THE WEEK IN CHESS 664 30th July 2007 by Mark Crowther
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40th Biel Chess Festival 25 games
8th Montreal International 30 games
MonRoi International Women's GP 24 games
North Urals Cup 30 games
Banja Luka Tournament 40 games
Czech Open 770 games
94th British Championships 8 games
Najdorf Memorial A 203 games
Montenegro Women's Championship 36 games
Gniota Memorial 153 games
12th Balaguer Open 210 games
Politiken Cup 1370 games
2nd Konig Memorial 50 games
Crete Summer Cup 69 games
XI Copa Puma Mercosur 29 games
Open Dutch Championship Dieren 220 games
Quebec Open 162 games
Open Women's Bulgarian Championships 111 games
Asian Youth Championships 354 games
29th Oberwart Open 90 games
1st Leiden Chess Tournament 5 games
Lichtenstein Memorial 45 games
4th "Marche
Estate" 15 games
62nd Oklahoma Open 85 games
IV Continental open corrections 2 games
Checkmate Open 3 games
4139 games
My thanks to Olesya Aleynikova, Dario Mione, Gary Suffield, Jan Mazuch,
Hugh Brodie, Dave Clayton, Yochanan Afek, Frank K. Berry, Haggai Frank, Alex
Yermolinsky, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Ian Rogers, John Donaldson, Peter Boel,
Thomas Michos, Darcy Lima, Lennarth Eriksson and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
I posed the question at the time of the July FIDE Rating list, who is
the best player in the world at the moment? I answered by saying quite possibly
Vassily Ivanchuk. He scored his third major tournament win in a row by winning
the 8th Montreal International and whilst he must still have some ground to
make up he's doing it fast 33 points in the last list and with power to add
already. Another amazing player this week is 76 year old Victor Korchnoi who
shared first place in Banja Luka, the old warrior keeps going and with this
result has given himself some kind of chance to return to the top 100. Also
worth watching is whether young star Magnus Carlsen can win the Biel chess
Festival which he leads with 4.5/6 with three rounds to go. News came to me
this week that Ian Rogers has called it a day in competitive chess, chess can
be very stressful and even though he can still play pretty darn well and didn't
want to quit, his doctors told him to call it a day before he did himself some
long term damage. He'll be missed, although I guess its possible he may be seen
at more major tournaments as a reporter.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 40th Biel Chess Festival takes place 21st July-3rd August 2007. An
excellent field should produce exciting chess.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
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GM Biel SUI (SUI), 23 vii-2 viii 2007 cat. XVIII (2679)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2710 * . 1 = = 1 = . 1 . 4.5 2869
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2746 . * = = 1 = = = . . 3.5 2724
3. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2650 0 = * . . = 1 = . 1 3.5 2746
4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 = = . * = 0 . . 1 1 3.5 2742
5. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2645 = 0 . = * 1 . = . = 3.0 2686
6. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 0 = = 1 0 * . . 1 . 3.0 2684
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 = = 0 . . . * 1 = = 3.0 2670
8. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2591 . = = . = . 0 * = = 2.5 2625
9. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2648 0 . . 0 . 0 = = * 1 2.0 2558
10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 . . 0 0 = . = = 0 * 1.5 2468
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Round 2 (July 24, 2007)
Radjabov, Teimour - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 15 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Onischuk, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 36 D17 Slav Defence
Polgar, Judit - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 43 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Avrukh, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 26 D11 Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 53 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (July 25, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 36 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Bu Xiangzhi - Polgar, Judit 1-0 34 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 66 E73 King's Indian Averbakh
Pelletier, Yannick - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 25 E05 Catalan
Van Wely, Loek - Motylev, Alexander 0-1 38 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Round 4 (July 27, 2007)
Radjabov, Teimour - Polgar, Judit 1/2 44 E20 Nimzo Indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 29 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Avrukh, Boris - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 34 D10 Slav Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 54 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Motylev, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 35 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Round 5 (July 28, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 39 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Polgar, Judit - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 35 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bu Xiangzhi - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 39 D23 QGA
Pelletier, Yannick - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 22 E90 King's Indian Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 38 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 6 (July 29, 2007)
Radjabov, Teimour - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 40 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Onischuk, Alexander - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 67 D18 Slav Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 55 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Pelletier, Yannick - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 36 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Motylev, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 0-1 52 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
The 8th Montreal International took place 19th-28th July 2007. Vassily
Ivanchuk continued his hot run of form taking clear first with 7/9. Nigel Short
had a catastrophe scoring just 2/9.
Official site:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie
- Blog coverage: http://montrealchessfest2007.blogspot.com/
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8th It Montreal CAN (CAN), 19-28 vii 2007 cat. XVI (2650)
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2762 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2857
2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2775
3. Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2728
4. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2701 = 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 0 5.0 2687
5. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2718 = 1 = 0 * = 1 = = = 5.0 2685
6. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2656 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 = 4.5 2649
7. Miton, Kamil g POL 2648 0 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2570
8. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2520 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2584
9. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2503 = = = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2541
10. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2426
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Round 4 (July 23, 2007)
Eljanov, Pavel - Harikrishna, P 1-0 38 D19 Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 38 A47 Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Bluvshtein, Mark - Miton, Kamil 1/2 26 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Charbonneau, Pascal - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 32 C45 Scotch Game
Short, Nigel D - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 46 C07 French Tarrasch
Round 5 (July 24, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 42 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Tiviakov, Sergei - Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 39 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Harikrishna, P - Bluvshtein, Mark 1-0 72 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Sutovsky, Emil - Short, Nigel D 1/2 26 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Miton, Kamil - Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 37 E04 Catalan
Round 6 (July 25, 2007)
Eljanov, Pavel - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 30 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 22 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Miton, Kamil - Harikrishna, P 1/2 20 D19 Slav Defence
Bluvshtein, Mark - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 29 E04 Catalan
Charbonneau, Pascal - Short, Nigel D 1-0 68 C45 Scotch Game
Round 7 (July 26, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bluvshtein, Mark 1-0 54 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Tiviakov, Sergei - Miton, Kamil 1-0 52 C87 Ruy Lopez
Harikrishna, P - Charbonneau, Pascal 1/2 42 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Sutovsky, Emil - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 17 C87 Ruy Lopez
Short, Nigel D - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 45 C44 Scotch Gambit
Round 8 (July 27, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 77 E18 Queens Indian
Eljanov, Pavel - Short, Nigel D 0-1 39 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Miton, Kamil - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 40 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Bluvshtein, Mark - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 40 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Charbonneau, Pascal - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 52 B01 Centre Counter
Round 9 (July 28, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Harikrishna, P 1-0 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Charbonneau, Pascal 1/2 57 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Kamsky, Gata - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 36 E55 Nimzo Indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Miton, Kamil 1-0 32 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Short, Nigel D - Bluvshtein, Mark 0-1 42 C34 Kings Knight Gambit
MonRoi International Women's Chess Grand-Prix saw its finale in an 8
player round robin July 21st-28th in Montreal, Canada. Pia Cramling took clear
first with 5/7 by virtue of a final round win against Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
whilst rival going into the final round Jovanka Houska was held to a draw by
Cristina Adela Foisor.
Details: http://www.monroi.com/GP/
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MonRoi International Women GP (CAN), 22-28 vii 2007 cat. V (2374)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2533 * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2509
2. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 4.5 2472
3. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2460 = = * = = 1 = 1 4.5 2464
4. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 0 1 = * = = = 1 4.0 2418
5. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 = 0 = = * = 1 1 4.0 2419
6. Krush, Irina m USA 2479 = 0 0 = = * = 1 3.0 2309
7. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2372 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.0 2324
8. Roy, Myriam CAN 1925 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The North Urals Cup takes place in Krasnoturinsk, Russia 22nd-31st July
2007.
Official site:
http://www.northuralscup.ru/2007/tournamenteng.shtml
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North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk RUS (RUS), 22-31 vii 2007 cat. X (2479)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Zhu Chen g QAT 2522 * = 1 = = = 1 . = = 5.0 2568
2. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2450 = * . 1 = = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2574
3. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 0 . * 1 1 = = 1 = = 5.0 2574
4. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2429 = 0 0 * = . 1 1 1 1 5.0 2582
5. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2502 = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 . 3.5 2435
6. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 = = = . = * 0 = 1 0 3.5 2444
7. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 . 1 3.5 2431
8. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 . = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 3.5 2430
9. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 = 0 = 0 1 0 . 1 * 0 3.0 2387
10. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2457 = 0 = 0 . 1 0 0 1 * 3.0 2391
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Round 3 (July 24, 2007)
Lahno, Kateryna - Ushenina, Anna 1/2 46 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Pogonina, Natalija - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 45 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Muzychuk, Anna - Zhao Xue 1/2 39 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 20 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Hou Yifan - Zhu Chen 1/2 55 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Round 4 (July 25, 2007)
Zhu Chen - Muzychuk, Anna 1/2 68 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Ushenina, Anna - Pogonina, Natalija 1/2 33 A43 Old Benoni
Galliamova, Alisa - Zhao Xue 1/2 60 D27 QGA
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Lahno, Kateryna 1/2 39 E29 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Hou Yifan 1-0 83 C14 French Classical
Round 5 (July 26, 2007)
Lahno, Kateryna - Galliamova, Alisa 0-1 31 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Zhao Xue - Zhu Chen 0-1 70 D15 Slav Defence
Pogonina, Natalija - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 25 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Muzychuk, Anna - Paehtz, Elisabeth 0-1 36 C12 French MacCutcheon
Hou Yifan - Ushenina, Anna 1-0 61 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 6 (July 28, 2007)
Lahno, Kateryna - Pogonina, Natalija 1-0 54 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Ushenina, Anna - Muzychuk, Anna 1/2 37 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Galliamova, Alisa - Zhu Chen 0-1 49 D23 QGA
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Hou Yifan 0-1 36 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Zhao Xue 1/2 46 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 7 (July 29, 2007)
Zhu Chen - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1/2 50 E14 Queens Indian
Zhao Xue - Ushenina, Anna 1-0 41 D20 QGA
Pogonina, Natalija - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 64 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Muzychuk, Anna - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 94 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Hou Yifan - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 36 B08 Pirc Defence
Round 8 (July 30, 2007)
Lahno, Kateryna - Muzychuk, Anna 1/2 33 B01 Centre Counter
Pogonina, Natalija - Hou Yifan 1-0 77 C07 French Tarrasch
Ushenina, Anna - Zhu Chen 1/2 56 D15 Slav Defence
Galliamova, Alisa - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 77 A13 Reti Opening
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Zhao Xue 0-1 65 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
The Banja Luka Tournament took place 22nd-30th July 2007. 76 year old
Victor Korchnoi shared first place with Zlatko Ilincic with 6.5/9. Amazing
stuff from the legend who may have given himself some chance of returning to
the top 100 after dropping out in the last list.
