = = = = 1  5.0  2449 
 7. Lovkov, Roman         f RUS 2384  = 0 0 1 = = * 0 0 1 1  4.5  2420 
 8. Khruschiov, Alexey    m MDA 2415  0 0 = = = = 1 * 0 1 =  4.5  2416 
 9. Eliseev, Alexei       m RUS 2438  0 1 = 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 0  4.0  2378 
10. Solovjov, Sergey I    m RUS 2434  = 0 0 1 = = 0 0 1 * 0  3.5  2341 
11. Vlasenko, Miroslav    m RUS 2409  0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 *  3.5  2343 
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17) Genova Open

The Genova Open took place 8th-14th August 2006. Roland Salvador edged out Rolly Martinez on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.genovascacchi.it/open/index.htm

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Open Genova ITA (ITA), 7-14 viii 2006
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 1. Salvador, Roland         f  PHI 2420  7.0   45.5     
 2. Martinez, Rolly          m  PHI 2399  7.0   41.5     
 3. Lazic, Miroljub          g  SCG 2477  6.5   45.0     
 4. Barsov, Alexei           g  UZB 2546  6.0   49.5     
 5. Dzhumaev, Marat          g  UZB 2509  6.0   48.5     
 6. Velikov, Petar           g  BUL 2465  6.0   45.0     
 7. Georgiev, Krum           g  BUL 2485  6.0   44.0     
 8. Ferretti, Folco          f  ITA 2254  6.0   43.0     
 9. Di Paolo, Raffaele       f  ITA 2334  6.0   41.0     
10. Bontempi, Piero          f  ITA 2318  5.5   49.5     
11. Okhotnik, Vladimir       m  FRA 2485  5.5   44.5     
12. Lanzani, Mario           m  ITA 2331  5.5   43.0     
13. Guido, Flavio            f  ITA 2323  5.0   43.5     
14. De Santis, Alessio       f  ITA 2337  5.0   42.5     
15. Brun, Dario                 ITA 2040  5.0   42.0     
16. Bertaglia, Luca             ITA 2031  5.0   40.0     
17. Pasquotto, Mirko            ITA 1939  5.0   38.5     
18. Astengo, Marcello           ITA 2109  5.0   37.5     
19. Accattato Martin, Mario     ESP 2089  5.0   36.0     
20. Di Lascio, Savino           ITA 2048  5.0   33.5     
21. Foglia, Maurizio            ITA 2117  5.0   31.5  3.0
22. Fossati, Remigio            ITA 2203  5.0   31.5     
46 players

18) Vladimir Chess Festival

The Vladimir Chess Festival took place 15th-24th August 2006. Alexey Kornev won the main all-play-all GM event ahead of Amonatov and Khenkin. The Vladimir open saw 1. A Rychagov, 7.5 2. Voitsekhovskij, 3. Krjakvin 7 etc. Hopefully games will become available.

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

19) Dubna GM

The Dubna GM tournament took place 4th-13th August 2006. Aleksandr Rakhmanov won the event. No games available.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/files/downloads/dubna_gm_itogi1508.xls

20) Pays de Charleroi Tournament

The Tournoi International du Pays de Charleroi took place 29th July 2006 - 5th August 2006. Danial Saiboulatov won the event with 5.5/9. There was also an open event with no games available. News: Soretti Vincenzo.

