The Week in Chess 277

THE WEEK IN CHESS 277 28th February 2000 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Antonio Bento, Ray Clark, Eduard Piacun, Olivier Deville, Shahcom, ICC, Michael Rahal, Ales Drinovec, Anton Gubanov, Webmaster of "Russian Chess", Shahcom, SS Quah, Europe Echecs, GM Schach, Anjo Anjewierden, Canal21 and all those who helped with this issue.

The start of Linares is always a time of anticipation. The first round saw wins for Kasparov over Shirov and Kramnik over Khalifman, the two players who did not compete at Wijk aan Zee this year. Whether this is an indication of the way things will go only time will tell. TWIC will have daily coverage from the event including on the spot reports and pictures.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Linares 2000

The Linares 2000 tournament started today with two of the three games finishing decisively. Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Leko all played (undefeated) in the recent Corus event in Wijk aan Zee. Shirov and Khalifman did not play there and they both lost. FIDE Champion Khalifman in particular looked short of form.

The draw was on Sunday in the Linares town hall. First to draw his number (they were on Telefonica Mobile phones) was Anand (4), then Kasparov (2), Khalifman (1), Kramnik (6), Leko (3) and finally Shirov (5) ie alphabetical order. Luis Rentero who was the long time organiser of the event (now his son is heavily involved) appeared fit after his serious car accident in late 1998 and received a gold Medal and Diploma from the organisers.

Live internet coverage is available at: http://www.ajedrez21.com.

TWIC has John Henderson on the spot for reports and pictures. The games will be available each day on the conclusion of play.

3) Karpov-Bacrot Match

Anatoly Karpov and Etienne Bacrot are playing a series of games in Cannes, France. 2 games at classical time rates took place on February 23rd-24th 2000 (both drawn). Then two rapidplay games on Feb 26th saw two wins for Bacrot the second saw him sacrifice material to delay Karpov and win on time (in a totally lost position). Karpov won the two blitz games on Feb 27th. There was live video coverage of the event.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com/cannes/.

Standard

Bacrot, Etienne  -  Karpov, Anatoly  1/2   46  D36  Queen's gambit
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Bacrot, Etienne  1/2   31  D12  Slav defence

Rapidplay

Bacrot, Etienne  -  Karpov, Anatoly  1-0   80  D35  Queen's gambit
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Bacrot, Etienne  0-1   64  D12  Slav defence

Blitz

Bacrot, Etienne  -  Karpov, Anatoly  0-1   71  A32  English; 1.c4 c5
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Bacrot, Etienne  1-0   44  A28  English; 1.c4 e5


Match Cannes FRA (FRA), 23-24 ii 2000
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                              1   2   3   4   5   6 
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Bacrot, Etienne  g FRA 2594    =   =   1   1   0   0   3.0  2696
Karpov, Anatoly  g RUS 2696    =   =   0   0   1   1   3.0  2594
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4) Dutch League

Anjo Anjewierden reports: The second weekend of the Dutch League was played in Hengelo. The ten teams of ten players included 20 GM's (Timman, Van Wely, Piket, Korchnoi, Sadler, Lautier, etc.). Panfox took no risks and with a line up of mostly GM's they won against both ESGOO and Rotterdam with 8-2. The only win for Rotterdam was Korchnoi's victory over Loek van Wely on top board. In the battle for second place, HSG had little problems with BSG (7.5-2.5). Panfox, HSG and BSG are the most likely candidates for the four play-off places. The remaining spot is very much open after a disappointing draw of ESGOO against Utrecht. It could have been much worse for the home-team.

SMB surprised with two victories. In the second round the all-amateur team defeated Amstelveen and in the second round they won against Groningen (with Tiviakov on top-board). The arbiters had some problem deciding on the outcome of Hans Bohm - Frank Erwich. The players disagreed on the number of moves made, finally it was concluded that Bohm only made 39 moves and did not make the first time-control. 15 year old Frank Erwich is the only player with a perfect 4/4 score.

Round 3 (2000.02.26):

HSG (Hilversum) - Utrecht         7.0 - 3.0
BSG (Bussum) - Groningen          6.5 - 3.5
Amstelveen - SMB (Nijmegen)       3.5 - 6.5
LSG (Leiden) - Rotterdam          5.0 - 5.0
Panfox (Breda) - ESGOO (Enschede) 8.0 - 2.0

Round 4 (2000.02.27):

Groningen - Amstelveen            4.0 - 6.0
HSG - BSG                         7.2 - 2.5
Rotterdam - Panfox                2.0 - 8.0
SMB - LSG                         6.0 - 4.0
Utrecht - ESGOO                   5.0 - 5.0

Standings:

 1. Panfox     8  31
 2. HSG        6  27.5
 3. BSG        6  23.5
 4. Amstelveen 4  19.5
 5. ESGOO      4  18.5
 6. SMB        4  17  
 7. Groningen  3  17.5
 8. LSG        2  18
 9. Utrecht    2  14
10. Rotterdam  1  13.5

5) Bundesliga

The results of the sixth weekend were reported in TWIC last week. The 6th weekend games are in this issue.

