THE WEEK IN CHESS 655 28th May 2007 by Mark Crowther
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1633 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Thomas Henrich, Adolivio Capece, Lou Caruana,
Rolf Sander, Chris Bird, John Henderson, Ramon Arnal Carrasco Jr, Ali Nihat
Yazici, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Nigel Freeman, Sergio Estremera, Harry
Cattoir, Gary Suffield and everyone else who helped with the issue.
In a normal week the Sarajevo tournament or the Capablanca Memorial
would headline but instead we have world championship candidates matches
heading towards an undisputed title for the first time since 1992. After two
games we have already seen some tremendous chess and I'm really excited by the
hard chess that's being played. We have this and a further round of matches to
look forward to until June 14th. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Candidates Matches take place May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in
Elista, Kalmykia. Each match will consist of six games, and, if necessary,
tie-break rapid games.
Commentary
Round 1 Comments by Mark Crowther.
Flash game notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/wchcan07/rd1.html
Links
Official site: http://globalchess.eu/main.php
Further details: http://www.fide.com -
Preview by Martin Bennedik: http://www.bennedik.de/
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
[For the first 3-days of the Candidates Matches in Elista, ICC Chess.FM is
offering FREE audio coverage from their top commentary team of Mig Greengard
and GMs Larry Christiansen, Joel Benjamin and Varuzhan Akobian.]
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
second round of matches.
Candidates Matches
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 0-1 36 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 21 A58 Volga Gambit
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Aronian, Levon g ARM 2759 1 = . . . . 1.5 2886
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 0 = . . . . 0.5 2566
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Leko, Peter - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 35 C10 French Rubinstein
Gurevich, Mikhail - Leko, Peter 0-1 53 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 = 1 . . . . 1.5 2828
Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2635 = 0 . . . . 0.5 2545
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Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 37 D17 Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 41 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2717 = = . . . . 1.0 2680
Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 = = . . . . 1.0 2717
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Gelfand, Boris - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 47 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 E15 Queens Indian
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 = = . . . . 1.0 2677
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2677 = = . . . . 1.0 2733
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Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 37 D17 Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 41 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2717 = = . . . . 1.0 2680
Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 = = . . . . 1.0 2717
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Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 29 D15 Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 39 A81 Dutch Leningrad
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 = 1 . . . . 1.5 2902
Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2709 = 0 . . . . 0.5 2512
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Grischuk, Alexander - Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0 42 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Malakhov, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 64 A30 English Symmetrical
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 1 = . . . . 1.5 2872
Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2679 0 = . . . . 0.5 2524
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Polgar, Judit - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 63 B19 Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Polgar, Judit 1-0 64 E15 Queens Indian
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 = 1 . . . . 1.5 2920
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2727 = 0 . . . . 0.5 2450
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Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 50 C06 French Tarrasch
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1/2 54 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 = = . . . . 1.0 2699
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 = = . . . . 1.0 2734
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The traditional 37th Bosna tournament took place May 18th-28th 2007 in
Sarajevo. Sergei Movsesian won by a point from Borki Predojevic in the main
Category 17 event.
Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba
Round 4 (May 22, 2007)
Morozevich, Alexander - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 31 D38 QGD Ragozin
Short, Nigel D - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1-0 42 C51 Evans Gambit
Timofeev, Artyom - Predojevic, Borki 0-1 39 B56 Sicilian Defence
Round 5 (May 23, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Short, Nigel D 1-0 39 C45 Scotch Game
Predojevic, Borki - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 48 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 71 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Round 6 (May 24, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 86 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 34 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Morozevich, Alexander - Short, Nigel D 0-1 39 C45 Scotch Game
Round 7 (May 25, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1/2 25 C45 Scotch Game
Morozevich, Alexander - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 8 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Short, Nigel D - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 53 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 8 (May 26, 2007)
Predojevic, Borki - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 18 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 56 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Timofeev, Artyom - Short, Nigel D 1/2 39 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 9 (May 27, 2007)
Movsesian, Sergei - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 48 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Predojevic, Borki - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 26 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Short, Nigel D 1/2 46 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 10 (May 28, 2007)
Morozevich, Alexander - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 31 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Short, Nigel D - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 38 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Timofeev, Artyom - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
XXXVII Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 19-28 v 2007cat. XVII (2670)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2642 ** 1= == 1= 1= == 6.5 2785
2 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2609 0= ** == == 1= 1= 5.5 2717
3 Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2655 == == ** 10 0= =1 5.0 2672
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2762 0= == 01 ** 10 1= 5.0 2651
5 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2691 0= 0= 1= 01 ** == 4.5 2629
6 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2658 == 0= =0 0= == ** 3.5 2561
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XXXVII Bosnia GMB Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 19-28 v 2007 cat. IX (2453)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Drasko, Milan g MNE 2543 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2567
2. Stojanovic, Dalibor m BIH 2473 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2575
3. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2584 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2562
4. Jakovljevic, Vlado m BIH 2419 = 0 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 5.0 2499
5. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2481 = = = = * = 0 = 1 = 4.5 2449
6. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2396 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 = = 4.5 2458
7. Runic, Zoran m BIH 2414 = 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2413
8. Tomic, Bosko f BIH 2393 0 = = 1 = 0 0 * = = 3.5 2379
9. Vukic, Milan g BIH 2505 = = = 0 0 = = = * = 3.5 2366
10. Trkulja, Goran f BIH 2317 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2247
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The Frank K Berry 2007 US Championships took place May 15th - 23rd 2007
in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Alexander Shabalov defeated Sergey Kudrin in the final
round to win on 7/9 half a point clear of Alexander Onsichuk.
