No. 371, May 24, 2006
Appeal
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Olympiad: Australia's teams have made an impressive start to the Olympiad in Turin, Italy. After three rounds, the open team is in 40th place with 7.5/12, while our women's team is coming 28th with 6/9 - both well above their initial rankings. Australia (Rogers, Smerdon, Zhao, Lane, Wohl, Speck) average 2479 is seeded 50th. In the women's, Australia (Berezina, Moylan, Caoili, Phan-Koshnitsky) average 2210 is seeded 37th.
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Round 3 - Men
Open: Smerdon, Lane, Wohl and Speck smashed Macau 4-0 in round 1. We had an excellent second-round result, crushing the all-grandmaster
Romanian team (seeded 15th). Our team lost 0.5-3.5 to the powerful Uzbekistan team in round 3, but IM David Smerdon had the pleasure of holding former FIDE world knockout champion Kasimdzhanov to a draw.
Round 1: Macau-Australia 0-4
Round 2: Australia-Romania 3-1
Round 3: Australia-Uzbekistan 0.5-3.5
Round 3 Men's Standings
Women's: Australia crushed Libya 3-0 in the first round. Australia lost 0.5-2.5 to Romania in round 2, but won by that margin against Luxembourg in round 3.
Libya-Australia 0-3
Australia-Romania 0.5-2.5
Luxembourg-Australia 0.5-2.5
Round 3 Women's Standings:
Moylan, L (2127) -- Elnami, Safa 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 f6 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bd6 6.O-O Nge7 7.dxe5 fxe5
8.Ng5 Rf8 9.Nxh7 Rh8 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nf6+ Kf8 
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Silveirinha Jose 2126 - IM Smerdon David 2460 0-1
Celis Solomon Bernardino III 2079 - IM Lane Gary 2440 0-1
Mak Keng Kei 2040 - IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 0-1
Ho Cheng Fai 2023 - Speck Nick 2389 0-1
GM Rogers Ian 2564 - GM Istratescu Andrei 2621 1-0
IM Smerdon David 2460 - GM Marin Mihail 2538 ˝-˝
IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 - GM Vajda Levente 2511 1-0
IM Lane Gary 2440 - GM Parligras Mircea 2543 ˝-˝
IM Smerdon David 2460 - GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2673 ˝-˝
IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 - GM Gareyev Timur 2522 0-1
IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 - IM Filippov Anton 2497 0-1
Speck Nick 2389 - IM Kayumov Sergey 2426 0-1
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 Russia RUS 3 3 0 0 10.5 22.5 6
2 12 China CHN 3 3 0 0 10.5 21.5 6
3 30 Uzbekistan UZB 3 3 0 0 10.5 21.0 6
