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Results of the 2nd Bone Tournament 2006-12-21 20:36:00 The 2nd Bone blitz tournament was held on Sunday 17th December in hotel "Ravno", Cuprija. Not all of the announced masters showed up, but in overall, it was wonderful tournament. I was particularly happy to see our guests having fun at the first place, without being worried about prizes.
Miroslav...
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Astana vs World 2006-12-22 19:13:00 This chess match was organized as part of the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence. Vishy Anand was hosting a press conference and simul on 17th December, and the match was played on 18th-20th December. Visitors have won by 9-3.
Astana vs World
pairings (hosts on the...
Corus 2007 2006-12-24 02:41:00 One of the strongest chess tournament will be held on 13-28th January in Wijk an Zee, Netherlands. WCN admins Carla Amse and Bogdan Girmacea will be at the site to provide reports and photos. We're hoping for some audio interviews as well.
Lineup:
GM Veselin Topalov (BUL 2813), GM Viswanathan...
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FM Nicholas Chan wins WCN Masters 2006-12-24 08:06:00 The outcome can be surprising only for those who don't know this modest and talented Malaysian junior. FM Chan has been appreciated by WCN members for his nice personality and avid blitz skills. I guess only his college obligations prevented him from achieving higher ratings.
69 players have...
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, Masters
, Nicholas Chan
Hastings Chess Congress 2006-12-25 22:13:00 The oldest chess festival continues its tradition of having tournaments for New Year. A strong international open and number of accompanying events will be held on 28th Dec 2006 to 7th Jan 2007.
Players so far registered for main tournament: GM Merab Gagunashvili (GEO 2611), GM Vyacheslav...
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, Congress
We did not accuse 2006-12-25 22:53:00 With my modest knowledge of Russian, I have tried to translate parts of the today's interview "We did not accuse Kramnik of fraud" with Silvio Danailov:
Q: The interview with Topalov was real? Or was it just imagination of Spanish journalist?
A: The interview was not on the paper. And things that...
Umakant Sharma Banned 2006-12-27 09:30:00 Umakant Sharma
, who was caught with wireless device during the tournament, is banned for 10 years by The All India Chess Federation.
Ghost Tourney in Hungary - Frauds Busted
Boris Kreiman
Valerian Adam
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Open Illes Medes 2006-12-29 17:29:00 Chess International Open Illes Medes will be held on 28th December 2006 to 4th January 2007 in Girona, province Catalonia, Spain. There will be 142 participants and prize fund is 22.200 euros. GM Alexander Delchev will host simul exhibition on 29th December.
Top players: Aleksander Delchev (BUL...
New Year Mix 2006-12-31 15:02:00 As usual, chess organizers are very busy around the Holidays. A number of tournaments have been played between December 26th and 30th, here are brief reports.
27th Bethune International Open was played with 9 rounds and prize fund of 6000 euros. There were 114 participants, young FM Sebastien...
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16th North American Open 2007-01-02 19:01:00 16th NorthAmerican
Open was held on December 26-30 in Las Vegas, US. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the open section, GM Varuzhan Akobian and IM Josh Friedel have withdrawn before the last round. There were 78 participants.
Final standings (ratings are USCF):
1. GM Hikaru Nakamura (2707) with 6.0/7
2-4....
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Jagodina Rapid 2007-01-03 04:07:00 Chess club "Kablovi" from Jagodina continues with the fine tradition of New Year's rapid events. The 2007 tournament was held on 2nd January at the local sport hall. FM Boroljub Zlatanovic from Cuprija once again confirmed the nickname "King of Rapid
". With the very strong competition, he took...
5th Christmas Tournament "Nole 2007" 2007-01-04 22:44:00 Chess club "Radnicki" from Cuprija has organized the 5th Christmas
tournament for juniors born 1991 and later. Orthodox Christmas is on January 7th and tournament is always being played on January 4th. We had 20 participants from Nis, Jagodina, Paracin, Petrovac, Cuprija, Supska and...
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Montenegro on FIDE Rating List 2007-01-06 03:39:00 Serbia and Montenegro
rating list should be split on January 1st, but FIDE is not updated yet. IM Boro Miljanic informed about players on future Montenegro list (short MNE, 166 players).
Serbia lost a very talented player as 14-years old Jovana Vojinovic (holding one WIM norm) choosed to be on MNE...
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GM Ivanovic in Appeals Committee 2007-01-06 03:41:00 GM Bozidar Ivanovic
from Montenegro has accepted invitation of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to act as member of AppealsCommittee
during the Candidate matches to be held in Elista on 26th May - 14th June. The other two members are Georgios Makropoulos from Greece and Bolat Assanov from Kazakhstan.
Pascal Charbonneau vs Larry Christiansen 2007-01-10 18:51:00 Great news for WorldChessNetwork members - GM Pascal
Charbonneau is back to participate in events. We have heard him helping IM Irina Krush during the live audio broadcasts but this time he will be alone in front of the screen.
