THE WEEK IN CHESS 305 11th September 2000 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 1st FIDE World Cup
3) World Championship Zonal 1.1
4) Harry Golombek Memorial
5) Abudhabi Open
6) First Saturday September
7) Icelandic Championships
8) Nordic FIDE Zonal
9) The Techirghiol Trophy
10) Rapid Chess in Essen, Germany
11) Dublin Classic 2000
12) Sants Hostafrancs Open
13) XIth Chess Olympiad for the Blind
14) 6th World University Championships
15) Portuguese Championships
16) Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival
17) 60th Armenian Championships
18) BCF Book of the Year
19) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

1st FIDE World Cup                   177 games
World Championship Zonal 1.1         154 games
Harry Golombek Memorial               40 games
Abudhabi Open                         21 games
First Saturday September IMA          42 games
First Saturday September IMB          42 games
Icelandic Championships               62 games
Nordic FIDE Zonal                     42 games
The Techirghiol Trophy                66 games
Rapid Chess in Essen, Germany         53 games
Dublin Classic 2000                    5 games
XIth Chess Olympiad for the Blind    511 games
6th World University Championships   180 games
6th World University Champs Women     63 games
Portuguese Championships             201 games
Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival         84 games
60th Armenian Championships           45 games
1788 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Nigel Short, Paul Delaney, Adrián Roldán, Carlos Penin, Gunnar Bjornsson, Videki Sandor, Robin Mackley, Laszlo Nagy, Ravi, ajedrez21, John Saunders, Mircea Pavlov, Bert Hollmann of schach.com, Milen Petrov and all those who helped with this issue.

The 1st FIDE World Chess Cup is coming to a close. The final will be between Viswanathan Anand and Evgeny Bareev. As far as I understand FIDE plans these events to form part of a complex qualification system involving more of these World Cups, existing top chess events and the present system which will in the end produce two players for a match for at least $1.5m. In addition to the FIDE rating list there will be a new FIDE ranking list which will decide the qualifiers. It will involve a bonus point system for performances in FIDE approved events. It remains to be seen how this will work out in practice.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) 1st FIDE World Cup

The 1st FIDE World Cup takes place in Shenyang, China 1st-13th September 2000. The knockout event has reached the final which starts tomorrow. The favourite Viswanathan Anand will play Evgeny Bareev in a two game match followed by playoffs. Anand's progress to the semi-finals was relatively comfortable with easy qualification from the group stages and an easier than expected win against Vassily Ivanchuk. In the semi-finals he faced a tough test from Boris Gelfand which was only settled in a sudden death speed game. Bareev too topped his preliminary group but had a very tough time against Zurab Azmaiparashvili after losing the first game of their quarter final as white. He won a wild game to equalise the match and take it to a playoff which he won fairly comfortable. He met Gilberto Milos in the semi-finals and this was a tough match, Milos has definitely improved his reputation by his play in China, in the end after two draws in normal time-rate games Milos blundered distressingly in the first rapid playoff game when he dropped his Queen in a sterile position.

The event has the following format: The 24 entrants have been split into four groups of six players for the all-play-all preliminary sections which take place September 1st-5th 2000. The top two players in each group will go forward to the knockout stages (ties will be resolved via playoffs on September 5th). Knockout stages: Quarter Finals 7th-8th September, Semi-Finals 9th-10th September, Finals 12th-13th September. Each knockout match will be over two games with ties being resolved by playoff games at faster timerates.

I've given the games again as there are some corrections from last week. Also the games I gave with the date of August instead of September.

Live Internet Coverage at: http://www.worldchesscup.com/.

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FIDE World Cup Gp A Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000 cat. XVII (2662)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Milos, Gilberto          g BRA 2633  * = = = 1 1  3.5  2816 
2. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab   g GEO 2673  = * = = = 1  3.0  2731 
3. Gulko, Boris F           g USA 2643  = = * = = =  2.5  2665 
4. Dreev, Alexey            g RUS 2676  = = = * = =  2.5  2659 
5. Aleksandrov, Aleksej     g BLR 2591  0 = = = * 1  2.5  2676 
6. Morozevich, Alexander    g RUS 2756  0 0 = = 0 *  1.0  2403 
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Milos, Gilberto         -  Gulko, Boris F          1/2   26  C65  Ruy Lopez (Berlin Defence)
Dreev, Alexey           -  Morozevich, Alexander   1/2   46  A40  Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Aleksandrov, Aleksej    -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  1/2   36  A41  Modern Defence counter 1.d4

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Milos, Gilberto         -  Dreev, Alexey           1/2   24  B19  Caro Kann (Main Line)
Gulko, Boris F          -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  1/2   12  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Morozevich, Alexander   -  Aleksandrov, Aleksej    0-1   62  C37  Knight's Gambit 
(Muzio Gambit)

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  -  Morozevich, Alexander   1-0   51  D39  Queen's Gambit: 
Ragozin System
Dreev, Alexey           -  Gulko, Boris F          1/2   21  E11  Bogo Indian Defence 
(Bogoljubov Variation)
Aleksandrov, Aleksej    -  Milos, Gilberto         0-1   41  E42  Nimzo Indian Defence 
(Rubinstein Variation)

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Milos, Gilberto         -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  1/2   13  C76  Ruy Lopez 
(Modern Steinitz Defence)
Gulko, Boris F          -  Morozevich, Alexander   1/2   38  A10  Dutch, 
Queen's Indian and King's Indian Systems
Dreev, Alexey           -  Aleksandrov, Aleksej    1/2  148  D38  Queen's Gambit: 
Ragozin System

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  -  Dreev, Alexey           1/2   12  D10  Slav Defence
Aleksandrov, Aleksej    -  Gulko, Boris F          1/2   70  A85  Dutch Defence
Morozevich, Alexander   -  Milos, Gilberto         0-1   38  B30  Sicilian Defence 
(Rossolimo Variation)


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FIDE World Cup Gp B Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. XVII (2672)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Ye Jiangchuan        g CHN 2670  * = 1 = 1 =  3.5  2821 
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily    g UKR 2719  = * = = = 1  3.0  2734 
3. Short, Nigel D       g ENG 2677  0 = * 1 1 =  3.0  2742 
4. Gurevich, Mikhail    g BEL 2667  = = 0 * 0 1  2.0  2600 
5. Xu Jun               g CHN 2668  0 = 0 1 * =  2.0  2600 
6. Ponomariov, Ruslan   g UKR 2630  = 0 = 0 = *  1.5  2531 
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Ivanchuk, Vassily   -  Short, Nigel D      1/2   30  E34  Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Gurevich, Mikhail   -  Ye Jiangchuan       1/2  100  A16  English Opening
Xu Jun              -  Ponomariov, Ruslan  1/2   28  E97  King's Indian Defence 
(Classical System)

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Ye Jiangchuan       -  Ivanchuk, Vassily   1/2   24  C67  Ruy Lopez 
(Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Xu Jun              -  Gurevich, Mikhail   1-0   31  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Ponomariov, Ruslan  -  Short, Nigel D      1/2   19  C08  French Defence 
(Tarrasch Variation)

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Ivanchuk, Vassily   -  Xu Jun              1/2   34  D41  Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Short, Nigel D      -  Ye Jiangchuan       0-1   47  B25  Sicilian Defence 
(Closed System)
Gurevich, Mikhail   -  Ponomariov, Ruslan  1-0   56  A34  English Opening 
(Symmetrical Variation)

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Gurevich, Mikhail   -  Ivanchuk, Vassily   1/2   51  E32  Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Xu Jun              -  Short, Nigel D      0-1   52  A40  Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Ponomariov, Ruslan  -  Ye Jiangchuan       1/2   49  B48  Sicilian Defence 
(Paulsen Variation)

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Ye Jiangchuan       -  Xu Jun              1-0   55  B70  Sicilian Defence 
(Dragon Variation)
Ivanchuk, Vassily   -  Ponomariov, Ruslan  1-0   47  E90  King's Indian Defence 
(Classical System)
Short, Nigel D      -  Gurevich, Mikhail   1-0   52  C11  French Defence


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FIDE World Cup Gp C Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. XV (2615)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Bareev, Evgeny      g RUS 2702  * = = = 1 1  3.5  2746 
2. Movsesian, Sergei   g CZE 2666  = * = = = 1  3.0  2676 
3. Svidler, Peter      g RUS 2689  = = * 0 1 1  3.0  2672 
4. Zhang Zhong         g CHN 2636  = = 1 * 0 =  2.5  2610 
5. Fedorov, Alexei     g BLR 2646  0 = 0 1 * =  2.0  2536 
6. Rizouk, Aimen       m ALG 2350  0 0 0 = = *  1.0  2427 
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Bareev, Evgeny     -  Rizouk, Aimen      1-0   46  D35  Queen's Gambit: 
Exchange Variation
Svidler, Peter     -  Fedorov, Alexei    1-0   31  B76  Sicilian Defence 
(Modern Dragon Variation)
Zhang Zhong        -  Movsesian, Sergei  1/2   42  B85  Sicilian Defence 
(Scheveningen Variation)

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Movsesian, Sergei  -  Bareev, Evgeny     1/2   16  B19  Caro Kann (Main Line)
Svidler, Peter     -  Zhang Zhong        0-1   40  C65  Ruy Lopez (Berlin Defence)
Fedorov, Alexei    -  Rizouk, Aimen      1/2   83  C54  Giuoco Piano (Main Line)

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Bareev, Evgeny     -  Svidler, Peter     1/2   36  D73  Gruenfeld Defence (3.g3)
Zhang Zhong        -  Fedorov, Alexei    0-1   53  B40  Sicilian Defence 
(Classical System with e7-e6)
Rizouk, Aimen      -  Movsesian, Sergei  0-1   43  B22  Sicilian Defence 
(Alapin Variation)

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Svidler, Peter     -  Rizouk, Aimen      1-0   33  C45  Scotch Game
Zhang Zhong        -  Bareev, Evgeny     1/2    6  C01  French Defence 
(Exchange Variation)
Fedorov, Alexei    -  Movsesian, Sergei  1/2   42  B48  Sicilian Defence 
(Paulsen Variation)

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Bareev, Evgeny     -  Fedorov, Alexei    1-0   40  E73  King's Indian Defence 
(Averbakh Variation)
Movsesian, Sergei  -  Svidler, Peter     1/2   11  D14  Slav Defence - Exchange Variation
Rizouk, Aimen      -  Zhang Zhong        1/2   60  C06  French Defence 
(Tarrasch Variation)


