Melbourne Chess Club Anzac Day Weekender: 1st - FM Igor Bjelobrk.
= 2nd - FM Bill Jordan, FM Michael Baron, Domagoj Dragicevic.
1st rating prize - Richard Voon
2nd rating prize - Damien Arkins

24 participants (5 over 2100 ACF).

Outreach Chess Anzac Day Social Teams Event (Queensland): You never know what to expect when you try a new chess event and this year's inaugural event definitely had many pleasant surprises.

The event was social in nature and had the aim of raising funds for both developing chess (by way of supplying equipment and sponsorship to clubs) and supporting organisations that are helping the homeless.

As a hardened tournament junkie I found the most pleasing difference to be the change in culture of the players' mood. They had a ball and it started from the very outset with the free sausage sizzle and finished with the awarding of medals. The biggest smiles came right at the end of the day with the awarding of 'encouragement medals' to the "Chess Masters" team which comprises of the super mums of Sue Kimura and Sanae Toda and the tiny terror of Yamato Toda.

At the business end of the proceedings we had 'Big Snooze' (alias Club Bullwinkle) in first place. The team comprised of Jacob Edwards, Craig (I had 3 hours sleep) Stewart and Regina Grenfell. It was noted that had the winners been held to a second draw in the top of the table tussle then they may not have gone home with the gold. However, they showed their true strength and the 'Toowoomba' team had to settle for silver medals.

The 'Toowoomba' team of Luthien Russell, Michael Gearing and Brock McIntyre should be well pleased with their second place as a worthy return for the distance travelled. It was efforts like this that made for a great day.

Bronze medals went to 'Rooks Rule' who where a composite team of Zac Dolan-Bowman (a future name to watch), Catherine Wright and Michael Giess.

All in all the event raised close to $400, was full of fun and had lots of enjoyable chess on another perfect Qld day!

Thanks to all how helped organise the day from players, volunteers and Nerang Community Church who took the bold leap of allowing their premises to be 'redesigned' into a purpose built chess hall.

Please contact pbender@austarnet.com.au to receive a free quarterly newsletter concerning upcoming tournaments and the goings on at Outreach chess or to enquire about having Outreach chess help your local club.

Take care and God bless,
- Peter Bender

NSW Teams Challenge:

1 Sydney Uni 1 24
2 Hyde Park 20.5
3 Max's Sac Hackers 18.5
4 Lude 16.5
5 Sydney Uni 2 16
6 Fairfield 1 15.5
7-9 Odd Pawns 15
Hakoah Hacks 15
Wollongong The Brave 15
10-11 Fairfield 3 14.5
Sydney Uni 4 14.5
12-13 Air Bus Hu 14
Collegians 14
14 Koala 13.5
15 North Sydney Nomads 12
16 Fairfield 2 11.5
17 Ryde Eastwood 11
18 Sydney Uni 3 10.5
19 Sydney Uni 5 8.5

Crosstable:

1 Rej, Tomek 	2025 Sydney Uni 1 	7 	49:W 26:W 21:W 13:W 63:W 15:W 60:W
2 Muljadi, Haris 	2110 Hyde Park 	6.5 	66:W 41:W 42:W 11:D 10:W 19:W 55:W
3 Chan, Jason 	2071 Sydney Uni 1 	6 	17:W 39:W 24:W 9:L 27:W 14:W 61:W
4  Yap, Aaron            1892 Sydney Uni 1         6     28:W 19:D 10:W 25:W 23:W 74:W  7:D
5  Kumar, Vikash Rosman  1452 Fairfield 3          6     39:L 29:W 46:W 64:W 53:W 76:W  0:W
6  Sweeney, Matthew      1405 Wollongong The Brave 6     64:W 74:W 65:W 47:W 62:W 29:L 46:W
7  Cronan, James         1695 Air Bus Hu           5.5   56:W 25:W 23:W 74:W 20:L 47:W  4:D
8  Agulto, Edgardo       2311 Fairfield 1          5.5   31:W 63:W 26:L 54:W 48:D 60:W 43:W
9  Smirnov, Vladimir     2157 Hyde Park            5     32:W 61:D 14:W  3:W 24:D 39:W 16:L
10 Nanavati, Minir       1974 Max's Sac Hackers    5     59:W 75:W  4:L 19:W  2:L 40:W 28:W
11 O'chee, Kevin         1983 Sydney Uni 1         5     29:W 20:W 12:L  2:D 40:W 42:W 41:D
12 Illingworth, Max      1565 Max's Sac Hackers    5     38:W 76:W 11:W 20:W 25:L 23:L 29:W
13 Xie, George           2405 Hyde Park            5     69:W 60:W 15:W  1:L 21:W 26:W 31:L
14 Kordahi, Nicholas     1844 Odd Pawns            5     70:W 45:W  9:L 61:W 17:W  3:L 51:W
15 Eriksson, Ingela      2190 Odd Pawns            5     34:W 54:W 13:L 60:W 49:W  1:L 73:W
16 Tsang, Lester         1400 Sydney Uni 4         5     33:D 32:W 70:W 30:D 45:L 71:W  9:W
17 Low, Kwan Shin        1695 Sydney Uni 2         5      3:L 67:W 51:W 68:W 14:L 45:W 24:W
18 Parker, Trent         1434 Collegians           5     40:L  0:W 52:W 55:W 50:L 59:W 75:W
19 Zvedeniouk, Ilia      1709 Lude                 4.5   22:W  4:D 50:W 10:L 41:W  2:L 40:W
20 Mendes Da Costa, Alex 1704 Lude                 4.5   67:W 11:L 47:W 12:L  7:W 25:D 23:W
21 Bird, Andrew          2164 Max's Sac Hackers    4.5   37:W 35:W  1:L 26:D 13:L 63:W 49:W
22 Ivanovic, Radislav    1487 Fairfield 3          4.5   19:L 28:L 66:W 44:D 57:W 75:W  0:W
23 Rajendran, Karthick   1638 Koala                4     65:W 47:W  7:L 38:W  4:L 12:W 20:L
24 Quick, Simon          2048 Max's Sac Hackers    4     36:W 68:W  3:L 39:D  9:D 27:W 17:L
25 Dunn, Michael Gl      1745 Hyde Park            4     46:W  7:L 74:W  4:L 12:W 20:D 62:D
26 Tan, Justin           2051 Lude                 4     72:W  1:L  8:W 21:D 60:D 13:L 63:W
27 Jones, Lee R          1803 Koala                4     30:W 33:L 61:W 36:W  3:L 24:L 39:W
28 Do, Minh              1637 Sydney Uni 2         4      4:L 22:W 44:L 75:W 42:W 52:W 10:L
29 Barker, Mitchell      1239 Sydney Uni 2         4     11:L  5:L 64:W 76:W 74:W  6:W 12:L
30 Hanna, Peter          1565 Collegians           4     27:L  0:W 45:W 16:D 33:D 36:L 68:W
31 Chen, Parry           1443 Sydney Uni 4         4      8:L 69:W 34:L 48:W 54:D 43:D 13:W
32 Zielinski, Konrad     1766 Ryde Eastwood        4      9:L 16:L 67:W  0:W 36:W 51:W 45:-
33 Cabilin, Jeff         1942 Fairfield 1          4     16:D 27:W 39:L 45:W 30:D 61:L 71:W
34 Greenwood, Norman     1558 North Sydney Nomads  4     15:L 73:W 31:W 43:L 72:W  0:W 37:L
35 Arocha, Leandro       1533 Sydney Uni 5         4      0:W 21:L 37:W 49:W 43:L 72:W 48:L
36 Roberts, Jamie        1612 Hakoah Hacks         4     24:L 71:W 68:W 27:L 32:L 30:W 70:+
37 Feldman, Alex         1727 Hakoah Hacks         4     21:L 43:W 35:L 63:L 69:W 48:W 34:W
38 Adler, David          1421 Hakoah Hacks         4     12:L 56:W 76:W 23:L 46:L 65:W 53:W
