THE WEEK IN CHESS 673 1st October 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Mexico City World Chess Championship 20 games
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1008 games
My thanks to Peter Doggers, John Saunders, Laszlo Nagy, Jan Mazuch,
Michael Freeman, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Alin Campeanu, Ilgar Bajarani, Omar
Salama, Vladimir Grabinsky, Goran Urosevic and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
So its all over. Viswanathan Anand finally became undisputed World Chess
Champion and at the same time took himself to over 2800 again and clear first
in the rating list. There are few more popular players than Anand but also few
more deserving given the quality of his performances over the last 15 years. I
doubt anyone will begrudge him the title.
Anand's career has been one of stellar tournament results scarred by a
World Championship mess that was not of his making and which I think for a
period of time did affect him before he decided to stop worrying about it and
just play chess. The problem created by Kasparov and FIDE was visited as
heavily on his house as anyone's and that as much as Kasparov complained about
his struggle to the world title and the called off match in 1984, Anand had it
at least as bad because of the anarchy that followed the split. I'm sure that
there are those who wouldn't even recognise Anand now because he didn't win the
title through a match but this event was as much of a test as any recent match
and we have to remember Kramnik unified the title on a rapid playoff, hardly
the traditional method either. The point is the players are signed up to the
new era and we can go forward. We really are now in the post-Kasparov period,
especially as he has moved on to politics and this week announced he will run
for the President of Russia in opposition to Vladimir Putin.
I do still disagree with the method FIDE are using to create
challengers. The World Cup is a failed format, a sprawling media-unfriendly
mess. I look at the latest rating list and see 22 players over 2700, the new
Candidates class, not many more than that should be anywhere near a world
championship shot especially given that in Mexico City we already saw a huge
divide even amongst players in the top 14 in the world. 128 players is way too
many, by all means have a qualifier to produce a few extra places but basically
if you can't get in the top 20 why should you think you should be a challenger?
[Of course the FIDE KO event did produce different world champions but that was
the entire problem for me, far too much luck was involved mostly brought about
by a mean schedule and ridiculous time rate to incorporate too many players in
the first place. ] Then in the future we will have a Grand Prix (the series
will span a period of two years with one tournament every year in America, Asia
and Europe) about which precious little concrete has emerged.
What we do have coming up is a match between Viswanathan Anand and
Vladimir Kramnik next year. This event should be huge and have no trouble
attracting great sponsorship and publicity. We're lucky that the right match
has emerged at exactly the right time. I would actually hope that the interest
is so great that they can agree to play more than the 12 games scheduled (cost
shouldn't be a factor) which I think as is will be a bit short to
satisfactorily separate the players. The match is to be promoted by
Universal Event
Promotion and I would imagine that Indian companies will be queuing up to
sponsor the match (I imagine it won't be in India but as a new worldwide
business force I wouldn't imagine that would be too much of a problem) and I
certainly hope it won't be in the back end of beyond as Kramnik - Topalov was.
Kramnik fancies his chances pointing out that he has lost just one game in the
last 15 months, but he also accepted Anand had only lost two and that this will
be a real challenge for both of them. The only reason I can see not to look
forward to the match would be the Petroff Defence, but its precisely in title
matches such as these that chess ideas move forward. After that Topalov will
play the winner of the World Cup and in turn there will be another World Title
match. The winners at the end of all this will have written new pages in chess
history.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Chess Championship Tournament took place in Mexico City
13th-30th September 2007.
Viswanathan Anand led by a point after 9 rounds when we left it last
week and by virtue of a win against Alexander Morozevich in round 10 and the
rest being draws he led by a point when he took the title after the 14 rounds.
Anand had one truely bad scare in the final rounds when he ran into bad trouble
against Alexander Grischuk, in fact its nearly certain the Russian missed at
least a couple of winning opportunities but Anand did defend very stubbornly to
hold the draw.
Vladimir Kramnik won two out of his last three games at least laying to
rest concerns about his fitness. His loss against Alexander Morozevich from a
better opening cost him even a shot at retaining his title in the event.
Kramnik caught Boris Gelfand in the final round and they both tied on 8/11.
Boris Gelfand had a tremendous tournament. He came prepared, had a game
plan (gone were the interesting Najdorf's in its place was the stultifying
Petroff) played round to round and scored three wins and only one loss (to tail
ender Alexander Grischuk, ah what could have been). The consumate professional
showed what you have to do to maximise your results. I've always said the big
loser of the Kasparov-Short breakaway in 1993 and the eventual collapse of the
Candidates Matches system was Boris Gelfand, I just can't imagine the number of
matches he would have won if the old system had remained in place.
Peter Leko finished in 4th place on 50% he was never in contention but
had one or two good moments.
With a final round win (when he put entirely down to brilliant
preparation by his second Motylev) Peter Svidler moved into 5th place. This was
an extremely undistinguished event for Svidler with a lot of errors according
to the player himself so a -1 score can almost be called a victory in that
sense. He stated that he wasn't enjoying the chess he played in the first half
of the event and certainly seemed to play a little better in the second half
with more enterprising stuff.
Alexander Morozevich always adds to the excitement of an event but his
terribly variable standard of play meant that he enlivened things as much with
his losses as his wins but his win against Kramnik obviously had a huge effect
on the tournament.
Big things have been predicted for Levon Aronian for the last couple of
years but this must have been a horribly chastening tournament for him. He
looked tired and resigned long before the end, basically its back to the
drawing board on opening preparation and he also mentioned fitness, he has the
talent but has had his deficiencies pointed out to him in no uncertain terms.
Perhaps its no coincidence that the youngest two players finished at the bottom
and the oldest three at the top.
Just like Aronian, Grischuk's openings were a complete disaster (Here is
what he had to say after the final game in what was just a long line of really
entertaining press quotes "To take it as my 5th loss with black in a row - I
mean its so disgusting - Probably my preparation was terrible. 90% of my time I
spent on openings and variations that not only didn't occur in any of my games
here but in no games of anybody's.") he was in time trouble in almost every
game and if he'd drawn the five games with black he lost he'd have finished
tied for second (three of them could have been Petroffs). But perhaps this is
unreasonable, perhaps with all the preparation required to play chess these
days the prediction that the future belongs to the young is just wrong, maybe
it takes years to establish a repertoire and to learn how to maintain and
improve it. Its worth thinking about with the top two players in the world
being born in 1969 and Ivanchuk's success certainly being due in part to the
bewildering array of good opening ideas he has at his disposal.
Official site: http://www.chessmexico.com
TWIC had extensive coverage of the event which was well covered
throughout the internet also. I think we may have a bonanza for the Anand -
Kramnik match next year.
Coverage elsewhere included: ICC
- chess.fm commentary with Mig
Greengard and GMs Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, Jon Speelman, John
Fedorowicz, Gregory Kaidanov and Nick De Firmian.
Playchess and
ChessBase
Video coverage http://www.chessvibes.com - Macauley
Peterson (chess.fm and
http://macauley.blip.tv/) and
http://www.europe-echecs.com
Sergey Shipov:http://www.chessok.com -
Ian Rogers Daily
Blog at the USCF and also http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/
and http://www.chesspro.ru/
Round 10 (September 24, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 41 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 E06 Catalan
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 44 B17 Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 42 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 11 (September 25, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 56 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1/2 22 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1/2 56 E15 Queens Indian
Grischuk, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 13 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 12 (September 27, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 39 E06 Catalan
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 42 A28 English Four Knights
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 40 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 13 (September 28, 2007)
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 26 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 33 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter 1/2 46 A29 English Four Knights
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 73 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 14 (September 29, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 45 C42 Petroff's Defence
WCh Mexico City MEX (MEX), 13-29 ix 2007 cat. XXI (2752)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 ** == == == 1= =1 1= 1= 9.0 2848
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2769 == ** == =1 == 10 =1 == 8.0 2799
3 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 == == ** == == 1= 11 =0 8.0 2804
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 == =0 == ** == =1 0= =1 7.0 2751
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 0= == == == ** 0= == =1 6.5 2725
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 =0 01 0= =0 1= ** == 01 6.0 2700
7 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 0= =0 00 1= == == ** =1 6.0 2702
8 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 0= == =1 =0 =0 10 =0 ** 5.5 2675
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Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
The October FIDE rating list see's Anand confirmed as world number 1
and his rating rises to 2801 after his performances in Dortmund and Mexico
City. FIDE confirmed half way through the World Championship in Mexico City
that they would rate that event. They have a policy that FIDE events will
appear in the first possible rating list and it was obviously easy to squeeze
such a small event (with only 8 players not the magnitude of importance) in at
the last moment. To have left it out would have made the new list pretty
worthless. Vassily Ivanchuk has seen a continuation of the rise which has seen
his rating increase 46 points in the year and keeps alive the question as to
whether he is actually the best player in the world right now, its a terrible
shame he missed out on the current world championship cycle although his nerves
in the world championships of the past wouldn't have guaranteed him being any
factor at all in Mexico. Its interesting that after all the attention on the
young talent in the world that we see two players aged 38 at the top alongside
Boris Gelfand at 39 sharing second in Mexico. Alekhine used to say 37 was the
peak of a chess players' career (a balance of combinative ability and
experience) maybe nothing has changed? Vladimir Kramnik is just a couple of
points behind Ivanchuk gaining 16 points at Dortmund and Mexico and should also
be heading towards new heights having overcome recent health problems. These
three players seem well clear of the rest at the moment with Topalov falling
between the chasing pack and the top after a year of declining results, it will
be interesting to see what happens when he plays again.
Veselin Topalov has dropped a couple of places in spite of not playing
at all. Further down Radjabov has gained a place in spite of losing four points
in the period. Shirov takes over Dmitry Jakovenko's place after the latter
dropped back down to his April level. This is the only change to the
composition of the top 10 players in the World.
Anatoly Karpov returns back to the list in at 43 in the world after a
period of inactivity. Sergey Fedorchuk gained 27 points to jump back in at 69
in the world. 6 players drop out of the list as the bottom rating rises 3
points from 2624 to 2627 (Nielsen and Shabalov at 2626 and Efimenko at 2624 who
didn't play at all were the main losers in that).
FM Vladimir Afromeev born in 1954 has his performance at the Kotov
Memorial (TWIC 662-3) in Tula counted and so moves from 78 to 67 in the world.