Official site: http://www.gmschach.de/

6th Double Weekend

Venue: Dresden

Saturday 19th February 2000

Dresden      Delmenhorst   3,5:4,5
Plauen       Bremen        3:5

Sunday 20th February 2000

Delmenhorst  Plauen        3:5
Bremen       Dresden       4,5:3,5

Venue: Wattenscheid

Saturday 19th February 2000

Wattenscheid   Godesberg      2,5:5,5
Solingen       Castrop-Rauxel 5:3

Sunday 20th February 2000

Godesberg      Solingen       3:5
Castrop-Rauxel Wattenscheid   4:4

Venue: Porz

Saturday 19th February 2000

Porz         Passau        5,5:2,5
Duisburg     Tegernsee     4,5:3,5

Sunday 20th February 2000

Passau       Duisburg      5,5:2,5
Tegernsee    Porz          3:5

Venue: Lübeck

Saturday 19th February 2000

Lübeck       Neukölln      5,5:2,5
Hamburg      Magdeburg     5:3

Sunday 20th February 2000

Neukölln     Hamburg       4:4
Magdeburg    Lübeck        4:4

Standings Round 11

 1. SG Porz                 60.5:27.5   21: 1  
 2. Solinger SG             56.5:31.5   19: 3  
 3. SK Delmenhorst          47.5:40.5   15: 7  
 4. Godesberger SK          46.5:41.5   14: 8  
 5. SK Passau               46.5:41.5   12:10 
 6. SV Castrop-Rauxel       43.0:45.0   12:10 
 7. SV Werder Bremen        41.0:47.0   11:11 
 8. Lübecker SV             45.0:43.0   10:12 
 9. Hamburger SK            44.0:44.0   10:12 
10. SFR Neukölln            42.0:46.0   10:12 
11. Dresdner SC             41.0:47.0    9:13  
12. USC Magdebur            42.0:46.0    8:14  
13. SK König Plauen         39.0:49.0    8:14  
14. SV Wattenscheid         35.0:53.0    8:14  
15. SK Tegernsee            40.5:47.5    6:16  
16. PSV Duisburg            34.0:54.0    3:19

6) 16th Cappelle La Grande

The 16th Cappelle La Grande Open took place February 19th-26th 2000. Gilberto Milos, Andrei Kharlov, Pavel Tregubov, Konstantin Landa, Vereslav Eingorn, Vladimir Malakhov, Semen Dvoirys, Simen Agdestein, Georgy Timoshenko, Alexandre Lesiege, Leonid Gofstein, Tony Miles, Alexei Bezgodov, Andrei Zontakh and Suat Atalik were amongst the 628 players. The event saw Yuri Kruppa and Gilberto Milos finish on 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://cappelle.free.fr

16th Cappelle La Grande Open (FRA), 19-27 ii 2000
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  1 Kruppa, Yuri                 g UKR 2561  7.5 2721 
  2 Milos, Gilberto              g BRA 2620  7.5 2712 
  3 Kharlov, Andrei              g RUS 2616  7.0 2716
  4 Aseev, Konstantin N          g RUS 2517  7.0 2686 
  5 Golod, Vitali                g ISR 2566  7.0 2685 
  6 Malakhov, Vladimir           g RUS 2593  7.0 2681 
  7 Timoshenko, Georgy           g UKR 2584  7.0 2681 
  8 Neverov, Valeriy             g UKR 2541  7.0 2680 
  9 Malakhatko, Vadim            g UKR 2568  7.0 2661 
 10 Najer, Evgeniy               g RUS 2572  7.0 2644 
 11 Popov, Valerij               g RUS 2534  7.0 2641 
 12 Volzhin, Alexander           g RUS 2548  7.0 2605 
 13 Atalik, Suat                 g TUR 2575  7.0 2559 
 14 Kuzmin, Gennadi P            g UKR 2466  6.5 2698 
 15 Cvitan, Ognjen               g CRO 2489  6.5 2669 
 16 Landa, Konstantin            g RUS 2598  6.5 2638 
 17 Tregubov, Pavel V            g RUS 2615  6.5 2636 
 18 Gofshtein, Leonid D          g ISR 2580  6.5 2633 
 19 Burmakin, Vladimir           g RUS 2567  6.5 2628 
 20 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas          g KAZ 2505  6.5 2620 
 21 Luther, Thomas               g GER 2509  6.5 2619 
 22 Turov, Maxim                 g RUS 2526  6.5 2600 
 23 Degraeve, Jean-Marc          g FRA 2498  6.5 2595 
 24 Ivanov, Sergey               g RUS 2543  6.5 2586 
 25 Dgebuadze, Alexandre         m GEO 2540  6.5 2576 
 26 Socko, Bartosz               g POL 2556  6.5 2566 
 27 Lesiege, Alexandre           g CAN 2582  6.5 2549 
 28 Zontakh, Andrey              g UKR 2576  6.5 2534 
 29 Dvoirys, Semen I             g RUS 2591  6.5 2508 
 30 Salmensuu, Olli              m FIN 2418  6.5 2500 
645 players 
 Bogdan Lalic, Simen Agdestein, Hannes Stefansson, Tony Miles
 Vassily Yemelin, Jesus Nogueiras, Colin McNab, Vereslav Eingorn,
 Vladimir Gurevich were amongst the 58 players on 6.0. Alexei
 Bezgodov, Andrei Sokolov, Helgi Olafsson, Mark Tseitlin, 
 Edvins Kengis and Mikhail Gurevich were some of the better known
 on 5.5. Alexis Harakis finished on 4.5.