4 22 Greece GRE 3 3 0 0 10.0 21.5 6
5 4 Ukraine UKR 3 3 0 0 10.0 20.0 6
6 8 Netherlands NED 3 3 0 0 10.0 19.5 6
7 10 Bulgaria BUL 3 2 1 0 9.5 21.5 5
8 3 Armenia ARM 3 3 0 0 9.5 19.5 6
9 11 Spain ESP 3 3 0 0 9.5 19.5 6
10 24 Norway NOR 3 3 0 0 9.5 18.0 6
11 26 Brazil BRA 3 3 0 0 9.5 18.0 6
12 27 Iceland ISL 3 3 0 0 9.5 17.5 6
13 14 Germany GER 3 2 0 1 9.0 23.0 4
14 21 Poland POL 3 2 0 1 9.0 22.5 4
15 17 Georgia GEO 3 3 0 0 9.0 19.5 6
16 16 Hungary HUN 3 3 0 0 9.0 18.0 6
17 2 India IND 3 2 0 1 9.0 16.5 4
18 37 Vietnam VIE 3 2 0 1 8.5 21.5 4
19 7 USA USA 3 3 0 0 8.5 21.0 6
20 28 Croatia CRO 3 2 0 1 8.5 20.0 4
21 33 Serbia & Montenegro SCG 3 2 0 1 8.5 19.0 4
22 56 Egypt EGY 3 3 0 0 8.5 18.0 6
23 23 Moldova MDA 3 2 1 0 8.5 17.5 5
24 66 Peru PER 3 2 1 0 8.5 16.5 5
25 20 Czech Republic CZE 3 2 1 0 8.5 16.0 5
26 31 Sweden SWE 3 2 0 1 8.5 16.0 4
27 34 Turkey TUR 3 2 0 1 8.0 21.5 4
28 6 Israel ISR 3 2 1 0 8.0 21.0 5
29 45 Indonesia INA 3 1 2 0 8.0 21.0 4
30 61 Colombia COL 3 2 0 1 8.0 20.0 4
31 15 Romania ROM 3 2 0 1 8.0 19.5 4
32 46 Estonia EST 3 2 0 1 8.0 19.5 4
33 13 England ENG 3 2 1 0 8.0 19.0 5
34 29 Switzerland SUI 3 2 0 1 8.0 19.0 4
35 5 France FRA 3 2 1 0 8.0 18.5 5
36 47 Canada CAN 3 2 0 1 8.0 18.5 4
37 32 Slovenia SLO 3 2 0 1 8.0 18.0 4
38 36 Slovakia SVK 3 2 0 1 7.5 23.5 4
39 19 Belarus BLR 3 3 0 0 7.5 21.0 6
40 50 Australia AUS 3 2 0 1 7.5 21.0 4
Eman Ali-IM Berezina Irina 2281 0-1
Elnami Safa-WIM Moylan Laura 2127 0-1
Wafa Mohamed-WIM Caoili Arianne 2169 0-1
IM Berezina Irina-IM Peptan Corina Isabela 2408 0 - 1
WIM Moylan Laura-IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2392 0 - 1
WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan-WGM Bogza Adina Maria 2297 0.5-0.5
Steil-Antoni Fiona 1968 - IM Berezina Irina 0.5-0.5
Boyarchenko Marie-WIM Caoili Arianne 0-1
Bakalarz Janet-WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 0-1
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 13 Lithuania LTU 3 3 0 0 9.0 15.0 6
2 1 Russia RUS 3 3 0 0 8.5 16.5 6
3 6 China CHN 3 3 0 0 8.5 16.5 6
4 11 Romania ROM 3 3 0 0 8.0 17.0 6
5 2 Ukraine UKR 3 3 0 0 8.0 13.0 6
6 5 USA USA 3 3 0 0 7.5 16.5 6
7 10 Bulgaria BUL 3 3 0 0 7.5 15.0 6
8 20 Israel ISR 3 3 0 0 7.5 15.0 6
9 9 India IND 3 2 1 0 7.0 14.0 5
10 3 Georgia GEO 3 2 1 0 6.5 16.5 5
11 8 Germany GER 3 2 1 0 6.5 16.5 5
12 15 France FRA 3 2 0 1 6.5 16.5 4
13 14 Greece GRE 3 2 1 0 6.5 15.0 5
14 26 Ecuador ECU 3 2 1 0 6.5 15.0 5
15 4 Hungary HUN 3 2 0 1 6.5 15.0 4
16 7 Armenia ARM 3 2 1 0 6.5 14.5 5
