The Week in Chess 680

THE WEEK IN CHESS 680 19th November 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Games Section
Tal Memorial	30 games
Liga de Campeones	6 games
SPICE Cup	27 games
Spanish Championship	8 games
Cup Russia	103 games
Indian Women's Championship	42 games
Asian Indoor Games	192 games
US Chess League	4 games
Ukrainian Championship	28 games
Venetian Autumn Chess Congress	132 games
First Saturday November	19 games
8th Liberec Open	173 games
Total	766 gamess

1) Introduction

My thanks to Fred Lucas, Brent Kitson, Frank-Peter Rößler, Antonio Rosino, Alfonso Vilches, Adolivio Capece, Ian Rogers, Miklos Orso, David Llada, Alexei Kovalczuk, Prathamesh Mokal, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Patricia Claros Aguilar and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another big week of chess. Vladimir Kramnik was a massive winner this week scoring 6.5/9 a point and a half clear of Alexei Shirov and gaining enough rating points to move him close to Viswanathan Anand at the top of the FIDE rating list. Veselin Topalov also had a convincing win at the Liga de Campeones making 7.5/10 another point and a half clear of the field. The tournament must have been a salutary experience for Anatoly Karpov who finished in last place. This week we'll see the World Cup of Blitz in Moscow and then most of the players will go off to the World Cup of chess in Khanty-Mansiysk which will produce a player who will be in the final stages of the World Chess Championships.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial Tournament took place in Moscow 9th-19th November 2007. Vladimir Kramnik was the convincing winner of the event with 6.5/9 a point and a half clear of Alexei Shirov.

Sadly the arbiter Geurt Gijssen slipped and fell in the snow and broke his hip rather severely before round 5. I wish him a speedy recovery but I understand he is at least back in the Netherlands.

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

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
Round 4 (November 13, 2007)
Shirov, Alexei	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	46	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Gelfand, Boris	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	44	D39	QGD Ragozin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	22	B09	Pirc Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	31	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	20	E48	Nimzo Indian
Round 5 (November 14, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	51	E05	Catalan
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	61	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	93	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	29	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	39	D15	Slav Defence
Round 6 (November 16, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	31	E00	Catalan
Shirov, Alexei	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	34	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Gelfand, Boris	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	36	D11	Slav Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	0-1	90	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 7 (November 17, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	37	A20	English Opening
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	30	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	21	E15	Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kamsky, Gata	0-1	41	D15	Slav Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	47	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 8 (November 18, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	42	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Shirov, Alexei	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	30	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Kamsky, Gata	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	34	A34	English Symmetrical
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	18	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Round 9 (November 19, 2007)
Gelfand, Boris	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	37	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	28	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	59	C42	Petroff's Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	16	A04	Dutch System

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2785	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2901
2.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2739	0	*	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5	2784
3.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2736	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2741
4.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2714	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2743
5.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2710	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	4½	2744
6.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2755	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2739
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2787	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	4	2692
8.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2714	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	4	2700
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	4	2696
10.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2716	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3½	2663

3) FIDE World Cup Blitz

The Preliminaries for the FIDE World Cup Blitz take place 19th-20th November 2007 with a strong field. I'm told Anand and Karpov are playing in the main event along with most of the Tal Memorial field and Svidler on 21st-22nd November 2007 but details and confirmation of this on the official site is either hidden or completely missing. Its also up in the air whether we're going to get any games.

