2005

January

 

Canada. Dmitry Jakovenko won the Montreal World Chess Tournament in Saint-Laurent with 8/9. Victor Mikhalevski finished at the second place with 6/9.

Czech Republic. At the Czech Chess Christmas 2004 Tournament in Litomysl, Pavel Blatny took a clear first with 8/9 points.

Germany.  Eduardas Rozentalis won the Augsburg GM Tournament with 7.5/11. Ian Rogers finished at the second place with 7/11 points.

At the 9th Bad Zwestener Schachtage, Vadim Malakhatko won with 7/9.

India. The Indian GM, Krishnan Sasikiran won the 3rd Parsvnath International Open Chess in New Delhi with 9/11 ahead of Abhijit Kunte.

Italy. The 47th Reggio Emilia Tournament was won by Aleksander Delchev with 6.5/9 points. Igor Miladinovic finished at the second place with 5/9 ahead of Dimitri Komarov. He had the same score.

At the 11th Verona International Chess Festival, Miroljub Lazic won with 6.5/9.

Norway. Alexei Shirov won the Drammen Chess Festival ahead of Peter Heine Nielsen. Both of them reached 6/9 points. Luke McShane finished at the third place with 5.5/9.

Poland. At the Krakow Open, Radoslaw Wojtaszek won with 7.5/9.

Spain. The XXX. Seville Open was won by Ibragim Khamrakulov with 7.5/9 ahead of Oleg Korneev, Daniel Campora and Vladimir Epishin. They had the same score.

Sweden. At the Rilton Cup in Stockholm, Sergey Volkov won with 7/9 points.

Switzerland. The Geneva Open was won by Vladimir Epishin with 6.5/9 on tie-break ahead of Andrei Schekachev.

The Netherlands. Peter Leko won the A-Group at the Wijk aan Zee Tournament with 8.5/13. Viswanathan Anand finsihed at the second place with 8/13. Sergey Karjakin won the B Group with 9.5/13 points. The Corus C was won by Vladimir Georgiev with 10.5/13. Alexey Korotylev finished at the second place with 10/13.

 

February

 

Brazil. The 71st Brazilian Championship was won by Rafael Leitão with 7.5/9 ahead of Gilberto Milos.

Ivan Cheparinov won the XI. Open Coria del Rio with 8/9.

Czech Republic. At the Czech Championship in Karlovy Vary, David Navara edged out Jiri Stocek and won with 8/11 points.

Denmark. The “Nordea Cup” in Dianalund was won by Normunds Miezis with 7/9.

Ecuador. At the III. Festival Olimpico Salinas, Julio Granda Zuniga won with 7.5/9.

England. Levon Aronian shared the first place with Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, Alexei Shirov and Emil Sutovsky at the The Gibtelecom Masters International. All of them scored 7.5/10.

France.  The 3rd International Chess Festival in Nancy was won by Friso Nijboer with 7/9 on tie-break ahead of Andrei Istratescu and Christian Bauer.

Germany. At the 5th Internationales Schach-Jugendtreffen in Pulvermuehle, Peter Wells won with 6.5/9 points.

Artur Jussupow won the 76th German Championship in Altenkirchen / Westerwald with 7/9. Jan Gustafsson finished at the second place with 6.5/9. Igor Khenkin finished at the third place with 6/9.

Iran. The 13th Fajr Open in Tehran was won by Gadir Guseinov with 7.5/9 ahead of Elshan Moradiabadi, Nidjat Mamedov, Tigran L Petrosian and Evgeny Gleizerov. All of them had the same score.

Italy. At the 12th Montecatini Terme International, Igor Miladinovic won with 9/11.

Poland. Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the Polish Under-20 Championship in Środa Wielkopolska with 9.5/11.

Russia. The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival in Hotel Rossija in Moscow was won by Emil Sutovsky ahead of Andrei Kharlov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Motylev and Vladimir Akopian. All of them scored 6.5/9.

