THE WEEK IN CHESS 654 21st May 2007 by Mark Crowther
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42nd Capablanca Memorial 15 games
Match of the Hopes 5 games
Somov Memorial Kirishi 36 games
Nesis Rapid Cup 15 games
1st World Women’s Teams 20 games
First Saturday May 52 games
4NCL 144 games
Grand Prix Open Galatzi 120 games
Festival Santista de Xadrez 21 games
Liechtenstein Open 373 games
Mitropa Cup 80 games
5th Brussels Festival 10 games
7th ICT Leiden 72 games
1110 games
My thanks to Benny Asman, Sergey Bystrov, Doru Ionescu, Gary Suffield,
Philipp Schlosser, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jeroen Noomen, Martin Bennedik,
Goran Urosevic, Boris Yeshan, Adolivio Capece, Otto Buchholz, Miklos Orso,
Gérard Demuydt, Robert Fontaine, Jan Mazuch and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
Veselin Topalov yet again recovered from a lousy start in a tournament
to come back to win. Starting with 0.5/3 he came back to win three games and
that proved enough to take first place alone at the MTel tournament. You wonder
what he would do in longer tournaments. Topalov is missing both from the
Candidates and the later World Championship tournament in Mexico. The
Candidates start in Elista later this week and there are some tremendous
matches in prospect. I haven't made much of this event so far as I've become
heartily fed up of announcing world championship events that haven't taken
place, indeed I think more haven't taken place than have in the years I've been
doing TWIC. Anyhow these Candidates matches are going to go ahead and they will
see 16 players compete for 4 places over two separate matches. It should be a
real treat. In addition there are the strong traditional tournaments the Bosnia
Sarjevo tournament and Capablanca Memorial.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The MTel Masters took place in Sofia 9th-20th May 2007. The field for
the ten round, double round robin event, was Veselin Topalov, Liviu Dieter
Nisipeanu, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams and Krishnan
Sasikiran. Veselin Topalov recovered from a poor start to win the event
alone.
Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
Further info: http://www.chessvibes.com/ -
http://www.echecs.com -
http://www.europe-echecs.com and
http://grandslam.chessdom.com
Round 6 (May 16, 2007)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 44 B08 Pirc Defence
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Adams, Michael 1-0 34 E15 Queens Indian
Round 7 (May 17, 2007)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 41 A20 English Opening
Kamsky, Gata - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 47 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 52 B23 Sicilian Closed
Round 8 (May 18, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 64 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Adams, Michael 1-0 53 C96 Ruy Lopez
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 60 D15 Slav Defence
Round 9 (May 19, 2007)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Adams, Michael 1/2 37 E15 Queens Indian
Kamsky, Gata - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 51 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 42 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 10 (May 20, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 59 E43 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 42 B40 Sicilian Classical
Adams, Michael - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 78 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
MTel Sofia BUL (BUL), 10-20 v 2007 cat. XIX (2725)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2772 ** 0= 01 == 11 == 5.5 2751
2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 1= ** == 10 =0 == 5.0 2718
3 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693 10 == ** == == 01 5.0 2731
4 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 == 01 == ** 01 == 5.0 2729
5 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690 00 =1 == 10 ** =1 5.0 2732
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 == == 10 == =0 ** 4.5 2687
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The traditional 37th Bosna tournament takes place May 18th-28th 2007 in
Sarajevo.
Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba
Round 1 (May 19, 2007)
Predojevic, Borki - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1/2 41 C54 Giuoco Piano
Timofeev, Artyom - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 40 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Short, Nigel D - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 31 A28 English Four Knights
Round 2 (May 20, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Predojevic, Borki 1-0 46 C11 French Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 67 A11 Reti Opening
Short, Nigel D - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 30 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 3 (May 21, 2007)
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 41 E49 Nimzo Indian
Predojevic, Borki - Short, Nigel D 1-0 59 C55 Two Knights Defence
Timofeev, Artyom - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 58 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
XXXVII Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 19-28 v 2007cat. XVII (2670)
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1 Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2655 ** =. 1. =. .. .. 2.0 2796
2 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2642 =. ** .. 1. =. .. 2.0 2765
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2762 0. .. ** .. 1. 1. 2.0 2793
4 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2609 =. 0. .. ** .. 1. 1.5 2662
5 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2658 .. =. 0. .. ** =. 1.0 2573
6 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2691 .. .. 0. 0. =. ** 0.5 2403
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XXXVII Bosnia GMB Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 19-28 v 2007 cat. IX (2453)
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1. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2584 * 1 = = . . . . . . 2.0 2589
2. Runic, Zoran m BIH 2414 0 * . . . . . . 1 1 2.0 2585
3. Stojanovic, Dalibor m BIH 2473 = . * . = . = . . . 1.5 2507
4. Vukic, Milan g BIH 2505 = . . * = . . . . = 1.5 2481
5. Drasko, Milan g MNE 2543 . . = = * = . . . . 1.5 2465
6. Jakovljevic, Vlado m BIH 2419 . . . . = * 1 0 . . 1.5 2444
7. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2396 . . = . . 0 * 1 . . 1.5 2428
8. Tomic, Bosko f BIH 2393 . . . . . 1 0 * = . 1.5 2432
9. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2481 . 0 . . . . . = * = 1.0 2249
10. Trkulja, Goran f BIH 2317 . 0 . = . . . . = * 1.0 2341
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The World Candidates Matches will be held May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in
Elista, Kalmykia. Each match will consist of six games, and, if necessary,
tie-break rapid games. There will be a two rounds of matches producing four
players who will play in the Mexico City (http://www.chessmexico.com) tournament to
decide the world champion alongside Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter
Svidler and Alexander Morozevich to produce an 8 player, 14 round double round
robin event September 12th-30th 2007.
"Deep Fritz" and "Deep Junior" will have a 6 game match alongside the
event.
Candidates Matches
1. Aronian Levon (ARM) - Carlsen Magnus (NOR)
2. Leko Peter (HUN) - Gurevich Mikhail (TUR)
3. Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) - Rublevsky Sergei (RUS)
4. Gelfand Boris (ISR) - Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB)
5. Bacrot Etienne (FRA) - Kamsky Gata (USA)
6. Grischuk Alexander (RUS) - Malakhov Vladimir (RUS)
7. Polgar Judith (HUN) - Bareev Evgeny (RUS)
8. Shirov Alexei (ESP) - Adams Michael (ENG)
Its my understanding the the second round is the winner of 1 vs 8, 2 vs
7, 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5.
