The review of chess events and sites for September, 2004

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for September, 2004

by Boris Schipkov

The Ukrainian Chess Championship 2004 took place in Kharkiv 23rd August - 2nd September. 32 players, knock-out system.
Final: Korobov, Anton - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2, 0-1.
For 3rd place: Goloshchapov, Alexander - Moiseenko, Alexander 0-1, 1/2.

Site: http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/%7Echessfed

The World University Chess Championships 2004 took place in Istanbul (Turkey) 5th-11th September.
1-2. Smirnov, Pavel (Siberia); Khismatullin, Denis - 7 from 9; 3-7 Aroshidze, Levan; Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan; Bocharov, Dmitry; Jenni, Florian; Jobava, Baadur - 6; etc.
Evgenija Ovod won the women's event.

The 23rd original North American FIDE OCF Open 2004 took place in Oklahoma (USA) 3rd-6th September.
1-3. Stripunsky, Alexander; Kudrin, Sergey; Browne, Walter - 6.5 from 8; etc.

The Pune Super GM and International Chess Tournaments 2004 took place in India from 2nd to 12th September.
1-2. Nisipeanu; Kasimdzhanov - 6; 3. Harikrishna - 5; 4-5. Beliavsky; Azmaiparashvili - 4.5; 6-8. Sandipan; Sasikiran; Ganguly - 4; 9-10. Kunte; Sutovsky - 3.5.
Games (45, zipped pgn)
Pune Open 2004: 1. Dzhumaev - 7.5; 2-6. Vladimirov, Fominyh, Sundarajan, Thipsay, Bakre - 7 from 10.

Site: http://www.chessindia.org/pune

The First Saturday September 2004 tournaments took place in Budapest (Hungary) 4th-16th September.
GM: 1. Erenburg, Sergey - 9 from 13; 2-3. Dearing, Eddie; Nguyen Ngoc Truongson - 8; etc.
Site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

The 4th European Individual Senior Championship 2004 took place in Arvier in Aosta Valley (Italy) 10th-18th September. 83 players.
1. Tseitlin, Mark - 8 from 9; 2. Jansa, Vlastimil - 7.5; 3. Klovans, Janis - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.scacchivda.com/

The Lausanne Young Masters 2004 took place September 15th-20th in Switzerland.
1. McShane, Luke 2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 3. Navara, David 4. Alekseev, Evgeny 5. Carlsen, Magnus 6. Lahno, Kateryna 7. Papa, Severin 8. Kosteniuk, Alexandra.
Site: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com/

The Israeli Championship 2004 took place in Ramat Aviv 19th-29th September. 36 players.
1-2. Erenburg, Sergey; Golod, Vitali - 6.5 from 9; 3-4. Lerner, Konstantin; Avrukh, Boris - 6; etc.

Site: http://www.chess.org.il/

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