Mitropa Cup round 3 results:

Br.	2	Deutschland	Elo	-	10	Slowenien	Elo	2 : 2
1.1	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2457	-	GM	Lenic Luka	2592	0 – 1
1.2	GM	Bindrich Falko	2539	-	GM	Borisek Jure	2561	½ – ½
1.3	GM	Prusikin Michael	2520	-	IM	Zorko Jure	2440	1 – 0
1.4	GM	Baramidze David	2534	-		Tomazini Aljosa	2231	½ – ½
Br.	3	Italien	Elo	-	1	Tschechische Republik	Elo	3 : 1
2.1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2675	-	IM	Simacek Pavel	2518	1 – 0
2.2	GM	Godena Michele	2554	-	IM	Zilka Stepan	2509	½ – ½
2.3	GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2493	-	IM	Krejci Jan	2455	½ – ½
2.4	IM	Brunello Sabino	2467	-	GM	Talla Vladimir	2505	1 – 0
Br.	4	Slowakei	Elo	-	9	Kroatien	Elo	1 : 3
3.1	IM	Jurcik Marian	2487	-	GM	Bosiocic Marin	2562	½ – ½
3.2	IM	Meszaros Michal	2393	-	GM	Jovanovic Zoran	2520	½ – ½
3.3	FM	Pacher Milan	2396	-	IM	Martinovic Sasa	2515	0 – 1
3.4		Petenyi Tamas	2381	-	IM	Doric Darko	2452	0 – 1
Br.	5	Frankreich	Elo	-	8	Österreich	Elo	0 : 4
4.1	GM	Fargere Francois	2489	-	GM	Ragger Markus	2614	0 – 1
4.2	IM	Monroy Charles	2459	-	IM	Neubauer Martin	2458	0 – 1
4.3	IM	Roser Kevin	2429	-	IM	Kreisl Robert	2374	0 – 1
4.4	FM	Tripoteau Nicolas	2425	-	FM	Platzgummer Fabian	2340	0 – 1
Br.	6	Ungarn	Elo	-	7	Schweiz	Elo	1½:2½
5.1	GM	Rapport Richard	2509	-	GM	Jenni Florian	2520	0 – 1
5.2	IM	Papp Gabor	2534	-	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2493	½ – ½
5.3	IM	Szabo Krisztian	2506	-	IM	Hug Werner	2463	1 – 0
5.4	IM	Sipos Istvan	2461	-	FM	Buss Ralph	2430	0 – 1

Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33539.aspx?art=3&rd=3&lan=0&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

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Match Arbiters at Olympiad
Monday, 31 May 2010 07:05

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
www.FIDE.com

FIDE and the Organising Committee (OC) of the Olympiad have received several requests to consider raising the stipends for the match arbiters because of the high cost of the flights to Khanty-Mansiysk.

FIDE and the OC have therefore agreed to accept these requests and are pleased to announce that a sum of 800 euro will be added to the amount paid to each arbiter. Consequently, the stipends for European and ex-Soviet federation arbiters will be EUR 1,800 and for other arbiters will be EUR 2,300.

Please inform the Secretariat if you have any comments or questions.

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GM Antonio rules Angping Chess Cup
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 05/31/2010 12:27 PM Updated as of 05/31/2010 12:35 PM

MANILA, Philippines – Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio, Jr., dominated the first Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Harry Angping Cup rapid chess championships in Pasig City over the weekend.

The twelve-time RP Open champion Antonio, defeated US-based International Master (IM) Julio Catalino Sadorra to capture the Open division title and the top purse of P50,000 in the two-day event held last Friday and Saturday at the PhilSports Arena (formerly ULTRA).

Antonio, the reigning ASEAN blitz champion, toppled Nhatz Loyaga, Samson Lim, Jr., Christian Arroyo, Conrado Diaz, FIDE Master (FM) David Elorta and FM Jan Emmanuel Garcia.