39 Yu, Michael           1999 Lude                 3.5    5:W  3:L 33:W 24:D 61:W  9:L 27:L
40 Ramachandram, Raj     1724 Koala                3.5   18:W 50:W 41:D 59:W 11:L 10:L 19:L
41 Guzel, Adam           1803 Air Bus Hu           3.5   58:W  2:L 40:D 42:D 19:L 50:W 11:D
42 Wong, Ted             1526 Odd Pawns            3.5   53:W 52:W  2:L 41:D 28:L 11:L 44:W
43 Huynh, Arthur         1855 Fairfield 2          3.5   60:L 37:L  0:W 34:W 35:W 31:D  8:L
44 Gui, Xiao             1200 Sydney Uni 3         3.5   52:W 57:L 28:W 22:D  0:W 66:L 42:L
45 Barakat, Martin       1660 Wollongong The Brave 3     51:W 14:L 30:L 33:L 16:W 17:L 32:+
46 Chiara, Vince         1446 Ryde Eastwood        3     25:L 62:W  5:L  0:W 38:W 64:L  6:L
47 Abustan, Timoteo      1182 Fairfield 1          3     62:W 23:L 20:L  6:L 65:W  7:L 56:W
48 Miranda, Adrian       1586 Collegians           3     63:L  0:W 54:D 31:L  8:D 37:L 35:W
49 Chan, Daniel          1910 Sydney Uni 2         3      1:L 72:W 73:W 35:L 15:L 54:W 21:L
50 Burgess, Shane        1387 Fairfield 1          3     55:W 40:L 19:L 52:L 18:W 41:L 58:W
51 Wong, Tony            1237 Sydney Uni 3         3     45:L 70:W 17:L 67:W  0:W 32:L 14:L
52 Marshall, Aaron       1469 Wollongong The Brave 3     44:L 42:L 18:L 50:W 55:W 28:L 66:W
53 Tsui, Edison          882  North Sydney Nomads  3     42:L 64:W 62:L 56:W  5:L  0:W 38:L
54 Nicholson, Scott      1718 Wollongong The Brave 3     73:W 15:L 48:D  8:L 31:D 49:L 69:W
55 White, Gareth         1399 Sydney Uni 4         3     50:L 66:W 57:W 18:L 52:L 58:W  2:L
56 Evans, Carrie         1388 Fairfield 2          3      7:L 38:L  0:W 53:L 76:W 62:W 47:L
57 Tsui, Byron           1041 North Sydney Nomads  3     74:D 44:W 55:L 58:L 22:L  0:W 59:D
58 Blackman, Richard     1447 Fairfield 2          3     41:L 59:L  0:W 57:W 75:W 55:L 50:L
59 Nichas, John          1569 Hakoah Hacks         3     10:L 58:W 75:D 40:L 66:W 18:L 57:D
60 Hu, Jason             2038 Air Bus Hu           2.5   43:W 13:L 63:W 15:L 26:D  8:L  1:L
61 Mandla, Blair         1978 Air Bus Hu           2.5   71:W  9:D 27:L 14:L 39:L 33:W  3:L
62 Chen, Sam             1300 Sydney Uni 4         2.5   47:L 46:L 53:W 65:W  6:L 56:L 25:D
63 Jones, Brian A        2137 Koala                2     48:W  8:L 60:L 37:W  1:L 21:L 26:L
64 Tan, Jee Jian         1150 Sydney Uni 3         2      6:L 53:L 29:L  5:L  0:W 46:W 74:L
65 Chiddy, Lance         1030 Collegians           2     23:L  0:W  6:L 62:L 47:L 38:L 76:W
66 Rahmani, Aziz         1560 Ryde Eastwood        2      2:L 55:L 22:L  0:W 59:L 44:W 52:L
67 Grbin, Tereza         1548 Fairfield 3          2     20:L 17:L 32:L 51:L 70:L 68:W  0:W
68 Loh, Yik Wen          1000 Sydney Uni 5         2      0:W 24:L 36:L 17:L 71:W 67:L 30:L
69 Schwarcz, Andy        1810 Ryde Eastwood        2     13:L 31:L 72:L  0:W 37:L 73:W 54:L
70 Stern, David          1515 North Sydney Nomads  2     14:L 51:L 16:L 71:L 67:W  0:W 36:-
71 Evans, David A        1575 Fairfield 2          2     61:L 36:L  0:W 70:W 68:L 16:L 33:L
72 Tubic, Luka           1608 Fairfield 3          2     26:L 49:L 69:W 73:L 34:L 35:L  0:W
73 Gupta, Rohan          1664 Sydney Uni 3         2     54:L 34:L 49:L 72:W  0:W 69:L 15:L
74 Kitchen, Ray          1239 Odd Pawns            1.5   57:D  6:L 25:L  7:L 29:L  4:L 64:W
75 Chiu, Jessica         900  Sydney Uni 5         1.5    0:W 10:L 59:D 28:L 58:L 22:L 18:L
76 Wong, Diana Priscilla 800  Sydney Uni 5         1      0:W 12:L 38:L 29:L 56:L  5:L 65:L

