THE WEEK IN CHESS 651 30th April 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Leko - Kramnik Rapid Match
3) 15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
4) Gausdal Classics
5) Moscow Championship
6) Ukrainian Team Championship
7) Kaupthing Bank tournaments
8) 9th Dubai Open
9) XX Benidorm Open
10) Madrid Tournament
11) Lenk International Chess Festival
12) President's Cup Ankara
13) Abierto Berazategui
14) VI Torneio São José do Rio Preto
15) British Blind Championship
16) Caissa IM April
17) Italian Team Championship
18) Metz Open
19) FIDE Charge Short
20) Accommodation at Dresden Follow up
21) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

Leko - Kramnik Rapid Match             8 games
15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament    15 games
Gausdal Classics                      70 games
Moscow Championship                    4 games
Ukrainian Team Championship          270 games
Kaupthing Bank tournaments            96 games
9th Dubai Open                       164 games
XX Benidorm Open                      80 games
Madrid Tournament                     66 games
Lenk International Chess Festival     51 games
President's Cup Ankara                78 games
Abierto Berazategui                   70 games
VI Torneio São José do Rio Preto      66 games
British Blind Championship             1 game
Metz Open                            446 games
1485 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Dr Csaba Bognar, Sinisa Joksic, Harun Taner, Thomas Henrich, Albert Vasse, Eldar Mukhametov, Goran Urosevic, Rolf Sander, Laszlo Nagy, Miklos Orso, Robert Bellin, Malcolm Pein, Bill Armstrong, Erik van den Doel, Hans-Walter Schmitt, Lou Caruana, Pierre Becker and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Leko in a worthy rather than tremendously exciting match. Kramnik however I believe is getting back to being close to his best which is a big relief after years of underperformance due to illness. Ivan Cheparinov was the clear winner in Malmo with a 7/9 performance winning him the event by a point and a half clear of Jan Timman (whose 5.5 was his best result for a while), Tiger Hillarp Persson and Emanuel Berg. Magnus Carlsen did almost exactly the same thing to the Gausdal GM field finishing on 7 a point and a half clear of three players.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Leko - Kramnik Rapid Match

Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik played a rapid match April 25th-29th 2007 at the National Theater of Miskolc Hungary. Kramnik won 4.5-3.5.

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

Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Leko, Peter        1/2   25  A33  English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter        -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1/2   51  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Leko, Peter        1-0   44  E15  Queens Indian
Leko, Peter        -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1/2   52  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Leko, Peter        1-0   57  A30  English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter        -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1-0   49  C84  Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Leko, Peter        1/2   30  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter        -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1/2   29  C77  Ruy Lopez Anderssen

Rapid Match Miskolc HUN (HUN), 25-29 iv 2007
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                                 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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Kramnik, Vladimir g  RUS 2772    =   =   1   =   1   0   =   =   4.5  2781
Leko, Peter       g  HUN 2738    =   =   0   =   0   1   =   =   3.5  2729
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3) 15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

The 15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place in Malmo 18th-26th April 2007. Ivan Cheparinov won the event with 7/9 a point and a half clear of Timman, Hillarp Persson and Berg.

Interview with http://interviews.chessdom.com/ivan-cheparinov-sigeman

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

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15th Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE (SWE), 18-26 iv 2007       cat. XIII (2554)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Cheparinov, Ivan         g BUL 2646  * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2763 
 2. Timman, Jan H            g NED 2545  = * 1 1 1 = = 0 1 0  5.5  2634 
 3. Hillarp Persson, Tiger   g SWE 2552  = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = 1  5.5  2633 
 4. Berg, Emanuel            g SWE 2574  0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1  5.5  2631 
 5. Carlsson, Pontus         m SWE 2506  = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1  5.0  2602 
 6. Kotronias, Vasilios      g GRE 2570  0 = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1  4.5  2551 
 7. L'Ami, Erwin             g NED 2617  = = 0 = = 0 * 1 0 1  4.0  2503 
 8. Negi, Parimarjan         g IND 2515  0 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1  4.0  2515 
 9. Hermansson, Emil         m SWE 2475  0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 0  2.0  2342 
10. Hector, Jonny            g SWE 2537  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 *  2.0  2335 
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Round 7 (April 24, 2007)

Timman, Jan H           -  Berg, Emanuel           1-0   28  A05  Various
Kotronias, Vasilios     -  Hermansson, Emil        1-0   39  B96  Sicilian Najdorf
L'Ami, Erwin            -  Cheparinov, Ivan        1/2   37  E97  King's Indian Classical
Negi, Parimarjan        -  Hillarp Persson, Tiger  1/2   53  B06  Modern Defence
Hector, Jonny           -  Carlsson, Pontus        0-1   31  C02  French Advance

Round 8 (April 25, 2007)

Cheparinov, Ivan        -  Negi, Parimarjan        1-0   34  D27  QGA
Hillarp Persson, Tiger  -  Timman, Jan H           0-1   39  D30  Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Carlsson, Pontus        -  Berg, Emanuel           1/2   14  C06  French Tarrasch
Hermansson, Emil        -  L'Ami, Erwin            1-0   57  B19  Caro Kann
Hector, Jonny           -  Kotronias, Vasilios     0-1   41  B57  Sicilian Sozin Attack

Round 9 (April 26, 2007)

Timman, Jan H           -  Cheparinov, Ivan        1/2   24  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Berg, Emanuel           -  Hillarp Persson, Tiger  1/2   47  B09  Pirc Defence
Kotronias, Vasilios     -  Carlsson, Pontus        0-1   30  B70  Sicilian Dragon
L'Ami, Erwin            -  Hector, Jonny           1-0   40  D18  Slav Defence
Negi, Parimarjan        -  Hermansson, Emil        1-0   23  B96  Sicilian Najdorf

4) Gausdal Classics

The Gausdal Chess Classics took place 18th-26th April 2007 at the famous high mountain hotel in Gausdal, Norway. Rate of play: 2 hours / 40 moves,1 hour / 20 moves and 0.5 hour / rest. Magnus Carlsen won the main Category XII GM group with 7/9 a point and a half clear of the field.

Home page: http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2007/

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Chess Classic GM Gausdal NOR (NOR), 18-26 iv 2007     cat. XII (2537)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Carlsen, Magnus        g NOR 2693  * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2740 
 2. Rozentalis, Eduardas   g LTU 2578  = * = = = = = 1 1 =  5.5  2612 
 3. Portisch, Lajos        g HUN 2512  0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 1  5.5  2620 
 4. Krasenkow, Michal      g POL 2661  0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1  5.5  2603 
 5. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2525  = = = = * 0 1 = = 1  5.0  2581 
 6. Dreev, Alexey          g RUS 2633  = = = = 1 * 0 0 = 1  4.5  2526 
 7. Krush, Irina           m USA 2464  = = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1  4.5  2545 
 8. Lie, Kjetil A          g NOR 2529  0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * = 1  4.0  2495 
 9. Jones, Gawain C B      m ENG 2518  0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * =  2.5  2373 
10. Moskow, Eric             USA 2260  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = *  1.0  2217 
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Round 7 (April 24, 2007)