Official site: http://www.skbanjaluka.com
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8th GM Banja Luka BIH (BIH), 22-30 vii 2007 cat. XI (2508)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2662
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2509 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2674
3. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2563 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 0 5.0 2545
4. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SRB 2601 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2540
5. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2520 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2506
6. Vukic, Milan g BIH 2481 0 = = = = * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2511
7. Solodovnichenko, Yuri g UKR 2582 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2500
8. Jakovljevic, Vlado m BIH 2440 = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 4.0 2472
9. Savanovic, Aleksandar m BIH 2432 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 2.5 2350
10. Narancic, Vlado f SRB 2344 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2306
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Round 2 (July 23, 2007)
Ilincic, Zlatko - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 18 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Vukic, Milan - Ruck, Robert 1/2 18 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Solodovnichenko, Yuri - Narancic, Vlado 1-0 32 B07 Pirc Defence
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 68 D27 QGA
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1/2 46 C13 French Classical
Round 3 (July 24, 2007)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Solodovnichenko, Yuri 1/2 33 D20 QGA
Ruck, Robert - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 77 E69 King's Indian Fianchetto
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Vukic, Milan 1/2 24 A55 Old Indian Defence
Andersson, Ulf - Jakovljevic, Vlado 1/2 14 A16 English Opening
Narancic, Vlado - Savanovic, Aleksandar 1/2 25 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 4 (July 25, 2007)
Ilincic, Zlatko - Jakovljevic, Vlado 1-0 42 D72 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Ruck, Robert - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1/2 20 E09 Catalan
Vukic, Milan - Narancic, Vlado 1-0 28 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Solodovnichenko, Yuri - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 40 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 49 C12 French MacCutcheon
Round 5 (July 26, 2007)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Vukic, Milan 1-0 41 A53 Old Indian Defence
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2 13 E69 King's Indian Fianchetto
Andersson, Ulf - Savanovic, Aleksandar 1/2 25 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Solodovnichenko, Yuri 1/2 53 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Narancic, Vlado - Ruck, Robert 1-0 37 A08 Barcza System
Round 6 (July 27, 2007)
Ilincic, Zlatko - Solodovnichenko, Yuri 1/2 37 D20 QGA
Ruck, Robert - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 29 A17 English Opening
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Narancic, Vlado 1-0 38 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Vukic, Milan - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 14 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Jakovljevic, Vlado 1/2 20 A09 Reti Opening
Round 7 (July 28, 2007)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1-0 40 D20 QGA
Andersson, Ulf - Ruck, Robert 1/2 14 A37 English Symmetrical
Solodovnichenko, Yuri - Savanovic, Aleksandar 1-0 80 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Vukic, Milan 1-0 49 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Narancic, Vlado - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 55 A04 Dutch System
Round 8 (July 29, 2007)
Ilincic, Zlatko - Savanovic, Aleksandar 1-0 24 E04 Catalan
Ruck, Robert - Jakovljevic, Vlado 1-0 76 A34 English Symmetrical
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 50 A30 English Symmetrical
Vukic, Milan - Solodovnichenko, Yuri 1-0 65 A30 English Symmetrical
Narancic, Vlado - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 58 A07 Barcza System
Round 9 (July 30, 2007)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2 14 C42 Petroff's Defence
Andersson, Ulf - Narancic, Vlado 1/2 11 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Solodovnichenko, Yuri - Ruck, Robert 0-1 41 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 0-1 36 A17 English Opening
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Vukic, Milan 1/2 24 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Official site: http://www.skbanjaluka.com/
The Czech Open took place in Pardubice 12th-29th July 2007. The GM Open
was won by Vlastimil Babula on tie-break from Viktor Laznicka after both
finished on 7.5/9.
The strongest event was the Synthesia Open - Open Czech Rapid
Championship which took place 18th-19th July 2007. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won
with 9/9 a point and a half clear of Sergei Movsesian.
Official site: http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php
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Czech Open GMA Pardubice CZE (CZE), 20-28 vii 2007
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1. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2577 7,5 7,5 2487 56,0
2. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2594 7,5 7,5 2484 56,0
3. Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2562 7,0 7,0 2484 53,0
4. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2591 7,0 7,0 2477 55,5
5. Ibrayev, Nurlan g KAZ 2468 7,0 7,0 2444 50,0
6. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2567 7,0 7,0 2440 52,0
7. Korobov, Anton g UKR 2530 7,0 7,0 2437 49,5
8. Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2556 7,0 7,0 2430 51,5
9. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2558 7,0 7,0 2418 51,0
10. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2440 7,0 7,0 2390 44,0
11. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2548 7,0 7,0 2377 45,5
12. Heberla, Bartlomiej g POL 2484 7,0 7,0 2373 50,0
13. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2486 7,0 7,0 2357 46,0
14. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2577 6,5 6,5 2453 50,5
15. Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2392 6,5 6,5 2444 51,0
16. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2601 6,5 6,5 2442 50,5
17. Shimanov, Aleksandr f RUS 2428 6,5 6,5 2440 47,0
18. Khmelniker, Ilya m ISR 2427 6,5 6,5 2430 48,0
19. Totsky, Leonid g RUS 2484 6,5 6,5 2425 48,5
20. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2488 6,5 6,5 2420 47,5
21. Feller, Sebastien m FRA 2478 6,5 6,5 2404 47,0
22. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2536 6,5 6,5 2400 44,5
23. Zhigalko, Andrey g BLR 2529 6,5 6,5 2389 47,5
24. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2481 6,5 6,5 2388 46,0
25. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2572 6,5 6,5 2384 46,0
26. Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2441 6,5 6,5 2380 47,0
27. Kravtsiv, Martyn m UKR 2492 6,5 6,5 2370 48,0
28. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2487 6,5 6,5 2357 47,0
29. Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran g IND 2486 6,5 6,5 2347 47,0
429 players
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Synthesia Rapid Open Pardubice CZE (CZE), 18-19 vii 2007
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1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar GM AZE 2757 9,0 9,0 54,0 43,0
2 Movsesian Sergei GM SVK 2667 7,5 7,5 56,0 44,0
3 Laznicka Viktor GM CZE 2594 7,0 7,0 57,5 43,5
4 Kononenko Dmitry GM UKR 2501 7,0 7,0 53,5 41,0
5 Zakhartsov Viacheslav GM RUS 2559 7,0 7,0 53,0 41,5
6 Najer Evgeniy GM RUS 2623 7,0 7,0 52,5 39,5
7 Maslak Konstantin IM RUS 2548 7,0 7,0 50,0 40,0
8 Novikov Stanislav GM RUS 2562 7,0 7,0 48,0 37,0
9 Grachev Boris GM RUS 2601 6,5 6,5 55,5 42,0
10 Babula Vlastimil GM CZE 2577 6,5 6,5 54,0 40,5
11 Korobov Anton GM UKR 2530 6,5 6,5 53,0 41,0
12 Stocek Jiri GM CZE 2572 6,5 6,5 51,5 39,0
13 Schlosser Philipp GM GER 2562 6,5 6,5 49,5 38,5
14 Navara David GM CZE 2656 6,5 6,5 49,0 38,0
15 Iskusnykh Sergei GM RUS 2488 6,5 6,5 48,0 36,5
16 Bernasek Jan IM CZE 2517 6,5 6,5 47,5 37,0
17 Votava Jan GM CZE 2547 6,5 6,5 47,5 36,5
18 Pokazanjev Nikolai FM RUS 2443 6,5 6,5 47,0 37,0
19 Ivanov Alexey IM RUS 2421 6,5 6,5 44,5 36,0
20 Vasiukov Evgeni GM RUS 2486 6,5 6,5 43,0 33,5
21 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2587 6,0 6,0 58,0 44,0
22 Kryakvin Dmitry IM RUS 2554 6,0 6,0 55,0 42,5
23 Dvoirys Semen GM RUS 2577 6,0 6,0 50,5 39,5
24 Sveshnikov Evgeni GM LAT 2504 6,0 6,0 49,5 38,5
25 Mista Aleksander GM POL 2553 6,0 6,0 49,5 38,5
26 Beinoras Mindaugas LTU 2223 6,0 6,0 48,0 37,0
27 Polak Tomas GM CZE 2544 6,0 6,0 47,5 36,5
28 Zilberman Yaacov GM ISR 2473 6,0 6,0 47,0 36,5
29 Lovkov Roman FM RUS 2435 6,0 6,0 45,5 36,0
30 Jirovsky Milos GM CZE 2482 6,0 6,0 45,5 35,0
31 Cvek Robert GM CZE 2548 6,0 6,0 44,5 36,0
32 Gajewski Grzegorz GM POL 2556 6,0 6,0 44,0 33,5
33 Drugov Pavel FM RUS 2406 6,0 6,0 43,0 33,0
34 Shimanov Alexander IM RUS 2428 6,0 6,0 41,0 32,0
35 Bucinskas Valdas LTU 2311 6,0 6,0 37,0 29,5
204 players
The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English
Chess Federation Sunday 29th July - Saturday 11th August - Great Yarmouth
College, Great Yarmouth. Just underway, there will be coverage on TWIC
throughout the week. Defending champion Jonathan Rowson started his defence
with a win over Simon Knott.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2007/index.html
and http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/british/2007/
Leading Round 1 Results (July 29, 2007)
Rowson, Jonathan - Knott, Simon J B 1-0 64 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Rudd, Jack - Conquest, Stuart C 1/2 31 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Hebden, Mark L - Sowray, Peter J 1-0 10 B08 Pirc Defence
Lalic, Susan K - Pert, Nicholas 0-1 30 C15 French Winawer
Howell, David W L - Eggleston, David J 1/2 40 E17 Queens Indian
Wu, Li - Gormally, Daniel W 1/2 31 A05 Various
Kosten, Anthony C - Lewis, Andrew P 1-0 41 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Walker, Martin G - Gordon, Stephen J 0-1 68 B40 Sicilian Classical
The Mazovian Chess Festival took place in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, 20th-28th
July 2007. The main event the VII Miguel Najdorf International Chess Tournament
saw Bartlomiej Macieja, Dariusz Szoen and Hrant Melkumyan finished on 7/9.
