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Croatia Cup

Croatia Cup team Championship took place May 29th-3rd June, 2005 in Sibenik, Croatia

Games in PGN (Complete)

Final (Round 7) Standings:

Website: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/sibenik/kup_05/index.htm

Leko vs. Adams

World # 4, Hungarian Grand Master Peter "the rock" Leko will face World # 7 English Grand Master Michael Adams. A rapid chess event took place 2nd-5th June 2005 at Kossuth Cinema in Miskolc, Hungary.

So far played games between 2 players in PGN

The rapid match between world # 4, Hungarian Grand Master Peter "the rock" Leko and world # 7 English Grand Master Michael Adams, took place 2nd-5th June 2005 at Kossuth Cinema in Miskolc, Hungary.

Games in PGN

Game8 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2
Game7 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2
Game6 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0
Game5 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 0-1
Game4 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0
Game3 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1-0
Game2 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 0-1
Game1 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1-0

Website: http://web.axelero.hu/passant/leko/eng/players.html

Isla de La Palma 2005

1st International Chess Festival "Isla de La Palma 2005" took place 3rd-11th June 2005 in La Palma, Spain

Selected Games in CBV (Open event)
Selected Games in CBV (U2300 & U2050)

Complete Final Standings (International Open, Blitz, U-2050 & U-2300)

Website: http://www.ajedrezlapalma.com/torneos.htm

Jacksonville Chess Championships

The event will take place 3rd-5th June 2005 at Hotel Comfort Inn Oceanfront located at 1515 N First St, Jacksonville Beach, Florida USA.

Website: www.jaxchess.org & http://www.mollyguard.com/event/1613526

Orchard Lake International

FIDE-Rated, Orchard Lake International will take place June 4th, 2005 at Orchard Lake Campground, Saluda, North Carolina, USA.

Website: http://www.ioa.com/~hyde/orch05.htm

Pakistan Open Chess Championship 2005

Punjab Chess Association has announced the "Pakistan Open Chess Championship 2005", which took place 8th-12 June at Ali Institute For Education near Gulab Devi Hospital , Ferozpur Road, Lahore, Pakistan. Event is sponsored by ABN AMRO Bank & MCB. It is a 9 round Swiss event with 90 minutes for each player. Tournament is open to all but no allowance for anyone.

According to the "Daily Times of Pakistan" National Master Shahzad Alam won the Pakistan Open Chess Championship on Sunday night. National champion Tanvir Jillani finished 2nd, NM Rana Abdul Qayyum of Lahore finished third. Attique Ahmed, the co-operative chief of the Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB), was the chief guest.

Total 85 players took part in the event.

First 10 position holders: 1. NM Shahzad Alam. 2 NM Tanvir Jillani. 3. NM Rana Abdul Qayyum. 4. Wasim Akram . 5. Mehwar Abbas. 6. Zohaib Jillani. 7. Riasat Ali Nazim. 8. Nazir Multani. 9. Ali Haider. 10. Muhammad Sadiq.

Note: Surprisingly event concluded and we didn't received any news. My special thanks to organizers specially Waqar Ahmed Madni for not keeping me update and for not sending me the details!

I received so many emails, questioning why there is no coverage of the event  and we cover event from all over the world, for them one answer that "our chess is in stingy people's hand".

18th Ciudad de Leon

The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament took place 9th-13th June 2005 in Leon, Spain.

Games in PGN

Final: Anand, Viswanathan 2.5 - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1.5

Results  12th June 2005
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0

Second Semifinal: Anand, Viswanathan 3.0 - Carlsen, Magnus 1.0

Results: 11th June 2005
Game1 Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
Game2 Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2
Game3 Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
Game4 Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2

First Semifinal: Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 3.0 - Shirov, Alexi 1.0

Results: 10th June 2005
Game1 Shirov, Alexi - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1
Game2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shirov, Alexi  1/2-1/2
Game3 Shirov, Alexi - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  0-1
Game4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shirov, Alexi 1/2-1/2

Website: http://www.advancedchessleon.com

"CITTA' DI LODI"

1st International Chess Tournament ""CITTA' DI LODI" which is an official pre-Olympic event (Torino 2006). 5-rounds Open event in A, B and C section, takes place 10th-12th June 2005 at Lodi Hotel in Lodi, Italy.

