THE WEEK IN CHESS 535 7th February 2005 by Mark Crowther
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2619 games
My thanks to Pascal Villalba, Michael Freeman, Laszlo Nagy, Steve Laios,
Peter Sowray, Andrew Martin, Dusan Rusjan, Steffen Wirth, Vladimir Dvorkovich,
Denis Vretenar, Alexander Martynkov, Emil Sutovsky, Thomas Henrich, Carsten
Hensel, Victor Hugo Silva, Alexey Mazurok, Visweswaran, Zenón Fanco
Ocampos, Jan Mazuch, Henrik Schlößner, Sinisa Joksic, Nigel Freeman
and everyone else who helped with the issue.
After the finish of the Wijk aan Zee tournaments last week the main
events this are the Bermuda category XVII event and the Gibtele.com Masters
International. Bermuda has three rounds to go and a good finish from almost any
of the six players could yet see them take first. Alexei Shirov managed to pull
back (and gain an ELO point) to manage a five way tie with Levon Aronian, Zahar
Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, and Emil Sutovsky in Gibraltars. This issue includes
the first of four free opening surveys before the start of an interesting
opening survey pay service that starts in March.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Bermuda Invitational takes place 30th January - 9th February 2005
with the traditional Open following - 10th Feb: The Invitational is the
strongest yet - Dominguez, Gelfand, Harikrishna, Macieja, Vescovi &
Volokitin (exp. 2656 Elo) and several of the invitees have confirmed that they
will play in the Open.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Round 2 (January 31, 2005)
Gelfand, Boris - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 22 E05 Catalan
Dominguez, Lenier - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 30 C43 Petroff's Defence
Volokitin, Andrei - Harikrishna, P 1/2 38 C87 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (February 1, 2005)
Vescovi, Giovanni - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 55 D14 Slav Exchange
Harikrishna, P - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 37 D12 Slav Defence
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Volokitin, Andrei 0-1 24 A20 English Opening
Round 4 (February 2, 2005)
Vescovi, Giovanni - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 44 B40 Sicilian Classical
Gelfand, Boris - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 20 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Harikrishna, P - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1-0 37 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (February 3, 2005)
Dominguez, Lenier - Harikrishna, P 1/2 33 C91 Ruy Lopez
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 51 A14 Reti Opening
Volokitin, Andrei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 43 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Round 6 (February 5, 2005)
Gelfand, Boris - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 16 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Harikrishna, P - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 42 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Volokitin, Andrei - Dominguez, Lenier 0-1 47 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 7 (February 6, 2005)
Vescovi, Giovanni - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 17 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Harikrishna, P - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2 44 E94 King's Indian Classical
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 28 A11 Reti Opening
It Bermuda BER (BER), 30-16 i 2005 cat. XVII (2656)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2645 ** == == 1. 0. 1. 4.0 2710
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 == ** =. =. 1= =. 4.0 2693
3 Harikrishna, P g IND 2632 == =. ** =. 1. == 4.0 2712
4 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 0. =. =. ** =0 11 3.5 2654
5 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2618 1. 0= 0. =1 ** 0. 3.0 2618
6 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2685 0. =. == 00 1. ** 2.5 2547
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The Gibtele.com Masters International took place 25th January - 3rd
February 2005. There was a five way tie for first place. The players are given
in alphabetical order in the final standings. Levon Aronian, Zahar Efimenko,
Kiril Georgiev, Alexei Shirov and Emil Sutovsky all scored 7.5/10. After a slow
start Shirov managed to gain an ELO point at the end.
Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Nat Ti FIDE R O U N D S
Pos Player lty tl Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B C D E F
1 ARONIAN,Lev.............. ARM g 2684 w45+ b13+ w15+ b10= w3= b9= w8+ b5= w7= b30+ 7½ 10 7½ 2577 6.50 1.00
2 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g 2601 w40+ b28+ w16= b12= w68+ b5= w3+ b10= w9+ b8= 7½ 10 7½ 2569 5.40 2.10
3 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g 2654 b36+ w38+ b6+ w11= b1= w4= b2- w14+ b29+ w13+ 7½ 10 7½ 2547 6.50 1.00
4 SHIROV,Alexei............ ESP g 2713 w32= b91+ w21= b45+ w13+ b3= w10= b16+ w15+ b5= 7½ 10 7½ 2533 7.40 0.10
5 SUTOVSKY,Emil............ ISR g 2669 b35= w22= b52+ w18+ b7+ w2= b11+ w1= b6+ w4= 7½ 10 7½ 2543 6.70 0.80
6 ARESHCHENKO,Alexander.... UKR g 2570 w88+ b18+ w3- b44= w96= b40+ w46+ b19+ w5- w31+ 7 10 7 2491 6.10 0.90
7 GORMALLY,Daniel.......... ENG m 2472 w67+ w9= b31= b58+ w5- w50+ b30+ w12+ b1= b10= 7 10 7 2542 4.00 3.00
8 KOTRONIAS,Vasilios....... GRE g 2585 b29+ w33+ b11- w36+ b17= w35+ b1- w88+ b28+ w2= 7 10 7 2490 6.30 0.70
9 NAKAMURA,Hikaru.......... USA g 2613 w43+ b7= w19+ b23= w21+ w1= b12= w38+ b2- w26+ 7 10 7 2535 6.10 0.90
10 SARGISSIAN,Gabriel....... ARM g 2602 b70+ w17+ b50+ w1= b11= w31+ b4= w2= b34= w7= 7 10 7 2549 5.70 1.30
11 AVRUKH,Boris............. ISR g 2629 w44+ b20+ w8+ b3= w10= b12= w5- b32+ w13- b46+ 6½ 10 6½ 2556 6.00 0.50
12 DREEV,Alexey............. RUS g 2704 b14+ w34= b26+ w2= b22+ w11= w9= b7- w20+ b15= 6½ 10 6½ 2543 7.10 -0.60
13 ERENBURG,Sergey.......... ISR g 2551 b64+ w1- b91+ w29+ b4- w63= b59+ w52+ b11+ b3- 6½ 10 6½ 2460 6.20 0.30
14 MCNAB,Colin.............. SCO g 2440 w12- b62+ w60+ b37= w67+ b15= w27= b3- w39+ b53+ 6½ 10 6½ 2440 5.00 1.50
15 SPRAGGETT,Kevin.......... CAN g 2589 w96+ b46+ b1- w53= b51+ w14= b17+ w31+ b4- w12= 6½ 10 6½ 2524 5.90 0.60
16 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2519 w25+ w31= b2= b42= w49+ b46= w41+ w4- b36= w34+ 6½ 10 6½ 2483 5.50 1.00
17 AL SAYED,Mohamed......... QAT m 2463 w54+ b10- w97+ b65+ w8= b45= w15- b41= w44+ b18= 6 10 6 2410 5.70 0.30
18 ARAKHAMIA,Ketevan........ GEO m 2450 w85+ w6- b47+ b5- w76+ w39= b38- b104+ w41+ w17= 6 10 6 2367 6.10 -0.10
19 CMILYTE,Viktorija........ LTU m 2468 b104= w66+ b9- w87+ b50= w24= b51+ w6- b52= w64+ 6 10 6 2329 6.90 -0.90
20 CRAMLING,Pia............. SWE g 2481 b39+ w11- b56+ w51= b61+ w30= b31- w64+ b12- w59+ 6 10 6 2442 5.50 0.50
21 DEL RIO,Gabriel.......... ESP g 2502 b51= w74+ b4= w59+ b9- w64+ b52= w29- b24= w63+ 6 10 6 2387 6.60 -0.60
22 HAMDOUCHI,Hicham......... MAR g 2555 w42+ b5= w32= b40+ w12- b53+ w25= bye= b35= w36= 6 9 5½ 2467 5.58 -0.08
23 HEBDEN,Mark.............. ENG g 2521 b24= w47+ b63+ w9= b31- w41- b85= w76+ b88+ w35= 6 10 6 2382 6.90 -0.90
24 HOWELL,David............. ENG f 2348 w23= b58- w92+ b97= w101+ b19= w28- b62+ w21= b68+ 6 9 5 2342 4.59 0.41
25 JASIM,A. R. Saleh........ UAE f 2340 b16- w110+ b90= w89+ b33+ w34= b22= w26= b30- w88+ 6 9 5 2400 3.78 1.22
26 PERT,Nicholas............ ENG g 2501 w61= b56+ w12- b81= w48+ b42= w44+ b25= w53+ b9- 6 10 6 2380 6.60 -0.60
27 POSTNY,Evgeny............ ISR g 2557 b59+ w50- b85+ w43+ b53= w52= b14= w36= b38= w33= 6 10 6 2375 7.40 -1.40
28 RADZIEWICZ,Iweta......... POL m 2459 b48+ w2- b62+ w50= b52- w72+ b24+ w63+ w8- b37= 6 10 6 2368 6.20 -0.20
29 RENDLE,Thomas............ ENG f 2370 w8- b105+ w115+ b13- w81+ b37= w54+ b21+ w3- w38= 6 10 6 2393 4.70 1.30
30 ROGERS,Ian............... AUS g 2594 b41= w72+ b35+ bye= w46= b20= w7- b40+ w25+ w1- 6 9 5½ 2432 6.39 -0.89
31 SASIKIRAN,Krishnan....... IND g 2657 w53+ b16= w7= b32+ w23+ b10- w20+ b15- w68+ b6- 6 10 6 2511 7.00 -1.00
32 SHAW,John................ SCO m 2445 b4= w73+ b22= w31- b75+ w66+ b34= w11- b50= w52+ 6 10 6 2395 5.70 0.30
33 SKRIPCHENKO,Almira....... FRA m 2459 w86+ b8- w101+ b54= w25- b91+ w43= b42+ w45= b27= 6 9 5 2371 5.58 -0.58
34 SPEELMAN,Jonathan........ ENG g 2548 w49+ b12= w58= b96= w44+ b25= w32= b45+ w10= b16- 6 10 6 2450 6.30 -0.30
35 THORFINNSSON,Bragi....... ISL m 2435 w5= b79+ w30- b78+ w54+ b8- w42= b96+ w22= b23= 6 10 6 2412 5.30 0.70
36 TISSIR,Mohamed........... MAR m 2426 w3- b77+ w79+ b8- w82+ b49= w39+ b27= w16= b22= 6 10 6 2394 5.40 0.60
37 TREGUBOV,Pavel........... RUS g 2629 b63= w52= b89+ w14= b41= w29= b88- w85+ b70+ w28= 6 10 6 2368 8.20 -2.20
38 WARD,Chris............... ENG g 2485 w65+ b3- w106+ b49= w42= b96+ w18+ b9- w27= b29= 6 10 6 2414 6.00 0.00
39 CALZETTA,Monica.......... ESP wg 2281 w20- b84+ w107+ b46- w97+ b18= b36- w66+ b14- w71+ 5½ 9 4½ 2268 4.68 -0.18
40 DWORAKOWSKA,Joanna....... POL m 2395 b2- w81+ b73+ w22- b74+ w6- b87+ w30- b79= w80+ 5½ 10 5½ 2325 6.00 -0.50
41 ESTREMERA,Sergio......... ESP m 2384 w30= b97= w78= b106+ w37= b23+ b16- w17= b18- w87+ 5½ 10 5½ 2355 5.40 0.10
42 HASSAN,Abdullah.......... UAE m 2357 b22- w100+ b57+ w16= b38= w26= b35= w33- b81= w79+ 5½ 10 5½ 2338 5.30 0.20
43 HENNIGAN,Michael......... ENG m 2408 b9- b82+ w77+ b27- w91= w47+ b33= b68- w56= w81+ 5½ 10 5½ 2314 6.30 -0.80
44 KOBESE,Watu.............. RSA m 2419 b11- w71+ b66+ w6= b34- w77+ b26- w72+ b17- w76+ 5½ 9 4½ 2364 5.22 -0.72
45 KRISTJANSSON,Stefan...... ISL m 2438 b1- w57+ b75+ w4- b80+ w17= b61+ w34- b33= w50= 5½ 10 5½ 2393 5.60 -0.10
46 LAHNO,Kateryna........... UKR m 2454 b76+ w15- b72+ w39+ b30= w16= b6- w50= b51+ w11- 5½ 10 5½ 2421 5.50 0.00
47 MITCHELL,Martin.......... SCO 2147 w98+ b23- w18- bye= b89+ b43- w86+ w51- b106+ w70+ 5½ 8 4 2303 2.32 1.68
48 MOHAMED,Hossein Addullh.. UAE f 2233 w28- b107= w84= b105+ b26- w55= w69= b92+ b71= w77+ 5½ 9 5 2163 5.40 -0.40
49 NEZAD,Husein Aziz........ QAT m 2349 b34- w109+ b94+ w38= b16- w36= b60= w79= b87= w74+ 5½ 9 4½ 2284 5.31 -0.81
50 QUILLAN,Gary............. ENG 2322 w68+ b27+ w10- b28= w19= b7- w97+ b46= w32= b45= 5½ 10 5½ 2442 3.40 2.10
51 RADOVANOVIC,Jovica....... SCG 2329 w21= b104= w95+ b20= w15- b56+ w19- b47+ w46- b69+ 5½ 10 5½ 2318 5.20 0.30
52 AL-TAMIMI,Hamad.......... QAT 2210 w99+ b37= w5- b71+ w28+ b27= w21= b13- w19= b32- 5 9 4 2457 1.71 2.29
