News & Events: Year 2004
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- Drammen International Chess Festival (Dec 27 - Jan 5 / NORWAY)

                           Alexei Shirov won the tournament (6/9)

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- Pamplona Chess Tournament (December 21 - 29 / Pamplona, SPAIN)

                        Boris Gelfand won the tournament (5.5/7)

* Final standings

* Official site

- Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament (Dec. 18-23, ICC)

                                      China won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament (Dec. 18-19, POLAND)

                  Sergei Movsesian won this strong rapid tournament

* Final standings
* Official site

- Ashdod International Tournament (December 10 - 14 / ISRAEL)

          Smirin, Avrukh, Rozentalis & Gelfand shared the 1st place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Karjakin vs. Nakamura Match (December 9-14 / MEXICO)

                                          Nakamura won 4.5-1.5

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site (Spanish)

- U.S Chess Championships (November 23 - December 5 / California)

             Hikaru Nakamura and Rusudan Goletiani won the title

- World Chess Championship: Kramnik vs Leko (Sept 25 - Oct. 18)

                              Vladimir Kramnik retained his title

* Chessville coverage

     - results
     - download the games
     - match details
     - interviews

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (October / Budapest)

* Tamas Banusz performed his 3rd IM-norm
* Official site

- European Club Cup (October 2-10 / Ismir, TURKEY)

                                 NAO Chess Club retained the title

* Results by round
* Final standings

* Official site

- Team Championship People vs. Computers (Bilbao, SPAIN)
                                     
                                         Computers won 8.5-3.5
* Chessville coverage

* Official site
 

- FIDE rating list (October 2004)

* Top 100 players
* Top 50 women
* Top 20 juniors
* Top 20 girls

- ACP Tour Standings (September 2004, ACP site)

* Tour standings

* ACP site

- Match Hungary - Germany (September 16-21 / HUNGARY)

                                            Germany won 23-13

* Official site

- Lausanne Young Masters (September 15-20, Lausanne, Switzerland)

                                  Luke McShane won this edition

* Chessville coverage

* Official site

- Match S. Polgar - A. Karpov (September 18-19 / Kansas, USA)

* Chessville coverage
* Chessville report

* Chessbase article
* Official site (not available)

- Match Skripchenko vs. Krush (September 16 / New York, USA)

* Final result: 0.5-1.5 (Irina Krush)

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (September / Budapest)

* GM section: Sergey Erenburg won this section (9-13), no GM norms this month
    IM section: Christian Richter performed IM norm with 9/10 (2658 performance), Woodward &
    Schneider performed IM norms too.

* Official site

- Pune GM Tournament (September 3-12 / India)

                    Nisipeanu & Kasimdzhanov tied in the 1st place

* Chessville coverage

* Official site

* Official site
* Download all the games

* Spanish Chess Federation

- ACP Tour Standings (August 15 / ACP site)

* Current standings
* ACP Tour rules

* ACP official site

- First Saturday Tournaments (August / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Stefan Kristjansson won the GM section (7/11) / No GM-norms this month
* Official site

- U.S Open Chess Championship (August 7-15 / Ft. Lauderdale, U.S.A)

                                 Seven players tied in 1st place

* Official site

- Mainz Chess Classic (August 4-8, Mainz, GERMANY)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Results

      * Rapid match: Anand beat Shirov (5-3)
      * Chess960 match: Svidler won the match vs. Aronian (4.5-3.5)
      * FiNet Open: Zoltan Almasi (9.5/11)
      * ORDIX Open: Alexander Grischuk (9.5/11)

* Official site

- Dortmund Chess Tournament (July 22 - August 1 / GERMANY)

                       Viswanathan Anand won this year´s edition

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games (Chessgate)

* Official site

- 37th Biel Chess Festival (July 17 - 30 / Biel, SWITZERLAND)

                Alexander Morozevich won the tournament (7.5/10)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games (TWIC)

* Official site

- Amsterdam Chess Tournament (July 17-25 / NETHERLANDS)

                         Friso Nijboer finished clear first (7/9)

* Official site

- 4th Savaria Summer International Chess Congress (July 19-26)

- Japan arrests Bobby Fischer (July 15 / Narita airport, Tokyo)

* Bobby Fischer´s site
* Articles:
      - Chessbase
      - The Week in Chess
      - Washington Post

- World Chess Championship (June 19 - July 12 / Tripoli, LIBYA)

         Rustam Kasimdzhanov becomes FIDE World Chess Champion

* Chessville coverage

Official site coverage

* Final
* Semifinal
* Quartefinals
* Round 4 results
* Round 3 results
* Round 2 results
* Round 1 results
* Download all the games

* Picture gallery
* World Chess Championship chart
* Official site

- 12th World Computer Chess Championship (July 4-12 / ISRAEL)

         Deep Junior won the World Computer Chess Champion title

* Chessville coverage
* Pictures
* Download all the games

* Participants
* Official site

- Vallejo - Korchnoi Rapid Match (July 9-11 / Vera, SPAIN)

                  Francisco Vallejo beat Viktor Korchnoi 3.5-2.5

* Download all the games

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (July / Budapest, HUNGARY)
       
* IM Borki Predojevic performed GM-norm (7/9) / FMs Mihajlo Zlatic, Dietmar Kolbus & Sean Nagle performed IM norms