Slovenia. Zurab Azmaiparashvili won the 10th HIT open in Nova Gorica with 7/9. Zdenko Kozul finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

 

March

 

Belarus. The Byelorussian Championship in Minsk was won by Alexei Fedorov with 10/13.

Chile. Johan Hellsten won the II. Copa ENTEL in Santiago with 10/12. Rafael Leitao finished at the second place with 8.5/12 ahead of Ruben Felgaer.

England. The 2nd Coventry Chess International was won by Oleksandr Areshchenko with 7.5/9. Zahar Efimenko finished at the second place with 7/9 ahead of Kiril Georgiev.

Greece. At the “Acropolis 2005” International Open in Athens, Vugar Gashimov won with 6.5/9. Boris Avrukh finished at the second place on tiebreak ahead of 9 other players. All of them scored 6/9.

Hungary. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson won the 21st Budapest Spring Festival in Budapest with 8/9.

Italy. At the 3rd Hotel Petra IM in Rome, Igor Miladinovic won with 8.5/11.

Russia. At the 6th Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky, Etienne Bacrot won on tie-break ahead of Viktor Bologan. Both of them had 6/9 points. Alexander Grischuk finished at the third place with 5.5/9.

The Moscow Open was won by Farrukh Amonatov with 7.5/9. Alexander Lastin finished at the second place with 7/9.

At the Russian Under-20 Championship in Nojabrsk, Artyom Timofeev won with 8.5/11. Evgeny Alekseev finished at the second place with 8/11. Alexander Riazantsev finished at the third place with 6.5/11.

The 78th Championship of Saint-Petersburg in the Mikhail Chigorin Chess Club was won by Valery Loginov with 8/11. Valerij Popov finished at the second place with 7/11.

At the Championship of Privolzhsky region in Ishevsk, Denis Khismatullin won with 7/9.

Serbia and Montenegro. The Mimoza Open in Herceg Novi was won by Branko Damljanovic with 7/9.

Ivan Ivanisevic won the International Chess Open “Sozina 2005″in Bar with 7/9 on tie-break ahead of Branko Damljanovic.

Spain. Ivan Cheparinov won the XI. Anibal Open in Linares with 7.5/9.

At the XXII. SuperGM in Linares, Garry Kasparov won ahead of Veselin Toppalov. Both of them gained 8/12 points.

Viktor Moskalenko won the 3rd Badalona International with 7/9.

The La Roda Open was won by Oleg Korneev with 7.5/9. Aleksander Delchev finished at the second place ahead of 4 other players (all of them had 7/9 points).

U.S.A.:  At the Foxwoods Open Tournaments on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut, Hikaru Nakamura won with 7.5/9. Ildar Ibragimov finished at the second place ahead of Alexander Ivanov with 7/9.

 

April

 

Bangladesh. Surya Shekhar Ganguly won the 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2005 in Dhaka with 9/11.

Belarus. At the  Byelorussian U-20 in Minsk, Sergei Zhigalko won with 7/9.

Cuba. The Cuban Championship in Santa Clara was won by Lazaro Bruzon after beating Lenier Dominguez in the final.

Denmark. At the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Copenhagen, Jan Timman won with 6.5/9 ahead of Krishnan Sasikiran. Hikaru Nakamura finished at the third place with 6/9.

Germany. Vladimir Epishin won the CES Open in Northeim with 6.5/7.

Greece. The 2nd Porto Carras International Open was won by Normunds Miezis on tie-break ahead of Oleg Korneev. Both of them scored 7/9 points.

France. At the Metz international Open, Mikhail Gurevich won with 7.5/9. Kevin Spraggett finished at the second place with 7/9.

Norway. Sergei Tiviakov won the Gausdal Classics in Norway with 8.5/9 points. Kaido Kulaots finished at the second place with 7/9. Oleg Korneev finished at the third place with 6/9.

Romania. At the Galati Chess Open, Vladislav Nevednichy won with 7/9 points.

