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6-25-2005
Chess News North America
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Big time chess
arrives in USA then goes around the world with American savvy:
Nashville International Studios announces production of a 2-hour television program on chess.
Spokesperson Rob Mitchell said that the match,
New York City, USA, versus St Petersburg,
Russia, is a 2 rounds match over 4 boards played at
distance chess, and will be
the biggest televised broadcast of a chess event of all time.
Historically, said Mitchell, it reconnects the two countries since the
last distance play event over 60 years ago. It is understood that
several world champions will be playing, and that there is massive media
interest which is planned to be uplinked to 50+ countries around the
world.
Official press releases and additional information are pending. |
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Chess Masterminds July 10th, 2005
There is an historic chess match taking place: Four
Russian Grandmasters vs Four American Grandmasters.
It is being broadcast in 30 major US markets on
broadcast Television. It is being sent via satellite to 40
countries world wide. Chess clubs, tell your members. Tune
in your dials. Check the
internet. For more information, write to
robmtchl@bellsouth.net.
This is taking chess to a whole new level. Be a part of
it!
- Rob Mitchell |
Chess News Around the World
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IV – МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН
ДЕТСКИ ШАХМАТЕН ФЕСТИВАЛ "ЕВРИКА"
КРАНЕВО – 2005 г
- VI International Children's Tournament takes place 18-29 June in
Kranevo, Bulgaria.
Official site:
geocities.com/mitko74/kranevo/kranevo.htm.
Information courtesy Mitko Iliev |
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White Nights takes place 18-26 June in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Among
participants: Denis Yevseev 2530 GM RUS, Nikita Vitiugov 2482 RUS, Pavel
Anisimov 2476 IM RUS, Sergey Sivokho 2475 IM RUS, Sergey Solovyov 2473
IM RUS etc. Games replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Internet site: http://www.chigorin.ru/ |
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The PIVDENNYI BANK CHESS TOURNAMENT
- EFIM GELLER MEMORIAL
was officially
announced on
21st June 2005.
The event will be held in Odessa (Ukraine) Music
Comedy Theater (http://operetta.odessa.net/)
from 1st to 3rd July 2005. |
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 Ten
participants will compete in the round-robin rapid chess tournament:
GM Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2695, born 1983. GM Viktor Korchnoi
(Switzerland) 2619, born 1931. GM Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine) 2517, born
1984. GM Mikhail Golubev (Ukraine) 2517, born 1970 GM Valery Beim
(Austria) 2512, born 1950. IM Mikhail Podgaets (Ukraine) 2487, born
1947. GM Nikolay Legky (Ukraine) 2455, born 1955. IM/WGM Masha Klinova
(Israel) 2391, born 1968. IM Dmitry Fingerov (Ukraine) 2361, born 1982.
Stanislav Bogdanovich (Ukraine), 2128, born 1993. Schedule:June
30: The opening ceremony
July 1: Rounds 1-3
July 2: Rounds 4-6
July 3: Rounds 7-9, closing ceremony.
All games will be played with a time control 20 minutes per game.
There will be no live transmission of the games. Daily internet coverage
in Russian will be provided at
www.chesspro.ru. The tournament's organiser and sponsor is
Pivdennyi Bank.
For additional information about the event, official photos, etc.,
please contact the Pivdennyi Bank Press Officer, Elena Korobkova at:
ken@pivdenny.odessa.ua.
Or contact GM Mikhail Golubev at:
sector@te.net.ua or at
gmi@europe.com. |
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European Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place 17th June - 3rd
July in Warsaw, Poland. Top rated players: Vassily Ivanchuk 2739
UKR, Alexey Dreev 2705 RUS, Victor Bologan 2700 MDA, Levon Aronian 2693
ARM, Loek Van Wely 2687 NED, Alexander Motylev 2680 RUS, Teimour
Radjabov 2673 AZE, Konstantin Sakaev 2672 RUS, Michal Krasenkow 2672 POL,
Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2671 GEO. Round 6 leader standings:
1 Milov Vadim 2653 5.5
2 Karjakin Sergey 2635 5.0
3 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 5.0
4 Asrian Karen 2611 5.0
Official site:
http://www.eurochamp.pl/. |
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European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2005
0-25 June in Chisinau, Moldova.
Kateryna Lahno is the new European
Women Chess Champion
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Final standings
* Official site
* Games Replay |
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A match
between Alexey Shirov and Viktor Korchnoi for the "Fire on board
trophy 2005" takes place 24th-26th June in Eschweiler Germany.
Official site:
www.fireonboard.com. |
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The Match
Anatoly Karpov vs. David Navara will take place 15-16 July in Prague,
Czech Republic. Program of the event:
14th July
- drawing of lots - 19:30 (Prague time - GMT+1)
15th July - 1st games - 16:00
16th July - 2nd games - 15:00
Internet
coverage:
www.promopro.cz.