Events scheduled for Friday, 12th January:
15:00(pdt)/18:00(est) -...
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Županja 2007 2007-01-10 15:06:00 13th international chess festival of Vukovar district was held on January 3rd-9th in Zupanja, Croatia. GM Nikola Sedlak won the main tournament with 26 participants while WFM Ljilja Drljevic won the female section with 16 participants.
Main group final standings:
1. GM Nikola Sedlak (SRB 2561)...
Flashback 2007-01-10 12:24:00 It's been 11 years since one morning I overslept the school and had time to analyse this line. I was scheduled to play against FM Boroljub Zlatanovic, later that day, and had to meet his French defence. The result was novelty that found it's place in Chess Informant and ECO edition.
For some...
Karpov: I was rooting for Kramnik 2007-01-08 19:44:00 Anatoly Karpov gave short interview after the ceremony of signing contract with chess club "Sveti Nikolaj" in Valjevo.
Q: What is quality of chess today?
A: Europe is doing pretty well, after short turning-point. India and China have joined the world's top while Vietnam is showing huge progress,...
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Another FIDE Investigation 2007-01-11 16:17:00 After successfully earning 3 IM norms in 3 tournaments, Dejan Maksimovic, currently living and teaching in Chicago, returns to his lucky site Bulgaria to grab first GM norm. Finally, FIDE noticed not only unusual rating and norm gains, but also the fact that participants names are constantly...
The party is over 2007-01-13 20:51:00 For quite some time I felt I was losing inspiration to post. Before the quality drops (if existed), I'm closing the blog. Thank you everyone for visiting. Live long and prosper.
From Illinois 2007-01-11 16:17:00 After successfully earning 3 IM norms in 3 tournaments, Dejan Maksimovic, currently living and teaching in Chicago, returns to his lucky site Bulgaria to grab first GM norm. Finally, FIDE noticed not only unusual rating and norm gains, but also the fact that participants names are constantly...
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GM Amir Bagheri 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Amir is very nice and friendly guy. He started his own forum, I recommend you check it out :-)
Topalov vs Kramnik 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The World Chess Championship match has started on September 23rd. WorldChessNetwork is providing live audio broadcast for this event. GM Larry Christiansen, IM Irina Krush, GM Alex Finkel and GM Victor Mikhalevski are planned as commentators.
Final result: Vladimir Kramnik
- Veselin Topalov
...
Gorenje 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Chess club "Sveti Nikolaj" from Valjevo is organizing 1st "Gorenje" tournament on May 2007. Promoter will be GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic and the initial list of participants is very interesting:
1. Anatoly Karpov (RUS 2668)
2. Vadim Milov (SUI 2665)
3. Kiril Georgiev (BUL 2661)
4. Alexander Beliavsky...
Boris Spassky with Nobel Prize Winners 2007-03-01 05:29:00 John Nash, subject of the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, will talk for the first time in public about his struggle with schizophrenia and his unexpected Nobel
Prize at Europe's first Mathematics Festival in Rome in three weeks.
Former world chess champion Boris
Spassky will talk to Nobel...
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Serbian Chess Championship 2007-02-28 23:17:00 First Serbian
Chess Championship will take place on 4-17th March in Vrsac. City Council has provided appearance fees and 5000 euros for prize fund.
Players:
GM Igor Miladinovic 2607, GM Ivan Ivanisevic 2602, GM Branko Damljanovic 2590, IM Mihajlo Stojanovic 2576, GM Dragan Solak 2564, GM Bojan...
Six Players Suspended 2007-02-28 22:53:00 International master Ronald Dableo, who holds 2 GM norms, has been suspended by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines for a period of 1 year. He had allegedly fixed a game in the Malaysian Open. Five others were slapped with 6-month bans...Read more at The Closet Grandmaster blog. We...
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Michael Roiz vs Rybka 2007-03-03 08:40:00 GM Michael
Roiz faced Rybka
last night in 25/5 match. Roiz's small advantage through the game didn't seem enough for full point but Rybka went for suicidal trade with 81...Bxg4 in time trouble. Next Man vs Machine match is on Friday 17:00 est on WorldChessNetwork.
Michael Roiz - Rybka
1. Nf3 Nf6...
Interview: Teimour Radjabov 2006-10-05 12:58:00 I asked Teimour for a quick interview and on my delight, he accepted! Real Goodwill Ambassador.
Goran: Greetings Mr. Radjabov
, thank you for accepting the interview with WorldChessNetwork. Let's start with the hot topic - World Championship unification. What do you think about the match so far?...
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Rilton Cup 2006-01-05 23:35:00 This festival was held from 27th December 2005 - 5th January 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. It had 269 participants with 127 of them playing in the main section. After 9 rounds, five players have tied for the first place with 7 points each.
Final standings:
1-5. GM Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU 2585), GM...
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