7) FIDE Commercialisation

FIDE have made their document on commercialisation available. Intro: http://www.fide.org/fide/html/press/press11.html and the document itself: http://www.fide.org/fide/html/press/press11_1.html. People should read these documents and understand. Elsewhere on the FIDE site under the banner of FIDE Official Info: Chess Review there is material which at the moment consists of near random comments on the top chess events of the year so far over the top of tables mostly taken from TWIC (unacknowledged but surely some sort of compliment). At least if they take over World Chess I'll have no problem justifying the use of material from their site.

8) Jersey Open

The Deloitte & Touche sponsored Jersey Festival of chess took place February 20th-26th in St Helier. The winner was Tiger Hillarp-Persson with 6/7 who won by half a point from Chris Ward.

Internet coverage at: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/jersey/j

Deloitte & Touche Jersey Open (JCI), 20-26 ii 2000
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 1 Hillarp Persson, Tiger  g SWE 2548  6.0 /7  2584
 2 Ward, Christopher       g ENG 2509  5.5 /7  2457
 3 Plaskett, Jim           g ENG 2515  5.0 /7  2449
 4 Summerscale, Aaron      g ENG 2430  5.0 /7  2278
 5 Ballon, Guenther Jan    f NED 2260  5.0 /7  2240
 6 Swanson, Stephen          SCO 2283  4.5 /7  2331
 7 Hawes, Jonathan           JCI 2096  4.5 /7  2340
 8 Theon, Pierre             FRA 2172  4.5 /7  2271
 9 D'Costa, Lorin            ENG 2215  4.5 /7  2238
10 Corkett, Anthony        f ENG 2295  4.5 /7  2174
11 Heurtebize, Olivier       FRA 2200  4.0 /7  2394
12 Simons, Martin            ENG 2248  4.0 /7  2208
13 Fulton, A.J               JCI 2216  4.0 /7  2170
14 Dodgson, John A           ENG 2123  4.0 /7  2193
15 Willmoth, Robert          ENG 2215  4.0 /7  2136
16 Pullinger, Stephen J      ENG 2095  4.0 /7  2183
44 players

9) Malaga Open

The III Malaga international Open is taking place February 25th - March 4th 2000. Reynaldo Vera, Viktor Moskalenko, Hichem Hamdouchi, Eugeny Gleizerov, Antoaneta Stefanova, Juan Mellado Trivino, Andres Rodriguez Vila, Fernando Braga, Boris Chatalbashev, Javier Moreno Carnero, Ismael Teran Alvarez and Pia Cramling all have 3/3.

Internet coverage: http://caissa.ic.uma.es/fma/open/00open.htm

10) Wah Seong Penang IM

The Wah Seong IM tournament 2000 takes place in Penang, Malaysia February 26th- March 5th 2000. My thanks to SS Quah for the information.

There is a website: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/2379/WahSeong2000/index.html

Wah Seong IM Penang MYA (MYA), 26 ii-5 iii 2000       cat. V (2362)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi      m MAS 2413 * . 1 1 . . . = . .  2.5  2626
 2 Mok Tze-Meng             MAS 2270 . * . . . = . . 1 1  2.5  2610
 3 Ardiansyah, Haji       g INA 2396 0 . * = . 1 . . . .  1.5  2462
 4 Liu Wenzhe             m CHN 2451 0 . = * 1 . . . . .  1.5  2451
 5 Myo Naing              m MYA 2545 . . . 0 * . = 1 . .  1.5  2329
 6 Wynn Zaw Htun            MYA 2524 . = 0 . . * . . . 1  1.5  2312
 7 Wong Zi Jing           f MAS 2324 . . . . = . * . = =  1.5  2344
 8 Lim Chuing Hoong         MAS 2214 = . . . 0 . . * = .  1.0  2266
 9 Ng Tze-Han               MAS 2216 . 0 . . . . = = * .  1.0  2144
10 Chuah Jin, Hai Jonath    MAS 2271 . 0 . . . 0 = . . *  0.5  2099
-------------------------------------------------------------------

