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THE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE CHESS FEDERATION
Qualifications Commissioner: Neil Limbert
6 Milner Avenue, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 9DB, England
Email: [email protected]
Report of the Qualifications Commissioner
To the ICCF Congress 2011
Järvenpää, Finland Sheffield, England
June 26, 2011
Contents
Section Page No.
1. Introduction 2
2. Tournament Medals and Certificates 2
3. Nominations for the Grandmaster (GM) Title 3
4. Nominations for the Senior International Master (SIM) Title 3
5. Nominations for the International Master (IM) Title 4
6. Nominations for the Lady Grandmaster (LGM) Title 6
7. Nominations for the Lady Master (LM) Title 6
8. Nominations for the International Arbiter (IA) Title 7
9. Proposed Change to Tournament Rule 8.9 – Award of IA Title 7
10. Special Application to Promote to Title Tournaments
– Olympiad 19 Preliminaries 8
11. International Title Tournaments started 1 August 2010 to 26 June 2011 9 - 11
12. Grandmaster Norms per Player (for GM Title holders only-minimum 5 GM Norms) 12 - 21
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1. Introduction
I am very disappointed that I am unable to attend the 2011 Congress in Finland. I would like to thank
Andrew Dearnley for agreeing to be my deputy on this occasion.
There are 11 items requiring a discussion and vote at Congress.
1/ The last year has seen the introduction of the automated e-mail service advising the Qualifications
Commissioner, Tournament Director, and National Delegate, of any Title Norm obtained. A big thank you to
Martin Bennedik for providing this service! As a result, I ask Congress to debate whether it should still be a
requirement for TD’s to also advise the QC of a Title Norm via e-mail? As far as I am aware, I have not
missed any Title Norms obtained since this service was installed and I do not wish to put TD’s to any
unnecessary work. If all delegates are happy that this automated service is working properly, I
recommend that the requirement for TD’s to advise the QC of a Title Norm is removed.
Section 2.4.1.3. of the Arbiter Manual “Confirmation of player’s title qualifications” needs to be
amended as follows:-
“B/ Title Norms are automatically advised by the webserver to the TD, National Delegate of the player
concerned, and the Qualifications Commissioner. It is not necessary for the TD to confirm the Norm unless
specifically requested to, for a particular tournament, by the Qualifications Commissioner.”
2/ My proposed change to Tournament Rule 8.9 (see Page 7 of this Report) regarding the requirements for
the International Arbiter Title.
3/ a/Request to promote Olympiad 19 Preliminaries to Title Tournaments (see page 8)
b/Change Title Tournaments Regulation 1a.(See page 8)
4/ 7(Seven) Special Applications for Titles. See the various Title pages below.
2. Tournament Medals and Certificates
At the ICCF Congress 2011, the following tournament medals and certificates will be presented:-
World Championship XX Gold Pertti Lehikoinen FIN
Silver Stefan Winge SWE
Bronze Miloš Kratochvíl CZE
World Championship XXIII Gold Ulrich Stephan GER
Silver Thomas Winckelmann GER
Bronze David A. Van der Hoeven NED
World Championship XXIV Gold Marjan Šemrl SLO
Ladies Olympiad VIII Final Gold POLAND
Silver BULGARIA
Bronze ITALY
World Cup XI Gold Reinhard Moll GER
Silver Hubert Zautzig GER
Bronze Lars Forslöf SWE
World Cup XIII Gold Reinhard Moll GER
Silver Rob P. Kruis NED
Bronze Rainer Zajontz GER
CADAP XX Champion Gold Névio João BRA
Africa-Asia X Champion Gold Attila Gurmen TUR
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Certificates will be presented as follows:-
1st Webchess Open 1st Auno Siikaluoma FIN
2nd Peter Ţebre SLO
3rd René C. H. Raijmaekers NED
In addition, a 1st Webchess Open Trophy will be presented to Auno Siikaluoma of Finland.
Certificates Only will be presented to the members of the winning team (Europe C) of Interzonal 5 (2008-11)