Official site: http://users.skynet.be/crec/index.htm

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TIPC Closed Charleroi BEL (BEL), 28 vii-5 viii 2006      cat. IV (2336)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Saiboulatov, Danial      m BEL 2431  * = = 1 0 1 1 0 1 =  5.5  2405 
 2. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru      m ROM 2415  = * = = = = = 1 = =  5.0  2370 
 3. Foisor, Cristina Adela   m ROM 2393  = = * = = 0 1 = 1 =  5.0  2372 
 4. Feller, Sebastien        f FRA 2345  0 = = * 1 1 0 = = 1  5.0  2378 
 5. Henris, Luc              f BEL 2269  1 = = 0 * = = = 0 1  4.5  2343 
 6. Ahn, Martin              f BEL 2306  0 = 1 0 = * 1 = = =  4.5  2339 
 7. Wiley, Tom E             f ENG 2340  0 = 0 1 = 0 * 1 = 1  4.5  2335 
 8. Marechal, Andy           f BEL 2305  1 0 = = = = 0 * = =  4.0  2296 
 9. Brittner, Serge          f LUX 2327  0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 0  3.5  2257 
10. Cappon, John               FRA 2231  = = = 0 0 = 0 = 1 *  3.5  2267 
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Open Final Standings:
 Tit Nom                       Cote   F/M Pay   Pts   Perf
  1  m Eliet Nicolas          (2427F)  M  FRA  7.0/9  2535
  2  g Leitao Rafael          (2598F)  M  BRA  7.0/9  2546
  3  m Hanley Craig           (2419F)  M  ENG  7.0/9  2496
  4  m Gharamian Tigran       (2460F)  M  FRA  7.0/9  2480
  5  m Hovhanisian Mher       (2359F)  M  ARM  7.0/9  2410
  6  f Maes Wim               (2287F)  M  BEL  7.0/9  2359
  7 wg Kadimova Ilaha         (2330F)  F  AZE  6.5/9  2412
  8  m Laurent Bruno          (2404F)  M  BEL  6.5/9  2423
  9  m Perez Garcia Rodney    (2406F)  M  CUB  6.5/9  2412
 10 wm Foisor Sabina-Francesc (2292F)  F  ROM  6.5/9  2335
 11  * Both Erik              (2286F)  M  NED  6.5/9  2329
 12  * Demanghon Jonathan     (2160F)  M  FRA  6.5/9  2275
 13 nm Schuermans Robert      (2251F)  M  BEL  6.5/9  2251
 14  * Denayer Eric           (2279F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2321
 15  g Plachetka Jan          (2427F)  M  SVK  6.0/9  2309
 16  m Vandevoort Pascal      (2388F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2299
 17  * Van Uytven Eric        (2167F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2239
 18  * Hanley James L.        (2155F)  M  ENG  6.0/9  2234
 19  f Van Mechelen Jan       (2251F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2269
 20  f Bolzoni Victor-Angel   (2170F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2223
 21  * Hoffmeister Frank      (2114F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2211
 22  m Mohandesi Shahin       (2253F)  M  IRI  6.0/9  2205
 23  * Russo Julien           (2145F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2183
 24  * Wantiez Fabrice        (2265F)  M  BEL  6.0/9  2190
129 players

21) VIII Sants Open

The VIII Sants Open takes place in Sants (Barcelona) 25th August - 3rd September 2006. Leading players: 1. Georgi Giorgadze 2607 2 Rafael Leitao 2598 3 Ruben Felgaer 2581 4 Mihail Marin 2544 etc

Official site: http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/angles/

22) Acropolis Tournament

The 21st "Acropolis" tournament in Athens took place 13th-21st August 2006. Tamaz Gelashvili had the best tie-break of Fernando Peralta and Levan Aroshidze all of whom scored 7/9. Salome Melia won the women's event. The few remaining games from the final round that were missing last week from their live coverage are now available.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2006/

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Acropolis Open Athens GRE (GRE), 13-21 viii 2006
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 1. Gelashvili, Tamaz          g  GEO 2575  7    2492
 2. Peralta, Fernando          g  ARG 2546  7    2461
 3. Aroshidze, Levan           g  GEO 2490  7    2408
 4. Georgiev, Vladimir         g  MKD 2518  6½   2442
 5. Romanishin, Oleg M         g  UKR 2555  6½   2412
 6. Svetushkin, Dmitry         g  MDA 2569  6    2490
 7. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios  g  GRE 2521  6    2445
 8. Zhu Chen                   g  QAT 2476  6    2432
 9. Kotanjian, Tigran          g  ARM 2515  6    2421
10. Solak, Dragan              g  SCG 2564  6    2401
11. Rozentalis, Eduardas       g  LTU 2605  6    2376
12. Georgiadis, Ioannis           GRE 2312  5½   2540
13. Nikolaidis, Ioannis        g  GRE 2538  5½   2444
14. Grivas, Efstratios         g  GRE 2496  5½   2411
15. Managadze, Nikoloz         m  GEO 2444  5½   2399
16. Sriram, Jha                m  IND 2408  5½   2390
17. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad       g  QAT 2564  5½   2375
18. Stefanova, Antoaneta       g  BUL 2520  5½   2374
19. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios   g  GRE 2567  5½   2357
20. Hakki, Imad                m  SYR 2447  5½   2268
68 players