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

World Cup Blitz Qualifier Standings after 4 double rounds
1	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	2690	7,0
2	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2705	6,5
3	Rublevsky, Sergei	2676	6,5
4	Bareev, Evgeny	2653	6,0
5	Bacrot, Etienne	2695	6,0
6	Adams, Michael	2729	6,0
7	Tkachiev, Vladislav	2661	6,0
8	Savchenko, Boris	2583	5,5
9	Lahno, Kateryna	2459	5,5
10	Movsesian, Sergei	2670	5,5
11	Fressinet, Laurent	2654	5,5
12	Gritsak, Orest	2524	5,0
13	Volkov, Sergey	2648	5,0
14	Dreev, Alexey	2607	5,0
15	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	2660	5,0
16	Georgiev, Kiril	2649	5,0
17	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2611	4,5
18	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2668	4,5
19	Amonatov, Farrukh	2637	4,5
20	Moiseenko, Alexander	2646	4,5
21	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	2674	4,5
22	Deviatkin, Andrei	2555	4,5
23	Van Wely, Loek	2679	4,5
24	Pelletier, Yannick	2609	4,5
25	Smirin, Ilia	2639	4,5
26	Krasenkow, Michal	2668	4,5
27	Korotylev, Alexey	2600	4,0
27	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2515	4,0
29	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	2588	4,0
30	Fedorov, Alexei	2612	4,0
31	Wang, Yue	2703	4,0
32	Onischuk, Alexander	2674	4,0
33	Poluljahov, Aleksandr	2505	4,0
34	Almasi, Zoltan	2691	4,0
35	Malakhov, Vladimir	2690	4,0
36	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2639	4,0
37	Kobalia, Mikhail	2631	4,0
38	Tukmakov, Vladimir B	2551	4,0
39	Huzman, Alexander	2602	4,0
40	Iljin, Artem	2565	4,0

4) Liga de Campeones

The "Chess Champions League" (Jesus de Lafuente memorial) took place 1st-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Veselin Topalov was the convincing winner with 7/10 a point and a half clear of Ruslan Ponomariov.

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.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2769	*	*	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	½	7	2837
2.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2705	½	0	*	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	5½	2737
3.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2668	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	2708
4.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2708	1	0	0	0	½	½	*	*	1	½	½	1	5	2700
5.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2690	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	½	*	*	½	1	4½	2668
6.	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2670	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	*	3	2559

Chess Champions League Results
Round 10 (November 14, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	0-1	32	E66	King's Indian Fianchetto
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	58	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karpov, Anatoly	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	22	E02	Catalan
Round 9 (November 13, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	58	E55	Nimzo Indian
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	32	E17	Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	33	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

5) SPICE Cup

Texas Tech University’s Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) hosted an invitational tournament 9th-16th November 2007 in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. The 2007 SPICE Cup International Invitational Chess Tournament was held in memory of GM Samuel Reshevsky, and is the first international tournament at Texas Tech organized by Susan Polgar. Eugene Perelshteyn took clear first on 6.5/9 half a point clear of Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero.

Official site: http://www.monroi.com/ChessTournament/SpiceCup/home.html

SPICE Cup Lubbock (USA), 9-16 xi 2007 cat. XII (2527)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Perelshteyn, Eugene	g	USA	2536	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	6½	2691
2.	Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	g	MEX	2536	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2650
3.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2568	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	5½	2602
4.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2628	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2595
5.	Hera, Imre jr	g	HUN	2544	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2567
6.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2475	0	½	½	0	½	*	0	1	1	½	4	2489
7.	Leon Hoyos, Manuel	m	MEX	2495	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	3½	2450
8.	Lugo, Blas	m	USA	2411	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	0	3	2414
9.	Gulko, Boris F	g	USA	2571	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	3	2396
10.	Schneider, Dmitry	m	USA	2502	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	3	2404

6) Spanish Championship

The Spanish Championships take place in Ayamonte 9th-16th November 2007. The event is a knockout. Miguel Illecas Cordoba won the event beating Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez 2-0 in the final, Ibragim Khamrakulov beat Pablo San Segundo Carrillo to 3rd place after a playoff.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/campeonatos/2007/absoluto/index.htm

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
9th November 2007		11th November 2007		13th November 2007		15th November 2007

Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2598 (1)	2

Fernandez Siles, Luis f ESP 2310 (16)	0
		Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	2

		Moreno Ruiz, Javier (9)	0
Moreno Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2466 (9)	1.5

Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario g ESP 2490 (8)	0.5
				Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	1,5

				San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (5)	0,5
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2536 (5)	1.5

Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2428 (12)	0.5
		San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (5)	2

		Andres Gonzalez, Alberto (13)	0
Andres Gonzalez, Alberto m ESP 2435 (13)	1.5

Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2546 (4)	0.5
						Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	2

						Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	0
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel g ESP 2563 (3)	3

Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2370 (14)	1
		Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (3)	1.5