Carlsen, Magnus       -  Portisch, Lajos       1-0   30  E04  Catalan
Krasenkow, Michal     -  Lie, Kjetil A         1-0   50  B36  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Kulaots, Kaido        -  Krush, Irina          1-0   25  B63  Sicilian Rauzer
Jones, Gawain C B     -  Dreev, Alexey         1/2   37  B23  Sicilian Closed
Moskow, Eric          -  Rozentalis, Eduardas  1/2   43  A13  Reti Opening

Round 8 (April 25, 2007)

Rozentalis, Eduardas  -  Jones, Gawain C B     1-0   31  B50  Sicilian Defence
Portisch, Lajos       -  Moskow, Eric          1-0   43  D96  Gruenfeld Russian
Krasenkow, Michal     -  Kulaots, Kaido        1/2   54  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Krush, Irina          -  Carlsen, Magnus       1/2   28  E25  Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Lie, Kjetil A         -  Dreev, Alexey         1-0   32  B60  Sicilian Rauzer

Round 9 (April 26, 2007)

Carlsen, Magnus       -  Krasenkow, Michal     1-0   41  A90  Dutch Classical
Kulaots, Kaido        -  Lie, Kjetil A         1/2   34  B35  Sicilian Defence
Dreev, Alexey         -  Rozentalis, Eduardas  1/2   56  E11  Bogo Indian Defence
Jones, Gawain C B     -  Portisch, Lajos       1/2   18  C45  Scotch Game
Moskow, Eric          -  Krush, Irina          0-1   39  A29  English Four Knights

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Chess Classic Open Gausdal NOR (NOR), 18-26 iv 2007
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1  Bromberger, Stefan (5)          GER   2495 im    7  
2  Oral, Tomas (1)                 CZE   2543 gm    7  
3  Lie, Espen (17)                 NOR   2335 fm    6  
4  Rausis, Igors (3)               BAN   2537 gm    6  
5  Pavlovic, Milos (2)             SRB   2538 gm    6  
6  Greet, Andrew (7)               ENG   2425 im    6  
7  Stokke, Kjetil (16)             NOR   2339 fm    5.5
8  Reinderman, Dimitri (4)         NED   2504 gm    5.5
9  Mikkelsen, Nikolaj (19)         DEN   2295       5  
10 Dworakowska, Joanna (14)        POL   2355 im    5  
11 Aarland, Stein A (20)           NOR   2265       5  
12 Hole, Øystein (10)              NOR   2410 im    5  
13 Westerinen, Heikki (11)         FIN   2384 gm    5  
14 Tallaksen, Geir Sune (8)        NOR   2414 fm    5  
15 Cox, John (9)                   ENG   2411 im    5  
16 Hammer, Jon Ludvig (15)         NOR   2346 fm    4.5
17 Porper, Eduard (6)              ISR   2492 im    4.5
18 Savage, Ben (18)                ENG   2332       4.5
19 Van Den Bersselaar, Jeroen (26) NED   2189       4.5
20 Welling, Gerard (12)            NED   2384 im    4.5
21 Thomassen, Joachim (35)         NOR   2048       4.5
22 Pitl, Gregory (13)              GER   2367 im    4  
23 Stubberud, Ørnulf (24)          NOR   2217       4  
24 Røyset, Pål (23)                NOR   2238       4  
25 White, Michael (21)             ENG   2260       4  
26 Urkedal, Frode (28)             NOR   2176       4  
27 Tolhuizen, Ludo (22)            NED   2255       3.5
28 Andersen, Mads (36)             DEN   2039       3.5
29 Bentsen, Øyvind (27)            NOR   2180       3.5
30 Guddahl, Viggo (29)             NOR   2159       3.5
31 Tjølsen, Katrine (34)           NOR   2081       3  
32 Carlsen, Henrik (32)            NOR   2095       3  
33 Reppen, Sigmund (33)            NOR   2093       3  
34 Sævareid, Ove (25)              NOR   2198       3  
35 Kvisla, Johannes (30)           NOR   2134       2.5
36 Torgersen, Terje (31)           NOR   2133       2.5

5) Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship took place 18th-24th April 2007. Vladimir Belov won the event on tie-break from Boris Grachev.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=388

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ch-Moscow Moscow RUS (RUS), 18-24 iv 2007      cat. XII (2528)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1. Belov, Vladimir      g RUS 2586  * = 1 1 = = = =  4.5  2621 
2. Grachev, Boris       g RUS 2578  = * = = = = 1 1  4.5  2622 
3. Amonatov, Farrukh    g TJK 2574  0 = * = = 1 = 1  4.0  2571 
4. Novikov, Stanislav   g RUS 2556  0 = = * 1 = 1 0  3.5  2523 
5. Vorobiev, Evgeni       RUS 2258  = = = 0 * = = =  3.0  2516 
6. Rychagov, Andrey     g RUS 2571  = = 0 = = * = =  3.0  2471 
7. Korotylev, Alexey    g RUS 2620  = 0 = 0 = = * 1  3.0  2464 
8. Gavrilov, Alexei1    m RUS 2479  = 0 0 1 = = 0 *  2.5  2432 
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Round 7 (April 24, 2007)

Belov, Vladimir     -  Novikov, Stanislav  1-0   38  A41  Modern Defence
Grachev, Boris      -  Korotylev, Alexey   1-0   54  D11  Slav Defence
Amonatov, Farrukh   -  Vorobiev, Evgeni    1/2   51  B81  Sicilian Keres Attack
Gavrilov, Alexei1   -  Rychagov, Andrey    1/2   15  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin

6) Ukrainian Team Championship

The Ukrainian Team Championship took place in Alushta 22nd-28th April 2007. The event was a ten team all-play-all and the winners were Keystone (Ponomariov, Onischuk (USA), Areshchenko, Miroshnichenko, Efimenko, Baklan etc)

Final standings: 1. Keystone (Kiev) - 18 team points, 2. Franko University (Lviv) - 15, 3. KDIPU (Simferopol) - 13, 4. Laws Academy (Kharkov) - 12, etc.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t121.htm

7) Kaupthing Bank tournaments

The Kaupthing Bank tournaments took place 4th-9th April 2007 just before the Reykjavik International. Normunds Miezis won the GM group and Robert Bellin the IM section.

In what's always a tricky decision as to whether to go with the FIDE list or the official site I've gone for the name Robert Hardarson rather than Robert Lagermann as he is in the FIDE list. Gunnarsson - Kveinys was clearly wrong at the end, I've put a version that makes more sense but isn't necessarily right.