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Acropolis Women's Open Athens GRE (GRE), 13-21 viii 2006
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 1. Melia, Salome              wg GEO 2381  7 	2264
 2. Danielian, Elina           m  ARM 2423  6½ 	2284
 3. Makropoulou, Marina        wg GRE 2297  6 	2326
 4. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca   wm ROM 2292  6 	2299
 5. Foisor, Cristina Adela     m  ROM 2393  6 	2255
 6. Rogule, Laura              wg LAT 2342  5½ 	2291
 7. Krivec, Jana               wm SLO 2316  5½ 	2230
 8. Meenakshi, S1              wg IND 2310  5½ 	2228
 9. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND 2417  5½ 	2222
10. Burtasova, Anna            wm RUS 2311  5 	2278
11. Zawadzka, Jolanta          wg POL 2378  5 	2272
12. Papadopoulou, Vera         wm GRE 2217  5 	2251
13. Pokorna, Regina            wg SVK 2342  5 	2237
14. Karlovich, Anastazia       wg UKR 2285  5 	2228
15. Kononenko, Tatiana         wg UKR 2392  5 	2214
16. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini      wm GRE 2296  5 	2187
34 players

23) Republica Argentina Chess Festival

The Republica Argentina Chess Festival 2006 took place July 24th - August 4th, 2006 in the new building of "Villa Martelli Chess Club". 5 events, with players of Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Paraguay, Chile, Venezuela, USA, Serbia, Russia. COMP ZAP!Chess won both the main GM event and the ITT Vicente Lopez tournament aswell. Games from the final two days of the events now available.

Details: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar or http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/Magistral/IX/mag06.html

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Copa Mercosur Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 24 vii-3 viii 2006               cat. VII (2406)
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                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. COMP ZAP!Chess                         ----  * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 10.5  2688 
 2. Bachmann, Axel                   m PAR 2448  = * = = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1  9.0  2543 
 3. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda   m BRA 2459  0 = * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  9.0  2543 
 4. Liascovich, Lucas                m ARG 2395  = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 1  8.0  2493 
 5. Alonso, Salvador                 m ARG 2441  = = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 = = =  7.0  2432 
 6. Panno, Oscar                     g ARG 2459  = = = = = * 0 = = 1 = = = =  6.5  2402 
 7. Prasca, Raphael                  m VEN 2442  0 = = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = = 1 1  6.5  2403 
 8. Rodriguez, Andres                g URU 2511  0 0 = = = = = * = = 1 = 1 =  6.5  2398 
 9. Valerga, Diego                   m ARG 2470  0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 = = =  5.5  2344 
10. Needleman, Gaston                  ARG 2435  0 1 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 = = 1  5.0  2316 
11. Stamenkovic, Dragan              f SCG 2393  0 0 = 1 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 0 =  4.5  2297 
12. Slipak, Sergio                   g ARG 2463  0 0 0 = = = = = = = = * 0 =  4.5  2291 
13. Rojas Keim, Luis                   CHI 2357  0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 1 * =  4.5  2299 
14. Hungaski, Robert Andrew          m USA 2412  = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = = *  4.0  2264 
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ITT Vicente Lopez Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 24 vii-3 viii 2006  cat. III (2303)
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                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. COMP ZAP!Chess                       ----  * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  9.5  2802 
 2. Della Morte, Pablo             f ARG 2284  0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1  7.0  2453 
 3. Ripari, Marcelo                f ARG 2341  0 = * = 1 1 = = = = 1  6.0  2370 
 4. Real de Azua, Ernesto          f ARG 2378  0 = = * = 1 1 = = 1 =  6.0  2367 
 5. Cubas, Jose Fernando           m PAR 2421  0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 0  5.5  2326 
 6. Prates, Fabiano                  BRA 2274  0 = 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1  5.0  2305 
 7. Scarella, Enrique              m ARG 2348  = 0 = 0 0 = * = = = 1  4.0  2226 
 8. De Dovitiis, Alejo             m ARG 2371  0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1  3.5  2185 
 9. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A   f URU 2273  0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1  3.5  2195 
10. Needleman, Alejandro             ARG 2378  0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * =  3.0  2146 
11. Shcherbine, Andrei               RUS 2261  0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 = *  2.0  2066 
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ITT Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 24 vii-3 viii 2006           cat. II (2282)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Duarte, Leonardo        ARG 2390  * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2482 
 2. Paglilla, Carlos      m ARG 2371  = * = = = = = = = 1 = 1  6.5  2338 
 3. Goldwaser, Cristian     ARG 2359  = = * = = = 1 0 1 0 = 1  6.0  2310 
 4. Born, Carlos            BRA 2132  = = = * 1 0 0 1 = = = 1  6.0  2331 
 5. Diaz, Nahuel          m ARG 2420  = = = 0 * = = = = 1 = 1  6.0  2305 
 6. Izquierdo, Daniel     f URU 2319  = = = 1 = * 0 = 0 = = 1  5.5  2278 
 7. Zuriel, Marisa       wm ARG 2186  0 = 0 1 = 1 * = 0 1 = =  5.5  2290 
 8. Fusco, Leonardo         ARG 2249  0 = 1 0 = = = * = = = 1  5.5  2284 
 9. Della Morte, Pablo    f ARG 2284  0 = 0 = = 1 1 = * 0 = 1  5.5  2281 
10. Gattas, Allan           BRA 2197  0 0 1 = 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1  5.0  2253 
11. Valiente, Cristobal   m PAR 2304  0 = = = = = = = = = * 0  4.5  2214 
12. Guerrero, Alvaro        URU 2168  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 *  1.5  1982 
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24) Forthcoming Events and Links

