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Last update: Tuesday January 29, 2008 16:11
| Bury Rapidplay, 10 December 2006 [22/12/06] London Junior Chess Championships, 9-10 December 2006 [22/12/06] Yorkshire Girls Open Championships, 26 November 2006 [11/1/07] Preston Congress, 24-26th November 2006 [11/1/07] 40th Torbay League Congress, 24-26 November 2006 [11/1/07] 43rd Hull Congress, 17-19 November 2006 [11/1/07] RGSG Tournament, 11-12 November 2006 [22/12/06] Variant Chess, by Stewart Reuben [12/12/06] The Coulsdon International
(11-15 december) is now looking for 1 non-English player of any rating
having secured Thomas Rendle (IM) instead of another FM. The player coming
in would only (!) need 6 points for a norm. All England Girls Chess Championship: The All England 2006/7 season started off with the Northern regional event at Aughton on the 18th November. Aughton St. Michael's C of E Primary School. The coaching during the day was as popular and successful as ever, with Andrew Legge doing a brilliant job with all the girls. For more details and results go to www.chessuk.com/northern2006.htm [8/12/06] Obituary: David Bronstein, by Stewart Reuben [6/12/06] ECF Liaison Officer: The ECF is pleased to announce the appointment of Abi Adams of Northumberland Chess Association to the new post of Liaison Officer [4/12/06] Update on the Charities Act [1/12/06] Preston Chess Congress - Live Coverage this weekend (24-26 Nov). [24/11/06] The Art of SHOGI in UK 2006: Discover the new world of Japanese chess, Wednesday 29 November at Asia House. Start 6:45pm - 8:45pm, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP. Nearest tube: Oxford Circuis, Great Portland Street, Regents Park. Booking: 020 7307 5454, . All tickets £5. Poster front cover, back cover [24/11/06] The English Chess Federation has created a new
ICT Committee which will have responsibility for advising on the
use and implementation of information technology within the Federation.
It will also have a wider remit to look at the way in which IT and the
internet might be used to improve the chess infrastructure throughout
England. KJCA Sidcup Junior Rapidplay, 12 November 2006 [16/11/06] Hampshire Individual Championships, 10-12 November 2006 [16/11/06] Spectrum Chess - 7th Sheffield Congress, 4-5 November 2006 [16/11/06] Coulsdon
Christmas International (11-15 December): we are still looking for
at least 1 FM for the 11-15 December all-play-all international? Click
the link above for details. 68th Richmond Rapidplay, 29 October 2006 [9/11/06] Richmond Junior Congress, 15 October 2006 [9/11/06] Braille Chess Association's Autumn Tournament, 27-29 October 2006 [9/11/06] Seeking Volunteers for Television Research Project: I am currently researching a documentary for National Geographic International and a UK-based broadcaster called Channel Five entitled "My Brilliant Brain" about people who possess unusual cognitive talents. Our programme in the series is about Susan Polgar, and finding out how she plays chess and makes expert-level decisions ... [8/11/06] 34th EDCA Congress & National Championship, 28-29 October 2006 [8/11/06] Hastings Chess Moves Ahead ... Plans are well underway for the 82nd Hastings International Chess Congress which will take place at Horntye Park Sports Complex from 28th December 2006 to 7th January 2007. [7/11/06] Scarborough International Congress, 20-22 October 2006 [7/11/06] 15th Aldro Annual Inter Schools Chess Tournament, 21 October 2006 [7/11/06] Dalguise Activity Chess Weekend, 13–15 October 2006 [7/11/06] British Rapidplay 2006: The event took place
at The North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, with eleven rounds over November
the 4th and 5th. Over 360 entrants took part in the Britsih Chess Rapidplay
Championships. An ECF supported event, and covered on the Internet at
Charities Bill to Define Sport for Charitable Purposes: earlier this week HM Government amended the Charities Bill to define Sport for charitable purposes as “sport or games which promote health by involving physical or mental skill or exertion” ... [26/10/06] London
Chess Olympiad looks like a killer move: Wednesday 25 October was a good day for chess on
TV. First there was an edition on BBC 1 of Neighbours with a fair
amount of chess. They even had the boards around the right way. But the
main young player blasphemed. He said, 'Perhaps I take chess too seriously.' Golders Green Rapidplay, 14 October 2006 [25/10/06] Nigel Short's column in the Guardian has been discontinued,
although that of Leonard Barden is not under threat. Each chess column
lost is a blow to chess. You may wish to write to the Guardian
expressing your dismay. Our experience is that such protests are
often successful, but it requires a substantial number of people to write
in. Pride & Prejudice Team TV Debut: In order to raise the profile of the team and hopefully raise some money to improve opportunities for women and girls’ chess in England, the Pride & Prejudice team appeared on the BBC quiz show Eggheads ... [18/10/06] SCCU Under 18 Jamboree,
14 October 2006, Wilson's School, Wallington, Surrey. Metropolitan Congress, 7-8 October 2006 [11/10/06] The 2006 Roses Match: York Railway Institute v Lancaster Chess Club, 6 October 2006 [24/1/07]KJCA Lee Junior Rapidplay, 1 October 2006 [11/10/06] North of England Rapidplay
took place at Eckington Nr Sheffield on Sunday October 1st 2006.