		Oms Pallise, Josep g 6 (6)	0.5
Llaneza Vega, Marcos m ESP 2426 (11)	0.5

Oms Pallise, Josep g ESP 2506 (6)	1.5
				Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (3	3

				Khamrakulov, Ibragim S (2)	2
Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2512 (7)	2.5

Llanes Hurtado, Miguel m ESP 2459 (10)	1.5
		Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G (7)	0.5

		Khamrakulov, Ibragim S (2)	1.5
Huerga Leache, Mikel f ESP 2440 (15)	0.5

Khamrakulov, Ibragim S g ESP 2604 (2)	1.5

7) Cup Russia

The Cup Russia ttook place in Serpukhov in the Moscow Region 5th-16th November 2007. The event was a knockout and Artyom Timofeev beat Vadim Zvjaginsev 1.5-0.5 in the final.

The most detailed coverage is at: http://www.e3e5.com, http://russiachess.org/eng/ with live games at: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/live/

Russian Cup
Round 1 (November 5th-6th)
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	D	Svetushkin	MDA		-	IM	D	Chuprov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	M	Makarov	RUS		-	GM	B	Savchenko	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	V	Yemelin	RUS		-	GM	V	Dobrov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	I	Popov	RUS		-	GM	Yu	Yakovich	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	S	Azarov	BLR		-	GM	A	Rychagov	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	E	Andreev	UKR		-	GM	R	Ovetchkin	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	A	Iljin	RUS		-	GM	M	Panarin	RUS		1-1	3-1
IM	D	Kryakvin	RUS		-	GM	A	Lastin	RUS		0-2
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS		-	GM	D	Kokarev	RUS		1-1	2.5-1.5
IM	E	Romanov	RUS		-	GM	S	Dvoirys	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	M	Turov	RUS		-	GM	A	Gutov	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Kornev	RUS		-	GM	I	Lysyj	RUS		1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	S	Grigoriants	RUS		-	GM	S	Novikov	RUS		1-1	2-0
FM	A	Zabotin	RUS		-	GM	K	Chenyshov	RUS		1-1	1.5-0.5
GM	E	Vorobiov	RUS		-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS		0-2
IM	A	Deviatkin	RUS		-	GM	B	Grachev	RUS		0.5-1.5
Round 2 (November 7th-8th)
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	V	Malakhov	RUS		-	GM	B	Grachev	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	M	Turov	RUS		-	GM	P	Smirnov	RUS		1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Potkin	RUS		-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS		-	GM	S	Volkov	RUS		1-1	3-2
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS		-	GM	A	Iljin	RUS		2-0
FM	A	Zabotin	RUS		-	GM	A	Dreev	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Aleksandrov	BLR		-	GM	I	Popov	RUS		2-0
GM	S	Grigoriants	RUS		-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS		-	GM	A	Lastin	RUS		1.5-0.5
IM	D	Chuprov	RUS		-	GM	M	Kobalia	RUS		2-0
GM	D	Bocharov	RUS		-	GM	V	Dobrov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	B	Savchenko	RUS		-	GM	F	Amonatov	TJK		1.5-0.5
GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS		-	GM	S	Azarov	BLR		1-1	2.5-1.5
IM	E	Romanov	RUS		-	GM	A	Fedorov	BLR		0.5-1.5
GM	K	Sakaev	RUS		-	GM	R	Ovetchkin	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS		-	GM	K	Landa	RUS		1.5-0.5
Round 3 (November 9th-10th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	P	Smirnov	RUS	2636	-	GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	0-2
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS	2591	-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS	2516	1-1	3-1
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	FM	A	Zabotin	RUS	2480	1-1	2-0
GM	A	Aleksandrov	BLR	2614	-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS	2653	0.5-1.5
IM	D	Chuprov	RUS	2557	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Dobrov	RUS	2499	-	GM	B	Savchenko	RUS	2583	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Fedorov	BLR	2612	-	GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS	2600	-	GM	K	Sakaev	RUS	2634	1-1	0-2
Round 4 (November 11th-12th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS	2591	-	GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS	2653	1-1	3-1
IM	B	Savchenko	RUS	2583	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	0.5-1.5
GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	-	GM	K	Sakaev	RUS	2634	1-1	1.5-0.5
Semi-Finals (November 13th-14th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	-	GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	-	GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	1.5-0.5
Finals (November 15th-16th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	1.5-0.5