Further details: http://www.fide.com -
Preview by Martin Bennedik:
http://www.bennedik.de/2007/05/preview-of-fide-candidates-matches-part.html
The Frank K Berry 2007 US Championships take place May 15th - 23rd 2007
in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Official site: http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/USChamp07/
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ch-USA Stillwater USA (USA), 15-23 v 2007
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1. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2606 +24 +17 + 3 + 6 +10 - 2 . . . 5.0 2848
2. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663 +22 =11 + 7 =10 = 4 + 1 . . . 4.5 2757
3. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2602 +20 + 9 - 1 = 4 +17 = 5 . . . 4.0 2678
4. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2640 +31 =12 +11 = 3 = 2 = 6 . . . 4.0 2687
5. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2600 =29 +15 =13 =14 +19 = 3 . . . 4.0 2630
6. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2658 +32 = 8 +18 - 1 +12 = 4 . . . 4.0 2684
7. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2565 =28 +26 - 2 =13 +20 +21 . . . 4.0 2557
8. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2556 +27 = 6 -10 =15 +30 +18 . . . 4.0 2584
9. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2544 +36 - 3 +24 =16 +14 =10 . . . 4.0 2629
10. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2595 =15 +29 + 8 = 2 - 1 = 9 . . . 3.5 2599
11. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2531 +21 = 2 - 4 =20 =15 +23 . . . 3.5 2537
12. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2511 +33 = 4 =14 +18 - 6 =16 . . . 3.5 2606
13. Khachiyan, Melikset g USA 2475 +35 =14 = 5 = 7 =16 =19 . . . 3.5 2558
14. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2574 +25 =13 =12 = 5 - 9 +22 . . . 3.5 2549
15. Krush, Irina m USA 2464 =10 - 5 +26 = 8 =11 +32 . . . 3.5 2579
16. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2576 =26 =28 +31 = 9 =13 =12 . . . 3.5 2501
17. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2518 +30 - 1 =23 +25 - 3 +26 . . . 3.5 2477
18. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2569 +23 +19 - 6 -12 +22 - 8 . . . 3.0 2508
19. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2493 +34 -18 =25 +28 - 5 =13 . . . 3.0 2425
20. Hess, Robert L f USA 2412 - 3 =36 +27 =11 - 7 +29 . . . 3.0 2445
21. Langer, Michael f USA 2315 -11 -22 +36 +24 +31 - 7 . . . 3.0 2438
22. Browne, Walter S g USA 2447 - 2 +21 =28 +23 -18 -14 . . . 2.5 2419
23. Smith, Bryan G m USA 2386 -18 +34 =17 -22 +28 -11 . . . 2.5 2375
24. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2418 - 1 +30 - 9 -21 +33 =25 . . . 2.5 2326
25. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2376 -14 +35 =19 -17 =29 =24 . . . 2.5 2380
26. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2376 =16 - 7 -15 +36 +27 -17 . . . 2.5 2389
27. Robson, Ray f USA 2293 - 8 =32 -20 +34 -26 +30 . . . 2.5 2305
28. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2352 = 7 =16 =22 -19 -23 =31 . . . 2.0 2354
29. Bradford, Joseph M f USA 2424 = 5 -10 =32 =31 =25 -20 . . . 2.0 2352
30. Zenyuk, Iryna wf USA 2177 -17 -24 +33 +32 - 8 -27 . . . 2.0 2298
31. Pruess, David m USA 2408 - 4 +33 -16 =29 -21 =28 . . . 2.0 2306
32. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2474 - 6 =27 =29 -30 +35 -15 . . . 2.0 2244
33. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2280 -12 -31 -30 +35 -24 +34 . . . 2.0 2190
34. Airapetian, Chouchanik wf USA 2180 -19 -23 =35 -27 +36 -33 . . . 1.5 2125
35. Braunlich, Tom USA 2199 -13 -25 =34 -33 -32 +36 . . . 1.5 2147
36. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2260 - 9 =20 -21 -26 -34 -35 . . . 0.5 1936
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The 42nd Capablanca Memorial takes place 17th-29th May 2007. The field
of players in the Elite Group (10 players - 9 rounds round robin) includes GMs:
V. Ivanchuk, Kamil Miton, Peter H. Nielsen, V. Gashimov as visitors and Leinier
Domínguez, Lázaro Bruzón, Jesús Nogueiras, Neurys
Delgado, Walter Arencibia and Yuniesky Quezada from Cuba. Rating average 2617
category XV. Also a 75 players Swiss Tournament will be held which is composed
mainly of young GMs, IMs and FMs as well as strong female players.News: Otto
Buchholz.
Daily reports at: http://www.vanguardia.co.cu/. Normally
http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
is the official site although there are no details yet. Also reports have been
seen in the past at: http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/index.html
or http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/
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42nd Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 18-27 v 2007 cat. XV (2617)
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 * . . . . . . 1 1 1 3.0
2. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 . * . . . . = = . 1 2.0 2707
3. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2644 . . * = . = . . = . 1.5 2604
4. Miton, Kamil g POL 2653 . . = * = . = . . . 1.5 2582
5. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter g CUB 2555 . . . = * . 1 . . 0 1.5 2616
6. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2541 . . = . . * . = = . 1.5 2605
7. Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2547 . = . = 0 . * . . . 1.0 2503
8. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CUB 2552 0 = . . . = . * . . 1.0 2524
9. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2620 0 . = . . = . . * . 1.0 2513
10. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2649 0 0 . . 1 . . . . * 1.0 2529
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Round 1 (May 18, 2007)
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter - Miton, Kamil 1/2 80 C90 Ruy Lopez
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 45 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Quezada Perez, Yuniesky 1/2 14 E18 Queens Indian
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Gashimov, Vugar 1/2 26 D79 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 31 E20 Nimzo Indian
Round 2 (May 19, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus 1-0 29 A84 Dutch
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Miton, Kamil - Gashimov, Vugar 1/2 17 C42 Petroff's Defence
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter - Delgado Ramirez, Neuris 1-0 24 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1/2 10 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (May 20, 2007)
Gashimov, Vugar - Quezada Perez, Yuniesky 1/2 52 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris - Miton, Kamil 1/2 42 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 23 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 37 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter 1-0 33 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Open Round 4 Pairings:
Mateo, Ramon (3.0) - (3.0) De La Paz, Frank
Hernández, Holden (2.5) - (2.5) Prasca, Raphael
Alvarez, Aramis (2.5) - (2.5) Horvath, Csaba
Almeida, Omar (2.5) - (2.5) Baron Rodriguez, Jesús
Pozo, Sandro (2.5) - (2.0) Rasmussen, Karsten
Córdova, Emilio (2.0) - (2.0) Santos, Marcus Vinicius
González, Arián (2.0) - (2.0) Otero, Diasmany
Iturrizaga, Eduardo (2.0) - (2.0) Pérez, Rodney
Needleman, Gaston (2.0) - (2.0) Ruíz Orlén
Quesada, Yasser (1.5) - (1.5) Ortega, Mariano
Hernández, Ramon (1.0) - (1.0) Fernández, Alexey
Vigoa, Yanira (1.0) - (1.0) Espinosa, Ermes
Fleites, Yuleikys (1.0) - (0.5) Siebrecht, Sebastian
Garcia, Roberto (0.5) - (0.5) Pérez, Jennifer
The "Match of the Hopes" took place on Friday 18th May 2007 in
Porto-Vecchio (south of Corsica) between Teimour Radjvabov (Azerbaïdjan)
and Magnus Carlsen (Norway). The rate of play was 15 mins + 3 secs increment
per move. Then tie-break blitz (3m+2s) games. 300 pupils of the area will
attend the event. Radjaov won a final Armageddon game after two rapid and two
blitz games were shared between the players.
All details on the site of the Corsican chess League :
Corsican
chess League . Games on line at the site of the French Chess Federation
http://www.echecs.asso.fr
Rapid Games 15m+3s
Radjabov, Teimour - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 45 E15 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 57 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Blitz Tie-Break 3m+2s
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 77 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Radjabov, Teimour - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 87 E15 Queens Indian
Armageddon game.
Carlsen (white) 4m Radjabov (black) 3m and draw odds.
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 34 A80 Dutch
Match of the Hopes Porto-Vecchio FRA (FRA), 18-18 v 2007
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Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2747 1 0 = = 1 3.0 2765
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 0 1 = = 0 2.0 2675
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The V International Chess Tournament "World’s Youth Stars"
dedicated to Vanya Somov’s memory takes place May 14th-28th 2007 in LLC
"KINEF" in Kirishi with players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Germany,
India, Ukraine and Russia.
During the event there is a rapid chess tournament G.E.Nesis's Cup on
the 21st-22nd May. It will be a double round robin tournament with the time
control 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move.
The participants are: Evgeny Alekseev 2679 RUS, Konstantin Sakaev 2633 RUS,
Alexander Khalifman 2624 RUS, Dimitri Komarov 2539 UKR, Sergey Janovsky 2496
RUS and Maxim Novik 2466 RUS.Live coverage:http://www.ruschess.com/ as well as the
official site below.
Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru -
Further coverage: http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/english.html
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World's Youth Stars Kirishi RUS (RUS), 16-27 v 2007 cat. XI (2508)
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2602 * . 1 1 = . = . = . . 1 4.5 2697
2. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2515 . * = = = 1 . . . . 1 1 4.5 2696
3. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2523 0 = * = . . 1 . 1 . . 1 4.0 2631
4. Grigoryan, Avetik m ARM 2455 0 = = * . . . 1 . 1 . 1 4.0 2635
5. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2584 = = . . * = . 1 . = = . 3.5 2567
6. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2545 . 0 . . = * . 0 1 1 1 . 3.5 2550
7. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2533 = . 0 . . . * 1 . 0 1 0 2.5 2442
8. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2416 . . . 0 0 1 0 * = . . 1 2.5 2451
9. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2463 = . 0 . . 0 . = * 1 0 . 2.0 2386
10. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2540 . . . 0 = 0 1 . 0 * = . 2.0 2379
11. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2445 . 0 . . = 0 0 . 1 = * . 2.0 2405
12. Bindrich, Falko m GER 2469 0 0 0 0 . . 1 0 . . . * 1.0 2234
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Nesis Rapid Cup Kirishi RUS (RUS), 21-22 v 2007cat. XIII (2573)
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1 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2633 ** =. =. 1. =. 1. 3.5 2709
2 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2539 =. ** =. 1. 0. =. 2.5 2579
3 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2624 =. =. ** =. =. =. 2.5 2562
4 Janovsky, Sergey g RUS 2496 0. 0. =. ** 1. 1. 2.5 2588
5 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 =. 1. =. 0. ** 0. 2.0 2479
6 Novik, Maxim g RUS 2466 0. =. =. 0. 1. ** 2.0 2522
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The 1st World Women’s Team Chess Championship takes place May 19th-
30th 2007 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Women`s teams from 10 national federations
participate in the Championship; Armenia, Botswana, Vietnam, Georgia, China,
Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Czech Republic.
Official site: http://www.chesswomen.com/en/. Further
info: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1318.
Live transmission of games: http://www.chesswomen.com/games/
Round 1 results:
CHN (3½) vs VIE (½)
POL (4) vs BOT (0)
RUS (3) vs GER (1)
GEO (2½) vs CZE (1½)
UKR (3) vs ARM (1)
The First Saturday GM-IM-FM closed tournaments took place in Budapest
5th-15th May 2007. GM Zlatko Ilincic won the GM event with 10.5/14 two and a
half point clear of the field. Miklos Galyas won the IM event with 9.5/11.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-19 v 2007 cat. VII (2421)
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1 Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2488 ** 10 == 1= 1= 11 =1 11 10.5 2604
2 Collins, Sam E IRL m IRL 2398 01 ** == == == 01 1= =1 8.0 2474
3 Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2507 == == ** == == 10 1= == 7.5 2437
4 Bui Vinh m VIE 2483 0= == == ** == 01 10 11 7.5 2441
5 Vajda, Levente g ROM 2549 0= == == == ** == 10 1= 7.0 2402
6 Illner, Achim f GER 2339 00 10 01 10 == ** 10 0= 5.5 2352
7 Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2316 =0 0= 0= 01 01 01 ** 10 5.5 2356
8 Koons, Nat USA 2289 00 =0 == 00 0= 1= 01 ** 4.5 2307
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FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 v 2007
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2536
2. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2274 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2453
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2275 0 0 * 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2307
4. Vazirova, Karina wf RUS 2150 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 0 1 1 = 6.0 2290
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2324 = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2274
6. Werner, Dimo m GER 2358 0 = = = = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2235
7. Gauri, Shankar IND 2131 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 = 5.5 2255
8. Mayer, Istvan f HUN 2186 = = 1 0 = = = * = 0 0 0 4.0 2148
9. Mueller, Markus1 GER 2147 0 0 0 1 0 = = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2152
10. Sankalp, Modwal IND 2164 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 4.0 2150
11. Titz, Heimo f AUT 2240 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = 1 * = 4.0 2144
12. Wilke, Werner AUT 2253 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 2.5 2033
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The 4NCL final weekend took place 5th-7th May 2007. 4NCL Champions were
Guildford-ADC 1, who take the title with a 100% record. ahead of Guildford-ADC2
who were runners-up. Division 2 winners were Barbican 4NCL 2, who pipped
Richmond on game points. Cambridge University 1 were also promoted.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Division 1 tables
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 11 0 0 22
GUILDFORD-ADC 2 10 0 1 20
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 9 0 2 18
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 6 2 3 14
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 4 3 4 11
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 4 2 5 10
THE ADS 4 2 5 10
WOOD GREEN 4 1 6 9
BETSSON.COM 3 2 6 8
3CS OLDHAM 2 1 8 5
BRISTOL 1 1 1 9 2 *
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1 1 0 10 2
The bottom 3 teams will be relegated to Division 2.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GP MP
1 Guildford-ADC 1 xxx 6 5 5½ 6½ 7½ 7 5 5½ 5½ 7½ 7 68 22
2 Guildford-ADC 2 2 xxx 5½ 7 5½ 7 7 5 5 5½ 6 6½ 62 20
3 Hilsmark K'fisher 1 3 2½ xxx 5 4½ 5½ 4½ 6½ 4½ 5½ 5½ 5 52 18
4 Slough Sharks 1 2½ 1 3 xxx 4½ 4 6 4 5 4½ 5½ 4½ 44½ 14
5 Barbican 4NCL 1 1½ 2½ 3½ 3½ xxx 4 4 4½ 5½ 5 4 7 45 11
6 North West Eagles 1 ½ 1 2½ 4 4 xxx 5½ 3½ 3 5½ 4½ 5 39 10
7 The ADs 1 1 3½ 2 4 2½ xxx 4½ 4 4½ 6 4½ 37½ 10
8 Wood Green 3 3 1½ 4 3½ 4½ 3½ xxx 3 6 6½ 7½ 46 9
9 Betsson.com 2½ 3 3½ 3 2½ 5 4 5 xxx 4 3½ 6 42 8
10 3Cs Oldham 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 3 2½ 3½ 2 4 xxx 4½ 7 37½ 5
11 Bristol 1 ½ 2 2½ 2½ 4 3½ 2 1½ 4½ 3½ xxx 3 29½ 2 *
12 S. Wales Dragons 1 1 1½ 3 3½ 1 3 3½ ½ 2 1 5 xxx 25 2
Division 1 results - Round 9 5th May 2007
RD 9 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2516 5½-2½ SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2327
1 w Rowson, Jonathan 2594 ½ - ½ Navara, David 2720
2 b Hebden, Mark L 2519 0 - 1 Jones, Gawain C B 2524
3 w Conquest, Stuart 2546 ½ - ½ Hinks-Edwards,T 2369
4 b King, Daniel J 2528 1 - 0 Gourlay, Iain 2343
5 w Kosten, Anthony C 2517 ½ - ½ Krensing, Jan 2323
6 b Howell, David W L 2511 1 - 0 Roberson, Peter T 2213
7 w Prie, Eric 2513 1 - 0 Muter, Donny 2196
8 b Collas, Silvia 2401 1 - 0 Oliver, Shannon 1925
RD 9 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2372 4 - 4 BRISTOL 1 2284
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2521 ½ - ½ Werle, Jan * 2556
2 b Collinson, Adam 2384 ½ - ½ Berzinsh, Roland 2429
3 w Palliser, Richard 2414 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2407
4 b Cox, John J 2411 0 - 1 Beaumont, Chris 2312
5 w Devereaux, Maxim 2366 ½ - ½ Rudd, Jack 2385
6 b Rogers, Jonathan 2364 ½ - ½ Buckley, David E 2236
7 w Knott, Simon 2377 ½ - ½ Dilleigh, Stephen 2120