Information courtesy Bohumil Blazek |
6-18-2005
Chess News North America
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 A
rare picture of the five Polgars taken recently in Las Vegas.
The three sisters, Sophia, Susan and Judit, pictured here with their
parents, took part in a major chess event in the city. |
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 The
USCF seem to have endorsed a “Brain Pill” named Natrol from a sponsor.
Following uproar from the chess community over what has been called
irresponsible practice, and revelations about a law suit in California
suing the manufacturer of the product for $250,000 for false
advertising, the endorsement has mysteriously disappeared from USCF’s
website. |
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There has also been complete silence over the
affair by USCF politicians until this interchange occurred in a
newsgroup between a financial advisor to USCF and the VP of USCF:
“Don says we'll get a lot of funding
from these folks.”
What
an OUTRIGHT LIE! I shall make the following motion to the
Executive Board:
Stan Booz,
an advisor to President Marinello and Chair of Co-Chair of the Finance
Committee has stated on the Internet that Don (with the clear
implication that I am that Don) said we will get a lot of funding from
the Brain Pill people. This is his second implication to a wide
audience that Stan has made implying I had some involvement in the
Brain Pill Deal. I therefore move by objections procedure that
President Marinello explain how the deal came about, who was involved
and who if anyone said we'll get a lot of funding from these folks.
Rationale for Motion: I personally have no idea as to the answers of
these questions but since Stan Booz has brought since this question to
the attention of the world I think we need to find out. If there are
no objections to this motion by June 24 it passes.
-
Don Schultz
So far silence has been the stern reply,
until... |
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...the following was posted: "President Marinello has made a Board
motion to remove me [Don Schultz] as Secretary. Secretaries are
elected by the EB and this would not effect my status as an EB member
but it is a huge unprecedented act.
Here is a copy of her email to the Board: I have placed my replies to
her items of complaint in bold and quotes following each item:
>From Beatriz Marinello:
I would like
to introduce the following motion to the USCF Executive Board:
Beatriz Marinello:" Move to remove Donald Schultz as USCF Secretary.
If this motion passes it should be effective immediately."
Rationale for Motion: Mr. Schultz has not dealt with his Secretarial
duties in a fair and impartial matter. An Ethic's complaint
DS: “The
filing of an Ethics complaint is not simply an unsubstantiated complaint
by one person.”
has been
filled against USCF Secretary Don Schultz. Additionally, recent
events indicate the need to address the issue of having a Secretary
that is in charge of running the election and at the same time acting
as a campaign manager for some candidates running for a position in
the USCF Executive Board.
Here are more detailed explanations on my statement.
1) Back in February 2005, Mr. Schultz ruled initially to accept
one of the candidate' statement after the deadline announced to all
candidates for the submission of their political statements. Once I
was informed about this ruling and I complaint about it, Mr. Schultz
changed his ruling in favor of enforcing the deadlines giving to the
candidates.
DS: “That is incorrect. The only ruling I
made was not to accept it .”
2) The USCF Secretary has the duty to
review the list of voters prior to sending the ballots for the
election. There are two issues here which are very serious:
a) Since Mr. Schultz is not an impartial Secretary, he could share
this list with the candidates he is supporting. At the same time, the
other candidates need to purchase the labels for their mailings, and
they do not get a complete list of eligible voting members since some
members request not to receive mail other than Chess Life Magazine and
membership forms.
An investigation should be conducted to determine if Mr Schultz has
indeed acted in unethical fashion by using this privilege of obtaining
this confidential information for this own political agenda and in
favor of the candidates to whom he declares himself the Campaign
Manager.
DS: “I don’t understand this. The voters are
everyone over 16, there are 48,000 of them.”
b) The USCF Secretary has the duties of
coordinating the logistic for the election. Mr. Schultz was too busy
traveling around the country campaigning for his candidates that he
did not insure that the information given to the printer with
instructions on the procedures for printing and mailing the ballots
was adecuate. This negligent action helped create the mishandling of
the printing of the ballot. Now, we are correcting the mistake, its
costing the USCF around $20,000.-
DS: “The contact with the printer has never
been done as far as I know by the Secretary. That aside the instructions
to the printer was fine. The problem was there are two ink jet printing
nozzles used by the printer – one for the magazine address and one for
the verification data on the ballot inside the magazine. During a run of
5,000 of the magazines the nozzle that was supposed to print the
verification data was turned away at a 90 degree angle.” The printer has
conceded that the error was his.