8) Indian Women's Championship

34th Women's National A Chess Championship was organised by the Symbiosis Spa Chess School at Symbiosis Center for Health Care Campus, Range Hills Road, Kirkee, Pune 411020. The Technical Assistance was provided by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust. The tournament offered a record prize money of Rs.2,50,000 and included the cream of Indian Women's chess among its participants. The top three players from this tournament was selected to represent India at the World Chess Olympiad to be held at Dresden, Germany in 2008 while the top six players will comprise the Indian Women's team for various other International Events.

Woman Grandmaster Tania Sachdev of Delhi beat Padmini Rout of Orissa in the final round to win the 34th Women’s National A Chess Championship. Tania (tiebreak 66), Kiran Monisha Mohanty (tiebreak 64.5) and Soumya Swaminathan (tiebreak 63.5) scored an identical 8 points out of possible 11 but Tania’s better tiebreak score ensured her the Title. Tania was the only player to remain undefeated throughout the tournament and so her title finish is a very fitting prize. This is her second consecutive National A triumph. Tania, Soumya and Kiran have qualified to the Indian Women’s team that will play the Chess Olympiad. Koneru Humpy is directly seeded into the Women’s Olympiad team. Swati Ghate, Dronavalli Harika and Nisha Mohota took places 4 to 6 and made it to the Indian team for other tournaments.

Official site: http://www.symbiosisspa.lci.in/

ch-IND w Pune (IND), 6-13 xi 2007 Final Round 11 Standings
Rank	S No.	Name		Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	RtgØ
1	3	WGM	Tania Sachdev	2413	IND	8	66	2262
2	7	WIM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2263	IND	8	64½	2268
3	9	WIM	Soumya Swaminathan	2244	IND	8	63½	2277
4	6	WGM	Swathi Ghate	2316	IND	7½	66	2272
5	1	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2480	IND	7	68	2284
6	2	WGM	Mohota Nisha	2416	IND	6½	64½	2243
7	4	WGM	Karavade Eesha	2331	IND	6	68	2244
8	11	WFM	Meera Sai	2205	IND	6	62½	2226
9	5	WGM	Ramaswamy Aarthie	2317	IND	6	62	2219
10	15		Priya P	2129	IND	6	61½	2224
11	12		Nimmy A G	2196	IND	6	59½	2189
12	14	WFM	Pon N Krithika	2140	IND	6	58½	2159
13	10		Padmini Rout	2226	IND	6	55	2209
14	8	WIM	Gomes Mary Ann	2262	IND	5½	66	2261
15	25		Divyasri Ch	2050	IND	5½	52½	2145
16	18		Swati Mohota	2112	IND	5½	49½	2085
17	16		Preethi R	2125	IND	5½	47½	2085
18	27		Athirai S	2000	IND	5½	45	1999
19	13		Amrutha Mokal	2159	IND	5	58½	2168
20	17		Sangeetha M R	2118	IND	5	52½	2103
21	22		Anuprita Patil	2060	IND	4½	56½	2102
22	23		Harini S	2060	IND	4½	54½	2119
23	24		Uthra P	2055	IND	4½	49	2091
24	20		Syed Nabeela Farheen	2093	IND	4	56½	2144
25	21	WFM	Pujari Rucha	2061	IND	4	54½	2122
26	26	WFM	Dave Dhyani	2002	IND	4	49	2017
27	28		Savetha C H	1968	IND	3	46½	1998
28	19		Baisakhi Das	2101	IND	1	41	2090

9) Asian Indoor Games

FIDE report (http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1501) that The China team won the 9-round Swiss Macau Asian Indoor Games Blitz Team Championship on Saturday with India winning Silver and Kazakhstan the bronze. The day before, Krishnan Sasikiran and Humpy Koneru, both of India, won the men`s and women`s gold medals, respectively, in the individual blitz championship consisting of 9-round Swiss qualifications, 4-game semifinal and 4-game final matches. Games from the Standard time rate event now available.

