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TheParrot
Says…Welcome
to the archive of the weekly leader of chess events around the world. Chessville
welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on this week’s news by
writing to
TheParrot@Chessville.com where selected letters will be
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9-24-2005
Chess News North America
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The Parrot is a busy bird, he flies from bough to
bough!
He whistles in a rhubarb tree, and does he squawk, and how!
This week he is very happy to announce a new
columnist to Chessville, who want to make this "THE" scholastic
chess source for parents, coaches and young players to come for
information. |
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And
so,
in the very
near future,
we will be
pleased to
feature a
monthly column
by GM
Susan Polgar. |
Chess News Around the World
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Nakamura does well in
Europe:
Lausanne Young Masters,
14-19 September. Players: Andrei Volokitin, Hikaru Nakumara,
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pentala Harikrishna, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime
Vachier Lagrave, Nana Dzagnidze, Elisabeth Paehtz. Final 18-19
September. Official
site
1st-2nd Places
Andrei VOLOKITIN - Hikaru NAKAMURA 1-0,1-0
3rd-4th Places
Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV - Pentala HARIKRISHNA ½,½,½,½,1-0,0-1,1-0
5th-6th Places
Magnus CARLSEN - Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE 1-0,1-0
7th-8th Places
Nana DZAGNIDZE - Elisabeth PAEHTZ 1-0,½ |
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 FIDE
World Chess Championship will take place September 27th - October
16th at Potrero de los Funes, San Luis, Argentina. Players: Rustam
Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov,
Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar.
Official site |
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 The
European Club Cup took place September 18th-24th in
Saint-Vincent, Italy. Tomsk-400 won the tournament (Morozevich,
Aronian, Bologan, Smirnov, Tkachiev, Inarkiev).
List of
teams Official site |
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EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP 2005. Herceg Novi, Montenegro, September 13-24th.
TheParrot found it difficult to report from this site – although as in
the European Club Cup above there are lots of pretty-polly pictures.
Come on! Where is the leader table? That’s what we want to
see immediately.
Anyway 643 players from 42 countries are taking part. |
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EUROPEAN RAPID & BLITZ
UNDER 18
Herceg Novi, September 24-28th.
http://www.scgchess.org/english.html |
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Meanwhile the Dutch
Championship took place September 5th-16th in Leeuwarden...
...with winners Zhao Qin Peng
and Loek van Wely.
www.schaakbond.nl |
9-17-2005
Chess News North America
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Wake up all ye US College Team! A letter to the Parrot
proclaims:
Hello fellow chess teams! We're writing to let you know that we are now
recruiting teams for the 2005-2006 season of the
Internet College Chess League (ICCL).
Last year we were able to restart this league with a handful
of dedicated university teams. At least 3 masters and plenty of
experts were involved in exciting internet matches. This year, we're
looking to expand the league and attract a larger range of teams. Read
the entire letter and instructions at
http://www.chessville.com/ICCL.htm.
Sincerely,
Gregory Alexander
and
Nick Matelli
ICCL Directors 2005/6 |
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More bad news about chess mentoring. A chess mentor has been
arrested this week on suspicion of abusive activities with mentored
children. Is it time for some chess organization to provide
background checks similar to those used in every public
high-school in the USA? This is the third instance in just a few
years. The accused is being held on the non-trivial $750,000 bail. |
Chess News Around the World
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FIDE
World Chess Championship
will take place September 27th - October 16th at Potrero de los Funes,
San Luis, Argentina. Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams, Peter
Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler,
and Judit Polgar.
Official site |
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The
European Club Cup
takes place September 18th-24th in Saint-Vincent, Italy.