He settled for a truce with top seed GM Wesley So in the 7th round and GM John Paul Gomez in the 8th round before beating Sadorra in the 9th and final round to finish with 8 points in 9 games of play.

So, meantime, defeated Garcia in the final round to finish among the 2nd to 4th placers together with IM Rolando Nolte and NM Alex Milagrosa. They tallied 7.5 points apiece. Garcia was stuck at 7 points and dropped to a tie for 5th to 9th places in the company of IM Emmanuel Senador, Pascua, Elorta and Sadorra.

Here is the full article.

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Disclaimer: I do not know enough about the details to comment on this case. However, I hope it can be resolved amicably for the good of chess.

Precedent in chess history, chess moves copyright violation goes in court Danailov shares details about the case
Presented by Chessdom

During the Anand – Topalov WCC 2010, a message appeared on the official site stating, “Warning! It is absolutely prohibited the live broadcast of the moves or video during the game on other websites, media or software without the explicit permission of the organizers of the match. This prohibition is being violated by ChessBase”

A few weeks after the end of the championship Chessdom.com received news directly from a German source that the case is already presented in court. Regarding the moves copyright case and the recent exchange of media releases between teams Topalov and Anand, we contacted the manager of Veselin Topalov and one of the central figures behind the organization of the WCC – Silvio Danailov. He was disturbed by the fact that millions of euros were invested in the most watched online World chess championship in history, while Chessbase is putting themselves above the law and taking the moves without permission. Read on for full details:

Q: Mr. Danailov, we understood that the case against a German company that has presumably violated copyright rules has been presented in court. Can you share with us details on the issue?

A: Good afternoon, yes, this is true. Before the start of the World Chess Championship we explicitly stated that no company can use the moves without the official site’s staff permission. And this was violated by Chessbase, they put themselves above the law in Europe, above the general FIDE ethical rules.

Q: Until now there is no such similar case in chess history. Do you believe it will be successful?

A: I believe in European law and in our Attorney who is presenting the case – Mr. Rainer Polzin. What’s more, I am candidate for President of the ECU and as such I have to stand behind the rights of professional chess. Such actions, as the one by the German company Chessbase, affect the sponsors of events negatively, which damages sponsorship, from there future organization and level of events. In the long run the biggest damage is made on the chess fans, who are the most important part of the game – they certainly deserve to enjoy high level events and have chess sponsorship on all levels.

Thus, by defending our rights through European law, we will be defending all fans and the future of chess.

Q: Our information states that the case entered court on May 27th, that is way after the end of the event. Why was it not presented after the first rounds?

A: In such proceedings there are steps to follow. We tried to reach an agreement with Chessbase and offered them to follow the rules all other sites were following – a commercial contract. They refused and started transmitting the games. A warning letter was sent to them after the first games, requesting immediate stop of broadcast. But such action was not taken from their side, so the case is now in court.

Everything is very technical and there are many details. In the modern age of communications this process is easy to trace, the amount of work is big though.

This was the most watched chess championship online in Internet in the history of all championships. For all this to happen the sponsors paid, but Chessbase can take the moves for free, and resell to their clients ? This is not normal, by law and by human norms. In simple language this is robbery. And for such actions there will be consequences.

Q: As we mention the World Chess Championship, the last interview that we had a few days ago reached mainstream media in many countries including India. The manager of Anand, Mrs. Aruna Anand, answered in TOI before we had the chance to talk to her.

A: First of all let me clarify one thing: with all my respect Mrs. Anand is not a manager, she is a secretary. Manager is a very serious profession, the manager promotes and popularises chess , looking for sponsorship money and organizing world class events. Basically what she is doing is pick up the phone, send emails, faxes, booking tickets, etc.

About her reaction, it looks to me a little bit nervous, but what to do, the truth hurts sometimes.