ECF President Gerry Walsh attended. 101 players took part. All counties
from the Midlands and North were represented. Challenge Match: York & District C. A. v Hull & District C. A., 23 September 2006 [24/1/07] CCF Rapidplay, 23 September 2006 [16/10/06] 42nd Northumberland County Congress, 22-24 September 2006 [11/10/06] Basingstoke Rapidplay was held at 'Maydene'
Bridge & Chess Club on Sunday, 1st October 2006. Eight players took
part, a modest turnout which allowed an all-play-all. Central London Rapidplay, 24 September 2006 [6/10/06] WECU Senior Jamboree, 24 September 2006 [6/10/06] Worcestershire Open Junior Rapidplay, 24 September 2006 [6/10/06] Spectrum Chess - 10th Dudley Congress, 23-24 September 2006 [6/10/06] Golders Green Rapidplay, 9 September 2006 [7/11/06] 7th Leek Congress, 8-10 September 2006 [6/10/06] David Norwood announced his retirement from the
Saturday Daily Telegraph chess column after 13 years. It reminded
us that the column has been like a breath of fresh air over all those
years and he will be sorely missed. But no fear, Michael Adams is taking
the spot over and his insights should make very interesting reading. Brian Arthur Irving: My father died suddenly,
aged 74, on Tuesday 26 September. My mother, Jean, sister Margaret and
I would welcome family to the committal ceremony and everyone to the memorial
service an hour afterwards. UK Chess Challenge Terafinal: James Hanley is the new STRAT [21/9/06] Atkins Memorial Congress, 15-17 September 2006 [20/9/06] 67th Richmond Rapidplay, 10 September 2006 [14/9/06] Leamington Rapidplay, 10 September 2006 [13/9/06] Godalming CC Open Tournament, 2 September 2006 [13/9/06] Herefordshire Congress, 26-28 August 2006 [11/9/06] 4th Darwin Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury Chess Festival, 23-30 September 2006 [8/9/06] Basingstoke Rapidplay was held at 'Maydene'
Bridge & Chess Club on Sunday, 3rd September 2006. Eighteen players
took part, a goodly increase on recent modest turnouts. Grangemouth Congress, 1-3 September 2006 [8/9/06] 42nd Berks & Bucks Congress, 26-28 August 2006 [8/9/06] UK Chess Challenge Terafinal, 19-20 August 2006 [8/9/06] Interview with a Chess Set Collector: "I write the Money Maverick column in FTMoney each Saturday, and I'm urgently looking for a chess set collector" ... [6/9/06] Lincoln Rapidplay, 28 August 2006 [5/9/06] 37th Thanet Congress, 18-20 August 2006 [5/9/06] The Fourth
Staunton Memorial Tournament took place at Simpson's in the Strand
and Wellington College Berkshire. This was the strongest round robin event
to be held in Britain for over 20 years. Ivan Sokolov 9/11. Michael Adams
and Jan Timman 8.5, all three were undefeated, but 45 of the 66 games
had positive results. Michael 2732 had a performance rating 2708. Peter
Wells 2480 5.5 PR 2520. Jon Speelman 2541 5 2479. David Howell 2479 3.5
2387. Jonathan Levitt 2431 3 2350. Chester Charity Congress, 29-30 July 2006 [18/8/06] The Weald Congress, 29-30 July 2006 [18/8/06] Jessie Gilbert: It is with great sadness that the ECF has learned of the death on Wednesday, 26th July of Jessie Gilbert, aged 19. Please send all messages of condolences, cards etc. to the ECF Office and we will pass them on to the family. [27/7/06] English Chess Federation Announcements ... [25/7/06] NCJS Young Masters & Weekend Congress, 18-23 July 2006 [18/8/06] 66th Richmond Rapidplay, 9 July 2006 [18/8/06] The Coulsdon "Premiership" International
is due to take place from Monday 28th August to Friday 1 September. Alongside
it is the new Challengers' event, which is also a 10 player all-play-all
tournament, with the winner receiving a free entry into a future IM norm
making international. Due to a visa difficulty, one of the players has
