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Russian Championship Superfinal Russian Champion Sergey Rublevsky. Photo © http://e3e5.com/ which has commentary from Konstantin Sakaev The Russian Championship Superfinal took place in Moscow 18th-30th December 2005. Sergey Rublevsky took the title a point clear of Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Morozevich (who loss by default to Jakovenko when he over slept was very expensive). Arrival and drawing of lots 18th December 2005, 1st round 19th December 2005, last round 30th December. One rest day. Games in PGN Round 11 (December 30, 2005) Morozevich, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 33 A29 English Four Knights Bareev, Evgeny - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2 18 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 17 B40 Sicilian Classical Dreev, Alexey - Svidler, Peter 1/2 14 D85 Gruenfeld Defence Khalifman, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 16 E08 Catalan Volkov, Sergey - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 80 E27 Nimzo Indian Saemisch Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2652 7.5; 2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2644 6.5; 3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 6.5; 4. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 6.0; 5. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 6.0; 6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2740 6.0; 7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2739 5.5; 8. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2632 5.0; 9. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2694 4.5; 10. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 4.5; 11. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2564 4.0; 12. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2614 4.0; Malcolm Pein Annotates Malcolm Pein Annotates FIDE World Cup 2005 - Play Through Malcolm Pein Annotates ch-RUS 2005 - Play Through Articles Malcolm Pein analyses Zvjaginsev - Rublevsky (11) Russian Championship Malcolm Pein analyses Tomashevsky - V Zvjaginsev Russian Ch Superfinal (10) Moscow 2005 Malcolm Pein analyses Bareev - Svidler (9) Russian Championship 2005 Malcolm Pein Annotates Dreev - Bareev (8) Russian Championships Malcolm Pein Annotates Kramnik - Bareev (6) and E Bareev - A Morozevich (7) Russian Championship 2005 Malcolm Pein Annotates Volkov - Morozevich Russian Championship Round 5 Malcolm Pein Annotates Kamsky - Carlsen Round 7.2 World Cup 2005 Malcolm Pein Annotates Carlsen - Kamsky Round 7 World Cup Malcolm Pein Annotates Rublevsky - Dreev Round 3 Malcolm Pein Annotates Volkov - Zvjaginsev Round 3 Russian Championship Malcolm Pein Annotates Zvjaginsev - Khalifman Round 2 Russian Championship Malcolm Pein Annotates Rublevsky - Bareev. Russian Championship Round 1 Malcolm Pein Annotates Bacrot - Grischuk World Cup 2005 Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=1118&bid=31 and games also at: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/russia/online/index.htm |
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FIDE World Chess Cup Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra Alexander Filipenko make first black move at board Alexandr Sibriaev vs Vassily Ivanchuk on Monday Nov 27, 2005. (Photo © Kristianus Liem) The FIDE World Chess Cup took place 26th November - 18th December 2005 in Khanty Mansyisk, Russia. The event was a knockout until round 4. The 16 players in round 4 continude until the end playing matches to establish their exact finishing positions 1-16. The top 10 players were guaranteed qualification for the next stage of the FIDE World Championship, after that reserves were established (qualified players such as Kasparov and Kramnik are not expected to play). Projected calendar for the remaining events in the 2005-2007 World Chess Championship cycle. Candidate Matches: Sept - Oct 2006. World Championship Tournament: Sept - Oct 2007. World Cup 2007: to begin last week of Nov 2007 (cycle 2007-2009). Final Standings (top 16) 1st Levon Aronian 2nd Ruslan Ponomariov 3rd Etienne Bacrot 4th Alexander Grischuk 5th Evgeny Bareev 6th Boris Gelfand 7th Sergei Rublevsky 8th Mikhail Gurevich 9th Gata Kamsky 10th Magnus Carlsen 11th Vladimir Malakhov 12th Francisco Vallejo Pons 13th Alexey Dreev 14th Loek Van Wely 15th Joel Lautier 16th Konstantin Sakaev Round 7 15th-17th December 2005 Places 1-2 1 3-1 Aronian, Levon (ARM) ½ ½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) Playoff: 2-0 Places 3-4 2 1.5-2.5 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) Playoff: 0.5-1.5 Places 5-6 3 2.5-1.5 Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR) Playoff: 1.5-0.5 Places 7-8 4 0,5-1,5 Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) 0-1 ½ Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) Places 9-10 5 3-1 Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0-1 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) Playoff: 2-0 Places 11-12 6 0,5-1,5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) 0-1 ½ Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) Places 13-14 7 2.5-1.5 Dreev, Alexey (RUS) 0-1 1-0 Van Wely, Loek (NED) Playoff: 1.5-0.5 Places 15-16 8 3.5-3.5 Lautier, Joel (FRA) ½ ½ Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) Playoff: 2.5-2.5 All Games in PGN Official site: http://www.worldchesscup2005.com/ Round 7 Results Round 6 Results Round 5 Results Round 4 Results Round 3 Results Round 2 Results Round 1 Results (corrected) Malcolm Pein Annotates Malcolm Pein analyses Ponomariov - Grischuk 6.4 Malcolm Pein analyses Carlsen - V Malakhov 6.4 Malcolm Pein analyses Bareev - Vasquez 1.1 Malcolm Pein analyses Van Wely - Vallejo Pons 5.4 Malcolm Pein analyses Gelfand - Grischuk 5.1 Malcolm Pein analyses M Carlsen - E Bareev 4.3 Malcolm Pein analyses Ponomariov - Van Wely 4.2 Malcolm Pein analyses Grischuk - Kamsky 4.1 Malcolm Pein analyses Efimenko Vallejo Pons rd 3.3 Malcolm Pein analyses Shirov - Gurevich rd3 Malcolm Pein analyses Eljanov - Kudrin rd1 Malcolm Pein analyses Cheparinov - Ivanchuk Round 2 and Shirov - Kuderinov Round 1 Malcolm Pein analyses Motylev - Roiz Round 1 Malcolm Pein analyses Hamdouchi - Sutovsky Round 1 |
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| Hastings Chess Congress The Hastings Chess Congress took place 28th December 2005 to 6th January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006. Valerij Neverov won the Masters event with 8/10. Final Round 10 Leaders: 1 NEVEROV,Valerij UKR g 2569 8 2 COLIN,Vincent m 2376 7½ 3 ERENBURG,Sergey ISR g 2582 7½ 4 GAGUNASHVILI,Merab GEO 2542 7½ 5 BELOV,Vladimir RUS g 2620 7 6 BOBRAS,Piotr POL g 2563 7 7 HEBDEN,Mark ENG g 2514 7 8 KOBESE,Watu RSA m 2400 7 9 PAVLOVIC,Milos SCG g 2507 7 10 WILLIAMS,Simon ENG m 2452 7 11 ANSELL,Simon ENG m 2383 6½ 12 GREET,Andrew ENG m 2428 6½ 13 HENDRIKS,Willy NED m 2402 6½ 14 KUZUBOV,Yuriy UKR g 2541 6½ 15 LE ROUX,Jean-Pierre FRA m 2497 6½ 16 GORDON,Stephen ENG f 2411 6 17 HOUSKA,Jovanka ENG wg 2351 6 18 KJARTANSSON,Gudmundur ISL 2257 6 19 KRISTJANSSON,Stefan m 2467 6 20 LALIC,Bogdan CRO g 2489 6 21 MARUSENKO,Peter UKR m 2342 6 22 NEGI,Parimarjan IND 2352 6 23 PERT,Richard ENG m 2429 6 24 ZUDE,Erik GER f 2426 6 Games in PGN Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/ Malcolm Pein Annotates Malcolm Pein analyses W.Schoen - I.Thompson Hastings Masters (9) Malcolm Pein analyses Neverov - Negi Hastings Masters Malcolm Pein analyses S Gordon - J Houska Hastings Masters (7) Malcolm Pein analyses D Madsen - R Pert Hastings Masters (6) Malcolm Pein analyses S Williams - JP Le Roux Hastings Masters (4) Malcolm Pein analyses P Negi - M Hebden Hastings (2) |
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| Pamplona The Pamplona International took place 23rd-29th December 2005. Ruslan Ponomariov took clear first with 5/7 half a point clear of Pentala Harikrishna and Ivan Cheparinov. Games in PGN Final Round 7 Standings: 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2704 5.0; 2. Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 4.5; 3. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2618 4.5; 4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2700 4.0; 5. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2624 3.5; 6. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2646 3.0; 7. Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 2.0; 8. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar g AND 2541 1.5; Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/ |
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| Harmonie Chess Tournament The Harmonie Chess Tournament took place in Groningen, 23rd-30th December 2005. Sipke Ernst won the event with 6.5/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2473 6.5; 2. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2310 5.5; 3. Michielsen, Joost NED 2362 5.0; 4. Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2508 5.0; 5. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2433 4.5; 6. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2480 4.5; 7. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2395 4.5; 8. Ris, Robert NED 2337 3.5; 9. Rau, Hannes m GER 2421 3.0; 10. Tan, Matthew NED 2298 3.0; Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2005/2005ned.html |
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| XVIII Carlos Torre Memorial The XVIII Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto took place in Mérida, Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2005. Lazaro Bruzon beat Michal Krasenkow in the final after winning the third playoff game. Games in PGN Final 1 GM Bruzon Lazaro 2677 CUB 3-2 GM Krasenkow Michal 2655 POL Official site: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx |
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| World Juniors The World Junior Championships took place in Istanbul 9th-22nd November 2005. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov regains the title he won in 2003 with a round to spare. Elisabeth Paehtz took the girls title. Games in PGN Boys and Games in PGN Girls (Typo correction to the venue Istanbul) Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/worldchess/ Leading Final Round 13 Standings: 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2674 AZE 10½ 2783 2 GM Berkes Ferenc 2596 HUN 9½ 2646 3 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2632 RUS 9 2571 4 GM Gashimov Vugar 2608 AZE 9 2622 5 GM Smeets Jan 2531 NED 8½ 2626 6 Li Chao(B) 2305 CHN 8½ 2613 7 GM Stellwagen Daniel 2561 NED 8½ 2580 8 GM Nyback Tomi 2563 FIN 8½ 2577 9 GM Wang Yue 2585 CHN 8½ 2576 10 IM Magalashvili Davit 2448 GEO 8½ 2557 11 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2606 POL 8 2595 12 GM L'ami Erwin 2541 NED 8 2593 13 GM Wang Hao 2519 CHN 8 2560 14 IM Kharitonov Alexandr 2545 RUS 8 2529 15 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2564 RUS 8 2522 16 GM Kurnosov Igor 2523 RUS 8 2426 17 IM Sengupta Deep 2400 IND 8 2436 18 FM Glud Jacob Vang 2349 DEN 7½ 2525 19 IM Sanikidze Tornike 2411 GEO 7½ 2489 20 GM Predojevic Borki 2558 BIH 7½ 2483 21 Karakehajov Kalin 2396 BUL 7½ 2428 22 IM Khairullin Ildar 2537 RUS 7½ 2419 23 IM Zhigalko Sergei 2490 BLR 7½ 2468 24 IM Mamedov Nidjat 2517 AZE 7½ 2467 25 IM Esen Baris 2384 TUR 7½ 2414 26 IM Laznicka Viktor 2517 CZE 7½ 2439 27 FM Kuderinov Kirill 2432 KAZ 7½ 2382 28 Macak Stefan 2319 SVK 7½ 2379 29 FM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2386 GEO 7½ 2374 92 players Leading Girls Final Round 13 Standings: 1 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2408 GER 10 2521 2 WGM Gu Xiaobing 2330 CHN 9½ 2493 3 WIM Kadziolka Beata 2352 POL 9 2459 4 WIM Mamedjarova Turkan 2223 AZE 9 2403 5 WGM Harika Dronavalli 2392 IND 9 2434 6 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2401 RUS 8½ 2429 7 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2443 GEO 8½ 2424 8 IM Vasilevich Irina 2389 RUS 8½ 2412 9 WGM Melia Salome 2318 GEO 8½ 2382 10 Khotenashvili Bela 2288 GEO 8 2397 11 WFM Motoc Alina 2313 ROM 8 2387 12 WIM Zhang Jilin 2334 CHN 8 2314 13 WFM Szczepkowska Karina 2278 POL 8 2285 14 WGM Tania Sachdev 2379 IND 7½ 2363 15 WGM Ushenina Anna 2409 UKR 7½ 2348 16 WIM Andriasian Siranush 2263 ARM 7½ 2330 17 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2381 POL 7½ 2332 18 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2271 IRI 7½ 2303 19 WIM Guseva Marina 2363 RUS 7½ 2308 20 WGM Mongontuul Bathuyag 2408 MGL 7½ 2286 21 WGM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2362 GEO 7½ 2253 22 WIM Muhren Bianca 2260 NED 7½ 2246 68 players |
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| Man - Machine Events II Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Bilbao took place 19th-23rd November 2005. Man-Machine event. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Alexander Khalifman. Junior, Fritz and Hydra. Time rate 2 hours for the first 40 moves and an extra hour to finish the game. Machines won a 8-4. Games in PGN Final Round 4 Standings: 1. HYDRA 3.0; 2. JUNIOR 3.0; 3. FRITZ 2.0; 4. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 1.5; 5. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2704 1.5; 6. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 1.0 Official site: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com Deep Junior played Almira Skripchenko in an exhibition game. in the resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy November 30th 2005 14:00 local in the Golf Hotel. Time rate; 90'+24. Game in PGN Skripchenko, Almira - JUNIORG4 0-1 53 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo Official Site: http://www.intetain.org |
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Igor Ivanov 1947-2005  Igor Ivanov. Photo © John B. Henderson Igor Ivanov 1947-2005 Igor passed away on November 17th 2005 in St. George, Utah. The following tribute was written a month ago for ChessBase magazine and will appear with photographs of Igor and 160 of his best games. Igor played somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,000 games in his career. Unfortunately he was not a good record keeper and most of them are not available. If you played Igor and the game is not in Mega 2005 I would be very grateful if you could send me a copy at imwjd@aol.com. A funeral will be held for Igor in St. George on November 29 and there will be a tribute to him at the St. George Chess Club the evening of December 16. A tournament will be held in his honor the following day. Contact Alan Crooks at alan@stgeorgechess.com for more information. Grand Master Igor Ivanov by John Donaldson Igor Ivanov was born in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) on January 8, 1947. At age 5 his mother taught him to play chess and it was not long before he could beat her. Igor's first book was one on chess and even at a very young age he could remember his games. By age 8 Igor was an accomplished player, attending the chess palace daily where he was singled out as one of the most promising young talents, but this potential was to lay dormant for some time. Igor's mother wished him to be a concert pianist and asked her son to emphasize his musical abilities rather than play chess. It was only when she died when he was 14 and left an orphan that he started to play again. His music talent (piano and cello) earned him special privileges and his own room in the orphanage but it was chess that he loved more. At 18 he matriculated at the University of Leningrad, but soon gave up the study of mathematics to pursue a career as a chess professional. Initially Igor had a job as the manager of an army chess club in Leningrad. The work was fine but did not allow him much time to play so when he was offered a position as a professional player in Tajikistan he quickly accepted. Igor stayed there only a year before moving to Uzbekistan where he played first board for the republic in the annual Spartakiad. It was in such a competition that he first came to the attention of the entire chess world when he beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov in 1979. Soviet players had become familiar with Igor's name years earlier, but particularly in 1978 and 1979. Playing throughout the Soviet empire Igor not only won several important competitions but did it in such a dominating fashion that he couldn't help but be noticed: 1st in the Zaitsev Memorial in Vladivostock in 1978, 1st at Yaroslavl 1979 and again first at the Tashli Tailiev Memorial in Ashkhabad at the end of 1979. His score in the latter was 12 from 13 (!), three points ahead of second place finisher Kakageldyev. Regrettably few of the games from these events are preserved. You can find some here and there in Shakhmaty Bulletin, Shakhmaty Riga, Shakhmaty v SSR and lesser known Soviet chess journals, but never complete bulletins for the events, the game scores of which were likely lost long ago. The victory over Karpov earned Igor his first trip abroad to play in the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba in 1980. The return trip home to the Soviet Union made a refueling stop in Gander, Newfoundland, where Igor asked for and was granted political asylum by the Canadian government. This move had, as one might expect, profound changes on Igor's life. An increase in personal freedom was balanced by a lack of economic security. As a professional player in the Soviet Union Igor did quite well, but such an occupation barely existed in North America in 1980, especially in Canada. Igor also had to adapt as a chess player. Playing in Swiss System events over a weekend with two or three games a day is not quite the same thing as a 16 player round robin that lasts three weeks. Nor is having to score almost 100 percent to win a prize. Igor settled in Montreal and quickly picked up French and English. He and the rapidly improving Kevin Spraggett would dominate Canadian chess over much of the next decade. Igor won the Closed Championship of his newly adopted country four times in five tries from 1981 to 1987. In 1985 he tied for first place in both Canadian Open and Canadian Closed Chess Championships at Edmonton, Alberta, while playing his games simultaneously! Igor played for Canada in the 1984 and 1988 Olympiads and represented the nation in the 1982 Interzonal in Toluca, Mexico. This event was to prove to be a heartbreaker for Igor, though he didn't know it at the time. Scoring 7.5 from 13 he was fourth on tiebreak, but the GM norm - good for the title in an Interzonal - was 7.8. Certainly the way Igor was playing he probably thought the title was just around the corner, but it would be 24 years before he would become a GM. One can't help but wonder how that title might have made his life easier with more invitations and better conditions. Canada is a very nice country, and one that has produced some good chess players (Yanofsky, Anderson, Suttles, Biyiasas, Spraggett, Lesiege, Charbonneau and Bluvstein) but it is not a promising place to be a professional. It is no accident than former Candidate Kevin Spraggett lives in Europe nor that Igor moved to the United States. There is no pot of gold for professional chess players in the USA but if you are willing to travel there is always someplace holding an event with a first prize of $300 on up. Chess players from around the world are familiar with the World and National Opens, massive events often with over 1000 players participating and five figures for first place. Such tournaments are few and far between and the competition is such that no one can be certain to win. To survive as a professional in North America on a diet of just playing requires one find smaller events where the chances of winning are highly likely. Igor hit this trail in earnest in the 1980s and by 1997 he had won 9 of the US Chess Federation's Grand Prix series. This yearly competition, where points are awarded each event on the basis of the amount of prize money available ($300 first might equal six points, saw Igor reach close to 500 points in a single year. This does not equal many weekends off! At the end of the year Igor would often have to make long journeys to play in small events to secure his victory in the Grand Prix. One time he traveled back and forth to Atlanta from Los Angeles (roundtrip close to 6,000 miles or 10,000 kilometers) in less than a week by bus! Igor started to play less frequently in the late 1990s turning his attention to coaching. He had worked in the past as a second for Viktor Kortchnoi in the 1981 World Championship, but he was most successful in his job at the Shelby School in Arizona, where he coached them to two national championships. More recently Igor relocated first to Central and then St. George, Utah. He is the Grandmaster-in-Residence (he got the GM title in 2005 for norms that he made in the early 1990s and was unaware of) at the St. George Chess School and lives in the the mountains of southern Utah with his wife Elizabeth, a retired teacher. He teaches chess, runs a chess camp every summer, give piano recitals at the St. George Tabernacle , takes care of Petruska and Sasha (two very spoiled cats) and is an avid gardener and reader. Igor is much liked by the many chess players that appreciate his excellent sense of humor, kindness towards animals and love of life. The author of this piece is confident that Igor and his games will be remembered for a long time. |