8 Boards plus Team Captain.
3. Nominations for the Grandmaster (GM) Title
Applications under Rule 8.4 (a)
SWE 450467 Stefan Winge GM
Applications under Rule 8.4 (c)
ARG 20531 Wálter Cornejo GM BRA 71079 Sérgio Badolati GM CZE 130999 Zdeněk Straka GM CZE 131093 Jan Ţidů GM GER 81652 Wolfgang Fischer GM ISR 270233 Uri Blass GM ISR 270257 Dmitry Gooshchin GM POL 420534 Zbigniew Szczepański GM SUI 100376 Rolf Scherer GM
SWE 451367 Björn Fagerström GM UKR 940817 Nikolai Papenin GM USA 511269 Stephen E. Ham GM
4. Nominations for the SIM Title
Applications under Rule 8.5 (a)
BEL 40500 Frederic Mignon SIM BEL 85140 Klaus Wolf SIM BRA 70341 Marcos Antonio dos Santos SIM CZE 131244 František Sochor SIM ENG 211305 Nigel Robson SIM ESP 160165 Carmelo Fernández Vicente SIM ESP 160793 Carlos Rodríguez Amezqueta SIM EST 930083 Einar Laane SIM GER 81549 Wolfgang Beykirch SIM GER 85034 Willi Looschelders SIM GER 85229 Mathias Schwenck SIM GER 85442 Wilfried Weingarz SIM NED 371002 Rob P. Kruis SIM ROU 440549 Cornel Matei SIM ROU 440550 Costel Voiculescu SIM RUS 141422 Enver Mikhailovich Efendiyev SIM RUS 141475 Mikhail Nikolaevich Emelyanov SIM RUS 141692 Vladimir Nikolaevich Gerasimov SIM RUS 140100 Vladimir Nikolaevich Gritsaenko SIM RUS 141483 Valery Igorevich Myakutin SIM
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RUS 141632 Mikhail Yakovlevich Romm SIM SLO 480011 Dr. Anton Čopar SIM SLO 480232 Matjaţ Pirš SIM SUI 100382 Andreas Brugger SIM SVK 950268 Ladislav Fenes SIM SVK 950041 Pavol Polakovič SIM SVK 950306 Ján Rogos SIM SVK 950215 Norbert Zambor SIM SWE 451367 Björn Fagerström SIM UKR 940622 Andrey Aleksandrovich Sheretyuk SIM USA 510552 David R. Myers SIM
Applications under Rule 8.5 (b)
85390 Schramm, Alexander GER SIM
Alexander Schramm has scored two SIM Norms as follows:-
Champions League 2010 A board 2 (Category 11) with 7 points out of 12. At Category 11, a score of 7
points from 14 games constitutes an SIM Norm.
Champions League 2007 B Group 1, board 2 (Category 8) with 6½ points out of 10 games.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the SIM title to Alexander Schramm and asks
congress to support this application.
5. Nominations for the IM Title
Applications under Rule 8.6 (a)
BRA 71140 Rafael Leitão IM
Applications under Rule 8.6 (d)
ARG 20914 Luis Rodi Maletich IM
AUT 10593 Johannes Hatzl IM
BEL 85140 Klaus Wolf IM
BLR 750192 Petr Vasilievich Skripko IM
BUL 50273 Sabina Karapchanska IM
DEN 150967 Ejvind Jensen IM
ENG 210745 Alan J.C. Rawlings IM
ENG 211655 Harvey D. Williamson IM
ESP 160215 Eduardo Mirás García IM
ESP 160230 Antonio Sánchez Ródenas IM
ESP 160974 Francisco Javier Tarrío Ocaña IM
FIN 460563 Martti Kauppinen IM
FIN 460923 Panu Laine IM
FRA 180860 Mikael Pellen IM
GER 85361 Martin Bennedik IM
GER 84737 Hans-Dieter Beuchler IM
GER 81549 Wolfgang Beykirch IM
GER 81666 Frank Fritsche IM
GER 85550 Raik Hameister IM
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GER 85034 Willi Looschelders IM
GER 85654 Herbert Pfaff IM
GER 80903 Michael Schnabel IM
GER 85028 Dr. Helmut Stieger IM
GER 85442 Wilfried Weingarz IM
GER 80915 Herbert Zapf IM
IND 280176 P.B. Dhanish IM
IRL 260145 John M. T. Ryan IM
ISR 140256 Michael Elent IM
ITA 241196 Fernando Enrique Even IM
ITA 241206 Alberto Gueci IM
LTU 920357 Dmitrijus Chocenka IM
LTU 920259 Dainius Minelga IM
LTU 920106 Povilas I. Pakènas IM
NCA 630073 Fabricio Orlando González Pereira IM
NED 371002 Rob P. Kruis IM
NED 371050 Lambert Douwe Westera IM
PER 400202 Alberto Moreno IM
POL 421260 Tadeusz Kubicki IM
POL 421280 Wiesław Niewiadomski IM
POL 421250 Jarosław Sawiniec IM
POL 429125 Tomasz Sławiński IM
POL 420947 Jerzy Staniszewski IM
POR 390387 Joaquim Brandão de Pinho IM
ROU 440105 Mihail Florea IM
ROU 440549 Cornel Matei IM
RUS 141318 Vitaly Ivanovich Kurgansky IM
RUS 141625 Sergey Adolfovich Osipov IM
RUS 141665 Sergey Aleksandrovich Pligin IM
SLO 480228 Bojan Fajs IM
SLO 480150 Mitja Pranjič IM
SLO 480179 Jernej Šivic IM
SVK 959040 Milan Chovanec IM
SVK 950053 Ján Fečo IM
SVK 950321 Peter Paško IM
SVK 950306 Ján Rogos IM
UKR 940622 Andrey Aleksandrovich Sheretyuk IM
USA 514295 Carl L. Siefring IM
Applications under Rule 8.6 (e)
85343 Sikorsky, Horst GER IM
Horst Sikorsky has scored two IM Norms as follows:-
World CC Championship 32, Preliminary 09 (Category 3) with 10 points out of 12. At Category 3, a score of
10 points from 14 games constitutes an IM Norm.