So far 100 players have been registered in Open A event including; Tiviakov, Sergey NED GM 2631; Delchev Alexandar Bulgaria GM 2614; Korneev Oleg RUS GM 2611; Zezulkin Jurij BLR GM 2512; Maksimenko Andrei UKR GM 2510; Cebalo Miso CRO GM 2507; Lazic Mirolijub SCG GM 2500; Drazic Sinisa SCG GM 2495; Sulava Nenand CRO GM 2478; Voloshin Leonid CZE GM 2474; So far total registered players are 269 (list of players on www.lenuvole.org in "elenco iscritti" for each tournament)

During the event special guest, Ex-World Champion Anatoly Karpov will be playing exhibition simul match against 100 players.

Message from the organizers: Le Nuvole Onlus is a non profit association; we are organizing this tournament 2005 to collect money for Chernobyl children. We for sure will go on with this tournament's editions next years, at the same period as this one, choosing every year a new proposal for which collecting money. Alberto Dassisti, (Thanks to him)

Website: www.lenuvole.org

Utrecht Open Chess Championships 2005

32nd time Paul Keres Chess Club will organize the "Utrecht Open Chess Championships 2005". Event take place 10th-12th June 2005 at National Denksportcentrum Den Hommel, Kennedylaan 9, in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Website: http://www.paulkeres.nl/oku2005.html

9th Voronezh International Chess Festival

Event took place June 10th-21st 2005 at Voronezh Chess Club in Voronezh, Russia.

Master Open Selected Games in PGN

Complete Final Rapid Standings...
Fide Open, Final Standings...
Blitz Tournament, Final Standings..
Master Open, Final Standings...

Final Leading Rapid Standings: 1. Burmakin Vladimir g 2552 7.5; 2. Lastin Alexander g 2590 7.0; 3. Riazantsev Alexander 7.0; 4. Savchenko Boris m 2480 7.0; 5. Sambuev Bator m 2505 7.0; (119 player)

Rapid tournament, 10th-11th June, 9 rounds Swiss, 25 minutes.
Entry fee – 300 RR. Prizes in RR: 5000/4000/3000… Special prizes.
Blitz tournament, 16th June, Qualification + final.
Entry fee – 150 RR. Prizes: 2500/2000/1500… Special prizes.
”Master open” (Elo >2100) ACP Tour. 12th-21st June, 9 rounds Swiss; 6/hrs.
Entry fee in RR: 2400 – 2101-2150; 2200 – 2151-2200; 2000 –2201-2250; 1800 –2251-2300; 1400-2301-2350; 1200 –2351-2400; 1000 –2401-2450; 900 –2451-2500, 600-
IM<2400. Juniors (1988+), ladies, seniors (1944-), foreign players have to pay 50%. Free for GM, IM>2400, 2500+.
Prizes in RR (thousands) : 50/30/20/15/13/12/11/10/9/8/7/6/5. Special prizes for juniors, ladies, seniors. Opportunity to win IM and GM norm.
“FIDE open” (Elo <2300). 12th-20th June, 9 rounds; 4 hours.
Entry fee – 800-1800 RR for rated players, 2000 RR for unrated players.
Prizes in RR (thousands):10/8/7/6/5/4/3/3/2/2. Special prizes. Opportunity to get FIDE rating.
”Amateur open” (Elo < 2000). 13th-20th June, 7 rounds Swiss; 3,5 hours.
Entry fee 800 RR. Prizes in RR (thousands):5/ 4/3,5/3/2,5/2/1,5/1,5/1/1. Special prizes.

Website: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/

6th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship

Event okk place 10th-25th June 2005 at at Republic Palace, Maria Ciobotaru Str. (tournament hall) in Chisinau, Moldova.