3) The endorsement of candidates by the
Secretary is not banned by the USCF Bylaws. However, Mr. Schultz
admitted that he wrote part of Mr. Channing's political statement for
the May and June Chess Life Magazine. Mr. Schultz admitted putting in
Mr. Tanner's
endorsement of Channing using Tanner's title of the Chess Trust
Trustee, in violation of the code of ethics adopted by US Chess Trust
in relation with the USCF election.
Mr. Schultz is not a neutral supervisor of the election and has a
clear conflict of interest. Therefore, Don Schultz should step down
as Secretary.
DS: “And the president endorsed candidates
using official USCF letterhead with the USCF logo. She supported
candidates while she was acting Chief Operating Officer something never
been done before. Secretaries have routinely, in the past endorsed and
actively supported candidates as have all Board members .”
Please Pat check when the Executive Board
members are available for a conference call.
Thank you, Beatriz Marinello"
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Chess News Around the World
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A match between Lazaro Bruzon and Jan Timman took
place in Caraçao 11th-17th June. 4 rapid and 4 standard games.
Results:
Day 1 Rapid 11th June
Gm1 Timman - Bruzon 1/2
Gm2 Bruzon - Timman H 0-1
Day 2 Rapid 12th June
Gm3 Timman - Bruzon 1-0
Gm4 Bruzon - Timman 0-1
Timman wins rapid 3.5-0.5 |
Fischer in Caraçao in 1962
Jan Timman in 2005 |
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Timman has written a new book on the ’62
tournament.
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Day 3 Standard Game 1 13th June
Timman - Bruzon 1/2
Day 4 Standard Game 2 14th June
Bruzon - Timman 1-0
Day 5 Standard Game 3 16th June
Timman - Bruzon 1/2Bruzon wins standard 2 - 1 |
Game replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Official site:
www.curacaochess.com |
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The 3rd Marx Gyorgy Tournament takes place
in Paks, Hungary 12th-22nd June.
Round 5 Standings:
1 Korchnoi, Viktor
SUI 2619 4.0
2 Almasi, Zoltan
HUN 2628 3.5
3 Sutovsky, Emil
ISR 2665 2.5
4 Sasikiran, Krishnan
IND 2642 2.0
5 Acs, Peter
HUN 2525 1.5
6 Berkes, Ferenc
HUN 2617 1.5
Recommended Game is a round 6 thematic struggle
in a Pelikan, Almasi v Sutovski. |
The tournament leader, the redoubtable Viktor Korchnoi!
Game replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Official site:
http://ase.hu/marxgy/online.htm |
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The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament took
place in Leon, Spain June 9th-13th. Viswanathan Anand won
the final 2.5-1.5 against Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Game
replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Official site:
www.advancedchessleon.com |
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European Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place 17th June
- 3rd July in Warsaw, Poland. Top rated players: Vassily Ivanchuk
2739 UKR, Alexey Dreev 2705 RUS, Victor Bologan 2700 MDA, Levon Aronian
2693 ARM, Loek Van Wely 2687 NED, Alexander Motylev 2680 RUS, Teimour
Radjabov 2673 AZE, Konstantin Sakaev 2672 RUS, Michal Krasenkow 2672 POL,
Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2671 GEO.
Official site:
http://www.eurochamp.pl/ |
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Dariusz Swiercz (2136), Poland,
the youngest participant at
the championship, aged 11. |
6-4-2005
Chess News North America
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It should have been called "Susan Polgar
Week" |
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Grand
Opening of the Susan Polgar South Texas Chess Center, was May 28th.
The other Susan Polgar Chess Center is in Forest Hills, N.Y. The
New York City resident said she decided to lend her name to the South
Texas Chess Center after learning about local efforts to establish a
center during her visit to Corpus Christi last month to raise money for
the St. Patrick's Elementary Chess Team. |
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From TheParrot's mailbag: Dear Parrot, In just a
few short years Susan Polgar has become the single most important name
in American chess. Hikaru Nakamura is a great story, and there are
many other notables. But nobody else in American chess can pull in a
crowd of chess players as well as Susan can. Outside of Kasparov or
Karpov or Spassky or Fischer, I doubt any other player in the world can
match her chess celebrity. Susan knows the importance of injecting
personality into chess. Susan has shown the bystanders what chess
promotion really is, and the importance of the personal element. Susan
is showing how very successful chess promotion can be for both the
promoter and for the chess community. Susan is now a force. The
donations she sparked in south Texas for the new chess center is only
the latest tangible sign of her impressive personal skills and rising
status. Susan's influence is growing, and her best days are ahead. -
Gene M |
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USCF had signed a contract with the participants of
the Silver Medal Winning US Olympic team, which has not been
paid. Four remedial attempts to negotiate by the team have been
rejected by USCF, and the deadline for the current offer was Monday May
30th. Will we see another law-suit requiring
USCF to meet its legal contractual obligations? |
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Meanwhile
a letter by USCF President, Beatriz Marinello, has been published by
proxy, a statement strongly critical of Susan Polgar, who seems
to have offered to raise and guarantee a sum of $40,000 to promote ’06
Olympiad chess activities. |
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In a
similar vein, the USCF are seeming to refuse sending a team to
the ’06 Olympiads if they do not control the team – refusing outside
sponsorship even if the result is that no team represents USA, or only
wealthy players who can afford their own expenses, rather than the best
team with the best chance of bringing home another medal. |
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 And
Its…Venturing into uncharted territory has been part of Susan
Polgar's repertoire since she was 4. That's what brought her to
Salt Lake City on Friday. As a guest at a chess festival named in
her honor, the grandmaster will arrive with an agenda to promote the
game, especially for young children and girls."I want more
exposure for the game. Chess needs somebody out there to speak out on
behalf of chess," Polgar says. The Susan Polgar Chess Festival
runs through Sunday in various locations in Salt Lake City. (Photo
courtesy of Susan Polgar).
