THE WEEK IN CHESS 298 24th July 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to David Ottosen, Alex Shabalov, Olivier Breisacher, Hassan
Khaled, Lanfranco Bombelli, Jussi Tella and Sami Hämäläinen,
Richard Palliser, Anjo Anjewierden, Eirik T. Gullaksen, John Donaldson, Scott
Pendergrast, Luciano Amaral, Patrik Nilsson, Willy Iclicki, Przemek Jahr, Wole
Fajinmi, Junior Tay, Archana Muthappa, Peter Gubics, Nicolas Lavallee, Emmanuel
Omuku and all those who helped with this issue.
The start of the Biel GM Chess tournament heads the chess news which is
busy with numerous opens and title all-play-alls. On a sadder note today I
learned of the death of Vladimir Bagirov in Finland. A strong player who went
on to coach many of the World's best players. He will be sadly missed.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Biel Chess Festival takes place July 24th- August 4th 2000. The main
GM event is Category XVI (2631) event is a 6 player 10 round event. Players: 1.
GM Peter Svidler RUS 24 years old (2689), 2. GM Boris Gelfand ISR 32 years old
(2681), 3. GM Loek van Wely NED 27 years old (2643), 4. GM Ruslan Ponomariov
UKR 16 years old (2630), 5. GM Vadim Milov SUI 28 years old (2628) and 6. GM
Joseph Gallagher SUI 36 years old (2514).
Internet coverage: http://www.schachfestival-biel.ch
Round 1 (July 24, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Milov, Vadim 1-0 34 B43 Sicilian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 51 B81 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 33 E94 Kings indian; Classical
GM Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-4 viii 2000 cat. XVI (2631)
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0
2 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2514 .. ** .. .. =. .. 0.5 2643
3 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2681 .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2630
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2630 .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2681
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2643 .. =. .. .. ** .. 0.5 2514
6 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2626 0. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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Grandmaster Vladimir Bagirov died whilst playing in the Heart of Finland
open tournament. He started with 3/3 but had a heart attack during the 4th
round and died the following day. Bagirov, who became a GM in 1978 competed in
nine Soviet Championships with a best result of 4th in 1960. He was also a well
known trainer coaching Tal, Kasparov, Shabalov and Shirov at various points in
their career. He was born in 1936 and died Friday 21st July 2000.
Hassan Khaled reports: The Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival took place
11th-20th July 2000. The event, under the supervision of the Egyptian Chess
Federation and sponsored by Eastern Company Sports Club took place about 5 km
from the Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt. There were two Swiss system events including
the main closed section with 26 players (4 GMs, 13 IMs, 3 FMs) including nine
foreign players and 17 Egytian players. The oldest player was 62 year old
Alexander Vaysman and the youngest Ahmed Adly, 13 years old. Aleksandar
Berelovich and Normunds Miezis finished joint first on 6.5/9.
Golden Cleopatra Open Cairo EGY (EGY), 3-15 vii 2000
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1 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2517 +19 =12 +11 = 2 - 3 +18 + 9 = 4 + 8 6.5 /9 2549
2 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2518 +16 +22 +17 = 1 + 8 - 4 +12 = 6 = 3 6.5 /9 2600
3 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2551 = 7 =13 +15 =17 + 1 = 6 = 4 +14 = 2 6.0 /9 2545
4 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2526 = 8 +26 =12 = 5 +17 + 2 = 3 = 1 = 6 6.0 /9 2561
5 Donchenko, Anatoly G m RUS 2457 =13 = 9 + 7 = 4 = 6 + 8 -14 =12 +16 5.5 /9 2455
6 Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2447 =26 = 8 +21 =12 = 5 = 3 + 7 = 2 = 4 5.5 /9 2496
7 Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2365 = 3 =21 - 5 +20 =14 +17 - 6 +15 =10 5.0 /9 2429
8 Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud m EGY 2352 = 4 = 6 +22 +13 - 2 - 5 +24 + 9 - 1 5.0 /9 2473
9 Sameeh, Hany EGY 2315 =21 = 5 +25 =15 =12 +11 - 1 - 8 +14 5.0 /9 2370
10 Abdel Razik, Khaled f EGY 2405 +14 -17 -13 =26 =16 +22 =15 +11 = 7 5.0 /9 2382
11 Abdel Aziem, Ramadan EGY 2242 +24 =15 - 1 =14 +22 - 9 +18 -10 +12 5.0 /9 2413
12 Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2400 +23 = 1 = 4 = 6 = 9 +15 - 2 = 5 -11 4.5 /9 2409
13 Afifi, Assem m EGY 2321 = 5 = 3 +10 - 8 -15 =19 =20 =18 +21 4.5 /9 2360
14 Elgabry, Mohsen m EGY 2302 -10 +18 =19 =11 = 7 +23 + 5 - 3 - 9 4.5 /9 2349
15 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2404 +25 =11 - 3 = 9 +13 -12 =10 - 7 +19 4.5 /9 2325
16 Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2348 - 2 =20 =26 -18 =10 +25 +23 +17 - 5 4.5 /9 2311
17 El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2380 +18 +10 - 2 = 3 - 4 - 7 =19 -16 +25 4.0 /9 2318
18 Adly, Ahmed f EGY 2217 -17 -14 +24 +16 +19 - 1 -11 =13 =20 4.0 /9 2298
19 Himdan, Maher m EGY 2327 - 1 =23 =14 +21 -18 =13 =17 +24 -15 4.0 /9 2297
20 Ghonimy, Soltan m EGY 2254 -22 =16 =23 - 7 -24 +27 =13 +25 =18 4.0 /9 2211
21 Yousry, Salah EGY 2277 = 9 = 7 - 6 -19 =25 -24 +22 +23 -13 3.5 /9 2232
22 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2392 +20 - 2 - 8 +25 -11 -10 -21 +27 =24 3.5 /9 2190
23 Rahman, Yehya m EGY 2263 -12 =19 =20 =24 +26 -14 -16 -21 +27 3.5 /9 2208
24 Vaysman, Alexander UKR 2382 -11 -25 -18 =23 +20 +21 - 8 -19 =22 3.0 /9 2133
25 Hamed,Mohamed EGY ---- -15 +24 - 9 -22 =21 -16 +27 -20 -17 2.5 /9 2139
26 Mohamed, Farag Amrou f EGY 2305 = 6 - 4 =16 =10 -23 . . . . 1.5 /5 2248
27 BYE ---- . . . . . -20 -25 -22 -23 0.0 /4
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Lanfranco Bombelli reports: The Bolzano (Bozen in German) took place
July 15th-22nd 2000. Gyula Sax took first place on tie-break from Zoltan
Gyimesi both scoring 7/9.