8 b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2142 1 - 0 Menard, Marie (F) 1824
RD 9 THE ADS 2345 4 - 4 BETSSON.COM 2334
1 w Speelman,Jon 2518 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2436
2 b Rogers, Ian 2513 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G 2455
3 w Cernousek, Lukas 2411 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J 2413
4 b Jirka, Jiri 2367 1 - 0 Webb, Laurence E 2300
5 w Richardson, John 2298 1 - 0 Duncan,Chris 2303
6 b Snape, Ian 2261 ½ - ½ Eames, Robert G 2297
7 w Anderton, David 2247 0 - 1 Ledger, David J 2287
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2142 ½ - ½ Ledger, Stephen C 2183
RD 9 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2257 2½-5½ HILSMARK 2424
1 KINGFISHER 1
1 w Hague, Ben 2303 0 - 1 Wells, Peter K 2499
2 b Morrison, Graham 2328 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K 2487
3 w van der Linden,L 2282 0 - 1 Arkell, Keith C 2474
4 b Kennaugh, Charles 2288 1 - 0 Gormally, Daniel 2518
5 w Macak, Stefan 2371 ½ - ½ Mogranzini, Rob. 2421
6 b Tebb, David J 2219 0 - 1 Greet, Andrew N 2434
7 w Lyell, Mark 2203 0 - 1 Fierro Baquero,M 2339
8 b Lyell, Meri (F) 2058 1 - 0 Richards, Heather 2220
RD 9 3CS OLDHAM 2361 2 - 6 WOOD GREEN 2420
1 w Gordon, Stephen J 2490 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan 2519
2 b Davies, Nigel R 2501 0 - 1 Baburin,Alex. 2545
3 w Haslinger, Stew 2450 1 - 0 Turner, Matthew J 2489
4 b Arakhamia-Grant,K 2431 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D 2428
5 w Ashton, Adam G 2316 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J 2317
6 b Bentley, John L 2243 0 - 1 Pein, Malcolm 2394
7 w Hamelink, Desiree 2220 0 - 1 Pokorna, Regina 2343
8 b Walton, Alan J 2238 0 - 1 Tan, Desmond 2322
RD 9 SOUTH WALES 2216 1½-6½ GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2454
DRAGONS 1
1 w Cobb, James E 2424 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2525
2 b Cooper, John G 2335 1 - 0 Gallagher, Joseph 2509
3 w Kett, Timothy 2243 0 - 1 Cherniaev,Alex. 2487
4 b James, David J 2217 0 - 1 Plaskett, James 2499
5 w Zeidler, Sven P 2213 ½ - ½ Flear, Glenn C 2476
6 b Morris, Charles F 2207 0 - 1 Shaw, John K 2441
7 w Rees, Gwynfor 2167 0 - 1 Muir, Andrew J 2350
8 b Wilson, Julie (F) 1925 0 - 1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2348
Division 1 results - Round 10 6th May 2007
RD 10 HILSMARK 2447 5½-2½ 3CS OLDHAM 2361
KINGFISHER 1
1 w Williams, Simon K 2487 ½ - ½ Haslinger,Stew 2450
2 b Gormally, Daniel 2518 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R 2501
3 w Wells, Peter K 2499 1 - 0 Gordon, Stephen J 2490
4 b Greet, Andrew N 2434 1 - 0 Arakhamia-Grant,K 2431
5 w Mogranzini,Rob. 2421 ½ - ½ Ashton, Adam G 2316
6 b Houska, Jovanka 2404 1 - 0 Walton, Alan J 2238
7 w Arkell, Keith C 2474 1 - 0 Hamelink, Desiree 2220
8 b Fierro Baquero,M 2339 0 - 1 Bentley, John L 2243
RD 10 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2466 5½-2½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2365
1 w Howell, David W L 2511 0 - 1 Parker, Jonathan 2521
2 b Prie, Eric 2513 1 - 0 Cox, John J 2411
3 w Pert, Nicholas 2525 ½ - ½ Palliser, Richard 2414
4 b Plaskett, James 2499 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2384
5 w Cherniaev, Alex. 2487 1 - 0 Knott, Simon 2377
6 b Shaw, John K 2441 1 - 0 Eggleston, David 2301
7 w Wallace, John P 2404 1 - 0 Devereaux, Maxim 2366
8 b Lalic, Susan (F) 2348 ½ - ½ Lauterbach,Ingrid 2142
RD 10 WOOD GREEN 2326 4 - 4 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2327
1 w Turner, Matthew J 2489 0 - 1 Navara, David 2720
2 b Baburin, Alex. 2545 ½ - ½ Jones, Gawain C B 2524
3 w Sowray, Peter J 2317 1 - 0 Hinks-Edwards,T 2369
4 b Pein, Malcolm 2394 ½ - ½ Gourlay, Iain 2343
5 w Pokorna, Regina 2343 ½ - ½ Krensing, Jan 2323
6 b Tan, Desmond 2322 ½ - ½ Roberson, Peter T 2213
7 w Yastrebov,Alex. 2238 ½ - ½ Muter, Donny 2196
8 b Hegarty, Sarah 1957 ½ - ½ Oliver, Shannon 1925
RD 10 BETSSON.COM 2334 2½-5½ GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2511
1 w Hunt, Harriet (F) 2436 ½ - ½ Rowson, Jonathan 2594
2 b Pert, Richard G 2455 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C 2517
3 w Ledger, Andrew J 2413 ½ - ½ Conquest, Stuart 2546
4 b Webb, Laurence E 2300 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L 2519
5 w Duncan,Chris 2303 ½ - ½ King, Daniel J 2528
6 b Eames, Robert G 2297 0 - 1 Flear, Glenn C 2476
7 w Ledger, David J 2287 0 - 1 Gallagher, Joseph 2509
8 b Ledger, Stephen C 2183 ½ - ½ Collas, Silvia 2401
RD 10 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2262 5 - 3 SOUTH WALES 2194
1 DRAGONS 1
1 w Macak, Stefan 2371 0 - 1 Cooper, John G 2335
2 b Morrison, Graham 2328 1 - 0 Rayner, Francis 2247
3 w Kennaugh, Charles 2288 0 - 1 Kett, Timothy 2243
4 b Hague, Ben 2303 ½ - ½ James, David J 2217
5 w Carleton, John J 2316 1 - 0 Zeidler, Sven P 2213
6 b Lyell, Mark 2203 1 - 0 Morris, Charles F 2207
7 w Redmond, John 2226 ½ - ½ Rees, Gwynfor 2167
8 b Lyell, Meri (F) 2058 1 - 0 Wilson, Julie (F) 1925
RD 10 BRISTOL 1 2276 2 - 6 THE ADS 2345
1 w Werle, Jan * 2556 ½ - ½ Speelman,Jon 2518
2 b Berzinsh, Roland 2429 0 - 1 Rogers, Ian 2513
3 w Cobb, Charles 2407 0 - 1 Cernousek, Lukas 2411 (def)
4 b Beaumont, Chris 2312 0 - 1 Jirka, Jiri 2367 (def)
5 w Rudd, Jack 2385 0 - 1 Richardson, John 2298
6 b Buckley, David E 2236 1 - 0 Snape, Ian 2261
7 w Dilleigh, Stephen 2120 ½ - ½ Anderton, David 2247
8 b Owens, Megan 1760 0 - 1 Bellin, Jana (F) 2142 (def)
Division 1 results - Round 11 7th May 2007
RD 11 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2517 5 - 3 HILSMARK 2440
KINGFISHER 1
1 w Rowson, Jonathan 2594 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K 2487
2 b Gallagher, Joseph 2509 ½ - ½ Wells, Peter K 2499
3 w Pert, Nicholas 2525 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel 2518
4 b Kosten, Anthony C 2517 ½ - ½ Arkell, Keith C 2474
5 w Hebden, Mark L 2519 1 - 0 Houska, Jovanka 2404
6 b Conquest, Stuart 2546 ½ - ½ Greet, Andrew N 2434
7 w King, Daniel J 2528 ½ - ½ Radovanovic,J 2362
8 b Collas, Silvia 2401 ½ - ½ Fierro Baquero,M 2339
RD 11 THE ADS 2345 4½-3½ WOOD GREEN 2349
1 w Speelman,Jon 2518 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan 2519
2 b Rogers, Ian 2513 ½ - ½ Baburin,Alex 2545
3 w Cernousek, Lukas 2411 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J 2489
4 b Jirka, Jiri 2367 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D 2428
5 w Richardson, John 2298 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P 2301
6 b Snape, Ian 2261 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J 2317
7 w Anderton, David 2247 1 - 0 Yastrebov,Alex 2238
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2142 ½ - ½ Hegarty, Sarah 1957
RD 11 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2458 7 - 1 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2250
1
1 w Prie, Eric 2513 1 - 0 Macak, Stefan 2371
2 b Howell, David W L 2511 1 - 0 Morrison, Graham 2328
3 w Cherniaev,Alex. 2487 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles 2288
4 b Plaskett, James 2499 ½ - ½ Hague, Ben 2303
5 w Flear, Glenn C 2476 1 - 0 Redmond, John 2226
6 b Shaw, John K 2441 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark 2203
7 w Buckley, Graeme 2390 1 - 0 Tebb, David J 2219
8 b Lalic, Susan (F) 2348 1 - 0 Lyell, Meri (F) 2058
RD 11 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2350 5 - 3 BETSSON.COM 2334
1 w Navara, David 2720 1 - 0 Ledger, Andrew J 2413
2 b Jones, Gawain C B 2524 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G 2455
3 w Hinks-Edwards,T 2369 0 - 1 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2436