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 +29 +19 +11 +13 + 3 - 2 =10 = 6 + 8 7.0 2800
2. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663 +25 =12 +15 = 3 =10 + 1 +13 = 8 = 6 6.5 2740
3. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2595 =24 +16 + 8 = 2 - 1 = 5 +17 +15 = 4 6.0 2673
4. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2600 =16 +24 =14 = 9 +21 =11 =15 +12 = 3 6.0 2649
5. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2544 +33 -11 +29 = 6 + 9 = 3 =19 =10 +13 6.0 2662
6. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2576 =27 =30 +22 = 5 =14 =17 +24 = 1 = 2 5.5 2568
7. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2569 +28 +21 -13 -17 +25 - 8 =14 +20 +10 5.5 2577
8. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2556 +31 =13 - 3 =24 +32 + 7 +11 = 2 - 1 5.5 2594
9. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2574 +23 =14 =17 = 4 - 5 +25 -12 +31 +21 5.5 2554
10. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2640 +22 =17 +12 =11 = 2 =13 = 1 = 5 - 7 5.0 2608
11. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2602 +18 + 5 - 1 =10 +19 = 4 - 8 =14 =15 5.0 2589
12. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2531 +20 = 2 -10 =18 =24 +28 + 9 - 4 =14 5.0 2546
13. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2658 +26 = 8 + 7 - 1 +17 =10 - 2 +19 - 5 5.0 2607
14. Khachiyan, Melikset g USA 2475 +35 = 9 = 4 =15 = 6 =21 = 7 =11 =12 5.0 2566
15. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2565 =30 +27 - 2 =14 +18 +20 = 4 - 3 =11 5.0 2530
16. Bradford, Joseph M f USA 2424 = 4 - 3 =26 =22 =23 -18 +35 +30 +24 5.0 2474
17. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2511 +34 =10 = 9 + 7 -13 = 6 - 3 =24 =18 4.5 2529
18. Hess, Robert L f USA 2412 -11 =33 +31 =12 -15 +16 =21 =26 =17 4.5 2461
19. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2518 +32 - 1 =28 +23 -11 +27 = 5 -13 =20 4.5 2448
20. Langer, Michael f USA 2315 -12 -25 +33 +29 +22 -15 +28 - 7 =19 4.5 2455
21. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2493 +36 - 7 =23 +30 - 4 =14 =18 +27 - 9 4.5 2434
22. Pruess, David m USA 2408 -10 +34 - 6 =16 -20 =30 +32 =25 +31 4.5 2389
23. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2376 - 9 +35 =21 -19 =16 =29 -26 +34 +36 4.5 2395
24. Krush, Irina m USA 2464 = 3 - 4 +27 = 8 =12 +26 - 6 =17 -16 4.0 2472
25. Browne, Walter S g USA 2447 - 2 +20 =30 +28 - 7 - 9 -27 =22 +33 4.0 2390
26. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2474 -13 =31 =16 -32 +35 -24 +23 =18 =27 4.0 2332
27. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2376 = 6 -15 -24 +33 +31 -19 +25 -21 =26 4.0 2411
28. Smith, Bryan G m USA 2386 - 7 +36 =19 -25 +30 -12 -20 +35 =29 4.0 2349
29. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2418 - 1 +32 - 5 -20 +34 =23 -31 +36 =28 4.0 2307
30. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2352 =15 = 6 =25 -21 -28 =22 +36 -16 =34 3.5 2337
31. Robson, Ray f USA 2293 - 8 =26 -18 +36 -27 +32 +29 - 9 -22 3.5 2317
32. Zenyuk, Iryna wf USA 2177 -19 -29 +34 +26 - 8 -31 -22 -33 =35 2.5 2212
33. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2260 - 5 =18 -20 -27 -36 -35 +34 +32 -25 2.5 2159
34. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2280 -17 -22 -32 +35 -29 +36 -33 -23 =30 2.5 2154
35. Braunlich, Tom USA 2199 -14 -23 =36 -34 -26 +33 -16 -28 =32 2.0 2116
36. Airapetian, Chouchanik wf USA 2180 -21 -28 =35 -31 +33 -34 -30 -29 -23 1.5 2066
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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.