Full coverage at: http://www.altea.it/scacchi
Open Bolzano ITA (ITA), 15-22 vii 2000
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1 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2609 +10 + 5 +11 + 8 = 6 = 2 = 3 + 9 = 4 7.0 2729
2 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2518 +22 = 7 =15 +13 +12 = 1 + 6 +11 = 5 7.0 2681
3 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2530 =14 +30 - 6 +23 + 8 = 5 = 1 = 4 +10 6.0 2516
4 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2622 +13 =15 = 8 = 5 +14 = 6 =11 = 3 = 1 5.5 2544
5 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2481 +20 - 1 +18 = 4 + 7 = 3 =10 = 6 = 2 5.5 2506
6 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2667 +23 =12 + 3 +11 = 1 = 4 - 2 = 5 = 7 5.5 2570
7 Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2366 +21 = 2 =17 -12 - 5 +19 +15 +14 = 6 5.5 2462
8 Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2441 +27 +16 = 4 - 1 - 3 +17 =13 =10 +18 5.5 2482
9 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2519 =19 +29 =12 =16 =10 =13 +18 - 1 +20 5.5 2376
10 Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2273 - 1 +20 +24 =15 = 9 +12 = 5 = 8 - 3 5.0 2434
11 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2535 +18 +17 - 1 - 6 +22 +16 = 4 - 2 =13 5.0 2502
12 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2479 +25 = 6 = 9 + 7 - 2 -10 =20 =17 +22 5.0 2393
13 Baquero, Luis A COL 2303 - 4 +26 +19 - 2 +20 = 9 = 8 =18 =11 5.0 2394
14 Drabke, Lorenz ITA 2149 = 3 =19 =23 +17 - 4 =27 +16 - 7 =15 4.5 2387
15 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2467 +26 = 4 = 2 =10 =16 -18 - 7 +24 =14 4.5 2298
16 Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2425 +24 - 8 +22 = 9 =15 -11 -14 +27 =17 4.5 2329
17 Godena, Michele g ITA 2487 +28 -11 = 7 -14 +29 - 8 +22 =12 =16 4.5 2311
18 De Eccher, Stefano f ITA 2256 -11 +28 - 5 +30 +21 +15 - 9 =13 - 8 4.5 2308
19 Bertagnolli, Alexander ITA 2191 = 9 =14 -13 -21 +28 - 7 =23 +25 +24 4.5 2191
20 Gatterer, Florian ---- - 5 -10 +25 +29 -13 +28 =12 +21 - 9 4.5 2255
21 Erschbaumer, Helmut ---- - 7 -22 +26 +19 -18 =23 +27 -20 +29 4.5 2185
22 Schacher, Gerd ITA 2245 - 2 +21 -16 +27 -11 +24 -17 +23 -12 4.0 2272
23 Mukic, Josko f YUG 2278 - 6 +25 =14 - 3 =24 =21 =19 -22 =30 3.5 2126
24 Scharrer, Patrick ---- -16 +27 -10 =25 =23 -22 +26 -15 -19 3.0 2114
25 Rossi, Giampiero ITA 2078 -12 -23 -20 =24 =26 =29 =30 -19 +28 3.0 2007
26 Ruzzier, Dario ITA 2080 -15 -13 -21 -28 =25 +30 -24 =29 +27 3.0 2000
27 Kowalczyk, Martin ITA 2120 - 8 -24 +28 -22 +30 =14 -21 -16 -26 2.5 1986
28 Astengo, Marcello ITA 2032 -17 -18 -27 +26 -19 -20 =29 +30 -25 2.5 1983
29 Luban, Peter GER 2131 = - 9 =30 -20 -17 =25 =28 =26 -21 2.5 1966
30 Pfeufer, Lion ---- = - 3 =29 -18 -27 -26 =25 -28 =23 2.0 1947
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2nd ShakkiNet international took place in Helsinki, Finland. There was
category VIII GM-group and category IV IM-group. Evgeniy Solozhenkin won the
main GM group.
My thanks to Jussi Tella and Sami Hämäläinen for the
news.
Internet coverage: http://www.shakki.net/2si/
Final standings:
2nd ShakkiNet GM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 10-18 vii 2000cat. VII (2414)
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1 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2528 * = 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2621
2 Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2402 = * 1 0 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2540
3 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2383 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2542
4 Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2438 0 1 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2491
5 Sepp, Olav m EST 2414 1 0 0 = * 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2456
6 Karttunen, Mika FIN 2313 0 = 1 0 1 * = 0 1 1 5.0 2468
7 Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2563 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.5 2397
8 Norri, Joose m FIN 2400 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 3.5 2335
9 Anka, Emil m HUN 2474 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 2.0 2187
10 Nyysti, Sampsa FIN 2224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1991
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2nd ShakkiNet IM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 10-18 vii 2000cat. IV (2333)
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1 Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2428 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2542
2 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2445 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2540
3 Nouro, Mikael f FIN 2398 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2451
4 Raaste, Eero J m FIN 2349 0 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 5.0 2374
5 Lampen, Timo FIN 2307 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2379
6 Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2341 = 0 = = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2332
7 Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2376 0 0 = = = = * = 1 0 3.5 2248
8 Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2182 0 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 3.0 2225
9 Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2235 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.0 2124
10 Pirttimaki, Timo f FIN 2271 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 2.0 2120
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The 10th Smith & Williamson Young Masters took place 14th-22nd July
this year at King Edward's School, Witley (nr. Guildford). This event remains
as England's premier junior event in which U21 players have the opportunity to
obtain IM norms, as Karl Mah did last year. IMs Andrew Webster and Richard
Bates shared first place on 6.5/9. My thanks to Richard Palliser.
Internet coverage: http://www.swyoungmasters.co.uk
10th Smith & Williamson Young Masters Witley ENG (ENG), 14-22 vii 2000
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1 Webster, Andrew m ENG 2417 + 4 + 5 = 7 =11 -12 +14 + 2 = 3 + 6 6.5 /9 2501
2 Bates, Richard m ENG 2357 +13 +16 =11 + 6 + 7 = 3 - 1 + 9 = 4 6.5 /9 2473
3 Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2351 =18 +10 =14 + 4 =11 = 2 +12 = 1 = 7 6.0 /9 2461
4 Vigus, James f ENG 2266 - 1 +19 +16 - 3 + 5 = 7 =11 +12 = 2 5.5 /9 2398
5 Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2238 + 9 - 1 +17 - 7 - 4 +19 =14 +20 +11 5.5 /9 2376
6 Middelburg, Tom NED 2328 - 8 +22 +18 - 2 +15 = 9 +10 +11 - 1 5.5 /9 2369
7 Williams, Simon m ENG 2353 +22 = 8 = 1 + 5 - 2 = 4 - 9 +17 = 3 5.0 /9 2315
8 Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2192 + 6 = 7 =21 -12 -10 +15 =17 =14 +19 5.0 /9 2315
9 Collins, Sam IRL 2172 - 5 +20 =15 =13 +18 = 6 + 7 - 2 =10 5.0 /9 2333
10 Koneru, Humpy IND 2286 =17 - 3 -13 +20 + 8 +18 - 6 +16 = 9 5.0 /9 2290
11 Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2455 +20 +15 = 2 = 1 = 3 =12 = 4 - 6 - 5 4.5 /9 2322
12 Bitansky, Igor ISR 2359 -15 =13 +22 + 8 + 1 =11 - 3 - 4 =14 4.5 /9 2303
13 Pert, Richard G f ENG 2239 - 2 =12 +10 = 9 =14 =17 =20 =19 =16 4.5 /9 2262
14 Werle, Jan NED 2311 +21 =18 = 3 =15 =13 - 1 = 5 = 8 =12 4.5 /9 2273
15 Greet, Andrew ENG 2266 +12 -11 = 9 =14 - 6 - 8 -16 +21 +22 4.0 /9 2224
16 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2183 +19 - 2 - 4 -18 =17 +22 +15 -10 =13 4.0 /9 2206
17 Thiruchelvam, Thirumurugan ENG 2218 =10 + - 5 =19 =16 =13 = 8 - 7 =21 4.0 /9 2159
18 Addison, Bret ENG 2222 = 3 =14 - 6 +16 - 9 -10 =21 -22 +20 3.5 /9 2182
19 D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2157 -16 - 4 =20 =17 +21 - 5 +22 =13 - 8 3.5 /9 2149
20 Palliser, Richard f ENG 2322 -11 - 9 =19 -10 +22 +21 =13 - 5 -18 3.0 /9 2117
21 Conlon, Joseph P ENG 2173 -14 = = 8 =22 -19 -20 =18 -15 =17 2.5 /9 2047
22 Menon, Shanker ENG 2237 - 7 - 6 -12 =21 -20 -16 -19 +18 -15 1.5 /9 1989
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The Czech Open 2000 festival in Pardubice (Czech Republic) runs July
13th-30th, 2000. There are about 1300 players from 46 countries and 5
continents competing including 33 GMs, 5 WGMs, 60 IMs and 5 WIMs. Mikhail
Gurevich, Alexandr Goloshchapov, Hannes Stefansson, Valeri Beim, Alexander
Delchev, Ruslan Sherbakov play in the main open. Sergei Movsesian (CZE) and
Vlastimil Babula (CZE) compete in the active chess event.