4 b Gourlay, Iain 2343 1 - 0 Duncan, Chris 2303
5 w Rendle, Thomas E 2388 1 - 0 Ledger, David J 2287
6 b Krensing, Jan 2323 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G 2297
7 w Muter, Donny 2196 ½ - ½ Webb, Laurence E 2300
8 b Martin, Katie (F) 1938 0 - 1 Ledger, Stephen C 2183
RD 11 3CS OLDHAM 2361 4½-3½ BRISTOL 1 2291
1 w Gordon, Stephen J 2490 ½ - ½ Werle, Jan * 2556
2 b Davies, Nigel R 2501 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2407
3 w Haslinger, Stew. 2450 1 - 0 Berzinsh, Roland 2429
4 b Arakhamia-Grant,K 2431 1 - 0 Rudd, Jack 2385
5 w Ashton, Adam G 2316 0 - 1 Beaumont, Chris 2312
6 b Bentley, John L 2243 0 - 1 Sherwin, James T 2245
7 w Hamelink, Desiree 2220 ½ - ½ Buckley, David E 2236
8 b Walton, Alan J 2238 1 - 0 Owens, Megan (F) 1760
RD 11 SOUTH WALES 2176 1 - 7 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2355
DRAGONS 1
1 w Cooper, John G 2335 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan 2521
2 b Rayner, Francis 2247 0 - 1 Cox, John J 2411
3 w Trevelyan, John 2205 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2384
4 b Spice, Alan 2186 0 - 1 Knott, Simon 2377
5 w Saunders, John C 2180 0 - 1 Palliser, Richard 2414
6 b Powell, Lloyd 2166 0 - 1 Berry, Neil 2291
7 w Rees, Gwynfor 2167 0 - 1 Eggleston, David 2301
8 b van Kemenade,Jul. 1925 0 - 1 Lauterbach,Ingrid 2142
The Galati Open took place 8th-15th May 2007. The 9 round Swiss is part
of the 2007 Romanian Chess Grand Prix.
Vlad-Cristian Jianu won the event with 7.5/9. News: Doru Ionescu.
Official site: http://www.romaniangp.com/main.html
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Grand Prix Open Galatzi ROM (ROM), 8-15 v 2007
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1 Jianu Vlad-Cristian IM 2506 7½ 41½ 51½ 40½
2 Grigorov Grigor IM 2431 7 41½ 52 37
3 Nanu Ciprian-Costica IM 2509 6½ 40 52 35
4 Petkov Vladimir IM 2456 6½ 38½ 50 35
5 Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula IM 2512 6½ 38 49 33½
6 Manolache Marius IM 2504 6½ 37 48 34
7 Grigore George-Gabriel GM 2517 6 43½ 55 34½
8 Gleizerov Evgeny GM 2570 6 42 54 34
9 Iordachescu Viorel GM 2587 6 41½ 52 33
10 Nemeth Francisc IM 2430 6 37 45½ 32
11 Ardeleanu Alin IM 2407 6 36½ 46½ 30
12 Karakehajov Kalin IM 2443 6 34½ 44½ 31
13 Manea Alexandru FM 2400 6 32½ 42 26½
14 Malaniuk Vladimir P GM 2529 5½ 41 51 32½
15 Chirila Ioan Cristian FM 2314 5½ 38½ 49 30
16 Lupulescu Constantin GM 2565 5½ 38 48½ 31
17 Cioara Andrei Nestor IM 2426 5½ 36½ 48 29½
18 Bonte Andrei 2305 5½ 36 44½ 27½
19 Gilea Lucian 2266 5½ 35½ 45½ 27½
20 Nevednichy Vladislav GM 2528 5½ 34½ 45 28
21 Galatanu Iulian-Marinica 0 5½ 34 43½ 26½
22 Sanduleac Vasile GM 2449 5½ 33½ 43½ 29½
23 Pessi Emil-George FM 2316 5 35 45 28
24 Cosma Elena Luminita WGM 2373 5 34½ 44½ 28
25 Miron Lucian-Costin FM 2375 5 34½ 43½ 26½
26 Tatu Constantin 0 5 33½ 43 24
27 Petrini Gheorghe 2075 5 33 42½ 21
28 Apostol Valentin 0 5 28½ 36 19
65 players
The Festival Santista de Xadrez takes place 19th-27th May in Santos -
BRASIL. The main VII Internacional Governador Mario Covas is the main event but
alongside is the V Regina Helena Marques Prol.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/
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VII Mario Covas Santos BRA (BRA), 19-27 v 2007 cat. X (2486)
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2579 * . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
2. Fier, Alexandr g BRA 2499 . * . = . 1 . . . . 1.5 2774
3. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2395 . . * . 0 . . 1 . . 1.0 2429
4. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2603 . = . * . . . . = . 1.0 2500
5. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2422 . . 1 . * 0 . . . . 1.0 2477
6. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2559 . 0 . . 1 * . . . . 1.0 2460
7. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2416 0 . . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2540
8. Fernandez, Daniel m USA 2436 . . 0 . . . . * . 1 1.0 2421
9. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2502 . . . = . . 0 . * . 0.5 2316
10. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2447 0 . . . . . . 0 . * 0.0
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V Regina Helena Marques Prol Santos BRA (BRA), 19-27 v 2007 cat. III (2305)
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1. Molina, Roberto Junio Brito f BRA 2353 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
2. Hungaski, Robert Andrew m USA 2379 . * = . . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2556
3. Diaz, Nahuel m ARG 2409 . = * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2510
4. Viana da Costa, Fernando BRA 2288 . . . * . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2582
5. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2414 . . . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
6. Larrea, Manuel f URU 2317 . 0 . . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 2334
7. Stamenkovic, Dragan m SRB 2423 . . . = . . * . = . . . 1.0 2271
8. Marra, Eduardo da Costa f BRA 2290 . . . . . 0 . * . . 1 . 1.0 2178
9. Limberg, Estacio Vermelho BRA 2255 . . 0 . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2223
10. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2356 . . . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. De Lima, Diogo Nakasawa BRA 2040 0 . . . . . . 0 . . * . 0.0
12. Rodrigues, Tiago Pereira BRA 2140 0 . . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 25th Liechtenstein Open took place 11th-19th May 2007. Alexander
Baburin took clear first on 7.5/9. Games from round 8 are missing for some
reason.
Official site: http://www.schach.li/
- http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/Liechtenstein07/index.html
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25th Liechtenstein Open Triesen LIE (LIE), 11-19 v 2007
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1. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2545 7,5
2. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2578 7,0
3. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2501 7,0
4. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2438 6,5
5. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2593 6,5
6. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2435 6,5
7. Hera, Imre jr m HUN 2477 6,5
8. Pavlovic, Milos g SRB 2534 6,5
9. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2512 6,5
10. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2442 6,5
11. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2485 6,5
12. Hoffmann, Michael1 m GER 2473 6,5
13. Luther, Thomas g GER 2586 6,0
14. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2427 6,0
15. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2384 6,0
16. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2328 6,0
17. Hommeles, Theo f NED 2386 6,0
18. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2490 6,0
19. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2424 6,0
20. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2352 6,0
21. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2439 6,0
22. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2435 6,0
23. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2502 6,0
24. Moser, Eva m AUT 2405 6,0
25. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2507 6,0
149 players
The Mitropa Cup took place in Szeged 8th-16th May 2007. France won the
men's event, Hungary the women's. The official site doesn't have final round
games files although some games are available from their live coverage.
Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/
Mitropa Cup 2007. Men
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Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. MP
1 France * 2,5 2,5 2,5 2,5 2,5 1,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 22,5 16
2 Italy 1,5 * 2,0 2,5 1,0 2,0 2,5 2,5 2,5 4,0 20,5 12
3 Germany 1,5 2,0 * 2,0 3,0 2,0 2,0 2,5 3,0 2,0 20,0 11
4 Croatia 1,5 1,5 2,0 * 3,0 3,0 2,5 2,5 1,5 1,5 19,0 9
5 Czech Republic 1,5 3,0 1,0 1,0 * 2,0 2,5 2,5 3,5 1,0 18,0 9
6 Slovenia 1,5 2,0 2,0 1,0 2,0 * 1,5 2,0 3,0 3,0 18,0 8
7 Hungary 3,0 1,5 2,0 1,5 1,5 2,5 * 1,5 2,5 1,5 17,5 7
8 Austria 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5 2,0 2,5 * 1,5 3,0 16,5 5
9 Slovakia 1,0 1,5 1,0 2,5 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,5 * 4,0 15,5 6
10 Switzerland 0,5 0,0 2,0 2,5 3,0 1,0 2,5 1,0 0,0 * 12,5 7
1. France (22,5 Pts./16 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 IM Wirig Anthony 2443 FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4,0 9 44,4 2511
2 IM Marzolo Cyril 2459 FRA ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6,5 9 72,2 2473
3 IM Feller Sebastien 2445 FRA 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 5,5 9 61,1 2430
4 IM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2447 FRA ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 6,5 9 72,2 2369
5. Italy (20,5 Pts./12 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 GM Godena Michele 2558 ITA 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 4,0 7 57,1 2495
2 IM Caurana Fabiano 2513 ITA 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5,0 9 55,6 2476
3 IM Brunello Sabino 2454 ITA 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 5,5 8 68,8 2437
4 IM Borgo Giulio 2418 ITA 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4,0 7 57,1 2402
IM Mogranzini Roberto 2421 ITA 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 2,0 5 40,0 2346
2. Germany (20,0 Pts./11 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 GM Naumann Alexander 2543 GER 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 4,5 8 56,3 2500
2 IM Meier Georg 2506 GER ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4,5 8 56,3 2466
3 IM Krämer Martin 2424 GER 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4,5 7 64,3 2434
4 IM Brener Ilja 2413 GER ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 3,5 7 50,0 2422
IM Bogner Sebastian 2331 GER 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 3,0 6 50,0 2413
3. Croatia (19,0 Pts./9 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 GM Saric Ante 2496 CRO ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 5,0 8 62,5 2500
2 IM Saric Ivan 2463 CRO ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 3,5 8 43,8 2467
3 IM Bosiocic Marin 2484 CRO ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 4,0 8 50,0 2434
4 IM Doric Darko 2482 CRO 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5,0 8 62,5 2416
FM Martinovic Sasa 2400 CRO ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5 4 37,5 2343
4. Czech Republic (18,0 Pts./9 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 IM Bernasek Jan 2509 CZE 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 5,0 9 55,6 2503
2 IM Simacek Pavel 2495 CZE ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4,0 7 57,1 2457
3 GM Vokac Marek 2482 CZE 0 ½ 0,5 2 25,0 2500
4 IM Petr Martin 2443 CZE ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 5,0 9 55,6 2418
Priborsky Ivo 2370 CZE ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 3,5 9 38,9 2382
10. Slovenia (18,0 Pts./8 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 IM Borisek Jure 2519 SLO ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 3,5 9 38,9 2493
2 IM Sakelsek Tadej 2487 SLO ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4,5 9 50,0 2452
3 IM Sebenik Matej 2483 SLO 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 2,5 9 27,8 2396
4 IM Skoberne Jure 2440 SLO ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7,5 9 83,3 2395
8. Hungary (17,5 Pts./7 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 GM Ruck Róbert 2534 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4,0 8 50,0 2501
2 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2472 HUN ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 2,0 8 25,0 2477
3 GM Varga Zoltán 2499 HUN ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 5,5 8 68,8 2436
4 IM Erdõs Viktor 2518 HUN 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5,0 9 55,6 2402
FM Németh Miklós 2413 HUN 0 ½ ½ 1,0 3 33,3 2374
7. Austria (16,5 Pts./5 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 IM Ragger Markus 2498 AUT 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5,5 9 61,1 2490
2 IM Neubauer Martin 2474 AUT ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 4,5 9 50,0 2465
3 FM Diermair Andreas 2385 AUT 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 5 0,0 2434
4 Kreisl Robert 2289 AUT ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4,0 9 44,4 2409
Schachinger Mario 2249 AUT ½ 1 1 0 2,5 4 62,5 2364
9. Slovakia (15,5 Pts./6 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
2 IM Tibensky Robert 2422 SVK 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3,5 9 38,9 2513
3 Pinter Erik 2394 SVK ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 5,0 9 55,6 2473
4 Michalik Peter 2311 SVK 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3,5 9 38,9 2423
Smolen Jan 2327 SVK ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 3,5 9 38,9 2422
6. Switzerland (12,5 Pts./7 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 GM Jenni Florian 2518 SUI 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 4,5 8 56,3 2495
2 FM Kurmann Oliver 2433 SUI 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1,0 8 12,5 2484
3 FM Lötscher Roland 2386 SUI 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 4,0 9 44,4 2434
4 Gähler Marco 2223 SUI 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 2,5 7 35,7 2383
IM Züger Beat 2415 SUI 0 ½ 0 0 0,5 4 12,5 2378
Mitropa Cup 2007. Women
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Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. MP
1 Hungary - 1. * 0,5 1,0 1,0 2,0 1,5 2,0 2,0 1,0 2,0 13,0 13
2 Slovenia 1,5 * 1,0 1,5 1,5 1,0 1,5 1,0 2,0 1,5 12,5 15
3 Slovakia 1,0 1,0 * 1,0 1,5 1,0 1,0 2,0 1,5 2,0 12,0 13
4 Hungary - 2. 1,0 0,5 1,0 * 1,0 2,0 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,0 12,0 12
5 Czech Republic 0,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 * 1,0 1,0 1,5 1,5 1,5 8,5 9
6 Hungary - 3. 0,5 1,0 1,0 0,0 1,0 * 1,0 1,0 1,0 2,0 8,5 8
7 Austria 0,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 * 0,5 1,0 1,5 7,5 7
8 Hungary - 4. 0,0 1,0 0,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 1,5 * 1,0 1,5 7,0 7
9 Germany 1,0 0,0 0,5 0,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 1,0 * 1,5 6,5 6
10 Croatia 0,0 0,5 0,0 0,0 0,5 0,0 0,5 0,5 0,5 * 2,5 0
6. Hungary - 1. (13,0 Pts./13 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 IM Vajda Szidónia 2407 HUN 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8,0 9 88,9 2196
2 WIM Tóth Lili 2251 HUN 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5,0 9 55,6 2077
2. Slovenia (12,5 Pts./15 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 WIM Rozic Vesna 2246 SLO 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6,5 9 72,2 2211
2 WFM Novak Ksenija 2151 SLO ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6,0 9 66,7 2099
3. Slovakia (12,0 Pts./13 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 WFM Borosova Zuzana 2206 SVK 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 4,5 7 64,3 2213
2 WFM Machalova Veronika 2178 SVK ½ 0 ½ 1,0 3 33,3 2145
WFM Varholakova Niki 2180 SVK 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 6,5 8 81,3 2085
7. Hungary - 2. (12,0 Pts./12 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 WIM Rudolf Anna 2301 HUN 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 4,0 9 44,4 2181
2 WIM Ignácz Mária 2238 HUN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8,0 9 88,9 2082
1. Czech Republic (8,5 Pts./9 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 Hodova Lucie 2074 CZE 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5,5 9 61,1 2213
2 Novosadova Kristina 2040 CZE 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 3,0 9 33,3 2100
8. Hungary - 3. (8,5 Pts./8 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 WIM Horváth Júlia 2277 HUN 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6,0 9 66,7 2184
2 WFM Kozma Edit 2089 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2,5 9 27,8 2105
10. Austria (7,5 Pts./7 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 WFM Kopinits Anna-Christina 2198 AUT 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 2,5 6 41,7 2271
2 Newrkla Katharina 2042 AUT 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1,5 6 25,0 2086
Exler Veronika 1980 AUT 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 3,5 6 58,3 2133
5. Hungary - 4. (7,0 Pts./7 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 Domány Zsófia 2167 HUN 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 3,0 7 42,9 2204
2 Papp Petra 1926 HUN 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 2,0 6 33,3 2171
Tanács Anna 1958 HUN 0 1 ½ ½ 0 2,0 5 40,0 2127
4. Germany (6,5 Pts./6 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 WFM Hoolt Sarah 2226 GER 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 2,0 9 22,2 2216
2 Winkelmann Elena 2114 GER 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 4,5 9 50,0 2092
9. Croatia (2,5 Pts./0 MP)
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Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Gam. % Rtg-Ø
1 Berke Ana 2072 CRO 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1,5 9 16,7 2216
2 Purgar Ivona 1975 CRO ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1,0 9 11,1 2111
5th Brussels International Chess Festival (11 rounds - 25 minutes) took
place Saturday 5th May - Sunday 6th May 2007. Ivan Sokolov took clear first
with 9.5/11. 10 games available.