The championship will be 12 rounds- Swiss system in with 40 moves in 1:30 hours and additional 15 minutes to finish the game, 30 seconds increment per move from the
first move.

Ukrainian IM Lahno Kateryna crowned European Queen, he defeated Russian IM Kosintseva 2-0 in the playoffs

Complete Games in PGN

Final Leading (Round 12) Standings: 1. Lahno Kateryna m 2467 UKR 9.0; 2. Kosintseva Nadezhda m 2459 RUS 9.0; 3. Zaiatz Elena wg 2398 RUS 8.5; 4. Collas Silvia wg 2381 FRA 8.5; 5. Danielian Elina m 2415 ARM 8.0; 6. Dembo Yelena m 2402 GRE 8.0; 7. Khurtsidze Nino m 2418 GEO 8.0; 8. Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan m 2452 GEO 8.0; 9. Mkrtchian Lilit m 2400 ARM 8.0; 10. Kononenko Tatiana wg 2416 UKR 8.0; 11. Peng Zhaoqin g 2392 NED 8.0; 12. Houska Jovanka wg 2334 ENG 8.0; 13. Radziewicz Iweta m 2457 POL 8.0; 14. Matveeva Svetlana wg 2423 RUS 8.0; 15. Paehtz Elisabeth m 2407 GER 8.0; 16. Purtseladze Maka 2311 GEO 8.0; 17. Socko Monika m 2464 POL 8.0; 18. Sebag Marie m 2417 FRA 8.0; 19. Zielinska Marta wg 2419 POL 8.0;  (164 Players)

Website: http://www.eurochess.org & http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/

Victoria Open Championship

A 7 round Swiss tournament took place 11-13th June 2005 at Box Hill Chess Club in Melbourne, Australia.

Selected games in PGN

Website: http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/vicchess/05vic_open.htm

Lazaro Bruzon vs. Jan Timman

Match between Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzón and Dutch GM Jan Timman took place 11th-17th June in Curaçao. In the press conference Serafín Chuit announced the details of the match, 1st Day - 2 rapid games (25 minutes each player) 2nd Day- 2 rapid games (25 minutes/player) 3rd Day-1st classical game, 4th Day-2nd classical game. 5th Day-3rd classical game and 6th Day-4th classical game.

Games in PGN

Jan Timman win the rapid event 3.5-0.5 and Bruzon win the Classical game series with 2.5-1.5. While over all Timman win the series 5.0-3.0

Results: Day 1 Rapid, June 11th 2005
Game1 Timman, Jan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2-1/2
Game2 Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan 0-1

Results: Day 2 Rapid, June 12th 2005
Game3 Timman, Jan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0
Game4 Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan 0-1

Result: Day 3 Classical Game 1, June 13th 2005
Timman, Jan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2-1/2

Result: Day 4 Classical Game 2, June 14th 2005
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan 1-0

Result: Day 5 Classical Game 3, June 16th 2005
Timman, Jan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2-1/2

Result: Day 5 Classical Game 3, June 16th 2005
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan 1/2-1/2

Website: http://www.cadenagramonte.cubaweb.cu/noticias/040505_07.asp

Pan American Youth Festival 2005

The Brazilian Chess Federation and the Santa Catarina Chess Federation - FCX - invite America's chess players to participate in the Pan-American Youth Chess Festival - 2005, .Under 10, 12, 14, 16 and under 18. alneário Camboriú – SC - Brazil. 9-rounds Swiss system takes place 11th-18th June 2005 at Sibara Flat Hotel at Brazil Avenue in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brasil.

Website: www.fcx.org.br & http://www.interspace.com.br/jardel/index.php

Citta Di Cattolica

1st International Open Chess Tournament "Citta Di Cattolica" takes place 11th-19th June 2005 at "Parco Le Navi" via delle Nazioni in Cattolica, Italy. Event will be held in two sections "International Open A" Open to everyone, 9-rounds Swiss System with 2hrs for the first 40 moves + 30 extra minutes to finish the game. "International Tournament B" For players with ELO U1801 . 8-rounds Swiss System 2hrs for each player.

