THE WEEK IN CHESS 288 15th May 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE
News
3) Leonid Stein Memorial
4)
Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships
5) Japfa Open
6) New York Open
7) Capablanca Memorial
2000
8) Israeli League 2000
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Kasparov-Polgar Blitz Match
10) First Saturday May
11) Kharkov Ukraine
12) Tanta
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13) 12th Lenk Open
14) Irish
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15) Lasker Tournament, Berlin
16) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Leonid Stein Memorial 12 games
Leonid Stein Memorial B 12 games
Broekhuis Dutch Championships 36 games
Japfa Open 67 games
New York Open 226 games
Capablanca Memorial Elite 35 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 1 35 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 2 35 games
Capablanca Memorial Mixto 35 games
Israeli League 2000 34 games
Kasparov-Polgar Blitz Match 2 games
First Saturday May IM 49 games
First Saturday May FM 49 games
Kharkov Ukraine 36 games
Tanta Open 135 games
12th Lenk Open 83 games
Irish Senior Championships 53 games
Lasker Tournament, Berlin 45 games
979 games
My thanks to Yvette Nagel, Bernd Rosen, Dima Tyomkin, Michael Atkins,
Kristianus Liem, Ian Rogers, Lost Boys, Malcolm Pein, Hassan Khaled, Paul
Delaney, Stefan Löffler and Arno Nickel and all those who helped with this
issue.
FIDE's announcements on the Olympiad and their World Championships head
the news this week. FIDE still haven't found any realistic sponsor for the
prizefund and seemed to be struggling to find a venue. PT Ummer Koya of India
wishes to take the event to India and Iran, although he seems to have some
backing he obviously is still seeking further money. We await developments.
This week the Sarajevo tournament starts with Kasparov starring. We already
have seen some interesting chess from the Leonid Stein Memorial. It is a long
time since we've had two superGM events running simultaneously.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
There was a FIDE Presidential Board meeting over the weekend of May
14th-15th 2000. There were a number of important issues settled. The 2000 FIDE
World Championship and Women's World Chess Championship will start on Saturday
25 November in New Delhi, and the final rounds will be in Tehran, Iran should
political complications arise because a player comes from Israel there is a
reserve venue of Elista. Funding for the match comes from a mixture of sources.
PT Ummer Koya of the All India Chess Federation has already secured funds from
Iran and hope to have some from India. However FIDE President Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov has agreed to guarantee $3million.
There had also been considerable doubt concerning the 34th Chess
Olympiad, scheduled for Istanbul in October after the organisers failed to send
out the invitations on time. FIDE Vice President Emrehan Halici, the Chairman
of the organising committee came to London to reassure delegates that the event
would take place as planned. Mr Halici, a member of the Turkish Parliament,
even came armed with a new bank guarantee.
At the initiative of Kevin O Connell of the FIDE Ratings Commission, it
was agreed to deduct 100 points from all the Burmese players ranked over 2100.
This adjustment has been necessary because most of their ratings have been
produced by playing amongst themselves and are vastly out of synch with the
rating list as a whole.
The Chess Olympiad will take place from 27th October to 13th November.
The FIDE World Championship starts on 23th November and ends on December 20th.
The Leonid Stein Memorial is being held in L'viv May 11th-22nd 2000.
This is the first super tournament ever held in the Ukraine. The top event is
Category XVII (2656,5) and is being dominated by Michal Krasenkow on 3.5/4 and
Vassily Ivanchuk on 3/4.
Round 1 (May 12, 2000)
Krasenkow, Michal - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 36 A17 English; 1.c4
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 41 C92 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 42 E46 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (May 13, 2000)
Krasenkow, Michal - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 47 D21 QGA;
Romanishin, Oleg M - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 34 A27 English; 1.c4 e5
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 60 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 3 (May 14, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 59 C83 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 45 E12 Nimzo indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 19 D19 Slav defence
Round 4 (May 15, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 66 E12 Nimzo indian
Gelfand, Boris - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 37 D30 Queen's gambit
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 33 E32 Nimzo indian
Leonid Stein Mem Lviv UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2000 cat. XVII (2657)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 ** =. 1. 1. 1. .. 3.5 2995
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 =. ** .. =. 1. 1. 3.0 2835
3 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 0. .. ** 1. =. =. 2.0 2642
4 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2578 0. =. 0. ** .. 1. 1.5 2580
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 0. 0. =. .. ** =. 1.0 2474
6 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 .. 0. =. 0. =. ** 1.0 2466
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Round 1 (May 12, 2000)
Chernin, Alexander - Atalik, Suat 1-0 61 A16 English; 1.c4
Taimanov, Mark E - Maksimenko, Andrei 1/2 21 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Kozakov, Mikhail - Sulypa, Alexandre 1/2 21 C99 Ruy Lopez
Round 2 (May 13, 2000)
Chernin, Alexander - Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 20 A13 English; 1.c4
Maksimenko, Andrei - Kozakov, Mikhail 1/2 33 B07 Pirc
Atalik, Suat - Sulypa, Alexandre 1/2 51 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 3 (May 14, 2000)
Sulypa, Alexandre - Maksimenko, Andrei 0-1 42 D20 QGA;
Taimanov, Mark E - Atalik, Suat 1/2 65 A40 Queen's pawn
Kozakov, Mikhail - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 54 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 4 (May 15, 2000)
Maksimenko, Andrei - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 18 D29 QGA;
Sulypa, Alexandre - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 47 B46 Sicilian
Kozakov, Mikhail - Atalik, Suat 0-1 42 B82 Sicilian
Leonid Stein Mem B Lviv UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2000 cat. X (2488)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2583 ** =. .. 1. =. =. 2.5 2569
2 Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2495 =. ** 1. .. =. =. 2.5 2560
3 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2449 .. 0. ** =. 1. =. 2.0 2474
4 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2575 0. .. =. ** =. 1. 2.0 2465
5 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2402 =. =. 0. =. ** .. 1.5 2438
6 Kozakov, Mikhail m UKR 2426 =. =. =. 0. .. ** 1.5 2438
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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
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 with a number of players objecting to its
participation. After 8/11 rounds the event is being led by Loek Van Wely (the
only player to beat the computer) half a point clear of Sergei Tiviakov.
Internet coverage: http://www.nkschaken.nl
Round 3 (May 9, 2000)
Van Wely, Loek - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 20 D46 Semi-Slav
De Vreugt, Dennis - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 34 B36 Sicilian
Nijboer, Friso - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 30 C42 Petroff defence
Bosboom, Manuel - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 35 E73 Kings indian
Van der Wiel, John - Grooten, Herman 1/2 27 B12 Caro-Kann
Van den Doel, Erik - Fritz SSS 0-1 15 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 4 (May 10, 2000)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 41 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 31 D89 Gruenfeld indian
Fritz SSS - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 26 E82 Kings indian; Saemisch
Van der Sterren, Paul - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 29 A11 English; 1.c4
Grooten, Herman - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 34 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Van den Doel, Erik - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 62 B06 Modern defence
Round 5 (May 12, 2000)
Van Wely, Loek - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 46 D46 Semi-Slav
De Vreugt, Dennis - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 38 C99 Ruy Lopez
Nijboer, Friso - Fritz SSS 1/2 42 B01 Scandinavian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Grooten, Herman 1/2 45 E54 Nimzo indian
Bosboom, Manuel - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 28 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Van der Wiel, John - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 52 C11 French; Classical
Round 6 (May 13, 2000)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 33 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Piket, Jeroen - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 52 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Fritz SSS - Grooten, Herman 1-0 57 A44 Queen's pawn
Van der Sterren, Paul - Bosboom, Manuel 1/2 5 A46 Queen's pawn
Nijboer, Friso - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 55 B87 Sicilian
Van den Doel, Erik - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 41 B14 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (May 14, 2000)
Van Wely, Loek - Fritz SSS 1-0 25 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
De Vreugt, Dennis - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 36 B06 Modern defence
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 69 E55 Nimzo indian
Bosboom, Manuel - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 37 A00 Irregular
Van der Wiel, John - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 37 C45 Scottish
Grooten, Herman - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 62 E18 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (May 15, 2000)
Van Wely, Loek - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 29 D16 Slav defence
Piket, Jeroen - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 44 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Fritz SSS - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 117 B51 Sicilian
Van der Sterren, Paul - Grooten, Herman 1-0 70 A46 Queen's pawn
Nijboer, Friso - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 47 C78 Ruy Lopez
Van den Doel, Erik - Bosboom, Manuel 1/2 7 B47 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 = 1 = . . . 1 1 6.5 2710
2 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2567 0 * . = . 1 1 1 = 1 1 . 6.0 2650
3 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = . * = . 0 = 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 2614
4 Fritz SSS ---- 0 = = * . . = = 1 . 1 1 5.0 2635
5 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2526 = . . . * 0 1 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2617
6 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2498 0 0 1 . 1 * 1 = . . 0 1 4.5 2591
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2540 = 0 = = 0 0 * . . 1 . 1 3.5 2450
8 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2561 . 0 0 = 0 = . * 1 1 = . 3.5 2411
9 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2461 . = 0 0 = . . 0 * = 1 = 3.0 2383
10 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2558 . 0 0 . 1 . 0 0 = * = 0 2.0 2332
11 Grooten, Herman m NED 2393 0 0 . 0 0 1 . = 0 = * . 2.0 2284
12 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2522 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . = 1 . * 1.5 2231
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The Japfa Open took place in Bali INA May 3rd-11th 2000. This was an
open tournament with total prize money of US$20,000. There were four players
tied on 7.5/9 with Darmen Sadvakasov having the best tie-break ahead of
Normunds Miezis, Bong Villamayor and Jaan Ehlvest. Ian Rogers headed a group of
eight players on points. There was a field of 230. On the Burmese ratings front
there were three players seeded 1, 8 and 11. The top seed Zaw Win Lay, was the
only one high enough in the event to have played a rated player. He played one
rated player, Tim Reilly rated at 2192 and lost, the other two didn't even get
high enough to play rated opponents. The figures given after the players scores
are the TPR (tournament performance rating). My thanks to Kristianus Liem for
his help.
Official website:http://www.gatra.com
Japfa Open Bali INA (INA), 3-11 v 2000
T NAT ELO TOT TPR
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1 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2471 7.5 2702
2 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 7.5 2661
3 Villamayor, Bong m PHI 2474 7.5 2648
4 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 7.5 2479
5 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2562 7.0 2589
6 Kosasih, Cecep INA 2365 7.0 2618
7 Barus, Cerdas m INA 2445 7.0 2559
8 Sasikiran, Krishnan m IND 2514 7.0 2530
9 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2494 7.0 2544
10 Gunawan, Ruben g INA 2507 7.0 2441
11 Handoko, Edhi g INA 2435 7.0 2412
12 Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2460 7.0 2479
13 Juswanto, Denny m INA 2483 6.5 2541
14 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2555 6.5 2485
15 Hamdani, Rudin f INA 2385 6.5 2503
16 Liu Dede m INA 2370 6.5 1823
17 Mascarinas, Rico m PHI 2415 6.5 2493
18 Chairul, Anwar ---- 6.5 2486
19 Sonjaya,Deny ---- 6.5 2526
20 Kembi, A Nurdji ---- 6.5 2445
21 Aris, T.L.S. INA 2270 6.5 2338
22 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2563 6.0 2487
23 Ardiansyah, Haji g INA 2396 6.0 2385
24 Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2557 6.0 2462
....
35 Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2483 6.0 1638
....
37 Zaw Win Lay m MYA 2633 6.0 1515
230 players
Michael Atkins reports: The New York Open ran May 5th-11th, 2000. The
venue was the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan. Ilya Smirin took first place alone
with 7.5/9.
The New York Open 2000 returned from a one year hiatus with a bang this
past week. Playing at the New Yorker Hotel in downtown Manhattan, 200 player
participated in the international Open section and over 130 players partook of
the Amateur Round Robin sectionals this weekend.
GM Ilia Smirin of Israel took clear first place with 7.5/9 and was
followed a half point behind by Igor Khenkin, Nick DeFirmian, Alexander Goldin,
and Alexander Ivanov. Brazilian GM, 20 year old Rafael Leitao led the
tournament the middle rounds scoring 5.5 out of six before only 2 draws in his
final three games. Smirin finished the tournament hot, with wins over Julio
Becerra, Leitao and Alexander Grischuk and took home $14,000.
Mikheil Kekelidze of Georgia got his final GM norm in the tournament as
did Mark Paragua (Phillipines) with his IM norms. Boris Privman of NY also got
an IM norm. Kudos to Organizer Jose Cuchi for getting the tournament to happen
and to Chief Arbiter Carol Jarecki and her staff for running the event. We look
forward to 2001!!
New York Open website with games, pictures and complete results daily
at: http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/
Leading final standings:
New York Open USA (USA), 5-11 v 2000
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1 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2666 7.5
2 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2622 7.0
3 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2570 7.0
4 Goldin, Alexander g ISR 2566 7.0
5 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2541 7.0
6 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2615 6.5
7 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2596 6.5
8 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2601 6.5
9 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2591 6.5
10 Grischuk, Alexander m RUS 2581 6.5
11 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2565 6.5
12 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2564 6.5
13 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2517 6.5
14 Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2512 6.5
15 Kalantarian, Norik m ARM 2474 6.5
16 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2599 6.5
17 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2598 6.5
18 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2589 6.5
19 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2592 6.5
20 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2591 6.5
21 Serper, Grigory g USA 2587 6.5
22 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2566 6.5
23 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2541 6.5
24 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2540 6.5
25 Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2513 6.5
26 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2512 6.5
27 Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2505 6.5
28 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2499 6.5
29 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2489 6.5
30 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2487 6.5
31 Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2463 6.5
32 Kekelidze, Mikheil m GEO 2461 6.5
33 Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2444 6.5
34 Miton, Kamil m POL 2425 6.5
35 Bonin, Jay R m USA 2419 6.5
36 Paragua, Mark PHI 2368 6.5
37 Gamboa, Nelson COL 2340 6.5
38 Privman, Boris USA 2235 6.5
39 Wilson,Elvin USA ---- 6.5
40 Pixton, Aaron USA 2181 6.5
41 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2667 6.0
42 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2604 6.0
43 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2591 6.0
44 Bu Xiangzhi m CHN 2565 6.0
45 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 6.0
46 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2529 6.0
47 Ashley, Maurice g USA 2499 6.0
48 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2445 6.0
49 Lapshun, Yury f USA 2429 6.0
50 Alzate, Dario m COL 2415 6.0
51 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 6.0
52 Marzolo, Cyril FRA 2396 6.0
53 Guthi,Imannuel ---- 6.0
54 Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2341 6.0
55 Tate, Emory f USA 2309 6.0
56 Alvarez, Johan USA ---- 6.0
57 Yershov,Vladimir ---- 6.0
58 Annakov, Babakuli g TKM 2600 5.5
59 David, Alberto g LUX 2520 5.5
201 players
The XXXV Capablanca Memorial 2000 takes place in the Hotel Bella Costa,
Varadero, Cuba 6th-22nd May 2000. Play started on Sunday 7th May below are the
standings for round 5 as derived from the games.
Full coverage at:
http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/
Capablanca Mem Elite Varadero CUB (CUB), 7-22 v 2000 cat. XIII (2556)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2508 * . . = 1 . = = . . . 1 . . 3.5 / 5 2716
2 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 . * = . . 1 . . = . 1 . . . 3.0 / 4 2744
3 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2529 . = * . . . . = . . 1 . 1 . 3.0 / 4 2751
4 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2561 = . . * = . = . . = . 1 . . 3.0 / 5 2629
5 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2568 0 . . = * . . . . . 1 1 . = 3.0 / 5 2616
6 Oral, Tomas g CZE 2540 . 0 . . . * = 1 . . . . 1 . 2.5 / 4 2658
7 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2563 = . . = . = * . = = . . . . 2.5 / 5 2556
8 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2579 = . = . . 0 . * = 1 . . . . 2.5 / 5 2550
9 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2593 . = . . . . = = * . . = = . 2.5 / 5 2563
10 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2582 . . . = . . = 0 . * . = 1 . 2.5 / 5 2566
11 Acs, Peter g HUN 2542 . 0 0 . 0 . . . . . * . = 1 1.5 / 5 2401
12 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2566 0 . . 0 0 . . . = = . * . . 1.0 / 5 2322
13 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2563 . . 0 . . 0 . . = 0 = . * . 1.0 / 5 2317
14 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2546 . . . . = . . . . . 0 . . * 0.5 / 2 2362
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Capablanca Mem Premier I Varadero CUB (CUB), 7-22 v 2000 cat. VIII (2443)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Gomez, Felix f CUB 2414 * . . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . . 5.0
2 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2419 . * . = . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 4.5 2833
3 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2457 . . * . . . = = . 1 . . = 1 3.5 2616
4 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2472 . = . * . . 1 . 0 = . . 1 . 3.0 2527
5 Almeida, Omar f CUB 2348 0 . . . * 0 . = 1 . . 1 . . 2.5 2436
6 Blees, Albert m NED 2402 0 . . . 1 * 0 = . . . . . 1 2.5 2436
7 Franco Ocampos, Zenon g ESP 2511 . 0 = 0 . 1 * . . . = . . . 2.0 2369
8 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2472 . . = . = = . * . . = 0 . . 2.0 2354
9 Paramos Dominguez, Roberto m ESP 2431 0 . . 1 0 . . . * 0 . 1 . . 2.0 2358
10 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2455 . 0 0 = . . . . 1 * . . = . 2.0 2375
11 Perez, Luis Manuel f CUB 2459 0 . . . . . = = . . * . = = 2.0 2387
12 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP 2465 0 . . . 0 . . 1 0 . . * . 1 2.0 2348
13 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2459 . 0 = 0 . . . . . = = . * . 1.5 2303
14 Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2439 . 0 0 . . 0 . . . . = 0 . * 0.5 2074
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Capablanca Mem Premier II Varadero CUB (CUB), 7-22 v 2000 cat. VIII (2441)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Leyva, Ricardo f CUB 2415 * 0 . . . = 1 . . . 1 1 . . 3.5 2608
2 Arencibia, Juan Joel m CUB 2425 1 * . 1 . . 0 = . . = . . . 3.0 2520
3 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G m ESP 2463 . . * = = . = = . . 1 . . . 3.0 2526
4 Delgado, Neuris m CUB 2443 . 0 = * . = . . . 1 . . . 1 3.0 2515
5 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2446 . . = . * . . . 0 = . . 1 1 3.0 2502
6 Moreno, Javier ESP 2506 = . . = . * = . . . = = . . 2.5 2444
7 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2492 0 1 = . . = * . . . . . . = 2.5 2446
8 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2428 . = = . . . . * . = . . = = 2.5 2429
9 Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2429 . . . . 1 . . . * = . 0 = = 2.5 2423
10 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2402 . . . 0 = . . = = * . . = . 2.0 2364
11 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2462 0 = 0 . . = . . . . * 1 . . 2.0 2372
12 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2412 0 . . . . = . . 1 . 0 * = . 2.0 2377
13 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2435 . . . . 0 . . = = = . = * . 2.0 2351
14 Gonzalez, Yuri f CUB 2421 . . . 0 0 . = = = . . . . * 1.5 2298
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Varadero CUB (CUB), 7-22 v 2000 cat. II (2276)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2401 * . = . . . = . . . 1 1 1 . 4.0 / 5 2486
2 Valdes, Luis E f CUB 2397 . * . . . . 0 1 . . 1 1 1 . 4.0 / 5 2488
3 Santa Torres, Juan PUR 2260 = . * = . 1 . . 1 = . . . . 3.5 / 5 2442
4 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2300 . . = * 1 = . . = . . . . 1 3.5 / 5 2387
5 Pazos, Plinio m ECU 2344 . . . 0 * . . = 1 . 1 . . 1 3.5 / 5 2362
6 Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2216 . . 0 = . * . . . . . 1 1 1 3.5 / 5 2399
7 Araque, Rafael COL 2309 = 1 . . . . * = . 1 0 . . . 3.0 / 5 2378
8 Delgado Crespo, Mairelys wm CUB 2268 . 0 . . = . = * . . 1 . . . 2.0 / 4 2295
9 Frometa, Zirka wm CUB 2213 . . 0 = 0 . . . * . . = . 1 2.0 / 5 2193
10 Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2338 . . = . . . 0 . . * . . = = 1.5 / 4 2161
11 Marrero, Yaniet CUB 2130 0 0 . . 0 . 1 0 . . * . . . 1.0 / 5 2103
12 Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2267 0 0 . . . 0 . . = . . * . . 0.5 / 4 1984
13 Calzetta, Monica wm ESP 2267 0 0 . . . 0 . . . = . . * . 0.5 / 4 2016
14 Fandino, Roquelina wf CUB 2157 . . . 0 0 0 . . 0 = . . . * 0.5 / 5 1916
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The Israeli League concluded on Friday May 12th with a final twist. The
previous week "Club Kasparov" Rishon Le Zion put themselves in a great position
to win the league by beating their close rivals Beer-Sheva and as a consequence
going top by a point. (the league standings are a combination of board points
and single bonus points for winning matches). However it was all reversed in
the final round with Beer Sheva beating Kfar Saba 5.5-1.5 whilst Club Kasparov
was narrowly losing to Herzlia 3-4. Both teams qualify for the European Team
Championships. A fuller set of results should and games from this final round
should be available next week.
Further coverage at:
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academic.html and
http://www.kasparovchess.com/
Round 11 12th May 2000
Beer Sheva - Kfar Saba 5.5-1.5
Club Kasparov - Herzlia 3-4
Final Standings
Beer Sheva - 56.0
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - 54.5
Herzlia - 44.5
Elitzur Petach-Tikva - 44.5
University, Tel Aviv - 44.5
Ironi Tel Aviv - 37.0
Hapoel, Petach-Tikva - 36.5
Kfar-Saba - 33.0
Elitzur Jerusalem "A" - 32.5
Maccabi, Afek - 30.5
Netanya "A" - 21.5
Elitzur Jerusalem "B" - 19.0
Garry Kasparov had a fright against Judit Polgar in the first game of
their two game Blitz Match held last week. The event saw Kasparov play from the
Kasparov Chess offices and Judit Polgar play from the HUNGExpo fair in
Budapest. Kasparov played 1....e5 as black and went into the Breyer Variation a
highly unusual variation for him. The games were 5 minute chess and mutual
blunders saw Polgar win a piece but the position simplified to a draw. This was
only the second time Polgar has got a result from Kasparov at any form of
chess, her previous draw came in a rapidplay event in 1994. Kasparov won the
second game in a Neo-Gruenfeld with fairly straightforward play.
Polgar, Judit - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 49 C95 Ruy Lopez
Kasparov, Gary - Polgar, Judit 1-0 27 D02 Queen's pawn
HUNGExpo Blitz (KC), 13-13 v 2000
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1 2
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Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 = 1 1.5 2851
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 = 0 0.5 2658
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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 9 Standings:
FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 v 2000 cat. III (2309)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kritz, Leonid GER 2281 * 1 1 = . 1 1 . . . = 1 1 = 7.5 2559
2 Hoenig, Alexander GER 2246 0 * . = = . = 1 . = 1 1 1 . 6.0 2447
3 Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2377 0 . * . = = = = . 1 = 1 1 . 5.5 2404
4 Geenen, Marc f BEL 2358 = = . * = . = = = = . 1 = . 5.0 2365
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 . = = = * = . . 1 = = . 0 1 5.0 2344
6 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 0 . = . = * . = = = 1 = . 1 5.0 2344
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2285 0 = = = . . * = = . . 1 = 1 5.0 2347
8 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 . 0 = = . = = * . 0 1 . 1 1 5.0 2342
9 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 . . . = 0 = = . * 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2343
10 Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2379 . = 0 = = = . 1 0 * 0 . . 1 4.0 2264
11 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 = 0 = . = 0 . 0 = 1 * . . 1 4.0 2276
12 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 0 0 0 0 . = 0 . 1 . . * = 1 3.0 2176
13 Wolter, Kai f GER 2356 0 0 0 = 1 . = 0 0 . . = * . 2.5 2156
14 Straub, Peter GER 2126 = . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . * 0.5 1874
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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 0 = . 1 1 1 = 1 . . 1 . 7.0 2340
2 Melaxasz, Vaszil HUN 2150 0 * . = = . = . . 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2281
3 Dombai, Istvan HUN 2128 1 . * = = = = = 1 1 . . = . 6.0 2248
4 Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2146 = = = * . 0 = 1 = . . 1 1 . 5.5 2185
5 Antok, Daniel HUN 2143 . = = . * 1 . = = . 0 = 1 1 5.5 2174
6 Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2098 0 . = 1 0 * 1 . 1 = 1 . . 0 5.0 2177
7 Bordas, Gyula HUN 2132 0 = = = . 0 * 1 0 . . 1 . 1 4.5 2110
8 Radvanyi, Tibor HUN 2133 0 . = 0 = . 0 * . 1 1 1 . = 4.5 2129
9 Biro, Gergely HUN 2089 = . 0 = = 0 1 . * 0 1 . = . 4.0 2088
10 Szirmai, Eduard HUN 2204 0 0 0 . . = . 0 1 * 1 = . 1 4.0 2069
11 Kievelitz, Bernd GER 2168 . 0 . . 1 0 . 0 0 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2019
12 Dudics, Istvan HUN 2051 . 0 . 0 = . 0 0 . = = * = = 2.5 1957
13 Tong,Lida CHN ---- 0 0 = 0 0 . . . = . 0 = * 1 2.5 1953
14 Lakat, Gyula HUN 2031 . 0 . . 0 1 0 = . 0 0 = 0 * 2.0 1899
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The chess club "Kaissa" of Kharkov, Ukraine, held the finals of its club
competition. The event took place 29th April-11th May 2000. The organiser was
the director the club GS Kiktev. The event was Category IV with an average
rating of 2333 (IM norm 8.0 from 12, WGM norm 7.5 from 12). The top three
players scored IM norms with the winner Oleg Budnikov winning with 9.5/13.
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 Budnikov, Oleg UKR 2363 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2560
2 Arzumanian, Georgy ARM 2326 1 * 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 9.0 2526
3 Tomashevsky, Evgeny2 RUS 2342 1 0 * 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2489
4 Vorobiov, Evgeny E m RUS 2500 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2476
5 Kravchenko, Vladimir RUS 2302 = = 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.0 2460
6 Ivanov, Andrey A UKR 2321 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2428
7 Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2400 0 = = = 0 1 * = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2384
8 Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2447 0 0 = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 0 1 5.0 2266
9 Kostiuk, Tatiana wm UKR 2270 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 4.5 2250
10 Semerij, Yurij UKR 2240 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2215
11 Kovalenko, Sergey UKR 2277 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 0 3.0 2144
12 Gnidash, Alexsander RUS 2254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2109
13 Katuzian, Valery UKR 2283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0 1935
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Hassan Khaled reports: The III Tanta Open took place 2nd-13th May 2000
in Tanta City about 90 km from Cairo-Egypt.
The 3rd Tanta Open had its closing ceremony on May 13th 2000. The winner
of the closed section was Aleksander Berelovich who scored 6.5/9 and took $700
and the Cup. He took first place on tie-break from Stelios Halkias of Greece.
20 year old Halkias also produced his 1st GM norm in after winning his last
game against Gavin Crawley. Gavin Crawley was playing his first after being
inactive for 10 years. In the open section Nagy Mekki and Hamed Ismaiil shared
first place and $300 first place. Many of the players who competed expressed
interest in competing in the Golden Cleopatra tournament in Cairo, which should
take place starting 10th July 2000.
Closed Section Final Standings:
Final Standing & Rating Results Closed Section
Rnk Name NAT T RAT tot TPR
1 Berelovich,Aleksander UKR GM 2505 6.5 2616
2 Halkias,Stelios GRE IM 2482 6.5 2608
3 Gyimesi,Zoltan HUN GM 2518 6.0 2561
4 Rausis,Igors LAT GM 2572 5.5 2511
5 El Taher,Fouad EGY IM 2471 5.5 2500
6 El Arousy,Abdel Hameed EGY IM 2319 5.5 2506
7 Salmensuu,Olli FIN IM 2418 5.5 2486
8 Kalod,Radek CZE IM 2445 5.5 2461
9 Kermazhitsky,Leonid UKR IM 2444 5.5 2444
10 Navrotescu,Catalin ROM IM 2439 5.5 2426
11 Dochev,Dimitar BUL IM 2324 5.0 2417
12 Crawley,Cavin ENG IM 2400 5.0 2416
13 Donchenko,Anatoly G RUS IM 2428 4.5 2406
14 Hassan,Sayed EGY IM 2397 4.5 2402
15 Abdel Razik,Khaled EGY 2318 4.5 2400
16 Abou Elzin,Eid EGY IM 2366 4.5 2369
17 Ahmed,Esam Aly EGY IM 2363 4.5 2368
18 El Ghazali,Youssef EGY IM 2386 4.5 2352
19 Sameeh,Hany EGY 2292 4.5 2335
20 Medvegy,Nora HUN WIM 2289 4.0 2341
21 Ezat,Mohamed EGY 2352 4.0 2338
22 Pisk,Petr CZE IM 2407 4.0 2326
23 Hassan,Tarek Ahmed EGY 2255 3.5 2300
24 Sorial,Hanna EGY 2316 3.5 2251
25 Elgabry,Mohsen EGY IM 2271 3.5 2232
26 Sarwat,Walaa EGY IM 2407 3.5 2214
27 Yasseen,Aly EGY IM 2295 3.0 2244
28 Rahman,Yehya EGY IM 2273 3.0 2274
29 Mousa,Ahmed EGY 2281 2.5 2148
30 Elkadi,Abdel Rahman EGY 2254 1.5 1886
Sinisa Joksic reports: The 12th Lenk International open took place over
the Easter holiday (April 20th-24th 2000). They used the formula used in
several recent event in Switzerland. A 5 round Swiss after which the first four
players play a knock-out to establish the winner and the others, continue in
the Swiss system event. The venue for the main open was Hotel "Lenkerhoh". In
the final Andrei Sokolov (38-RUS) beat Vladimir Tukmakov (55-UKR) in a second
game of rapid (30 minutes) chess. A rapid game won Florin Gheorghiu (57-ROM)
the third prize, in the game against Lothar Vogt (49-GER). Special prizes
divided: WGM Katami Kachiani (GER-points, 7 rank), GM Alexey Suetin (RUS-5
points, 8 rank), Best Swiss player Fabrice Liardet (SUI-5 points, 12 rank) and
best junior Simon Kuemin (SUI-4.5 points, 19 rank).
Final standings:
1. Sokolov Andrei GM 2565 RUS
2. Tukmakov Vladimir GM 2574 UKR
3. Gheorghiu Florin GM 2462 ROM
4. Vogt Lothar GM 2466 GER
5. Varga Zoltan GM 2530 HUN 5.5 29
6. Groszpeter Attila GM 2470 HUN 5.5 28
7. Kachiani-Gersinska Katami GM 2437 GER 5.0 30
8. Suetin Alexey GM 2361 RUS 5.0 27.5
9. Videki Sandor IM 2439 HUN 5.0 26.5 160.0
10. Ginsburg Marc IM 2402 USA 5.0 26.5 157.0
11. Kelecevic Nedeljko IM 2430 BIH 5.0 25.5 156.0
12. Liardet Fabrice FM 2319 SUI 5.0 25.5 154.0
13. Habibi Ali IM 2295 GER 5.0 24.0 155.5
14. Zuelle Bruno 2131 SUI 5.0 24.0 152.0
15. Kaufmann Werner FM 2264 SUI 5.0 24.0 149.0
16. Dobos Joszef IM 2336 HUN 5.0 22.5
17. Raeber Markus 2245 SUI 5.0 21.0
18. Leib Agrippa 2206 SUI 4.5 27.0
19. Kuemin Simon 2251 SUI 4.5 26.0
20. Rufener Markus 2119 SUI 4.5 25.5
21. Walther Yann 2052 SUI 4.5 24.5
22. Maurer Fritz 2189 SUI 4.5 24.0
23. Zenklusen Rico 2206 SUI 4.5 23.5
24. Gerber Richard FM 2420 SUI 4.5 23.0
... 88 players
The Irish Senior Championships took place at the Ahane GAA club,
Castleconnell, Co. Limerick. April 22nd-30th 2000. A 9 round 12 player Swiss
event, it was won by Mark Heidenfeld. My thanks to John Hurley and to Paul
Delaney for the games.
Coverage at: http://www.iol.ie/~jghurley/
Final Standings:
1 Heidenfeld, Mark 2334 7 2349
2-4 Collins, Sam 2186 6.5 2339
Short, Philip 2197 6.5 2313
Wall, Gavin 2300 6.5 2346
5 McMahon, Daire 2117 5 2249
6-7 Daly, Colm 2327 4.5 2012
Clarke, Tom 2155 4.5 1971
8 Walsh, Paul 1832 3.5 2050
9-10 Fox, Anthony 2057 3 2040
McMahon, Pat 1738 3 2001
11 Keogh, Eamon 2095 2.5 1997
12 Path, David 1720 1.5 1798
Stefan Löffler and Arno Nickel report: There was a category 9
(2453 average) tournament in in Arno Nickel´s chess-shop,
("Lasker’s) in Berlin April 29 to May 7th 2000. The event "Preis des
Schach-Kalender" was won by Suat Atalik and Mihail Saltaev both of whom scored
6.5/9.
Laskers Berlin GER (GER), 29 iv-7 v 2000 cat. IX (2452)
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1 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2575 * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2604
2 Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2462 = * 1 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2617
3 Polzin, Rainer m GER 2464 = 0 * 1 = = = 0 1 1 5.0 2494
4 Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2426 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 0 = 4.5 2455
5 Rabiega, Robert m GER 2477 = 0 = = * 1 1 0 0 1 4.5 2449
6 Bunzmann, Dimitrij m GER 2502 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2446
7 Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2371 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2461
8 Richter, Michael m GER 2402 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 3.5 2377
9 Galego, Luis m POR 2451 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 0 * 1 3.5 2372
10 Glienke, Manfred m GER 2393 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2238
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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.
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000 takes place July 7th-16th
2000 in the Dortmund Theatre. Participants in the event are:
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India), Peter Leko
(Hungary), Michael Adams (England), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Alexander Khalifman
(Russia), Vladimir Akopian (Armenia), Jeroen Piket (Netherlands), Dr. Robert
Huebner (Germany) and the chess programme Junior 6.
In addition there will be another GM Tournament (cat. 10/11) and
several opens that take place in parallel to the main event (registration by
e-mail: Sparkassen-Open@schachfreunde-brackel.de).
Further details: http://www.dortmund.de/chess
KasparovChess have bought exclusive rights to the live coverage at:
http://www.kasparovchess.com
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.
White Nights
The annual White Nights Chess Festival 2000 takes place in St
Petersburg, Russia from June 23- July 2, 2000. The field is expected to be
strong (GM norms in Round Robin, etc.). Further details:
http://www.gmchess.com
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,
http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/keres.htm,http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/k0.htm
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