been forced to withdraw from the Challengers' event and we are looking
for a suitable replacement. The player can be of any nationality and we
are not limited to a specific rating, although within reason, we will
seek to find the highest rated player that we can. Details of the competition
can be seen at: www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2006-09-01_International.htm Senior Events 2006/7: Herewith the schedule of Senior events taking place in the next 8 months [10/8/06] Stourbridge Junior Chess Summer Camp [10/8/06] Juniors Selected Who Will Represent ECF in International Events 2006 [10/8/06] Civil Service C A v Combined Services C A [10/8/06] Burnley: Blindfold chess against 22: An article from the Lancashire Telegraph about a former BCF President [10/8/06] One-Act Plays Based on Chess Games [10/8/06] Rapidplay Grading List: ECF will be producing a half-year Rapidplay Grading List in February or thereabouts. This will be an experiment, which if successful, ECF will consult with Unions, leagues and congresses as whether to introduce six-monthly lists for Standard play as well. [7/8/06] CCF Rapidplay, 8 July 2006 [19/7/06] Test The Nation - BBC 1: Talent Television are currently making the next Test the Nation show for the BBC. For this show we are putting together two teams of PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS and STATE SCHOOL STUDENTS. Perhaps you or others in your organisation would be interested in taking part ... [19/7/06] British Girls Chess Champion Releases Single: Francesca Berlin was joint winner of U12 British Girls Chess Championship in 2000. She has since developed her talents as a singer/songwriter and performs her own songs and cover versions of tracks by Eva Cassidy in venues around London. Francesca Berlin's debut single 'Colours Faded' will be released on 7 August and is expected to get into the top 40 but she needs all possible help to make this happen. Visit her website at www.francescaberlin.co.uk [12/7/06] Civil Service Chess Association v Insurance Chess Club [12/7/06] Chessmen Feel the Draught(s) ! - Bury Chess Club 50th Anniversary celebrations ... [12/7/06] KJCA Grand Prix Final, 2 July 2006 [10/7/06] Spectrum Chess - 2nd Cardiff Congress, 24-25 June 2006 [10/7/06] Leek Rapidplay Congress, 11 June 2006 [10/7/06] Golders Green Rapidplay, 10 June 2006 [10/7/06] Yeovil Congress, 9-11 June 2006 [10/7/06] South Lakes Congress, 2-4 June 2006 [10/7/06] Stewarton Bonnet Guild Allegro, 11 June 2006 [7/7/06] Doing it for themselves - by Malcolm Pein. An article in the Daily Telegraph about the 4NCL team Pride and Prejudice ... [6/7/06] Obituary: Ted Johnson, by John Lawson [6/7/06] Braille CA Stephen Eastwick-Field Memorial Tournament, 20-27 May 2006 [13/6/06] Chess on TV: a report on Lewis Martin, the youngest English Deaf Chess Association member will be included in this Saturday's edition of BBC2's 'See Hear', the programme for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. This will include footage from the Oxford University tournament last month which Lewis participated in. 'See Hear' is on BBC2 at 12noon on Saturday 10th June. [9/6/06] Lincolnshire County Championships held 3/4