Contact: Massimiliano Ferri info@cattolicascacchi.it

Website: www.cattolicascacchi.it

NSW Open

New South Wales Open 2005 takes place 12th-14th June 2005 at Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club in Sydney, Australia. 7-rounds Swiss system event with the FIDE time control 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from the start. Event will be held in 2 sections, Open and U1600.

Website: http://www.nswca.org.au/

2nd International Open

A 9-rounds Swiss, 2nd International Open takes place 12th-20th June 2005 at Hotel Carlos I in Sanxenxo, Spain

http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com/

Marx György Memorial

XV Category, Av. rating 2616, The III Marx György Memorial toook place 12th-22nd June 2005 at College of Paks, in Paks, Hungary. This will be a Double round robin event with 6 players, time control 2 hours/40 moves and 1 hour till the end.

Games in PGN

Final (Round 10) Standings: 1. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 6.5; 2. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 6.0; 3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2642 5.5; 4. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 5.0; 5. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2665 3.5; 6. Acs, Peter g HUN 2525 3.5;

Participants are: GM Sutovsky, Emil 2665; GM Sasikiran, Krishnan 2642; GM Almási, Zoltán 2628; GM Korchnoi, Viktor 2619; GM Berkes, Ferenc 2617; GM Ács, Péter 2525;

Website: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/index_eng.html

Hungarian Junior Championship

9 round Swiss system event takes place 12th-22nd June 2005 at College of Paks, in Paks, Hungary

Website: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/index_eng.html

Paks Open

VII Pask Open takes place 14th-22nd June 2005 at College of Paks, in Paks, Hungary. 9 round Swiss system with 100 minutes 40 moves + 30 minutes after 40 moves+ 30 seconds/move in the whole game.

Selected games in PGN

Final (Round 9) Standings: 1. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2461 7.5; 2. Erdős, Viktor m HUN 2480 7.0; 3. Paschall, William M m USA 2400 7.0; 4. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2457 6.5; 5. Vidéki, Sándor m HUN 2405 6.0; 6. Tancsa, Róbert HUN 2253 6.0; 7. Krumpacnik, Domen m SLO 2370 6.0; 8. Fodor, Tamás Jr. f HUN 2269 6.0; 9. Zakariás, Dávid HUN 2265 6.0; 10. Gál, Péter HUN 2065 6.0; 11. Papp, Tamás HUN 2221 5.5; 12. Ianov, Viktor m UKR 2381 5.5; 13. Nagy, Dániel HUN 2189 5.5; 14. Balázs, Gábor HUN 2142 5.5; 15. Blázsik, Zoltán HUN 2086 5.5; 16. Veszprémi, András HUN 2040 5.0; 17. Molnár, Béla m HUN 2360 5.0; 18. Frank, József HUN 2017 5.0; 19. Dudás, Eszter HUN 2002 5.0; 20. Baki, Péter HUN 2205 5.0; 21. Baki, Péterné HUN 2092 5.0; 22. Berta, Tibor HUN 2131 5.0; 23. Gabriel, Reiner GER 2126 5.0; 24. Lizák, Péter HUN 2023 5.0; 25. Nagy, Lajos HUN 2021 4.5; 26. Blázsik, Zoltán Jr. HUN 1964 4.5; 27. Hittér, Gabriella HUN 1673 4.5; 28. Papp, Csaba HUN 2080 4.5; 29. Palencsár, János HUN 1950 4.5; 30. Balázs, Imre Jr. HUN 2175 4.0; 31. Fodor, Tamás Sr. HUN 2006 4.0; 32. Dobák, Dániel HUN 1924 4.0; 33. Barla, János HUN 4.0; 34. Burai, Lajos HUN 4.0; 35. Tóth, Gergő HUN 4.0; 36. Fodor, Ádám HUN 3.5; 37. Szabó, Richárd HUN 3.5; 38. Sulyok, Benedek HUN 3.5; 39. Tófalusi, Mihály HUN 3.5; 40. Marosi, Lajos HUN 3.5; 41. Straubinger, Dániel HUN 3.5; 42. Vas, Mihály HUN 3.5; 43. Nagy, Balázs Tibor HUN 3.5; 44. Énekes, Péter HUN 3.5; 45. Dobák, István HUN 3.5; 46. Dohoczki, Bence HUN 3.0; 47. Lengyel, Olivér HUN 2.0; 48. Lacza, Péter HUN 2.0; 49. Nagybíró, László HUN 1.5; 50. Horváth, Kálmán HUN 2174 1.0; 51. Leimszieder, Ákos HUN 0.5; 52. Csepregi, Martin HUN 0.0;