Details: http://www.hellir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=651&Itemid=68

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Kaupthing GM Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 4-9 iv 2007           cat. VII (2423)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Miezis, Normunds         g LAT 2521  * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2685 
 2. Kveinys, Aloyzas         g LTU 2546  = * = = = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2534 
 3. Hermansson, Emil         m SWE 2475  0 = * 1 = = 1 1 0 1  5.5  2497 
 4. Kristjansson, Stefan     m ISL 2485  = = 0 * = = = = 1 =  4.5  2416 
 5. Shaw, John               g SCO 2441  0 = = = * = = = 1 =  4.5  2421 
 6. Thorfinnsson, Bragi      m ISL 2384  0 = = = = * 0 1 1 =  4.5  2427 
 7. Hardarson,Robert         f ISL 2332  0 0 0 = = 1 * = = 1  4.0  2390 
 8. Kjartansson, Gudmundur     ISL 2279  = = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1  3.5  2359 
 9. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor   m ISL 2419  0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 * 1  3.5  2343 
10. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn      f ISL 2348  0 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 *  1.5  2158 
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Kaupthing IM Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 4-9 iv 2007              cat. III (2301)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Bellin, Robert              m ENG 2381  * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2564 
 2. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor    f ISL 2299  = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2466 
 3. Lamoureux, Charles          m FRA 2360  0 = * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1  5.5  2373 
 4. Bergsson, Snorri            f ISL 2296  = = 1 * = 0 = = = 1  5.0  2344 
 5. McNab, Colin A              g SCO 2418  = 0 1 = * = = = = =  4.5  2287 
 6. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein     ISL 2156  0 = 0 1 = * = = = 1  4.5  2316 
 7. Sigfusson, Sigurdur         f ISL 2330  0 = 0 = = = * = 1 1  4.5  2297 
 8. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn       f ISL 2329  0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1  4.0  2254 
 9. Asgeirsson, Heimir            ISL 2180  0 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 1  2.5  2147 
10. Olszynski, Kazimierz          POL 2256  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 *  0.5  1861 
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Kaupthing Women Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-9 iv 2007
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                                             1 2 3 4 
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1. Lamoureux, Izabelle              FRA 2057  * = 1 1  2.5  2205 
2. Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur     ISL 1796  = * 1 1  2.5  2292 
3. Thorfinnsdottir,Elsa             ISL ----  0 0 * 1  1.0  1826 
4. Johannsdottir, Johanna Bjorg     ISL ----  0 0 0 *  0.0       
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8) 9th Dubai Open

The 9th Dubai Open takes place 22nd-30th April 2007 at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At stake is the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup and a total of $45,000 in cash prizes. Levan Pantsulaia leads with 6.5/8 with a round to go.

http://www.arabfide.com/

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9th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 22-30 iv 2007
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1   GM  Pantsulaia Levan              2616 GEO  6,5  17753 30,5 0,0 2754
2   GM  Guseinov Gadir                2586 AZE  6,5  17347 30,5 0,0 2696
3   GM  Gelashvili Tamaz              2605 GEO  6,0  17605 30,5 0,0 2676
4   GM  Sadvakasov Darmen             2618 KAZ  6,0  17537 29,5 0,0 2669
5   GM  Megaranto Susanto             2530 INA  6,0  17515 28,5 0,0 2656
6   GM  Anastasian Ashot              2552 ARM  6,0  17468 28,0 0,0 2650
7   GM  Kotsur Pavel                  2588 KAZ  6,0  17465 28,5 0,0 2653
8   GM  Ghaem Maghami Ehsan           2599 IRI  6,0  17304 28,5 0,0 2637
9   GM  Mchedlishvili Mikheil         2609 GEO  6,0  17142 26,5 0,0 2619
10  GM  Bagheri Amir                  2481 IRI  6,0  16851 27,0 0,0 2474
11  GM  Guliev Sarhan                 2486 AZE  6,0  16571 24,5 0,0 2535
12  GM  Sturua Zurab                  2513 GEO  5,5  17429 27,5 0,0 2592
13  GM  Kotanjian Tigran              2560 ARM  5,5  17403 29,0 0,0 2591
14  GM  Koneru Humpy                  2575 IND  5,5  16966 26,5 0,0 2537
15  IM  Girinath P D S                2378 IND  5,5  16843 25,0 0,0 2500
16  GM  Minasian Artashes             2586 ARM  5,5  16260 22,0 0,0 2450
17      Gopal G N                     2455 IND  5,5  15686 23,0 0,0 2355
18  IM  Safarli Eltaj                 2463 AZE  5,0  17427 26,0 0,0 2543
19  FM  Alavi Sayed Javad             2485 IRI  5,0  17236 27,0 0,0 2508
20  WGM Karavade Eesha                2343 IND  5,0  17043 23,5 0,0 2474
21  GM  Ramesh R B                    2471 IND  5,0  16942 25,0 0,0 2474
22  GM  Petrosian Tigran L            2580 ARM  5,0  16937 25,5 0,0 2488
23  FM  Toufighi Homayoon             2365 IRI  5,0  16908 22,0 0,0 2458
24  GM  Bakre Tejas                   2426 IND  5,0  16865 22,0 0,0 2462
25  GM  Al-Modiahki Mohamad           2568 QAT  5,0  16833 25,5 0,0 2473
26      Adhiban B                     2368 IND  5,0  16825 23,5 0,0 2451
27  GM  Adly Ahmed                    2503 EGY  5,0  16798 25,0 0,0 2467
28  GM  Ehlvest Jaan                  2643 USA  5,0  16645 23,5 0,0 2459
29  IM  Kulicov Oleg                  2403 RUS  5,0  16643 23,0 0,0 2432
30  WGM Harika Dronavalli             2476 IND  5,0  16630 25,0 0,0 2444
31  GM  Taleb Moussa                  2386 UAE  5,0  16540 22,0 0,0 2417
32      Kamble Vikramaditya           2339 IND  5,0  16537 22,0 0,0 2397
33  IM  El Taher Fouad                2488 EGY  5,0  16463 25,0 0,0 2412
34  GM  Handoko Edhi                  2441 INA  5,0  16373 24,0 0,0 2400
35  IM  Sitanggang Salor              2417 INA  5,0  16222 21,0 0,0 2382
36  GM  Chiburdanidze Maia            2510 GEO  5,0  16103 21,5 0,0 2380
37  GM  Zhu Chen                      2531 QAT  5,0  15959 20,5 0,0 2354
38  IM  Al Sayed Mohamad N            2483 QAT  5,0  15916 21,5 0,0 2347
39  WIM Nadig Kruttika                2207 IND  5,0  15892 17,0 0,0 2331
40  IM  Kayumov Sergey                2425 UZB  5,0  15828 21,0 0,0 2327
126 players

9) XX Benidorm Open

The XX Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2007 Benidorm takes place 22nd April - 1st May 2007 (10 rounds). Karen Asrian leads on 7/8 with two rounds to go.