11) Swiss Chess Tour

Double celebration for Romania

Sinisa Joksic reports: Romanian's Florin Gheorghiu and Christina Foisor were the winners of the 1999 men's and women's Swiss Chess Tour. Grandmaster Gheorghiu (56) finished with 52 points (via very complicate calculation!) in 9 tournaments, 4.5 points more than second place IM Hansjuerg Kaenel. He was also the best place Swiss player. WGM (she also has an IM title) Christina Foisor (33) had 23.5 points, half a point ahead of WGM Elena Sedina (UKR). The best senior was Swiss Robert Schweizer (62) ahead of many GM's and IM's. The other special prizes remained in Switzerland. Patrick Gaule from Sion was the best junior, Benjamin Gerber from Trubschachen the best schoolboy, Kurt Baumann from Aarau was the best player under 2000 and Hans Schirmer from Thun took the 1800 Swiss Elo prize. Altogether 1726 chess players played in the Swiss Chess Tour 1999 and 315 were rated. The Swiss Chess Tour 2000 has already started with "Hilton" Basel Open, Geneva Open and Bern Open. The ext event will be "La Perla" Open in Lugano, March 8-12, 2000.

12) Petroff Memorial

There are a number of corrections to gamescores from the Petroff Memorial as suggested by Anton Gubanov, Webmaster of "Russian Chess" http://www.ruschess.com.

13) Cat VII in Ptuj

The Category VII tournament in Ptuj (Slovenia) ran 10th-19th February 2000. The event was won by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin with 6.5/9. GM Georg Mohr finished in second place on 6 points. Zlatko Topalovic missed the last three rounds. Games for the final three rounds are now available.

Internet coverage at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/ptuj/0002/

Final Standings:

Ptuj SLO (SLO), 10-19 ii 2000                       cat. VII (2405)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Mikhalchishin, Adrian  g SLO 2552 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  6.5  2554
 2 Mohr, Georg            g SLO 2488 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1  6.0  2520
 3 Abramovic, Bosko       g YUG 2501 = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1  5.5  2474
 4 Kos, Toni              f SLO 2300 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 = 1  5.5  2496
 5 Kozakov, Mikhail       m UKR 2426 = = = 1 * 0 = = = 1  5.0  2445
 6 Podkriznik, Gregor     f SLO 2331 = = 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 1  4.5  2413
 7 Polajzer, Danilo       m SLO 2387 = = = 0 = 0 * = = 1  4.0  2364
 8 Krumpacnik, Domen        SLO 2384 0 = = 0 = = = * = 1  4.0  2364
 9 Zheliandinov, Viktor   m UKR 2411 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * 1  4.0  2361
10 Topalovic, Zlatko        CRO 2271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0      
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14) Two Internet qualifiers on ICC

The "II Abierto International Chess Tournament Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" Open takes place 7th-15th April 2000. This years Open will probably field around 30 GMs and there is a 500.000PTS first prize (the closed superGM event runs every two years next in 2001). This internet qualifier has four prizes which are participation in the event. The event is sponsored by the Municipal Sports Foundation of the City Hall of Dos Hermanas. The tournament is to be played on ICC (Internet Chess Club), with the technical co-ordination of EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School).

The tournament takes place March 11th-19th. There are 12 qualifying stages and a KO Final on March 18th - 19th 2000. Entry is free and open to all players. Top prize is 1.000 Euros and in addition 4 invitations to participate, with expenses paid, in this year's open.

Further details: http://www.doshermanas.net

There is another ICC qualifying event, this time a blitz 5,5 tournament. 1st prize an all inclusive trip to Reykjavik Iceland, March 31st to April 3rd 2000, and the participation in a speed chess tournament with GM Garry Kasparov, GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Jan Timman, GM Viktor Kortchnoi, GM Ivan Sokolov, and 6 Icelandic GMs on April 1st - 2nd 2000. + $500 2nd Place: $700 3rd Place: $500 4th Place: $300 5th Place: $200 6th Place: $100 7th Place: $100 8th Place: $100. Sponsored by Oz.com. 199 entries so far, all FIDE rated, players. 42 GMs, (Top seeds: Adams, Short, Dreev, Svidler, Movsesian, Van Wely, Shipov, Speelman, Annakov) look set to compete, the event is open to all FIDE rated players.

