THE WEEK IN CHESS 678 5th November 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Liga de Campeones
3) European Team Chess Championships
4) XI Corsica Masters
5) US Chess League
6) Romanian Superliga
7) Promesas Ronda
8) Figueira da Foz
9) First Saturday November
10) 6th North American FIDE Invitational
11) CIPS and AICA Man-Machine match
12) Icelandic Championships
13) Reykjavik Chess Club Invitational
14) Icelandic Rapid Championships
15) Bendigo Bank Chess Championship
16) Lendas do Xadrez
17) 22nd Le Touquet International Open
18) 7th Rohde Open
19) Belgian Team Championships
20) I Magistral Internacional Joan Casals
21) Guernsey Chess Festival Open
22) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games Section
Liga de Campeones 8 games
European Team Chess Championships 792 games
XI Corsica Masters 40 games
US Chess League 24 games
Romanian Superliga 270 games
Promesas Ronda 45 games
Figueira da Foz 77 games
First Saturday November 7 games
6th North American FIDE Invitational 45 games
CIPS and AICA Man-Machine match 49 games
Icelandic Championships 66 games
Reykjavik Chess Club Invitational 45 games
Icelandic Rapid Championships 33 games
Lendas do Xadrez 55 games
7th Rohde Open 99 games
Belgian Team Championships 1 game
Total 1656 gamess

1) Introduction

My thanks to Snorri G. Bergsson, David Llada, Javier Rubio Doblas, Miklos Orso, John Saunders, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Valery Maes, John Kara, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Wilhelm Loder, Joaquim De Deus Fº, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Stewart Reuben, Ray Cannon, Alfonso Vilches, Tarjei J. Svensen, Alex Brunetti and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another great week of chess. The Russian's will be pleased and relieved to regain the European Team Championship trophy with a round to go. Their team has looked strong and resolute throughout with big performances from Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich (in spite of his loss to Shirov today in round 8). The Liga de Campeones got off to a rocky start after it emerged that Alexander Khalifman was in hospital in Russia and unable to play, I wish him well. Anatoly Karpov got back into the top 50 of the FIDE rating list with a return to chess at the GM tournament in Valjevo in June followed by some rapid and blitz more recently. Its nice to see him back but I did wonder if he could really survive at the top level with his opening repertoire. Its looking like he might not with two losses in the first three rounds, I rather fear for him and remember what happened to Gata Kamsky in Wijk aan Zee in 2006 where his lack of preparation was ruthlessly punished. Veselin Topalov is strong favourite for the event but at this early stage he shares first with Ruslan Ponomariov. The event isn't just about chess with many side events aimed at raising money for a hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, one of the poorest regions in the Congo.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Liga de Campeones

The "Chess Champions League" (Jesus de Lafuente memorial) takes place 1st-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Khalifman was replaced by Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu at the last minute after it emerged he was admitted to hospital almost at the time he was supposed to travel and later contacted the organisers to say that he was home for a week, but then he will have to go under surgery again. The nature of his illness isn't clear.

The main event is the "Tournament of Champions" which is a 6 player, 10 round event which takes place 2nd-4th, 6th-7th, 9th-11th and 13th-14th Nov 2007.  

The event is called the "Chess Champions League - Playing for a better world". This is because: a) Initially, only former world players were invited to take place (plus Judit, as the best woman ever) b) The aim behind the tournament is to get funds to build up and/or send equipment to a Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, one of the poorest regions in the Congo. Side events which aim to raise this money include: To begin with, the the Moscow Orchestra will play several times in Vitoria duting the tournament (including at the opening ceremony), and they will donate all the benefits they got from the concerts to the project. -- The models and fashion designers from the Pasarela Cibeles Fashion Show (Madrid) will make an special appearance in the tournament, and some of the most famous fashion designers and models will offer a fashion show next to the playing hall. They will then give us the dresses and customs to be sold at auction. -- Some of the best Spanish sportsmen (the likes of Rafa Nadal and Miguel Indurain) will donate some items to be sold at auction. Topalov, for instance, has donated the medal he got when he became World Junior Champion in Puerto Rico 1989!

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

Chess Champions League Vitoria Gasteiz ESP (ESP), 2-14 xi 2007
cat. XIX (2702)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2705 * * . . 1 . ½ . 1 . . . 2½ 2955
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 . . * * . . ½ . 1 . 1 . 2½ 2949
3. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2708 0 . . . * * . . ½ . 1 . 1½ 2688
4. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2668 ½ . ½ . . . * * . . . . 1 2737
5. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2670 0 . 0 . ½ . . . * * . . 0½ 2454
6. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2690 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * * 0

Jesus de Lafuente memorial Results
Round 3 (November 4, 2007)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karpov, Anatoly - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 37 D12 Slav Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Polgar, Judit 0-1 36 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 2 (November 3, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 42 E15 Queens Indian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 40 A33 English Symmetrical
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly ½-½ 48 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 1 (November 2, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 48 E36 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Polgar, Judit - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 45 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter * -
* postponed until the second rest day

3) 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. Note in the games section for this event and the European Club Cup Jones,RS rated 2327 is playing not Jones,Ri 2086 I've corrected TWICs 674, 675 and 677.