Official sites: http://www.poloniachess.pl/ -
http://www.szachy.grodzisk.pl/ -
http://www.mzszach.net/
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Najdorf Mem GpA Grodzisk Mazowiecki POL (POL), 20-28 vii 2007
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1 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2596 7.0
2 Szoen, Dariusz IM POL 2452 7.0
3 Melkumyan, Hrant IM ARM 2399 7.0
4 Malaniuk, Vladimir GM UKR 2522 6.5
5 Gasanov, Eldar GM UKR 2499 6.0
6 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2575 6.0
7 Vovk, Yuri IM UKR 2557 6.0
8 Urban, Klaudiusz IM POL 2481 6.0
9 Sergeev, Vladimir GM UKR 2488 6.0
10 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2560 6.0
11 Stoma, Pawel m POL 2233 6.0
12 Staniszewski, Piotr IM POL 2402 6.0
13 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw GM POL 2482 5.5
14 Sulskis, Sarunas GM LTU 2537 5.5
15 Piorun, Kacper m POL 2359 5.5
16 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew FM POL 2306 5.5
17 Winski, Lukasz I++ POL 2004 5.5
18 Leniart, Arkadiusz FM POL 2357 5.5
19 Sarwinski, Miroslaw IM POL 2313 5.5
20 Adamski, Jan IM POL 2354 5.5
21 Onischuk, Vladimir IM UKR 2506 5.0
22 Socko, Monika IM POL 2479 5.0
23 Llaneza Vega, Marcos IM ESP 2438 5.0
24 Kuzmicz, Krystian IM POL 2418 5.0
25 Brzeski, Maciej m POL 2356 5.0
26 Olszewski, Michal IM POL 2409 5.0
27 Szymanski, Marcin IM POL 2429 5.0
28 Grabarczyk, Bogdan IM POL 2437 5.0
68 players
The women's Championship of Montenegro took place 20th-28th July 2007.
Aleksandra Mijovic won the event with 7.5/8
Official site: http://www.cgsah.org/
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ch-MNE w Cetinje MNE (MNE), 20-28 vii 2007
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1. Mijovic, Aleksandra wf MNE 2163 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2460
2. Drljevic, Ljilja wf MNE 2257 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2340
3. Vojinovic, Jovana MNE 2217 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2260
4. Misovic, Sanja SRB 1872 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 3.5 2009
5. Vujacic, Branka MNE 1903 0 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2005
6. Neric, Jelena MNE 1882 0 0 0 0 = * = = 1 2.5 1910
7. Bubanja,Milica MNE ---- 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 2.5 1895
8. Vujosevic, Snezana MNE 1998 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 0 1.5 1785
9. Bacic,Kristina MNE ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1.5 1785
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The adeusz Gniota Memorial took place in Police, Poland 11th-19th July
2007. Lech Sopur won the event with 6.5/9. Krzysztof Ejsmont is given as joint
first (included in all the tables I found on the official site) but I hear he
was forced to withdraw after 7 rounds after allegations of computer
cheating.
Official site: http://www.smialy.pl/
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XXII Tadeusz Gniota Mem Police POL (POL), 11-19 vii 2007
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1 m Sopur, Lech POL 2389 6.5
2 m Ejsmont, Krzysztof POL 2367 6.5
3 IM Shishkin, Vadim UKR 2543 6.0
4 IM Koziak, Vitali UKR 2441 6.0
5 m Krysztofiak, Marcin POL 2414 6.0
6 IM Urban, Klaudiusz POL 2481 5.5
7 FM Figura, AtilaGajo GER 2413 5.5
8 GM Grabarczyk, Miroslaw POL 2482 5.5
9 IM Grabarczyk, Bogdan POL 2437 5.5
10 GM Malaniuk, VladimirP UKR 2522 5.0
11 IM Krivonosov, Oleg LAT 2437 5.0
12 FM Owczarzak, Jerzy POL 2389 5.0
13 GM Schmidt, Wlodzimierz POL 2415 5.0
14 k Lasinskas, Povilas LTU 2183 5.0
15 k Panocki, Adrian POL 2273 5.0
16 FM Claesen, Jeroen BEL 2248 5.0
17 k Olenderek, Tomasz POL 2141 5.0
18 FM Chojnacki, Krzysztof POL 2372 4.5
19 FM Maes, Wim BEL 2319 4.5
20 WFM Chlost, Marlena POL 2120 4.5
21 k Radwan, Leszek POL 2170 4.5
22 k Kostyra, Mariusz POL 2175 4.5
23 m Hnydiuk, Aleksander POL 2377 4.0
24 I Tokarczyk, Tomasz POL 2112 4.0
25 I Ciszewski, Eugeniusz POL 1993 4.0
26 FM Zschaebitz, Klaus GER 2113 4.0
27 WIM Kludacz, Magdalena POL 2244 4.0
28 k Maniocha, Andrzej POL 2285 4.0
29 I Jacek, Krystian POL 1940 4.0
30 k Krasowski, Slawomir POL 2081 3.5
31 k Issel, Oliver GER 2127 3.5
32 k Graf, Pawel POL 2130 3.5
33 I Czuchnicki, Adam POL 2114 3.0
34 I Oleniak, Wlodzimierz UKR 1905 2.0
35 I Maliszewski, Jaroslaw POL 1942 1.0
The 12th Balaguer Open took place 16th-25th July 2007. Aleksander
Delchev took first place on tie-break from Vinay Bhat after both scored
8/10.
Official site: http://www.openbalaguer.org/
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XII Open Balaguer ESP (ESP), 16-25 vii 2007
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1 Delchev Aleksander GM BUL 2591 8 64½ 60 2425 2647
2 Bhat Vinay S IM USA 2450 8 62 57½ 2364 2587
3 Arizmendi Martinez Julen L GM ESP 2522 7½ 65 59½ 2352 2499
4 Gupta Abhijeet IM IND 2472 7½ 63½ 58½ 2380 2558
5 Aroshidze Levan GM GEO 2470 7½ 63 58 2378 2556
6 Luther Thomas GM GER 2529 7½ 59 55 2310 2464
7 Arun Karthik R IND 2329 7 63½ 59 2479 2574
8 Roeder Mathias IM GER 2444 7 62½ 57½ 2376 2508
9 Kohlweyer Bernd IM GER 2405 7 61 57½ 2354 2484
10 Pogorelov Ruslan GM UKR 2453 7 59 54 2302 2435
11 Flores Diego IM ARG 2560 7 58½ 55½ 2360 2418
12 Ashwin Jayaram IND 2399 7 58 54 2298 2422
13 Castellanos Renier IM CHI 2471 7 56 51 2249 2383
14 Gelashvili Tamaz GM GEO 2604 6½ 67½ 62½ 2437 2528
15 Korneev Oleg GM RUS 2565 6½ 62 57 2352 2424
16 Mirzoev Azer GM AZE 2551 6½ 62 56½ 2362 2454
17 Aloma Vidal Robert FM ESP 2341 6½ 61 58 2453 2416
18 Bruned Yvain FM ESP 2307 6½ 59½ 56 2409 2431
19 Abhishek Das IND 2321 6½ 59 56 2383 2446
20 Oussama Omar CM ESP 2330 6½ 58 55 2328 2392
21 Guliev Logman IM AZE 2454 6½ 58 53½ 2308 2403
22 Moser Eva IM AUT 2424 6½ 58 53½ 2325 2419
23 Djingarova Emilia WGM BUL 2266 6½ 57½ 53½ 2299 2263
24 Rotstein Arkadij GM GER 2515 6½ 57½ 52½ 2277 2361
25 Sharma Dinesh K IM IND 2368 6½ 54½ 50½ 2254 2343
26 Narciso Dublan Marc GM ESP 2552 6 61½ 56½ 2305 2338
27 Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro CM ESP 2332 6 61 57½ 2350 2394
28 Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria FM ESP 2400 6 60 55½ 2296 2348
29 Adhiban B IND 2406 6 58½ 54½ 2304 2351
30 Babaev Rashad GM AZE 2488 6 57½ 53 2287 2344
31 Vilela De Acuna Jose Luis IM CUB 2346 6 56 51½ 2251 2298
32 Van Riemsdijk Herman C IM BRA 2420 6 54 50 2197 2251
33 Matnadze Ana IM GEO 2409 6 53 49 2216 2271
34 Ramoneda Rumi Aitor ESP 2205 6 51½ 49 2164 2152
133 players
The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup took place 21st-29th July 2007.