Full details: http://www.chessbenidorm.com

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XX Open Benidorm ESP (ESP), 23 iv-1 v 2007
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  1    12   Movsziszian Karen                   GM   ARM 2494   7   39½
  2     3   Strikovic Aleksa                    GM   SRB 2563  6½   37½
  3     1   Gagunashvili Merab                  GM   GEO 2625   6   41½
  4     2   Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel         GM   ESP 2563   6   38½
  5     6   Jankovic Alojzije                   GM   CRO 2541   6   37½
  6     5   Khamrakulov Ibragim S               GM   ESP 2545   6   37½
  7    18   Barlov Dragan                       GM   SRB 2439   6    37
  8     7   Narciso Dublan Marc                 GM   ESP 2539   6    36
  9    11   Saric Ante                          GM   CRO 2496   6    36
 10     4   Chatalbashev Boris                  GM   BUL 2546   6   35½
 11     9   Arizmendi Martinez Julen L          GM   ESP 2525   6   34½
 12    30   Kovacevic Slobodan                  IM   SRB 2325   6   34½
 13    10   Paunovic Dragan                     GM   SRB 2524  5½    37
 14    14   Radulski Julian                     GM   BUL 2485  5½   36½
 15    17   Llanes Hurtado Miguel               IM   ESP 2441  5½   36½
 16    28   Valmaña Canto Jaime                 FM   ESP 2338  5½   36½
 17    27   Huerga Leache Mikel                 FM   ESP 2344  5½   35½
 18    21   Saldano Horacio                     IM   ESP 2422  5½   34½
 19    25   Salgado Allaria Carlos              FM   ESP 2363  5½    34
 20    19   Swinkels Robin                           NED 2430  5½    33
 21    31   Toledano Llinares Juan A            IM   ESP 2317  5½    31
 22    20   Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel            GM   ESP 2423   5    38
 23    22   Vassallo Mauricio                   IM   ESP 2392   5   37½
 24     8   Suba Mihai                          GM   ROM 2537   5   37½
 25    15   Pogorelov Ruslan                    GM   UKR 2462   5   37½
 26    24   Garcia Fernandez Carlos             IM   ESP 2377   5    37
 27    29   Vega Gutierrez Sabrina              WIM  ESP 2335   5    34
 28    33   Garcia Jimenez Francisco J          FM   ESP 2309   5    33
 29    26   Clement Gomez Jose A                FM   ESP 2357   5    32
 30    34   Eggleston David J                   FM   ENG 2301   5    32
 31    47   Serrano Marhuenda Salvador          CM   ESP 2143   5    31
 32    38   Tscharotschkin Michael                   GER 2211   5    31
 33    23   Vehi Bach Victor M                  IM   ESP 2377   5    30
 34    44   Moreto Quintana Alex                     ESP 2153   5   29½
 35    42   Maleki Manuel                            FRA 2163   5   29½
 36    40   Fernandez Manrique Agustin               ESP 2187   5    29
 37    58   Mataix Arbona Cesar                      ESP 2072   5    27
142 players

10) Madrid Tournament

The Madrid tournament took place 20th-27th April 2007. Renier Vazquez won the event with 8/11 undefeated a point clear of Ramon Mateo.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezfma.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=62&page=1

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FMA Masters Madrid ESP (ESP), 20-27 iv 2007                        cat. IX (2470)
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                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Vazquez, Renier                m ESP 2517  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1  8.0  2640 
 2. Mateo, Ramon                   m DOM 2448  = * = 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  7.0  2573 
 3. Mirzoev, Azer                  g AZE 2535  = = * 1 1 = = 0 1 0 1 =  6.5  2528 
 4. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden   g CUB 2541  = 1 0 * 1 0 = = 0 1 1 1  6.5  2528 
 5. Larino Nieto, David            m ESP 2404  0 1 0 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 1  6.0  2511 
 6. Campora, Daniel H              g ARG 2532  = 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 =  5.5  2464 
 7. Roa Alonso, Santiago           f ESP 2423  = = = = 1 1 * 0 = 0 0 =  5.0  2437 
 8. Llaneza Vega, Marcos           f ESP 2455  0 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 =  5.0  2435 
 9. Martinez Martin, David         m ESP 2403  0 0 0 1 1 1 = 0 * 0 = =  4.5  2410 
10. Borges Mateos, Juan            g CUB 2482  0 = 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = =  4.5  2403 
11. Minzer, Claudio Javier         m ARG 2414  = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = * =  4.0  2372 
12. Moreno Ruiz, Javier            m ESP 2482  0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = = *  3.5  2335 
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11) Lenk International Chess Festival

Lenk International Chess Festival The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" took place in Lenk with the 19th "Kreuz-Open" April 5th-9th 2007. 7 rounds (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end).

Sinisa Joksic reports: Mihajlo Stojanovic won the 19th Lenk Open after second tie-break (sum of Buholz). Stojanovic had same result, after the first tie-break (Buholz -1) as Andrei Sokolov. Best woman Josefa Del Val (SUI), senior Pierre Pauchard (SUI), junior Andreas Lehmann (SUI), school-boy Marco Lehmam (SUI), Swiss IM Richard Gerber. There were, also, team competition; four players free composition of team. Won by "Masuhoga" IM Horvath (HUN), Gass (GER), Maurer, Suter (both SUI). The event took place in Hotel "Kruez", April 7th-10th 2007. 150 players competed, a new record. Next year, 2008, jubilee, 20th edition, will take place March 20th-24th 2008.

Official site: http://www.beochess.ch

Final standing:
 1. IM Stojanovic, Mihajlo  (SRB)  5.5  30.5  167.5
 2. GM Sokolov, Andrei      (FRA)  5.5  30.5  162.5
 3. IM Gerber, Richard      (SUI)  5.5  29.5  168.0
 4. GM Pavlovic, Milos      (SRB)  5.5  29.0  167.0
 5. IM Horvath, Tamas       (HUN)  5.5  29.0  161.5
 6. GM Gofshtein, Zvulon    (ISR)  5.5  27.5  155.5
 7. IM Hoffmann, Michael    (GER)  5.5  27.0  161.0
 8. IM Thesing, Matthias    (GER)  5.0  29.0  167.5
 9. Lehmann, Andreas        (SUI)  5.0  28.0  156.5
10. GM Miralles, Gilles     (FRA)  5.0  28.0  154.5
11. FM Bucher, Michael      (SUI)  5.0  27.5  162.0
12. Gaehler, Marco          (SUI)  5.0  27.0  155.0
13. Lehmann, Marco          (SUI)  5.0  26.5  154.0
14. Kolly, Jacques          (SUI)  5.0  26.0  152.0
15. IM Huss, Andreas        (SUI)  5.0  25.0  155.5
16. Rufener, Markus         (SUI)  5.0  24.0  152.0
17. Quinn, John M.          (ENG)  5.0  23.0  143.5
18. Broennimann, Michael    (SUI)  5.0  22.5  154.5
etc.

12) President's Cup Ankara

The President's Cup (Cumhurbaskanligi Kupasi) rapid tournament took place in Ankara, Turkey 28th-29th April 2007.Umut Atakisi edged out Kivanc Haznedaroglu on tie-break after both scored 9.5/12. News: Harun Taner.

Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr

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President's Cup Rapid Ankara TUR (TUR), 28-29 iv 2007        cat. III (2322)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Atakisi, Umut          m TUR 2392  * = = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1  9.5  2546 
 2. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc   m TUR 2440  = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.5  2542 
 3. Esen, Baris            m TUR 2455  = = * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2468 
 4. Erturan, Yakup         f TUR 2383  = = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.0  2441 
 5. Citak, Selim           f TUR 2358  0 1 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 0 1  7.5  2413 
 6. Erdogdu, Mert          m TUR 2401  0 0 1 = = * = = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2372 
 7. Soylu, Suat            m TUR 2400  0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 = 1 1  7.0  2372 
 8. Olcayoz, Alper         f TUR 2315  0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2379 
 9. Bayram, Yakup          f TUR 2317  1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 =  5.0  2265 
10. Solakoglu, Ozgur       f TUR 2113  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1  3.5  2181 
11. Ulker, Ates            f TUR 2156  0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 0  2.0  2062 
12. Yagiz, Yasin Emrah     f TUR 2304  0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1  2.0  2050 
13. Ozturk, Kubra         wf TUR 2150  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 *  1.5  2014 
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13) Abierto Berazategui

The Abierto Berazategui tournament took place 18th-22nd April 2007. Ruben Felgaer and Andres Rodriguez finished on 6/7.