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| FIDE and World Championship Politics A press release suggests the Topalov has withdrawn from negotiations with Kramnik for a match next year. It blames FIDE who so far has not commented. Kramnik Vs. Topalov: Proposal declined 14th November 2005. Georgios Makropoulos, FIDE Deputy President replies: Kramnik - Topalov. FIDE Reply to UEP press release Thursday, 17 Nov 2005 Kramnik's Manager Carsten Hensel replied in a letter to chessbase Kramnik - Topalov. FIDE Reply to Carsten Hensel press release Monday, 21st Nov 2005 FIDE Presidential Elections May 2006 It looks like Kirsan Iljumzhinov will have opposition in the next FIDE Presidential elections in Turin in May 2006. Leo Battesti, who is the organiser of one of the most important international chess events (the Corsican Circuit) and is also Vice-President of the French Chess Federation, has announced he is running. Karpov has stated he is thinking of becoming involved in the race (http://www.marca.es/edicion/marca/ajedrez/es/desarrollo/590608.html) and now according to ChessBase: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2736 Bessel Kok, representative of the Dutch Chess Federation; and Ali Nihat Yazici, President of the Turkish Chess Federation have also announced their candidature. The cynic in me believes that the sitting President will win whatever the merits of the opposition. |
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| World Team
Championship The World Team Championship took place 31st October (arrival) to 11th November (departure) 2005 in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Russia took the title after winning 3.5-0.5 against China in the final round. Games in PGN Rd1-9 Final Round 9 Standings:
Round 9 10th November 2005 1 Israel 1.5 - 2.5 USA 1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717 1/2 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628 2 GM Smirin, Ilia 2673 1/2 GM Gulko, Boris 2589 3 GM Roiz, Michael 2600 1/2 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614 4 GM Erenburg, Sergey 2582 0-1 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605 2 Cuba 2 - 2 Armenia 3 China Men 0.5 - 3.5 Russia 4 Georgia 1.5 - 2.5 Ukraine Official site: http://www.wccisrael.com |
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| Simen Agdestein beats Magnus
Carlsen in a Playoff for the Norwegian Championship Magnus Carlsen and Simen Agdestein played off for the Norwegian Championship title (they tied in the original event in Sandnes, Norway July 2nd-9th 2005) November 7th-10th 2005 in Oslo. They played two games with a full 7 hour time control, followed by tie break games on the 9th and 10th. Agdestein finally became champion winning the 6th playoff game after holding Carlsen with black in game 5. Standard Time rate Games in PGN - Rapid Games in PGN Standard Time Rate Games Gm1 Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 40 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Gm2 Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 32 C80 Ruy Lopez Open Rapid Games: Final Result Agdestein 3.5 - Carlsen 2.5 9th November 2005 Gm1 Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 78 B17 Caro Kann Gm2 Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 69 E15 Queens Indian Gm3 Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 80 E15 Queens Indian Gm4 Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 41 B17 Caro Kann 10th November 2005 Gm5 Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 35 C09 French Tarrasch Gm6 Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 49 E15 Queens Indian Rapid playoffs Wednesday and Thursday. Time control for the rapid games is 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. Live site: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/sjakk/ |
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FIDE Championship in San
Luis The Champion, Veselin Topalov and his gold trophy. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net The FIDE Championship took 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. Veselin Topalov after a stellar 6.5/7 start won the event by drawing the remaining games and is the new FIDE World Chess Champion. Kasparov interview in Russian with Eugeny Atarov of chesspro: http://www.chesspro.ru/inter/kasparov3.shtml (rough and ready machine translation) The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Index of all coverage including comments by Mark Crowther and Malcolm Pein Final Round 14 (October 14, 2005) Leko, Peter - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 48 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1/2 18 E15 Queens Indian Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 C42 Petroff's Defence Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1/2 54 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen Final Round 14 Standings: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 10.0; 2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 8.5; 3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 8.5; 4. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 7.0; 5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 6.5; 6. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 5.5; 7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 5.5; 8. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 4.5; FIDE World Championship 2005 Crosstable, Results and Pairings Games in PGN All Games in PGN - FIDE World Championship, FIDE San Luis 2005 - Viewer Links Official site: http://www.wccsanluis.net Chesspro.ru's coverage in English including Sergei Shipov analysis Coverage in Hungarian by Veroci Zsuzsa |
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9th Essent Tournament
Hoogeveen Winner Pentala Harikrishna. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.momentoo.nl The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) took place 21st-29th October 2005. Pentala Harikrishna won the event with 4/6 half a point clear of Ivan Sokolov. Vladimir Baklan took clear first in the open. Games in PGN Round 6 (October 29, 2005) Harikrishna, P - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 11 C54 Giuoco Piano Sutovsky, Emil - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 57 C83 Ruy Lopez Open Round 6 Standings: 1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 4.0; 2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2696 3.5; 3. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2654 2.5; 4. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2494 2.0; Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl |
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Rowson Lecture at the London
Chess Centre Jonathan Rowson Jonathan Rowson visited the London Chess Centre Thursday 3rd November 2005. Book signing from 4pm Lecture from 6:30pm. Rowson will be signing copies of his new book: Chess for Zebras http://www.chess.co.uk/jonrowson2005.html |
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| Corsica International The Corsica International took place in Bastia 30th October - 3rd November 2005. 100,000 Euros of prizes attracted a strong field. There was a seven round swiss followed by a preliminary one round elimination round before the last knockout phase with 16 players. Vadim Milov beat Viswanathan Anand 3-1 in the final. I believe Anand has won the event every year since 2000. Time rate 40 moves in 90 mins + 30 seconds per move. My thanks to Gérard Demuydt - http://www.europe-echecs.com. PGN File - Source Gérard Demuydt - http://www.europe-echecs.com Final 5th November 2005 Vadim Milov 3-1 Viswanathan Anand Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/ and results: http://www.opencorsica.com/Pages/news.htm |
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| ACP Statement concerning the change of rules for the FIDE
World Championship ACP Statement concerning the change of rules for the FIDE World Championship cycle 9th November 2005 |
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| Blitz Match Baku Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5.5-4.5 in a ten game blitz match. I don't have the results or games from games two or six of the match. Games in PGN (8 of 10) Official site including coverage of the remaining events of the festival: http://www.chessclub.az/ |
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| Casino de Barcelona Masters The Casino de Barcelona Masters took place 24th-28th October 2005. Vassily Ivanchuk edged out Víktor Moskalenko on Sonnen-Berger tie break both made 4/5. Time rate: 40 moves in 2 hours. Then 1 hour for each player until the flag falls Players could not ask for draw before the first control (40 moves). Games in PGN Round 5 (October 28, 2005) Moskalenko, Viktor - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 70 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto Fedorchuk, Sergey A - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 49 C06 French Tarrasch Narciso Dublan, Marc - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 48 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind Final Round 5 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 4.0; 2. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2529 4.0; 3. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2607 2.5; 4. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2564 2.0; 5. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2530 2.0; 6. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2636 0.5; Official sites: http://www.ajedreznd.com - http://www.fcde.org and live at: http://www.directe.fcde.org |
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| 2nd Samba Cup The 2nd Samba Cup took place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in Skanderborg, Denmark. Baadur Jobava won the event with 5.5/9. He defeated the leader Kamil Miton in the final round to overtake him. Games in PGN Round 9 (October 23, 2005) Jobava, Baadur - Miton, Kamil 1-0 39 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 Bruzon, Lazaro - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 15 A34 English Symmetrical Zhang Pengxiang - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 22 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Ivanchuk, Vassily - Hansen, Lars Bo 1-0 43 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Carlsen, Magnus - Hansen, Curt 1/2 48 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2 Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2601 5.5; 2. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2677 5.0; 3. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2613 5.0; 4. Miton, Kamil g POL 2636 5.0; 5. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2658 5.0; 6. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2607 4.5; 7. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 4.5; 8. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2570 4.0; 9. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2707 3.5; 10. Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2565 3.0; Official site: http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005 |
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| Karabakh International Following on from the 2004 Petrosian Memorial, the Chess Academy of Armenia and the Government of Nagorno Karabakh organised a Category 17 tournament in Stepanakert, Karabakh October 1st-11th, 2005. Levon Aronian took clear first place with 6/9. Games in PGN Gp A Games in PGN Gp B Final Round 9 Standings Gp A 1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2724 6.0; 2. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2596 5.5; 3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2662 5.5; 4. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2696 5.0; 5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 4.0; 6. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2645 4.0; 7. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2682 4.0; 8. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2592 4.0; 9. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2694 3.5; 10. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2637 3.5; Bu Xiangzhi has withdrawn from the event and returned to China due to an urgent health problem with his father. Final Round 9 Standings Gp B 1. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2564 6.5; 2. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2539 6.5; 3. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2541 6.5; 4. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2537 5.5; 5. Galstian, Beniamin m ARM 2474 5.0; 6. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2466 4.5; 7. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2397 3.5; 8. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2507 3.0; 9. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2505 2.5; 10. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2509 1.5; Official site: http://www.karabakh2005.com |
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| October FIDE Rating List There were no changes in the composition of the top ten but Vladimir Kramnik exchanged places with Peter Svidler after losing another 5 points. The rise of 18 year old Teimour Radjabov continues, he makes it above 2700 for the first time and gains five places. Lazaro Bruzon gains 15 points and jumps from 43 to 26 in the world. Another junior 20 year old jumps from 54 to 28 gaining 28 points. Ilya Smirin gains 21 points and is up to 30. Pentala Harikrishna gains 28 points. 21 year old Zviad Izoria is the top newcomer gaining 40 points. He is one of 16 new entries and there are 16 leavers. Ye Jiangchuan (through inactivity), Smbat G Lputian, Ni Hua, Luke J McShane, Miguel Illescas Cordoba and Sergey Volkov are amongst the players dropping out. FIDE October 2005 Rating List: Top 100 Official site: http://www.fide.com |
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| European Club
Cup The European Club Cup took place September 18th-24th 2005 in the little mountain town of Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley, very famous due to the Casinò). Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 15 minutes to finish plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. The top three teams all finished with a +6 -1 record. Tomsk-400 lost narrowly in the final round to Polonia Plus GSM but still hung on to first place from them. Favourites NAO Chess Club took third. NTN Tbilisi won the women's event. Final Round 7 Standings: 1 Tomsk-400 6 0 1 12 29½ 2 Polonia Plus GSM 6 0 1 12 29 3 NAO Chess Club 6 0 1 12 27½ 4 Ural 4 2 1 10 28 5 Werder Bremen 5 0 2 10 27 6 TV Tegernsee 4 2 1 10 25½ 7 I & A Tbilisi 4 2 1 10 24½ 8 TPS 5 0 2 10 24½ 9 Ashdod City Club 4 1 2 9 25½ 10 Beer Sheva Chess Club 4 1 2 9 25½ 11 Union Ansfelden 4 1 2 9 25½ 12 SK Rockaden Stockholm 4 1 2 9 25 13 KSK 47 Eynatten 4 1 2 9 24½ 14 Csuti-Hydroc.Zalaegerszeg 4 1 2 9 21½ 15 HMC Calder 4 0 3 8 25½ 16 Ladya Kazan 4 0 3 8 25 17 Vesnianka Minsk 4 0 3 8 24 18 Marmaris Munic. SC 3 2 2 8 23½ 19 LSG 3 2 2 8 22 20 SK Alkaloid Skopje 3 2 2 8 21½ 21 Zeljeznicar Chess Club 4 0 3 8 20½ 48 teams Men's Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN. In the men's file the last three games appear to have the wrong players names attached to them. Any ideas as to who actually played these games would be appreciated. They're all from round 6. Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com/ |
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Mark Dvoretsky lecture at the
London Chess Centre Mark Dvoretsky lectured at the London Chess Centre on the 23rd of August 2005. http://www.chesscenter.com/markdvoretsky2005.html |