17 31 Belarus BLR 3 2 0 1 6.5 14.5 4
18 17 Slovenia SLO 3 2 1 0 6.5 14.0 5
19 39 Uzbekistan UZB 3 2 0 1 6.5 12.0 4
20 21 Italy A ITA-A 3 2 0 1 6.0 15.0 4
21 24 Latvia LAT 3 2 0 1 6.0 15.0 4
22 16 Slovakia SVK 3 2 1 0 6.0 14.5 5
23 23 Spain ESP 3 2 1 0 6.0 14.5 5
24 18 Netherlands NED 3 2 0 1 6.0 14.5 4
25 22 Czech Republic CZE 3 2 0 1 6.0 14.5 4
26 33 Estonia EST 3 2 0 1 6.0 14.5 4
27 47 Mexico MEX 3 2 0 1 6.0 14.0 4
28 38 Australia AUS 3 2 0 1 6.0 13.5 4
29 19 Serbia & Montenegro SCG 3 2 0 1 6.0 13.0 4
30 41 Turkey TUR 3 1 2 0 6.0 13.0 4
31 40 Sweden SWE 3 2 0 1 6.0 12.0 4
32 49 Peru PER 3 2 0 1 6.0 12.0 4
33 12 Poland POL 3 2 0 1 5.5 20.0 4
34 36 Vietnam VIE 3 1 1 1 5.5 16.5 3
35 30 Kazakhstan KAZ 3 2 0 1 5.5 16.0 4
36 25 Cuba CUB 3 2 0 1 5.5 15.0 4
37 28 Mongolia MGL 3 2 0 1 5.5 14.5 4
38 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 3 2 0 1 5.5 14.5 4
39 60 Philippines PHI 3 2 0 1 5.5 14.5 4
40 34 England ENG 3 2 0 1 5.5 14.0 4
41 53 Portugal POR 3 2 0 1 5.5 14.0 4
42 68 Indonesia INA 3 1 1 1 5.5 13.0 3
43 48 Macedonia MKD 3 2 0 1 5.5 11.0 4
44 35 Croatia CRO 3 1 1 1 5.0 17.0 3
45 51 Canada CAN 3 1 0 2 5.0 14.5 2
46 57 Bangladesh BAN 3 2 0 1 5.0 14.0 4
47 37 Iran IRI 3 1 0 2 5.0 14.0 2
48 27 Argentina ARG 3 1 2 0 5.0 13.5 4
49 43 Turkmenistan TKM 3 1 0 2 5.0 13.5 2
50 63 El Salvador ESA 3 2 0 1 5.0 13.0 4
51 42 Norway NOR 3 2 0 1 5.0 12.0 4
52 64 IPCA IPCA 3 2 0 1 5.0 9.0 4
53 71 Venezuela VEN 3 2 0 1 4.5 15.5 4
54 58 Malaysia MAS 3 1 1 1 4.5 15.0 3
55 29 Moldova MDA 3 1 1 1 4.5 14.5 3
56 32 Switzerland SUI 3 1 0 2 4.5 14.0 2
57 45 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 3 2 0 1 4.5 13.5 4
58 62 Dominican Republic DOM 3 2 0 1 4.5 13.5 4
59 50 Finland FIN 3 1 0 2 4.5 12.0 2
60 52 Azerbaijan AZE 3 1 0 2 4.5 11.0 2
61 54 IBCA IBCA 3 1 0 2 4.0 16.5 2
62 75 Luxembourg LUX 3 1 0 2 4.0 13.5 2
63 72 Scotland SCO 3 1 0 2 4.0 13.0 2
64 46 Colombia COL 3 1 0 2 4.0 12.5 2
65 70 Italy B ITA-B 3 1 0 2 4.0 12.0 2
66 100 Nigeria NGR 3 1 0 2 3.5 16.5 2
67 61 Brazil BRA 3 1 0 2 3.5 14.5 2
68 78 Sri Lanka SRI 3 1 0 2 3.5 14.0 2
69 66 Guatemala GUA 3 1 1 1 3.5 13.0 3
70 59 Denmark DEN 3 1 0 2 3.5 13.0 2
71 74 Puerto Rico PUR 3 1 0 2 3.5 13.0 2
72 55 Iceland ISL 3 1 1 1 3.5 12.0 3
73 83 New Zealand NZL 3 1 0 2 3.5 12.0 2
74 87 Japan JPN 3 1 0 2 3.5 11.0 2
75 81 Ireland IRL 3 1 0 2 3.5 10.5 2
76 65 Albania ALB 3 1 0 2 3.0 16.5 2
77 56 Austria AUT 3 1 0 2 3.0 15.5 2
78 77 Bolivia BOL 3 1 0 2 3.0 14.5 2
79 88 Iraq IRQ 3 1 0 2 3.0 12.5 2