"[The Polgar Chess Festival] will get kids more motivated and excited
to play, especially girls," Stephanie Pitcher says. "I think it will
inspire a lot of girls to just be able to meet Susan and see what she's
done and the things she's gone through to fight for chess." |
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Memorial Day Tournament Turnout: The Texas State
& Amateur in Fort Worth drew about 500 players. |
Chess News Around the World
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 A
Match between Michael Adams and Peter Leko will
take place 2-5 June in Miskolc, Hungary. The Main Patron of the Match is
Mr. Sandor Kali, the Mayor of the City Miskolc. venue: Kossuth Cinema.
Cornishman Michael Adams took a 2-game lead against his Hungarian
partner after winning both Game 1 and Game 2. Game 1 was a quiet Ruy
until Leko sacrificed on move 34, then overlooked a mate on move 46!
Game 2 provided Adams with the two bishops, and a slightly better
position which he converted to an extra pawn on move 22, but without any
compensation and facing a busted position Leko resigned at move 25.
Game replays and downloads at:
www.ruschess.com
Official site:
http://web.axelero.hu/passant/leko/
Match Information courtesy Carsten Hensel, Peter Leko’s manager. |
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The 6th European Individual Chess Championship will be held from
June 17th until July 3rd, 2005 in Warsaw Poland. The championship
will be 13 rounds, played in the Swiss system. The playing time
will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per a move, starting from move 1.
The guaranteed total prize fund (after the deduction of required
payments of around 25.000 Euros to the ECU and to FIDE) is 120.000
Euros, the 1st prize is 20.000 Euros. 10 top players are: Vassily
Ivanchuk GM 2739 UKR, Alexey Dreev GM 2705 RUS, Victor
Bologan GM 2700 MDA, Levon Aronian GM 2693 ARM, Loek Van
Wely GM 2687 NED, Alexander Motylev GM 2680 RUS, Teimour
Radjabov GM 2673 AZE, Konstantin Sakaev GM 2672 RUS, Michal
Krasenkow GM 2672 POL, Zurab Azmaiparashvili GM 2671 GEO.
Official site: www.eurochamp.pl/ |
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There will be a match between Alexey Shirov and Viktor Korchnoi for the
"Fire on board trophy 2005", 24th-26th June 2005 in Eschweiler Germany.
The majority of this event will be viewed live via internet tv.
Official site: www.fireonboard.com |
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Two chess interviews: the first with
Vladimir Kramnik, and the second with the VP of Fide covering such
subjects as Gary Kasparov and Argentina.
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. -
1 June 2005 |
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 XXXV
International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" took place 18-28 May.
Top 5 final standings:
1 Bologan 6.5
2 Sokolov 6.5
3 Timofeev 5.5
4 Shirov 5.0
5 Movsesian 5.0
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5-28-2005
Chess News North America
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USCF have
appointed Bill Hall as the new Executive Director.
Mr. Hall was a high school teacher in Tennessee before accepting the
position. |
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The
U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd –
March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC
Promenade.
