The Week in Chess 287

THE WEEK IN CHESS 287 8th May 2000 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Kristianus Liem, Michael Atkins, CanalWeb, Yvette Nagel, Lanfranco Bombelli, Mladen Zelic, Anton Gubanov (Ruschess.com), Ivan Gluckman, Ruben Casafus, Pierre Bourget, Bernd Rosen, Dima Tyomkin, BCM, John Henderson, Ülar Lauk, Laszlo Nagy, Hassan Khaled, C. Abundo and V. Ravikumar, Rupert Jones and all those who helped with this issue.

The Japfa Classic in Indonesia ended on Tuesday with a victory for Judit Polgar. Another result confirming Polgar as by far the strongest woman player in history. Sad news from the States with the death of Arthur Dake. The Dutch Championships have started and the participation of the computer program Fritz is certainly garnering some publicity for the event, with reports in the newspapers and on the radio in the UK today. Faced with a similar situation I have long resolved to refuse to play the machines (in 1989 a computer participated in the Major Open, in the end I wasn't paired with it). After all I can't I play a computer anytime on my own machine? It might be different in professional chess certainly the participants in the Dutch Championships seem to have markedly mixed views.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Japfa Classic

The Japfa Classic International Chess Tournament 2000 was the strongest ever in Indonesia. The Category 16 event took place in the Bali Beach Hotel. It ran 22nd April to 2nd May 2000. The total prize money was US$56,500. After there is an open tournament (May 3-May 11, 2000) with total prize money of US$20,000. My thanks to Kristianus Liem for his help.

Judit Polgar won the Japfa Classic alone half a point clear of Anatoly Karpov and Alexander Khalifman. Polgar defeated Gilberto Milos in the final round with the black pieces. Alexander Khalifman pressed Anatoly Karpov but the former World Chess Champion held out for a draw. Jaan Ehlvest lost his last three games including a game against Zaw win Lay who thus managed to tie for last place with Ruben Gunawan.

The previous strongest chess event in Asia was the double round robin Marlboro-Loyola Challenge in 1976 in Manila, Philippines, with the Karpov 2695, Ljubojevic 2620, Browne 2585 and Torre 2505. Torre went on to win that event with 4,5 point from 6 rounds.

Following the event the Japfa Classic International Open takes place in the Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur - Denpasar May 3rd - 11th, 2000. Organized by Bali Jeff Chess Centre, Denpasar Incorporated with PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk. The event is a 9 Round Swiss event with a $20,000 prize fund.

Round 3 pairings: 1 Irwanto Sadikin ( 2 ) - Jaan Ehlvest ( 2 ) ; 2 Alex Wojtkiewicz ( 2 ) - Kasmiran ( 2 ) ; 3 Anjas Novita ( 2 ) - Ian Rogers ( 2 ) ; 4 Eugene Torre ( 2 ) - Maksum Firdaus ( 2 ); 5 Masa Sitepu ( 2 ) - Dibyendu Barua ( 2 ) ; 6 Rogelio Antonio ( 2 ) - Asrul Aray ( 2 ); 7 K Sasikiran ( 2 ) - Yansen Lokananta ( 2 ); 8 Upi D Tamin ( 2 ) - Ruben Gunawan ( 2 ); 9 Fahmi Jauhari ( 2 ) - Darryl Johansen ( 2 ); 10 Danny Juswanto ( 2 ) - Timothy Reilly ( 2 ); 11 Normunds Miezis ( 2 ) - Phil Viner ( 2 ); 12 B Villamayor ( 2 ) - Achyu Iswana ( 2 ); 13 Sergey Beshukov ( 2 ) - Johanis ( 2 ) ; 14 Ruby Tamono ( 2 ) - Alexander Cherniaev ( 2 ); 15 Cerdas Barus ( 2 ) - M Bakri ( 2 ); 16 Deny Sonjaya ( 2 ) - Edhi Handoko ( 2 ); 17 Toha Untoro ( 2 ) - H Ardiansyah ( 2 ); 18 Yance Hermawan ( 2 ) - Hamdani Rudin ( 2 ); 19 Dede Liu ( 2 ) - Taufik Halai ( 2 ); 20 Cecep Kosasih ( 2 ) - Chairul Anwar ( 2 ) ; 21 Samu Prasetyo ( 2 ) - Yosep Majella R ( 2 ); 22 Myo Thant Khine (1.5) - Mirwansyah (1.5); 23 Heri Kurniawan (1.5) - Sadvakasov Darmen (1.5); 24 Eddy Tanjung (1.5) - Sugeng Prayitno (1.5); 25 Salor Sitanggang (1.5) - Sudung Tampubolon (1.5); 26 Pardi Kusman (1.5) - Ivan Situru (1.5); 27 Nessi Suheri (1.5) - Rolando Nolte (1.5); 28 Syarif Mahmud (1.5) - Es Gombreh (1.5); 29 H Dwi Supryoto (1.5) - Sukirman Tedy (1.5); 30 Tommy Supriyanto (1.5) - Hamdan M (1.5); 31 Susanto Megaranto (1.5) - Husni Farhan (1.5); 32 Diah Saidah (1.5) - Risman Siahaan (1.5); 33 Husni HA (1.5) - Bimo Taw (1.5) ; 34 Suryaman (1.5) - A Nurdji Kembi (1.5); 35 Shinta Kartika Sari (1.5) - Anang Heriansyah (1.5); 36 Buntoro Salindra (1.5) - Khin Than (1.5) ; 37 Zaw Win Lay ( 1 ) - Zaitul Ikhlas ( 1 ) ; 38 Ai Zakiah ( 1 ) - Mikhail Podgaets ( 1 )

Official website:http://www.gatra.com

Round 9 (May 2, 2000)

Khalifman, Alexander  -  Karpov, Anatoly       1/2   64  C42  Petroff defence
Milos, Gilberto       -  Polgar, Judit         0-1   44  B87  Sicilian
Seirawan, Yasser      -  Adianto, Utut         1/2   21  D25  QGA;
Gunawan, Ruben        -  Timman, Jan H         0-1   56  E12  Nimzo indian
Zaw Win Lay           -  Ehlvest, Jaan         1-0   62  B06  Modern defence


Japfa Classic Bali INA (INA), 22 iv-2 v 2000       cat. XVI (2628)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Polgar, Judit         g HUN 2658 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2790
 2 Khalifman, Alexander  g RUS 2656 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1  6.0  2749
 3 Karpov, Anatoly       g RUS 2696 = = * = = = 1 1 1 =  6.0  2745
 4 Milos, Gilberto       g BRA 2620 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1  5.5  2708
 5 Seirawan, Yasser      g USA 2647 = = = = * = = = = 1  5.0  2668
 6 Timman, Jan H         g NED 2655 0 0 = = = * = = 1 =  4.0  2581
 7 Adianto, Utut         g INA 2584 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1  4.0  2589
 8 Ehlvest, Jaan         g EST 2622 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 0  3.0  2503
 9 Gunawan, Ruben        g INA 2507 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * =  2.5  2475
10 Zaw Win Lay           m MYA 2633 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = *  2.5  2461
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3) New York Open

Michael Atkins reports: The New York Open has started running May 5th-11th, 2000. The venue is the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan. There have been six rounds so far. I will round up the games and final results next week.

After six rounds: Rafael Leitao, Igor Khenkin and Gregory Kaidanov lead on 4.5/6. Vladimir Epishin, Ilya Smirin, Bogdan Lalic, Pavel Tregubov, Alexander Ivanov, Julio Becerra, Alex Yermolinsky, Igor Novikov, Alberto David, Alexander Fishbein, Semen Dvoirys, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Stripunsky, Alexander Goldin, Virginijus Grabliauskas, Sarunas Sulskis, Alexander Galkin, Tom Wedberg, Peter Heine Nielsen and Mikheil Kekelidze are all on 4/6. Players on 3.5/6 include Larry Christiansen, Pavel Blatny, Victor Bologan, Joel Benjamin, Nick DeFirmian, John Fedorowicz and Bu Xiangzhi.

New York Open website with games and results daily at: http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/

4) Shirov wins the Senat-CanalWeb Grand Prix

The Senat-CanalWeb Grand Prix knockout rapidplay tournament took place in Paris France Saturday May 6th and Sunday May 7th. Four players competed. They played two game mini-matches of 25 minutes each then tie-break (blitz games) if required. The winner was Alexei Shirov who defeated Boris Spassky in the final, he defeated Joel Lautier in the semi-finals.

http://www.canalweb.net/cwsite/dif_weekinchess/default.asp?une=diagonalangtv

Round 1 (May 6, 2000)

Shirov, Alexei    -  Lautier, Joel     1/2   24  C74  Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel     -  Shirov, Alexei    0-1   42  D98  Gruenfeld indian

Spassky, Boris V  -  Hauchard, Arnaud  1/2   37  B43  Sicilian
Hauchard, Arnaud  -  Spassky, Boris V  1/2   31  A13  English; 1.c4

Three blitz games. Spassky drew with black in the 3rd sudden
death game to go through.