Official site |
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 EUROPEAN
YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2005. Herceg Novi, Montenegro,
September 13-24th. 643 players from 42 countries!EUROPEAN
RAPID & BLITZ UNDER 18
Herceg Novi, September 24-28th.
http://www.scgchess.org/english.html |
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The incredibly strong 58th Russian Chess Championship (Official
site) took place 2-12 September in Kazan. Prize fund -
$100.000. The top 20 players are all rated over 2600! Here
are the final standing of the leaders: 1 Bareev, Evgeny 2688 6.5
2 Khalifman, Alexander 2653 6.5
3 Volkov, Sergey 2622 6.0
4 Rublevsky, Sergei 2645 6.0
5 Jakovenko, Dmitry 2627 6.0
6 Najer, Evgeniy 2614 6.0
7 Motylev, Alexander 2675 6.0
8 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2659 6.0
9 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2555 6.0 |
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Meanwhile, the Dutch Chess Championship (September 5 - 16 /
Leeuwarden) ended with Loek Van Wely & Zhao Qin Peng retaining their
titles. *
Official site |
9-10-2005
Chess News North America
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 This
week major chess activities in the USA are in support of the Katrina
relief fund. Last week the Susan Polgar Foundation made a fine
offer, and here is another one
from an international source that has offered 50% of new subscriptions to
their e-zine as aid relief. |
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These
photographs show the sense of impending menace as Katrina arrived in
Louisiana. |
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Long-time denizen of the French Quarter in New Orleans, 2500-rated
Jude Acres is no longer MIA. He has made direct contact with
Chessville via e-mail today. He writes: "I am very very lucky to be
alive. After nine days of wild west it is over. Thank you. - Jude
Acers" |
Chess News Around the World
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The incredibly strong 58th Russian Chess Championship takes place
2-12 September in Kazan. Prize fund - $100.000. The top 20 players are
all rated over 2600!
Official site Here
is a list of the leaders:
1 Volkov,
Sergey 2622 5.5
2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 2627 5.0
3 Rublevsky, Sergei 2645 5.0
4 Bareev, Evgeny 2688 5.0
5 Motylev, Alexander 2675 5.0
6 Khalifman, Alexander 2653 5.0
7 Bocharov, Dmitry 2574 5.0
8 Kobalia, Mikhail 2614 4.5
9 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2659 4.5
10 Najer, Evgeniy 2614 4.5
11 Timofeev, Artyom 2661 4.5
12 Alekseev, Evgeny 2625 4.5
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Meanwhile
here are the Round 4 leaders in the Dutch Championship
taking place September 5th-16th in Leeuwarden:
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Van Wely, Loek 2655 3.0 (pictured)
2 Janssen, Ruud 2501 2.5
3 Nijboer, Friso 2529 2.5
4 Werle, Jan 2514 2.0
5 Stellwagen, Daniel 2533 2.0
6 Tiviakov, Sergei 2678 2.0
7 Ernst, Sipke 2457 1.5
8 Van den Doel, Erik 2587 1.5
9 L'Ami, Erwin 2519 1.5
10 Smeets, Jan 2537 1.5
Round 5
standings in the women’s event the
leaders are:
 1
Peng Zhaoqin 2405 4.0 (pictured)
2 Schuurman, Petra 2266 2.5
3 Bensdorp, Laura 2108 2.5
4 Bensdorp, Marlies 2225 2.5
5 Van Weersel, Arlette 2.0
6 Muhren, Bianca 2269 1.5
Official site |
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  The
Spanish Team Championship takes place in Merida 23rd-28th August, and
9th-11th September.
Official
site |
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Chigorin Memorial the stage of the Russian Cup will take place
14-23 October in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Prize fund - 500.000
rubles. Official site. |
9-3-2005
Chess News North America
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.jpg) This
week the terrible circumstances in the South must take a lead. Susan
Polgar has written:“I ask everyone to chip in and help the families
who have suffered greatly down south due to hurricane Katrina. I
personally pledge 25% of the profit from sales on www.PolgarChess.com in
the next 60 days to help those in need.
In addition, I would like to auction off a chess board with the
signatures of all members of the 2004 HISTORIC U.S. WOMEN'S SILVER
MEDALIST OLYMPIAD TEAM and all its coaches (IM Irina Krush, WGM Anna
Zatonskih, WIM Jennifer Shahade, WGM Rusa Goletiani, GMs Garry Kasparov,
Boris Gulko, Sam Palatnik, Gennady Zaitchik, Alex Chernin, Team Captain
Paul Truong, Head Coach Michael Khodarkovsky and me, etc.) There are
only four like it in the world and one will go to the
World Chess Hall of Fame
and Museum. The opening bid will start at $1,000. Please
e-mail me with your
confidential bids. The bids will close at midnight on September 15,
2006. 100% of your tax-deductible donations earmarked to Katrina victims
will go to help them. I will update the current highest bids
regularly on
www.SusanPolgar.BlogSpot.com and
www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org. I will also introduce more items for
auction in the next few days. Please check on the above sites for
additional items.