More
details:
http://www.uschesschampionship.com |
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 The
HB Global Chess Challenge took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota 18th-22nd
May. Prize fund - $500,000, $50,000 for the winner. Final leading
standings: GM Izoria, Zviad came
first with 7.5 points, a half point ahead of a large group of GMs on 7.0
Game replays:
www.ruschess.com
Internet site:
www.hbfoundation.org |
Chess News Around the World
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XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" is taking place from
18-28 May. Round 7 standings:
1 Bologan 5.0
2 Shirov 4.5
3 Timofeev 4.5
4 Sokolov 4.5
5 Predojevic 3.5
6 Eljanov 3.5
7 Movsesian 3.5
8 Dizdarevic 2.5
9 Kozul 2.0
10 Volokitin 1.5 |
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Game replays: www.ruschess.com
Official site: www.skbosna.ba |
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Super-final of the 55th Women's Russian Championship took place 14-27
May in Samara. Final standings:
1 Kosteniuk 9.0
2 Kosintseva T. 8.0
3 Kovalevskaya 7.5
4 Kosintseva N. 6.5
5 Galliamova 6.0
6 Pogonina 5.5
7 Matveeva 5.5
8 Zaiatz 5.0
9 Gunina 4.5
10 Kochetkova 3.5
11 Korbut 3.5
12 Yakovich 1.5
Kostniuk took first place with a performance rating of 2691.
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MTel Masters took place 11-22 May in Sofia, Bulgaria. Final
standings:
1 Topalov 6.5
2 Anand 5.5
3 Polgar 5.0
4 Ponomariov 5.0
5 Kramnik 4.0
6 Adams 4.0
Game replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com |
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The 3rd
World Young Chess Stars tournament took place 12-26 May in Kirishi,
Leningrad Region, Russia. Final standings:
1
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2635 8.5
2 Khairullin, Ildar RUS 2517 7.5
3 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2597 7.0
4 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2511 7.0
5 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2558 6.5
6 Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2462 6.0
7 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2505 5.5
8 Lenic, Luka SLO 2465 4.0
9 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2349 4.0
10 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2495 3.5
11 Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2269 3.5
12 Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2381 3.0
Game replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Internet site:
www.somovs-memorial.ru
Information courtesy Gennady Nesis. |
5-21-2005
Chess News North America
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 Chess
Players in the News: A top American GM in the 80's and former
president of the USCF (90-93), has been arrested in Russia on a warrant
regarding an embezzlement case and an investment fund he used to
represent. The prosecutor's office of Solikamsk, Perm Region, has
accused American citizen Maksim (Max) Dlugi, former chairman of
the board of OAO Solikamsk Magnesium Plant, of embezzlement of $9
million. |
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USA
Today reports: Gamer: Eric Zhang, 8, of
Irvine, Calif., competes in the HB Global Chess Challenge in
Minneapolis. More than 1,500 chess players from at least 36 countries
are participating in the five- day event that ends Sunday.
Current standings
Official site |
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The CCA-ICC International took place in Lake
George, NY. Tournament standings and pairings are posted at
www.chesstour.com
and the top 2 Boards are being broadcast live on ICC! Round 1 upsets:
14-year-old British IM David Howell defeats GM Vladimir Epishin, and FM
Miles Ardaman defeats GM Alex Yermolinsky.
GM Victor Mikhalevsky of Israel scored 6 ½
points in nine games to turn in a 2705 tournament performance,
culminating in a dramatic last round victory over GM Jaan Ehlvest, to
clinch the top honors. |
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Chess Lesson 2 of the Sam Sloan TV Show will
be broadcast on May 21, 2005 at 11;30 AM EDT on Time Warner Channel 35
and Cablevision Channel 68 in Brooklyn. Internet Viewers can see
this show by going to
http://www.bcat.tv/bcat and Click on Channel 2. |
Chess News Around the World
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XXXV
International GM Super Tournament "Bosna 2005" is taking place from
18-28 May. Participants: Shirov Alexei ESP 2714, Bologan Victor
MDA 2700, Volokitin Andrey UKR 2679, Sokolov Ivan NED 2662, Elyanov
Pavel UKR 2641, Movsesian Sergei SVK 2628, Timofeev Artyom RUS 2622,
Kozul Zdenko CRO 2591, Predojevic Borki BIH 2549, Dizdarevic Emir BIH
2521.
Official
site. |
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MTel Masters is taking place 11-22 May in Sofia,
Bulgaria.
The Category 20 event will be a double round robin with a 7 hour time
control. Participants: Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine),
Michael Adams (England), Judit Polgar (Hungary).
A special prize for the winner is this C16th Icon from the Nessebar
School. The author of the creation is the famous Bulgarian artist and
icon-painter Katia Bajlekova.
The icon is painted in the ancient way – on wood, in
distemper, with 23 - carat gold cover . Its size is 62 on 45
centimeters.
The quality of fighting chess at MTEL/Sophia Masters makes it most
highly recommended chess watching of the week. Round 8
standings:
1. Ponomariov, R 4.5
Topalov, V 4.5
3. Polgar, J 4
Anand, V 4
5. Kramnik, V 3.5
Adams, M 3.5
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The Capablanca Memorial took place in Havana, Cuba, 5-19 May.
