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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. Adi |