Website: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/index_eng.html

Biel 2005

The 38th International Chess Festival "Biel 2005" will take place 16th-29th July 2005 in Biel, Switzerland.

Festival has: Grand Master Tournament, XVI Category, ave. rating 2641
Participants are : Boris Gelfand GM Israel 2713; Andrei Volokitin GM Ukraine 2679; Hikaru Nakamura GM USA 2657; Christian Bauer GM France 2640; Yannick Pelletier GM Switzerland 2610; Magnus Carlsen GM Norway 2548;

ACCENTUS-ladies Tournament including Inna Gaponenko (UKR, 2482), Almira Skripchenko (FRA, 2453), Elena Sedina (ITA, 2422), Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (IND, 2412), Elisabeth Pähtz (GER, 2407)

Also Master Tournament, Main Tournament, Rapid Tournament, Blitz Tournament, Youth Tournament, Simul Tournament and Chess-Tennis Tournament

Complete Details....

Website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Friendship House Rapid Chess 2005 - Pakistan

8-rounds Swiss system with 25 minutes for each player per round, "Friendship House Rapid Chess 2005" took place 17th-19th June 2005 at 43/4-H, Block-6, P.E.C.H.S (near Tariq Road) in Karachi Pakistan. Events is going to be held in two categories: A) Open Tournament. Entry 100.00 B) (a) For rating U2100/novice. Entry 50.00 (b) For students (u-20)/Reg. Clubs. Entry FREE (c) Ladies. Entry Free Important: Players who were 1st, 2nd or 3rd position in Group B, previously in any tournament are not eligible for this category. ( I guess they have to participate in Open Tournament, you should email to organizers about this.)

Fide Master Omer Khan won Friendship House Rapid Chess Tournament with 6 points out of possible seven, with 5 wins and 2 draws. This Championship was organized by Russian Center of Science and Culture, Karach. Haji M. Ibrahim Khan Ex senior Vice President C.F.P. was the chief guest of the occasion, who gave away the prizes to the winners also present were Wazir Hasan Ansari, founder Secretary General of Chess Federation of Pakistan and Mr. Sergey Kuznetsov, director Russian Center of Science and Culture. While Sajid Ali win the Categroy "B" also Mrs. Ghazala Shabbir received a special prize.

Category “A” Leading Final Standings: 1. Omer Khan FM 6.0; 2. M. Waqar NM 5.5; 3. Shahzad Mirza IM 5.0; 4. R.A. Nazim 5.0; 5. Akmal Hussain 5.0; 6. Imtiaz Ahmed 4.5; 7. Mahmood Islam 4.5; 8. Shakil Iqbal 4.5;

Category “B” Leading Final Standings: 1. Sajid Ali 6.0; 2. M. Anwar 6.0; 3. M. Azhar 5.0; 4. M. Akbar 5.0; 5. Azizur Rehman 5.0;

Further info: Contact: IM Shahzad Mirza at shahzad_chess@hotmail.com or at Mehran Chess Academy on every Sunday from 2pm to 8pm House Tel. 4550510 after 6.00pm & Eajaz Hussain (Friendship House) Tel # 21-4548465 (2pm 6pm)

Ticino 2005

International Chess Festival "Ticino 2005" takes place 17th-19th June 2005 at Hotel Ascona, Via Collina in Ascona, Switzerland.