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/Inicio.htm.
Daily reports at: http://www.vanguardia.co.cu/
News: Otto Buchholz.
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42nd Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 18-28 v 2007 cat. XV (2617)
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 . 6.5 2862
2. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2644 = * = = 1 = = = . 1 5.0 2716
3. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 = = * = . 1 1 = = = 5.0 2711
4. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2541 = = = * 0 = . = = 1 4.0 2622
5. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter g CUB 2555 0 0 . 1 * = 0 1 = 1 4.0 2616
6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2653 0 = 0 = = * = . 1 = 3.5 2568
7. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2649 0 = 0 . 1 = * = = = 3.5 2579
8. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2620 0 = = = 0 . = * = = 3.0 2524
9. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CUB 2552 0 . = = = 0 = = * = 3.0 2534
10. Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2547 . 0 = 0 0 = = = = * 2.5 2470
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Round 4 (May 21, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gashimov, Vugar 1/2 16 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1/2 10 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter - Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus 1/2 10 D26 QGA
Miton, Kamil - Quezada Perez, Yuniesky 1/2 53 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 13 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Round 5 (May 22, 2007)
Gashimov, Vugar - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 30 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Miton, Kamil 1/2 35 A41 Modern Defence
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter 0-1 39 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Delgado Ramirez, Neuris 1/2 13 E16 Queens Indian
Round 6 (May 24, 2007)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Quezada Perez, Yuniesky 1/2 20 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter - Gashimov, Vugar 0-1 67 B79 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Miton, Kamil - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 47 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus 1/2 20 A84 Dutch
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1/2 44 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (May 25, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2 15 D27 QGA
Gashimov, Vugar - Delgado Ramirez, Neuris 1-0 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter 0-1 74 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 32 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Miton, Kamil 0-1 31 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 8 (May 26, 2007)
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 40 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Miton, Kamil - Dominguez Perez, Lenier 0-1 65 D24 QGA
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Gashimov, Vugar 1/2 10 E20 Nimzo Indian
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1/2 13 E18 Queens Indian
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris - Quezada Perez, Yuniesky 0-1 40 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 10 Pairings Abierto
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|Bo.|SNo.|Tit.|Name |Pts|Res. |Pts|Tit.|Name |SNo.|
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|1 |2 |GM |Horvath Csaba |7 |- |7 |IM |Otero Diasmany |46 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|2 |1 |GM |Hernandez Carmenates |6½ |- |6½ |IM |Needleman Gaston |30 |
| | | |Holden | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|3 |5 |IM |Zambrana Oswaldo |6 |- |6½ |FM |Guerra Mendez Jose |36 |
| | | | | | | | |Angel | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|4 |20 |FM |Pozo Vera Sandro |6 |- |6 |IM |Leon Hoyos Manuel |17 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|5 |26 |IM |Gongora Reyes Maikel |5½ |- |5½ |GM |Almeida Quintana Omar |7 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|6 |8 |GM |Borges Mateos Juan |5½ |- |5½ |IM |Mateo Ramon |19 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|7 |32 |FM |Gomez Garrido Camilo |5½ |- |5½ |GM |Vera Gonzalez Reynaldo|9 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|8 |10 |IM |Corrales Jimenez Fidel |5½ |- |5½ |IM |Baron Rodriguez Jesus |23 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|9 |12 |GM |Fernandez Garcia Jose |5½ |- |5½ |FM |Fernandez Alexey |31 |
| | | |Luis | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|10 |14 |IM |Colovic Aleksandar |5½ |- |5½ |IM |Iturrizaga Eduardo |37 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|11 |18 |FM |Alvarez Pedraza Aramis |5½ |- |5½ |FM |Martinez Lelys |35 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|12 |3 |IM |Cordova Emilio |5 |- |5½ |IM |Ortiz Suarez Isam |38 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|13 |25 |IM |Barrientos Sergio |5 |- |5 |IM |Abreu Delgado Aryam |4 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|14 |29 |FM |Ortega Mariano |5 |- |5 |IM |Gonzalez Vidal Yuri |6 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|15 |11 |GM |De La Paz Perdomo Frank|5 |- |5 |FM |Morales Pedro |51 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|16 |44 |IM |Alonso Garcia Rene |5 |- |5 |IM |Rasmussen Karsten |15 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|17 |63 |FM |Larduet Despaigne |5 |- |5 |FM |Gonzalez Perez Arian |24 |
| | | |Carlos | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|18 |16 |IM |Perez Rodriguez Luis |4½ |- |5 |. |Aguero Luis Lazaro |64 |
| | | |Manuel | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|19 |43 |IM |Pazos Gambarrotti |4½ |- |4½ |IM |Prasca Raphael |21 |