Further details: http://chess-results.com/tnr8545.aspx?lan=1 - http://www.maigoc2007.com/Eng/index.shtml - http://www.asia-chess.com/

2nd Asian Indoor Games Final Standings
Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1
1	1	China	6	5	1	0	1
2	2	India	6	4	1	1	2
3	3	Vietnam	6	3	2	1	3
4	9	Malaysia	6	4	0	2	4
5	4	Kazakhstan	6	4	0	2	5
6	5	Indonesia	6	4	0	2	5
7	7	Philippines	6	3	1	2	7
8	10	Mongolia	6	3	0	3	8
9	6	Iran	6	3	0	3	9
10	11	Iraq	6	3	0	3	10
11	12	Jordan	6	3	0	3	11
12	8	Qatar	6	2	1	3	12
13	16	Japan	6	2	1	3	13
14	15	Macau	6	2	1	3	14
15	18	Bahrain	6	2	1	3	15
16	13	Singapore	6	2	2	2	16
17	20	Afghanistan	6	2	1	3	17
18	14	Pakistan	6	2	1	3	18
19	19	Chinese Taipei	6	1	1	4	19
20	17	Nepal	6	1	1	4	20
21	21	Maldives	6	0	1	5	21

2nd Asian Indoor Games Classical Chess Top Scorers
No.			Name	Rtg	Team	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	CHN	GM	Ni Hua	2641	China	5,5	6	91,7	2
2	CHN	WGM	Hou Yifan	2502	China	5,5	6	91,7	4
3	QAT	GM	Zhu Chen	2531	Qatar	5,0	6	83,3	3
4	MAS	WIM	Siti Zulaikha	2210	Malaysia	5,0	6	83,3	3
5	IND	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2480	India	5,0	6	83,3	4
6	KAZ	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2588	Kazakhstan	4,5	6	75,0	1
7	MAS	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2372	Malaysia	4,5	6	75,0	1
8	MGL		Gundavaa Bayarsaihan	2274	Mongolia	4,5	6	75,0	2
9	VIE	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2324	Vietnam	4,5	6	75,0	3
10	IND	GM	Koneru Humpy	2606	India	4,5	6	75,0	3
11	VIE	WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	2292	Vietnam	4,5	6	75,0	4
12	SIN	GM	Wu Shaobin	2449	Singapore	4,0	5	80,0	2
13	TPE		Chen I Chen	1728	Chinese Taipei	4,0	5	80,0	4
14	CHN	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2692	China	4,0	6	66,7	1
15	IRI	GM	Ghaemmaghami Ehsan	2591	Iran	4,0	6	66,7	1
16	MGL		Batchuluun Cegmed	2426	Mongolia	4,0	6	66,7	1
17	VIE	GM	Le Quang Liem	2534	Vietnam	4,0	6	66,7	2
18	INA	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2569	Indonesia	4,0	6	66,7	2
19	INA	WIM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2275	Indonesia	4,0	6	66,7	3
20	KAZ	WIM	Dauletova Gulmira	2240	Kazakhstan	4,0	6	66,7	4
21	IRI	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	2173	Iran	4,0	6	66,7	4
22	MGL		Yanjiv Batzaya	2038	Mongolia	4,0	6	66,7	4

10) US Chess League

The new US Chess League took place August 27th - October 31st 2007. Boston beat New York in the first semi-final. Miami play Dallas today. Games are played on ICC. My thanks to Greg Shahade.

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

USCL Semi-Finals 14th and 19th November 2007
		New York	1.5			Boston	2.5
1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	(NY)	vs	GM	Larry Christiansen	(BOS)	1/2-1/2
2	SM	Jorge Sammour Hasbun	(BOS)	vs	GM	Pascal Charbonneau	(NY)	1-0
3	IM	Jay Bonin	(NY)	vs	NM	Denys Shmelov	(BOS)	1-0
4	NM	Chris Williams	(BOS)	vs	WFM	Iryna Zenyuk	(NY)	1-0
		Miami	-			Dallas	-
1	GM	Julio Becerra	(MIA)	vs	IM	Drasko Boskovic	(DAL)
2	IM	Davorin Kuljasevic	(DAL)	vs	IM	Blas Lugo	(MIA)
3	FM	Marcel Martinez	(MIA)	vs	IM	Jacek Stopa	(DAL)
4	NM	Francisco Guadalupe II	(DAL)	vs		Luis Barredo	(MIA)