Details: http://www.chessclub.com/oz.html

15) Jakarta Shahcom Chess Invitational

The Jakarta Shahcom Chess Invitational took place February 23rd-27th 2000. Nathanael Situru won the event with 6/7. The computer Fritz 6 finished in second place in this open tournament. Games should follow.

http://www.ruschess.com/News/2000/Jakarta/table.html

 1  Situru, Nathanael     m   2370   6.0  
 2  Fritz 6 Computer                 5.5  
 3  Juswanto, Denny       m   2483   4.5  
    Liu, Dede             m   2370   4.5  
 5  Barus, Cerdas         m   2445   4.0  
    Majella, Yoseph R         2325   4.0  
 7  Suradiradja, Herman   g   2285   3.5  
    Syarif, Mahmud        f   2345   3.5  
    Tedy, Sukirman        f   2295   3.5  
11  Gundar Computer                  3.0  
    Jurmansyah, Johny                3.0  
    Megararanto, Susanto      2192   3.0  
    Sampouw, Jacobus S        2265   3.0  
    Silalahi, Fernando               3.0  
15  Praytino, Sugeng          2405   1.5  
16  Lantang, Radey            2210   0.5

16) 9th Aurec Rapid tournament

Olivier Deville reports: The 9th Aurec Rapid tournament took place February 26th-27th in Aurec, France. There were 2 tournaments 7 rounds/ 20mins per game with than FF 45 000 in prizes.

A blitz match was played after the Sunday tournament, and the French GM David Marciano defeated the Croatian IM Milan Mrdja in the final. Games will follow.

Saturday, 26.02.2000 :

1.  Delchev,Aleksander      BUL GM  2560 6/7
2.  Savchenko,Stanislav     UKR GM  2574 6
3.  Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander  POL GM  2563 5.5
4.  Mrjda,Milan             CRO IM  2425 5.5
5.  Lukov,Valentin          BUL GM  2452 5.5
6.  Marciano,David          FRA GM  2526 5
7.  Janev,Evgeni            BUL     2339 5
8.  Libiszewski,Fabien      FRA     2259 5
9.  Georgiev,Vladimir       BUL IM  2538 5
10. Ivanov,Jordan           BUL IM  2440 5
11. Thiriet,Benoit          FRA     2136 5
12. Deville,Olivier         FRA          5
13. Safranska,Anda          LAT FGM 2367 5
14. Bellet,Georges          FRA     2229 5
15. Banse,Jacky             FRA     2130 5
16. Shchekachev,Andrei      RUS GM  2509 4.5
17. Aurel,Luc               FRA     2180 4.5
18. Chilingirova,Pavlina    BUL FIM 2237 4.5
19. Dumoutet,Emmanuel       FRA          4.5
20. Tchalimian,Pascal       FRA          4

Sunday, 27.02.2000

1.  Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander  POL GM  2563 6/7
2.  Marciano,David          FRA GM  2526 6
3.  Savchenko,Stanislav     UKR GM  2574 6
4.  Mrdja,Milan             CRO IM  2425 6
5.  Ivanov,Jordan           BUL     2440 5.5
6.  Cosma,Ioan              ROM IM  2468 5
7.  Foisor,Ovidiu           ROM IM  2424 5
8.  Janev,Evgeni            BUL     2339 5
9.  Georgiev,Vladimir       BUL IM  2538 5
10. Libiszewski,Fabien      FRA     2259 5
11. Genova,Ruzka            BUL FIM 2171 5
12. Safranska,Anda          LAT     2367 5
13. Voiska,Margarita        BUL FGM      5
14. Thiriet,Benoit          FRA     2136 5
15. Gouby,Sliman            FRA          5
16. Lukov,Valentin          BUL GM  2452 5
17. Chilingirova,Pavlina    BUL FIM 2237 5
18. Aiglon,Laurent          FRA     2094 5
19. Celette,Robert          FRA          5
20. Shchekachev,Andrei      RUS GM       4.5

17) Metalis Open Bizovac

Eduard Piacun reports: The Metalis Open took place in Bizovac, Croatia February 24th-27th 2000. There were 135 players and the event was won by Zdenko Kozul.

Internet coverage at: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/bizovac.htm and http://sah.posluh.hr

Metalis Open Bizovac CRO (CRO), 24-27 ii 2000
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 1 Kozul, Zdenko         g CRO 2597  6.5

 2 Sermek, Drazen        g SLO 2517  6.0
 3 Cebalo, Miso          g CRO 2553  6.0

 4 Fercec, Nenad         m CRO 2464  5.5
 5 Pavasovic, Dusko      g SLO 2544  5.5
 6 Kristovic, Marijan    f CRO 2314  5.5
 