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| 6th Lausanne Young Masters The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best under-20 players in the world takes place 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. Games in PGN Round 3 KO 18th-19th September 2005 Final 1 Andrei VOLOKITIN GM - Hikaru NAKAMURA GM 1 - 0 1 - 0 3rd-4th Places 2 Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV GM - Pentala HARIKRISHNA GM ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 5th-6th Places 3 Magnus CARLSEN GM - Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE GM 1 - 0 1 - 0 7th-8th Places 4 Nana DZAGNIDZE MI, GMF - Elisabeth PÄHTZ MI, GMF 1 - 0 ½ - ½ Round 2 KO 16th-17th September 2005 1st-4th 1 Andrei VOLOKITIN GM - Pentala HARIKRISHNA GM 1 - 0 1/2 2 Hikaru NAKAMURA GM - Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV GM 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1/2 5th-8th 3 Magnus CARLSEN GM - Elisabeth PÄHTZ IM ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 4 Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE GM - Nana DZAGNIDZE IM 1 - 0 ½ - ½ Round 1 KO 14th-15th September 2005 1 Andrei VOLOKITIN GM - Elisabeth PÄHTZ IM 1-0 1-0 2 Hikaru NAKAMURA GM - Nana DZAGNIDZE IM 1-0 1-0 3 Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV GM - Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE GM 1-0 1-0 4 Pentala HARIKRISHNA GM - Magnus CARLSEN GM 1-0 1/2 Official site: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com |
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| 80th Argentinean Championship 80th Championship of Argentina took place 8th-16th September, 2005. Diego Flores defeated Pablo Ricardi in a playoff after both finished on 6/9 . Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/camparg/superior05/final05.htm |
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Dutch Championships Loek van Wely won his 6th Dutch title. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.momentoo.nl The Dutch Championships took place September 5th-16th 2005 in Leeuwarden. Loek van Wely took the title with 5.5/9 half a point clear of Daniel Stellwagen and Sergei Tiviakov. Games in PGN Men - Games in PGN Women Men's Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 5.5; 2. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2533 5.0; 3. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2678 5.0; 4. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2529 4.5; 5. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2501 4.5; 6. Smeets, Jan g NED 2537 4.5; 7. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 4.5; 8. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2587 4.0; 9. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2519 4.0; 10. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2457 3.5; Women's FInal Round 10 Standings: 1. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2405 8.0; 2. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2225 6.0; 3. Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2269 5.0; 4. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2266 4.5; 5. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2173 3.5; 6. Bensdorp, Laura NED 2108 3.0; Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2005/ |
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Russian Championship Qualifier Prizegiving: Sergey Volkov, Alexander Khalifman and Evgeny Bareev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov: http://www.chesspro.ru 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. Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2688 6.5; 2. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 6.5; 3. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2622 6.0; 4. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2645 6.0; 5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2627 6.0; 6. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2614 6.0; 7. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2675 6.0; 8. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 6.0; 9. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2555 6.0; 10. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2614 5.5; 11. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2661 5.5; 12. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2574 5.5; 13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2625 5.5; 14. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2598 5.5; 15. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2604 5.5; 16. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2618 5.0; 17. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2562 5.0; 18. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2619 5.0; 19. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2592 5.0; 20. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2599 5.0; 21. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2625 5.0; 22. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2464 5.0; 23. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2519 5.0; 24. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2589 5.0; 25. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2669 5.0; 26. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2567 5.0; 27. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 5.0; 28. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2534 5.0; 29. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 5.0; 66 players Games in PGN - 3 games per round are unavailable. 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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| Spanish Team
Championship The Spanish Team Championship took place in Merida 23rd-28th August and 9th-11th September 2005. Official site: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net |
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| Magistral Ciutat
d'Igualada The Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada took place 16th-21st August 2005. The double round robin was won by Luke McShane. Games in PGN Final Round 6 Standings: 1. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2625 4.0; 2. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 3.5; 3. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2599 2.5; 4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2615 2.0; |
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| Chess Classic
Mainz The Chess Classic Mainz took place August 9th-14th 2005. Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Alexander Grischuk 5-3 to take the Mainz title. Anand-Grischuk Games in PGN Gm1 Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 40 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Gm2 Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Gm3 Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Gm4 Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 42 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Gm5 Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Gm6 Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 49 B50 Sicilian Defence Gm7 Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 47 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Gm8 Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 45 B12 Caro Kann Advanced In Chess960, Peter Svidler (Russia) beat Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) 5-3. Results: Gm1 1-0 Gm2 1/2 Gm3 1/2 Gm4 1/2 Gm5 1/2 Gm6 1-0 Gm7 1/2 Gm8 1/2. [Non-standard format means that the games quite hard to display without specialist software. The can be viewed at the official site] These take place 11th-14th August 2005. Times: 5.30 and 7.00pm BST. Four legends of chess got together to celebrate the 80th birthday of Wolfgang Unzicker. In addition to the Grandmaster from Munich, Anatoly Karpov (Russia), Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) and Boris Spassky (France) played. 9th-10th August 2005. Timerate: 25 Min/Game, 10 Sec/Move Games in PGN Final Standings: 1. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2672 3.5; 2. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2615 3.5; 3. Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2548 3.0; 4. Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2433 2.0; Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm5.index.php |
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| 15th European Team
Championship The 15th European Team Championship took place July 29th-August 8th 2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Netherlands held off Israel for the Gold. Poland took the women's event. Games in PGN Men - Games in PGN Women Results Round 9 Results and Final Standings- 7th August 2005 Round 8 Results - 6th August 2005 Round 7 Results - 5th August 2005 Round 6 Results - 4th August 2005 Round 5 Results - 3rd August 2005 Round 4 Results - 2nd August 2005 Round 3 Results - 1st August 2005 Round 2 Results - 31st July 2005 Round 1 Results - 30th July 2005 Official site (which is excellent): http://www.goteborgchess2005.se/ History of the European Team Championship: http://www.olimpbase.org |
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Smith & Williamson British
Chess Championships Stephen Gordon is had a fine event winning the U18 & U21 titles but needs one an international event to make the IM title. Photo © http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2005/ The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2005 took place in the Isle of Man, 1st-13th August 2005. Jonathan Rowson retained his title after a short draw in the final round. Games in PGN Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships Results 2005 Leading Final Round 11 Standings: 1 ROWSON,Jonathan W SCO g 2599 8½ 2 CONQUEST,Stuart ENG g 2503 8 3 HASLINGER,Stewart G ENG m 2412 8 4 EMMS,John M ENG g 2509 7½ 5 PERT,Richard ENG m 2424 7½ 6 GORDON,Stephen ENG f 2390 7 7 GREET,Andrew N ENG f 2425 7 8 JESSEL,Stephen IRL 2285 6½ 9 KNOTT,Simon J B ENG m 2382 6½ 10 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E ENG m 2355 6½ 11 RUDD,Jack ENG 2268 6½ 12 WARD,Chris G ENG g 2485 6½ 46 players Official site with live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2005/ |
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| Howard Staunton Memorial The Howard Staunton Memorial took place August 19th-30th 2005. Jonathan Levitt and Jon Speelman finished on 6/10. Games in PGN Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2441 6.0; 2. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2549 6.0; 3. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2451 5.5; 4. Howell, David WL m ENG 2471 4.5; 5. Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2270 4.5; 6. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2342 3.5; Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2005/gamesresults.shtml |
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| American Continental Championship The American Continental Championship took place in Buenos Aires 5th-16th August, 2005. Lazaro Bruzon won with 8.5/11. Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/ The ChessBase story on the playoff and Gaston Needleman seems to have less to it than it first seems see Chessninja. Read also Gilberto Milos' comments: http://www.milos.com.br/xadrez/index.htm. But it all worked out well for the young player as he will be nominated for the World Cup by the FIDE President. http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=782 Games in PGN corrected and final incomplete game Gurevich-Ivanov now available. Leading Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Bruzon, Lazaro 8.5 2. Granda, Julio 8.0 Onischuk, Alexander 8.0 Milos, Gilberto 8.0 Kamsky, Gata 8.0 Felgaer, Ruben 8.0 Vescovi, Giovanni 8.0 Needleman, Gaston 8.0 9. Ivanov, Alexander 7.5 Spraggett, Kevin 7.5 Shabalov, Alexander 7.5 Dominguez, Lenier 7.5 Hernandez, Gilberto 7.5 Akobian, Varuzhan 7.5 Lima, Darcy 7.5 Arencibia, Walter 7.5 Leitao, Rafael 7.5 152 players |
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| 74th Ukrainian Chess Championship 74th Ukrainian Chess Championship, Final 2005 took place August 24th - 2nd September 2005 in Rivne. 32 participants compete in a knock-out system. 18 Grandmasters including Efimenko Zahar (2643), Areshchenko Alexander (2625), Borovikov Vladislav (2595), Baklan Vladimir (2584), Neverov Valeriy (2572), Women European Chess Champion Lahno Kateryna, and 9 international/national masters take part in the competition. The top two seeds contested the final. Alexander Areshchenko beat Efimenko Zahar in the first playoff game to take the title. Games in PGN Official site Ukrainian Chess Federation: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/eng/ |
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| French Championships The 80th French Championships took place in Chartres 15th-27th August 2005. Joel Lautier won the men's event with 7.5/11. Almira Skripchenko won the women's event. Men's Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2672 7.5; 2. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2603 7.0; 3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime m FRA 2527 7.0; 4. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2641 6.0; 5. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2526 6.0; 6. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2627 6.0; 7. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2576 5.5; 8. Bagheri, Amir g FRA 2537 5.5; 9. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2546 5.0; 10. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2388 3.5; 11. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2522 3.5; 12. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2553 3.5; Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr |
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Susan Polgar World Record Susan Polgar. http://www.susanpolgar.com/ Grandmaster Susan Polgar achieved a Guinness Book of World Records World on Monday 1st August 2005. New Records: 326 Simultaneous Games Played (309 wins, 14 draws, 3 losses = 96.93% in 16 hours and 30 minutes) Most games won 309 Highest percentage 96.93% 1,131 Consecutive Games Played (Overall 1,112 wins, 16 draws, 3 losses) Fun facts: 3:45 PM 6,816 4.3 miles 5:15 PM 8,091 5.1 miles 6:45 PM 8,879 5.6 miles 9:15 PM 9,733 6.1 miles 12:00 AM 11,421 7.2 miles 1:00 AM 12,395 7.85 miles 2:00 AM 13,220 8.4 miles 3:00 AM 14,361 9.1 miles She took only five 5-minute breaks during the entire record simul. Previous Records: 1st previous record: 321 games (294 wins, 26 draws, 1 loss = 95.64%) 2nd previous record: 1102 games played consecutively 3rd previous record: 95.64% Further details: http://www.susanpolgar.com/ |
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Biel The 6 players in the tournament. Photo © http://www.bielchessfestival.ch The Biel GM Tournament took place 17th-29th July 2005. Andrei Volokitin drew in the final round and was caught by Boris Gelfand who beat Hikaru Nakamura (who lost his final three games). 1. Volokitin, Gelfand 6.0; 3. Pelletier 5.0; 4. Nakamura, Bauer 4.5; 6. Carlsen, Magnus 4.0; Games in PGN Round 10 (July 27, 2005) Volokitin, Andrei - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 26 C42 Petroff's Defence Nakamura, Hikaru - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 39 B96 Sicilian Najdorf Bauer, Christian - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 41 E20 Nimzo Indian Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 6.0; 2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2724 6.0; 3. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2603 5.0; 4. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2660 4.5; 5. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2641 4.5; 6. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2528 4.0; Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch |
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2nd Amsterdam Chess
Tournament Pavel Eljanov wins the 2nd ACT tournament. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.momentoo.nl The 2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament took place 16th-24th July 2005. Pavel Eljanov won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of the field. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Eljanov 7.0 2. Rogers, Akopian, Timofeev, Cheparinov, Stellwagen, Khenkin, l'Ami 6.5 9. Sokolov, Timman, Ernst, Huzman, Avrukh, Megaranto, Williams, Ivanov 6.0 17. Belkhodja, Erenburg, Al-Modiahki, Smeets, Siebrecht, D'Costa, Bellini, Nijboer, Holzke, v.Delft, vd.Wiel, de Boer, Hoffmann, Bosboom, v Beek 5.5 100 players Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/act |
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Dortmund Closing ceremony. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place 8th-17th July 2005 (rest day 13th) in the Civic Theatre. The shock winner was local player 19 year old Arkadij Naiditsch. He finished in clear first half a point clear of Topalov, Bacrot, Van Wely and Svidler. In spite of finishing in second Topalov lost rating points but not as many as the bottom five in the field. Vladimir Kramnik is obviously not going to recapture his form anytime soon and was defeated in the final round to finish on 50%. Games in PGN - Dortmund 2005 - Viewer Brief Round by Round Comments Round 9 Round 8 Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1 Round 9 (July 17, 2005) Svidler, Peter - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Nielsen, Peter Heine - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 49 E04 Catalan Bacrot, Etienne - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 56 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 Sutovsky, Emil - Adams, Michael 1/2 51 C85 Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1-0 106 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2612 5.5; 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 5.0; 3. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2729 5.0; 4. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 5.0; 5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 5.0; 6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2744 4.5; 7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 4.5; 8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 4.0; 9. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2674 3.5; 10. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2668 3.0; Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2005/ |