Official site: http://201.216.215.170/torneos/BERAZATEGUI_07/index_torneo.htm

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Abierto Berazategui ARG (ARG), 18-22 iv 2007
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 1-2   Felgaer, Ruben                    2561   6.0   29.0   25.0 27.75
       Rodriguez, Andres           URU   2559   6.0   28.5   26.0 24.50
 3-5   Lafuente, Pablo                   2447   5.5   29.0   22.0 24.25
       Mahia, Gustavo                    2424   5.5   26.0   23.0 23.00
       Dos Santos, Ramiro                2393   5.5   25.0   21.0 21.75
 6-13  Hungaski, Robert            USA   2379   5.0   28.5   22.0 20.25
       Mareco, Sandro                    2418   5.0   28.0   21.0 21.25
       Kovalyov, Anton                   2483   5.0   27.5   21.0 18.00
       Fernandez Sanchez, Fernando PER   2207   5.0   27.0   20.0 12.50
       Lemos, Damian                     2422   5.0   26.0   22.5 22.00
       Pacheco Vivanco, Marco      PER   2362   5.0   25.5   21.5 18.25
       Contin, Daniel              ITA   2327   5.0   24.0   19.0 16.00
       Spata, German                     2190   5.0   20.0   17.0 15.50
14-28  Flores, Diego                     2541   4.5   29.5   23.0 19.00
       Ricardi, Pablo                    2523   4.5   28.5   22.0 18.00
       Recoulat, Eduardo                 2261   4.5   27.0   18.5 16.50
       Iermito, Sebastian                2316   4.5   26.0   20.0 17.00
       Blit, Jacques                     2256   4.5   26.0   19.5 16.50
       Sandoval, Teofilo           PER   2183   4.5   26.0   18.5 18.25
       Mussanti, Diego                   2317   4.5   25.5   21.0 16.50
       Claverie, Raul                    2409   4.5   25.0   19.5 16.25
       Real de Azua, Ernesto             2450   4.5   25.0   17.5 17.25
       Orsini, Antonio                   2362   4.5   24.5   20.0 16.00
       Meza, Gabriela                    2038   4.5   24.0   17.0 12.00
       Cori Tello, Jorge                 2213   4.5   23.5   17.5 12.25
       Meza, Hugo                        2154   4.5   23.5   16.5 11.00
       Lo Presti, Roberto                2120   4.5   22.5   16.5 11.75
       Liascovich, Lucas                 2425   4.5   21.5   17.0 13.50
100 players

14) VI Torneio São José do Rio Preto

The VI Torneio Internacional de São José do Rio Preto took place 19th-29th April 2007.

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

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VI It Sao Jose do Rio Preto ARG (ARG), 19-29 iv 2007                  cat. IV (2327)
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                                                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce         f BRA 2393  * = = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1  7.5  2454 
 2. Perdomo, Leandro                  m ARG 2389  = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1  7.5  2454 
 3. Oliveira, Silvio Eduardo            BRA 2187  = = * 1 0 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.5  2473 
 4. Cubas, Jose Fernando              m PAR 2447  = = 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2418 
 5. Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira   f BRA 2401  0 0 1 1 * 0 1 = 1 0 1 1  6.5  2385 
 6. Stamenkovic, Dragan               m SRB 2423  = = 0 0 1 * = = = 1 0 1  5.5  2318 
 7. Dolezal, Cristian                 f ARG 2414  = = = 0 0 = * = 0 1 1 1  5.5  2319 
 8. Crosa Coll, Martin                m URU 2403  = 0 = = = = = * = = = =  5.0  2284 
 9. Borges, Leomar Barbero            f BRA 2225  0 = = = 0 = 1 = * = = =  5.0  2300 
10. Marra, Eduardo da Costa           f BRA 2290  = = 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 0 1  4.0  2228 
11. Batista, Gerson Peres               BRA 2240  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * 1  4.0  2233 
12. Navarrete, Daniel                   URU 2115  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 *  1.0  1963 
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15) British Blind Championship

The British Blind Championship was held in Bournemouth at Easter, and was won by IM Colin Crouch who scored a perfect 7 defeating two previous winners and becoming the Braille Chess Association prime hope for the European Individual Blind Championship to be held in Durham later this year. The crucial game was his victory over defending champion Chris Ross in round three. It was a positive aggressive game by Black but White put up stiff resistence. News: Bill Armstrong.

Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk/

Final Standings
 
Place   First Name   Surname     Grade   Score out of 7
      1 Colin        Crouch          208                7
      2 Chris        Ross            176              5.5
      3 Bill         Armstrong       148              4.5
      4 Stephen      Hilton          152                4
      5 John         Gallagher       123                4
      6 Colin        Chambers        139              3.5
      7 Stephen      Thacker         113              3.5
      8 Les          Whittle         138                3
      9 Stan         Lovell          120                3
     10 John         Jenkins         115              2.5
     11 Steven       Brown            55                1
     12 Phil         Gordon           98              0.5

16) Caissa IM April

The Caissa IM April category I tournament took place 21st-27th. April 2007 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Dimo Werner won the IM tournament with 5,5 pts, 23,75 SB, ahead of Zoltan Sarosi and Jesper Lauridsen on tie-break but on the same score. News: Csaba Bognar.

More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com

Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Next events will be on 21-29. May, 18-26. June, 23-31 July.

Ranking after round 9 of Caissa IM April
No.  PNo. Name                        Score WP    SB    PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
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  1.  4  Werner, Dimo            GER  5.5  39.5  23.75  29.0  2358 2332 -0.26
     10  Sarosi, Zoltan          HUN  5.5  39.5  23.25  25.0  2377 2329 -0.53  
      2  Lauridsen, Jesper Morch DEN  5.5  39.5  23.25  24.5  2293 2339 +0.55
  4.  1  Arjun, Vishnuvardhan    IND  5.0  40.0  21.50  25.5  2274 2304 +0.32
      6  Erdelyi, Tamas          HUN  5.0  40.0  21.25  25.5  2207 2311 +1.22
  6.  8  Brustkern, Juergen      GER  4.5  40.5  19.25  23.0  2254 2263 +0.09
  7.  7  Korpics, Zsolt          HUN  4.0  41.0  17.75  21.5  2317 2213 -1.22
  8.  5  Farkas, Tibor           SRB  3.5  41.5  16.75  17.0  2298 2178 -1.54
      3  Szabo, Bence            HUN  3.5  41.5  15.25  17.0  2113 2199 +0.98
 10.  9  Gauri, Shankar          IND  3.0  42.0  12.50  17.0  2131 2152 +0.30 

17) Italian Team Championship

The Italian Team Championship took place in Palermo, April 20-22 2007. There was a strong field including GM Vallejo-Pons, GM Fontaine, GM Hubner, GM Dervishi, GM Godena, GM Ortega. 10 teams. Marostica, the town of the famous "living game" won their 7th title. News: Adolivio Capece. Games from the final round 5 are still unavailable.

Details: http://www.centroscacchi.it (http://www.centroscacchi.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=45) - http://www.accademiascacchi.it/ and http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/italia/cis07.html

18) Metz Open

The 25th Metz International Open, took place 14th-22nd April 2007. Sergey Fedorchuk and Vaszilij Sikula finished on 7/9. There were 5 norms: Tony WIRIG, Tigran GHARAMIAN, Vladimir PETKOV : GM Mihaela SANDU : WGM Tatiana KASPAROVA : WIM. News: Jean-Christophe Basaille.

More games now available.