Michal Krasenkow won the event on tie-break from Emanuel Berg, Gabriel
Sargissian, Nick De Firmian and Vladimir Malakhov after they all finished on
8/10.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Final Round 10 Standings:
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1. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2660 8.0 57.5 54.75
2. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2581 8.0 56 53.75
3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2667 8.0 56 53.5
4. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2540 8.0 55.5 52.75
5. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2676 8.0 55 53
6. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2541 7.5 54 46.75
7. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2459 7.5 53.5 47.5
8. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2602 7.5 52 45.75
9. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2567 7.5 51.5 47
10. Godena, Michele g ITA 2547 7.5 51.5 47
11. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2536 7.5 51.5 47
12. Zude, Erik m GER 2399 7.5 51.5 44
13. Rasmussen, Allan Stig f DEN 2446 7.5 50 45
14. Bulski, Krzysztof f POL 2396 7.5 50 43.75
15. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2589 7.5 48 44.5
16. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2550 7.5 47.5 42.75
17. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel m DEN 2398 7.5 47.5 42.75
18. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2638 7.0 54.5 43.75
19. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2364 7.0 53 43.25
20. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2525 7.0 51 41.25
21. Holzke, Frank m GER 2489 7.0 50.5 43.5
22. Ziska, Helgi Dam m FAI 2392 7.0 50.5 40
23. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2455 7.0 50 40.5
24. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2408 7.0 49.5 41.75
25. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2467 7.0 48 40
26. Olsson, Linus f SWE 2377 7.0 46.5 38
27. Jepson, Christian m SWE 2365 7.0 46 38.5
28. Van Eijk, Sander NED 2274 7.0 45 37.25
29. Urkedal, Frode NOR 2235 7.0 45 36
30. Teplyi, Igor DEN 2219 7.0 44.5 36.5
31. Christensen, Stefan DEN 2280 7.0 44 35.75
32. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2389 6.5 53 39.75
33. Hirneise, Tobias GER 2293 6.5 51.5 38.25
34. Olsen, Heini f FAI 2350 6.5 51.5 37
35. Blomqvist, Erik SWE 2313 6.5 51 39
36. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2567 6.5 50.5 37.25
37. Thomassen, Joachim NOR 2075 6.5 50.5 36.25
38. Rohit, G IND 2470 6.5 50 38
39. Antonsen, Mikkel m DEN 2397 6.5 50 37.25
40. Aabling-Thomsen, Jakob DEN 2241 6.5 49.5 35.25
41. Tuominen, Risto FIN 2272 6.5 48 34.75
42. Christensen, Bo Garner DEN 2223 6.5 47.5 36.5
43. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2306 6.5 47.5 34.5
44. Larsen, Karsten f DEN 2307 6.5 46.5 29.75
45. Hammer, Jon Ludvig f NOR 2412 6.5 46 34.25
46. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2447 6.5 45.5 34.5
47. Thorhallsson, Gylfi ISL 2195 6.5 45 32.25
48. Jorgensen, Dennis DEN 2186 6.5 43 32.5
49. Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen NOR 2153 6.5 42.5 28
50. Struch, Thomas DEN 2084 6.5 42 29.25
51. Leszczynski, Krzysztof POL 2180 6.5 38 29.5
52. Nithander, Victor f SWE 2357 6.0 51 35.75
53. Sorensen, Torben MLT 2371 6.0 51 33.25
54. Rasmussen, Casper f DEN 2343 6.0 50 33.5
55. Lund, Esben f DEN 2406 6.0 49.5 36.25
56. Corke, Anya wg HKG 2149 6.0 49.5 33.5
57. Skovgaard, Peter2 DEN 2251 6.0 49 34.5
58. Bleis, Christian GER 2246 6.0 49 32.75
59. Ringoir, Tanguy BEL 2208 6.0 48.5 34.5
60. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2461 6.0 48.5 32.75
281 players
The Mechanics' Institute hosted the 2nd Konig Memorial July 10th-26th
2007 on the Schevingen system - double round robin between the two teams. The
time control is 40/75 + SD/15 all with 30 seconds added per move. Because of
scheduling issues (Canadian Open and the work schedule of some of the IMs)
there weren't really rounds as the games were played as and when they could be
fit in. My thanks to Alex Yermolinsky and John Donaldson.
Daily coverage at: http://www.chessclub.org
2nd Konig Mem 2007
------------------- Friedel,Joshua E 2472 4.5/10
| --------------- Zilberstein,Dmitry 2410 4.5/10
| | ----------- Pruess,David 2424 4.0/10
| | | ------- Stein,Alan 2412 3.5/10
| | | | --- Mezentsev,Vladimir 2392 3.5/10
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1 Atalik,Suat 2564 ½1 ½1 1½ 11 1½ 8.0/10
2 Fedorowicz,John 2460 ½1 ½½ 01 ½1 1½ 6.5/10
3 Yermolinsky,Alex 2517 0½ ½½ 11 ½½ ½1 6.0/10
4 Baburin,Alexander 2559 ½½ ½0 1½ ½½ 10 5.0/10
5 Atalik,Ekaterina 2400 01 1½ 00 ½½ 01 4.5/10
The 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2007" took
place in Agios Nikolaos 21st-29th July 2007. Luis Javier Bernal Moro took clear
first with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2007
Leading Final Standings:
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2nd Crete Summer Cup Agios Nikolaos GRE (GRE), 21-29 vii 2007
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1 1 IM Bernal Moro Luis Javier 2431 ESP 7.5 0
2 2 IM Bellia Fabrizio 2405 ITA 7.0 0.5
13 WGM Karlovich Anastazia 2207 UKR 7.0 0.5
4 16 Ceballos Hornero Daniel 2195 ESP 6.5 0
5 Gogolis Alexandros 2289 GRE 6.5 0
3 Sandalakis Angelos 2355 GRE 6.5 0
8 WIM Stiri Alexandra 2251 GRE 6.5 0
12 Tassopoulos Marios 2215 GRE 6.5 0
20 Valden Petros 2169 GRE 6.5 0
10 7 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2266 GRE 6.0 0
14 Panagiotopolous Alexandros 2203 GRE 6.0 0
9 FM Pountzas Hrisanthos 2238 GRE 6.0 0
22 Festas Georgios 2166 GRE 6.0 0
6 Ignatiadis Konstantinos 2277 GRE 6.0 0
24 Maris Ioannis 2125 GRE 6.0 0
39 Fragiadakis Emanouel 1990 GRE 6.0 0
29 Erwich Frans 2070 NED 6.0 0
102 players
The XI Magistral de la República Copa PUMA Mercosur takes place
23rd-30th July 2007. Alongside are three other events ITT V. Lopez, ITT V.
Martelli and IRT J. Rubinstein.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/
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Copa Puma Mercosur Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 7-19 vii 2007cat. VII (2405)
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1. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2547 * . . . = . = 1 . 1 1 4.0 2665
2. POCKET FRITZ 3 ---- . * = 1 . 0 = . 1 1 . 4.0 2570
3. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2454 . = * . = 1 . . = . 1 3.5 2488
4. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2466 . 0 . * = = . 1 = . 1 3.5 2406
5. Flores Rios, Mauricio f CHI 2391 = . = = * . 1 0 . = . 3.0 2459
6. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2456 . 1 0 = . * . . 1 . . 2.5 2426
7. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2435 = = . . 0 . * = = . = 2.5 2307
8. Claverie, Raul ARG 2397 0 . . 0 1 . = * . = . 2.0 2387
9. Pacheco, Marco f PER 2405 . 0 = = . 0 = . * . . 1.5 2213
10. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2457 0 0 . . = . . = . * = 1.5 2207
11. Fernandez, Daniel m USA 2447 0 . 0 0 . . = . . = * 1.0 2231
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The Open Dutch Championship in Dieren, takes place July 24th - 2nd
August 2007. Dimitri Reinderman leads with 4.5/5.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2007/.
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1 GM Reinderman, Dimitri NED 2506 4.5 15.5 13.75 2682
2 GM L'Ami, Erwin NED 2598 4.0 10.5 9.0 2528
3 GM Van Den Doel, Erik NED 2587 4.0 14.0 10.0 2586
4 GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav RUS 2558 4.0 14.5 11.0 2580
5 GM Gofshtein, Zvulon ISR 2541 4.0 15.0 11.0 2558
6 GM Barua, Dibyendu IND 2462 4.0 12.5 9.5 2557
7 IM Bosboom, Manuel NED 2440 4.0 14.5 11.5 2476
8 IM Bosch, Jeroen NED 2435 4.0 14.0 10.75 2480
9 IM Brandenburg, Daan NED 2434 4.0 17.5 13.5 2649
10 Rijnaarts, Sjef NED 2292 4.0 11.0 8.5 2526
11 GM Nijboer, Friso NED 2568 3.5 16.0 9.75 2537
12 GM Van Der Weide, Karel NED 2512 3.5 15.0 9.25 2530
13 IM Sengupta, Deep IND 2435 3.5 11.0 7.25 2319
14 IM Siebrecht, Sebastian GER 2431 3.5 12.5 7.75 2348
15 IM Saravanan, Venkatachalam IND 2355 3.5 11.0 6.25 2385
16 FM Khairallah, Faisal LIB 2323 3.5 13.5 7.5 2361
17 WIM Bensdorp, Marlies NED 2238 3.5 16.0 10.0 2532
18 Blees, Enrico NED 2057 3.5 10.5 7.0 2420
19 GM Ernst, Sipke NED 2555 3.0 14.5 7.75 2388
20 IM Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2427 3.0 15.0 7.5 2483
21 IM Hendriks, Willy NED 2420 3.0 12.5 7.0 2275
22 IM Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2420 3.0 14.5 7.75 2297
23 IM Van Delft, Merijn NED 2408 3.0 15.5 8.75 2322
24 FM Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2389 3.0 13.5 8.0 2229
25 FM Van Der Poel, Henk NED 2323 3.0 10.0 5.75 2227
26 Van Assendelft, Floris NED 2297 3.0 13.0 6.5 2296
27 FM Schuurman, Petra NED 2290 3.0 13.5 6.25 2319
28 FM De Jong, Migchiel NED 2286 3.0 13.5 6.5 2314
29 Miedema, Roi NED 2271 3.0 11.5 5.5 2297
30 FM Hofland, Leonhard NED 2269 3.0 14.5 6.5 2346
31 FM Vogel, Jaap NED 2232 3.0 15.0 7.0 2362
32 IM Hartoch, Robert G. NED 2228 3.0 10.5 6.25 2253
33 FM Narayanan, Srinath IND 2218 3.0 13.5 6.0 2324
34 Kuling, Lody NED 2218 3.0 12.5 6.75 2302
35 Van Kampen, Robin NED 2165 3.0 13.0 6.5 2251
36 Friesen, Boris NED 2139 3.0 13.0 8.0 2394
37 Rietveld, Renze NED 2137 3.0 12.0 6.0 2283
38 Veltman, Jelmer NED 2137 3.0 12.5 7.25 2378
39 Ootes, Lars NED 2064 3.0 10.0 5.0 2261
88 players
The Quebec Open took place July 20th-28th 2007 in Montreal, Canada.
