The review of chess events and sites for November, 2004

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for November, 2004

by Boris Schipkov

The Corsica Masters 2004 took place in France 29th October - 4th November.
Final
Rublevsky - Anand 0-2
Semifinals
Bacrot - Anand 0-2
Rublevsky - Motylev 1.5-0.5
Quarterfinals
Gurevich - Anand 0-2
Greenfeld - Bacrot 0.5-1.5
Motylev - Shirov 2.5-1.5
Rublevsky - Topalov 2-0.

Sites: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ and http://www.opencorsica.com/

The World Youth Chess Championships 2004 took place in Heraklio, Crete (Greece) November 3rd-14th.
THE 2004 WORLD CHAMPIONS
Boys 18 - Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL - 9 from 11.
Girls 18 - Zawadzka Jolanta POL - 8.
Boys 16 - Rodshtein Maxim ISR - 8.5.
Girls 16 - Khotenashvili Bela GEO - 9.5.
Boys 14 - Khairullin Ildar RUS - 8.5.
Girls 14 - Harika Dronavalli IND - 9.
Boys 12 - Zhao Nan CHN - 9.5.
Girls 12 - Kulon Klaudia POL - 9.5.
Boys 10 - Yu Yangyi CHN - 9.
Girls 10 - Arabidze Mary GEO - 11.

Site: http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2004

The Acropolis International Open Tournament 2004 took place in Athens (Greece) 16th-24th November.
1. Socko Bartosz - 7 from 9; 2-5. Atalik Suat; Parligras Mircea; Gershon Alik; Solak Dragan - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2004/

The Keres Memorial Rapid 2004 took place in Tallinn 26th-27th November.
1. Anand, Viswanathan - 5 from 5; 2. Khalifman, Alexander - 3; 3. Lobron, Eric - 2.5; 4-6. Nyback, Tomi; Kulaots, Kaido; Kanep, Meelis - 1.5.
Site: http://www.maleliit.ee/arhiiv/2004/keres/

The Russian Championship 2004 Superfinal took place in Moscow November 14th-27th.
Final standings
1. Garry Kasparov - 7.5; 2. Alexander Grischuk - 6; 3. Alexey Dreev - 5.5; 4-7. Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Motylev, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev - 5; 8-10. Alexey Korotylev, Vladimir Epishin, Artyom Timofeev - 4.5; 11. Vitaly Tseshkovsky - 2.5.
Round 11: Grischuk - Kasparov 1/2 (White obtained some edge), Svidler - Dreev 1-0, Timofeev - Epishin 1/2, Morozevich - Motylev 1-0, Bareev - Korotylev 1-0 (White had a strong bishop).
Round 10: Kasparov - Morozevich 1/2 (Garry won a pawn), Dreev - Tseshkovsky 1-0 (Alexey attacked), Epishin - Svidler 1/2, Korotylev - Grischuk 1-0 (Alexey obtained a powerful attack), Motylev - Timofeev 1/2.
Round 9: Timofeev - Kasparov 0-1 (Black had some edge), Grischuk - Bareev 1-0 (Knight+bishop vs rook), Svidler - Motylev 0-1 (Black successfully pushed the d-pawn), Morozevich - Korotylev 1-0 (White stood slightly better in the endgame), Tseshkovsky - Epishin 1/2 (White won a pawn).
Round 8: Kasparov - Svidler 1-0 (Garry grabbed a pawn in the ending), Epishin - Dreev 1/2, Korotylev - Timofeev 1-0 (Black sacrificed the exchange), Bareev - Morozevich 1/2, Motylev - Tseshkovsky 1-0 (White sacrificed the exchange).
Round 7: Tseshkovsky - Kasparov 0-1 (White attacked), Svidler - Korotylev 1-0 (Sicilian. Peter seized the only open file and pounced on the black king), Dreev - Motylev 1/2 (White won only a pawn), Timofeev - Bareev 1/2 (Perpetual check), Morozevich - Grischuk 1/2 (A draw by repetition).
Round 6: Kasparov - Dreev 1-0 (A wild duel. Knight vs 2 pawns), Grischuk - Timofeev 1/2 (Gruenfeld. Perpetual check), Korotylev - Tseshkovsky 1/2 (Volga Gambit. Black grabbed a pawn), Bareev - Svidler 1/2 (A quick draw in the Gruenfeld. White grabbed a queen), Motylev - Epishin 1-0 (Sicilian. White won the exchange).
Round 5: Epishin - Kasparov 1/2, Svidler - Grischuk 1/2 (A quick draw), Dreev - Korotylev 1-0 (White pressed on the queenside), Timofeev - Morozevich 1/2 (A chaotic struggle), Tseshkovsky - Bareev 0-1 (Evgeny counterattacked).
Round 4: Kasparov - Motylev 1/2 (Black sacrificed the exchange), Grischuk - Tseshkovsky 1-0 (Long manoeuvres), Morozevich - Svidler 1/2, Korotylev - Epishin 1/2, Bareev - Dreev 1/2 (A quick draw).
Round 3: Motylev - Korotylev 0-1 (Black had a good knight), Epishin - Bareev 1/2, Dreev - Grischuk 1/2, Tseshkovsky - Morozevich 1-0 (White won a pawn), Svidler - Timofeev 0-1 (Black won a pawn).
Round 2: Timofeev - Tseshkovsky 1/2, Morozevich - Dreev 0-1 (Black attacked and won a piece), Grischuk - Epishin 1/2, Bareev - Motylev 1/2 (Rook vs bishop+pawn), Korotylev - Kasparov 1/2 (A draw by repetition).
Round 1: Kasparov - Bareev 1-0 (Garry pushed his pawns on the queenside in the bishop endgame), Motylev - Grischuk 0-1 (A sharp fight), Epishin - Morozevich 1/2 (Alexander had some edge), Dreev - Timofeev 1/2, Tseshkovsky - Svidler 0-1 (Rook+pawn vs bishop+knight).
Games (55, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.russiachess.ru/

The Tigran Petrosian Memorial 2004 open took place in Yerevan (Armenia) November 18th-30th.
1. Smirnov, Pavel - 7.5 from 9; 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily - 7; 3-12. Asrian, Karen; Izoria, Zviad; Sargissian, Gabriel; Areshchenko, Alexander; Minasian, Artashes; Sulskis, Sarunas; Anastasian, Ashot; Frolyanov, Dmitry; Iljushin, Alexei; Nalbandian, Tigran - 6.5; etc.
The European Rapid Chess Championship 2004 took place November 28th-30th.
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily - 9 from 11; 2. Izoria, Zviad - 8.5; 3-7. Galstian, Beniamin; Iljushin, Alexei; Chibukhchian, Artur; Areshchenko, Alexander; Minasian, Ara - 8; etc.
Site: http://www.armchess.am/

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