Official site: http://metzalekhine57.free.fr/openint2007/p_open.htm

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Open Metz FRA (FRA), 14-22 iv 2007
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 1. Fedorchuk, Sergey A     g  UKR 2603  7   38   2689  5  2691
 2. Sikula, Vaszilij        m  UKR 2536  7   34,5 2608  6  2608
 3. Petkov, Vladimir        m  BUL 2456  6,5 37   2623  5  2660
 4. Eingorn, Vereslav S     g  UKR 2588  6,5 35,5 2589  4  2579
 5. Wirig, Anthony          m  FRA 2443  6,5 35   2610  4  2648
 6. Savchenko, Stanislav    g  UKR 2545  6,5 35   2591  4  2591
 7. Boidman, Yuri           m  GER 2438  6,5 34   2547  5  2568
 8. Shchekachev, Andrei     g  FRA 2530  6,5 33,5 2541  6  2537
 9. Malakhatko, Vadim       g  BEL 2598  6,5 32,5 2563  5  2552
10. Gladyszev, Oleg         m  RUS 2485  6,5 32   2489  6  2479
11. Burmakin, Vladimir      g  RUS 2593  6   34,5 2568  4  2562
12. Gharamian, Tigran       m  FRA 2471  6   33   2588  3  2617
13. Spraggett, Kevin        g  CAN 2631  6   32   2541  4  2511
14. Prasad, Devaki V        m  IND 2413  6   29,5 2389  5  2372
15. Kozhuharov, Spas           BUL 2433  6   29   2586  4  2601
16. Kalinitschew, Sergey    g  GER 2488  6   29   2342  5  2264
17. Krivoshey, Sergei       g  UKR 2475  5,5 32,5 2489  5  2492
18. Lalic, Bogdan           g  CRO 2519  5,5 31,5 2423  3  2411
19. Kasparov, Sergey        g  BLR 2536  5,5 31   2465  3  2456
20. Haub, Thorsten-Michael  m  GER 2468  5,5 31   2426  4  2402
21. Guliyev, Namig          g  AZE 2590  5,5 30   2455  4  2416
22. Aguettaz, Maxime        f  FRA 2329  5,5 29,5 2372  4  2383
23. Pytel, Krzysztof        m  FRA 2396  5,5 28,5 2409  3  2413
24. Laurent, Bruno          m  BEL 2399  5,5 28,5 2377  5  2350
25. Marzolf, Bruno             FRA 2259  5,5 26,5 2263  5  2264
26. Struk, Jerzy               POL 2265  5,5 26,5 2232  5  2180
27. Schweitzer, Viktoriya   wm FRA 2243  5,5 26   2269  5  2276
28. Hartmann, Dominique        FRA 1977  5,5 20   1955  4  1962
101 players

19) FIDE Charge Short

Malcolm Pein reports that Nigel Short has been charged with bringing the game into disrepute by FIDE over his comments on Fide Vice President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos. See story in full:Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess Tuesday May 1st 2007

20) Accommodation at Dresden Follow up

Erik van den Doel Leiden 25th April 2007

This is a response to Mr Kutin's response to my open letter.

I have to admit that it was too early to put the blame on ECU and for this I appologize. Having said that, the case is by no means closed. The fact that we were not forced to stay in the IBIS hotel doesn't make any difference.

Erik van den Doel Netherlands

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

Russian Team Championships

The Russian Team Championships take place in the Hotel Dagomys Sochi 1st-12th May 2007. Usually very strong.

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

Euro Chess Tournament 2007

The Euro Chess Tournament takes place August 6th-11th 2007 at the University of Twente, Enschede. The Euro Chess Tournament is Europe's largest Open Youth Chess tournament. Over 500 children will battle on the chess board for the 33rd Open Dutch Youth Chess Championship titles. Parallel to the Dutch Open, the University of Twente Young Masters, a 20 player Swiss by invitation GM tournament will be played.

Details: http://www.onjk.nl/

1st Thun Open

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will continue in Thun with the 1st "International Town Hall Open" May 25th-28th 2007. Thun is famous turist place, 20 minutes from Bern by train, located on the lake, with the same name, Thun. The venue is the Hotel-Restorant “City-House” Thun, Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1946), junior(1987-90), schoolboy (1991) and 3 best local players. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more (for everybody enclude GM, IM), GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "City House". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 May 25th ; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 April 26th; Round 4/5 9.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 27th; Rounds 6/7 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 28th; Closing ceremony May 28 at 20.30. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 13th-19th 2007 at the Rheingoldhalle. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Etienne Bacrot and Rustam Kasimdzhanov will play a mixed rapid chess and Chess960 event. These will take place along with the usual mixture of other events.

Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup takes place in Szeged 8th-16th May 2007.

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

Carlsen - Radjabov Rapid Match

After last years Match of the Legends in May 2006 between Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky, the Corsican chess League is now organising the match of the Hopes.

The "Match of the Hopes" takes place on Friday 18th May 2007 in Porto-Vecchio (south of Corsica) between Teimour Radjvabov (Azerbaïdjan) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway). The rate of play is 10 mins + 3 secs increment per move.(If the scores are level, tie-break blitz games shall be played). 300 pupils of the area will attend the event. All details on the site of the Corsican chess League : http://www.corse-echecs.com/porto-vecchio/porto_vecchio2007.html . Games on line at the site of the French Chess Federation http://www.echecs.asso.fr

Hungarian tournaments May - October 2007

The list of the chess tournaments from March - August 2007 in Hungary:

1 5th-17th of May 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 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. 21st -29th of May KECSKEMET, IM Berger 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-East from Budapest.

3. 2nd -14th of June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM closed. Org : NL

4. 16th-24th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed. Org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

5. 7th-19th of July FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM closed, Org: NL

6. 22nd-29th of July AGRIA Open, Eger, 110 km North-East from Budapest, Org: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu http://agriasakk. eurochess.hu

7 . 4th-16th of August FS Bp, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.

8. 18th-26th of August, TALENTUM CUP Open 9 rounds Swiss, near to the Balaton lake, org: VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net

9. 1st-13th of September, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.

10. 17th -25th of September KECSKEMET IM tmt, org. dr.Erdelyi

11. 6th-18th of October, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.

12. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET IM - org. dr.Erdelyi

Benidorm International Chess Festival

The VI Benidorm 2007 International Chess Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007 with diverse tournaments

More information and entry, discounts by individual lodging or for groups larger than 15 people, please to contact Patricia Claros Aguilar: 615547567 - 6620 20592 or emails ajedrezenalicante@yahoo.es and ajedrezalicante@hotmail.com.

Details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Candidates Matches and Computer Match

The Candidates Matches will be held May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in Elista, Kalmykia. "Deep Fritz" and "Deep Junior" will have a 6 game match alongside the event.

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

Kramnik - Aronian Rapid Match

World Champion Vladimir Kramnik plays World Cup Holder Levon Aronian in a rapid match May 4th-6th, 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia. Two games will be played each day. The time control will be 25 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The match is organised by the Armenian Chess Federation.

Official site: http://www.aroniankramnik2007.am/

First Saturday May

For the 5th-17th of May First Saturday Budapest GM-IM tournaments there are some vacancies. A chance for GM-IM-norms. Contact Laszlo Nagy E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net http://www.firstsaturday.hu - http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat - http://www.fide.com/official/officials.asp?f=13 Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914

British Chess Problem Society

Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society has a new website: http://www.bstephen.me.uk/. The site has much info on the Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship.