Please make checks payable to the Susan Polgar Foundation and send to
103-10 Queens Boulevard (Suite 1C)
Forest Hills, New York 11375
Te: 718-897-4600 Fax: 718-459-5613
www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org
Thank you very much for helping out. Please be generous! Countless
families are suffering greatly and they need our help, especially our
chess friends and colleagues.
Thank you so much for your generosity!" GM Susan
Polgar
www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org |
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A specially designed program
of Insurance for chess players is here! The range of services will be
incremented and the current range includes:- a prescription drug
card, dental coverage that has NO exclusion for preexisting conditions or a
waiting period, guaranteed issue life insurance with no medical
underwriting, limited medical plans with no exclusion for pre-existing
conditions, and global medical insurance and travel insurance. Information
courtesy Rob Mitchell.
Contact site
www.chessmasterinsurance.com. |
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The US College Chess League
begins 2nd year with membership drive and
75
colleges in the US will be contacted in order to expand the university
league to 20-25 or so participants with several tournaments during the
school year. Inquiries about a hosting site are currently being
conducted with FICS. Watch this space for more announcements, or if you
are a college chess organizer write
The Parrot
for an introduction to the League organizers. |
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Aug. 26-28 or 27-28
U.S. Class Championships
in Missouri.
For further information check out
www.uschess.org/. |
Chess News Around the World
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The
58th Russian Chess Championship takes place 2-12 September in Kazan.
Prize fund - $100,000.
Official site. Here is a list of the incredibly strong top 20
participants:
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1 |
Bareev Evgeny |
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2688 |
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2 |
Motylev, Alexander |
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2675 |
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3 |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
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2669 |
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4 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
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2661 |
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5 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
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2659 |
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6 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
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2653 |
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7 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
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2645 |
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8 |
Smirnov, Pavel |
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2635 |
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9 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
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2627 |
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10 |
Tkachev, Vladislav |
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2625 |
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11 |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
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2625 |
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12 |
Volkov, Sergey |
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2622 |
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13 |
Filippov, Valerij |
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2621 |
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14 |
Kharlov, Andrei |
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2619 |
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15 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
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2618 |
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16 |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
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2614 |
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17 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
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2614 |
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18 |
Tregubov, Pavel V. |
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2607 |
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19 |
Korotylev, Alexey |
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2604 |
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20 |
Epishin, Vladimir |
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2600 |
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The Spanish Team Championship takes place in Merida 23rd-28th August and
9th-11th September.
Official
site |
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Championships
take place 24 August - 4 September in Vammala Chess Club, Finland.
Players: Evgeny Agrest SWE 2592, Tomi Nyback FIN 2571, Tiger Hillarp
Persson SWE 2511, Nicolai V. Pedersen DEN 2488 etc.
Official
site |
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 The Howard Staunton Memorial took place August 19th-30th at
Simpsons on the Strand which accommodates much Staunton memorabilia.
Official
site
 Final standings:
1 Levitt, Jonathan ENG 6.0
2 Speelman, Jonathan ENG 6.0
3 McNab, Colin SCO 5.5
4 Howell, David ENG 4.5
5 Day, Lawrence CAN 4.5
6 Houska, Jovanka ENG 3.5
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8-27-2005
Chess News North America
Chess News Around the World
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World round-up. It seems that Chechen troops are attacking
Kalmykia, home of Fide’s President. The 76th FIDE Congress
was held in Dresden, Germany last week, and whatever was resolved there
will now be examined as usual to see if it can be put into practice.
Gary Kasparov continues with his political ambitions in Russia,
and was detained at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport last week.
Kasparov told the Ekho Moskvy radio station: “When I came to the window
and produced my passport, a female lieutenant recognized me and asked me
to wait. After that a male lieutenant came, took my passport and
left. He came back and went away several times, made phone calls
and asked me questions. Being asked what it was all about, he said
that the matter was classified”. Kasparov said that the only
phrase that he could hear as the man was talking on the phone was: “How
can I stop a Russian citizen from entering Russia? This phrase led
me to a conclusion that my name had been put on some sort of black list
requiring some measures…” |
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 The
74th Ukrainian Chess Championship takes place 24th August - 2nd
September in Rivne. Taking part: Efimenko Zahar 2643, Areshchenko
Alexander 2625, Borovikov Vladislav 2595, Baklan Vladimir 2584, Neverov
Valeriy 2572,
Women European Chess Champion Lahno Kateryna.