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| 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup The 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup took place in Tiayuan, China 8th-20th July 2005. Pentala Harikrishna wins with 8.5/11 a point clear of Motylev who was defeated in the final round. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2645 8.5; 2. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2675 7.5; 3. Wang Yue g CHN 2576 6.5; 4. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2632 6.5; 5. Ni Hua g CHN 2629 6.0; 6. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2645 5.5; 7. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2581 5.5; 8. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2616 5.0; 9. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2608 4.5; 10. Wang Hao CHN 2512 4.5; 11. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2470 3.0; 12. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2625 3.0; Official site: http://sports.sina.com.cn. |
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| VIII Republica Argentina Chess Masters The Mercosur Cup - 100 years of Vicente Lopez County. took place July 14th-25th, 2005. The computer program Shredder 9.0 (PIV 3,5 Ghz 512RAM) won the event clearly with 8.5/10. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. SHREDDER 0 8.5; 2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2523 6.0; 3. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2435 5.5; 4. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2499 5.5; 5. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2406 5.0; 6. Mieles Palau, Daniel m ECU 2476 4.5; 7. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2457 4.5; 8. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2467 4.5; 9. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2489 4.0; 10. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2367 3.5; 11. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2451 3.5; Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar |
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| World Youth Championship The World Youth Chess Championship 2005 took place in Belfort, France 18th-29th July 2005. There have been strong criticisms of the conditions for the players during the event. Aviv Friedman - USA Team also at - http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/wy2005/rnd11.htm and http://members3.boardhost.com/ScotChess/msg/27096.html |
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| Milan Vidmar
Memorial The 16th International GM Chess Tournament Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial took place July 9th-17th 2005 in the Hotel Bernardin, Pororoz, Slovenia. Alexander Beliavsky took clear first place with 6/9 half a point clear of Luka Lenic and Nikola Djukic. Games in PGN Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv/16/ Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2599 6.0; 2. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2463 5.5; 3. Djukic, Nikola SCG 2521 5.5; 4. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2566 5.0; 5. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2543 4.5; 6. Mihalcisin, Adrian g SLO 2526 4.5; 7. Baramidze, David g GER 2535 4.0; 8. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2532 4.0; 9. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2509 4.0; 10. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2540 2.0; |
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| Canadian
Open The Canadian Open took place July 9th-17th, 2005 in Edmonton. Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Mark Bluvshtein, Viktor Bologan and Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury finished in a tie on 8/10. Small number of games in PGN Rds 2-10 Official site: http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/ Leading Final Round 10 Standings: 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily 2792 gm 8 2 Shirov, Alexei 2745 gm 8 3 Bluvshtein, Mark 2529 gm 8 4 Bologan, Viktor 2740 gm 8 5 Chowdhury, SR 2421 im 8 6 Ganguly, SS 2636 gm 7.5 7 Quan, Zhe 2396 fm 7.5 8 Kidambi, S. 2524 im 7.5 9 Kunte, Abhijit 2601 gm 7.5 10 Krnan, Tomas 2462 fm 7.5 11 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 2417 im 7.5 12 Moiseenko, Alexander 2704 gm 7 13 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 2623 gm 7 14 Tyomkin, Dmitri 2549 gm 7 15 Venkatesh, MR 2475 im 7 16 Gentes, Kevin 2331 fm 7 17 Reeve, Jeff 2364 7 18 Chanda, Sandipan 2600 gm 7 19 Haessel, Dale 2230 7 20 Pechisker, Alfred 2190 7 21 Mohota, Nisha 2343 wgm 7 22 Huber, Greg 2310 fm 7 23 Sasata, Robert 2323 7 24 Pechenkin, Vladimir 2263 7 25 Grumic, Sasha 2087 7 26 Gardner, Robert 2221 7 27 Gokhale, Anupama 2243 wim 7 28 Krush, Irina 2492 im 6.5 29 Lawson, Eric 2373 im 6.5 30 Nguyen, Kim 2060 6.5 31 Ghate, Swathi 2281 wgm 6.5 32 Henry, Liam 2062 6.5 33 Campbell, Brett 2250 6.5 34 Zaczek, Jonathon 1991 6.5 35 Klein, Felix 2148 6.5 36 Graves, Charles 2000 6.5 37 Yam, Alex 2048 6.5 38 Tegzes, Laszlo 2109 6.5 39 Schulz, Waldemar 2029 6.5 222 players |
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| North Urals
Cup The North Urals Cup took place July 3rd-14th in Krasnoturinsk, Russia. This is the 3rd time that Krasnoturinsk city has hosted this women's Chess Tournament. Humpy Koneru of India took clear first with 6/9 half a point clear of Xu Yuhua and Alexandra Kosteniuk. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2531 6.0; 2. Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2480 5.5; 3. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2516 5.5; 4. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2490 5.0; 5. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2477 4.5; 6. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2453 4.5; 7. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2509 4.0; 8. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2471 4.0; 9. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2478 3.0; 10. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2501 3.0; Official site: http://www.northuralscup.ru/ |
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| FIDE July Rating
List Garry Kasparov still heads the July 2005 FIDE rating list 24 points clear of the field. He will undoubtably head the next two before dropping out if he maintains his announced retirement. The battle for second position sees Anand keep the number 2 spot only on the number of games played in the last rating period. Anand gained 3 points and Topalov 10. Peter Leko was inactive in the last rating period and he is 10 points clear of Vassily Ivanchuk who overtakes Vladimir Kramnik. Ivanchuk gained 13 points and Kramnik lost 9. Peter Svidler jumps 3 places and 13 points to lie at 7, Polgar gained 3 points and maintains 8th, Bacrot lost 2 but stays at 9. Levon Aronian makes the first big leap of the list gaining 31 points and jumping into the top 10 for the first time. FIDE July 2005 Rating List: Top 100 Official site: http://www.fide.com |
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Hydra vs Michael Adams
Match Adams was defeated in only 33 moves in game 1. Photo © http://www.rainierpr.co.uk Michael Adams played a six game match against the Hydra Chess Computer at the Wembley Centre in London, 21st-27th (rest day 24th) June 2005, for a prize fund of $150,000 (£80,000). Adams clearly didn't prepare properly for the match and was duly hammered (Kasparov and Kramnik spent months preparing for matches against Deep Fritz and Junior). Games in PGN- Adams vs Hydra 2005 - Viewer Adams - HYDRA Match 2005 Game 1 - Comments by Malcolm Pein Gm1 HYDRA - Adams, Michael 1-0 33 C42 Petroff's Defence Gm2 Adams, Michael - HYDRA 1/2 65 B47 Sicilian Paulsen Gm3 HYDRA - Adams, Michael 1-0 28 C91 Ruy Lopez Gm4 Adams, Michael - HYDRA 0-1 50 B23 Sicilian Closed Gm5 HYDRA - Adams, Michael 1-0 41 C87 Ruy Lopez Gm6 Adams, Michael - HYDRA 0-1 43 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Final Score: HYDRA 5.5 - Michael Adams 0.5 Official site: http://www.hydrachess.com Hydra vs Michael Adams Press Conference 25th May 2005 by James Coleman Hydra vs Michael Adams Preview |
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Efim Geller
Memorial Viktor Korchnoi plays Mikhail Golubev in round 2. Photo © http://www.pivdenny.com The Pivdennyi Bank Chess Tournament - Efim Geller Memorial took place in Odessa (Ukraine) in their Music Comedy Theater 1st-3rd July 2005. Time control 20 minutes per game. Ruslan Ponomariov won the event with 7.5/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2695 7.5; 2. Beim, Valery g AUT 2512 6.5; 3. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2517 6.5; 4. Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2487 5.0; 5. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 4.0; 6. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2455 3.5; 7. Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2361 3.5; 8. Bogdanovich, Stanislav UKR 2128 3.0; 9. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2517 3.0; 10. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2391 2.5; Official site: http://www.chesspro.ru |
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European Individual
Championship The 6th European Individual Chess Championship took place June 17th - July 3rd 2005, in Warsaw - Zegrze Poludniowe. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu beat Alexander Beliavsky in the final round after surviving a strong attack to win the event with 10/13. Teimour Radjabov was half a point behind and took second alone. There were seven players tied on 9 points, they played off for bronze. Levon Aronian beat Sergey Karjakin in a match to take the third place. Games in PGN Final Round 13 Results 1 Beliavsky Alexander G 0:1 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2 Moiseenko Alexander ½:½ Ivanchuk Vassily 3 Asrian Karen ½:½ Aronian Levon 4 Dreev Alexey 0:1 Radjabov Teimour 5 Sokolov Ivan ½:½ Tiviakov Sergei 6 Milov Vadim ½:½ Jakovenko Dmitry 7 Timofeev Artyom ½:½ Rublevsky Sergei 8 Kotronias Vasilios ½:½ Kobalia Mikhail 9 Eljanov Pavel 1:0 Balogh Csaba 10 Cao Sang 0:1 Karjakin Sergey 11 Minasian Artashes ½:½ Motylev Alexander 12 Sakaev Konstantin ½:½ Areshchenko Alexander 13 Malakhov Vladimir ½:½ Socko Bartosz 14 Movsesian Sergei ½:½ Erenburg Sergey 15 Markus Robert ½:½ Smirnov Pavel 16 Cheparinov Ivan ½:½: Bocharov Dmitry 17 Efimenko Zahar ½:½ Popov Valerij 18 Pantsulaia Levan ½:½ Najer Evgeniy 19 Roiz Michael ½:½ Macieja Bartlomiej 20 Gritsak Orest ½:½ Korneev Oleg Leading Final Round 13 Standings: 1 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 10 2 Radjabov Teimour 2673 9.5 3 Aronian Levon 2693 9.0 4 Karjakin Sergey 2635 9.0 5 Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 9.0 6 Eljanov Pavel 2641 9.0 7 Asrian Karen 2611 9.0 8 Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 9.0 9 Moiseenko Alexander 2665 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 18 Dreev Alexey 2705 8 19 Pantsulaia Levan 2496 8 20 Najer Evgeniy 2615 8 21 Balogh Csaba 2531 8 22 Popov Valerij 2568 8 23 Naiditsch Arkadij 2626 8 24 Efimenko Zahar 2620 8 25 Malakhov Vladimir 2670 8 26 Sakaev Konstantin 2672 8 27 Cao Sang 2536 8 28 Movsesian Sergei 2628 8 29 Iljushin Alexei 2543 8 30 Motylev Alexander 2680 8 31 Smirnov Pavel 2624 8 32 Fedorov Alexei 2602 8 33 Kuzubov Yuriy 2558 8 34 Carlsen Magnus 2548 8 35 Ftacnik Lubomir 2540 8 36 Cheparinov Ivan 2621 8 37 Areshchenko Alexander 2595 8 38 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2569 8 39 Gritsak Orest 2537 8 40 Azarov Sergei 2572 8 41 Macieja Bartlomiej 2613 8 42 Korneev Oleg 2611 8 43 Bobras Piotr 2501 8 44 Izoria Zviad 2602 8 45 Palac Mladen 2574 8 46 Minasian Artashes 2597 8 47 Sargissian Gabriel 2630 8 48 Dizdar Goran 2524 8 49 Bocharov Dmitry 2574 8 50 Markus Robert 2584 8 51 Roiz Michael 2579 8 52 Socko Bartosz 2583 8 53 Erenburg Sergey 2575 8 229 players Official site: http://www.eurochamp.pl/ (English/Polish) http://www.warsawchess.pl (Organisers EIC) |
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| European Individual Women's
Chess Championship The European Individual Women's Chess Championship took place in Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Excellent daily coverage from the official site. Kateryna Lahno won the event ahead of Nadezhda Kosintseva after a playoff. Games in PGN Leading Final Standings: 1 IM Lahno Kateryna 2467 UKR 9 2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2459 RUS 9 3 IM Dembo Yelena 2402 GRE 8½ 4 WGM Collas Silvia 2381 FRA 8½ 5 WGM Zaiatz Elena 2398 RUS 8½ 6 IM Danielian Elina 2415 ARM 8½ 7 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2418 GEO 8 8 IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2452 GEO 8 9 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2400 ARM 8 10 WGM Kononenko Tatiana 2416 UKR 8 11 GM Peng Zhaoqin 2392 NED 8 12 WGM Houska Jovanka 2334 ENG 8 13 IM Radziewicz Iweta 2457 POL 8 14 WGM Matveeva Svetlana 2423 RUS 8 15 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2407 GER 8 16 Purtseladze Maka 2311 GEO 8 17 IM Socko Monika 2464 POL 8 18 IM Sebag Marie 2417 FRA 8 19 WGM Zielinska Marta 2419 POL 8 20 IM Cmilyte Viktorija 2459 LTU 7½ 21 IM Kosintseva Tatiana 2486 RUS 7½ 22 WGM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 GEO 7½ 23 WIM Vasilevich Irina 2347 RUS 7½ 24 IM Ovod Evgenija 2305 RUS 7½ 25 WGM Zdebskaja Natalia 2344 UKR 7½ 26 WGM Korbut Ekaterina 2399 RUS 7½ 27 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2396 GEO 7½ 28 IM Skripchenko Almira 2453 FRA 7½ 29 IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2406 ROM 7½ 30 WGM Ushenina Anna 2350 UKR 7½ 31 IM Slavina Irina 2415 RUS 7½ 32 WGM Bojkovic Natasa 2371 SCG 7½ 33 IM Sedina Elena 2422 ITA 7½ 34 IM Jackova Jana 2406 CZE 7½ 35 WGM Matnadze Ana 2376 GEO 7½ 36 WGM Shumiakina Tatiana 2316 RUS 7 37 WGM Grabuzova Tatiana 2327 RUS 7 38 WGM Stepovaia Tatiana 2348 RUS 7 39 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2482 GEO 7 40 IM Vasilevich Tatjana 2395 UKR 7 41 IM Hagarova Zuzana 2386 SVK 7 42 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2355 RUS 7 43 IM Klinova Masha 2391 ISR 7 44 WGM Vozovic Oksana 2288 UKR 7 45 WGM Calzetta Monica 2254 ESP 7 46 WGM Melnikova Yana 2301 RUS 7 47 IM Vajda Szidonia 2391 HUN 7 48 WIM Sharevich Anna 2278 BLR 7 49 Molchanova Tatjana 2315 RUS 7 50 WGM Ciuksyte Dagne 2356 LTU 7 51 Guseva Marina 2264 RUS 7 164 players Official site: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/ |
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Timman - Volokitin Match in
Leon Timman - Volokitin Match in Leon. Photo © Leon International Chess Festival Jan Timman played Andrei Volokitin in a 4 game match in Leon (Spain) on 24th June 2005. The match took place on Friday 24th in Pub Haddock. It consisted of 4 games at 20 minutes + 10 seconds (not accumulative). Games in PGN Fernando Gómez reports: The young Ukranian GM won 2,5-1,5. On the 1st and 3rd games, Andrei won with white pieces against Timman's French Winawer that he had already prepared for his recent match against Bruzon in Curaçao. Andrei always had the initiave and the upper hand in both games scoring an spectacular short victory in the 3rd one. On the 2nd game Timman played a Rossolimo Attack and Volokitin answered sacrificing a pawn for some activity, Andrei reached a rook ending but could not win despite being a pawn up. On the 4th game Timman played an Open Sicilian and Volokitin soon had a very comfortable game, but the experienced Dutch GM drove the game into a double rook ending that was able to win with good technique. The match was followed by many spectators in the playing area and outside it thanks to several screens installed for that purpose. After the games, there was a press conference where the public asked many questions to those two great players. Official site: http://www.editorialchessy.com |
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3rd Marx
György The 3rd Marx György tournament took place in Paks, Hungary 12th-22nd June 2005. Zoltan Almasi won the even, half a point clear of Viktor Korchnoi. Games in PGN Round 10 (June 22, 2005) Almasi, Zoltan - Acs, Peter 1/2 14 C96 Ruy Lopez Sasikiran, Krishnan - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 32 D63 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1 Sutovsky, Emil - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 30 C80 Ruy Lopez Open 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; Official site: http://ase.hu/marxgy/online.htm |
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| China - France Youth Match The China-France youth match took place in Sheng Zhen, China 28th June - 6th July 2005. China won 19-13. Games in PGN Live coverage: http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess/live_gx/index.html |
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18th Ciudad de
Leon Anand beat Kasimdzhanov in the final 2.5-1.5 in spite of losing the first game. Photo © http://www.advancedchessleon.com The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament took place in Leon, Spain June 9th-13th 2005. There were 2 semi-finals - best of 4 games - (June 10th and 11th) and a final (June 12th) and the venue was the "Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León" building. The sponsors were the Ayuntamiento de León, the Junta de Castilla y León, the Diputación de León, the Universidad de León, Cajaduero and Alsa. Viswanathan Anand won the final 2.5-1.5 against Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Games in PGN Round 2 - Final (June 12, 2005) Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 63 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 33 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 68 B46 Sicilian Paulsen Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Anand 2.5-1.5 Kasimdzhanov Round 1 (June 10, 2005) Shirov, Alexei - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 41 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 38 C42 Petroff's Defence Shirov, Alexei - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 43 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 36 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo Kasimdzhanov 3-1 Shirov. Round 1 (June 11, 2005) Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 30 C42 Petroff's Defence Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 71 C42 Petroff's Defence Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 39 B46 Sicilian Paulsen Anand 3-1 Carlsen Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com |
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| Leko - Adams Rapid