Trophies

Open:
1st Sydney Uni 1
2nd Hyde Park
3rd Max's Sac Hackers

U2000 Lude
U1800 Sydney Uni 2
U1600 Hakoah Hacks and Wollongong The Brave
U1400 Sydney Uni 4

Medals

Board 1: Tomek Rej 7/7
Board 2: Jason Chan 6/7
Board 3: Haris Muljadi 6.5/7
Board 4: Aaron Yap, Vikash Rosman Kumar and Matthew Sweeney 6/7

Alex Feldman defeated the leader Dr Vladimir Zeldovich in the final round of the Henry Greenfield Cup at The Hakoah Club, Bondi, NSW. The result enabled his mother IM Irina Berezina-Feldman to win the tournament directed by his father IM Vladimir Feldman. Leading final scores(26 players,9 rounds) IM I.Berezina-Feldman 7,A.Feldman and Dr V.Zeldovich 6.5. The annual Hakoah Cup starts next Monday 2nd May in two divisions-open and under 1700.

A good number of 28 players competed in our 8th Laurieton May Open. Johnny Bolens (2050) and David Castor (2016) from Sydney shared First and Second Place with $400 each for Weekend of Chess in Laurieton. Trophy to Johnny on countback. Third place to Anthony Keuning - $200. Final Top Scores: 1= Johnny Bolens, David Castor 6.5/7, 3. Anthony Keuning (1588) 5/7, 4= Alan Tankel, Mike Canfell, Esper Olesen, Corydon Unwin. Director of Play Esper Olesen & Tournament Director Endel Lane wish to thank all players for a friendly dispute free event.

- Endel Lane

SP2HTML: Chess Tournament Websites at the click of a button!

Version 0.5(beta) of sp2html has been released. sp2html is a tool which automatically generates formatted html for chess tournament coverage on the web (pairings, results, standings, crosstables). The program now works directly with SwissPerfect save files (.trn and .sco), and generates static html (so you don't need any server side scripting).

I welcome all feedback and bug reports from users of sp2html. Please also feel free to send me links to your websites generated with sp2html.

To download sp2html, go to the website: http://www.eng.uts.edu.au/~jpaxman/sp2html/

What's new in 0.5:
-Now reads the TRN and SCO files directly, no need to export SPDE files.
-Added customisable colours and fonts.
-Added federation field.
-Changed the useless output directory chooser (now selects the output index file with MS common dialog).
-Added tiebreak ranking and display (currently available: Buchholz, Median Buchholz and Sum of Progressive).
-Improved use of cascading style sheets: all files use a single style.css file (which can be manually edited for more advanced customisation).
-Added support for multi-game rounds.
-Forfeits now displayed as "+ -" etc (thanks to the SCO file).
-Fixed a few minor issues identified by beta testers.

- Jonathan Paxman sp2html@gmail.com

Jonathan Paxman is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Autonomous Systems, University of Technology, Sydney.

World Senior Championships - call for applications Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy: Applications are now open for the FIDE World Senior Championship 2005, to be held in Lignano Sabbiadoro,Italy, September 27 - October 10. Basic information about the event including contact details is available at: http://www.fide.com/calendar/fcalview.phtml?view=126

Australia is entitled to nominate one official representative who will receive free accommodation. Entry is restricted to players who reached their 60th birthday by 1 January 2005 (50th for women competing in World Seniors Womens Championship)

Applications must be in accordance with the ACF Selection Procedures By-law, which can be found at http://www.auschess.org.au/newcon/con7.htm. Applications must include all information required in section 8.2 of the Selection Procedures By-Law, may include extra results and candidates' statements (sections 8.2.3 and 8.2.4), and must be submitted by Friday 20 May.

The timetable for the selection is as follows:

Friday 20 May- applications close
Friday 3 June- deadline for corrections to material submitted and all material including rating files to selectors
Friday 17 June - deadline for selectors votes. Applicants will be informed as soon as votes have been tallied.

Please send all applications to me, Kevin Bonham, via email k_bonham@tassie.net.au . Please note that I will be away between May 1-13 and June 10-13 - for any urgent enquiries during these times call 0421 428 775 after hours. Also please call this number if any application sent has not been acknowledged by return email by 23 May.

- Kevin Bonham
ACF Selections Co-Ordinator (Senior Events).

Chess and music: According to an internet report, "The first time Willie Nelson met Ray Charles, during a 1981 taping of "Austin City Limits," the two went head to head in a game of chess (they were both avid players). Charles won."

- Milan Ninchich

Australian Championships update:

28 Dec 2005 to 9 Jan 2006 The webpage will be up very soon. The organisers are very keen to produce a photographic/historical display at the venue. We would be most grateful if those with photos of the Australian Championships and/or the Australian Junior Championships (the older, the better) could lend them for the display. We undertake to look after them and return them to the owners. Scanned photos by email would be fine also. If you are able to assist with this display, please contact Graeme Gardiner 5522 7221 email ggardiner@gardinerchess.com

- Graeme Gardiner

The ACF recently voted by email on the following motion:

Motion: "That the ACF Council authorises the payment of the sum of $100 to each of the juniors selected in accordance with the votes of the Selection Panel to represent Australia at the World Youth Championships at Belfort, France, in July 2005."

Moved - Jey Hoole/ Seconded - Denis Jessop

For - DJ, KS, JH, NG, NSWCA, CAQ, TCA, GW, CV, ACTCA
Against - nil
Outcome - Motion carried 10 - 0

Surfers Paradise Mind Games Promotion 28/29 May.

Mind Games webpage: www.surfersparadise.com (mind games) Last year this was a big event, and this year it promises to be bigger and better. There will be three chess events over the weekend.

