The review of chess events and sites for May, 2005

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for May, 2005

by Boris Schipkov

The Polish Chess Championship 2005 took place 21st April - 4th May.
1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - 9.5 from 13; 2. Socko, Bartosz - 9; 3. Kempinski, Robert - 8.5.
Site: http://www.impm2005.prv.pl/

The Liechtenstein Open 2005 took place in Triesen 29th April - 7th May. 92 players.
1. Senff, Martin - 7.5 from 9; 2-3. Horvath, Jozsef; Kritz, Leonid - 7.
Site: http://www1.supra.net/schach/

Bundesliga 2004-2005
Play Off, May 8th 2005: Werder Bremen - Porz 4.5-3.5.
Werder Bremen became the new German Champion.
The last rounds of the Bundesliga 2004-2005 took place in Germany April 9th-10th.
1-2. SG Porz (Adams), SV Werder Bremen (McShane) 3. OSC Baden-Baden (Anand).
09.04.2005 Porz-Eppingen 6-2, Hofheim-Baden 1-7, Wattenscheid-Bremen 3.5-4.5.
10.04.2005 Baden-Porz 3.5-4.5, Bremen-Solingen 4.5-3.5.
Site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

The Capablanca Memorial 2005 took place in Cuba 5th-20th May.
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily - 9; 2. Bruzon, Lazaro - 6.5; 3. Delgado, Neuris - 6; 4-5. Dominguez, Lenier; Nogueiras, Jesus - 5; 6. Jobava, Baadur - 4.5; 7. Arencibia, Walter - 3.
Site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/

Garry Kasparov in Novosibirsk, Siberia

Garry Kasparov near the Novosibirsk State Technical University. Photos: Boris Schipkov

Garry Kasparov made a political visit in Novosibirsk, May 18th, 2005.

The Hungarian Chess Championship 2005 took place in Kazincbarcika 10th-18th May.
1-2. Gyimesi, Zoltan; Almasi, Zoltan - 6; 3-6. Ruck, Robert; Balogh, Csaba; Berkes, Ferenc; Erdos, Viktor - 4.5; 7-9. Varga, Zoltan; Portisch, Lajos; Horvath, Adam - 4; 10. Cao, Sang - 3.
Site: http://web.axelero.hu/passant/ffi/online.html

The Mtel Masters 2005 took place in Sofia (Bulgaria), May 12th-22nd.
1. Veselin Topalov - 6.5; 2. Viswanathan Anand - 5.5; 3-4. Judit Polgar, Ruslan Ponomariov - 5; 5-6. Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams - 4.
Round 10: Ponomariov-Adams 1/2, Anand-Polgar 1/2, Kramnik-Topalov 0-1.
Round 9: Topalov-Ponomariov 1-0 (Veselin attacked on the kingside), Polgar-Kramnik 1/2, Adams-Anand 0-1 (Black catched a bishop).
Round 8: Ponomariov-Anand 1/2, Kramnik-Adams 1/2, Topalov-Polgar 1/2 (Sharp play).
Round 7: Polgar-Ponomariov 1/2, Adams-Topalov 0-1 (Black had two bishops), Anand-Kramnik 1-0 (Vishy won quickly).
Round 6: Ponomariov-Kramnik 1-0 (Ruslan grabbed a piece), Topalov-Anand 1-0 (Veselin sacrificed his knight and achieved success), Polgar-Michael 1-0.
Round 5: Ponomariov-Topalov 1-0 (1.d4), Kramnik-Polgar 1-0 (1.d4), Anand-Adams 1/2.
Round 4: Adams-Ponomariov 1/2, Polgar-Anand 1/2 (Vishy sacrificed the exchange), Topalov-Kramnik 1/2.
Round 3: Anand-Ponomariov 1/2, Adams-Kramnik 1-0 (3 pieces vs queen), Polgar-Topalov 1/2 (Rook vs bishop+2 pawns).
Round 2: Ponomariov-Polgar 1/2, Topalov-Adams 1/2, Kramnik-Anand 1/2.
Round 1: Kramnik-Ponomariov 1-0 (Vladimir grabbed a pawn), Anand-Topalov 1/2 (An exciting game. Perpetual check), Adams-Polgar 1/2.
Games (30, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.mtelmasters.com/

The HB Global Chess Challenge open 2005 took place in Minneapolis (USA) May 18-22.
1. Izoria, Zviad - 7.5 from 9; 2-11. Smirin, Ilia; Kamsky, Gata; Beliavsky, Alexander; Harikrishna, P; Ehlvest, Jaan; Najer, Evgeniy; Ibragimov, Ildar; Jussupow, Artur; Yudasin, Leonid; Fridman, Daniel - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.hbfoundation.org/gcc/index.shtml

The Superfinal of the 55th Russian Women's Chess Championship 2005 took place in Samara May 15th-26th. 1. Kosteniuk, Alexandra - 9; 2. Kosintseva, Tatiana - 8; 3. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - 7.5; 4. Kosintseva, Nadezhda - 6.5; 5. Galliamova, Alisa - 6; 6-7. Pogonina, Natalija; Matveeva, Svetlana - 5.5; 8. Zaiatz, Elena - 5; 9. Gunina, Valentina - 4.5; 10-11. Kochetkova, Julia; Korbut, Ekaterina - 3.5; 12. Yakovich, Yuliya - 1.5.
Site: http://www.chess63.com/

The Bosna 2005 tournament took place in Sarajevo 18th-27th May.
1-2. Bologan, Viorel; Sokolov, Ivan - 6.5; 3. Timofeev, Artyom - 5.5; 4-5. Shirov, Alexei; Movsesian, Sergei - 5; 6. Eljanov, Pavel - 4.5; 7. Predojevic, Borki - 4; 8-9. Dizdarevic, Emir; Volokitin, Andrei - 3; 10. Kozul, Zdenko - 2.
Site: http://www.skbosna.ba/

The Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 2005 took place in Los Angeles (USA) May 28th-30th.
1. Matikozian, Andranik - 5.5 from 6; 2-3. Sevillano, Enrico; Mezentsev, Vladimir - 5.
Site: http://www.westernchess.com/

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