Match The Peter Leko against Michael Adams rapid match took place in Miskolc, in Hungary. 2nd-5th June 2005. Two games per day 25 minutes + 5 seconds per move. A very strange match with three wins for Adams being followed by three wins for Leko ended with two draws on the final day. Games in PGN Gm 1 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1-0 46 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm 2 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 0-1 25 E15 Queens Indian Gm 3 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1-0 33 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm 4 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 44 C96 Ruy Lopez Gm 5 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 0-1 79 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Gm 6 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 32 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin Gm 7 Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Gm 8 Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 40 C42 Petroff's Defence Leko - Adams Rapid Match. Comments by IM Malcolm Pein. Rounds 1-2 Official site: http://www.lekoadams.info |
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| Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express - Georgios Makropoulos and
Vladimir Kramnik Yuri Vasiliev conducted two important interviews in Sofia, Bulgaria for Russian magazine Sport Express the during the recent Mtel event. The first a lengthy and testing interview covering most of the questions that needed to be asked with Vladimir Kramnik, the second was with FIDE vice-president Georgios Makropoulos. Ravi Abhyankar provides an English translation. English translation of the interview with Vladimir Kramnik by Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express. - 26th May 2005 English translation of the interview with Georgios Makropoulos by Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express. - June 1, 2005 |
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| Bulgarian Championship The 69th Bulgarian Championship took place in Pleven, Bulgaria 23rd May - 3rd June 2005. Rising star and Topalov's second Ivan Cheparinov won the event by half a point from Nikolai Ninov. Games in PGN Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/bul69/ Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2621 9.5; 2. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2486 9.0; 3. Bojkov, Dejan m BUL 2509 8.5; 4. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2463 8.5; 5. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2427 7.5; 6. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2433 7.0; 7. Radulski, Julian g BUL 2502 6.5; 8. Panbukchian, Valentin m BUL 2340 6.0; 9. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2357 5.5; 10. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2375 5.5; 11. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2361 5.0; 12. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2394 5.0; 13. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2499 4.0; 14. Raev, Rastislav BUL 2338 3.5; |
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| Timman - Bruzon Match A match between Lazaro Bruzon and Jan Timman took place in Curaçao 11th-17th June 2005. Timman won the rapid 3.5-0.5. This was followed by four standard time rate games which Bruzon won 2.5-1.5. Timman won 5-3 over all. Games in PGN Day 1 Rapid 11th June 2005 Gm1 Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 42 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Gm2 Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 31 A33 English Symmetrical Day 2 Rapid 12th June 2005 Gm3 Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 53 B22 Sicilian Alapin Gm4 Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 33 D05 Colle System Timman wins rapid 3.5-0.5 Day 3 Standard Game 1 13th June 2005 Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 19 C42 Petroff's Defence Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 1-0 40 C00 French Defence Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 41 B46 Sicilian Paulsen Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 1/2 54 C19 French Winawer Official site: http://www.curacaochess.com/ - live coverage on the ChessBase server: http://www.playchess.com/ |
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| FIDE and ACP Meeting - 24th May 2005 The World Chess Federation FIDE and the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) had a meeting in Athens discussing a number of interesting issues including time controls and the future of the World Chess Championship. FIDE - ACP Meeting 24th May 2005 FIDE Website: http://www.fide.com ACP Website: http://www.chess-players.org |
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XXXV International GM
Supertournament "Bosna 2005" Ivan Sokolov and Victor Bologan finished on 6.5/9, they drew in round 2. Photo © http://www.skbosna.ba The XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" took place May 18th-28th, 2005. Viktor Bologan and Ivan Sokolov finish on 6.5/9 Games in PGN Round 9 (May 28, 2005) Bologan, Viktor - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 27 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Sokolov, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit Movsesian, Sergei - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 24 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen Eljanov, Pavel - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 26 D17 Slav Defence Volokitin, Andrei - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 57 B67 Sicilian Rauzer Round 9 Standings: 1. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2700 6.5; 2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2662 6.5; 3. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2622 5.5; 4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2714 5.0; 5. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2628 5.0; 6. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2641 4.5; 7. Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2549 4.0; 8. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2521 3.0; 9. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2679 3.0; 10. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2591 2.0; Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba |
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MTel Masters
Sofia Vladimir Kramnik greeting Vesselin Topalov at the start of round 10. Photo © http://www.mtelmasters.com "Mobiltel" and "Kaissa Chess Management" (the agency of Silvio Danailov, manager of Veselin Topalov) organised a tournament May 11th-22nd, 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event was a part of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the biggest Bulgarian mobile operator(http://www.mobiltel.bg) Vesselin Topalov took clear first a point clear of Viswanathan Anand. Brief Round Summary by Mark Crowther Mtel Masters 2005 Round 10 - Additional notes by Malcolm Pein Mtel Masters 2005 Round 9 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 8 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 7 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 6 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 5 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 4 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 3 - Additional notes by Malcolm Pein Mtel Masters 2005 Round 2 Mtel Masters 2005 Round 1 Games in PGN 1-10 - Mtel Masters, Sofia 2005 - Viewer Round 10 (May 22, 2005) Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1/2 45 B49 Sicilian Paulsen Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 34 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Ponomariov, Ruslan - Adams, Michael 1/2 53 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2778 6.5; 2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 5.5; 3. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2732 5.0; 4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2695 5.0; 5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2753 4.0; 6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2737 4.0; The Category 20 event was a double round robin with a 7 hour time control. One unusual rule was that draw by mutual agreement between the players was forbidden. The players weren't allowed to offer a draw or speak to their opponent. The player could claim the draw only via Arbiter in 3 cases: A) Perpetual check B) Triple repetition C) A theoretically drawn position. Only the Arbiter can confirm the result of the game. The Arbiters will be advised by Zurab Azmaiparashvili on this. Arbiters: Chief Arbiter: Joaquin Espejo (Spain),Deputy arbiters: Boris Postovski (USA),Panaqiotis Nikolopoulos (Greece). Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com |
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HB Global Chess
Challenge 21-year-old Zviad Izoria from the Republic of Georgia who registered late for the $500,000 HB Global Chess Challenge ended up clear first in the open section and walking off with the top prize of $50,000. Photo © The Wallace Group The HB Global Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event in Minneapolis, Minnesota took place 18th-22nd May 2005. There was half a million dollars in prize money including $50,000 for the winner. Zviad Izoria of Georgia won the event with 7/9. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2602 7.5 2. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2649 7.0 3. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2700 7.0 4. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2630 7.0 5. Harikrishna, P g IND 2646 7.0 6. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2614 7.0 7. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2615 7.0 8. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2611 7.0 9. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2601 7.0 10. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2538 7.0 11. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2562 7.0 12. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2657 6.5 13. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2605 6.5 14. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2593 6.5 15. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2565 6.5 16. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2563 6.5 17. Milman, Lev f USA 2439 6.5 18. Foygel, Igor m USA 2438 6.5 19. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2687 6.0 20. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2653 6.0 21. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2680 6.0 22. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2665 6.0 23. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2605 6.0 24. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2621 6.0 25. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2615 6.0 26. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2597 6.0 27. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2638 6.0 28. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2589 6.0 29. Adianto, Utut g INA 2588 6.0 30. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2572 6.0 31. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2556 6.0 32. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2535 6.0 33. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2554 6.0 34. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2530 6.0 35. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2563 6.0 36. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2513 6.0 37. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2524 6.0 38. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2450 6.0 39. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2550 6.0 40. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2473 6.0 41. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2515 6.0 42. Mariano, Nelson g PHI 2468 6.0 43. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2483 6.0 44. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2453 6.0 45. Li Wenliang m CHN 2422 6.0 46. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2466 6.0 47. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2473 6.0 48. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2425 6.0 49. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2435 6.0 50. Milovanovic, Rade m USA 2399 6.0 51. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2297 6.0 52. Fernandez, Daniel USA f USA 2406 6.0 53. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2308 6.0 54. Del Mundo, Anton PHI 2264 6.0 55. Barnett, Alexander USA 2193 6.0 Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and http://www.generationchess.com |
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| Frascati Chess Week The "chess week" in Frascati (a very nice town close to Rome) took place 20th-29th May 2005. Boris Spassky opened the event. Saturday saw a simul exibition by Spassky against VIP (journalists, politicians, managers etc). Fabio Bruno won the event with 6.5/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Bruno, Fabio f ITA 2374 6.5; 2. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2604 6.0; 3. Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2526 5.5; 4. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2610 5.0; 5. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2459 4.5; 6. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2364 4.5; 7. Rombaldoni, Denis ITA 2336 4.0; 8. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2439 3.5; 9. Vocaturo, Daniele f ITA 2303 3.0; 10. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2325 2.5; Official site: http://www.frascati.scacco.net/ |
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| Capablanca
Memorial The Capablanca Memorial Elite was a Category 15 double round robin event which took place in Havana, Cuba, 5th-19th May 2005. Vassily Ivanchuk demolished the event winning with 9.5/12 two and a half points clear of Lazaro Bruzon. Elite Games in PGN - Other Groups in PGN Round 14 (May 19, 2005) Bruzon, Lazaro - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 51 A48 King's Indian Defence Dominguez, Lenier - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 68 B07 Pirc Defence Jobava, Baadur - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 29 D17 Slav Defence Final Round 14 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739 9.0/11; 2. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2669 6.5/11; 3. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2567 6.0/12; 4. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 5.0/11; 5. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2533 5.0/11; 6. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2637 4.5/11; 7. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 3.0/11; Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/ |
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| Young Stars of the
World The Young Stars of the World tournament took place in Kirishi, Leningrad region 12th (arrival) - 26th May 2005. Sergey Karjakin won the event with 8.5/11 a point clear of Ildar Khairullin. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2635 8.5; 2. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2517 7.5; 3. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2597 7.0; 4. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2511 7.0; 5. Kuzubov, Yuriy m UKR 2558 6.5; 6. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2462 6.0; 7. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2505 5.5; 8. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2465 4.0; 9. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2349 4.0; 10. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2495 3.5; 11. Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2269 3.5; 12. Sjugirov, Sanan f RUS 2381 3.0; Official sites: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/ (Russian only) http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/table_eng.html (English Table) Additionally: http://www.bs-chess.com/news/news.html (Russian) and http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/news/news.html (English) will have photos and reports. |
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| Russian Women's
Championship The superfinal of the 55th Russian women's championship took place May 15th-26th in Samara. Alexandra Kosteniuk took clear first place with 9/11 a point clear of Tatiana Kosintseva. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2492 9.0; 2. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2486 8.0; 3. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2469 7.5; 4. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2459 6.5; 5. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2469 6.0; 6. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2355 5.5; 7. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2423 5.5; 8. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2398 5.0; 9. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2340 4.5; 10. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2311 3.5; 11. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 3.5; 12. Yakovich, Yuliya wf RUS 2068 1.5; News: http://www.russiachess.ru - specifically - http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=1009&bid=31 and the special website of the championship in Samara is http://www.chess63.com |
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| FIDE Championship in
Argentina FIDE have announced that their double round robin World Championship has been awarded to the Province of San Luis, Argentina with a prize fund of USD 1,000,000. Its due to take place 27th September - 16th October 2005. The offer is also backed by a financial guarantee and an agreement concerning further organsing details signed by the Governor of San Luis, H.E. Dr Alberto Rodriguez Saa and the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. FIDE (http://www.fide.com) have released a Communique for the 2nd quarter FIDE Presidential Board Meeting 2005 (15th May). It says that they have approved the final list of participants who have all confirmed their participation in the World Chess Championship Tournament. This is a major coup for them as one of my doubts was their ability to sign up players. They have all the players who might have been expected to play. I have become very cynical about their ability to get this event off the ground but this announcement places them very close to making this happen. However if for whatever reason the event doesn't take place it would be the end of any FIDE credibility, from their point of view it has to take place and so almost certainly will. The classical format gives this a legitimacy that their knockout format never had. However their plan to go back to the knockout to find a challenger for the winner will hopefully be changed. One of these every two years would be comparatively easy to finance and they should stick to this format.