These events and his rating as a whole are regarded as extremely dubious by
many good judges and I'm told there are russian websites saying he openly
boasts about how easy it is to get such a high rating.
FIDE Top 100 Players October 2007
No. Ap Name t NAT YroB ja06 ap06 ju06 oc06 ja07 ap07 ju07 oc07 Gms
1 1 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2792 2803 2779 2779 2779 2786 2792 2801 21
2 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2729 2731 2734 2741 2750 2729 2762 2787 20
3 3 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2741 2729 2743 2750 2766 2772 2769 2785 21
4 2 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2801 2804 2813 2813 2783 2772 2769 2769 0
5 7 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2740 2738 2738 2741 2749 2738 2751 2755 21
6 5 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2721 2730 2731 2747 2741 2762 2758 2755 19
7 6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2709 2699 2722 2728 2754 2757 2757 2752 11
8 9 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2700 2717 2728 2729 2729 2747 2746 2742 9
9 8 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2752 2756 2761 2741 2744 2759 2750 2741 14
10 11 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2709 2699 2716 2720 2715 2699 2735 2739 11
11 13 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2723 2727 2729 2733 2733 2733 2733 2736 21
12 12 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2765 2743 2742 2750 2728 2736 2735 2732 25
13 15 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2707 2720 2732 2735 2735 2734 2724 2729 16
14 16 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2686 2671 2697 2705 2705 2705 2718 2724 9
15 24 Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2634 2640 2644 2639 2661 2679 2689 2716 17
16 14 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2717 2719 2709 2710 2717 2717 2726 2715 23
17 17 Carlsen, Magnus........... g NOR 1990 2625 2646 2673 2698 2690 2693 2710 2714 25
18 18 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2704 2706 2713 2713 2700 2698 2708 2713 5
19 10 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2662 2675 2667 2671 2691 2708 2735 2710 23
20 19 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2711 2711 2710 2710 2727 2727 2707 2708 9
21 20 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2723 2738 2721 2703 2723 2717 2706 2705 5
22 22 Wang, Yue................. g CHN 1987 2599 2598 2626 2644 2644 2656 2696 2703 27
23 23 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2717 2708 2707 2705 2705 2709 2695 2695 7
24 35 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2660 2661 2679 2672 2678 2686 2678 2694 11
25 25 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 2645 2640 2664 2671 2644 2656 2685 2692 38
26 29 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2646 2657 2672 2664 2669 2675 2682 2691 14
27 36 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2694 2691 2691 2682 2663 2679 2676 2690 15
28 27 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2670 2673 2672 2672 2682 2677 2683 2690 14
29 32 Dominguez Perez, Lenier... g CUB 1983 2638 2647 2658 2655 2677 2678 2680 2683 11
30 21 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2655 2665 2651 2658 2675 2686 2701 2681 20
31 38 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2638 2625 2620 2657 2665 2676 2675 2680 42
32 34 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2647 2655 2675 2676 2683 2674 2679 2680 40
33 40 Landa, Konstantin......... g RUS 1972 2597 2600 2584 2570 2596 2608 2669 2678 15
34 30 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2665 2660 2662 2645 2645 2654 2681 2678 5
35 33 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2665 2687 2667 2688 2677 2680 2679 2676 11
36 61 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2650 2650 2668 2668 2663 2663 2650 2674 20
37 47 Inarkiev, Ernesto......... g RUS 1985 2597 2598 2625 2628 2669 2669 2663 2674 15
38 51 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2664 2670 2675 2674 2658 2659 2658 2674 8
39 44 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2689 2676 2652 2670 2652 2655 2666 2673 31
40 42 Sargissian, Gabriel....... g ARM 1983 2603 2612 2667 2667 2658 2651 2667 2673 24
41 41 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2632 2618 2637 2637 2637 2642 2667 2670 20
42 52 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2625 2635 2632 2632 2640 2646 2657 2670 17
43 -- Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2672 2672 2668 2668 2668 2668 2668 2670 9
44 48 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2636 2650 2635 2647 2651 2661 2660 2668 33
45 45 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2673 2680 2682 2674 2673 2650 2664 2668 24
46 26 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2693 2695 2693 2690 2689 2693 2683 2668 11
47 56 Gashimov, Vugar........... g AZE 1986 2625 2659 2644 2643 2658 2644 2655 2663 23
48 55 Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2642 2643 2645 2645 2649 2652 2655 2661 19
49 37 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2670 2692 2681 2675 2700 2690 2676 2661 11
50 43 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2650 2666 2674 2674 2679 2676 2666 2660 5
51 71 Nikolic, Predrag.......... g BIH 1960 2596 2596 2626 2626 2626 2631 2646 2657 18
52 62 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2661 2666 2645 2659 2658 2636 2650 2657 4
53 58 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2682 2682 2675 2667 2656 2661 2654 2657 4
54 54 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2660 2658 2719 2725 2719 2720 2656 2656 0
55 53 Sutovsky, Emil............. g ISR 1977 2624 2628 2607 2607 2629 2637 2656 2655 18
56 72 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2625 2633 2626 2628 2646 2644 2646 2654 26
57 60 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2698 2701 2683 2683 2643 2643 2653 2653 0
58 39 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2619 2597 2616 2626 2632 2646 2671 2651 40
59 28 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2676 2677 2676 2677 2691 2691 2683 2649 36
60 46 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2645 2677 2685 2680 2661 2660 2663 2649 21
61 70 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2644 2664 2632 2640 2651 2658 2647 2648 21
62 50 Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2629 2620 2628 2628 2636 2640 2659 2648 11
63 77 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2657 2664 2665 2676 2663 2654 2644 2647 20
64 49 Socko, Bartosz............ g POL 1978 2610 2606 2621 2630 2629 2641 2660 2646 34
65 57 Tomashevsky, Evgeny....... g RUS 1987 2586 2595 2594 2595 2624 2641 2654 2646 19
66 79 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2657 2662 2649 2632 2627 2630 2641 2646 18
67 78 Afromeev, Vladimir........ f RUS 1954 2573 2612 2620 2635 2628 2628 2642 2646 12
68 59 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2626 2622 2625 2639 2639 2648 2653 2646 10
69 -- Fedorchuk, Sergey A....... g UKR 1981 2590 2576 2592 2599 2601 2603 2618 2645 59
70 96 Predojevic, Borki......... g BIH 1987 2553 2566 2568 2590 2587 2609 2628 2645 18
71 68 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2638 2660 2662 2662 2647 2642 2648 2645 14
72 65 Zhang, Pengxiang.......... g CHN 1980 2638 2623 2622 2636 2643 2657 2649 2644 38
73 76 Jobava, Baadur............. g GEO 1983 2614 2646 2651 2650 2650 2658 2644 2644 24
74 93 Roiz, Michael............. g ISR 1983 2599 2590 2611 2611 2605 2605 2630 2644 20
75 67 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2669 2669 2668 2680 2667 2663 2648 2643 53
76 102 Wang, Hao................. g CHN 1989 2593 2605 2610 2622 2619 2638 2624 2643 47
77 90 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2660 2640 2622 2622 2619 2624 2632 2643 10
78 75 Izoria, Zviad............. g GEO 1984 2652 2647 2660 2657 2644 2641 2645 2643 9
79 31 Ni, Hua................... g CHN 1983 2614 2607 2607 2621 2632 2654 2681 2641 29
80 74 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2633 2633 2641 2644 2644 2644 2645 2641 15
81 66 Baklan, Vladimir.......... g UKR 1978 2601 2606 2621 2622 2618 2618 2648 2639 42
82 92 Stellwagen, Daniel........ g NED 1987 2573 2543 2575 2576 2585 2600 2631 2639 19
83 64 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2662 2662 2659 2659 2654 2650 2649 2639 17
84 73 Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2670 2660 2641 2640 2644 2647 2645 2638 5
85 -- Amonatov, Farrukh......... g TJK 1978 2564 2569 2542 2567 2559 2574 2598 2637 46
86 63 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2653 2646 2657 2662 2663 2658 2650 2637 10
87 83 Smirnov, Pavel............ g RUS 1982 2614 2614 2613 2623 2621 2631 2636 2636 0
88 82 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw....... g POL 1987 2605 2597 2622 2630 2637 2620 2637 2635 11
89 -- Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2652 2653 2677 2648 2605 2624 2623 2635 9
90 99 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2627 2638 2599 2589 2609 2629 2626 2634 30
91 -- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime... g FRA 1990 2542 2576 2577 2575 2573 2593 2595 2634 24
92 85 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2649 2637 2642 2641 2641 2633 2634 2634 0
93 87 Zhang, Zhong.............. g CHN 1978 2629 2640 2639 2609 2618 2621 2634 2634 0
94 89 Lputian, Smbat G.......... g ARM 1958 2613 2619 2634 2634 2634 2634 2633 2633 0
95 91 Ye, Jiangchuan............ g CHN 1960 2641 2641 2641 2641 2641 2632 2632 2632 0
96 95 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2618 2621 2612 2616 2619 2625 2629 2631 9
97 100 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil.... g GEO 1979 2568 2567 2561 2583 2583 2609 2624 2631 9
98 86 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2654 2654 2647 2643 2639 2639 2634 2631 4
99 69 Miton, Kamil............... g POL 1984 2646 2646 2638 2638 2655 2653 2648 2628 28
100 88 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g TUR 1959 2633 2643 2643 2648 2635 2635 2633 2627 14
101 98 Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2627 2627 2627 0
Dropping out in October
No. Ap Name t NAT YroB ja06 ap06 ju06 oc06 ja07 ap07 ju07 oc07 Gms
80 59 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2644 2646 2640 2640 2651 2649 2638 2626 15
81 -- Shabalov, Alexander....... g USA 1967 2595 2605 2604 2575 2602 2606 2637 2626 38
84 -- Sadvakasov, Darmen........ g KAZ 1979 2629 2619 2613 2596 2615 2618 2635 *
94 74 Ehlvest, Jaan............. g USA 1962 2619 2607 2593 2597 2610 2640 2629 2601 22
97 82 Fridman, Daniel........... g LAT 1976 2559 2562 2569 2604 2626 2635 2628 2621 10
101 -- Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2666 2662 2632 2612 2616 2620 2624 2624 0
* Kazakhstan not in the main list download probably due to fees owed.