View games
Games in PGN
Official site |
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3RD ANNUAL HOWARD STAUNTON MEMORIAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
SIMPSON’S-IN-THE-STRAND Friday 19th August to Tuesday 30th August 2005.
Leaders at Round 7:
Colin McNab 4.5
David Howel 4
Jonathan Speelman 4
Jonathan Levitt 3
Jovanka Houska 3
Lawrence Day 2.5 |
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Official site |
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International Women's Tournament stage of the Women's Russian Cup
Rudenko Memorial takes place 19-28 August in Saint-Petersburg,
Russia.
Official site |
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Grundfos Young Masters took place 14th-21st August in the Hotel
Scandic in Aarhus, Denmark. Players: Alexander Areshchenko UKR
2625, Kamil Miton POL 2589, Anton Korobov UKR 2554, Csaba Balogh HUN
2537, Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2535, Davor Palo DEN 2519, Sebastien Maze FRA
2494, Christian Kyndel Pedersen DEN 2364, Sebastian Bogner GER 2361,
Jakob Vang Glud DEN 2313. The Ukrainian player GM Alexander
Areshchenko took first place with 7.5 points, a clear point ahead of his
nearest rivals.
Official site |
8-20-2005
Chess News North America
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Insurance!
In the next week or two The Parrot is interviewing someone who hopes to
provide insurance services worldwide to players, teachers,
organizers or administrators, plus employees of organizations affiliated
with the pursuit and promotion of chess, so as to secure their own and
their family’s health and future. |
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Aug. 26-28 or 27-28
U.S. Class Championships
in Missouri Oct. 8-10
2005 (46th Annual) U.S. Armed Forces Open
Chess Championship in Maryland.
For further information check out
www.uschess.org/ |
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Meanwhile decisions are being made by the new USCF board on what
to do about USCF HQ? Will it stay in problematic Crossville TN,
which this week on TV was described as the methamphetamine capital of
the South. It now seems likely that the new board will eventually
usher it out of the basement where it is temporarily housed to occupy
the 3 acre wetland site donated to it by the town and purportedly worth
$264,000, though this figure is difficult to comprehend. Then the
most pregnant question of all: what activities will it then conduct from
its new pastoral location to further chess in the USA? |
Chess News Around the World
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International Women's Tournament the stage of the Women's Russian Cup
Rudenko Memorial will take place 19-28 August in Saint-Petersburg,
Russia. Official site:
www.spbchess.org |
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| Grundfos Young Masters takes place
14th-21st August in the Hotel Scandic in Aarhus, Denmark.
View games
Games in PGN
Official site |
Round 9 Tournament leader
GM Anton Korobov, Ukraine |
Players: Alexander Areshchenko UKR 2625, Kamil Miton POL 2589, Anton
Korobov UKR 2554, Csaba Balogh HUN 2537, Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2535, Davor
Palo DEN 2519, Sebastien Maze FRA 2494, Christian Kyndel Pedersen DEN
2364, Sebastian Bogner GER 2361, Jakob Vang Glud DEN 2313. |
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The Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada takes place 16th-21st
August.
Players: Andrei Volokitin, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Beliavsky and Luke
McShane.
View games
Games in PGN
Official site |
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 The
American Continental Championship took place in Buenos Aires
under the auspices of the Federacion Argentina de Ajedrez on 5-16
August. Lazaro Bruzon won with 8.5/11, followed by Julio Granda,
Alexander Onischuk, Gilberto Milos, Gata Kamsky, Ruben Felgaer, Giovanni
Vescovi, and Gaston Needleman all with 8/11.