Serbia and Montenegro. The 1st National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro in Kopaonik was won by Milos Perunovic with 9/13.

Spain. Teimour Radjabov won the XIII. Dos Hermanas International with 5.5/9. Zurab Azmaiparashvili finished at the second place with 5/9 ahead of Alexey Dreev, Ruben Felgaer and Alexander Rustemov.

U.S.A.: At the East Bay Chess Club GM Tournament in Berkley, Suat Atalik won with 7/9.

Benjamin Finegold won the Chicago Spring Invitational in Chicago with 8/11 ahead of Varuzhan Akobian.

Vietnam. The Championship of Vietnam in Hue was won by Nguyen Anh Dung on tie-break ahead of Dao Thien Hai and Bui Vinh. They had 6.5/9.

 

May

 

Armenia. At the Armenian Championship in Yerevan, Ashot Anastasian won with 7.5/11. Karen Asrian finished at the second place with 7/11 ahead of Gabriel Sargissian.

Bosnia-Herzegovina. Viktor Bologan won the XXXV. International GM Supertournament “Bosna 2005” in Sarajevo with 6.5/9 ahead of Ivan Sokolov.

Bulgaria. The Mtel Masters in Sofia was won by Veselin Topalov with 6.5/10. Viswanathan Anand finished at the second place with 5.5/10. Judit Polgar finished at the third place with 5/10.

Czecz Republic. At the Ostrava Chess Festival, Viacheslav Dydyshko won with 6.5/9.

Columbia. The  Magistral Huila 100 años in Neiva was won by Sergei Tiviakov with 8/9. Oleg Korneev finished at the second place with 7/9.

Croatia. Zdenko Kozul won the Djakovo Open with 7/9. Vladislav Nevednichy finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

Cuba.  At the 40th Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Vassily Ivanchuk won with 9.5/12. Lazaro Bruzon finished at the second place with 7/12.

Hungary. Zoltan Gyimesi won the 55th Hungarian Men’s Championship in Kazincbarcika with 6/9 ahead of Zoltan Almasi.

Italy. The Cutro International Festival, Igor Miladinovic won with 7/9.

Latvian. Edvins Kengis won the Latvian Championships in Riga with 8/12.

Poland. At the Polish Chess Championships in Poznan, Radoslaw Wojtaszek won with 9.5/13. Bartosz Socko finished at the second place with 9/13. Robert Kempinski finished at the third place with 8.5/13.

Russia. The Young Stars of the World Tournament in Kirishi was won by Sergey Karjakin with 8.5/11.

Spain. At the VII. Open Internacional Vila de Salou, Sergey Fedorchuk won with 7/9.

U.S.A.: Victor Mikhalevski won the CCA-ICC International in Lake George with 6.5/9. Zviad Izoria finished at the second place with 6/9 ahead of Giorgi Kacheisvili and Aexander Shabalov.

At the HB Global Chess Challenge in Minneapolis, Zviad Izoria won with 7.5/9. Ilia Smirin finished at the second place with 7/9 ahead of 9 other players.

Alexander Onischuk won the 24th OCF NAO-Oklahoma in Stillwater with 7.5/9.

At the Chicago Open, Vadim Milov won on tie-break ahead of Igor Novikov, Jaan Ehlvest and Petr Kiriakov. All of them had 5.5/7 points.

 

June

 

Bolivia. The Berman Hillman Tournament in Santa Cruz was won by Julio Granda Zuniga with 7.5/9.

Bulgaria. At the 69th Bulgarian Championship in Pleven, Ivan Cheparinov won with 9.5/13.

Croatia. The 19th “Pula Open 2005” in Croatia was won by Suat Atalik with 7.5/9.

Hungary. Zoltan Almasi won the 3rd Marx György tournament in Paks with 6.5/10. Viktor Korchnoi finished at the second place with 6/10.