Round 2 (May 7, 2000)

Shirov, Alexei    -  Spassky, Boris V  1/2   37  B06  Modern defence
Spassky, Boris V  -  Shirov, Alexei    0-1   35  C11  French; Classical
Lautier, Joel     -  Hauchard, Arnaud  1/2   49  A42  Queen's pawn
Hauchard, Arnaud  -  Lautier, Joel     0-1   33  D44  QGD; Botwinnik

Final Results

Senat-CanalWeb GP Paris FRA (FRA), 6-7 v 2000
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1 Shirov, Alexei    g ESP 2751  
2 Spassky, Boris V  g FRA 2551  
3 Lautier, Joel     g FRA 2632  
4 Hauchard, Arnaud  m FRA 2513  
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5) Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships

The Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships take place in Rotterdam May 7th-19th 2000 (free days May 11th and May 16th). The event is controversial due to the participation of Fritz SSS. Paul Van der Sterren has already said he won't play the computer and will be defaulted in that round. Those agreeing to play the computer will benefit from an increased prizefund. In round 1 Piket had a hard time eventually drawing in 49 moves. In round 2 Manuel Bosboom resigned after 4 moves. "After just playing three moves the IM offered the current Dutch computer champion a draw. Operator Frans Morsch declined instantly and played Fritz' fourth move. Bosboom thought for a little while and then resigned. Bosboom said after the game: "This is a Personal Championship, computers don't belong here. I think the situation is ugly but it isn't my problem. The Royal Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB) is responsible for the circumstances that have been created. The extra money I make by playing a few moves is not the main cause. I think it is more hurtful that other people were overturned to participate in the championship by the extra money." The organisers attempts to get publicity for the event through the computer's participation seem to have worked however. Radio 5 Live a British news and sports station interview Yvette Nagel on Monday afternoon about the computer's participation.

Internet coverage: http://www.nkschaken.nl

Round 1 (May 7, 2000)

Van Wely, Loek         -  Grooten, Herman        1-0   52  E38  Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen          -  Fritz SSS              1/2   49  A07  Reti (1.Nf3)
De Vreugt, Dennis      -  Reinderman, Dimitri    1/2   41  B38  Sicilian
Van der Wiel, John     -  Bosboom, Manuel        1/2   16  B43  Sicilian
Van den Doel, Erik     -  Van der Sterren, Paul  0-1   29  B13  Caro-Kann
Nijboer, Friso         -  Tiviakov, Sergei       0-1   49  B36  Sicilian

Round 2 (May 8, 2000)

Van der Sterren, Paul  -  Nijboer, Friso         1-0   36  E99  Kings indian; Main line
Fritz SSS              -  Bosboom, Manuel        1-0    4  A41  Queen's pawn
Piket, Jeroen          -  Van den Doel, Erik     1-0   41  D20  QGA;
Reinderman, Dimitri    -  Van der Wiel, John     1-0   68  E98  Kings indian; Main line
Grooten, Herman        -  De Vreugt, Dennis      1-0   64  D10  Slav defence
Tiviakov, Sergei       -  Van Wely, Loek         0-1   46  B80  Sicilian


ch-NED Rotterdam NED (NED), 7-19 v 2000                   cat. X (2492)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1 Van Wely, Loek         g NED 2646 * . . . . 1 1 . . . . .  2.0      
 2 Van der Sterren, Paul  g NED 2526 . * . . . . . . . . 1 1  2.0      
 3 Fritz SSS                    ---- . . * = . . . . 1 . . .  1.5  2740
 4 Piket, Jeroen          g NED 2633 . . = * . . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2454
 5 Reinderman, Dimitri    g NED 2561 . . . . * . . = . 1 . .  1.5  2721
 6 Grooten, Herman        m NED 2393 0 . . . . * . 1 . . . .  1.0  2572
 7 Tiviakov, Sergei       g NED 2567 0 . . . . . * . . . . 1  1.0  2593
 8 De Vreugt, Dennis      m NED 2498 . . . . = 0 . * . . . .  0.5  2284
 9 Bosboom, Manuel        m NED 2461 . . 0 . . . . . * = . .  0.5  2086
10 Van der Wiel, John     g NED 2558 . . . . 0 . . . = * . .  0.5  2318
11 Van den Doel, Erik     g NED 2522 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . * .  0.0      
12 Nijboer, Friso         g NED 2540 . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . *  0.0      
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6) VI Leonardo Di Bona

The VI Leonardo Di Bona tournament took place in Cutro, Italy April 27th-May 7th 2000. The top event was a 12 player Category IX event won by Genadij Timoscenko with 7.5 half a point clear of Yuri Razuvaev. Pietro Pegorari scored an IM norm. He is one of the organisers of the event and there has been much discussion in Italy about the easy ride he had against many of the top players in the event. My thanks to Lanfranco Bombelli.

Coverage at: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/00cutro.htm

VI Leonardo Di Bona Cutro ITA (ITA), 27 iv-7 v 2000    cat. IX (2454)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1 Timoscenko, Genadij  g SVK 2519 * = = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.5  2580
 2 Razuvaev, Yuri S     g RUS 2548 = * = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1  7.0  2547
 3 Drasko, Milan        g YUG 2520 = = * = 1 = 1 0 = = = 1  6.5  2512
 4 Skembris, Spyridon   g GRE 2481 = = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 1  6.5  2516
 5 Chatalbashev, Boris  g BUL 2522 = 0 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 1  6.5  2512
 6 Miladinovic, Igor    g GRE 2538 0 = = = = * 1 = = = = 1  6.0  2481
 7 Ortega, Lexy         m CUB 2479 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1  5.5  2451
 8 Borgo, Giulio        m ITA 2382 = = 1 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 0  5.0  2424
 9 Pegorari, Pietro     f ITA 2366 = 0 = = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 =  5.0  2425
10 Aleksic, Nenad1      m YUG 2405 0 = = 0 0 = = = = * = 1  4.5  2393
11 Ristic, Nenad        g YUG 2435 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 0 = * =  4.0  2353
12 Abatino, Maurizio    f ITA 2248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = *  2.0  2210
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7) Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial

The Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial, a 10 player, category 7 round robin took place 29th April - 7th May 2000 in Split, Croatia. Mladen Muse won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Mladen Zelic for his help.

Internet coverage: http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2000/index.htm

Ivan Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 27 iv-7 v 2000cat. VII (2404)
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                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Muse, Mladen     m GER 2478 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2668
 2 Zaja, Ivan       m CRO 2452 1 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1  6.5  2564
 3 Farago, Ivan     g HUN 2467 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2562
 4 Soln, Primoz     m SLO 2382 = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1  5.5  2486
 5 Horvath, Csaba   g HUN 2519 0 = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1  5.0  2434
 6 Zelic, Mladen    f CRO 2308 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 = = 1  4.0  2371
 7 Ljubicic, Filip  m CRO 2372 0 0 = = 0 1 * 0 = 1  3.5  2327
 8 Nikolac, Juraj   g CRO 2449 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 1  3.5  2318
 9 Armanda, Ivica     CRO 2308 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * =  2.5  2248
10 Bozanic, Ivica   f CRO 2303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = *  0.5  1971
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8) Julian Borowski IGM

The Julian Borowski IGM tournament in Essen took place 26th April-5th May 2000. Group A (cat. XV) saw a three way tie on 5.5/9 between Vadim Zvjaginsev, Alexey Dreev and Klaus Bischoff. ELO favourite Oleg Romanishin won the B event.

Internet coverage: http://home.t-online.de/home/jb_igm

Final Standings:
Julian Borowski A Essen GER (GER), 27 iv-5 v 2000     cat. XV (2615)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim       g RUS 2641 * = 1 = = = = = 1 =  5.5  2692
 2 Dreev, Alexey           g RUS 2680 = * = = = = 1 1 = =  5.5  2687
 3 Bischoff, Klaus         g GER 2544 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1  5.5  2702
 4 Dautov, Rustem          g GER 2602 = = = * 1 0 = = 1 =  5.0  2659
 5 Beliavsky, Alexander G  g SLO 2640 = = = 0 * = = 0 1 1  4.5  2612
 6 Sutovsky, Emil          g ISR 2597 = = 0 1 = * = = 0 =  4.0  2573
 7 Hansen, Curt            g DEN 2618 = 0 = = = = * = = =  4.0  2571
 8 Huebner, Robert         g GER 2620 = 0 0 = 1 = = * = =  4.0  2571
 9 Milov, Vadim            g SUI 2653 0 = = 0 0 1 = = * 1  4.0  2567
10 Glek, Igor V            g RUS 2554 = = 0 = 0 = = = 0 *  3.0  2496
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Julian Borowski B Essen GER (GER), 27 iv-5 v 2000     cat. X (2486)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Romanishin, Oleg M     g UKR 2578 * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2641
 2 Podzielny, Karl-Heinz  m GER 2506 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1  6.0  2608
 3 Hort, Vlastimil        g GER 2541 0 = * 1 1 0 = = = 1  5.0  2522
 4 Fridman, Daniel        m LAT 2539 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1  5.0  2522
 5 Pelletier, Yannick     m SUI 2478 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1  5.0  2529
 6 Van der Weide, Karel   m NED 2452 0 = 1 = = * 0 = 1 =  4.5  2489
 7 Seul, Georg            m GER 2436 0 = = = = 1 * = 0 1  4.5  2491
 8 Doettling, Fabian      f GER 2477 = = = 0 0 = = * = =  3.5  2406
 9 Mainka, Romuald        g GER 2478 = 0 = = 0 0 1 = * 0  3.0  2361
10 Siebrecht, Sebastian   m GER 2373 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 *  2.0  2278
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Jussupow-Essen

Artur Jussupow beat team city Essen on May 1st as part of the Julian Borowski event. The match was close with Jussupow winning on time against Curic when he had been worse throughout and drawing against Volker Achenbach rook for queen down. The final score over the 10 boards with 6-4 to Jussupow.

Round 1 (May 1, 2000)
Jussupow, Artur          -  Curic, Drazan            1-0   40  E61  Kings indian
Jussupow, Artur          -  Walbaum, Klaus           1-0   40  E73  Kings indian
Jussupow, Artur          -  Villwock, Martin         0-1   57  A67  Modern Benoni
Jussupow, Artur          -  Fridman, Rafael          1/2   32  A54  Benoni
Jussupow, Artur          -  Souleidis, Georgios      0-1   52  E61  Kings indian
Dergatschova-Daus, Anna  -  Jussupow, Artur          0-1   40  A00  Irregular
Lauterbach, Ingrid       -  Jussupow, Artur          1/2   50  C26  1.e4 e5
Harms,Andy               -  Jussupow, Artur          1/2   48  A46  Queen's pawn
Achenbach,Volker         -  Jussupow, Artur          1/2   93  C18  French; Winawer
Hillenbrand, Michael     -  Jussupow, Artur          0-1   29  A25  English; 1.c4 e5

9) Capablanca Memorial 2000

The XXXV Capablanca Memorial 2000 takes place in the Hotel Bella Costa, Varadero, Cuba 6th-22nd May 2000. Play started on Sunday 7th May but the results and games are not available. Below are the pairings for each of the four events.

http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/

Elite Tournament Round 1 Pairings:

(1) Stefansson,H (2566) - (14) Bruzon,L (2568)
(2) Slobodjan,R (2561) - (13) Nogueiras,J (2563)
(3) Dominguez,L (2508) - (12) Miles,A (2579)
(4) Lesiege,A (2582) - (11) Conquest,S (2563)
(5) Kobalija,M (2593) - (10) Volzhin,A (2548)
(6) Oral,T (2540) - (9) Vera,R (2546)
(7) Arencibia,W (2529) - (8) Acs,P (2542)

Premier Group 1

(1) Gomez,F. (2414) - (14) Paramo,R (2431)
(2) Almeida,O (2348) - (13) Perez,R (2472)
(3) Lopez,J (2465) - (12) Gongora,M (2439)
(4) Blees,A (2402) - (11) Franco,Z (2511)
(5) Perez,L (2459) - (10) Fiorito,F (2459)
(6) Zapata,A (2457) - (9) Garcia,S (2455)
(7) Abreu,A (2419) - (8)Herrera,I (2472)

Premier Group II

(1) de la Paz,F (2462) - (14) Pecorelli,H (2412)
(2) Leyva,R (2415) - (13) Matamoros,C (2492)
(3) Moreno,J (2506) - (12) Delgado,N (2443)
(4) Arencibia,J (2425) - (11) Hernandez,R (2402)
(5) del Rio,S (2463) - (10) Bellon,J (2446)
(6) Gonzalez,Y (2421) - (9) Vazquez,R (2429)
(7) Szekely,P (2428) - (8) Borges,J (2446)

Mixto Group

(1) Fandiño,R (2157) - (14) Pazos,P (2344)
(2) Piña,S (2300) - (13) Santa,J (2260)
(3) Frometa,Z (2213) - (12) Ramon,V (2267)
(4) Hernandez,T (2216) - (11) Calzeta,M (2267)
(5) Arribas,M (2338) - (10) Araque,R (2309)
(6) Teran,I (2401) - (9) Marrero,Y (2130)
(7) Valdes,L (2397) - (8) Delgado,M (2268)

10) Israeli League 2000

The Israeli League 2000 is coming to a conclusion. "Club Kasparov" Rishon Le Zion fielded a very strong side including Kasparov himself for their match against Beer Sheva. Garry Kasparov was held by Boris Avrukh on board one but victories from Boris Gelfand and Lev Psakhis cancelled out Alon Greenfeld's win against Viktor Korchnoi. Sophia Polgar with a 100% record so far was held by Ludmila Tsefanskaya. The scoring is by match points but with a bonus point for a win. With one round to go "Club Kasparov" Rishon Le Zion has a one point lead over "Chess Club" Beer-Sheva. This one point lead was established in the penultimate (round 10) which took place on Friday, May 5th 2000.

Round 10

Rishon 3.5-2.5 Beer Sheva
Garry Kasparov 1/2 Boris Avrukh
Boris Gelfand 1-0 Alexander Huzman
Judit Polgar 1/2 Vitaly Golod
Viktor Korchnoi 0-1 Alon Greenfeld
Lev Psakhis 1-0 Viktor Mikhailevski
Sophia Polgar 1/2 Ludmila Tsefanskaya

Further coverage at: http://www.slavchess.co.il/academic.html and http://www.kasparovchess.com/

Round by round results and standings:
Round 1 14th Jan 2000 

Tel-Aviv University            - Beer-Sheva                      1,5:5,5
"Elitzur" Jerusalem"B"         - "Elitzur" Jerusalem"A"          1,5:5,5
Maccabi, Afek                  - "Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion  1,5:5,5
Kfar-Saba                      - Hertzlia                          4:3
Netanya                        - "Elitzur" Petach-Tikva          2,5:4,5
"Ironi" Tel-Aviv               - "Hapoel" Petach-Tikva           4,5:2,5

Round 2 21st Jan 2000 

Hertzlia                       - Beer-Sheva                      1,5:5,5
"Elitzur" Jerusalem "B"        - Netanya                           3:4  
"Ironi" Tel-Aviv               - "Club Kasparov" Rishon-Lezion   1,5:5,5
Kfar-Saba                      - "Maccabi" Afek                    2:5  
"Hapoel" Petach-Tikva          - "Elitzur" Petach-Tikva          3,5:2,5
Tel-Aviv University            - "Elitzur" Jerusalem "A"         3,5:2,5

Round 3 28th Jan 2000

University,Tel-Aviv            - Hertzlia                        1,5:5,5
Maccabi,Afek                   - Beer-Sheva                        2:5  
Ironi,Tel-Aviv                 - Kfar-Saba                         2:5  
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Elitzur,Petach-Tikva            4,5:2,5
Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"          - Netanya                           4:3 
Hapoel,Petach-Tikva            - Elitzur,Jerusalem"B"            4,5:2,5

Round 4 3rd March 2000

University,Tel-Aviv            - Netanya                           6:1  
Maccabi,Afek                   - Hertzlia                          2:5  
Ironi,Tel-Aviv                 - Beer-Sheva                      1,5:5,5
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Elitzur,Jerusalem "B"           6,5:0,5
Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"          - Hapoel,Petach-Tikva               3:3  
Kfar-Saba                      - Elitzur, Petach-Tikva           2,5:4,5

Round 5 10th March 2000 

University,Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi,Afek                    5,5:1,5
Ironi,Tel-Aviv                 - Hertzlia                          5:2 
Elitzur, Petach-Tikva          - Beer-Sheva                      3,5:2,5
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"             6:1  
Netanya                        - Hapoel,Petach-Tikva               2:5 
Kfar-Saba                      - Elitzur,Jerusalem "B"           3,5:2,5

Round 6 17th March 2000

University,Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel,Petach-Tikva                3:4  
Ironi,Tel-Aviv                 - Maccabi,Afek                       3:3 
Elitzur, Petach-Tikva          - Hertzlia                         4,5:2,5
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Netanya                            5:2
Elitzur,Jerusalem "B"          - Beer-Sheva                         1:6  
Kfar-Saba                      - Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"              5:2 

Round 7 24th March 2000

University,Tel-Aviv            - Ironi,Tel-Aviv                   4,5:2,5 
Elitzur, Petach-Tikva          - Maccabi,Afek                     5,5:1,5
Elitzur,Jerusalem"B"           - Hertzlia                         0,5:6,5
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Hapoel,Petach-Tikva                5:2  
Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"          - Beer-Sheva                       1,5:5,5
Netanya                        - Kfar-Saba                          2:5  

Round 8 31st March 2000

Hapoel,Petach-Tikva            - Kfar-Saba                        5,0:2,0
Elitzur, Petach-Tikva          - Ironi,Tel-Aviv                   6,5:0,5
Elitzur,Jerusalem "B"          - Maccabi,Afek                     4,0:3,0
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - University,Tel-Aviv                5:2  
Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"          - Hertzlia                         3,5:2,5
Netanya                        - Beer-Sheva                         0:7 

Round 9 28th April 2000

Hapoel,Petach-Tikva            - Beer-Sheva                       1,5:5,5
Elitzur, Petach-Tikva          - University,Tel-Aviv              1,0:6,0
Elitzur,Jerusalem "B"          - Ironi,Tel-Aviv                   1,0:6,0
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Kfar-Saba                        6,0:1,0
Elitzur,Jerusalem "A"          - Maccabi,Afek                     5,5:1,5
Netanya                        - Hertzlia                         1,0:6,0

Round 10 5th May 2000

"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Beer Sheva                       4,5:2,5
Elitzur Petach-Tikva           - Elitzur, Jerusalem "B"           3,0:3,0
Herzlia                        - Hapoel,Petach-Tikva              6,0:1,0
University, Tel Aviv           - Kfar-Saba                        4,5:1,5
Ironi Tel Aviv                 - Elitzur Jerusalem "A"            5,5:1,5
Maccabi,Afek                   - Netanya "A"                      5,0-2,0

Standings After Round 10

"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - 51.5
Beer Sheva                     - 50.5 
Herzlia                        - 40.5
Elitzur Petach-Tikva           - 40
University, Tel Aviv           - 38
Hapoel, Petach-Tikva           - 32
Ironi Tel Aviv                 - 32
Kfar-Saba                      - 31.5
Elitzur Jerusalem "A"          - 30
Maccabi, Afek                  - 28
Netanya "A"                    - 19.5
Elitzur Jerusalem "B"          - 17.5

11) Russian Teams

The Russian Club Championships took place in Smolensk April 15th-25th 2000. This was an 11 round event. Peter Svidler (2672) and Sergei Rublevsky (2662) started with 3.5/4, other strong players included Konstantin Sakaev (2629), Alexey Dreev (2680), Aleksej Aleksandrov (2606), Pavel Tregubov (2615) and Alexei Fedorov (2684). Games from the last three rounds are now available.

Coverage at: http://www.sibchess.newmail.ru/smolensk.htm and http://www.ruschess.com/

Russian Club Championship
Smolensk, Apr 15-25, 2000

 1   Lentransgaz (St.Petersburg)  46.0
 2   Siberia (Tomsk)              46.0
 3   University (Maikop)          38.0
 4   Phoenix (Moscow)             38.0
 5-6 Polytechnik (Nizhny Tagil)   33.0
 5-6 Transsib (Novosibirsk)       33.0
 7   OSK (Voronezh)               32.5
 8   SK (Novokuznetsk)            31.0
 9   Polytechnik-Yantar (Tomsk)   31.0
10   GSK (Saratov)                28.5
11   CEM (Smolensk)               26.0
12   M.Saulin PRSFI (Moscow)      13.0

12) 4NCL

The final weekend of the 4NCL took place 29th April - May 1st 2000. See John Henderson's TWIC report on the main pages.

Games from the final three rounds are now in the games section. Source: BCM: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/

Division 1 Final Standings: 1 Slough1 21/22 (63.5); 2 Wood Green 1 18 (56); 3 Bigwood 1 17 (55); 4 Barbican 4 NCL1 13 (47.5); 5 Index IT1 13 (44); 6 Guildford ADC 11 (49); 7 Richmond 9 (38); 8 Silvine White Rose 9 (41.5); 9 The AD's 6 (35.5); 10 Bristol 1 6 (35); 11 North West Eagles 5 (31.5); 12 Wood Green 2 4 (31.5) - Figures in brackets indicate game points.

Relegated from division 1: Wood Green 2, NW Eagles & Bristol 1 (by half a board point due to a big result from the ADs in the last round).

Promoted from division 2: South Wales Dragons, Barbican 4NCL2 & Poisoned Pawns.

13) Estonian Championships

The Estonian Championships took place in Tallinn April 29th - 6th May 2000. There were both men's and women's Championships. The men's event was Cat VII (2407) with participants including: GM Rytshagov, IM Külaots, IM Kiik, IM Seeman, IM Sepp, etc. My thanks to Ülar Lauk.

Internet site with full daily coverage: http://www.online.ee/~maleliit/english.htm

Final Standings:
ch-EST Tallinn EST (EST), 27 iv-7 v 2000          cat. VII (2406)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Sepp, Olav           m EST 2414 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1  6.5  2571
 2 Rytshagov, Mikhail   g EST 2542 = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2557
 3 Zjukin, Sergei         EST 2391 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2533
 4 Kulaots, Kaido       m EST 2499 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2521
 5 Cheutshenko, Robert    EST 2347 = 1 = 1 * 0 = 0 = 1  5.0  2456
 6 Kiik, Kalle          m EST 2445 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = =  4.0  2359
 7 Svirjov, Igor        f EST 2346 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2370
 8 Sergejev, Roman        EST 2377 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * = 1  3.5  2329
 9 Seeman, Tarvo        m EST 2428 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1  3.0  2279
10 Kovaljov, Denis        EST 2275 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 *  0.5  1977
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ch-EST (women) Tallinn EST (EST), 27 iv-7 v 2000
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1 Bashkite,Viktorija        EST ---- * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2287
2 Zainetdinova, Svetlana    EST 2100 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 = =  5.5  2223
3 Piarnpuu, Leili        wm EST 2214 0 1 * = 1 1 1 = =  5.5  2209
4 Brokko, Margit            EST 2157 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 1  5.0  2170
5 Paidla, Kaja J            EST 2108 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1  4.0  2081
6 Vark, Liina               EST 2040 = 0 0 0 = * = 1 1  3.5  2046
7 Budylina, Sofia           EST 2094 = 0 0 0 = = * = 1  3.0  1996
8 Rytova,Merike             EST ---- 0 = = 0 0 0 = * =  2.0  1901
9 Pritulina, Svetlana       EST 2046 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = *  1.5  1838
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14) Arthur William Dake (1910-2000)

Arthur William Dake was born in Portland, Oregan April 8th 1910 and died in Reno, Nevada April 28th 2000. Dake was the last living member of the great US Chess Olympiad teams that won the title consecutively in Prague 1931 (board 3 +5 -2 =7), Folkestone 1933 (board 4 +9 -2 =2) and Warsaw 1935 where he had the best score in the entire Olympiad (board 4 +13 -0 =5). Dake was of Polish extraction and on the return journey from this last Olympiad appearance he met 26 year old Helen Gerwatowski who was returning to America after a visit to Poland, they were married 6 weeks later and remained together until her death on April 1st 1994.

Dake learned chess quite late. At 16, he was a merchant seaman visiting places China and Russia and developed the physical toughness required. He was an energetic man, with a few rough edges but seemed to be genuinely liked by those who met him. (John Donaldson who met him during Dake's second chess career in the 1970s described him as "one of the most friendly and positive people I've ever met. " Dake didn't learn chess until 1927 when he received instruction in the game at the Portland YMCA. He quickly established his reputation firstly in Portland and then in New York as a speed chess expert. He arrived in New York in 1929 just in time for the Wall Street Crash. By the following year he became champion of the Marshall Chess Club. He was a professional chess player at a time of poverty. He hustled for a quarter a game on Coney Island, he played rapidplay and blitz chess events for money and coached but like most of the US's depression era players, made hardly any money. By the late 1930s even the more successful US players such as Fine and Reshevsky had decided that full time work was better than a professional chess career. George Treysman, a player of possibly even greater natural talent than Dake, hustled at chess for his entire life, and lived in penuary.

Its hard to say how good he was although there is a story of him beating Alekhine over an evening when they played a 25 cents a game in the Manhatten Chess Club. Fine, Kashdan, Treysmann, Denker, Kupchik and others were tough opponents in to play against in New York's strong chess scene, its fair to say he must have been pretty good. Dake beat World Champion Alexander Alekhine in tournament play (Pasedina 1932) but his outstanding results were for the USA in the Olympiads and it was for those he was awarded the IM title in 1954 and had this upgraded to the GM title in 1986.

Once married in 1935 he crossed the US on simultaneous tours and the following year taught chess in Milwaukees schools as part of a program promoted by Arpad ELO. In 1937 they had a daughter, Marjorie and obviously he needed a steady income. His last major appearance was in the 1938 US Chess Championships where a tie for 6th place finished this early part of his career. He did play some chess after this. He played two draws against Lilienthal in 1946 in the Russia vs USA match in Moscow. In 1952 he came 4th= in the Hollywood tournament won by Svetosar Gligoric. He filled in for Denker in one round of the USA-USSR match in New York 1954, losing to David Bronstein.

He returned more regularly to chess after his retirement as supervisor at Oregon's Department of motor vehicals. In 1973 he entered the Lone Pine tournament and had reasonable results in this event 1974 and 1976.

90 year old Dake spent his last night playing blackjack in the Sands Regency Casino in Reno Nevada. He died of natural causes.

Selection of results.

1930 Marshall Club Championships 1st
New York 1931 9th-11th (1st Capablanca 10/11; Dake 4)
Antwerp 1931 1st= on his return from the Olympiad [1st= Rubinstein, Yates, Dake 5 in a Scheveningen system event against the Belgian team. He played Sapira, Koltanowski, Baert, De Mey, Perquin and Shernetsky drawing with the first two and winning against the rest, the only undefeated player.]
Pasadena 1932 3rd= (Alekhine 8.5/11, Kashdan 7.5, Dake, Reshevsky, Steiner 6, Fine was in a group on 5. Dake beat Alekhine.)
Dake-Fine Match 1933 Lost 6-4.
3rd Chicago 1934 [1st= Reshevsky and Fine 7.5, 3rd Dake 6.5 4th Denker, Kashdan also played in this open event]
Syracuse 1934 3rd-4th (1st Reshevsky 12/14, 2nd Kashdan 10.5, 3rd= Dake and Fine 10)
Milwaukee 1935 2nd [1st Fine 8/10, 2nd Dake 7.5, 3rd Kashdan 6.5]
Dake-Steiner Match New York 1935 won +3 =1 -1
New York 1936 6th= in the first US Chess Championship Tournament after the retirement of Frank Marshall. [1st Sammy Reshevsky 11.5, 2nd Albert Simonson 11, 3rd= Reuben Fine, George Treysman 10.5 5th Isaac Kashdan 10 6th= Arthur Dake and Alexander Kupchik 9]
Philadelphia 1936 [1st Horowitz 8/11, 2nd= Dake and Denker 7.5]
New York 1938 US Championships, 1st Reshevsky 13, 2nd Fine 12.5 ... 6th-7th Dake 9]

Further references: The Oregonian Obituary May 3rd 2000 and Inside Chess

15) First Saturday May

There are two First Saturday tournaments in May. They started on May 6th 2000 and there is one IM group and one FM (ELO) group.

Contact: Laszl Nagy. E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu www.elender.hu/~firstsat www.illawarra.net.au/chesscentral/ www.planet2000.com/firstsat/ Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ # 44805877 ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday

Round 2 Standings:
FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 v 2000                cat. III (2309)
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 1 Nemeth, Zoltan     m HUN 2379 * = . . . . . . 1 . . . . .  1.5  2585
 2 Eperjesi, Laszlo   m HUN 2365 = * . . . . . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2537
 3 Kritz, Leonid        GER 2281 . . * . . . . . . 1 = . . .  1.5  2475
 4 Vadasz, Laszlo     g HUN 2285 . . . * = . . . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2444
 5 Pilgaard, Kim        DEN 2377 . . . = * . . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2513
 6 Hoenig, Alexander    GER 2246 . . . . . * . = . . . . . 1  1.5  2550
 7 Cooke, Eric          USA 2266 . . . . . . * . . = . . 1 .  1.5  2443
 8 Geenen, Marc       f BEL 2358 . . . . . = . * . . . = . .  1.0  2277
 9 Yu Mingyuan          CHN 2419 0 . . . . . . . * . 1 . . .  1.0  2284
10 Froehlich, Peter   f GER 2375 . . 0 . . . = . . * . . . .  0.5  2080
11 Resika, Nathan A     USA 2190 . . = . . . . . 0 . * . . .  0.5  2157
12 Rajlich, Vasik G     USA 2309 . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . .  0.5  2168
13 Straub, Peter        GER 2126 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . . . * .  0.0      
14 Wolter, Kai        f GER 2356 . . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0      
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FSFM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 v 2000
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Schlette, Marc           GER 2166 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 .  2.0      
 2 Melaxasz, Vaszil         HUN 2150 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1  2.0      
 3 Lakat, Gyula             HUN 2031 . . * = . . . . 1 . . . . .  1.5  2308
 4 Radvanyi, Tibor          HUN 2133 . . = * . . . . . . 1 . . .  1.5  2234
 5 Biro, Gergely            HUN 2089 . . . . * . . = . . . 1 . .  1.5  2348
 6 Dombai, Istvan           HUN 2128 . . . . . * . = . . . . 1 .  1.5  2366
 7 Erdelyi, Zombor          HUN 2146 . . . . . . * . . = . . . 1  1.5  2259
 8 Antok, Daniel            HUN 2143 . . . . = = . * . . . . . .  1.0  2108
 9 Van Hoolandt, Patrick    BEL 2098 . . 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . .  1.0  2099
10 Bordas, Gyula            HUN 2132 0 . . . . . = . . * . . . .  0.5  1963
11 Dudics, Istvan           HUN 2051 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . . .  0.0      
12 Kievelitz, Bernd         GER 2168 . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . * . .  0.0      
13 Szirmai, Eduard          HUN 2204 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . * .  0.0      
14 Tong,Lida                CHN ---- . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . *  0.0      
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16) Kharkov Ukraine

The chess club "Kaissa" of Kharkov, Ukraine, is holding the finals of its club competition. The event takes place 28th April- 10th May 2000. The organiser is the director the club GS Kiktev. The event is Category IV with an average rating of 2333 (IM norm 8.0 from 12, WGM norm 7.5 from 12). After seven rounds Evgeny Tomoshevsky leads with 6/7 ahead of Georgy Arzumanian and Evgeny Vorobiov with 4,5/7

Kaissa CC Kharkov UKR (UKR), 28 iv-10 v 2000                  cat. IV (2333)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny2    RUS 2348 * 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1  6.0 / 7  2607
 2 Arzumanian, Georgy      ARM 2326 1 * = 1 . . = = . . 1 . .  4.5 / 6  2569
 3 Vorobiov, Evgeny E    m RUS 2500 . = * 0 . 0 . . 1 1 . 1 1  4.5 / 7  2393
 4 Budnikov, Oleg          UKR 2363 0 0 1 * . . 1 . . . 1 . 1  4.0 / 6  2495
 5 Shalimov, Valery      m UKR 2400 . . . . * 0 . = = 1 . 1 1  4.0 / 6  2396
 6 Kravchenko, Vladimir    RUS 2302 0 . 1 . 1 * 0 0 . 1 1 . .  4.0 / 7  2416
 7 Ivanov, Andrey A        UKR 2321 0 = . 0 . 1 * . . . = . 1  3.0 / 6  2344
 8 Kovalenko, Sergey       UKR 2277 . = . . = 1 . * 0 0 . 1 0  3.0 / 7  2246
 9 Semerij, Yurij          UKR 2240 0 . 0 . = . . 1 * = . = .  2.5 / 6  2284
10 Kostiuk, Tatiana     wm UKR 2270 . . 0 . 0 0 . 1 = * . 1 .  2.5 / 6  2271
11 Simantsev, Mikhail    m UKR 2447 . 0 . 0 . 0 = . . . * 0 1  1.5 / 6  2115
12 Gnidash, Alexsander     RUS 2254 0 . 0 . 0 . . 0 = 0 1 * .  1.5 / 7  2124
13 Katuzian, Valery        UKR 2283 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 1 . . 0 . *  1.0 / 7  2070
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17) Tanta Open

The III Tanta Open takes place 2nd-13th May 2000 in Tanta City about 90 km from Cairo-Egypt. My thanks to Hassan Khaled for the news. Games and final results should follow next week.

Round 2 Standings:
Halkias Stelios       GRE  m  2482  2.0
Rausis Igors          LAT  g  2572  1.5
Gyimesi Zoltan        HUN  g  2518  1.5
Kermazhitsky Leonid   UKR  m  2444  1.5
Donchenko Anatoly G   RUS  m  2428  1.5
Salmensuu Olli        FIN  m  2418  1.5
Pisk Petr             CZE  m  2407  1.5
Hassan Sayed          EGY  m  2397  1.5
El Ghazali Youssef    EGY  m  2386  1.5
Abdel Razik Khaled    EGY     2318  1.5
Yasseen Aly           EGY  m  2295  1.5
Medvegy Nora          HUN  wm 2289  1.5
Rahman Yehya          EGY  m  2273  1.5
Berlovich Aleksander  UKR  g  2505  1.0
El Taher Fouad        EGY  m  2471  1.0
Abou El Zein Eid      EGY  m  2366  1.0
Ahmed Esam            EGY  m  2363  1.0
Ezat Mohamed          EGY     2352  1.0
Dochev Dimitar        BUL  m  2324  1.0
Kalod Radek           CZE  m  2445  0.5
Navrotescu Catalin    ROM  m  2439  0.5
Sarwat Walaa          EGY  m  2407  0.5
Crawley Cavin         ENG  m  2400  0.5
El Arousy Abd.Hameed  EGY  m  2319  0.5
Sorial Hanna          EGY     2316  0.5
Elgabry Mohsen        EGY  m  2271  0.5
Hassan Tarek          EGY     2259  0.5
Sameeh Hany           EGY     2292  0.0
Mousa Ahmed           EGY     2281  0.0
Elkadi Abdel Rahman   EGY     2254  0.0

18) Cuban Championships

The Cuban Championships are took place in Santa Clara, Cuba 1st-21st April 2000. The event was also a subzonal event. The winner was Jesus Nogueiras with 10.5/17 half a point clear of Lenier Dominguez and Juan Borges.

Cuban Championships Subzonal 2.a
  Santa Clara, 1st-21st April 2000    ELO= 2459   Cat: IX   GM=11.5  MI=8.0
Nº  T  Players           ELO   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Pts  S.B
 1  g  Nogueiras,Jesús   2563  X = = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 =   10.5  
 2  m  Domínguez,Lenier  2508  = X = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 0 1   10.0  77.5
 3  m  Borges,Juan       2435  = = X = = 1 = = = 1 0 1 = = = 1 1   10.0  77,25
 4  m  Vázquez,Renier    2429  1 = = X = = = = = 0 = = = 1 1 = =    9.0  71.75
 5  m  Pérez,Rodney      2472  = = = = X 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1    9.0  68.75
 6  m  Abreu,Aryam       2419  0 = 0 = 1 X = = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 0 1 0  9.0  68.0
 7  f  Gómez,Felix       2414  0 1 = = = = X = = 0 1 = = = = = =    8.0  63.75
 8  m  Delgado,Neurys    2443  0 0 = = 1 = = X = = = = = = = 1 =    8.0  60.0
 9  g  Hernández,Román   2402  = 0 = = = = = = X = = = = = = = =    7.5  59.25
10  g  Bruzón,Lázaro     2568  = = 0 1 0 0 1 = = X 0 = = 1 = 1 0    7.5  59.0
11  m  Herrera,Irisberto 2472  0 0 1 = 0 1 0 = = 1 X 0 = = 0 1 1    7.5  57.75
12  f  González,Yuri     2421  = 0 0 = 0 = = = = = 1 X = 1 = = =    7.5  57.0
13  g  Arencibia,Walter  2529  = = = = 1 0 = = = = = = X 0 = 0 =    7.0  58.0
14  m  De la Paz,Frank   2462  = = = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 X = 1 = =  7.0  54.50
15  g  García,Silvino    2455  0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = 1 = = = X = =    6.5  
16  f  Pérez,Luís M.     2459  0 1 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 = X = 0  6.0  53.25
17  f  Almeida,Omar      2348  = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 0 = = = = = X    6.0  46.0
18  g  Vera,Reynaldo (*) 2546            1               =   1   X    
(*) Retired after only playing 3 rounds.
Time rate: 40m in 2h  +  20m in 1h +  0.5h to finish

19) Dubai Open

22 GM's, 14 IM's and 3 FM's in a field of 72 players from 22 countries are competing in the 2nd Dubai Open which started 28 April 2000 at the plush Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tournament is a 9 round Swiss ending 7th May 2000. Three GM's, S. Dolmatov, G. Timoshenko and G. Sax, were upset in the first round. Dolmatov lost again in the second round. Unseeded Gokhale of India beat V. Fillipov of Russia while M. Taleb of the UAE got his second GM scalp, upsetting V. Sorokin of Argentina. Report: C. Abundo and V. Ravikumar

Results and games should follow next week.

Round 3 pairings:
  1    Magerramov, Elmar   ( 2 ) - Sakaev, Konstantin  ( 2 ) 
  2    Arkhipov, Sergey    ( 2 ) - Kharlov, Andrei     ( 2 ) 
  3    Kaiumov, Dmitry     ( 2 ) - Nenashev, Alexander ( 2 ) 
  4    Ermenkov, Evgeny    ( 2 ) - Kotsur, Pavel       ( 2 ) 
  5    Taleb, Mossa        ( 2 ) - Ulibin, Mikhail     ( 2 ) 
  6    Asrian, Karen       ( 2 ) - Gokhale, Chandrsheka( 2 ) 
  7    Akopian, Vladimir   (1.5) - Riazantsev, Alexande(1.5) 
  8    Anastasian, Ashot   (1.5) - Abdelnnabi, Imed    (1.5) 
  9    Kuzmin, Alexey      (1.5) - Mamedov, Nidjat     (1.5) 
 10    Visweswaran, Kameswa(1.5) - Vladimirov, Evgeny  (1.5) 
 11    Hakki, Imad         (1.5) - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad(1.5) 
 12    Ibragimov, Ildar    ( 1 ) - Odeev, Handszar     ( 1 ) 
 13    Shumiakina, Tatiana ( 1 ) - Sax, Gyula          ( 1 ) 
 14    Othman, A. Mossa    ( 1 ) - Lputian, Smbat      ( 1 ) 
 15    Shariyazdanov, Andre( 1 ) - Sofieva, Ainur      ( 1 ) 
 16    Timoshenko, Georgy  ( 1 ) - Alibaev, Akbar      ( 1 ) 
 17    Filippov, Valerij   ( 1 ) - Saleh, Najueb       ( 1 ) 
 18    Kusnetsov, Kiril    ( 1 ) - Sorokin, Maxim      ( 1 ) 
 19    Guseinov, Aidyn     ( 1 ) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriy( 1 ) 
 20    Sharif, Mershad     ( 1 ) - Fouad, Hadi         ( 1 ) 
 21    Tayeb, Suhail       ( 1 ) - Bagirov, Rufat      ( 1 ) 
 22    Gadjily, Raouf      ( 1 ) - John, Martin Bennett( 1 ) 
 23    Gashimov, Vugar     ( 1 ) - Shahrani, Ibrahim   ( 1 ) 
 24    Catalan, Toufeeq    (0.5) - Ben Nasser, Khaled  ( 1 ) 
 25    Hamed, Ahmed        (0.5) - Alsharan, Faisal    (0.5) 
 26    Othman, Rabeea      (0.5) - Mamedova, Rena      (0.5) 
 27    Bashir, Abdula      (0.5) - Abdul, Majeed       (0.5) 
 28    Al Sayed, Mohamad   (0.5) - Alya, Hussain       (0.5) 
 29    Mammedov, Rauf      (0.5) - Saleh, Nabil        (0.5) 
 30    Hassan, Rajaa       (0.5) - Sadeghi, Adel       (0.5) 
 31    Dolmatov, Sergey    ( 0 ) - Bin Hafiz, Mohamed  (0.5) 
 32    Asylguzhin, Radik   ( 0 ) - Ali, Al Hilaila     ( 0 ) 
 33    Khechen, Nabil E.   ( 0 ) - Mohamed, Essa Ahmed ( 0 ) 
 34    Khalid, AlShaali    ( 0 ) - Nicholas, De Peyer  ( 0 ) 
 35    Somoff, Abdo        ( 0 ) - Ali Saif, Alshaali  ( 0 ) 
Bye            : 71 Yahya,

20) South African Zonal

The Southern African Zonal (South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique Zone 4.3) took place in Gaborne Botswana 26 April - 6 May 2000. My thanks to Rupert Jones and others for sending me the results.

Final Results
Player     NAT Rd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Tot 
 1 Simutowe, Amon  m  ZAM  2238  1 1 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 9.5 
 2 Gluckman, David m  RSA  2390  1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 
 3 Solomon, Kenny     RSA  2251  1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 
 4 Kobese, Watu..  m  RSA  2392  = 1 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 7 
 5 Boipuso, Samuel    BOT  2163  0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 
 6 Gwaze, Robert.     ZIM  2263  1 1 = = 1 = = 1 0 0 0 6 
 7 Mauwa, Tedmore     ZIM  2200  = 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 1 0 1 5 
 8 Andrade, Ivan.     MOZ  2089  = 1 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 = 4.5 
 9 Njobvu, Ignatius   BOT  2150  0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 = 0 4 
10 Phiri, Martin.     ZAM  2116  0 0 = 0 1 1 = 0 0 1 0 4 
11 Pitlagano,T        BOT  ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 2 
12 Tseleng, Emmanuel  BOT  2210  = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 

Player     NAT Rd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot 
Meyer      RSA    = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 
Laubscher  RSA    = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 
Mudongo    BOT    = 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 
Frick      RSA    1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 0 6 
Ncube      ZIM    = 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4.5 
Makumbe    ZIM    = 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.5 
Phuthego   BOT    = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = 3 
Lopang     BOT    1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 2.5 
Majaga     BOT    0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 
Tuzine     MOZ    0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

21) GM Ariel Sorin vs World Drawn

GM Ariel Sorin played against the World from January 31st 2000 the event finishing on May 5th 2000. IM Guillermo Llanos suggested some moves, and the people will choose one of them. Sorin played moves on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The World on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Sunday was a rest day. The game was drawn in 49 moves.

Website: http://chessok.virtualave.net

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Sarajevo tournament 2000

The Sarajevo tournament 2000 takes place in May (16th-29th). Garry Kasparov, Nigel Short (he replaces Vladimir Kramnik who is preparing for some match!), Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams, Alexander Morozevich, Etienne Bacrot, Ivan Sokolov, Evgeny Bareev, Veselin Topalov, Mikhail Gurevich, Kiril Georgiev and Sergei Movsesian are reported to be playing in this 12 player event. Further details as I get them.

Leonid Stein Memorial

The Leonid Stein Memorial will be held in L'viv on May, 11th-22nd 2000. This is the first super tournament ever held in the Ukraine. The event will be Category XVII (2656,5) rounds begin at 14.00

Participants:
1.Ivanchuk,Vasyl GM Ukraine (2709)
2.Gelfand,Boris GM Israel (2692)
3.Beliavsky, Alexander GM Slovenia (2640)
4.Krasenkow, Michal GM Poland (2661)
5.Korchnoi,Victor GM Switzerland (2659)
6.Romanishin,Oleg GM Ukraine (2578)

The event is sponsored by "Dim Grandiv" (President Gennadij Genshaft) and the Lviv Chess Federation, President Stepan Davymuka. There is also a second Category IX event.

1.Chernin,A GM Hungary(2583)
2.Atalik,S GM Turkiy (2576)
3.Maksimenko,A GM Ukraine (2495)
4.Tajmanov,M GM Russia (2402)
5.Sulypa,A IM Ukraine (2449)
6.Kozakov,M IM Ukraine (2426)

The official web-site of the event (with live coverage planned) is on Vassily Ivanchuk's www site. http://www.lvivchess.wertep.com/2000stein; Further information at http://www.lvivchess.wertep.com/IVANCHUK

33rd Biel Festival

33rd International Biel Festival. The event will take place 22nd July-5th August. Numerous events including a strong Open and a GM tournament, category 16 with Gelfand and Svidler (six players).

Website: http://www.schachfestival-biel.ch in 3 languages, English, French and German.

Keres Memorial

The Paul Keres Memorial, will be played in Tallinn, Estonia 14-22 August 2000. 9 rounds Swiss system, 2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour / rest, tournament is rated for FIDE-ELO. Prizes: 1500 DM/1000 DM/800 DM/700 DM/600DM/500 DM/450 DM/300 DM/300DM/300 DM More info: Iivo Nei info@malemaja.neti.ee, Tel: +372 644 61 74, +372 631 32 24 Fax: +372 631 42 39

Website: http://www.estpak.ee/~iivoches/memorial

25th Annual Paul Keres Memorial

25th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 13-22, 10 round Swiss in 5 sections, alternative schedules for those who cannot be there the whole ten days. GMs Gligoric, Ivkov, Ehlvest, Epishin have entered. GM & IM norms possible.

Website: http://www.chess.bc.ca/keres2000.html

4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee

The 4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee will be held October 28th-November 5th 2000. It is expected to be a strong event, as last year with a number of strong GMs playing.

More details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2000

Czech Open

The 11th International Chess Festival Pardubice takes place 13th - 30th July 2000.

Events: A - open grand master tournament with rating for FIDE (participation of players with ELO FIDE 2200 min.) B - open rating tournament with rating for FIDE (players with ELO FIDE or ELO national 1950 min.) C - open performance tournament (players without ELO FIDE with ELO national 1700 min.) D - open amateur tournament (players without any ELO or with ELO national lower than 1950) E - open 4-member team tournament with rating for FIDE (players without age and performance limitation) F - open 4-member team tournament of young players up to the age of 16 (players born in 1984 and younger regardless ELO) G - open active chess tournament (players without age and performance limitation) H - blitz marathon (players without age and performance limitation) I - blitz tournament (players without age and performance limitation)

Applications together with accommodation orders should be sent by 15th June 2000 to the following address: AVE-KONTAKT Sukova 1556 530 02 Pardubice CZECH REPUBLIC tel./fax +420-40-65 35 200 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Full details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen

Krkonose Open 2000

Krkonose Open 2000 takes place 29th October to 5th November 2000 in Pec pod Snezkou town (The Krkonose mountains). Further information: http://www.proclient.cz/krkonose

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2000

The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2000 will be held 23rd-29th May 2000 in Malmö, Sweden. This year the event is a four player double round-robin event with: IGM Judit Polgar, IGM Jan Timman, IGM Ulf Andersson and IGM Tiger Hillarp-Persson.

http://www.sigeman-chess.comhttp://www.sigeman-chess.com

Heart of Finland Tournament

10th International Heart of Finland Tournament, the biggest open tournament in Finland, will be played in Jyvaskyla, Finland 19-23.7.2000. More information: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof00/.

Presov Chess Festival 2000

Presov Chess Festival 2000, 12th -20th August A) Grandmaster tournament (10 participants, round robin, 10th category FIDE) B) Women's grandmaster tournament (10 participants, round robin, 10th category FIDE) C) OPEN for players with Elo FIDE minim. 2100 D) National OPEN E) Accompanying programme (simultaneous game, blitz, football, ...)

Total prize fund 169 900 Sk (about $4000). There are still FREE places for players in A as well in B tournament (and of course in C and D tournaments).

Official web-pages of the Presov Chess Festival 2000 http://www.chess.vadium.sk/presov.htm

Last year: The results of the Presov Chess Festival 1999 are in TWIC250 http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic250.html#13

The organising committee of the Presov Chess Festival 2000 can be contacted at: chess@vadium.sk

Lausanne Young Masters

The second edition of the Olympic Capital Young Masters Tournament will take place in Lausanne between 30th May - 4th June 2000. 3 events will take place in the Casino de Montbenon. Young Masters: GM R.Ponomariov (Elo 2626), GM A.Malakhov (Elo 2601), GM A.Grischuk (Elo 2581), the junior world champion GM A.Galkin (Elo 2566), the youngest GM Bu Xiangzhi (Elo 2565), IM Laurent Fressinet (Elo 2518), IM F.Jenni (Elo 2466) and IM L.McShane (Elo 2438) take part. Masters Open for players above 2000 ELO The MASTERS OPEN are actually registered : GM's V.Epishin, V.Tukmakov, A.Volzhin,J.Gallagher, E Prié, WGM A.Kosteniuk (15 years old) and also some other young talented players such as T.Radjabov (13) or V.Gashimov (13) from Azerbajdjan. and other titled players compete. Also an Open for other amateur players. Information and registration on our home-page http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com more information : +41.21.729.63.85 fax +41.21.729.63.31

World Seniors

The 10th World Senior Championships will be held September 10th-24th, 2000 in the small village of Rowy in Poland. The event is open to men born in 1939 or earlier and women in 1949 or earlier).

Further information: Polish and Russian language: Mr. Alfred Obszanski - Postomino, Poland, tel/fax: + 48 (59) 810-85-77 or German language: Mr. Jerzy Konikowski - Dortmund (Germany), tel/fax: +49 (231) 17-15-67 e-mail: konikowski@vobis.net

Official site: http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl or http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl/chess

Qingdao, China

Qingdao, a seaside resort 1000 km South-East of Beijing, takes place 15th-24th July. There is a flight from Budapest on July 13th and it is possible to combine with the FIRST SATURDAY Budapest tournament 1st -13th July.

Events: 1. GM closed tmt cat.IX.-X. Prizes: 1500-1250-1000-750-500 USD 2. IM closed tmt cat.II. , Prizes: 600-500-400-300-200 USD 3. Open Swiss, Prizes: 400-300-200-150-100 USD

More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu Phone: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-19-14

"Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2000

The 6th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2000, takes place 19th-27th August 2000 at the "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is International Open Czech Championship ( 1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 60 000 CZK ). Details: http://www.pef.zcu.cz/pef/kof/skline/

Two Mexican Events

The Mexican National Championship and International Open, takes place 18th-23rd April in the City of Irapuato, State of Guanajuato.

Website: http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez/mexico/abiertonacional.htm (All the information is in Spanish)

In June there is an interesting quadrangular tournament between Shirov (Spain), Polgar (Hungary), Akopian (Armenia) and Gilberto Hernandez (Mexico). It will be a double round robin, running 13th-21st June 2000 in the City of Merida, State of Yucatan, with 260, 000 pesos in prizes.

There is an English Wesite for the event and at the same time there is an open tournament. Details in English on the Open here.

Veszprem Summer Tournament

VI.Veszprem Summer - HEMO Coup, International Chess Tournament from 22nd-30th July.2000. Venue: HEMO Building (Presidial Culture House) Zalka Mate square 1, Veszprem city, Hungary Organizer: HEMO Chess Society, Veszprém.

Events: "A" group - IM tournament , 10 players "B" group - Swiss type open tournament in 9 rounds according to the FIDE rules.

Entry fees: "A" group: 10.000 HUF (about 70 DM) "B" group: below FIDE 2200 3.500 HUF (25 DM) 2200 - 2299 3.000 HUF (20 DM) 2300 - 2399 2.000 HUF (13 DM) 2400 - ------ HUF Prizes: "B" group: 60.000 HUF; 40.000 HUF; 20.000 HUF; 15.000 HUF; 10.000 HUF; 5.000 HUF.

Information: Norbert Szelényi Phone number: 88-401-400 Place of work: 88-426-233 /358 (am. 8.00 - pm. 16.00) Fax number: 88-426-233 /364 (am. 8.00 - pm. 16.00) For more information E-mail to: vpinfo@veszpremtej.hu

Web pages: http://www.infornax.hu/hotelves and http://testver.sednet.hu/veszpm/e_alap.html

Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000

The Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 takes place June 16th-25th 2000. There will be six events: The Fujitsu Siemens Giants (6 players, double round robin, 4 days, June 22nd -25th) Participants: Anand, Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Shirov. Masters (8 players, double round robin, 4 days, June 22nd to June 25th) Participants: Adams, Bareev, Ivanchuk, Rabiega (winner of the German championships), Topalov, Van Wely (winner of last years open), Yussupov and the winner of this years open tournament. Computer exhibition matches (5 players, 2 games per match, June 17th to June 18th) Participants: Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Shirov · Ordix Open (15 rounds swiss, 3 days, June 16th to June 18th) The winner qualifies for the Master tournament, which starts afterwards! · two simuls (June 19th, June 20th) one by Kasparov and one by Ivanchuk · two Fischer Random Chess exhibition games In all events each player has 25 minutes per game. The opening ceremony will take place on the evening of June 21st, all players are obliged to participate. The closing ceremony including price giving takes place on June 25th following the last round of the Giants. Further details: http://www.frankfurt-west.de/ChessClassic2000

Olomouc Opens

June 25-29, 2000 - Olomouc (CZE) "MLADI OPEN 2000" swiss system, 7 rounds 1) FIDE OPEN - for young players up to 20 years of age, 1st prize - FREE START in round-robin tournament 4th category FIDE in August in Olomouc 2) national open A - players born in 1984 and younger 3) national open B - players born in 1988 and younger Contact: Agentura 64, 783 73 Grygov 337, Czech Republic, tel./fax: ++420-68-5393327, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, WWW: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

August 2-10, 2000 - Olomouc (CZE) "OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 2000" 1) round-robin GM tournament 10th category FIDE (10-12 players) 2) 2 round-robin IM tournaments 4th category FIDE (10-12 players) 3) FIDE open - swiss, 9 rounds, 2/40+1, 1st prize 10000 CZK We are looking for players without title for both round robin tournaments! Contact: Agentura 64, 783 73 Grygov 337, Czech Republic, tel./fax: ++420-68-5393327, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, WWW: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

Garry Koshnitsky Memorial

The Garry Koshnitsky Memorial Australian Chess Festival is being held this year from 7 June to 13 August in memory of arguably the most important figure in Australian chess history who died last year at the age of 91. The festival commences with the Surfers Paradise Parkroyal International which is being held at a five star venue on Queensland's Gold Coast in order to give Australian players the opportunity to play top class overseas opposition. The nine round Swiss event features GMs Nikolic, Ftacnik, Rogers and Johansen and runs from 7-17 June. Whilst the Prize Fund is a modest $5,000 the playing conditions are superb and the hotel is situated in one of the world's great holiday destinations. Entry fees are IMs and GMs FOC, players rated 2300+ $150, 2200+ $250, 2100+ $350, 2000+ $450. Overseas players are half price and there are discounts for payment by 15/3/00 ($50) and 15/4/00 ($25). There are very special room rates at the Parkroyal only available to competitors ($75 single, $37.50 twin share).

The Garry Koshnitsky Festival features the following events: 7 to 17 June Parkroyal Surfers Paradise International 18 June Parkroyal Surfers Paradise Corporate challenge 19 to 23 June GM coaching in local schools 24 to 25 June Gold Coast Open 26 to 30 June GM coaching of elite Australian juniors 1 to 2 July Noosa Open 8 to 9 July Queen Victoria Building event, Sydney 15 to 16 July Australian National University Open, Canberra 24 July to 4 August Australian Masters, Reserve Bank Building, Melbourne 12 to 13 August Adelaide Weekender (Festival Finale)

Contact details: Graeme Gardiner, President Australian Chess Federation, C/O Somerset College, Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Queensland 4213 Phone: (+61 7 international) or (07) 5530 3777 (w); (07) 5530 5794 (h); (07) 5525 2676 (fax) Email: ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au

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 : Yes, but already taken. Number of rounds : 9 System : Modifed Swiss. Rate of play : 2/40, 1/20, 0.5/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).

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.

The website is at: http://www.ajedrezdelfuturo.com and the English version will be up soon at: http://www.advancedchess.com

Kobuleti (Georgia, Adjaria)

There are two events in Kobuleti (Georgia, Adjaria a health resort on the Black Sea not far from Batumi). The Martve Open 2000 30th July-8th August 2000.The organisers are the Head Department of Physical & Military Training of Ministry of Education of Georgia, Chess school for children tenagers of the Kobuleti region named after Nana Ioseliani and Zurab Azmaiparashvili. A 9 round Swiss. Main open for Men and Women along with Junior Boys and Girls under 6,8,10,14 and 16 events.

In August 10th-19th 2000 the Remka Open. A 9 round Swiss. Main open for Men and Women along with Junior Boys and Girls under 6,8,10,14 and 16 events.

Further information : Fax: +(995)32 98 70 53; Phone: +(995) 32 999521, 958366, 226745 in Tbilisi and 63317, 62589, 63581 in Kobuleti (code 8-88236).. E-mail: a_japaridze@yahoo.com, allach@viam.hepi.edu.ge