53 BELLON,Juan.............. ESP g 2428 b31- w90+ b74+ b15= w27= w22- b81+ w71+ b26- w14- 5 9 4 2409 4.77 -0.77
54 BLACK,Richard............ BER 2235 b17- w98+ b117+ w33= b35- w70= b29- w74- b113+ w92+ 5 7 2 2336 2.52 -0.52
55 COIMBRA,Margarida Gonac.. POR wf 2081 w58= b88= w96- b92= w86= b48= w104- b110+ w91+ b65= 5 9 4 2261 2.34 1.66
56 DUNN,Andrew.............. ENG 2186 b116+ w26- w20- b95+ b88= w51- b115+ w59= b43= w85= 5 9 4 2291 3.24 0.76
57 HEYL,Thomas.............. GER 2070 w122+ b45- w42- b86= w85= b76= w91- b114+ bye+ b58= 5 7 2 2276 1.68 0.32
58 JOHANNESSON,Ingvar....... ISL f 2315 b55= w24+ b34= w7- b66- w74+ b71- w89+ b77= w57= 5 9 5 2207 5.85 -0.85
59 KEKKI,Petri.............. FIN f 2362 w27- b95+ w105+ b21- w62+ b68= w13- b56= w60+ b20- 5 10 5 2314 5.70 -0.70
60 MOHAMED,Mehdi Aithmido... MAR 2122 b71- w102+ b14- w109+ b64- b113+ w49= w61= b59- b97+ 5 6 2 2311 1.50 0.50
61 ORR,Mark................. IRL m 2324 b26= w89= b112+ bye= w20- b78+ w45- b60= w69= b62= 5 9 4½ 2219 5.76 -1.26
62 OSUNA VEGA,Enrique....... ESP 2173 b111+ w14- w28- b107+ b59- w112+ b70= w24- b90+ w61= 5 9 4 2250 3.51 0.49
63 PERT,Richard............. ENG m 2417 w37= b78+ w23- b69+ w65= b13= w68= b28- w82+ b21- 5 10 5 2385 5.40 -0.40
64 THORFINNSSON,Bjorn....... ISL f 2356 w13- b69+ w99+ b68- w60+ b21- w92+ b20- w75+ b19- 5 10 5 2299 5.80 -0.80
65 TOLHUIZEN,Ludo........... NED 2288 b38- w111+ b119+ w17- b63= w71= b66= w77= b74= w55= 5 7 2½ 2249 3.85 -1.35
66 VINAS GUERRERO,Carlos.... ESP 2096 w93+ b19- w44- b117+ w58+ b32- w65= b39- w86+ b67= 5 8 3 2334 1.60 1.40
67 WEERAMANTRY,Sunil........ SRI f 2258 b7- w108+ b71= w90+ b14- w75- b77- w115+ b72+ w66= 5 8 3½ 2178 4.88 -1.38
68 WILLIAMS,Simon........... ENG m 2487 b50- w75+ b80+ w64+ b2- w59= b63= w43+ b31- w24- 5 10 5 2381 6.40 -1.40
69 ARSENAULT,Nicolas........ CAN 2130 b109= w64- b70+ w63- b90+ w88- b48= w113+ b61= w51- 4½ 8 3 2305 2.16 0.84
70 BELEZKY,Sasha............ UKR m 2399 w10- b106= w69- b93+ w116+ b54= w62= b91+ w37- b47- 4½ 8 2½ 2274 5.36 -2.86
71 BENADDI,Mohsine.......... MAR w60+ b44- w67= w52- b84+ b65= w58+ b53- w48= b39- 4½ 10 4½ 2266 2230
72 BERGSSON,Stefan.......... ISL 2163 w115+ b30- w46- b116= w110+ b28- w101+ b44- w67- b100+ 4½ 7 2 2293 2.24 -0.24
73 DIAZ,Ignacio............. ESP 2090 w120+ b32- w40- b83= w113= b86- bye= w102= b111+ b82= 4½ 4 ½ 2312 0.88 -0.38
74 DUNCANSON,Henry.......... ENG 2110 w92+ b21- w53- b119+ w40- b58- w83+ b54+ w65= b49- 4½ 8 2½ 2323 1.84 0.66
75 FLORES CHICO,Jorge....... ESP 2125 w119+ b68- w45- b108+ w32- b67+ w96- b105+ b64- w78= 4½ 8 2½ 2312 2.08 0.42
76 FOSSUM,Oystein Boyum..... NOR 2214 w46- b101- w120+ b115+ b18- w57= w78+ b23- w84+ b44- 4½ 8 3½ 2266 3.44 0.06
77 FRASER-MITCHELL,Jeremy... ENG 2092 b102+ w36- b43- bye= w83+ b44- w67+ b65= w58= b48- 4½ 7 2 2335 1.40 0.60
78 OBERS,Frits.............. NED 2084 b103+ w63- b41= w35- b111+ w61- b76- w117+ b85= b75= 4½ 7 1½ 2301 1.54 -0.04
79 OCANA ROCA,Jesus......... ESP 2149 b108+ w35- b36- w111= bye= b101= w110+ b49= w40= b42- 4½ 5 1 2392 1.00 0.00
80 OFSTAD,PER............... NOR 2202 w95- b120+ w68- b99+ w45- b97- w100+ b84= w101+ b40- 4½ 8 2½ 2165 4.40 -1.90
81 PATTERSON,Roger.......... CAN 2195 w107= b40- w110+ w26= b29- b99+ w53- b106+ w42= b43- 4½ 9 3½ 2273 3.51 -0.01
82 SAUD,Mohamed............. UAE 2198 b100= w43- b109= w112+ b36- w115= b90= w111+ b63- w73= 4½ 8 3 2161 4.40 -1.40
83 SBIA,Bachir.............. MAR b90- w117- b98+ w73= b77- w89= b74- w94= b115+ w105+ 4½ 8 3½ 2058 2015
84 STRAUB,Peter............. GER 2103 b110= w39- b48= bye= w71- w111= b112+ w80= b76- b101+ 4½ 5 2 2185 1.95 0.05
85 VAN DEN BERSSELAAR,Jeroen NED 2211 b18- w93+ w27- bye= b57= b106+ w23= b37- w78= b56= 4½ 8 3 2313 2.88 0.12
86 VAN EIJK,Sander.......... NED c 2216 b33- w119- b102+ w57= b55= w73+ b47- w90= b66- w107+ 4½ 8 3½ 2109 5.20 -1.70
87 WALTON,Alan.............. ENG c 2181 w101= b96- w113+ b19- w106= b95+ w40- b97+ w49= b41- 4½ 8 3 2251 3.20 -0.20
88 WELLING,Gerard........... NED m 2369 b6- w55= b100+ bye= w56= b69+ w37+ b8- w23- b25- 4½ 9 4 2340 4.86 -0.86
89 AGDESTEIN,Emil........... NOR 2045 w114+ b61= w37- b25- w47- b83= w95+ b58- w97- w110+ 4 7 1½ 2212 1.96 -0.46
90 BRYN,Askild.............. NOR 2009 w83+ b53- w25= b67- w69- b108+ w82= b86= w62- b91= 4 8 2 2235 1.68 0.32
91 CAZELAIS,Marc............ CAN 2202 b112+ w4- w13- b94+ b43= w33- b57+ w70- b55- w90= 4 10 4 2254 4.30 -0.30
92 DE ANDRES GONALONS,Fernan ESP 2115 b74- w113= b24- w55= b107+ w109+ b64- w48- b102+ b54- 4 7 1½ 2183 2.87 -1.37
93 ELAMRI,Sanae............. MAR b66- b85- w118= w70- b102- w122+ b107= w116= b108+ w94= 4 6 1½ 2121 1928
94 GOMEZ ZAMBRANA,Pedro..... ESP 2019 w97- b122+ w49- w91- b109- w103+ b111- b83= w114+ b93= 4 3 0 2195 0.81 -0.81
95 GONZALEZ AMAYA,Millan.... ESP 1931 b80+ w59- b51- w56- b114+ w87- b89- w109+ b107- w113+ 4 7 1 2156 1.54 -0.54
96 MORTAZAVI,Ali............ ENG m 2371 b15- w87+ b55+ w34= b6= w38- b75+ w35- 4 8 4 2377 3.92 0.08
97 WHITE,Kevin.............. ENG 2035 b94+ w41= b17- w24= b39- w80+ b50- w87- b89+ w60- 4 10 4 2229 2.50 1.50
98 ARJONES,Francisco........ ESP b47- b54- w83- b122- bye= w120+ w114- b124= w112+ w106= 3½ 4 1½ 2113 2026
99 CARAME GONZALEZ,Francisco ESP 2008 b52- w116+ b64- w80- b122+ w81- b113- w107= b110= w102= 3½ 5 ½ 2176 1.40 -0.90
100 CARDENAS ROMO,Alejandro.. ESP 1921 w82= b42- w88- b113- bye= w116+ b80- w103= b117+ w72- 3½ 5 ½ 2221 0.75 -0.25
101 ELAMRI,Abdelhafid........ MAR f b87= w76+ b33- w104= b24- w79= b72- w112+ b80- w84- 3½ 10 3½ 2206 2096
102 GALLEGO,Francisco........ ESP w77- b60- w86- b110- w93+ b114= w108+ b73= w92- b99= 3½ 6 1 2107 1834
103 GONZALEZ NUNEZ,Millan.... ESP w78- b115- b116- w118- w120+ b94- w122+ b100= w105- b117+ 3½ 6 ½ 2034 1633
104 JAIME,Luis Montalvan..... ESP f 2244 w19= w51= bye= b101= bye= def- b55+ w18- bye 3½ 4 2 2332 1.52 0.48
105 RIOS GONZALEZ,Jose....... ESP 2070 b117+ w29- b59- w48- w108= b110- bye+ w75- b103+ b83- 3½ 4 0 2273 0.96 -0.96
106 VEA,Odin Blikra.......... NOR 2077 b113+ w70= b38- w41- b87= w85- b109+ w81- w47- b98= 3½ 7 1 2278 1.68 -0.68
107 VILLENA PEREZ,Jorge...... ESP 1916 b81= w48= b39- w62- w92- b117= w93= b99= w95+ b86- 3½ 8 2½ 2142 1.68 0.82
108 ABDEREZZAK,Slimani....... MAR w79- b67- w114+ w75- b105= w90- b102- b120= w93- w122+ 3 5 ½ 2122 1756
109 BAENA,Antonia............ ESP w69= b49- w82= b60- w94+ b92- w106- b95- b116= w115= 3 9 2½ 2107 1941
110 ELAMRI,Laila............. MAR wf w84= b25- b81- w102+ b72- w105+ b79- w55- w99= b89- 3 9 2 2128 1908
111 HAMER,Martyn............. ENG w62- b65- w122+ b79= w78- b84= w94+ b82- w73- w123- 3 9 2 2149 1929
112 KUENITZ,Klaus............ GER 1994 w91- b114+ w61- b82- w117+ b62- w84- b101- b98- w120+ 3 5 0 2200 1.20 -1.20
113 MATTO,Manuel............. ENG w106- b92= b87- w100+ b73= w60- w99+ b69- w54- b95- 3 10 3 2081 1932
114 NAVARRO,Fernando......... ESP b89- w112- b108- b120+ w95- w102= b98+ w57- b94- w116= 3 5 0 2012 1335
115 NICHOLSON,John........... IRE 2026 b72- w103+ b29- w76- w119+ b82= w56- b67- w83- b109= 3 6 ½ 2232 1.44 -0.94
116 PHILLIPS,Gordon.......... ENG w56- b99- w103+ w72= b70- b100- w117- b93= w109= b114= 3 5 ½ 2135 1769
117 MONCAYO MACHADO,Juan..... ESP w105- b83+ w54- w66- b112- w107= b116+ b78- w100- w103- 2½ 7 ½ 2045 1623
118 SEDGWICK,David........... ENG 2082 b93= b103+ b120+ 2½ 0 0
119 BARROS CAMPOY,Jose....... ESP b75- b86+ w65- w74- b115- bye= def- bye 1½ 5 1 2153 1913
120 GARCIA LECHUGO,Francisco. ESP b73- w80- b76- w114- b103- b98- w118- w108= b122+ b112- 1½ 5 0 2116 1439
121 HEWITT,Sean.............. ENG b122+ 1 0 0
122 MIHAJLOVA,Diana.......... ENG b57- w94- b111- w98+ w99- b93- b103- w121- w120- b108- 1 3 0
123 WEEKS,Manuel............. AUS f 2238 b111+ 1 0 0
124 ROGERS,Cathy............. AUS w98= ½ 0 0
1st= Alexei Shirov ESP 7.5 £2300
Lev Aronian ARM 7.5 £2300
Emil Sutovsky ISR 7.5 £2300
Kiril Georgiev BUL 7.5 £2300
Zahar Efimenko UKR 7.5 £2300
6th= Hikaru Nakamura USA 7.0 £300
Gabriel Sargissian ARM 7.0 £300
Vasilios Kotronias GRE 7.0 £300
Alexander Areshchenko UKR 7.0 £300
Daniel Gormally ENG 7.0 £300
Best non IM or GM
Thomas Rendle ENG 6.0 £150
Saleh Jasim UAE 6.0 £150
2150 to 2350 (performance)
Hamad Al-Tamimi QAT +2.29 £300
Under 2150 (performance)
Martin Mitchell SCO +1.68 £300
Aged Under 18
David Howell ENG 6.0 £300
Best Scottish Player
Colin McNab SCO 6.5 £250
Womens Awards
Pia Cramling SWE 6.0 £300
Viktorija Cmilyte LTU 6.0 £300
Iweta Radziewicz POL 6.0 £300
Almira Skripchenko FRA 6.0 £300
Ketevan Arakhamia GEO 6.0 £300
Best Game Prize
Emil Sutovsky for his game against Danny Gormally £500
The Czech Championship takes place 1st-11th February 2005.
Official site: http://muzi2005.chess.cz/partie.php
Round 6 Standings:
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ch-CZE Prague CZE (CZE), 1-11 ii 2005 cat. XI (2514)
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1. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2566 * . = = . = = . . 1 . 1 4.0 2628
2. Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2600 . * . . = . = = 1 . 1 = 4.0 2588
3. Navara, David g CZE 2644 = . * = . = = 1 . = . . 3.5 2581
4. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2586 = . = * . = = = . . 1 . 3.5 2592
5. Haba, Petr g CZE 2525 . = . . * = = = = . 1 . 3.5 2569
6. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2515 = . = = = * . . . = . 1 3.5 2573
7. Jirovsky, Milos g CZE 2499 = = = = = . * . = . . . 3.0 2566
8. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2499 . = 0 = = . . * . = . 1 3.0 2521
9. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2476 . 0 . . = . = . * 1 0 = 2.5 2424
10. Klima, Lukas m CZE 2484 0 . = . . = . = 0 * = . 2.0 2406
11. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2487 . 0 . 0 0 . . . 1 = * = 2.0 2368
12. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2292 0 = . . . 0 . 0 = . = * 1.5 2330
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The Oceania 2005 FIDE Zonal qualifier took place January 30th - February
4th 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand. Gary Lane won the event with 7/9. Titles:
WIM Narelle Szuveges WFM Angela Song (5 pts - 26.5 tie break) Shannon Oliver (5
pts - 25.0 tie break with V.Reid & E.Charomova - wins by 2nd tie break
elimination of early results) IM Paul Garbett (6.5 pts - tie break ahead of
G.Xie and J.Humphrey) FM Jonathan Humphrey (6.5 pts) Igor Bjelobrk (5.5 pts -
tie break ahead of Aaron Guthrie, Puchen Wang & Michael Steadman). News:
Michael Freeman.