Game replays and downloads
Official site |
8-13-2005
Chess News North America
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Tournoi International 'EMPRESA' de Montreal takes place 3-14
August. Players: Zahar Efimenko UKR 2643, Igor Nataf FRA 2583,
Vitali Golod ISR 2582, Sergei Shipov RUS 2582, Artur Kogan ISR 2580,
Alexander Huzman ISR 2577, Victor Mikhalevski ISR 2572, Mark
Bluvshtein CAN 2525, Pascal Charbonneau CAN 2509, Dimitri Tyomkin
CAN 2467, Irina Krush USA 2452, Thomas Roussel-Roozmon CAN 2439.
Artur Kogan
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Irina Krush |
Mark Bluvshtein
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Standings with one round to go: Mikhalevski leads
with 7/10; Huzman is in 2nd with 6.5/10; Tyomkin & Efimenko have 6/10.
Official site:
www.groupempresa.com |
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 Susan
Polgar’s attempt to win a world record simul in Florida was
successful! This attempt to set a Guinness World Record by playing more
than 321 chess games at once (to be eligible for the record, she will
have to win at least 80 percent). She achieved the record on Monday
August 1st, taking on amateur challengers including children at the
Gardens Mall at 3101 PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens (see
Web site). The event will raise funds for the not-for-profit Susan
Polgar Foundation, which promotes chess among children worldwide, with a
focus on girls. See recent article in the Los Angeles Times.
 She
has been interviewed by more than two dozens journalists and ABC aired
various interviews. GM Polgar has been filming at the World Chess Hall
Of Fame (Miami) and ABC Studio (Palm Beach Gardens). In addition, ABC,
CBS, NBC, FOX and many major international newspapers have covered the
attempt, including the London Times, Telegraph and International Herald
Tribune.
Photo Credits: Paul Troung. |
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Newly elected board
members and incumbents have urged USCF President Beatriz Marinello
not to do anything rash in her last 2 weeks of presidency;
specifically not committing to a new HQ building contract in
Crossville TN. An open letter to this effect has been published and
signed by Joel Channing, Bill Goichberg, Don Schultz, Greg
Shahade, and Robert Tanner.
Two
days after this letter was published to internet newsgroups another
letter appeared from the USCF president apparently committing the new
board to a building contract before the board can officially convene to
determine the matter themselves. |
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TheParrot
has still not been able to solicit any official statement from other
USCF board-members on the Natrol affair, a supposed
chess-enhancement substance, which USCF seems to have recommend to young
players during a tournament, but without board approval or even their
knowledge! USCF recently have sold their HQ in NY State for about
half a million dollars, and are now poised to construct a new building,
half the size of the NY property, on problematic wetlands in Crossville
TN. Estimates of the cost of a new building have varied
considerably, but no estimate is less than the sale price of the NY
property. |
Chess News Around the World
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 The
American Continental Championship takes place in Buenos Aires 5-16
August.
Leaders after round 5:
1 Bruzon, Lazaro 4.5
2 Granda, Julio 4.5
3 Onischuk, Alexander 4.5
4 Shabalov, Alexander 4.5
Game replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Official site: www.ajedrez.com.ar |
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European Chess Team Championship takes place 29th July - 8th
August in Goteborg, Sweden. There were a total of 68 teams from around
the world entered, 41 Men’s teams and 27 Womens teams.
Poland won the Woman's Team Championship,
while the Netherlands won on the Men's side.
Russia 3-1 Greece (Kostenjuk, left)
England 3½ - ½ Spain (McShane
1-0 Illescas Cordoba)
This and other excellent
photos of the event are provided courtesy
www.Chess2Chess.com.
Official site:
www.goteborgchess2005.se |
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The
World Youth Chess Championships in France are currently being
attended under the high patronage of M. Jacques Chirac, President of
France. Current leader boys under-18 is Nikita Vitiugov from Russia with
7.5 from 10 points, and for girls under-18
Salome Melia from Georgia with 8.0. The Offical site for the record is
www.belfort-echecs.com
which has been experiencing some problems. Reports are in French,
English and German languages. |
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 The
Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships takes place in the Isle
of Man, 1st-13th August. Richard Pert and Chris Ward were off to a
lively start sharing first place after 4 rounds with 3.5 points each.
Live games and .pgn downloads are available from the official site:
www.bcfservices.org.uk.
But sometimes clicking this link caused the Parrot’s browser to crash.