Sat 28 May 11am to 3pm - Blitz
Venue: Holiday Inn (formerly ANA Hotel)
Entry Fees $15 adult, $10 junior/pensioner

Sat 28 May 5 to 9pm - Transfer
Venue: Cavill Mall (outdoor)
Entry Fees $15 each $30 per pair

Sun 29 May 10am to 5pm - Surfers Paradise Premier Rapid
Venue: Holiday Inn (formerly ANA Hotel)
Entry Fees $25 adult $15 junior/pensioner

Special Offer - Chess Mania - Enter all 3 events for $45 per person ($30 for juniors/pensioners)

Surfers Paradise Premier Rapid 1st $1,000, 2nd $500, 3rd $250 Junior 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100 Ratings Group Under 1800 $100, Under 1200 $100, Under 900 $100, Under 800 $100, Under 700 $100. Unrated 1st $120, 2nd $80. Total $3,050.

Surfers Paradise Blitz 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100 Ratings Group A $100, Group B $100, Group C $100. Total $800

Surfers Paradise Transfer 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100 Ratings Group A $100, Group B $100, Group C $100. Total $800

Total Prizes all 3 events $4,650.

A webpage will be up soon, and entry forms will be available online and from Gardiner Chess.

- Graeme Gardiner

Letters

Australian Chess Federation

I'm a teacher at the Tonya Þehit Ayhan Güner Secondary school in Trabzon, Turkey. At the same time I'm a guide teacher at the chess club. Although our school is on old school it has a capacity of 600 students. But lack of opportunity and poorness of students, our school is unsuccessfull in nony areas. Although our students have skills and interest, they can't do anything because of the limited opportunities. At the chess club we want to give chess education in order to improve their mind skills and interest. So we have instant needs such as chess magazines, chess books, chess table ... etc.

We believe that you will show help. As a contemporary country, our duty is to grow our students in an appropriate way. Please, let's listen to our student's call.

I look forward to hearing from you.

- Mustafa Efe
mefe20032003@yahoo.com
Okulu 61500
Guide Teacher of chess club.
Tonya /Trabzon / TURKEY

The Port Macquarie PCYC Category 3 Grand Prix Tournament on 2nd and 3rd of july has had a change of venue. The tournament will now be held at Quality Resort Sails in the Hastings room. This facilitator has also offered an exclusive accommodation rate just for the tournament. Rooms are being offered as follows:

Single Occupancy - $135.00/room/night
Double/Twin Occupancy - $155.00/room/night
Triple Occupancy - $200.00/room/night

This event is the first for the Port Macquarie PCYC and we hope many of you can attend.

Regards
Leslie Wells
Port Macquarie PCYC Chess Club Coordinator

World News:

FIDE has announced plans for an eight-player, double round robin World Championship in Argentina from 27 September - 16 October for a prize fund of $A1.3 million. The new World Champion will have to defend his World Title in 2006 against the winner of the 128 player World Championship knock-out tournament to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in December 2005. Two invitees - Kasparov and Kramnik - have already declined to participate in the event.

The largest scholastic tournament in history took place in Nashville, Tennesee last week with 5230 players from kindergarten to 12th grade from over 1300 schools in 600 cities in 48 states participating. The previous record was 4606 in Kansas City. The US Chess Federation organised the event with celebrities including former World Champions Anatoly Karpov and Susan Polgar giving lectures and exhibitions. After four days of competition over 1000 trophies and plaques were awarded. - Peter Parr