| | | |Plinio | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|20 |22 |FM |Perez Mitjans Orelvis |4½ |- |4½ |FM |Soto Paez Oliver |50 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|21 |47 |IM |Alonso Moyano Jonathan |4½ |- |4½ |IM |Perez Garcia Rodney |27 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|22 |28 |IM |Duarte Leonardo |4½ |- |4½ |WIM |Marrero Lopez Yaniet |62 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|23 |33 |FM |Blanco Humberto |4½ |- |4½ |IM |Ibarra Luis |56 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|24 |61 |. |Jimenez Pedro A |4½ |- |4½ |FM |Diamant Andre |40 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|25 |69 |WFM |Llaudy Pupo Lisandra |4½ |- |4½ |FM |Espinosa Ermes |42 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|26 |79 |. |Quesada Perez Yasser |4½ |- |4 |IM |Gomez Felix |54 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|27 |34 |FM |Santos Marcus Moreira |4 |- |4 |FM |Ruiz Orlen |59 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|28 |65 |WGM |Ramon Pita Vivian |4 |- |4 |. |Needleman Alejandro |49 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|29 |53 |. |Cabrera Trujillo Jorge |4 |- |4 |FM |Hevia Alejano Carlos A|60 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|30 |55 |IM |Sariego Wilfredo |4 |- |4 |WIM |Ordaz Valdes Lisandra |72 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|31 |76 |. |Diaz Hernandez |4 |- |3½ |WGM |Pina Vega Sulennis |58 |
| | | |Heriberto | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|32 |13 |IM |Siebrecht Sebastian |3½ |- |3½ |WFM |Perez Rodriguez |74 |
| | | | | | | | |Jennifer | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|33 |71 |. |Garcia Pantoja Roberto |3½ |- |3½ |WGM |Arribas Robaina |52 |
| | | | | | | | |Maritza | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|34 |57 |IM |Diaz Diaz Joaquin |3½ |- |3½ |. |Valdes Alejandro |81 |
| | | |Carlos | | | | | | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|35 |78 |WIM |Frometa Castillo Zirka |3½ |- |3½ |IM |Lebredo Zaragoitia |66 |
| | | | | | | | |Gerardo | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|36 |73 |WFM |Vigoa Apecheche Yanira |3 |- |3 |FM |Guillen Ramirez Jose |68 |
| | | | | | | | |Antonio | |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|37 |77 |WIM |Fleitas Marti Yuleikis |3 |- |3 |WFM |Linares Napoles Oleiny|70 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|38 |85 |. |Naranjo Sebastian |3 |- |2½ |. |Altamirano Yehudi |80 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|39 |87 |WFM |Hernandez Moya Yuleisis|2½ |- |2½ |. |Infante Brian |82 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|40 |86 |. |Beltre Pedro |2½ |- |2½ |. |Miranda Yerisbel |83 |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
|. |75 |WFM |Corrales Jimenez Zenia |1½ |-----|. |. |Bye |. |
+---+----+----+-----------------------+---+-----+---+----+----------------------+----+
The V International Chess Tournament "World’s Youth Stars"
dedicated to Vanya Somov’s memory took place May 14th-28th 2007 in LLC
"KINEF" in Kirishi with players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Germany,
India, Ukraine and Russia. Ian Nepomniachtchi edged out three others on
tie-break after they all finished on 7/11.
During the event there was the G.E.Nesis's Cup a rapid event held on the
21st-22nd May. Time control 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of
10 seconds per move. Konstantin Sakaev won the event with 7/10.
Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru -
Further coverage: http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/english.html
and http://www.ruschess.com/
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World's Youth Stars Kirishi RUS (RUS), 16-27 v 2007 cat. XI (2508)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2602 * = 1 1 0 1 = = = = = 1 7.0 2600
2. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2584 = * = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2602
3. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2515 0 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2608
4. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2523 0 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2608
5. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2540 1 = 1 = * 0 0 = 1 0 1 = 6.0 2540
6. Grigoryan, Avetik m ARM 2455 0 = = = 1 * = = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2548
7. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2545 = = 0 0 1 = * 1 1 1 0 0 5.5 2504
8. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2445 = = 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 = 5.0 2477
9. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2533 = = 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 1 0 4.5 2440
10. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2463 = = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = = 4.0 2409
11. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2416 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2382
12. Bindrich, Falko m GER 2469 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 = 0 * 3.5 2378
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Nesis Rapid Cup Kirishi RUS (RUS), 21-22 v 2007cat. XIII (2573)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2633 ** == == == 11 11 7.0 2709
2 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 == ** == 1= 0= 01 5.0 2551
3 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2624 == == ** == == == 5.0 2562
4 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2539 == 0= == ** 1= == 5.0 2579
5 Janovsky, Sergey g RUS 2496 00 1= == 0= ** 10 4.0 2516
6 Novik, Maxim g RUS 2466 00 10 == == 01 ** 4.0 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/
After 7 rounds: China - 13 points, Russia - 11 points, Georgia and
Ukraine – 10 points.
