Subsriptions to 4th Open Thematic Tournament are open until Sunday 2 March, absolutely free

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1) The Tournament regards the Slav defence, so first two moves of every match must be:

2)Due to peculiarity of E-mail playing, is impossible to control all ways to play a match ( i mean, if you play with computer help, opening books help and so on ), so there are NOT limitations about using every help you need to play the game.

3)The tournament will consist of three Rounds:
a) A knock-out round, in which every player will play both Black and White simultaneously
b) 2 Italian rounds, where the 8 players who will survive to a) will meet 3 other players, playing both Black and White simoultaneously. In this rounds, every Win will count as 1 point, a draw will be 1/2- 1/2 , a lose will be 0 points.
c) The winners of rounds will meet each other in the Final, playing simultaneously black and white. Winner is the first player who will reach 5 points ( 1 point win, 1/2 draw, 0 lose)

5) The official notation of tournament is English notation. If players agree in using a local notation, white player must tell it to the tournament director, together with 1st move of the match, showing ALL the meanings of chosen Notation

ENGLISH NOTATION:

   d4     pawn from d2 to d4
  Nf3     k(N)ight in f3
  Bb4     Bishop  in b4
  Rb1     Rook in b1
  Qd3     Queen in d3
  Kh1     King in h1
  0-0     king-side castling
  0-0-0   queen-side castling
  +       check
  #       checkmate
  
 Rad1     Rook from a1 to d1

5) The miminum play-time is 10 moves in 30 days. The White player must send his first move in cc to the director
( vito.calvani@iol.it ) At the end of 10th Black move, the White player must send to director a message containing all moves done in the match ( Better if in PGN format) The director will immediately confirm the received message, and the play-time will restart from 0 for other 10 moves in 30 days.

6) If a player can't play the minimum play-time required, he must advise both opponent and director, telling how many days he'll be out of playing. The director reserves the right to decide if player request is good enough to let him go on play.

7) The tournament will start Monday 3 March. Director will send to all players the Knock-out List of matches. If possible, he will send each player name and E-mail address of opponent. If not possible, he'll write all E-mail addresses in the Knock-Out List.

TOURNAMENT FAQ

A) I sent my move to opponent, but it seem that his E-mail Address is not existing.

- Look at the correct address.
- resend your move the day after
- If nothing happens, wait for three days, send again your move and send a cc message to director explaining the problem.

B) I sent my move, but i didn't receive any answer
- Wait 7 days and if nothing happens, resend your move
- wait 7 days again, resend your move and communicate problem to director, sending him a cc mail

C) My opponent send me an illegal move
- Check moves done previously, be sure of illegality and communicate it at your opponent

D) I realize my last move was illegal or wrong in my plain
- If move is illegal, send correction to your opponent
- if move is wrong but legal... well... What is done is done...no way to correct it.

I hope this is sufficiently clear as Rules of Tournament. I'm sorry for my bad English, but I'm sure you can understand it all. If you have some doubts about rules, contact me at: vito.calvani@iol.it

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Round A

Vito Calvani (vito.calvani@iol.it)           ITA    1372
Hilario Atienza (hilario.atienza@gate71.be)  BEL    1850
Andrew Sazonov (sazai@online.ru)             RUS    1000
Geoffrey Borg ( gdborg@keyworld.net )        MTA    2487

Calvani     -    0.0   0.0  0.0    0.0/6.0
Atienza     0     -    0.0   0     0.0/6.0
Sazonov    2.0   1.0    -    0     3.0/6.0
Borg       2.0    0     0    -     2.0/6.0

All games result started
Sazonov-Atienza 1-0
Borg-Calvani    1-0
Calvani-Borg    0-1
Calvani-Sazonov 0-1
Sazonov-Calvani 1-0

Round B

Roberto Riva ( Orloch@iol.it)                ITA    1046
Jyrki Heikkinen (jyrki@dcs.qmw.ac.uk)        ENG    1880
Dinesh Rajan (ee93147@ee.iitm.ernet.in)      IND    1000

Riva         -     0     0      0.0/4.0
Rajan       0.0    -    0.0     0.0/4.0
Heikkinen    0     -     0      0.0/4.0

All games result started
Player Rajan Dinesh is disqualified

Round C

Stanislav Venclik (venclik@kks.zcu.cz)       CHZ    1000
Manuel Farina ( faloria@softcom.it)          ITA    1016
Eduardo Mayer (emaque@pronet.net.gt)         GUA    1000
Stefano Dietrich (stefano@scientist.com)     ITA    1800

Venclik    -     0     0     0     0.0/6.0
Farina     0     -     0     0     0.0/6.0
Mayer      0     0     -     0     0.0/6.0
Dietrich   0     0     0     -     0.0/6.0

All games result started
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Here are all the finished games in PGN format
 [Event "NIMZO-04"]
 [Site "SEMI"]
 [Date "13-03-97"]
 [Round "1"]
 [White "Andrew Sazonov"]
 [Black "Hilario Atienza"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 
 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.f3
 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Nf8 13.Qb1 b6 14.Qb5+ N8d7 15.Qc6 Ke7 16.Ng3
 g6 17.O-O Rc8 18.Qa4 Qc7 19.f4 exf4 20.exf4 Kf8 21.Rae1 Rg8 22.Ne4 Kg7 23.Nxf6
 Nxf6 24.Re2 Rcd8 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.f5 g5 27.Re6+ Kg7 28.f6+ Kh8 29.Re7 1-0

  [Site "SEMI"]
  [Round "??"]
  [Date "1997.03.10"]
  [White "Borg, Geoffrey"]
  [Black "Calvani, Vito"]
  [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.0-0   
dxc4 9.Qa4 Na6 10.Ndb5 Nd5 11.Rd1 Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc5 14.Qc2 e5   
15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Be3 Ne6 17.Qe4 Nf8 18.Qxe5 f6 19.Bd5+ Kh8 20.Qe7 Bf5   
21.Bh6 gxh6 22.Qxf6 # 1-0

  [Event "NIMZO-04"]
  [Site "SEMI"]
  [Round "1"]
  [Date "1997.03.10"]
  [White "Calvani, Vito"]
  [Black "Sazonov, Andrew"]
  [Result "0-1"]
 
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 c5 7.0-0 cd
  8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.a3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Be7 12.b4 Qh5 13.Qe1 Bd6
  14.Ng3 Bxg3 15.fxg3 Nxd4 16.Rf4 Nc2 17.Be2 Qe5 18.Qd1 Nxa1 19.Qxa1 Bd7
  20.Bf3 g5 21.Bxb7 gxf4 22.Bxa8 Qd4+ 23.Kf1 Bb5+ 24.Ke1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Nimzo-04"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sazonov"]
[Black "Calvani"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5
9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nd2 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. a4 Bd7
16. a5 Na8 17. Bd3 Qe8 18. Qb3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Nimzo"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvani"]
[Black "Borg"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c55. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Ng5 O-O
10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bd5 Na5
16. e4 Qg6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Qe2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Nxc4
22. Qb3 Qe6 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Kf2 a6 25. Bb2 Rd2+ 26. Kg1 Qg6 27. g4 Qg5
28. Kf1 Qe3 29. Re1 0-1