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THE WEEK IN CHESS 566 12th September 2005 by Mark Crowther
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58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals 180 games Dutch Championship 43 games 80th Championship of Argentina 20 games First Saturday September 91 games US Chess League 16 games 65th New England Open 25 games Trieste Open 195 games Polish Team Championship 240 games Okie Chess Festival 56 games 13th Nikaia Open 290 games 4th Hotel Petra 39 games 41st Akiba Rubinstein Memorial 307 games Chess and Opera in Vienna 45 games 49th Spanish Teams 24 games BDO Haarlem 10 games Nordic Championship 116 games VI Obert d'Escacs International 5 games 16th Nato Chess Championship 308 games Latvia-Lithuania Match 100 games XXII Collado Villalba open 75 games 2185 games
1) Introduction
My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Miklos Orso, Thomas Henrich, Carlos Martín Sánchez, Przemek Jahr, Frank Berry, Michael Richter, Gary Suffield, Manuel Rodríguez García, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Greg Shahade, Eugeny Atarov, Pia Cramling, George Mirijanian, Toni Ayza, Stefan Loeffler, Fabrice Wantiez and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Another interesting week of chess with the 58th Russian Championship qualifiers concluding. Former FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman and Wijk aan Zee winner Evgeny Bareev shared first after final round wins. Elsewhere the Argentine and Dutch Championships continue. To be honest the conclusion to the Ashes Cricket contest occupied my mind during the final production of this edition of TWIC. It would be great to see such all out committed play in the forthcoming FIDE World Championship.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals
The 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals took place in Kazan 2nd-12th September 2005. 66 player swiss. The 58th Russian Championships final takes place December 2nd-16th 2005 with Kramnik Grischuk, Dreev, Svidler and Morozevich invited. 7 qualified from this event. Evgeny Bareev took first on tie-break from Alexander Khalifman both qualifying for the next phase of the championship. Sergey Volkov, Sergei Rublevsky, Evgeniy Najer, Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Motylev qualified with Vadim Zvjaginsev (first reserve) and Evgeny Tomashevsky missing out in the group on 6 points.
The bottom three boards for each round seem to be missing.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru
Further details: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/kazan05.shtml and some further photos of the event: http://kosteniuk.com/albums/kazan05players/index.htm
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58th ch-RUS Semi-Final Kazan RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2005
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1. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 =40 +49 =14 =12 =38 +45 +16 = 4 + 3 6.5 2745
2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2688 +48 =34 -10 +56 +33 = 6 +18 = 3 +12 6.5 2762
3. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2622 +31 +12 =16 = 4 +15 +10 = 9 = 2 - 1 6.0 2747
4. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2645 +35 =19 +45 = 3 =10 =18 +23 = 1 = 6 6.0 2721
5. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2614 +42 = 8 =39 =30 =17 +29 = 7 +10 = 9 6.0 2702
6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2627 =36 =30 + 8 =17 +48 = 2 +38 =11 = 4 6.0 2706
7. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 =30 +36 +34 =10 =18 =16 = 5 =13 +19 6.0 2721
8. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2555 +25 = 5 - 6 =26 =20 +37 =17 +33 +32 6.0 2732
9. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2675 =56 +59 =15 +19 =16 +21 = 3 =12 = 5 6.0 2707
10. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2614 +23 +26 + 2 = 7 = 4 - 3 =11 - 5 +31 5.5 2692
11. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2661 =49 +56 =37 =16 +14 =38 =10 = 6 =15 5.5 2662
12. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2574 +58 - 3 +55 = 1 =13 +32 +21 = 9 - 2 5.5 2689
13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2625 =47 =43 =40 +52 =12 =17 +25 = 7 =14 5.5 2659
14. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2598 =38 +57 = 1 =39 -11 =42 +44 +30 =13 5.5 2628
15. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2604 +60 =39 = 9 +28 - 3 -23 +41 +48 =11 5.5 2650
16. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2618 +55 +29 = 3 =11 = 9 = 7 - 1 =17 =26 5.0 2655
17. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2562 =63 +46 =18 = 6 = 5 =13 = 8 =16 =24 5.0 2617
18. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2619 =52 +47 =17 +43 = 7 = 4 - 2 =26 =23 5.0 2625
19. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2592 +44 = 4 =21 - 9 +28 =25 =48 +38 - 7 5.0 2633
20. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2599 -39 =60 =42 +46 = 8 =30 +28 =31 =29 5.0 2576
21. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2625 +28 =45 =19 =48 +30 - 9 -12 =22 +49 5.0 2607
22. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2464 =24 =41 -48 =35 +36 =34 =27 =21 +45 5.0 2617
23. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2519 -10 +64 =33 =41 +27 +15 - 4 =29 =18 5.0 2623
24. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2589 =22 =38 =51 =59 =47 -31 +40 +43 =17 5.0 2555
25. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2669 - 8 =42 =46 +55 +39 =19 -13 =45 +48 5.0 2595
26. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2567 +64 -10 =62 = 8 =61 =39 +42 =18 =16 5.0 2591
27. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 -59 =50 =31 +65 -23 +51 =22 =37 +38 5.0 2537
28. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2534 -21 +54 +53 -15 -19 +50 -20 +59 +56 5.0 2587
29. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 +66 -16 -38 +51 +59 - 5 +47 =23 =20 5.0 2572
30. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2549 = 7 = 6 +50 = 5 -21 =20 +61 -14 =33 4.5 2592
31. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2533 - 3 =58 =27 =44 +62 +24 =32 =20 -10 4.5 2559
32. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2635 =43 =40 =52 +49 =45 -12 =31 +39 - 8 4.5 2543
33. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2596 =57 =51 =23 +40 - 2 =43 +56 - 8 =30 4.5 2553
34. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2599 +65 = 2 - 7 =47 =43 =22 =39 =49 =36 4.5 2549
35. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2540 - 4 =44 =57 =22 =50 =59 =53 +47 =37 4.5 2520
36. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2537 = 6 - 7 =44 =50 -22 +55 =59 +62 =34 4.5 2521
37. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 =62 +63 =11 -38 =41 - 8 +60 =27 =35 4.5 2531
38. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2477 =14 =24 +29 +37 = 1 =11 - 6 -19 -27 4.0 2565
39. Bryzgalin, Kirill f RUS 2480 +20 =15 = 5 =14 -25 =26 =34 -32 =41 4.0 2562
40. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2548 = 1 =32 =13 -33 =60 =63 -24 +42 =44 4.0 2512