Internet coverage:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
Round 3
1. Gurevich Mikhail BEL GM 2667 3
2. Medunova Vera CZE WIM 2209 3
3. Kubala Martin CZE M 2308 3
4. Rechel Bernd GER FM 2402 3
5. Konopka Michal CZE IM 2453 3
6. Groszpeter Attila HUN GM 2478 3
7. Florean Andrei ROM IM 2441 3
8. Kabanov Nikolai RUS KM 2385 3
9. Stryjecky Marek POL IM 2405 3
10. Potkin Vladimir RUS IM 2420 3
11. Shushpanov Vladimir RUS M 2403 3
262 players
The Dutch Open Championships take place in Dieren July 18th-27th 2000.
Players include: Afek, Barsov, Van Beek, Berkvens, Bosch, Dvoirys, Gelashvili,
Ikonnikov, Levin, Meyers, Mokry, Murey, Safin, Savchenko, Solleveld, Van der
Weide, Van der Wiel and Zilberman play in the field of 64. Internet site:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2000/
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2000 took place 11th-23rd July 2000, Agios
Kyrikos, Ikaria island, GREECE) Eric Van den Doel of the Netherlands won with
8/9. Games and a fuller report should follow next week.
Further details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
David Ottosen reports: The Canadian Open was held from June 8-16 in
Edmonton Alberta Canada. The tournament featured five International
Grandmasters (Kevin Spraggett, Joel Benjamin, Igor Novikov, Peter Wells, and
Jonathan Rowson), as well as three International Masters (Tom O'Donnell, Dave
Ross, and Dmitri Tyomkin). Entering the last round, there was a three way tie
for first, between Spraggett, Benjamin, and Wells. After the expected short
draw between Spraggett and Benjamin, the two co-leaders settled in to watch the
game Wells-Rowson, which ended in a dramatic win on time (in a position both
players agreed was winning for Rowson regardless) for the young Scottish GM,
pulling him into a tie for first. Meanwhile, on Board 3, the ICC observers were
predicting a rapid demise for O'Donnell, but he dug in and held on to draw with
Novikov, leaving them both out of the first place tie. Speaking of ICC, the top
three boards were broadcast live on the ICC every day, to an interested crowd
of approximately 30-50 observers. More information about the tournament can be
found at: http://members.home.net/cdnopen2000/index.htm
including the crosstable and pictures of the event.
The International Open in Bergen, Norway takes place 21st-29th July
2000. The event is a nine round Swiss System event with 50 players including
GMs Peter Heine Nielsen, Sergei Tiviakov, Yuri Yakovich, Alexander Volzhin,
Einar Gausel and Rune Djurhuus. My thanks to Eirik T. Gullaksen for the
news.
Internet coverage: http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/bi2000.htm
1. GM Peter H. Nielsen 2578 3
2-10. GM Sergei Tiviakov 2608 2.5
GM Yuri Yakovich 2585 2.5
GM Alexander Volzhin 2556 2.5
IM Davit Lobzhanidze 2493 2.5
GM Einar Gausel 2492 2.5
IM Andrew Ledger 2441 2.5
Kristian Trygstad 2248 2.5
Einar Brekken 2222 2.5
Geir Sune Tallaksen 2221 2.5
11-17. GM Rune Djurhuus 2484 2
IM Leif Johannessen 2422 2
IM Mikael Agopov 2399 2
Stein Arild Aarland 2259 2
Daniel Hersvik 2172 2
Timothy Spanton 2081 2
Per Manne 2
18-31. IM Roy H. Fyllingen 2408 1.5
Øystein Dannevig 2356 1.5
Kjell Arne Mork 2279 1.5
Audrius Budraitis 2274 1.5
Hans Olav Lahlum 2215 1.5
John A. Kvamme 2207 1.5
Stephen Ledger 2200 1.5
Trond Gabrielsen 2197 1.5
Magne Sagafos 2170 1.5
Arthur F. Brameld 2100 1.5
Alexander Flaata 2099 1.5
Carl Fredrik Ekeberg 2066 1.5
Jerome Lachaux 2035 1.5
Håvard Holder 1.5
32-44. FM Klaus Gawehns 2401 1
IM Ivar Bern 2379 1
Martin Haag 2316 1
Stig Gabrielsen 2305 1
FM David Ledger 2302 1
Rune Myhrvold 2253 1
Torstein Bae 2246 1
Bo Sjögren 2190 1
Harald Borchgrevink 2175 1
Frank Schuetzhold 2128 1
Ellen Hagesæther 2044 1
Kjetil Stokke 1
Helgi Hauksson 1
45-47. Kjetil A. Lie 2284 0.5
Ole J. Valaker 0.5
Anita Hersvik 0.5
48-50. Craig Hanley 2294 0
Remi Soupizon 2046 0
Kristian Sørensen 0
The Politiken Cup (22nd Copenhagen open) takes place 17th-28th July 2000
in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is a new venue at the Nørrebrohallen. Lars
Bo Hansen, Tiger Hillarp and Luke McShane share the lead after 7 rounds on
6/7.
Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk
Leading Round 7 standings:
1. Hansen,Lars Bo 6.0
Hillarp Persson,Tiger 6.0
McShane,Luke J. 6.0
4. Gulko,Boris F 5.5
Psakhis,Lev 5.5
Baburin,Alexander 5.5
DeFirmian,Nick E. 5.5
Mikhalevski,Victor 5.5
Schandorff,Lars 5.5
Brynell,Stellan 5.5
11. Golod,Vitali 5.0
Hector,Jonny 5.0
Ward,Christopher 5.0
Mittelmann,Gur 5.0
Høi,Carsten 5.0
Antonsen,Mikkel 5.0
El-Kher,Henrik 5.0
Eriksson,Johan 5.0
Nilssen,John Arni 5.0
Skytte,Rasmus 5.0
Tozer,Richard 5.0
Rasmussen,Casper 5.0
Bromann,Thorbjørn 5.0
Lund,Esben 5.0
Hvenekilde,Jørgen 5.0
Rasmussen,Allan Stig 5.0
Simonsen,Olavur 5.0
Röder,Peter Ulrik 5.0
165 players
The WIPRO GM tournament in Hyderabad takes place July 15th-28th 2000.
Leonid Yurtaev did not manage to arrive for the event cutting it to Category X.
Evgeny Vladimirov leads with 5/6.
