The review of chess events and sites for July, 2004

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for July, 2004

by Boris Schipkov

The 32nd Annual World Open 2004 took place in Philadelphia (USA) June 26th - July 6th.
1. Varuzhan Akobian - 7.5 from 9; 2-10. Hikaru Nakamura, Evgeny Najer, Jaan Ehlvest, Ilya Smirin, Jiri Stocek, Igor Novikov, Alexander Ivanov, Alexander Onischuk, Abhijit Kunte - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.worldopen.com/

The Russian Women's Championship Superfinal 2004 took place in Kazan 28th June - July 11th.
1. Tatiana Kosintseva - 8.5; 2. Alexandra Kosteniuk - 8; 3. Nadezhda Kosintseva - 6,5; 4-5. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Alisa Galliamova - 6; 6. Elena Zaiatz - 5.5; 7-8. Irina Slavina, Tatiana Shadrina - 5; 9. Ekaterina Polovnikova - 4.5; 10. Tatiana Shumiakina - 4; 11-12. Tatiana Stepovaia, Svetlana Matveeva - 3.5.

The Dutch Championship 2004 took place in Leeuwarden June 28th - July 9th.
1. Van Wely, Loek - 7.5; 2. Sokolov, Ivan - 7; 3. Tiviakov, Sergei - 6; 4. L'Ami, Erwin - 5; 5. Stellwagen, Daniel - 4.5; 6-7. Van den Doel, Erik; Bosboom, Manuel - 4; 8. Van der Wiel, John - 3.5; 9. Nijboer, Friso - 2.0; 10. Visser, Yge - 1.5.

Site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws

The Belgian Championship 2004 took place in Westerlo 3rd-11th July.
1-2. Michiels, Bart; Dgebuadze, Alexandre - 6.5 from 9; 3-4. Hovhanisian, Mher; Abolianin, Arthur - 6; etc.
Site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/

The First Saturday July 2004 tournaments took place in Budapest (Hungary) 3rd-15th July.
GM: 1. Predojevic, Borki - 8 from 11; 2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

The Swedish Championship 2004 took place in Gothenburg July 10th-23rd.
1-2. Agrest, Evgenij; Berg, Emanuel - 9.5 from 13; 3. Brynell, Stellan - 8; etc.
Site: http://www.schacksm.se/

The Tai Yuan GM tournament 2004 took place in China 17th-26th July.
1. Short, Nigel - 6.5; 2. Ni Hua - 5.5; 3-4. Lautier, Joel; Dreev, Alexey - 5; 5. Bu Xiangzhi - 4.5; 6-8. Xie Jun; Lputian, Smbat; Ye Jiangchuan - 4; 9. Zhang Zhong - 3.5; 10. Xu Jun - 3.

The World Chess Championship 2004 took place from 18 June 2004 to 13 July 2004 in Tripoli, Libya.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov is the new World Chess Champion.
Final: Adams - Kasimdzhanov 3.5-4.5 (1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 1/2; 0-1, 1/2).
Final Tie-breaks (July 13)
Adams - Kasimdzhanov 0-1 (Michael won the exchange, but then played badly and lost); 1/2 (Rustam had some edge).
Game 6 (July 12) Kasimdzhanov - Adams 1/2. Rustam grabbed a pawn and had a clear edge, but then made a mistake and Michael could win with 42...Qe4. Perpetual check.
Game 5 (July 11) Adams - Kasimdzhanov 1-0. White obtained a huge advantage with the break 29.e5.
Game 4 (July 10) Kasimdzhanov - Adams 1-0. Michael hazardously sacrificed the exchange in the endgame.
Game 3 (July 8) Adams - Kasimdzhanov 1-0. White had a slight advantage in the Sicilian, then he grabbed a pawn.
Game 2 (July 7) Kasimdzhanov - Adams 1-0. White obtained a small edge in the Russian.
Game 1 (July 6) Adams, Michael - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2. A quick draw.
Final, Games (8, pgn)