Moldova. At the  European Individual Women’s Chess Championship in Chisinau, Kateryna Lahno won the title after beating Kosintseva Nadezhda in the playoff.

Poland. Vadim Malakhatko won the “Mielesnak Perla Baltyku” Open in Mielo with 8/10.

Russia. The 9th Chess Festival Voronezh was won by Viacheslav Zakhartsov with 7/9. Evgeny Shaposhnikov finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

At the White Nights Open in St. Petersburg, Denis Yevseev won with 7.5/9.

Spain. Kamil Miton won the III. Open Bajada de la Virgen 2005, in the Salones of Club Nautico, in Santa Cruz de La Palma with 7/9.

 

July

 

Andorra. The XXIII. Andorra Open in la Vella was won by Fernando Peralta with 7/9 ahead of Branko Damljanovic.

Austria. At the 27th Oberwart Open, Thomas Luther shared the first place with Suat Atalik. Both of them gained 7.5/9.

Belarus. The Inautomarket Open in Minsk was won by Aleksej Aleksandrov with 7.5/9. Alexander Riazantsev finished at the second place with 7/9 ahead of Sergei Azarov.

Canada. Vassily Ivanschuk shared the first place with Alexei Shirov, Mark Bluvshtein, Viktor Bologan and Saptarshi and Roy Chowdhury. All of them gained 8/10.

China. At the 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup in Tiayuan, Pentala Harikrishna won with 8.5/11. Alexander Motylev finished at the second place with 7.5/11.

Costa Rica. Varuzhan Akobian won the Alajuela International Chess Tournament in Costa Rica with 8/9.

Czech Republic. The Czech Open in Pardubice was won by Andrei Koalev with 7.5/9.

Denmark. The 20th North Sea Cup in Esbjerg was won by Vladimir Belov with 7.5/9. Igor Khenkin finished at the second place with 7/9.

At the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Konstantin Sakaev won with 8/10. Viktor Korchnoi finished at the second place with 7.5/10.

France. Sergey Fedorchuk won the 4th Condom Open with 7.5/9.

The Championship of Paris was won by David Alberto with 7/9 ahead of Kogan Artur.

Germany. At the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Arkadij Naiditsch won with 5.5/9. Veselin Topalov finished at the second place 5/9.

Greece. The Ikaros Chess Festival in Agios Kirykos was won by Dmitry Svetushkin with 8/9.

Norway. Simen Agdestein Norwegian Championship in Sandnes won with 7/9.

Pennsylvania. The World Open in Philadelphia was won by Kamil Miton with 7.5/9.

Poland.  At the 6th European Individual Chess Championship in Warsaw, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won with 10/13. Teimour Radjabov finished at the second place with 9.5/13. Levon Aronian finished at the third place with 9/13.

Vladimir Malaniuk won the Open A in Chojnice with 8/9.

Russia. The Viking GM tournament in St. Petersburg was won by 6.5/10.

Serbia and Montenegro. Dragisa Blagojevic won the 57th Championship of Montenegro in Cetinje with 6.5/9.

Slovenia. The 16th International GM Chess Tournament Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial in Portoroz was won by Alexander Beliavsky with 6/9.

Spain. At the 25th Anniversary Benasque, Aleksander Delchev won ahead of Elizbar Ubilava. Both of them had 6/9.

Krishnan Sasikiran won the 5th Anniversary Benasque with 9/10.

Switzerland. Mikhail Kobalia won the MTO Open in Biel with 8.5/11. Evgeny Alekseev finished at the second place with 8/11. Vitaly Tseshkovsky finished at the third place with 7.5/11 points.

The Netherlands. The 2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament was won by Pavek Eljanov with 7/9. Ian Rogers finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

Ukraine. Vladimir Belikov won the Alushta Summer Open with 7.5/9 points.

Wales. At the 2nd South Wales International in Caerleon, Vladimir Dobrov won with 7.5/9. 