80 67 ICSC ICSC 3 1 0 2 3.0 12.0 2
81 91 Fiji FIJ 3 1 0 2 3.0 12.0 2
82 73 South Africa RSA 3 1 0 2 3.0 11.5 2
83 82 Tajikistan TJK 3 1 0 2 3.0 9.0 2
84 102 Qatar QAT 3 1 0 2 3.0 9.0 2
85 69 Wales WLS 3 1 0 2 2.5 12.5 2
86 79 Jamaica JAM 3 0 0 3 2.0 13.5 0
87 97 Malta MLT 3 0 1 2 2.0 12.0 1
88 80 UAE UAE 3 0 0 3 2.0 12.0 0
89 85 Algeria ALG 3 0 1 2 2.0 11.5 1
90 84 Costa Rica CRC 3 1 0 2 2.0 10.0 2
91 86 Botswana BOT 3 1 0 2 2.0 10.0 2
92 106 Surinam SUR 3 1 0 2 2.0 8.5 2
93 108 Yemen YEM 3 1 0 2 2.0 8.5 2
94 101 Panama PAN 3 0 0 3 1.5 13.5 0
95 99 Netherlands Antilles AHO 3 0 1 2 1.5 11.0 1
96 94 Us Virgin Islands ISV 3 0 0 3 1.5 11.0 0
97 90 Libya LBA 3 0 1 2 1.5 10.5 1
98 96 Chinese Taipei TPE 3 0 0 3 1.0 11.5 0
99 95 Angola ANG 2 0 0 2 1.0 7.0 0
100 89 Kenya KEN 3 0 0 3 0.5 13.5 0
101 93 Trinidad & Tobago TRI 3 0 0 3 0.5 12.5 0
102 98 Namibia NAM 3 0 0 3 0.5 10.0 0
103 92 Honduras HON 2 0 0 2 0.0 9.0 0
104 76 Afghanistan AFG 1 0 0 1 0.0 6.0 0
105 103 Rwanda RWA 1 0 0 1 0.0 4.5 0
106 107 Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1 0.0 4.5 0
107 104 Somalia SOM 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
108 105 Sudan SUD 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
36th Olympiad w (1) Turin ITA
2006.05.21 1-0 C44
12.Qh6+!! Rxh6 13.Bxh6#
1-0
Rogers, I (2564) -- Istratescu, A (2621)
36th Olympiad (2) Turin ITA
2006.05.22 1-0 B41
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne5 11.Qe2 Neg4 12.f4 d6 13.Bd2 e5 14.h3 Qc5
15.hxg4 Nxg4 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 exd4 18.cxd4 Qe7 19.c5 O-O 20.Rf3 b6 21.
cxb6 Qd6 22.Rf4 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 Qxb6 24.e5 Be6 25.Rh4 h6 26.Qe4 Rfd8 27.Rb1
Qa5 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxg7 Rab8 31.Rf1 Rg8 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Be4 Qc3
34.Kh1 Rd8 35.Rxh6 Rxd4 36.Bf3 Kd7 37.Rh7 Kc8 38.Qh6 Qc5 39.Rc1 Rc4 40.
Rxc4 Qxc4 41.Qe3 Rd8 42.Be2 Qc6 43.Rh4 Bd5 44.Qa7 Bxg2+ 45.Kh2 Re8 46.Rc4
1-0
Zhao Zong Yuan (2452) -- Vajda, L (2511)
36th Olympiad (2) Turin ITA
2006.05.22 1-0 D36
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.a3 Nh5 14.Bf4 Nxf4
15.exf4 Bd6 16.Qd2 f6 17.Ne2 Qc7 18.f5 Bf7 19.g4 Re7 20.Kg2 Rce8 21.Ng3
Bf4 22.Qc3 Nd7 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Re1 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 c5 26.Ne2 Bd6 27.Nc3 Qd8
28.Nb5 Bb8 29.dxc5 Nxc5 30.Qe3 Qb6 31.b4 Nxd3 32.Qxd3 h6 33.Nbd4 Be5 34.
Qe3 Qd6 35.Nb5 Qd7 36.Nbd4 Bc7?! 37.Ne6! Bb6 38.Nfd4 Qc8 39.Qf4 Bxd4 40.