The 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International took place 22nd
September - 30th September 2007. Mateusz Bartel, Vitali Golod, Zahar Efimenko,
Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia tied on 6.5/9. I believe the
scores in the table below are correct but I don't have confirmation yet as the
official table contained a couple of errors as the time of writing. My thanks
to John Saunders.
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2007/index.html
with live coverage.
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16th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (IOM), 22-30 ix 2007
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1. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2609 +43 +13 + 4 - 5 +19 = 9 =17 + 8 = 2 6.5 2728
2. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2589 +35 +11 = 8 +12 = 5 = 3 =16 +26 = 1 6.5 2752
3. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2624 +47 = 8 =20 +36 +13 = 2 = 9 +27 = 4 6.5 2698
4. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2597 +24 +26 - 1 +44 +25 + 5 =18 =16 = 3 6.5 2708
5. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2630 +31 = 7 +50 + 1 = 2 - 4 =19 +20 +17 6.5 2665
6. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2634 -26 +42 +53 =41 +31 - 7 +48 +25 +18 6.5 2621
7. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2571 +48 = 5 +38 =16 =10 + 6 - 8 +21 =11 6.0 2657
8. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2584 +44 = 3 = 2 +30 =26 =10 + 7 - 1 +16 6.0 2669
9. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2568 =30 +53 =17 +32 +14 = 1 = 3 =18 =10 6.0 2642
10. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2641 =28 +63 =27 +20 = 7 = 8 =13 +39 = 9 6.0 2634
11. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2645 +25 - 2 +79 =31 =41 +35 +24 =17 = 7 6.0 2580
12. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2660 =27 +45 +68 - 2 =38 =20 +29 =13 +37 6.0 2549
13. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2567 +34 - 1 +63 +54 - 3 +41 =10 =12 +26 6.0 2615
14. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2633 =20 +72 =28 +49 - 9 +37 =39 =19 +27 6.0 2598
15. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2585 =29 =21 +69 =45 =51 +38 -27 +33 +36 6.0 2491
16. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2612 +36 +39 =19 = 7 +27 =17 = 2 = 4 - 8 5.5 2626
17. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2567 =46 +40 = 9 +29 +23 =16 = 1 =11 - 5 5.5 2595
18. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2596 +33 =38 +21 =19 =39 +28 = 4 = 9 - 6 5.5 2575
19. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2537 +51 +23 =16 =18 - 1 +44 = 5 =14 =31 5.5 2623
20. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2488 =14 +58 = 3 -10 +54 =12 +34 - 5 +48 5.5 2571
21. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2320 +37 =15 -18 -26 +79 +52 +22 - 7 +47 5.5 2515
22. Pavlovic, Milos g SRB 2541 -38 -68 +65 +62 +32 =29 -21 +46 +43 5.5 2371
23. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2618 +41 -19 +56 +35 -17 -24 =53 +45 +49 5.5 2492
24. Bradford, Joseph M f USA 2406 - 4 =73 =76 +59 +68 +23 -11 =43 +39 5.5 2471
25. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2512 -11 +83 +72 +68 - 4 =39 +40 - 6 +38 5.5 2473
26. Kunin, Vitaly g GER 2507 + 6 - 4 =40 +21 = 8 +51 +28 - 2 -13 5.0 2524
27. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2517 =12 +56 =10 +50 -16 +30 +15 - 3 -14 5.0 2536
28. Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2511 =10 +66 =14 =34 +45 -18 -26 =53 +51 5.0 2475
29. Troyke, Christian m GER 2386 =15 =30 +71 -17 +50 =22 -12 =52 +56 5.0 2405
30. Welling, Gerard m NED 2364 = 9 =29 +84 - 8 +48 -27 =59 =40 +63 5.0 2385
31. Heberla, Bartlomiej g POL 2484 - 5 +77 +73 =11 - 6 -40 +71 +59 =19 5.0 2392
32. Zozulia, Anna m BEL 2332 -39 +65 +77 - 9 -22 -50 +73 +60 +52 5.0 2310
33. Mueller, Matthias1 m GER 2405 -18 =54 =55 +82 =66 =56 +58 -15 +53 5.0 2350
34. Shachar, Ehud f ISR 2353 -13 =67 +78 =28 -40 +68 -20 +76 +64 5.0 2315
35. Collins, Sam E IRL m IRL 2405 - 2 +55 +83 -23 +76 -11 -51 +62 +57 5.0 2392
36. Ferguson, Mark m ENG 2413 -16 +80 +82 - 3 =56 =66 +60 +51 -15 5.0 2366
37. Palliser, Richard J D m ENG 2417 -21 -69 +85 +83 +57 -14 +66 +44 -12 5.0 2368
38. Horner, Jeff f ENG 2344 +22 =18 - 7 +60 =12 -15 +41 =49 -25 4.5 2509
39. Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2540 +32 -16 +66 +42 =18 =25 =14 -10 -24 4.5 2472
40. Taylor, Peter P ENG 2209 +70 -17 =26 -66 +34 +31 -25 =30 =44 4.5 2386
41. Smerdon, David m AUS 2461 -23 +57 +62 = 6 =11 -13 -38 +66 =42 4.5 2421
42. Ashton, Adam G f ENG 2295 +59 - 6 +75 -39 =49 =43 =47 =61 =41 4.5 2378
43. Casper, Thomas m GER 2421 - 1 -50 +81 =58 +55 =42 +56 =24 -22 4.5 2282
44. Kolbus, Dietmar m GER 2384 - 8 +46 +59 - 4 +67 -19 +75 -37 =40 4.5 2324
45. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2315 +52 -12 +80 =15 -28 =47 =62 -23 +67 4.5 2349
46. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2359 =17 -44 =74 =55 =58 +73 =50 -22 +71 4.5 2251
47. Haslinger, Stewart G m ENG 2468 - 3 +82 =60 =57 =53 =45 =42 +50 -21 4.5 2282
48. Cox, John J m ENG 2381 - 7 =60 +52 +69 -30 +70 - 6 +67 -20 4.5 2313
49. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2457 =87 =79 +58 -14 =42 =53 +57 =38 -23 4.5 2306
50. Tate, Alan SCO 2053 +76 +43 - 5 -27 -29 +32 =46 -47 =66 4.0 2350
51. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2326 -19 =74 +70 +79 =15 -26 +35 -36 -28 4.0 2316
52. Collier, David O ENG 2131 -45 =78 -48 +65 +61 -21 +72 =29 -32 4.0 2212
53. Ly, Moulthun AUS 2295 +75 - 9 - 6 +84 =47 =49 =23 =28 -33 4.0 2379
54. Prosviriakov, Vladimir m USA 2319 =55 =33 +67 -13 -20 -59 =74 +72 =61 4.0 2221
55. Adams, Philip ENG 2144 =54 -35 =33 =46 -43 +77 -67 +74 =59 4.0 2209
56. Bannink, Bernard f NED 2271 +84 -27 -23 +77 =36 =33 -43 +70 -29 4.0 2293
57. Weisbuch, Udi ISR 2284 =88 -41 +64 =47 -37 +74 -49 +58 -35 4.0 2258
58. Wright, William USA 2186 +78 -20 -49 =43 =46 +76 -33 -57 +75 4.0 2250
59. Noordhoek, Henk NED 2102 -42 +86 -44 -24 +63 +54 =30 -31 =55 4.0 2240
60. Smokina, Karolina wg MDA 2205 =67 =48 =47 -38 =75 +80 -36 -32 +77 4.0 2185
61. Nelson, Jonathan P ENG 2282 -79 -71 +86 =74 -52 =81 +65 =42 =54 4.0 2074
62. Van den Bersselaar, Jeroen NED 2183 -80 +81 -41 -22 =71 +85 =45 -35 +78 4.0 2150
63. Bentley, John L ENG 2242 +74 -10 -13 -67 -59 +84 +80 +75 -30 4.0 2167
64. Walton, Alan J ENG 2223 -77 -75 -57 +86 +84 =67 =70 +68 -34 4.0 2082
65. Hutchinson, Norman A ENG 2079 -66 -32 -22 -52 +86 +83 -61 +85 +76 4.0 2154
66. Allen, Keith IRL 2222 +65 -28 -39 +40 =33 =36 -37 -41 =50 3.5 2263
67. Obers, Frits NED 2073 =60 =34 -54 +63 -44 =64 +55 -48 -45 3.5 2205
68. Jackson, Oliver A ENG 2198 +81 +22 -12 -25 -24 -34 =69 -64 +80 3.5 2243
69. Phillips, Roy MRI 2271 =89 +37 -15 -48 =74 -75 =68 =77 =70 3.5 2130
70. Fox, Anthony IRL 2084 -40 =76 -51 +78 +72 -48 =64 -56 =69 3.5 2152
71. Goodger, Martyn ENG 2093 -72 +61 -29 -76 =62 +82 -31 +84 -46 3.5 2183
72. Grant, Alan SCO 2223 +71 -14 -25 =80 -70 +79 -52 -54 +81 3.5 2122
73. Weeks, Manuel f AUS 2200 =90 =24 -31 =75 =80 -46 -32 =81 +82 3.5 2111
74. Waters, Michael IRL 2096 -63 =51 =46 =61 =69 -57 =54 -55 =79 3.0 2133
75. Majer, Chris E ENG 2041 -53 +64 -42 =73 =60 +69 -44 -63 -58 3.0 2130
76. Egozi, Nadav ISR 2205 -50 =70 =24 +71 -35 -58 +81 -34 -65 3.0 2063
77. Fairbairn, Stephen CAN 2091 +64 -31 -32 -56 =82 -55 +85 =69 -60 3.0 2106
78. Spanton, Tim R ENG 1982 -58 =52 -34 -70 -85 +86 =82 +79 -62 3.0 1997
79. Almond, Richard J ENG 2101 +61 =49 -11 -51 -21 -72 =83 -78 =74 2.5 2109
80. Marks, Ian A SCO 1914 +62 -36 -45 =72 =73 -60 -63 =82 -68 2.5 2070
81. Cafolla, Peter IRL 2034 -68 -62 -43 =85 +83 =61 -76 =73 -72 2.5 2041
82. Yeo, Michael J ENG 2153 +86 -47 -36 -33 =77 -71 =78 =80 -73 2.5 1998
83. Troyke, Doreen wf GER 2151 +85 -25 -35 -37 -81 -65 =79 =86 =84 2.5 2006
84. Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy N ENG 2097 -56 +85 -30 -53 -64 -63 +86 -71 =83 2.5 2006
85. Johnson,Paul A ENG ---- -83 -84 -37 =81 +78 -62 -77 -65 =86 2.0 1884
86. Nicholson, John IRL 1910 -82 -59 -61 -64 -65 -78 -84 =83 =85 1.0 1767
87. Bye01 ---- =49 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2457
88. Bye02 ---- =57 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2284