Rapid Tournament sponsored by Hotel Ascona takes place 17th-18th June 2005. 7-rounds Swiss system Rapid Chess with 30 minutes to finish the game.

Blitz-Marathon takes place 19th June sponsored by Raiffeisen Bank and Municipio di Cureglia. 5 minutes to finish the game.

Website: www.luganoscacchi.ch

6th European Individual Chess Championship

Event took place June17th-3rd July 2005 in Warsaw.

Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter crowned new European King! He won 7 games and drew 6.

Games in PGN

Final Leading (Round 13) Standings: 1. Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 10.0; 2. Radjabov Teimour 2673 9.5; 3. Karjakin Sergey 2635 9.0; 4. Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 9.0; 5. Aronian Levon 2693 9.0; 6. Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 9.0; 7. Eljanov Pavel 2641 9.0; 8. Moiseenko Alexander 2665 9.0; 9. Asrian Karen 2611 9.0; 10. Milov Vadim 2653 8.5; 11. Tiviakov Sergei 2631 8.5; 12. Jakovenko Dmitry 2608 8.5; 13. Rublevsky Sergei 2645 8.5; 14. Kotronias Vasilios 2578 8.5; 15. Sokolov Ivan 2662 8.5; 16. Timofeev Artyom 2622 8.5; 17. Kobalia Mikhail 2644 8.5; (229 players)

Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl

Friendship Tournament 2005

7th International Chess Festival "Friendship Tournament 2005" takes place 18th-26th June at mountain hotel Cartak near Roznov pod Radhostem in Czech Republic.

There will be: A) round-robin grandmaster tournament 10–12 players in one group. B) round-robin master tournament. 10–12 players in one group. C) Control tournament of Czech youth representation (18th-25th June) open tournament, Swiss system, 9 rounds.

All tournaments will have 90 minutes/game + 30 seconds per move. time control

Website: http://www.friendshiptournament.com/propozice_en.php

Timman vs. Volokitin

66-years old Jan Timman will play a 4-game match against 18-years old Andrei Volokitin. Event took place on 24th June 2005 in Leon, Spain. Andrei Volokitin won the event 2.5-1.5

Games in PGN

Game1 Volokitin, Andrei - Timman, Jan 1-0
Game2 Timman, Jan - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2-1/2
Game3 Volokitin, Andrei - Timman, Jan 1-0
Game4 Timman, Jan - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0

Website: http://www.editorialchessy.com

Pula Open 2005

Croatia chess federation & The Chess Club “PULA” is organizing a 9 rounds Swiss system, 90 minutes+ 30 seconds increment. Event took place 19th-26th June 2005 at "Brioni" Hotel in Pula, Croatia.

Selected Games in PGN

Final Leading (Round 9) Standings: 1. Atalik Suat g 2561 BIH 7.5; 2. Kveinys Aloyzas g 2539 LTU 7.0; 3. Predojevic Borki g 2549 BIH 7.0; 4. Jovanić Ognjen m 2435 CRO 7.0; 5. Jovanović Zoran m 2481CRO 7.0; 6. Dizdarević Emir g 2521 BIH 7.0; 7. Ferčec Nenad 2504 CRO 7.0; 8. Riff Jean-Noel f 2438 FRA 7.0; 9. Medak Bojan 2283 CRO 7.0; 10. Sedlak Nikola g 2514 SCG 7.0; (207 Players)

Website: http://www.skpula.hr

Hydra Vs. Adams

World # 7 English Grandmaster Michael Adams played a is six-game event, which took place 21st-27th June 2005 at Wembley Conference Center, London, United Kingdom.