Official site: http://www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz/
Leading Final Standings:
1 Lane, Gary AUS 2439 im 7 35.5 49.0
2-5 Garbett, Paul NZL 2312 fm 6.5 37.0 52.0
Xie, George AUS 2359 fm 6.5 34.0 50.5
Johansen, Darryl AUS 2471 gm 6.5 33.5 52.0
Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2150 6.5 28.5 44.0
6-10 Wohl, Alex AUS 2378 im 6 34.5 50.0
Canfell, Greg AUS 2361 fm 6 33.0 49.5
Feldman, Vladimir AUS 2300 im 6 32.5 46.0
Smith, Bob NZL 2233 fm 6 28.0 42.5
Lukey, Stephen NZL 2281 fm 6 27.5 40.0
11-19 Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2377 5.5 35.0 51.0
Rujevic, Mirko AUS 2260 im 5.5 29.5 47.5
Depasquale, Chris AUS 2333 fm 5.5 29.5 47.0
Reilly, Tim AUS 2302 fm 5.5 29.5 47.0
Guthrie, Aaron AUS 2170 5.5 29.5 45.0
Nokes, Roger NZL 2329 fm 5.5 29.0 44.0
Wang, Puchen NZL 2218 5.5 27.0 41.0
Steadman, Michael NZL 2222 5.5 26.0 44.0
Ker, Anthony NZL 2327 im 5.5 25.5 42.5
20-24 Solomon, Stephen AUS 2426 im 5 29.5 49.0
Charles, Gareth AUS 2178 5 26.5 46.5
Green, Peter NZL 2258 fm 5 26.0 41.0
Sonter, Matthew AUS 2206 5 25.5 44.0
Mistry, Prashant NZL 2017 5 21.0 36.5
Crosstable
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Oceania zt Auckland NZL (NZL), 30 i-4 ii 2005
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1. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2439 +29 =26 +36 =14 + 4 +20 = 3 = 2 + 7 7.0 2506
2. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2471 = 5 +46 + 9 = 3 =16 +13 +11 = 1 = 6 6.5 2449
3. Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2312 +37 +30 + 7 = 2 +11 = 6 = 1 = 4 = 8 6.5 2488
4. Xie, George Wendi f AUS 2359 +42 +21 =14 +13 - 1 +12 = 8 = 3 +17 6.5 2429
5. Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2150 = 2 =35 =18 +37 =26 =15 +38 +25 +11 6.5 2428
6. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2378 +47 +15 +12 -11 +14 = 3 +16 - 7 = 2 6.0 2433
7. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2361 +32 +19 - 3 +50 +17 -11 +14 + 6 - 1 6.0 2405
8. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2300 +44 =36 +26 =20 =25 +18 = 4 =11 = 3 6.0 2399
9. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2233 +51 =25 - 2 +47 =18 =30 =20 +21 +26 6.0 2383
10. Lukey, Stephen G f NZL 2281 =27 +31 =25 -21 +54 =22 =30 +35 +20 6.0 2325
11. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2377 +38 +22 +33 + 6 - 3 + 7 - 2 = 8 - 5 5.5 2364
12. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2302 +34 +17 - 6 +40 =20 - 4 =21 +22 =15 5.5 2315
13. Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2333 +41 +50 =20 - 4 +21 - 2 =15 +19 =18 5.5 2363
14. Rujevic, Mirko m AUS 2260 +24 +45 = 4 = 1 - 6 +35 - 7 =30 +27 5.5 2303
15. Steadman, Michael NZL 2222 +53 - 6 -40 +44 +34 = 5 =13 +23 =12 5.5 2262
16. Nokes, Roger I f NZL 2329 =31 =27 +54 +22 = 2 +25 - 6 -17 +30 5.5 2304
17. Guthrie, Aaron AUS 2170 +55 -12 +27 +33 - 7 +26 =19 +16 - 4 5.5 2327
18. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2327 -45 +59 = 5 +48 = 9 - 8 +39 +24 =13 5.5 2221
19. Wang, Philip Xiao f USA 2306 +56 - 7 =37 =36 +29 +27 =17 -13 +25 5.5 2220
20. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2426 +48 +23 =13 = 8 =12 - 1 = 9 +32 -10 5.0 2307
21. Charles, Gareth AUS 2178 +52 - 4 +34 +10 -13 =23 =12 - 9 +39 5.0 2244
22. Sonter, Matthew AUS 2206 +43 -11 +32 -16 +40 =10 =23 -12 +41 5.0 2248
23. Green, Peter f NZL 2258 +49 -20 +29 =30 =35 =21 =22 -15 +37 5.0 2220
24. Mistry, Prashant NZL 2017 -14 -29 +58 =42 +47 =28 +54 -18 +35 5.0 2209
25. Kulashko, Aleksei f NZL 2377 +40 = 9 =10 +28 = 8 -16 +36 - 5 -19 4.5 2214
26. Mc Laren, Leonard NZL 2247 +39 = 1 - 8 +45 = 5 -17 =31 +34 - 9 4.5 2162
27. Stojic, Dusan AUS 2036 =10 =16 -17 +32 +50 -19 =28 +31 -14 4.5 2209
28. Jones, Lee f AUS 2199 -36 +49 +44 -25 =38 =24 =27 =37 =32 4.5 2079
29. Stuart, Peter NZL 2146 - 1 +24 -23 +53 -19 =34 =41 +36 =33 4.5 2158
30. Jones, Brian f AUS 2168 +60 - 3 +53 =23 =33 = 9 =10 =14 -16 4.5 2216
31. Song, Raymond AUS 2063 =16 -10 -48 =46 +52 +40 =26 -27 +47 4.5 2144
32. Safarian, Alek AUS 2092 - 7 +57 -22 -27 +53 +50 +33 -20 =28 4.5 2188
33. Watson, Bruce R f NZL 2286 +59 +54 -11 -17 =30 =49 -32 +43 =29 4.5 2127
34. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2051 -12 +58 -21 +55 -15 =29 +42 -26 +46 4.5 2130
35. Spain, Graeme NZL 2192 =46 = 5 =45 +39 =23 -14 +49 -10 -24 4.0 2071
36. Lin,Zhigen AUS ---- +28 = 8 - 1 =19 =61 +37 -25 -29 =38 4.0 2169
37. Cronan, James AUS 2053 - 3 +52 =19 - 5 +45 -36 +48 =28 -23 4.0 2115
38. Goodhue, Nathan NZL 2092 -11 -53 +46 +43 =28 =39 - 5 =45 =36 4.0 2043
39. Oliver, Gareth AUS 2000 -26 =47 +51 -35 +42 =38 -18 +44 -21 4.0 2101
40. Krstev, Antonio NZL 2132 -25 +56 +15 -12 -22 -31 =46 =50 +49 4.0 2084
41. Gibbons, Robert NZL 2075 -13 -55 +56 -49 +43 =54 =29 +53 -22 4.0 2026
42. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2079 - 4 -43 +52 =24 -39 +59 -34 =54 +53 4.0 2024
43. Kalisch,Tom AUS ---- -22 +42 -47 -38 -41 +58 +51 -33 +59 4.0 2057
44. Benson, Christopher NZL 2049 - 8 +60 -28 -15 +57 =48 =50 -39 +54 4.0 2090
45. Van Renen, Mike AUS 2060 +18 -14 =35 -26 -37 +56 =47 =38 . 3.5 2094
46. Davis,Tony AUS ---- =35 - 2 -38 =31 +51 -47 =40 +48 -34 3.5 2061
47. Wheeler, Bruce NZL 2139 - 6 =39 +43 - 9 -24 +46 =45 =49 -31 3.5 2003
48. Chan, Jason AUS 2140 -20 =51 +31 -18 =49 =44 -37 -46 +58 3.5 2021
49. Donaldson, Bruce NZL 2002 -23 -28 +60 +41 =48 =33 -35 =47 -40 3.5 2077
50. Perry, Roger NZL NZL 2186 +57 -13 +55 - 7 -27 -32 =44 =40 =51 3.5 2030
51. Thornton, Giovanni Antonio NZL 1995 - 9 =48 -39 =56 -46 +60 -43 +59 =50 3.5 1962
52. Stone,Andrew NZL ---- -21 -37 -42 +58 -31 -53 +60 =56 +57 3.5 1937
53. Stojic, Svetozar AUS 1992 -15 +38 -30 -29 -32 +52 +57 -41 -42 3.0 1972
54. Goffin, Peter NZL 2154 +58 -33 -16 +59 -10 =41 -24 =42 -44 3.0 2003
55. Maroroa,Temu NZL ---- -17 +41 -50 -34 =59 -57 -58 -60 +56 2.5 1868
56. Prasad, Calvin FIJ 1788 -19 -40 -41 =51 +60 -45 =59 =52 -55 2.5 1901
57. Booth,Tony NZL ---- -50 -32 -59 +60 -44 +55 -53 =58 -52 2.5 1873
58. Maroroa,Andrew NZL ---- -54 -34 -24 -52 +61 -43 +55 =57 -48 2.5 1874
59. Hair, Philip I NZL 2036 -33 -18 +57 -54 =55 -42 =56 -51 -43 2.0 1849
60. Cheng,Bobby NZL ---- -30 -44 -49 -57 -56 -51 -52 +55 +61 2.0 1780
61. BYE ---- . . . . -58 . . . -60 0.5 1727
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The 2nd Kish GM takes place on Kish Island, FIDE standard time control
(90 Min. + 30 Sec./Mov.) 2nd-10th February 2005.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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2nd GM Kish IRI (IRI), 2-10 ii 2005 cat. IX (2461)
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1. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2568 * . = . . = = 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 2678
2. Moradiabadi, Elshan m IRI 2439 . * = = . = . = . 1 1 1 5.0 2619
3. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2623 = = * = = = . . 1 . 1 . 4.5 2555
4. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2550 . = = * = = . . 1 . 1 = 4.5 2552
5. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2568 . . = = * = 1 1 . 0 . 1 4.5 2590
6. Agamaliev, Gamil g AZE 2516 = = = = = * 1 . . . = . 4.0 2543
7. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2445 = . . . 0 0 * = 1 = . 1 3.5 2458
8. Sharbaf, Mohsen f IRI 2403 0 = . . 0 . = * = 1 0 . 2.5 2320
9. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2274 0 . 0 0 . . 0 = * 1 1 . 2.5 2362
10. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2404 0 0 . . 1 . = 0 0 * . = 2.0 2295
11. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2260 . 0 0 0 . = . 1 0 . * = 2.0 2310
12. Asanov, Bolat g KAZ 2476 0 0 . = 0 . 0 . . = = * 1.5 2232
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The 64th Italian Championship took place in Montecatini Terme 29th
January - 6th February 2005. The event was in fact the 2004 championship and
was won by Fabio Bruno. News: Lanfranco Bombelli.
Further info: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bombelli/campit04.htm
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64th ch-ITA Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 29 i-6 ii 2005 cat. IV (2326)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Bruno, Fabio f ITA 2379 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2485
2. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2371 1 * = 1 0 1 0 = 1 = 5.5 2400
3. Rossi, Carlo m ITA 2367 = = * = 0 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2401
4. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2366 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2401
5. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2344 = 1 1 0 * = 0 = = 1 5.0 2366
6. Buchicchio, Giampaolo f ITA 2288 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2372
7. Cocchi, Andrea f ITA 2290 = 1 0 = 1 0 * 0 0 1 4.0 2286
8. Cacco, Christian f ITA 2282 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2287
9. Di Caro, Calogero f ITA 2397 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * 1 3.5 2237
10. Sabia, Corrado ITA 2173 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1898
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The 12th Montecatini Terme International took place 27th January - 4th
February 2005. Igor Miladinovic won the event with 9/11 undefeated half a point
clear of Stefan Djuric. News: Lanfranco Bombelli.
Further info: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bombelli/mca0105.htm
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XII It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 27 i-4 ii 2005 cat. IV (2337)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2611 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2574
2. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2470 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2536
3. Shytaj, Luca f ITA 2341 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2402
4. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2430 0 = 1 * = 0 = = = 1 = = 5.5 2329
5. Buli,Vangjel ITA ---- 0 0 = = * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2368
6. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2228 = = 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2311
7. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2293 0 0 0 = 1 1 * = 1 0 1 0 5.0 2305
8. Mariotti, Sergio g ITA 2350 0 0 = = = = = * = 1 = = 5.0 2300
9. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2395 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 = * 0 1 = 4.5 2267
10. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2287 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = = 4.0 2240
11. Tocchioni, Doriano ITA 2283 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = 0 = * 1 4.0 2240
12. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2361 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = = = 0 * 3.5 2202
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The Kiev Championship took place 15th-30th January 2005. Sergey Pavlov
win the event with an undefeated 9/11.
Official site:
http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t039.html
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ch-Kiev Kiev UKR (UKR), 15-30 i 2005
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1. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2368 +45 =12 =10 + 6 = 8 +33 + 5 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 3 9.0 2579
2. Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2416 + 6 +24 +31 = 8 = 5 = 9 = 4 +10 - 3 +16 + 7 8.0 2499
3. Solomaha, Andrey UKR 2384 +30 =10 +25 - 5 =21 +16 +11 =14 + 2 + 7 = 1 8.0 2444
4. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2488 +14 = 5 +16 - 7 +18 +21 = 2 + 8 - 1 +23 + 9 8.0 2488
5. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2287 +44 = 4 +27 + 3 = 2 = 7 - 1 =17 +11 +18 + 8 8.0 2461
6. Golichenko, Ilija UKR 2240 - 2 +44 +42 - 1 =19 +34 =22 =18 +17 +20 +14 7.5 2356
7. Moliboga, V RUS 2314 +28 +15 = 8 + 4 =33 = 5 + 9 - 1 +23 - 3 - 2 6.5 2396
8. Perun, Sergey m UKR 2347 +26 +29 = 7 = 2 = 1 +13 =14 - 4 =16 +21 - 5 6.5 2365
9. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2406 +20 -16 +11 +10 +22 = 2 - 7 +21 +14 - 1 - 4 6.5 2356
10. Dzhangirov, Dmitry UKR 2253 +37 = 3 = 1 - 9 +35 =22 +19 - 2 +13 =14 =11 6.5 2334
11. Kiselev, Vladimir UKR 2160 =33 +23 - 9 =17 +24 +31 - 3 +25 - 5 +19 =10 6.5 2390
12. Evchin, Maxim UKR 2248 +40 = 1 =22 +16 -14 -17 =13 +29 -21 +34 +23 6.5 2304
13. Tchoubar, Vladimir m UKR 2345 -27 +41 -15 +36 +26 - 8 =12 +37 -10 +24 +21 6.5 2230
14. Dolzhikova, Kateryna UKR 2244 - 4 +35 +36 +31 +12 =23 = 8 = 3 - 9 =10 - 6 6.0 2315
15. Borsuk, Konstantin UKR 2152 +19 - 7 +13 -22 -28 +35 =29 =20 +33 =17 =16 6.0 2288
16. Semenova, Lidia K wg UKR 2257 +39 + 9 - 4 -12 +27 - 3 +31 +33 = 8 - 2 =15 6.0 2331
17. Chichkin, Vasily UKR 2311 =38 -21 +39 =11 +42 +12 =23 = 5 - 6 =15 =18 6.0 2213
18. Karnaukh, Anatolij UKR 2248 -36 +28 =40 +34 - 4 +39 =33 = 6 +24 - 5 =17 6.0 2218
19. Moiseev, Igor UKR 2349 -15 +34 -26 +43 = 6 =30 -10 +31 +35 -11 +29 6.0 2194
20. Kalinkin, Boris UKR 2232 - 9 =39 -34 -28 +38 +43 +32 =15 +22 - 6 +33 6.0 2178
21. Stratulat, Sergey UKR 2187 =23 +17 =33 +24 = 3 - 4 +25 - 9 +12 - 8 -13 5.5 2345
22. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2292 +35 =27 =12 +15 - 9 =10 = 6 -23 -20 =28 +34 5.5 2189
23. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2377 =21 -11 +38 +26 +25 =14 =17 +22 - 7 - 4 -12 5.5 2245
24. Ivanets, Sergey UKR 2261 +32 - 2 +37 -21 -11 =26 +30 +39 -18 -13 +35 5.5 2155
25. Zsiltzova-Lisenko, Lubov wm UKR 2265 =34 +36 - 3 +40 -23 +28 -21 -11 +39 =29 =26 5.5 2142
26. Leshchenko, Vasilij UKR 2145 - 8 +43 +19 -23 -13 =24 =34 -35 +41 +32 =25 5.5 2186
27. Grinev, Valeriy UKR 2118 +13 =22 - 5 =41 -16 -29 -35 +44 +37 =31 +36 5.5 2169
28. Babiy, Petr UKR 2061 - 7 -18 =30 +20 +15 -25 -39 +40 =32 =22 =31 5.0 2149
29. Kovalenko, Vladimir N UKR 2251 +43 - 8 +32 -33 -31 +27 =15 -12 +30 =25 -19 5.0 2180
30. Kosikov, Andrey UKR 2210 - 3 -32 =28 +38 +40 =19 -24 =34 -29 =37 +41 5.0 2096
31. Ianovsky, Alexander UKR 2328 +41 +42 - 2 -14 +29 -11 -16 -19 +40 =27 =28 5.0 2142
32. Khadzh Khamed,Naser UKR ---- -24 +30 -29 -42 =43 +36 -20 +41 =28 -26 +44 5.0 2078
33. Nogin, Nikolai UKR 2364 =11 +38 =21 +29 = 7 - 1 =18 -16 -15 =35 -20 4.5 2136
34. Ignatenko,Vladimir UKR ---- =25 -19 +20 -18 +44 - 6 =26 =30 +38 -12 -22 4.5 2142
35. Chernozem,Sergey UKR ---- -22 -14 +45 +37 -10 -15 +27 +26 -19 =33 -24 4.5 2147
36. Shcherbenko,Alexandr UKR ---- +18 -25 -14 -13 =37 -32 +46 -38 +44 +40 -27 4.5 2050
37. Minakov,Vitaliy UKR ---- -10 +45 -24 -35 =36 +44 +41 -13 -27 =30 . 4.0 2073
38. Burakovsky, Marat UKR 2049 =17 -33 -23 -30 -20 +46 +43 +36 -34 =44 -40 4.0 2033
39. Kovalchuk,Alexey UKR ---- -16 =20 -17 +45 +41 -18 +28 -24 -25 . . 3.5 2131
40. Musienko,Olexiy UKR ---- -12 +46 =18 -25 -30 -41 +44 -28 -31 -36 +38 3.5 2004
41. Docenko, Feodosi J UKR 2104 -31 -13 +44 =27 -39 +40 -37 -32 -26 +46 -30 3.5 1971
42. Zhesterev,Anatol UKR ---- +46 -31 - 6 +32 -17 . . . . . . 2.0 2103
43. Motrenko,Nikolay UKR ---- -29 -26 +46 -19 =32 -20 -38 . . . . 1.5 1916
44. Chistiakov, Anatolij UKR ---- - 5 - 6 -41 +46 -34 -37 -40 -27 -36 =38 -32 1.5 1763
45. Kiselev, Alexander UKR 2160 - 1 -37 -35 -39 +46 . . . . . . 1.0 1833
46. BYE ---- -42 -40 -43 -44 -45 -38 -36 . . -41 . 0.0
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The Bundesliga 8th and 9th Rounds took place over the weekend of 29th
and 30th January 2005. The battle for the title looks to be between Porz and
Baden Oos.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com/
Round 9 Standings:
1. SG Porz 9 49,5 18:0
2. SC Baden-Oos 9 49,0 18:0
3. SV Werder Bremen 9 45,5 16:2
4. TV Tegernsee 9 43,5 14:4
5. Mülheim Nord 9 40,0 12:6
6. SC Kreuzberg 9 45,0 11:7
7. SF Katernberg 9 38,5 11:7
8. SC Eppingen 9 32,5 10:8
9. Hamburger SK 9 35,0 8:10
10. SV Wattenscheid 9 33,0 6:12
11. SV Hofheim 9 28,5 6:12
12. Erfurter SK 9 33,0 5:13
13. SF Neukölln 9 30,0 5:13
14. SG Solingen 9 30,0 4:14
15. Stuttgarter SF 8 22,0 0:18
16. Preetzer TSV 8 20,5 0:18
Round 8 29th January 2005
Venue: Erfurt
Erfurter SK - Stuttgarter SG 6,0 - 2,0
Haba, Petr - Sedlak, Nikola 0 - 1
Kuczynski, Robert - Schmittdiel, Eckhard 1 - 0
Machelett, Heiko - Reuss, Andreas 1 - 0
Casper, Thomas - Vujic, Branimir 0,5 - 0,5
Brueggemann, - Vuckovic, 0,5 - 0,5
Joachim Aleksandar
Mueller, Matthias - Lorscheid, Gerhard 1 - 0
Voekler, Bernd - Heinatz, Thomas 1 - 0
Enders, Peter - Migl, Dieter 1 - 0
SV Werder Bremen - TV Tegernsee 5,5 - 2,5
McShane, Luke James - Khenkin, Igor 0,5 - 0,5
Hracek, Zbynek - Sokolov, Andrei 0,5 - 0,5
Pelletier, Yannick - Ribli, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Babula, Vlastimil - Bischoff, Klaus 0,5 - 0,5
Nyback, Tomi - Boensch, Uwe 1 - 0
Fish, Gennadij - Kindermann, Stefan 0,5 - 0,5
Knaak, Rainer - Hertneck, Gerald 1 - 0
Meins, Gerlef - Teske, Henrik 1 - 0
Venue: Mülheim Nord
SV Mülheim Nord - SC Kreuzberg 4,0 - 4,0
Landa, Konstantin - Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 0,5 - 0,5
Fridman, Daniel - Almasi, Zoltan 1 - 0
Levin, Felix - Socko, Bartosz 0 - 1
Schebler, Gerhard - Maiwald, Jens-Uwe 0 - 1
Saltaev, Mihail - Kalinitschew, Sergey 0 - 1
Lytchak, Alexander - Volke, Karsten 1 - 0
Hausrath, Daniel - Tischbierek, Raj 0,5 - 0,5
Sielecki, Christof - Lau, Ralf 1 - 0
SF Katernberg - SF Neukölln 4,0 - 4,0
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Nataf,IA 0 - 1
Glek, Igor V - Miroshnichenko,Evgenij0,5 - 0,5
Chuchelov, Vladimir - Polzin, Rainer 0 - 1
Smagin, Sergey - Borriss, Martin Dr. 1 - 0
Thesing, Matthias - Berndt, Stephan 0 - 1
Scholz, Christian - Thiede, Lars 0,5 - 0,5
Souleidis, Georgios - Schwarz, Michael 1 - 0
Siebrecht, - Rudolf, Henrik 1 - 0
Sebastian
Venue: Baden Oos
SC Baden-Oos - Hamburger SK 6,5 - 1,5
Vallejo Pons,Fran. - Gustafsson, Jan 0,5 - 0,5
Movsesian, Sergei - Ftacnik, Lubomir 1 - 0
Krasenkow, Michal - Hansen, Sune Berg 1 - 0
Dautov, Rustem - Wahls, Matthias 1 - 0
Huebner, Robert Dr. - Bezold, Michael 0,5 - 0,5
Schlosser, Philipp - Reeh, Oliver 0,5 - 0,5
Schmaltz, Roland - Heinemann, Thies 1 - 0
Doettling, Fabian - Michaelsen, Nils 1 - 0
SC Eppingen - Preetzer TSV 5,5 - 2,5
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Pedersen, Steffen 0,5 - 0,5
Acs, Peter - Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove 1 - 0
Medvegy, Zoltan - Wisnewski,Christoph 1 - 0
Braun, Arik - Borbjergaard, Lars 0,5 - 0,5
Mann, Christian - Junge, Kai 0,5 - 0,5
Miltner, Arndt - Willsch, Matthias 0 - 1
Balzar, Andreas Dr. - Marxen, Peter Dr. 1 - 0
Koch, Wolfgang Max - Reinecker, Kai 1 - 0
Venue: Hofheim
SV Hofheim - SV Wattenscheid 4,0 - 4,0
Savchenko,Stanislav - Rustemov, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Hickl, Joerg - Johannessen, Leif Erlend1 - 0
Ginsburg, Gennadi - Handke, Florian 0 - 1
Krivoshey, Sergei - Appel, Ralf 1 - 0
Zude, Arno - Holzke, Frank Dr. 1 - 0
Pirrot, Dieter - Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr 0,5 - 0,5
Brendel, Oliver - Ellers, Holger 0 - 1
Haubt, Georg - Straeter, Timo 0 - 1
SG Porz - SG Aljechin Solingen 6,5 - 1,5
Lutz, Christopher - Sandipan, Chanda 0,5 - 0,5
Vaganian, Rafael A - Gabriel, Christian 1 - 0
Beliavsky,Alexander - Naumann, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Graf, Alexander - Hoffmann, Michael 1 - 0
Gurevich, Mikhail - Werle, Jan 1 - 0
Hansen, Curt - Drabke,Lorenz Maximilian1 - 0
Van den Doel, Erik - Zysk, Robert 0,5 - 0,5
Andersson, Ulf - Emms, John M. 1 - 0
Round 9 30th January 2005
Venue: Erfurt
Stuttgarter SG - SV Werder Bremen 2,0 - 6,0
Sedlak, Nikola - McShane, Luke James 0 - 1
Schmittdiel,Eckhard - Hracek, Zbynek 0,5 - 0,5
Reuss, Andreas - Pelletier, Yannick 0 - 1
Vujic, Branimir - Babula, Vlastimil 0,5 - 0,5
Vuckovic,Aleksandar - Nyback, Tomi 0 - 1
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Fish, Gennadij 0 - 1
Heinatz, Thomas - Knaak, Rainer 0 - 1
Migl, Dieter - Meins, Gerlef 1 - 0
TV Tegernsee - Erfurter SK 6,0 - 2,0
Sokolov, Andrei - Haba, Petr 0,5 - 0,5
Ribli, Zoltan - Kuczynski, Robert 0,5 - 0,5
Bischoff, Klaus - Machelett, Heiko 1 - 0
Boensch, Uwe - Casper, Thomas 0,5 - 0,5
Hertneck, Gerald - Brueggemann,Joachim 1 - 0
Teske, Henrik - Mueller, Matthias 1 - 0
Bromberger, Stefan - Voekler, Bernd 0,5 - 0,5
Gross, David - Enders, Peter 1 - 0
Venue: Mülheim Nord
SC Kreuzberg - SF Katernberg 6,0 - 2,0
Nisipeanu,LD - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0,5 - 0,5
Almasi, Zoltan - Glek, Igor V 1 - 0
Socko, Bartosz - Smagin, Sergey 1 - 0
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe - Thesing, Matthias 1 - 0
Kalinitschew,Sergey - Scholz, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Volke, Karsten - Souleidis, Georgios 0,5 - 0,5
Tischbierek, Raj - Siebrecht,Sebastian 1 - 0
Lau, Ralf - Rosen, Bernd 0,5 - 0,5
SF Neukölln - SV Mülheim Nord 2,5 - 5,5
Nataf,Igor-Alexandre- Landa, Konstantin 0,5 - 0,5
Miroshnichenko,Evg. - Fridman, Daniel 0,5 - 0,5
Polzin, Rainer - Levin, Felix 0,5 - 0,5
Borriss, Martin Dr. - Schebler, Gerhard 0 - 1
Berndt, Stephan - Saltaev, Mihail 0 - 1
Thiede, Lars - Lytchak, Alexander Dr 0,5 - 0,5
Schwarz, Michael - Hausrath, Daniel 0,5 - 0,5
Rudolf, Henrik - Kern, Guido 0 - 1
Venue: Baden Oos
Hamburger SK - SC Eppingen 3,0 - 5,0
Gustafsson, Jan - Gyimesi, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Ftacnik, Lubomir - Acs, Peter 0,5 - 0,5
Hansen, Sune Berg - Medvegy, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Wahls, Matthias - Braun, Arik 0 - 1
Bezold, Michael - Mann, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Reeh, Oliver - Miltner, Arndt 0 - 1
Heinemann, Thies - Balzar, Andreas Dr. 0 - 1
Michaelsen, Nils - Koch, Wolfgang Max Dr 1 - 0
Preetzer TSV - SC Baden-Oos 3,0 - 5,0
Pedersen, Steffen - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0 - 1
Fries Nielsen, JO - Movsesian, Sergei 0,5 - 0,5
Wisnewski,Christoph - Krasenkow, Michal 1 - 0
Borbjergaard, Lars - Dautov, Rustem 0,5 - 0,5
Junge, Kai - Huebner, Robert Dr. 0 - 1
Willsch, Matthias - Schlosser, Philipp 0,5 - 0,5
Marxen, Peter Dr. - Schmaltz, Roland 0 - 1
Reinecker, Kai - Doettling, Fabian 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Hofheim
SV Wattenscheid - SG Porz 3,0 - 5,0
Rustemov, Alexander - Lutz, Christopher 0,5 - 0,5
Johannessen, LE - Vaganian, Rafael A 1 - 0
Handke, Florian - Beliavsky, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Appel, Ralf - Graf, Alexander 0 - 1
Holzke, Frank Dr. - Gurevich, Mikhail 0 - 1
Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr- Hansen, Curt 1 - 0
Ellers, Holger - Van den Doel, Erik 0 - 1
Straeter, Timo - Andersson, Ulf 0 - 1
SG Aljechin Solingen- SV Hofheim 4,0 - 4,0
Sandipan, Chanda - Savchenko, Stanislav 0,5 - 0,5
Gabriel, Christian - Hickl, Joerg 1 - 0
Naumann, Alexander - Ginsburg, Gennadi 0,5 - 0,5
Hoffmann, Michael - Krivoshey, Sergei 0,5 - 0,5
Werle, Jan - Zude, Arno 1 - 0
Drabke, Lorenz - Pirrot, Dieter 0 - 1
Maximilian
Zysk, Robert - Zude, Erik Dr. 0 - 1
Emms, John M. - Buchal, Stephan 0,5 - 0,5
The first three rounds of the French Top 16 League took place 4th-6th
February 2005. Only some games available.
News: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
and http://www.notzai.info/
Group A
Round 1
Reims 0 - 7 Bischwiller
Mulhouse 0 - 6 Paris NAO
Nancy 0 - 5 Clichy
Montpellier 4 - 1 Noyon
Round 2
Bischwiller 0 - 5 Paris NAO
Reims 2 - 3 Mulhouse
Clichy 5 - 0 Noyon
Nancy 3 - 3 Montpellier
Round 3
Mulhouse 4 - 3 Bischwiller
Paris NAO 5 - 1 Reims
Montpellier 2 - 1 Clichy
Noyon 3 - 2 Nancy
Pl. Team Pts p d p c
1 Paris NAO 9 3 15 16 1