Endgame Studies

Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor SchaakEindspelStudie. Endgame studies: http://www.arves.org/

Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge will take place in Tromsø, Norway August 4th-12th 2007. The Open Swiss is a follow up to last year’s Midnight Sun Chess Challenge, won by GM Sergei Shipov ahead of among others Carlsen, Krasenkow and Rozentalis and is the second in a series of events leading up to Tromsø’s bid for the 2014 Chess Olympics

Details: http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex.htm

Bahrain Batelco Championship

The Bahrain Batelco Championship takes place registration 2 to 13 May. A 9 round Swiss with a rest day. There are free tickets available for GMs and IMs from Paris and also accommodation and full board. total prize fund $10,000. Further details Mr Abdughaffar _batelcopen2007@gmail.com_ (mailto:batelcopen2007@gmail.com)

5th Solingen Chess Weeks

The 5th Solingen Chess Weeks will be held at Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) between June, 1st and June, 10th 2007. 

The main events of the chess festival are the two opens between June, 7th and 10th., both 7 rounds swiss, 2h/40+1h/all.  The A-open is an Elo tournament open for all players; the top prizes are 800/500/400 euros. IM and GM are free of entry fee.  The B-open is for players rated below 2000 DWZ (national rating) only; the top prizes are 300/200/150 euros.      Additionaly there will be a blitz tournament on June, 1st (15 rounds swiss, 5 min/game) and a rapid tournament on June, 2nd (9 rounds swiss, 20 min/game). 

Further information: Andreas Peschel: +49 (0)175 591.24.07; anrope@hotmail.com 

Complete informations also on the tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de/

Lugano tournaments

There are two tournaments in Lugano. One at the end of April http://www.scaccomatto.ch/. The other at the end of November http://www.chessevent.ch/

Novi Sad Championship

Novi Sad will host the 2009 European National Team Championship. In the run up to that the Championship of Novi Sad took place 18th-25th March 2007. Dusan Rajkovic won the event on tie-break from Miroljub Lazic after both finished on 6.5/9. I'm hoping for a better games file before I try and publish the games.

Further details: http://www.drazic.co.yu

Mediterranean 2013" Open Rijeka Croatia

The "Mediterranean 2013" Open chess tournament takes place in Rijeka Croatia, 25 November - 2 December 2007

System of play: Swiss / 9 rounds. Tempo of play: 90 minutes per player + 30 extra seconds for each move played starting with the first. The tournament will be registered with FIDE in order to assign the rating and title norms.

Prizes Awards fund: about 10 000 Euros. 1st award - 12 000,00 kunas 2nd award - 8 000,00 kunas 3rd award - 6 000,00 kunas

WEB: http://www.mediteran2013.com/en/default.asp

e-mail: club@sah-rijeka.hr

8th Montreal International

The 8th Montreal International takes place July 19th - 28th 2007. Nigel Short, Sergei Tiviakov, Pavel Eljanov, Pentala Harikrishna, Vadim Milov, Kamil Miton, Mark Bluvshtein and Pascal Charbonneau are signed up to play.

Details: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie=1

MTel Masters

The MTel Masters take place in Sofia 9th-20th May 2007. The field for the ten round, double round robin event, is Veselin Topalov, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams and Krishnan Sasikiran. Tiebreak games will be played to decide the winner in the case of a tie. The Sofia draw Rule will be strictly applied. The players will not be allowed to offer draws, the decision as to whether the game is sterile is taken by the Chief-Arbiter.

40th Biel Chess Festival

The 40th Biel Chess Festival takes place 21st July - 3rd August 2007.

Players include Judit Polgar, Alexander Morozevich and Magnus Carlsen

Further details and entry for the many events at: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Uzhgorod-Open

Uzhgorod-Open, Spring 2007 2007, May, 24 - May, 27 City: Uzhgorod Country: Ukraine Organizer: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod (President - IM Bogdan Borsos) Tel: +380503179153, +380503723900 Email:  chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Address: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Hotel "Svitanok", Koshitska st. 20

Further details: http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru

8th United Insurance and United Leasing GM Chess Tournament

The 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament shall be organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation from 6th to 14th May 2007 at the National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000 in Bangladesh. The tournament shall be an 11-round Swiss System. Download the tournament brochure. Invited players must send their confirmation to participate in the event on or before 20th April 2007 to Jamilur Rahman General Secretary Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com Mobile: +88 0191418214, +88 0152415241

http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1296 has the full brochure.

RC Sport Open

The RC Sport Open takes place 10th-17th August 2007 in Ceská Trebová (Czech republic). Total prize fund is 122 000 CZK (4 000 Euro).

Details: http://sachy.rcsport.info

Baku Chess Festival

The Baku Chess Festival takes place April 30th – May 12th 2007. Four tournaments will be held: * Children tournament 01-10 May * Open tournament 03-11 May * Seniors tournament 03-11 May * Blitz tournament 12 May.

Details:http://www.chessclub.az/kubok/poloj.htm

Canadian Open

The 2007 Canadian Open Chess Championship is a 10-round, one-section Swiss that takes place 7-15 July 2007 in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. 120 minutes/game + 30sec. increment/move. Projected prize fund of $20,000 CDN based on 200 entrants. Free entry to GMs, WGMs and IMs. Entry fee for all others, $125 CDN until May 31, 2007, $150 CDN thereafter. Players must be members of the Chess Federation of Canada. A tournament membership is available for $10 CDN, and a one-year membership for foreign players is $50 CDN. The venue is the Ottawa Marriott (www.ottawamarriott.com), offering rates of $89/night CDN for single and double occupancy.

Online reservations may be made at the website: http://cwp.marriott.com/yowmc/chess/ Confirmed GMs so far: GM Nigel Short, GM Vadim Milov, GM Suat Atalik, GM Alex Yermolinsky, GM Mark Bluvshtein. More GMs will be announced at the event blog: http://cocycc.blogspot.com

Event website: http://www.canchess.ca

7th Znojmo Open

The 7th Znojmo Open takes place 5th-6th May 2007 at the Monastery of Louka, Znojmo, the Czech Republic

Details: http://czechtour.net/znojmo/index.php

Chess festival BRNO 2007

Chess festival BRNO 2007 takes place 29th June - 8th July 2007. GM, IM and Open events.

Details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html

5th Brussels International Chess Festival

5th Brussels International Chess Festival (11 rounds - 25 minutes) Open to all rated and unrated players-no club membership requested Saturday 5 May - Sunday 6 May 2007

Details: http://www.creb.be/

5th PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament

$16,000 Freestyle tournament starts on March 2nd 23.02.2007 The Fifth PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament begins on March 2nd on the Playchess server. The main tournament is an eight-round Swiss, with time controls of 60 min + 15 sec per game. You probably know that in Freestyle any kind of assistance is allowed: computers, friends, books, anything. The starting fee is 10 Euro. GMs and IMs are free

Details and entry: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3693

11th Voronezh Festival

The 11th International Chess Festival Voronezh 2007 takes place 10th-21th June 2007.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

XXV Andorra International Open

The XXV International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 30th June - 8th July 2007. Tournament Hall: Hotel Sant Gothard - Erts (La Massana) ANDORRA Prizes: 10.000 Euros / 1st. Prize: 2.100 Euros All the prizes are tax-free Valid for the Catalan Chess circuit Entries: 35Euros /sub16 20 Euros - Elo +2350 free

For entries and information contact: openandorra@andorra.ad FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.867846 Oscar de la Riva: 00.376.839899 (21:00 a 23:30)

Details: http://www.feva.ad

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2007

The Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 23rd June - 1st July 2007 in the Dortmund Civic Theatre.