Nxd4 Qe8 41.Qe3 Qd7 42.Kg3 Kf8 43.Qf4 Qd8 44.a4 a5 45.bxa5 Kg8 46.Qd2 Qd6+
47.Kg2 Be8 48.Qe3 Bd7 49.Nb5 Qb4 50.Qd4 Qb3 51.Nc3 Bc6 52.Kg3 Kh7 53.Kh4
Qb2 54.Qe3 Qa1 55.Qd4 Qb2 56.Nb5 Qe2 57.Nc7 Qf3 58.Ne6 Kg8 59.Qe3 Qg2 60.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 61.Kxg3 Bxa4 62.Nd8 Kf8 63.Nxb7 Bc6 64.Nc5 d4 65.Ne6+ 1-0
Smerdon, D (2460) -- Kasimdzhanov, R (2673)
36th Olympiad (3) Turin ITA
2006.05.23 1/2-1/2 C47
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3
d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.Rfe1 Rb8 13.Na4 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.b3 Be6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.c3 a5 19.g3 Kg7 20.Kg2 f5
21.f4 Kf6 22.Be2 Ba3 23.Bf3 Rd6 24.Re2 Rbd8 25.Red2 Ke7 26.Be2 c5 27.c4
Bb4 28.Rd3 d4 29.Ra1 Ba3 30.Bf3 Bd7 31.Re1+ Re6 32.Rdd1 Kf6 33.Rxe6+ fxe6
34.Rd3 Rb8 35.Kh3 Be8 36.Bg2 Ke7 37.Bf3 Kd6 38.Nc3 Bb4 39.Nb5+ Bxb5 40.
cxb5 Rxb5 41.Be2 Rb8 42.Rd1 Bc3 43.Bc4 a4 44.Kg2 axb3 45.axb3 Ra8 46.Kf3
Bb4 47.h3 e5 48.fxe5+ Kxe5 49.g4 Ra2 50.gxf5 Kxf5 51.Rf1 Ke5 52.Rf2 Ra1
53.Rf1 Ra8 54.Rf2 Rd8 55.Re2+ Kf6 56.Ke4 h5 57.Kd3 Ra8 58.Ke4 Kg5 59.Kf3
Rf8+ 60.Kg3 h4+ 61.Kg2 Rd8 62.Bd3 Ra8 63.Kf3 Ra1 64.Rg2+ Kf6 65.Rg6+ Ke7
66.Rg4 Rc1 67.Rxh4 Rc3 68.Ke4 Rxb3 69.Rh7+ Kf6 70.h4 Rc3 71.Rc7 Kg6 72.
Rc6+ Kh5 73.Be2+ Kxh4 74.Kf4 Kh3 75.Bf3 Kh2 76.Rh6+ Kg1 77.Kg3 Rxf3+ 78.
Kxf3 d3 1/2-1/2
Kayumov, S (2426) -- Speck, N (2389)
36th Olympiad (3) Turin ITA
2006.05.23 1-0 B30
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.
e5 f6 9.Qe4 Kf7 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.Bf4 Bxc4 13.dxc4 d5 14.exd6 Bxd6
15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.O-O Rad8 18.Rfe1 Rd6 19.b4 Rhd8 20.Rxd6 Qxd6
21.bxc5 Qd7 22.Re3 Qc8
23.Ng5+! fxg5 24.Rf3+ Kg8
- ( 24...Nf4 25.hxg5 e5 26.Qxe5 )
- ( 29.Qe4+ Kg8 30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.Qxh5+ Kg8 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Qe4+ Kg8 34.Rb3 )
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Leading scores in Junior Internet Championship: Wallis, Lin, Choong, Yu, Lee, Matheson, Mandla, Zulfic 2/2.
The ACF Council has just approved the use of the event title "Australian Universities Rapid Championships" as well as the usage of the titles "Australian Universities Rapid Champion" and "Australian Universities Rapid Team Champion" as outlined below.
The Sydney University Chess Club and Stratagem Computer Contractors Pty Ltd invite you to participate in: Australian Universities Rapid Championships 2006
Dates: Wednesday 12th - Thursday 13th July 2006
Venue: Level 4, Wentworth Building, Sydney University
Corner of City Road and Butlin Avenue, Darlington, NSW
Tournament Format: Open Swiss
Time Limit: 20 minutes per side + 10 seconds per move from move 1.
Format: Universities may send as many players as they like. (Bona fide under graduate and post graduate students). The player finishing first will be the Australian Universities Rapid Champion and receive a trophy. There will be trophies for second and third place as well.