 7 Rogulj, Branko        m CRO 2437  5.0
 8 Jovanovic, Zoran CRO    CRO 2324  5.0 
 9 Mestrovic, Zvonimir   m SLO 2456  5.0
10 Leventic, Ivan        m CRO 2390  5.0
11 Franic, Milan         m CRO 2386  5.0
12 Sale, Srdjan          m CRO 2425  5.0 
13 Dizdarevic, Emir      g BIH 2520  5.0
14 Biti, Ozren             CRO 2269  5.0 
15 Djukic, Zeljko          CRO 2243  5.0
16 Kos, Toni             f SLO 2300  5.0 
17 Jurkovic, Ante          CRO 2326  5.0
18 Zelcic, Robert        g CRO 2529  5.0   
19 Saric, Ante             CRO 2206  5.0   
20 Dabo-Peranic, Robert    CRO 2266  5.0  

21 Palac, Mladen         g CRO 2570  4.5  
...135 players

18) Yateley Manor Tournament

Ray Clark reports: The Yateley Manor 9 round FIDE rated event was held over the 2 weekends 4th-6th and 19th-20th February 2000. together with current ratings. Support was gratefully received from Friends of Chess and Yateley Manor School.

Colin Crouch			2423	224	9.0		£225
Koichi Nicholas		U16	n/a	159	7.0		£125
Stephen Clark		U16	2132	160	5.0		£50
Robert Taylor			2226	159	4.5
Andrew Hughes		U16	2075	152	4.5
Frank McLeod			2132	154	4.5
Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell		2114	178	4.5
Bill Hughes				n/a	180	4.5
James Coleman			2039	167	4.5
Chetan Deva			U14	2090	163	4.0
Kevin Bailey			n/a	162	3.5
Maria Yurenok			2030	168	3.5
Matthew Sommer		U16	n/a	129	3.0	played 5 rounds 
Chris Rawlinson		U16	n/a	139	2.5
Andrew Bigg			U18	2163	177	2.0	played 5
rounds
Gordon Maton			n/a	166	2.0	played 4 rounds
Sam Williams		U14	n/a	141	0.5	played 6 rounds

19) II Vince Toth Memorial

The II Vince Toth Memorial a FIDE cat. VII, (2401) event runs February 25th - March 3rd in Guanabara Chess Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Participants: g Nicola Mitkov, g Darcy Lima, g Giovanni Vescovi, m Everaldo Matsuura, Eduardo Limp, m Luis Gallego, m Christian Toth, f Ricardo Teixeira, f Sadi Dumont and Ricardo Sant'Ana.

Coverage at http://www.cbx.org.br/iivincetoth/vince2000.htm

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

New York Open

Michael Atkins reports: The New York Open is back!! Long, the strongest Open tournament in the U.S., the NY Open is scheduled over the period of May 6-14, 2000. The Two Weekend schedule will start May 6-7, and the main Open section will play May 8-14. The class sections will play May 10-14. Playing at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, the same site as the last two NYO's, the Open section will feature $50,000 in prizes which is about $10,000 more than in the open section in 1998. All other details will be announced in late January. For more details contact tournament organizer Mr. Jose Cuchi later in the month Stay tuned for upcoming announcements and full details in late January on the New York Open website http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/

Oxbridge Match

The Oxford-Cambrige match will be broadcast live from the MSO Worldwide. Web site at http://www.msoworld.com on March 4th, starting at 12:30 pm UK time, 7:30 am EST, and running for approximately 6 hours.

GM Ariel Sorin vs World

GM Ariel Sorin will play against the World from January 31st 2000. The game will start at 17:00 (-03:00GMT). To play it is free. IM Guillermo Llanos will suggest some moves, and the people will choose one of them. GM Ariel Sorin will play: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. World will play: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Sunday will be a rest day. However, there will be an analysis of the position and the moves of the week.

Website: http://chessok.virtualave.net

First Saturday March

In March the top event is an IM event. The events take place 4th-17th March 2000. IM Yuri Zimmerman, IM Peter Sinkovics, IM Miklos Orso, WIM Anita Gara, Ticia Gara, Dan Rat, IM Miklos Kaposztas, Werner Ackermann, IM Oleg Gladyszev, IM Sandor Farago, FM Peter Froehlich, Peter Muehlbach, GM Lenar Murzin, Martin Appleberry, Murugan Thiruchelvam, Naes Flovin, Jerzy Struk, WIM Nikoletta Lakos, Attila Jakab, FM Attila Parkanyi, Igor Kragelj, IM Laszlo Eperjesi, IM Evarth Kahn, Joost Berkvers, Stefan Van Blittersvijk, IM Zoltan Nemeth, Yu Mingyuan, Tibor Reiss, Vasik Rajlich and Dmitri Dremin (30 players) there are three groups planned and there are some vacancies to play.

Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ # 44805877.

Malahide Millennium Tournament

The Malahide Chess Club in Dublin, Ireland are holding a weekend tournament in in association with the National Millennium Council present the Malahide Millennium Tournament on the weekend of April 8th & 9th, 2000. The venue is St. Sylvester's GAA Club, Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin and there are three events - an Open, an Under 1600 ELO and a Top Team event. To enter contact Vincent Bissett on 353 1 8453609 and further detailed information is available on our website at http://members.tripod.co.uk/MalahideCC.