Russia regained the Russian Championships with one round to go Russia drew 2-2 with Spain whilst the only team that could conceivably catch them Armenia were also held 2-2 by Azerbaijan. This after a catastophic 15th place in Gothenburg in 2005. Russia (and the former Soviet Union) have won 11 of the 15 events to run (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Team_Championship). The women's event also saw a decisive round 8 with Russia winning convincingly against the Netherlands whereas Poland lost to Armenia having been top on board points after round 7.

Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org there are now interviews including with Veselin Topalov at: http://videos.chessdom.com/. Also check out Etienne Bacrot's blog site (under "My Tournaments") commented games day by day in French then translated into English.

European Team Championships Round 8 Standings
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 RUS RUSSIA RUS 8 7 1 0 15 22,5 142,5
2 8 ISR ISRAEL ISR 8 5 2 1 12 19,0 143,5
3 4 ARM ARMENIA ARM 8 5 2 1 12 19,0 136,5
4 5 BUL BULGARIA BUL 8 5 1 2 11 20,5 136,5
5 6 FRA FRANCE FRA 8 5 1 2 11 18,5 150,0
6 3 AZE AZERBAIJAN AZE 8 5 1 2 11 18,0 148,0
7 19 SLO SLOVENIA SLO 8 5 0 3 10 18,5 138,0
8 10 POL POLAND POL 8 4 2 2 10 18,5 128,0
9 2 UKR UKRAINE UKR 8 3 4 1 10 18,5 125,0
10 16 ENG ENGLAND ENG 8 4 2 2 10 18,0 127,0
11 7 ESP SPAIN ESP 8 3 4 1 10 17,0 144,0
12 26 MKD FYROM MKD 8 4 2 2 10 17,0 134,5
13 25 LTU LITHUANIA LTU 8 4 1 3 9 19,0 113,5
14 9 NED NETHERLANDS NED 8 3 3 2 9 18,0 133,5
15 12 HUN HUNGARY HUN 8 4 1 3 9 17,5 143,5
16 20 DEN DENMARK DEN 8 4 1 3 9 16,5 129,0
17 11 GEO GEORGIA GEO 8 3 2 3 8 18,5 125,0
18 17 GRE GREECE GRE 8 4 0 4 8 18,5 115,0
19 13 CZE CZECH REPUBLIC CZE 8 3 2 3 8 17,0 147,0
20 14 SRB SERBIA SRB 8 4 0 4 8 17,0 130,0
21 27 NOR NORWAY NOR 8 3 2 3 8 17,0 129,0
22 30 MNE MONTENEGRO MNE 8 3 2 3 8 16,5 130,5
23 21 SWE SWEDEN SWE 8 2 4 2 8 15,5 148,0
24 29 ITA ITALY ITA 8 2 4 2 8 15,0 126,0
25 31 ISL ICELAND ISL 8 3 1 4 7 16,5 134,5
26 28 SUI SWITZERLAND SUI 8 3 1 4 7 15,0 130,5
27 18 CRO CROATIA CRO 8 3 1 4 7 15,0 129,0
28 34 FIN FINLAND FIN 8 2 3 3 7 15,0 122,5
29 15 GER GERMANY GER 8 2 2 4 6 16,0 125,5
30 23 TUR TURKEY TUR 8 2 2 4 6 14,5 124,0
31 33 EST ESTONIA EST 8 3 0 5 6 14,0 129,5
32 35 BEL BELGIUM BEL 8 2 2 4 6 12,5 122,0
33 32 AUT AUSTRIA AUT 8 2 1 5 5 15,0 119,0
34 24 ROU ROMANIA ROU 8 2 1 5 5 14,0 117,0
35 36 SCO SCOTLAND SCO 8 2 1 5 5 9,5 120,5
36 38 WLS WALES WLS 8 1 3 4 5 9,5 108,0
37 37 LUX LUXEMBOURG LUX 8 1 2 5 4 11,0 103,5
38 40 CYP CYPRUS CYP 8 1 2 5 4 9,5 103,0
39 39 MNC MONACO MNC 8 0 1 7 1 8,0 114,5
40 22 BIH BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA BIH 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 18,5