41. Magomedov, Magaram g RUS 2565 =50 =22 =59 =23 =37 =47 -15 =52 =39 4.0 2465
42. Chebotarev, Oleg RUS 2517 - 5 =25 =20 +53 =49 =14 -26 -40 +62 4.0 2542
43. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2538 =32 =13 +61 -18 =34 =33 =45 -24 =54 4.0 2546
44. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2469 -19 =35 =36 =31 +52 =53 -14 =56 =40 4.0 2518
45. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2583 +54 =21 - 4 +62 =32 - 1 =43 =25 -22 4.0 2532
46. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2531 =53 -17 =25 -20 =54 =62 =51 +57 =50 4.0 2494
47. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2534 =13 -18 +63 =34 =24 =41 -29 -35 +60 4.0 2516
48. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2560 - 2 +65 +22 =21 - 6 +61 =19 -15 -25 4.0 2553
49. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2552 =11 - 1 +58 -32 =42 =60 +63 =34 -21 4.0 2516
50. Pokazanjev, Nikolai f RUS 2410 =41 =27 -30 =36 =35 -28 +64 =53 =46 4.0 2498
51. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2516 =61 =33 =24 -29 =56 -27 =46 =63 +59 4.0 2497
52. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2530 =18 =61 =32 -13 -44 =54 +65 =41 =53 4.0 2521
53. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2621 =46 =62 -28 -42 +65 =44 =35 =50 =52 4.0 2459
54. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2453 -45 -28 +64 -60 =46 =52 =58 +61 =43 4.0 2479
55. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2527 -16 +66 -12 -25 =64 -36 =57 +65 +63 4.0 2475
56. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2556 = 9 -11 +60 - 2 =51 +57 -33 =44 -28 3.5 2493
57. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2508 =33 -14 =35 -61 +58 -56 =55 -46 +64 3.5 2455
58. Grebionkin, Vladimir m RUS 2438 -12 =31 -49 =63 -57 =66 =54 =64 +65 3.5 2406
59. Obolenskikh, Dmitry RUS 2437 +27 - 9 =41 =24 -29 =35 =36 -28 -51 3.0 2442
60. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2515 -15 =20 -56 +54 =40 =49 -37 =66 -47 3.0 2419
61. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2607 =51 =52 -43 +57 =26 -48 -30 -54 =66 3.0 2394
62. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2500 =37 =53 =26 -45 -31 =46 +66 -36 -42 3.0 2423
63. Bragin, Alexander RUS 2396 =17 -37 -47 =58 +66 =40 -49 =51 -55 3.0 2400
64. Feoktistov, Alexey A m RUS 2424 -26 -23 -54 +66 =55 -65 -50 =58 -57 2.0 2264
65. Nevostrujev, Vladimir g RUS 2490 -34 -48 +66 -27 -53 +64 -52 -55 -58 2.0 2304
66. Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2451 -29 -55 -65 -64 -63 =58 -62 =60 =61 1.5 2224
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3) Dutch Championship
The Dutch Championships takes place September 5th-16th 2005 in Leeuwarden.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2005/
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ch-NED Leeuwarden NED (NED), 6-16 ix 2005 cat. XIII (2551)
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1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 * . = . 1 . = 1 . 1 4.0 2759
2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2678 . * . = . . 1 = = = 3.0 2610
3. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2457 = . * 0 1 1 0 . . . 2.5 2546
4. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2533 . = 1 * 0 = . . . = 2.5 2540
5. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2501 0 . 0 1 * . 1 . = . 2.5 2535
6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2529 . . 0 = . * = = 1 . 2.5 2522
7. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 = 0 1 . 0 = * . . . 2.0 2492
8. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2587 0 = . . . = . * = = 2.0 2511
9. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2519 . = . . = 0 . = * = 2.0 2494
10. Smeets, Jan g NED 2537 0 = . = . . . = = * 2.0 2522
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ch-NED w Leeuwarden NED (NED), 6-16 ix 2005
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1 Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2405 ** 1. =1 =. 1. 1. 5.0 2490
2 Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2225 0. ** =. 1. =. =1 3.5 2289
3 Schuurman, Petra f NED 2266 =0 =. ** =. 1. 0. 2.5 2207
4 Bensdorp, Laura NED 2108 =. 0. =. ** 10 =. 2.5 2210
5 Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2269 0. =. 0. 01 ** 1. 2.5 2157
6 Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2173 0. =0 1. =. 0. ** 2.0 2124
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4) 80th Championship of Argentina
80th Championship of Argentina takes place 8th-16th September, 2005. Round Robin Tournament with 10 players Time control: 90 minutes + 30seconds/move Place: Los Polvorines (Province of Buenos Aires).
Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/camparg/superior05/final05.htm
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80th ch-ARG Los Polvorines ARG (ARG), 8-16 ix 2005 cat. VII (2424)
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1. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2449 * = . 1 . = . . 1 . 3.0 2584
2. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2432 = * . . . . = . 1 = 2.5 2478
3. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2551 . . * = = . . 1 . = 2.5 2503
4. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2457 0 . = * 1 = . . . . 2.0 2487
5. Flores, Diego m ARG 2513 . . = 0 * 1 = . . . 2.0 2485
6. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2435 = . . = 0 * . 1 . . 2.0 2434
7. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2499 . = . . = . * 0 . 1 2.0 2401
8. Duarte, Leonardo ARG 2317 . . 0 . . 0 1 * = . 1.5 2344
9. Needleman, Gaston ARG 2242 0 0 . . . . . = * 1 1.5 2298
10. Perdomo, Leandro f ARG 2345 . = = . . . 0 . 0 * 1.0 2238
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5) First Saturday September
The September First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place 3rd-13th September 2005 in Budapest.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005 cat. VII (2402)
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1. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2470 * = . . = . . = 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2578
2. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2490 = * = = . 1 0 . . 1 . 1 . 4.5 2519
3. Szabo, Krisztian m HUN 2422 . = * 0 . . 1 . . = 1 1 . 4.0 2545
4. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2494 . = 1 * = . = = . = = . . 4.0 2458
5. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2390 = . . = * = 0 . = . . 1 1 4.0 2445
6. Le Quang Liem f VIE 2326 . 0 . . = * . = 1 1 = . = 4.0 2439
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2399 . 1 0 = 1 . * . . 0 = . . 3.0 2423
8. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2415 = . . = . = . * 0 . . = 1 3.0 2395
9. Bergez, Luc m FRA 2353 0 . . . = 0 . 1 * . 1 . = 3.0 2377
10. Collins, Sam E IRL m IRL 2413 . 0 = = . 0 1 . . * . = . 2.5 2364
11. Pitl, Gregory f GER 2332 0 . 0 = . = = . 0 . * = . 2.0 2250
12. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2397 . 0 0 . 0 . . = . = = * = 2.0 2241
13. Prohaszka, Peter2 HUN 2331 0 . . . 0 = . 0 = . . = * 1.5 2198