Andrey Rychagov took clear first with 7/9.
Coverage:
http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/Quebec07/index.html
- Games collection by Hugh Brodie:
http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/chess/cbv/20002009/2007COQ.pgn
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Quebec Open Montreal CAN (CAN), 20-28 vii 2007
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1. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2557 7.0
2. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2601 6.0
3. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2563 6.0
4. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2561 6.0
5. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2551 6.0
6. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2519 6.0
7. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2407 6.0
8. Kovalyov, Anton f ARG 2510 5.5
9. Tu Hoang Thong g VIE 2483 5.5
10. Perez Garcia, Rodney m CUB 2420 5.5
11. Cheng, Bindi CAN 2238 5.5
12. Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2539 5.0
13. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2494 5.0
14. De la Paz Perdomo, Frank g CUB 2452 5.0
15. Sambuev, Bator g RUS 2482 5.0
16. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2407 5.0
17. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2391 5.0
18. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2588 4.5
19. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2391 4.5
20. Yoos, John C f CAN 2369 4.5
21. Hua, Lefong f CAN 2323 4.5
22. Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich g RUS 2312 4.5
23. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2389 4.0
24. Grant, Jonathan SCO 2280 4.0
25. Morin, Yves CAN 2226 4.0
26. Masse, Hugues CAN 2181 4.0
27. Ye, Ling Feng CAN 2141 4.0
28. Nicula, Marius f ROM 2199 4.0
29. Jiang, Louie CAN 2072 4.0
30. Saint-Amand, Paul CAN 2155 3.5
31. Bolduc, Steve CAN 2262 3.0
32. Berry, Jonathan f CAN 2241 3.0
33. Pelletier,Jean CAN ---- 3.0
34. Anastasovski, Nikola CAN 2089 2.5
35. Szalay,Karoly CAN ---- 2.0
36. Abou Nassif,Ahmad CAN ---- 2.0
37. Duong, Thanh Nha m CAN 2300 1.0
38. Chabot, Roland CAN 2251 1.0
39. Kenani,Darius CAN ---- 1.0
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The Open Women's Bulgarian Championships take place 25th-31st July 2007.
Official site: http://openwomen2007.hit.bg/index_en.htm
- http://openwomen2007.hit.bg/games_en.htm
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Open Women Bulgarian Ch Vratsa BUL (BUL), 25-31 vii 2007
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1. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2189 +20 = 4 + 7 +13 + 2 = 5 + 8 . . 6.0 2448
2. Raeva, Elitsa BUL 2215 +26 +12 +10 + 3 - 1 + 4 = 5 . . 5.5 2368
3. Ionescu, Irina wg ROM 2274 +15 + 6 + 5 - 2 = 4 =10 +11 . . 5.0 2324
4. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2314 +18 = 1 + 6 +11 = 3 - 2 +14 . . 5.0 2293
5. Genova, Lyubka wm BUL 2221 +22 +14 - 3 +18 +16 = 1 = 2 . . 5.0 2204
6. Videnova, Iva BUL 2155 +29 - 3 - 4 +26 +25 +17 +10 . . 5.0 2162
7. Bednikova, Stefi BUL 2077 +24 = 8 - 1 =14 =18 +16 +13 . . 4.5 2167
8. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2227 +21 = 7 =13 +20 =10 +14 - 1 . . 4.5 2135
9. Danova, Tanja wf BUL 2135 . +27 +22 =16 -17 =15 +21 . . 4.0 2019
10. Nikolova, Adriana BUL 2234 +19 +11 - 2 +17 = 8 = 3 - 6 . . 4.0 2169
11. Jordanova, Svetla wf BUL 2136 +25 -10 +15 - 4 +20 +12 - 3 . . 4.0 2067
12. Petkova, Veneta BUL 1966 +30 - 2 -16 +22 +19 -11 +20 . . 4.0 1990
13. Koen, Maja wm BUL 2192 +16 +17 = 8 - 1 -14 +18 - 7 . . 3.5 2051
14. Stefanova, Milena BUL 2018 +23 - 5 +21 = 7 +13 - 8 - 4 . . 3.5 2117
15. Trifonova, Sandra BUL 1889 - 3 +29 -11 =23 +21 = 9 =17 . . 3.5 2009
16. Naidenova, Jordanka BUL 1890 -13 +31 +12 = 9 - 5 - 7 +27 . . 3.5 2087
17. Vladimirova, Maria BUL 1998 +31 -13 +26 -10 + 9 - 6 =15 . . 3.5 2053
18. Boneva, Zvezdelina BUL 1962 - 4 +28 +30 - 5 = 7 -13 +25 . . 3.5 2074
19. Galunova, Tsveta BUL 1832 -10 -20 +28 +30 -12 =25 +26 . . 3.5 1916
20. Sirkova, Darena BUL 1732 - 1 +19 +27 - 8 -11 +28 -12 . . 3.0 2003
21. Barbageorgopoulou, Fani GRE 1792 - 8 +24 -14 +29 -15 +23 - 9 . . 3.0 1947
22. Vladimirova, Diana BUL 1776 - 5 +25 - 9 -12 +30 =26 =23 . . 3.0 1922
23. Ivanova,Simoneta BUL ---- -14 -26 +32 =15 +28 -21 =22 . . 3.0 1842
24. Papathanasiou, Antonios GRE 1981 - 7 -21 -25 -28 +32 +30 +29 . . 3.0 1851
25. Barbageorgopoulou, Despina GRE 1715 -11 -22 +24 +27 - 6 =19 -18 . . 2.5 1878
26. Georgieva, Konstantina BUL 1769 - 2 +23 -17 - 6 +31 =22 -19 . . 2.5 1894
27. Georgieva, Emilia BUL 2023 =28 - 9 -20 -25 +29 +31 -16 . . 2.5 1783
28. Todorova,Gabriela BUL ---- =27 -18 -19 +24 -23 -20 +32 . . 2.5 1830
29. Todorova, Kalina BUL 1729 - 6 -15 +31 -21 -27 +32 -24 . . 2.0 1819
30. Papathanasiou,Elisavet GRE ---- -12 +32 -18 -19 -22 -24 +31 . . 2.0 1773
31. Chokova,Galabina BUL ---- -17 -16 -29 +32 -26 -27 -30 . . 1.0 1606
32. BYE ---- . -30 -23 -31 -24 -29 -28 . . 0.0
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The Asian Youth Championships took place in Tashkent 27th June - 8th
July 2007. Games from the final round 9 are missing.
Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz/ - Games:
http://www.uzchess.uz/Bases/Asian/asian.html
- Background: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3995
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Boys 18
1 Kvon, Andrey UZB 2360 7.5 37.5 48.0 6
2 Toufighi, Homayoon IRI 2365 7 37.5 49.0 6
3 Zhumabayev, Rinat KAZ 2425 6.5 37.5 48.0 5
4 Djuraev, Sokhib TJK 2297 6 38.5 47.0 5
5 Navin, Kanna T.u. IND 2280 5.5 35.0 45.5 4
6 Kasyan, Aleksandr UZB 2267 5.5 34.5 45.0 4
7 Pak, Evgeniy UZB 2238 5.5 33.0 43.0 5
8 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2476 5 37.5 48.0 3
9 Sadeh, Shahin IRI 2178 5 35.5 46.0 4
10 Lalith, Babu M.R. IND 2320 5 34.5 45.5 4
11 Amanov, Zhanibek KAZ 2277 5 31.5 39.5 3
12 Nuretdinov, Igor TJK 5 29.5 38.0 3
25 players
Girls 18
1 Rysbayeva, Aigerim KAZ 2170 6.5 33.0 40.0 5
2 Hamrakulova, Yulduz UZB 2182 6 34.5 44.5 4
3 Kiran, Manisha Mohanty IND 2204 6 34.0 44.0 4
4 Muminova, Nafisa UZB 2138 6 33.5 41.0 4
5 Gevorgyan, Irina UZB 2085 5.5 33.0 43.0 5
6 Danilyuk, Olga KAZ 2075 5 31.0 38.0 3
14 players
Boys 16
1 Adhiban, B IND 2368 8.5 38.0 45.5 8
2 Nitin, S IND 2273 7 37.5 48.0 7
3 Sethuraman, S.P IND 2332 6 40.0 52.5 6
4 Mustafaev, Jamshid UZB 2232 6 36.5 49.0 5
5 Faizulaev, Akmal UZB 6 34.0 42.5 5
6 Darini, Pouria IRI 2183 5.5 38.5 51.0 5
7 Shyam, Nikil P IND 2375 5.5 36.0 48.5 5
8 Sultanov, Izzatilla UZB 5.5 32.5 43.5 5
34 players
Girls 16
1 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan KAZ 2024 7.5 38.0 48.5 6
2 Bhakti, Kulkarni IND 2112 7 34.0 44.0 7
3 Padmini, Rout IND 2212 6.5 38.5 50.0 6
4 Pon, N Krithika IND 2072 6.5 37.0 47.5 6
5 Esonboeva, Gulruhsor UZB 6 38.0 48.0 6
6 Uthra, P IND 2063 5.5 34.5 43.5 5
7 Qurbonbaeva, Sarvinoz UZB 5 32.5 40.5 4
19 players
The 29th Oberwart Open took place 7th-15th July 2007. Imre Hera took
first place on tie-break from four others, all scoring 7/9. Games now
available.