89. Bye03 ---- =69 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2271
90. Bye04 ---- =73 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2200
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The new US Chess League takes place August 27th - October 31st 2007 with
playoffs on 7th, 14th and 28th November 2007. Games are played on ICC. My
thanks to Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
Week 5
9/24/2007
Miami vs Dallas
1. GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs IM Drasko Boskovic (DAL) 1/2-1/2
2. IM John Bartholomew (DAL) vs FM Marcel Martinez (MIA) 1-0
3. IM Alejandro Moreno Roman (MIA) vs FM Andrei Zaremba (DAL) 1-0
4. NM Ryan Milisits (DAL) vs Roberto Socorregut (MIA) 1-0
9/26/2007
New Jersey vs New York
1. GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1-0
2. IM Robert Hess (NY) vs IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (NJ) 1/2-1/2
3. NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) vs FM Marc Arnold (NY) 1-0
4. WFM Irina Zenyuk (NY) vs NM Evan Ju (NJ) 1-0
Boston vs Baltimore
1. GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pawel Blehm (BAL) 1/2-1/2
2. FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (BAL) vs SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (BOS) 0-1
3. NM Vadim Martirosov (BOS) vs WGM Katerina Rohonyan (BAL) 1/2-1/2
4. WIM Tsaagan Batsettseg (BAL) vs Ilya Krasik (BOS) 1-0
Queens vs Philadelphia
1. GM Alex Stripunsky (QNS) vs GM Sergey Kudrin (PHI) 1/2-1/2
2. IM Bryan Smith (PHI) vs IM Eli Vovsha (QNS) 1/2-1/2
3. FM James Critelli (QNS) vs IM Richard Costigan (PHI) 0-1
4. NM Elvin Wilson (PHI) vs Michael Thaler (QNS) 1/2-1/2
Tennessee vs San Francisco
1. IM Ron Burnett (TEN) vs GM Patrick Wolff (SF) 0-1
2. IM John Donaldson (SF) vs FM Todd Andrews (TEN) 1-0
3. FM Jerry Wheeler (TEN) vs NM Sam Shankland (SF) 0-1
4. Daniel Naroditsky (SF) vs James Wu (TEN) 1-0
Carolina vs Seattle
1. IM Lev Milman (CAR) vs GM Gregory Serper (SEA) 0-1
2. FM Slava Mikhailuk (SEA) vs IM Jonathan Schroer (CAR) 0-1
3. FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) vs FM Loren Schmidt (SEA) 1-0
4. NM Michael Lee (SEA) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Game ||Opp Avg Rating |Opps Record |
| | | |Points || | |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|Boston |4.0 |1.0|13/20 (65%) ||2403 |10-10 (50%) |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|Baltimore |3.0 |2.0|11/20 (55%) ||2382 |10.5-9.5 (53%) |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|Philadelphia |3.0 |2.0|9.5/20 (48%) ||2380 |8.5-11.5 (43%) |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|New Jersey |2.5 |2.5|10/20 (50%) ||2366 |3.5-14.5 (19%) |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|Queens |1.5 |3.5|8/20 (40%) ||2410 |12-6 (67%) |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
|New York |1.0 |4.0|7.5/20 (38%) ||2385 |11.5-8.5 (58%) |
+----------------+----+---+-------------++---------------+---------------+
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Game ||Opp Avg Rating |Opps Record |
| | | |Points || | |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|Dallas |4.0 |1.0 |12.5/20 (63%) ||2369 |8-12 (40%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|Seattle |3.5 |1.5 |13.5/20 (68%) ||2351 |9-11 (45%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|San Francisco |3.0 |2.0 |12/20 (60%) ||2358 |10-10 (50%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|Carolina |3.0 |2.0 |10.5/20 (53%) ||2379 |12.5-7.5 (63%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|Miami |1.0 |4.0 |7.5/20 (38%) ||2366 |10-10 (50%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
|Tennessee |0.5 |4.5 |5/20 (25%) ||2369 |8-12 (40%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------++---------------+---------------+
(Opponent Record Column only counts match results against other teams.)
The 6th Asian Individual Chess Championship took place 18th-30th
Septemper 2007 in Cebu, Philippines. 72 players from 17 countries include 29
GM, 1 WGM, 17 IM & 9 FM competed in 11 round Swiss System with new FIDE
time control 90 Min. for 40 Moves + 30 Min. for Finish the game with 30 Sec.
Increment from Move 1. Zhang Pengxiang edged out Wang Hao on tie-break after
both finished on 8/11. I give the games again from last week as it didn't
include some of my best work and had a number of naming errors.
Official website: http://www.philchesslive.com
1 GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2649 8,0 25444 2552 2713 8 7,14 0,86
2 GM Wang Hao CHN 2626 8,0 25402 2547 2709 8 6,89 1,11
3 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2519 7,5 25409 2562 2656 7,5 5,44 2,06
4 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2558 7,5 25344 2541 2657 7,5 6,01 1,49
5 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2554 7,5 25292 2535 2652 7,5 6,02 1,48
6 IM Wen Yang CHN 2475 7,5 25258 2547 2640 7,5 5,01 2,49
7 IM Laylo Darwin PHI 2486 7,5 25235 2547 2631 7,5 5,27 2,23
8 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2572 7,5 25124 2520 2635 7,5 6,53 0,97
9 IM Gopal G. N. IND 2480 7,0 25622 2566 2617 7 4,77 2,23
10 IM Hossain Enamul BAN 2485 7,0 25008 2529 2576 7 5,60 1,40
11 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr. PHI 2532 7,0 25008 2504 2593 7 6,13 0,87
12 GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad QAT 2563 7,0 24959 2502 2593 7 6,60 0,40
13 Rohit G. IND 2470 7,0 24884 2505 2571 7 5,49 1,51
14 IM Filippov Anton UZB 2481 6,5 25416 2556 2571 6,5 5,05 1,45
15 Li Chao CHN 2529 6,5 24945 2508 2537 6,5 6,31 0,19
16 GM Ni Hua CHN 2681 6,5 24877 2500 2539 6,5 8,30 -1,80
17 GM Yu Shaoteng CHN 2524 6,5 24735 2486 2518 6,5 6,51 -0,01
18 GM Li Shilong CHN 2550 6,5 24508 2461 2507 6,5 7,09 -0,59
19 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2586 6,5 24489 2457 2506 6,5 7,62 -1,12
20 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2537 6,5 24035 2412 2454 6,5 7,62 -1,12
21 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy IND 2479 6,0 25524 2560 2561 5 3,99 1,01
22 IM Mahjoobzardast Morteza IRI 2479 6,0 25379 2550 2562 6 4,81 1,19
23 IM So Wesley PHI 2516 6,0 25024 2519 2515 6 6,01 -0,01
24 GM Adianto Utut INA 2583 6,0 24949 2501 2508 6 7,08 -1,08
25 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2563 6,0 24884 2495 2518 6 6,72 -0,72
26 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2542 6,0 24792 2484 2509 6 6,55 -0,55
27 GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2536 6,0 24767 2484 2505 6 6,51 -0,51
28 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2537 6,0 24707 2478 2493 6 6,69 -0,69
29 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2525 6,0 24572 2469 2474 6 6,76 -0,76
30 GM Xu Jun CHN 2574 6,0 24520 2459 2469 6 7,50 -1,50
31 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2500 6,0 24340 2447 2453 5,5 5,90 -0,40
32 IM Wang Rui CHN 2482 6,0 24211 2441 2438 6 6,59 -0,59
33 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2485 5,5 25331 2554 2510 5,5 5,10 0,40
34 Yap Kim Steven PHI 2246 5,5 25241 2529 2519 5,5 1,88 3,62
35 FM Ardeshi Mehrdad IRI 2407 5,5 25170 2521 2484 5,5 4,31 1,19
36 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2469 5,5 25129 2535 2489 5,5 5,19 0,31
37 IM Girinath P.D.S. IND 2440 5,5 25062 2526 2489 5,5 4,78 0,72
38 GM Bagheri Amir IRI 2495 5,5 25053 2520 2489 5,5 5,58 -0,08
39 IM Al Sayed Mohammed QAT 2469 5,5 24999 2518 2474 5,5 5,39 0,11
40 GM Ghaemmaghami Ehsan IRI 2610 5,5 24789 2485 2471 5,5 7,54 -2,04
41 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2529 5,5 24636 2472 2456 5,5 6,61 -1,11
42 GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2483 5,5 24495 2475 2431 4,5 5,41 -0,91
43 IM Bancod Ronald PHI 2373 5,5 24450 2470 2409 5,5 4,92 0,58
44 FM Dinh Duc Trong VIE 2354 5,5 24256 2456 2410 4,5 4,02 0,48
45 FM Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 2415 5,0 25282 2533 2488 5 3,86 1,14
46 GM Kim Alexey KOR 2445 5,0 25060 2527 2444 5 4,95 0,05
47 FM Toufighi Homayoon IRI 2391 5,0 24947 2515 2418 5 4,52 0,48
48 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2399 5,0 24819 2489 2437 5 4,39 0,61
49 IM Alavi Seyed Javad IRI 2493 5,0 24696 2487 2416 5 6,10 -1,10
50 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2540 5,0 24473 2453 2403 5 7,00 -2,00