Leko - Karpov Match

Peter Leko and Anatoly Karpov play an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc 30th August - 3rd September 2006. Two games per day at 16:00 and 17:30 local time.

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

The 1st International Odessa Chess Cruise

A rapid tournament takes place 28 August - 2 September 2006 during the Odessa-Istanbul-Odessa Black Sea ship cruise. 12 GMs are participating: Ivanchuk (2734), Vaganian (2598), Eingorn (2591), Tukmakov (2560), Drozdovskij (2552), Lerner (2523), Palatnik (2520), S.Savchenko (2508), Golubev (2467), Zhukova (2456), N.Gaprindashvili (2375), Klinova (2346).

Website (in Russian): http://www.chessportal.od.ua

Hungarian tournaments September-December 2006

1. 2nd-14th September FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER- ROUND ROBIN), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/..

2. 16th-24th of September Kecskemet, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from Budapest.

3. 15th-23rd of September BUDAPEST AUTUMN - 1st GOLD CROWN Kup, 9 rounds Swiss Open, Org: Nagy Laszlo. firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: www.firstsaturday.hu

4.. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Budapest Org: .Nagy Laszlo,

5. 14th-22nd of October, 9 round Swiss Open tmt HÉVÍZ - 150 km West from Budapest, org: IM RIGO, Janos, website: www.lellechess.tar.hu

6. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, Budapest, info Nagy Laszlo.

7.. 16th-24th of of November, TENKES KUPA - OPEN, Harkány, 250 km South West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

8 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, info Nagy Laszlo.

3rd Szeged Cup

The 3rd Szeged Cup (International women's Hungarian Championship) takes place 10th-17th September 2006.

Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/szeged/

XI AVAS OPEN

XI. AVAS OPEN 2006 FIDE Group "A" and B Miskolc (Hungary) takes place 25th - 30th August 2006.

Further information to appear at: http://www.chess.hu/en/tournaments.php3

Bucharest Open

The Bucharest Open takes place 4th-11th September 2006.

Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/

Hull Congress

The 43rd Hull Chess Congress (Yorkshire, England) will take place in the Student Union Building, University of Hull, over the weekend of November 17-19, 2006. This year's Hull Congress has three sections, Open, Under 150 and Under 100 and the total prize fund for the tournament is 1200 pounds (1st 250, 2nd 100, 3rd 50 each section), with the option of adding additional prizes based on the number of entries. The entry fee is just 15 pounds if you commit your entry on or before October 31, 2006 and just 20 pounds after that date. For more information about the Hull Congress and to download an entry form, please visit the new Hull & District Chess Association website at http://www.h-d-c-a.org.uk/ or contact Mark Ieronimo, Tournament Organizer, at congress@h-d-c-a.org.uk to obtain an entry form via email.

Secrets of the July 2006 FIDE Rating List

"Secrets of the July 2006 FIDE Rating List" by Boris Schipkov, 15.08.2006 appears on the website Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/. There are more than 1000 grandmasters in the World now. Germany leads on the number of players with rating. The greatest increase in number of players was in France.

Chorley Chess Congress

Chorley Chess Congress takes place bank holiday weekend, Sat 26th to Monday 28th August 2006. FIDE Open, U160 & U120.

Official site including live coverage: http://www.chorleychess.org.uk

Kramnik - Deep Fritz

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.

Official site: http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/

European Union Individual Chess Championships

The European Union Individual Chess Championships take place at the Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006.

Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/

Geller Memorial Open

The 2nd Geller Memorial Open takes place in Odessa, Ukraine from 18th (day of arrival) - 27th September 2006. Prize fund of the A-Open is 3.475 USD. Details in Russian: http://www.chess.odessa.ua (more specifically: http://www.chess.odessa.ua/chess/polojenie.htm ). Email: chess@sadt.od.ua

Sydney International Open 2007

The 2007 Sydney International Open will be held as a 9-round FIDE-rated Swiss event from 10-14 April 2007. The venue is Parramatta Town Hall, an historic centre and business hub just 30 minutes by train from Central Sydney and International Airport. Some conditions are offered to titled players. It is also possible to play in Australia's largest weekender, the Doeberl Cup, a 7-round FIDE-rated event held in Canberra 6-9 April 2007. An information sheet, registration form and other details are available at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open. The organisers are Australian Chess Enterprises. Contact is Brian Jones at info@chessaustralia.com.au

World Blitz Championship

The World Blitz Championship takes place 5th-8th September 2006 in Rishon Le Zion (Israel). Anand, Polgar, Leko, Svidler, Gelfand, Grischuk....+ Junior compete.

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

3rd International Ashdod Open

The 3rd International Ashdod Open takes place 11th-19th September 2006 plus an attempt by Ilya Smirin on September 7th 2006 to set a new simul Guiness record.

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

Hereford International

The Hereford International chess tournament takes place 29th August - 3rd September 2006. Players: GMs: Nicholas Pert, Peter Wells, Colin McNab, IM: Gawain Jones, FMs: Maxim Devereaux, James Cobb, Peter Sowray and Iain Gourlay.

Official site: http://www.deversoft.co.uk/hict/

Hastings Congress

The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 5 January 2007. 9 round master Swiss +many other events including a FIDE Rated open 6-7 January. Details Con Power conpowr@aol.com.

Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

GibTelecom Chess Festival

The GibTelecom Chess Festival takes place 23rd January - 1st February 2007. including a 9 round Masters with a rest day. Also two 5 round Swisses for players under 2200 and two separately for players under 1800. Total prize fund £71,000, including £9000 awards specifically for females with a first of £4000; £12000 for players under 2200, where such a player could win £6000; seniors £2000; junior £1000. So far Arishchenko, Efimenko, Kuzubov, Milov, Krush, Ganguly, Kunte, Sand ipan, Bellon, Cramling have accepted invitations. further details Judy Whurr conf.banq@caletahotel.gi

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

European Rapid Chess Championship

The European Rapid Chess Championship 2006 takes place in Warsaw, Poland (at the same time the 6th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament played during the 25th Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski) takes place 16th-17th of December 2006. The prize fund is 20.000 Euros. The tournament is a part of the ACP Tour. Visit the Official site for more information, updates are coming soon. Contact details of Organizers and Chief arbiter.