Kramnik Statement on FIDE Match Tournament Details at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=691 |
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| Hungarian Championships The 55th Hungarian Men's Championship (Barcika Cup) took place 10th-18th May 2005. Zoltan Gyimesi and Zoltan Almasi finish on 6/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2595 6.0; 2. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 6.0; 3. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2551 4.5; 4. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2531 4.5; 5. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 4.5; 6. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2480 4.5; 7. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2515 4.0; 8. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2525 4.0; 9. Horvath, Adam1 g HUN 2555 4.0; 10. Cao Sang m VIE 2488 3.0; Official site: http://web.axelero.hu/passant/ffi/online.html The 53rd Hungarian Women Championship took place in Szeged 12th-20th May 2005. Nikoletta Lakos won the event by half a point form Ildiko Madl. This is Nikoletta Lakos 3rd title (after 1998, 2002) Anna Rudolf made her 3rd and final norm for the WIM title, and Maria Ignacz achieved her 1st norm. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2342 7.0; 2. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 6.5; 3. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2241 6.0; 4. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2400 5.5; 5. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2210 5.0; 6. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2195 5.0; 7. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2296 5.0; 8. Domany, Zsofia HUN 2056 2.5; 9. Decsey, Katalin HUN 2151 1.5; 10. Albert, Kornelia HUN 2171 1.0; Online games: http://web.axelero.hu/passant/noi3/online.html |
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| Armenian
Championship The Armenian Championship took place April 29 - May 12, 2005, in Yerevan. Ashot Anastasian won the event with 7.5/11 half a point clear of Karen Asrian and Gabriel Sargissian who were joint leaders going into the final round but lost. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 7.5; 2. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2611 7.0; 3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2630 7.0; 4. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2508 6.0; 5. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2534 6.0; 6. Babujian, Levon ARM 2386 6.0; 7. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2597 5.5; 8. Galstian, Beniamin ARM 2448 5.5; 9. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2443 5.0; 10. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2599 5.0; 11. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2510 3.0; 12. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2406 2.5; Official site: http://www.armchess.am |
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| Polish
Championship The Polish Chess Championships took place 21st April - 4th May 2005. IM Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the event with 9.5/13. Games in PGN Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 9.5; 2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2583 9.0; 3. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2627 8.5; 4. Bobras, Piotr m POL 2501 7.5; 5. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 7.5; 6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2592 7.5; 7. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 7.0; 8. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2487 6.5; 9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2530 6.0; 10. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2478 5.5; 11. Moranda, Wojciech f POL 2452 5.0; 12. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2497 4.5; 13. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2384 4.0; 14. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2497 3.0; Official site: http://www.impm2005.prv.pl/ |
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| Russian Team
Championship The Russian Team Championship took place April 18th-29th 2005 in Dagomys, Sochi. This was the XII Russian men team championship, Premier League and 1st League; and VI Russian women team championship. Leading final results: 1. Tomsk - 400 17 Match Points, 41,5 (Morozevic 5,5/11, Bologan 4/9, Aronian 7,5/9, Tkachiev 2/3, Smirnov 6,5/10, Inarkiev 6/10, Jakovenko 8/10, Belozerov 2/4) 2. MaxVen Jekatyerinburg 16, 39 (Grischuk 4,5/10, Dreev 6,5/11, Akopian 6/9, Sakaev 7/11, Motylev 6,5/10, Vaganian 2,5/5, Aleksandrov 5,5/8, Shariyazdanov 0,5/2) 3. Lagyja Kazany 16, 38 (Svidler 6,5/10, Rublevszky 5/10, Yandemirov 1/3, Timofeev 7/11, Filippov 7/11, Iljin 4,5/8, Kharlov 6/11, Hasangatin 1/2) Some Round 1-11 Games in PGN Russian Team Championship Results - Details(source Zsuzsa Veroci http://www.origo.hu/sport/sakk/index.html and now a detailed breakdown of Men's and Women's results from the organisers) Official site http://www.chessliga.ru - Special webpage Russian Chess Federation: http://www.russiachess.ru/ - Special webpage |
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| Final 4NCL
Weekend The final 3 rounds of the 4NCL were played over the May Bank Holiday weekend, 30th April to 2nd May, at the West Bromwich Moat House. Play will start at 14.00 on Saturday, 13.00 on Sunday and 11.00 on Monday. The final round was the decisive one between Wood Green 1 and Guildford-ADC 1 both on 100%. Wood Green become champions on tie-break after tieing 4-4 with rivals Guilford-ADC1. Coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/4ncl/ Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/ |
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| April 2005 FIDE Rating
List Garry Kasparov remained as number one and gained 8 points from his victory at Linares. Anand's second in Wijk aan Zee was balanced by a disappointing Linares which left him losing a point. Vesselin Topalov confirms the feeling that but for the odd weak moment he might actually be the form player in the world rising 21 points. Peter Leko takes over from Vladimir Kramnik at number four gaining 14 points from his win in Wijk. Vladimir Kramnik lost a point at Wijk aan Zee and drops to five. Vassily Ivanchuk rises from eleven to six gaining 28 points from the Torre Memorial and Aeroflot Open. Michael Adams played Wijk and Linares losing just 4 points. Judit Polgar gained 4 points at Wijk and returns to the top ten after a years inactivity. Etienne Bacrot remains at nine but needed to gain the 16 points he did to do so. Peter Svidler lost 7 points and drops from eight to ten. FIDE April 2005 Rating List: Top 100 Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there. |
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| Armenian
Championship The Armenian Championship took place April 29 - May 12, 2005, in Yerevan. Ashot Anastasian won the event with 7.5/11 half a point clear of Karen Asrian and Gabriel Sargissian who were joint leaders going into the final round but lost. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 7.5; 2. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2611 7.0; 3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2630 7.0; 4. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2508 6.0; 5. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2534 6.0; 6. Babujian, Levon ARM 2386 6.0; 7. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2597 5.5; 8. Galstian, Beniamin ARM 2448 5.5; 9. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2443 5.0; 10. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2599 5.0; 11. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2510 3.0; 12. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2406 2.5; Official site: http://www.armchess.am |
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| Polish
Championship The Polish Chess Championships took place 21st April - 4th May 2005. IM Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the event with 9.5/13. Games in PGN Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 9.5; 2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2583 9.0; 3. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2627 8.5; 4. Bobras, Piotr m POL 2501 7.5; 5. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 7.5; 6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2592 7.5; 7. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 7.0; 8. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2487 6.5; 9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2530 6.0; 10. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2478 5.5; 11. Moranda, Wojciech f POL 2452 5.0; 12. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2497 4.5; 13. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2384 4.0; 14. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2497 3.0; Official site: http://www.impm2005.prv.pl/ |
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| Russian Team
Championship The Russian Team Championship took place April 18th-29th 2005 in Dagomys, Sochi. This was the XII Russian men team championship, Premier League and 1st League; and VI Russian women team championship. Leading final results: 1. Tomsk - 400 17 Match Points, 41,5 (Morozevic 5,5/11, Bologan 4/9, Aronian 7,5/9, Tkachiev 2/3, Smirnov 6,5/10, Inarkiev 6/10, Jakovenko 8/10, Belozerov 2/4) 2. MaxVen Jekatyerinburg 16, 39 (Grischuk 4,5/10, Dreev 6,5/11, Akopian 6/9, Sakaev 7/11, Motylev 6,5/10, Vaganian 2,5/5, Aleksandrov 5,5/8, Shariyazdanov 0,5/2) 3. Lagyja Kazany 16, 38 (Svidler 6,5/10, Rublevszky 5/10, Yandemirov 1/3, Timofeev 7/11, Filippov 7/11, Iljin 4,5/8, Kharlov 6/11, Hasangatin 1/2) Some Round 1-11 Games in PGN Russian Team Championship Results - Details(source Zsuzsa Veroci http://www.origo.hu/sport/sakk/index.html and now a detailed breakdown of Men's and Women's results from the organisers) Official site http://www.chessliga.ru - Special webpage Russian Chess Federation: http://www.russiachess.ru/ - Special webpage |
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| Final 4NCL
Weekend The final 3 rounds of the 4NCL were played over the May Bank Holiday weekend, 30th April to 2nd May, at the West Bromwich Moat House. Play will start at 14.00 on Saturday, 13.00 on Sunday and 11.00 on Monday. The final round was the decisive one between Wood Green 1 and Guildford-ADC 1 both on 100%. Wood Green become champions on tie-break after tieing 4-4 with rivals Guilford-ADC1. Coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/4ncl/ Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/ |
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| Cuban Championship The Group stages of the Cuban Championship took place in Santa Clara 7th-16th April 2005. 2 groups of 10 players (both are Cat. VIII - GM Norm = 6,5 points) play with a time rate of 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move. The Championship itself was an 8 player knockout. The quarter final started Monday 18th April 2005 with the top 3 players from each group plus Lazaro Bruzon and Leinier Dominguez. Group A Qualifiers: Omar Almeida, Frank de la Paz and Yuniesky Quezada. Group B - Walter Arencibia, Maikel Gongora and Jesus Nogueiras. Lazaro Bruzon beat Lenier Dominguez in the final of the Cuban Championship. After two regular time rate games Bruzon won the rapid playoffs 1.5-0.5. 1/4 Final (2 games of 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move) and tie break (2 rapid games of 25 minutes). If it's necessary two blitz games of 5 minutes and then more games one by one until a winner in order to break the tie. News: Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr. Group A Games in PGN and Group B Games in PGN Knockout Phase in PGN Final (April 25-27, 2005) Dominguez, Lenier - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0.5-1.5 Semi-Finals (April 21-23, 2005) Bruzon, Lazaro - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0 Almeida, Omar - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 0-1 Quarter Final Round 1 (April 18-20, 2005) Dominguez, Lenier - Quezada, Yuniesky 1-0 1/2 Arencibia, Walter - De la Paz, Frank 1/2 1-0 Bruzon, Lazaro - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 1/2 Playoff 2-0 Gongora, Maikel - Almeida, Omar 0-1 1/2 Final Round 9 Standings GpA: 1. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2452 5.5; 2. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2461 5.5; 3. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2502 5.5; 4. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2567 5.5; 5. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2484 5.0; 6. Mena Crespo, Carlos f CUB 2396 5.0; 7. Martinez, Lelys f CUB 2377 3.5; 8. Sieiro-Gonzalez, Luis m CUB 2395 3.5; 9. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2440 3.0; 10. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2420 3.0; Final Round 9 Standings GpB: 1. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 6.0; 2. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2533 5.5; 3. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2454 5.5; 4. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2482 5.0; 5. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2400 4.5; 6. Ortiz, Isam f CUB 2399 4.0; 7. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2437 4.0; 8. Alonso, Rene m CUB 2387 4.0; 9. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2446 3.5; 10. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2367 3.0; Updates: http://www.vanguardia.co.cu |
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5th
Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux Hamdouchi-Karpov final. Photo © Chaturanga SAS The 5th "Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux" took place 28th April - 1st May 2005. Anatoly Karpov beat Hicham Hamdouchi in the final. Games in PGN I'm sorry but games 2,3 and 4 of the final and perhaps others have serious errors in them. Round 1 (April 28-29, 2005) Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Rainfray, Arnaud 1-0 1-0 Gouliev, Namig - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 0-1 Sebag, Marie - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 0-1 Beudaert, Xavier - Fressinet, Laurent 0-1 0-1 Round 2 (April 30, 2005) Karpov, Anatoly - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 1/2 Fressinet, Laurent - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 0-1 Round 3 (May 1, 2005) Hamdouchi, Hichem - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 1-0 0-1 3rd-4th Playoff Fressinet, Laurent - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 1-0 Details: http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com |
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Kasparov comments on Assault See Photos of the attack on him at: http://www.federalpost.ru/russia/issue_18731.html Garry Kasparov has commented in his diary on the recent physical attack on him which he believes is a shot across his bow in his opposition to Vladimir Putin. Kasparov's interview: http://www.chesschamps.com/diary08.html |
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| 13th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament was co-arranged by the Malmo-based Limhamn Chess Club and the Copenhagen Chess Federation. The first five rounds were played at the classical Hipp Theater in the center of Malmo, and the tournament was concluded with four rounds in Copenhagen (at Quality Hotel in Hoje Taastrup). The event took place April 15th-24th 2005. Jan Timman and Krishnan Sasikiran finish on 6.5/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Timman, Jan H g NED 2607 6.5; 2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2642 6.5; 3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2657 6.0; 4. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2633 5.5; 5. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2513 5.0; 6. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2609 4.0; 7. Palo, Davor m DEN 2525 4.0; 8. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2553 3.5; 9. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2432 2.5; 10. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2533 1.5; Official site: http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/ |
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| Oscar 2004 The Russian Chess Magazine "64" (the editor-in-chief - Alexander Roshal) revitalised the chess "Oscar" - the international award which is handed over to the best chess player of the last year for the 10th time. 445 chess experts from 75 countries of the world have taken part in the anniversary voting (including 74 grandmasters). They named the top ten strongest, in their opinion, chess players of 2004. The 1st place in the list was estimated by 13 points, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 9, 4th - 7, 5th - 6, …, 10th - 1 point. Alexander Roshal on Oscar 2004 |
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| 3 Arrows
Cup The 3 Arrows Cup took place in Jinan 14th-19th April 2005. 12 strong women players compete. According to ChessBase (the official site still hasn't published the final table) Anna Zatonskih won with 9/11. Games (including many blank games with results) in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2435 9.0; 2. Zhu Chen g CHN 2494 8.5; 3. Krush, Irina m USA 2455 7.5; 4. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2302 7.0; 5. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2158 7.0; 6. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 6.5; 7. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2156 4.5; 8. Siti, Zulaikha wf MAS 2158 4.0; 9. Andriasian, Siranush ARM 2263 4.0; 10. Machalova, Veronika SVK 2176 3.0; 11. Navabi, Shirin wf IRI 2122 3.0; 12. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2241 2.0; Official site: http://www.64.net.cn/ (Results: http://www.64.net.cn/web1/javalive.htm) and Games http://www.64.net.cn/view/05chessgirls.htm. |
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| Dos Hermanas
2005 The XIII Dos Hermanas International took place April 1st-9th 2005. Teimour Radjabov won the event with 5.5/9. Games in PGN Round 9 (April 9, 2005) Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 15 D12 Slav Defence Dreev, Alexey - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 42 D27 QGA Felgaer, Ruben - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 58 B58 Sicilian Boleslavsky Harikrishna, P - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 31 A12 Reti Opening Korneev, Oleg - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 18 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2673 5.5; 2. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2671 5.0; 3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2705 5.0; 4. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2593 5.0; 5. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2573 5.0; 6. Harikrishna, P g IND 2646 4.5; 7. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2635 4.5; 8. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 3.5; 9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 3.5; 10. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2633 3.5; Official site: http://www.doshermanas.net/ - Official live coverage: http://www.todoajedrez.tv/doshermanas/ |
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| Gausdal
Classics The Gausdal Classics took place in Norway, 13th - 21st April 2005. Sergei Tiviakov scored a huge result with 8.5/9. Magnus Carlsen scored an extremely disappointing 4/9. GMA Games in PGN - GMB Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2631 8.5; 2. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2572 7.0; 3. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 6.0; 4. Nordahl, Helge m NOR 2402 5.0; 5. Lie, Kjetil A m NOR 2495 4.5; 6. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel f DEN 2396 4.0; 7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2548 4.0; 8. Williams, Simon m ENG 2466 4.0; 9. Vidoniak, Roman m GER 2417 1.5; 10. Bogner, Sebastian GER 2409 0.5; Official site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2005/ |
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| 7th Dubai Open Chess
Championship The 7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup) took place 3rd-13th April 2005. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1 Wang Hao CHN 2484 7.0 2 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2547 6.5 3 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2609 6.5 4 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2573 6.5 5 GM Zhang Zhong CHN 2599 6.5 6 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2628 6.5 7 GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2583 6.5 8 GM Anastasian Ashot ARM 2574 6.5 9 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2620 6.5 10 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2630 6.5 11 GM Solak Dragan SCG 2582 6.5 12 Zhou Jianchao CHN 2473 6.0 13 GM Kacheishvili Giorgi GEO 2597 6.0 14 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2552 6.0 15 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2666 6.0 16 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2680 6.0 17 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2646 6.0 18 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2566 6.0 19 GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad QAT 2569 6.0 20 GM Navara David CZE 2647 6.0 21 GM Wang Yue CHN 2576 6.0 22 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2518 6.0 23 GM Kotsur Pavel KAZ 2599 6.0 24 GM Vladimirov Evgeny KAZ 2623 6.0 25 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2595 6.0 26 GM Djuric Stefan SCG 2459 6.0 150 players Official site: http://www.dubaichess.com/dubaiopen05/ |
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| 7th United Insurance