51 Makinano Anthony PHI 2317 5,0 24166 2438 2357 5 4,39 0,61
52 WGM Shen Yang CHN 2439 4,5 25428 2546 2462 4,5 4,18 0,32
53 IM Arun Prasad IND 2448 4,5 24751 2493 2390 3,5 4,65 -1,15
54 IM Sadorra Julio PHI 2421 4,5 24649 2486 2377 4,5 5,17 -0,67
55 Nouri Hamed PHI 2426 4,5 24417 2460 2355 4,5 5,58 -1,08
56 Legaspi Rhobel PHI 2316 4,5 24399 2449 2368 4,5 3,79 0,71
57 Bagamasbad Efren PHI 2331 4,5 24367 2443 2364 4,5 4,06 0,44
58 Tolentino Rustum PHI 2276 4,5 24354 2445 2345 4,5 3,58 0,92
59 FM Goh Weiming SIN 2388 4,5 24133 2442 2333 4 4,69 -0,69
60 Bayarmandakh Balgan MGL 2208 4,5 24072 2415 2309 4,5 3,18 1,32
61 IM Nadera Barlo PHI 2402 4,5 24014 2423 2323 3,5 5,01 -1,51
62 FM Samhouri Ahmad JOR 2362 4,5 23781 2415 2301 3,5 4,75 -1,25
63 IM Ravi Lanka IND 2404 4,5 23086 2338 2238 4,5 6,15 -1,65
64 FM Khader Sami JOR 2422 4,0 24457 2460 2323 4 5,43 -1,43
65 Senador Emmanuel PHI 2380 4,0 24194 2435 2283 4 5,42 -1,42
66 Lalith Babu M. R. IND 2353 4,0 24073 2436 2291 3,5 4,29 -0,79
67 Russell M.K.A. SRI 2220 4,0 23788 2404 2246 4 3,70 0,30
68 FM Hussein N.A. IRQ 2341 3,5 24821 2496 2324 3,5 3,89 -0,39
69 Sevillano Voltaire PHI 0 3,5 24173 2424 2250 3,5
70 Maga Mirabeau PHI 2361 2,5 23335 2354 2096 2,5 6,22 -3,72
71 Fancy Stuart PNG 2152 1,5 23561 2371 2019 1,5 3,08 -1,58
72 Yueh Wei Po TPE 2044 0,5 23331 2353 1856 0,5 1,73 -1,23
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6th ch-Asia Cebu City PHI (PHI), 19-30 ix 2007
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1. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 + 8 =40 +27 +11 = 2 = 4 + 3 =34 +10 =15 = 7 8.0 2712
2. Wang Hao g CHN 2624 +12 +34 +19 - 3 = 1 = 6 + 9 = 4 +11 = 5 +14 8.0 2709
3. Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2551 +53 +32 + 7 + 2 = 4 =11 - 1 +13 = 8 = 6 = 9 7.5 2652
4. Zhao Jun g CHN 2558 +64 +42 = 6 +24 = 3 = 1 +35 = 2 = 7 =16 = 8 7.5 2656
5. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2572 =37 +57 +40 =14 = 7 =34 +11 =21 = 6 = 2 +16 7.5 2635
6. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2519 +44 +68 = 4 =21 =10 = 2 =22 +52 = 5 = 3 +15 7.5 2655
7. Laylo, Darwin m PHI 2486 +58 +23 - 3 +45 = 5 -35 +28 +33 = 4 +24 = 1 7.5 2631
8. Wen Yang m CHN 2475 - 1 +56 =36 -23 +44 +58 +19 +35 = 3 +18 = 4 7.5 2639
9. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2539 +59 +22 -11 +39 =13 =16 - 2 +25 =12 +34 = 3 7.0 2592
10. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2563 =52 +47 =39 +42 = 6 =13 =16 +22 - 1 =12 +25 7.0 2592
11. Gopal, G.N IND 2480 +72 +31 + 9 - 1 +14 = 3 - 5 +23 - 2 +28 =19 7.0 2617
12. Rohit, G IND 2470 - 2 -60 =44 +66 +68 =26 +64 +17 = 9 =10 +24 7.0 2571
13. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2485 -33 +70 +62 +48 = 9 =10 +36 - 3 -15 +21 +22 7.0 2577
14. Li Chao2 CHN 2529 +43 =39 +29 = 5 -11 =52 -45 +42 +33 +23 - 2 6.5 2536
15. Ni Hua g CHN 2681 -25 =66 =59 +68 +38 =22 =46 +31 +13 = 1 - 6 6.5 2539
16. Filippov, Anton UZB m UZB 2481 +71 =24 =28 =49 +26 = 9 =10 =45 +21 = 4 - 5 6.5 2571
17. Li Shilong g CHN 2547 -45 +61 -52 +65 +39 =46 =25 -12 +40 =22 +41 6.5 2506
18. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2586 -39 +43 -22 +61 -47 +50 +37 =46 +52 - 8 +34 6.5 2506
19. Yu Shaoteng g CHN 2524 +70 +33 - 2 =50 =21 =36 - 8 =53 +43 +45 =11 6.5 2518
20. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2537 =48 =65 -33 =56 =41 -53 +68 +55 =38 +54 +37 6.5 2454
21. Adianto, Utut g INA 2583 =54 =38 +37 = 6 =19 =27 +40 = 5 -16 -13 +33 6.0 2508
22. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J g IND 2479 +69 - 9 +18 =28 +24 =15 = 6 -10 +35 =17 -13 6.0 2538
23. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2563 +55 - 7 =38 + 8 =27 =40 +42 -11 +45 -14 =29 6.0 2517
24. Le Quang Liem g VIE 2542 +41 =16 +25 - 4 -22 =37 +47 +38 +34 - 7 -12 6.0 2508
25. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2479 +15 =35 -24 -27 +57 +55 =17 - 9 +49 +30 -10 6.0 2561
26. Xu Jun g CHN 2574 =47 =52 =64 +33 -16 =12 =53 =30 =32 =39 +50 6.0 2469
27. So, Wesley m PHI 2516 =65 +63 - 1 +25 =23 =21 -33 =36 =41 +52 =28 6.0 2515
28. Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2537 =57 +51 =16 =22 =52 =42 - 7 +54 +46 -11 =27 6.0 2492
29. Paragua, Mark g PHI 2525 +61 =45 -14 +54 =36 =33 -52 =41 =47 +44 =23 6.0 2474
30. Dimakiling, Oliver m PHI 2500 -68 +44 =41 =69 -45 =48 +58 =26 +36 -25 +47 6.0 2430
31. Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2536 +50 -11 =54 =38 +64 +47 -34 -15 =37 =32 +45 6.0 2504
32. Wang Rui m CHN 2482 +62 - 3 -48 +51 -33 -41 +60 +61 =26 =31 +49 6.0 2437
33. Yap, Kim Steven PHI 2246 +13 -19 +20 -26 +32 =29 +27 - 7 -14 +38 -21 5.5 2519
34. Neelotpal, Das g IND 2485 +60 - 2 =68 +41 +49 = 5 +31 = 1 -24 - 9 -18 5.5 2510
35. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2529 +66 =25 =45 =52 +50 + 7 - 4 - 8 -22 =47 =39 5.5 2456
36. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2610 =38 =54 = 8 +55 =29 =19 -13 =27 -30 =50 +53 5.5 2470
37. Girinath, P.D.S m IND 2440 = 5 =46 -21 =58 +56 =24 -18 +48 =31 +42 -20 5.5 2488
38. Zhou Weiqi CHN 2469 =36 =21 =23 =31 -15 +59 +43 -24 =20 -33 +58 5.5 2488
39. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2469 +18 =14 =10 - 9 -17 -43 +67 =64 +68 =26 =35 5.5 2474
40. Bagheri, Amir g IRI 2495 +56 = 1 - 5 =64 +48 =23 -21 =49 -17 =43 +57 5.5 2489
41. Ardeshi, Mehrdad f IRI 2407 -24 +71 =30 -34 =20 +32 =49 =29 =27 +46 -17 5.5 2483
42. Tu Hoang Thong g VIE 2483 +67 - 4 +60 -10 +69 =28 -23 -14 +53 -37 +59 5.5 2408
43. Bancod, Ronald m PHI 2373 -14 -18 -67 +72 +51 +39 -38 +57 -19 =40 +52 5.5 2408
44. Dinh Duc Trong f VIE 2354 - 6 -30 =12 +63 - 8 -68 +71 +69 +64 -29 +54 5.5 2386
45. Batchuluun, Cegmed f MGL 2415 +17 =29 =35 - 7 +30 =49 +14 =16 -23 -19 -31 5.0 2487
46. Alavi, Sayed Javad f IRI 2493 =51 =37 -50 +60 +59 =17 =15 =18 -28 -41 =48 5.0 2415
47. Kim, Alexey g KOR 2445 =26 -10 =51 +67 +18 -31 -24 +59 =29 =35 -30 5.0 2444
48. Bitoon, Richard m PHI 2399 =20 =49 +32 -13 -40 =30 =55 -37 +66 =53 =46 5.0 2436
49. Moradiabadi, Elshan g IRI 2540 =63 =48 +65 =16 -34 =45 =41 =40 -25 +55 -32 5.0 2402
50. Toufighi, Homayoon f IRI 2391 -31 +72 +46 =19 -35 -18 -54 +58 +56 =36 -26 5.0 2417
51. Makinano, Anthony PHI 2317 =46 -28 =47 -32 -43 +66 -59 +71 -55 +67 +64 5.0 2356
52. Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 =10 =26 +17 =35 =28 =14 +29 - 6 -18 -27 -43 4.5 2462
53. Sadorra, Julio Catalino f PHI 2421 - 3 -62 -56 +70 +60 +20 =26 =19 -42 =48 -36 4.5 2376
54. Arun Prasad, S m IND 2448 =21 =36 =31 -29 -58 +69 +50 -28 +61 -20 -44 4.5 2366
55. Nouri, Hamed PHI 2426 -23 =58 +66 -36 +62 -25 =48 -20 +51 -49 =60 4.5 2355
56. Bagamasbad, Efren PHI 2331 -40 - 8 +53 =20 -37 -57 +63 +65 -50 =64 =66 4.5 2364
57. Nadera, Barlo A m PHI 2402 =28 - 5 =58 =62 -25 +56 -61 -43 +69 +68 -40 4.5 2299
58. Legaspi, Rhobel PHI 2316 - 7 =55 =57 =37 +54 - 8 -30 -50 +70 +61 -38 4.5 2368
59. Goh Weiming f SIN 2388 - 9 =69 =15 +71 -46 -38 +51 -47 =65 +62 -42 4.5 2311
60. Tolentino, Rustum PHI 2276 -34 +12 -42 -46 -53 +70 -32 -66 +71 +65 =55 4.5 2345
61. Samhouri, A f JOR 2362 -29 -17 +72 -18 =67 +62 +57 -32 -54 -58 +69 4.5 2278
62. Bayarmandah, Balgan MGL 2208 -32 +53 -13 =57 -55 -61 +70 -68 +63 -59 +72 4.5 2309
63. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2404 =49 -27 -69 -44 =66 =67 -56 +72 -62 +71 +68 4.5 2215
64. Khader, Sami f JOR 2422 - 4 +67 =26 =40 -31 +65 -12 =39 -44 =56 -51 4.0 2323
65. Lalith, Babu M.R IND 2353 =27 =20 -49 -17 +71 -64 =69 -56 =59 -60 +70 4.0 2268
66. Senador, Emmanuel PHI 2380 -35 =15 -55 -12 =63 -51 +72 +60 -48 =70 =56 4.0 2283
67. Russell, M.K.A SRI 2220 -42 -64 +43 -47 =61 =63 -39 -70 +72 -51 +71 4.0 2247
68. Hussein, N.A f IRQ 2341 +30 - 6 =34 -15 -12 +44 -20 +62 -39 -57 -63 3.5 2324
69. Sevillano,Voltaire PHI ---- -22 =59 +63 =30 -42 -54 =65 -44 -57 +72 -61 3.5 2250
70. Maga, Mirabeau PHI 2368 -19 -13 -71 -53 +72 -60 -62 +67 -58 =66 -65 2.5 2096
71. Fancy, Stuart PNG 2152 -16 -41 +70 -59 -65 =72 -44 -51 -60 -63 -67 1.5 2019
72. Yueh Wei Po TPE 2044 -11 -50 -61 -43 -70 =71 -66 -63 -67 -69 -62 0.5 1833
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The Vados IM Tournament took place in Arad, Romania 20th-28th September
2007. Four players made IM Norms in this tournament: Alexandru Manea, Lucian
Filip, Nad Titus Petre (all tied on 6.5/9) and fourth placed Tamas Balla. News:
Alin Campeanu.