Official site: http://www.openoberwart.at/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Hera Imre Jr GM HUN 2526 7,0 54,5 43,0 41,00
2 Balinov Ilia GM AUT 2499 7,0 52,0 40,0 39,50
3 Jedynak Radoslaw GM POL 2540 7,0 51,5 40,5 39,50
4 Brkic Ante GM CRO 2558 7,0 50,5 39,5 38,50
5 Gajewski Grzegorz GM POL 2556 7,0 49,0 37,5 37,00
6 Rabiega Robert GM GER 2532 7,0 48,0 38,5 35,50
7 Dziuba Marcin IM POL 2536 6,5 53,0 41,5 37,25
8 Kovalev Andrei GM BLR 2529 6,5 53,0 41,5 36,00
9 Klenburg Mikhail IM UKR 2387 6,5 51,5 41,5 35,25
10 Kovacs Gabor IM HUN 2478 6,5 51,0 40,5 35,25
11 Czebe Attila GM HUN 2519 6,5 50,5 39,5 35,00
12 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2610 6,5 50,5 39,0 36,25
13 Danner Georg IM AUT 2426 6,5 48,0 37,5 33,50
14 Ermenkov Evgenij GM PLE 2499 6,5 47,0 36,5 32,25
15 Stanec Nikolaus GM AUT 2504 6,5 44,0 34,0 31,00
16 Papp Gabor IM HUN 2474 6,0 53,0 42,0 33,75
17 Khmelniker Ilya IM ISR 2427 6,0 52,5 41,5 32,75
18 Ernst Thomas GM SWE 2434 6,0 52,5 41,0 33,00
19 Saric Ante GM CRO 2499 6,0 52,0 41,0 32,50
20 Jakubiec Artur GM POL 2541 6,0 51,5 40,5 32,25
21 Timoscenko Gennadij GM SVK 2492 6,0 51,0 39,5 32,00
22 Faibisovich Vadim Z IM RUS 2412 6,0 50,5 39,0 30,75
23 Shengelia Davit GM GEO 2572 6,0 50,0 39,5 32,25
24 Ragger Markus IM AUT 2529 6,0 50,0 39,5 31,50
25 Lehner Oliver IM AUT 2411 6,0 48,5 38,0 29,00
26 Zilberman Yaacov GM ISR 2473 6,0 48,5 37,0 29,25
27 Weinzettl Ernst IM AUT 2328 6,0 47,5 38,5 28,25
28 Cvitan Ognjen GM CRO 2529 6,0 47,5 37,0 30,75
29 Gofshtein Zvulon GM ISR 2541 6,0 46,0 36,0 28,75
30 Mahdi Khaled IM AUT 2385 6,0 46,0 35,5 29,25
184 players
The 1st Leiden Chess Tournament was organised by
http://www.schakers.info, a Dutch chess
news website that celebrates its 5th anniversary in 2007. The tournament was
sponsored by H.L. Druckerfonds. Erik Van den Doel took clear first on 8/9. Some
games from the final round now available.
More information and tournament site:
http://www.schakers.info
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1st LCT Leiden NED (NED), 13-22 vii 2007
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1. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2587 8.0 51.0 43.75 41.0 2659 +0.61
2. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2506 7.5 54.0 43.50 38.0 2566 +0.74
3. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2487 7.0 52.0 39.00 35.0 2480 +0.19
4. Van Ketel, Raoul f NED 2323 6.0 53.0 31.75 34.5 2392 +0.88
5. Kleijn, Christov NED 2194 6.0 52.0 29.50 33.0 2318 +1.15
6. Meijer, Dolf NED 2203 6.0 47.0 28.00 32.0 2295 +1.04
7. Miedema, Roi NED 2271 6.0 47.0 25.75 28.5 2223 -0.47
8. Van Rosmalen, Joost NED 2208 6.0 46.5 28.25 30.5 2270 +0.69
9. Nicholson, John G f ENG 2140 6.0 45.0 27.50 30.0 2273 +1.51
10. Drozdowski, Kacper POL 1977 6.0 42.5 26.50 24.5 2291 +3.25
11. Slingerland, Fred f NED 2304 6.0 42.5 24.50 31.0 2264 -0.29
12. Vistisen, Lars DEN 2147 5.5 49.5 29.00 29.0 2218 +0.65
13. Gorter, Yme NED 2063 5.5 45.0 25.00 28.5 2229 +2.01
14. De Graaff, Rag NED 2233 5.5 44.5 25.25 27.5 2150 -0.84
15. Bogaard, Milo NED 2079 5.5 42.5 22.75 28.0 2061 -0.13
16. Coene, Igor NED 2105 5.5 42.5 21.75 28.0 2158 +0.60
68 players
The Elkana Chess Club in Israel is a closed 10 player category 8
tournament as part of the Judge Lictenstein Memorial chess Festival July
15th-26th in Israel. Konstantin Lerner and Eduard Porper finished with 6/9.
Some of the rounds were played out of order. News: Haggai Frank.
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Lichtenstein Mem Elkana ISR (ISR), 15-26 vii 2007 cat. VIII (2433)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2515 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 0 6.0 2548
2. Porper, Eduard m ISR 2474 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2553
3. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2509 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2504
4. Nedobora, Mikhail m UKR 2433 = = = * 1 0 = = 0 1 4.5 2432
5. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2435 = = = 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 4.5 2432
6. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2406 0 = = 1 1 * = = 0 0 4.0 2392
7. Bykhovsky, Anatoly f ISR 2357 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2398
8. Sitnikov, Anton m UKR 2458 0 0 0 = 1 = = * = 1 4.0 2386
9. Nabaty, Tamir ISR 2421 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 = * 0 3.5 2353
10. Caspi, Israel ISR 2318 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 3.0 2320
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The 4th International chess Festival "Marche Estate" took place in
Falconara, near Ancona, July 16th-22nd 2007. 18 years old IM Daniele Vocaturo
from Rome and IM Pierluigi Piscopo from Lecce shared first place with 7 points
out of 9 (both remained unbeaten). Eugenio Capuano from Campobasso and
Norwegian FM Krystian Trygstad took third-fourth place on 6.5: thanks to this
result, Capuano should obtain the Fide master title. Serbian IM Nenad Aleksic,
candidate master Matteo Rotoni from Macerata, Norwegian master Thomas Robertsen
and IM Fabio Bruno, former Italian chess champion, were placed fifth on 6,
while French IM and Elo-favourite Vladimir Okhotnik couldn't get more than 5.5
points. 111 players competed in the event. Only a few games available.
Official site:
http://digilander.libero.it/dragonscacchicv/festival07.html
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4th Marche Estate Falconara ITA (ITA), 16-22 vii 2007
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1 VOCATURO Daniele ITA IM 7.0 47.5
2 PISCOPO Pierluigi ITA IM 7.0 45.5
3 CAPUANO Eugenio ITA -M 6.5 45.0
4 Trygstad Kristian NOR FM 6.5 37.5
5 Aleksic Nenad SRB IM 6.0 49.0
6 ROTONI Matteo ITA CM 6.0 44.5
7 Robertsen Thomas NOR NC 6.0 43.5 1.5
8 BRUNO Fabio ITA IM 6.0 43.5 1.0
9 CORVI Marco ITA FM 5.5 45.5
10 RAINERI Valerio ITA CM 5.5 44.0 4.5
11 Okhotnik Vladimir FRA IM 5.5 44.0 1.5
12 LUCCHI Lorenzo ITA 1N 5.5 41.0
13 GUASTADINI Paolo ITA CM 5.5 40.0
14 PACE Pietro Dario ITA CM 5.5 39.0
46 players
The 62nd Oklahoma Open and Jerry Spann Memorial took place July
21st-22nd 2007 in Stillwater, Oklahoma USA Oklahoma encouraged 6 of
the 10 women that just competed in the FKB 2007 USA Women’s Championship
to stick around an extra 2 days and compete in the 62nd Oklahoma Open and Jerry
Spann Memorial, a traditional 5-SS that took place in the same venue. We
wanted to compete with the women as well. 3 players finished equal first with 4
pts – FM Michael Langer of Austin, TX, IM Anna Zatonakih of Long Island,
NY and WFM Tatev Abrahamyam of Glendale, CA. A blitz event
held the night before was won by GM Daniel Fridmans of Germany. A Reserve
section was won by Diwakar Rana of Iowa. One of the co-directors – Jim
Berry – was newly elected to the Executive Board of the United States
Chess Federation. The other co-director – Frank Berry – has recently
been approved by FIDE for his IA title. My thanks to Frank Berry of Oklahoma
for this report.
Official site: http://okchess.org/
The 6th Bergamo International Open took place July 20th-22nd 2007.
