The Week in Chess 677

THE WEEK IN CHESS 677 29th October 2007 by Mark Crowther

TWIC Home | The London Chess Center | | Shop

Games Section
European Team Chess Championships	132 games
Ivanchuk - Leko Rapid Match	14 games
Casino de Barcelona	21 games
IV Calvià Chess Festival	190 games
European Blitz Championship	322 games
29th Arco di Trento	470 games
Belgian Team Championships	96 games
US Chess League	24 games
Dutch Open Computer Championship	63 games
Casar de Cáceres	30 games
Beer Sheva Rapids	14 games
Copa Puma	238 games
Total	1614 gamess

1) Introduction

My thanks to David Llada, Alin Campeanu, Dario Mione, Valery Maes, George Mirijanian, Jeroen Noomen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Lou Caruana, Goran Urosevic, Stefan Loeffler, Moshe Beinart, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Yochanan Afek, Tarjei J. Svensen and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another busy week of chess headed by the European Team Championships with all the top European national teams competing and with that many of their best players. This will include Vassily Ivanchuk who was otherwise engaged in a rapid match against Peter Leko. Ivanchuk won a game a day for the first two days but blew it all with two losses on day three. He did however prevail in a blitz playoff. Hikaru Nakamura won the Barcelona international and he now moves on to XI Corsica Masters which features Anatoly Karpov. Karpov presumably is warming up for his strongest tournament in a long time in the Liga de Campeones (Jesus de la fuente memorial) which takes place 2nd-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Players: Veselin Topalov, Anatoly Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Judit Polgar. Karpov also finished 3rd in the European Blitz Championships behind Vladislav Tkachiev and Laurent Fressinet.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) European Team Chess Championships

The European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) takes place 27th October - 7th November 2007 in the luxurious Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete, Greece.

39 countries confirmed their participation for the European National Team Championships in Crete, Greece 27 October - 7 November 2007, including all the chess power houses of the continent.

The participants will include 7 of the World Top-10 GMs: V. Ivanchuk (UKR 2787, No. 2 in the world), V. Topalov (BUL 2769, No. 4), A. Morozevich (RUS 2755, No. 5-6), S. Mamedyarov (AZE 2752, No. 7), T. Radjabov (AZE 2742, No. 8), L. Aronian (ARM 2741, No. 9), A. Shirov (ESP 2739, No. 10). The Women's event will also feature world stars such as GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Maia Chiburdanidze, Tatiana Kosintseva, Antoaneta Stefanova, Elisabeth Paehtz and Almira Skripchenko.

Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org

European Team Championships Round 1 28th October 2007
Bo.	1	RUSSIA (RUS)	Rtg	-	21	SWEDEN (SWE)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
1.1	GM	Svidler Peter	2732	-	GM	Berg Emanuel	2593	1-0
1.2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2755	-	GM	Agrest Evgenij	2541	1-0
1.3	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2716	-	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2567	1-0
1.4	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2710	-	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2481	1/2
Bo.	22	BOSNIA I HERCEGOVINA (BIH)	Rtg	-	2	UKRAINE (UKR)	Rtg	- : +
Bo.	3	AZERBAIDJAN (AZE)	Rtg	-	23	TURKEY (TUR)	Rtg	4.0 : 0.0
3.1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2752	-	GM	Gurevich Mikhail	2627	1-0
3.2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2742	-	GM	Atalik Suat	2599	1-0
3.3	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614	-	IM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2468	1-0
3.4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2582	-	IM	Esen Baris	2453	1-0
Bo.	24	ROMANIA (ROU)	Rtg	-	4	ARMENIA (ARM)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
4.1	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2531	-	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2713	1/2
4.2	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2562	-	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2673	0-1
4.3	GM	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	2535	-	GM	Asrian Karen	2623	1/2
4.4	GM	Murariu Andrei	2503	-	GM	Lputian Smbat G	2633	0-1
Bo.	5	BULGARIA (BUL)	Rtg	-	25	LITHUANIA (LTU)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
5.1	GM	Topalov Veselin	2769	-	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2527	1/2
5.2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2670	-	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	2581	1/2
5.3	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2613	-	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	2517	1-0
5.4	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	2581	-	GM	Malisauskas Vidmantas	2495	1/2
Bo.	26	FYROM (MKD)	Rtg	-	6	FRANCE (FRA)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
Bo.	7	SPAIN (ESP)	Rtg	-	27	NORWAY (NOR)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
7.1	GM	Shirov Alexei	2739	-	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2714	1/2
Bo.	28	SWITZERLAND (SUI)	Rtg	-	8	ISRAEL (ISR)	Rtg	0.5 : 3.5
Bo.	9	NETHERLANDS (NED)	Rtg	-	29	ITALY (ITA)	Rtg	3.0 : 1.0
9.1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2643	-	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2594	1/2
Bo.	30	MONTENEGRO (MNE)	Rtg	-	10	POLAND (POL)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	11	GEORGIA (GEO)	Rtg	-	31	ICELAND (ISL)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	32	AUSTRIA (AUT)	Rtg	-	12	HUNGARY (HUN)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
Bo.	13	CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE)	Rtg	-	33	ESTONIA (EST)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	34	FINLAND (FIN)	Rtg	-	14	SERBIA (SRB)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
Bo.	15	GERMANY (GER)	Rtg	-	35	BELGIUM (BEL)	Rtg	4.0 : 0.0
Bo.	36	SCOTLAND (SCO)	Rtg	-	16	ENGLAND (ENG)	Rtg	0.5 : 3.5
16.1	IM	Muir Andrew J	2367	-	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2567	0-1
16.2	FM	Ruxton Keith	2314	-	GM	Pert Nicholas	2539	0-1
16.3		Grant Jonathan	2261	-	GM	Hebden Mark L	2542	0-1
16.4	FM	Morrison Graham	2322	-	GM	Conquest Stuart C	2540	1/2
Bo.	17	GREECE (GRE)	Rtg	-	37	LUXEMBOURG (LUX)	Rtg	4.0 : 0.0
Bo.	38	WALES (WAL)	Rtg	-	18	CROATIA (CRO)	Rtg	0.0 : 4.0
18.1	FM	Jones Richard S	2327	-	GM	Kozul Zdenko	2609	0-1
18.2		Kett Tim	2257	-	GM	Palac Mladen	2567	0-1
18.3		Morris Charles F	2198	-	GM	Zelcic Robert	2578	0-1
18.4		Trevelyan John	2191	-	GM	Brkic Ante	2577	0-1
Bo.	19	SLOVENIA (SLO)	Rtg	-	39	MONACO (MNC)	Rtg	4.0 : 0.0
19.1	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2646	-	GM	Efimov Igor	2446	1-0
Bo.	40	CYPRUS (CYP)	Rtg	-	20	DENMARK (DEN)	Rtg	0.5 : 3.5
European Team Championships Round 2 29th October 2007
Bo.	4	ARMENIA (ARM)	Rtg	-	1	RUSSIA (RUS)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
1.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2741	-	GM	Svidler Peter	2732	1/2
1.2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2713	-	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2755	0-1
1.3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2673	-	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2716	1/2
1.4	GM	Asrian Karen	2623	-	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2710	1/2
Bo.	2	UKRAINE (UKR)	Rtg	-	7	SPAIN (ESP)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
2.1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2694	-	GM	Shirov Alexei	2739	1-0
2.2	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2678	-	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2660	1/2
2.3	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2646	-	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2598	0-1
2.4	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2638	-	GM	Khamrakulov Ibragim S	2604	1/2
Bo.	5	BULGARIA (BUL)	Rtg	-	3	AZERBAIDJAN (AZE)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
3.1	GM	Topalov Veselin	2769	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2752	1/2
3.2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2670	-	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2742	1/2
3.3	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2649	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2663	0-1
3.4	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2613	-	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614	1/2
Bo.	6	FRANCE (FRA)	Rtg	-	19	SLOVENIA (SLO)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
4.1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2695	-	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2646	1/2
Bo.	8	ISRAEL (ISR)	Rtg	-	30	MONTENEGRO (MNE)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
5.1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2655	-	GM	Djukic Nikola	2528	1-0
Bo.	18	CROATIA (CRO)	Rtg	-	9	NETHERLANDS (NED)	Rtg	0.5 : 3.5
6.1	GM	Kozul Zdenko	2609	-	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2643	0-1
Bo.	20	DENMARK (DEN)	Rtg	-	11	GEORGIA (GEO)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
7.1	GM	Nielsen Peter Heine	2626	-	GM	Jobava Baadur	2644	1-0
Bo.	12	HUNGARY (HUN)	Rtg	-	17	GREECE (GRE)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
8.1	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2691	-	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2614	1/2
Bo.	16	ENGLAND (ENG)	Rtg	-	13	CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
9.1	GM	Adams Michael	2729	-	GM	Navara David	2656	1/2
9.2	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2567	-	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2610	0-1
9.3	GM	Pert Nicholas	2539	-	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2598	1/2
9.4	GM	Hebden Mark L	2542	-	GM	Polak Tomas	2540	1/2
Bo.	14	SERBIA (SRB)	Rtg	-	15	GERMANY (GER)	Rtg	3.0 : 1.0
Bo.	10	POLAND (POL)	Rtg	-	31	ICELAND (ISL)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
Bo.	21	SWEDEN (SWE)	Rtg	-	28	SWITZERLAND (SUI)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
Bo.	23	TURKEY (TUR)	Rtg	-	29	ITALY (ITA)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
Bo.	37	LUXEMBOURG (LUX)	Rtg	-	24	ROMANIA (ROU)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
Bo.	25	LITHUANIA (LTU)	Rtg	-	39	MONACO (MNC)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	35	BELGIUM (BEL)	Rtg	-	26	FYROM (MKD)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
Bo.	27	NORWAY (NOR)	Rtg	-	38	WALES (WLS)	Rtg	4.0 : 0.0
17.1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2714	-	FM	Jones Richard S	2327	1-0
17.2	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2563	-		Kett Tim	2257	1-0
17.3	IM	Lie Espen	2421	-		Morris Charles F	2198	1-0
17.4	IM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2402	-		Spice Alan	2170	1-0
Bo.	36	SCOTLAND (SCO)	Rtg	-	32	AUSTRIA (AUT)	Rtg	0.5 : 3.5
18.1	IM	Muir Andrew J	2367	-	IM	Ragger Markus	2528	0-1
18.2	FM	Ruxton Keith	2314	-	IM	Atlas Valery	2482	1/2
18.3		Grant Jonathan	2261	-	IM	Weiss Christian	2460	0-1
18.4	FM	Morrison Graham	2322	-	GM	Balinov Ilia	2475	0-1
Bo.	33	ESTONIA (EST)	Rtg	-	34	FINLAND (FIN)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0

3) Ivanchuk - Leko Rapid Match

A match between Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Leko, took place in Mukachevo, Ukraine 26th-28th October 2007. The 12 round rapid match ended 6-6 after Leko won twice on the final day but Ivanchuk won a second blitz game to take the match.

Official site: http://www.ivanchuk-leko2007.com/en/index.htm

Rapid Match g/10+10 Mukachevo UKR
Gm 1	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	84	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Gm 2	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	1-0	38	C45	Scotch Game
Gm 3	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	36	B37	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Gm 4	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	49	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gm 5	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	49	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Gm 6	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	1-0	55	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gm 7	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	63	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Gm 8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	37	C45	Scotch Game
Gm 9	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	32	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Gm 10	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	56	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Gm 11	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	80	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Gm 12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	33	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Bl 1	Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	49	A37	English Symmetrical
Bl 2	Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	48	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen

Rapid Match g/10+10 Mukachevo UKR
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	B1	B2
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2787	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	7½	2784
Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2755	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	0	6½	2758

4) Casino de Barcelona

The Casino de Barcelona tournament took place 18th-26th October 2007. Hikaru Nakamura won the event with 7/9 a point clear of Lenier Dominguez Perez.

[Note the correction to Vaganian - Nakamura rd 4 as given on Susan Polgar's blog, its makes a lot more sense than the version on the official site.]

Official site: http://www.escacs.cat/ciutat07/

Casino Barcelona ESP (ESP), 18-26 x 2007 cat. XV (2607)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2648	*	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	7	2822
2.	Dominguez Perez, Lenier	g	CUB	2683	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2723
3.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2664	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	0	½	1	5½	2680
4.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2646	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	½	½	5½	2682
5.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2668	0	½	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	1	4½	2599
6.	Vaganian, Rafael A	g	ARM	2600	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	1	4½	2607
7.	Oms Pallise, Josep	g	ESP	2506	1	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	0	½	4	2574
8.	Illescas C('o)rdoba,M	g	ESP	2598	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	3½	2527
9.	Narciso Dublan, Marc	g	ESP	2546	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	*	1	3	2488
10.	Fluvia, Jordi	m	ESP	2508	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	*	1½	2344