Note: Click here for history of copyrith of moves Danailov – Chessbase conflict

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Final standings:

1. GM Anish Giri 4½ / 5 rounds
2. GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 3½
3-4. IM Nils Grandelius,GM Jonny Hector 2½
5. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 1½
6. GM Pia Cramling ½

Official website: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/default.htm

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Computer Chess – Rybka wins ICT10 in Leiden
Article by Eric van Reem

Another title for Rybka! In the 10th edition of the International Computer Chess Tournament (ICT10) the latest Rybka 4 by Vasik Rajlich scored 8 points out of 9 games. Rybka lost only one game, against second placed Deep Sjeng by Gian-Carlo Pascutto. The Belgian program played a fine tournament and scored 7 points.

Two programs shared the third spot on the winner’s podium: Hiarcs by Mark Uniacke and Shredder by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen. Both programs scored 6 points. Rybka won the “Theo van der Storm” trophy, named after the late CSVN secretary and organizer Theo van der Storm.

On the table below you can see the final results. Remarkable: only 13 of 63 games ended in a draw!

Final ranking of the International CSVN Tournament 2010:

1. Rybka – 8.0
2. Deep Sjeng – 7.0
3-4. Hiarcs and Deep Shredder – 6.0
5. Deep Junior – 5.5
6-7. Komodo and Pandix – 5.0
8. The Baron – 4.5
9-10. Spark and The King – 4.0
11-12. Almond and Kallisto – 3.5
13-14. Joker and RedQueen – 0.5

The next major computer chess tournament will be the ICGA 18th world computer chess championship in Kanazawa, Japan from September 24th till October 2nd. You can find more info on www.icga.org. In November the Dutch Computer Chess Federation (CSVN) will celebrate its 30th anniversary of the Dutch Open Championship. The exact dates will be announced soon. Please check www.csvn.nl for information about the Dutch Open and the other activities of the CSVN. On the website you can also see many pictures of the ICT 10 tournament and you can download all the games. (Go to downloads-games-CSVN International Computerchess tournament)

On Saturday a side-event was played for owners of dedicated chess computers. Ruud Martin won this tournament with a Revelation Rebel 5.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank tournament director/webmaster Jan Krabbenbos and arbiter Rienk Doetjes for organizing another trouble-free tournament.

Article by Eric van Reem,
Press Officer ICT10

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All 3 videos were created by http://www.youtube.com/user/jessicafischerqueen

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Chess Olympiad 2010 Teams (updated)
Participants for Khanty Mansiysk 2010, Nigeria and Australia added

As the teams for the 2010 Chess Olympiad become available, we will be including them in this page. If you know more participants for the Khanty Mansiysk Chess Olympiad, please, send the information to out contact form.

Men teams

Armenia – GM Levon Aronian, GM Vladimir Akopian, GM Gabriel Sargissian, GM Arman Pashikian, GM Avetik Grigoryan

Australia – Zong-Yuan Zhao, David Smerdon, George Wendi Xie, Darryl Johansen and Stephen Solomon. Captain: Manuel Weeks.

Brazil – GM Alexandr Fier, GM Andre Diamant, GM Rafael Leitao, GM Gilberto Milos, GM Giovanni Vescovi

Canada – IM Nikolay Noritsyn, GM Mark Bluvshtein, GM Pascal Charbonneau, IM Igor Zugic and IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

Croatia: – GM Alojzije Jankovic, GM Zdenko Kozul, GM Mladen Palac, GM Ivan Saric, GM Hrvoje Stevic

Guernsey – CM Peter Kirby, Peter Rowe, John Cummins, CM Toby Brookfield, Jon Bridel

Italy – GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Michele Godena, GM Daniele Vocaturo, IM Sabino Brunello and IM Denis Rombaldoni; captain is GM Arthur Kogan. Thanks to Lou Caruana for the update.

Nigeria – Bunmi Olape, Olamide Ajibowo, Inimo Kigigha, Ajibola Olanrewaju and Charles Campbell

Norway – GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, GM Simen Agdestein, IM Frode Elsness and GM Kjetil A. Lie. Thanks to Eirik T. Gullaksen for the update.