Armenian Championship: Scores after 2 rounds: 1. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2630 2.0; 2. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2611 1.5; 3. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2597 1.5; 4. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 1.0; 5. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2406 1.0; 6. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2510 1.0; 7. Galstian, Beniamin ARM 2448 1.0; 8. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2534 1.0; 9. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2443 1.0; 10. Babujian, Levon ARM 2386 0.5; 11. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2599 0.5; 12. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2508 0.0.
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Polish Championship: Scores after 10 rounds: 1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 7.0; 2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2592 7.0; 3. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2627 6.5; 4. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 6.0; 5. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 6.0; 6. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2583 6.0; 7. Bobras, Piotr m POL 2501 5.5; 8. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2530 5.0; 9. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2487 4.0; 10. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2497 4.0; 11. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2478 3.5; 12. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2384 3.5; 13. Moranda, Wojciech f POL 2452 3.5; 14. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2497 2.5.
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5th Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux: Karpov beat Hamdouchi in the final. Players include Anatoly Karpov, Laurent Fressinet and qualifiers IM Marie Sebag, IM Namig Gouliev, IGM Hicham Hamdouchi, FIDE Master Xavier Beudaert, IGM Jean Luc Chabanon, and IM Arnaud Rainfray.
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Tomsk wins Russian Team Championship: Players include Ivanchuk, Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich, Bareev, Dreev, Akopian, Bologan, Ponomariov, Motylev and Volokitin. Leading final results: 1. Tomsk - 400 17 Match Points, 41,5 (Morozevic 5,5/11, Bologan 4/9, Aronian 7,5/9, Tkachiev 2/3, Smirnov 6,5/10, Inarkiev 6/10, Jakovenko 8/10, Belozerov 2/4) 2. MaxVen Jekatyerinburg 16, 39 (Grischuk 4,5/10, Dreev 6,5/11, Akopian 6/9, Sakaev 7/11, Motylev 6,5/10, Vaganian 2,5/5, Aleksandrov 5,5/8, Shariyazdanov 0,5/2) 3. Lagyja Kazany 16, 38 (Svidler 6,5/10, Rublevszky 5/10, Yandemirov 1/3, Timofeev 7/11, Filippov 7/11, Iljin 4,5/8, Kharlov 6/11, Hasangatin 1/2).
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Cuba Championship: Bruzon beat Dominguez in the final to win the title: Dominguez-Bruzon 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0.5-1.5. "A" Final cores after 9 rounds: 1. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2452 5.5; 2. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2461 5.5; 3. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2502 5.5; 4. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2567 5.5; 5. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2484 5.0; 6. Mena Crespo, Carlos f CUB 2396 5.0; 7. Martinez, Lelys f CUB 2377 3.5; 8. Sieiro-Gonzalez, Luis m CUB 2395 3.5; 9. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2440 3.0; 10. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2420 3.0. "B" scores: 1. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 6.0; 2. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2533 5.5; 3. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2454 5.5; 4. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2482 5.0; 5. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2400 4.5; 6. Ortiz, Isam f CUB 2399 4.0; 7. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2437 4.0; 8. Alonso, Rene m CUB 2387 4.0; 9. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2446 3.5; 10. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2367 3.0.
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Timman, Sasikiran win Sigeman and Co: Final scores after 9 rounds: 1. Timman, Jan H g NED 2607 6.5; 2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2642 6.5; 3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2657 6.0; 4. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2633 5.5; 5. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2513 5.0; 6. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2609 4.0; 7. Palo, Davor m DEN 2525 4.0; 8. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2553 3.5; 9. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2432 2.5; 10. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2533 1.5.
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Tiviakov wins Gausdal Classics: Tiviakov had a 2971 performance rating. Final scores after 9 rounds: 1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2631 8.5; 2. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2572 7.0; 3. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 6.0; 4. Nordahl, Helge m NOR 2402 5.0; 5. Lie, Kjetil A m NOR 2495 4.5; 6. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel f DEN 2396 4.0; 7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2548 4.0; 8. Williams, Simon m ENG 2466 4.0; 9. Vidoniak, Roman m GER 2417 1.5; 10. Bogner, Sebastian GER 2409 0.5.
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World Ladies Tournament - 3 Arrows Cup: Jinan, China. Players include Zhu Chen, Almira Skripchenko, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih. Leading scores after 11 rounds: 1. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2435 9.0; 2. Zhu Chen g CHN 2494 8.5; 3. Krush, Irina m USA 2455 7.5; 4. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2302 7.0; 5. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2158 7.0; 6. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 6.5; 7. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2156 4.5; 8. Siti, Zulaikha wf MAS 2158 4.0; 9. Andriasian, Siranush ARM 2263 4.0; 10. Machalova, Veronika SVK 2176 3.0; 11. Navabi, Shirin wf IRI 2122 3.0; 12. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2241 2.0.
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Round 3 of the Russian Club Championship produced some extraordinary games ...

Landa, K (2571)    --    Shaposhnikov, E (2550)
TCh-RUS  (3)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.21     1-0     B19

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qa6 15.O-O Rd8 16.b4 Ngf6 17.a4 b6 18.Rfe1 O-O (D)

( 24.Qg6+ Kf8 ( 24...Kh8 25.Ng5 Rf8 26.h6 and mate is unstoppable ) 25.Ng5 and mate on f7 )

Gelfand, B (2713)    --    Malakhov, V (2670)
TCh-RUS  (3)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.21     1-0     D15

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Bd3 Na6 10.O-O Nb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Bf4 f5 15.Rfd1 Bf6 16.Na2 Qe7 17.Nxb4 Qxb4 18.Bd3 Rfc8 19.cxd5 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 cxd5 21.Rc2 Qa3 22.h3 Kf7 23.g4 g6 24.Kg2 Ke8 25.Rdd2 Qe7 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Rc2 Qd8 28. Qd2 Nb8 29.Qc1 Kd7 30.g5 Bh8 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Qxc8+ Kxc8 33.Bxb8 Kxb8 (D)

White relies on the superiority of his knight over black's bishop

"stalemating" the bishop!