 

August

 

Argentina.  Lazaro Bruzon won the American Continental Championship in Buenos Aires with 8.5/11. Alexander Onischuk finished at the second place with 8/11 ahead of 6 other players.

The Villa Martelli Chess Club was won by Julio Granda Zuniga with 7.5/10. Ruben Felgaer finished at the second place with 7/10.

Canada. At the 4th annual Guelph Pro-Am International, Sergei Shipov won with 6.5/9 ahead of Abhijit Kunte and Igor Zugic.

The Montreal International was won by Victor Mikhalevski with 8/11. Zahar Efimenko finished at the second place with 7/11. Alexander Huzman finished at the third place with 6.5/11.

Denmark. The Grundfos Young Masters in Aarhus was won by Alexander Areshchenko with 7.5/9. Kamil Miton finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

Germany. Teimour Radjabov won the Chess Classic Mainz with 9.5/11. Levon Aronian finished at the second place with 9/11 ahead of 5 other players.

Greece. The 14th Kavala Open Tournament in Kavala was won by Suat Atalik with 7.5/9 ahead of Eduardas Rozentalis and Spyridon Skembris.

Dmitry Svetushkin won the 13th Nikaia Open with 7.5/9.

France.  At the 80th French Championships in Chartres, Joel Lautier won with 7.5/11. Adreil Sokolov finished at the second place with 7/11.

Island. The Icelandic Championship in Reykjavic was won by Hannes Stefansson with 9/11.

Italy. At the 25th International Chess Festival “Conca della Presolana” in Bratto, Vladimir Epishin won with 7/9.

Malaysia. Wang Hao won the 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open in Kuala Lampur with 10/11.

Spain. At the Magistral Ciutat d’Igualada, Luke McShane won with 4/6. Andrei Volokitin finished at the second place with 3.5/6.

Viktor Moskalenko won the XV. Open La Pobla de Lillet with 7.5/9.

At the II Fincas Mediterranea International Open in Castelldefels, Hichem Hamdouchi won with 7.5/9 ahead of Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.

Artur Kogan won the VI. Obert d’Escacs International ‘Ciutat de Tarragona’ with 7.5/9.

Sweden. The Netherlands won the 15th European Team Championship in Gothenburg. Israel finished at the second place and France reached the third place.

The Netherlands. At the 9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, Friso Nijboer won with 7.5/9 ahead of 4 other players.

Alexander Riazantsev won the Stork Young Masters in Hengelo with 6/9.

The Open Dutch Championship in Dieren was won by Maxim Turov with 7.5/9.

U.A.E.: At the 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, Ashot Anastasian took the first place from Dmitry Bocharow and Sergey Kayumov. All of them scored 7/9. 

U.S.A.: Vadim Milov won the US Open in Phoenix, Arizona with 8/9 ahead of Joel Benjamin.

 

September

 

Argentina. At the 80th Championship of Argentina in Los Polvorines, Pablo Ricardi won with 6/9.

Bulgaria. Stanislav Savchenko won the 4th Kesarovski – Georgiev Memorial in Sunny Beach with 7/9.

Finland. The Nordic Championship in Vammala was won by Evgenij Agrest with 9.5/11.

Italy. At the Open A in Trieste, Konstantin Landa won with 7/9.

The 4th Hotel Petra Round Robin in Rome was won by Oleg Romanishin with 7.5/9.

Spain. Liviu-Dieter Nisioeanu won the VII. Sants Open in Barcelona with 8.5/10. Mohamad Al-Modiahki finished at the second place with 8/10 ahead of 3 other players.

The Netherlands. At the Dutch Championships in Leeuwarden, Loek Van Wely won with 5.5/9. 

Ukraine. Vadim Shishkin won the Geller Memorial Open-A in Odessa with 6.5/9 ahead of Spartak Vysochin, Alexander Zubov and Andrey Sumets.

 

October

 

Argentina. At the FIDE World Championship in San Luis, Veselin Topalov won with 10/14. Peter Svidler finished at the second place with 8.5/14.