11) Ukrainian Championship

The Ukrainian Championship takes place in Kharkov 17th-25th November 2007. Valery Aveskulov and Vladimir Onischuk lead on 2/2.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/ukr07mf/index.html

ch-UKR Final Kharkov (UKR), 17-25 xi 2007
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Sc	Perf
1.	Aveskulov, Valeriy	g	UKR	2545	+24	+17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
2.	Onischuk, Vladimir	m	UKR	2469	+27	+16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
3.	Arzumanian, Georgy	m	ARM	2493	+25	=4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2753
4.	Zubov, Alexander	m	UKR	2556	+26	=3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2684
5.	Drozdovskij, Yuri	g	UKR	2567	=11	+21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2658
6.	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2598	=12	+22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2690
7.	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2651	=10	+20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2698
8.	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2582	=19	+18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2665
9.	Tukhaev, Adam	m	UKR	2517	=18	+19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2665
10.	Kovchan, Alexander	g	UKR	2507	=7	=13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2624
11.	Malaniuk, Vladimir P	g	UKR	2496	=5	=15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2545
12.	Zinchenko, Yaroslav	g	UKR	2491	=6	=14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2592
13.	Brodsky, Michail	g	UKR	2597	=20	=10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2505
14.	Oleksienko, Mikhailo	g	UKR	2587	=22	=12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2497
15.	Vysochin, Spartak	g	UKR	2524	=21	=11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2465
16.	Romanishin, Oleg M	g	UKR	2547	+23	-2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2478
17.	Truskavetsky, Alexandr	m	UKR	2398	+28	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2529
18.	Kovalenko, Igor		UKR	2429	=9	-8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2356
19.	Zubarev, Alexander1	g	UKR	2515	=8	-9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2356
20.	Gasanov, Eldar	g	UKR	2503	=13	-7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2431
21.	Jakimov, Vladimir		UKR	2434	=15	-5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2352
22.	Nosenko, Alexander	m	UKR	2504	=14	-6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2399
23.	Maximov, Dmitry	m	UKR	2488	-16	=27	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2345
24.	Rogovski, Vladimir	g	UKR	2485	-1	=28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2336
25.	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	g	UKR	2564	-3	=26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2298
26.	Tarlev, Konstantin	m	UKR	2490	-4	=25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2367
27.	Shishkin, Vadim UKR	g	UKR	2530	-2	=23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2285
28.	Kononenko, Dmitry1	g	UKR	2513	-17	=24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2248

12) Venetian Autumn Chess Congress

140 chessplayers competed in three tournaments during the "Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano", organised 1st-4th November 2007 by "Esteban Canal Chess Club" and by "Carlo Salvioli Chess Club" of Venice. The Master Tournament (Rating > 2000) with 44 players, was won with 5/6 by the Ukrainian GM Georgy Timoshenko who dominated the event. The Open B tournament (1650 < Rating < 2050) was won by Dario Zanin from Treviso, Joannou Euripidis from Greece and Xhani Bujar from Albania with 5 of 6. The Open C Tournament (Rating < 1700), with 50 players, was won by Luca Bianchi from Milan and Enrico Sorbera from Treviso with 5 of 6. News: Antonio Rosino.