2 Montpellier 8 3 4 9 5
3 Clichy 7 3 9 11 2
4 Mulhouse 7 3 -4 7 11
5 Bischwiller 5 3 1 10 9
6 Noyon 5 3 -7 4 11
7 Nancy 4 3 -6 5 11
8 Reims 3 3 -12 3 15
Round 1
Reims 0 - 7 Bischwiller
ROWSON Jonathan 2572 X - X SLOBODJAN Roman 2544
MOTWANI Paul 2543 X - X SCHLOSSER Phili 2570
VAN DER STRICHT 2425 0 - 1 GOULIEV Namig 2514
MAES Wim 2304 0 - 1 GALDUNTS Sergey 2489
MINET Steve 2152 A - 1 NETZER Jean 2384
OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142 A - 1 WAGNER Claude 2375
BIELKA Samuel 2039 A - 1 MENSCH Etienne 2360
VAROQUIER Romain 1920 A - 1 MILLIET Sophie 2309
DESANLIS Anne-S 1842 A - 1 HEINZ Timothee 2198
Mulhouse 0 - 6 Paris NAO
SAKAEV Konstant 2677 X - X ADAMS Michael 2741
VOLKOV Sergey 2612 0 - 1 BACROT Etienne 2715
SOKOLOV Andrei 2582 X - X VALLEJO PONS Fr 2686
CHUCHELOV Vladi 2571 0 - 1 LAUTIER Joel 2678
DAUTOV Rustem 2609 X - X RADJABOV Teimour 2667
BRICARD Emmanuel 2434 0 - 1 KARJAKIN Sergey 2599
RIFF Jean-Noel 2435 0 - 1 FRESSINET Laure 2638
LERCH Patrice 2329 0 - 1 NATAF Igor-Alex 2557
PIERRE Odile 1090 0 - 1 COCHET Caroline 2086
Nancy 0 - 5 Clichy
VAGANIAN Rafael 2670 X - X PELLETIER Yanni 2604
SARGISSIAN Gabr 2602 0 - 1 NISIPEANU Liviu 2673
NIJBOER Friso 2549 X - X DAVID Alberto 2573
BISCHOFF Klaus 2555 X - X TREGUBOV Pavel 2629
PHILIPPE Christ 2374 0 - 1 APICELLA Manuel 2543
NEZAR Mustapha 2375 0 - 1 COLLAS Didier 2418
SPIELMANN Alain 2249 X - X KOCH Jean-Rene 2431
PACI Cedric 2264 A - 1 COLLAS Silvia 2358
FRANC Nathalie 2067 A - 1 LAINE Patrice 2055
Montpellier 4 - 1 Noyon
HAMDOUCHI Hicham 2555 1 - 0 GLAVINA Pablo 2441
MAZE Sebastien 2455 0 - 1 MARCELIN Cyril 2464
KRUSH Irina 2466 X - X ADLA Diego 2485
LIBISZEWSKI Fab 2415 1 - 0 NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2370
FLEAR Glenn C. 2462 X - X HOMMELES Theo 2384
PRIE Eric 2439 1 - 0 AFEK Yochanan 2323
SARTHOU Gaetan 2398 X - X CLERY Nicolas 2327
LETREGUILLY Oli 2274 X - X PETITPAS Franck 2140
FLEAR Christine 2245 1 - 0 ASSAD Karine 2051
Round 2
Bischwiller 0 - 5 Paris NAO
SLOBODJAN Roman 2544 0 - 1 ADAMS Michael 2741
SCHLOSSER Phili 2570 0 - 1 RADJABOV Teimour 2667
GOULIEV Namig 2514 X - X BACROT Etienne 2715
GALDUNTS Sergey 2489 0 - 1 VALLEJO PONS Fr 2686
MENSCH Etienne 2360 0 - 1 LAUTIER Joel 2678
MILLIET Sophie 2309 0 - 1 KARJAKIN Sergey 2599
NETZER Jean 2384 X - X HAUCHARD Arnaud 2487
WAGNER Claude 2375 X - X VACHIER-LAGRAVE 2488
HEINZ Timothee 2198 X - X COCHET Caroline 2086
Reims 2 - 3 Mulhouse
ROWSON Jonathan 2572 X - X SAKAEV Konstant 2677
MOTWANI Paul 2543 1 - 0 CHUCHELOV Vladi 2571
VAN DER STRICHT 2425 X - X DAUTOV Rustem 2609
MAES Wim 2304 0 - 1 SOKOLOV Andrei 2582
MINET Steve 2152 X - X VOLKOV Sergey 2612
OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142 0 - 1 BRICARD Emmanuel 2434
BIELKA Samuel 2039 0 - 1 RIFF Jean-Noel 2435
VAROQUIER Romain 1920 X - X LERCH Patrice 2329
DESANLIS Anne-S 1842 1 - 0 MULLER Anne 2181
Clichy 5 - 0 Noyon
TREGUBOV Pavel 2629 X - X MARCELIN Cyril 2464
PELLETIER Yanni 2604 1 - 0 ADLA Diego 2485
APICELLA Manuel 2543 X - X NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2370
CONQUEST Stuart 2513 X - X GLAVINA Pablo 2441
DAVID Alberto 2573 X - X HOMMELES Theo 2384
COLLAS Didier 2418 1 - 0 CLERY Nicolas 2327
KOCH Jean-Rene 2431 1 - 0 AFEK Yochanan 2323
MULLON Jean-Bap 2327 1 - 0 PETITPAS Franck 2140
COLLAS Silvia 2358 1 - 0 ASSAD Karine 2051
Nancy 3 - 3 Montpellier
VAGANIAN Rafael 2670 X - X HAMDOUCHI Hicham 2555
SARGISSIAN Gabr 2602 1 - 0 LIBISZEWSKI Fab 2415
NIJBOER Friso 2549 X - X CHARBONNEAU Pas 2498
BISCHOFF Klaus 2555 X - X MAZE Sebastien 2455
MARZOLO Cyril 2428 0 - 1 FLEAR Glenn C. 2462
PHILIPPE Christ 2374 0 - 1 PRIE Eric 2439
NEZAR Mustapha 2375 1 - 0 SARTHOU Gaetan 2398
TADDEI Benoit 2295 0 - 1 LETREGUILLY Oli 2274
FRANC Nathalie 2067 1 - 0 FLEAR Christine 2245
Round 3 February
Mulhouse 4 - 3 Bischwiller
VOLKOV Sergey 2612 X - X SLOBODJAN Roman 2544
SOKOLOV Andrei 2582 0 - 1 SCHLOSSER Phili 2570
SAKAEV Konstant 2677 1 - 0 GOULIEV Namig 2514
DAUTOV Rustem 2609 X - X SCHENK Andreas 2494
CHUCHELOV Vladi 2571 1 - 0 NETZER Jean 2384
BRICARD Emmanuel 2434 1 - 0 WAGNER Claude 2375
RIFF Jean-Noel 2435 1 - 0 MENSCH Etienne 2360
ROSER Kevin 2346 0 - 1 MILLIET Sophie 2309
MULLER Anne 2181 0 - 1 HEINZ Timothee 2198
Paris NAO 5 - 1 Reims
ADAMS Michael 2741 X - X ROWSON Jonathan 2572
KARJAKIN Sergey 2599 X - X MOTWANI Paul 2543
VALLEJO PONS Fr 2686 1 - 0 VAN DER STRICHT 2425
RADJABOV Teimour 2667 1 - 0 MAES Wim 2304
FRESSINET Laure 2638 1 - 0 OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142
NATAF Igor-Alex 2557 1 - 0 MINET Steve 2152
HAUCHARD Arnaud 2487 1 - 0 BIELKA Samuel 2039
VACHIER-LAGRAVE 2488 X - X VAROQUIER Romain 1920
RIGOLOT Lucie 1460 0 - 1 DESANLIS Anne-S 1842
Montpellier 2 - 1 Clichy
CHARBONNEAU Pas 2498 1 - 0 DAVID Alberto 2573
MAZE Sebastien 2455 0 - 1 PELLETIER Yanni 2604
HAMDOUCHI Hicham 2555 1 - 0 TREGUBOV Pavel 2629
FLEAR Glenn C. 2462 X - X CONQUEST Stuart 2513
PRIE Eric 2439 X - X APICELLA Manuel 2543
LIBISZEWSKI Fab 2415 X - X KOCH Jean-Rene 2431
SARTHOU Gaetan 2398 X - X COLLAS Didier 2418
LETREGUILLY Oli 2274 X - X MULLON Jean-Bap 2327
FLEAR Christine 2245 X - X COLLAS Silvia 2358
Noyon 3 - 2 Nancy
MARCELIN Cyril 2464 X - X VAGANIAN Rafael 2670
ADLA Diego 2485 1 - 0 SARGISSIAN Gabr 2602
GLAVINA Pablo 2441 X - X NIJBOER Friso 2549
AFEK Yochanan 2323 0 - 1 BISCHOFF Klaus 2555
CLERY Nicolas 2327 X - X NEZAR Mustapha 2375
NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2370 X - X MARZOLO Cyril 2428
HOMMELES Theo 2384 1 - 0 TADDEI Benoit 2295
ASSAD Karine 2051 0 - 1 SPIELMANN Alain 2249
PETITPAS Franck 2140 1 - 0 FRANC Nathalie 2067
Group B
Round 1
Nice 1 - 3 Evry
Avignon 1 - 7 Monaco
Sautron 0 - 6 Vandoeuvre
Gonfreville 0 - 2 Cannes
Round 2
Evry 3 - 0 Monaco
Nice 3 - 0 Avignon
Vandoeuvre 1 - 7 Cannes
Sautron 2 - 5 Gonfreville
Round 3
Avignon 2 - 5 Evry
Monaco 0 - 3 Nice
Gonfreville 7 - 0 Vandoeuvre
Cannes 7 - 0 Sautron
Pl. Team Pts p d p c
1 Cannes 9 3 15 16 1
2 Evry 9 3 8 11 3
3 Gonfreville 7 3 8 12 4
4 Nice 7 3 4 7 3
5 Monaco 5 3 0 7 7
6 Vandoeuvre 5 3 -7 7 14
7 Avignon 3 3 -12 3 15
8 Sautron 3 3 -16 2 18
Round 1
Nice 1 - 3 Evry
DELCHEV Aleksan 2597 1 - 0 HUEBNER Robert 2624
AGREST Evgenij 2579 0 - 1 JUSSUPOW Artur 2582
VAISSER Anatoly 2581 X - X KOGAN Artur 2592
SHARIF Mehrshad 2463 X - X HERNANDEZ Gilbe 2512
NIKOLAIDIS Ioan 2520 X - X RELANGE Eloi 2500
SCHMALTZ Roland 2537 X - X DEGRAEVE Jean-M 2569
BUJISHO Benjamin 2399 0 - 1 SEBAG Marie 2421
DUNIS Aurelien 2462 X - X ABERGEL Thal 2443
NICOARA Malina 2242 0 - 1 BERGEZ Luc 2371
Avignon 1 - 7 Monaco
BOUDRE Jean-Pie 2339 0 - 1 DORFMAN Josif D 2603
HINKS-EDWARDS T 2383 1 - 0 RENET Olivier 2490
GUIDARELLI Laur 2438 X - X KOSTEN Anthony 2527
GREGOIRE Sylvain 2280 0 - 1 MARCIANO David 2522
MEYNARD Thibault 2242 0 - 1 EFIMOV Igor 2468
DUQUESNOY Jean- 2225 0 - 1 ROTSTEIN Arkadij 2528
GUADALPI David 2324 0 - 1 MIRALLES Gilles 2485
VIAL Patrick 2147 0 - 1 VAN HOOLANDT Pa 2238
GUADALPI Celine 1882 0 - 1 LALLEMAND Roza 2303
Sautron 0 - 6 Vandoeuvre
DGEBUADZE Alexa 2547 0 - 1 LUTZ Christopher 2614
MOLDOVAN Daniel 2411 X - X GLEK Igor V. 2588
GERARD Nicolas 2329 0 - 1 KOUATLY Bachar 2469
CROUAN Stephane 2229 0 - 1 BECKER Marc 2384
BERTHELOT Yanni 2323 X - X WIRIG Anthony 2396
DELORME Axel 2206 0 - 1 BIJAOUI Manuel 2345
EDOUARD Romain 2221 0 - 1 BRUNNER Nicolas 2288
DELORME Alban 2258 0 - 1 TEMPLIER Nicolas 2299
MARCHADOUR Emil 2017 X - X MARCHADOUR Clai 2085
Gonfreville 0 - 2 Cannes
GUREVICH Mikhail 2634 X - X MCSHANE Luke J. 2614
BOLOGAN Viktor 2683 X - X BAUER Christian 2636
RAUSIS Igors 2500 X - X TKACHIEV Vladis 2609
ELIET Nicolas 2430 X - X KAZHGALEYEV Mur 2613
BEIKERT Guenther 2430 0 - 1 FONTAINE Robert 2537
VALLIN Guillaume 2420 X - X GOZZOLI Yannick 2433
PAYEN Arnaud 2384 X - X CHABANON Jean-L 2431
GERVAIS Claire 2121 0 - 1 ANIC Darko 2465
LEFEBVRE Herve 2222 X - X LECONTE Maria 2287
Round 2
Evry 3 - 0 Monaco
KOGAN Artur 2592 X - X ALMASI Zoltan 2628
JUSSUPOW Artur 2582 X - X DORFMAN Josif D 2603
HUEBNER Robert 2624 1 - 0 ROTSTEIN Arkadij 2528
HERNANDEZ Gilbe 2512 X - X MIRALLES Gilles 2485
DEGRAEVE Jean-M 2569 X - X RENET Olivier 2490
ABERGEL Thal 2443 1 - 0 EFIMOV Igor 2468
SEBAG Marie 2421 X - X MARCIANO David 2522
RELANGE Eloi 2500 X - X KOSTEN Anthony 2527
BERGEZ Luc 2371 1 - 0 LALLEMAND Roza 2303
Nice 3 - 0 Avignon
DELCHEV Aleksan 2597 X - X HINKS-EDWARDS T 2383
VAISSER Anatoly 2581 X - X GUIDARELLI Laur 2438
AGREST Evgenij 2579 1 - 0 GUADALPI David 2324
NIKOLAIDIS Ioan 2520 X - X GREGOIRE Sylvain 2280
SCHMALTZ Roland 2537 X - X BOUDRE Jean-Pie 2339
SHARIF Mehrshad 2463 1 - 0 WEILL Roland 2259
CLAVERIE Christ 2316 X - X BISSIERES Matth 2169
BUJISHO Benjamin 2399 1 - 0 PIERONI Guillau 2118
NICOARA Malina 2242 X - X GUADALPI Celine 1882
Vandoeuvre 1 - 7 Cannes
WIRIG Anthony 2396 0 - 1 BAUER Christian 2636
BECKER Marc 2384 1 - 0 MCSHANE Luke J. 2614
BRUNNER Nicolas 2288 0 - 1 KAZHGALEYEV Mur 2613
BIJAOUI Manuel 2345 0 - 1 TKACHIEV Vladis 2609
TEMPLIER Nicolas 2299 0 - 1 FONTAINE Robert 2537
CAPPON John 2186 0 - 1 CHABANON Jean-L 2431
FELLER Sebastien 2191 X - X ANIC Darko 2465
MARCHADOUR Clai 2085 0 - 1 GOZZOLI Yannick 2433
DUPONT Francois 1760 0 - 1 LECONTE Maria 2287
Sautron 2 - 5 Gonfreville
DGEBUADZE Alexa 2547 0 - 1 GUREVICH Mikhail 2634
MOLDOVAN Daniel 2411 0 - 1 BOLOGAN Viktor 2683
BERTHELOT Yanni 2323 0 - 1 BEIKERT Guenther 2430
GERARD Nicolas 2329 0 - 1 VALLIN Guillaume 2420
DELORME Alban 2258 X - X ELIET Nicolas 2430
DELORME Axel 2206 0 - 1 RAUSIS Igors 2500
EDOUARD Romain 2221 1 - 0 PAYEN Arnaud 2384
CROUAN Stephane 2229 1 - 0 MIDOUX Sebastien 2310
MARCHADOUR Emil 2017 X - X GERVAIS Claire 2121
Round 3
Avignon 2 - 5 Evry
BOUDRE Jean-Pie 2339 1 - 0 DEGRAEVE Jean-M 2569
GUIDARELLI Laur 2438 X - X JUSSUPOW Artur 2582
HINKS-EDWARDS T 2383 X - X HUEBNER Robert 2624
WEILL Roland 2259 0 - 1 HERNANDEZ Gilbe 2512
GUADALPI David 2324 0 - 1 KOGAN Artur 2592
MEYNARD Thibault 2242 1 - 0 RELANGE Eloi 2500
BISSIERES Matth 2169 0 - 1 ABERGEL Thal 2443
PIERONI Guillau 2118 0 - 1 SEBAG Marie 2421
GUADALPI Celine 1882 0 - 1 BERGEZ Luc 2371
Monaco 0 - 3 Nice
ALMASI Zoltan 2628 X - X DELCHEV Aleksan 2597
DORFMAN Josif D 2603 X - X NIKOLAIDIS Ioan 2520
MIRALLES Gilles 2485 0 - 1 AGREST Evgenij 2579
ROTSTEIN Arkadij 2528 X - X VAISSER Anatoly 2581
EFIMOV Igor 2468 0 - 1 SCHMALTZ Roland 2537
MARCIANO David 2522 X - X DUNIS Aurelien 2462
KOSTEN Anthony 2527 X - X SHARIF Mehrshad 2463
RENET Olivier 2490 X - X BUJISHO Benjamin 2399
LALLEMAND Roza 2303 0 - 1 NICOARA Malina 2242
Gonfreville 7 - 0 Vandoeuvre
BOLOGAN Viktor 2683 1 - 0 WIRIG Anthony 2396
GUREVICH Mikhail 2634 1 - 0 BECKER Marc 2384
BEIKERT Guenther 2430 1 - 0 TEMPLIER Nicolas 2299
RAUSIS Igors 2500 X - X BIJAOUI Manuel 2345
ELIET Nicolas 2430 1 - 0 JEITZ Christian 2119
VALLIN Guillaume 2420 X - X CAPPON John 2186
PAYEN Arnaud 2384 1 - 0 VIGNERON Jean 1990
MIDOUX Sebastien 2310 1 - 0 MARCHADOUR Clai 2085
GERVAIS Claire 2121 1 - 0 FAVRE Guillaume 1900
Cannes 7 - 0 Sautron
MCSHANE Luke J. 2614 X - X DGEBUADZE Alexa 2547
BAUER Christian 2636 X - X MOLDOVAN Daniel 2411
TKACHIEV Vladis 2609 1 - 0 BERTHELOT Yanni 2323
KAZHGALEYEV Mur 2613 1 - 0 GERARD Nicolas 2329
FONTAINE Robert 2537 1 - 0 DELORME Alban 2258
GOZZOLI Yannick 2433 1 - 0 DELORME Axel 2206
CHABANON Jean-L 2431 1 - 0 EDOUARD Romain 2221
LEVACIC Damir 2271 1 - 0 CROUAN Stephane 2229
LECONTE Maria 2287 1 - 0 MARCHADOUR Emil 2017
The 10th HIT open in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, took place 18th January - 3
February 2005. 15 GMs competed. Top seed Zurab Azmaiparashvili won the event
with 7/9 which included one loss, to Normunds Miezis. News: Ales Drinovec.
Internet coverage at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0501/ng05a
- top 6 boards live.