Elite Group Players: Ivanchuk, Vasily UKR 2739, Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2669,
Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2658, Jobava, Baadur GEO 2637, Delgado, Neurys CUB
2567, Nogueiras, Jesus CUB 2533, Arencibia, Walter CUB 2530.
Vassily Ivanchuk won the tournament (9.5/12).
Official site
(Spanish).
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A match between Michael Adams and Peter
Leko will take place from 31st May - 5th June in Miskolc, Hungary.
The Main Patron of the Match is Mr. Sandor Kali, the Mayor of the
City Miskolc. The venue of the Match: Kossuth Cinema. Match Director is
Istvan Szabo. |
5-14-2005
Chess News North America
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 Susan
Polgar attempts world record simul. More than 350 Chess
stations are set up in the Gardens Mall, Palm Beach Florida, on Monday
August 1st and 2nd. Current record is held by “Chessville’s
Own” International Chess Master Andrew Martin who played
321 games
simultaneously at Crowthorne, England, February 21st 2004. |
Chess News Around the World
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The Armenian Championship is taking place
April 29 - May 12, in Yerevan.
Round 6 standings [top 4]:
1 Sargissian, Gabriel 2630 4.0
2 Asrian, Karen 2611 4.0
3 Anastasian, Ashot 2574 4.0
4 Babujian, Levon 2386 4.0 |
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Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial is taking place in
Split, Croatia, 30th April - 8th May. Participants: Kurajica,
Bojan g BIH 2539, Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2474, Polak, Tomas g CZE 2466,
Cvorovic, Drazen m CRO 2450, Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2407, Videki, Sandor
m HUN 2405, Bosiocic,Marin f CRO 2345, Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2302,
Saric, Ivan CRO 2287, Bozanic, Ivica f CRO 2227.
Game replays and downloads:
www.ruschess.com
Official site:
mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18
Information courtesy: Mladen Zelic |
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MTel Masters is taking place 11-22 May in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Category 20 event will be a double round robin with a 7 hour time
control. Participants: Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine),
Michael Adams (England), Judit Polgar (Hungary).
The Parrot’s spy in Bulgaria reports that Hillary Swank is attending
the match, while making a movie there. There have been many draws
so far, but all fighting ones, with some fantastic games.
Round 2 standings:
1 Kramnik 1.5
2 Anand 1.0
3 Topalov 1.0
4 Adams 1.0
5 Polgar 1.0
6 Ponomariov 0.5
Chessville
coverage
A
live-game viewer is at the Official site:
www.mtelmasters.com |
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The
Capablanca Memorial takes place in Havana, Cuba, 5-19 May.
Elite Group Players: Ivanchuk, Vasily UKR 2739, Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2669,
Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2658, Jobava, Baadur GEO 2637, Delgado, Neurys CUB
2567, Nogueiras, Jesus CUB 2533, Arencibia, Walter CUB 2530.
Official
site:
www.inder.co.cu/capablanca |
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A match between Michael Adams and Peter
Leko will take place from 31st May - 5th June in Miskolc, Hungary.
The Main Patron of the Match is Mr. Sandor Kali, the Mayor of the
City Miskolc. The venue of the Match: Kossuth Cinema. Match Director is
Istvan Szabo. |
5-7-2005
Chess News North America
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May 14 –
15 2005 Connecticut State Chess
Championship,
Orange, CT. 30 Grand Prix Points; $3,000 Prize Fund Guaranteed!
Questions contact Jim Celone
203-799-9997,
jcel@aol.com. For more info, check
www.edutechchess.com or
www.CTChess.com |
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In other domestic news
scandals continue over the election process at USCF. |
Chess News Around the World
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FIDE rejoices: - Decision from the Court of
Arbitration in Lausanne. PRESS RELEASE - 30 April 2005. A
Lausanne court has agreed that it was ‘reasonable’ to expect GM Milov to
fly to Tripoli within 24 hours notice and take part in a first round
game on the same day. The Decision was in GM Vadim Milov vs FIDE case.
The Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruled in favour of
FIDE in the case submitted by GM Vadim Milov, whereby he claimed
compensation from FIDE for his non-participation in the World Chess
Championship 2004 in Tripoli, Libya.
Download the full Court decision in
PDF format from:
http://www.fide.com/news/download/Court_Decision.pdf |
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The
Armenian Championship
is taking place April 29 - May 12, in Yerevan. Round 6
standings [top 4]:
1
Sargissian, Gabriel 2630 4.0
2 Asrian, Karen 2611 4.0
3 Anastasian, Ashot 2574 4.0
4 Babujian, Levon 2386 4.0
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Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial
is taking place in Split, Croatia, 30th April - 8th May.