Tournament Director - Mrs Maria Macieja mobile: + 48 603 391 318 e-mail: mariamacieja@o2.pl

Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl/

Instalplast Open

IV International Open ‘Instalplast’ takes place 27th August –2nd September 2006 in Lviv Region, Ukraine at resort place ‘Sunny Glade’. 10 round Swiss. Time: 90 minutes per game and 30 seconds for each move. Prize money provided for a total amount of 5000$ 1st prize: 1500$- 2e prize: 900$- 3e prize: 500 $ until 15e prize: 40$. The best women: 120$/80$/40$ GM/WGM are provided with free accommodation and meal. IM/WIM – free accommodation. Last year the event had 157 participants from 6 countries. More details by e-mail grabinsky@ukr.net

olimpbase

The olimpbase website: http://www.olimpbase.org from April covers all team events. The latest addition is the European U18 Team Ch. has just finish in Balatonelle. Also, there is a lot on the history of this interesting event at my page, including details, games and results of all previous editions, overall statistics and medal table. See http://www.olimpbase.org/youth/euro18.html

Swiss Chess Tour Christmas 2006

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will restore "Christmas Tournament" back after a one year break and four years in Interlaken this time in Bern. The change is only in the venue in the Hotel "Bern", in the very center of the city. The 1st International Open Hotel "Bern" December 26th-30th 2006. 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: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. 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 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Bern" Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.Prize are: 300, 200, 150, 2x100, 2x50 CHF. Entry fee 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF) Time table for "Bern Open": December 26. The last registration 12.00-13.00. Open ceremony and apero reception from 13.30-14.00. Round 1st 14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. Blitz Tournament 19.30-22.30. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing ceremonies 15.00. Special chess rates in Hotel "Bern". More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+965-465-40, fax +41+62+965-46-51 E-mail beochess@bluewin.ch

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Brian Jones' Chess Clinic in Malaysia

The Chess Club of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Secondary School in Klang, Malaysia will be organizing a half-day chess clinic by FIDE Master Brian Jones from Sydney, Australia on the 19th of August 2006. To be held at the school's Library between 1 pm and 5 pm (Malaysian time), the fee for the chess clinic is Ringgit Malaysia 50 per person.

To obtain more information and to register for the chess clinic, please contact the Chess Club at the following email address: starschool_chessclub@yahoo.com

2nd Lviv Chess Open

The Lviv Chess Club and Lviv Chess Federation organises the in Lviv (Ukraine) the 2nd International Chess Open "The Cup of Lion - 2006" from 20th-26th August 2006. ( 1 prize - 1000 $) Last year the event had 168 participants from 6 countries. The top rated players were Vysochin Spartak (UKR 2573), Kovchan Oleksander ( UKR 2508), Oleksienko Mikhailo (UKR 2487), Kryvoruchko Yurij (UKR 2476). There were 6 GMs and more than 15 IMs. Contact - nazar_f@mail333.com

Official page of the tournament - http://www.chessclub.lviv.ua/

Satka Tournament

The Satka tournament saw two all-play-all tournaments. Just results seem to be available. Chess Today reports that Parimarjan Negi became India's youngest GM at 13 years 142 days.

Tables: http://fgala.boom.ru/tourn/satka06.htm

Spitsbergen Chess Festival

The Spitsbergen Chess Festival takes place September 1st-4th 2006. The event will include a match between Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen.

Official site: http://www.longyear.no/hvaskjer.htm

6th Open Air Blitz des Bastions

The 6th Open Air Blitz des Bastions takes place 12th August 2006. Blitz 3 minutes + 2 secondes/move, cadence Fischer.

Entry: CHF 10.- payable sur place lors de la première ronde CHF 5.- pour les juniors (jusqu'à 20 ans, 1986 et + jeune)

Organisation Club d'Echecs de Genève et restaurant Parc des Bastions Inscriptions et renseignements au 079 342 62 32 & 022 734 27 54 Email : info-echecs@bluewin.ch.ch

Further details: http://www.ceg.ch

Malaysian Chess Festival 2006

26th ASTRO Merdeka Team Championship # Date: 19-20 August 2006 1st prize: RM 10,000 3rd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open # Date: 21-27 August 2006 1st prize: USD 4,000 AmBank Group Berhad Challenge 2006 # Date : 21-27 August 2006 1st prize : RM2000/=

Details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net

6th Emory Castle Grand Prix

The 6th Emory Castle Grand Prix June 16-18 Atlanta, Georgia USA. Hopefully the games and full table will turn up. Final standings on ICC: 1-5 4.0 Becerra Serper Gulamali Dunne Pohl.