Official site: http://www.vados.ro
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Vados IM Arad ROM (ROM), 20-28 ix 2007 cat. III (2318)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Manea, Alexandru f ROM 2398 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2475
2. Filip, Lucian ROM 2400 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2475
3. Petre, Nad-Titus f ROM 2387 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2476
4. Balla, Tamas f ROM 2266 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2448
5. Bogdan, Dan m ROM 2416 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2350
6. Butunoi, Alexandru m ROM 2374 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2311
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2353 = = = 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2271
8. Chereches, Marius HUN 2338 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 1 4.0 2272
9. Panush, Viktor m MDA 2257 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0 1.0 1973
10. Yachou, Nur AUS 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 2003
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Alongside the World Chess Championships is a computer match between
Rybka and Zappa. Zappa won games 3-5 and won 5.5-4.5.
Live coverage:
http://www.chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm
- Further details: http://rybkaforum.net
ZAPPA - RYBKA 1/2 73 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
RYBKA - ZAPPA 1-0 110 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
ZAPPA - RYBKA 1-0 66 C91 Ruy Lopez
RYBKA - ZAPPA 0-1 180 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
ZAPPA - RYBKA 1-0 129 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
RYBKA - ZAPPA 1/2 52 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
ZAPPA - RYBKA 1/2 66 B74 Sicilian Dragon
RYBKA - ZAPPA 1-0 71 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
ZAPPA - RYBKA 1/2 84 B17 Caro Kann
RYBKA - ZAPPA 1/2 59 A30 English Symmetrical
Clash of the Computer Titans Mexico City MEX (MEX), 20-27 ix 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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ZAPPA = 0 1 1 1 = = 0 = = 5.5
RYBKA = 1 0 0 0 = = 1 = = 4.5
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The Miami Chess Open took place 26th - 30th September 2007. Eight
players Darmen Sadvakasov, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Shabalov, Varuzhan
Akobian, Zviad Izoria, Victor Mikhalevski, Magesh Chandran Panchanathan and
Justin Sarkar tied on 6.5/9. Hikaru Nakamura took the title in a playoff
against Darmen Sadvakasov.
Official site: http://www.themiamichessopen.com/
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Open Miami USA (USA), 26-30 ix 2007
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1. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2629 6.5
2. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2647 6.5
3. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2637 6.5
4. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2570 6.5
5. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2645 6.5
6. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2598 6.5
7. Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran g IND 2486 6.5
8. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2403 6.5
9. Bachmann, Axel m PAR 2466 6.0
10. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2559 6.0
11. Pruess, David m USA 2424 6.0
12. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2488 5.5
13. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2456 5.5
14. Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto g MEX 2536 5.5
15. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2472 5.5
16. Krush, Irina m USA 2479 5.5
17. Cabrera,Osvaldo Pena ---- 5.5
18. Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2294 5.5
19. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2504 5.5
20. Aliyev, Timur ISR 2193 5.5
21. Santos,Virgilio Leon ---- 5.5
22. Esserman, Marc USA 2277 5.5
23. Mabe, Chris J USA 2240 5.5
24. Moreno, Alejandro m CUB 2390 5.5
25. Martinez, Marcel f USA 2386 5.0
26. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2477 5.0
27. Hernandez, Alexander f VEN 2290 5.0
28. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2372 5.0
29. Galofre, Charles A USA 2247 5.0
30. Veksler,Boris ---- 5.0
31. Medina, Rodelay USA 2159 4.5
32. Andretta,Carlos ---- 4.5
33. Rodriguez, Eric USA 2259 4.5
34. Prilleltensky,Matan ---- 4.5
35. Robson, Ray f USA 2347 4.5
36. Perez, Flavio FRA 2223 4.5
37. Acor, Corey B USA 2249 4.5
38. Grassie, Duncan SCO 2094 4.5
80 players
The 4th Highlands Open took place in Zdar nad Sazavou in the Czech
Republic, 22nd-30th September 2007. Marek Vokac won the Open A event with
7/9.
Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/
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Highlands Open A Zdar nad Sazavou CZE (CZE), 22-30 ix 2007
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1. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2443 7,0 39,5
2. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2424 6,5 42,0
3. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2430 6,5 41,0
4. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2517 6,5 40,5
5. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2398 6,5 36,5
6. Zpevak, Pavel m CZE 2423 6,0 38,0
7. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2396 6,0 37,5
8. Kanovsky, David m CZE 2410 6,0 35,5
9. Petr, Martin m CZE 2453 5,5 39,0
10. Cifka, Stanislav f CZE 2410 5,5 38,0
11. Jedlicka, Ales CZE 2265 5,5 36,5
12. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 2250 5,5 35,5
13. Cerveny, Petr CZE 2295 5,5 34,5
14. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2366 5,5 34,0
15. Bures, Jaroslav CZE 2157 5,5 34,0
16. Kulhanek, Tomas m CZE 2428 5,5 33,5
17. Studnicka, Tomas f CZE 2307 5,5 31,5
18. Novotny, Michal1 CZE 2219 5,0 35,5
19. Freisler, Pavel m CZE 2313 5,0 33,5
20. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2255 5,0 32,5
21. Bores, Roman CZE 2196 5,0 30,5
22. Nemcova, Katerina CZE 2245 5,0 28,5
23. Zvara, Petr f CZE 2440 4,5 37,0
24. Svoboda, Vaclav2 CZE 2204 4,5 33,5
25. Tikovsky, Alexander CZE 2228 4,5 33,0
26. Bartos, Jan f CZE 2201 4,5 30,5
27. Jacek, Martin CZE 2196 4,5 29,5
28. Olsarova, Tereza CZE 1983 4,5 28,0
29. Kozak, Milos f CZE 2213 4,5 27,0
30. Bujnoch, Radek CZE 2226 4,0 32,0
31. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2280 4,0 31,5
32. Balhar, Jan CZE 2226 4,0 31,5
33. Folkova, Martina CZE 2195 4,0 29,5
34. Pokorny, Petr CZE 2234 4,0 29,5
35. Vecera, Pavel CZE 2148 4,0 27,5
36. Hodova, Lucie CZE 2129 4,0 27,0
37. Vasut, Karel CZE 2193 4,0 24,0
38. Sochorova, Jana CZE 1882 4,0 24,0
39. Olsarova, Karolina CZE 2019 3,5 30,0
40. Toman, Jaroslav CZE 2168 3,5 29,0
41. Valickova, Martina CZE 2032 3,5 29,0
42. Nemcova, Karolina CZE 1909 3,5 28,5
43. Plasek, Zdenek CZE 2090 3,5 28,0
44. Siebenburger, Vlastimil CZE 2149 3,5 27,5
45. Vincze, Roman CZE 2086 3,5 27,0
46. Jinova, Lucie CZE 2089 3,5 26,0
47. Sedlacek, Jiri CZE 2094 3,0 32,0
48. Kozlicek, Lubomir CZE 2197 3,0 22,5
49. Zeman, Arnost1 CZE 2108 2,5 30,0
50. Gallinis-Nemcova, Vaclava CZE 2045 2,5 24,5
51. Rutter,Lidmila CZE ---- 2,0 24,5
52. Vladyka, Vaclav CZE 2038 1,0 26,5
53. Hoskovec, Josef CZE 1988 0,0 31,5
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Serbian championship had tiebreak matches in Beograd 21st-23rd September
2007 to determine a single winner after three players finished tied in 1st
place in the tournament held back in March. GMs Mihajlo Stojanovic, Milos
Perunovic and Branko Damljanovic played single matches on Friday-Saturday (2
games at faster time control). Milos Perunovic beat Mihajlo Stojanovic in the
final to take the title.
Games and photos at
http://www.serbiachess.net/2007/tromec07/tromec_sampion07eng.html
News: Goran Urosevic.
Round 1 (September 21, 2007)
Damljanovic, Branko - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 0-1 50 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 88 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 1 (September 22, 2007)
Perunovic, Milos - Damljanovic, Branko 1-0 44 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Damljanovic, Branko - Perunovic, Milos 1/2 37 E05 Catalan
Final (September 23, 2007)
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Perunovic, Milos 0-1 36 A58 Volga Gambit
Perunovic, Milos - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1-0 44 C42 Petroff's Defence
The 2007 African Individual Chess Championships were held at the Safari
Court Hotel in the Namibian Capital of Windhoek from August 31 to September 10,
2007.