Chess@Iceland

Chess@Iceland is a World Class rapid tournament (25 min player/game) which takes place April 1st-2nd 2000, in Kopavogur, Iceland. There will be twelve players. These include: Kasparov, Anand, Korchnoi, Timman, Ivan Sokolov and winner of a qualifying tournament on ICC on March 5th (Svidler and Shirov are amongst the players in this strong field). The event will consist of two parts. Day one will see two 6 player round-robins. Day two sees the top two from each group play in final. Website: http://www.chess.is

Lugano Open

The 15 years ago Lugano was one of the most popular open in the world. Last year the "Swiss Chess Tour" successfully restored the tradition and the winnering trio were GMs Joe Gallagher (SUI), Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR) and Ian Rogers (AUS). This year the venue is the four star Hotel "La Perla", in the part of Lugano called Agno, not so far from Lugano Airport. Tournament is open to all and is a 7 round event in one section. Time control 40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end. After Round 5, the first four players will play a knock-out for the winner and the others continue in a Swiss system tournament.

Schedule: April 8th 16.00 - 17.15 Last registration 17.15 - 17.30 Open ceremony 17.30 - 22.30 Round 1 April 9th 10.00 - 15.00 Round 2 16.00 - 21.00 Round 3 April 10th 17.30 - 22.30 Round 4 April 11th 10.00 - 15.00 Round 5 16.00 - 21.00 Round 6 April 12th 10.00 - 15.00 Round 7 15.30 Closing ceremony Enter fee 130 SF, juniors and FIDE masters 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.

Prizes in SF: 2.000/1.500/1.000/800/600/500/400/300/250/200, 10 natural prizes, Special prizes for the best Lady, Senior (1940), Junior (1980-83), Schoolboy (1984), Ticino's players etc.

More information: http://www.beochess.ch
R. Spoerri, Breite 85, Ch-3306 Etzelkofen, tel: 0041-31-768-01-60; fax 0041-31-768-01-61
E-mail: info@beochess.ch

Foxwoods Chess Open

The 2nd annual FOXWOODS CHESS OPEN April 20-23 or 21-23 7-round Swiss at the world's largest casino $100,000 prize fund. For details about entry fees etc see the website below.

Website: http://www.foxwoods.com/frm_chess.htm

Miguel Najdorf Blitz

The Club Argentino de Ajedrez in Buenos Aires is holding a blitz event on Saturday April 8th. $5.600 in prizes, starts at 18-00. 150 jugadores. Entry: $ 20 Club Members $10. 7 minutes per game. Further info: (011) 4811-9412. Arbiter, Adrián Roldán with Blas Pingas and Leandro Plotinsky. Contact: Adrian@Roldan.com. Website: http://Adrian.Roldan.com

Bergen NOR

Tournament name : Bergen Chess International Site: Bergen, Norway. Date: 21-29th July 2000 Prize Fund : NOK 10000/6000/4000/2000/1000 + rating prizes The prize fund is garanteed. Entry fee : No entry fee for foreigners with FIDE-ELO Conditions : May be offered to a limited number of IMs/GMs. Number of rounds : 9 System : Modifed Swiss Rate of play : 2 hours/40 moves, 1 hour/20 moves, 0.5 hour/rest Side events : Rapid tournaments, GM-simuls, blitz etc

Home page : http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/bi2000.htm

40-50 participants are expected of which there will be 5-6 GMs and 6-8 IMs. Only 6 unrated players will take part. Confirmed titled players: GM Yakovich (2580), GM Volzhin (2548), GM Gausel (2492), GM Djurhuus (2484), IM L. Johannessen (2431), IM Fyllingen (2408), IM Bern (2379) and IM Gullaksen (2353).

Millennium Chess Festival

THE TOURNAMENT

MARCH 4-5, 2000 - PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. 120 Grand Prix Points

$8,350 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!

5-Round Swiss System Tournament, in Two Sections "Open' (Open to all) "Reserve" (Open to players under 1800) PRIZES OPEN: $$2,000-1,200-800-400, U2400/Unr. $400-200, U2200 $400, U2000 $200, "SWEEP PRIZE" $400 (bonus for winning all 5 games in Open section, to all players who do it!) RESERVE: First Place $1,000, Top B $250-100, Top C $250, Top D $250, Top E/Below $250, Top Unr $250 (Unrated not eligible for 1st in Reserve) Top Jr. = Trophy

TIME CONTROL

Game / 2 hours (USCF and FIDE Rated)

ROUNDS

Round 1 Saturday, March 4: 10:00am Round 2 Saturday, March 4: 2:30pm Round 3 Saturday, March 4: 7:00pm Round 4 Sunday, March 4: 10:00am Round 5 Sunday, March 4: 2:30pm

1/2-point Byes are available Must commit rounds 4-5 before round 2.