Makedonian GM and Elo favourite Vladimir Georgiev scored 5 points out of 6 (and
edged out by half a point Filipino IM Roland Salvador, Bulgarian GM Todor
Todorov, Ukrainian wGM Inna Gaponenko and Latvian GM Viesturs Meijers. Eight
players follow on 4: Ukrainian GM Sergei Krivoshey, Serbian GMs Sinisa Drazic
and Miroljub Lazic, Bulgarian GM Milko Popchev, FM Maurizio Brancaleoni from
Rimini, best placed Italian player, Filipino IM Rolly Martinez, Moldavian wGM
Karolina Smokina and Mauro Barletta from Turin. Alberto Buzio from Verbania
dominated the B-group with a final 5.5/6 score, while Lucas Luizaga from
Bergamo won the U14 section on 6/7. This was probably the strongest edition
ever (seven GMs, five IMs, one wGM, two FMs) and the one with the highest
number of participants (125 from eleven countries). News: Dario Mione.
Results:
http://www.chesslab.bergamo.it/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19
and http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/archivio/numero379.html#2.
Hopefully more than just one round of games will become available.
Final Round 6 Standings:
1 Georgiev Vladimir MKD GM 5.0
2 Salvador Roland PHI IM 4.5
3 Todorov Todor BUL GM 4.5
4 Gaponenko Inna UKR IM 4.5
5 Meijers Viesturs LAT GM 4.5
6 Krivoshey Sergei UKR GM 4.0
7 Drazic Sinisa SRB GM 4.0
8 Lazic Miroljub SRB GM 4.0
9 Popchev Milko BUL GM 4.0
10 Brancaleoni Maurizio ITA FM 4.0
11 Martinez Rolly PHI IM 4.0
12 Smokina Karolina MDA WG 4.0
13 Barletta Mauro ITA 4.0
Darcy Lima sends two games of his as corrections to the file of games
from the IV Continental open took place 10th-20th July, 2007 in Cali, Colombia.
The event was an 11 round Swiss Open.
Official site:
http://www.colombiadeportiva.com/continental.htm
The Curacao Chess Festival took place 17th-26th July 2007. Victor
Mikhalevski took clear first with 7.5/9. Games not currently available.
Official site: http://www.curacaochess.net
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2598 7.5
2 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2637 7.0
3 Tate, Emory m USA 2395 6.5
4 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2576 6.5
5 Werle, Jan g NED 2552 6.0
6 Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2606 6.0
7 Ris, Robert m NED 2395 6.0
8 Corbin, Philip f BAR 2200 6.0
9 Rohl, Juan m VEN 2416 5.5
10 Sebastian, Dirk GER 2445 5.5
11 Cuellar, Oscar AHO 2090 5.5
12 Kirton, Justin BAR 1953 5.5
13 Willemze, Thomas m NED 2414 5.0
45 players
The 11th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 20th-30th July 2007 in Senta (the Vojvodina / Serbia).
Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu
Leading players:
1 GM Savic Miodrag R 2514 SRB
2 GM Lajthajm Borko 2511 SRB
3 IM Pap Misa 2493 SRB
4 IM Galyas Miklos 2486 HUN
5 IM Brenjo Slavisa 2485 SRB
6 IM Arsovic Goran 2470 SRB
7 IM Arsovic Zoran 2451 SRB
8 IM Pavlovic Milos 2438 SRB
9 GM Tosic Miroslav 2437 SRB
10 IM Ardeleanu Alin 2416 ROM
11 IM Matsenko Sergei 2406 RUS
12 IM Miljkovic Miroslav 2405 SRB
13 IM Ostojic Nikola 2404 SRB
14 FM Solomunovic Igor 2396 GER
15 GM Kostic Vladimir G 2395 SRB
Ian Rogers has retired from competitive chess after over 20 years as
Australia's number one player. His last event was the Lidums Checkmate Open
6th-8th July 2007 which he won by defeating IM Andras Toth in the final round
to finish on 6/7. He didn't want to retire and is in reasonable health but
multiple doctors told him that due to the stress of playing and its affect on
blood pressure if he didn't give up chess immediately and permanently, he would
be on a dialysis machine within a few years.
Chess
Express on Rogers retirement
Ian
Rogers Final tournament
http://midaschess.blogspot.com/2007/07/ian-retires-from-competitive-chess.html
Lidums Checkmate Open Leading Final Standings:
01 Rogers, Ian NSW 30.00 06.00
02 Antic, Dejan OS 20.00 05.50
03 Chow, Samuel VIC 20.00 05.50
04 West, Guy VIC 20.00 05.50
05 Stojic, Dusan VIC 06.67 05.00
06 Toth, Andras OS 06.67 05.00
07 Scott, Ronald NSW 06.67 05.00
08 Johansen, Darryl K VIC 00.67 04.50
09 Sorokina, Anastasia VIC 00.67 04.50
10 Chapman, Mark SA 00.67 04.50
11 Wright, Neil S NSW 00.67 04.50
12 Nguyen, Giang SA 00.67 04.50
13 Srdic, Goran SA 00.67 04.50
14 Lin, Zhigen Wilson VIC 00.67 04.50
15 Obst, James SA 00.67 04.50
16 Tao, Trevor SA 00.67 04.50
Books on chess.fm with John Watson
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. Last week on Tuesday 24th July his guest was Alexei Shirov, this
week, July 31st, sees Malcolm Pein appear. You can catch the show by signing up
for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
ICC Competition with visit to Mexico City World Championship as
prize
Mexico 2007 ICC Qualifiers August 4th-9th 2007. Starting August 4, and
running until August 12, you will have a chance to win a trip to be a VIP guest
at the World Championships in Mexico City. Now, after the huge record-breaking
success of our Mainz qualifier, there comes another bigger and better qualifier
- and exclusive ONLY for full ICC members. The package for the overall winner
includes: $1500 USD (to be paid out only on arrival in Mexico) to cover your
airfares and other expenses. Also included in the package is 4 nights (13-17
Sept.) at a top hotel in Mexico City, plus VIP tickets for the World
Championships, and free entry into the "Copa Internacional de la Cd. De Mexico"
Open.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/
Acropolis 2007
The international tournament "Acropolis 2007" takes place August
14th-22nd 2007 at the hotel President (43 Kifisias Ave.) in Athens. This is the
22nd year that the tournament with the longest history compared to any other
international tournament in Greece is organized.
Official site in English
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/press1.asp
The participants list so far has 18 GMs with Kiril Georgiev being No1
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/participants.asp.
There will be live transmision on the net Acropolis 2007 is part of the
tournaments of the Association of Chess Professionals
Scandinavian Chess Tournament
Scandinavian Chess Tournament proudly presents The peoples chess
festival 2007 at Täby Park Hotel, Sweden 4th-11th August 2007. Prizes: 1-3
prize new cars (applies only for swedish census registred players since
November 2006 ) 47 prizes in swedish krona (4. prize 15 000, 5.prize 10 000,
6.prize 5 000, 7.prize 2 200, 8.prize 2 150, 9.prize 2 100, 10. prize 2 050 and
so on until last prize 50 sek. Additional 50 prizes worth 500 Sek each. Only
one and the best player representing his country (except swedish) can win a
prize, but several players from the same country can participate in the
tournament.
Details: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/id.asp?newsID=4
Official site: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/
Liga de Campeones
The Liga de Campeones (Jesus de la fuente memorial) takes place 1st-15th
November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Alongside is a tournament of champions with:
Veselin Topalov, Anatoli Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, Rustam
Kasimdzhanov and Judit Polgar.
Website http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/
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David
Llada's Blog
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site allows predictions for current chess
tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto
olimpbase
Its always worth mentioning Wojciech Bartelski's excellent
http://www.olimpbase.org which covers
not only Olympiads but all team chess.
New events: European U18 Team Championship has recently finished in
Subotica, Serbia. http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eb/2007in.html
(boys' results) and http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eg/2007in.html
(girls' results)
The 9th All-Africa Games took place in Algiers, Algeria 11th-23rd July
There were 13 men's team in a four board round robin (rate of play was Active
Chess 25+10). No games available. See details:
http://www.olimpbase.org/2007f/2007in.html
ChessVibes
Another great site. Latest is
http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1071&lp_lang_view=en
is an interview with ACP President Pavel Tregubov.
Al Jazeera meets Kirzan Ilyumzhinov
There is a two Part Documentary on YouTube Al Jazeera meets Kirzan
Ilyumzhinov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrsmLxkt3Y
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCmHi50Mve0
Gary Lane in Malaysia
The Chess Club of Sekolah Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang (Malasia) will be
hosting a chess workshop by Australian Chess Player of the Year 2004,
International Master (IM) Gary Lane. The chess workshop, entitled "Improve your
chess with IM Gary Lane 2007", will be held on the 18th of August 2007
(Saturday), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school library.
Tarragona open
The Tarragona open takes place 18th-26th August 2007. Time rate 90
minutes + 30 seconds a move. The registration deadline is 16th August. In order
to register, the players must call to Mr Francesc Xavier Farran. phone number:
877022621 mobile: 650084822 e-mail: jooe@eresmas.com or donlatino@hotmail.com
Details: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Festival Internacional de Ajedrez de Benidorm 2007 takes
place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com -
http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
Three GM events in Hungary and Serbia
THREE GM-IM norm tournaments in a row in Eastern Europe in
Sept-Oct...(Hungary and Serbia)
1. 1st-13th of September GM-IM-FM closed tournaments, First Saturday -
Budapest, Hungary, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
2. 15th-23rd of September GM-IM tmt, Third Saturday - Novi Sad, Serbia,
org: IGM drazic, e-mail: sdrazic@eunet.yu (the Serbian city Novi is for 6 hours
by train South from Budapest),
3. 6th-19th of October, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday - Budapest, org.: Nagy
Laszlo
The City of Dublin Championships
The City of Dublin Championships takes place 31st August, 1st and 2nd
September 2007.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/phibsborochess/
Sydney International Open 2008
The 2008 Sydney International Open takes place at Parramatta Town Hall
25th-29th March 2008. Free accommodation and modest conditions are offered to
GMs. All enquiries to the Tournament Organiser, FM Brian Jones, at
info@chessaustralia.com.au
Details: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/
Geller Memorial, Odessa
The Efim Geller Chess Memorial will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from
September 7th (day of arrival) - September 16th, 2007.