Round 6 (October 23, 2007)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Dominguez Perez, Lenier	1-0	50	D20	QGA
Gashimov, Vugar	- Illescas Córdoba,M	0-1	60	C42	Petroff's Defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Fluvia, Jordi	½-½	40	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Krasenkow, Michal	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	1-0	70	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Oms Pallise, Josep	0-1	50	D15	Slav Defence
Round 7 (October 24, 2007)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	1-0	47	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Oms Pallise, Josep	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	35	E97	King's Indian Classical
Illescas Córdoba,M	- Vaganian, Rafael A	0-1	43	A90	Dutch Classical
Narciso Dublan, Marc	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	47	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Fluvia, Jordi	- Krasenkow, Michal	0-1	41	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (October 25, 2007)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Illescas Córdoba,M	1-0	38	E05	Catalan
Dominguez Perez, Lenier	- Oms Pallise, Josep	1-0	44	C11	French Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Fluvia, Jordi	1-0	51	A24	English Opening
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Krasenkow, Michal	1-0	74	D99	Gruenfeld Smyslov
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	1-0	53	A07	Barcza System
Round 9 (October 26, 2007)
Krasenkow, Michal	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	35	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Oms Pallise, Josep	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	0-1	54	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Illescas Córdoba,M	- Dominguez Perez, Lenier	½-½	25	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Narciso Dublan, Marc	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	71	E43	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Fluvia, Jordi	- Vaganian, Rafael A	0-1	22	C11	French Defence

5) IV Calvià Chess Festival

The IV Calvià Chess Festival took place in Calvià, Mallorca (Spain) 6th-24th October 2007. Victor Mikhalevski took clear first in the Open with 8/9 a point clear of Kevin Spraggett. Evgeny Sveshnikov won the Seniors on tie-break from Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez .

Details: http://www.calviafestival.com/

IV Calvià Chess Festival Open 15th-23rd October 2007 Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Rank	SNo.		Name	IRtg	FED	Pts	BH.
1	8	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2584	ISR	8	47
2	11	GM	Spraggett Kevin	2580	CAN	7	44½
3	3	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2631	GEO	6½	51
4	9	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2582	UKR	6½	48½
5	6	GM	Berg Emanuel	2593	SWE	6½	47½
6	20	GM	Godena Michele	2535	ITA	6½	46½
7	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2635	POL	6½	45½
8	14	GM	Arencibia Rodriguez Walter	2562	CUB	6½	45½
9	38	IM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	2432	GEO	6½	44
10	25	GM	Heberla Bartlomiej	2502	POL	6½	43½
11	16	GM	Strikovic Aleksa	2551	SRB	6½	42½
12	5	GM	Malakhatko Vadim	2596	BEL	6	48
13	12	GM	Hamdouchi Hichem	2576	MAR	6	47
14	15	IM	Gharamian Tigran	2557	FRA	6	46½
15	39	IM	Larino Nieto David	2428	ESP	6	46½
16	40	GM	Manik Mikulas	2420	SVK	6	46
17	18	GM	Peralta Fernando	2546	ARG	6	45½
18	32	IM	Orlov Andrey	2481	RUS	6	45½
19	33	IM	Marzolo Cyril	2478	FRA	6	44
20	48		Caspi Israel	2377	ISR	6	44
21	34	IM	Zugic Igor	2477	CAN	6	42
22	19	GM	Jedynak Radoslaw	2543	POL	6	41½
23	24	FM	Kovalyov Anton	2510	ARG	6	41½
24	36	IM	Fernandez Romero Ernesto	2459	ESP	6	41½
25	29	IM	Libiszewski Fabien	2486	FRA	6	39½
26	1	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2660	ESP	5½	50½
27	10	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2582	AZE	5½	48½
28	51	FM	Sveshnikov Vladimir	2366	LAT	5½	47½
29	53	FM	Bykhovsky Anatoly	2364	ISR	5½	45
30	31	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2481	SWE	5½	44½
31	13	GM	Maze Sebastien	2576	FRA	5½	44½
32	35	IM	Wirig Anthony	2467	FRA	5½	44½
33	37	IM	Iturrizaga Eduardo	2435	VEN	5½	43½
34	23	GM	Del Rio Angelis Salvador G	2512	ESP	5½	43½
35	26	GM	Cabrera Alexis	2499	COL	5½	43
36	4	GM	Damljanovic Branko	2608	SRB	5½	43
37	17	GM	Romanishin Oleg M	2547	UKR	5½	41½
38	30	GM	Karlsson Lars	2485	SWE	5½	41½
39	55	IM	Zozulia Anna	2343	BEL	5½	40½
40	43	IM	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A	2405	COL	5½	40½
41	50		Das Arghyadip	2367	IND	5½	40
42	49	FM	Mascaro March Pedro	2370	ESP	5½	40
43	57		Aleskerov Faik	2327	AZE	5½	39½
44	42	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan	2411	UKR	5½	39½
45	27	IM	Cornette Matthieu	2494	FRA	5½	38½
46	41	IM	Mogranzini Roberto	2415	ITA	5½	38½
47	74		Gurbanzade Erkin	2179	AZE	5½	36½
48	21	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2531	ARM	5	47½
49	59	IM	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	2281	ESP	5	41½
50	44	IM	Teran Alvarez Ismael	2402	ESP	5	41½
51	7	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	2584	GEO	5	41
144 players

IV Calvià Chess Festival Seniors 15th-23rd October 2007 Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Rk	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Club	Pts	BH.
1	4	GM	Sveshnikov, Evgeny	2494	LAT	Latvia	8	48½
2	5	GM	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	2434	ESP	Canarias	8	46
3	2	GM	Suba, Mihai	2502	ROU	Rumania	6½	50
4	8		Celaya Tapiz, Jose Maria	2260	ESP	Valencia	6½	48
5	3	GM	Ermenkov, Evgenij	2496	PLE	Palestina	6	45
6	10	FM	Simon, Padros Emili	2243	ESP	Calatuña	6	44½
7	11		Estrada Martinez, Cesar	2236	ESP	Madrid	6	40½
8	9	FM	Eppinger, Georg	2251	GER	Alemania	6	40
9	6	IM	Gonzalez, Rodriguez Jorge A	2405	COL	Colombia	5½	48½
10	12	FM	Zoltek, Tadeusz	2223	POL	Polonia	5½	42½
11	17		Buxade Roca, Guillermo	2192	ESP	Cataluña	5½	42
12	14		Schuermans, Robert	2219	BEL	Belgica	5½	41½
13	7	IM	Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn	2326	DEN	Dinamarca	5½	40
14	21		Persson, Stellan	2136	SWE	Suecia	5½	36
15	23	FM	Serra Olives, Tomas	2114	ESP	Baleares	5	44
16	30		Lazaro Porta, Angel	2038	ESP	Cataluña	5	42
17	13		Hervas Ruiz, Jose	2222	ESP	Andalucia	5	42
18	16	FM	Molina, Jorge	2201	BOL	Bolivia	5	41½
19	20		Suslin, Alexander	2144	RUS	Rusia	5	41
20	26		Feiguelman, Boris Dr	2058	GER	Alemania	5	40½
21	31		Perez Pascual, Arturo	1986	ESP	Madrid	5	40
22	15		Mikoleizig, Egenhard	2217	GER	Alemania	5	39
23	18	WFM	Komysheva, Margarita	2174	RUS	Rusia	5	38½
24	19		Tejero Royo, Fermin	2159	ESP	Cataluña	5	38
25	29		Fernandez Garcia, Ignacio	2039	ESP	Madrid	5	36½
26	34		Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan	1971	ESP	Galicia	5	36
27	24		Hostalet Ferrer, Pedro	2092	ESP	Murcia	4½	43½
28	28		Alonso Perez, Jose Ramon	2041	ESP	Asturias	4½	36½
29	39		Salgado Gonzalez, Julio	1926	ESP	Galicia	4½	33½
30	43		Gonzalo Gonzalez, Francisco	1857	ESP	Madrid	4½	33
31	37		Yanez Acin, Gonzalo	1962	ESP	Aragon	4½	32
55 players