Slovenia 15 years Semi-Final 01 (Category 6) with 6½ points out of 10 games.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the IM title to Horst Sikorsky and asks congress to
support this application.
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950256 Mlynarčík, Štefan SVK IM
Štefan Mlynarčík has scored two IM Norms as follows:-
Slav Cup III, Board 1 (Category 8) with 5½ points out of 10.
World CC Championship 32 Semi-Final 02 (Category 8) with 7½ points out of 12 games. At Category 8, a
score of 7½ points from 14 games constitutes an IM Norm.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the IM title to Štefan Mlynarčík and asks congress
to support this application.
950192 Würschner, Miroslav SVK IM
Miroslav Würschner has scored two IM Norms as follows:-
Slav Cup III, Board 3 (Category 6) with 6 points out of 10.
World CC Championship 33 Semi-Final 02 (Category 8) with 7½ points out of 12 games. At Category 8, a
score of 7½ points from 14 games constitutes an IM Norm.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the IM title to Miroslav Würschner and asks
congress to support this application.
490089 Özmen, Halil TUR IM
Halil Özmen has scored two IM Norms as follows:-
7th European Team Championship, Semi-Final 1, board 4 (Category 6) with 7½ points out of 10. At Category
6, a score of 7½ points from 12 games constitutes an IM Norm.
Champions League 2007, Fast Track Group 1, board 1 (Category 4) with 8½ points out of 12.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the IM title to Halil Özmen and asks congress to
support this application.
6. Nominations for the LGM Title
Applications under Rule 8.7 (c)
POL 429036 Barbara Skonieczna LGM
POL 420546 Alicja Szczepaniak LGM
Applications under Rule 8.7 (d)
50502 Yordanova, Svetla BUL LGM
Svetla Yordanova has scored two LGM Norms as follows:-
BdF Diamant 01 (Ladies Category 11) with 6½ points out of 10.
WCCC33Preliminary 07 (Category 3, Ladies Category 15) with 7 points out of 12. At Category 15, a score
of 7 points from 14 games constitutes a GM Norm.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the LGM title to Svetla Yordanova and asks
congress to support this application.
7. Nominations for the LM Title
Applications under 8.8 (c)
BRA 71136 Marillia Raeder Auar Oliveira LIM
BUL 50502 Svetla Yordanova LIM
GER 85903 Constanze Jaeckel LIM
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GER 85932 Svetlana Kloster LIM
POR 84866 Maria do Carmo de Vasconcelos Gil LIM
SLO 480141 Anica Horvat LIM
SLO 480140 Eva Korošec LIM
SVK 950322 Eva Karasová LIM
Applications under Rule 8.8 (d)
950364 Plšková, Mária SVK LIM
Mária Plšková has scored two LIM Norms as follows:-
8th Ladies Olympiad Final, board 2 (Ladies Category 5) with 6½ points out of 10.
Champions League 2007 Fast-track Group 4, board 3 (Ladies Category 11) with 7½ points out of 12 games.
At Category 11, a score of 7½ points from 17 games constitutes an LIM Norm.
The Qualifications Commissioner supports the award of the LIM title to Mária Plšková and asks congress to
support this application.
8. Nominations for the IA Title
Applications under Rule 8.9 (a)
ESP 169079 Adrián De Blois Figueredo IA
GER 88607 Hartmut Höbel IA
GER 88337 Jörg Kracht IA
GER 81398 Willi Moedl IA
GER 83861 Werner Zundel IA
RSA 550073 Iain Edward Smuts IA
9. Proposed Change to Tournament Rule 8.9
At the ICCF Congress 2010, amendments to the Arbiter Manual were agreed which included a new quality
criteria for the award of the IA Title. Tournament Rule 8.9 now needs updating to reflect these changes. The
current Rule states:-
8.9 The title "International Arbiter of the ICCF" is not limited in time and will be awarded: (a) for four year's successful work as Tournament Director of the ICCF promotion and/or title tournaments without a break, supervising a minimum of 1,000 games. (b) for six year's successful work as Tournament Director of the ICCF promotion and/or title tournaments with a break, supervising a minimum of 1,000 games. The Arbiter’s Committee (ACO) will support the award of titles based on substantiated qualifications prior to the 1,000 game requirement.
The change to the Arbiter Manual agreed last year states:-
Any application for IA title based on quantitative criteria of Tournament Rule 8.9 has to be sent by national
CC organization to ACO before formal submission to QC. The ACO will check the time served, number of
games and qualitative aspects of the work (timely reports of norms, games archiving, delivery of information
for Marketing purposes) asking comments of other ICCF officers and Mentor TD if necessary. ACO then will
report recommendations to national CC organization and QC.