ADVANCE ENTRY FEE

Only $50!(Must be received by February 19, 2000)

Contact: E. Rodney Flores Address: 4 Witch Hazel 0. Portsmouth, VA 23703 Phone: 757-686-0822 Email: ergfjr@erols.com

AT-SITE ENTRY FEES

Registration Time: Saturday, March 4, 8:00am to 9:30arn Entry Fee $65

Cash only Please -- No checks or credit cards at site.

SITE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn -8 Crawford Pkwy, Portsmouth VA 23704 A beautiful site right on the Elizabeth River overlooking downtown Norfolk! Large well-lit playing Hall. FREE PARKING!

GM Rohde Lecture and Simultaneous Exhibition Friday, MARCH 3, 2000 A rare opportunity to play against one of America's most talented Grand Masters! He will give a lecture, and then take on a limited number of players. WHERE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn, Portsmouth (Driving Instructions) REGISTER: Between 5:30pm and 6:30pm. START TIME: 6:30pm FEES: Lecture is FREE - Open to all! Simul is $20 per player.

The number of players in the Simul may be limited, taken, on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring your own set and board-Spectators welcome. Inquiries: Rodney Flores 757 686-0822

The Tournament Directors Michael Atkins (Associate National TD) and David Pelleteir(Senior TD and member USCF Tournament Director Certification Committee)

WBCA BLITZ-CHESS TOURNAMENT $750 Guaranteed Prize Fund (More per Entries) Saturday Night, March 4 6-Round, Double Swiss (12 games total) 5-Minute Speed Chess WHERE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn, Portsmouth (Driving Instructions) REGISTER: Anytime until 10:00pm START TIME: About 10:30pm PRIZES: 1st Place $300 2nd Place $150 Top 1900-2099 $100 Top 1600-1899 $100 Top 1300-1599 $75 Top Under 1300 $50 First-round byes will be available for those whose 3rd round tournament games run late. Inquiries: Rodney Flores, 757-686-0822

12 Hour Brussels Blitz

The 12 Hour Brussels Blitz takes place Feb 26th 2000. Salle Sippelberg Avenue Sippelberg, 3 (Metro Osseghem) 70.000 frs in prizes, 1st prize 15.000 frs. Entry: Senior - 400frs, Junior<18 - 250frs Timerate: 5 minutes. Info: B Asman tel 512.48.43 e-mail: asmanbenny@skynet.be M. Grede tel 538.35.75 Chess Club Anderlecht Caïssa Woluwé C.R.E.B. Les Fous du Roy

Oakham GM

The Oakham GM takes place 11th-19th April 2000, Oakham School, Rutland, Leicestershire. Chris Ward, Danny Gormally, Neil McDonald, Colin McNab, Irina Krush, Jacob Aagaard, Nick Pert, Yochanan Afek, Patrick Hummel and Alan Norris play.

Further details: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/oakham.htm

Politiken Cup 2000

The Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark takes place 17th-28th July 2000. There is a new venue at the Nørrebrohallen with room for 500-700 players.

Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk

13th Ciudad de León Tournament

The 13th Ciudad de León Tournament will again use the "advanced chess" format (players will be allowed to use a computer for databases and a playing program). The competitors will be Anand, Shirov, Judith Polgar and Illescas. The event will run June 1st-5th 2000 (playing days: June 2nd Shirov-Illescas 2 game match, June 3rd Anand-Polgar 2 game match, June 3rd, final. The venue is the Junta de León” building, with the opening ceremony in the Conde Luna Hotel and the closing ceremony and Judit Polgar simul at the University.

19th Reykjavik International Open

The 19th Reykjavik International Chess Tournament takes place in the Reykjavík City Hall 5th-13th April 2000.

Minimum Prize fund: USD 15.000 1. prize USD 5.000 2. prize USD 3.000 3. prize USD 2.000 4. prize USD 1.500 5. prize USD 1.000 Under 2450 .USD 1.500 Under 2300 .USD 1.000.

9 rounds, Swiss System, Time Limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1 hour, and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.

Registration: Please contact the ICELANDIC CHESS FEDERATION, P.O. Box 8354, 128 Reykjavík, Iceland, entry still open. Tel.: 354 568 9141 Fax: 354 568 9116 Email: siks@itn.is Eligible: All players rated 2000 or more (FIDE rating list). No entrance fee for foreign players.

Coverage at:http://www.simnet.is/hellir/Reykopen00.htm

Budapest Spring Festival

The 16th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Open chess tournament, the event runs 17th-25th of March 2000, Budapest. The planned maximum is 100 participants, 1-3 GM-s, 6-8 IM-s, more, than 50 % ELO-rated, min. 20 % foreigners. Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu www.elender.hu/~firstsat Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ # 44805877.