The Festival Santista de Xadrez took place 19th-27th May in Santos -
BRASIL. The main VII Internacional Governador Mario Covas was won by Alexandr
Fier with 7/9. Alongside the V Regina Helena Marques Prol was won by Cristian
Dolezal on tie-break from Nahuel Diaz, both finished on 8/11. Round 6 GAmes
from the Mario Covas event are missing.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Fier, Alexandr g BRA 2499 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2704
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2579 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2600
3. Fernandez, Daniel m USA 2436 0 = * = = 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2571
4. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2422 = = = * 1 0 0 1 1 = 5.0 2535
5. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2603 = = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2515
6. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2502 = = 0 1 = * 1 0 0 1 4.5 2484
7. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2559 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2434
8. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2395 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 * = 0 3.0 2370
9. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2416 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 0 2.5 2327
10. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2447 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.5 2324
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V Regina Helena Marques Prol Santos BRA (BRA), 19-27 v 2007 cat. III (2313)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2414 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 8.0 2479
2. Diaz, Nahuel m ARG 2409 = * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2479
3. Hungaski, Robert Andrew m USA 2379 = = * 0 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2409
4. Stamenkovic, Dragan m SRB 2423 0 = 1 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2405
5. Larrea, Manuel f URU 2317 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2378
6. Viana da Costa, Fernando BRA 2288 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2380
7. Limberg, Estacio Vermelho BRA 2255 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2383
8. Molina, Roberto Junio Brito f BRA 2353 0 0 1 1 = = 0 * = 0 1 1 5.5 2309
9. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2356 1 = = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = = 5.0 2273
10. Marra, Eduardo da Costa f BRA 2290 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 3.5 2182
11. Lima, Diniz Neves BRA 2137 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2067
12. Rodrigues, Tiago Pereira BRA 2140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1859
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The 1st International Festival "Capo d´Orso" in Porto Mannu,
Sardegna Italy took place 19th-26th May 2007. Hedinn Steingrimsson edged out
Fabiano Caruana on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Rounds 7-8 are
missing.
Official site: http://asd.caissa.it/portomannu/vega/index.html
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Capo d'Orso Porto Mannu PAL (PAL), 19-26 v 2007
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1 7 IM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2482 7.5 2342.22 45.00 2394
2 5 IM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2513 7.5 2261.11 40.50 2313
3 3 GM Marin Mihail ROM 2533 7.0 2341.89 43.00 2344
4 8 IM Aagaard Jacob SCO 2477 7.0 2282.78 43.50 2303
5 10 IM Shytaj Luca ITA 2451 6.5 2322.89 43.50 2327
6 4 GM Matamoros Franco Car ECU 2523 6.5 2307.44 42.00 2314
7 1 GM Rowson Jonathan SCO 2594 6.5 2300.11 40.50 2291
8 12 GM Efimov Igor MNC 2433 6.5 2278.56 41.00 2248
9 13 IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2428 6.5 2275.22 41.50 2261
10 11 IM Orlov Andrey RUS 2447 6.5 2256.56 39.00 2213
11 9 GM Djuric Stefan SRB 2460 6.5 2245.00 41.00 2285
12 6 GM Naumkin Igor RUS 2497 6.5 2227.88 40.50 2225
13 19 FM Rombaldoni Denis ITA 2368 6.5 2225.44 39.50 2215
14 16 IM Seger Ruediger GER 2399 6.5 2193.67 38.50 2217
15 14 GM Ortega Lexy ITA 2425 6.0 2313.56 42.00 2277
16 15 IM Mogranzini Roberto ITA 2421 6.0 2296.00 41.50 2262
17 2 GM Godena Michele ITA 2558 6.0 2255.89 41.00 2298
18 25 FM Friedrich Norbert GER 2317 6.0 2195.33 38.00 2147
19 38 WIM Marin Irina Luiza ROM 2166 6.0 2188.00 39.50 2149
20 20 FM Kekki Petri FIN 2366 6.0 2181.89 39.00 2165
21 17 IM Grooten Herman NED 2392 6.0 2157.00 36.50 2132
22 22 IM Fierro Baquero Marth ECU 2339 6.0 2151.67 38.50 2173