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1. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2662 +18 +20 +21 + 6 - 3 =13 = 4 +11 + 2 7.0 2748
2. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2595 =24 +37 =25 = 8 +22 + 3 +13 + 6 - 1 6.5 2652
3. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2547 +42 +12 =14 = 9 + 1 - 2 =15 +13 = 4 6.0 2624
4. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2559 =31 =24 +36 +20 = 8 +14 = 1 = 7 = 3 6.0 2585
5. Markus, Robert g SCG 2584 +32 =17 =13 =12 +16 = 7 = 9 =14 +20 6.0 2586
6. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2597 +28 =13 +17 - 1 +24 = 9 + 8 - 2 +15 6.0 2624
7. Godena, Michele g ITA 2544 =34 -31 +29 +37 +25 = 5 +12 = 4 =11 6.0 2537
8. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2519 +36 +27 =10 = 2 = 4 =12 - 6 =16 +14 5.5 2559
9. Mihalcisin, Adrian g SLO 2522 =29 +34 +31 = 3 =14 = 6 = 5 =15 =10 5.5 2532
10. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2554 +23 +22 = 8 =14 -13 =27 =16 +35 = 9 5.5 2520
11. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SCG 2554 =26 +49 =16 =22 =15 +17 +20 - 1 = 7 5.5 2513
12. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2450 +48 - 3 +40 = 5 +26 = 8 - 7 =18 +24 5.5 2478
13. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2489 +40 = 6 = 5 +21 +10 = 1 - 2 - 3 =16 5.0 2565
14. Saric, Ante m CRO 2447 +47 +15 = 3 =10 = 9 - 4 +21 = 5 - 8 5.0 2530
15. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2489 +39 -14 +35 =18 =11 +19 = 3 = 9 - 6 5.0 2503
16. Paschall, William M m USA 2403 =49 +26 =11 =25 - 5 +22 =10 = 8 =13 5.0 2494
17. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2469 +43 = 5 - 6 +34 =18 -11 +29 =24 =25 5.0 2452
18. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2401 - 1 +39 +46 =15 =17 =24 =27 =12 =21 5.0 2458
19. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2477 -37 +29 -24 +42 +40 -15 =26 =30 +35 5.0 2332
20. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2485 +41 - 1 +32 - 4 +36 +35 -11 +31 - 5 5.0 2472
21. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2532 +45 +33 - 1 -13 =31 +39 -14 +27 =18 5.0 2455
22. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2477 +44 -10 +42 =11 - 2 -16 =37 +38 +31 5.0 2412
23. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2292 -10 =41 -38 -28 +48 =42 +40 +44 +33 5.0 2333
24. Krumpacnik, Domen m SLO 2364 = 2 = 4 +19 +27 - 6 =18 =25 =17 -12 4.5 2502
25. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2520 +38 =35 = 2 =16 - 7 =31 =24 =26 =17 4.5 2400
26. Zorko, Jure f SLO 2300 =11 -16 +30 +38 -12 =32 =19 =25 =27 4.5 2399
27. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2458 +30 - 8 +44 -24 +37 =10 =18 -21 =26 4.5 2351
28. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2387 - 6 -40 =43 +23 =38 -29 +41 +39 =30 4.5 2262
29. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2251 = 9 -19 - 7 =30 +46 +28 -17 +37 =34 4.5 2342
30. Miletic, Dean SLO 2134 -27 =38 -26 =29 =41 +48 +32 =19 =28 4.5 2310
31. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2327 = 4 + 7 - 9 =35 =21 =25 +36 -20 -22 4.0 2428
32. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2346 - 5 +43 -20 =39 =45 =26 -30 +42 =38 4.0 2254
33. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2431 +46 -21 -37 =45 -35 +34 =39 +36 -23 4.0 2231
34. Cherin, Diego ITA 2272 = 7 - 9 +41 -17 -39 -33 +47 +45 =29 4.0 2292
35. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2357 +50 =25 -15 =31 +33 -20 +38 -10 -19 4.0 2349
36. Skoberne, Jure SLO 2248 - 8 +45 - 4 +46 -20 +43 -31 -33 +44 4.0 2285
37. Beletic, Daniel SLO 2199 +19 - 2 +33 - 7 -27 +45 =22 -29 . 3.5 2393
38. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2249 -25 =30 +23 -26 =28 +40 -35 -22 =32 3.5 2258
39. Srebrnic, Vojko SLO 2240 -15 -18 +47 =32 +34 -21 =33 -28 =42 3.5 2277
40. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2229 -13 +28 -12 +44 -19 -38 -23 =47 +46 3.5 2215
41. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2226 -20 =23 -34 =43 =30 =44 -28 =46 +48 3.5 2147
42. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2284 - 3 +48 -22 -19 =44 =23 +43 -32 =39 3.5 2229
43. De Val, Daniele ITA 2144 -17 -32 =28 =41 +47 -36 -42 +48 . 3.0 2179
44. Stajner, Samo SLO 2162 -22 +47 -27 -40 =42 =41 +45 -23 -36 3.0 2158
45. Jaracz, Barbara wm POL 2256 -21 -36 +48 =33 =32 -37 -44 -34 =47 2.5 2096
46. Astengo, Marcello ITA 2074 -33 +50 -18 -36 -29 +47 -48 =41 -40 2.5 2051
47. Spelec, Darko SLO 2078 -14 -44 -39 +48 -43 -46 -34 =40 =45 2.0 1993
48. Stantic, Severino ITA 2096 -12 -42 -45 -47 -23 -30 +46 -43 -41 1.0 1864
49. Varini, Massimo ITA 2070 =16 -11 . . . . . . . 0.5 2285
50. BYE ---- -35 -46 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The 132nd, and for the moment final, New York Masters took place on 1st
February 2005. Shabalov and Kamsky finished in joint first on 3/4.
The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and
John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to
compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
The 1st Los Angeles Masters took place on 31st January 2005. Format
similar to that of the New York Masters with four games in an evening. Timerate
in LA is g/30. The event takes place every Monday at the LA Chess Club (http://www.LaChessClub.com).
Sponsor: Kreiman Chess Academy http://www.kreimanchess.com/. Andranik
Matikozian won the event with 3.5/4.
Official site: http://lachessmasters.com/
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1st LA Masters (USA), 31-31 i 2005
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1. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2496 3.5
2. Manukian, Garuch ARM 2293 3.0
3. Frasco, Ronald USA ---- 3.0
4. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2286 2.5
5. Vardanyan, Gevorg USA ---- 2.5
6. Uchimura, Dennis USA ---- 2.5
7. Ganbold, Odondoo m MGL 2382 2.0
8. Serpik, Ilia V USA 2248 2.0
9. Kretchetov, Alexander f RUS 2326 1.5
10. Neal, Lonnie USA ---- 1.5
11. Toroussian, Sevan USA ---- 1.0
12. Zimbeck, David USA 2159 0.5
13. Clawitter, Craig USA 2217 0.5
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The 13th Fajr Open takes place in Tehran, Iran 26th January - 1st
February 2005. There is a big tie on 6/7 with two rounds to go. News: Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Leading Round 7 Standings:
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1. Agamaliev, Gamil g AZE 2516 6.0 33.5 24.5 2414
2. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2574 6.0 33.0 24.0 2527
3. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2501 6.0 33.0 23.5 2542
4. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2568 6.0 32.5 24.0 2551
5. Moradiabadi, Elshan m IRI 2439 6.0 32.0 22.5 2559
6. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2446 6.0 31.0 22.5 2529
7. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2465 6.0 27.5 20.0 2170
8. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2445 5.5 33.5 25.0 2457
9. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2623 5.5 33.0 25.5 2489
10. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2391 5.5 32.5 23.0 2475
11. Bistric, Faruk g BIH 2454 5.5 31.0 22.5 2458
12. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2550 5.5 31.0 22.0 2404
13. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2404 5.5 30.5 21.5 2442
14. Petrosian, Davit G m ARM 2377 5.5 29.0 20.5 2200
15. Vahidi Mohammad IRI 2226 5.5 26.5 18.5 2127
221 players
The Chernigov - 2005 took place in Chernigov (Ukraine) 22nd January -
3rd February 2005. The Round-Robin closed tournament had 15 players. Viktor
Savinov won the event with 12/14. News: IM Alexey Mazurok.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1. Savinov, Viktor m UKR 2482 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2612
2. Samsonkin, Artem BLR 2251 = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 2582
3. Nosenko, Alexander m UKR 2509 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2494
4. Tuka, Oleg UKR 2297 0 0 1 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2474
5. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2454 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2438
6. Eschenko, Vadim m UKR 2438 = 1 = = = * = = 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2386
7. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2411 0 = = = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2358
8. Mazurok, Alexey m UKR 2427 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2336
9. Chokhonelidze, Giorgi m GEO 2300 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = * = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2316
10. Ivanov,Sergei S RUS ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = * = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2338
11. Dolzhikova, Olga wg UKR 2257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2217
12. Sushchev, Alexander UKR 2320 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2182
13. Krupko, Alexey UKR 2178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 2.0 2016
14. Fiodorov, Mikhail UKR 2185 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1.0 1902
15. Potebnya, Vladimir MDA 2225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 1900
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The HSK IM tournament took place in Hamburg 2nd-10th Janaury 2005.
Zigurds Lanka won the event with 8/11. Hannes Langrock made an IM norm.
Official site:
http://www.hsk1830.de/pages/turniere/im-turnier/2005/
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1. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2455 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2497
2. Langrock, Hannes f GER 2402 = * 1 0 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2460
3. Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2454 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2456
4. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2388 = 1 = * = = = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2431
5. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2430 = = = = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2427
6. Chevelevitch, Evgueni GER 2370 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2432
7. Trisic, Alexandar GER 2295 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2337
8. Stanke, Juergen GER 2318 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = = = 1 5.0 2299
9. Lindinger, Markus f GER 2277 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 4.5 2274
10. Guzman, Enrique BOL 2190 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 1 0 3.0 2172
11. Sawadkuhi, Massoud Amir f GER 2310 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 0 2.0 2074
12. Huschenbeth, Niclas GER 2118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.0 2091
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The Villa Ballester Open took place 5th-16th January 2005.Fernando Rey
won with 7/9.
Official site: http://galileo.org.ar/ballesterajedrez/blog/
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1st IRT Open Villa Ballester ARG (ARG), 4-16 i 2005
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1. Rey, Fernando ARG 2202 7.0 33.5 41.0 32.5
2. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2238 6.0 32.5 41.0 33.0
3. Aguila, Gustavo f ARG 2273 6.0 29.0 41.5 33.5
4. Shcherbine, Andrei RUS 2225 5.5 25.5 43.5 34.0
5. Zuriel, Marisa wf ARG 2213 5.0 28.0 41.5 33.5
6. Sarquis, Maria Belen ARG 2121 5.0 26.0 41.5 33.5
7. Alvarez, Roberto2 ARG 2133 5.0 25.0 44.0 36.0
8. Caramia, Javier ARG 2187 5.0 22.5 37.0 30.0
9. Vives, Gabriel ARG 2064 4.5 24.0 41.5 33.0
10. Alonso,Arturo ARG ---- 3.5 16.0 41.0 33.0
11. Pires,Carlos Martin ARG ---- 3.0 17.0 41.5 33.5
12. Vidmar, Rafael ARG 1909 1.5 13.0 41.5 33.0
13. Lipari,Diego ARG ---- 1.0 3.0 18.0 9.0
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In Chile there seem to be two chess federations. The championship of
FENACH for 2004 took place 4th-9th January 2005 in Santiago de Chile. Rodrigo
Vasquez won the event with 10/11.
Official site: http://www.fenach.cl
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1. Vasquez, Rodrigo g CHI 2561 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2637
2. Lopez Silva, Hugo CHI 2386 = * 1 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2481
3. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2364 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2483
4. Rios Escobar, Adan CHI 2235 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2349
5. Lenoir, Gabriel CHI 2202 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2352
6. Llorens, Marcelo f CHI 2418 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 0 0 1 1 5.5 2267
7. Valdes Escobar, Alvaro CHI 2126 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 5.0 2257
8. Riffo, Elizardo CHI 2299 0 0 0 1 = = 0 * 1 1 = 0 4.5 2213
9. Maturana, Ignacio CHI 2142 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2190
10. Sepulveda, Jorge CHI 2270 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2147
11. Vera Soto, Sergio CHI 2171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 2.5 2078
12. Cuevas Araya, Walter CHI 2185 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.0 1905
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The Zimski Open took place in Belgrade, 22nd January - 1st February
2005. Nikola Ostojic and Dejan Nestorovic finsihed on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/
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Zimski Winter Open Belgrade SCG (SCG), 22 i-1 ii 2005
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1. Ostojic, Nikola SCG m 2430 7.5 55.5
2. Nestorovic, Dejan SCG m 2402 7.5 52.5
3. Djerfi, Karolj SCG f 2334 7 48.5
4. Jovicic, Radosav SCG 2246 6.5 56.5
5. Tasic, Zoran SCG 2245 6.5 51.5
6. Stankovic, Branislav D. SCG 2274 6.5 51.5
7. Bozovic, Vladimir SCG 2186 6.5 47.0
8. Rajcevic, Stevan SCG 2146 6.5 45.5
9. Damjanovic, Dragan SCG f 2260 6.5 41.5
10. Irizanin, Radoje SCG 2230 6 51.0
11. Vasiljevic, Dragan SCG m 2308 6 45.5
12. Mihajlovic, Miodrag SCG f 2247 6 43.5
13. Jovanovic, Alexandar SCG 2178 6 43.0
14. Stamatovic, Aleksandar SCG 2169 6 42.5
15. Brujic, Bozidar SCG f 2221 5.5 50.5
16. Gavric, Zivojin SCG 2107 5.5 49.5
17. Klasan, Vladimir SCG 2157 5.5 49.5
18. Ivanovic, Nikola SCG 2205 5.5 49.0
19. Maksimovic, Miroslav SCG 2185 5.5 45.0
20. Radovic, Goran SCG 2089 5.5 44.5
21. Cetkovic, Bozidar SCG f 2255 5.5 44.0
22. Vlahovic, Svetozar SCG 2186 5.5 43.0
23. Kordic, Nikola SCG 2110 5.5 37.0
84 players
4th International Chess Festivals Series in Marianske Lazne took place
22nd-30th January 2005. There were two FIDE closed events, an open, a rapid and
a blitz.
Official site: http://www.avekont.cz/marianky
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1. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2490 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2466
2. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2353 = * = = = 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2441
3. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2325 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2444
4. Londyn, Radek CZE 2305 = = 1 * 0 = = 1 1 = 5.5 2401
5. Becker, Martin GER 2251 0 = 0 1 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2370
6. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2208 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2375
7. Petr, Martin CZE 2266 = 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 4.5 2325
8. Vavra, Pavel1 m CZE 2390 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 3.5 2231
9. Matovic, Petar f SCG 2263 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2106
10. Furman, Boris f RUS 2346 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1965
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IMA2 Marianske Lazne CZE (CZE), 22-30 i 2005 cat. III (2317)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Rutkowski, Maciej POL 2306 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2483
2. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2408 = * = = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2386
3. Bronowicki, Mateusz POL 2200 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2409
4. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2417 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = = = 5.0 2348
5. Sergeeva, Maria wg KAZ 2312 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 4.5 2317
6. Taggatz, Mario GER 2225 = = = = 0 * 0 = 1 = 4.0 2283
7. Sarbok, Torsten f GER 2362 = = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 4.0 2268
8. Czerwonski, Aleksander m POL 2390 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 4.0 2265
9. Holemar, David f CZE 2305 = = 0 = 1 0 0 0 * = 3.0 2192
10. Rohrmueller, Ulrich GER 2241 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * 3.0 2200
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The First Saturday tournaments include GM, IM and FM events. They take
place in Belgrade 5th-18th of February 2005.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
FSGM February - Round 1 Standings:
1-12 Fogarasi, Tibor 2442 0.5
Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2438 0.5
Flumbort, Andras HUN 2479 0.5
Seres, Lajos HUN 2418 0.5
Boros, Denes HUN 2404 0.5
Thinius, Marco GER 2384 0.5
Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2376 0.5
Berczes, David HUN 2313 0.5
Paschall, William M USA 2403 0.5
Zlatic, Mihajlo SCG 2451 0.5
Ilincic, Zlatko SCG 2502 0.5
Almasi, Istvan HUN 2427 0.5
13 Erdos, Viktor HUN 2453 0
FSIMA February - Round 1 Standings:
1-4 Fodor, Tamas HUN 2226 1
Werner, Dimo GER 2312 1
Toth, Ervin HUN 2239 1
Stupavski, Zdenko SCG 2313 1
5-6 Jakab, Attila HUN 2439 0.5
Farago, Sandor HUN 2290 0.5
7-11 Caruana, Fabiano USA 2219 0
Martini, Balazs HUN 2333 0
Valet, Richard GER 2082 0
Ignacz, Maria HUN 2187 0
Pap, Gyula HUN 2371 0
FSIMB February - Round 1 Standings:
1-3 Lengyel, Bela HUN 2313 1
Pinter, Gabor HUN 2354 1
Toth, Lili HUN 2157 1
4-7 Johannsson, Ingmar ISL 2315 0.5
Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 0.5
Nagy, Bence HUN 2349 0.5
Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2083 0.5
8-11 Schneider, Veronika HUN 2266 0
Rombaldoni, Denis ITA 2244 0
Schulze, Hubertus GER 2157 0
Prohaszka, Peter HUN 2194 0
The Belgian Teams started on 19th September 2004 for division 1 teams.