Participants: Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2539, Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2474,
Polak, Tomas g CZE 2466, Cvorovic, Drazen m CRO 2450, Ljubicic, Filip m
CRO 2407, Videki, Sandor m HUN 2405, Bosiocic,Marin f CRO 2345,
Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2302, Saric, Ivan CRO 2287, Bozanic, Ivica f CRO
2227. Game reaplys
and downloads: www.ruschess.com.
Official site:
mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18.
Information courtesy: Mladen Zelic |
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Polish Chess Championships took place 21st April
- 4th May.
Final
Standings [top 6]:
1
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2569 9.5
2 Socko, Bartosz 2583 9.0
3 Kempinski, Robert 2627 8.5
4 Bobras, Piotr 2501 7.5
5 Markowski, Tomasz 2560 7.5
6 Miton, Kamil 2592 7.5 |
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Game reviews and downloads:
www.ruchess.com
Internet site: www.impm2005.prv.pl |
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MTel
Masters
will take place 11-22 May in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Category 20 event will be a double round robin with a 7 hour time
control. Participants: Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine),
Michael Adams (England), Judit Polgar (Hungary). Official site:
www.mtelmasters.com |
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The Capablanca Memorial takes place in Havana, Cuba, 5-19 May.
Elite Group Players: Ivanchuk, Vasily UKR 2739, Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2669,
Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2658, Jobava, Baadur GEO 2637, Delgado, Neurys CUB
2567, Nogueiras, Jesus CUB 2533, Arencibia, Walter CUB 2530.
Official site:
www.inder.co.cu/capablanca |
4-30-2005
Chess News North America
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Leonid Shamkovich
(1923-2005)
Grandmaster
Leonid Shamkovich passed away in USA a few days ago.
Shamkovich was born on 1 June 1923 in Rostov-on-Don. Two-time
champion of the Russian Federation (in 1954 and 1956), Shamkovich took
part in several USSR championships (best result – equal 5th in
1964/1965). He became a Grandmaster in 1965. In 1974
Shamkovich immigrated to Israel. In 1976 he moved to the USA.
Shamkovich wrote several books, for example Tactical Chess Training
(with Cartier) and Chess Terrorist's Handbook. |
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The Chicago Spring Invitational took place
16th-22nd April 2005. The 12 player Category 8 event saw Benjamin
Finegold make a GM norm in finishing level with Varuzhan Akobian
on 8/11. Jan Van de Mortel made an IM norm.
1. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2522 8.0 2602
2. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2556 8.0 2599
3. Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2479 7.0 2533
4. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2530 6.5 2491
5. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2535 6.5 2491
Official site:
http://www.ilchess.org |
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Meanwhile, somewhere in the Cumberland Gap, TN, a new
storm is gathering at Chess HQ on USCF election procedures on using
staff time and resources for personal messages to voters. There are no
official confirmations or denials, except that motions may be proposed…
This appears to be the third election related “issue” so far… zzzz |
Chess News Around the World
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World Championship title still broke? V.
Kramnik says “include me out”. His official statement
included:
“I would like to make it clear that I will not participate in the FIDE
Championship, which is planned to take place this Fall in Argentina.” |
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 Rolf
Behovits forwards the Parrot an advance agenda for the Dortmunder
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2005:Liebe Schachfreunde,
Dear Chess Friends,
Beigefügt erhalten Sie nach der heutigen Pressekonferenz
Informationen zum Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2005.
Enclosed you receive information about the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess
Meeting 2005 after today`s press conference. GMs attending:
Leko, Van Wely, Adams, Topalov, Naiditsch, Sutovsky, Kramnik,
Svidler, Nielsen, Bacrot
(Dortmund, 29.04.2005). The chess world elite in the super
tournament, open ELO tournament and open tournaments, artistic works on
the theme of chess, blitz tournament with the grand masters, live
commentary, specialized publications, software and books: Dortmund is
preparing for Germany’s most renowned chess festival that will fascinate
fans once again this summer: the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting –
this is the 33rd time for the “International Dortmund Schachtage” - will
take place in the heart of the city from 8th to 17th July, with a varied
bill of first-class sports and an entertaining programme surrounding the
event. |
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 The
5th "Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux" takes place 28th April -
1st May. Participants: Anatoly Karpov, Laurent Fressinet + 6
players from a qualifying tournament which took place on 24th April.
Qualifiers are: Marie Sebag, Namig Gouliev, Hicham Hamdouchi, Xavier
Beudaert, Jean Luc Chabanon and Arnaud Rainfray. Official site:
www.grandprixdebordeaux.com
Information courtesy of Stephane Laborde |
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The XII Russian Team Championship took place
April 18th-29th in Dagomys, Sochi. Participants: Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
2739, Svidler, Peter RUS 2725, Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2724, Morozevich,
Alexander RUS 2717, Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2709, Dreev, Alexey RUS 2705,
Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2703, Bologan, Viktor MDA 2700, Ponomariov, Ruslan
UKR 2695, Motylev, Alexander RUS 2680, Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2679.