European Team Championships Leading ELO Performers to Round 8
No.   Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo.
1 RUS GM Svidler Peter 2732 RUSSIA 2955 5,0 6 83,3 1
2 NED GM Sokolov Ivan 2673 NETHERLANDS 2932 3,5 4 87,5 2
3 ISR GM Roiz Michael 2644 ISRAEL 2890 5,0 6 83,3 2
4 RUS GM Morozevich Alexander 2755 RUSSIA 2855 6,0 8 75,0 1
5 NOR GM Carlsen Magnus 2714 NORWAY 2840 6,5 8 81,3 1
6 ESP GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2660 SPAIN 2811 6,0 8 75,0 1
7 AZE GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZERBAIJAN 2806 4,5 7 64,3 1
8 BUL GM Delchev Aleksander 2613 BULGARIA 2797 5,5 7 78,6 3
9 BUL GM Topalov Veselin 2769 BULGARIA 2797 3,0 4 75,0 1
10 BUL GM Cheparinov Ivan 2670 BULGARIA 2778 5,5 8 68,8 1
11 FRA GM Bacrot Etienne 2695 FRANCE 2778 4,5 7 64,3 1
12 CZE GM Navara David 2656 CZECH REPUBLIC 2771 5,0 8 62,5 1
13 ARM GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673 ARMENIA 2761 6,0 8 75,0 2
14 ENG GM Adams Michael 2729 ENGLAND 2742 4,5 7 64,3 1
15 RUS GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2710 RUSSIA 2741 5,0 7 71,4 4
16 HUN GM Berkes Ferenc 2606 HUNGARY 2731 5,0 7 71,4 3
17 UKR GM Karjakin Sergey 2694 UKRAINE 2728 3,5 6 58,3 1
18 SLO GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2646 SLOVENIA 2726 4,0 7 57,1 1
19 RUS GM Alekseev Evgeny 2716 RUSSIA 2725 4,0 6 66,7 3
20 SLO GM Pavasovic Dusko 2597 SLOVENIA 2717 4,0 7 57,1 1
21 ISR GM Sutovsky Emil 2655 ISRAEL 2716 4,0 7 57,1 1
22 FIN GM Nyback Tomi 2565 FINLAND 2714 4,0 6 66,7 1
23 HUN GM Ruck Robert 2561 HUNGARY 2703 3,5 5 70,0 4
24 CZE GM Hracek Zbynek 2598 CZECH REPUBLIC 2702 4,5 7 64,3 2
25 POL GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2573 POLAND 2699 4,5 6 75,0 2
26 UKR GM Areshchenko Alexander 2638 UKRAINE 2699 4,0 6 66,7 4
27 SWE GM Carlsson Pontus 2481 SWEDEN 2698 5,5 8 68,8 4
28 SRB GM Miladinovic Igor 2603 SERBIA 2698 5,0 7 71,4 2
29 AZE GM Radjabov Teimour 2742 AZERBAIJAN 2698 4,5 8 56,3 1
30 FRA GM Fressinet Laurent 2654 FRANCE 2698 3,0 5 60,0 2

European Team Championships Women's Round 8 Standings
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 RUS RUSSIA RUS 8 6 2 0 14 23,0 146,5
2 6 POL POLAND POL 8 5 2 1 12 21,5 143,5
3 10 ARM ARMENIA ARM 8 5 2 1 12 19,0 139,5
4 2 GEO GEORGIA GEO 8 5 1 2 11 20,5 129,5
5 3 UKR UKRAINE UKR 8 5 1 2 11 20,5 129,0
6 11 SLO SLOVENIA SLO 8 4 2 2 10 18,0 136,5
7 12 ROU ROMANIA ROU 8 4 2 2 10 18,0 124,0
8 7 GER GERMANY GER 8 4 2 2 10 17,5 133,5
9 8 NED NETHERLANDS NED 8 4 2 2 10 17,0 148,5
10 5 HUN HUNGARY HUN 8 4 1 3 9 19,0 137,0
11 22 CRO CROATIA CRO 8 3 2 3 8 18,5 102,0
12 15 ESP SPAIN ESP 8 3 2 3 8 17,5 112,5
13 14 BUL BULGARIA BUL 8 4 0 4 8 17,0 138,0
14 9 SRB SERBIA SRB 8 3 2 3 8 17,0 130,0
15 18 AZE AZERBAIJAN AZE 8 3 2 3 8 16,0 138,0
16 4 FRA FRANCE FRA 8 3 2 3 8 14,5 145,5
17 16 ISR ISRAEL ISR 8 4 0 4 8 14,5 138,0
18 20 ENG ENGLAND ENG 8 4 0 4 8 13,0 132,5
19 13 GRE GREECE 1 GRE1 8 3 1 4 7 17,0 118,5
20 21 CZE CZECH REPUBLIC CZE 8 3 1 4 7 16,5 117,5
21 27 MNE MONTENEGRO MNE 8 2 3 3 7 12,5 136,5
22 19 TUR TURKEY TUR 8 3 0 5 6 14,0 117,0
23 23 SUI SWITZERLAND SUI 8 1 4 3 6 14,0 114,5
24 17 LTU LITHUANIA LTU 8 1 4 3 6 13,5 143,5
25 24 AUT AUSTRIA AUT 8 1 3 4 5 14,5 111,0
26 25 SWE SWEDEN SWE 8 1 3 4 5 14,0 109,0
27 26 EST ESTONIA EST 8 1 3 4 5 12,0 124,5
28 29 FIN FINLAND FIN 8 2 1 5 5 9,5 121,5
29 30 GRE GREECE 2 GRE2 8 0 1 7 1 6,5 122,5
30 28 BIH BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA BIH 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 17,0

4) XI Corsica Masters

The XI Corsica Masters took place 28th-30th October 2007. Hikaru Nakamura won the knockout event beating Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final. The tournament was in two parts. A 10 round preliminary event which all but Karpov had to qualifiy from then a knockout. The time rate was g/10min + 3 seconds a move.