Semifinals Tie Breaks (July 5)
Topalov - Kasimdzhanov 0-1, 0-1.
Semifinals. Game 4 (July 4)
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) 1/2. White had an advantage.
Adams, Michael (ENG) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1/2. The chances were even.
Semifinals. Game 3 (July 3)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) - Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 1/2. A very long game. White had some edge in the ending.
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - Adams, Michael (ENG) 1/2. White had the initiative. Better was 26.Rf7.
Semifinals. Game 2 (July 2)
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) 1/2. Black levelled in the Sicilian.
Adams, Michael (ENG) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1/2. A quick draw.
Semifinals. Game 1 (July 1)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) - Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 1/2. Black levelled in the Queen's Gambit Accepted.
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - Adams, Michael (ENG) 0-1. Michael grabbed a pawn.
Semifinals, Games (10, pgn)

Round 5 Results (June 28-29)
Grischuk could not realize a clear edge in game 4 and lost. Radjabov easily made the decisive draw with Black in 7th game (sudden death game - White has 6 minutes, Black - 5, but White must win).
Round 4 Results (June 26-27)
Dominguez won the exchange in game 4 and beat Dreev. Grischuk grabbed a rook with fork in 5th game against Beliavsky. Radjabov beat Smirnov quickly in the Novosibirsk Sicilian in game 6.
Round 3 Results (June 23-24)
Kasimdzhanov grabbed a pawn in game 4 and beat Ivanchuk. Rublevsky had an extra rook in 2nd game against Kozul, but played badly and lost. Zvjaginsev had a bad bishop against Krasenkow. Dominguez beat Tkachiev quickly.
Round 2 Results (June 21-22)

Round 1 Results (June 19-20)

Games (379, zipped pgn)

Site: http://wcclibya2004.com/

The Quebec Open 2004 was held in Montreal from July 17-24.
1. Korchnoi, Viktor - 7.5 from 9; 2. Garcia, Gildardo - 7; 3-5. Hebert, Jean; Barsov, Alexei; Lesiege, Alexandre - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

The Amsterdam Chess Tournament 2004 took place in the Netherlands 17th-25th July.
1. Nijboer, Friso - 7 from 9; 2-9. Van Wely, Loek; Timman, Jan; Tregubov, Pavel; Lobron, Eric; Krasenkow, Michal; Sokolov, Ivan; Nikolic, Predrag; Ganguly, Surya Shekhar; L'Ami, Erwin - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://home.hccnet.nl/w.haggenburg/act04/

The Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2004 took place in Switzerland 19th-29th July.
1. Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2743) - 7.5; 2. Krishnan Sasikiran (IND, 2666) - 6; 3-5 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2722); Yannick Pelletier (SUI, 2597); Etienne Bacrot (FRA, 2712) - 4.5; 6. Luke McShane (ENG, 2643) - 3.

R10: Morozevich-Ponomariov 1/2 (A wild struggle), Bacrot-Pelletier 1/2 (A calm draw), McShane-Sasikiran 1/2 (A long game).
R9: Pelletier-Morozevich 0-1, Sasikiran-Bacrot 1/2, Ponomariov-McShane 1/2.
R8: Morozevich-Sasikiran 1-0 (Alexander trapped the black queen. Better was 28...bxc4.), Ponomariov-Pelletier 0-1, McShane-Bacrot 0-1.
R7: Bacrot-Morozevich 0-1, Sasikiran-Ponomariov 1-0 (A knight sacrifice), Pelletier-McShane 1/2.
R6: McShane-Morozevich 1/2 (Better was 28...Ng5 or 39...Rxd4), Ponomariov-Bacrot 1-0 (Ruslan outplayed the rival in the endgame), Pelletier-Sasikiran 0-1.
R5: Morozevich-Pelletier 1/2, Bacrot-Sasikiran 1/2, McShane-Ponomariov 1-0 (Luke had two queens).
R4: Ponomariov-Morozevich 1/2 (Alexander won two pawns), Sasikiran-McShane 1-0, Pelletier-Bacrot 1/2.
R3: Sasikiran-Morozevich 1/2, Bacrot-McShane 1-0, Pelletier-Ponomariov 1/2.
R2: Morozevich-Bacrot 1-0, Ponomariov-Sasikiran 1-0, McShane-Pelletier 0-1.
R1: Morozevich-McShane 1-0, Bacrot-Ponomariov 1/2, Sasikiran-Pelletier 1-0.
Games (30, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

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