Any university is eligible for the Team prize. However the best 3 scores will be added together to determine the Australian Universities Rapid Team Champion. There will be trophies for the teams finishing first, second and third.
Social Evening: A social get-together will be held after the first day. The emphasis is on the social side as well as the chess for this competition! There will be pizza, beer and soft-drinks and will start immediately after the last round on the 12th. There is no cost involved and all entry fees after the trophies and incidental costs will be added to the sponsorship and put towards the social evening.
Entry fee: $10 per person, payable on the day.
Director of Play: International Arbiter Dr Charles Zworestine.
Website: http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~jchan3/succ/index.html
Main Organiser: Jenni Oliver. Phone (02)6253 2848 (all reasonable hours) or
Email: jenni@stratagemcc.com.au
Sydney University Chess Club contact: Jason Chan.
Email: su_chess_club@student.usyd.edu.au
Details
Olympiad: Turin, Italy. Leading scores after 3 rounds: Russia, China, Uzbekistan 10.5/12; Greece, Ukraine, Netherlands 10.
Site : Results : View games rounds 1-2 - Men : Women 1-3 : Round 3 - Men
Topalov wins Mtel Masters: After a slow start Topalov won five of his last six games to take the tourney. Kamsky proved he has returned to the top table with a sensational result. He became the surprise leader with 3.5/4 after beating Anand in round 3 and Svidler in round 4, but was smashed by Topalov in round 5. Anand trounced Topalov in a brilliancy in round 2 but lost the return match. Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 6.5; 2. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 6.0; 3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 5.5; 4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 5.0; 5. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 3.5; 6. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 3.5.
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Anand, V (2803) -- Topalov, V (2804)
Mtel Masters (7) Sofia BUL
2006.05.18 0-1 B80
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.c4 bxc3 11.Nxc3 Bb7 12.Be2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.O-O Qb8!? 16.Nf5 Qe5! 17.Ng3 Bb4! 18.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Rb8 20.Qd6 Rb6 21.Qc7 Rc6 22.Qb7 Rc2 23.Qxa6 O-O 24.b3 Ne5 25.Rae1 Qd2 26.Rd1 Qf4 27. Bb5 h5!? 28.Ne2
- ( 28.Nxh5!? )
Nxf3!! 32.gxf3 Bxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kf1 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Qxb3 37.Qe5 Rd8 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.Nxc3 h4 40. Re4 Rb3 41.Ne2 g5 42.Re5 Rd5 43.Rxd5 exd5 44.Bc6 Ra3 45.Nd4 Kg7 46.Bxd5 Rd3! 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Be4 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Rd2+ 50.Kf3 Rxh2 51.Ne3 Ra2 52.Bc6 Ra3 53.Kf2 Ra1 54.Bd7 Ke5 55.Kf3 Ra3 56.Kf2 Ke4 57.Bc6+ Kf4 58.Ng2+ Ke5 59.Ne3 Ra2+ 60.Kf3 f5 61.Bd7 h3 0-1
Topalov, V (2804) -- Ponomariov, R (2738)
Mtel Masters (8) Sofia BUL
2006.05.19 1-0 C88
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nf1 Nb6 14.Bd2 b4 15.c3 bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nc6 17.a5 Nc8 18.Ne3 N8a7 19.Nf5 Bc8 20.Nd2 Rb8 21.f4?
- Condemned by the commentators
- ( The best defence was 29...f6! eg 30.Kh2 d5! to avoid a very nasty Bg8!! 31.Bxb8 Rxb8 32.Qf7 dxe4 33.Qxe7 exd3 followed by ...Qc7 )
- Threatening 32.Bf7!! Qa1 33.Bg6! mating
32.Nxf6!! Bxf6 33.d4!!
- An amazing follow-up with the devastating threat of Bb1 and Qh7 mate. Black has no choice but to give up his queen. A memorable combination!
- An important move, forcing the rook to abandon the third rank. The fortress is breached.