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005 cat. II (2293)
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1. Hoang Thi Bao Tram wm VIE 2267 * 1 1 = . = = 1 . 1 5.5 2550
2. Woodward, Timothy DM f ENG 2313 0 * . . 1 = = = 1 1 4.5 2351
3. Petran, Pal m HUN 2416 0 . * = = . = 1 1 1 4.5 2379
4. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2451 = . = * . = 1 . 1 = 4.0 2380
5. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2262 . 0 = . * 1 1 . = 1 4.0 2387
6. Bernard, Jacques FRA 2252 = = . = 0 * . = 1 1 4.0 2330
7. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2295 = = = 0 0 . * = 1 . 3.0 2269
8. Werner, Dimo m GER 2369 0 = 0 . . = = * = 1 3.0 2213
9. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2157 . 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * . 1.0 2027
10. Harila, Per SWE 2144 0 0 0 = 0 0 . 0 . * 0.5 1910
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005 cat. II (2281)
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1. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2337 * = 1 = . . 1 = . 1 4.5 2485
2. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2361 = * 1 . = = = . 1 . 4.0 2403
3. Vasilkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2308 0 0 * . = 1 . 1 1 . 3.5 2342
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2284 = . . * = = = = . 1 3.5 2335
5. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2250 . = = = * . . = = 1 3.5 2329
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2284 . = 0 = . * = . 1 1 3.5 2331
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2307 0 = . = . = * = 1 . 3.0 2290
8. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2294 = . 0 = = . = * . 1 3.0 2281
9. Bulthaupt, Freerk GER 2185 . 0 0 . = 0 0 . * 1 1.5 2092
10. Mihok, Laszlo f HUN 2201 0 . . 0 0 0 . 0 0 * 0.0
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6) US Chess League
The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
Week 2 7th September 2005 Philadelphia - 2 Boston - 2 Baltimore - 2 New York - 2 Miami - 2.5 Carolina - 1.5 Dallas - 2.5 San Francisco - 1.5 Round 2 League Standings Eastern Division: Philadelphia - 1.5/2 Boston - 1/2 New York - 1/2 Baltimore - 0.5/2 Western Division: Miami - 2/2 Dallas - 1/2 Carolina - 0.5/2 San Francisco- 0.5/2
7) 65th New England Open
George Mirijanian reports: The 65th New England Open took place 3rd-5th September 2005 at the Holiday Inn in Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass., captured first place with a score of 5-1. IM-elect Joshua Friedel of Goffstown, New Hampshire, was runner-up with a 4.5-1.5 tally. Tied for 3rd-4th place with 4-2 results were FMs Steven Winer of Melrose, Mass., and Christopher Chase of Somerville, Mass. Deadlocked in 5th-8th place with 3.5-2.5 scores were IM Igor Foygel of Brookline, Mass., and national masters Eugene Yanayt of Swampscott, Mass., Brian McCarthy of New Jersey and Max Enkin of Peabody, Mass. The tournament drew 87 players in four sections and was directed by Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire, for the sponsoring Massachusetts Chess Association. He was assisted by Ken Ballou of Framingham, Mass., a top director for the MACA affiliate, the MetroWest Chess Club in Natick, Mass. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
8) Trieste Open
The Open A took place in Trieste 4th-10th September 2005 was won by Konstantin Landa. Final round games missing.
Official site: http://www.sst1904.com/pagine/index.html
------------------------------------------------------------ Open A Trieste ITA (ITA), 4-10 ix 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 GM Landa Konstantin 2609 RUS 7 51 41 38,50 2 4 IM Fercec Nenad 2500 CRO 6½ 50½ 40 35,25 3 9 IM Tratar Marko 2419 SLO 6½ 50½ 39½ 34,75 4 10 GM Efimov Igor 2401 ITA 6½ 49 38 33,25 5 2 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2566 SLO 6 52 40½ 33,75 6 11 IM Videki Sandor 2394 HUN 6 50 38½ 32,25 7 6 GM Lalic Bogdan 2491 CRO 6 47 37 30,25 8 15 IM Borgo Giulio 2380 ITA 6 46½ 37 27,75 9 18 Ramesa Davor 2172 CRO 6 44½ 34½ 27,50 10 7 IM Jovanic Ognjen 2447 CRO 5½ 52 42 29,75 11 3 GM Lazarev Vladimir 2518 RUS 5½ 49½ 38½ 28,25 12 5 GM Drazic Sinisa 2497 SCG 5½ 48½ 38 28,50 13 14 FM Bosiocic Marin 2381 CRO 5½ 47½ 37 26,75 14 16 FM Brunello Sabino 2373 ITA 5½ 46½ 36½ 26,50 15 13 IM Loncar Robert 2390 CRO 5 50 39½ 25,25 16 12 IM Zufic Miroslav 2391 CRO 5 47½ 36 24,50 17 17 Nedimovic Ljubisa 2217 SLO 5 45½ 36 23,75 18 8 IM Giorkos Lajos 2424 HUN 5 44 35 21,75 19 19 De Val Daniele 2155 ITA 5 42½ 33 20,00 20 30 Bevilacqua Andrea 1978 ITA 5 42 33 20,00 21 20 WIM Trtanj Tina 2137 CRO 5 40½ 31½ 19,00 22 25 Cedriano Filippo 2005 ITA 5 38½ 30½ 17,25 23 24 Stantic Severino 2064 ITA 5 35½ 28 16,00 50 players
9) Polish Team Championship
The Polish Team Championship took place in Lubniewice 3rd-11th September 2005. Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw won the event. Games from the final round missing.
Further details: http://www.ekstraliga2005.xt.pl/
+----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 | | +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 1 |Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa | ¤ |3.5| 4 | 4 | 4 |4.5|4.5|3.5| 4 | 5 |37.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 2 |Polfa Grodzisk Mazowiecki |2.5| ¤ |1.5|4.5| 3 |4.5| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |32.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 3 |MCKiS Jaworzno | 2 |4.5| ¤ | 4 |2.5|3.5| 4 | 3 | 4 |3.5|31.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 4 |PTSz P³ock | 2 |1.5| 2 | ¤ | 4 | 4 |4.5| 4 |4.5|4.5|31.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 5 |AZS UMCS Lublin | 2 | 3 |3.5| 2 | ¤ |2.5|2.5| 4 |3.5| 4 |27.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 6 |Juvena Hañcza Suwa³ki |1.5|1.5|2.5| 2 |3.5| ¤ | 2 |3.5| 4 | 4 |24.5| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 7 |HetMaN Szopienice Katowice|1.5| 2 | 2 |1.5|3.5| 4 | ¤ | 3 | 3 |3.5|24.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 8 |Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. |2.5| 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |2.5| 3 | ¤ | 3 | 3 |23.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 9 |Pocztowiec TP SA Poznañ | 2 | 2 | 2 |1.5|2.5| 2 | 3 | 3 | ¤ |2.5|20.5| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+ | 10 |Zelmer Rzeszów | 1 | 2 |2.5|1.5| 2 | 2 |2.5| 3 |3.5| ¤ |20.0| +----------+--------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
10) Okie Chess Festival
Tom Braunlich's Okie Chess Festival Masters and Challengers events took place 3rd-5th September 2005. Michael Langer of Austin, Texas and Thomas Gossell of Kansas City tied for First place in the Masters and Pete Karagianis of Ames, Iowa won the Challengers. The event was organized by Tom Braunlich and Frank Berry and FIDE Arbiter was Alex Relyea assisted by Nita Patel. A 25 player 7 rd Swiss was won by two players from Iowa: Jeremy Madison and Mustafa Zamanian. Event was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report.