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The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 9-14 August. Unzicker Gala-80
took place 9-10 August. Final Standings:
1 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2672 3.5
2 Korchnoi, Viktor SUI 2615 3.5
3 Spassky, Boris FRA 2548 3.0
4 Unzicker, Wolfgang GER 2433 2.0
Official site:
www.chesstigers.de |
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The 12th Summer International Chess Open takes place 1-6 August
in Nice, France. Official site:
www.echiquier-nicois.org
Information courtesy Thierry Foissez |
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The Biel GM Tournament took place 17th-29th July. Players: Boris
Gelfand ISR 2713, Andrei Volokitin UKR 2679, Hikaru Nakamura USA 2657,
Christian Bauer FRA 2640, Yannick Pelletier SUI 2610, Magnus Carlsen NOR
2548. Final standings:
1 Volokitin 6.0
2 Gelfand 6.0
3 Pelletier 5.0
4 Nakamura 4.5
5 Bauer 4.5
6 Carlsen 4.0
Official site:
www.bielchessfestival.ch |
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ZMD Schachfestival took place 23-31 July in Dresden, Germany.
Official site:
www.schachfestival.de. Information was given by Falk Sempert. |
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Czech Open takes place 14-31 July in Pardubice. In GM
tournament participating 332 players out of which 38 GM + WGM and 106 IM
+ WIM.The average rating of this tournament is 2334. Official
site: www.czechopen.net.
Information was given by Jan Mazuch. |
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| Politiken Cup took place 16-24 July in
Kopenhagen. Official site:
www.politikencup.dk
Final standings: |
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1 Konstantin Sakaev RUS 2669 8.0
2 Curt Hansen DEN 2613 7.5
3 Viktor Korchnoi SUI 2615 7.5
4 Sune Berg Hansen DEN 2568 7.5
5 Nick E. de Firmian USA 2555 7.5
6 Igor Kurnosov RUS 2548 7.5
7 Murray Chandler ENG 2542 7.5
8 Jonny Hector SWE 2534 7.5
9 Lars Schandorff DEN 2519 7.5
10 Anton Shomoev RUS 2514 7.5
11 Henrik Danielsen DEN 2511 7.5
12 Sigurbjorn Bjornsson ISL 2346 7.5
13 Helgi Dam Ziska FAI 2177 7.5
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7-23-2005
Chess News North America
Chess News Around the World
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Lausanne Young Masters takes place 14-19 July.
Participants: Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671, Nakamura,
Hikaru g USA 2660, Mamedyarov, Shakhiyar g AZE 2646,
Harikrishna, Pentyala g IND 2645, Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2528,
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime m FRA 2527, Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO
2438, Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2421.
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Pictured: Nakamura,
Paehtz, Carlsen, Harikrishna |
Official site:
www.lausanneyoungmasters.com |
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Dortmund - Final standings:
Sensational finish by Naiditsch
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The charges against FIDE Vice President GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili were
made following an incident that took place at the end of the last FIDE
Olympiad in Calvia, Spain, in October 2004. FIDE Vice President GM Zurab
Azmaiparashvili was originally charged with assaulting the police and
resisting arrest despite the fact that he was assaulted by the Guardia
Civil. Facing overwhelming evidence by the defence, all charges were
promptly dropped before the commencement of the hearing.
FIDE delegation (left to right): Eydun Nolsoe,
Paul Truong,
Georgios Makropoulos, Morten Sand,
and Zurab Azmaiparashvili, entering the court. |
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ZMD Schachfestival will take place 23-31 July in
Dresden, Germany. Official site:
www.schachfestival.de.
Information courtesy Falk Sempert |
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Biel 2005: Gelfand, Volokitin, Nakamura,
Bauer, Pelletier & Carlsen. Standings
after Round 6:
| 1. |
Hikaru Nakamura |
(USA, 2660) |
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4.0 |
| 2. |
Boris Gelfand |
(ISR, 2724) |
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3.5 |
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Andrei Volokitin |
(UKR, 2671) |
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3.5 |
| 4. |
Yannick Pelletier |
(SUI, 2603) |
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3.0 |
| 5. |
Magnus Carlsen |
(NOR, 2528) |
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2.5 |
| 6. |
Christian Bauer |
(FRA, 2641) |
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1.5 |
* Official site
* Chessville Coverage
* Download Games in PGN format |
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