Internet coverage at:
http://chennaionline.com/chess/index.asp
WIPRO GM Hyderabad IND (IND), 16-28 vii 2000 cat. X (2498)
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1 Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2598 * = . . . . . 1 = 1 1 1 5.0 / 6 2754
2 Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2594 = * = . = = . 1 1 . = . 4.5 / 7 2600
3 Harikrishna, P f IND 2500 . = * 1 = = = . . = . 1 4.5 / 7 2596
4 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2573 . . 0 * . = 1 . . = 1 1 4.0 / 6 2609
5 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2431 . = = . * = = . 1 . = = 4.0 / 7 2541
6 Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2541 . = = = = * . 0 . = = 1 4.0 / 8 2486
7 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2446 . . = 0 = . * 1 1 . . = 3.5 / 6 2506
8 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman wm IND 2378 0 0 . . . 1 0 * = 1 = . 3.0 / 7 2489
9 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2498 = 0 . . 0 . 0 = * 1 . 1 3.0 / 7 2424
10 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2556 0 . = = . = . 0 0 * 1 . 2.5 / 7 2416
11 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2542 0 = . 0 = = . = . 0 * . 2.0 / 7 2366
12 Aarthie, Ramaswamy wf IND 2319 0 . 0 0 = 0 = . 0 . . * 1.0 / 7 2203
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John Donaldson reports: Grandmasters Jaan Ehlvest of Estonia and Pavel
Blatny of the Czech Republic continued their recent string of victories, by
sharing first in the 2000 Chesswise International, held July 10-16 at the
Stratton Mountain Inn located in Stratton Mountain, Vermont. Ehlvest and
Blatny's score of 6 1/2-2 1/2, was good for $5,500 Blatny, who has been having
a career year (1st Czech Championship, =1st World Open, etc...) and whose ELO
rating is rapidly approaching 2600, scored key victories over fellow GMs
Alexander Ivanov, Alex Yermolinsky and Darmen Savadkasov to hold the lead for
much of the event, but a loss to Ehlvest forced him to play catchup till GM
Yermolinsky beat Ehlvest in round 8 to put Blatny a half point up with a round
to go.
Blatny drew quickly in the final with GM Alex Wojtkiewicz, but Ehlvest,
who had already played all the other GMs (+Browne and A.Ivanov, =Atalik,
Wojtkiewicz and Sadvakasov), ground down IM Zia Rahman of Bangladesh in a long
game to force the tie. Rahman was part of a contingent of Bangladeshi Olympiad
team members who were making a tour of the United States which will conclude
with the Continental Open in Los Angeles later this month. A victory for Rahman
over Ehlvest would have given him a GM norm.
Our thanks go to Bill Goichberg's Continental Chess Association and
Scott Pendergast's Chesswise University for putting up a $20,000 prize fund.
Scott Pendergrast reports additionally that Rahman needed a final round
win to gain a grandmaster norm, but faced a tough pairing with black against
Ehlvest. In the final round, GM Yermolinsky drew with GM Suat Atalik (who was
undefeated in the tournament but drew 6!); GM Alek Wojtkiewicz drew Blatny; GM
Alexander Ivanov beat GM Walter Browne; and GM Darmen Sadvakasov beat Mark
Paragua. Yermolinsky, Atalik, Wojtkiewicz, Ivanov, and Sadvakasov tied for 3rd
through 7th with 6 points. Official website is
http://www.chesswise.com/ccacw
Chesswise International Stratton Mountain USA
10-16 vii 2000
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1 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2535 6.5
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 6.5
3 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2596 6.0
4 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2549 6.0
5 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2567 6.0
6 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2509 6.0
7 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2581 6.0
8 Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2421 5.5
9 Donaldson, John W m USA 2396 5.5
10 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2399 5.5
11 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2478 5.5
25 players
The 15th Avoine Open takes place July 22nd-30th 2000. After two rounds
29 players have a 100% 2/2 score. GMs Manuel Apicella and Vladislav Nevednichy
are the top players in the event.
Internet coverage: http://www.tour-infernale.net/
The Paris Championships took place July 15th-23rd 2000. The event was
won by Stanislav Savchenko who had a superior tie-break amongst the group of
nine players who finished on 7/9.
Further details at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ or
http://www.tour-infernale.net/
ch-Paris Paris FRA (FRA), 15-23 vii 2000
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1 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2579 7.0 /9 2617
2 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2499 7.0 /9 2610
3 Glek, Igor V g GER 2553 7.0 /9 2611
4 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2504 7.0 /9 2608
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2648 7.0 /9 2584
6 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2573 7.0 /9 2565
7 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2557 7.0 /9 2563
8 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2542 7.0 /9 2527
9 Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2503 7.0 /9 2558
10 Nikcevic, Nebojsa g YUG 2473 6.5 /9 2522
11 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2520 6.5 /9 2515
12 Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2437 6.5 /9 2533
13 Antal, Gergely HUN 2405 6.5 /9 2507
14 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2520 6.5 /9 2493
15 Sarthou, Gaetan FRA 2399 6.5 /9 2428
16 Bergez, Luc m FRA 2413 6.5 /9 2410
17 Spiridonov, Nikola g BUL 2400 6.5 /9 2462
18 Chomet, Pascal m FRA 2384 6.5 /9 2363
19 Sellos, Didier m FRA 2372 6.5 /9 2386
20 Boulard, Eric FRA 2224 6.5 /9 2457
21 Mullon, J. Baptiste FRA 2296 6.5 /9 2367
22 Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2433 6.5 /9 2363
23 Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2464 6.0 /9 2503
24 David, Alberto g LUX 2487 6.0 /9 2450
25 Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu g FRA 2443 6.0 /9 2423
26 Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2289 6.0 /9 2424
192 players
Patrik Nilsson reports: The Category VIII Swedish Championships which
took place July 2nd-16th 2000 in Orebro, Sweden, were won by GM Tom Wedberg
ahead of Pia Cramling and Jonas Barkhagen all finished on 8½/13 points.
Further information at:
http://www.stas.net/orebross/sm-gr13.htm
ch-SWE Orebro SWE (SWE), 2-16 vii 2000 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2473 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 = 1 0 = 8.5 2543
2 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2484 = * = 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 8.5 2542
3 Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2449 0 = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2545
4 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2509 0 0 = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2517
5 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2554 = = = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2484
6 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2484 = = = 1 0 * 0 = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2461
7 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2549 0 0 = = = 1 * 1 1 = = 0 = 1 7.0 2456
8 Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2409 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2467
9 Vernersson, Per SWE 2374 1 = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2412
10 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2470 0 = 0 0 = = = = = * 1 = = 1 6.0 2404
11 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2486 = = = 0 = = = 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 5.5 2375
12 Ingbrandt, Johan f SWE 2402 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = 1 * 1 = 5.5 2382
13 Rylander, Dennis SWE 2223 1 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 5.0 2365
14 Gruvaeus, Curt SWE 2245 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2050
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The 54th Polish Women's Championships took place in Brzeg Dolny July
6th-16th 2000. The winner was Iweta Radziewicz who finished on 8.5/11 half a
point clear of Joanna Dworakowska. My thanks to Przemek Jahr.
Website: http://www.szachy.lo.pl
ch-POL women Brzeg Dolny POL (POL), 6-16 vii 2000 cat. II (2287)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2379 * 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2490
2 Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2371 0 * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2454
3 Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2376 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2412
4 Aksiuczyc, Monika wm POL 2264 1 0 1 * 0 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 2354
5 Andrzejewska, Edyta POL 2208 1 0 1 1 * 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 6.0 2330
6 Matras, Agnieszka POL 2232 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2328
7 Blimke, Dalia wm POL 2257 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 1 0 5.5 2290
8 Grabarska, Barbara wm POL 2318 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 * = = 1 0 4.0 2182
9 Kludacz, Magdalena wm POL 2242 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 = * 0 0 1 4.0 2189
10 Socko, Monika m POL 2403 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 4.0 2174
11 Glazik, Malgorzata POL 2155 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2124
12 Dabrowska, Krystyna wg POL 2243 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 * 3.0 2116
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The 48th Hungarian Women's Championships take place in Budapest July
21st-29th 2000. My thanks to Péter Gubics.