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FIDE World Cup Gp D Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. XV (2622)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2762  * = = = 1 1  3.5  2742 
2. Gelfand, Boris         g ISR 2681  = * = = 1 =  3.0  2681 
3. Tkachiev, Vladislav    g FRA 2657  = = * = = 1  3.0  2686 
4. Tregubov, Pavel V      g RUS 2620  = = = * = =  2.5  2621 
5. Khalifman, Alexander   g RUS 2667  0 0 = = * 1  2.0  2540 
6. Tissir, Mohamed        m MAR 2342  0 = 0 = 0 *  1.0  2437 
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Tissir, Mohamed       1-0   25  B63  Sicilian Defence 
(Rauzer Variation)
Gelfand, Boris        -  Tregubov, Pavel V     1/2   29  B32  Sicilian Defence 
(Labourdonnais Variation)
Khalifman, Alexander  -  Tkachiev, Vladislav   1/2   18  D20  Queen's Gambit Accepted

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Khalifman, Alexander  1-0   40  B80  Sicilian Defence 
(Scheveningen Variation)
Tkachiev, Vladislav   -  Gelfand, Boris        1/2   17  A33  English Opening 
(Symmetrical Variation)
Tissir, Mohamed       -  Tregubov, Pavel V     1/2   54  B31  Sicilian Defence 
(Rossolimo Variation)

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Gelfand, Boris        -  Anand, Viswanathan    1/2   21  E15  Queen's Indian Defence 
(Main Line - Deviations)
Tregubov, Pavel V     -  Tkachiev, Vladislav   1/2   47  E63  King's Indian Defence 
(6...Nc6)
Khalifman, Alexander  -  Tissir, Mohamed       1-0   44  E05  Catalan System

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Tregubov, Pavel V     1/2   13  B32  Sicilian Defence 
(Labourdonnais Variation)
Khalifman, Alexander  -  Gelfand, Boris        0-1   35  B81  Sicilian Defence 
(Keres Attack)
Tissir, Mohamed       -  Tkachiev, Vladislav   0-1   26  B06  Modern Defence

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Gelfand, Boris        -  Tissir, Mohamed       1/2   50  E04  Catalan System
Tkachiev, Vladislav   -  Anand, Viswanathan    1/2   25  E12  Queen's Indian Defence 
(Petrosian System and 4. or 5. Bg5)
Tregubov, Pavel V     -  Khalifman, Alexander  1/2   12  D76  Gruenfeld Defence (3.g3)


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FIDE Women's World Cup Gp A Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. VI (2389)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Zhu Chen                 wg CHN 2539  * = 1 1 1 1  4.5  2725 
2. Xu Yuhua                 wm CHN 2505  = * = 1 = 1  3.5  2515 
3. Pokorna, Regina          wm SVK 2363  0 = * 0 1 1  2.5  2394 
4. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  wg RUS 2475  0 0 1 * = 1  2.5  2372 
5. Maric, Alisa              m YUG 2443  0 = 0 = * 1  2.0  2306 
6. Payet, Amelie               SEY 2010  0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Zhu Chen                 -  Maric, Alisa             1-0   78  E12  Queen's Indian Defence 
(Petrosian System and 4. or 5. Bg5)
Xu Yuhua                 -  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  1-0   43  B58  Sicilian Defence 
(Boleslavsky Defence)
Payet, Amelie            -  Pokorna, Regina          0-1   34  C55  Two Knight's Defence

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Pokorna, Regina          -  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  0-1   32  B33  Sicilian Defence 
(Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Maric, Alisa             -  Xu Yuhua                 1/2   36  E15  Queen's Indian Defence
(Main Line - Deviations)
Payet, Amelie            -  Zhu Chen                 0-1   52  D51  Queen's Gambit
: Cambridge Springs Variation and Deviations

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Zhu Chen                 -  Pokorna, Regina          1-0   59  D60  Queen's Gambit: 
Main Line
Xu Yuhua                 -  Payet, Amelie            1-0   31  B19  Caro Kann 
(Main Line)
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  -  Maric, Alisa             1/2   52  C11  French Defence

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Zhu Chen                 -  Xu Yuhua                 1/2   25  E12  Queen's Indian Defence 
(Petrosian System and 4. or 5. Bg5)
Pokorna, Regina          -  Maric, Alisa             1-0   28  C07  French Defence 
(Tarrasch Variation)
Payet, Amelie            -  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  0-1   38  B22  Sicilian Defence 
(Alapin Variation)

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Xu Yuhua                 -  Pokorna, Regina          1/2   33  C26  Vienna Game
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  -  Zhu Chen                 0-1   50  C43  Petroff's Defence
Maric, Alisa             -  Payet, Amelie            1-0   33  A15  English counter 
King's Fianchetto


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FIDE Women's World Cup Gp B Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. VI (2386)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Wang Pin                     wg CHN 2502  * = = 1 = 1  3.5  2512 
2. Qin Kanying                  wg CHN 2501  = * = = 1 1  3.5  2512 
3. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira   m MDA 2450  = = * = 1 1  3.5  2522 
4. Stefanova, Antoaneta          m BUL 2514  0 = = * = 1  2.5  2360 
5. Amura, Claudia N             wg ARG 2351  = 0 0 = * 1  2.0  2321 
6. Mouradian, Kinarik Jacob        LIB ----  0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Wang Pin                     -  Qin Kanying                  1/2   19  C90  Ruy Lopez 
(Deviations from Main Line)
Stefanova, Antoaneta         -  Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira  1/2   13  D00  Queen's Pawn 
Game
Amura, Claudia N             -  Mouradian, Kinarik Jacob     1-0   22  E75  King's Indian 
Defence (Averbakh Variation)

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira  -  Wang Pin                     1/2   18  B52  Sicilian 
Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Amura, Claudia N             -  Stefanova, Antoaneta         1/2   41  D13  Slav Defence
- Exchange Variation
Mouradian, Kinarik Jacob     -  Qin Kanying                  0-1   38  B04  Alekhine's 
Defence (Modern Variation)

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Wang Pin                     -  Amura, Claudia N             1/2   47  B33  Sicilian Defence
(Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Qin Kanying                  -  Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira  1/2   46  B40  Sicilian Defence
(Classical System with e7-e6)
Stefanova, Antoaneta         -  Mouradian, Kinarik Jacob     1-0   25  D00  Queen's Pawn 
Game

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Stefanova, Antoaneta         -  Wang Pin                     0-1   36  A45  Queen's Pawn 
Opening (Trompowsky Variation)
Amura, Claudia N             -  Qin Kanying                  0-1   59  D89  Gruenfeld 
Defence (Main Line, Alekhine's Variation)
Mouradian, Kinarik Jacob     -  Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira  0-1   27  B43  Sicilian 
Defence (Paulsen Variation)

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Wang Pin                     -  Mouradian, Kinarik Jacob     1-0   24  B76  Sicilian Defence
(Modern Dragon Variation)
Qin Kanying                  -  Stefanova, Antoaneta         1/2   49  C48  Four Knight's 
Game (Rubinstein Defence)
Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira  -  Amura, Claudia N             1-0   32  B30  Sicilian Defence
(Rossolimo Variation)


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FIDE Women's World Cup Gp C Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. V (2374)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Wang Yu               wf CHN 2401  * 1 = = 1 1  4.0  2609 
2. Khurtsidze, Nino      wg GEO 2418  0 * 1 = 1 1  3.5  2514 
3. Cramling, Pia          g SWE 2484  = 0 * 1 1 1  3.5  2501 
4. Chiburdanidze, Maia    g GEO 2545  = = 0 * = 1  2.5  2340 
5. Kosteniuk, Alexandra   m RUS 2398  0 0 0 = * 1  1.5  2220 
6. Laubshner, Anxel         RSA ----  0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
-------------------------------------------------------------

Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Wang Yu               -  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  1-0   31  B43  Sicilian Defence 
(Paulsen Variation)
Cramling, Pia         -  Chiburdanidze, Maia   1-0   88  E38  Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Laubshner, Anxel      -  Khurtsidze, Nino      0-1   37  A47  Queen's Indian (without c2-c4)

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Wang Yu               -  Cramling, Pia         1/2   42  B33  Sicilian Defence 
(Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Chiburdanidze, Maia   -  Laubshner, Anxel      1-0   29  E68  King's Indian Defence 
(Fianchetto Variation with e2-e4)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra  -  Khurtsidze, Nino      0-1   46  A31  English Opening 
(Symmetrical Variation)

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Khurtsidze, Nino      -  Chiburdanidze, Maia   1/2   24  A42  Modern Defence 
(with c2-c4/without Nf6)
Cramling, Pia         -  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  1-0  106  A87  Dutch Defence 
(Leningrad System)
Laubshner, Anxel      -  Wang Yu               0-1   29  D05  Queen's Pawn Game 
(Colle System)

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Wang Yu               -  Khurtsidze, Nino      1-0   24  B87  Sicilian Defence 
(Sozin Attack)
Cramling, Pia         -  Laubshner, Anxel      1-0   24  D53  Queen's Gambit: Main Line
- Deviations
Kosteniuk, Alexandra  -  Chiburdanidze, Maia   1/2   72  B12  Caro Kann 
(Advance Variation)

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Khurtsidze, Nino      -  Cramling, Pia         1-0   68  A57  Volga Gambit
Chiburdanidze, Maia   -  Wang Yu               1/2   37  A63  Benoni Defence
Laubshner, Anxel      -  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  0-1   40  A80  Dutch Defence


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FIDE Women's World Cup Gp D Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. VIII (2428)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Hoang Thanh Trang   m VIE 2489  * = 1 = = 1  3.5  2564 
2. Zhukova, Natalia   wg UKR 2450  = * = 1 1 =  3.5  2572 
3. Xie Jun             g CHN 2568  0 = * = 1 1  3.0  2471 
4. Krush, Irina       wm USA 2354  = 0 = * = 1  2.5  2442 
5. Wang Lei           wg CHN 2498  = 0 0 = * =  1.5  2264 
6. Hernandez, Yadira  wf MEX 2207  0 = 0 0 = *  1.0  2231 
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Round 1 (September 1, 2000)

Zhukova, Natalia   -  Xie Jun            1/2   26  E61  King's Indian Defence 
(Deviations from Main Line)
Krush, Irina       -  Hoang Thanh Trang  1/2   50  A87  Dutch Defence 
(Leningrad System)
Hernandez, Yadira  -  Wang Lei           1/2   44  B22  Sicilian Defence 
(Alapin Variation)

Round 2 (September 2, 2000)

Hoang Thanh Trang  -  Xie Jun            1-0   29  E69  King's Indian Defence 
(Fianchetto Variation with e2-e4 and h2-h3)
Krush, Irina       -  Hernandez, Yadira  1-0   56  E99  King's Indian Defence 
(Classical System)
Wang Lei           -  Zhukova, Natalia   0-1   46  D17  Slav Defence

Round 3 (September 3, 2000)

Zhukova, Natalia   -  Krush, Irina       1-0   36  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Xie Jun            -  Wang Lei           1-0   26  B66  Sicilian Defence (Rauzer Variation)
Hernandez, Yadira  -  Hoang Thanh Trang  0-1   32  A80  Dutch Defence

Round 4 (September 4, 2000)

Hoang Thanh Trang  -  Wang Lei           1/2   42  E32  Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Krush, Irina       -  Xie Jun            1/2   32  D00  Queen's Pawn Game
Hernandez, Yadira  -  Zhukova, Natalia   1/2   37  D34  Tarrasch Defence, Main Line

Round 5 (September 5, 2000)

Zhukova, Natalia   -  Hoang Thanh Trang  1/2    9  A81  Dutch Defence 
(Leningrad Variation)
Xie Jun            -  Hernandez, Yadira  1-0   39  B33  Sicilian Defence 
(Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Wang Lei           -  Krush, Irina       1/2   23  D25  Queen's Gambit Accepted

Playoff Matches:

Men

Group B - Game 1: Short-Ivanchuk 0:1
Game 2: Ivanchuk-Short 1:0 (Ivanchuk qualifies)

Group C - Game 1: Svidler-Movsesian 1:0
Game 2: Movsesian-Svidler 1:0
Sudden death 1: Movsesian - Svidler 1:0 (Movsesian qualifies)

Group D - Game 1: Tkachiev-Gelfand 1/2:1/2
Game 2: Gelfand-Tkachiev 1/2:1/2
Sudden death 1: Tkachiev - Gelfand 0:1 (Gelfand qualifies)

Women

Group B - Rd 1: Qin-Wang 1/2:1/2
Rd 2: Skripchenko-Qin 1/2:1/2
Rd 3: Wang - Skripchenko 1-0
Rd 4: Wang - Qin 1/2:1/2
Rd 5: Qin - Skripchenko 1:0 
Rd 6: Skripchenko - Wang 0:1 by default (Qin and Wang qualify)

Group C - Game 1: Cramling-Khurtsidze 1:0
Game 2: Khurtsidze-Cramling 1/2:1/2 (Cramling qualifies into QF)

Group D - Game 1: Hoang-Zhukova 1/2:1/2 (for 1st/2nd to QF pairings)
Game 2: Zhukova-Hoang 0:1 (Hoang is 1st in Group D)

Knockout Stages

Quarter Final Results Men:

Top Half

Milos, Gilberto - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 1/2 Milos won the Playoff 2-1
Bareev, Evgeny - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 0-1 1-0 Bareev won the Playoff 1.5-0.5

Bottom Half

Gelfand, Boris - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 0-1 Gelfand won the Playoff 1.5-0.5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 1/2

Quarter Final Results Women:

Top Half

Cramling, Pia - Zhu Chen 1-0 1/2
Wang Yu - Xu Yuhua 1/2 0-1

Bottom Half

Wang Pin - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 1/2
Hoang Thanh Trang - Qin Kanying 1/2 1-0

Semi-Final Results Men:

Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 1/2 Anand won the Playoff 2.5-1.5
Milos, Gilberto - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 1/2 Bareev won the Playoff 1.5-0.5

Semi-Final Results Women:

Zhukova, Natalia - Hoang Thanh Trang 1/2 1-0
Cramling, Pia - Xu Yuhua 1-0 0-1 Xu Yuhua won the Playoff 2-1

3) World Championship Zonal 1.1

World Championship Zonal 1.1 takes place in Mondariz, Spain September 3rd-17th 2000. There are six places available. Federations involved (and the number of invitations they have) are :Spain 6, England, France, Netherlands 5 each, Italy 4, Belgium 3, Portugal, Scotland, Luxembourg, Andorra 2 each, Ireland, Wales, Guernsey, Jersey, Monaco and San Marino 1 each. In addition to these invitations 8 players are over 2600 and have the right to play, they are: Jeroen Piket (NED 2649) Jan Timman (NED 2639) Loek Van Wely (NED 2643) Joel Lautier (FRA 2648) Jon Speelman (ENG 2623) Josif Dorfman (FRA 2600) Julian Hodgson (ENG 2640) Sergei Tiviakov (NED 2608). Players from this Zone who are already qualified to play in the World Championships are: Michael Adams and Nigel Short (ENG) Alexei Shirov (ESP), Mikhail Gurevich (BEL) and Etienne Bacrot (FRA).

Live internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com

Round 7/11 Standings:
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7  
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 1. Lautier, Joel                g  FRA 2648  +42 +14 =15 + 3 +16 = 2 = 6    5.5  2779 
 2. Speelman, Jonathan S         g  ENG 2623  +33 -10 +24 +20 =13 = 1 +18    5.0  2696 
 3. Reinderman, Dimitri          g  NED 2551  +31 +27 +10 - 1 +11 =13 = 5    5.0  2662 
 4. Tiviakov, Sergei             g  NED 2608  +26 =22 = 5 =18 =15 +16 = 8    4.5  2624 
 5. Godena, Michele              g  ITA 2485  =12 +32 = 4 =10 +28 = 8 = 3    4.5  2674 
 6. Vallejo Pons, Francisco      g  ESP 2554  =21 +29 -11 +30 =14 +15 = 1    4.5  2585 
 7. Dorfman, Josif D             g  FRA 2600  =24 =20 =30 +26 =10 =14 +13    4.5  2615 
 8. Parker, Jonathan             m  ENG 2539  +38 +40 =16 =11 =17 = 5 = 4    4.5  2576 
 9. Bauer, Christian             g  FRA 2562  +30 -16 =21 =31 +38 =10 +28    4.5  2595 
10. Chuchelov, Vladimir          g  BEL 2535  +34 + 2 - 3 = 5 = 7 = 9 =23    4.0  2588 
11. Arlandi, Ennio               m  ITA 2437  +28 =13 + 6 = 8 - 3 =12 =14    4.0  2600 
12. Miles, Anthony J             g  ENG 2584  = 5 +19 =22 =14 =18 =11 =16    4.0  2559 
13. Hauchard, Arnaud             m  FRA 2539  +39 =11 =23 +22 = 2 = 3 - 7    4.0  2594 
14. Fressinet, Laurent           m  FRA 2536  +36 - 1 +27 =12 = 6 = 7 =11    4.0  2571 
15. Nijboer, Friso               g  NED 2537  +37 +23 = 1 -16 = 4 - 6 +33    4.0  2608 
16. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre        g  FRA 2526  +43 + 9 = 8 +15 - 1 - 4 =12    4.0  2582 
17. Van Wely, Loek               g  NED 2643  =20 =24 =26 +33 = 8 -18 +31    4.0  2557 
18. Degraeve, Jean-Marc          g  FRA 2540  -27 +38 +40 = 4 =12 +17 - 2    4.0  2550 
19. Moreno, Javier               m  ESP 2515  =32 -12 =36 =21 +27 =30 +34    4.0  2523 
20. Comas Fabrego, Luis          g  ESP 2516  =17 = 7 +43 - 2 =36 =21 +30    4.0  2547 
21. Magem Badals, Jordi          g  ESP 2482  = 6 =25 = 9 =19 =22 =20 =32    3.5  2549 
22. Conquest, Stuart             g  ENG 2529  +41 = 4 =12 -13 =21 =26 =24    3.5  2498 
23. Piket, Jeroen                g  NED 2649  +35 -15 =13 =25 =24 =33 =10    3.5  2522 
24. David, Alberto               g  LUX 2487  = 7 =17 - 2 +41 =23 =25 =22    3.5  2551 
25. Emms, John M                 g  ENG 2527  =29 =21 =39 =23 =31 =24 =26    3.5  2465 
26. San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo  g  ESP 2500  - 4 +41 =17 - 7 +29 =22 =25    3.5  2493 
27. Jonkman, Harmen              m  NED 2424  +18 - 3 -14 =29 -19 +40 +36    3.5  2429 
28. Van den Doel, Erik           g  NED 2547  -11 =31 +37 +39 - 5 +36 - 9    3.5  2454 
29. Fernando, Diogo                 POR 2257  =25 - 6 =35 =27 -26 +43 +38    3.5  2456 
30. Bellini, Fabio               m  ITA 2484  - 9 +34 = 7 - 6 +32 =19 -20    3.0  2476 
31. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     m  AND 2462  - 3 =28 +32 = 9 =25 =38 -17    3.0  2505 
32. Hodgson, Julian M            g  ENG 2640  =19 - 5 -31 +42 -30 +39 =21    3.0  2431 
33. Narciso Dublan, Marc         m  ESP 2507  - 2 =37 +42 -17 +39 =23 -15    3.0  2493 
34. Norris, Alan J               f  SCO 2299  -10 -30 -38 +44 +37 +41 -19    3.0  2329 
35. Plaskett, Jim                g  ENG 2525  -23 -39 =29 -37 =40 +44 +42    3.0  2302 
36. Dutreeuw, Marc               m  BEL 2402  -14 =42 =19 +40 =20 -28 -27    2.5  2364 
37. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi     f  ESP 2416  -15 =33 -28 +35 -34 =42 =41    2.5  2358 
38. Claesen, Pieter              m  BEL 2416  - 8 -18 +34 +43 - 9 =31 -29    2.5  2313 
39. Galego, Luis                 m  POR 2419  -13 +35 =25 -28 -33 -32 +44    2.5  2367 
40. Grant, Jonathan                 SCO 2208  +44 - 8 -18 -36 =35 -27 +43    2.5  2280 
41. Ryan, Joseph                    IRL 2291  -22 -26 +44 -24 +43 -34 =37    2.5  2251 
42. Efimov, Igor                 g  ITA 2520  - 1 =36 -33 -32 +44 =37 -35    2.0  2290 
43. McMahon, Daire                  IRL 2246  -16 +44 -20 -38 -41 -29 -40    1.0  2007 
44. BYE                                 ----  -40 -43 -41 -34 -42 -35 -39    0.0       
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4) Harry Golombek Memorial

Robert Fontaine of France leads the Harry Golombek Memorial which runs 3-11 September 2000 alongside the 50th Paignton Congress. After eight rounds Robert Fontaine and Klaus Bischoff share the lead with 5/8.

My thanks to John Saunders for the news.

Internet coverage: http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/paignton2000.htm

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Golombek Mem Paignton ENG (ENG), 3-11 ix 2000            cat. XI (2506)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Bischoff, Klaus          g GER 2556  * = 0 1 = = 1 = . 1  5.0  2600 
 2. Nunn, John D.M           g ENG 2578  = * = = . 1 = 1 = =  5.0  2592 
 3. Fontaine, Robert         m FRA 2449  1 = * 0 0 1 . = = 1  4.5  2559 
 4. Turner, Matthew          m ENG 2491  0 = 1 * = = = = 1 .  4.5  2553 
 5. Hebden, Mark             g ENG 2505  = . 1 = * 0 1 0 1 =  4.5  2540 
 6. Gormally, Daniel         m ENG 2499  = 0 0 = 1 * = . = 1  4.0  2502 
 7. Arkell, Keith C          g ENG 2481  0 = . = 0 = * 1 = =  3.5  2473 
 8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger   g SWE 2549  = 0 = = 1 . 0 * 0 =  3.0  2415 
 9. Van der Weide, Karel     m NED 2467  . = = 0 0 = = 1 * 0  3.0  2418 
10. Naumann, Alexander       m GER 2489  0 = 0 . = 0 = = 1 *  3.0  2423 
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5) Abudhabi Open

The Abudhabi Open took place August 26th - September 6th 2000. This was a 9 round Swiss System event. 7 GMs played: Sergey Arkhipov, Sergey Zagrebelny, Babakuli Annakov, Shukgrat Safin, Elmar Magerramov, Mihail Saltaev and Alexei Barsov. The event was won by Mihail Saltaev with 6.5/9. My thanks to Ravi for the games.

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Open Abudhabi UAE (UAE), 26 viii-6 ix 2000
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Saltaev, Mihail            g  UZB 2475  +34 =13 =21 + 7 +16 = 9 = 8 +15 = 4  6.5  2604 
 2. Akobian, Varuzhan             ARM 2438  +25 = 6 = 4 =10 =18 =19 + 7 =11 +15  6.0  2541 
 3. Khachian, Melikset         m  ARM 2462  +30 =28 = 6 +12 =10 =11 = 4 = 8 +16  6.0  2585 
 4. Vakhidov, Tahir            m  UZB 2458  +26 =20 = 2 +35 = 9 = 8 = 3 +12 = 1  6.0  2576 
 5. Bagirov, Rufat             m  AZE 2471  =33 +23 =10 =21 =19 +18 +14 = 9 = 8  6.0  2520 
 6. Safin, Shukhrat            g  UZB 2518  +31 = 2 = 3 =20 =28 =13 =22 +35 + 9  6.0  2531 
 7. Abdelnabbi, Imed           m  EGY 2408   .  +33 +30 - 1 +26 +10 - 2 =22 +23  5.5  2473 
 8. Zagrebelny, Sergey         g  UZB 2536  =18 +19 +13 =16 =11 = 4 = 1 = 3 = 5  5.5  2516 
 9. Arkhipov, Sergey           g  RUS 2532  +24 +14 =16 +15 = 4 = 1 =11 = 5 - 6  5.5  2535 
10. Annakov, Babakuli          g  TKM 2565  =29 +22 = 5 = 2 = 3 - 7 +18 +19 =14  5.5  2477 
11. Sharif, Mershad            m  FRA 2475  +37 =35 =20 +29 = 8 = 3 = 9 = 2 =13  5.5  2496 
12. Magerramov, Elmar          g  AZE 2568  =19 =21 +34 - 3 +29 =15 +28 - 4 +22  5.5  2463 
13. Maherramzade, Javad        m  AZE 2433  +44 = 1 - 8 +38 =17 = 6 =19 +30 =11  5.5  2439 
14. Matveeva, Svetlana         wg RUS 2440  +42 - 9 =38 +22 =21 +35 - 5 +20 =10  5.5  2455 
15. Dzhumaev, Marat            m  UZB 2495  =23 +18 +28 - 9 +20 =12 +16 - 1 - 2  5.0  2474 
16. Roeder, Mathias            m  GER 2467  +38 +32 = 9 = 8 - 1 +21 -15 +17 - 3  5.0  2479 
17. Barsov, Alexei             g  UZB 2534  =22 =29 =35 +24 =13 =28 =20 -16 +26  5.0  2410 
18. Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali  m  YEM 2335  = 8 -15 +37 +32 = 2 - 5 -10 +39 +35  5.0  2425 
19. Badjarani, Ilgar           m  AZE 2354  =12 - 8 +23 +27 = 5 = 2 =13 -10 =20  4.5  2431 
20. Mirzoev, Azer              m  AZE 2414  +36 = 4 =11 = 6 -15 +24 =17 -14 =19  4.5  2420 
21. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed    m  EGY 2363  +39 =12 = 1 = 5 =14 -16 -30 +34 =24  4.5  2348 
22. Babaev, Rashad                AZE 2322  =17 -10 +33 -14 +38 +23 = 6 = 7 -12  4.5  2404 
23. Alavi, Sayed Javad            IRI 2263  =15 - 5 -19 +36 +39 -22 +25 +29 - 7  4.5  2306 
24. Mirzoeva, Elmira              RUS 2296  - 9 +42 =27 -17 +25 -20 =39 +37 =21  4.5  2281 
25. Adnan, Alrais                 UAE 2142  - 2 +31 =32 -28 -24 +42 -23 +41 +30  4.5  2261 
26. Illijin, Neboisa           m  ROM 2258  - 4 -36 +44 +41 - 7 +34 =32 +28 -17  4.5  2290 
27. Faisal, Keshwani              UAE 2191  -28 +43 =24 -19 -34 -30 +42 +40 +36  4.5  2225 
28. Taleb, Moussa              m  UAE 2389  +27 = 3 -15 +25 = 6 =17 -12 -26 =31  4.0  2341 
29. Ghorbani, Mohsen           m  IRI 2351  =10 =17 +36 -11 -12 +33 =35 -23 =37  4.0  2332 
30. Hazouri, Ismail               SYR 2165  - 3 +39 - 7 +31 -35 +27 +21 -13 -25  4.0  2253 
31. Abdullah, Mansoor          m  UAE 2290  - 6 -25 +40 -30 =36 +38 =34 =32 =28  4.0  2202 
32. Jasim, A.R. Saleh             UAE 2356  +41 -16 =25 -18 =33 =37 =26 =31 =39  4.0  2165 
33. Saud, Mohamed                 UAE 2175  = 5 - 7 -22 +40 =32 -29 =38 =36 +41  4.0  2211 
34. Hassan, Abdul              f  UAE 2257  - 1 +44 -12 =39 +27 -26 =31 -21 +42  4.0  2212 
35. Kaabi, Mejdi               m  TUN 2380  +40 =11 =17 - 4 +30 -14 =29 - 6 -18  3.5  2284 
36. Ali, Mohamad Nour Kara        SYR 2211  -20 +26 -29 -23 =31 +40 =37 =33 -27  3.5  2158 
37. Al-Ghasra, Ali                BRN 2205  -11 =40 -18 =42 +41 =32 =36 -24 =29  3.5  2162 
38. Mohamed, Hossein              UAE 2173  -16 +41 =14 -13 -22 -31 =33 =42 =40  3.0  2128 
39. Issa, Mohamed                 UAE ----  -21 -30 +43 =34 -23 =41 =24 -18 =32  3.0  2123 
40. Ibrahim, Ismail               UAE ----  -35 =37 -31 -33 +42 -36 +41 -27 =38  3.0  2072 
41. Juma,Al Mohairi               UAE ----  -32 -38 +42 -26 -37 =39 -40 -25 -33  1.5  1889 
42. Ahmad, Hussain                UAE 2155  -14 -24 -41 =37 -40 -25 -27 =38 -34  1.0  1838 
43. Nashed, Mohamad Kamal         SYR 2203   .  -27 -39  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
44. Fahed, Ahmad                  UAE 2001  -13 -34 -26  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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6) First Saturday September

Laszlo Nagy reports: There are two First Saturday IM events taking place September 2nd-12th 2000.

If you wish to play in next months events you can contact Laszlo Nagy at firstsat@elender.hu

Round 9 Standings:
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 ix 2000           cat. I (2275)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Orso, Miklos         m HUN 2346  * = = . = = 1 1 1 . 1 1  7.0  2481 
 2. Grimm, Sascha        f GER 2340  = * = = = 1 . 1 . = = 1  6.0  2400 
 3. Eperjesi, Laszlo     m HUN 2370  = = * = . = 1 . = 1 1 =  6.0  2394 
 4. Yu Mingyuan            CHN 2319  . = = * = 1 1 0 = 1 = .  5.5  2352 
 5. Vadasz, Laszlo       g HUN 2301  = = . = * . 0 = = = 1 =  4.5  2253 
 6. Kahn, Evarth         m HUN 2346  = 0 = 0 . * 0 1 = . 1 1  4.5  2263 
 7. Valenti, Giuseppe      ITA 2195  0 . 0 0 1 1 * 0 = 1 1 .  4.5  2286 
 8. Rajlich, Vasik G       USA 2209  0 0 . 1 = 0 1 * 1 0 . =  4.0  2246 
 9. Appleberry, Martin     FRA 2291  0 . = = = = = 0 * = . 1  4.0  2240 
10. Vajda, Szidonia     wg HUN 2282  . = 0 0 = . 0 1 = * = =  3.5  2178 
11. Vass, Viktor           HUN 2116  0 = 0 = 0 0 0 . . = * 1  2.5  2132 
12. Bordas, Gyula          HUN 2186  0 0 = . = 0 . = 0 = 0 *  2.0  2069 
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Husari, Sate        SYR 2309  * = = 1 . 0 1 = = 1 . 1  6.0  2426 
 2. Dudas, Janos      m HUN 2338  = * = = = = = 1 . = 1 .  5.5  2397 
 3. Gara, Ticia         HUN 2296  = = * = 0 . 1 = = = . 1  5.0  2347 
 4. Seres, Lajos      m HUN 2444  0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 . 1 .  5.0  2348 
 5. Turzo, Attila     m HUN 2360  . = 1 = * 0 0 . = 1 = 1  5.0  2339 
 6. Gouret, Thierry   f FRA 2346  1 = . 1 1 * 0 0 = . = 0  4.5  2303 
 7. Nemeth, Zoltan    m HUN 2308  0 = 0 = 1 1 * . . = = =  4.5  2308 
 8. Gara, Anita      wm HUN 2291  = 0 = 0 . 1 . * 1 = = =  4.5  2296 
 9. Gonda, Laszlo       HUN 2255  = . = 0 = = . 0 * = = =  3.5  2223 
10. Lamprecht, Mark     GER 2256  0 = = . 0 . = = = * = =  3.5  2207 
11. Bock, Juergen       GER 2245  . 0 . 0 = = = = = = * =  3.5  2228 
12. Balogh, Viktor      HUN 2182  0 . 0 . 0 1 = = = = = *  3.5  2216 
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7) Icelandic Championships

The Icelandic Chess Championships took place 23rd August - 3rd September 2000 in Kopavogur, Iceland. There were sixteen players in this KO event. John Viktor Gunnarsson won the event after losing the first game of the four game final against Throstur Thorhallsson and not equalisating the match until the final game four. He then lost the first game of the rapid playoffs, equalised in game two, then he took the lead for the first time in the match and drew the final game to take the title. I've done my best with the games from the official site but they're by no means perfect.

Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/sthi2000.htm

ch-ISL Kopavogur (ISL), 5 viii-3 ix 2000
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Round 1 (August 23-24 2000)

Gretarsson, Helgi Ass      -  Kristjansson, Stefan       1-3
Thorhallsson, Throstur     -  Karason, Askell O          4-2
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor     -  Thorfinnsson, Bragi        1.5-0.5
Vidarsson, Jon G           -  Thorfinnsson, Bjorn        2-0
Bjarnason, Saevar          -  Bjornsson, Tomas           1.5-0.5
Karlsson, Agust S          -  Edvardsson, Kristjan       3.5-2.5
Hardarson, Robert          -  Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn  2-4
Gunnarsson, Arnar          -  Jensson, Einar Hjalti      3-1

Round 2 (August 25-26, 2000)

Kristjansson, Stefan       -  Bjarnason, Saevar          1.5-0.5   
Karlsson, Agust S          -  Thorhallsson, Throstur     0.5-1.5   
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor     -  Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn  2.5-1.5   
Gunnarsson, Arnar          -  Vidarsson, Jon G           1.5-2.5

Round 3 (August 28-29, 2000)

Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor     -  Kristjansson, Stefan       3-1
Vidarsson, Jon G           -  Thorhallsson, Throstur     0.5-1.5

Round 4 (August 31- September 3rd, 2000)

Final

Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor     -  Thorhallsson, Throstur     3.5-4.5

3rd-4th place playoff

Vidarsson, Jon G           -  Kristjansson, Stefan       1-3
Vidarsson defaulted the first game of the playoff.

8) Nordic FIDE Zonal

The Nordic FIDE Zonal KO-Tournament 2000, organised by the Hellir Chess Club takes place 5th-15th September in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a knock out tournament with 24 players. There are just three rounds of mini-matches. The idea is that there will be three winners in the 3rd round and they will participate in the FIDE world championships. A number of the favourites have already been eliminated including Curt Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Peter Heine Nielsen, Helgi Ass Gretarsson and Jonny Hector along with Ulf Andersson who couldn't participate at the last minute. The final round pairings are: Hannes Stefansson - Margeir Petursson, Evgenij Agrest - Schandorff and Sune Berg Hansen - Einar Gausel.

Official website: http://www.simnet.is/hellir/zonal2000.htm.

zt 1.3 Reykjavic ISL (ISL), 5-14 ix 2000
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Round 1 (September 5-7 2000)

Djurhuus, Rune            -  Andersson, Ulf              2-0     Default
Hansen, Curt              -  Brynell, Stellan            2-0
Agdestein, Simen          -  Olafsson, Helgi           1.5-0.5  
Nielsen, Peter Heine      -  Wedberg, Tom              1.5-0.5
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass     -  Salmensuu, Olli           0.5-1.5
Stefansson, Hannes        -  Berg, Emanuel             2.5-1.5
Agrest, Evgenij           -  Thorhallsson, Throstur    1.5-2.5
Hansen, Sune Berg         -  Yrjola, Jouni             1.5-0.5
Petursson, Margeir        -  Johannessen, Leif Erlend  1.5-0.5
Schandorff, Lars          -  Holmsten, Aleksei           3-1
Hector, Jonny             -  Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor      0-2 
Gausel, Einar             -  Nilssen, John Arni        1.5-0.5

Round 2 (September 8-10 2000)

Hansen, Curt              -  Petursson, Margeir        1.5-2.5
Agdestein, Simen          -  Schandorff, Lars          0.5-1.5
Nielsen, Peter Heine      -  Gausel, Einar             0.5-1.5
Stefansson, Hannes        -  Djurhuus, Rune              2-0
Agrest, Evgenij           -  Salmensuu, Olli             2-0
Hansen, Sune Berg         -  Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor      2-0

Round 3 (September 11th-13th) Pairings for final round

Stefansson, Hannes        -  Petursson, Margeir 
Agrest, Evgenij           -  Schandorff, Lars
Hansen, Sune Berg         -  Gausel, Einar

Info: http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/zonal2000.htm

9) The Techirghiol Trophy

The Techirghiol Trophy took place in Techirghiol, Romania 2nd-13th July 2000. The 12 player Category III all-play-all was won by fm Cicerone Spulber with 8.5/11 half a point clear of the rest of the field. My thanks to Mircea Pavlov for the information.

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 1. Spulber, Cicerone         f ROM 2352  * = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2511 
 2. Manolache, Marius         f ROM 2399  = * 1 1 1 0 = = = 1 1 1  8.0  2470 
 3. Zajarnyi, Anatolyi        m MDA 2380  0 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2472 
 4. Raceanu, Valentin           ROM 2277  0 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2409 
 5. Parligras, Mircea           ROM 2441  = 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2357 
 6. Tikhomirov, Sergei        m MDA 2238  = 1 = 0 0 * 1 = = 1 = =  6.0  2346 
 7. Dulgher, Alexei             MDA 2220  = = = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1  6.0  2348 
 8. Nanu, Ciprian             m ROM 2342  = = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 1  6.0  2337 
 9. Florescu, Codrut          m ROM 2362  0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 0 1 1  4.0  2197 
10. Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel     ROM 2266  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 =  2.5  2097 
11. Ciornei, Dragos             GER 2121  0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2059 
12. Kutnik, Alexandru           ROM 2256  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = *  1.5  1999 
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10) Rapid Chess in Essen, Germany

Artur Jussupow and Daniel Fridman both scored 8/11 on Saturday 2nd September 2000 in an 11 round rapid chess that took place in Essen, Germany. 30 players, most of whom play in the "Bundesliga" played a tournament of 15 minute games.

Coverage at: http://www.schach.com/borowski/

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Borowski Rapidplay Essen GER (GER), 2-2 ix 2000
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 1. Jussupow, Artur        g  GER 2610  11 6 4 1 8.0 53.5
 2. Fridman, Daniel        m  LAT 2550  11 7 2 2 8.0 48.0
 3. Schaefer, Markus       m  GER 2393  11 6 2 3 7.0 46.0
 4. Pelletier, Yannick     m  SUI 2474  11 4 6 1 7.0 46.0
 5. Appel, Ralf            m  GER 2481  11 5 4 2 7.0 44.0
 6. Seul, Georg            m  GER 2447  11 6 2 3 7.0 42.0
 7. Glek, Igor V           g  GER 2553  11 6 2 3 7.0 35.0
 8. Hoffmann, Michael      m  GER 2458  11 4 5 2 6.5 43.5
 9. Dautov, Rustem         g  GER 2606  11 5 3 3 6.5 41.0
10. Huebner, Robert        g  GER 2615  11 4 5 2 6.5 40.0
11. Hausrath, Daniel       m  GER 2439  11 6 1 4 6.5 37.5
12. Borik, Otto            m  GER 2419  11 6 1 4 6.5 34.0
13. Hort, Vlastimil        g  GER 2539  11 4 4 3 6.0 40.0
14. Mainka, Romuald        g  GER 2463  11 4 4 3 6.0 38.0
15. Van der Wiel, John     g  NED 2531  11 5 2 4 6.0 37.0
16. Hennig, Dirk           m  GER 2442  11 5 2 4 6.0 32.5
32 players

11) Dublin Classic 2000

Paul Delaney reports: Seventy players took part in the Dublin Classic Open on August 19-20 at the Dublin Arts Club. The event was won jointly by GM Alex Baburin, Paul Delaney and Sam Collins on 4.5/5 ahead of a strong field which included eight players graded over ELO 2050. Decisive last round results included GM Baburin's draw with Irish champion, IM Mark Heidenfeld and wins by Paul Delaney over Frank Vang and by Sam Collins over Keith Allen. Suzanne Connolly won the ladies' prize. Results: Jt lst GM A.Baburin, P.Delaney, S.Collins 4.5/5. Jt 4th IM M.Heidenfeld, G.O'Connell, C.Quinn, M.Schmidt 4. Grading prizes: U-1800 B.Bruen (3.5), U-1600 (jt) E.Shaughnessy, F.O'Beirne, D.Dempsey, S.Brannigan (2.5), U-1400 (jt) P.Jackson, M.Cowley, J.Maycock, A.Dooley (2.5), U-1200 K.McPhilips, K.Maycock, E.Pitts (2). A few games are now available.

12) Sants Hostafrancs Open

The II Open International of Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta took place in Barcelona 1st-10th September 2000. There aren't many games available, I'll try and get some for next week.

Internet coverage: http://www.secretariat.org/open

II Sants Hostafrancs Open
Barcelona 1st-10th September     
 1.  Campos Moreno, Javier  8.5   56.8   58.0 14568   55.0 
 2.  Oratovsky, Michael     8.5   53.3   59.0 14632   56.5 
 3.  Arencibia, Walter      8.0   54.5   60.0 14425   57.0 
 4.  Kolev, Atanas          8.0   53.3   58.0 14271   55.5 
 5.  Borges Mateos, Juan    8.0   53.3   57.0 14162   54.5 
 6.  Berzinsh, Rolan        8.0   51.3   57.5 14756   54.5 
 7.  Velicka, Peter         8.0   49.8   51.5 13157   50.0 
291 players   

13) XIth Chess Olympiad for the Blind

The XIth Chess Olympiad of the Blind took place in Zakopane, Poland, 28th August - 8th September 2000. Russia took the Gold Medal above the Polish 1st team who took Silver and the Ukraine who took Bronze.

Internet coverage: http://www.idn.org.pl/cross/

Blind Championships Final standings 
  
PLACE COUNTRY                    SCORE        MINOR       BUCH. 
  1   RUSSIA                      25.5       13.0-5.0     191.0 
  2   POLAND 1                    24.5       16.0-2.0     190.0 
  3   UKRAINE                     24.5       12.0-6.0     178.5 
  4   GERMANY                     22.5       13.0-5.0     191.5 
  5   YUGOSLAVIA                  22         11.0-7.0     176.5 
  6   SPAIN                       21.5       12.0-6.0     182.0 
  7   ROMANIA                     20         13.0-5.0     184.5 
  8   SLOVENIA                    19.5       10.0-8.0     161.5 
  9   POLAND 2                    19.5       9.0-9.0      171.5 
 10   CROATIA                     19         12.0-6.0     168.5 
 11   LITHUANIA                   19         10.0-8.0     168.5 
 12   HUNGARY                     19         9.0-9.0      165.5 
 13   GREAT BRITAIN               18.5       10.0-8.0     181.0 
 14   MACEDONIA - FYROM           18         9.0-9.0      171.0 
 15   CZECH REPUBLIC              18         8.0-10.0     173.0 
 16   BELGIUM                     17.5       7.0-11.0     174.0 
 17   ISRAEL                      17         10.0-8.0     158.0 
 18   AUSTRIA                     17         8.0-10.0     159.5 
 19   SWEDEN                      17         8.0-10.0     143.5 
 20   DENMARK                     17         7.0-11.0     170.5 
 21   FINLAND                     16.5       9.0-9.0      143.5 
 22   SLOVAKIA                    16.5       6.0-12.0     138.5 
 23   ESTONIA                     15.5       9.0-9.0      159.0 
 24   GREECE                      15.5       6.0-12.0     142.5 
 25   INDIA                       14.5       9.0-9.0      132.0 
 26   ITALY                       14.5       6.0-12.0     140.0 
 27   NORWAY                      14         8.0-10.0     137.0 
 28   PERU                        13.5       4.0-14.0     134.0 
 29   REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA    12.5       4.0-14.0     133.5 
 30   BRASIL                      10.5       2.0-16.0     140.0 

14) 6th World University Championships

The 6th World University Championships took place September 1st-11th, 2000 in the resort of Golden Sands (hotel Sport Palace) near to Varna in Bulgaria. The Russian Team headed by Valerij Filippov (who was top scorer with 7/9) won the event. It was open to students between the ages of 17 and 28 who are (or within the last year were) full time students. My thanks to Milen Petrov for the news.

Internet coverage: http://www.bsc.bg/6wstudch

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6th World University Championships Golden Sands BUL (BUL), 1-11 ix 2000
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 1. Filippov, Valerij            g  RUS 2593   7.0  2672 
 2. Zubarev, Alexander1          m  UKR 2456   6.5  2605 
 3. Turov, Maxim                 g  RUS 2539   6.0  2581 
 4. Kacheishvili, Giorgi         g  GEO 2564   6.0  2562 
 5. Gelashvili, Tamaz            g  GEO 2519   6.0  2557 
 6. Lindfeldt, Jan Magnus           DEN 2326   5.5  2475 
 7. Iljushin, Alexei             m  RUS 2509   5.5  2473 
 8. Janssen, Ruud                m  NED 2414   5.5  2469 
 9. Ganbold, Odondoo             m  MGL 2405   5.5  2453 
10. Masserey, Yvan               f  SUI 2370   5.5  2364 
11. Bucher, Denis                   SUI 2350   5.5  2364 
12. Bagheri, Amir                m  IRI 2409   5.5  2341 
13. Zoler, Dan                   m  ISR 2526   5.5  2410 
14. Batzorig, Tuvshintogs           MGL 2140   5.5  2395 
15. Matthiesen, Arne                DEN 2292   5.0  2234 
16. Mester, Gyula                f  HUN 2379   4.5  2361 
17. Bojkov, Dejan                   BUL 2326   4.5  2328 
18. Gal, Jozsef                  f  HUN 2335   4.5  2291 
19. Stojanov, Stanislav             BUL 2111   4.5  2272 
20. Drenchev, Petar                 BUL 2357   4.5  2216 
21. Barva, Attila                f  HUN 2417   4.5  2235 
22. Temovjin,Khurelbaatar           MGL ----   4.5  2311 
23. Patuzzo, Fabricio               SUI 2296   4.5  2262 
24. Papazov, Ivajlo                 BUL 2342   4.5  2243 
25. Vasilev, Milen                  BUL 2316   4.5  2278 
26. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek  f  DEN 2324   4.5  2269 
27. Yurenko, Konstantin          f  RUS 2371   4.5  2231 
28. Abbasifar, Hasan                IRI 2375   4.5  2240 
29. Konstantinov, Mikhail           BLR 2222   4.0  2241 
30. Cukier, Marcelo                 BRA 2167   4.0  2142 
31. Dragun,Jurii                    BLR ----   3.5  2224 
32. Hochstrasser, Michael        f  SUI 2291   3.5  2121 
33. Villegas,Rafael                 MEX ----   3.5  2058 
34. Aksoy,Hasan                     TUR ----   3.5  2024 
35. Erhembayar, Duurenbayar      f  MGL 2301   3.0  2244 
36. Alvarado, Carlos                PER 2076   3.0  2107 
37. Van Rompaey,Stijn               BEL ----   3.0  2039 
38. Molina,Gustavo                  MEX ----   2.5  1991 
39. Aljavdin,Nikolay                BLR ----   2.0  1939 
40. De Kaey,Pascal                  BEL ----   0.0       
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6th World University Ch Women Golden Sands BUL (BUL), 1-10 ix 2000
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 1. Lomineishvili, Maia          wg GEO 2376  7.5  2429 
 2. Polovnikova, Ekaterina       wm RUS 2386  7.5  2436 
 3. Nill, Jessica                wf GER 2206  6.0  2301 
 4. Djingarova, Emilia              BUL 2263  5.0  2208 
 5. Trofimova, Antonina          wm RUS 2248  5.0  2179 
 6. Anhchimeg, Bayanmonh         wf MGL 2139  5.0  2181 
 7. Navabi, Shirin               wf IRI 2007  5.0  2214 
 8. Guseva, Olga                    RUS 2173  4.5  2094 
 9. Besheva, Svetla                 BUL 2136  4.5  2161 
10. Cavusoglu,Yildiz                TUR ----  4.0  2128 
11. Mohammadi, Sonia                IRI ----  3.5  2060 
12. Nikolova, Nevena Svetlinova     BUL 2095  3.5  2092 
13. Baccarin,Natalia                BRA ----  2.0  1868 
14. Dovramadjieva,Hristina          BUL ----  0.0       
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Team Competition Final Standings
Place      Country                 Scores

1          RUSSIA                  20,5
             Filippov, V           7
             Turov, M              6
             Polovnikova, E        7,5

2          GEORGIA                 19,5 
             Kacheishvili, G       6
             Gelashvili, T         6
             Lomineishvili, M      7,5

3          MONGOLIA                16 
             Ganbold, O            5,5
             Batzorig, T           5,5
             Anhchimeg, B          5

4          IRAN                    15
             Bagheri,A             5,5
             Abbasifar, H          4,5
             Navabi, S             5

5          BULGARIA                14 
             Bojkov, D             4,5
             Drenchev, P           4,5
             Djingarova, E         5

15) Portuguese Championships

The 56th Portuguese Championships took place in Barreiro 2nd-10th September 2000. The clear winner was Carlos P Santos with 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.terravista.pt/copacabana/5093/cxb/cxb.htm and http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/

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LVI ch-POR Barreiro (POR), 2-12 ix 2000
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 1. Santos, Carlos P         m  POR 2385  7.5  2517 
 2. Damaso, Rui              m  POR 2386  7.0  2462 
 3. Fernandes, Antonio       m  POR 2438  6.5  2380 
 4. Vitor, Antonio           f  POR 2302  6.5  2404 
 5. Pinheiro, Jose           f  POR 2288  6.0  2364 
 6. Padeiro, Jose               POR 2188  6.0  2314 
 7. Andrade, Leonardo           POR 2208  6.0  2335 
 8. Leonardo, Joao           f  POR 2301  6.0  2294 
 9. Rodrigues, Rui              POR 2112  6.0  2276 
10. Ribeiro, Fernando        f  POR 2202  6.0  2259 
11. Santos, Antonio P           POR 2272  5.5  2232 
12. Morais, Vitor               POR 2167  5.5  2204 
13. Morais, Mario POR           POR 2091  5.5  2166 
14. Andrade, Jose               POR 2196  5.5  2168 
15. Baptista, Paolo             POR 2132  5.0  2176 
16. Reis, Luis Sousa            POR 2244  5.0  2173 
17. Rodrigues, Afonso           POR ----  5.0  2140 
18. Ribeiro,Luis                POR ----  5.0  2153 
19. Silva, Firmino              POR 2006  5.0  2149 
20. Dias, Paulo                 POR 2302  5.0  2121 
21. Santos, Ricardo             POR ----  5.0  2130 
48 players

16) Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival

The Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival has several parts. The first part, open to all chessplayers takes place August 19th to 27th 2000. Then a second stage, the Final Knockout September 9th-16th 2000 which will have 74 players including: Vescovi, Zapata, Ricardi, Zarnicki, Spangenberg, Morovic, Sorín, Leitao, Panno, García Palermo, Bologan, Sunye Neto, Felgaer, etc.

The there will then be a SuperFinal with invitees: Anatoly Karpov, Judith Polgar, Nigel Short and Gilberto Milos along with six qualifiers from the Final Knockout. This takes place September 18th-27th 2000 which will be a 10 player all-play-all.

In the first stage that took place August 19th-27th there were 10 qualifiers.

Official site: AJEDREZ SIGLO XXI - http://www.adrian.roldan.com

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Clasificatorio Abierto Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 19-27 viii 2000
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 1. Moreda, Lucas                 ARG 2309  7.5        46.5   47.50
 2. Jimenez, Joaquin              ARG 2292  6.5        47.0   49.00 
 3. Rodi, Luis Ernesto            ARG 2225  6.5        46.0   46.00 
 4. Mela, Benjamin                ARG 2267  6.5        45.5   47.50 
 5. Julia, Ernesto             f  ARG 2393  6.0        47.0   47.00
 6. Liascovich, Lucas             ARG 2209  6.0        46.5   50.50
 7. Perez Pietronave, Carlos      ARG 2305  6.0        44.0   48.00
 8. Faig, Cristian                ARG 2137  6.0        43.0   47.50
 9. Lafuente, Pablo            f  ARG 2291  6.0        42.5   44.00
10. Herman, Diego                 ARG 2212  6.0        35.5   35.50 

11. Bonaveri, Agustin          f  ARG 2338  5.5        40.5   43.50
12. Juarez, Carlos Eleodoro       ARG 2179  5.5        40.0   43.50 
13. Albarran, Gustavo             ARG 2211  5.5        33.5   35.00 
14. Lebesohn, Lisandro            ARG 2218  5.5        32.0   32.00
15. De las Heras, Juan Carlos     ARG 2305  5.0        46.0   50.00
16. Cativelli, Gerardo            ARG 2257  5.0        42.5   45.00
17. Coda,Carlos                   ARG ----  5.0        39.0   41.50 
18. Brusco, Damian                ARG 2076  5.0        37.0   38.00
19. Fernandez, Jorge              ARG 2265  5.0        34.0   34.00
20. Benedetto, Abel               ARG 2175  5.0        32.0   33.50 
21. Bulcourf, Carlos           f  ARG 2286  5.0        30.5   30.50
51 players

17) 60th Armenian Championships

The 60th Armenian Championships took place in Yerevan, August 30th-September 8th 2000. The surprise winner was 17 year old IM Gabriel Sargissian.

Internet Coverage:http://www.armchess.am/60thac.html

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ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 30 viii-8 ix 2000            cat. XI (2520)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Sargissian, Gabriel   m ARM 2474  * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1  6.5  2691 
 2. Lputian, Smbat G      g ARM 2598  = * 1 = 1 = = = = =  5.5  2591 
 3. Yegiazarian, Arsen    m ARM 2527  = 0 * = 1 0 1 = 1 1  5.5  2599 
 4. Asrian, Karen         g ARM 2566  0 = = * = = 1 1 = =  5.0  2558 
 5. Minasian, Ara         m ARM 2466  = 0 0 = * 1 1 = = 1  5.0  2569 
 6. Aronian, Levon        g ARM 2551  0 = 1 = 0 * = = 1 =  4.5  2516 
 7. Anastasian, Ashot     g ARM 2571  = = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1  4.0  2471 
 8. Nalbandian, Tigran    m ARM 2465  0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 1  4.0  2483 
 9. Minasian, Artashes    g ARM 2595  = = 0 = = 0 = 0 * =  3.0  2386 
10. Danielian, Elina     wg ARM 2389  0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = *  2.0  2314 
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18) BCF Book of the Year

Robin Mackley reports that the shortlist for the BCF Book of the year 2000, judged by R B Edwards, Mike Fox and John Toothill, has been released. The short list has risen to five, but each covers a different subject or approach to the game. The short list is:

· A Gnat May Drink Jonathan Hinton privately published £15 The subtitle describes the book: one hundred annotated Games of Chess from 1900 to 1999. This selection of games, one for each year of the century, is in the author's words aimed primarily to entertain. He succeeds admirably by choosing mostly unknown games, which feature unusual positions and enterprising play and annotating them with great care.

· Kramnik My Life and Games Vladimir Kramnik and Iakov Damsky Everyman Chess £17.99 A highly topical book on the World Championship challenger. Kramnik's biography is written by Damsky. 53 selected games have been chosen by Kramnik himself and there in lies the heart of the book. His in-depth annotations are outstanding and the games superb. A study of these reveals that the forthcoming world championship match is not a foregone conclusion.

· Queen's Gambit Declined Matthew Sadler Everyman Chess £14.99 Specific opening books rarely feature in the Book of the Year awards as the writing rarely matches the analysis. But here is a treatise that is a delight to read not only for the knowledge displayed but for the humour and wit of the writing. A model book of its kind.

· Soviet Chess 1917-1991 Andrew Soltis McFarland £39.00 Soltis describes the rise, triumph and fall of the Soviet chess world in a highly readable, authoritative history. At all times Soltis has sympathy for the difficult economic environment and political predicaments in which the players often found themselves. Though expensive, the book is beautifully produced with tournament tables, photographs and numerous annotated games.

· The Road To Chess Improvement Alex Yermolinsky Gambit £17.99 Yermolinsky describes how he progressed from a strong player to grandmaster and USA champion. Essentially a book about practical playing problems, Yermolinsky discusses how he overcame them and the many difficulties he solved on the way. It is a valuable contribution on subjects not covered in many more theoretical texts. Yermolinsky, a native born Russian, writes in fluent, idiomatic American.

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

Bradford Chess Congress

Last call for entries for the Bradford Chess Congress. It takes place Friday September 15th (7pm start) until Sunday 17th September at the Polish Ex-Servicemens Club on Shearbridge Road, Bradford. 5 round Swiss System. Entries 15 pounds for the Open and 12 pounds for the Major or Minor. Enquiries to S Swire, 69 Scholemoor Avenue, Lidget Green, Bradford BD7 2RU or Telephone 01274 411817 (probably the best option, entries should be submitted as early as possible in the week.)

Nicholas Pert vs Murray Chandler

There will be a six game match between Nicholas Pert and Murray Chandler starting September 14th 2000. The match is sponsored as part of the Terence Chapman Award Scheme. Internet coverage on TWIC's pages.

1st European Rapid Championships

The European Chess Union appointed the Chess Federation of Herzeg-Bosnia to organize the First European Rapid and Blitz Senior Championships for men. The venue is Hotel Zenit (4 stars) in Neum, a pleasant vacation town at the Adriatic coast (and what is more: the safest place on the Earth). The distances from nearest airports in Dubrovnik, Split and Sarajevo are 70, 150 and 200 km, respectively. The event in Neum (Bosnia and Herzegovina) takes place from 2nd to 5th October 2000, immediately after the European Club Cup which will be held at the same venue.

Two events will be held: Rapid (30 min per player) and Blitz (5 min per player). The Rapid event will be an 11 rounds Swiss tournament in two days (2-3 Oct). Prizes in DM: 6.000, 5.000, 4.000, 3.000, 2.500, 1.800, 1.000, etc. (20 prizes = 30.000 DM = 15.000 Euro in total). Entrance-fee: 60 DM. The Blitz event will be a 20 double-rounds Swiss tournament in two days (4-5 Oct). Prizes in DM: 4.000, 3.000, 2.500, 2.000, 1.500, 1.000, 800, etc. (20 prizes = 20.000 DM = 10.000 Euro in total). Entrance-fee: 60 DM.

Since the number of players is restricted to 500, a preliminary registration is required. The deadline is 15th September. Please contact Mr. Dragan Milovic, phone: +387 30 870 359, or mobile: +385 99 565 023.

MSO Mind Sports Games

John Saunders reports: Mind Sports Masters (Ron Banwell Memorial) downloadable from the BCF site at http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2000.htm It gives all the games by players with 5/9 or more. Note that some of the games have been amended from the original file created by Stewart Reuben, which has been published in TWIC. There will be a complete PGN file of all the games in due course. [When the file is complete I will produce a corrected file MC]

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).

Official site: http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl or http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl/chess additional information at: http://www.szachista.home.pl/

4NCL Fantasy Chess

Fantasy Chess is now running a competition based on the 4NCL. People have to predict the results of the matches rather than the individual games. One for the Bundesliga will follow.

http://play.at/fantasychess

Krkonose Open 2000

Krkonose Open 2000 takes place 29th October to 5th November 2000 in Pec pod Snezkou town (The Krkonose mountains). 60 players from 10 countries are entered and entry is still open. Further information: http://www.proclient.cz/krkonose

Cesenatico Open

The V Cesenatico Open took place 3rd-10th September 2000. Final results should be available shortly. Players include Ivan Farago, George Grigore, COSTANTINI Roberto Costantini, Ventzislav Inkiov Igor Naumkin, Sinisa Drazic and Spyridon Skembris.

Internet coverage: http://www.antiquascom.it/regolamento.htm

Three Hungarian Tournaments

Paks HUN WIM closed tournament 28.10-03.11 2000 9 rounds entry fee: 150 DEM information: Videki Sandor Tel/fax: 00-36-75421225 email: videkisn@matavnet.hu

Szekszard HUN IM closed tournament 04-10 12 2000 9 rounds, 2 double rounds, cat. 3-4, entry fee: 200 DEM information: Videki Sandor Tel/fax: 00-36-75421225 email: videkisn@matavnet.hu

Szekszard HUN 9 rounds open, children, blitz tournaments 05-10 12 2000 prizefound: 400000 HUF Information: Papp Csaba, Decs Oreg str.53 Hungary email: rlaszlo@freemail.hu

Huge Chess Event in Mexico City

On October 22nd Mexico City will have its 2nd Festival of Chess. Last year 5,046 Mexican chess players played games in one day. This year they hope for 10,000 players to compete in simultaneous events against 500 masters.

More details http://www.ajedrez.df.gob.mx and http://www.ajedrez.df.gob.mx/pages_ing/event.html

IECG Cup

The IECG Cup VI preliminary stage. IECG Cup is an open tournament: players of any rating are merged together. So this is a nice opportunity to play a wide range of opponents. Subscriptions are open until September 15. Entries received after this date are used for a replacement list, which will be closed on October 1st. The tournament will be launched on October 1st, for a duration of 11 months. All the unfinished games will be adjudicated. During the preliminary phase, all participants take part in a 7 men, single round tournament (so 6 games to play). The 2 winners of each section will be entitled to play in the next stage, starting in October 2001. All games count for IECG rating, of course.

The entry form for Cup VI is at: http://www.iecg.org/cupentry.htm The web entry form is the best method to be enlisted in the Cup, as the process behind is easier for us.

Debrecen Open and Computer tournament

The Debrecen Open takes place 20th-24th October 2000. Place of tournament: Aranybika Grand Hotel 4025 Debrecen,Piac u. 11-15. 9 rounds, Swiss system, 20 moves in 1 hours, and 1 hour to the end.

Entry fee: 3500 HUF - Without FIDE ELO 3000 HUF - 2000-2199 2000 HUF - 2200-2299 1500 HUF - 2300-2399 1500 HUF - Young player (under 18 years) 1500 HUF - Pensioner 0 HUF - above 2400, and IM, GM

Prizes: I. 80000 HUF II. 50000 HUF III. 33000 HUF IV. 26000 HUF V. 17000 HUF VI. 10000 HUF

Category prizes, Extra prizes: - Best player from Debrecen - Best women player - Best without FIDE ELO - Best player above 55 years - Best player under 18 years

Portocom Computer Open International Chess Tournament 20-24 October 2000, Debrecen

The players of the tournament: Whoever can take part in the competition, but first of all computer chessprograms and advanced players. For the foreigners we cover computers. If somebody send the chessprogram in mail (by post) we cover him/her an operator. (the price of the operator is 40 DM )

Place of tournament: Aranybika Grand Hotel H-4025 Debrecen,Piac u. 11-15.

Opening ceremony: 20 October, at 4 o' clock (pm) Arrangement: 11 rounds, Swiss system, 2 hours to the end.

Entry fee: 9000 HUF - Advaced player 6000 HUF - Chess program 1000 HUF - People

Prizes: I. 66000 HUF II. 55000 HUF III. 44000 HUF IV. 33000 HUF V. 22000 HUF VI. 11000 HUF

Date of entires: 10.October 2000

Entries should be sent to: Sandor Nagy H-4026 Debrecen, Bethlen str. 36-38.II/12. Phone: +36 52 416-524 Mobil: +36 20 322-8790 E-mail: player@matavnet.hu

International in Salou, Costa Dorada

International Chess Festival in Salou, Costa Dorada, starts 16th October 2000.

Group A Confirmed players:

Gm Artur Kogan -Israel- Elo Fide 2504 Gm Ruslan Pogorelov -Ucrania- Elo Fide 2445 J.C. Montell Lorenzo -España- Elo Fide 2325 Im Michael Oratowsky -Israel- Elo Fide 2486 Im Dimitry Tyomkin -Israel- Elo Fide 2522 Gm Vladimir Georgiev -Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2564 Im Jordan Ivanov -Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2461 Gm Igor Miladinovic -Grecia- Elo Fide 2563 Gmf Antoaneta Stefanova -Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2514

Possible players

Gm Nikola Mitkov -Macedonia- Elo Fide 2532 Gm Marcin Kaminsky –Polonia- Elo Fide 2498 Gm Hicham Hamdouchi -Marruecos- Elo Fide 2541 Gm Alexander Finkel -Israel- Elo Fide 2467

Group B Confirmed players:

Antonio Moro -España- Elo Fide 2133 Tatiana Plachkinova -Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2171 Juan Sanges -España- Elo Fide 2000 Ramon Pol Valveny -España- Elo Fide 2048 Manuel Martinez Peña -España- Elo Fide 2161 Danny Shevelev -Israel- Elo Fide 2263 Francesc Terreu -España- Elo Fide 2169

Possible players

Im Watu Kobese -Rep. Sudafricana- Elo Fide 2373 Oscar Alias -España- Elo Fide 2277 Juan Gutierrez -España- Elo Fide 2280 Gabor Szitas –Hungria- Elo Fide 2191

Contact Juan Sangés: j231070@teleline.es

4NCL 2000-2001

The 4NCL season 2000-2001 fixtures have been published. The venue for all matches is the The Birmingham Grand Moat House Hotel, Colmore Row, Birmingham. The 1st and 2nd rounds take place 23rd-24th September 2000, 3rd-4th on 25th-26th November, 5th-6th on 27th-28th January 2001, 7th-8th on 17th-18th March and the final rounds 9,10 and 11 on 5th-7th May 2001. There are 26 Clubs, 40 teams, 3 Divisions, 536 players registered. Some of the changes in the closed season: IndexIT have signed, Nigel Short from Wood Green and Mark Hebden from Slough, to add to a very strong initial squad. Guildford-ADC have signed Chris W Baker from Bigwood, which provides the team sponsor (Nigel Povah) with the option of playing in their second team!! Slough have a new signing IM Aleksandar Wohl from Australia. Wood Green have signed Matthew Turner from Slough. Barbican 4NCL have signed GM Jonathan Parker and IM Mark Ferguson from Bigwood.

Round 1 pairings division 1: IndexIT 2 v IndexIT 1, Richmond v Slough, South Wales Dragons v White Rose, Guildford-ADC v Midland Monarchs, Wood Green v Poisoned Pawns, Barbican 4NCL 1 v Barbican 4NCL 2.

For further information see the 4NCL website at: http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.chess96/4ncl/0001/0001menu.htm. Additional coverage at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Katrin_Sharp

Possible University Event

The President of the Cambridge University Chess Club 2000/01, Nathan Alfred, would like to get in contact with any University interesting in playing in an event at Cambridge University (probably Girton College) on Saturday 11th November 2000. The planned format is to have teams of eight compete at ten-minute blitz chess, with possibly an all-play-all. If interested contact: nswa2@cam.ac.uk

Vikings Chess Festival

The second York Vikings Chess Festival are 13th to 22nd December 2000. The venue will once again be the superb Lady Anne Middleton's Hotel.

Contact: Adam Raoof if interested: adam@circuit.demon.co.uk

GM 'A' - £10,000 in prizes! GM Julian Hodgson (British Champion) GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson (SWE) GM Jonny Hector (SWE) GM Emil Sutovsky (ISR) GM Alexei Barsov (UZB) GM Jonathan Rowson (SCO)

GM 'B' - £5,000 in prizes! GM Aaron Summerscale GM Keith Arkell IM Irina Krush (USA) Entries from players 2350+ are invited.

Masters IM Valer Krutti (HUN) IM Still to be invited... IM Still to be invited... Entries from players 2250+ are invited.

Open This will be a 9-round FIDE rated swiss tournament with a first prize of at least £200. The entry fee is £25 for rated players (July 2000 list) or £40 for unrated players. Blitz 5 minute chess - Sunday 17th December - £5 entry - all entries returned as prizes - 11am start - 6pm finish - parking at the venue Accommodation Very special room rates at the Lady Anne Middleton Hotel venue for players and partners; £19.50 for a single room per person per night bed and breakfast £15.00 per person per night if they share a twin/double room http://www.ladyannes.demon.co.uk/

Website: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/york2.htm

Linares and Ubeda Opens 2001

The VIII "Anibal" Open takes place in Linares, January 8th-18th, 2001. 11 round Swiss System Event.

PRIZES 1º 1.000.000 pts. 2º 500.000 pts. 3º 250.000 pts. 4º 200.000 pts. 5º 150.000 pts. 6º-10º 100.000 pts. 11º-20º 50.000 pts. 21º-30º 30.000 pts. 31º-50º 25.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2300 Elo 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer from Jaen 50.000 pts.

The VI "Ciudad de Ubeda" Open takes place Ubeda, January 21st-30th 2001. 10 Round Swiss System event.

PRIZES 1º 500.000 pts. 2º 250.000 pts. 3º 150.000 pts. 4º 125.000 pts. 5º 100.000 pts. 6º-15º 75.000 pts. 16º-50º 50.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2300 Elo 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer from Jaen 50.000 pts.

CONDITIONS

Chessplayers with 2580 Elo according FIDE ranking list July 2000 or January 2001: Free full board in a single room and free fixed fee. G.M. and I.M. Lodging free in a 3 stars hotel in Linares and in a 4 stars hotel in Ubeda. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $12 per person/day in a double room (single supplement $25). Others Chessplayers: Lodging in a 3 stars hotel in Linares and in a 4 stars hotel in Ubeda is $24 per person/day in a double room (single supplement $25). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $12 per person/day.

FIXED FEE PER TOURNAMENT: Until December 31st , 2000 7.500 pts. Since January 1st, 2001 10.000 pts.

VIII Open "Anibal" Tel. 953 650400, fax 953 652204 (Miss Flori). VI Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" Tel. 953 791011, fax 953 791012 (Miss Tana). e-mail address: linareschess@wanadoo.es - linareschess@teleline.es

Bank details: Banco de Andalucía, account nº 0004 3270 84 0601005803 Prizes will be subject to 25% tax.

Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival

The Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival has several parts. The first part, open to all chessplayers takes place August 19th to 27th 2000. Then a second stage, the Final Knockout September 9th-16th 2000 which will have 74 players including: Vescovi, Zapata, Ricardi, Zarnicki, Spangenberg, Morovic, Sorín, Leitao, Panno, García Palermo, Bologan, Sunye Neto, Felgaer, etc.

The there will then be a SuperFinal with invitees: Anatoly Karpov, Judith Polgar, Nigel Short and Gilberto Milos along with six qualifiers from the Final Knockout. This takes place September 18th-27th 2000 which will be a 10 player all-play-all.

Official site: AJEDREZ SIGLO XXI - http://www.adrian.roldan.com

SC Lasker Autumn Festival

SC LASKER SRL is organising an Autumn Festival in Bucharest, Romania over the period October 5th-November 4th 2000.

5th-19th October 2000

A. International closed chess tournament for IM norm (men), 2nd –4th category, 12-16 players.

Entry fees: - <= 2100 -300 DM - 2101 – 2200 -250 DM -2201 – 2300 -200 DM -2301 – 2350 -175 DM -2351 – 2400 -150 DM - >= 2401 -100 DM

B. International closed chess tournament for IGM norm (women), 7th – 8th category,12-14 players. Entry fees: 200 DM

C. International closed chess tournament for IGM norm (men), 8th – 9th category,12-16 players.

Entry fees: - <= 2300 -400 DM - 2301 – 2350 -350 DM -2351 – 2400 -300 DM -2401 – 2450 -250 DM -2451 – 2500 -200 DM - >= 2501 -150 DM

21st October-4th November 2000

D. International closed chess tournament for IM norm (women), 3rd – 5th category,12-16 players. Entry fees: 200 DM Accommodation 100-150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the tournament.

Starting date: 5th October 2000, opening ceremony 14°°. Time limits: 40 moves / 2 hours, then 1 hour for 20 moves + 30 minutes K.O.. The games will be played every day from 15°° to 22°°. Prizes: declared before the 3rd round. Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess Club: Oþetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13.

Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38 – C.P. 80, 72250 Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if contacted he assures the reception of the players). E-mail: mpanait@fx.ro or ggg@dnt.ro

Open Abihome 2000

The Open Abihome 2000 takes place 7-8 October 2000, Palais du Midi, Brussels. The rapidplay event has run for 10 years and has seen Svidler, Bacrot, Baklan, Van den Doel, Rawson, and many other young masters participate.

Prizes: Prize Money 200.000 bf 1e prize 35.000 bf 2e prize 30.000 bf 3e prize 25.000 bf 4e prize 20.000 bf 5e prize 15.000 bf 6e prize 10.000 bf 7e prize 8.000 bf 8e prize 7.000 bf 9e prize 6.000 bf 10eprize 5.000 bf and other special prizes for Belgian and Juniors.

Information: Benny Åsman tel/fax: 02/512.48.43 asmanbenny@skynet.be etienne.cornil@regio.be René Vannerom tel: 02.538.67.10

Jyväskylä International

The Jyväskylä International Chess Festival takes place in Finland September 26th - October 9th, 2000.

Jyväs-Shakki has the honour to organize the Jyväskylä International Chess tournaments at September 26th to October 9th, 2000. There are four different tournament types: x main event: 14-player all-play-all IM-group, with possibility to reach international master title result, estimated FIDE category 4-6, IM-norm 8-9/13 x 14-player all-play-all ELO-group for players rated between ELO 2000-2300 x 6-player all-play-all SELO-groups for players with national rating x blitz event IM- and ELO-groups will be played from September 26th to October 9th with one free day (October 2nd). SELO-groups will be played on the weekend from September 29th to October 1st. The blitz event will be played in October 2nd.

Playing venue Jyväskylä ammattikorkeakoulu, Rajakatu 35, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Entry fees IM-group: FIM 600 (GMs and IMs for conditions please contact the organizer) ELO-group: FIM 400 SELO-group: FIM 200 Blitz: FIM 50 Prizes IM-group: FIM 1500, FIM 1200, FIM 900, FIM 600. ELO-group: FIM 1000, FIM 800, FIM 600, FIM 400. SELO-groups: FIM 600, FIM 200 (in each group). Blitz: prizes will be determined at the beginning of the event Playing times IM- and ELO-groups: 2 h / 40 moves + 1 h / 20 moves + 30 mins / rest of the game SELO-groups: 2 h / 40 moves + 30 mins / rest of the game Blitz: 5 mins / whole game

If interested contact Sami Hämäläinen, tel +358-9-5621090 or email sami.hamalainen@icon.fi

4th Cap d'Agde Festival

The 4th Cap d'Agde Festival takes place 28th October - 4th November 2000. Cap d'Agde in the south of France has organised this prestigious event (supported by the French Chess Federation) and the FSGT) every 2 years since 1994.

There will be 3 large Opens tournaments divided by Elo rating 9 rounds, Time control : 40 moves/2hours and 1hour KO, Swiss System.

Grand-Prix CCAS (players + 2000 Elo) This tournament is Open to all players above 2000 Elo rating. Internationals Masters and Internationals Grand Masters do not pay the entry fee. IMPORTANT : only the 20 first players above 2500 Elo rating on the latest Fide list, will be invited by the organisation (accommodation and food) transportation cost will be at the player's charge.

Tournoi du Cavalier (players - > 1700 - < 2100 Elo) This tournament is Open to all players between 1700 and 2100 Elo rating. Tournoi de l'Avenir (-< 1800 Elo) This tournament is open to all players below 1800 Elo rating There will be a Blitz tournament organised by the FSGT

Trophée CCAS 2000 "La rencontre des Continents" rapid chess A tournament of Champions from all 5 Continents. Trophée CCAS "Espoirs" Match des prodiges : Angleterre - France A match between 2 very young Chess prodigies in 8 games with different Time control

Contact : Cap d'Agde Avenue de la Butte 34 309 Cap d'Agde Cedex Tel : 04 67 01 00 63 Fax : 04 67 76 65 01

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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