Panama – IM Jorge Baules, FM Jorge Arosemena, FM Jorge Sanchez, Patrick Aizpurua and Cesar Mathews. Thanks to Jorge Arosemena for the update.

Papua New Guinea – Joselito Marcos, Shaun Press, Helmut Marko, Rupert Jones and Brayden Soo. Captain: Brian Jones. Thanks to Shaun Press.

Puerto Rico – IM Alejandro Montalvo, Raul Vazquez Reyes, Mark Machin Rivera, Edgardo J Almedina Ortiz and Ramon Ovalle Burgos. Thanks to George Perez Borrero for the information.

Serbia – GM Ivan Ivanišević, GM Bojan Vučković, GM Robert Markuš, GM Nikola Sedlak and GM Aleksandar Kovačević. Captain: GM Branko Damljanović.

Singapore – GM Zhang Zhong, FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy, FM Chua Zheng Yuan Terry, FM Fernandez Daniel Howard, WFM Tay Li Jin Jeslin

Suriname – CM Roger Matoewi, CM Dewperkash Gajadien, Franklin Mungroo, Willem Veer, Suradj Hanoeman. Thanks to IA Aubrey Kappel for the update.

Venezuela – GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, IM Johann Alvarez, FM Oliver Soto, FM Dumit Semerene and Wiston Boada. Thanks to GM Eduardo Iturrizaga.

Women teams

Armenia – Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Nelly Aginian, Anahit Kharatyan

Australia – Irina Berezina, Arianne Caoili, Biljana Dekic and Emma Guo. Captain: Leonid Sandler

Brazil – Ana Paula De Oliveira, Jaqueline Pamplona Correa, Vanessa Ramos Gazola, Amanda Marques Pereira, Juliana Sayumi Terao

Croatia – Valentina Golubenko, Mirjana Medic, Rajna Sargac, Kristina Solic, Borka Franciskovic

Italy – WGM Elena Sedina, WGM Olga Zimina, WIM Marina Brunello, WFM Marianna Chierici and WFM Maria De Rosa. Captain: IM Fabio Bruno.

Nigeria – Oluwatobilola Olatunji, Funmi Akinola, Rachel Dappa, Rosemary Amadasun and Vivian Dzaayem. Thanks to Charles Campbell.

Norway – WIM Ellen Hagesæther, WIM Katrine Tjølsen, WIM Silje Bjerke, WIM Sheila Barth Sahl and Marianne Wold Haug

Suriname – WFM Victoria Naipal, Ekaterina Naipal, WCM Tesora Ooft, Rosangela dos Ramos, Reyna Frijde

Venezuela – WGM Sarai Sanchez, WIM Maria Ubaldo, WIM Luisa Duran, WIM Elizabeth Moreno and Leonela Gutierrez

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Source: ChessToday.net

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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

GM Stellan Brynell comments round 4.

The last round of this year’s tournament will provide us with an encounter for first place between Anish Giri and Jon Ludvig Hammer. This was the outcome of the results in the fourth round. Giri will have the white pieces and is therefore slight favourite to win the tournament.

The fourth round was more peaceful than the previous ones and included two draws.

The first pair to finish was Jonny Hector and Anish Giri. Hector chose a well-known drawish variation in the Four Knights Opening. Although he didn’t play the most cautious move (9.Qe2 instead of 9.Be2) it soon became obvious that the game would end in a draw.
Pia Cramling played an aggressive game against Nils Grandelius and castled queenside in the eleventh move. Grandelius probably didn’t react in the best manner and if Cramling had played 14.Bc4, she would have had the same position as in the game but with the light-squared bishop on c4 instead of f1 (after 14…Bf5 15.Nxd7+ Bxd7 16.g4) which is a huge improvement. After the game continuation Grandelius obtained counterplay on the queenside and Cramling was forced to make a draw.