6) European Blitz Championship

The European Blitz Championship took place in Ajaccio FRA 25th-26th October 2007. Vladislav Tkachiev won the event with 25.5/32 (consisting of 16 double rounds in effect) a point clear of Laurent Fressinet who was in turn half a point further clear of Anatoly Karpov.

Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ the event is part of the Corsican Circuit http://www.opencorsica.com/

European Blitz Championship Ajaccio FRA 25th-26th October 2007
Pl		Nom	Elo	Fede	Pts	Tr.	Bu.	Perf.
1	g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2661	FRA	25,5	619,5	666	2803
2	g	FRESSINET Laurent	2654	FRA	24,5	616	659	2750
3	g	KARPOV Anatoly	2670	RUS	24	614	660	2743
4	g	MIKHALEVSKI Victor	2598	ISR	23	601	647	2656
5	g	MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil	2631	GEO	22,5	593	640	2633
6	g	JUSSUPOW Artur	2583	GER	22	590	633	2606
7	g	BACROT Etienne	2695	FRA	21,5	621	668	2681
8	g	FRIDMAN Daniel	2621	GER	21,5	612	655	2628
9	g	LANDA Konstantin	2678	RUS	21,5	590	636	2582
10	g	BAREEV Evgeny	2653	RUS	21	616,5	665	2616
11	g	BAUER Christian	2634	FRA	21	613,5	657	2629
12	g	CVITAN Ognjen	2543	CRO	21	599	642	2532
13	g	VAN WELY Loek	2680	NED	20,5	621,5	667	2615
14	g	PRIE Eric	2532	FRA	20,5	591,5	640	2511
15	g	GULIYEV Namig	2560	AZE	20,5	578,5	623	2596
16	m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2376	FRA	20,5	572,5	621	2406
17		HUMEAU Cyril	2159	FRA	20	551	593	2222
18		ZERMICHE Cherif	2162	FRA	20	546	592	2126
19	g	DRAZIC Sinisa	2493	SRB	19,5	577	619	2437
20	m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2474	FRA	19,5	576	617	2433
21	m	LEVACIC Damir	2253	FRA	19,5	564	608	2192
22		MASSONI Michael	2153	FRA	19,5	554	598	2212
23		GERONIMI Pierre-Francois	1950	FRA	19,5	537,5	586	2022
24	g	MILOV Vadim	2680	SUI	19	616	658	2581
25	f	PACI Cedric	2301	FRA	19	560,5	597	2254
26		LEBURGUE Sylvain	2234	FRA	19	543	583	2184
27		BATTESTI Saveriu	1935	FRA	19	534	574	1949
28		LABORDE Stephane	2081	FRA	19	522	562	2012
340 players

7) XI Corsica Masters

The c. There is a strong field with Anatoly Karpov, Loek van Wely, Hikaru Nakamura amongst others. The coverage doesn't make it quite clear what format they're playing but it does seem to have entered a knockout phase today. I'll try and work it out for next week.

Live coverage at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

8) 29th Arco di Trento

The 29th Arco di Trento international festival took place October 20th-28th, 2007. British champion and Elo favorite GM Jacob Aagaard took first place on tie break over Bulgarian master Tervel Serafimov, Australian IM Aleksandar Wohl and Russian GM Igor Naumkin, after they all scored 7 points out of 9. 150 players from 17 nations took part in the event (3 GMs, 4 IMs and 8 FMs among them). News: Dario Mione.

Official site: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/

29th Arco di Trento 20-28 x 2007. Final Round 9 Standings
1	Aagaard, Jacob	m	SCO	2535	7.0	49.5	2471
2	Serafimov, Tervel		BUL	2379	7.0	48.0	2430
3	Wohl, Aleksandar H	m	AUS	2415	7.0	46.5	2478
4	Naumkin, Igor	g	RUS	2487	7.0	46.0	2520
5	Salvador, Roland	m	PHI	2456	6.5	51.0	2488
6	Vezzosi, Paolo	m	ITA	2323	6.5	49.0	2456
7	Lazic, Miroljub	g	SRB	2493	6.5	46.0	2412
8	Vuelban, Virgilio	f	PHI	2410	6.5	43.5	2281
9	De Santis, Alessio	f	ITA	2367	6.5	41.5	2264
10	Qendro, Llambi	m	ALB	2404	6.0	47.0	2320
11	Rettore, Ludwig		ITA	2177	6.0	46.0	2271
12	Isonzo, David	f	ITA	2339	6.0	46.0	2302
13	Friedrich, Norbert	f	GER	2313	6.0	44.0	2293
14	Tocco, Paolo		ITA	2159	6.0	44.0	2219
15	Hackbarth, Wolfgang		AUT	2119	6.0	43.5	2285
16	La-Manna, Andrea		ITA	2145	6.0	43.0	2162
17	Nicholson, John G	f	ENG	2170	6.0	43.0	2264
18	Zucchelli, Massimo		ITA	2118	6.0	42.0	2313
19	Scharrer, Patrick		ITA	2220	6.0	40.0	2239
20	Ager, Josef		AUT	2188	5.5	49.0	2324
21	Dittmar, Peter	f	GER	2318	5.5	47.5	2327
22	Prakken, Gerrit	f	NED	2217	5.5	45.5	2257
23	Bernardi, Ruben		ITA	2107	5.5	45.0	2185
24	Bonade, Massimo		ITA	2168	5.5	44.0	2224
25	Donatini, Andrea		ITA	2044	5.5	40.5	2101
26	McClement, Andrew		SCO	1594	5.5	40.0	2174
27	Cardili, Mariano		ITA	2100	5.5	39.0	2062
28	Moncelli, Giorgio		ITA	2129	5.5	39.0	2218
29	Jensen, Leif		DEN	2091	5.5	39.0	2159
30	De Napoli, Giuseppe		ITA	2033	5.5	38.5	2133
107 players

9) Belgian Team Championships

The Belgian Team Championships takes place 30th September 2007 - 16th March 2008. During the start of the Belgian competition the topteams suffered because their leading players were involved in the European Championship for teams and in the leagues of Germany, France and Luxemburg. This attributed to the relatively poor start of heavily sponsored topfavorit Bredene. The next rounds should better show the true strenghts of the teams. News Valery Maes.

Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/

Round 1 30/09/07
KBSK - KGSRL	17 - 15
Namur - Brussels	17 - 15
Rochade - Temse	17 - 15
CREC - Borgerhout	20 - 12
CRELEL - Bredene	16 - 16
Eynatten 1 - Eynatten 2	17 - 15
Round 2, 21/10/07:
KGSRL - Eynatten 2	20 - 12
Bredene - Eynatten 1	17 - 15
Borgerhout - CRELEL	14 - 18
Boey Temse - CREC	14 - 18
Brussels - SK Rochade	14 - 18
KBSK - Namur	20 - 12

Belgian Team Championships Round 2 Standings Win 3 points, a draw 2 pounts and a loss 1 point. Ranking is based on boardpoints first, then matchpoints.
1 CREC	38	2
2 KBSK	37	2
3 SK Rochade	35	2
4 KGSRL	35	1
5 CRELEL	34	1,5
6 Bredene	33	1,5
7 Eynatten 1	32	1
8 Namur	29	1
9 Boey Temse	29	0
10 Brussels	29	0
11 Eynatten 2	27	0
12 Borgerhout	26	0

10) US Chess League

The new US Chess League takes place August 27th - October 31st 2007 with playoffs on 7th, 14th and 28th November 2007. Games are played on ICC. My thanks to Greg Shahade.

Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com

USCL Week 9 Results
22/10/2007		San Francisco				Seattle
1	IM	Josh Friedel	SF	vs	GM	Gregory Serper	SEA	1-0
2	IM	Eric Tangborn	SEA	vs	IM	Vinay Bhat	SF	0-1
3	IM	John Donaldson	SF	vs	FM	Loren Schmidt	SEA	1/2
4		Josh Sinanan	SEA	vs		Daniel Naroditsky	SF	1/2
24/10/2007		Philadelphia				New York
1	GM	Sergey Kudrin	PHI	vs	IM	Yury Lapshun	NY	1-0
2	IM	Irina Krush	NY	vs	IM	Bryan Smith	PHI	0-1
3	IM	Richard Costigan	PHI	vs	IM	Robert Hess	NY	1/2
4	WFM	Irina Zenyuk	NY	vs	NM	Elvin Wilson	PHI	1-0
24/10/2007		New Jersey				Baltimore

1	GM	Joel Benjamin	NJ	vs	GM	Pawel Blehm	BAL	1-0
2	FM	Tegshsuren Enkhbat	BAL	vs	FM	Aviv Friedman	NJ	1-0
3	NM	Mackenzie Molner	NJ	vs	IM	Larry Kaufman	BAL	1-0
4	WFM	Tsaagan Battsetseg	BAL	vs	NM	Michael Khodarkovsky	NJ	1-0
24/10/2007		Queens				Boston
1	GM	Alex Stripunsky	QNS	vs	GM	Larry Christiansen	BOS	1/2
2	GM	Eugene Perelshteyn	BOS	vs	IM	Eli Vovsha	QNS	1/2
3	FM	James Critelli	QNS	vs	NM	Denys Shmelov	BOS	1/2
4		Ilya Krasik	BOS	vs		Michael Thaler	QNS	1/2
24/10/2007		Carolina				Miami
1	IM	Lev Milman	CAR	vs	FM	Marcel Martinez	MIA	1-0
2	NM	Eric Rodriguez	MIA	vs	IM	Jonathan Schroer	CAR	1-0
3	FM	Oleg Zaikov	CAR	vs		Luis Barredo	MIA	1/2
4		Gilberto Luna	MIA	vs		Udayan Bapat	CAR	1-0
24/10/2007		Tennessee				Dallas
1	IM	Ron Burnett	TEN	vs	IM	Drasko Boskovic	DAL	1/2
2	IM	Davorin Kuljasevic	DAL	vs	FM	Todd Andrews	TEN	1-0
3	FM	Jerry Wheeler	TEN	vs	FM	Andrei Zaremba	DAL	0-1
4	WFM	Bayaraa Zorigt	DAL	vs		Gerald Larson	TEN	0-1

Week 9 Standings:
EASTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game		Opp Avg Rating	Opps Record
Boston @	6	3	21.0/36	(58%)	2406	34-34	(50%)
Philadelphia @	6	3	19.0/36	(53%)	2389	37-31	(54%)
New Jersey	4.5	4.5	18.0/36	(50%)	2381	29.5-38.5	(43%)
Baltimore	4	5	17.5/36	(49%)	2367	33-35	(49%)
New York	4	5	17.0/36	(47%)	2389	38-30	(56%)
Queens	3.5	5.5	16.0/36	(44%)	2413	38.5-29.5	(57%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game		Opp Avg Rating	Opps Record
Dallas #	7	2	22.0/36	(61%)	2365	32-36	(47%)
San Francisco @	5	4	21.0/36	(58%)	2370	34-34	(50%)
Seattle	4.5	4.5	19.0/36	(53%)	2372	37-31	(54%)
Miami	4	5	16.5/36	(46%)	2360	30.5-37.5	(45%)
Carolina	3.5	5.5	16.5/36	(46%)	2359	31.5-36.5	(46%)
Tennessee	2	7	12.5/36	(34%)	2371	33-35	(49%)

11) Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship

The Dutch Open computer chess championship, was held 26th-28th October 2007 in Leiden, the Netherlands. Rybka won it with 8/9, ahead of Hiarcs, Diep (both 6,5/9) and Junior (6/9). My thanks to Jeroen Noomen.