Eight players will compete in a single round robin: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Arkadij Naiditsch and the winner of the Aeroflot Open 2007 in Moscow (Evgeny Alekseev).

There will be open A and B events alongside.

Pula Open 2007

The "Pula Open 2007" takes place in Pula, Croatia, 23rd-30th June 2007, in the hotel Histria.

All further information at: http://www.skpula.hr , or contact the tournament director at : pulaopen@globalnet.hr

25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island

25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island , a wonderful place for a holiday two groups; first prize Open A (elo from 1800 up) 1.000 euro. official venue Lacona, May 6th-13th 2007 - good opportunities for room and apartments in Lacona Hotel and Residence. There will be somo GM to get norms.

Further details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/cms.asp?IDPg=10

VI Benidorm Festival

The VI Benidorm Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezalicante.com/menu.htm

Baltic Sea Cup

The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) takes place July 30th - August 5th 2007.

Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/

Alushta Diary 2007

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06

Individual and group studying Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 44 7717890632 (for English speaking, call after 18.00) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

New England Masters

New England Masters, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 13-17, 2007. 9 Round FIDE Swiss with great norm opportunities. Low entry fees and hotel rate, open to players rated FIDE 2200 or higher. Website: http://www.newenglandmasters.com. Email: chris@chesstournamentservices.com.

3rd European Union Individual Chess Championship

The 3rd European  Union Individual Chess Championship takes place in Arvier (Aosta Valley Italy)   June 15th - 24th 2007  

Details: http://www.scacchivda.com/

7th European Individual Senior Championship

The 7th European Individual Senior Championship takes place 2 - 10 June, 2007, in the Business-Lounge of the Hockenheim circuit (Germany). The championship is open for all European seniors and senior women. Ladies shall be born before 1st Jan 1957, gentlemen before 1st Jan 1947. 9 rounds Swiss system, ELO rated. Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours + 1 hour quick-play finish. All details regarding schedule, prizes and entry fee are published on the website of the festival: http://www.euro-seniorchamp.de.vu Host:Karpov Chess Academy Hockenheim (Karpow-Schachakademie Hockenheim e.V.) - President Dieter Auer email: karpow@schachakademie-hockenheim.de

Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2007

The Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2007, takes place 17.5. - 20.5.2007, in Gerlingen, South-Germany. 7 Rounds, Swiss System, A/B-tournament, over 7000 € prizes.

Details: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

Banyoles Chess Festival 2007

The Banyoles Chess Festival includes two tournaments: The Rapid-Chess Tournament is on 15th of August. And from the 16th until 24th of August is held the International Chess Tournament. Here, you will find more information about them: 3rd. "Lluís Muratet" Rapid-Chess Tournament This will be played the 15th of August of 2007. Rapid-Chess (20 minutes or 15min+5"). 9 Rounds. Prizes: 1st. 800 €; Prize fund: 2.000 €. (Valid for Catalan Chess Circuit) 10th Banyoles International Chess Tournament From 16th until 24th of August of 2007. Swiss System. 9 Rounds. 105 minutes + 30 seconds/movement. Prizes: 1st. 2.000 € (4.000 € if the winner achieves 9 points); Prize fund: 8.000 €. (Valid for the Catalan Chess Circuit). Nigel Short has announced his participation.

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

Battle of Senta tournament

The 11th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes place 20th-30th July 2007 in Senta (the Vojvodina / Serbia).

Details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu

Monroi Grand Prix for Women

Women in chess are being recognized by a Grand-Prix series of international chess events. The events will be broadcast live using the MonRoi system. “The world’s best women chess players have the opportunity to qualify in some of the top tournaments in the world. We invite you to follow live games, pictorial and video reports! Join us in Gibraltar, Cannes, Zagreb, Dresden, Liechtenstein, St. Petersburg and Philadelphia and Montreal!” said Brana Giancristofaro, Founder & CEO of MonRoi Inc. The Grand-Prix Finale will be held in Montreal, Canada July 21-28, 2007. Qualifiers will be selected on the basis of top performance and will compete for Finale prizes! The Grand-Prix starts on January 23rd, 2007, in Gibraltar! Qualifying events are the following:

GibTelecom, Gibraltar, January 23 - February 1
Cannes Open, FRA, February 18-25
Zagreb Open, CRO, March 17-25
ECU Individual, Dresden GER, April 2-15
Liechtenstein Open, May 11-19
White Nights, St. Petersburg RUS, June 16-24
World Open, Philadelphia USA, June 28 - July 4
Montreal Chess Festival Finale, July 21-28

Further details: http://www.monroi.com/GP

Sydney International Open

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL OPEN (10/04/2007-14/04/2007) - Australia's strongest Open tournament ever held.

More information at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open or contact info@chessaustralia.com.au

Politiken Cup

The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 21st-29th July 2007.

Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/

Coulsdon Christmas International

The Coulsdon Christmas International takes place 11th-15th December 2006. The organisers need 2 titled and 1 non-titled players for the 10 player all-play-all event for IM norms. In addition, we there are 3 spaces in their Challengers' event. If interested contact Scott Freeman chess@ccfworld.com

Details: http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2006-12-15_International.htm

Prague Open 2007

PRAGUE OPEN 2007 (11.-18.1. 2007 - 2 FIDE opens, one of them with a possibility to fulfill IM norm, active chess and blitz tournament, more information at the address http://www.czechtour.net/praha/index.php

Marienbad Open 2007

MARIENBAD OPEN 2007 Marienbad is the second largest spa town in the Czech Republic, 19.-27.1. 2007 - closed GM tournament, closed IM tournament, FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament, http://www.czechtour.net/marlazne/index.php

Swiss Chess Tour 2007

The Swiss Chess Tour 2007 starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-7.1.2007.). Venue of Chess Festival for 9th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.

Hilton Open (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for complete the game.) Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1947), junior (1987-90), schoolboy (1991). Enter fee: 140 CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF.

Players so far for Basle: GM Ulf Andersson (SWE), GM Borislav Ivkov (SCG), GM Andrei Sokolov (FRA), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO), GM Igor Rausis (BAN), GM Nenad Sulava (CRO), GM Stefan Djuric (SCG), IM Martin Senff (GER), IM Simon Kuemin (SUI) etc.

Basle amateur (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national). Enter fee: 120 CHF (juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.

Basle juniors (2.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors 1987 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.

Basel Lighting Chess (6.1.2007. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes for everybody 50% and more points.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650, fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch or http://yubc.net/~yuchess

Slovenian Chess Centre

The Slovenian Chess Federation opened a centre on the 21st October 2006.

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/news/0610/sahdom/

Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog

Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French: http://echecs-info.blogspot.com

66th Italian Championship

The 66th Italian Championship takes place 21st November - 4th December 2006. The tournament will consist of 11 players in a round robin at Hotel Impero in Cremona. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the Italian Chess Federation web site.

Official tournament information: http://federscacchi.it/doc/notcom/d20060902032222_bando_66.pdf

Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/

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