Therefore I propose new Tournament Rule 8.9 as follows ( I have also taken the opportunity to update the
list of “qualifying tournaments” which was out of date):-
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“8.9 The title "International Arbiter of the ICCF" is not limited in time and will be awarded based on
a combination of quantatitive and qualitative criteria. All applications must be submitted to the
Arbiter Committee (ACO) together with details of all qualifying tournaments and the name and e-mail
address of the TD Mentor. The ACO will check:-
(a) Time Served and Number of Games – must be a minimum of four year's successful work as
Tournament Director of ICCF qualifying tournaments* without a break, supervising a minimum of
1,000 games.
OR for six year's successful work as Tournament Director of ICCF qualifying tournaments* with a
break, supervising a minimum of 1,000 games.
(b) Quality of TD work (response to problems or queries from players, timely reports of Title norms,
games archiving, delivery of information for Marketing purposes) asking comments of the Mentor TD
and other ICCF officers if necessary.
The ACO will then confirm any recommendation for the IA Title to the national CC organisation and
the Qualifications Commissioner.
*ICCF qualifying tournaments are Promotion tournaments, Title tournaments, Thematic
tournaments, World Cups, Webserver Opens, Champions League and Direct Entry Anniversary
Open. (National tournaments, friendly international matches and unrated events not listed above shall
NOT count towards the IA Title)”
10. Special Application to Promote to Title Tournaments – Olympiad 19 Preliminaries
24 teams entered the 19th Postal Olympiad Preliminaries which is a rather awkward number. The Title
Tournaments Commissioner, after discussion with the ICCF President, decided upon three groups of eight
teams. Each player will have seven opponents but play double-round robin (playing each opponent twice) so
14 games in total.
The International Correspondence Chess Title Regulations (laid down by ICCF Congress 2002,
Seixal, Appendix D) Point 1(a) states that a Title tournament “must involve the participation of at
least 9 players”. Therefore, each board of the Olympiad Preliminaries are one player short.
This matter was discussed by e-mail and the ICCF President pointed out that, where double-round
robin was used, we have allowed other tournaments in the past to be classed as Title tournaments
and he saw no problem with this. Therefore, the Olympiad has gone ahead with Title Norms quoted
on each board.
However, retrospective special permission from ICCF Congress is required as this breaches
Title regulations. Given these tournaments have already started, and that there are ICCF’s
most important Team tournament, the Qualifications Commissioner recommends this is
agreed.
To avoid this situation in future, I recommend the following change to International
Correspondence Chess Title Regulations:-
1. An international Title tournament shall have the following requirements:
(a) it must involve the participation of at least 9 players. However, the Title Tournaments
Commissioner has authority to arrange double-round robin tournaments with less than 9
players.
It should be made clear that double-round robin Title tournaments are not to be encouraged for
Invitational tournaments and are not to become standard.
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11.International Title Tournaments started 1 August 2010 to 26 June 2011
All tournaments are webserver unless stated.
Category 15 José Antonio Barrios Memorial - A
14 World Championship 27 Final
RCCA Diamond 2010
13 Andrej Sustarsic Memorial
Swiss CC 25 Years Jubilee A
Paul Keres 95 Memorial
Interzonal 2010 Board 1
11 WCCC30CT01
WCCC30CT02
WCCC30CT03
WCCC30CT04
WCCC30CT05
WCCC30CT06
WCCC30CT07
WCCC30CT08
WCCC30CT09
WCCC30CT10
José Antonio Barrios Memorial - B
RCCA Gold 2010
Interzonal 2010 Board 2
10 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 2 Board 1 (Postal)
WS/GMN/024
WS/GMN/025
WS/GMN/026
WS/GMN/027
WS/GMN/028
WS/GMN/029
Interzonal 2010 Board 3
9 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 3 Board 1 (Postal)
67th European Championship Final
Interzonal 2010 Board 4
8 WCCC35SF01
WCCC35SF02
WCCC35SF03
WCCC35SF04
WCCC35SF05
WCCC35SF06
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WCCC35SF07
WCCC35SF08
WCCC35SF09
WCCC35SF10
WCCC35SF11
WCCC35SF12
WCCC35SF13
Swiss CC 25 Years Jubilee B1
Swiss CC 25 Years Jubilee B2
José Antonio Barrios Memorial - C