Corsica Masters 2007
Final Round 1
Kasimdzhanov,R 0.5 Kasimdzhanov,R 1.5
Nakamura,H 1.5 Milov,L 0.5
Semi-final
Kasimdzhanov,R 3 Mchedlishvili,M 0.5
Karpov,Ana 1 Fridman,D2 1.5
Bareev,E 1 Karpov,Ana 2
Nakamura,H 3 Hamdouchi,H 0
Quarter-final
Kasimdzhanov,R 1.5 Landa,K 0.5
Fridman,D2 0.5 Guliyev,N 1.5
Karpov,Ana 2 Bareev,E 2
Guliyev,N 0 Jussupow,Ar 0
Bareev,E 3 Milov,V 2
Milov,V 1 Cvitan,O 0
Van Wely,L 1 Van Wely,L 1.5
Nakamura,H 3 Prie,E 0.5

Corsica Masters Prelim 28th-29th October 2007 g/10min + 3sec
Final Round 10 Standings
1 Nakamura Hikaru USA g 2648 8 57 69 2802
2 Van Wely Loek NED g 2680 7½ 55 65½ 2737
3 Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO g 2631 7½ 54 64½ 2676
4 Fridman Daniel GER g 2621 7 58 70 2678
5 Landa Konstantin RUS g 2678 7 57 67 2682
6 Milov Vadim SUI g 2680 7 55½ 66½ 2652
7 Bareev Evgeny RUS g 2653 7 54½ 63½ 2660
8 Jussupow Artur GER g 2583 7 53 64 2598
9 Mikhalevski Victor ISR g 2598 7 53 63 2620
10 Hamdouchi Hichem MAR g 2576 7 52½ 62½ 2581
11 Guliyev Namig AZE g 2560 7 52 62 2520
12 Cvitan Ognjen CRO g 2543 7 51½ 61 2609
13 Milov Leonid GER m 2492 7 51½ 61 2581
14 Prie Eric FRA g 2532 7 49½ 59 2480
15 Riff Jean-Noel FRA m 2474 7 47½ 57½ 2470
16 Sanchez Joseph PHI m 2496 7 47 56 2444
17 Philippe Christophe FRA m 2376 7 45½ 49½ 2412
18 Maslak Konstantin RUS m 2510 6½ 55½ 64½ 2539
19 Chernin Alexander HUN g 2587 6½ 51½ 60 2524
20 Derieux Christian FRA 2165 6½ 48 55 2254
21 Apicella Manuel FRA g 2539 6 55 65 2500
95 players

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

5) US Chess League

The new US Chess League took place August 27th - October 31st 2007 which established Philadelphia vs New York and San Francisco vs Miami as the first playoff pairings on November 7th. Boston and Dallas receive the first round byes as they topped the two divisions. The final placings will be decided on 14th and 28th November 2007. Games are played on ICC. My thanks to Greg Shahade.

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

USCL Week 10 Results. 31st October 2007
    Boston       Philadelphia    
1 GM Larry Christiansen BOS vs GM Sergey Kudrin PHI 1/2-1/2
2 IM Bryan Smith PHI vs GM Eugene Perelshteyn BOS 1-0
3 NM Denys Shmelov BOS vs IM Richard Costigan PHI 1-0
4 NM Daniel Yeager PHI vs NM Chris Williams BOS 0-1
    Queens       Baltimore    
1 GM Alex Stripunsky QNS vs GM Pawel Blehm BAL 1/2-1/2
2 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat BAL vs IM Eli Vovsha QNS 1/2-1/2
3 NM Parker Zhao QNS vs WGM Katerina Rohonyan BAL 1-0
4 WIM Tsaagan Battsetseg BAL vs NM Peter Bierkens QNS 0-1
    New York       New Jersey    
1 GM Pascal Charbonneau NY vs GM Joel Benjamin NJ 0-1
2 IM Mikhail Zlotnikov NJ vs IM Irina Krush NY 0-1
3 IM Jay Bonin NY vs NM Mackenzie Molner NJ 1-0
4 NM Evan Ju NJ vs WFM Irina Zenyuk NY 1/2-1/2
    Tennessee       Carolina    
1 IM Ron Burnett TEN vs NM Craig Jones CAR 1/2-1/2
2   Udayan Bapat CAR vs NM Jerry Wheeler TEN 1/2-1/2
3   Gerald Larson TEN vs   John Timmel CAR 0-1
4   Adam Holmes CAR vs   Gainer Phay TEN) 1/2-1/2  
    San Francisco       Dallas    
1 GM Patrick Wolff SF vs IM Drasko Boskovic DAL 1-0
2 IM Davorin Kuljasevic DAL vs IM Vinay Bhat SF 1-0
3 IM Dmitry Zilberstein SF vs IM John Bartholomew DAL 1-0
4 WFM Lilia Doibani DAL vs   Gregory Young SF 1/2-1/2
    Seattle       Miami    
1 GM Gregory Serper SEA vs GM Julio Becerra MIA 1/2-1/2
2 IM Blas Lugo MIA vs FM Slava Mikhailuk SEA 0-1
3 FM Loren Schmidt SEA vs FM Marcel Martinez MIA 0-1
4   Luis Barredo MIA vs NM Michael Lee SEA 1-0