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

Venetian Autumn Master Tournament Venice ITA (Italy), 1 xi - 4 xi 2007
1	1	Timoshenko Georgy	GM	2544	UKR	23B+	12N+	6B+	2N=	4B+	5N=	5
2	2	Bosiocic Marin	IM	2491	CRO	24N+	17B+	9N=	1B=	11N=	7B+	4.5
3	5	Mrdja Milan	IM	2408	CRO	27B+	19N+	8B=	20N+	3B=	1B=	4.5
4	3	Kasparov Sergey	GM	2466	BLR	25B=	35N=	21N+	16B+	5N=	24B+	4.5
5	8	Ramesa Davor	FM	2308	CRO	30N+	36B+	5N=	11B=	7N=	9B+	4.5
6	11	Bonafede Alessandro		2279	ITA	33B+	40N+	16B=	8N=	2B=	4N+	4.5
7	12	Navarro Stefano		2258	ITA	34N+	1B-	32N+	24B-	29N+	15B+	4
8	24	Pomaro Alberto		2152	ITA	2B-	39N+	40B+	12N+	6B+	3N-	4
9	16	Omeri Silvan		2181	ALB	38N=	26B+	11N=	3N-	33B+	19B+	4
10	4	Genocchio Daniele	FM	2433	ITA	26N=	44B+	15N+	9B+	1N-	11B-	3.5
11	6	Rombaldoni Axel	FM	2399	ITA	28N+	32B+	1N-	17B=	24N-	27B+	3.5
12	9	Mufic Goran	IM	2293	CRO	31B+	29N+	2B=	4N-	18B+	8N-	3.5
13	20	Pechy Alaster		2165	ITA	42N=	38B+	13N+	5B-	15N-	44B+	3.5
14	17	Kasparova Tatiana	WM	2181	BLR	39B+	2N-	29B+	6N=	21B=	13N=	3.5
15	15	Xia Jie		2220	ITA	37B=	43N+	4B-	25N+	20B+	12N-	3.5
16	7	Dvirnyy Danyyil	FM	2333	ITA	29B-	31N+	35B+	33N+	8B=	2N-	3.5
17	13	Barletta Mauro		2247	ITA	35B=	25N+	20B-	34N+	19N=	17B=	3.5
18	14	Keller Christophe		2221	FRA	36N-	28B+	34N=	38B=	32N=	30B+	3.5
19	10	Vancini Edoardo	FM	2290	ITA	32N-	42B+	33N-	35B=	36B+	21N+	3.5
20	32	Szirmai Emil		2102	CZE	10B+	6N-	12B-	41N+	14B=	18N=	3
21	25	Bozzali Ermanno		2136	ITA	3N=	13B-	41N+	15B-	35N+	38B=	3
22	38	Faccia Sergio		2071	ITA	16B=	20N-	22B+	14N=	27B=	25N=	3
23	19	Cristiani Cesare		2166	ITA	41B+	5B-	44N=	43N+	13B=	16N-	3
24	21	Mileto Gabriele		2164	ITA	43B=	37N+	3B-	36N+	17N=	10B-	3
25	18	Vianello Enrico		2169	ITA	40N-	30B+	36N=	44B+	9N-	32B=	3
26	28	Pastres Roberto		2119	ITA	6B-	14N-	39B=	23N=	43B+	33N+	3
27	35	Grandesso Emanuele		2092	ITA	13N=	3B=	7N-	10N=	25B-	40B+	2.5
28	29	Opacic Alexandar		2109	SRB	7N+	9B-	17N-	42B+	12B-	26N=	2.5
29	34	Redo Giorgio		2093	ITA	12B-	23N+	14B=	13B-	44N-	41N+	2.5
30	44	Milazzo Mario		1971	ITA	22B+	4N-	19B=	18N-	34B+	20N-	2.5
31	30	You Zi Chih Stefano		2109	ITA	8B-	18N-	23B=	39N+	37B+	14N-	2.5
32	23	Bianchi Andrea		2156	ITA	1N-	34B-	30N=	28B=	40N=	39B+	2.5
33	26	Pfeifer Andrea		2131	FRA	4B=	16N-	43B-	37N=	42B+	29B=	2.5
34	27	Bellavita Guido		(2131)	ITA	5N-	41B-	31N+	40B+	38N=	6N-	2.5
35	33	Horton-Kitchlew Andrew		2097	ENG	11N-	22N+	10B+	7B-	16N-	28B-	2
36	36	Gallo Enrico		2077	ITA	14B+	8N-	18B=	21B-	10N-	43N=	2
37	43	Zarpellon Daniel		2001	ITA	21N=	15B-	26N+	19B-	28N-	36B=	2
38	42	Rezzuti Vincenzo		2017	ITA	20B=	10N-	37B=	29N-	26N-	31A+	2
39	37	Maccapan Fabio		2072	ITA	15N=	21B-	42N=	26B=	30N-	22B=	2
40	22	Bosiocic Marko		2160	CRO	44N-	33B-	38N-	31A+	41B=	37N=	2
41	40	Solinas Carlo		2050	ITA	18B+	11B-	24N-	27N-	23B=	35N-	1.5
42	39	Paris Giorgio		2055	ITA	17N-	24B-	28N=	30B-	31A+	23N-	1.5
43	41	Pesco Giuseppe		2031	ITA	19N-	27N+	25B-	32B-	22N=	34B-	1.5
44	31	Panican Gheorghe		2104	ROM	9N-	7B-	27B-	22R-	39R-	42R-	0