Details: http://www.csvn.nl/

Dutch Open Computer CC 26-28 x 2007 Leiden NED Final Round 9 Standings
#	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	P	BU	SB	G
1	Rybka	8w1	3b1	2w1	6b1	5w1	4b0	7w1	10b1	9b1	8	46	40	9
2	Hiarcs	12b1	10w1	1b0	4w=	6w1	8b1	3b=	5w1	7b=	6½	46½	29¾	9
3	Diep	14w1	1w0	12b1	5b=	4w=	9b1	2w=	6b1	8w1	6½	41½	24¾	9
4	Deep Junior	9w1	6b=	5w=	2b=	3b=	1w1	8w1	11b0	13w1	6	45	30	9
5	Spike	7b=	14w1	4b=	3w=	1b0	10w1	6w=	2b0	11w1	5	44½	18¾	9
6	The King	13b1	4w=	7b1	1w0	2b0	11w1	5b=	3w0	14b1	5	43	16½	9
7	Crash Test Dummy	5w=	11b1	6w0	8b=	9w=	13b1	1b0	12w1	2w=	5	41½	18¾	9
8	XiniX	1b0	13w1	10b=	7w=	12b1	2w0	4b0	14w1	3b0	4	41½	10	9
9	Hermann	4b0	12w0	14b1	10w1	7b=	3w0	11b=	13b1	1w0	4	38½	10¾	9
10	IsiChess MMX	11w1	2b0	8w=	9b0	13w1	5b0	14w1	1w0	12b=	4	36½	9½	9
11	Zzzzzz	10b0	7w0	13b=	12w=	14w1	6b0	9w=	4w1	5b0	3½	34½	10¾	9
12	GI-ANT	2w0	9b1	3w0	11b=	8w0	14b1	13w0	7b0	10w=	3	36	7¾	9
13	Joker	6w0	8b0	11w=	14b1	10b0	7w0	12b1	9w0	4b0	2½	34½	4¾	9
14	Tzjezz	3b0	5b0	9w0	13w0	11b0	12w0	10b0	8b0	6w0	0	37½	0	9

12) Casar de Cáceres

The I Magistral de Casar de Cáceres took place 22nd-28th October 2007. Jose Gonzalez Garcia and Miguel Llanes Hurtado finished on 6/10, everyone else on 4.5/10.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezenextremadura.com/

I Magistral Casar de Caceres ESP (ESP), 22-28 x 2007 cat. XI (2507)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		To	Perf
1.	Gonzalez Garcia, Jose	g	MEX	2541	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	2572
2.	Llanes Hurtado, Miguel	m	ESP	2459	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6	2588
3.	Hera, Imre jr	g	HUN	2544	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	0	0	½	4½	2463
4.	Saldano, Horacio	m	ESP	2452	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	1	½	0	4½	2482
5.	Mateo, Ramon	m	DOM	2493	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	0	*	*	1	½	4½	2473
6.	Vazquez, Renier	g	ESP	2553	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	*	*	4½	2461

13) Beer Sheva Rapids

Yochanan Afek reports on two strong rapid events in Beersheva. The Israeli Olympic team and the leading players of Beersheva club took Saturday 20th October 2007 in a rapid tournament dedicated to the memory of Oded and Guy Harpaz, Nadav Bikel and Oded Talmon. The surprise winner was GM Maxim Rodshtein (18) with 6.5 / 7 (!) ahead of GM Boris Gelfand, GM Mikhael Roiz 4, GM Boris Avrukh 3.5, IM Ilia Khmelniker 3, GM Ilya Smirin 2.5, GM Alex Khuzman, GM Alon Greenfeld 0.5.

Beer Sheva Soldier's Memorial Rapid 20 x 2007 Final Round 7 Standings
1	Rodshtein, Maxim	m	ISR	2615	6½
2	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2736	6
3	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2644	4
4	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2641	3½
5	Khmelniker, Ilya	m	ISR	2470	3
6	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2639	2½
7	Huzman, Alexander	g	ISR	2602	2
8	Greenfeld, Alon	g	ISR	2559	½

Another strong rapid held in Beer Sheva saw ever-green GM Viktor Korchnoi (76) sharing first with GM Alex Khuzman 6.5/9 ahead of IM Mikhael Klenburg 6, GM Mikhael Roiz 5, GM Alon Greenfeld 4.5, GM Mark Tseitlin 4, IM Ilya Khmelniker 3.5, Tamir Nabaty, Ilya Sidorenko and IM Alik Videslaver 3 each.

14) Copa Puma

The Argentinian Chess League, so called "Copa Puma", finished Saturday 6th October 2007 with the participation of several GMs and IMs and many strong players, representing 26 teams. "Art/Chess" (García Palermo, Lemos, Giardelli, Tempone, Dolezal y J. Szmetan took clear first place. Games from the first 7 rounds only are available. I give them this week.

Official site: http://www.lna.org.ar/

Copa Puma Argentine Chess League 11th August - 6th October 2007
1	ART/CHESS	20.5
2	MARTELLI VICENTE LOPEZ	19.0
3	AEROPUERTOS ARG.2000 - FERRO	18.0
4	FRANCHISING GROUP	17.5
5	CAM 3 TRES DE FEBRERO	16.5
6	SAN ISIDRO PERFIL JAQUE	16.0
7	T y E SAN MARTIN	14.5
	CIRCULO DE AJEDREZ MORENO	14.5
9	ZARATE	13.5
	CLUB BANCO PROVINCIA	13.5
	CORPORACION DEL SUR	13.5
	MUNICIPALIDAD DE AVELLANEDA	13.5
	NAJDORF POLVORINES	13.5
	OPEN TRADING	13.5
15	CALICE LIGURIA	13.0
	MAR DEL PLATA LOS LOBOS	13.0
	WWW.VENTAJEDREZ.COM	13.0
18	ASOCIADOS CREDICOOP	12.5
	FLORENCIO VARELA	12.5
	SCHIPULL CNC	12.5
21	CIRCULO PATAGONICO	12.0
	WWW.CHESSHOP.COM.AR	12.0
23	CLUB SOCIAL PERGAMINO	11.5
24	LUJAN	10.5
25	RONDI - MUPAS	10.0
26	SAN ANDRES	1.0

15) 74th Greater Boston Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 74th Greater Boston Open took place on October 27-28, 2007 at the Kennedy Senior Center in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. WIM Esther Epstein of Newton, Mass., posted a perfect score of 4-0 to win the event a full point ahead of national master Christopher Williams of Brighton, MA, and U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Derek Slater of Medfield, Mass., both of whom she defeated in the final two rounds. Class A contestant Kevin Ma of New Hampshire tallied 2.5-1.5 to capture the top prize for those players rated expert and below. The tournament drew 48 players in three sections and was directed by Ken Ballou of Framingham, Mass. for the sponsoring Massachusetts Chess Association (MACA). He was assisted by fellow USCF-certified senior TD Bob Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire.

Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

16) Guernsey Chess Festival Open

33rd Fortis Guernsey International Chess Festival GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson wins with 6 out of 7 having taken a half point bye in round 1. GM Vladimir Epishin was equal second. Hopefully games and a table will emerge.

Official site: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/

17) World Chess Cup Khanty-Mansiysk

The World Chess Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Arrival 22nd, Opening Ceremony 23rd and Round 1 24th November). If all goes to plan the winner has the right to play Veselin Topalov in a match the winner of which will play the winner of Anand against Kramnik.

The Pairings (and tree to the final) have been published at http://www.fide.com. The winner of Ivanchuk-Aderito plays the winner of Bartel-Galkin and the winner of Mamedyarov-Abdel Razik plays the winner of Kozul-Bruzon and so on in.

Official site: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main.html and http://www.fide.com

Round 1 24th-26th November 2007
N	Name	Country	elo		Name	Country	elo
1	Ivanchuk, Vassily (1)	UKR	2787	-	Aderito, Pedro (128)	ANG	2352
2	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2)	AZE	2752	-	Abdel Razik, Khaled (127)	EGY	2389
3	Radjabov, Teimour (3)	AZE	2742	-	Genba, Vladimir (126)	RUS	2413
4	Aronian, Levon (4)	ARM	2741	-	Hobaica, Juan Pablo (125)	ARG	2427
5	Shirov, Alexei (5)	ESP	2739	-	Gwaze, Robert (124)	ZIM	2429
6	Svidler, Peter (6)	RUS	2732	-	Iturrizaga, Eduardo (123)	VEN	2435
7	Adams, Michael (7)	ENG	2729	-	Zugic, Igor (122)	CAN	2477
8	Alekseev, Evgeny (8)	RUS	2716	-	Ismagambetov, Anuar (121)	KAZ	2480
9	Grischuk, Alexander (9)	RUS	2715	-	Lima, Darcy (120)	BRA	2487
10	Carlsen, Magnus (10)	NOR	2714	-	Zhao, Zong-Yuan (119)	AUS	2491
11	Kamsky, Gata (11)	USA	2714	-	Adly, Ahmed (118)	EGY	2494
12	Akopian, Vladimir (12)	ARM	2713	-	Filippov, Anton (117)	UZB	2496
13	Jakovenko, Dmitry (13)	RUS	2710	-	Rahman, Ziaur (116)	BAN	2497
14	Ponomariov, Ruslan (14)	UKR	2705	-	El Gindy, Essam (115)	EGY	2503
15	Wang, Yue (15)	CHN	2703	-	Pridorozhni, Aleksei (114)	RUS	2506
16	Bacrot, Etienne (16)	FRA	2695	-	Laylo, Darwin (113)	PHI	2508
17	Karjakin, Sergey (17)	UKR	2694	-	Matsuura, Everaldo (112)	BRA	2511
18	Bu, Xiangzhi (18)	CHN	2692	-	Kabanov, Nikolai (111)	RUS	2512
19	Eljanov, Pavel (19)	UKR	2691	-	Hossain Enamul (110)	BAN	2514
20	Almasi, Zoltan (20)	HUN	2691	-	Wen Yang (109)	CHN	2515
21	Malakhov, Vladimir (21)	RUS	2690	-	Xu, Yuhua (108)	CHN	2517
22	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (22)	UZB	2690	-	Gopal, G.N. (107)	IND	2520
23	Dominguez Perez, Lenier (23)	CUB	2683	-	Iljushin, Alexei (106)	RUS	2528
24	Van Wely, Loek (24)	NED	2679	-	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son (105)	VIE	2530
25	Landa, Konstantin (25)	RUS	2678	-	Nevednichy, Vladislav (104)	ROU	2531
26	Volokitin, Andrei (26)	UKR	2678	-	Le, Quang Liem (103)	VIE	2534
27	Rublevsky, Sergei (27)	RUS	2676	-	Hera, Imre Jr. (102)	HUN	2544
28	Onischuk, Alexander (28)	USA	2674	-	Andriasian, Zaven (101)	ARM	2546
29	Inarkiev, Ernesto (29)	RUS	2674	-	Peralta, Fernando (100)	ARG	2546
30	Zvjaginsev, Vadim (30)	RUS	2674	-	Kunte, Abhijit (99)	IND	2547
31	Cheparinov, Ivan (31)	BUL	2670	-	Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos (98)	MEX	2552
32	Harikrishna, P. (32)	IND	2668	-	Zhao, Jun (97)	CHN	2552
33	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (33)	ROU	2668	-	Amin, Bassem (96)	EGY	2561
34	Tkachiev, Vladislav (34)	FRA	2661	-	Balogh, Csaba (95)	HUN	2561
35	Sasikiran, Krishnan (35)	IND	2661	-	Zhigalko, Sergei (94)	BLR	2562
36	Vallejo Pons, Francisco (36)	ESP	2660	-	Kudrin, Sergey (93)	USA	2563
37	Nikolic, Predrag (37)	BIH	2657	-	Iljin, Artem (92)	RUS	2565
38	Navara, David (38)	CZE	2656	-	Ivanov, Alexander (91)	USA	2565
39	Sutovsky, Emil (39)	ISR	2655	-	Zhou, Jianchao (90)	CHN	2566
40	Fressinet, Laurent (40)	FRA	2654	-	Flores, Diego (89)	ARG	2566
41	Bareev, Evgeny (41)	RUS	2653	-	Becerra Rivero, Julio (88)	USA	2568
42	Short, Nigel D (42)	ENG	2649	-	Baramidze, David (87)	GER	2569
43	Georgiev, Kiril (43)	BUL	2649	-	Megaranto, Susanto (86)	INA	2569
44	Volkov, Sergey (44)	RUS	2648	-	Gajewski, Grzegorz (85)	POL	2573
45	Socko, Bartosz (45)	POL	2646	-	Georgiev, Vladimir (84)	MKD	2576
46	Tomashevsky, Evgeny (46)	RUS	2646	-	Mamedov, Rauf (83)	AZE	2582
47	Motylev, Alexander (47)	RUS	2645	-	Savchenko, Boris (82)	RUS	2583
48	Zhang, Pengxiang (48)	CHN	2644	-	Gagunashvili, Merab (81)	GEO	2584
49	Roiz, Michael (49)	ISR	2644	-	Akobian, Varuzhan (80)	USA	2585
50	Tiviakov, Sergei (50)	NED	2643	-	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (79)	IND	2585
51	Wang, Hao (51)	CHN	2643	-	Markus, Robert (78)	SRB	2586
52	Khalifman, Alexander (52)	RUS	2643	-	Belov, Vladimir (77)	RUS	2587
53	Izoria, Zviad (53)	GEO	2643	-	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (76)	IRI	2591
54	Avrukh, Boris (54)	ISR	2641	-	Milos, Gilberto (75)	BRA	2592
55	Naiditsch, Arkadij (55)	GER	2639	-	Granda Zuniga, Julio E (74)	PER	2592
56	Najer, Evgeniy (56)	RUS	2635	-	Berg, Emanuel (73)	SWE	2593
57	Sakaev, Konstantin (57)	RUS	2634	-	Vitiugov, Nikita (72)	RUS	2594
58	Gurevich, Mikhail (58)	TUR	2627	-	Kaidanov, Gregory S (71)	USA	2597
59	Shabalov, Alexander (59)	USA	2626	-	Pavasovic, Dusko (70)	SLO	2597
60	Shulman, Yuri (60)	USA	2616	-	Leitao, Rafael (69)	BRA	2601
61	Rodshtein, Maxim (61)	ISR	2615	-	Gustafsson, Jan (68)	GER	2606
62	Laznicka, Viktor (62)	CZE	2610	-	Macieja, Bartlomiej (67)	POL	2606
63	Kozul, Zdenko (63)	CRO	2609	-	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (66)	CUB	2607
64	Bartel, Mateusz (64)	POL	2608	-	Galkin, Alexander (65)	RUS	2608