GM The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament took place 4th-14th April 2005 in Dhaka. 11 round Swiss System. Surya Ganguly won the event with 9/11. IM Reefat Bin Sattar obtained an 11 round GM norm and Syed Anwar Shazuly obtained a 9 round IM norm from the event. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2583 9.0; 2. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2505 8.0; 3. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2473 8.0; 4. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2537 8.0; 5. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2453 8.0; 6. Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal m IND 2368 7.0; 7. Akshayraj, Kore IND 2388 7.0; 8. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2538 6.5; 9. Sriram, Jha m IND 2445 6.5; 10. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2412 6.5; 11. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2322 6.5; 12. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2389 6.5; 13. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2191 6.5; 14. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2463 6.0; 15. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2487 6.0; 16. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2401 6.0; 17. Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2233 6.0; 18. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2448 6.0; 19. Ram, S. Krishnan IND 2255 6.0; 20. Gunasekaran, K IND 2312 5.5; 21. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2462 5.5; 22. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2391 5.5; 23. Ramu, K IND 2291 5.5; 24. Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2355 5.5; 25. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2397 5.5; 26. Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2297 5.5; 27. Suresh, Kumar T.J IND 2226 5.5; 28. Sangma, Rahul IND 2311 5.5; 29. Syed Anwar, Shazuli IND 2305 5.0; 30. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2312 5.0; 31. Nikhilesh, Kumar K f IND 2199 5.0; 32. Singh, Rishipal S f IND 2271 5.0; 33. Ahmed, Mainuddin BAN 2222 5.0; 34. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2188 4.5; 35. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2247 4.5; 36. Chatterjee, Devraz BAN 2246 4.5; 37. Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hirawan BRU 2230 4.5; 38. Mohammad, Javed BAN 2186 4.0; 39. Vinoth, Kumar IND 2238 4.0; 40. Chowdhury, Sohel BAN 2163 4.0; 41. Uddin, Saif BAN 2205 4.0; 42. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2162 4.0; 43. Uten BAN 2177 3.5; 44. Hossain, Monir BAN 2170 3.0; 45. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2203 2.5; 46. Shamima, Akter Liza BAN 2061 1.5; Official site: http://www.bcs-online.org/ |
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14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid
Chess Tournament Anand wins the blindfold, rapid and combined events for the second time. Photo © Official site. The 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament took place at the Monte Carlo Grand Hôtel in Monaco, 19th-31st March 2005 (rest days March 23rd and 28th 2005). Mr. J.J. van Oosterom is the exclusive sponsor of this event which is organised by the Association Max Euwe. The total prize fund was Euros 193,250. Every day, the grandmasters played one rapid game and one blindfold game of about one hour each. Viswanathan Anand won the blindfold, rapid and combined events for the second time. Games in PGN  -
Amber 2005 - PGN ViewerAmber 2005 Round 11 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 10 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 9 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 8 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 7 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 6 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 5 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 4 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 3 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 2 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Round 1 - Brief summary Amber 2005 Results and Standings Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber Francisco Vallejo Pons has a website: http://www.gmvallejo.com/ - he's been annotating his games from Amber. You can download them in CBV. Spanish annotations: http://www.gmvallejo.com/downloads/vallejomonaco.cbv and Languageless annotations: http://www.gmvallejo.com/downloads/vallejoamber.cbv Round 11 Blindfold (March 31, 2005) Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 31 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 E15 Queens Indian Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 42 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 47 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence Morozevich, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 30 A12 Reti Opening Final Round 11 Blindfold Standings: 1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 8.0; 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 6.0; 3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 6.0; 4. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 6.0; 5. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 6.0; 6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 6.0; 7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 5.5; 8. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 5.5; 9. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 5.5; 10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 4.5; 11. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 4.0; 12. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 3.0; Round 11 Rapid (March 31, 2005) Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 55 B19 Caro Kann Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 18 C42 Petroff's Defence Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1-0 58 A20 English Opening Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1-0 40 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 69 E91 King's Indian Classical Final Round 11 Rapid Standings: 1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 7.5; 2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 7.0; 3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 6.5; 4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 6.0; 5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 6.0; 6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 6.0; 7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 5.5; 8. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 5.0; 9. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 5.0; 10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 4.5; 11. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 3.5; 12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 3.5; Final Round 11 Combined Standings: 1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 15.5; 2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 13.0; 3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 12.0; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 12.0; 5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 11.5; 6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 11.0; 7. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 11.0; 8. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 11.0; 9. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 10.0; 10. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 9.5; 11. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 8.0; 12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 7.5; |
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Linares
2005 Round 14 Topalov came up with an interesting novelty early on, Kasparov seemed to have defused it but then panicked and Topalov won. Photo © Michiel Abeln Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam Kasimdzhanov were the 7 players at this year's event. The event took place 22nd February - 10th March 2005. Round 1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005. Garry Kasparov took first place on tie-break (most wins with black) from Vesselin Topalov. Both finished on 8/12. Kasparov had a fantastic tournament, recognisably back to his best but the final round loss to Topalov certainly took some of the shine off the victory. Topalov would have won the event using normal tie-breaks like Sonnen-berger as he won their mini-match of two games. Both were ruthless against the struggling Adams, Kasimdzhanov and Vallejo. Viswanathan Anand fell away at the end getting into a lost position against Vallejo and then losing in the final round to Adams. The only undefeated player was Peter Leko but he didn't win any games either and after his win in Wijk aan Zee this was a disappointing result, he almost passed unnoticed like a ghost through the event playing very few games of any interest. He saved a lost position against Topalov in round 4. Michiel Abeln was on the spot for TWIC and provided reports until the end of the event. Michiel Abeln Round by Round photo and analysis reports Linares 2005 Kasparov announces retirement. Michiel Abeln Reports. Linares 2005 Round 14. Michiel Abeln Reports. [plus MC comments] Linares 2005 Round 13. Michiel Abeln Reports. Linares 2005 Round 12. Michiel Abeln Reports. Linares 2005 Round 11. Michiel Abeln Reports. Linares 2005 Round 10. Michiel Abeln Reports. Linares 2005 Round 9. Michiel Abeln Reports. Linares 2005 Round 8. Michiel Abeln Reports. Round by round reviews 1-7 by Mark Crowther Linares 2005 Round 7 Review with additional info from Michiel Abeln who now will provide on the spot reports from round 8 Linares 2005 Round 6 Review Linares 2005 Round 5 Review Linares 2005 Round 4 Review Linares 2005 Round 3 Review Linares 2005 Round 2 Review Linares 2005 Round 1 Review Linares 2005 Preview Games Games in PGN - Linares 2005 - PGN Viewer Round 14 (March 10, 2005) Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 30 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 0-1 52 E15 Queens Indian Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 67 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais Rest Day Kasimdzhanov, Rustam Final Round 14 Standings: 1. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 8.0; 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 8.0; 3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 6.5; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 6.0; 5. Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 5.5; 6. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 4.0; 7. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 4.0; Official sites: http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXII_ciudad_linares.htm and http://www.marca.com/ajedrez/linares05/index.html |
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6th Poikovsky Karpov
tournament Winners Viktor Bologan and Etienne Bacrot. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia took place 26th February - 7th March 2005. Players: Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Grischuk, Alexey Dreev, Viktor Bologan, Rafael Vaganian, Lenier Domingues, Alexander Onischuk, Sergey Rublevsky + Daremen Sadvakasov. Category XVIII. The event is part of the ACP Chess tour. Etienne Bacrot and Viktor Bologan finished on 6/9. Games in PGN - 6th Poikovsky Karpov tournament - Viewer Round 9 (March 7, 2005) Bologan, Viktor - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 35 B19 Caro Kann Grischuk, Alexander - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 29 C16 French Winawer Onischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik Rublevsky, Sergei - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 66 B54 Sicilian Rauzer Sadvakasov, Darmen - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2715 6.0; 2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2683 6.0; 3. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 5.5; 4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2704 5.5; 5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 5.0; 6. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2670 4.0; 7. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 4.0; 8. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 4.0; 9. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2650 3.5; 10. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2635 1.5; Official site: http://www.admoil.ru/chess2005/index_chess_2005.htm - Live: http://www.admoil.ru/chess2005/flash/tfd.htm Further Coverage: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/poikovsky05.shtml |
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Fischer arrives in Iceland Fischer's new Icelandic Passport valid until March 2015 Bobby Fischer arrived in Iceland late on Thursday night. This ended an episode in his life that started on Tuesday 13th July 2004, when he was arrested at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday 13th July 2004. Fischer was detained for a total of 253 days in a Japanese jail as he resisted deportation to the US. Fischer won the "Match of the Century" against Boris Spassky in Iceland in 1972, This was a major event in Icelandic history and their Parliament decided on Friday 18th March to grant Fischer a passport and this was ratified on Monday 21st March 2005. Fischer was released on Thursday morning by the Japanese as he had a valid passport. He arrived late Thursday or early Friday in Reykjavic. On Friday he launched an attack on all a sundry. He also confirmed he will never play chess again saying the game is "utterly corrupt ... and has been for many years." He is "finished" with chess and stated delusionally "I don't play the old chess. But obviously if I did, I would be the best." Jerusalem Post - Bobby Fischer's Icelandic citizenship protested - March 30th 2005 Houston Chronicle - The Fischer king: What's behind Iceland's move? Nation's gratitude toward chess champ has long history By DAVID EDMONDS and JOHN EIDINOW - March 28, 2005 Boston News - With Fischer, Iceland makes a bad move - 29th March 2005 The Guardian - 28th March 2005 Bobby and me by Stephen Moss The Guardian - 24th March 2005 Fischer "finished with 'utterly corrupt' world of chess" - 24th March 2005 CBS News - Fischer arrives in Iceland 24th March 2005 Fischer arrives in Iceland - Front page Mainichi Daily News Fischer Flies Home - CBS News - March 24th 2005 Reueters Fischer is out - March 24th 2005 Channel News Asia: Fischer en route to Iceland- March 24th 2005 Japan Today - US Demand Fischer Deportation to them. March 23rd 2005 General background: The closest thing there is to an official Fischer website: http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/ including the radio interviews which require a strong stomach to hear, but if you're a fan they should soon put you right. Bobby Fischer's Pathetic Endgame, a summary of his recent life: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/798934/posts Search Fischer on Google and Google News |
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| Simon Webb 1949-2005 Simon Webb 1949-2005. IM and Correspondence GM Simon Webb has died at the age of 55. He had lived in Sweden for many years. He was most famous for his book "Chess for Tigers" which informed a generation of chess players. It appears that he was murdered by his son. Further details and tributes: Guardian - March 23th 2005 |
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Kasparov Announces
Retirement Garry Kasparov announces his retirement from chess at an emotional press conference in Linares. He says he has played his last game. Linares 2005 Kasparov announces retirement. Michiel Abeln Reports. Kasparov retirement interview in the Guardian 14th March 2005 Kasparov interview with Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express 14th March 2005. Kasparov's Diary entry on his website |
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| Karpov vs Istratescu Match Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Istratescu played a match in Bucharest 20th-26th March 2005. There were 4 classical games on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th March 2005, Karpov winning 2.5-1.5. 4 rapid chess games on 25th and 26th March saw Karpov win 3.5-0.5. Karpov won overall 6-2. Games in PGN Gm1 Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 34 D57 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence Gm2 Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 49 E15 Queens Indian Gm3 Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 74 C42 Petroff's Defence Gm4 Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 64 E15 Queens Indian Rapid Gm5 Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 37 C29 Vienna Game Gm6 Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 40 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4 Gm7 Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 28 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Gm8 Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1/2 54 E90 King's Indian Classical Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/ |
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| 78th St Petersburg Championship The 78th Championship of Saint-Petersburg took place 17th-27th March 2005 in the Mikhail Chigorin Chess Club. Valery Loginov won the event with 8/11. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2507 8.0; 2. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2588 7.0; 3. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2478 6.5; 4. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2550 6.5; 5. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2552 6.0; 6. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2555 6.0; 7. Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2456 5.5; 8. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2509 5.5; 9. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2527 5.0; 10. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2574 4.5; 11. Gerasimov, Yuri RUS 2242 3.0; 12. Astashov, Gleb RUS 2293 2.5; Official site: http://www.ruschess.com/ |
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| Steinbrück vs Kramnik Exhibition North Rhine-Westphalian Minister President Peer Steinbrück 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. Kramnik won but his opponent lasted 37 moves. Game in PGN Peer Steinbrueck's Website on the Match |
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Utrecht Blitz 2005 Vladimir Epishin playing Vladimir Baklan. Photo © Fred Lucas Fred Lucas reports: Utrecht held one of the biggest blitztournaments in the Netherlands on March 5th 2005. The Hypercube Business Innovation tournament was organised by the Chessclub Utrecht. There were over 130 participants. The A-group was won by Vladimir Epishin. The final standings in group A (20 participants): 1 Vladimir Epishin 15 2 Vladimir Baklan 14,5 3 Bogdan Lalic 14 4 Petar Popovic 13,5 5 Alexander Kovchan 12,5 6 Arkadij Naiditsch 12,5 7 Karl-Heinz Podzielny 12 8 Manuel Bosboom 12 9 Daniel Fridman 11 10 Erwin Ami 10 etc Official site: http://home.hetnet.nl/~kipu13/ |
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| FIDE Unification Proposal Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has given an interview to Yuri Vasiliev of Sport Express with a World Championship Unification proposal. The decision was taken at the FIDE Presidential meeting in Tbilisi 26th-27th February 2005. Eight players will be invited: Rustam Kasimdzanov (Fide champion), Michael Adams (Fide runner-up), Vladimir Kramnik (Braingames champion, a very interesting use of terminology), Peter Leko (Braingames runner-up), Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Vaselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich (the four top rated players) for a double round robin. All 8 players will be sent official contracts by 15th April 2005. A player declining invitation will be replaced by the next highest rated player. Elista is proposed as venue for the time being, although other countries are expected to bid. The prize money for the tournament is currrently 500,000 US dollars. Singapore, Armenia and Georgia have so far expressed willingness to organise this tournament. Their official offers are awaited. In December 2005, a world cup tournament (on the lines of FIDE KO) will be held. Its winner will be the challenger to play against the Unified champion. Source: http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?99853 The proposals don't look likely to be attractive enough to get all the players to sign up. The event would probably have to be a quadrouple round to make it special enough to be a world title (although I have always advocated a match tournament to clear up the mess a number of players object to this format because they believe the other players would throw games), the money doesn't look anywhere near enough and Kramnik has made it clear that reunification only has meaning if bound up with a proper cycle, this proposal is bound up with the failed FIDE KO system with its fast time-rates and media unfriendly format. Also cast iron financial guarantees would be important to everyone. Earlier material. English translation of the interview of the FIDE President in Sport Express by Y. Vassiliev. Source of translation: Elista FIDE Office. 16th February 2004 Kasparov response: http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=547705 Kasparov Press Release 18th January 2005 FIDE Respond to Kasparov Press Release 18th January 2005 ACP Respond to Kasparov Press Release 18th January 2005 Vladimir Kramnik gave a detailed and important interview to New in Chess after his match against Leko that appears in full on the ChessBase site. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2154. In addition there has been news of the FIDE - Spanish dispute. Zurab Azmaiparashvili got into a fight with security guards at the Olympiad in Calvia. FIDE completely support Azmaiparashvili in this case and now have expressed this by a vote of no confidence in the Spanish Chess Federation. Azmaiparashvili has increasing power within FIDE and this issue seems to have added to it, which is unfortunate in my view. FIDE - Spain Dispute - Press Releases |