June at RAOB Lodge Lincoln. 4NCL Notice: You will have seen that for some time the 4NCL website has been carrying a message that in order to play in the 4NCL in the coming 2006/2007 season chessplayers will need to be a member of a national federation... [2/6/06] Ilford Congress, 27-29 May 2006 [6/6/06] Central London Rapidplay, 21 May 2006 [6/6/06] National County U18 Team Championships, 20 May 2006 [6/6/06] Rhyl Congress, 19-21 May 2006 [24/5/06] Oxford University Congress, 13-14 May 2006 [12/7/06] Huddersfield Congress, 12-14 May 2006 [19/5/06] 65th Richmond Rapidplay, 7 May 2006 [12/7/06] Play Chess with Gary Kasparov! One of the fantastic lots in the NSPCC’s Dream Auction is the chance to play chess in New York with Gary Kasparov. Bids can be placed up till 22.50pm on the 21 May and its promising to be an amazing opportunity for the lucky winner! [18/5/06] Frome Chess Congress, 5-7 May 2006 [12/5/06] Hendon Blitz Tournament, 4 May 2006: Grzegorz Osipiak (175) and Liviu Enciu (Hendon, 135) 5.5/6 £15.00 each. Salvatore Pepe (Hendon) 4/6 £10.00 best Hendon player. Michael Mutale (119), Wolfgang Jekel (170) also finished on 4 points. 20 played. [6/6/06] Across the Board - Around the World in 18 Games: Across the Board an exciting and fascinating exhibition from the British Museum will open to the public at THE COLLECTION, Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP on Saturday 27 May... [11/5/06] KJCA Tunbridge Wells Junior Rapidplay, 30 April 2006 [8/5/06] Letchworth & Hitchin One-Day Congress, 30 April 2006 [8/5/06] Brighton Rapidplay, 22 April 2006 [8/5/06] Obituay: Neil Arthur Howe - suddenly but peacefully died on 28th April 2006, aged 65. Neil was a well respected Congress player who played in most of the Northern circuit Congresses, especially Scarborough, York, Hull and Doncaster. He was for many years a St. Andrews (Hull) player and he also played for Hull Chess Club in the YCA Woodhosue Cup and later for St Andrews in the I.M.Brown Shield. He will be sadly missed in both Hull and Yorkshire. Funeral service is to take place at the Haltemprice Crematorium, Willerby at 11:15 am on Monday, 8th May 2006. Family flowers only please, but donations, if desired may be left at the service for Cancer Research. All welcome backafterwards to the Ramada Jarvis Hotel. For those of you outside Hull who may not know where the Haltemprice Crematorium is situated - it is the building which was previously the Chapel in De la Pole Hospital on the Willerby-Beverley road A164. Click here for a map of the site. Nottingham Congress, 22-23 April 2006 [3/5/06] Southend Easter Congress, 14-17 April 2006 [4/5/06] Bolton Easter Congress, 14-16 April 2006 [4/5/06] CCF Rapidplay, 17 April 2006 [3/5/06] CCF Easter Congress, 14-15 April 2006 [3/5/06] West of England Championship & Congress, 14-17 April 2006 [21/4/06] M H Brown Rapidplay, 9 April 2006 [13/4/06] Golders Green Rapidplay, 8 April 2006 [21/4/06] KJCA UK Chess Challenge Megafinal Qualifier, 8 April 2006 [13/4/06] National Chess Junior Squad, 7-9 April 2006 [7/7/06] The National Chess Library Comes Home to Hastings [6/4/06] 4th Leicester Rapidplay, 2 April 2006 [3/4/06] Edinburgh Congress, 31 March - 2 April 2006 [21/4/06] British Blitz, 26 March 2006 [3/4/06] Central London Rapidplay, 19 March 2006 [3/4/06] CCF Rapidplay, 18 March 2006 [3/4/06] Spectrum Chess - 1st Guernsey Congress, 17-19 March 2006 [3/4/06] Press Release - England Teams announced for World Chess Olympiad [31/3/06] Nottingham Rapidplay, 12 March 2006 [21/4/06] 30th Blackpool Chess Conference, 10-12 March 2006 [31/3/06] BBC Question Time: A special edition of the BBC's premier political programme was held in Moscow on 30 March. David Dimbleby was joined for the interactive debate by chess champion-turned-politician Garry Kasparov ... [30/3/06] Golders Green Rapidplay, 11 March 2006 [30/3/06] Opportunity to play in a title APA event over Easter!:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Scott Freeman
(Tel: 020 8645 0302). We have had an English non-titled player drop out
of the forthcoming International. If anyone is interested (or knows someone
interested) in taking their place, please contact me; the entry fee is