* Official site

- Dutch Chess Championships (June 28th - July 10th)

                          Loek Van Wely & Qin Peng retained their title

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Results: women
* Official site

- 32nd World Chess Open (from July 1st / Philadelphia, USA)

                            Varuzhan Akobian won this year´s edition

* Official site

- FIDE rating list (July 2004)

* Top 100 players / Top 100 players chart

- U.S Women´s Chess Championship (June 17 - 25)

* Chessville coverage

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (June / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Official site

- Petrosian Memorial Tournament (June 10 - 16 / Moscow, RUSSIA)

            Rest of the World Team beat the Armenian Team (18.5-17.5)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site: English / Russian

- XVII Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez (June 4 - 7 / León, SPAIN

        Alexei Shirov won the tournament after beating Peter Svidler

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site
* Peter Svidler Official site

- Women Chess Championship (May 21 - June 8 / Elista, KALMYKIA)

     Antoaneta Stefanova is the new Women World Chess Champion

* Official site

- European Chess Championships (May 15 - 30, Antalya, TURKEY)

              Vassily Ivanchuk won the title in the tie break matches

* Results / Standings
* Download all the games

* Participants
* Official site

- 34th Bosnia Chess Tournament (May 18 - 27 / Sarajevo)

                            Alexei Shirov won the tournament (7.5/9)
* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (May 2004 / Budapest)

* Results
* Download the games

* Official site

- German Bundesliga Final (May 9th / Baden-Baden, GERMANY)

                                           SG Porz wins the title
* Official site

- Sigeman Chess Tournament (April 30 - May 9 / Malmo, SWEDEN)

               Curt Hansen and Peter Heine Nielsen tied in the 1st place

* Official site
* Download the games

- French Team Championship (May 5-8 / Belforf, FRANCE)

                  NAO Chess Club won its 2nd championship in a row

* NAO Chess Club site
* French Chess Federation

- Polish Chess Championships (April 24 - May 7 / Warsaw, POLAND)

* Standings, results & games
* Official site (Polish)

- 68th Men Bulgarian Championship (April 24-May 4 / BULGARIA)

                           Ivan Cheparinov won the national title

* Standings / results
* Download the games

* Participants
* Official site

- Bacrot vs. Sokolov Chess Match (April 27 - May 2 / Albert,FRANCE)

* Final result: 3.5-2.5
* Download the games

* Official site (French)

- Kramnik simultaneous exhibition (May 2nd, Bohn, GERMANY)

- 11th Russian Team Championships (April 20-28 / Dagomys, RUSSIA)

                          Tomsk-400 Yukos won the championship

* Official site

- 4th Leiden Computer Chess Tournament (April 23-25 / Leiden)

                              Shredder won the tournament (8/9)
* Standings & results
* Download the games

* Participants
* Official site

- ACP Inaugural Blitz Chess Tournament (April 12-17 / Internet)

                           Peter Svidler won this blitz tournament

* Chessville coverage

* Results
* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (April 2004)

* Results
* Download the games

* Official site

- Match Van Wely - Timman (April 8-10 / Almelo, NETHERLANDS)

                   Van Wely won the match (rapid: 1-1 / classical: 2-0)

- 13th Amber Chess Tournament (March 20 - April 1 / Monaco)

                          Morozevich & Kramnik share the 1st place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- 5th Karpov Tournament (March 17 - 26 / Poikovsky, RUSSIA)

                          Alexander Grischuk won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games (TWIC)

* Official site (Russian)

- Reykjavik Rapid Chess Tournament (March 18-21 / Reykjavik
 

           Kasparov won the tournament after beating Short in the final

* Chessville coverage

* Official site

- First Saturday Tournaments (March / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Results
* Download the games

* Official site

- Petrosian Memorial (March 9-18 / Stepanakert)
                              
                             Karen Asrian won the tournament (6/9)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Reykjavik Open 2004 (March 7 -16 / Reykjavik)

                       Alexey Dreev won this strong open tournament

* Current standings
* Results by rounds

* Official site

- Dos Hermanas Internet Chess Tournament 2004 (March 6-14 / ICC)
                  
                    Jan Gustafsson & Daniel Fridman share 1st place

* Final results

* Official site

- Linares Chess Tournament (February 19 - March 5 / SPAIN)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- II Internationale Frankische Grobmeistertage 2004 (Feb 18-28)

* Results
* Standings

* Official site   

- 3rd Aeroflot Chess Open (February 16-26 / Moscow, RUSSIA)

* Results

* ChessCafe reports
* Official site

- First Saturday February Tournaments (Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Results
* Download the games

* Official site

- 13th Paderborn Computer Chess Tournament (February 11-15)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games (Chessbase)
* Pictures

* Official site

- Match Baramidze - Stellwagen (February 11-13/Maastricht, NED)

* Final score: 1.5-2.5
* Download all the games

* Chessbase report (rounds 1-2)
* Chessbase report (rounds 3-4)

* Official site

- 5th Wellington College International (FIDE Open / 30 -1 & 6-7)

* Final standings & results

- German Chess Championships (January 30 - February 7th)

                              Alexander Graf wins the title (7.5/10)

* Round 9: results
* Round 8: results
* Round 7: results
* Round 6: results
* Round 5: results
* Round 4: results
* Round 3: results
* Round 2: results
* Round 1: results

* Download the games
* Final standings

* Official site