The title is likely to be won by SK47 Eynatten 1, Temse Boey 2 or SK Rochade
Eupen. News Steve Laios.
Belgian Teams 2004-5
Round 5 : 05.12.2004
1.Jean Jaurès - Eynatten 2 : 4.0 - 4.0
2.Temse 1 - Gent : 3.5 - 4.5
3.Temse 2 - Leuven : 6.5 -1.5
4.Rochade - Brugge : 3.5 - 4.5
5.Borgerhout - Eynatten 1 : 2.0 - 6.0
6.Charleroi - Liège : 2.0 - 6.0
Round 6 : 09.01.2005
1.Eynatten 2 - Brugge : 4.0 - 4.0
2.Gent - Temse 2 : 2.5 - 5.5
3.Leuven - Rochade : 2.5 - 5.5
4.Eynatten 1 - Temse 1 : 7.0 - 1.0
5.Liège - Borgerhout : 5.0 - 3.0
6.Jean Jaurès - Charleroi : 1.5 - 6.5
Rounds complete : 96 games
1 missing game from round 1
Total games : 97
Standings after round 6.
pts m.p.
1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 38.5 6
2. Boey Temse 2 : 30.5 5
3. SK Rochade : 27.5 3.5
4. CRE Liège EL : 26.5 4
5. K Gent SRL : 26.0 5
6. K Brugge SK : 25.0 4
7. CRE Charleroi : 23.0 2
8. SK47.Eynatten 2 : 22.0 2.5
9. Boey Temse 1 : 19.0 1.5
10.Borgerhout : 18.5 1
11. Jean Jaurès : 16.0 1.5
12. LV Leuven : 15.5 0.0
The Krakow open took place 27th December - 4th January 2005. Radoslaw
Wojtaszek won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://mzszach.l.pl/online/cracovia2004/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2536 7.5 42.0 53.5 38.0
2. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2476 7.0 40.0 51.5 36.5
3. Czarnota, Pawel POL 2416 7.0 39.5 48.5 34.5
4. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2513 7.0 38.5 48.0 37.0
5. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2556 6.5 41.5 53.5 34.0
6. Szoen, Dariusz POL 2441 6.5 38.5 49.0 33.0
7. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2565 6.0 41.0 52.5 33.5
8. Moranda, Wojciech f POL 2458 6.0 39.5 51.5 34.5
9. Faibisovich, Vadim Z m RUS 2432 6.0 39.0 50.5 33.0
10. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2395 6.0 38.5 49.0 32.5
11. Lubczynski, Rafal POL 2252 6.0 38.5 47.0 31.5
12. Mueller, Matthias m GER 2362 6.0 38.0 48.5 31.0
13. Solodovnichenko, Yuri m UKR 2516 6.0 37.5 49.0 33.0
14. Cyborowski, Lukasz g POL 2564 6.0 37.0 48.5 32.5
15. Czakon, Jakub POL 2416 6.0 35.5 47.0 32.0
16. Stryjecki, Marek m POL 2415 6.0 35.5 45.0 31.5
17. Bindrich, Falko f GER 2351 6.0 34.5 44.0 30.5
110 players
The Michael Franett Memorial took place in SAn Francisco 2nd-12th
January 2005. Vinay Bhat won with 9/11.
Official site: http://www.chessclub.org/Franett05.html
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1. Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2410 * 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 9.0 2560
2. Ganbold, Odondoo m MGL 2382 0 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2433
3. Pruess, David f USA 2394 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2432
4. Stein, Alex f USA 2362 0 1 1 * 1 0 = 1 0 0 1 1 6.5 2367
5. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2407 = 1 0 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2363
6. Yap, Nicolas A USA 2189 = 0 0 1 = * 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2354
7. Ho, Matthew USA 2260 = 0 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 1 = 5.5 2312
8. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2263 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 1 5.0 2275
9. Lobo, Richard ENG 2223 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2250
10. Baginskaite, Camilla wg USA 2336 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 3.5 2172
11. Batchimeg, Tuvshintogs wf MGL 2205 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2142
12. Thornally, Frank f USA 2261 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2002
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The Copa Veran was a 5 rounds Swiss in Posadas, capital of Misiones
states in Argentina. 14th-24th January 2005. News: Victor Hugo Silva.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezposadas.com.ar/
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Copa Veran Posadas ARG (ARG), 14-24 i 2005
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1. Reta, Miguel ARG 2149 4.5 11.5 14.0 12.5
2. Santa Cruz, Nestor ARG ---- 3.5 11.0 13.5 9.0
3. Ledesma, Hugo ARG 2115 3.5 11.0 13.0 11.0
4. Remonda,Adrian ARG ---- 3 14.5 17.0 12.0
5. Riveros,Luis ARG ---- 3 14.5 17.0 9.5
6. Carlino, Esteban ARG 1960 3 12.5 12.5 9.0
7. Davalos,Juan Manuel ARG ---- 3 10.0 11.0 7.0
8. Canet,Daniel ARG ---- 2.5 13.5 13.5 7.5
9. Prieto,Manuel ARG ---- 2.5 11.0 12.0 8.0
10. Alvarez, Miguel ARG 2132 2.5 11.0 11.0 8.5
11. Gurman,Enrique ARG ---- 2.5 10.0 11.0 7.5
12. Fernandez,Gabriel ARG ---- 2.5 10.0 10.0 7.5
13. Dos Santos,Leonardo ARG ---- 2 11.5 12.5 6.0
14. Silvero,V¡ctor ARG ---- 1 10.0 11.0 3.0
15. Escalada,Hugo ARG ---- 1 8.5 8.5 2.0
16. Vazquez,David ARG ---- 0 10.5 11.5 0.0
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The Corus Chess Tournament took place 14th-30th January 2005. Peter
Leko won the A-Group of the Wijk aan Zee tournament by half a point from
Viswanathan Anand.
Correction to the final round game Mamedjarova, Zeinab - Wempe, Joost
1-0 D48 Queens Gambit Meran only the last few moves. I corrected it the day
after in TWIC last week. The dates are January 14th-29th 2006 next year. The
event is guaranteed until 2010.
Daily reports on the TWIC main pages from on the spot reporter Michiel
Abeln.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/
In a dispute that has been building for some time the Madras High Court
has, in an interim injunction, restrained P T Ummer Koya and Sowmen Majumdar
from acting as Secretary and Treasurer of the All India Chess Federation
(AICF).
Details: http://chess-mate.com/ and
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2167
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for February 2005 has been released and incorporates the FIDE Olympiad. Below
is the top 50. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and calculated by Vladimir
Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday Country Rating Difference Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2745 0 146
2 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2743 3 141
3 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2712 -2 155
4 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2705 25 129
5 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2697 2 128
6 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2694 4 160
7 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2687 2 123
8 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2679 0 144
9 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2672 -43 187
10 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2667 -13 150
11 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2656 10 160
12 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2653 0 169
13 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2647 -1 160
14 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2645 0 142
15 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2644 0 164
16 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2643 0 166
17 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2642 0 170
18 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2639 0 147
19 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2636 17 142
20 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2636 0 142
21 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2635 0 157
22 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2633 3 185
23 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2632 0 153
24 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2631 0 137
25 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2627 0 174
26 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2624 0 136
27 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2622 0 159
28 Dominguez,Lenier 23.09.1983 CUB 2621 0 164
29 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2620 0 182
30 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2619 0 145
31 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2619 0 161
32 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2617 0 136
33 Motylev,Alexander 17.06.1979 RUS 2613 0 186
34 Volokitin,Andrei 11.06.1986 UKR 2610 0 157
35 Smirnov,Pavel 27.04.1982 RUS 2605 0 180
36 Hansen,Curt 18.09.1964 DEN 2604 0 161
37 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 SVK 2603 0 146
38 Nielsen,Peter-Heine 24.05.1973 DEN 2602 0 154
39 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2601 -39 163
40 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2599 -2 180
41 Bruzon,Lazaro 02.05.1982 CUB 2599 28 196
42 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 12.04.1985 AZE 2596 -3 171
43 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2595 0 177
44 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2594 0 182
45 Navara,David 27.03.1985 CZE 2593 0 183
46 Nakamura,Hikaru 09.12.1987 USA 2591 0 198
47 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2590 0 169
48 Istratescu,Andrei 03.12.1975 ROM 2587 0 163
49 Filippov,Valerij 28.11.1975 RUS 2587 0 166
50 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2587 0 175
TWIC Theory is a new service where high-quality, weekly theoretical
articles are delivered directly to you in ChessBase, PGN or PDF format. There
will be tasters in TWIC over the next month and the service will start in
March. The subscription is $15 for 3 months. The commissioning Editor IM Andrew
Martin and he is currently commissioning articles for April and May.
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The article in TWIC today is Andrew Martin on an unusual variation of
the Scandinavian Defence.
The March line-up :
March 1st GM Mikhailevski on the King's Indian
March 8th GM Davies on the Lopez Breyer
March 15th GM Kosten on the Najdorf 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Nc6!?
March 22nd IM Martin on ' Crushing the Pirc'
March 29th GM Prie on the Slav
Kramnik Exhibition Match
North Rhine-Westphalian Minister President Peer Steinbrück has
challenged Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik from Moscow to an
exhibition game on March 5th 2005. Regarded by chess experts as a particularly
ambitious and adept chess amateur, Peer Steinbrück is a serious opponent.
We are told we "can expect a serious game of approximately one hour duration.
There will be no handicap for one of the players. The exact rules of play will
be published in due course or on the day of the event. " The event takes place
at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn, Germany on Saturday, March 5 2005.
18th Ciudad de Leon
The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament will be held in
Leon, Spain June 9th-13th 2005. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Rustam Khasimdanov,
Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen. As usual, there will be 2 semi finals (June
10th and 11th) and a final (June 12th) and the venue will be the "Edificio de
la Junta de Castilla y León" building. The sponsors are: the
Ayuntamiento de León, the Junta de Castilla y León, the
Diputación de León, the Universidad de León, Cajaduero and
Alsa
The official web will be http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
21st Cappelle la Grande Open
The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 12th-19th February 2005.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
10th Stuttgart International Championship
The 10th Stuttgart International Championship takes place in Germany
5th-8th May 2005. Further details; Thomas Clemens e-mail: tc1772@nexgo.de
Further information:
http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de.
Brno 2005
There are GM, IM and Open tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic 30th June
- 10th July 2005.
Information: Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras E-mail -
petr.pisk@centrum.cz Phone - Petr Pisk, +420- 731 465 344
Lenk Chess Festival
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2005" will continue in Lenk with the 17th
"Kreuz-Open" March 24th-28th 2005. The host will be Hotel Kreuz, "Grande" Open,
Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves
for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700,
500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes.
Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1945), junior(1985-88), schoolboy (1989)
and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10
SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz".
Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 March 24,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 March 25,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 March 26,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30
and 15.30-20.30 March 27,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 March 28. Closing ceremony March
28 at 16.00.
List of players till January 27th ? GMs: Andrei Sokolov (FRA), Joseph
Gallagher (SUI), Adam Horvath (HUN), Lothar Vogt (GER), Florin Gheorghiu (ROM);
WGM Elvira Berend (LUX), WIM Nellya Vidonyak (GER); IMs: Alexander Raetsky
(RUS), Roman Vidonyak (GER), Sandor Videki (HUN), Fred Berend (LUX) etc.
Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
FIDE Trainers Committee
IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess
Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article
below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess
trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers
Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information
for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the
Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are
now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat
(Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky
Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France),
Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia),
Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky
Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia),
Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin
Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky
Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser
(USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov
Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan),
Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).
Read the article:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm
19th Pula Open
The 19th "Pula Open 2005" in Croatia takes place 19th-26th June
2005.
For further information on the event: http://www.skpula.hr. Contact Denis Vretenar by
e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.
Moscow Open 2005
The Moscow Open 2005 takes place 23rd February - 3rd March 2005 in the
Central Chess House, Gogolevsky Boulevard 14. The Moscow Chess Federation
organises this 9 round event with a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes,
then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per
move from move 1.
Contacts - Moscow Chess Federation: phone/fax: (+7)-095-250044. E-mail:
mcf05@mail.ru
Update from Igor Glek. Attention of Grandmasters! Now we have an
opportunity to offer free accommodation and board in a hotel which is situated
close to the tournament hall. That is possible for minimal 10 Grandmasters with
high rating who are members of ACP. Contact: technical director of “Moscow
Open 2005” Igor Glek (mcf05@mail.ru, igorglek@hotmail.com,
+7(095)-3883328, +7(095)-2500441, mobile +7(903)-5593052, +49-179-7030605 (28.1
– 6.2, 11 – 13.2)
Detailed information:
http://www.chessplayers.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=242
International Chess Festival Varna
The Varna (Bulgaria) International Chess Festival takes place 10th-17th
April 2005. Contact: Boris Hristov Tel’052 64 28 77, fax: 052 574 940;
GSM: 088 60 25 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.abv.bg
Further details: http://www.seahorse-chess.com
6th Poikovsky Karpov tournament
The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia takes place 26th February
- 7th March 2005. Players: Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot (still considering
entry), Alexander Grischuk, Alexey Dreev, Viktor Bologan, Rafael Vaganian,
Lenier Domingues, Alexander Onischuk, Sergey Rublevsky + more). Average XVIII
category. Further information soon.
Further details:
http://www.chesspro.ru/events/poikovsky05.shtml
European Individual Women's Chess Championship
The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in
Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Organisers Chess Federation of Moldova
Sciusev Street, 111 2004, Chisinau Tel.: 00373-22-565451 Fax.: 00373-22-565451
or 210707 E-Mail: fskrip@company.md
Details on http://www.eurochess.org.
Official site for the event: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/
3rd International Chess Festival
The 3rd International Chess Festival in Nancy (France) takes place
February 14th-20th 2005. No open, but several Round-Robin closed tournaments
for 10 players each (9 rounds in 7 days - 2 hours + 30seconds per player). One
grandmaster group for GM norms (completed, no more invitation for titled
players), and several others groups arranged by Elo between 1000 and 2300.
Details: http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
Brunei Open
The Brunei Open takes place 14th Jan to 19th Jan 2005.
Official site: http://www.bruneichess.org.bn/
4th Aeroflot Chess Festival
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day).
There are 4 tournaments: Tournament A1 for players rated 2550 and
higher, tournament A2 for players rated 2400 and higher, but lower than 2550,
tournament B for players rated 2200 and higher, but lower than 2400 and
tournament C for players rated under 2200 and unrated players. The organising
committee has in special cases the right to permit a player to participate in a
higher group than indicated by his rating.
The tournaments are 9 rounds Swiss tournaments. The total prize fund is
$175.000.
The organising committee offers packages for Aeroflot tickets, hotel
and entry fee. The Aeroflot packages prices are published on the website of the
festival.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
For more information it is possible to contact the Association of Chess
Federations in Moscow: Tel/Fax: +7-095-2918578 or E-mail: chess@sovintel.ru
Asia vs. Rest of the World Charity Correspondence Match
AJEC (French CC Association) with the help of Med Samraoui (ICCF Zonal
Director for Asia and Africa) are organising a match "AJEC/Asia vs. Rest of the
World". The pairings will be done according to the native country of the
entrant players. The main rules of this match are as follows:
1. Med Samraoui msamraoui@iccf.com will be the TD of the match. He will
collect entries from Asian players and Rest of the World Players. Med will be
helped by Jean Marc Refalo from France jm.refalo@ajec-echecs.org to collect the
entries from French players.