£160. Details of the field and fixtures can be found at: ECF ‘UK Young Masters’ in August 2006 [20/3/06] KJCA Dulwich Junior Rapidplay, 5 March 2006 [15/3/06] Braille Chess Association's AGM Tournament, 3-5 March 2006 [15/3/06] 31st East Devon Congress, 3-5 March 2006 [14/3/06] Wilts & West of England Junior Congress, 25-26 February 2006 [14/3/06] Doncaster Congress, 24-26 February 2006 [3/4/06] 35th Dyfed Congress, 24-26 February 2006 [3/4/06] Leyland Rapidplay 19 February 2006: David Patrick, Graham Hughes, Paul Tinton 5/6; Robert Clegg, David Colledge, Dennis Davies 4½/6 [31/3/06] Warwickshire Championships, 18-19 February 2006 [14/3/06] Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 18 February 2006 [14/3/06] Portsmouth Congress, 17-19 February 2006 [14/3/06] KJCA Gravesend Junior Rapidplay, 11 February 2006 [14/3/06] Golders Green Rapidplay, 11 February 2006 [5/4/06] 7th Wellington College International, 27 Jan - 12 Feb 2006 [14/3/06] Kidlington Congress, 4-5 February 2006 [14/3/06] South of England Junior Championships, 4-5 February 2006 [14/3/06] Stockport Rapidplay, 5 February 2006 [13/3/06] Seafarers UK (King George's Fund for Sailors) are running a charity chess simultaneous display - Sea Simul’ - with Grandmaster Jonathan Speelman, on Saturday April 22nd at 1pm ... [15/2/06] Obituary: Eric McCanlis Obituary: John Robinson by David Welch [9/2/06] Central London Rapidplay, 29 January 2006 [9/2/06] Spectrum Chess - 9th Dudley Congress, 28-29 January 2006 [10/2/06] Cleveland Congress, 20-22 January 2006 [8/2/06] Sony Entertainment Television Sports Personality of the Year Awards [19/1/06] KJCA Beckenham Junior Rapidplay, 14 January 2006 [18/1/06] A History of Anglicisation: During 2005 a great deal of comment was made about the consultation process undertaken by the British Chess Federation concerning its possible change of name to the English Chess Federation. The history of this consultation process has been researched and is described in the following article... [17/1/06] CCF Open Rapidplay, 14 January 2006 [17/1/06] Perth & Kinross Festival, 13-15 January 2006 [14/3/06] 63rd Richmond Rapidplay, 8 January 2006 [10/2/06] Wrekin Congress, 7-8 January 2006 [14/3/06] Golders Green Rapidplay, 7 January 2006 [10/2/06] Hastings International Congress, 28 Dec - 8 Jan [9/2/06] Hastings Junior Open, 7 January 2006 [17/1/06] Fulprint 19th York Congress, 6-8 January 2006 [17/1/06] South Wales Congress, 6-8 January 2006 [16/1/06] Buswell/Bryant Blitz, 4 January 2006 [14/3/06] |
Nigel Short had something of a
triumph in the 15th Asian Games in the Mixed Team Championship
6-14 December. You may well ask. He coached the Iranian team to third
place behind India and China. Granada Open 6-10 December: Stuart Conquest
came 8-10= with 6.5/9 from 147 players. European Individual
Championships 2007: The 8th European Individual Championships for
Men and Women will be held in Dresden in April 2007. Whilst open to all,
these tournaments will be amongst the most prestigious events in next
year’s calendar, and will be qualification events for the next World
Cup (for men) or the next World Championship (for women). Full details
can be found in the attached document. Kilkenny Congress 24-26 November: Mark Hebden
first with 5/6, beating Mickey Adams in their individual encounter. Nigel short duly won the Commonwealth Championship
in Mumbai with 9/10, a 2798 Rating Performance. There were 165 players. A quite week for English players internationally.
Nigel Short leads the Commonwealth Championship 19-29 November in Mumbai
with 7/8. There are two more rounds and he is paired with the strong Woman
IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi in round 9. The event has the look of Nigel
against the Indian subcontinent as there are few players from other areas.