Armenia. Levon Aronian won the Karabakh International with 6/9. Ashot Anastasian finished at the second place with 5.5/9. Tigran Petrosian won the Group B with 6.5/9.

Brazil. The FIDE Zonal 2.4 in Sao Paulo was won by Gilberto Milos with 6.5/9.

Denmark. At the 2nd Samba Cup in Skanderborg, Baadur Jobava won with 5.5/9. Lazaro Bruzon finished at the second place with 5/9 ahead of 3 other players.

Germany. The Hamburg Chess Festival was won by Namig Gouliev with 7.5/9 ahead of 4 other players.

Ecuador. Walter Arencibia won the Zonal 2.3 in Guayaquil with 8.5/11.

Hungary. At the 27th Arco Chess Festival, Simen Agdestein won with 8/9.

India. Zhang Zhong won the 5th Asian Individual Championship with 7.5/9.

Norway. At the Gausdal Bygger’n Masters, Magnus Carlsen won with 8/9.

Russia. The Chigorin Memorial in St. Petersburg was won by Roman Ovetchkin with 7/9.

Serbia and Montenegro. Aleksander Delchev won the Veselin Boskovic Memorial in Bijelo Polje

with 6.5/9.

Spain. At the Casino de Barcelona Masters, Vassily Ivanchuk won with 4/6.

The Netherlands. The 9th Essent Chess Tournament was won by Pentala Harikrishna with 4/6. Ivan Sokolov finished at the second place with 3.5/6. Vladimir Baklan won the Corus B with 7/9.

Ukraine. At the 4th Alushta Autumn, Viacheslav Zakhartsov won with 10/13.

Vladimir Belikov won the 5th Alushta Autumn with 9/12.

 

November

 

Brazil. Giovanni Vescovi won the  São Paulo International with 6/9.

Croatia. At the Croatian Championship in Vukovar, Krunoslav Hulak won with 7.5/11. Zdenko Kozul finished at the second place with 7/11.

Germany. The 9th Bayerische International Chess Open in Bad Wiessee was won by Aleksander Delchev with 7.5/9 ahead of 6 other players.

Greece. At the 55th Greek Championship in Kalamata, Hristos Banikas won with 6/10.

Serbia and Montenegro. The 18th Belgrade Trophy in Obrenovac was won by Bosko Abramovic with 7.5/9.

Spain. Christian Bauer won the 2nd Calvià Chess Festival with 7.5/9.

At the 25th Anniversary Trophy of the Federación Madrileña de Ajedrez in Madrid, Azer Mirzoev won with 7/9.

U.S.A.: Ildar Ibragimov won the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia with 5/6 ahead of Alexander Goldin and Jaan Ehlvest.

Zambia. At the FIDE African Continental Championship in Lusaka, Ahmed Adly won with 7/9.

 

December

 

Croatia. The 13th Salona in Solin was won by Bojan Kurajica with 7.5/11.

Hungary. At the December First Saturday GM in Budapest, Viktor Erdos won with 6.5/10.

Italy. Michele Godena won the 65th Italian Championship in Cremona with 8.5/11.

At the 1st GM Scanno, Zoltan Varga won with 6/9.

Mexico. At the XVIII. Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto in Mérida, Yucatán, Lazaro Bruzon won the title after defeating Michal Krasenkow in the final.

Marocco. Oleg Korneev won the Mohammed Sekkat Memorial in Casablanca with 7.5/9.

Russia. The  FIDE World Chess Cup 2005 in Khanty Mansyisk was won by Levon Aronian, who beat Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.

Serbia and Montenegro. At the 9th “Mirko Srajber” Memorial International Tournament in Subotica, Nikola Sedlak won with 9/11.

Spain. Vladimir Epishin won the XIV Erandio Open with 7.5/9.

At the GM Tournament in Elgoibar, Oleg Korneev won with 7.5/9.