Official site: http://www.geocities.com/okiechessfestival/#schedule
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OCF Masters Tulsa USA (USA), 3-5 ix 2005
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1. Langer, Michael USA 2272 * 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.0 2373
2. Gossell, Thomas USA 2209 1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2382
3. Hulsey, Mark A USA 2110 0 1 * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2340
4. Movsisyan, Movses USA 2300 0 = = * = 1 1 1 4.5 2313
5. Schoonmaker, Nicholas USA 2261 0 = = = * 1 0 1 3.5 2216
6. Braunlich, Tom USA 2200 1 0 0 0 0 * = 1 2.5 2123
7. Simms, Gary USA 2201 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1.5 1995
8. Luther, Ronald G USA 2225 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 1991
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OCF Challengers Tulsa USA (USA), 3-5 ix 2005
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1. Karagianis, Pete USA 2259 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 6.0
2. Orton, Bill USA 2125 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 5.5
3. McEntee, Tim USA 2175 = = * = 1 0 = 1 4.0
4. Galant, Sergey USA 2211 0 0 = * 0 1 1 + 3.5
5. Ellis, Jim USA 2119 0 0 0 1 * = 1 0 2.5
6. Latino, Carl USA ---- 0 0 1 0 = * 0 + 2.5
7. Claassen, Chris USA ---- 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 2.5
8. Berry, Jim USA 2184 = 0 0 - 1 - 0 * 1.5
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Jim Berry was a 2nd day substitute.
11) 13th Nikaia Open
The 13th Nikaia Open took place 23rd-30th August 2005. Four players finished on 7.5/9 with Dmitry Svetushkin taking first on tie-break.
Official site: http://www.geocities.com/fysiolatris/
----------------------------------------------------------------- 13th Open Nikaia GRE (GRE), 23-30 viii 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2514 7.5 41.5 2517 2 GM Pavlovic Milos SCG 2471 7.5 40.0 2398 3 IM Managadze Nikoloz GEO 2440 7.5 40.0 2462 4 IM Karayannis Athanasios GRE 2387 7.5 35.0 2216 5 IM Dochev Dimitar BUL 2370 7.0 39.5 2402 6 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis GRE 2522 7.0 39.0 2448 7 IM Aroshidze Levan GEO 2463 7.0 39.0 2416 8 IM Obodchuk Andrei RUS 2438 7.0 38.5 2373 9 IM Palekha Alexey UKR 2345 7.0 38.5 2385 10 IM Khetsuriani Besarion GEO 2382 7.0 38.5 2330 11 WIM Khurtsilava Inga GEO 2281 7.0 37.5 2322 12 FM Shahtahtinsky Alekper GRE 2312 7.0 37.0 2290 13 Goritsas Christos GRE 2260 7.0 36.5 2250 14 WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2287 7.0 36.5 2253 15 Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2205 7.0 36.0 2201 16 Tassopoulos Marios GRE 2220 7.0 35.5 2131 17 Nikolaou Georgios GRE 2288 7.0 34.0 2178 18 Santrian Ararat ARM 2343 6.5 37.0 2323 19 Klokas Konstantinos GRE 2258 6.5 36.5 2132 20 Sismanis Aggelos GRE 2155 6.5 36.0 2152 21 Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2246 6.5 35.5 2268 22 Delithanasis Dimitrios GRE 2285 6.5 35.0 2189 23 Maliaros Stavros GRE 2225 6.5 35.0 2100 24 Gogolis Alexandros GRE 2272 6.5 35.0 2136 25 Stiri Alexandra GRE 2201 6.5 35.0 2110 26 Kharlampidi Tengiz GEO 2203 6.5 34.5 2167 27 IM Mastrokoukos Georgios GRE 2345 6.5 34.0 2150 28 Stefanidi Maria-Anna GRE 2141 6.5 33.5 2087 29 Aggelis Nikolaos GRE 1953 6.5 32.5 2115 30 Danchenko Dimitrios UKR 2032 6.5 32.5 2051 31 Panagiotopoulos Alexandros GRE 2137 6.5 31.5 2040 32 WIM Papadopoulou Vera GRE 2212 6.5 31.0 2014 340 players
12) 4th Hotel Petra
The 4th Hotel Petra Round Robin took place 3rd-11th September 2005 in Rome. Final round results and games still to come. Oleg Romanishin led with 7/8 with his final round game against second placed Ivan Farago still to play.
Official site: http://www.arrocco.net
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1. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2570 * . 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2721
2. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2499 . * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2636
3. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2609 0 = * . = 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2475
4. Vazquez, Renier m ESP 2496 0 = . * 0 = = 1 1 1 4.5 2423
5. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2389 0 0 = 1 * . 1 0 = 1 4.0 2422
6. Sibilio, Mario f ITA 2380 0 = 0 = . * = = 1 1 4.0 2422
7. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2317 = 0 0 = 0 = * . 1 0 2.5 2303
8. Martorelli, Antonio m ITA 2277 0 0 = 0 1 = . * 0 . 2.0 2311
9. Mazzilli, Piero f ITA 2341 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * . 2.0 2249
10. Ramondino, Renzo ITA 2274 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 . . * 1.5 2235
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13) 41st Akiba Rubinstein Memorial
The 41st Akiba Rubinstein Memorial took place 17th-28th August 2005 in Polanica Zdroj. Three players finished on 7.5/10 with Pawel Czarnota taking first on tie-break.
Official site: http://www.polanica2005.prv.pl/
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 41st Rubinstein Mem Open A Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 19-28 viii 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2461 7.5 51.0 63.0 44.5 5 2614 2. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2396 7.5 49.5 61.5 45.5 6 2593 3. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2460 7.5 49.5 59.5 45.0 5 2594 4. Mista, Aleksander g POL 2474 7.0 47.5 59.5 39.0 5 2502 5. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2538 7.0 43.5 54.5 35.0 5 2464 6. Owczarzak, Jerzy POL 2368 6.5 45.0 55.5 37.5 4 2459 7. Czakon, Jakub POL 2461 6.5 44.5 56.5 36.5 4 2459 8. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2515 6.5 44.5 56.0 34.5 4 2447 9. Jedynak, Radoslaw m POL 2394 6.5 43.0 53.5 35.0 4 2392 10. Szoen, Dariusz f POL 2459 6.5 42.0 53.0 34.0 5 2398 11. Bulski, Krzysztof POL 2260 6.5 41.0 51.0 33.5 5 2418 12. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2510 6.0 53.5 65.5 40.5 3 2498 13. Pakleza, Zbigniew POL 2419 6.0 48.0 59.0 36.0 4 2417 14. Marszalek, Maciej POL 2386 6.0 43.5 54.0 34.5 3 2418 15. Gumula, Daniel POL 2287 6.0 43.5 53.5 32.5 5 2399 16. Lubczynski, Rafal f POL 2340 6.0 39.5 50.5 30.0 5 2357 17. Dudzinski, Piotr POL 2222 5.5 46.0 56.5 28.5 3 2396 18. Jaracz, Barbara wm POL 2251 5.5 45.0 56.5 30.0 3 2375 19. Bindrich, Falko f GER 2391 5.5 44.0 54.5 32.5 3 2335 20. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2275 5.5 43.5 54.0 33.0 5 2359 21. Luch, Michal m POL 2414 5.5 43.0 53.0 34.0 2 2342 22. Kislov, Mikhail m RUS 2351 5.5 41.0 52.5 31.5 4 2324 23. Kuzmicz, Krystian f POL 2357 5.5 38.5 49.0 29.0 4 2272 24. Bindrich, Oswald GER 2148 5.5 38.5 47.0 28.0 4 2306 64 players
14) Chess and Opera in Vienna
"Operation Capablanca", a chess opera written by the Viennese artist Zenita Komad, had its first outing last thursday, September 1, at the Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna Contemporary Art Center). The opera which is set around a game won by Capablanca against Herman Steiner in 1933 has been performed on her installation consisting of a giant chess board and 32 sculpture pieces. Coinciding with Komad´s art project was a GM tournament (average rating 2443). 17 year old Arik Braun from Germany claimed first prize and his first GM result. News: Stefan Loeffler.