Luke McShane played in the Bundesliga for Werder
Bremen 18-19 November. He lost to Konstantin Landa (2570) and drew
with Andre Volokitin (2645). Arbiters Seminar Thursday 25 to Monday 29 January
2007 in Gibraltar at the Gibtelecom Chess Festival 23 January to
1 February at the Caleta Hotel. Passing the associated exam shall count
as one FIDE Arbiter norm. European Senior Team Championship: Tournament details and general information [8/11/06] Calvia, Majorca 20-29 October 2006. Open
117 players. Guinness Chess Records in Mexico City: Imagine: a simultaneous exhibition with 14,000 participants – possibly the only chess event that is visible from space. The signing of almost 2000 books in one go by the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov. A rapid chess tournament, and then the scaling of the Teotihuacán pyramid. Mexico sets new records in chess ... [25/10/06] Blind Word Championship: Britain had two representatives in the championship in Goa Oct 8th to 18th ... Bill Armstrong reports [24/10/06] Chris Ross scored 5.5/9 finishing 13-19th in the
IBCA (Braille) World Chess Championship which took place 9-18 October.
The 32nd Guernsey International took place 15-21 October. MP Burrows scored
5/5 to finish 4-6th. DO Collier and GR Clark scored 4.5 to finish 7-16th. The European Club Championship took place 8 to
14 October in Austria. There were two English-based teams. XI IBCA World Individual Champions: This
is Chris Ross here. At the moment, I am in Goa, India for the XI IBCA
World Individual Championship for the visually impaired. I am the official
representative for the UK playing under the Braille Chess Association. European Club Cup, 8-14 October 2006 [10/10/06] 15-year-old IM David Howell is currently representing England in the World Junior (U-20) championship in Yerevan, Armenia. Results and games are online at www.armchess.am [6/10/06] Chris Ross is playing in the World Braille Championships in Goa starting on Sunday - website: www.aicfb.org [6/10/06] FIDE Trainer Title Applications: Readers are reminded that they can still apply for the title of FIDE Trainer until 30 November 2006 without first having to attend and pass training seminars ... [3/10/06] The 1 October FIDE
Rating List is out. Leading English players active over the last three
months: LIVE Topalov - Kramnik Commentary: The World
Chess Championship Unification Match between Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) has begun. The match so far is filled with
excitement and drama with Kramnik leading 2-0. I am doing LIVE commentary
and analysis on www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com.
Full game analysis and commentary is available after the conclusion of
each game. In addition, there are daily chess news updates, advice, puzzles
and tournament announcements, etc. Please feel free to check it out. I.C.S.C. World Deaf Team Chess Championship, Hungary, 8-17 September 2006 [22/9/06] The Commonwealth Championship will take
place at the Hotel Mirador, Mumbai 19-29 November 2006. Each federation
is entitled to nominate one male and one female representative who will
each receive free board and lodging. The European Union Championship took place
in Liverpool 6-15 September. This is the first in a series of extremely
ambitious events leading up to 2008 when Liverpool will be the European
City of Culture. Junior Squad Team Triumphs in Poland [13/9/06] The Balkan Chess Federation was founded in Athens on 21st August 2006 ... [5/9/06] NG Grand Hotel 19-29 August. Experience
v Rising Stars Scheveningen. John Nunn 2617 scored 3.5/10 for a 2504 performance.
I am not sure which team he was in, although there is a clue; this is
a welcome return three years after he retired. The Fist Saturday Tournament in Budapest 5-15 August.
Timothy Woodward (2352) scored 6/12 in this round robin. Davos Open Andrew
Bigg came 8th with 4/7 in this 34 polayer Swiss. Euro Varna 2006: report and photos (pdf) [23/8/06] 2006 Glorney & Faber Cups, Swansea [9/8/06] World Chess Solving Championship Report: The Great Britain team of John Nunn, Colin McNab and Jonathan Mestel, sponsored by Winton Capital Management, retained the World Chess Solving Championship held in Wageningen, Netherlands on 1st-2nd August, after one of the toughest fought contests for years ... [9/8/06] Dortmund, Germany 29 July to 6 August an
8 player round robin. 1-2 Kramnik, Svidler 4.5/7; 3-5 Michael Adams (273),
Gelfand, Leko 4/7. This was a 2768 rating performance for Michael. Politiken Cup, Copenhagen: 260 players.