AJEC (France) 70 Yrs Jubilee Final
RCCA Pearl 2011 - 1
7 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 1 Board 1 (Postal)
Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 2 Board 2 (Postal)
Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 3 Board 2 (Postal)
RCCA Silver 2010
Interzonal 2010 Board 5
Interzonal 2010 Board 6
Emil Karastoichev Memorial (Bulgaria)
Nikola Baharov Memorial (Bulgaria)
6 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 1 Board 2 (Postal)
Mare Nostrum IV Board 1
Belarus Blue Lakes
Interzonal 2010 Board 7
5 WS/MN/059
WS/MN/060
WS/MN/061
WS/MN/062
WS/MN/063
WS/MN/067
4 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 1 Board 3 (Postal)
Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 2 Board 3 (Postal)
WS/MN/064
WS/MN/065
WS/MN/066
WS/MN/068
WS/MN/069
WS/MN/070
Interzonal 2010 Board 8
RCCA Pearl 2011 - 2
RCCA Bronze 2010
3 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 3 Board 3 (Postal)
Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 1 Board 4 (Postal)
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Mare Nostrum IV Board 2
WCCC35PR01
WCCC35PR02
WCCC35PR03
WCCC35PR04
WCCC35PR05
WCCC35PR06
WCCC35PR07
WCCC35PR08
WCCC35PR09
WCCC35PR10
WCCC35PR11
WCCC35PR12
WCCC35PR13
WCCC35PR14
2 9th Ladies World Championsip Final (Ladies Cat.14)
Mare Nostrum IV Board 3
Veterans World Cup 2 - Semi-Final 1
Veterans World Cup 2 - Semi-Final 2
Veterans World Cup 2 - Semi-Final 3
Veterans World Cup 2 - Semi-Final 4
Veterans World Cup 2 - Semi-Final 5
1 Olympiad 19 Preliminary Section 3 Board 4 (Postal)
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF1 board 1
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF2 board 2
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF3 board 1
0 Category tournaments where Ladies
are playing & Ladies Norms available
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF2 board 3
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF2 board 4
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF2 board 5
Thor Løvholt Memorial U-2300 Team Tournament SF2 board 6
LADIES ONLY
14 9th Ladies World Championship Final - see also Cat.2 above
8 10th Ladies World Championship - Semi-Final 1
10th Ladies World Championship - Semi-Final 2
10th Ladies World Championship - Semi-Final 3
10th Ladies World Championship - Semi-Final 4
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12. Grandmaster Norms per Player (Column 1 is Number of GM Norms)
According to my records, this is the current all-time GM Norm list for players who have already been
awarded the Grandmaster Title, and have achieved a minimum of 5 GM Norms. If anyone becomes aware
that a GM Norm is missing from this list, please advise me as soon as possible.
Please note:-
GM Norms obtained by players who have not yet qualified for the GM Title are NOT on this
list.
Players with less than 5 GM Norms on not on this list (otherwise it would be much longer!).
If anyone requires the full list, please contact me.
No. ICCFNR Name (FED - GM year) Tournament
13 80754 Soltau, Achim (GER 1993) Africa Asia Challenger - Group A
Chessfriends Rochade 5171 - 15 Years Bd.1
FAX-Tournament 1994, group A
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
Mostert Memorial, Team Match
NBC 25 Years
Pappier Memorial CAPA (A)
World Championship 16 Final
World Championship 17 3/4-Final 1
World Championship 18 Final
World Championship 20 3/4-Final 3 email
World Championship 20 Final
World Championship 21 3/4-Final 1 email
13 110025 Toro Solís de Ovando, Guillermo F. (CHI 1999)
30 Years A.P.A. Magazine Tournament "A"
30. Aniversario del CXEB - Groupo A
Africa Asia Challenger - Group A
Amici sumus Tournament CAPA/LADAC (A)
Bartolomé Marcussi Memorial Tournament
CADAP Championship 12 Final
CADAP Championship 17 Final
CADAP Championship 18 Final
Carlos Ros Miró Memorial - World
Chessfriends Rochade 5171 - 15 Years Bd.1
Jerzy Krzyszton Memorial
Simon Webb Memorial
Torneo XXX Aniversario LIPEAP group A
12 279003 Dothan, Yoav (ISR 2004) 10 Years Russian CCA, group B
Altshuler Memorial
European TC VI, Final Bd.2
European TC VI, semifinal 3 Bd.2
European TC VII, semifinal 1 Bd.1
Fin-Jub 40 post
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Jänisch Memorial
Luciano Cámara Memorial A
8th European Team Championship, SF3, Bd 1
Ragozin Memorial
AEAC 5 Years - Alhambra
Murakhvery Memorial
12 370241 Oosterom, Joop J. van (NED 1993) 11. Olympiad Final Bd.2
15. Olympiad Final Bd.1
15. Olympiad section 1 Bd.2
ICCF 50 years - Jubilee Elite GM-Tourn.