13) First Saturday November

The First Saturday tournaments for November took place 3rd-13th November 2007. There were two IM and two FM events. Nikolaj Mikkelsen won the a-group by half a point from Raymond Kaufman and Csaba Berczes won the B event.

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.	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	f	DEN	2315	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	2495
2.	Kaufman, Raymond	f	USA	2393	½	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2432
3.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2314	0	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2355
4.	Cooke, Eric		USA	2253	½	1	0	*	0	0	0	1	1	1	4½	2282
5.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2166	½	0	0	1	*	0	½	1	1	½	4½	2291
6.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2346	0	½	½	1	1	*	½	½	0	0	4	2228
7.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2304	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	2233
8.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2263	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	4	2238
9.	Andersen, Alf R		NOR	2200	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	*	1	3	2163
10.	Hvenekilde, Jorgen		DEN	2239	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	*	2	2063

FSIMB November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2419	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2432
2.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2220	½	½	*	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6½	2388
3.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2352	½	½	0	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2288
4.	Francsics, Endre		HUN	2164	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	*	½	½	1	½	4	2218
5.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2261	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	½	3½	2160
6.	Burghardt, Jozsef		HUN	2198	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	*	3	2134

14) 8th Liberec Open

The 8th Liberec Open took place 10th-17th November 2007. Zbigniew Ksieski won the event with 7.5/9. Final two rounds of games are missing.

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

8th Liberec Open 10-17 ix 2007. Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.		Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	POL	Ksieski Zbigniew	IM	POL	2400	7,5	54,0
2	GER	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2357	7,0	51,5
3	LAT	Matcins Aleksejs		LAT	2074	7,0	50,0
4	RUS	Golcman Evgeny		RUS	2223	6,5	52,0
5	RUS	Bogdanovich Grigory	IM	RUS	2352	6,5	51,0
6	ISR	Porat Ido	FM	ISR	2275	6,5	50,5
7	LAT	Agafonov Yuri		LAT	2173	6,0	51,5
8	CZE	Jiruse Josef Mgr.		CZE	2153	6,0	50,5
9	GER	Natsidis Christoph		GER	2256	6,0	49,5
10	SVK	Kikinder Roman		SVK	2111	6,0	48,5
11	ISR	Porat Maya		ISR	2198	6,0	48,5
12	GER	Baum Bernd Dr	FM	GER	2210	6,0	48,0
13	CZE	Bartos Jan	FM	CZE	2216	6,0	47,5
14	ISL	Bjornsson Tomas	FM	ISL	2208	6,0	46,5
15	CZE	Tesar Jan JUDr.		CZE	2069	6,0	44,5
16	GER	Muehlhan Klaus		GER	1946	6,0	44,0
17	CZE	Snorek Milan Ing.		CZE	2061	6,0	44,0
18	CZE	Turner Radek Ing.		CZE	2094	6,0	44,0
19	NED	Huijzer Johannes		NED	1943	6,0	43,5
20	CZE	Braun Marek		CZE	2076	6,0	41,5
21	CZE	Rutter Lidmila		CZE	1920	6,0	41,5
118 players

15) 11th OIBM Bad Wiessee

The 11th OIBM (Offene Internationale Bayerische Meisterschaft) took place in Bad Wiessee 10th-18th November 2007. Nidjat Mamedov and Mircea Parligras finished on 7.5/9. Games not yet available.

Official site: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/

11th OIBM Bad Wiessee. Final Round 9 Standings
Rang

THE WEEK IN CHESS 680 19th November 2007 by Mark Crowther

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