The review of chess events and sites for July, 2005

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for July, 2005

by Boris Schipkov

The European Individual Chess Championship 2005 took place in Warsaw (Poland) June 17th - July 2nd.
1. Nisipeanu - 10 from 13; 2. Radjabov - 9.5; 3-9. Karjakin, Ivanchuk, Aronian, Beliavsky, Eljanov, Moiseenko, Asrian - 9; 10-17. Milov, Tiviakov, Jakovenko, Rublevsky, Kotronias, Sokolov, Timofeev, Kobalia - 8.5.
After tie-break matches for bronze: 3.Aronian, 4.Karjakin, 5.Ivanchuk, 6.Eljanov, 7.Asrian, 8.Beliavsky, 9.Moiseenko.
Site: http://www.eurochamp.pl/

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2005 took place in Germany 8th-17th July.
1. Naiditsch, Arkadij - 5.5; 2-5. Topalov, Veselin; Bacrot, Etienne; Van Wely, Loek; Svidler, Peter - 5; 6-7. Kramnik, Vladimir; Adams, Michael - 4.5; 8. Leko, Peter - 4; 9. Sutovsky, Emil - 3.5; 10. Nielsen, Peter Heine - 3.
R9: Nielsen-Van Wely 1/2, Topalov-Leko 1-0, Sutovsky-Adams 1/2, Svidler-Naiditsch 1/2, Bacrot-Kramnik 1-0.
R8: Van Wely-Topalov 0-1 (Pawn chains), Leko-Sutovsky 1/2, Adams-Svidler 1/2, Naiditsch-Bacrot 1/2, Kramnik-Nielsen 1-0.
R7: Kramnik-Van Wely 1/2, Sutovsky-Topalov 1/2, Svidler-Leko 1-0, Bacrot-Adams 1-0, Nielsen-Naiditsch 0-1.
R6: Van Wely-Sutovsky 1-0, Topalov-Svidler 1/2 (An exciting game and combination, but Veselin could win), Leko-Bacrot 1/2, Adams-Nielsen 1-0 (An error), Naiditsch-Kramnik 1/2 (Arkadij sacrificed the exchange. Perpetual check).
R5: Naiditsch-Van Wely 1/2, Bacrot-Topalov 1/2, Svidler-Sutovsky 1/2 (Perpetual check), Nielsen-Leko 0-1 (Peter gradually outplayed the rival), Kramnik-Adams 1/2 (Michael grabbed a pawn).
R4: Van Wely-Svidler 1/2, Topalov-Nielsen 1/2, Sutovsky-Bacrot 0-1, Leko-Kramnik 1/2, Adams-Naiditsch 1/2.
R3: Adams-Van Wely 0-1, Kramnik-Topalov 1-0, Nielsen-Sutovsky 1/2, Bacrot-Svidler 1/2, Naiditsch-Leko 1-0.
R2: Van Wely-Bacrot 1-0, Topalov-Naiditsch 1-0 (Veselin attacked), Sutovsky-Kramnik 1-0 (Emil sacrificed a piece and then won a queen), Svidler-Nielsen 1/2, Leko-Adams 1/2.
R1: Leko-Van Wely 1-0, Adams-Topalov 1-0, Naiditsch-Sutovsky 1-0, Kramnik-Svidler 1/2, Nielsen-Bacrot 1-0.
Games (45, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2005/

The Canadian Open 2005 was held in Edmonton July 9th-17th.
1-5. Ivanchuk, Vassily; Shirov, Alexei; Bluvshtein, Mark; Bologan, Viktor; Chowdhury, SR - 8 from10; 6-11. Ganguly, SS; Quan, Zhe; Kidambi, S; Kunte, Abhijit; Krnan, Tomas; Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - 7.5.
Site: http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/

The Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2005 took place in Switzerland 18th-29th July.
1-2. Volokitin, Gelfand - 6; 3. Pelletier - 5; 4-5. Nakamura, Bauer - 4.5; 6. Carlsen - 4.
MTO Open: 1. Kobalia - 8.5/11; 2. Alekseev - 8.
Site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

The Amsterdam Chess Tournament 2005 took place 16th-24th July in the Netherlands.
1. Eljanov - 7 from 9; 2-8. Rogers, Akopian, Timofeev, Cheparinov, Stellwagen, Khenkin, l'Ami - 6.5.
Site: http://www.alldata.nl/act

The Czech Open 2005 took place in Pardubice (Czech Republic) 22nd-30th July.
1. KOVALEV ANDREI - 7.5; 2-5. POTKIN VLADIMIR, AZAROV SERGEI, KHARITONOV ALEXANDER, NAJER EVGENIY - 7.
Results and games http://www.czechopen.net/results/index.php

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