Round 10 standings:
Men's Premier League
1 Tomsk-400(Tomsk) 16.0
2 Max Ven(Ekaterinburg) 15.0
3 Ladja(Kazan) 15.0
4 TPS(Saransk) 15.0
5 SFM(Moscow) 13.0 |
Women's League
1 ABC(Krasnoturinsk) 15.0
2 South Ural(Cheliabinsk) 15.0
3 FINEK(St.-Petersburg) 15.0
2 Ladja(Kazan) 14.0
5 Platina(Krasnojarsk) 13.0 |
Game reviews and downloads:
www.ruchess.com
Internet site: www.chessliga.ru |
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Polish Chess Championships are taking place 21st
April - 4th May. Round 7 Standings [top 5] - the World Junior
Champion Radoslaw Wojtaszek leads the field:
1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 5.5
2 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 4.5
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 4.5
4 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2627 4.5
5 Miton, Kamil g POL 2592 4.5 |
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Game reviews and downloads:
www.ruchess.com
Internet site: www.impm2005.prv.pl |
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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2005 took place 15-24
April.
RESULT [top 5]:
1 Timman 6.5
2 Sasikiran 6.5
3 Nakamura 6.0
4 Hansen C. 5.5
5 Hector 5.0
Official site: www.ksu.dk |
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The 7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship took
place 3rd-13th April 2005.
Result
[top 5]:
1.
Wang Hao CHN 2484 7.0
2. Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2547 6.5
3. Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2609 6.5
4. Guseinov Gadir AZE 2573 6.5
5. Zhang Zhong CHN 2599 6.5
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4-23-2005
Chess News
North America
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The winner
(or winners) of the K-12
at the SuperNationals III will go forward to meet the
winners of this year's Denker
Tournament of HS Champion, Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
Tournament and US Cadet in an online event later
in the year (Oct-Nov) held by the ICC, the overall winner of
which will take a US Championship spot. |
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Sam Sloan files suit yet again
against the USCF's Board of Directors. His last suit was dismissed
for lack of proper service... |
Chess Around
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The XII
Russian Team Championship takes place April 18th-29th in Dagomys, Sochi.
Participants: Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2739, Svidler, Peter RUS 2725,
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2724, Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2717, Bareev,
Evgeny RUS 2709, Dreev, Alexey RUS 2705, Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2703,
Bologan, Viktor MDA 2700, Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2695, Motylev,
Alexander RUS 2680, Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2679.
Highly recommended viewing is 2665-rated Moiseenko
vs 2725-rated Svidler in an extraordinary Grunfeld.
Game
reviews and downloads:
www.ruschess.com. Internet site:
www.chessliga.ru. |
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The portal is
now open for application to the 2005 Individual European
Championship. URL :-
http://www.eurochamp.pl/.
The Championship will be held from June 17th (day
of arrival) until July 3rd (day of departure), 2005 in Warsaw - Zegrze
Poludniowe (about 35 km from the Warsaw Airport and 30km from the Warsaw
Central Railway Station). The Technical Meeting will take place on June
17th at 8 p.m. at the tournament hall at the Hotel 500, Zegrze
Poludniowe, Warszawska 31A. The championship will be 13 rounds,
played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules
and FIDE Laws of Chess. The playing time will be 90 minutes for 40 moves
plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds
per a move, starting from move 1.
The European Championship is open to all players
representing the Chess Federations which comprise the European Chess
Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.9) regardless of their title or rating. There
is also no limit of participants per federation, however applications
have to be sent by the national federations, only.
The European Individual Championship 2005 is a
qualification event for the next World Chess Championship. According to
the decision passed by the ECU Board, 34 players will qualify for the
WCC. Moreover, the top 10
players with highest ratings will receive all inclusive accommodation in
a single room, at the expense of the organizers.
The Guaranteed Total Prize Fund
(after the deduction of required payments of around 25.000 Euros to the
ECU and to FIDE) is 120.000
Euros.
Information courtesy of
Bartlomiej Macieja. |
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| Pictures of
the Kasparov Attack, as reported last week.
Гарри Каспаров получил
шахматной доской по голове (ФОТООТЧЕТ) {Federal Post Report}
This just released, Kasparov to
his interviewer Jonathan Levitt - "Yes but it was highly
unpleasant. We have proved more or less that it was a
provocation prepared in advance. On the Russian internet
there were pictures taken from two different angles. So the
people were ready to take these pictures. They knew the
attack was coming." |
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