Korning Memorial
Millennium Email Chess Tournament
Mostert Memorial, Team Match
NBC 25 Years
NSPF 50 years
World Championship 15 Final
World Championship 18 Final
World Championship 21 Final
11 20034 Morgado, Juan Sebastián (ARG 1983) 1. Email-Olympiad section 1 Bd.3
13. Olympiad section 2 Bd.1
Alfredo Lewkowitz Memorial - Group B
Bartis Memorial 2 A
CAPA 10 Years Jubilee
Chigorin Memorial
CNEC 15 Years
Estrin Memorial
Hans-Werner-von-Massow Gedenkturnier
World Championship 10 Final
World Championship 14 Final
11 80716 Nimtz, Dr. Manfred (GER 1998) 12. Olympiad Final Bd.2
Alfonsino Lannaioli Memorial
European TC IV, Final Bd.1
European TC VI, Final Bd.1
John C. Cleeve Memorial
Szachy Chess Cup
World Championship 18 Final
World Championship 19 3/4-Final 5
World Championship 20 3/4-Final 6 email
World Championship 21 Final
European TC VII, Final Board 1
10 360368 Boger, Raymond (NOR 2003) 15. Olympiad section 2 Bd.3
Alfonsino Lannaioli Memorial
Cecil Purdy Jubilee - Section A
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EU/FSM/65-07
European TC VI, semifinal 1 Bd.5
Interzonal Team Tournament 2002 Bd.6
Martin Christoffel Memorial section Blue
NPSF 60 Years GM Jubilee Tournament
Simon Webb Memorial
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
10 82194 Rittner, Horst Robert (GER 1961) 3. Olympiad Final
A.S.I.G.C. 2000, Group A
Alfredo Lewkowitz Memorial - Group B
Australia 50
BdF 25
Blass Memorial
Perfors
Ragosin
Volmac
World Championship 6 Final
9 150006 Bang, Erik (DEN 1979) 8. Olympiad Final
9. Olympiad Final
Axelson Memorial
Bertl-von-Massow-Gedenkturnier
Canada 60
Hans-Werner-von-Massow Gedenkturnier
NSPF 50 years
World Championship 13 Final
World Championship 16 Final
9 70305 João, Névio (BRA 2005) 13. Olympiad Final Bd.2
Adler Memorial Tournament
Antonio Roura Memorial A
CADAP Championship 12 Final
Chessfriends Rochade 5171 - 15 Years Bd.2
Linskens Memorial A
World Champ. 22 Candidates Tournament 3
World Championship 26 Semifinal 7
CADAP XX Zonal Final
9 370249 Timmerman, Gert Jan (NED 1986) 40 Jahre BDF
Fin-Jub 30 GM-1
Hans-Werner-von-Massow Gedenkturnier
ICCF 50 years - World Champion Jubilee
Millennium Email Chess Tournament
NBC 25 Years
NSPF 50 years
Volmac
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World Championship 15 Final
8 81532 Baumbach, Dr. Fritz (GER 1973) 10. Olympiad Final Bd.2
13. Olympiad Final Bd.1
ICCF 50 years - World Champion Jubilee
Lenin
Mostert Memorial, Team Match
World Championship 11 Final
World Championship 13 Final
World Championship 9 Final
8 720001 Blanco Gramajo, César Augusto (GUA 2003) CADAP Championship 13 Final
CADAP Championship 14 Final
CADAP Championship 15 Email Final
CADAP Championship 16 Email Final
Najdorf Memorial A
World Champ. 24 Candidates Tournament 1
World Champ. 25 Candidates Tournament 2
Olympiad 18 Prelim Section 3, board 1
8 81177 Elwert, Hans-Marcus (GER 1996) 15. Olympiad Final Bd.1
Bartis Memorial 2 A
ICCF 50 years - Jubilee Elite GM-Tourn.
Korning Memorial
Millennium Email Chess Tournament
NSPF 50 years
World Championship 18 Final
World Championship 19 3/4-Final 1
8 81282 Nickel, Arno (GER 2001) EU/FSM/63-6
Jänisch Memorial
Simon Webb Memorial
TCCMB 5 Years Anniversary A
World Championship 21 3/4-Final 2 email
World Championship 21 Final
Champions League 2007 A Bd.1
Olympiad 17 Final Board 3
8 140130 Pinkovetsky, Semen Uscherovich (RUS 2003)
15. Olympiad Final Bd.1
Aleksei Mikhailov Memorial
EU/FSM/63 Email Final
EU/FSM/64-6
Gipslis Memorial
Interzonal Team Tournament 2004 Bd.1
World Champ. 22 Candidates Tournament 2
World Champ. 22 Candidates Tournament 3
8 81348 Voss, Maximilian (GER 2003) 10 Years Russian CCA, group A
15. Olympiad section 2 Bd.1
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European TC V, Final Bd.7
Martin Christoffel Memorial section Red
World Championship 19 Final
World Championship 20 3/4-Final 1 email
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
Olympiad 17 Final Board 1
8 210178 Webb, Simon (+) (ENG 1983) 11. Olympiad Final Bd.1
40 Jahre BDF
BPCF 20
European TC V, Final Bd.1
Hans-Werner-von-Massow Gedenkturnier
Scottish Centenary
World Championship 14 Final
Zagorovsky Memorial