The game between Jon Ludvig Hammer and Tiger Hillarp Persson reached the Paulsen Variation of the Sicilian in a roundabout manner. Hammer’s 7.Qe2 is rare and Hillarp’s reply was probably incorrect since it allowed Hammer to play e4-e5 a few moves later. Hillarp tried to free his passive position with 17…f6 which was probably ok, the big mistake came one move later when he decided to avoid the exchange of queens on g2. After this, White could penetrate Black’s position and only a couple of moves later the attack on g7 could not be defended. Hillarp had to surrender material to avoid immediate defeat but Hammer had no problems in securing the win soon afterward.

http://www.sigeman-chess.com/default.htm

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Local Chess Mates Challenge Grand Master
By KGNS News

Story Created: May 29, 2010
Story Updated: May 29, 2010

If you think you can play chess…you can try testing your skills against the four-time Women’s World Chess Champion. About 40 chess players from Laredo and Nuevo Laredo went head to head with Grand Master Susan Polgar today. It happened at the Harmony Science Center Academy. They’re trying to promote the game here in our area. And Polgar, who once played the legendary Bobby Fisher, says she’s happy to help.

“Chess is a wonderful hobby as well as it keeps the mind fresh for the young. It develops the mind, and for the old, it keeps the mind fresh. It’s great for bonding, it bridges gaps in generation, and crosses all boundaries and genders,” says Susan Polgar, Chess Grand Master.

Tomorrow morning, Polgar will give a lecture to players; and, at 10 .m., there’s a blitz open to the public. You can reserve your spot to play by calling Steven Wright at 237-4886.

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White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White? How should White proceed?

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Disclaimer: As a matter of fairness, I will publish articles, letters, and information from both parties when I receive them.

Another former member of the 2700 club, GM A. Khalifman, Former World Chess Champion shared his views on the upcoming FIDE Election:

May 28, 2010

“Which side are you in the dispute between A. Karpov and K. Ilyumzhinov?

– “I do not have any specific preference at the moment. Maybe, because I don’t know the situation very well. Everything is taking place in Moscow and I am in St. Petersburg. But, I think that the criticism addressed to the incumbent President is deserved. However, things are not black and white when describing this situation. There are pluses and a few minuses in Ilyumzhinov’s work.

The other thing is that the great chess player Anatoly Karpov has no program in the election, which does not inspire any confidence or trust. In fact, instead of a program, he is just making promises. Words, words, words… It is absolutely not clear what the future holds for us.

With Ilyumzhinov, when problems arise, he reaches in his own pocket, gets money and solves them. With Karpov, it is absolutely unclear for me how he would solve the problems. He is referring to some sponsors, and keeps repeating: “there will be sponsors, there will be sponsors..” But, he does not name a single specific sponsor.

Why is this such a great mystery? I am at a loss. “

http://www.online812.ru/2010/05/25/009

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Kamsky and Shulman tied for 1st at the 2010 U.S. Championship. Kamsky won the playoff by drawing with Black.

Young phenom Anish Giri and Norwegian #2 Jon Ludvig Hammer are tied for 1st at Sigeman with 3.5 / 4.

Karjakin won the ACP World Rapid Cup by beating Jakovenko in the final.

Zhou and Bu are leading the 2010 Chinese Championship. There are a lot of chess happening right now.

The FIDE election is getting hotter with relentless attack by the Karpov – Kasparov – Short team in the media. But it is still many months away and the actual election does not take place until the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.

It’s Saturday Open Forum. The forum is yours. What would you like to discuss?

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Round 4 results:

Standings after 4 rounds:

1 – 2. GM Anish Giri,GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 3½
3. GM Jonny Hector 2½
4. IM Nils Grandelius 1½
5 – 6. GM Pia Cramling,GM Tiger Hillarp Persson ½

Official website: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/default.htm

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