Details: http://www.creb.be/
Final Standings:
1 Sokolov Ivan 2663 g NED 9.5 62.0 69.25 52.5 8
2 L'Ami Erwin 2594 g NED 8.5 53.0 60.00 51.0 6
3 Dgebuadze Alexandre 2504 g BEL 8.5 53.0 59.75 51.0 7
4 Popovic Petar 2483 g BEL 8.0 53.5 56.50 53.0 7
5 Polaczek Richard 2423 m BEL 8.0 50.0 52.50 48.0 7
6 Habu Yoshiharu 2404 f JPN 8.0 50.0 50.50 48.0 8
7 Pytel Krzysztof 2395 m FRA 8.0 46.0 50.00 44.0 8
8 Sebag Marie 2477 wg FRA 7.5 54.5 49.75 52.0 7
9 Andersson Ulf 2527 g SWE 7.5 50.0 50.00 48.5 4
10 Meijers Viesturs 2485 g LAT 7.5 49.5 50.00 49.0 6
11 Gharamian Tigran 2477 m FRA 7.5 49.0 48.50 48.0 5
12 Nikolic Pedrag 2626 g BIH 7.5 48.5 50.50 48.0 6
13 Schneider Ilja 2361 ** GER 7.5 47.5 45.00 47.5 6
14 Dutreeuw Marc 2385 m BEL 7.5 46.0 47.25 45.0 7
15 Vallet Marc 2200 ** FRA 7.5 44.0 45.50 45.0 7
16 Akesson Ralf 2475 g SWE 7.0 48.0 45.75 49.5 5
17 Peek Marcel 2369 m NED 7.0 45.5 42.00 46.0 6
18 Bolzoni Victor-Angel 2203 f BEL 7.0 44.0 39.25 44.0 6
19 Wuts Frank 2277 ** NED 7.0 44.0 38.00 43.0 6
20 Henris Luc 2315 f BEL 7.0 41.5 40.25 43.0 6
21 Spanoghe Ivan 2171 ** BEL 7.0 41.0 41.00 45.0 7
22 Laake Jasmin 2039 ** GER 7.0 39.5 38.25 44.5 6
23 Metioui Mourad 2074 ** BEL 7.0 39.5 33.50 41.5 5
24 Mohandesi Shahin 2320 m IRI 6.5 46.5 40.25 48.0 5
25 Van Mechelen Jan 2279 ** BEL 6.5 44.5 38.00 44.0 5
26 Duhayon Yves 2220 ** BEL 6.5 44.0 38.75 45.5 5
27 Houriez Clement 2157 ** FRA 6.5 43.5 37.25 45.0 6
28 Luminet Denis 2227 ** BEL 6.5 43.0 35.75 44.0 5
29 Schuermans Robert 2268 ** BEL 6.5 42.0 37.25 41.5 6
30 Blagodarov Vladimir 0 ** BEL 6.5 41.0 36.50 45.0 5
The 7th ICT Leiden (the Netherlands) computer tournament took place
18th-20th May 2007. Rybka won the event with 7.5/9.
Further details:
http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
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ICT7 Leiden NED (NED), 18-20 v 2007
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# Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 P BU SB G
1 Rybka 6b= 15w1 3b= 10w1 2b1 4w= 5w1 9b1 7w1 7½ 43½ 35 9
2 Zappa Zanzibar 12w1 9b1 7w1 3b= 1w0 8b1 4b= 6w1 11b1 7 45½ 32 9
3 Hiarcs-X 5w1 4b1 1w= 2w= 8b1 6w= 9b= 7b0 12w1 6 47½ 30½ 9
3 Deep Sjeng 13b1 3w0 12b1 6w= 9b1 1b= 2w= 10w1 8b= 6 44 26 9
5 IsiChess MMX 3b0 13w1 6b= 8w0 bye1 11w1 1b0 14w1 15b1 5½ 38 15 8
6 The Baron 1w= 10b1 5w= 4b= 13w1 3b= 7w= 2b0 14w= 5 45½ 22½ 9
7 Scorpio 14w1 8b1 2b0 9w0 11b= 10w1 6b= 3w1 1b0 5 45 21½ 9
8 The King 11b1 7w0 9b= 5b1 3w0 2w0 13b1 bye1 4w= 5 44½ 19 8
9 Glaurung 15b1 2w0 8w= 7b1 4w0 12b1 3w= 1w0 bye1 5 44½ 16½ 8
10 Stoofvlees bye1 6w0 11b1 1b0 14w= 7b0 15w1 4b0 13b1 4½ 37½ 10¾ 8
11 Hermann 8w0 14b1 10w0 12b1 7w= 5b0 bye1 15b1 2w0 4½ 36 11 8
12 XiniX 2b0 bye1 4w0 11w0 15b1 9w0 14b= 13w1 3b0 3½ 36½ 6¼ 8
13 Joker 4w0 5b0 15w1 14b1 6b0 bye1 8w0 12b0 10w0 3 33½ 4¾ 8
14 Crash Test Dummy 7b0 11w0 bye1 13w0 10b= 15w= 12w= 5b0 6b= 3 32 7¾ 8
15 Micro-Max 9w0 1b0 13b0 bye1 12w0 14b= 10b0 11w0 5w0 1½ 34 1¾ 8
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The Bahrain Batelco Championship took place 3rd-11th May 2007. Ahmed
Adly took first on 7.5/9. No games currently available.
Results
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr6461.aspx?ix=1&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=-1&turdet=YES
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1
1 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2503 7,5 41,0
2 GM Hauchard Arnaud FRA 2474 7,0 39,5
3 IM Sriram Jha IND 2425 7,0 38,0
4 GM Komarov Dimitri UKR 2539 7,0 37,0
5 Ashwin Jayaram IND 2399 7,0 34,0
6 IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2465 6,5 36,5
7 GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2491 6,5 35,0
8 IM Shetty Rahul IND 2321 6,5 34,5
CM Al-Ghasra Ali BRN 2137 6,5 34,5
10 Al Sulaiti Ali BRN 2162 6,0 34,0
11 Abdellatif Ahmed EGY 0 6,0 33,0
12 Primo Albatana PHI 0 6,0 30,0
13 Dineson Makoo IND 0 6,0 29,0
14 Tabuzo Jamie PHI 0 6,0 27,0
15 Ramel Jose PHI 0 6,0 27,0
62 players
The IX Salou Open took place 3rd-11th May 2007. Ibraghim Khamtakulov won
the event with 7.5/9. Games will probably be available next week.
Official site: http://www.chessinsalou.com/
Vlaidimir Kramnik was the clear winner of the Oscar 2006 which is
organised by Alexander Roshal and the Russian magazine 64-Chess Review.
Kramnik's win over Topalov in the reunification match made him obviously the
clear winner.