Official site: http://www.zenita-city.at/
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1. Braun, Arik m GER 2475 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2605
2. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2482 1 * = 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2564
3. Meier, Georg GER 2437 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2569
4. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2535 0 1 = * = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2513
5. Ragger, Markus f AUT 2434 = = = = * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2524
6. Markos, Jan m SVK 2495 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2480
7. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2487 0 = = 0 0 = * 0 1 1 3.5 2358
8. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2388 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 2324
9. Beckhuis, Gernod f GER 2324 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2290
10. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2377 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 2177
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15) 49th Spanish Teams
The final phase of the 49th Team Championship took place in Merida 9th-11th September 2005. Reverté-Albox won the final on the very strange tie-break that their top board (Dreev) had black in the final. This was after 6 draws.
Official site: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
Final Day 1 10/09/2005
3 3
1 A.D. EBORAJEDREZ 1 0 GROS XAKE TALDEA
1 Radjabov, Teimour - GM (2682) ½ ½ Gelfand, Boris - GM (2724)
2 Mamedyarov, Shahriyar - GM (2646) 1 0 Bauer, Christian - GM (2641)
3 Naiditsch, Arkadij - GM (2612) ½ ½ Istratescu, Andrei - GM (2624)
4 Galego, Luis - GM (2501) 0 1 Cifuentes, Roberto - GM (2512)
5 Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio - MI (2471) 1 0 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario - GM (2467)
6 Damaso, Rui - MI (2432) ½ ½ Andrés González, Alberto - MI (2413)
3.5 2.5
2 REVERTE ALBOX-COSTA ALMERIA 0.5 0.5 C.A. TIENDAS UPI
1 Dreev, Alexey - GM (2698) 1 0 Ivanchuk, Vassily - GM (2752)
2 Malakhov, Vladimir - GM (2673) ½ ½ Sokolov, Ivan - GM (2691)
3 Movsesian, Sergei - GM (2645) ½ ½ Eljanov, Pavel - GM (2639)
4 Comas Fabregó, Lluis - GM (2513) 0 1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - GM (2624)
5 Del Rio De Angelis, S. Gabriel - GM (2470) ½ ½ Campora, Daniel H. - GM (2538)
6 Vassallo, Mauricio - MI (2410) ½ ½ Romero Holmes, Alfonso - GM (2503)
3 3
Final Day 2 11/09/2005
Final
1 A.D. EBORAJEDREZ 0.5 0.5 REVERTE ALBOX-COSTA ALMERIA
1 Radjabov, Teimour - GM (2682) ½ ½ Dreev, Alexey - GM (2698)
2 Mamedyarov, Shahriyar - GM (2646) ½ ½ Malakhov, Vladimir - GM (2673)
3 Naiditsch, Arkadij - GM (2612) ½ ½ Movsesian, Sergei - GM (2645)
4 Galego, Luis - GM (2501) ½ ½ Comas Fabregó, Lluis - GM (2513)
5 Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio - MI (2471) ½ ½ Del Rio De Angelis, S G - GM (2470)
6 Damaso, Rui - MI (2432) ½ ½ Vassallo, Mauricio - MI (2410)
3 3
EVERTE ALBOX-COSTA ALMERIA win on tie-break because Dreev had black in the final.
3rd-4th
2 GROS XAKE TALDEA 0.5 0.5 C.A. TIENDAS UPI
1 Gelfand, Boris - GM (2724) ½ ½ Ivanchuk, Vassily - GM (2752)
2 Bauer, Christian - GM (2641) ½ ½ Sokolov, Ivan - GM (2691)
3 Istratescu, Andrei - GM (2624) 1 0 Volokitin, Andrei - GM (2671)
4 Cifuentes, Roberto - GM (2512) 0 1 Illescas Cordoba,Miguel - GM (2624)
5 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario - GM (2467) ½ ½ Romero Holmes, Alfonso - GM (2503)
6 González de la Torre, Santiago - MF (2352) ½ ½ Rodriguez Guerrero, E - MI (2467)
16) BDO Haarlem
The BDO Haarlem Masters and Challengers events took place 27th August - 4th September 2005. Nona Garpindashvili took clear first in the category IV main event. Games from the final round now available.
Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.org/bdo/
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1. Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2318 * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2510
2. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2454 = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 6.0 2454
3. Abeln, Michiel f NED 2355 1 0 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2420
4. Balint, Andras f HUN 2293 1 0 = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 5.0 2389
5. Nikolic, Nebojsa BIH m BIH 2380 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2380
6. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2389 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 5.0 2379
7. Ris, Robert NED 2337 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 3.5 2262
8. Michielsen, Joost NED 2320 0 0 0 1 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2263
9. Hartoch, Rob m NED 2272 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 2.5 2183
10. Strating, Sybolt f NED 2297 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 2.5 2180
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1. Van Ketel, Raoul NED 2271 * = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2352
2. Langedijk, Ardjan NED 2219 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2358
3. Merbis, Max NED 2136 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2281
4. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2074 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2251
5. Dek, Lennart NED 2203 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2236
6. In't Veld, Daan NED 2056 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2210
7. De Roda Husman, Juan NED 2238 = 0 0 = = = * 1 1 0 4.0 2147
8. Gijswijt, Bart NED 2234 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 2110
9. Duchene, Rene NED 2219 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2026
10. Van den Berg, Ad NED 2298 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 1963
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17) Nordic Championship
The Nordic Championship took place in Vammala Finland August 24th-September 4th 2005. Evgeny Agrest won with 9.5/11. Round 3 men's games are missing. The entire round 1 games and the bottom pairing in each round is missing from the women's file.
Official site: http://www.vammalanshakkikerho.net/pm2005/index.html
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Nordic Championships Vammala FIN (FIN), 24 viii-4 ix 2005 cat. VII (2417)
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1. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2592 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2709
2. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2511 = * = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 2670
3. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2488 = = * 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2585
4. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2571 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2504
5. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2441 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2479
6. Lie, Espen NOR 2300 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2391
7. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2361 0 0 1 0 = = * 1 0 = 0 1 4.5 2356
8. Tjomsland, Stig NOR 2257 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2366
9. Olsen, Heini f FAI 2325 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1 = 4.0 2323
10. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2448 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 = * = 0 3.5 2280
11. Lehtinen, Heikki m FIN 2402 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2243
12. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1.5 2117
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1. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg ISL 2204 +14 = 2 = 8 + 3 = 6 +10 = 5 = 9 = 7 6.0 2301
2. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2173 + 9 = 1 = 7 = 5 = 8 + 3 = 6 =13 =10 5.5 2269
3. Agrest, Svetlana wm SWE 2270 + 5 = 6 +12 - 1 + 7 - 2 + 8 - 4 +11 5.5 2209
4. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2190 -12 = 7 +14 =10 - 9 +13 =11 + 3 + 6 5.5 2193
5. Berntsen, Sheila Barth wm NOR 2166 - 3 +14 +11 = 2 +10 = 6 = 1 - 8 +13 5.5 2208
6. Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2186 +13 = 3 =10 + 8 = 1 = 5 = 2 = 7 - 4 5.0 2217
7. Laesson, Tuulikki wm EST 2228 = 8 = 4 = 2 +12 - 3 +11 = 9 = 6 = 1 5.0 2193
8. Vovk, Oksana wm DEN 2125 = 7 + 9 = 1 - 6 = 2 +14 - 3 + 5 =12 5.0 2184
9. Paasikangas-T., Johanna f FIN 2307 - 2 - 8 =13 +11 + 4 +12 = 7 = 1 =14 5.0 2123
10. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2218 +11 =12 = 6 = 4 - 5 - 1 =13 +14 = 2 4.5 2080
11. De Blecourt, Sandra DEN 2069 -10 +13 - 5 - 9 +14 - 7 = 4 +12 - 3 3.5 2044
12. Walta, Paivi FIN 1826 + 4 =10 - 3 - 7 +13 - 9 -14 -11 = 8 3.0 2021
13. Savola,Laura FIN ---- - 6 -11 = 9 =14 -12 - 4 =10 = 2 - 5 2.0 1896
14. Rautanen, Sari FIN 1913 - 1 - 5 - 4 =13 -11 - 8 +12 -10 = 9 2.0 1902
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18) VI Obert d'Escacs International
The VI Obert d'Escacs International 'Ciutat de Tarragona' took place 20th-28th August 2005. Artur Kogan won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the final round now available.
Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/
------------------------------------------------------------- VI Open Tarragona ESP (ESP), 20-28 viii 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2580 7½ 51½ 55½ 2. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2531 7 51½ 55½ 3. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2500 7 51 55 4. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2656 7 50½ 55 5. Oratovsky, Michael g ISR 2529 7 50½ 55 6. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2446 7 48 52 7. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel m PER 2474 7 43 47½ 8. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2619 6½ 48½ 53 9. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2458 6½ 48 51½ 10. Katzir, Moshe ISR 2202 6½ 46 49½ 11. Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria f ESP 2381 6½ 44 47½ 12. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2300 6 48 52½ 13. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2510 6 47 52 14. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2439 6 47 51½ 15. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2426 6 47 50½ 16. Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2394 6 46 50 17. Zurano Lopez, Pedro ESP 2253 6 44 47½ 18. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2277 6 44 47½ 19. Lymar, Irina wg UKR 2316 6 43½ 47 20. Shoker, Samy f FRA 2319 6 43 47½ 21. Peric, Slavisa m SCG 2280 6 42½ 47 22. Farran Martos Francesc ESP 2123 6 42 45 123 players
19) 16th Nato Chess Championship
The 16th Nato Chess Championship took place in Kolobrzeg, Poland 21st-27th August 2005. The German team won the event with 22.5/28 (4 best results of a team). The indivudal winner was the German IM Andreas Schenk with 6.5/7
German Team IM Andreas Schenk (2497), IM Lorenz Drabke (2425), Rau Hannes (2410), Mark Helbig (2326), Guido Schott (2210) and Jan-Hendrik Lorenzen (1965). News: Fabrice Wantiez
Official site: http://www.natochess.org/score.html
Individual ranking : 1. Schenk Andreas GER 2497 m 6.5/7 2. Helbig Mark GER 2326 f 6.0 3. Przedmojski Rafal POL 2376 5.5 4. Drabke Lorenz GER 2425 m 5.5 5. Bon Michael FRA 2180 5.0 6. Benedetti Fabrizio ITA 2166 5.0 7. Pioch Zygmunt POL 2245 5.0 8. Hammond Andrew ENG 2213 5.0 9. Skindzier Saturnin POL 2223 5.0 10. Victoria Narciso F. USA 2175 5.0 11. Nielsen Henrik Lindholt DEN 2009 5.0 12. Wantiez Fabrice BEL 2265 4.5 88 players Team Ranking 1. Germany 22,5/28 2. Poland 20 3. UK 18,5 4. France 17,5 5. USA 17,5 6. Italy 16,5 7. Netherlands 16,5 8. Denmark 15,5 9. Turkey 15 10. Latvia 14,5 11. NATO 13,5 12. Belgium 13 13. Spain 13 14. Lithuania 11,5 2006 - United Kingdom (confirmed) 2007 - Turkey (confirmed) 2008 - Belgium 2009 - Germany (confirmed) 2010 - Denmark
20) Latvia-Lithuania Match
There was a friendly match between Latvia and Lithuania on August 14th 2005 in Liepaja. Latvia won 54,5:45,5.
Further details: http://www.kris-egis.com/chegis/index.php
21) XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba
The XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba 20th-28th August 2005. No games available from rounds 8-9.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezcolladovillalba.com/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XXII Open Collado Villalba ESP (ESP), 20-28 viii 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Timoshenko, Georgy (1) 7.5 39.0 50.5 55.0 2 Neelotpal, Das (5) 7.0 38.5 49.5 54.0 3 Vázquez Igarza, Renier (4) 7.0 38.0 48.0 53.0 4 Moreno Ruiz, Javier (3) 7.0 37.0 48.5 51.5 5 Suba, Mihai (2) 7.0 34.5 46.5 50.5 6 Rivas Pastor, Manuel (7) 6.5 37.0 48.5 53.0 7 Martín Rueda, Daniel (23) 6.5 34.5 46.0 49.5 8 González Menéndez, Iván (13) 6.5 34.0 43.0 46.0 9 Elissalt Cárdenas, Héctor (20) 6.5 33.0 47.5 50.5 10 Minzer, Claudio Javier (10) 6.5 33.0 45.5 49.5 11 Zambrana, Osvaldo (11) 6.5 32.5 42.0 45.0 12 Saldaño Dayer, Horacio (6) 6.5 29.0 38.5 42.0 13 Moreno Carrascosa, Bartolomé (28) 6.5 28.0 36.0 39.5 14 Mateo, Ramón (9) 6.0 35.5 49.0 52.5 15 Caruana, Fabiano (14) 6.0 35.5 47.5 50.0 16 Pogorelov, Ruslan (8) 6.0 32.0 44.5 48.5 17 Bruned, Yvain (17) 6.0 32.0 46.0 49.0 18 Alonso Fernández, Marcos (31) 6.0 32.0 43.5 46.0 19 Andrés González, Iván (21) 6.0 31.5 42.5 46.0 20 Kalashnikov Shamshorin, Alexei (30) 6.0 29.5 41.0 44.5 21 García Paolicchi, Raúl (25) 6.0 29.0 39.5 43.0 22 Pérez González, José Manuel (24) 5.5 32.0 44.5 47.5 23 Cruz Condori, Alfredo (22) 5.5 31.0 42.5 45.5 24 Bruned, Boris (32) 5.5 30.5 40.5 43.0 25 Pastor Alonso de Prado, Alberto (34) 5.5 30.5 41.5 45.0 26 Longa Yauca, Javier (18) 5.5 30.0 44.5 49.0 27 de la Fuente González, Francisco (36) 5.5 29.5 39.5 43.0 28 Guerrero Villanueva, David (102) 5.5 29.0 42.5 47.0 29 Semprún Martínez, Fernando (35) 5.5 28.0 40.5 44.0 30 Ruiz Sáiz, Agustín (26) 5.5 27.5 41.0 44.5 31 Rodríguez Cordón, Luis José (27) 5.5 27.5 36.5 39.0 32 San Juan Rodríguez, Miguel (44) 5.5 26.5 38.5 42.5 33 Salgado López, Óscar (39) 5.5 26.0 38.0 41.5 34 Rubio Mejía, Luis Ignacio (80) 5.5 25.5 40.0 43.5 35 Paradinas Sáenz de Viteri, Juan (111) 5.5 23.0 36.5 39.5 130 players
22) FIDE Zonal 3.3
The FIDE Zonal 3.3 tournament took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia September 2nd-10th, 2005. Utut Adianto and Mark Paragua finished on 7/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.vietnamchess.com
FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2005 - ZONE 3.3 September 2-10, 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia FINAL STANDING MEN 1 Adianto Utut GM 2588 INA 7 40 2 Paragua Mark GM 2596 PHI 7 37 3 Torre Eugenio GM 2535 PHI 6½ 35½ 4 Wong Meng-Kong GM 2460 SIN 6 39½ 5 Wu Shaobin GM 2510 SIN 6 38½ 6 Tu Hoang Thai 2389 VIE 6 36½ 7 Tirto FM 2370 INA 6 35 8 Nguyen Anh Dung GM 2555 VIE 5½ 38 9 Dimakiling Oliver FM 2329 PHI 5½ 37½ 10 Barbosa Oliver 2355 PHI 5½ 36 11 Ly Hong Nguyen CM 2281 VIE 5½ 33½ 12 Antonio Rogelio Jr GM 2513 PHI 5 36½ 13 Dao Thien Hai GM 2601 VIE 5 36 14 Wynn Zaw Htun IM 2578 MYA 5 36 15 Dableo Ronald IM 2440 PHI 5 33½ 16 Laylo Darwin 2344 PHI 5 33½ 17 Mariano Nelson GM 2466 PHI 5 32½ 18 Roca Petronio IM 2414 PHI 5 31½ 19 PMO Ak Hirawan 2364 BRU 5 31½ 20 Hatanbaatar Bazar GM 2445 MGL 5 29½ 21 Dinh Duc Trong FM 2362 VIE 5 27½ 22 Gonzales Jayson IM 2477 PHI 4½ 34 23 Handoko Edhi GM 2407 INA 4½ 32½ 24 Juswanto Denny IM 2509 INA 4½ 31 25 Situru Nathanael IM 2382 INA 4½ 29½ 26 Battulga Namhai 2210 MGL 4½ 28½ 27 Duong The Anh FM 2288 VIE 4½ 26½ 28 Lim Yee-Weng FM 2348 MAS 4 32 29 Goh Weiming FM 2390 SIN 4 26½ 30 Lim Chuin Hoong 2239 MAS 4 26 31 Nadera Barlo A IM 2423 PHI 4 24 32 Altanoch Genden FM 2272 MGL 3½ 32½ 33 Irwanto Sadikin FM 2517 INA 3½ 32 34 Sales Jesse Noel FM 2340 PHI 3½ 31 35 Byambaa Zulzaga FM 2299 MGL 3½ 31 36 Chan Peng-Kong IM 2332 SIN 3½ 27½ 37 Corke Anya WGM 2223 HKG 3½ 25 38 Pham Chuong FM 2313 VIE 3 31 39 Mok Tze-Meng FM 2351 MAS 3 30 40 Ismail Ahmad 2138 MAS 3 28 41 PMO Ak Hira 2194 BRU 2½ 27 42 Myo Naing IM 2516 MYA 2½ 26 43 Anas Nazreen Bakri FM 2150 MAS 2½ 24 44 Francis Tan 2079 MAS 1 23½
23) Training Course of FIDE-Trainer Academy Berlin
FIDE Trainer Academy Berlin will arrange an educational course for chesstrainers from 04.-10.November 2005 to achieve the title of a FIDE-Trainer or FIDE Instructor. The international trainer instruction enables the participants to work in schools or chess clubs and to instruct other trainers in different contries. The main part of instruction is based in chess-specific trainerknowledge, pedagogics & psychology and chessbase 9 & internettraining. The experience exchange between the participants is also very important.
More information at fide (http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=565)
Members of the trainer team are (see below) Contact (FIDE-Trainerakademie@gmx.de)
Vice president of FIDE Trainer commision GM Adrian Mikhalchishin, Director of FIDE Chess Academy GM Uwe Bönsch, Psychologist PM Dr. Marion Kauke, ECU General Secretary Horst Metzing and Chess Computer Specialists FM Michael Bilek and IM Michael Richter.
24) Forthcoming Events and Links
Scandinavian Chess Tournament Grand Prix 2005
Scandinavian Chess Tournament Grand Prix 2005. (3 Tournaments) Tallinn, Estonia 26-27 March 2005. Mariehamn, Aland (Finland) 1-2 October 2005 (5000 Euro Prize fund, 1st Prize 900 Euro) 11 rounds 15 minutes games with time handicap, Täby, Sweden 10-11 December 2005. 1st prize 12 000 SEK , 25 minutes games Besides the normal prizes there will be 5 Grand Prix-prizes: 30.000 SEK, 22.000 SEK, 15.000 SEK, 10.000 SEK, 5.000 SEK.
Information: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se
New RSS Chess Website
Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess content to the world via JS and RSS feed.
http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/
European Club Cup
The European Club Cup takes place September 18th-24th 2005 in the little mountain town of Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley, very famous due to the Casinò). The teams are expected to arrive on Saturday 17th.
About 50 teams are announced in the men's group and 16-18 in the women group. The NAO team features: Vladimir Kramnik, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, joel Lautier, Paco Vallejo, Sergey Karjakin, Laurent Fressinet
Other teams: Ivanchuk, Aronian, Gelfand, Morozevich (also if he is announced to play in the Argentinian World Championship starting on Sept 27), Shirov, Ponomariov, Bologan, Dreev, Sutovsky, Volkov, Krasenkov, Mamedjarov. Women: Stefanova, Lahno, Cramling, Zhukova, Peptan, Kosintseva.
Italy will be represented by the towm of Penne (winner of the Italian team Championship 2005): gm Godena, gm Braga, IM Arlandi, IM Bruno and three boys "under 17", Sabino Brunello, Daniele Vocaturo, Denis Rombaldoni.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com/
Kramnik Internet Simul
Venue: Vladimir will play from the NAO Chess Club, Paris (France) Date: Thursday, September 15th 2005 at 18:00 h. (+1 GMT) Opponents: 8 players. Open to all observers. Time control: 60/30 (Kramnik) , 20/30 (opponents). On the Chess21 server.
Official site: http://www.chess21.com
49th Spanish Teams
The final phase takes place 9th-11th September 2005 when the winners in Merida and Division of Honor - Group II (Menorca) Teams: REVERTE ALBOX INSULAR BOX A EBORAJEDREZ C.A. MARCOTE VALENCIA CRADLES CHESS.
Official site: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
13th Albacete Open
The 13th Albacete Open takes place 1st-7th September 2005.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=05090100
Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival
The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno has 2 closed GM groups, 1 closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September 2005. Contact: IM Petr Pisk -GM and IM groups (petr.pisk@centrum.cz) or go to the website below.