2. The games will be played on the ICCF webserver www.iccf-webchess.com
with the last rules adopted in Mumbai Congress.
3. The entry fee is 8 euros. Generous donors can give more. All the
money will be given to a charity organisation. You can send the payment to your
national federation. Please find out your National Delegate at
http://www.iccf.com/nations/start_01.shtml
National delegates will send entries to Mr. Samraoui.
4. Everybody can participate in this match which will begin on February
15th.
5. To have more details and to subscribe please feel free to contact
Med Samraoui or Jean Michel Refalo.
Sozina 2005
The Sozina 2005 tournament takes place in Bar a city on the Montenegro
coast 4th-12th March 2005. Prize fund is EUR 10.000, and organizer guaranty
possibility of getting norms for international titles. Also, special conditions
are provide for the grandmasters. Further details contact:
sozina2005@yahoo.com
Further details; http://www.scgchess.org/
Azura Chess Open
The Azura Chess Open International Rapid Chess Tournament also Belgian
Rapid Chess Championship 2005 Brussels Rapid Chess Championship 2005 takes
place Saturday-Sunday 23rd-24th April 2005 (11 rounds ~ 25 minutes games)
Tournament for players with more than 2000 elo.
Playing venue: Palais du Midi rue van der Weyden 3 1000 Brussels Entry
fee : IGM and IM free Others 25 euro Junior 15 euro
Registration: Registration only by e-mail. No registration at the
venue. bennyasman@skynet.be Send payment to 210-0937331-72 with your name and
elo rating as message
Details: http://www.creb.be/
Fajr Chess Festival
There are three events in the Fajr Chess Festival
I- 13th Fajr International Open Tournament, 27Jan. - 1st Feb. 2005 take
Place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, FIDE standard time control (90 Min.+ 30
Sec./Move), with 10000$ prize money.
II- 3rd Fajr International Youth tournament, under 10,12&14 years
old Categories, 2-6 Feb. 2005 take place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, Fide
Standard time control (90 Min. + 30 Sec./Mov.) with 3000$ prize money.
III- 2nd Kish GM tournament, 2-10 Feb. 2005 take place in Kish Island,
12 Players Round Robin tournament, FIDE standard time control (90 Min. + 30
Sec./Mov.)
Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.html
Evry Tournaments
The 2nd GM and IM tournaments in Evry takes place 21st-27th February
2005.
Official site: http://www.evry-grandroque.com
HB Global Chess Challenge
The HB Foundation has posted $500,000 prize fund for the HB Global
Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event expects to bring more than 4,000
participants to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The event takes place May 18th-22nd 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First place in the Open section has a cash prize of $50,000, and that overall
more than 50 others will receive cash prizes. Many other side events. There is
an extension to the discount period for signing up for the event.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and
http://www.generationchess.com
Stepichev Memorial
The Stepichev Memorial took place in Kiev 21st-29th of December 2004.
Futher information:
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t037.html
16th Pobeskydi Tournament
The 16th Pobeskydi Chess Tournament takes place 24th-28th March 2005 in
Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments.
Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
For futher details: http://www.chessfm.cz
7th United Insurance GM Rescheduled due to Tsunami
The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament has been rescheduled (due to the Tsunami) and now takes place
4th-14th April 2005 in the Conference-Room of the National Sports Council 62/3
Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000. Organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. 11
round Swiss System with around 40. Total Prize Money US $5000.00 Accommodation
& Food : Free for all GM’s & IM’s, only accommodation 2350+
Appearance Money : GM 2500+ US $ 500.00. Contact: Syed Shujauddin Ahmed,
General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3 Purana Paltan,
Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 , E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
Millennium Chess Festival
The 6th annual Millennium Chess Festival takes place February 25th-27th
2005, at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront Resort in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
The event, with over $18,000 in total prizes, is sponsored by Booz Allen
Hamilton and is presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach. It is
a 5-round swiss, FIDE rated.
Comps available: GMs/WGMs/IMs: free entry fee. GMs/WGMs: free hotel
accommodations if you commit to come by February 10, 2005. Contact
eschlich@aol.com for details.
Special events include: Lecture by Susan Polgar on Fischer-Random Chess
(Chess 960), Fischer-Random Blitz Chess Tournament, Nakamura vs Susan Polgar
³Dinner/Exhibition Match²
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
Nakamura vs. Polgar Chess Exhibition
New U.S. Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura and GM Susan Polgar have agreed
to play a unique ³GM Dinner/Exhibition Match² game during the
Millennium Chess Festival on February 26, 2005, in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
USA.
The unusual exhibition game features two grandmasters playing each
other from separate rooms before a live audience with moves relayed by radio.
As they play, using demo boards, the GMs explain for the audience what they are
thinking about and why they are choosing certain options. This year¹s
exhibition is the fourth in a popular annual series at the Millennium Chess
Festival. Previous participants were Nakamura - Fedorowicz (2004), Shabalov -
Fedorowicz (2003), and Stripunsky - Rohde (2002). The Millennium Chess Festival
(Feb 25-27) is sponsored by the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton and is
presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach.
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
14th Aurec Open
The 14th Aurec Open takes place 19th-20th February 2005. Two rapid
tournaments (9 r / 20 mn) Total prize fund : Euro 5,000 Further details:
aurec2005@tiscali.fr
12th Echternach International Open
The 12th Echternach International Open takes place 25th-26th June 2005.
Seniors should also note the following dates: 2nd Open (rapid chess) for young
seniors (aged 50 and above) 13th-14th August 2005. 5th Open-seniors (aged 60
and above) 15th-21st August 2005.
Further info: http://www.desprenger-echternach.lu/
Novi Sad Open A
There are 7 places left for the Open A (actually Semi-closed for IMs and
GMs) event taking place 19th-26th March 2005.
Further info: http://www.drazic.co.yu or more specifically
http://www.drazic.co.yu/t_2005_03_19-26_info.html
1 gm Lalic Bogdan ENG
2 gm Kosanovic Goran SCG
3 gm Drazic Sinisa SCG
4 gm Fontaine Robert FRA
5 gm Lazic Miroljub SCG
6 gm Savic M .R. SCG
7 im Colovic A. MAC
8 Franchini Gabriele ITA
9 Barilaro Luca ITA
10 im Pilgaard Kim DEN
11 Lundin Jan SWE
12 fm Kokeza Mirko SCG
13 fm Guadalpi D. FRA
14 fm Stupavski Z. SCG
15 im Popovic D. SCG
16 fm Juergen Brustkern GER
17 im Pap Misa SCG
18 im Marzolo Cyril FRA
19 Craig Young ENG
20 im Tratar M. SLO
21 im Sebenik M. SLO
22 fm Dumpor A BIH
23 gm Kovacevic A. SCG
24 im Laketic Gojko SCG
25 im Kostic Vlada SCG
7 places left
Linares 2005
According to Spanish Teletext Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand,
Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam
Kasimdzhanov will be the 7 players at this year's event. The event takes place
22nd February - 10th March 2005.
Last year Marca had the official website:
http://www.marca.com/linares/
ELO Listing:
No. Name t NAT ja05
1 Kasparov, Garry................. g RUS 2804
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2786
3 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2757
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2749
7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2741
18 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2686
25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2678
Average Rating 2743 Category 20
Alushta Diary 2005
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine
2005.
GM Norm events: 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 - 4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09
25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 IM Norm events 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 -4.06 17.06-27.06.
1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament
(under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz
tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29
- 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $
First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session
of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group
studying
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking)
e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux
The 5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux takes place 28th April - 1st May
2005. In addition the 2nd Chess Grand Prix in d'Aix en Provence takes place in
December 2005.
Details: http://www.grandprixdeparis.com/BA2005.html
Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence
31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the
ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion
is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden.
Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and
earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career
he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC
Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in
1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had
played.
There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on
http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm
and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for
"live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live
games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are
available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska
Schackbutiken AB.
The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM
Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland,
IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM
Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S
Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads
Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and
starts this event on his very last day in office.
Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and
Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.
Games Festival Chalkidiki Greece
The Games Festival is is organised for the first time in Greece and
takes place from 21st-29th of April 2005 at the Porto - Carras Grand Resort, in
Chalkidiki in Greece.
Tennis, chess, golf, biliards, bridge, famous athletes, world champions
will be present in Porto Carras. The festival includes a series of tournaments,
competitions, seminars and exhibitions in sports and the most popular
entertaining games.
The chess events are the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Porto
Carras 2005" and the 1st World School Chess Championship. More specifically,
the Open Tournament will be held 22nd-28th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand
Rresort with open participation, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90
minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move, according to the official
announcement of the Greek Chess Club "A.M.O. Galaxias". Total prizes: 6.500
EURO. For more information visit http://www.gamesfestival.com or contact
info@gamesfestival.com & GrivasEfs@netonline.gr
The 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in
categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held 21st-29th April 2005 at
the Porto Carras Grand Resort. Organizers of this great event are the World
Chess Federation (FIDE), the International School Chess Union, the Greek Chess
Federation, the Chess Club "Galaxias" of Thessaloniki and the Hotel Complex of
"Porto Carras Grand Resort".
38th Biel International Chess Festival
38th Biel International Chess Festival Dates: 16th-29th July 2005 with,
in particular: - the Grandmaster tournament (17th-27th July 2005) - the
Accentus Ladies Tournament 17th-27th July 2005) - the active chess tournament
(16th and 17th July 2005) - the Master Open (18th-29th July 2005, last round in
the morning) - the General Open (20th-29th July 2005, last round in the
morning) - the Blitz tournament (23th July 2005)
Further details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
3rd Nancy International Festival
The 3rd Nancy (France) International Festival sees several round-robins
tournaments (9 rounds / fischer 2 hours per players + 30 sec) by elo which take
place 14th-20th February 2005.
Group A will be category 10 with : Bauer 2622 Istratescu 2611 Nijboer
2567 Tirard 2461 Marzolo 2437 Rocha 2431 Wirig 2408 Nezar 2375 Philippe 2371.
(one im more than 2520 elo non-FRA-code can contact philippe.chr@free.fr).
Details in french/english/german on
http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
Events in India in 2005
5th Asian Individual Championship
The 5th Asian Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Cochin,
Total Prize Fund : US$33000. The event has been postponed until 21st-31st March
2005 due to the recent Tsunami disaster. Organiser : P.T. Ummer Koya ,
koya@chessindia.org ; aicf@chessindia.org Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Commonwealth Championships
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men, Women, Boys & Girls
incorporating An International Open Chess Tournament TOtal Prize Fund: US$12000
ARRIVAL : 27/02/2005 CLOSING : 09/03/2005 Organiser : Rajastan State Chess
Association Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; slharsh2000@yahoo.co.uk Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open Chess Tournament,
Raipur Total Prize Fund : Us$12000 Arrival : 10/03/2005 Closing : 20/03/2005
Organiser : Hotel Babylon, Vip Road, Raipur, India. Contact :
aicf@chessindia.org ; vkrathi_aicf@rediffmail.com Website : Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Hamarat Challenge Match
The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single
game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game
match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4
and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th
February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The
move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive
the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting
days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to
all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their
National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected
will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used
primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It
will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per
move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive
an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF
webpage.
21st Cappelle la Grande Open
21st INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN - CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE 12th-19th
February 2005. 9 Round Accelerated Swiss System Tournament, registered with
FIDE Rate of play : 2 hours for 40 moves followed by a one hour quickplay
finish. Playing hall : COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER GOUVART IGM's INVITATIONS -
Possibility of norms. Prizes (minimum 600 players) :The 1st prize is :3000
euros The 2nd prize is 1500 euros and 3 to 10: 1000 euros. Registration by
templeurjcs@club-internet.fr
Further details: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
Hungarian chess tournaments December 2004 - August 2005
1. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
2. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
3. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
4. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
5. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
6. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from
Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003
7. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM
Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97
8. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
9. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West
from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
10. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
11. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from
Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
12. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship
The Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship takes place on February 5th 2005
in the Mercure Hotel Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 17 double rounds with 5
minutes per player per game, Swiss system in one group. Prizefund Euro 8.500.
First Euro 1.750, Second Euro 1.250, third Euro 1.000. Also several grading
prizes. Contact: info@blitzchess.nl
Further details: http://www.blitzchess.nl
8th Afro-Asian Correspondence Championship
All players from Africa and Asia (including Japan , Hong-Kong,
Singapore, New Zealand , Australia, Turkey, ...) may apply for the 8th
Afro-Asian Correspondence championship (Zonal Championship) . The preliminary
stage will start on 15.01.2005 and will be played by ICCF webserver .There is
no entry fees required .The number of sections will depend upon the entries
number . The application should be sent to : msamraoui@iccf.com not late than
31.12.2004. (supplied by the ICCF zonal director Med Samraoui)
ICCF website is http://www.iccf.com
and for ICCFwebchess http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar
Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. Recent events
include: Dutch-Open 2004, Diep won France-ch 2004, ChessTiger won Polish-ch
2004, Rzeznik won Australasian NCC-ch 2004, Warp won
Address: http://www.playwitharena.com the
CC-Calendar is a selection of Arena Chess GUI webpage
CC-Calendar:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
Kings Head Rapidplay
The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12th March
2005, 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee
£17 > The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2
Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1949
colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com
Further details: http://www.khcc.org.uk
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Swiss Chess Tour 2005
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1st-8th January
2005.). New event is European ITAG Masters & Rapid Championship will be
1-2.1.2005. 11 Round, 30 minutes each, guarantee prizes. Prizes:
2500/2000/1500/1000/800/700/600/500/ 2x400/2x300/4x250/4x200 CHF; Special
prizes: 400/300/200 CHF for Ladys, seniors (1945), juniors (1985 and younger),
amateur under 2200 (FIDE or national), under 1800. Enter fee 30.00 CHF Hilton
Open (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for
complete the game. Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF.
Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1945), junior (1985-88),
schoolboy (1989). Enter fee: 130 CHF (FM and juniors 60 CHF) GM & IM free.
At the door 10 CHF. Basle amateur (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes
30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or
national). Enter fee: 10 CHF (juniors 50 CHF). At the door 10 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF. Basle juniors (2.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes
for the game. Juniors 1985 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all
players. NSV Senior Open (1-4.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30
moves + 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF
+ natural prizes. Enter fee: 60 CHF. At the door 10 CHF. ITAG - Tele-Rapid
(3-5.1.2005.) European Rapid Champion, Andrei Sokolov, last year winner and two
others. 15 minutes for the game. All games will be on TV Tele-Basel in live.
BaZ Lighting Chess (8.1.2005. from 19.00 to 22.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter
fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes
for everybody 50% and more points. ITAG Simultan (9.1.2005.) with European
Rapid Champion 2005
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch
Jersey International Chess Festival 2005
The Jersey International Chess Festival takes place 13th-19th February
2005 inclusive. 7 rounds, three sections; OPEN (FIDE rated), MAJOR Under 160 /
1880 ELO and MINOR Under 130 / 1640 ELO. There is a total of £7,000 in
prizes and is part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/jersey.htm
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
2005 European Union Championship
The 2005 European Union Championship whic his part of the programme of
events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005.
The event takes place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham
Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Prize Fund - 7,750 Euros. A
FIDE rated ten round Swiss Open for players registered with FIDE as a player in
the European Union or a citizen of a European Union member state 1st prize
2,000 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards including a British
Championship Qualifying Place.
In addition the 13th Annual Cork Congress takes place 1st-3rd April
2005 with a Prize Fund 5,000 Euros an ICU rated six round Swiss with three
rated sections. 1st prize 750 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards
Full details, special offers to a limited number of IMs and GMs and
entry forms are available from Michael Burniston Tournament Director Ladybird
House Glengarriff County Cork Ireland. phone 00 353 27 63113 e mail
jemcreations@eircom.net
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
TWIC Messageboard
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