The event featured 48 players in the Open Section out of which the
titled players were 3 Grandmasters, 13 International Masters, 4 FIDE Masters
and 1 Candidate Master. The Women´s Section featured 16 players with 1
Woman Grandmaster, 4Women International Masters and 1 Woman FIDE Master making
up the titled players.
The 14 African Countries that were represented comprised Angola,
Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Malawi Mozambique Namibia,Nigeria, South
Africa,Sudan,Tunisia, Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Open Section was won by IM Robert Gwaze of Zimbabwe with an
undefeated score of 7/9. IM Pedro Aderito of Angola took the silver medal ahead
of IM Essam El Gindy of Egypt on tie-break. The 13 year old Egyptian sensation
WIM Mona Khaled took the honours in the Women´s Section with a score of
8/9. South African WIM Anzel Solomons came in second and Alaa El Din Yosra from
Egypt was third. The African Continental Championships which were well
organised by the Namibian Chess Federation under the auspices of the African
Chess Union also served as a qualifying event for the 2007 World Chess Cup
scheduled for November 2007 in the Russian City of Khanty Mansyisk. In addition
to IMs Robert Gwaze, Pedro Aderito and Essam El Gindy Essam, GM Amin Bassem
(Egypt) ,GM Ahmed Adly(Egypt) and FM Abdel Razik Khaled (Egypt) qualified to
make up the six African qualifiers for the Khanty Mansyisk World Chess Cup. FM
Khaled came through a 4 player play-off.
News: Lewis Ncube (FIDE Vice President) - Games: Omar Salama.
My thanks to Omar Salama for the final round 9 women's games and the
rapid and blitz playoff games from the men's section.
Details:
http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_AfricanCh2.html
- http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/?p=75
-
http://chess-results.com/Tnr7817.aspx?tnr=7817&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=-1
and
http://chess-results.com/tnr7816.aspx?tnr=7816&art=1&lan=1&mm=1&m=3
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ch-Africa Men Windhoek NAM (NAM), 1-9 ix 2007
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1 Gwaze Robert IM ZIM 2413 7,0 41,0 40,0
2 Aderito Pedro IM ANG 2305 6,5 42,0 37,5
3 El Gindy Essam IM EGY 2507 6,5 39,0 32,5
4 Amin Bassem GM EGY 2535 6,5 37,0 32,0
5 Adly Ahmed GM EGY 2488 6,5 30,0 27,5
6 Abdel Razik Khaled FM EGY 2372 6,0 37,0 31,5
7 Belkhodja Slim GM TUN 2478 6,0 36,0 32,0
8 Simutowe Amon IM ZAM 2421 6,0 35,5 31,5
9 Sarwat Walaa IM EGY 2388 6,0 32,5 28,5
10 Ezat Mohamed IM EGY 2438 5,5 39,5 33,5
11 Van Den Heever Donovan RSA 2151 5,5 39,0 27,0
12 Steel Henry Robert RSA 2200 5,5 35,5 27,5
13 Solomon Kenny IM RSA 2344 5,5 33,5 26,5
14 Frhat Ali IM EGY 2384 5,5 33,5 25,5
15 Chumfwa Stanley ZAM 2329 5,5 33,0 24,5
16 Andrade Ivan MOZ 2134 5,0 37,0 30,0
17 Pascoal Eduardo A ANG 2086 5,0 36,0 25,5
18 Hassan Sayed Barakat IM EGY 2375 5,0 33,5 28,0
19 Mandiza Farai FM ZIM 2366 5,0 33,0 26,0
20 Adu Oladapo IM NGR 2294 5,0 30,0 24,0
21 Njili Kamel TUN 2366 5,0 27,0 18,0
22 Makoto Rodwell ZIM 0 5,0 26,0 18,0
23 Onabogun Kolade NGR 1890 4,5 38,5 27,0
24 Abdelnabbi Imed IM EGY 2484 4,5 35,0 24,0
25 Kawuma Steven Male UGA 2144 4,5 33,5 21,0
26 Erikson Roberto ANG 0 4,5 30,5 18,0
27 Khetho Phemelo FM BOT 2240 4,0 32,5 22,5
28 Oatlhotse Providence BOT 2154 4,0 32,5 22,0
29 Solomons Deon RSA 2233 4,0 32,0 21,5
30 Mwali Chitumbo IM ZAM 2163 4,0 31,0 19,0
31 Phiri Richmond ZAM 0 4,0 30,0 22,0
32 Simutowe Musatwe ZAM 0 4,0 30,0 22,0
33 Masango S ZIM 2140 4,0 29,0 15,0
34 Nadir Samir CM SUD 2164 4,0 28,5 18,5
35 Mamombe Kudzanai IM ZIM 2089 4,0 28,0 18,5
36 Nyazi Nehad EGY 2239 3,5 30,0 18,5
37 Chambule Pedro Lucas MOZ 2096 3,5 29,5 19,0
38 Chimthere Alfred Charles MAW 1968 3,5 25,5 12,5
39 Dennis Frans NAM 0 3,5 24,5 10,5
40 Alice Mateus Felizardo Viageirof FM MOZ 2255 3,5 23,5 17,5
41 Magana Ben KEN 2151 3,0 32,5 18,0
42 Campos Rui Medil ANG 0 3,0 28,5 15,0
43 Matewere Henry MAW 0 3,0 24,5 14,5
44 Eichab Charles NAM 2062 2,5 29,0 14,0
45 Kaunda Kajani MAW 0 2,5 26,5 13,5
46 Tjipueja Werner NAM 2083 2,0 28,0 6,0
47 Silver Willem August NAM 0 2,0 24,5 10,0
48 Kuhanga Freeman NAM 0 0,5 31,5 4,0
African Championship 2007 Play Off Rapid / Blitz 2007
Final
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Abdel Razik,Khaled 2.5
Simutowe,Amon 1.5
Semi-final
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Abdel Razik,Khaled 2.0
Sarwat,Walaa 0.0
Simutowe,Amon 2.0
Belkhodja,Slim 0.0
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ch-Africa Women Windhoek NAM (NAM), 1-9 ix 2007
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1 Mona Khaled WIM EGY 1981 8,0 33,0 38,0 37,00
2 Solomons Anzel WIM RSA 1865 7,5 34,5 39,5 37,50
3 Alaa El Din Yosra EGY 0 6,0 33,5 25,5 29,25
4 Omoragbon Doris NGR 0 5,5 35,0 26,0 20,00
5 Greef Melissa WIM RSA 2031 5,0 37,5 27,5 21,25
6 Basta-Sohair F WIM EGY 2075 5,0 35,0 23,0 20,00
7 Sabure Tuduetso WGM BOT 2042 5,0 29,0 23,0 16,25
8 Mudongo Boikhutso WFM BOT 1941 4,5 35,5 25,5 15,75
9 Mbalenhie Cindi RSA 0 4,5 34,0 22,0 16,25
10 Ezet Roos RSA 0 4,5 29,0 22,5 12,75
11 Amadasun Rosemary NGR 1913 4,0 30,0 22,5 16,25
12 Swartz Stephne NAM 0 4,0 30,0 21,0 9,50
13 Vilhete Vania Fausta MOZ 0 3,0 27,0 15,0 5,50
14 Swartz Celeste NAM 0 2,5 28,0 13,0 7,00
15 Jambo Linda MAW 0 2,5 28,0 13,0 6,50
16 Msiska Royce MAW 0 0,5 28,0 3,0 1,25
The George Trundle NZ IM in Auckland NZ took place September 21st-29th
2007. The event was won by visiting English GM Stuart Conquest. News: Michael
Freeman.
Further info:
http://www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz/webcontent/default.aspx
2007 George Trundle NZ IM
Scores
1 Stuart Conquest (ENG) GM 2546 # 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7
2 Darryl Johansen (AUS) GM 2446 0 # = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5
3 Stephen Solomon (AUS) IM 2467 1 = # 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 6.5
4 Tim Reilly (AUS) 2280 0 0 0 # 1 1 1 = 1 1 5.5
5 Bruce Watson (NZL) 2221 = = 0 0 # 1 1 = 1 = 5
6 Nic Croad (NZL) 2308 0 = = 0 0 # = 1 1 1 4.5
7 Bob Smith (NZL) 2318 = 0 1 0 0 = # = 1 1 4.5
8 Stephen Lukey (NZL) 2301 0 0 0 = = 0 = # 1 = 3
9 Mike Steadman (NZL) 2250 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 1.5
10 Hilton Bennett (NZL) 2132 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 # 1
Ivanchuk - Leko Rapid Match
A match between Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Leko, takes place in
Mukachevo, Ukraine 25th-28th October 2007. 12 round rapid match.
Official site: http://www.ivanchuk-leko2007.com/en/index.htm
Essent Chess Tournament 2007
The 11th edition of the Essent Chess Tournament takes place from October
12 up to and including 20 October 2007. The location is the city of Hoogeveen.
Just like last year there are several competitions: a Crown Group, a strong
Essent Open, an Amateur Tournament and an event for youth.
Details: http://www.essentchess.nl/info_eng.htm
11th Essent Chess Tournament:
Players
Shakhryar Mamedyarov AZE 2757
Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2706
Loek van Wely NED 2679
Zaven Andriasyan ARM 2540
Average rating: 2670
Category: 17
Hungarian Chess Tournaments October 2007 - March 2008
1. 6th-19th of October 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/
2. 24th-31st of October, HÉVÍZ Open - 200 km West from
Budapest, 9 rounds Swiss, org: IM Rigo, http://www.lellechess.tar.hu
3. 22nd-30th of October 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.
4. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL
5. 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
6. 1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL
7. 15th-21st of Dec, Kecskemet, IM tmt
8. 27th Dec- 5th Jan Kecskemet IM tmt,
9. 11th-19th of January 2008 Open in Budapest, Season opening, org: IA
FAZEKAS, György, e-mail: srcolonel@freemail.hu
10. 19th-28th of January - IM tmt, Kecskemet
11. 2nd-15th of February - First Saturday Budapest,
12. 16th-25th of February - IM tmt Kecskemet,
13. 1st-13rd of March - First Saturday Budapest,
14. 21st-29th of March - Budapest Spring Festival Open, org.: Nagy
Laszlo
Halkidiki Chess Festival 2008
The Halkidiki Chess Festival takes place in Kallithea, 28th April - 5
May 2008.
The Organizing Committee of the Halkdiki Chess Festival 2008. Tel/fax:
+30 2310 865778 - e-mail: teotsorb@otenet.gr V.Olgas 285, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/
4th Singapore International Chess Convention
4th Singapore International Chess Convention, 16 - 22 December 2007: -
Singapore Masters 2007 - Seminar for Coaches - Seminar for Arbiters The offical
website of the organiser is the website of the Singapore Chess Federation:
Official site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg
Computer Chess Events
On Saturday 29th September will take place the 1st AICA Man-Machine
Match, Accademia Due Torri, Bologna, Italy. Delfi, current italian computer
champion, will play FM Nicolò Ronchetti, who has just scored his third
IM norm. Time control: Ronchetti 2 hours, Delfi 10 seconds per move. The game
will be relayed on PlayChess, from 10:00 (CET). Site: http://e4e6.com/g6. On
the same place, on 29 and 30 September will take place the 2nd Chess Computer
Cup, also valid as 7th italian computer chess championship (CIPS 2007). 7
rounds, around 20 players. First two boards will be relayed on PlayChess, from
13:00 (CET).
John Watson's Book Show
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. This week Nigel Short appears. You can catch the show by signing
up for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
Moscow Open 2008
The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 takes place
2nd-10th February 2008. Venue - the Russian State Social University. Minimal
gartanted prize fund of full festival is RUR 5 000 000 (nearly EUR 150 000 or
USD 200 000, two times more than in 2007!) There are Open “A” (for
all, 1st prize RUR 500 000 - also possible to play 6- or 7 days like last two
years), Open “B” (<2300, 1st RUR 150 000), Women Open (new! 1st
prize RUR 150 000), open tournaments for school chidrens (qualify for World
School Ch). Conditions for GMs 2600+ and best rated women GMs will be given
probably, for GMs 2550+ it’s still unclear. More details in the middle of
September. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start.
As preparation to the World Mind Games in China – 2008 there are probably
"Moscow Open Mind Games 2008" - Chess 960, Bridge, Go, Shogi, Damen tournaments
etc. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start.
Contact: wlct06@gmail.com
Further details: http://www.chess-events.org
Etienne Bacrot's Website
Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ giving news about
himself, some comments on recent events including the World Championships in
Mexico City etc. Worth check out.
1st South Bohemia Open
1st SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN 2007 International Chess Festival which takes
place in one of the most beautiful Czech towns – Cesky Krumlov on
13.-20.10. 2007. Open FIDE, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the
festival.
Details: http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/
32nd Kings Head Rapidplay
The 32nd Kings Head Rapidplay takes place Saturday 5 April 2008 start
time 11:00, details below: 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund
£700
The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2 5HS
Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1849
colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com
Further details; http://www.khcc.org.uk
Baltic Sea Cup
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) took place July 30th - August 5th
2007. Reynaldo Vera and Allan Stig Rasmussen finished on 7.5/9. A games file is
on its way from the organisers.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
Baltic Sea Cup July 30th - August 5th 2007
Standing
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No Name Fed ELO Nat # Points
1 - 2 GM Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo 2479 7.5
1 - 2 FM Allan Stig Rasmussen 2450 2451 7.5
3 - 5 GM Igor Khenkin 2602 7
3 - 5 GM Eduardas Rozentalis 2551 7
3 - 5 GM Jonny Hector 2550 2550 7
6 - 9 GM Vadim Malakhatko 2596 6.5
6 - 9 GM Sune Berg Hansen 2574 2580 6.5
6 - 9 GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 2568 2568 6.5
6 - 9 IM Thorbjørn Bromann 2413 2414 6.5
10 - 20 GM Boris Savchenko 2577 6
10 - 20 GM Sergey Kasparov 2500 6
10 - 20 IM Kim Pilgaard 2448 2453 6
10 - 20 IM Jens Kristiansen 2436 2439 6
10 - 20 IM Jacob Vang Glud 2435 2434 6
10 - 20 GM Carsten Høi 2422 2427 6
10 - 20 Esben Lund 2396 2408 6
10 - 20 Ashwin Jayaram 2399 6
10 - 20 FM Jorge Cabrera Trujillo 2324 6
10 - 20 FM Jake Kleiman 2312 6
10 - 20 Andreas Skytte Hagen 2256 2278 6
21 - 32 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2589 5.5
21 - 32 Martin Matthiesen 2363 2353 5.5
21 - 32 WGM Anna Zozulia 2332 5.5
21 - 32 IM Bjørn Brinck-Claussen 2324 2300 5.5
21 - 32 FM Jacob Carstensen 2304 2293 5.5
21 - 32 FM Tobias Hirneise 2293 5.5
21 - 32 FM Teddy Coleman 2239 5.5
21 - 32 FM Ove Weiss Hartvig 2232 2210 5.5
21 - 32 Andreas Wiwe 2187 2152 5.5
21 - 32 Parker Zhao 2180 5.5
21 - 32 Morten Kock Møller 2178 2141 5.5
21 - 32 CM Andreas Arnold Schmitz 2081 5.5
118 players
10th European Senior Team-Championship
10th European Senior Team-Championship take place 11th-19th February
2008 in RAMADA-Hotel in Dresden.
Further info contact: ZMD Schachfestival Dresden e.V.,
Oskar-Mai-Straße 6, D-01159 Dresden, Fon +49 (0)351 416 16 29, Fax: +49
(0)351 416 16 39 Dr. Gerhard Schmidt, Hepkestraße 131, D-01277 Dresden,
Fon +49 (0)351 251 34 20, E-Mail: gerhard.schmidt@schachfestival.de
83rd Hastings International Congress
The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress takes place 28
December 2007 to 6 January 2008. This includes a 10 round Master Swiss, and an
open FIDE Rated tournament 5-6 January. Celebrating what? The lives of the many
people who have died within the past four years, who have so enriched the chess
scene with their work. Full details http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Contact: Con Power conpowr@aol.com
Entries so far include:
Vugar Gashimov GM AZE 2655
Vadim Malakhatko GM BEL 2596
Nidjat Mamedov GM AZE 2548
Stuart Conquest GM ENG 2546
Mark Hebden GM ENG 2540
Nicholas Pert GM ENG 2536
Gawain Jones GM ENG 2526
David Howell GM ENG 2519
Glenn Flear GM ENG 2479
Stewart Haslinger GME ENG 2468
Anna Zozulia IM/WGM BEL 2332
Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2008
The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival will be held
from 22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best
hotels. In previous years players of the quality of Alexei Shirov, Michael
Adams and Nigel Short have played in the Masters section. Usually the Masters
field includes at least 30 grandmasters. In 2008 the first prize in the Masters
has gone up to £12,000 and the tournament is so strong at the top that it
even offers a £2,000 prize for the best score by a player rated under
2600 (we think that might be unique worldwide) as well as the same amount for
other rating categories down to sub-2200. There is also big money to be won in
the Under 2250 (£1,500 first prize) and Under 1850 (£1,000 first
prize) events. Even the relatively light-hearted evening events (which cost
nothing to enter) have a combined prize fund of £1,200.
Full details and entry form:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
European Team Chess Championships
The European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) takes place 27th October -
7th November 2007 in the luxurious Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete,
Greece.
Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org
XXXVII Rilton Cup
XXXVII Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2007 – 5th January 2008
in Mälarsalen. Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, Stockholm,
SWEDEN Stockholm Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 37th Rilton
Cup. This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than SEK 200 000
(about 22 000 euro) will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and
Rilton Open (Rilton Open is only open for Nordic players with a rating lower
than national 1800). Rilton Cup and Rilton ELO is Elo registrated Rilton Cup
and Rilton Elo plays 9 rounds Fide Swiss. The first round starts at 13:00 on
the 27th of December and the following rounds start at 11:00 every day until
the 5th of January. The 1st of January (New Year’s Day) is free. Send your
entry by mail, fax or e-mail, not later than the 17th of December to Stockholm
Chess Federation, attention “Rilton Cup”. Mobile telephones or
computers are not allowed in the playing hall. Rilton Cup Open for players with
an Elo rating or national rating >= 2200. Reflection time: 40 moves in two
hours, 20 moves in one hour and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Entry fees: 800 SEK, 400 for FM, 300 for players born 1987 or later. IGM
and IM free. Prizes (SEK): 1st 20 000 2nd 16 000 3rd 12 000 4th 10 000 5th 8
000 6th 6 000 7:th 5 000 8th 4 000 9th 3 000 10th 3 000 10th 3 000 Rating
prizes: 3 000, 2 000 and 1000 (not for GMs and IMs). Prizemoney is not divided.
Rilton Elo Open for all players with a n Elo rating or national rating up to
2199. Reflection time: 40 moves in two hours, then one hour for the rest of the
game. Entry fees: 600 SEK, 400 for FM, 300 for players born 1987 or later.
Prizes (SEK): 1st 8 000 2nd 5000 3rd 3 000 4th 2 000 5th 1 000 6th 500 Rating
prizes: 3 000, 2 000 and 1000 Prizemoney is not divided.
Stockholms Schackförbund Hornsgatan 82 118 21 Stockholm Tel: 08-669
36 54 Mobil: 073-613 19 73 Fax: 08-669 64 44 Spellokal: 08-668 21 35 (under
turneringen) E-mail:stockholms.schackfrbund@telia.com
Further details: http://www.stockholmschack.nu
Benidorm Chess Festival
The VI Festival Internacional de Ajedrez de Benidorm 2007 takes place
30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and
http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
Alexandra Kosteniuk Killer Chess Tips
Alexandra Kosteniuk has a free video podcast Killer Chess Tips which is
available at the link below on RSS feed or Itunes.
Official site: http://www.chesskillertips.com
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/wcl.html
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/
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/
Lugano tournament November
There is a Lugano tournament at the end of November 2007. Details:
http://www.chessevent.ch/
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
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
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
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