( 50.Kh6 Kf7 51.Kh7 Bf6 52.Nxf6 Kxf6 53.Kg8 Ke7 54.Kg7 Ke8 55.Kf6 Kd7 56.Kf7 Kd6 57.Ke8 Kc7 58.Ke7 +- )

Khenkin, I (2610)    --    Rustemov, A (2573)
TCh-RUS  (3)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.21     1-0     D37

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Be2 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.Nd4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Rac8 17.O-O a6 18.Rfd1 g6 19.h4 Rc7 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.h5 (D)

( 41.Ne6+ Kg8 42.Qc8+ )

Smirnov, P (2624)    --    Sakaev, K (2672)
TCh-RUS  (3)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.21     1-0     B19

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Ne5 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Rhe1 Nf6 20.g4 Rfd8 21.f3 Bd6 22.Be3 Rac8 23.c4 a6 24.Bf2 Kf8 25.Kc2 b5 26.b3 Be7 27.Rd3 Ne8 28.f4 Nd6 29.Rf3 Bf6 30.c5 Ne8 31.g5 Bxe5 32.fxe5 hxg5 33.Rg1 Rd7 34.Rxg5 Kg8 35.Rg4 Kh7 36.Bh4 a5 37.h6!! (D)

( 37...Kxh6? 38.Rh3 g5 39.Bxg5+ Kg6 40.Bh6+ Kf5 41.Rf4+ Kg6 42.Rg3+ Kh5 43.Bg5 )

( 37...gxh6 38.Rfg3 )

( 46...cxd5 47.c6 Rc7 48.Bd8 Rxc6 49.Rxf7+ Rxf7 50.Rxf7+ Kg8 ( 50...Kxh6 51.Bg5# ) 51.h7+ Kh8 52.Rf8+ Kxh7 53.Rxe8 Rc4+ 54.Kg5 Rxb4 55.Bf6 )

( 47...fxe6 48.Rf8 Rb8 49.R3f7+ ( 49.Bf6!? Nxf6 50.Rxb8 Ne4 51.Rff8 ) 49...Rxf7 50.Rxf7+ Kg8 51.h7+ Kh8 52.Rf8+!? Kxh7 53.Bf6 Nxf6 54.Rxb8 )

( 54...Ne8+ 55.Kf7! Nxg7 56.hxg7 Rxg7+ 57.Kf6 +- )

( 63...Ng3 64.Kxd5 f1=Q 65.Rxf1 Nxf1 66.c6 +- )

Jakovenko, D (2608)    --    Vaganian, R (2631)
TCh-RUS  (3)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.21     0-1     D37

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9.Bd3 Nbd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.Be5 h6 13.h3 Re8 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.g4 Ne4 16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Rhf1 Re6 18.Qb3 Bxe5 19.Bxe4 Rb6 20.Qxd5 Bd6 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Qa5 c5 23.Ka1 cxd4 24.exd4 Bxa3!! (D)

( 25.bxa3 Rb1+ 26.Rxb1 Qxa5 )

Timofeev, Arty (2622)    --    Lastin, A (2590)
TCh-RUS  (3)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.21     1-0     C91

An instructive attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7 16.Bf4 Nd8 17.g4 Ne6 18.Bg3 Bg6 19.Nh4 c5 20.Nf5 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rac8 22. h4 Bb4 23.Re3 h5 24.Nd6 (D)

( 33.Bf6 Nxe3 34.Bxd8 Nf5 35.Be7 )

Rublevsky, S (2645)    --    Bologan, V (2700)
TCh-RUS  (4)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.22     0-1     B12

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.Ngf3 Qc7 8. Bf4 fxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd6 10.Ndf3 Ngf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg3 Rae8 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Bd3 Qb4 17.Rb1 c5 18.a3 Qb6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Qd4

( 21.Nd4 Rd8 22.c3 e5 23.Nb3 Rxd1 24.Nxc5 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 e3 26.Rf1 b6 27.Nb3 Bd3 )

Timofeev, Arty (2622)    --    Smirnov, P (2624)
TCh-RUS  (4)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.22     1-0     C91

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8. d4

Timofeev's favourite

( 23...Bxc5 24.cxb4! Bxe3 25.Rxc7 )

..Qb7!?

Kharlov, A (2628)    --    Jakovenko, D (2608)
TCh-RUS  (4)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.22     0-1     A34

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e4 7.Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qg5 14.Bd2 Qg6 15.Bf4 Bh3 16.Bg3 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Re1

( 18.h3 Ne3!? ( 18...e3?? ( 18...Nxf2!? 19.Bxf2 e3 20.Bh4 e2 -+ ) 19.Qxg4 ) )

( 22.fxe3 Nxe3 23.Rd2 )

Threatening ...Qe3+ followed by Re8-e6-h6+

Black hangs on to his pawn with an easily winning position

( 31.fxe4 Qd4+ 32.Kh2 Re5 33.Kh3 Qe3+ 34.Kg4 Qg3# )

( 37.Rc4 (to stop ...Qd4+) 37...Rd1 wins )

A nice attack!