Final Week 10 Standings:
EASTERN DIVISION W L Game Pts Opp Avg Rating Opps Record  
Boston  # 7 3 23.5/40 2402 45-39 (54%)
Philadelphia  @ 6 4 20.5/40 2393 46-38 (55%)
New York  @ 5 5 19.5/40 2386 45.5-38.5 (54%)
New Jersey 4.5 5.5 19.5/40 2381                   37.5-46.5 (45%)
Queens  4.5 5.5 19.0/40 2411                46.5-37.5 (55%)
Baltimore                    4 6 18.5/40 2369 38.5-45.5 (46%)
WESTERN DIVISION W L Game Pts Opp Avg Rating Opps Record     
Dallas  # 7 3 23.5/40 2368 39.5-44.5 (47%)
San Francisco  @ 6 4 23.5/40 2374                    45.5-38.5 (54%)
Miami  @ 5 5 19.0/40 2364 38-46 (45%)
Seattle 4.5 5.5 20.5/40 2375 46-38 (55%)
Carolina 4.5 5.5 19.0/40 2341 37-47 (44%)
Tennessee 2 8 14.0/40 2345 39-45 (46%)

6) Romanian Superliga

The Romanian Superliga took place in , Predeal 13th-21st October 2007. AEM-Luxten Timisoara (1.Solak Dragan 2.Nevednichy Vladislav 3.Pârligras Mircea 4.Lupulescu Constantin 5.Murariu Andrei 6.Grunberg Mihai-Lucian 7.Berescu Alin 8.Bogdan Dan 9.Chirila Ioan-Cristian ) were convincing winners ahead of CS Stud.Medicina Timisoara (1.Miroshnicenko Evgeny 2.Baklan Vladimir 3.Jianu Vlad-Cristian ).

Official site: http://www.sahclub.ro/toma/071013live/ and also details at: http://www.frsah.ro/

Final Round 9 Standings:
1 CS AEM-Luxten Timisoara 9 8 1 0 25 0
2 CS Stud.Medicina Timisoara 9 5 4 0 19 0
3 CS Contor Group Arad 9 5 2 2 17 1
4 ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 9 5 2 2 17 1
5 CS Dinamo Bucuresti 9 4 2 3 14 0
6 SC Hidrocon Bacau 9 4 0 5 12 0
7 CS Victoria Techirghiol 9 3 2 4 11 0
8 Sah Club Snagov 9 3 1 5 10 0
9 CS Vointa Informatia Zilei Satu Mare 9 1 0 8 3 0
10 CS Potaissa Turda 9 0 0 9 0 0

7) Promesas Ronda

The Promesas tournament took place in Ronda (Malaga) 31st October - 4th November 2007. Claudio Javier Minzer, Juan Reyes and local player Daniel Lopez Gonzalez all finished on 6/9 the latter obtaining an IM norm.

Official site: http://www.clublaurus.we.bs/

Promesas Ronda ESP (ESP), 31 x-4 xi 2007 cat. III (2319)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Minzer, Claudio Javier m ARG 2417 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2433
2. Reyes, Juan m PER 2450 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2429
3. Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel ESP 2176 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6 2459
4. Alonso Garcia, Rene m CUB 2395 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2310
5. Fernandez Siles, Luis f ESP 2310 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 4½ 2320
6. Perez Pardo, Juan Carlos f ESP 2312 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ 4 2276
7. Aroven, Mikael SWE 2201 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4 2289
8. Naranjo Moreno, Antonio ESP 2255 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 1 3½ 2246
9. Paz Ladron de Guevara, Daniel f ESP 2362 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 3½ 2234
10. Arribas Lopez, Angel ESP 2312 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 3 2194

8) Figueira da Foz

The IV Festival Figueira da Foz (Portugal) took place 27th October - 4th November 2007. Kevin Spraggett edged out Anton Kovalyov on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://xadrez.nafigueira.com/paginas/abertura.php