Details in Russian: http://www.64.ru/?/ru/news/item=1704
My votes went to 1) Vladimir Kramnik 2) Veselin Topalov 3) Viswanathan
Anand 4) Gata Kamsky 5) Peter Svidler 6) Vassily Ivanchuk 7) Alexander
Morozevich 8) Magnus Carlson 9) Teimour Radjabov 10) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
After the top three it my order wasn't very scientific but I was surprised to
see Kamsky's performance at MTel wasn't recognised and that he didn't make the
top 15. I probably should have included Aronian but 2006 wasn't his best year
really and that its performances in 2006 that count not any since when you're
asked to vote (in my case in March 2007).
Rk is the rank in the Oscars, Ap07 the place in the April list ELOAp is
their current rating. Score is the total score in the Oscars and then the
number of 1st, 2nd, 3rd place etc. Points for each 1st 13pts 2nd 11pts 3rd 9pts
4th 7pts 5th 6pts ... 10th 1pt.
Rk Name Ap07 t NAT DoB ELOAp Score 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
1 Kramnik, Vladimir......... ( 3) g RUS 1975 2772 3636 204 47 30 17 6 2 5 1 3 4
2 Topalov, Veselin.......... ( 2) g BUL 1975 2772 2828 44 127 53 25 16 8 5 10 6 5
3 Anand, Viswanathan........ ( 1) g IND 1969 2786 2754 41 68 77 73 25 13 9 4 5 1
4 Aronian, Levon............ ( 5) g ARM 1982 2759 2238 15 37 80 65 40 26 14 8 5 4
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... (12) g UKR 1969 2729 1122 5 3 10 23 48 36 36 30 23 26
6 Radjabov, Teimour......... ( 7) g AZE 1987 2747 980 4 6 10 23 22 26 35 37 39 21
7 Leko, Peter............... ( 8) g HUN 1979 2738 963 5 9 23 33 38 28 33 23 21
8 Morozevich, Alexander..... ( 4) g RUS 1977 2762 888 4 5 8 18 27 27 36 21 30 19
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... ( 6) g AZE 1985 2757 860 2 12 6 13 30 30 28 22 17 15
10 Carlsen, Magnus........... (22) g NOR 1990 2693 822 6 8 19 11 21 18 15 20 20 32
11 Svidler, Peter............ ( 9) g RUS 1976 2736 598 5 6 22 26 24 20 33 25
12 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ (15) g UKR 1983 2717 312 1 1 5 12 17 30 15 17
13 Polgar, Judit............. (13) g HUN 1976 2727 262 1 2 6 6 8 12 9 14 12
14 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... (18) g RUS 1983 2708 227 1 2 4 5 6 7 10 15 20
15 Gelfand, Boris............ (11) g ISR 1968 2733 211 1 1 1 12 12 13 14 12
Points
1) 13pts 2) 11pts 3) 9pts 4) 7pts 5) 6pts ... 10) 1pt
Czech Open 2007
The 18th Czech Open takes place in Pardubice 12th-29th July 2007.
Alongside will take place the World School Chess Teams Championship, European
Chess Solving Championship and European Amateurs Championship in Chess
Details: http://www.czechopen.net/index.php
John Watson Book Reviews on chess.fm
TWIC contributer John Watson can be heard on chess.fm reviewing books
every week on a Tuesday. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam the editor of New in Chess will
be John Watson's guest on the show on May 22nd 2007. This show will be made
available for 7-days ONDemand for members.
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
ICC has announced it taken over World Chess Network, from Master Games
International, and Chess Live, from GamesParlor. The two services will be
merged together to form a new service, separate from ICC, to be called World
Chess Live.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/wcl.html
3rd Lodi Tournament
The 3rd Lodi Tournament is a 5 round Swiss 8th-10th June 2007. The
Association "Le Nuvole ONLUS", an italian No-Profit organization organises the
event and the the income of the tournament for humanitarian purpose: 2005 -
promoted the aid to Childhood of Chernobyl (bielorussia) 2006 - promoted the
construction of a well in Tanzania (Africa). 3 different tournaments: Open A,
B, C with a great prize fund of more than €10.000. 15 GMs and 10 IMs have
already signed up. GM Sergey Karjakin will be the special guest, not only in
the tournament but also in the great Simultaneous "100 chessboards under the
stars". Mr. Karjakin and the Rombaldoni family (mother, father and 4 children)
will play on 100 chessboards in the wonder San Francesco square, a place rich
of history. Contact: scacchi@lenuvole.org
Details: http://www.lenuvole.org/
Rowson Simul
Simultaneous chess display by GM Jonathan Rowson Northern Lights room,
Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen June 9, 2007. Mental Health Aberdeen is looking for
sponsors to support the event, and that any potential sponsors looking for
publicity can contact Rowson at jonathan.rowson@post.harvard.edu.
Details: http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/ab_simul.htm
Anand interview
There is a new interview with Anand on the website:
http://latestchess.com/
Predeal Chess Festival
The Predeal Chess Festival takes place in Romania August 8th-18th 2007
This will be a very large one, with 5 tournaments, European Women Rapid Chess
and blitz Championships, World Amateur Ch, Romanian Open and a children
tournament. We expect over 600 participants.
Details; http://www.chess-predeal.com and also
on the Romanian Grand Prix and Romanian Chess Federation chess pages,
http://www.romaniangp.com and
http://www.frsah.ro.
Contact : Doru Ionescu, doru.ionescu@romaniangp.com, +40742064336.
12th Pannonia Cup
The 12th Pannonia Cup takes place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary)
1st-05th August 2007. Group A: International Open for FIDE ratings (without age
limit) Group B:International Open for FIDE ratings for players rated under 2000
(without age limit). U18 Players’ results will be evaluated separately.
Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu
Entry and contact for further information: Address: Fáncsy Imre:
8222. Balatonalmádi, Gábor Áron u. 15.; HUNGARY E-mail:
almadikupa@freemail.hu
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2007, is 30 years old. The main event of the
festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 7th-15th July
2007 on the island of Ikaria in Greece. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize
fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies
and veterans). Special conditions are offered to GMs/IMs/WGMs/WIMs. A package
including entry fee, accomodation (in double room, no meals or food expenses
included) and ferry tickets (C class, from Piraeus, the port of Athens to
Ikaria, and back) is offered at a reduced price (compared to normal price).
Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros
Contact: e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr or phone one can try: +30 6932
478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou) Apart from the International
Aegean Open Championship, this year's events include plenty of other side
events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and simultaneous
exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.
Crete Summer Cup
The 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2007" takes
place 21-29 July 2007, The games will take place in the Hermes Conference
Hotel**** on the seaside of Agios Nikolaos in Crete, 60 km east of Heraklion
airport. An excellent location on the beach with a panoramic view of the Aegean
Sea!
Location: Agios Nikolaos, Crete island (Greece), 21-29 July* 9 rounds,
Prize fund: EUR 3100, 1st prize EUR 1000* Website:
http://www.greekchess.com/cup2007
Email: cup2007@greekchess.com
XXV Novi Becej Open
The XXV Novi Becej Open International Chess Tournament takes place
9th-17th June 2007
Details: http://chess-open-novi-becej.org
2nd Edmonton International
The 2nd Edmonton International takes place August 2nd-6th 2007. The
tournament will be played in a 10 player round-robin format with regular time
controls. The confirmed participants so far are:
1. GM Aveskulov, Valery (2539, Ukraine) 2. IM (GM Elect) Kraai, Jesse
(2477, USA) 3. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (2475, USA) 4. IM Bachmann, Axel (2470,
Paraguay) 5. IM Donaldson, John (2413, USA) 6. FM Huber, Greg (2211, Canada) 7.
Reeve, Jeff (2205, Canada) 8. Li, Zhichao (2143, Hong-Kong)
Official site: http://www.albertachess.org/
Maxim Dlugy
Former World Junior Champion GM Maxim Dlugy now has a website.
http://www.dlugy.com/
MyChess correspondence Chess Server
There is a correspondence chess server designed by Matthias Karkowski
at: http://www.mychess.de/
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
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/
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
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
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 27th May
to 4th June 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
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
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 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
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