Venue: Sanatorium Belaya Akaziya (Franzuzsky Boulevard 15, Odessa). The
Geller Memorial organisers are: the Pivdenny Bank, the Physical Culture and
Sports Department of the Odessa municipal government, the Odessa Region Chess
Federation, the Union of Chess and Checkers Clubs of the Odessa Region.
The prize fund of the Open A (9 rounds Swiss) is 28740 UAH (approx.
5745 USD; 1 Ukrainian Hryvnia/UAH = approx 0.2 USD), with ten prizes and
additional prizes. The first prize is 8000 UAH (approx. 1600 USD). Sixteen top
players by ELO will be provided the full-board accomodation by the organisers.
The entry fee depending on ELO varies from 250 UAH (for players without ELO) to
50 UAH (for players with ELO higher than 2300). There is a 50% discount for:
veterans, women and U-20 players (with exceptions of those players who does not
have an ELO rating). The entry is free for GMs/IMs with the ELO rating higher
than 2400 and for WGMs/WIMs with ELO higher than 2200. The time control in the
Open A (for each player) is 1 hour 30 minutes for the game + 30 seconds
increment after each move.
Two other 9 round Swiss tournaments are: Open B with a time rate 2
hours per game (prize fund 4100 UAH; eight main prizes with the first prize of
700 UAH; entry fee 25 UAH) where players who have the first category or higher
have the right to participate, and children's Open C with a time rate 2 hours
per game, this tournament is for players of the age of 16 years and younger
(prize fund 2100 UAH, including prizes for Girls, U-12 and U-10 players, entry
fee 15 UAH).
Each player in any of three tournaments can get only one prize. Prizes
will not be shared: places for the players who score the same number of points
will be determined accordingly to the tournament regulations.
Registration of players will take place in the children's chess school
(Kanatnaya Street 95, Odessa) on September 7, 2007 from 10 a.m till 5 p.m. The
opening ceremony will take place in the Sanatorium Belaya Akaziya on September
8, 2007 at 3 p.m. A confirmation of the participation until August 15, 2007 is
necessary for all participants. More detailed information in Russian is
available at: http://www.chess.odessa.ua. The coverage
of the Geller Memorial will be provided at
http://worldcup.pivdenny.com. The
contact address of the organisers is chess@te.net.ua
NH Chess Tournament
The NH Chess Tournament takes place 22nd August - 1st September 2007 in
the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam organised by the Association Max
Euwe in Monaco. The Scheveningen team tournament is a battle between a team of
'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'.
'Experience' Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), Artur Jussupow (GER), Alexander
Khalifman (RUS), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (SRB) en Predrag Nikolic (BIH).
'Rising Stars' Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Parimarjan
Negi (IND), Jan Smeets (NED) en Daniel Stellwagen (NED). A place in the Amber
2008 tournament is part of the prize for the top finishing rising star.
Official site closer to the time is likely to be
http://nhchess.quinsy.net/ which at
the moment only has info on the last Amber tournament.
6th Davos Open
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will continue in Davos with 6th Chess
Summer Open from August 6th-12th, 2007. Switzerland is the famous tourist
country particular popular is tremendous Davos. 6th Davos Open, 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. Natural prizes for 5 and more points. Special prizes. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park
Hotel free; at the door 20 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 18.00-23.00 August
6th; Round 2/6 15.00-20.00 August 7th-11 th; Round 7 9.30-14.30 August 12th.
Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 12th, 3
p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates.
Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
3rd Chess Summer in Bern
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" continues with the "Chess Summer"
tournament in Bern which takes place July 28th - August 5th 2007. Venue: Hotel
"Bern" in the center of the Swiss capital. Main event is "Int. Bern Open
Championship". 9 rounds; 2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes till the end. All
rounds from 16.30 to 22.30 except last round from 12.00 to 18.00. Enter fee:
140 CHF; juniors 1987 and younger and FM 70 CHF; GM&IM free. Ten money
prizes 10: 2000 CHF/1.500/1.000/700... The players who like to play late,
during night, will get a chance with the "Bern Summer Night Open" July 29th -
August 4th 2007. 7 rounds; 90 minutes for 30 moves + 30 minutes till the end.
Games start daily at 19.00 to 23.00. Enter fee: 110 CHF; juniors 55 CHF. Six
money prizes: 500/400/300/250/200/150 CHF. Special offer to juniors. Those who
register before July 9th will not pay an entry fee!
Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
"Acropolis" 2007
The "Acropolis" 2007 tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2007 at the
President Hotel, Kifissias 43,Athens.
The official annoucement is at:
http://www.chessfed.gr/declarations/declarations141.htm
European Blind Individual Championship
The Braille Chess Association host the European Blind Individual
Championship in Durham August 14th-23rd 2007. Play starting at 1.45 pm. except
Monday (a rest day) and final day (11 am start) ) IM Colin Crouch is the main
British contender and six others including Graham Lilley and Chris Ross will
play.
It is hoped that the top four boards will be shown live on the net at:
http://www.braillechess.org.uk
V Transcarpathian Rapid
The V Transcarpathian Rapidtournament "Chess Decyk" takes place
September, 15th-16th 2007 City: Uzhgorod Country: Ukraine Time control: Rapid:
20' - 20' Number of rounds: 9 System: Swiss Prize fund: 4000 UAH Remarks:
Welcome to the age-old town above the river Uzh with more than 1000-year’s
history!!!
Organizer: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod (President - IM Bogdan Borsos)
Tel: +380503179153, +380503723900 E-mail: chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Address:
Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Hotel "Svitanok", Koshitska st. 30
Further details: http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru
Hungarian tournaments July - December 2007
List of the chess tournaments from July - December 2007 in Hungary:
1. 7th - 19th of July 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 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 July KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi,
Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website:
http://www.caissachessbooks.hu
Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km
South-East from Budapest.
3. 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
4 . 4th-16th of August FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.
5. 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
6. 1st-13th of September, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
7. 17th -25th of September KECSKEMET IM tmt, org. dr.Erdelyi
8. 6th-18th of October, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
9. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET IM - org. dr.Erdelyi
10. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL
11. 15th-23rd of November, XXXI. TENKES CUP, 9 round Swiss Open,
Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.FULOP, Csaba, e-mail:
fulopcsa@invitel.hu Website:
http://www.baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15⟨=hu&det=12
12. 1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL
XX Belgrade International Open
The XX International Open Championship of Belgrade "OBRENOVAC 2007"
takes place 22nd-30th November 2007.
Prizes : EUR 5,600.00 The championship will be played in 9 rounds
according to the FIDE Swiss System (computer pairing). Rate of play is 40 moves
for 2 hours and 30 minutes til the end of game.
Contact information: BELGRADE CHESS INFORMATION 11000 Belgrade,
Deligradska 27/III, Serbia Tel/Fax; +381-11 -2656 846 E-mail: beochess@eunet.yu
Further details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
Olomouc and Highlands Opens Czech Republic
10th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2007, which
takea place in the city of Olomouc on 1st-9th August 2007. Closed GM and IM
tournaments, closed FIDE tournament, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active
chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More detailed information
should be found at
http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/regulations/.
Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/.
4th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2007, which will take
place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou on 22nd-30th September 2007. Final
qualification for the Men and Women Championship of the Czech Republic, FIDE
open, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More detailed
information should be found at
http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/regulations/
. Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/.
Both events are held within the frame of 7th International Chess
Festivals CZECH TOUR 2007/2008 Series. More detailed information about the
series, which is taking place in 8 towns of the Czech Republic, should be found
at http://www.czechtour.net/regulations/.
Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/news/.
IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
The IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes
place in the Cititel Mid Valley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 19th-27th August 2007. 11
Rounds Swiss, 1st Prize USD4000, Info: aham@pc.jaring.my
Details:
http://chess.maribelajar.com/2007/06/08/datmo-4-details/
or
http://www.gilachess.com/2007/06/09/4th-igb-dato-arthur-tan-malaysian-open-2007/
GM Amir Bagheri's Website and Match
GM Amir Bagheri's Website: http://amirbagheri.freehostia.com/
Amir Bagheri (Iran, rating 2481) will play a 2-game match vs. members of
the ICCF Forum. The games (one with White and one with Black pieces) will be
played on the ICCF Webserver and are intended to start on June 20th 2007, with
the reflection time rule "10 moves/100 days".
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
5th Staunton Memorial
The 5th Staunton Memorial sees six Dutch and six English players
compete in a single round robin event. The players are: Holland: Loek Van Wely
2674; Jan Timman 2545; Jan Smeets 2552; Jan Werle 2556; Ivan Sokolov (last
years winner) 2663; Erwin L’Ami 2617; England: Michael Adams 2734; Jon
Speelman 2518; Peter Wells 2499; Colin McNab 2418; Gawain Jones 2524; Jovanka
Houska 2404. Play begins on August 7th and ends on August 18th. The event is,
as last year, supported by the Dutch chess enthusiast Jan Mol.
Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtml
British Chess Championships
The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English
Chess Federation Sunday 29th July - Saturday 11th August - Great Yarmouth
College, Great Yarmouth
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2007/index.html
John Watson Books Show
John Watson has a program on chess.fm on books, this week it features FM
Graham Burgess, Editorial Director of Gambit Publishing.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
World Youth Chess Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships take place 17th-29th November 2007
in Antalya.
Official site: http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/
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
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
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
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/
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
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
Lugano tournament November
There is a Lugano tournament at the end of November 2007. Details:
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
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
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
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.
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/
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French:
http://echecs-info.blogspot.com
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