IV Festival Figueira da Foz POR (POR), 28 x-4 xi 2007
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank SNo Ti Name Rtg FED Pts RtgØ Fide BH.
1 1 GM Spraggett Kevin 2580 CAN 7 2435 38 29½
2 6 FM Kovalyov Anton 2510 ARG 7 2376 37½ 30
3 11 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2434 ESP 6½ 2315 32½ 27
4 10 FM Dias Paulo 2443 POR 6½ 2276 32½ 26½
5 8 GM Dimitrov Vladimir 2471 BUL 6 2380 34½ 28½
6 2 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2547 UKR 6 2337 31 27
7 15   Alho Diogo 2244 POR 6 2292 31 28½
8 4 GM Galego Luis 2530 POR 6 2289 31 29
9 7 IM Rusev Krasimir 2479 BUL 6 2278 32½ 26½
10 9 IM Hoffmann Michael 2471 GER 6 2256 31½ 26½
11 12 FM Vitor Antonio 2371 POR 5½ 2247 29½ 24½
12 5 GM Velicka Petr 2519 CZE 5½ 2240 30 26½
13 13 IM Frois Antonio 2354 POR 5½ 2236 28½ 26½
14 17   Blalock Rex 2204 USA 5½ 2184 27½ 25½
15 3 GM Paunovic Dragan 2535 SRB 5 2345 32 28½
16 19   Galvao Henrique 2187 POR 5 2241 27 25½
17 16   Kociscak Jiri 2223 CZE 5 2190 27½ 23½
18 24   Pereira Edgar 2106 POR 5 2153 24½ 23½
19 33   Neves Pedro 1915 POR 5 2097 23 23
20 21   Ribeiro Jose 2160 POR 5 2089 26 22½
21 14 FM Martinez Rodriguez Pablo 2295 ESP 5 2077 27½ 22
53 players

9) First Saturday November

The First Saturday tournaments for November takes place 3rd-13th November 2007. There are two IM and two FM events, the IMB is down to a 5 player double round robin after the withdrawal of one player.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSIMA November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Hvenekilde, Jorgen DEN 2239 * . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2314 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1
3. Andersen, Alf R NOR 2200 . . * ½ . . . . . . ½ 1918
4. Kaufman, Raymond f USA 2393 . . ½ * . . . . . . ½ 2200
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2263 . . . . * . . ½ . . ½ 2304
6. Lorand, Norbert HUN 2166 . . . . . * ½ . . . ½ 2315
7. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj f DEN 2315 . . . . . ½ * . . . ½ 2166
8. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2304 . . . . ½ . . * . . ½ 2263
9. Cooke, Eric USA 2253 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0
10. Werner, Dimo m GER 2346 0 . . . . . . . . * 0

FSIMB November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Adams, Nick A USA 2220 * * . . . . . . 1 . 1
2. Berczes, Csaba m HUN 2419 . . * * . . 1 . . . 1
3. Paschall, William M m USA 2352 . . . . * * . . . . 0
4. Burghardt, Jozsef HUN 2198 . . 0 . . . * * . . 0
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2261 0 . . . . . . . * * 0

10) 6th North American FIDE Invitational

The 6th North American FIDE Invitational took place October 28th - November 3rd, 2007. FM Ray Robson won the event with 7/9 and scored his 1st IM Norm.

Official site: http://www.nachess.org/fide/

6th North Am FIDE Inv Chicago (USA), 6 x-3 xi 2007 cat. III (2304)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Robson, Ray f USA 2368 * 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 7 2517
2. Vigorito, David m USA 2399 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 2459
3. Pasalic, Mehmed f GER 2407 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5½ 2372
4. Andrews, Todd D f USA 2304 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 5 2347
5. Young, Angelo m PHI 2376 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 0 ½ 4 2253
6. Tsyganov, Igor M f USA 2265 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 4 2265
7. Haessel, Dale R CAN 2152 0 0 0 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 4 2278
8. Muhammad, Stephen A m USA 2384 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 1 4 2252
9. Chow, Albert f USA 2214 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 3½ 2234
10. Mokriak, Liudmila wm UKR 2174 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1½ 2045

11) CIPS and AICA Man-Machine match

The computer event CIPS 2007 was won by Delfi 5.2 programmed by Fabio Cavicchio, the winner of the past 5 years, with 5.5/6 over a field of 16 participants.

The AICA Man-Machine match saw Ronchetti draw with Delfi 5.2 - White played with 100 minutes + 30 seconds, Black with 10 minutes + 3 seconds.