8 84813 Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter (GER 2006) 17. Olympiad section 2 Bd.1
Alfonsino Lannaioli Memorial
European TC VI, Final Bd.4
Grand Master Norm postal 3
World Champ. 22 Candidates Tournament 3
World Championship 24 Semifinal 10
17 Olympiad Final Bd 5
World Championship 24 Final
7 130853 Chytilek, Roman (CZE 2004) 13. Olympiad Final Bd.1
Carlos Máximo Portela Memorial A
EU/FSM/63-3
Frantisek Batík Memorial
Itzhak Veinger Memorial section A
Simon Webb Memorial
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
7 140915 Dronov, Aleksandr Surenovich (RUS 2005) 13. Olympiad Final Bd.1
13. Olympiad section 4 Bd.1
17. Olympiad section 1 Bd.1
I. Kopylov Memorial
World Championship 22 Final
World Champ. 26 Candidates Tournament 4
Olympiad 17 Final Board 1
7 451006 Persson, Conny (SWE 2004) 15. Olympiad section 2 Bd.1
17. Olympiad section 4 Bd.2
Frank Parr Memorial
Simon Webb Memorial
World Championship 21 3/4-Final 5 postal
World Championship 24 Semifinal 13
8th European Team Championship, SF2, Bd 1
17
7 130787 Tochácek, Ing. Michal (CZE 2004) 1. Email-Olympiad Final Bd.2
Alfonsino Lannaioli Memorial
European TC VI, Final Bd.2
European TC VI, semifinal 2 Bd.1
Martin Christoffel Memorial section Gold
World Championship 19 3/4-Final 3
WS/GMN/016
6 400062 Acevedo Villalba, Angel (PER 2005) 30. Aniversario del CXEB - Groupo A
CADAP Championship 13 Final
Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt Memorial
Torneo XXX Aniversario LIPEAP group A
CADAP Championship 19 Final
CADAP 40 Years A
6 80888 Busemann, Dr. Stephan (GER 1996) 1. Email-Olympiad section 4 Bd.2
100 Years Danish Chess Federation A
SSKK-Bulletinen 40 Years
World Championship 20 3/4-Final 1 email
World Championship 21 Final
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
6 211303 Coleman, Peter L. (ENG 2004) 1. Email-Olympiad section 3 Bd.2
10 Years Russian CCA, group A
Champions League 2004 A Group 1 Bd.1
Frank Parr Memorial
ICCF 50 years - Organizer Jubilee GM-A
Simon Webb Memorial
6 210773 Hall, Richard V. M. (ENG 2002) 100 Years Danish Chess Federation A
30 Years A.P.A. Magazine Tournament "A"
European TC VI, semifinal 2 Bd.1
Reg Gillman Memorial group A
World Champ. 22 Candidates Tournament 1
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
6 360341 Haugen, Arild (NOR 2006) 15. Olympiad section 2 Bd.1
European TC VI, Final Bd.2
European TC VI, semifinal 1 Bd.1
John Jordan Memorial, postal section
World Championship 25 Semifinal 1
Olympiad 17 Final Board 2
6 80924 Neumann, Joachim (GER 2001) 12. Olympiad Final Bd.1
15. Olympiad Final Bd.2
30 Years A.P.A. Magazine Tournament "A"
Frantisek Batík Memorial
World Championship 17 Final
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
18
6 49050 Pauwels, Christophe (BEL 2009) Champions League 2004 B Group 2 Bd.1
Email Grandmaster Norm Section 003
EU/FSM/65 Server Final
Interzonal Team Tournament 2004 Bd.2
Sergey Korolev Memorial
50th Israeli Championship- Jubilee
6 370367 Plomp, Michiel P. (NED 2000) 100 Years Danish Chess Federation A
30 Years A.P.A. Magazine Tournament "A"
Bohatirchuk-110 Memorial
Korning Memorial
Mostert Memorial, Team Match
Simon Webb Memorial
6 140015 Sanakoev, Grigory Konstantinovich (RUS 1984)
Aljechin Memorial
CAPA 10 Years Jubilee
Hans-Werner-von-Massow Gedenkturnier
Serbia 30
World Championship 10 Final
World Championship 12 Final
6 20377 Walsh, Héctor (ARG 2006) 17. Olympiad section 5 Bd.1
CADAP Championship 15 Email Final
CADAP Championship 18 Final
Carlos Ros Miró Memorial - World
World Championship 21 Final
CADAP 40 Years A
5 83967 Broß, Horst (GER 2005) 1. Email-Olympiad Final Bd.5
100 Years Danish Chess Federation A
World Championship 20 3/4-Final 4 email
World Championship 20 Final
WCCC27CT04
5 150021 Ekebjærg, Ove (DEN 1987) Chigorin Memorial
Julius Nielsen Memorial
NBC 25 Years
NPSF 40 Years
World Championship 14 Final
5 40199 Geenen, Marc (BEL 2000) Bozidar Kazic Memorial
Martin Christoffel Memorial section Gold
Reg Gillman Memorial group A
Secchi Vigneau Memorial
World Champ. 24 Candidates Tournament 1
5 370921 Hoeven, David A. van der (NED 2004) 30 Years A.P.A. Magazine Tournament "B"
European TC VII, semifinal 1 Bd.2
Itzhak Veinger Memorial section A
World Champ. 24 Candidates Tournament 2
19