Internet site:
http://home.tvnet.hu/~chess/wch2000
Round 3 Standings:
ch-HUN Women Budapest HUN (HUN), 21-29 vii 2000cat. III (2303)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2418 * . . . . . = 1 . 1 2.5 2550
2 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2291 . * = = . 1 . . . . 2.0 2426
3 Lakos, Nikoletta wm HUN 2327 . = * . = . . . 1 . 2.0 2418
4 Gara, Ticia HUN 2296 . = . * = . . . . 1 2.0 2405
5 Medvegy, Nora wm HUN 2350 . . = = * . . . . = 1.5 2274
6 Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2282 . 0 . . . * = . 1 . 1.5 2283
7 Dembo, Yelena wm HUN 2322 = . . . . = * 0 . . 1.0 2211
8 Horvath, Julia wm HUN 2308 0 . . . . . 1 * 0 . 1.0 2201
9 Kiss, Fernanda wm HUN 2238 . . 0 . . 0 . 1 * . 1.0 2180
10 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2201 0 . . 0 = . . . . * 0.5 2081
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Junior Tay reports: The 4th Singapore Closed Championships saw a
relatively strong field (by Singaporean standards) participating for two
Olympiad spots. IA Lim Chye Lye organized the event which was held in the
Singapore Intellectual Games Centre from 8-23 July 2000. Only players with FIDE
ratings or SCF Ratings more than 1900 were allowed to participate with the
exception of Benjamin Goh who gained entry by virtue of his Singapore Open win
in February.
Final Results
National Closed Championships 2000
9 Player all-play-all.
Name Rating Pts
Hsu Li Yang SIN IM 2440 7 *
Ong Chong Ghee SIN FM 2342 6.5 *
Mark Chan SIN NM 2294 5
Wong Chee Chung MAL SCF 2161 4.5
Tan Chor Chuan SIN 2146 3.5
J Nithiananthan SIN 2134 3
Lim Hoon Cheng SIN FM 2270 2.5
Kek Wei Chuan SIN 2104 2
Benjamin Goh SIN SCF 1755 2
* Top two Qualified for the Olympiad Team
The ANU Chess Festival took place in Canberra, Australia July 15th-23rd
2000.
ANU Open 22-23 July
101 players, 7 rounds
Place Name Fed. FIDE Local Title Score
1 Rogers, Ian NSW 2558 2633 gm 6.5
2-4 Wohl, Aleksander QLD 2461 2477 im 6
Martin, Benjamin NZL 2377 2441 im 6
Solomon, Stephen QLD 2359 2352 im 6
5-7 Bolens, Johnny NSW 2088 5.5
Jones, Brian NSW 2196 2117 5.5
Harp, Joel NSW 1915 5.5
8-15 Lane, Gary ENG 2452 2451 im 5
Farrell, Roger ACT 2077 5
Smirnov, Vladimir ACT 2045 5
Bliznyuk, Andrey ACT 2070 5
Xie, George NSW 1979 5
Wright, Ian ACT 2130 2000 5
Chow, Samuel VIC 1747 5
Korda, Augustin ACT 1844 5
Australian Computer Chess Championship 15-16 July 2000
Program 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
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1. LambChop (NZ) X 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
2. KnightCap (ACT) 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 5.0
3. Desperado (ACT) 0 0 X 1 = 1 1 3.5
4. KChess (NSW) 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 3.0
5. VChess (ACT) 0 0 = 0 X 1 1 2.5
6. Awesome (Vic) 0 0 0 0 0 X = 0.5
7. HexxPawn (ACT) 0 0 0 0 0 = X 0.5
ANU Primary Schools Championships
19 July 2000
Place Name Score Buch. M-Buch. Progr.
1st=. Nth Ainslie, Weetangera 23.5/28;
3rd. Ainslie 18.
ANU High Schools Championships
Thursday 20 July
Place Name Score Buch.
1st Radford 23/28
2nd McKillop 20.5
3rd=. Grammar , Marist, 18
The 107th Scottish Chess Championships took place in Glasgow July
15th-23rd with a field of 40 players. The venue was the Hamish Wood Building at
Glasgow Caledonian University. FM Alan Norris and IM John Shaw shared the title
after IM Douglas Bryson and FM Tim Upton both lost in the final round after
they had led the field by half a point.
ch-SCO Glasgow SCO (SCO), 15-23 vii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Norris, Alan J f SCO 2299 +14 = 5 - 3 + 8 - 4 + 7 + 2 +13 + 9 6.5 2389
2 Shaw, John m SCO 2435 + 6 +10 = 4 = 3 + 7 = 5 - 1 +12 +14 6.5 2413
3 Upton, Timothy J f SCO 2274 = 9 +12 + 1 = 2 = 5 + 4 + 8 = 6 - 7 6.0 2366
4 Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2370 +13 + 8 = 2 = 5 + 1 - 3 + 9 +10 - 6 6.0 2383
5 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2416 +12 = 1 + 9 = 4 = 3 = 2 +13 - 8 -11 5.0 2266
6 Berry, Neil SCO 2247 - 2 - 9 +13 =11 =14 =12 + 7 = 3 + 4 5.0 2228
7 Rutherford, Elaine wf SCO 2050 - 8 +13 +10 + 9 - 2 - 1 - 6 =11 + 3 4.5 2226
8 Grant, Jonathan SCO 2208 + 7 - 4 +11 - 1 -10 +14 - 3 + 5 =12 4.5 2234
9 Montgomery, Jim SCO ---- = 3 + 6 - 5 - 7 +11 +10 - 4 =14 - 1 4.0 2202
10 Young, John SCO 2305 +11 - 2 - 7 =12 + 8 - 9 =14 - 4 =13 3.5 2097
11 Stevenson, James SCO 2133 -10 +14 - 8 = 6 - 9 -13 -12 = 7 + 5 3.0 2056
12 Roberts, Paul SCO 2148 - 5 - 3 =14 =10 -13 = 6 +11 - 2 = 8 3.0 2127
13 Parkin, James SCO 2140 - 4 - 7 - 6 =14 +12 +11 - 5 - 1 =10 3.0 2106
14 Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2115 - 1 -11 =12 =13 = 6 - 8 =10 = 9 - 2 2.5 2046
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In addition to the FIDE Rating list they also produce a rapid rating
list. Below is the July 2000 list.
Rapid rating July 2000
1 Kasparov Gary RUS 284
2 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 278
3 Shirov Alexis ESP 275
4 Anand Vishwanathan IND 275
5 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 274
6 Gelfand Boris ISR 273
7 Topalov Veselin BUL 272
8 Van Wely Loek NED 271
9 Svidler Peter RUS 271
10 Kamsky Gata USA 270
11 Akopian Vladimir ARM 269
12 Rublevsky Sergei RUS 268
13 Khalifman Alexander RUS 268
14 Leko Peter HUN 268
15 Movsesian Sergei CZE 268
16 Sokolov Ivan BIH 268
17 Karpov Anatoly RUS 268
18 Wojtkiewicz Alex POL 267
19 Shipov Sergei RUS 267
20 Dreev Alexey RUS 266
21 Almasi Zoltan HUN 266
22 Milov Vadim SUI 265
23 Salov Valery RUS 265
24 Fedorov Alexei BLR 265
25 Adams Michael ENG 265
26 Georgiev Kiril BUL 265
27 Timman Jan NED 264
28 Krasenkow Michael POL 264
29 Ibragimov Ildar RUS 264
30 Giorgadze Giorgi GEO 264
31 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 264
32 Piket Jeroen NED 263
33 Adianto Utut INA 263
34 Jussupov Artur GER 263
35 Sakaev Konstantin RUS 263
36 Korchnoi Viktor SUI 263
37 Savchenko Stanislav UKR 262
38 Seul Georg GER 262
39 Smirin Ilya ISR 262
40 Psakhis Lev ISR 262
41 Andersson Ulf SWE 262
42 Bacrot Etienne FRA 262
43 Hjartarsson Johann ISL 262
44 Tiviakov Sergei RUS 262
45 Seirawan Yasser USA 262
46 Vaganian Raphael ARM 262
47 Volkov Sergei RUS 261
48 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 261
49 Bologan Viktor MDA 261
50 Minasian Artashes ARM 261
51 Epishin Vladimir RUS 261
52 Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 261
53 Khengin Igor ISR 261
54 Rogers Ian AUS 260
55 Khenkin Igor GER 260
56 Ftacnik Lubomir SVK 260
57 Dolmatov Sergey RUS 260
58 Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 260
59 Avrukh Boris ISR 260
60 Ehlvest Jan EST 260
TWIC always welcomes letters. No publication is guaranteed but the
magazine can act as a forum for chess issues of the moment. The views expressed
in these letters are those of the authors not of TWIC or Chess & Bridge
Ltd.
