The review of chess events and sites for March, 2005
by Boris Schipkov
The 6th Karpov International Chess Tournament 2005 took place in Poikovsky (Russia), 26th February - 7th March. 10 players, Category XVIII (2682).
1-2. Bacrot, Etienne; Bologan, Viktor - 6; 3-4. Grischuk, Alexander; Dreev, Alexey - 5.5; 5. Svidler, Peter - 5; 6-8. Vaganian, Rafael; Dominguez, Lenier; Onischuk, Alexander - 4; 9. Rublevsky, Sergei - 3.5; 10. Sadvakasov, Darmen - 1.5.
Site: http://www.admoil.ru/chess2005
The Linares 2005 chess tournament took place in Spain 23rd February - 10th March.
1-2. Garry Kasparov; Veselin Topalov - 8 from 12; 3. Viswanathan Anand - 6.5; 4. Peter Leko - 6; 5. Michael Adams - 5.5; 6-7. Francisco Vallejo Pons; Rustam Kasimdzhanov - 4.
Rounds 1-14 Results
Games (42, zipped pgn)
Site: http://www.marca.com/ajedrez/linares05
The winner of Linares and the world's strongest chess player, Garry Kasparov, has just announced his retirement from professional chess. See http://www.chessbase.com/
Vladimir Nevostrujev (Kemerovo) was the winner of the Siberian and Far East Championship 2005, March 16-24, Ulan-Ude (Russia).
Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Istratescu played a match in Bucharest 20th-26th March 2005.
Classical: Istratescu-Karpov 1.5-2.5. Rapid: Istratescu-Karpov 0.5-3.5.
Site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/
The 2005 Foxwoods Open took place in USA March 23rd-27th.
1. Hikaru Nakamura - 7.5 from 9; 2-3. Ildar Ibragimov, Alexander Ivanov - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.foxwoodsopen.com/
The St Petersburg Chess Championship 2005 took place in the Mikhail Chigorin City Chess Club March 17-27, Russia.
1. Valery Loginov - 8 from 11; 2. Valery Popov - 7; 3-4. Nikita Vitiugov, Denis Yevseev - 6.5.
Site: http://www.ruschess.com/
The "Fourteenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" 2005 took place in Monaco, March 19th-31st. Rest days March 23rd and 28th.
1. Viswanathan Anand - 15.5 from 22; 2. Alexander Morozevich - 13; 3-4. Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Leko - 12; 5. Vladimir Kramnik - 11.5; 6-8. Alexei Shirov, Peter Svidler, Veselin Topalov - 11; 9. Boris Gelfand - 10; 10. Francisco Vallejo - 9.5; 11. Evgeny Bareev - 8; 12. Loek Van Wely.
Site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber
The Russian Women's Championship 2005 took place in Samara, 23rd-31st March.
1-2. Pogonina, Natalija; Korbut, Ekaterina - 6.5 from 9; 3-6. Zaiatz, Elena; Gunina, Valentina; Kochetkova, Julia; Tomilova, Elena - 6; etc.
Site: http://www.volgachess.ru/
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