Website: http://e4e6.com/g6

7th CIPS 2nd CCC Bologna ITA 29-30 ix 2007
Final Round 6 Standings:
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. DELFI 5.2 ---- +12 +6 =2 +5 +4 +3 5½
2. CIPOLLINO CCC 2007 ---- +13 +3 =1 +4 +14 . 4½
3. URAGANO_3D 0.87 ---- +15 -2 +12 +6 +8 -1 4
4. CHIRON v0.8.7 ---- . +10 +14 -2 -1 +5 3
5. SMASH 1.0.3 ---- -10 +11 +7 -1 +9 -4 3
6. HAMSTERS 0.6.1 DEV 3 CIPS ---- +9 -1 +8 -3 -11 +14 3
7. PROTEJ 0.5.6a ---- -14 +24 -5 -9 +15 +13 3
8. CHATURANGA 2.3 ---- +24 =14 -6 +13 -3 . 2½
9. RAFFAELA 2.0.0 ---- -6 -12 +24 +7 -5 =15 2½
10. RATTATECHESS 1.0-RC1 BOLOGNA ---- +5 -4 . . +12 . 2
11. MATILDE 2007 (14-07_2007) ---- . -5 +15 . +6 . 2
12. MIZAR 3.0 ---- -1 +9 -3 . -10 +24 2
13. GOLEM 0.4 ---- -2 +15 . -8 +24 -7 2
14. LEILA 0.53h ---- +7 =8 -4 . -2 -6 1½
15. GIUCHESS_1.0BETA2 ---- -3 -13 -11 +24 -7 =9 1½
16. 07_2007)-CHIRON v0.8.7 ---- +20 . . . . . 1
17. RC1 BOLOGNA-LEILA 0.53h ---- . . . +21 . . 1
18. 07_2007)-CHATURANGA 2.3 ---- . . . . . +20 1
19. RC1 BOLOGNA-CIPOLLINO CCC 2007 ---- . . . . . +21 1
20. MATILDE 2007 (14 ---- -16 . . +23 . -18 1
21. RATTATECHESS 1.0 ---- . . +22 -17 . -19 1
22. RC1 BOLOGNA-GOLEM 0.4 ---- . . -21 . . . 0
23. 07_2007)-MIZAR 3.0 ---- . . . -20 . . 0
24. PULCHESS 0.2h ---- -8 -7 -9 -15 -13 -12 0

Man-Machine Bologna ITA (ITA), 29-29 ix 2007
Ronchetti, Niccolo - DELFI 5.2 ½-½ 63 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin

12) Icelandic Championships

The Icelandic Championships took place 28th August - 8th September 2007. The category V event was won by Hannes Stefansson with 8/11.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=558&Itemid=303 - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr7696.aspx

ch-ISL Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 28 viii-8 ix 2007 cat. V (2359)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2568 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2515
2. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2458 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 2483
3. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2389 0 ½ * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 2458
4. Lagerman, Robert f ISL 2315 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2399
5. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2316 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2363
6. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2461 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 5½ 2349
7. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2301 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2364
8. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2427 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2353
9. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2344 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 1 5 2324
10. Kjartansson, David f ISL 2324 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 4 2260
11. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg ISL 2239 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 3½ 2237
12. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein ISL 2168 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 3 2201

13) Reykjavik Chess Club Invitational

The Reykjavik Chess Club Invitational took place 17th-25th September 2007. Jon Viktor Gunnarsson won with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.taflfelag.is/?c=webpage&id=146&lid=162&option=links

Reykjavik CC Inv Reykjavik (ISL), 17-25 ix 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2427 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 2561
2. Lund, Esben f DEN 2406 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2433
3. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2344 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 6 2345
4. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2306 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 2349
5. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2389 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 5 2258
6. Kaunas, Kestutis m LTU 2273 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4 2184
7. Klimciauskas, Domantas LTU 2162 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 1 4 2197
8. Misiuga, Andrzej POL 2147 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 3½ 2161
9. Omarsson, Dadi ISL 1951 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1½ 1990
10. Petursson, Matthias ISL 1919 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0

14) Icelandic Rapid Championships

The Icelandic Rapid Championships took place 18th-20th October 2007. Bragi and Björn Þorfinnsson will meet in the final in December which be on TV in Iceland.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5661&Itemid=387