- ( 65.Kxf7 Rxe8 66.Kxe8 Kg7 67.Ke7 Kg8 68.Kf6 Kh7 69.Kf7 Kh8 70.Kg6 )
Anand, V (2803) -- Svidler, P (2743)
Mtel Masters (9) Sofia BUL
2006.05.20 1/2-1/2 C88
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Bc8 13.Nf1 Bd7 14.Ne3 bxa4 15. Nd2 Rb8 16.c3 Bb5 17.Nf5 Ne8 18.Nc4 Nb3 19.Bxb3 axb3 20.Qxb3 Bf6 21.Qd1 g6 22.Nfe3 Nc7 23.Nd2 Bg5
- ( 23...Bxd3 24.c4!? and Ra3 )
- ( 37...Qxe5 38.Qf8+ Rg8 39.Bf6+ Qxf6 40.Rxg8# )
- ( 37...Rxh6 38.Rxf5 Rg6 39.Bf6+ Kg8 40.Bxb2 )
- ( 38.Nf1 Rxf1+ 39.Kxf1 Qxd3+ 40.Ke1 Rxh6 )
Topalov, V (2804) -- Bacrot, E (2708)
Mtel Masters (10) Sofia BUL
2006.05.21 1-0 D15
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1 e5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Na4 Nxe5 12.Bc3 f6
- Otherwise, it's hard to develop the Bf8
- With notions of 1.e4 dxe4 2.Be6!
25.Bxd7+!?
- Eliminating any dangerous sacs on c5
Full details at the 2006 Grand Prix site
Gardiner Chess Gold Coast Open: June 24-25. One of only three Category 5 GP events. $4000 prize money for Open. Supporting U1600 event with 1st and 2nd for 5 divisions. Some free accomodation available. New venue at Carrara Community Centre, Neilsons Road, Carrara. contact Outreachchess@bigpond.com or Peter Bender 07 5556 0434. Please visit www.nationalrides.com.au and click on the Outreach Chess label for an electronic entry form.
ANU Open: July 22-23; Cat 3; 7 round Swiss, 1hr + 10s/move; Total prizes: $3000; First $1000. $70/$50 entry fee. Details
NSW Open: 10-12 June; Cat 5; Total prizes of $9000 with $7500 guaranteed. Open and U1600; Hakoah Club; 61-67 Hall Street, Bondi. Register by 12:30pm; 1st $1200; U1600 $900. Contact: Brett Tindall 8756 5974, email tournaments@nswca.org.au
Mingara May Major: (u2100), 27-28 May, Mingara Recreation Club, Tumbi Umbi, Mal Murrell
The Hobsons Bay /Yarraville Open weekender tournament has been cancelled
Australian Games Expo: Albury, NSW; June 10-11; Albury Convention & Performing Arts Centre, Swift Street, Albury. Details
Queensland Champs: Two sections: Round robin for the top eight seeds/open Swiss for everyone else. Round robin starts 9th June at 7pm. Championship 9-12 June; Reserve 10-12 June; School Hall, Ferny Grove State School, Finvoy St, Ferny Grove. www.caq.org.au Tel: 3411 3445 Fax: 3349 2745 Mobile: 0412 717 053 email: caq@optusnet.com.au
Queensland Girls' Championship: 8-9 July; 7 Round Swiss; Chancellor College, Secondary Campus, Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs. Details/ Entry form
Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival: 12-21 Aug. Details
World University Chess Championship: Details here
Zemplin Tower FIDE Open: Slovakia; May; e-mail radoslavo@yahoo.com. Details
2nd World School Chess Teams Championship: U12, U14 and U16. Teams need national federation endorsement. 12-20 July. Entries close on 1 July. Part of the 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games at Pardubice, Czech Republic.
RC Sport Open: http://sachy.rcsport.info
Politiken Cup: Copenhagen, 22-30 July; 9 round swiss with more than 200 participants. Details
3rd South Wales International: 8-13 July; 9 round FIDE rated event. http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI
Battle of Senta Open: July 21. http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/
Penang International Open: Website
Czech Tour - International Chess Festivals Series - http://www.czechtour.net
Singapore Masters: For more details, click here.
Correspondence chess players over the board: July 1-9; Karviná, Silesian University, Czech Republic; Preliminary applications to: Ing. Petr BUCHNÍCEK, Svážná 22, CZ-634 00 Brno, Czech Republic. Phone: 605 578 666. Email: buchnicek@skscr.cz
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