Further details: http://volny.cz/skduras
10th Cesenatico International
The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament takes place 3rd-11th September 2005.
Further info: http://www.antiquascom.it
Seagaard ChessReviews
Soren Sogaard announces that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will no longer be updated.
His letter: Dear reader! This is the last "newsletter" you receive from Seagaard ChessReviews. I have run the site for 5½ years, but now I no longer have the time to keep running the site. I have looked for sponsors for some time now, but I didn't succeed. Without these sponsors it is not easy to run the site. It was a hard decision, but the site, products and reviews will still be there for you - I just stop reviewing the products that I receive. If I receive products in the future, I will still store them in the database. However, I will writ eto the publishers that the site is closing so don't count on a lot of new products ;-) Thanks to all the people who supported me during the years. I am happy that more than 320 people now subscribes to the newsletter and that we have + 70.000 hits every week. All the best Soren Sogaard - Seagaard ChessReviews
Website: http://seagaard.dk/review
Scanno Italy
SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno, 50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Highlands Open Czech Republic
2nd International Chess Festival Open Highlands will take place on 24th September - 2nd October 2005 in the Havlickuv Brod town (the Czech Republic) which part is open FIDE with the possibility to participate for all applicants. The festival is part of the 5th CZECH TOUR 2005/2006 Series.
More detailed information should be found at the address http://www.czechtour.net.
Caissa Events September - October
The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 17th-26th September 2005 and 15th-24th October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com. Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.
Bratto della Presolana
Bratto della Presolana is a small mountain town 40 km from Bergamo, Italy. 15 GMs in the Master Group. There will be also Italian Female Championship and Italian Under 20 Championship.
Games, news, and Bulletin: http://www.scaccobratto.com/
Liepajas rokade
Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics took place from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia. Loek van Wely won the main all-play-all rapid event. I will hopefully be able to round up the games at some point.
English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684 and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681
3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial
The 3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial takes place 3rd-5th September 2005. The event takes place in Winnipeg Canada. The tournament is a six-round open Swiss, FIDE-rated, over the Labour Day weekend. Entry fee by July 15th 2005: $80 Cdn.
Russian GM Sergey Shipov and Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein have confirmed their participation in the Abe Yanofsky Memorial.
This year's tournament will have 50 per cent more in prizes than 2004, with $6,000 guaranteed, including class prizes.
Further details: http://www.chessmanitoba.com
4th Galway Chess Congress
The 4th Galway Chess Congress takes place October 7th-9th 2005 at the 4 star Corrib Great Southern hotel in Galway (Ireland). The prize fund is 10,000 Euros or approx £6,800. There will be 4 tournaments for different rating sections with a 2000 Euro (£1300) first prize in the top section and significant prizes for the other sections including generous grading prizes. There are now direct flights to Galway from London, Manchester and Edinburgh so we're hoping to perhaps have some visitors from the UK.
Further details: http://www.galwaychess.com
Moscow Open 2006
The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru), Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)
Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member): igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax: +7-095-3650757
Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru
European Team Championship
In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be 3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.
Details in Russian are available at: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the starter problem, and other details, is available at the website: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html
FIDE World Championship
The FIDE Championship takes place September 27th - October 16th 2005 at Potrero de los Funes, San Luis (Argentina). Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar.
Official site: http://www.wccsanluis.net/home.asp?lang=en
Coral Springs IM
Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2 rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30 second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon Haskel jon@bocachess.com
Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events
A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston, Charlotte and Orlando areas.
Charlotte Open - August 26-28: http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament10.shtml
World Amateur Open Championship - October 7-9, 2005: http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament13.shtml
Cajun Chess Web Site: http://www.cajunchess.com/
58th Quebec Open Championship
IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance. Hopefully I can round up all the games at some point.
Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
2nd Varna Chess Festival
The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September 7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St., Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642 877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg
Lausanne Young Masters
The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best under-20 players in the world will be held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne Players: Pentala Harikrishna Hikaru Nakamura, Andrei Volokitin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Nana Dzagnidze and Elisabeth Paehtz.
Alongside will be an Invitational Event "Maîtres contres Espoirs" including Vladimir Tukmakov and Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) will play several young Swiss talents.
Also a General Open, total prize money CHF 14'500.-, CHF 3'000.- for the winner, will be held at the same location from September 16th-19th, 2005. 7 rounds,
Information: René Kesselring, phone ++41 21 701 38 63 and ++41 79 342 44 15 Email: rkesselring@bluewin.ch
Internet http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Malaysian Chess Federation Calendar
The Malaysian Chess Federation has a calendar at: http://tcn.sourceforge.net. The event includes: the 2nd Arthur Tan Malaysian Open takes place 19th-26th August 2005, - Open Swiss with Prize Fund of US$ 15,000 27 Aug - 1 Sep Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2005 - Team event Prize Fund US$ 10,000 2 - 12 Sept Zone 3.3 (East Asia Zone) Championship. Contact: Hamid Majid email: aham@pc.jaring.my
Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
Senior World Championship
The Senior Chess World Championship takes place 27th September - 10th October 2005 in the Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, just one hour car far away from Venice.
The tournament is open to both men and women, and is an 11 round Swiss. Time rate: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes until the end of the game. with a 30 second increment from move 1.
Official site: http://www.vacanzesport.com
Iranian Team Championship
The Iran Super League (Ligue 84) the 12 club team event started on 30th May 2005. The Double round robin sees 6 GMs, 12 IMs and a total of 28 titled players participate.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
CC-Calendar
CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990. 726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection: CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program Shredder won. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.
Hungarian Tournaments September - December 2005
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour
1 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL
2. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L
3. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest
4. 3rd - 15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM.
9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft
9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005.
Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
US Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd - March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.
The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C. The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura; Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players from the rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot decided by the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the highest score from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Championship website.
Details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
Obrenovac Open
The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO. First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Lugano International Open
The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.
Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/
2nd Samba Cup
The 2nd Samba Cup will take place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in Skanderborg, Denmark.
A-group will be at least cat. 16. B and C-group will be cats. 8/9 and 3/4 if played. All groups 10 players round-robin. Interested players for any group are welcome to contact organiser Michael Andersson at gm@skanderborgskakklub.dk.
Web site is under construction but will be http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005
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 and an update: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm
Instructional Tactics
There is an instructional tactical site at: http://www.chesstactics.org compiled by Ward Farnsworth.
Queenstown Chess Classic 2006
The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event. The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Kasparov on his retirement
Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary entry on the reasons for his retirement: http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html
Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years
Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"? which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.
Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is something new in CC).
A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80 The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the promo booklet (archived pdf file) http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip
The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver ( http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278 ) .
II Calvia Chess Festival
The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival offers a varied programme with tournaments for different categories covering all ages. Takes place October 21st-November 5th 2005.
9th Essent Chess Tournament
The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th October 2005.
Last year the event was covered at: http://www.essentchess.nl
Computer Chess News
There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar at: http://www.playwitharena.com
Ratings Article
Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation: http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005
Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/
The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html and this for the problems used: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html
British Chess Problem Society: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/
Alushta Diary 2005
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine 2005.
GM Norm events: 6 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
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.
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.
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
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
TWIC Messageboard
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