World Championship 23 Final
5 140138 Khasin, Abram Iosifovich (RUS 1972) Bartis Memorial 2 A
FINJUB 20
Heitmann Gedenkturnier
Lenin
O'Kelly Memorial group GM
5 81027 Kribben, Dr. Matthias (GER 2009) 13. Olympiad Final Bd.6
European TC VI, Final Bd.11
Chessfriends Rochade 5171 - 15 Years Bd.3
World Champ. 27 Candidates Tournament 4
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
5 930148 Kukk, Raul (EST 2006) 15. Olympiad Final Bd.1
15. Olympiad section 5 Bd.3
Champions League 2004 A Group 2 Bd.1
Interzonal Team Tournament 2002 Bd.3
World Champ. 23 Candidates Tournament 1
5 160789 Lafarga Santorromán, David (ESP 2008) 17. Olympiad section 4 Bd.1
AEAC 5 Years - Alhambra
Dr. Maia Vinagre Memorial (Gold)
European TC VI, Final Bd.5
Yury Sakharov Memorial A
5 950028 Lanc, Ing. Alois (SVK 1995) Africa Asia Challenger - Group A
BDF-50 Invitation Tournament
European TC V, Final Bd.2
Fin-Jub 30 GM-2
World Championship 21 Final
5 370930 Langeveld, Ron A. H. (NED 2006) Alvise Zichichi Memorial
European TC VII, semifinal 1 Bd.1
Mostert Memorial, Team Match
World Champ. 25 Candidates Tournament 1
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
5 180109 Lecroq, Michel (FRA 1998) 13. Olympiad section 4 Bd.1
25 Years of Mate Postal - Group A
European TC VI, semifinal 3 Bd.6
World Championship 14 Final
World Championship 28 Candidates 01
5 940345 Lepikhov, Aleksey Georgievich (UKR 2002) Itzhak Veinger Memorial section A
Jerzy Krzyszton Memorial
Szachy Chess Cup
World Championship 19 Final
World Championship 20 3/4-Final 4 email
5 169064 Martín Clemente, Joel (ESP 2008) World Champ. 26 Candidates Tournament 2
World Champ. 27 Candidates Tournament 1
20
World Championship Semifinal 2004/11
WS/GMN/001
WS/GMN/002
5 81204 Moll, Reinhard (GER 2009) Email Grandmaster Norm Section 017
ICCF-Cup XII, Final Email
World Champ. 27 Candidates Tournament 5
World Cup XI Final
CS University Craiova -10 Yrs Ann.
5 580117 Ohtake, Sakae (JPN 2007) 10 Years Russian CCA, group A
15. Olympiad section 3 Bd.1
5. Pacific Area Team Tournament Bd.1
I. Kopylov Memorial
Interzonal Team Tournament 2006 Bd.2
5 930017 Õim, Tõnu (EST 1981) Axelson Memorial
ICCF 50 years - World Champion Jubilee
Keres
World Championship 14 Final
World Championship 9 Final
5 450393 Olofson, Dan (SWE 2000) 2. Nordic Club Team Championship Bd.1
Adler Memorial Tournament
SSKK 60 Years
World Championship 28 Candidates 01
Chessfriends Rochade 5171 - 20 years board 1
5 910070 Rause, Olita (LAT 1999) Bartolomé Marcussi Memorial Tournament
Bozidar Kazic Memorial
CAPA 10 Years Jubilee
ICCF 50 years - Jubilee Elite GM-Tourn.
SSKK 60 Years
5 140765 Raykin, Leonid Gershevich (RUS 2005) 13. Olympiad Final Bd.3
Dubinin Memorial
Gipslis Memorial
TCCMB 5 Years Anniversary A
Yashelin Memorial
5 85084 Serafim, Jannis (GRE 2007) Email Grandmaster Norm Section 010
European TC VII, semifinal 2 Bd.1
Lev Abramov Memorial
World Champ. 24 Candidates Tournament 2
World Championship 26 Semifinal 14
5 390308 Soberano, Joaquim Pedro (POR 2005) 10 Years Russian CCA, group A
15. Olympiad Final Bd.1
Interzonal Team Tournament 2000 Bd.4
Interzonal Team Tournament 2002 Bd.1
Hermann Heemsoth Memorial
21
5 141241 Turkov, Vladimir Sergeevich (RUS 2005) 10 Years Russian CCA, group B
Altshuler Memorial
Email Grandmaster Norm Section 004
World Championship 28 Candidates 03
World Champ. 26 Candidates Tournament 4
5 570045 Weber, Jean-Marie (LUX 2004) 13. Olympiad Final Bd.2
CADAP Championship 13 Final
Esteban Canal Memorial A
European TC VI, semifinal 3 Bd.2
Torneo XXX Aniversario LIPEAP group A
5 88667 Winckelmann, Thomas (GER 2004) Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt Memorial
World Champ. 22 Candidates Tournament 2
World Championship 23 Final
World Championship 25 Semifinal 15
Romanian Chess Federation 85 Years A
5 510238 Zilberberg, Alik Samulovich (USA 1994) 1. Email-Olympiad Final Bd.1
11. Olympiad Final Bd.1
World Championship 13 Final
World Championship 19 3/4-Final 5
World Championship 20 Final
I have received a lot of support and encouragement from various people over the past year and I
would like to particularly thank Marco Caressa, George Pyrich, Eric Ruch, Michael Millstone, Raymond
Boger and Ron Langeveld for their help and advice.