Icelandic Rapid Championships 18th-20th October 2007
Num Player Rating Results Num Player Rating
Round 1 Prelim - 18th October 2007
24 Eggert Ísólfsson 1865 2-0 38 Stefanía Bergljót Stefánsdóttir 1295
25 Loftur Baldvinsson 1755 2-0 36 Friðrik Þjálfi Stefánsson 1370
26 Helgi Brynjarsson 1720 2-0 40 Örn Leó Jóhannsson 1275
27 Dagur Andri Friðgeirsson 1700 2-0 39 Alexander Már Brynjarsson 1290
28 Ólafur Kjartansson 1655 2-0 34 Eiríkur Örn Brynjarsson 1545
29 Jóhanna Björg Jóhannsdóttir 1600 ½-1½ 33 Bjarni Jens Kristinsson 1545
30 Páll Andrason 1590 2-0 41 Omar Yamak 0
31 Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir 1585 2-0 35 Einar Ólafsson 1385
32 Hrund Hauksdóttir 1570 ½-1½ 37 Birkir Karl Sigurðsson 1295
32 players - 19th October 2007
1 Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson 2585 2-0 19 Stefán Freyr Guðmundsson 2015
2 Þröstur Þórhallsson 2465 1½-½ 33 Bjarni Jens Kristinsson 1545
3 Arnar Gunnarsson 2460 2-0 27 Dagur Andri Friðgeirsson 1700
4 Stefán Kristjánsson 2445 2-0 18 Guðni Stefán Pétursson 2015
5 Bragi Þorfinnsson 2400 2-0 22 Kristján Örn Elíasson 1870
6 Sigurbjörn Björnsson 2340 2-0 24 Eggert Ísólfsson 1865
7 Snorri Bergsson 2340 2-0 17 Jóhann Ingvason 2030
8 Björn Þorfinnsson 2310 1½-½ 26 Helgi Brynjarsson 1720
9 Davíð Kjartansson 2270 2-0 30 Páll Andrason 1590
10 Halldór Brynjar Halldórsson 2260 0-2* 31 Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir 1585
11 Róbert Lagerman 2235 1½-½ 23 Daði Ómarsson 1865
12 Ingvar Jóhannesson 2195 2-0 37 Birkir Karl Sigurðsson 1295
13 Guðmundur Kjartansson 2130 1½-½ 21 Þorsteinn Leifsson 1874
14 Erlingur Þorsteinsson 2120 2-0 25 Loftur Baldvinsson 1755
15 Jorge Fonseca 2057 2-0 28 Ólafur Kjartansson 1655
16 Stefán Bergsson 2045 1-1/1-0 20 Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir 1880
16 players - 19th October 2007
1 Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson 2585 1½-½ 10 Róbert Lagerman 2235
2 Þröstur Þórhallsson 2465 2-0 13 Erlingur Þorsteinsson 2120
3 Arnar Gunnarsson 2460 1½-½ 12 Guðmundur Kjartansson 2130
4 Stefán Kristjánsson 2445 2-0 15 Stefán Bergsson 2045
5 Bragi Þorfinnsson 2400 2-0 11 Ingvar Jóhannesson 2195
6 Sigurbjörn Björnsson 2340 0-2 9 Davíð Kjartansson 2270
7 Snorri Bergsson 2340 2-0 14 Jorge Fonseca 2057
8 Björn Þorfinnsson 2310 2-0 16 Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir 1585
Quarter Final - 20th October 2007
1 Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson 2585 ½-1½ 7 Snorri Bergsson 2340
2 Þröstur Þórhallsson 2465 0-2 8 Björn Þorfinnsson 2310
3 Arnar Gunnarsson 2460 ½-1½ 5 Bragi Þorfinnsson 2400
4 Stefán Kristjánsson 2445 1½-0½ 9 Davíð Kjartansson 2360
Semi-Final - 20th October 2007
4 Stefán Kristjánsson 2445 ½-1½ 8 Björn Þorfinnsson 2310
5 Bragi Þorfinnsson 2400 1-1/1-0 7 Snorri Bergsson 2340
Final - December 2007
5 Bragi Þorfinnsson 2400 - 8 Björn Þorfinnsson 2310

15) Bendigo Bank Chess Championship

The Bendigo Bank Chess Championship takes place 3rd-6th November 2007. Live coverage but no games in PGN at the moment.

Official site: http://www.global1t.com/chess

Bendigo Bank Chess Championship 3rd-6th November 2007
Round 5 (of 7) Standings:
1 Johansen, Darryl K VIC 2446 2424 5
2 Antic, Dejan OS 2476 2486 4.5
3-10 Goldenberg, Igor VIC 2408 2391 4
Bjelobrk, Igor NSW 2379 2423 4
Sandler, Leonid VIC 2364 2319 4
Sales, Jesse Noel OS 2312 2312 4
Rujevic, Mirko VIC 2274 2216 4
Skiotis, Pano VIC 2158 2058 4
Kempen, Leon VIC 2138 2051 4
Hogg, Dean VIC 1940 1940 4
11-20 Solomon, Stephen J QLD 2465 2447 3.5
Wallis, Christopher VIC 2257 2202 3.5
Dragicevic, Domagoj VIC 2254 2139 3.5
Dilla, Edsil VIC 2176 2176 3.5
Lojanica, Milenko VIC 2133 2050 3.5
Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija VIC 2061 1918 3.5
Zaprudsky, George VIC 1968 1897 3.5
Chmiel, Rad VIC 1936 1667 3.5
Kordahi, Nicholas NSW 1888 1792 3.5
Kalisch, Thomas VIC 1875 1780 3.5
85 players

16) Lendas do Xadrez

The Lendas do Xadrez FIDE (Jerônimo Marques Pimenta Cup) tournament took place in Rio de Janeiro 12th-21st October 2007 and was won by Ricardo da Silva Teixeira with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.lendasdoxadrez.kit.net/

Lendas do Xadrez Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), 12-21 x 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva f BRA 2397 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 2327
2. Fontes, Carlos Henrique Batista BRA 2209 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2298
3. Porto, Cristiano Nogueira BRA 2256 0 ½ * 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2211
4. Chauca, Jose PER 2139 1 1 0 * 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 5½ 2148
5. Fucs, Paulo Moses BRA 2148 0 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2148
6. Ferreira, Kleber Victor BRA 2080 0 0