23 27 IM Adrian Claude FRA 2280 6.0 2107.89 36.00 2103
24 33 -- Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2221 6.0 2106.67 36.50 2097
25 29 -- Doggers Peter NED 2247 6.0 2095.44 38.00 2076
26 24 FM Cocchi Andrea ITA 2321 6.0 2085.44 34.00 2065
27 21 FM Di Paolo Raffaele ITA 2341 6.0 2054.11 35.50 2059
28 35 -- Ibba Isacco ITA 2203 6.0 2022.33 35.50 2030
29 26 IM Glienke Manfred Dr. GER 2312 5.5 2203.56 39.00 2182
30 23 IM Ziegler Ari SWE 2335 5.5 2116.89 37.00 2118
31 28 FM Schuurman Petra NED 2279 5.5 2110.11 35.50 2120
32 32 -- Schaefer Michael GER 2228 5.5 2098.56 36.00 2072
33 53 -- Chiarotto Filippo ITA 2056 5.5 2054.00 37.00 2085
34 37 CM Popa Claudio ITA 2167 5.5 2031.78 36.50 2085
35 31 FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2228 5.5 1941.00 34.00 1959
36 18 IM Piscopo Pierluigi ITA 2392 5.5 1886.56 33.00 1943
37 68 -- Grosse Honebrink Bri GER 1945 5.5 1862.78 31.00 1865
38 117 3N MARANI Luca BO 1536 5.5 1843.78 31.00 1816
149 players
The 12th Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial took place in Split, Croatia
28th April - 6th May 2007. Filip Ljubicic won the event with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://a1split.hr/2007.html
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12th Cvitanovic Mem A Split CRO (CRO), 28 iv-6 v 2007 cat. VII (2417)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2396 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2585
2. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2510 = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2532
3. Drazic, Sinisa g SRB 2467 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2536
4. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 = = = * 1 1 = = = = 5.5 2483
5. Bogosavljevic, Boban f SRB 2470 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2454
6. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2329 = = = 0 0 * = = 1 = 4.0 2384
7. Martinovic, Sasa f CRO 2400 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 0 3.5 2339
8. Horvath, Peter1 g HUN 2465 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2332
9. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2337 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2301
10. Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2258 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 * 2.0 2215
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The 50th Serbia Team Cup festival took place in Mataruška Banja
21st-27th May 2007. Top seeds VSK Sveti Nikolaj (Ivanisevic Ivan 2614 SRB
Damljanovic Branko 2585 SRB and Stojanovic Mihajlo etc) won the event.
Official site: http://www.serbiachess.net/
Final Standings:
1 VSK SVETI NIKOLAJ 13 19½ 7 6 1 0
2 NSK-DDOR NOVI SAD 10 17 7 4 2 1
3 SK SLOGA AMIGA 9 18 7 4 1 2
4 SK SPARTAK 9 16½ 7 4 1 2
5 SK BEOGRAD-BEOPUBLIKUM 8 15½ 7 4 0 3
SK RADNICKI(KRAGUJEVAC) 8 15½ 7 3 2 2
7 SK BORA KOSTIC 8 15 7 4 0 3
SK IVAN KURJACKI RNP 8 15 7 4 0 3
9 SK RADNICKI(ZRENJANIN) 7 15 7 3 1 3
10 SK UB 7 14½ 7 3 1 3
11 SK IEG 7 11 7 3 1 3
12 SK TELEKOM 6 15 7 3 0 4
13 SK SREM-NOVI DRVNI KOMBINAT 6 14 7 2 2 3
14 SK LASTA 6 10½ 7 3 0 4
15 SK PTT 5 11 7 2 1 4
SK POLITIKA 5 11 7 2 1 4
17 SK ZADRUGAR 4 10 7 2 0 5
18 SK CELIN KAMEN 0 8 7 0 0 7
The 16th CRO Cup Team festival, Sibenik Mataruška Banja took place
16th-21st May 2007. Lapor - Mladost (1 GM Kozul, Zdenko 2610 2 GM Mihaljcisin,
Adrian 2527 3 GM Hulak, Krunoslav 2539 4 GM Mohr, Georg 2485 ) of Zagreb took
first place.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/sibenik/kup_07/index.shtm
1 Lapor - Mladost, Zagreb 5 4 0 1 14,5 57,0 8 44,00 34,0
2 SK Liburnija 2, Rijeka 5 4 0 1 13,0 58,0 8 45,00 35,5
3 SK Zagreb, Zagreb 5 4 0 1 13,0 54,5 8 42,50 32,5
4 SK Osijek, Osijek 5 3 1 1 13,0 54,5 7 35,75 32,0
5 SK Liburnija 1, Rijeka 5 3 1 1 12,0 55,5 7 36,00 33,0
6 HASK Mladost, Zagreb 5 3 1 1 11,5 53,5 7 32,50 33,5
7 SK Junior, Rijeka 5 2 0 3 10,5 53,5 4 16,00 33,5
8 SK Vukovar '91, Vukovar 5 2 2 1 10,5 49,5 6 25,75 28,0
9 SK Rijeka, Rijeka 5 1 2 2 10,0 55,5 4 19,75 34,0
10 Zagreb - Vrapèe, Zagreb 5 2 0 3 10,0 50,0 4 10,50 30,5
11 SK Sibenik, Sibenik 5 2 1 2 9,5 49,0 5 21,00 29,0
12 SK Lucija-Kvarner banka, Rijeka 5 3 0 2 9,5 46,5 6 24,00 26,5
13 SK Ericsson-Nikola Tesla, Zagreb 5 1 1 3 9,0 51,0 3 13,25 29,5
14 Jadranska banka, Sibenik 5 2 1 2 8,5 40,0 5 15,75 24,5
15 SK Vis, Vis 5 2 0 3 8,0 45,0 4 10,50 27,0
16 SK Dalekovod, Zagreb 5 1 0 4 7,0 45,0 2 5,00 29,5
17 HSK Skradin, Skradin 5 1 0 4 5,5 43,0 2 5,00 26,5
18 SK Brda, Split 5 0 0 5 5,0 39,0 0 0,00 23,5
The Hamburg International takes place 26th May - 3rd June 2007.
http://www.hamburger-schachverband.de/
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10th IHEM Hamburg GER (GER), 26 v-3 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Chevelevitch, Evgueni GER 2422 +22 +26 . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2579 +28 +27 . . . . . . . 2.0
3. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2608 +23 +25 . . . . . . . 2.0
4. Lindinger, Markus f GER 2307 +35 +15 . . . . . . . 2.0
5. Ritscher, Jan-Paul f GER 2300 +37 +13 . . . . . . . 2.0
6. Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2514 +33 +16 . . . . . . . 2.0
7. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich f GER 2342 +34 +14 . . . . . . . 2.0
8. Stanke, Juergen GER 2310 +18 =11 . . . . . . . 1.5 2443
9. Mueller, Joerg GER 2118 =12 +29 . . . . . . . 1.5 2430
10. Bach, Matthias f GER 2364 =29 +30 . . . . . . . 1.5 2326
11. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2502 +36 = 8 . . . . . . . 1.5 2451
12. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2374 = 9 =17 . . . . . . . 1.0 2217
13. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2434 +24 - 5 . . . . . . . 1.0 2246
14. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2573 +20 - 7 . . . . . . . 1.0 2286
15. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2482 +19 - 4 . . . . . . . 1.0 2250
16. Zierke, Oliver f GER 2313 +21 - 6 . . . . . . . 1.0 2260
17. Hebbinghaus, Holger f GER 2316 =30 =12 . . . . . . . 1.0 2270
18. Albers, Andreas GER 1998 - 8 +36 . . . . . . . 1.0 2258
19. Bracker, Frank GER 2193 -15 +35 . . . . . . . 1.0 2224
20. Engelbert, Christoph GER 2230 -14 +34 . . . . . . . 1.0 2325
21. Faika, Michael GER 2007 -16 +33 . . . . . . . 1.0 2269
22. Fraas, Henning GER 2158 - 1 +38 . . . . . . . 1.0 2211
23. Jacoby, Gisbert GER 2252 - 3 +32 . . . . . . . 1.0 2344
24. Maahs, Erich GER 2193 -13 +37 . . . . . . . 1.0 2217
25. Pajeken, Wolfgang f GER 2346 +32 - 3 . . . . . . . 1.0 2344
26. Putzbach, Gerd f GER 2253 +38 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2211
27. Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2322 +31 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2328
28. Rosmann, Ilja GER 2242 - 2 +31 . . . . . . . 1.0 2328
29. Kjetsae, Johnny GER 2100 =10 - 9 . . . . . . . 0.5 2048
30. Schulz, Hartmut GER 2167 =17 -10 . . . . . . . 0.5 2147
31. Atri, Jamshid IRI 2077 -27 -28 . . . . . . . 0.0
32. Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2081 -25 -23 . . . . . . . 0.0
33. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2225 - 6 -21 . . . . . . . 0.0
34. Weiss, Siegfried GER 2078 - 7 -20 . . . . . . . 0.0
35. Wiese, Phil GER 1967 - 4 -19 . . . . . . . 0.0
36. Kroencke, Manfred GER 2207 -11 -18 . . . . . . . 0.0
37. Kielhorn,Sebastian GER ---- - 5 -24 . . . . . . . 0.0
38. Wilms,Robert GER ---- -26 -22 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft took place in Gerlingen 17th-20th May
2007. Sergei Ovsejevitsch took first place on tie-break from Eckhard
Schmittdiel and Viesturs Meijers all finishing on 6/7.
Official site: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de
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Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft Gerlingen GER (GER), 17-20 v 2007
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1. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2551 6.0 28.5 24.75
2. Schmittdiel, Eckhard g GER 2413 6.0 28.0 25.50
3. Meijers, Viesturs g LAT 2485 6.0 27.5 27.00
4. Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2450 5.5 30.0 24.75
5. Dobosz, Henryk m POL 2404 5.5 28.0 21.50
6. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2530 5.5 27.5 21.00
7. Zeller, Frank m GER 2429 5.5 27.0 20.00
8. Ortmann, David f GER 2306 5.5 25.5 20.75
9. Teske, Henrik g GER 2538 5.5 25.5 19.50
10. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2531 5.5 25.0 19.50
11. Probst, Alexander GER 2109 5.5 23.5 19.50
12. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2545 5.0 29.0 21.25
13. Donchenko, Anatoly G m GER 2374 5.0 28.5 20.50
14. Valner, Uku EST 2031 5.0 27.5 20.25
15. Kabisch, Thilo GER 2227 5.0 26.5 18.50
16. Deglmann, Ludwig f GER 2329 5.0 26.0 20.00
17. Hirneise, Tobias GER 2307 5.0 25.0 17.00
18. Baerner, Helmut AUT 2138 5.0 23.0 15.25
146 players
The 16th Annual Chicago Open takes place May 25th-28th, 2007 in Oak
Brook, Illinois, USA. Games to follow next week.
Official site: http://www.chesstournamentservices.com/chicago/
Leading Round 5 Standings:
1 GM Vadim Milov 2731 4.0
2 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2669 4.0
3 GM Yury Shulman 2662 4.0
4 GM Valeriy Aveskulov 2628 3.5
5 GM Dmitry Gurevich 2591 3.5
6 GM Zviad Izoria 2711 3.0
7 GM Mera Gagunashvili 2643 3.0
8 GM Alexander Fishbein 2616 3.0
9 GM Sergey Erenburg 2610 3.0
10 IM Joshua E Friedel 2544 3.0
11 GM Dashze Sharavdorj 2522 3.0
12 IM Alfonso A Almeida 2481 3.0
13 David Pruess 2461 3.0
14 Raja D Panjwani 2351 3.0
15 Jake Kleiman 2344 3.0
16 GM Ilya Smirin 2769 2.5
17 GM Alexande Shabalov 2660 2.5
18 GM Alejandro Ramirez 2597 2.5
19 GM Emil Anka 2526 2.5
20 IM Salvijus Bercys 2505 2.5
21 Jan Van De Mortel 2465 2.5
22 IM Amon Simutowe 2461 2.5
23 IM Justin Sarkar 2442 2.5
24 FM Robby Adamson 2340 2.5
25 Mark A Heimann 2259 2.5
65 players
The Mitropa Cup took place in Szeged 8th-16th May 2007. France won the
men's event, Hungary the women's. Missing final round games now available.
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
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
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/
The famous Russian chess journalist Alexander Roshal has died after a
long illness. Born 26th August 1936 died 21st May 2007. Famous since the Soviet
era he was a familiar face at the top chess tournaments. He was the editor of
64-Chess Review and his death was announced there on May 21st 2007:
http://www.64.ru/. In recent years he was most
associated with the bringing back of the Chess Oscar almost entirely on his own
initiative.
The 25th Liechtenstein Open took place 11th-19th May 2007. Alexander
Baburin took clear first on 7.5/9. Games from round 8 and some more from round
9 are now available. Also correction to all the Nguyen Chi Minh games which I
misidentified as another player.
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
European Union Championship
The European Union Championship takes place June 15th-24th 2007 in
Arvier (Aosta Valley). The tournament is open to the players of the 27
countries of the European Union, plus 4 countries 'host' (Croacia, Montenegro,
Serbia and Turkey).
Details: http://www.scacchivda.com
Ghent Open
The 30th Open International Chess Tournament of Ghent takes place
14th-18th July 2007.
Official site:
http://home.scarlet.be/~ping6819/opentoer/2007/indexengl.htm
World Youth Chess Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships take place 17th-29th November 2007
in Antalya.
Official site: http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/
Basna Romania
The Basna (Romania) chess tournament takes place starting 15th June
2007.
The participants are: Ulf Andersson, Andrei Sokolov, Maya Chiburdanidze,
Henriqe Costa Mecking, Mihai Suba, Lajos Portish,Zoltan Ribli, Rafael Vaganian,
Alexander Beliavsky, Mark Taimanov and Jan Timman.
No website yet.
IV Calvià Chess Festival
The IV Calvià Chess Festival takes place in Calvià,
Mallorca (Spain) 6th-24th October 2006. Event including an International,
Blitz, Senior, Amateur & Under-16 tournaments.
Details: http://www.calviafestival.com
First Saturday June
The First Saturday tournaments take place 2nd-14th June there are some
vacancies. Contact Laszlo Nagy for more details E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Official sites: http://www.firstsaturday.hu and
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
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