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Bangladesh Championship The Mercantile Bank 31st Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2005 took place in Dhaka 25th February - 11th March 2005. Ziaur Rahman won the event with an amazing 12/13. Games in PGN Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2523 12.0; 2. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2462 9.5; 3. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2454 9.0; 4. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2479 8.5; 5. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2434 8.5; 6. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2287 7.0; 7. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2282 6.5; 8. Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2270 5.0; 9. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2210 5.0; 10. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2175 4.5; 11. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2121 4.5; 12. Ahmed, Mainuddin BAN 2143 4.5; 13. Uten BAN 2141 3.5; 14. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2198 3.0; |
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Anibal Open 2005 Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria (right) won the Anibal Open. Photo © Michiel Abeln. The XI Anibal Open took place 25th February - 4th March 2005. Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria (right) won the Anibal Open. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2572 gm 7.5 2 Lorenzini, Martin ARG 2412 . 7 3 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2602 gm 7 4 Maze, Sebastien FRA 2455 im 7 5 Burmakin, Vladimir RUS 2554 gm 6.5 6 Sorokin, Maxim RUS 2578 gm 6.5 7 De La Paz, Frank CUB 2466 gm 6.5 8 Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2472 gm 6.5 9 Dziuba, Marcin POL 2416 im 6 10 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2456 wgm 6 11 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2469 im 6 12 Szymanski, Marcin POL 2422 im 6 13 Barria, Daniel CHI 2349 im 6 14 Payen, Arnaud FRA 2384 im 5.5 15 De La Villa Garcia, Jesus M. ESP 2470 gm 5.5 16 Candela Perez, Jose ESP 2432 im 5.5 17 Ivanov, Jordan BUL 2354 im 5.5 18 Parfjonov, Pavel RUS 2262 5.5 19 Komljenovic, Davor CRO 2492 gm 5.5 20 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. ESP 2502 gm 5.5 21 Bertona, Fernando ARG 2437 . 5.5 22 Vuilleumier, Alex SUI 2280 5.5 23 Vila Gazquez, Javier ESP 2307 5.5 24 Matnadze, Ana GEO 2376 wgm 5.5 86 players |
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| Turin Olympiad 2006 Website The Turin Chess Olympiad takes place May 20th-June 4th 2006. March 5th is the official opening of the internet site for the Olympiad http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org It was launched by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. There was a press conference in the afternoon at 4 pm, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk played a simul exhibition against 24 VIP opponents (politics, journalists, managers and so on). It is possible to look at the 4 games of the simul directly. |
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| Gibtele.com Masters The Gibtele.com Masters International took place 25th January - 3rd February 2005. There was a five way tie for first with Levon Aronian, Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, favourite Alexei Shirov and Emil Sutovsky all making 7.5/10. After a slow start Shirov managed to gain an ELO point at the end. Daniel Gormally made his final GM norm. Leading Final Round 10 Standings: 1 Aronian,Lev ARM g 2684 7½ 2 Efimenko,Zahar UKR g 2601 7½ 3 Georgiev,Kiril BUL g 2654 7½ 4 Shirov,Alexei ESP g 2713 7½ 5 Sutovsky,Emil ISR g 2669 7½ 6 Areshchenko,Alexander UKR g 2570 7 7 Gormally,Daniel ENG m 2472 7 8 Kotronias,Vasilios GRE g 2585 7 9 Nakamura,Hikaru USA g 2613 7 10 Sargissian,Gabriel ARM g 2602 7 11 Avrukh,Boris ISR g 2629 6½ 12 Dreev,Alexey RUS g 2704 6½ 13 Erenburg,Sergey ISR g 2551 6½ 14 Mcnab,Colin SCO g 2440 6½ 15 Spraggett,Kevin CAN g 2589 6½ 16 Wells,Peter ENG g 2519 6½ 17 Al Sayed,Mohamed QAT m 2463 6 18 Arakhamia,Ketevan GEO m 2450 6 19 Cmilyte,Viktorija LTU m 2468 b 6 20 Cramling,Pia SWE g 2481 6 21 Del Rio,Gabriel ESP g 2502 6 22 Hamdouchi,Hicham MAR g 2555 6 23 Hebden,Mark ENG g 2521 6 24 Howell,David ENG f 2348 6 25 Jasim,A R Saleh UAE f 2340 6 26 Pert,Nicholas ENG g 2501 6 27 Postny,Evgeny ISR g 2557 6 28 Radziewicz,Iweta POL m 2459 6 29 Rendle,Thomas ENG f 2370 6 30 Rogers,Ian AUS g 2594 6 31 Sasikiran,Krishnan IND g 2657 6 32 Shaw,John SCO m 2445 6 33 Skripchenko,Almira FRA m 2459 6 34 Speelman,Jonathan ENG g 2548 6 35 Thorfinnsson,Bragi ISL m 2435 6 36 Tissir,Mohamed MAR m 2426 6 37 Tregubov,Pavel RUS g 2629 6 38 Ward,Chris ENG g 2485 6 121 players. All Games Rds 1-10 Games in PGN Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/ |
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Bermuda International Boris Gelfand was caught be Harikrishna in the final round. Photo © Tomasz Delega The Bermuda Invitational took place 30th January - 9th February 2005. Boris Gelfand and Pentala Harikrishna finished on 6/10. The open tournament now starts including a number of players from the closed event. Games in PGN Round 10 (February 9, 2005) Dominguez, Lenier - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 31 C43 Petroff's Defence Volokitin, Andrei - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 25 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen Macieja, Bartlomiej - Harikrishna, P 0-1 40 C54 Giuoco Piano Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 6.0; 2. Harikrishna, P g IND 2632 6.0; 3. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 5.0; 4. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2685 5.0; 5. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2645 4.5; 6. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2618 3.5; In the open that followed Bartlomiej Macieja won with 5/5. 1. Macieja (POL) 5/5 2/3. Vescovi (BRA) & Ayram Abreu (CUB) 4 4/5. Brian Floyd (CAN) & Paul Herzman (USA) 3 1/2 Games should be live on the official site: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess starting 2pm Bermuda (GMT +4) |
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| Aeroflot Open The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival took place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow, 14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day). 36 players in the top 100 competed. Emil Sutovsky took first place on tie-break. Games in PGN Rd1-9 Leading Official Final Standings: 1 Sutovsky, Emil GM ISR 6,5 -1 2611,9 2 Kharlov, Andrei GM RUS 6,5 1 2633 3 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 6,5 1 2628,6 4 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 6,5 1 2617,3 5 Akopian, Vladimir GM ARM 6,5 1 2610,4 6 Sorokin, Maxim GM RUS 6 -1 2635,6 7 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 6 -1 2627,7 8 Volkov, Sergey GM RUS 6 1 2641,9 9 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 6 1 2638,7 10 Khalifman, Alexander GM RUS 6 1 2621,9 11 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 6 1 2591,4 12 Malakhov, Vladimir GM RUS 6 1 2588,3 13 Sargissian, Gabriel GM ARM 5,5 -1 2643 14 Wang, Yue GM CHN 5,5 -1 2624,3 15 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 5,5 -1 2602,3 16 Van Wely, Loek GM NED 5,5 -1 2602,1 17 Tregubov, Pavel V. GM RUS 5,5 -1 2583,4 18 Kempinski, Robert GM POL 5,5 -1 2573,4 19 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan GM IRI 5,5 -1 2568,6 20 Ni, Hua GM CHN 5,5 1 2637,1 21 Belov, Vladimir GM RUS 5,5 1 2635 22 Kobalia, Mikhail GM RUS 5,5 1 2630,7 23 Riazantsev, Alexander GM RUS 5,5 1 2628 24 Bologan, Viktor GM MDA 5,5 1 2617,9 25 Bu, Xiangzhi GM CHN 5,5 1 2614,7 26 Asrian, Karen GM ARM 5,5 1 2587,1 27 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 5,5 1 2574,7 28 Iordachescu, Viorel GM MDA 5,5 1 2564,6 29 Minasian, Artashes GM ARM 5 -1 2638,6 30 Erenburg, Sergey GM ISR 5 -1 2597,3 31 Karjakin, Sergey GM UKR 5 -1 2588,6 32 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 5 -1 2584 33 Sasikiran, Krishnan GM IND 5 -1 2574,9 34 Beliavsky, Alexander G GM SLO 5 -1 2571,7 35 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM ROM 5 0 2596,4 36 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 5 1 2651 37 Yermolinsky, Alex GM USA 5 1 2623,7 38 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 5 1 2621 39 Sakaev, Konstantin GM RUS 5 1 2598,1 40 Ponomariov, Ruslan GM UKR 5 1 2587,6 41 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 5 1 2585,3 42 Zvjaginsev, Vadim GM RUS 5 1 2581,1 43 Shabalov, Alexander GM USA 5 1 2564,9 102 players Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com |
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21st Cappelle la Grande Open Amir Bagheri failed at the last hurdle losing in the final round to Michail Brodsky. Photo © Pascal Villalba. Notzai. The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open took place 12th-19th February 2005. Murtas Kazhgaleyev is the top seed. 590 players competed. IM David Shengelia and GM Michail Brodsky finished on 7.5/9. Games in PGN Rd1-8 Leading Final Standings Round 9: 1 IM Shengelia David GEO 2482 7.5 2 GM Brodsky Michail UKR 2515 7.5 3 GM Bagheri Amir IRI 2500 7 4 IM Gormally Daniel ENG 2472 7 5 IM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2469 7 6 GM Hebden Mark ENG 2521 7 7 IM Czarnota Pawel POL 2432 6.5 8 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2518 6.5 9 GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2597 6.5 10 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2554 6.5 11 IM Bobras Piotr POL 2481 6.5 12 IM Socko Monika POL 2441 6.5 13 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2578 6.5 14 GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2589 6.5 15 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2561 6.5 16 GM Shneider Aleksandr UKR 2528 6.5 17 IM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2474 6.5 18 GM Vysochin Spartak UKR 2579 6.5 19 IM Raetsky Alexander RUS 2459 6.5 20 GM Jaracz Pawel POL 2532 6.5 21 GM Palac Mladen CRO 2575 6.5 22 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2591 6.5 23 IM Predojevic Borki BIH 2546 6.5 24 GM Fridman Daniel LAT 2569 6.5 25 IM Milanovic Danilo SCG 2447 6.5 26 GM Vuckovic Bojan SCG 2525 6.5 27 IM Szelag Marcin POL 2474 6.5 28 IM Williams Simon Kim ENG 2487 6.5 29 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2530 6.5 30 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2574 6.5 31 IM Palo Davor DEN 2541 6.5 32 IM Gouliev Namig AZE 2514 6.5 33 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2485 6.5 34 GM Timoshenko Georgy UKR 2546 6.5 35 IM Vovk Yuri UKR 2420 6.5 36 FM Riff Jean-Noel MULH 2435 6.5 590 players Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com |
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| Corus - Wijk aan Zee The Corus Chess Tournament took place 14th-30th January 2005. TWIC has pictures and daily reports. Peter Leko won the Category 19 (ave 2721) event with 8.5/13 half a point clear of Viswanathan Anand who won the event for the last two years. Vesselin Topalov took clear 3rd a further half point back.  Peter Leko had to wait a while to see how Anand did but his draw against Judit Polgar was enough for clear first place. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Michiel Abeln was on the spot for TWIC. Day 13 report and closing ceremony Day 12 report Day 11 report Day 10 report Day 9 report Day 8 report Day 7 report Day 6 report Day 5 report Day 4 report Day 3 report Day 2 report. Day 1 report. All Games from Corus A in PGN Corus A Wijk aan Zee 2005 - PGN Viewer of above file All Games from Corus B in PGN All Games from Corus C in PGN Round 13 (January 30, 2005) Leko, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Adams, Michael - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 11 B07 Pirc Defence Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence Van Wely, Loek - Short, Nigel D 1-0 31 D35 QGD Exchange Sokolov, Ivan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 48 D47 Queens Gambit Meran Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 62 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin Corus A Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 8.5; 2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 8.0; 3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 7.5; 4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2728 7.0; 5. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 7.0; 6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 7.0; 7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 7.0; 8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 6.5; 9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2700 6.5; 10. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2652 6.5; 11. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 6.0; 12. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2674 5.5; 13. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 4.5; 14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2685 3.5; Corus B Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2599 9.5; 2. Smeets, Jan g NED 2475 8.5; 3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 8.5; 4. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2648 8.0; 5. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2572 7.5; 6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 7.5; 7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2553 7.0; 8. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2524 6.5; 9. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 6.0; 10. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2490 5.5; 11. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2509 5.0; 12. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2549 4.5; 13. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2676 4.0; 14. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2507 3.0; Corus C Final Corrected Round 13 Standings: 1. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2517 10.5; 2. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2603 10.0; 3. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2465 10.0; 4. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2531 9.0; 5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2605 9.0; 6. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2399 6.5; 7. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2381 6.5; 8. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2316 5.5; 9. Pliester, Leon m NED 2383 5.0; 10. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2426 5.0; 11. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2366 4.0; 12. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2349 4.0; 13. Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2295 3.5; 14. Wempe, Joost NED 2265 2.5; * Tea Bosboom Lanchava withdrew from the event due to illness after playing 10 rounds. Corus Wijk aan Zee 2005 full results and crosstables Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/ |
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| ACP Tour Standings January was an interesting month in the ACP Tour standings. The Corus tournaments in Wijk aan Zee and the Bermuda Invitational Tournament caused some important changes in the standings. Thanks to his win in the Netherlands Peter Leko moved into 2nd place of the ACP Tour by gaining 660 points. He is still clearly behind Viswanathan Anand whose second place in Wijk aan Zee helped him consolidate his lead (1406 points). Both Boris Gelfand and Pentala Harikrishna benefited a lot from their joint victory in Bermuda. The Israeli advanced to place three (916) and Harikrishna celebrated his first ACP points by jumping right behind the magic top-8. Into this group entered Alexander Grischuk. His gain of 93 points in Wijk aan Zee may look rather modest, but the Russian now occupies the 7th place of the standings (393). However the players with totals less than 400 points are extremely close to each other, as can be seen in the current standings at http://www.chess-players.org/eng/tour/standings.html The result of the Third Gibtele.com Chess Festival in Gibraltar hardly changed anything in the ACP Tour as all five winners are not ACP members. The coming month is full of interesting events. Both closed tournaments "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares" and "Karpov Tournament" in Poikovsky will be the highlights of this period. There will be another A category event taking place, the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, as well as the strong open in Cappelle la Grande. News: Yannick Pelletier. |
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| Czech Championship The Czech Championship took place 1st-11th February 2005. David Navara and Jiri Stocek finished on 8/11. David Navara took the title on tie-break. Official site: http://muzi2005.chess.cz/partie.php Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Navara, David g CZE 2644 8.0; 2. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2586 8.0; 3. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2566 7.5; 4. Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2600 6.5; 5. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2515 6.0; 6. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2499 6.0; 7. Jirovsky, Milos g CZE 2499 5.5; 8. Haba, Petr g CZE 2525 5.0; 9. Klima, Lukas m CZE 2484 4.0; 10. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2487 4.0; 11. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2476 3.0; 12. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2292 2.5; |
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| Kasparov visit to the London
Chess Centre Garry Kasparov visited the London Chess Centre on January 8th (this Saturday) especially to promote volume 4 of his My Great Predecessors. This volume concentrates on Bobby Fischer and some of his direct rivals. The event on Saturday 8th January 2005 was at 11am and he signed his My Great Predecessors books Volumes 1 2 3 4. Further details about the visit: http://www.chess.co.uk/gkvisitjan2005.html Watch Kasparov's Chess Centre Lecture: (large wmv files): http://www.chesscenter.com/gazzafish/ |
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| January 2005 FIDE Rating
List FIDE have release the January 2005 Rating List. Garry Kasparov keeps the number one spot and his rating over 2800. A very bad European Club Cup performance was saved to an extent by an impressive victory in the Russian Championship, nevertheless Kasparov still lost 9 points. Anand closes the gap further with his 8/11 at the Olympiad being worth 5 rating points. Topalov who hasn't played a rated game in this period nevertheless rises from 5 to 3 due to Kramnik's loss of 6 rating points in retaining his title against Leko in Brissago which makes him now 4th in the world and Leko rises 6 for the same reason and moves up to 5th. Morozevich dropped 17 points at the Olympiad and Russian Championship and is down from 4 to 6 in the World. Michael Adams played 20 games gaining just 1 rating point. Peter Svidler played 19 and his rating remained exactly the same. FIDE January 2005 Rating List: Top 100 |
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Stalemate in Fischer
Case Saemi Palsson - Fischer's former bodyguard There has been no movement since the granting of a Visa to Bobby Fischer by the Icelandic Government. Bobby Fischer has now been held in detention in Ushiku, the immigration lock-up in Japan, for almost six months. News: Einar S. Einarsson 15 January 2005 A status report from RJF Committee - Iceland 19th Jan: Japanese Justice Ministry lawyers tell the Tokyo District Court they have no intention of letting him leave Japan for Iceland. Other material Einar S Einarsson International Affairs Liaison for the Icelandic Chess Federation says they are quite concerned about the fate of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer and have formed a special, the The RJF Committee Iceland in support for his freedom from his detention in Japan. Members of this committee include GM Fridrik Olafsson, former Fide president, and G. Thorarinsson, chief organizer of the Fischer – Spassky match in 1972, Lilja Grétarsdóttir president of ICF and more. On December 15th Bobby Fischer was granted a residence permit in Iceland. The Icelandic Authorities announced that Bobby Fischer is welcomed to Iceland and that Mr. David Oddsson foreign minister has decided at his request to grant him a residence visa. On December 19th the American ambassador Mr. Gadsden visited the Icelandic foreign ministry and expressed surprise and disappointment from the US Goverment and asked that Fischers resident visa to be withdrawn. Further details: CNN Open Letter which Mr. G. Sverrisson wrote on behalf of the RJF Committee Iceland 29th December 2004 - http://www.chlodwig.com/Fischer/yahoo-news.htm Japan justice minister agrees to consider sending Fischer to Iceland. |
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| Arnold Denker 1914-2005 Arnold Denker has died at the age of 90. Born on February 20th 1914 he died after a brief illness on January 2nd 2005 according to his son Mitchell. Denker learned his chess on the New York scene in the 1920s and 1930s. He was US Champion in 1944 which was perhaps his most impressive result. He retained it in 1946 after beating Herman Steiner in a match. In 1945 he played Botvinnik on top board in the US vs USSR Radio match and then travelled to Moscow the following year for the return match over the board where he played Smyslov. He was 3rd= at Hastings 1945-6. His most important tournament was the Groningen 1946 tournament where he finished 10th=, this was effectively a Candidates Tournament for the World Championship Match Tournament in 1948. After this Denker's business committments prevented a professional career, and most of his chess after this was confined to the US. He seems to have lived a varied life including being a boxer in his early years. Denker was awarded the IM title in 1950 and then later in 1981 the GM title based on long past achievements (a very dubious practice that distorts historical records in my view, an IM title earned in 1950 was worth far more than a recalculated GM title in 1981). His "The Bobby Fischer I Knew and other Stories" is a fun and interesting read. Later he was an important chess organiser in the US but also continued to play until 2001. US Chess Federation Appreciation: http://www.uschess.org/news/press/uspr0501.php |
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