Yasser Seirawan and Valery Salov had an exchange of views in TWIC 293.
Emmanuel Omuku, Executive Director of FIDE has replied in an open letter.
Reply to Open letter to President Ilyumzhinov
Dear Yasser
I have read both your extensive interview with Chris Depasquale, which
was published on the Club Kasparov site as well as your follow-up open letter
to the FIDE President. As you know very well, it is the policy of FIDE not to
join issues with commentators on chess matters, especially when it is our deep
conviction that most of these comments are either deliberately false or
malicious, simply because we are faced with a lot of challenges in FIDE and it
would be better for us to channel our energies to the more positive pursuit of
our objectives. However, I am prepared to make an exception for you, simply for
the reason that in the few moments that I have had the opportunity of
discussing important questions relating to chess and FIDE with you, I have
found your views to be made with the best of intentions; for the brighter
future of our noble sport and FIDE. Unfortunately, after reading through your
thought provoking interview, which had touched on amongst other things, a
number of wide ranging issues on the future of chess, and your recent letter to
the President, I want to say with the greatest respect, that you came to the
wrong conclusions on various issues you addressed while commenting on the
activities of FIDE because you are either not well-informed or aware of the
facts.
Permit me to preface my response to some of the specific allegations
you made against the President and the current Board of FIDE, especially in the
light of the rather scathing remark you made to the effect that FIDE's image is
at its lowest ebb by summarizing the efforts of the President and his
colleagues in a rather difficult time, to uplift the image of FIDE and of
chess. By far, the greatest achievement of FIDE under the current leadership
was the recognition of chess as a sport by the International Olympic Committee.
While the effect of this may not be immediately apparent, five to ten years
hence, when chess will have started featuring alongside other sports in
national, regional and possibly at the Olympic Games, the worldwide impact on
chess development will certainly lead to greater multiplier effects from the
base to the top.
The introduction of the knockout system of the World Chess Championship
has made it possible for a greater cross-section of our top players to earn
reasonable income from this event on an annual basis. It is also very clear to
all, that the system is transparent, without any influence of any player or
official on who will become the eventual candidate. It will certainly take some
time to nurture this system and for it to gain wider acceptance. But you will
agree with me that the current schisms in the chess world are having a negative
impact on its development and, it should be obvious to everyone that once we
are able to put our differences aside, FIDE and all its constituent parts, will
benefit from the positive aspects of this system. I can tell you, Yasser, from
my peculiar vantage position, that it was this system that formed the focal
point of the President's strategy to demonstrate to the IOC that chess was
truly a sport during the 1997/98 World Championships in Groningen and Lausanne.
The Board has liberalized the youth and junior events by making it
possible for as many talented young players to compete against the very best in
several categories of age groups at Continental and global levels. Only
recently and after a series of consultations, the FIDE President approved the
inauguration of the World Chess Cup and Women's World Chess Cup series, to be
competed for by the best 24 male and female players across the globe. The first
in the series is scheduled to hold in Shenyang from 1 to 13 September 2000. In
so doing, the President and his colleagues have set in motion, the introduction
of a series of World Chess Cup events with the possibility of having up to 4
World Cup events each year in the continents of FIDE.
Without blowing its trumpets, the Board has quietly been holding
discussions at the highest levels in the corporate world to obtain worldwide
sponsorship for chess. I am also in a position to inform you that we are making
appreciable progress in this direction.
There is the added fact that the current FIDE leadership has carried
out structural reforms by amending the FIDE Statutes in such a way that there
is now greater certainty with respect to the electoral process and the decision
making process of the General Assembly. What was achieved by the legislative
reforms in Kishinev and subsequently in Elista, is that it is now possible for
all interests in FIDE to be involved in our decision making process and our
decisions have virtually been unanimous. I challenge you to show me any
Federation today, which can say that there is no certainty or respectability in
the FIDE Statutes from 1997 to date. The reality is that the Board and the
President usually invite and consult as many interests as possible, when taking
decisions at meetings of the Board. Of course, we acknowledge that there are
problems as a result of the Board's principled stand on the need for equality
of all players and Federations, but it will soon be realized with time, that
FIDE is very much united with its National Federations under its new Statutes.
Meetings of FIDE are now held in a very constructive manner, totally devoid of
the conflicts of the past. Again, Yasser, I ask you to let me know of any
Federation, which came back from a FIDE meeting since 1997 and complained of
any form of abuse of process.
The main problem that FIDE has to deal with today and which has taken a
lot of the energy and time of the FIDE leadership, is that some players have
sought to use their position to obtain more privileges than they deserve
against the interest of their colleagues. On the other hand, the Board is
prepared to vigorously pursue the implementation of the principle of equal
treatment in the overall interest of FIDE, its National Federations and
players. In the end, when the dust will have settled, our goal of protecting
the rights of all players and Federations, the very principles on which FIDE
was founded, will have become clear to all that we shall take a principled
stand against those trying to usurp the rights of others.
I propose to now deal with the specific issues raised in your open
letter and interview:
Problems with some payments in the 1999 World Championships
This matter was dealt with at great length by the FIDE President on the
occasion of the 75th Anniversary of FIDE and it is an established fact that all
outstanding payments and transfers were effected before 30th December 1999 as
promised by the President. Do not forget, Yasser, that the actions of some of
our top players and the negative propaganda in the media make it more difficult
for FIDE to secure sponsorship for the World Championship. In the end, the FIDE
President has had to call in his personal guarantee. In spite of all this and
the inconvenience suffered by both FIDE and some players, as a result of the
delay in remittance, FIDE remains the one body, which sees its matches through
and ensures that all prize monies from its matches are paid. I am also in a
position to confirm that FIDE has since received its 20 % share of the prize
fund as well as all outstanding payments.
Yasser, I am again in a position to also confirm that this thankless
job of securing sponsorship for chess and FIDE, has, as a result of the efforts
of the FIDE President, garnered in a total sum of over USD 20,000,000 between
1996 and 1999, with a substantial part of this money going to our top players.
The records are there to speak.
Titles and Ratings
The FIDE Board and officials share exactly the same concerns with you
on titles and ratings. However, instead of making specific allegations here and
there especially, in the absence of clear evidence that people are prepared to
substantiate, efforts are being made by the Qualification Commission, the
Titles and Ratings Committee and the FIDE Board to put forward regulations that
will ensure that no one will get ratings and titles that they do not deserve.
This is not something simple and we understand that the most important weapon
in this fight is that people must follow their conscience in respecting the
principles of our regulations.
It is therefore most unfair for you to make comments regarding the role
of the Qualification Commission and Titles and Ratings in the issuance of
titles and ratings to our players. I can tell you that both QC Chairman Mikko
Markkula and Titles and Ratings Committee Chairman Kevin O'Connell, are great
sticklers for the rules and their principles and high moral standards do not
allow for the simplistic "you vote for me and you get FIDE title" as you
allege.
Just to give you an insight in to the recent problems surrounding the
Myanmar ratings as widely publicized.
We were faced with a sudden increase in the ratings of the Myanmar
players. The QC and the Presidential Board and indeed the General Assembly of
FIDE took a look at the problem. One of the remedies suggested at the time, was
the introduction of the 100 point rule. Meanwhile, there were rumors of all
sorts that were making the rounds that there was cheating in the games of the
Myanmar players, but no one was prepared to come forward with any credible
evidence to enable FIDE act. At the same time, we realized that with the
introduction of the 100-point rule, we were actually throwing away the baby
with the bathwater for those genuine cases of talented players, who actually
achieved the ratings. In the end, the Titles and Ratings Committee Chairman
came forward with a proposal under the rating system, which enabled him to
adjust the Ratings of players in Myanmar based on their performance in recent
international events against foreign players and yet, I am told by the experts
that it is quite possible to achieve those high ratings without any form of
criminal intent on the part of the players playing against each other in their
country, well within the rules! Besides, it is a well-known fact that there is
a general inflation of the entire rating system and this problem is now being
addressed by the Qualification Commission in addition to the other problems you
have enumerated. Indeed, as part of ongoing efforts in this direction, a
meeting of Ratings Experts is scheduled to hold in Dortmund, 14-16 July 2000 to
study amongst other things, some of these problems with a view to proffering
solutions on the way forward.
Recent conflict with some top chess masters
I am pleased to note that you concede that not all of the recent
fiascos are all together FIDE's fault. Yasser, speaking from experience, one
thing is very clear to me, even with the best of intentions, including
stretching one's patience to the limits, conflicts are bound to occur between
some players and the governing body. As you know very well, the cases between
FIDE and Karpov and Polgar are now subjudice. In keeping with our principles of
showing respect to the courts, I shall not comment on the merits of each case.
What I can only disclose is that both players have engaged the services of the
same lawyer, Mr. Alban Brodbeck, the gentleman who once sued FIDE on behalf of
GM Victor Kortchnoi.
It is not enough, Yasser for you to leave the question in the air,
whether or not World Champion Alexander Khalifman and Women's World Champion
Xie Jun are supportive of FIDE and its policies. What specifically have they
said to you to warrant the statement you made? You also list Anand, Kramnik,
Shirov, Morozevich and Galliamova as "being amongst those with angst towards
FIDE". Pray, let us know what specific allegations these players have against
FIDE and if indeed there is any merit in support of their bad blood towards
FIDE. It is also incorrect to regard the FIDE leadership as arrogant, when it
is a well-known fact that our doors are always open to all including you,
Yasser, and the President and the entire FIDE leadership enjoys excellent
relations with all these players you have enumerated above.
Memorandum on Commercialization of FIDE
I believe there is a misunderstanding here or you are not fully aware
of the developments surrounding this document. It is a well-known fact by all
and sundry, that chess is lacking in commercial sponsorship. I recall how we
even discussed this matter at length during the World Chess Championship in Las
Vegas and how we pointed that we all missed a wonderful opportunity for chess
to have big time sponsorship, had Fischer continued playing after his brilliant
victory in the World Championship of 1972 etc.
Last year, was the only period in FIDE's history when it became active
in trying to find partners to exploit our commercial possibilities. It is easy
to understand that people who are interested in investing money in such a
project will want to secure their investment in the best way possible. Towards
this end, a position paper was written for the President with a critical look
on the activities of FIDE, from the outside. The President then endorsed the
document to members of the Executive Board and National Federations for their
input. It was never the intention of the President to impose this document on
the FIDE membership, he made it very clear that he was asking for the input of
national federations and the generality of the chess world. In the end, after
receiving proposals from a lot of well meaning individuals, it was the FIDE
President himself who proposed at the Board meeting in London, 13-14 May 2000,
for a special Committee to be created to study the various inputs and finalize
a consensus proposal for the General Assembly.
The Committee met recently in Lausanne and the President in his
circular letter of 31 May 2000, informed all National Federations that he was
particularly encouraged by the positive tone of the outcome of the meeting in
Lausanne. While a lot of work still needs to be done and another meeting is
scheduled before Istanbul, I believe that this Committee is actively working
for a proposal that will secure FIDE's future, that of all National Federations
and players as well as other interests. If you had been in close contact with
your National Federation on these developments, you will have found out that
there was really no need for you to attack the President and the Board for what
they have done so far. For your information, and for the records, the Committee
has the following membership:
1. FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos - Greece
2. FIDE
Treasurer David Jarrett - England
3. Mr. William Kelleher - USA
4. Mr.
Morten Sand - Norway
5. Mr. David Anderton - England
6. Mr. Egon Ditt -
Germany
7. Mr. Artiom Tarasov - FIDE Commerce
8. FIDE Executive
Director Emmanuel Omuku - Nigeria
The Committee also benefited form the expert opinions of GM Valery
Salov and Rating Administrator Casto Abundo at the meeting.
I can also inform you, that those people, who are not in a hurry to
pass judgment on FIDE, have vented an initial positive reaction to the new
document, which I have not been authorized by the Committee to make public
until most questions have been settled. I can only take this opportunity to
thank in particular, a great FIDE veteran and indefatigable worker for chess,
Zone President, Phil Haley for his very constructive input as well as all
those, who have worked very hard to improve the document.
2000 World Chess Championships
Speaking to the issue of the decision of the Presidential Board to
award the hosting of the 2000 World Chess Championships to India and Iran with
the finals in Teheran, I can understand your personal political views on this
matter, but this position cannot reflect the policy of your federation, your
Government, the world of sports and the United Nations. We do not want to be
drawn into any speculations regarding the issue of Baghdad and this recent
decision of the Board, which addressed specific concern:
Conclusion
From the foregoing, you can understand that the current Board tries to
get every one involved in the decision making process and to insist that people
must follow FIDE's principles besides the clear cut wordings of FIDE's rules
and regulations. The Board has set up a democratic structure and is working
very hard with its experts to protect the titles and ratings of players all
over the world in co-operation with our large base of delegates from the 159
member Federations of FIDE. Concerning the talk of a replacement organization
to FIDE, let me quickly state that this is not the first time that this
proposal has been made and we all know very well the results of these efforts.
Any talk of a replacement of the present Board can only be done by democratic
means. And in this matter, it is only the FIDE General Assembly as the supreme
organ of our organization that has the right to decide.
Contrary to the impression that you have about FIDE, for the first time
in our history, FIDE and its member Federations are united. I admit that we
have problems as an organization and that sometimes, the best of intentions are
misunderstood and we really need to clarify our positions in order to
understand each other better. In spite of all this, we have a clear target
where we want to go. We have achieved the respect of the sports world and along
these lines, we are insisting on principles and not personal favors in the
interpretation of our Statutes and regulations. FIDE under the current
leadership has by itself evolved a very democratic statute, which helps us to
make decisions and run free and fair elections.
We have the great majority of the players supporting our actions,
because they understand that FIDE is the only body, which can protect their
rights. This majority of players may well represent the silent majority, but we
believe that in the end those who do not really understand our principled
position on issues will come to terms with what is right. The attitude of the
current Board is to respect all opinions and in this same spirit, your opinion
is highly respected, but I hope that in the future you will try to seek
clarification and obtain information from us in order to prevent a one sided
view of the state of affairs of our organization, which I must admit, you have
shown a clear intention in the past to support. As always, Yasser, our doors
remain open.
Yours in chess,
Emmanuel Omuku Executive Director
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, Naumkin, Skembris, Lobron, Godena, Palac and IMs Sulava, Van Der
Werf, Belotti, Tatai, De Gleria are entered already.
There will be a website at:
http://italway.it/associazioni/cssurya
.
Nigerian National Junior Chess Championship
The Nigerian National Junior Chess Championship will be taking place in
Lagos, Nigeria between August 1-3, 2000. For the first time in the history of
chess organisation in Nigeria and possibly in West Africa, a web site has been
put up for the tournament. Please find more information at the site at
http://www.agusto.com/chess/default.asp
The site will be updated regularly and results and games will be updated
daily.
Lajos Ózdi IM Harkany
The Lajos Ózdi Memorial IM tournament in Harkany, Hungary taking
place November 16th-24th 2000. The ten player all-play-all IM norm event takes
place in the Hotel Platán Harkány Bartók Béla u 15.
Contact: Schepp Zoltán Tel 36-72-258-044 e-mail:
gyorkos.lajos@dpg.hu
In addition there is the 24th Tenkes Cup in the same venue and dates.
With an A and B Masters Open. Entry deadline 10th November 2000. Contact:
Faludi László SIKLÓS, Kossuth tér 1. 7801 Tel.: 00
36 72l352-122 Fax: 00 36 72/351-858 Hungary Mikola Lajos: e-mail :
tenkescup@egon.gyaloglo.hu
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
European Junior Championships
The European Team Championship for Boys and Girls U18 was held in
Balatonlelle (Hungary) from 9th-15th July 2000. Results available at:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0007/eu00chtj/
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0007/eu00chtg/
Zonal 2.5 Buenos Aires
The Zonal 2.5 takes place in Buenos Aires starting July 26th 2000. The
event is organised by the Argentine Chess Federation. Four nations are
represented. Argentina by GMs Hugo Spangenberg, Ariel Sorin, Pablo Ricardi and
Pablo Zarnicki and IMs Alfredo Giaccio, Fabian Fiorito and Sergio Slipak.
Uruguay by GM Andrés Rodriguez, IM Bernardo Roselli and FM Martín
Crosa. Chile by IM Rodrigo Vasquez and FMs Cristian Salas and Carlos Silva.
Paraguay by FM Eduardo Peralta.
Internet coverage: http://members.tripod.com.ar/polerio,
http://stop.at/zonal or
http://www.ajedrezargentino.com.ar/
Mecking-Vescovi Match
São Paulo is the venue for return of the veteran Brazilian player
Henrique Mecking. He plays a match against Giovanni Vescovi in the "Centro
Empresarial" August 7th-17th 2000.
Further details: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
Sants Hostafrancs Open
The II Open International of Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta takes place
in Barcelona 1st-10th September 2000. 10.000 euros in prizes.
Internet coverage: http://www.secretariat.org/open
European Youth Championships
The European Youth Championships in Halkidiki, Greece, October 2nd-10th
2000 will be covered at the new website: http://www.inchess.com also information at:
http://www.geocities.com/eycc2000
Ciudad de Oviedo
III Open Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Oviedo 16th-17th September
2000 Active Chess -25' finish, 9 rounds 1.350.000 pts. 1st 200.000; 2nd
175.000; 3rd 150.000... (hasta 35 premios) Entry: 2.500 ptas. Sub16: 1.500 ptas
c.c: 2048 0153 65 0340023819 More info: 985 29 63 95 (Víctor) - 649 104
582 (Arturo) oviedo@damanegra.com http://www.damanegra.com/oviedo
MSO Chess
After some initial doubt the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad will definitely
take place in London, at Alexandra Palace, from August 19th-28th 2000.
The Ron Banwell MSO Chess tournament takes place in Alexandra Palace
20th-28th August 2000. Likely contestants include: Murey, McNab, Hodgson and
Speelman.
Play 15.30-22.00 daily Rate of play: 40/100, all in 50, adding 30
seconds from the first # Prizes: £1000 500 300 200 150 100 This is the
guaranteed prize fund. Best score by a Disabled player: £200 £100
If the income warrants it, the Best score by a player Under-16: £50
prizes will be increased. Mind Sports Olympiad Medals in categories: Open,
Under 16, Disabled No player may win more than one cash prize nor more than one
medal. Part of The Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix
Play 15.30-22.00 daily Rate of play: 40/100, all in 50, adding 30
seconds from the first # Prizes: £1000 500 300 200 150 100 This is the
guaranteed prize fund. Best score by a Disabled player: £200 £100
If the income warrants it, the Best score by a player Under-16: £50
prizes will be increased. Mind Sports Olympiad Medals in categories: Open,
Under 16, Disabled No player may win more than one cash prize nor more than one
medal. Part of The Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix
Entry Fees: GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs, if received by the penalty fee date*
free Players FIDE Rated 2300 or higher, FMs, WFMs £30 Players FIDE Rated
2150-2299 £50 Players FIDE Rated 2001-2149 £75 Players unrated, BCF
Grade 175 (National 2000 or higher) £100 Players unrated, BCF Grade under
175 (National 2000 or lower) £150 Players with disabilities free Players
Under 21 or Over 60 pay half the above fees BCF Direct Members, discount of
£4 Penalty Fee for late entries postmarked after 12 August £20
*Players with international titles who accept a free entry will be expected to
be prepared to work with a disabled player for the period of the event. This
might include post game analysis, pre game preparation.
Directed by: Stewart Reuben on behalf of the London Chess Association
with the financial assistance of: British Chess Federation, Friends of Chess
Ron Banwell, a haemophiliac, left a substantial bequest to the British Chess
Federation. It will be possible to gain international honours. It has the
objective of demonstrating that people with disabilities can compete at chess
on totally equal terms.
Address to send entries: MSO 51 Borough Way Potters Bar Herts EN6 3HA
Details at:
http://www.msoworld.com/Olympiad/details-chess.html
If interested contact Stewart Reuben at sreuben@compuserve.com or
Anthony C. Corfe at tony@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk for further details.
Confirmed other 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/
Open Dutch Junior Chess Championships
The Royal Dutch Chess Federation would like to invite strong young
players to their tournament.
The Open Dutch Junior Chess Championships takes place 7th-12th August
2000 in Hengelo (The Netherlands). For players with a FIDE-rating of at least
2200 there are a number of places with full board (free accomodation, meals and
travel inside The Netherlands). Details about the tournament can be found at
the site of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/stork2000/index.htm
The previous edition of the tournament was won by IM Stelios Halkias (GRE)
ahead of IM Jan Gustafsson (GER), IM Leif Erlend Johannessen (NOR) and IM
Alexei Iljushin (RUS). Players should be born in 1980 or later. You can also
contact Anjo Anjewierden at webmaster@schaakbond.nl.
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.
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).
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.
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
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 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
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
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.
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
Presov Chess Festival 2000
Presov Chess Festival 2000, 12th -20th Aug.
The list of participants in the A event:
Ruslan Scherbakov RUS g 2558 Andrei Kovalev BLR g 2537 Bartlomiej
Macieja POL g 2536 Marat Makarov RUS g 2515 Jiri Stocek CZE g 2514 Tomas Polak
CZE m 2499 Martin Mrva SVK m 2468 Mikulas Manik SVK m 2425 Milan Novkovic YUG m
2402 Irina Krush USA wm 2354 Average Elo 2480,8 (10th category)
Tournament B is canceled due to low interest of players (only 4 players
interested to play). 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).
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
"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. 19th-27th of July BUDAPEST SUMMER, GM-IM-Open, org.:IM Rigo, e.mail:
me-ri@matavnet.hu
2. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY
3. 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
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
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/
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/