Romanov, E (2437)    --    Shariyazdanov, A (2603)
TCh-RUS  (5)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.23     1-0     B70

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Bg5 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Re1 Be6 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Rad1 Bxb3 14.cxb3 Nc5 15.Bc4 Ne5 16.Nd5 Re8 17.f4 Nxc4 18.bxc4 h6 19.Bh4 Nxa4 20.e5 Nb6 21.Nxe7+ !! Rxe7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.exd6 Qd7 24.Re7 Qf5 25.d7 Qc5+ 26.Qe3 Nxd7

( 26...Qxe3+ 27.Rxe3 Rd8 28.Re8+ +- )

Volkov, S1 (2634)    --    Onischuk, Al (2638)
TCh-RUS  (5)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.23     1-0     E46

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8. b4 c6 9.Ng3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Nb6 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.b5 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Nxb6 axb6!?

The doubled pawns are hard to attack, and the rook is activated

Super-calm!

Galkin, A (2599)    --    Yemelin, V (2540)
TCh-RUS  (5)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.23     0-1     B84

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e6 8. Bf3 Be7 9.g4 h6 10.Qe2 g6 11.Be3 e5 12.O-O-O!? exd4 13.Bxd4 Qa5!

Defending against g5

Efimenko, Z (2620)    --    Sadvakasov, D (2605)
TCh-RUS  (5)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.23     1-0     B90

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Bg5 Rfc8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Rab8 17.c3 a5 18.a3 Ne7 19.Bb3 b4 20.cxb4 axb4 21.a4! +/- Nc6 22.Qe3 Na5 23.Rac1 Qe7 24.Bd5 Rc5 25.Rxc5 dxc5 26.Qd3 Qa7 27.b3 g6 28.g3 Rd8 29.Nxe5!? Kg7

( 29...Bxe5 30.Bxf7+ Qxf7 ( 30...Kxf7 31.Qxd8 +- ) 31.Qxd8+ Qf8 32.Qxa5 )

( 34.Qh6+ Kh8 35.Nf6 )

Filippov, Va (2621)    --    Romanov, E (2437)
TCh-RUS  (6)   Sochi RUS
2005.04.24     1-0     D32

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Bg4 11.Bb2 a6 12.Be2 Ba7 13.Rc1 Qd6 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.f4 (D)

Nordahl, H (2402)    --    Korneev, O (2611)
GMA  (8)   Gausdal NOR
2005.04.20     1-0     E10

An interesting exchange sac in the opening gives black good compensation, but he gradually goes astray 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Nc3 a6 6.e3 b5 7.a4 c6 8.axb5 cxb5 9.Nxb5

#

Black seems to get enough for the exchange

( 13.dxe5? Qxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Ne4+ )

( 14...d3!? 15.Bf3 )

#

( 20...Bxf3!? 21.gxf3 Qxg5+ 22.Kh1 O-O 23.Rg1 Qd5 )

#

Hansen, Cu (2633)    --    Hector, J (2513)
13th Sigeman & Co  (5)   Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN
2005.04.20     1-0     D30

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 a5 8.b3 Nc6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.cxd5 Rxd5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rh5 16.Rfd1 Ra6?!

#

#

( 20...Nxe5 21.Rxc8+ )

( 20...Bxe5 21.Rxc6!! bxc6 22.Qd8+ )

#

Bogner, S (2409)    --    Carlsen, M (2548)
GMA  (6)   Gausdal NOR
2005.04.18     0-1     C68

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nxe5 Bd6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qf3 Qh4 11.Kg2 Nf6! 12.e5 Nd5!!

#

( 12...Bxe5? 13.Re1 )

( 13.exd6 Nf4+ 14.Kh2 Qxh3+ 15.Qxh3 Rxh3+ 16.Kg1 O-O-O 17.f3 Re8 18.d4 Rg3+ 19.Kf2 Rg2# )

( 31...Rxf5+ 32.Nxf5 Nb4# #


)

Lie, K (2495)    --    Kulaots, K (2572)
GMA  (7)   Gausdal NOR
2005.04.19     0-1     A02

1.f4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.e3 g6 4.c4 c5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d5 9.Qe1 e6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Qg3 Rad8 14.a3 Ba6 15.Qh3 Rd7 16.e4 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxd3 18.Ng5

#

( 19.fxg5 Bxe2 20.Rfe1 Rd3 21.g3 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 Bxc3 23.Qg2 Rfd8 -+ )

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