Official site: http://www.emorychess.org/tournament.html

Computer chess tournament calendar

The Computer chess tournament calendar by Frank Quisinsky has been updated. Frank's Chess Page: http://www.amateurschach.de Frank's Chess Page, CC-Calendar: http://www.amateurschach.de/atl4/_calendar.htm

AnMon 5.6 by Christian BARRETEAU won the computer chess tournament in Massy (France) with 6/6 . This tournament has been organised for many years by a very strong group of French computer chess engine programmers. Unfortunately, this year only seven French programs participated. Second place for Pharaon 3.4 by Franck ZIBI with 5/6 and the third place for ChessTiger 2006 Alpha by Christophe THERON with 4/6. In other words ... AnMon defended its title. The next computer chess tournament is the Australasian-NCC-ch in Canberra at August 20th, 2006. TOP favorits are Bodo, Trace and Warp.

World U-20 Juniors and Girls Championships

World U-20 Juniors and Girls Chess Championships will be held from October 2 to 17, 2006, in Yerevan, Armenia. Please kindly give an ad about the event on your famous chess site.

Updates about the event and the relevant materials can be found at http://www.armchess.am.

Lugano tournaments

International Week-end Chess Open Lugano 2006 "ONE WEEKEND IN THE SOUTH PART OF SWITZERLAND" When: Friday, 17 November ' Sunday November Where: Hotel Flora, Via Geretta 16, 6900 Lugano- Paradiso Phone +41 91 994 16 71 Fax: +41 91 994 27 38 E-mail: hotelflora@bluewin.ch Modality: International Tournament. 5 Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 36 Moves in 90 Minutes + 30 Minutes K.O. Rating: CH- & FIDE

International Amateurs Chess Open Ascona 2006 Only for Amateurs, Max. 2299 ELO. , 26th December ' Saturday, 30th December 2006 Where: Hotel Ascona, via Collina, 6612 Ascona (Switzerland) Modality: International Chess Tournament. 7 Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 40 Moves in 120 Minutes + 60 Minutes K.O. ELO: Not valid for ELO Points (holiday mood!)

Lugano Rapid Chess Marathon Ticino Cureglia 2006 Sunday, 18.06.2006 Where? Parco Rusca (Park & town hall), CH-6944 Cureglia Modality? International Rapid Chess Tournament 24 rounds Swiss System Rate of play? 5 minutes to finish the game Prizes? CHF 600 (€ 400) / 400 (€ 268) / 300 (€ 200) / 200 (€ 133) / 100 (€ 67) CHF 100 (€ 67) Best Ticino player + 9 Special prizes (Full prize amount with 50 players, otherwise % to the number of participants ) Inscriptions? CHF 40 (€ 27) under 20 CHF 20 (€ 14), Sunday: 08.00 - 09.00 Timetable? Sunday 09.15 - 13.00 (15 rounds) 14.30 - 16.30 (9 rounds)

Further details: http://www.luganoscacchi.ch/

European Youth Championship 2006

European Youth Championship 2006 Herceg Novi (Montenegro), September 9 - 20th 2006.

Further details: http://www.scgchess.org/

Frits Agterdenbos Photos

Chess Photographer Frits Agterdenbos has launched a website of his photos at: http://www.chessvista.com/. He is at the Turin Olympiad and his photo reports is available there.

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

French Team Championship

The final four rounds of the French Team Top 16 Championship took place 4th-7th May 2006 in Asnières-sur-Seine. NAO Chess Club again won the title three points clear of Monaco who they defeated in the final round. Games from the final two rounds are not yet available (apart from the Monaco - NAO match) if anyone has them I'd be grateful.

Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr, http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and http://www.nao-cc.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

Czech Tour 2006/2007

There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:

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

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/

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

Christophe Bouton Chess Blog

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

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

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.

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

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

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