18) Forthcoming Events and Links

Glitnir Blitz

The Glitnir Blitz took place in Oslo last Saturday, Grischuk beat Carlsen 3-1 in the final and Agdestein beat Nielsen 3-0 in the semi-final. Would really like to find some games.

Official site: http://www.sjakk.no/glitnirblitz/resultater.html

Liga de Campeones

The Liga de Campeones (Jesus de la fuente memorial) takes place 1st-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Alongside is a tournament of champions with: Veselin Topalov, Anatoli Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Judit Polgar.

Website http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/ - David Llada's Blog

67th Italian Championship

The 67th Italian Championship takes place 23rd November - 4th December 2007. The tournament will consist of 12 players in a round robin at the 4 star Park Hotel San Michele in Martina Franca. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the Italian Chess Federation´s web site. The players are: GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Michele Godena, GM Carlo Garcia-Palermo, IM Sabino Brunello, IM Fabio Bruno, IM Giulio Borgo, IM Roberto Mogranzini, IM Federico Manca, IM Daniel Contin, FM Daniele Genocchio, FM Denis Rombaldoni, and Alessandro Bonafede.

Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/

Vados Cup

The Vados Cup, international rapid chess open takes place 17th-18th November 2007 in Arad (Romania). Prize fund: over 2000 euro. 1st prize: 1800 RON (~535 euro).

More info: http://www.vados.ro

Campeanu, Alin - tel. +40-722-613128, email:sahclubvados@yahoo.com

I Avanzado International

The I Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Avanzado (Tecnológico) takes place 1st-9th December 2007

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com

Bundesliga

The German Bundesliga for 2007-8 takes place 19th October 2007 - 20th April 2008. The first games were on Friday 19th October as part of the special round 7 - fixtures from this round are played before various weekend programs. Rounds 3 and 4 take place 24th-25th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ further coverage: http://www.schach.com and also at the national Federation site at: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.php and statistics also at: http://www.godesbergersk.de/bundesliga-statistik/

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008

The field for the 2008 Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been announced at http://www.coruschess.com Five of the top 6 in the world are playing including the new World Champion Anand and new World number 2 Ivanchuk. Also Kramnik and Gelfand who finished 2nd in Mexico City.

The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 will be held from 11-27 January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue is the De Moriaan Community Centre

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	W rnk
GM Viswanathan Anand	1969	2801	1
GM Vassily Ivanchuk	1969	2787	2
GM Vladimir Kramnik	1975	2785	3
GM Veselin Topalov	1975	2769	4
GM Peter Leko	1979	2755	5
GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov	1985	2752	7
GM Teymour Radjabov	1987	2742	8
GM Levon Aronian	1982	2741	9
GM Boris Gelfand	1968	2736	11
GM Michael Adams	1971	2729	13
GM Magnus Carlsen	1990	2714	17
GM Judit Polgar	1976	2708	20
GM Pavel Eljanov	1983	2681	30
GM Loek van Wely	1972	2680	32
Average rating: 2741 (based on October figures) Category: 20

Corus Wijk aan Zee Participants honorary four-event match 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	CCT victories
GM Viktor Kortchnoi	1931	2611	4
GM Lajos Portisch	1937	2530	4
GM Jan Timman	1951	2559	2
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic	1950	2550	1

28th Bethune Open

The Bethune chess club is preparing his 28th International Open, Hall Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) from December 26 to 30. 9 rounds The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1900, 1st price : 400 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 6000 euros of prices, prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Conditions for IM and GM and special conditions for GM>2600, contact us at open@bethunechess.com

For more information visit: http://www.bethunechess.com

Harmonie Chess Tournament

The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place 21st-30th December 2007.

Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2007/2007eng.html

XVII Pampona International

The XVII Pampona International takes place 21st-29th December 2007.

Details: http://www.chesspamplona.com/

Chess.fm John Watson Book Show

The Chess.fm John Watson Book Show featured Jan Timman 9th October 2007. http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/

Chigorin Memorial 2007

The Chigorin Memorial takes place in St Petersburg 29th November 9th December 2007.

Details: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2007/chigorin.html

VI Bali International Chess Festival

The VI Bali International Chess Festival takes place 30th November 9th December 2007. Many events including the tournament of stars 6th-9th December 2007 which has the participation of the new world champion Viswanathan Anand.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Czech Chess Christmas 2007

The Czech Chess Christmas 2007 tournament takes place in Litomysl (CZE) 26th December 2007 - 1st January 2008

9th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 700 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz,

Further details: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2007/

8th Liberec Open

The 8th Liberec Open takes place 10th-17th November 2007. Open FIDE, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

More detailed information should be found in English, German, Russian and Polish at http://www.czechtour.net/liberec-open/

Hungarian Chess Tournaments October 2007 - March 2008

1. 6th-19th of October 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9 -13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2. 24th-31st of October, HÉVÍZ Open - 200 km West from Budapest, 9 rounds Swiss, org: IM Rigo, http://www.lellechess.tar.hu

3. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu

Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South-East from Budapest.

4. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL

5. 15th-23rd of November, XXXI. TENKES CUP, 9 round Swiss Open, Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.FULOP, Csaba, e-mail: