THE WEEK IN CHESS 294 26th June 2000 by Mark Crowther
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The Frankfurt Chess Classic has again proved a truimph for Hans-Walter
Schmitt. This time he got the top ten players in the World to participate,
something that may only have been achieved in modern times before at an
Olympiad (or possibly never!). Every year he manages something to top the
previous years event, how he proposes to do that next year I don't know. Alexei
Shirov won the Merida tournament then was in action just three days later in
Frankfurt, he's probably due a rest.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 took place June 16th-25th. In top two
tournaments Viswanathan Anand won the Fujitsu Siemens Giants and Michael Adams
won the masters. These two events had the top 10 players in the World.
In the January FIDE list Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, Morozevich,
Leko (who all played in the Giants), Adams, Ivanchuk, Bareev, and Topalov were
the top 10. Organiser Hans-Walter Schmitt asked the last time an event had the
top 10 ELO rated players, Martin Bennedik suggests that if it has happened it
must have been in an Olympiad.
There were six main events. The Fujitsu Siemens ChessBase Challenge
between all the players from the giants except Kasparov against Fritz was tied
5-5. There were three simultaneous exhibitions on June 19th-20th. The results
were as follows: Kasparov +35, -0, =5; Ivanchuk +31, -4, =5 and Svidler +15,
-1, =0. There was an event advertised as a Fischer-Random match between Artur
Jussupow and Fritz which the computer won 2-0. However it was in reality just
shuffle or randomised chess as the organisers did impliment the rules for the
initial position as Fischer envisaged them (there is a brief note at the end of
the Frankfurt coverage below my thanks to Sinisa Joksic for pointing this out).
There was the Ordix Open won by Sergey Rublevsky as reported last week. Finally
there were the two lead events, the Fujitsu Siemens Giants and Masters which
are covered below. All the games were played at 25 minutes per player. John
Henderson produced detailed photo reports from Frankfurt daily on TWIC's
pages.
Further details:
http://www.frankfurt-west.de/ChessClassic2000
Fujitsu Siemens Giants
The premier event was the Fujitsu Siemens Giants which took place June
22nd-25th 2000. Viswanathan Anand won the event for a third time with 7.5/12
undefeated a point and a half clear of last years winner Garry Kasparov.
Kasparov lost one game, to Peter Leko in round 7, after which it always looked
likely that Anand would regain his title.
Round 1 (June 22, 2000)
Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 33 B49 Sicilian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 33 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Shirov, Alexei - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 31 C14 French; Classical
Round 2 (June 22, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 93 B45 Sicilian
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 48 B52 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 34 B31 Sicilian
Round 3 (June 23, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1-0 54 C65 Ruy Lopez
Kasparov, Gary - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 35 C11 French; Classical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 62 D07 Chigorin
Round 4 (June 23, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 32 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 69 B49 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 55 C37 Kings gambit
Round 5 (June 23, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 25 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kasparov, Gary - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 38 A40 Queen's pawn
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 44 C11 French; Classical
Round 6 (June 24, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 30 B85 Sicilian
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 46 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 36 B95 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 7 (June 24, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 24 C11 French; Classical
Kasparov, Gary - Leko, Peter 0-1 47 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 31 D46 Semi-Slav
Round 8 (June 25, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 19 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 34 B31 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 45 B30 Sicilian
Round 9 (June 25, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 28 C11 French; Classical
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 35 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 37 C10 French
Round 10 (June 25, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 39 D12 Slav defence
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1-0 41 C65 Ruy Lopez
Morozevich, Alexander - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 44 A00 Irregular
Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Frankfurt GER (GER), 22-25 vi 2000cat. XXI (2767)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 ** == == 11 1= 11 7.5 2959
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 == ** == 1= 10 =1 6.0 2822
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 == == ** == =0 =1 5.0 2768
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 00 0= == ** 11 01 4.5 2734
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 0= 01 =1 00 ** =0 3.5 2665
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 00 =0 =0 10 =1 ** 3.5 2660
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Frankfurt Chess Classic Masters
The Masters event was also very strong with Adams, Ivanchuk, Bareev and
Topalov from the top ten players in the World. The event was won by Michael
Adams with a stellar score of +7 (8 wins 1 loss to Ordix Open winner Rublevsky
in round 4). This brings his score level after two years competing in the
Frankfurt, last year he had a terrible result coming last losing 7 and winning
0 in the event that was won by Fritz. In second place was Ivanchuk who set the
early pace before being defeated by Adams in their key round 9 game, his only
loss.
Round 1 (June 22, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 48 C42 Petroff defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Adams, Michael 0-1 38 E54 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 17 A40 Queen's pawn
Rabiega, Robert - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 87 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 2 (June 22, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 40 B45 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 39 D02 Queen's pawn
Jussupow, Artur - Rabiega, Robert 1-0 54 D07 Chigorin
Van Wely, Loek - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 58 A81 Dutch defence
Round 3 (June 22, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 17 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 36 A38 English; 1.c4 c5
Rublevsky, Sergei - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 32 C43 Petroff defence
Rabiega, Robert - Adams, Michael 0-1 50 C50 Giuoco piano
Round 4 (June 22, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 69 B42 Sicilian
Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 23 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Topalov, Veselin - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 68 D36 Queen's gambit
Van Wely, Loek - Rabiega, Robert 1/2 74 D36 Queen's gambit
Round 5 (June 23, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 30 A42 Queen's pawn
Rublevsky, Sergei - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 60 B52 Sicilian
Jussupow, Artur - Adams, Michael 1/2 53 A47 Queen's pawn
Rabiega, Robert - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 42 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 6 (June 23, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Rabiega, Robert 1-0 42 D51 QGD;
Bareev, Evgeny - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 59 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 0-1 65 E15 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Jussupow, Artur 0-1 25 D36 Queen's gambit
Round 7 (June 23, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B53 Sicilian
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 55 B51 Sicilian
Jussupow, Artur - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 47 D12 Slav defence
Rabiega, Robert - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 20 C11 French; Classical
Round 8 (June 24, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 45 C00 French
Rublevsky, Sergei - Rabiega, Robert 0-1 66 B51 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 52 B81 Sicilian
Jussupow, Artur - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 D76 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 9 (June 24, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Adams, Michael 0-1 44 C45 Scottish
Bareev, Evgeny - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 30 D92 Gruenfeld indian
Rublevsky, Sergei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 54 C03 French; Tarrasch
Rabiega, Robert - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 24 C01 French; Exchange
Round 10 (June 24, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Rabiega, Robert 1-0 57 B30 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 49 D43 Semi-Slav
Jussupow, Artur - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 59 D28 QGA;
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 57 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 11 (June 24, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 24 B12 Caro-Kann
Rublevsky, Sergei - Adams, Michael 1/2 64 C45 Scottish
Jussupow, Artur - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 44 D32 Queen's gambit
Rabiega, Robert - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 62 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 12 (June 25, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 54 C00 French
Bareev, Evgeny - Rabiega, Robert 1/2 40 D36 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 C90 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 53 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 13 (June 25, 2000)
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 60 B51 Sicilian
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 23 C08 French; Tarrasch
Jussupow, Artur - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 48 D27 QGA;
Rabiega, Robert - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 43 C50 Giuoco piano
Round 14 (June 25, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 88 B42 Sicilian
Bareev, Evgeny - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 42 D36 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Rabiega, Robert 1-0 23 D07 Chigorin
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 1/2 44 E20 Nimzo indian
Masters Frankfurt GER (GER), 22-25 vi 2000 cat. XVII (2656)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 ** =1 1= 0= 11 =1 1= 11 10.5 2840
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 =0 ** 1= 1= == 1= 1= 11 9.5 2781
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0= 0= ** 1= 10 01 11 1= 8.0 2698
4 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2662 1= 0= 0= ** =1 1= =0 =0 6.5 2626
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 00 == 01 =0 ** 1= 10 =1 6.5 2620
6 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2628 =0 0= 10 0= 0= ** 1= 10 5.5 2580
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0= 0= 00 =1 01 0= ** =1 5.5 2577
8 Rabiega, Robert m GER 2477 00 00 0= =1 =0 01 =0 ** 4.0 2523
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Fujitsu Siemens ChessBase Challenge
Last year Fritz on Primergy won the Ordix Open and the Masters. The
combination of ChessBase software and Fujitsu Siemens was supposed to have
played in the Giants event this year. However Kasparov believes he may have a
lucrative match against a computer soon and rufused to play in the Giants if
Fritz competed. Instead there was a challenge match between the other five
players in the Giants and Fritz. The event was largely completed over the
weekend of June 17th-18th 2000 finishing in a tie between Fritz and the humans.
The final mini-match of two games against Shirov took place on June 22nd and
24th (Shirov was still in Mexico when the other players played) on the days
with two rounds in the Giants. Shirov won the first game and then lost with
black to leave the match tied.
FSC Computer Exhibition
Day 1 (June 18, 2000) Fritz leads 2.5-1.5
Kramnik, Vladimir - FRITZ on Primergy K800 1/2 53 A10 English; 1.c4
Anand, Viswanathan - FRITZ on Primergy K800 0-1 44 A81 Dutch defence
FRITZ on Primergy K800 - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 45 D20 QGA;
FRITZ on Primergy K800 - Leko, Peter 1/2 37 C47 Four knights
Day 2 (June 18, 2000) Scores level 4-4
FRITZ on Primergy K800 - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 32 A27 English; 1.c4 e5
FRITZ on Primergy K800 - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 29 C42 Petroff defence
Morozevich, Alexander - FRITZ on Primergy K800 0-1 40 D00 Queen's pawn
Leko, Peter - FRITZ on Primergy K800 1-0 49 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Day 3 (June 22, 2000) Overall score 5-4 to the humans
Shirov, Alexei - FRITZ on Primergy K800 1-0 59 C99 Ruy Lopez
Day 4 (June 24, 2000) Final score 5-5
FRITZ on Primergy K800 - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 40 C01 French; Exchange
FSC Computer Match Frankfurt GER (GER), 17-24 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1 FRITZ on Primergy K800 ---- =2 +5 =6 =3 -2 =5 +6 -3 -4 +4 5.0 /10 2750
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 =1 . . . +1 . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2193
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 . . . =1 . . . +1 . . 1.5 / 2 2193
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 . . . . . . . . +1 -1 1.0 / 2 2000
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 . -1 . . . =1 . . . . 0.5 / 2 1807
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 . . =1 . . . -1 . . . 0.5 / 2 1807
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Notes on Fischer-Random (FR) Chess
Notes on Fischer-Random (FR) Chess: Just before the start of every game,
both players' pieces on their respective back rows receive an identical random
shuffle using the Fischerandom Chess Computerized Shuffler, which is programmed
to set up the pieces in any combination, with the provisos that one Rook has to
be to the left and one Rook has to be to the right of the King, and one Bishop
has to be on a light-colored square and one Bishop has to be on a dark-colored
square. White and Black have identical positions. From behind their respective
Pawns the opponents' pieces are facing each other directly, symmetrically. Thus
for example, if the shuffler places White's back row pieces in the following
position: Ra1, Bb1, Kc1, Nd1, Be1, Nf1, Rg1, Qh1, it will place Black's back
row Pieces in the following position, Ra8, Bb8, Kc8, Nd8, Be8, Nf8, Rg8, Qh8,
etc. In F.R. Chess there are 960 possible starting positions, the Classical
Chess starting position and 959 other starting positions. Of necessity, In F.R.
Chess the castling rule is somewhat modified and broadened to allow for the
possibility of each player castling either on or into his or her left side or
on or into his or her right side of the board from all of these 960 starting
positions. Details: TWIC 88 24/06/96.
The Category XVII double round robin tournament took place in the City
of Merida, State of Yucatan 13th-19th June 2000. Alexei Shirov won the event by
beating Akopian on the white side of a tough French in the final round, Judit
Polgar drew in only 17 moves against Hernandez.
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.
Round 6 (June 19, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 47 C17 French; Winawer
Hernandez, Gilberto - Polgar, Judit 1/2 17 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
It Merida MEX (MEX), 13-20 vi 2000 cat. XVII (2657)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 ** 1= 0= 11 4.0 2751
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 0= ** 1= =1 3.5 2714
3 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2560 1= 0= ** 0= 2.5 2632
4 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 00 =0 1= ** 2.0 2531
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The 53rd Russian Chess Championships are taking place in Samara June
16th-27th 2000. The event is an 11 round Swiss system tournament. The top rated
player is Vadim Zvjaginsev in a field with 34 GMs, 18 IMs in a total of 62
players. The event also counts as a Zonal with three qualifiers going through
to the FIDE Championships.
Internet coverage at: http://www.clubkasparov.ru/index0.htm
[in Russian]
Standings Round 9 (of 11)
ch-RUS Samara RUS (RUS), 16-27 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2582 +54 +36 + 3 =12 =11 = 7 +10 = 4 = 6 . . 6.5 2709
2 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2553 +58 =21 +16 =11 =10 = 8 = 9 +31 + 4 . . 6.5 2697
3 Maljutin, Evgeni m RUS 2451 +52 +15 - 1 +23 +40 +12 - 4 + 7 = 8 . . 6.5 2729
4 Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2551 =53 =41 +22 = 5 +50 +32 + 3 = 1 - 2 . . 6.0 2625
5 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2517 =11 +29 =25 = 4 +34 -10 +44 =23 +19 . . 6.0 2694
6 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2616 - 9 +57 =15 =16 +49 +28 =20 +12 = 1 . . 6.0 2603
7 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2550 -39 +51 +43 +28 +27 = 1 =13 - 3 +20 . . 6.0 2605
8 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2615 +33 = 9 +18 =20 =12 = 2 =19 =10 = 3 . . 5.5 2608
9 Iljushin, Alexei m RUS 2515 + 6 = 8 =13 -10 +26 +29 = 2 =19 =24 . . 5.5 2675
10 Motylev, Alexander m RUS 2552 =47 +53 =31 + 9 = 2 + 5 - 1 = 8 =13 . . 5.5 2614
11 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2641 = 5 +50 +49 = 2 = 1 =20 =12 =15 =17 . . 5.5 2603
12 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2534 +51 +39 +14 = 1 = 8 - 3 =11 - 6 +33 . . 5.5 2595
13 Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2612 =30 +34 = 9 -27 +53 +14 = 7 =20 =10 . . 5.5 2582
14 Jakovenko, Dmitrij m RUS 2443 +37 +17 -12 =40 =24 -13 +45 +32 =15 . . 5.5 2639
15 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2541 +46 - 3 = 6 +39 =30 =27 +34 =11 =14 . . 5.5 2572
16 Kosyrev, Vladimir m RUS 2474 +35 =49 - 2 = 6 =44 +25 =33 =26 +31 . . 5.5 2637
17 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2515 +24 -14 -19 +61 =29 =39 +27 +30 =11 . . 5.5 2609
18 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2515 =57 +56 - 8 -48 +59 +50 =31 =22 +28 . . 5.5 2496
19 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2591 -36 +33 +17 =32 +48 =31 = 8 = 9 - 5 . . 5.0 2560
20 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2534 =56 +48 +21 = 8 =31 =11 = 6 =13 - 7 . . 5.0 2577
21 Zakharevich, Igor m RUS 2486 +44 = 2 -20 =24 =42 +40 =23 =33 =25 . . 5.0 2601
22 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2510 =29 =26 - 4 =43 =55 +46 +39 =18 =23 . . 5.0 2530
23 Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2576 +61 =27 =28 - 3 +46 =30 =21 = 5 =22 . . 5.0 2519
24 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2611 -17 +62 =30 =21 =14 -33 +49 +34 = 9 . . 5.0 2543
25 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2543 =48 +47 = 5 =50 -32 -16 +53 +40 =21 . . 5.0 2521
26 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2593 =41 =22 -50 +60 - 9 +58 =28 =16 +42 . . 5.0 2499
27 Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2492 +45 =23 =32 +13 - 7 =15 -17 =38 =37 . . 4.5 2555
28 Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2426 =42 +38 =23 - 7 +37 - 6 =26 +44 -18 . . 4.5 2564
29 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2615 =22 - 5 =47 +36 =17 - 9 =41 +45 =38 . . 4.5 2514
30 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2512 =13 =40 =24 +56 =15 =23 =32 -17 =44 . . 4.5 2540
31 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2523 =55 +59 =10 +44 =20 =19 =18 - 2 -16 . . 4.5 2490
32 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2526 =59 +55 =27 =19 +25 - 4 =30 -14 =35 . . 4.5 2479
33 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2513 - 8 -19 =51 +58 +56 +24 =16 =21 -12 . . 4.5 2496
34 Meister, Yakov m RUS 2473 =40 -13 +57 +38 - 5 +42 -15 -24 +49 . . 4.5 2516
35 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2572 -16 =58 -48 +51 =41 =54 =36 +47 =32 . . 4.5 2465
36 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny f RUS 2503 +19 - 1 -40 -29 =54 +59 =35 =46 +51 . . 4.5 2506
37 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 -14 =60 =58 +47 -28 =53 +48 =42 =27 . . 4.5 2440
38 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2552 =43 -28 +59 -34 -39 +56 +54 =27 =29 . . 4.5 2442
39 Kornev, Alexei RUS 2384 + 7 -12 =45 -15 +38 =17 -22 -49 +54 . . 4.0 2490
40 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2567 =34 =30 +36 =14 - 3 -21 +43 -25 =46 . . 4.0 2431
41 Sapunov, E RUS 2498 =26 = 4 -44 =45 =35 =55 =29 =51 =43 . . 4.0 2470
42 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2546 =28 =43 =46 =53 =21 -34 +55 =37 -26 . . 4.0 2416
43 Riazantsev, Alexander m RUS 2442 =38 =42 - 7 =22 =45 =49 -40 +53 =41 . . 4.0 2488
44 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2580 -21 +61 +41 -31 =16 +48 - 5 -28 =30 . . 4.0 2439
45 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2580 -27 =54 =39 =41 =43 +47 -14 -29 +55 . . 4.0 2413
46 Tolstikh, Nikolay m RUS 2419 -15 +52 =42 =49 -23 -22 +58 =36 =40 . . 4.0 2484
47 Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2442 =10 -25 =29 -37 +60 -45 +50 -35 +57 . . 4.0 2434
48 Frolov, Denis f RUS 2428 =25 -20 +35 +18 -19 -44 -37 =55 =56 . . 3.5 2421
49 Totsky, Leonid m RUS 2524 +60 =16 -11 =46 - 6 =43 -24 +39 -34 . . 3.5 2405
50 Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2410 +62 -11 +26 =25 - 4 -18 -47 =54 =52 . . 3.5 2460
51 Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2397 -12 - 7 =33 -35 =52 +61 +60 =41 -36 . . 3.5 2421
52 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2558 - 3 -46 =60 -59 =51 =57 =56 +58 =50 . . 3.5 2280
53 Khlian, E RUS 2454 = 4 -10 +55 =42 -13 =37 -25 -43 =60 . . 3.0 2363
54 Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2496 - 1 =45 -56 +57 =36 =35 -38 =50 -39 . . 3.0 2330
55 Sultanov, Alexander V RUS 2294 =31 -32 -53 +62 =22 =41 -42 =48 -45 . . 3.0 2384
56 Sidorov, Anatoly RUS 2339 =20 -18 +54 -30 -33 -38 =52 =62 =48 . . 3.0 2389
57 Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2175 =18 - 6 -34 -54 =62 =52 =61 +59 -47 . . 3.0 2365
58 Sergienko, Sergey m RUS 2425 - 2 =35 =37 -33 +61 -26 -46 -52 +62 . . 3.0 2403
59 Yashtylov, Anatolij RUS 2319 =32 -31 -38 +52 -18 -36 =62 -57 =61 . . 2.5 2317
60 Belitzkij, Alexandr RUS 2306 -49 =37 =52 -26 -47 =62 -51 =61 =53 . . 2.5 2335
61 Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2475 -23 -44 +62 -17 -58 -51 =57 =60 =59 . . 2.5 2257
62 Grechihin, Valery g RUS 2521 -50 -24 -61 -55 =57 =60 =59 =56 -58 . . 2.0 2152
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FIDE Zonal 1.4 took place in Budapest June 17th-25th. There were 30
players (reduced to 29 after second seed Gyula Sax withdrew after one round due
to "joyful family expectations") competing in this 9 round Swiss event. After 9
rounds there was a five way tie for the four qualification places. This means
that today (June 26th) will see rapidplay (g/25) games to decide which player
misses out. The players involved are: Jozsef Pinter, Alexander Chernin,
Bartlomiej Macieja, Pawel Blehm and Vladislav Nevednichy. My thanks to Magyar
Sakkszövetség and in particular Péter Gubics for their
help.
The event was sponsored by the WFG company (Westfaelische Ferngas AG)
who sponsored the Leko-Khalifman match in January in Budapest (and who also
sponsor Peter Leko individually). Following the Zonal is a match between
Etienne Bacrot and Zoltan Almasi in Szeged 27th June - 2nd July 2000.
zt 1.4 Budapest HUN (HUN), 17-25 vi 2000
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1 Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2553 +18 =19 + 3 +16 +14 - 6 = 2 =10 = 4 6.0 /9 2623
2 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2583 +23 =16 =14 = 6 =18 + 9 = 1 = 3 + 8 6.0 /9 2614
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2538 + 6 =15 - 1 +25 =19 +23 = 5 = 2 +10 6.0 /9 2652
4 Blehm, Pawel m POL 2494 =11 = 9 - 8 =28 +13 +22 +21 + 6 = 1 6.0 /9 2616
5 Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2589 =27 = 7 =22 -18 +28 +26 = 3 +19 + 6 6.0 /9 2592
6 Mrva, Martin m SVK 2426 - 3 +26 +24 = 2 +10 + 1 +15 - 4 - 5 5.5 /9 2629
7 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2512 =10 = 5 -20 =13 -26 +27 +24 +21 +15 5.5 /9 2601
8 Acs, Peter g HUN 2542 =13 =20 + 4 -14 +11 =19 =18 +17 - 2 5.0 /9 2521
9 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2531 =20 = 4 +13 =10 =17 - 2 =12 =14 +18 5.0 /9 2530
10 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2620 = 7 +25 =21 = 9 - 6 +14 +20 = 1 - 3 5.0 /9 2521
11 Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2590 = 4 =13 =18 =23 - 8 +29 =14 +16 =12 5.0 /9 2529
12 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2556 =17 +27 -16 =22 -23 +25 = 9 +20 =11 5.0 /9 2530
13 Konopka, Michal m CZE 2442 = 8 =11 - 9 = 7 - 4 +31 =22 +26 +23 5.0 /9 2498
14 Bratanov, Zsivko BUL 2332 =24 +29 = 2 + 8 - 1 -10 =11 = 9 =19 4.5 /9 2552
15 Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2560 +26 = 3 =19 =20 =16 +17 - 6 =18 - 7 4.5 /9 2483
16 Grigore, George m ROM 2521 +28 = 2 +12 - 1 =15 =20 =19 -11 =17 4.5 /9 2508
17 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2459 =12 -21 +27 +24 = 9 -15 +23 - 8 =16 4.5 /9 2530
18 Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2469 - 1 +30 =11 + 5 = 2 =21 = 8 =15 - 9 4.5 /9 2568
19 Polak, Tomas m CZE 2503 +30 = 1 =15 =21 = 3 = 8 =16 - 5 =14 4.5 /9 2533
20 Balogh, Tomas m SVK 2433 = 9 = 8 + 7 =15 =21 =16 -10 -12 =22 4.0 /9 2495
21 Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2557 =22 +17 =10 =19 =20 =18 - 4 - 7 =24 4.0 /9 2452
22 Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2446 =21 =24 = 5 =12 =29 - 4 =13 =27 =20 4.0 /9 2469
23 Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2495 - 2 +28 =25 =11 +12 - 3 -17 +29 -13 4.0 /9 2452
24 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2519 =14 =22 - 6 -17 =25 +28 - 7 +31 =21 4.0 /9 2345
25 Radulski, Julian BUL 2421 +29 -10 =23 - 3 =24 -12 =26 =28 +31 4.0 /9 2410
26 Badea, Bela g ROM 2486 -15 - 6 =29 +31 + 7 - 5 =25 -13 =27 3.5 /9 2361
27 Jaracz, Pawel m POL 2490 = 5 -12 -17 -29 +31 - 7 +28 =22 =26 3.5 /9 2355
28 Janev, Evgeni BUL 2339 -16 -23 +31 = 4 - 5 -24 -27 =25 +29 3.0 /9 2326
29 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2530 -25 -14 =26 +27 =22 -11 +31 -23 -28 3.0 /9 2274
30 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2609 -19 -18 . . . . . . . 0.0 /2
31 BYE ---- . . -28 -26 -27 -13 -29 -24 -25 0.0 /7
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ONCE in Madrid was the venue for the IV Pablo Gorbea Memorial Open which
took place June 10th-18th 2000. 218 players competed in the event which was won
by Reinaldo Roi. The scoring system was three points for a win one for a draw
and Roi scored 23/27 a point clear of Korneev, Candela Perez and Spraggett.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.terra.es/espdep/ajedrez/portada.htm
Leading Final Standings:
IV Pablo Gorbea Mem Open Madrid ESP (ESP), 10-18 vi 2000
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1 Reinaldo Castineira, Roi f ESP 2345 23.0
2 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2619 22.0
3 Candela Perez, Jose f ESP 2409 22.0
4 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2529 22.0
5 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2497 21.0
6 Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2312 21.0
7 Kogan, Artur g ISR 2483 20.0
8 Hinojar Diez, David ESP 2142 20.0
9 Madina, Martin ARG 2284 19.0
10 Estrada Martinez, Cesar ESP 2238 19.0
11 Tallarico Tallarico, Ovido Mario ESP 2226 19.0
12 Bernabe Duran, Francisco ESP 2205 19.0
13 Rojo Huerta, Gabriel f ESP 2362 19.0
14 Moreno Ruiz, Javier f ESP 2395 19.0
15 Blasco, Miguel ESP 2231 19.0
16 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G m ESP 2463 19.0
17 Bermejo, Luis ESP 2236 19.0
18 Timon Piote, Silvia wf ESP 2255 19.0
19 Prada Lopez, M. Angel ESP 2219 19.0
20 Draghici, Gavril ROM 2229 19.0
21 Perez Candelario, Manuel ESP 2264 18.0
22 Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano m ESP 2359 18.0
23 Schmidt, Jan Peter f GER 2324 18.0
24 Martinez Lizarraga, Miguel A ESP 2048 18.0
25 Palacios Perez, Manuel ESP 2150 18.0
26 Martinez Rodriguez, Pablo ESP 2235 18.0
27 Dumitru, Olaru ROM ---- 18.0
28 Haak, Eelco NED 2188 18.0
29 Garcia Romero, Benjamin Abel ESP 2105 18.0
30 Lopez Moll, Jose Manuel ESP 2072 18.0
218 players
The Grand Hotel in Valjevo is the venue for a Category IX event which
takes place June 17th-30th 2000. I have the results and games from the first
three rounds. The leaders are Bojan Vukovic, Emil Anka and Nikola Sedak with
2.5/3. My thanks to Emil Anka for the news.
Round 3 standings:
It Valjevo YUG (YUG), 17-30 vi 2000 cat. IX (2463)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Vuckovic, Bojan m YUG 2427 * . . . . . . = 1 . . 1 . . 2.5 / 3 2743
2 Sedlak, Nikola f YUG 2323 . * . . . . . 1 = . . . . 1 2.5 / 3 2770
3 Anka, Emil m HUN 2474 . . * . . . . . = . . 1 1 . 2.5 / 3 2721
4 Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2586 . . . * . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2.0 / 2
5 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2534 . . . . * = = . . . 1 . . . 2.0 / 3 2551
6 Perunovic, Milos f YUG 2384 . . . . = * . . . . . = 1 . 2.0 / 3 2604
7 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2476 . . . . = . * . . 1 . . . . 1.5 / 2 2692
8 Brenjo, Slavisa m YUG 2492 = 0 . . . . . * . . . . . 1 1.5 / 3 2436
9 Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2443 0 = = . . . . . * . . . . . 1.0 / 3 2283
10 Gross, David CZE m CZE 2465 . . . 0 . . 0 . . * 1 . . . 1.0 / 3 2368
11 Andonov, Bogomil m BUL 2418 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 * . 1 . 1.0 / 3 2350
12 Todorov, Todor m BUL 2477 0 . 0 . . = . . . . . * . . 0.5 / 3 2155
13 Kozakov, Mikhail m UKR 2426 . . 0 . . 0 . . . . 0 . * . 0.0 / 3
14 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2558 . 0 . 0 . . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0 / 3
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The 11th International Open in Ljubljana took place June 17th-25th. 6
GMs and 13 IMs participated among the 129 players in the event. Evgeny
Gleizerov won alone with a score of 7.5/9 half a point clear of Zelcic,
Pavasovic, Timoscenko, Kovacevic and Sermek. My thanks to Ales Drinovec.
Internet coverage http://www.sah-zveza.si/lj/lj00
Final Standings:
11th Open Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 17-25 vi 2000
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1 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2508 7.5 /9 2618
2 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2529 7.0 /9 2547
3 Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2544 7.0 /9 2523
4 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2519 7.0 /9 2541
5 Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2438 7.0
6 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2517 7.0
7 Basagic, Zlatko m SLO 2338 6.5
8 Tratar, Marko m SLO 2439 6.5
9 Filipovic, Branko m YUG 2435 6.5
10 Kos, Toni f SLO 2300 6.5
11 Gomboc, Miha SLO 2162 6.5
12 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2427 6.5
13 Lazar, Ales ml SLO 2117 6.5
14 Sebenik, Matej SLO 2294 6.0
15 Filipenko, Alexander V m RUS 2370 6.0
16 Podlesnik, Bogdan m SLO 2415 6.0
17 Sibarevic, Milenko f YUG 2346 6.0
18 Gruskovnjak, Tomislav SLO 2231 6.0
19 Barle, Janez m SLO 2395 6.0
20 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2464 6.0
21 Gombac, Jan SLO 2247 6.0
22 Kljako, Damir CRO 2222 6.0
23 Skok, Boris SLO 2091 6.0
129 players
The Jack Collins International 2000 took place in the Marshall Chess in
New York June 12th-23rd. There were two groups of six who played each other in
a 5 round all-play-all, the top two players in each group then progressed to a
second stage Scheveningen part of the event where they played Grandmasters and
the two events add up to a Category 10 event for the winners.
The event saw Igor Zugic, Jan Gustafsson and Rogelio Barcenilla score GM
Norms. In Barcenilla's case it was his 3rd GM norm.
Internet coverage at: http://www.masterchess.com/
Jack Collins Int Gp A New York USA (USA), 12-17 vi 2000cat. VIII (2444)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Zugic, Igor m CAN 2396 * = = 1 1 1 4.0 2693
2 Bonin, Jay R m USA 2419 = * = = 1 1 3.5 2598
3 Lapshun, Yury f USA 2429 = = * 1 = = 3.0 2519
4 Gross, David GER m GER 2465 0 = 0 * 1 = 2.0 2368
5 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2515 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2281
6 Young, Angelo m PHI 2441 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 2204
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Jack Collins Int Gp B New York USA (USA), 12-17 vi 2000cat. IX (2451)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2484 * = = 1 1 = 3.5 2593
2 Barcenilla, Rogelio m PHI 2495 = * 1 0 = 1 3.0 2514
3 Shahade, Gregory f USA 2461 = 0 * 1 = = 2.5 2449
4 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2437 0 1 0 * = 1 2.5 2453
5 Morrison, William f USA 2362 0 = = = * = 2.0 2396
6 Shliperman, Igor m USA 2467 = 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2298
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Jack Collins Int Final A New York USA (USA), 19-23 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4
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1 Barcenilla, Rogelio m PHI 2495 =3 +6 =5 +8 3.0 /4 2712
2 Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2484 +6 =3 =8 =5 2.5 /4 2614
3 Serper, Grigory g USA 2587 =1 =2 =4 +9 2.5 /4 2543
4 Zugic, Igor m CAN 2396 +5 =7 =3 -6 2.0 /4 2550
5 Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2512 -4 +9 =1 =2 2.0 /4 2448
6 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2563 -2 -1 +9 +4 2.0 /4 2448
7 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2540 =9 =4 . . 1.0 /2 2407
8 Sher, Miron N g RUS 2417 . . =2 -1 0.5 /2 2296
9 Bonin, Jay R m USA 2419 =7 -5 -6 -3 0.5 /4 2228
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Scheveningen where GMs Serper, Stripunsky, Wojtkiewicz and a
combination of Fedorowicz and Sher played Barcenilla, Gustafsson,
Zugic and Bonin.
Jack Collins Int Final B New York USA (USA), 19-23 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4
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1 Dubinsky, Roman f RUS 2305 . +4 =3 +6 2.5 /3 2690
2 Treger, Effim USA 2276 =6 +3 =4 . 2.0 /3 2542
3 Morrison, William f USA 2362 +5 -2 =1 =7 2.0 /4 2279
4 Shahade, Gregory f USA 2461 +7 -1 =2 =5 2.0 /4 2279
5 Gersov, Evgeny RUS 2282 -3 +6 . =4 1.5 /3 2417
6 Lapshun, Yury f USA 2429 =2 -5 +7 -1 1.5 /4 2192
7 Alexopoulos, Georgios f GRE 2255 -4 . -6 =3 0.5 /3 2144
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This was a Scheveningen where Lapshun, Shahade and Morrison
played Dubinsky, Treger, Gersov and Alexopoulos.
Final Standings in full
1 Barcenilla,Rogelio 2495 6.0/9
2 Gustafsson,Jan 2484 6.0/9
3 Zugic,Igor 2396 6.0/9
4 Shahade,Gregory 2461 4.5/9
5 Lapshun,Yury 2429 4.5/9
6 Morrison,William 2362 4.0/9
7 Bonin,Jay R 2419 4.0/9
8 Burnett,Ronald 2437 2.5/5
9 Serper,Grigory 2587 2.5/4
10 Dubinsky,Roman 2305 2.5/3
11 Wojtkiewicz,Alexander 2563 2.0/4
12 Stripunsky,Alexander 2512 2.0/4
13 Gross,David2 2465 2.0/5
14 Treger,Effim 2276 2.0/3
15 Shliperman,Igor 2467 1.5/5
16 Kreiman,Boris 2515 1.5/5
17 Gersov,Evgeny 2282 1.5/3
18 Young,Angelo 2441 1.0/5
19 Fedorowicz,John 2540 1.0/2
20 Alexopoulos,Georgios 2255 0.5/3
21 Sher,Miron 2422 0.5/2
Laszlo Nagy reports: The Balatontourist Open in Budapest took place
16th-24th June 2000. The organizer was Jozsef Parej. 15 years old female player
Zhao Xue won the event with 7/9. She comes from Qingdao but over the next six
months she will stay in Budapest to play Hungarian chess tournaments (mostly
First Saturday) and to improve her chess.
Final Standings:
Balatontourist Open Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2000
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1 Zhao Xue CHN 2373 7.0
2 Francsics, Endre HUN 2248 6.5
3 Nagy, Zoltan HUN f HUN 2233 6.5
4 Horvath, Gabor1 f HUN 2265 6.5
5 Gonda, Laszlo HUN 2155 6.0
6 Xu Hanbing CHN 2420 5.5
7 Tornai, Imre f HUN 2227 5.5
8 Letay, Gyula f HUN 2198 5.5
9 Torok, Sandor HUN 2074 5.5
10 Honsch, Pal HUN 2011 5.5
11 Lengyel,Andras HUN ---- 5.5
12 Pal, Geza HUN 2283 5.0
13 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2188 5.0
14 D Albini, Geza HUN 2179 5.0
15 Berczes, David HUN 2140 5.0
16 Berczes, Csaba HUN 2109 5.0
17 Hohl, Matthias GER 2063 5.0
18 Simo, Judit HUN 2031 5.0
19 Por,Attila HUN ---- 5.0
45 players
The annual White Nights Chess Festival 2000 takes place in St
Petersburg, Russia from June 23rd-July 2nd 2000. Evgeny Alekseev, RUS 2475,
Tejas Bakre, m IND 2352, Yuri Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2571 Artiom Akhmetov f RUS
2438, Alexander Kochyev g RUS 2429, Rufat Bagirov m AZE 2481, Azer Mirzoev m
AZE 2438, Igor Polovodin m RUS 2434, Alexander Goloshchapov g UKR 2572 and
Irina Krush USA 2399 play in the main category IX all-play-all. There is a
women's event and an open also.
Further details: http://www.gmchess.com
Round 1 standings:
White Nights Men St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 23 vi-2 vii 2000cat. IX (2457)
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1 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2561 * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2438 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2475 . . * . . . = . . . 0.5 2399
4 Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2481 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2429
5 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2352 . . . . * . . = . . 0.5 2561
6 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2429 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2481
7 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2475
8 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2561 . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2352
9 Akhmetov, Artiom f RUS 2438 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Polovodin, Igor A m RUS 2434 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Rodolfo Arias reports: The Championships of Costa Rica take place in San
Jose June 19th-29th 2000. Twelve players are taking part in this all-play-all
event including all their IMs.
Daily internet coverage at: http://www.fecodao.com/
Round 2 Standings:
ch-CRC San Jose CRC (CRC), 19-29 vi 2000 cat. I (2252)
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1 Maynard, Francis CRC 2277 * . . . 1 . . . . . = 1 2.5 2416
2 Gonzalez, Bernal m CRC 2416 . * . = . . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2589
3 Minero Pineda, Sergio m CRC 2412 . . * . . . . = 1 . 1 . 2.5 2431
4 Murillo, Alexis m CRC 2393 . = . * . . = . . 1 . . 2.0 2471
5 Bermudez, Sergio CRC 2185 0 . . . * 1 1 . . . . . 2.0 2321
6 Villegas Loaiza,Meylin wm CRC ---- . . . . 0 * . . = . 1 . 1.5 2155
7 Valdes, Leonardo f CRC 2313 . . . = 0 . * . . . . 1 1.5 2274
8 Arias Santana, Mauricio CRC 2194 . . = . . . . * = 0 . . 1.0 2209
9 Granados, Carlos CRC 2281 . . 0 . . = . = * . . . 1.0 2077
10 Hernandez Basante, Francisco f CRC 2309 . 0 . 0 . . . 1 . * . . 1.0 2209
11 Gonzalez Acosta,Jaime CRC ---- = . 0 . . 0 . . . . * . 0.5 1956
12 Charpentier, William f CRC 2246 0 0 . . . . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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FIDE Zonal 1.7 took place in Mezezers (Latvia) 6th-18th June, 2000. The
winner Jaan Ehlvest and second placed Aloyzas Kveinys qualified for the FIDE
Championships. Kaido Kulaots and Mikhail Rytshagov were tied for third place
and had to playoff for the final FIDE qualification spot. There were three
draws before Mikhail Rytshagov won the final game of the match to take this
final place. My thanks to Ülar Lauk.
If anyone has the games from the event could they send them to me (only
rounds 1-4 have been published)
Internet coverage at:
http://www.online.ee/~maleliit/english.htm
zt 1.7 Mezezers LAT (LAT), 3-15 vi 2000 cat. IX (2464)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2662
2 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2496 = * 1 1 = = 0 1 1 = = 1 = = 8.5 2571
3 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2499 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 8.0 2547
4 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2542 = 0 1 * = = 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2544
5 Krakops, Maris g LAT 2518 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2488
6 Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2434 = = 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 0 1 0 = 6.5 2465
7 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2445 = 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 2465
8 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 = 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2462
9 Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2423 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = * 0 1 1 0 1 6.0 2437
10 Klovans, Janis g LAT 2492 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 6.0 2432
11 Cmilyte, Viktorija wg LTU 2329 0 = = = 0 1 0 0 0 = * 0 1 1 5.0 2387
12 Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2482 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 5.0 2375
13 Labuckas, Aidas m LTU 2307 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 0 * = 4.0 2334
14 Luckans, Arnolds f LAT 2421 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 0 = = * 4.0 2325
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WPC Site
Valery Salov heads the WPC (World Players Council) and they have their
own website. The site is at: http://ajedrez_democratico.tripod.com
with a mixture of material in Spanish and English. Includes: In English
continued correspondence between Yasser Seirawan and Valery Salov, the WPC
Memorandum and a summary of a press conference in London and Alexei Shirov
annotating his win against Bacrot in Sarajavo. In Spanish there is more
material including a press conference in Leon 5th June with the participants:
GM Valeri Salov, IM Javier Ochoa, GM Zenón Franco, GM Jordi Magem, IM
Ricardo Calvo, IM Leonid Bass, Leontxo García, Miguel Ángel
Nepomuceno, Frederic Friedel (his exchanges are given in English), Amador
Cuesta Robledo, and David Llada. You could try running the Spanish sections
through the Babel Fish translation program to get the early exchanges if you
don't speak the language.
First Saturday July
Laszlo Nagy reports: IM Events in July. Players who are registered for
the First Saturday events taking place July 1st-13th 2000: IM Evart Kahn, IM
Peter Hardicsay, Javier Segovia, Riley Yates-Doerr, Jordy Mont-Reynaud, Fredrik
Lindgren, Zeev Dub, IM Sandor Farago, Naes Flovin, Johan Eriksson, Pontus
Carlsson, Alexis Harakis, Melinda Goczo, Roman Bar, Sergey Erenburg, Karmi
Zalkind, Nathan Resika, Eric Cooke, Yu Ming Yuan, Zhao Xue, Xu Hanbing, Martin
Senff, Vasik Rajlich, IGM Laszlo Vadasz, IM Laszlo Eperjesi, IM Janos Dudas, FM
Peter Froehlich, and Adrian Keatinge-Clay.
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
Andorra Open
The XVIII International Open d'Escacs d'Andorra 24th June - 4th July
2000. Players include Lev Psakhis, Alexey Kuzmin, Mihail Marin, Bogdan Lalic,
Vladimir Georgiev, Al-Modiahki, Daniel Campora, Hichem Hamdouchi, Dimitri
Tyomkin in the field of 110.
Internet coverage: http://www.internet.ad/feva
IV Leon Festival
The IV Festival Internacional de Leon includes the IV Open International
(rapid chess g/20). Players include GMs Elizbar Ubilava, Paco Vallejo, Jordi
Magem, Felix Izeta, IM Javier Moreno (2505), IM Mario Gomez, Boris Zlotnik,
Jose M. Lopez (2480), and Colombian IM Alder Escobar, Peruvian IM Vidarte, IM
Jesus Baron etc.
Special events: June 29th Roberto Enjuto, 6 times European and 2 times
Spanish Blind Champion will take on GM Alfonso Romero (2483) who will play
blindfold. Schedule: 1 hour for each player + 30 seconds per move. June 30th
there is a match between two of the best spanish players: GM Paco Vallejo (17
years old and in his first appearance after his great result in Pamplona, where
he beat Timman and Polgar) and GM Jordi Magem (2529) will play a six game
match, g/10. Both matches will be live on ICC at 20.30 hours.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.paisvirtual.com/deporte/ajedrez/Leon2000/Leon2000.htm
Halkida Open
The International open of Halkida (70 km north of Athens) will be
organized this year from August 11-19. For more information, the official site
of the event is: http://oaachess.bizland.com/halkida2000.htm
Total prizes are over 5000 euro (1st prize: 1500 euro).
4th Mind Sports Olympiad goes ahead
After some initial doubt the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad will definitely
take place in London, at Alexandra Palace, from August 19th-28th 2000.
Confirmed major events include the following: "The Times" British
Crossword Puzzle Championship is expected to attract around 1,000 entries. The
final stages of the British Land UK Chess Challenge is expected to add a
further 1,100. And the British Open Dominoes and Cribbage Championships are
likely to bring in another 1,000 or more. There is a programme of Go events, as
well as the European Shogi Championships, the British Open Backgammon
Championships, the British Scrabble Championships, the 5th Computer Olympiad
(incorporating the World Microcomputer Chess Championship), and several other
tournaments. There is also an initiative under way to enable the organisers to
hold the MSO Masters Chess Championship. There will be a very large Bridge
presence, including the London heats of the MSO Worldwide Charity Simultaneous
Pairs Championship on August 22nd and 23rd.
Press Release at:
http://www.msoworld.com/Olympiad/4preview.html
MSO Site at: http://www.msoworld.com/
Lisbon International Chess Festival
The Lisbon International Chess Festival takes place August 21st-30th.
The main open has 9 GMs entered already.
More information at http://www.infoxadrez.com e-mail for
contacts: infoxadrez@infoxadrez.com
Regulations:
A. MAIN TOURNAMENT FIDE LEVEL 1. Swiss system, 10 rounds, from August
21st-30th, starting at 17-00h, except round 10, which will start at 9-00h.
Automatic pairings by Swiss Perfect software. Possibility of FIDE norms. 2.
Entry fee: 10.000$00. Players with FIDE titles exempt. 50% discount until June
30th. 3. Timerate: 2h/40 + 1h/20 + 30m KO. Tie-break: performance
(SwissPerfect); progress; Brazilian. 4. Prizes: 1º 300.000$; 2º
150.000$; 3º 120.000$; 4º 100.000$; 5º 70.000$; 6º 50.000$,
7º 30.000$; 8º 30.000$; 9º-10º 25.000$; 11º-13º
20.000$; 14º-16º 15.000$; 17º-20º 10.000$. The prizes will
be awarded according to the final standings after the tie-break. Cups and
special prizes also will be awarded. 5. Special conditions for GMs: 30.000$00 +
full board (lodging and meals)
B. OPEN TOURNAMENT NON-FIDE LEVEL 1. Swiss system, 10 rounds, from
August 21st-30th. Starting at 20-00h, except round 10, that will start at
9-00h. Automatic pairings by Swiss Perfect software. Possibility of FIDE norms.
2. Entry fee: 5.000$00. 50% discount until June 30. 3. Time-rate: 2h KO.
Tie-break: performance (SwissPerfect); progress; Brazilian. 4. Prizes: 4.1.
General Standing: 1º 30.000$; 2º 20.000; 3º 15.000$;
4º-5º 10.000$; 6º-20º 5.000$ 4.2. Elo < 1800: 1º
5.000$; 2º 3.000$; 3º 2.000$ 4.3. Elo < 1600: 1º 5.000$;
2º 3.000$; 3º 2.000$ 4.4. The prizes will be awarded according to the
final standings after the tie-break. Cups and special prizes also will be
awarded.
Mytilene Open
The Greek Chess Federation and the Chess Club of Mytilene are organising
the Mytilene Open. The event which takes place on the island of Lesvos, is in
its 5th consecutive year, takes place July 24th-31st 2000.
More information about this event can be obtained from the official web
site of the tournament: http://oaachess.bizland.com/mytilene.chtml
The Hilton Chess Festival, Blackpool
The Hilton Chess Festival in Blackpool, Lancashire, England takes place
August 20th-24th 2000. The overall emphasis will be on fun and bringing the
game of chess in its many forms over to the public as well as the general chess
playing people. The rapidplays will have prizes, whilst all the other events
will have prizes for the children, including prizes to be used in Blackpool
itself.
Details:
http://www.lancashirechess.co.uk/hilton/chessfest.html
VII Linares Open, Chile
The VII Linares International Tournament will be held 24th-26th June
2000, in the city of the same name (300 Kms south of Santiago). The tournament
will be played with 9 rounds swiss system, with times of 45 minutes, 1 hour,
and 1 hour 30 minutes. First six prizes are US$2500, US$1250, US$800, US$700,
US$600 and US$500... and prizes till 12th position and best lady. The
organization pays all costs (inscription, hotel and feeding) to foreign FMs,
IMs, and GMs, except traveling tickets to Chile. Insurances for top IMs or GMs
can be negotiated by e-mail or phone.
Contact: Andres Molina Rodriguez Linares 2000 Organizing Committee
Member a.molina@tnet.cl phone: (56-2) 2098495 - 2098471 - 2098450 (Santiago)
(56-73) 217877 (Linares)
2nd ShakkiNet International
The 2nd ShakkiNet International takes place in Helsinki July 10th-18th,
2000. There will be three groups, a GM, an IM and an ELO group.
GM-Group (cat 9) players: GM Gavrikov Viktor LTU 2563, GM Solozhenkin
Evgeniy RUS 2528, IM Külaots Kaido EST 2499, IM Anka Emil HUN 2474, IM
Kallio Heikki FIN 2452, GM Yrjölä Jouni FIN 2438, IM Sepp Olav EST
2414, IM Agopov Mikael FIN 2402, IM Norri Joose FIN 2400, IM Sammalvuo Tapani
FIN 2383,
IM-Group (cat 4) players: IM Kiik Kalle EST 2445, IM Seeman Tarvo EST
2428, FM Nouro Mikael FIN 2398, IM Payen Arnaud FRA 2376, IM Välkesalmi
Kimmo FIN 2351, IM Raaste Eero FIN 2349, FM Mäki-Uuro Miikka FIN 2341, FM
Lampen Timo FIN 2307, Gambäck Björn SWE 2235, WIM Koskela Niina FIN
2182
There is also an 8-10 player ELO-group for players rated between
2000-2300. (3-5 places left)
Contact Information: Sami Hämäläinen email
sami.hamalainen@shakki.net
Voronezh Open
The 4th International Chess Festival Voronezh takes place June 10th-21st
2000. June 10th-11th was a rapidplay event, the main open starts today, June
12th. Further coverage next week.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
Khalifman Chat
A transcript of the live online chat with FIDE World Champion Alexander
Khalifman which took place Sunday June 4 2000 on the About Chess site can be
read at:
http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa060600a.htm
1st European Chess Championships
The 1st European Chess Championships take place in Saint Vincent July
3rd-14th 2000. There is already a very strong field assembled with 109 entries
45 of whom are rated over 2500 and 16 over 2600. Leading entries so far: Alexei
Federov (2684), Alexei Dreev (2680), Kiril Georgiev (2677), Zurab
Azmaiparashvili (2675), Vladimir Epishin (2667), Ilia Smirin (2666), Sergei
Rublevski (2662), Michal Krasenkow (2661), Jan Timman (2655), Vadim Milov
(2653), Alexander Beliavsky (2650), Loek Van Wely (2646), Rafael Vaganian
(2618), Andrei Kharlov (2616), Pavel Tregubov (2615), Smbat Lputian (2605),
Artashes Minasian (2598), Vladimir Malkhov (2593), Vladislav Nevednichy (2589)
and Christopher Lutz (2587). Entry is still possible in this and other events
in the Festival.
Further information at: http://www.scacchivda.com/
Golden Cleopatra 2000
GM Rune Djurhuus on the 1999 event (including pictures).
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/egypt99.html
Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival 10-22 July –2000 Under the
supervision of the Egyptian Chess Federation Sponsored by Eastern Company
Sports Club a) Closed Section (for Rated Players 2300+Up)
The tournament will be played in Cairo-Egypt- Eastern Company Sports
Club, about 5 km from Pyramids-Egypt.
Swiss System – 9 Rounds – 40 Players (7 GMs–25 IMs)
– Time control 7 hours – Fischer system.
GM’s-norm and IM’s-norm are available.
Arrival: 10 July- 1st round: 11 July–Rest Day: 16 July-last Round:
20 July–Closing Ceremony: 21 July (8p.m.)- Departure: 22 July. All Rounds
start at 4pm.
Prizes in U.S. Dollars: 1st 1000 - 2nd 800 - 3rd 700 – 4th 600
– 5th 500 - 6th 400 – 7th 300 – 8th 200 – 9th 150 –
10th 150.
For Rated players over 2300, They will pay 250 US$ including
Registration fee + Accommodation in 3 star Hotel double Bedroom + 3 meals
starting from Arrival date to Departure date + Splendid touristic tours. For
other Rated players the same but they participate in Open Section. B) Open
Section (for rated Players under 2300)
Fide Rated Swiss System-9 Rounds –120 Players–Time Control 2
hours for the first 40 moves then one hour to finish the game. Schedule as
above.
Prizes in Egyptian Pounds: 1st 500 -2nd 400 -3rd 300 -4th 250 -5th 250
-6th 200 -7th 200 -8th 150 -9th 125 -10th 100.
Contact Hassan Khaled before June 30, as there are limited places.
Hassan Khaled General Director Egyptian Chess Federation E-mail:
ecf@idsc.gov.eg or haskh@yahoo.com, Blitzin I.D.: haskd Phone: +20-2-3378987,
Mobile: +20-10-5003063, Fax +20-2-3025683 Venue: Eastern Company Sports Club
(Tel & Fax +20-2-5620931) Hotel: Ledo Hotel –Pyramids Street
(Tel+20-2-572026 - 5694624)
New Russian Website
There is a new Russian Website (English content to follow) at:
http://kvkchess.euro.ru/. Material
includes chess history and statistics and a collection of the chess links.
Greek Events this Summer
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2000 (11-23 July 2000, Agios Kyrikos, Ikaria
island, GREECE) This year Ikaros Festival includes seven (7) tournaments. The
first three tournaments offer accommodation privileges for the winners while
the remaining four offer cash prizes of total value one million drachmas
(1.000.000). Further details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
The Korinthos 2000 International Chess Open Tounament takes place July -
August 2000. 9 round Swiss. Prizes: 1st 400.000 drs 2nd 275.000 drs 3rd 175.000
drs 4th 100.000 drs 5th-6th 150.000 drs (2x75.000) 7th-8th 100.000 drs
(2x50.000) 9th-10th 80.000 drs (2x40.000) 11th-12th 60.000 drs (2x30.000)
Further details: http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/announ.html
You can also see the Official Guide to Chess Tournaments in Greece at:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2000/hellas2000/index.html
XLII Portuguese Team Championships
The XLII Portuguese Team Championships take place June 11th-12th,
16th-18th and 22nd-25th June 2000. There are three leagues of competition which
takes place in the Pavilhao Aristides Hall in Aveiro University.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.sas.ua.pt/desporto/xadrez/
Montecatini Terme
There is an international chess festival in Montecatini Terme July 28th
to August 6th 2000. There will be two events. A Champions Category XVIII event
with Alexei Shirov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Bareev, Zurab Azmaiparashvili,
Sergei Rublevski, Jeroen Piket, Artashes Minasian and Smbat Lputian.
In addition there will be an open for a maximum of 200 players. GMs
Sax, Zelcic, Drasko, Farago, Naumkin,Skembris, Malakhov are entered already.
There will be a website.
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
World Open
The 28th Annual World Open begins on June 30th and runs through July
4th. The 9-round swiss system event has a $200,000 guaranteed prize fund. The
tournament had over 1400 entries last year with seven players tieing for first
(GM Gregory Serper won in a blitz tiebreak).
Internet coverage with live games, live images from a "chess cam," games
in a Java board, and audio interviews with players:
http://www.worldopen.com
Corsican Open 2nd-5th November 2000
The Corsican International Open takes place 2nd-5th November 2000 in
Bastia (Theatre). There is a Prize fund of 450 000 F for 2 events.
Corsica Masters, 3rd-5th November (elo =>2300) 7 rounds 20'+5" After
the 7 rounds 1/4 final (10"+10, return match), 1/2 final, final
Prize fund 300 000 F 60 000 F - 35 000F- 20 000 F - 20 000 F 5th thru 8
10 000 F each -8 000 F - 6 000 F - 11th thru 20th 4 000 F each elo 2300-2500 :
10 000 F - 7 000 F - 4 000 F 1st Woman 5 000 F, 2nd : 3 000 F, 3rd 2 000 F 1st
french : 7 000 F, 2nd 5 000 F, 3rd 3 000 F Schedule : Friday November 3rd Round
1 6.00 pm Round 2 7.30 pm Round 3 9.00 pm Saturday November 4th Round 4 11.30
am Round 5 2.00 pm Round 6 6.00 pm Round 7 7.30 pm Sunday November 5th 1/4
final 9.00 am 1/2 final 11.00 am Final 1.00 pm
Entry Fees : 250 F if paid by october 1, 350 F after october 1st.
Tournament of Bastia, 2nd-4th November (elo=<2400) 9 rounds 50'+10"
Prize fund 150 000 F 15 000 F -10 000 F - 8 000 F - 6 000 F - 5000 F - 4 000 F
- 3 000 F - 2000 F 1st Junior : 6 000 F, 2nd 4 000 F, 3rd 2 000 F elo 2000-2300
: 8 000 F - 5 000 F - 3 000 F elo 1800-1999 : 6 000 F - 3 500 F - 2 500 F elo
1600-1799 : 4 500 F -3 000 F - 2 000 F elo 1000-1599 : 4 000 F - 2 500 F -1 500
F Entry Fees : 250 F if paid by october 1, 350 F after october 1st. Schedule :
Round 1 : November 2nd 3 pm, last round November 4th 9 pm
Players rated elo 2300-2400 can play both events.
Tournament manager : Léo BATTESTI 33 195 31 14 08 - fax 33 495
32 42 44 Mobil phone : 33 608 51 52 93 e-mail : opencorse@wanadoo.fr web site :
http://www.opencorsica.com
Swiss Chess Tour 2000
FRIBOURG: The 1st "Golden Tulip" Open run from July 7th to 11th.
"Golden Tulip" Open Fribourg - open to all, 7 rounds, Swiss system.
Time control: 2 hours each players will have for 40 moves and 30 minutes to
complete the game. "Golden Tulip" Chain host "Swiss Chess Tour" in Fribourg for
the first time. Venue is Hotel "Golden Tulip" (****). Prize Fund :
2.000/1.500/1.000/800/600/500/400/300/250/200 + natural prizes.
More information: http://www.beochess.ch Robert Spoerri, Tiergarten 33,
CH-3400 Burgdorf, tel: 00/41/34/4240106; Fax: 00/41/34/4240107 E-mail:
info@beochess.ch
New Greek Site
The OAA Heraklio Chess Club a new website:
http://www.oaachess.bizland.com
the site has chess news from Greece, chess features, etc. Includes a Greek
chess calendar.
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
North Sea Cup
The Esbjerg Chess Union revives its North Sea Cup with a 15th edition
July 7-15 2000. 10 players will play what appears to be the strongest
round-robin ever in Denmark, probably category 14: John Emms Nick de Firmian
Mikhail Gourevitch Alexander Grischuk Boris Gulko Curt Hansen Lars Bo Hansen
Peter Heine Nielsen Dennis de Vreugt Peter Svidler The tournament has its own
home page: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/centrum.htm
then hit 'Vesterhavsturneringen' which is Danish for The North Sea Cup.
European Youth Chess Championships 2000
The European Youth Chess Championships 2000 will be held 2nd-10th
October in Kalithea in Halkidiki (Greece). If you require further details:
http://www.geocities.com/eycc2000
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
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
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands).
July 29 - August 5, 2000 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated Rate of play: 40 moves in 2
hours, then 30 minutes knock-out. Entry fee: Dfl 60 (GM / IM free, FM Dfl 30)
Prizefund: Dfl 3500 - 2500 - 1500 - 750 - 500 - 250 - 150 - 150 - 100 - 100 9
rounds in 8 days: on Sunday July 30 there will be 2 rounds. There will be a
simul on July 28 and one GM will give chesstraining to the participating youth
players during the tournament. Information: Hans Groffen hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl
Paul van Rooijen pro@vlissingen.nl Website:
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen/index.htm
16th Maccabiah Chess Tournaments
As part of the 16th Maccabiah there will be a number of chess
tournaments (GM/IM and open tournaments) The 16th Maccabiah (Jewish Olympiad)
takes place in Tel-Aviv 16th-26th June 2001.
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/maccabi.html
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
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
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/
2000 Summer Hungarian Chess tournaments:
1. 21st of June - 1st of July, HOTEL IROTTKO, GM-IM-closed, KOSZEG,
Org.:FM Tomcsanyi, Peter e-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu
2. 1st-13th of July FIRST SATURDAY,
3. 19th-27th of July BUDAPEST SUMMER, GM-IM-Open, org.:IM Rigo, e.mail:
me-ri@matavnet.hu
4. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY
5. 19th-29th August GM cat.8 IM cat.4 11 rounds and 19th-27th August FM
closed 9 rounds Paks HUN Org: IM Videki, e-mail: videkisn@mail.matav.hu
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
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).
Festival Schneider Bohemia Pilsen 2000
The 6th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia" Pilsen
2000 (The main tournament of this Festival is International Open Czech
Championship) 19th - 27th August 2000 in Pilsen (Czech Republic)
http://www.pef.zcu.cz/pef/kof/skline/
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
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
3 our tournaments, which will take place during summer in Kobuleti
(GEORGIA). INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "MARTVE - OPEN - 2000" 30 July - 08
August INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "REMKA - OPEN - 2000" August 10-19
INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "KOBULETI-OPEN-2000" August 20-29 Full text of
Provisions is on our web page:
http://www.geocities.com/a_japaridze/kobu.htm
Besides there will be held chess tournaments with the norm of the International
Master: 1) 30.07-9.08 2) 10.08-20.08 3) 21.08-30.08 Organizers of the
tournaments Mr.Amiran Berdzenishvili, Mr.Ioseb Mzhavanadze, Mr.David Japaridze.
With best regards David Japaridze Georgian Chess Federation Fax: +(995)32 98 70
53; Phone +(995)32 99 95 21, 95 83 66, 22 67 45 in Tbilisi and 6 33 17, 6 25
89, 635 81 in Kobuleti. E-mail:a_japaridze@yahoo.com, allach@viam.hepi.edu.ge
URL: http://www.geocities.com/a_japaridze/