1-3= Nigel Short, Hector, Malakhato 7.5/9; 10-21= David Howell 6.5 15-23 July Amsterdam a 9 round Swiss in
which 86 players competed. Milos Pavlovic won the 63 player South Wales International
which took place 8-13 July with 7/9. Congratulations to international chessplayers Lucy Jessica Broomfield and Joseph Patrick Conlon on their marriage on Saturday 15 July. 155 players took part in the South African Open
championship in the attractive resort of Port Elizabeth. England
was well-represented in this long-established event. The European Summer Season has started so that
more of our players are active. Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup: An unexpected opportunity
has arisen for a team of one boy and one girl to play in a rapidplay tournament
in Moscow. The players must have been born 1 January 1989 or later. The
dates are arrival 24 June and departure 1 July. It is a round robin tournament
for mainly representatives of major countries. A Memorial Marker will be erected to Harry Nelson
Pillsbury on Saturday 17 June in Reading, USA. This is the Centenary
of his death. He of course won Hastings 1895, arguably the strongest 19th
century tournament. One of the guests will be Christopher Logan Hart,
Pillsbury's great-great-grandnephew, who lives in Hastings, England. Olympiad News: Susan McFarland reports [5/6/06] English Success in Europe: England was strongly represented at the European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, held in Znojmo, the Czech Republic, on 13th and 14th May, 2006. Played in the magnificent setting of the Monastery of Louka, this nine-round rapidplay was contested by 63 players from eight countries.... [16/5/06] The 16th Pobeskydi Tournament took place 13-17
April in the Czech Republic: Tom Wiley (2317) came 3rd with 6/9
for a 2445 Rating Performance. Stephen Gordon won an international tournament,
held in La Palma, Canary Islands, with 8/9 against an average rating of
his opposition of about 2250. That is an approximately 2600 result. Stuart Conquest (2505) came equal 1st to 5th in
the 29th San Sebastian Open with 7/9 with a rating performance of 2624.
This presages well for the english team in Turin. Glenn Flear (2465) scored
6 in the same event with a rating performance of 2362. European Individual Championships 2006: News Round-Up by Susan McFarland [18/4/06] World Premiere: DGT Wireless Electronic Chess Board ... [13/4/06] 1st GM VS. REST of the WORLD, 8 April 2006:
This match will count with the GM Rubén Felgaer. Rate of game:
One move daily. In order to be able to play, you will have to be registered
via www.ajedrezdepunta.com.
Each user who enters via the website will be able to make a single move
in turn with the black pieces. The users will be able to do there move
from the 8 of April, between 0:00 and 24:00 hs of the 9 of April (local
time Argentina). If you do not reside in Argentina, please, see our Hour
Converter. this is because ample the first moved margin to 48 hours instead
of 24, later will be of 24 hours). Topalov vs Nisipeanu, Bucharest 6-9 April 2006 [6/4/06] Reykjavik Open 6-14 March was a 9 round Swiss:
Chris Ward (2475) scored 6.5 for a rating performance of 2575.
Simon Williams (2452) scored 5.5 for a rating performance of 2537. This
will help him towards is target of 2500 for the GM title. Lorin D'costa
(2386) scored 4 for a rating performance of 2307. Edmund Player (2122)
scored 4 for a RP of 2088. Women’s World Championship 2006 - News Update [15/3/06] 22nd Cappelle La Grande Open International, 17-26 February 2006 [6/4/06] European Seniors, 17-24 February 2006 [14/3/06] 1st Korea International, 15-19 February 2006 [5/4/06] Press Release: Women’s World
Championship 2006 Danny King scored 5/12 to finish 21-25= in the
European Blitz Championship 18-19 February in Cannes. Michael Adams had a welcome return to form
in Corus A 14-29 January scoring 7.5/13 to come 3-4=. This included a
win against the World Champion, Topalov. His rating is 2707 and his performance
rating was 2773. The
Observer Neswspaper is serialising each Sunday a novel called 'Zugswang'
by Ronald Bennett. This is set around the 1914 St Petersburg Chess
Tournament and feartures a fictitiious character who is clearly a thinly-disguised
Rubinstein. You can catch up on the first two chapters online at The Observer
website. European Senior Team Championship 2006: The 5 British teams are ... [23/1/06] Simon Williams achieved his final GM norm
in Hastings. He has still to reach the necessary 2500 rating. |