Games in PGN

Final Score HYDRA 5.5 - Michael Adams 0.5

Results:
Game1 HYDRA - Adams, Michael 1-0
Game2 Adams, Michael - HYDRA 1/2-1/2
Game3 HYDRA - Adams, Michael 1-0
Game4 Adams, Michael - HYDRA 0-1
Game5 HYDRA - Adams, Michael 1-0
Game6 Adams, Michael - HYDRA 0-1

HYDRA has never been beaten by a human, It is named after the mythological seven-headed monster, famed for its invincibility. HYDRA, with the processing power equivalent to more than 200 standard PCs, the HYDRA computer is the world's most powerful chess computer according to IPCCC officials. Housed in a secure server room in Abu Dhabi, HYDRA is a 64-way cluster computer- 64 computers connected and operating as if they are a single machine. Each computer has an Intel Xeon 3.06 Ghz. The cluster comprises 16 nodes of four computers, with each node boasting 32GB of memory. Each of the 64 processors in the cluster includes an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) card from XiLinx, which are significantly faster than Pentium or Athlon.

The HYDRA project is financed by the Abu Dhabi-based PAL Group, and programming has been managed by Chrilly Donninger, Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. To demonstrate HYDRA's processing power, it would take: A second to analyze 200 million chess moves and chose the best one. This includes projecting the game 18-4 move head (6 more than Deep Blue). 1 millisecond to calculate all possible angles and determine whether Luis Garcia's shot was a goal in the Champions League semi-final. 1 second to match a finger print to any person within the UK. Less than 1.5 minutes seconds to match a finger print to any person in the world. Approximately five minutes to calculate every prime number between 1 and 1x1051 (a sexdicillion)

Website: http://www.hydrachess.com

"Man vs. Machine” Chess Match

FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov played a match against a protype version of Fritz 9. Match took place on 21st June 2005 in ABC studios, New York. Match ended draw.

Games in PGN

Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Fritz Accoona
New York 21.06.2005

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 Bd8 17. Nc3 b4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Ng3 h6 21. Be3 Re8 22. Kh2 Rb8 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rg1 Ne7 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5+ Kg8 27. Qe2 Ng6 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Nf4 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Ne6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Rf8 34. Qd3 Rb7 35. Rg5 Qe8 36. Rag1 f3 37. R1g3 Kh8 38. Rxf3 Rg8 39. Rg6 Rf8 40. Rg5 Rg8 41. Rg6 Rf8 42. Rg5 1/2-1/2
 

Fire On Board Trophy 2005

Alexei Shirov will play against Viktor Kortchnoi. Event takes place 25th-26th June 2005 in Best Western Hotel de Ville in Eschweiler, Germany.

GM Danny King will be the commentator of the event. Friday, 24 June 2005, 6 pm: Opening of the Chess in Art exhibition, 7 pm: Chess Simul featuring Shirov & Kortchnoi

Saturday, 25 June 2005: 11 am: Private Lesson with Kortchnoi, High noon: Private Lesson with Shirov. 2 pm: 1st match game. 6 pm: 2nd match game

Sunday, 26 June 2005: 11 am: Private Lesson with Kortchnoi, High noon: Private Lesson with Shirov. 2 pm: 3rd match game. 6 pm: 4th match game. 9 pm: Victory Presentation & Gala-Dinner & Musical CHESS

Website: http://www.fireonboard.com/

Brno 2005

International Grandmasters Chess Tournament "Skanska Brno 2005" takes place June 30th- 7th July 2005 in Brno, Czech Republic.

Participants so far: 1. Radulski Julian GM 2502 BUL; 2. Polak Tomas GM 2466 CZE; 3. Paragua Mark IM 2596 PHI; 4. Laznicka Viktor IM 2480 CZE; 5. Garbisu de Goni Unai IM 2455 ESP; 6. Moranda Wojciech FM 2452 POL; 7. Bernasek Jan IM 2428 CZE; 8. Slaby Jerzy IM 2403 POL; 9. Karavade Eesha WIM 2355 IND; 10. Tania Sachdev WIM 2343 IND;

Event also has Masters Tournament and Open Tournament.

Website: http://www.volny.cz/skduras/indexe.htm
 

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