THE WEEK IN CHESS 326 5th February 2001 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Egon Ditt, Jonathan Berry, Ales Drinovec, Mikhail Golubev,
Sinisa Joksic, Angus Wang, Nigel Freeman, Linares Chess Club, Richard Palliser,
Laszlo Nagy, Antonio Bento, Francesco S. Rinaldi and all those who helped with
this issue.
Will the protest by the German, French and Dutch chess Federations
against the new shortened FIDE time controls amount to anything? I rather doubt
it. The case seems to be a lightening rod for those who object to the way
things are going in FIDE but I don't see the opposition have sufficient support
amongst the other Federations to mount a challenge. Also FIDE presumably
control the interpretation of the statutes and they say this decision has
already been reached. I don't have an in depth knowledge FIDE's rules but it
might be that a vote of 2/3rds of Federations may be needed to reverse this
decision.
The real question which is begged about the "modernisation" of chess as
a whole or time rates in particular is whether it is the right and correct
approach. The objection of many of us to these new initiatives is that they
detract from the sport of chess they don't add to it. We should be presenting
what is best in chess not some cut down version. I've heard it said that
discussions with Eurosport prompted the move to lower the time rates, with the
greatest respect this isn't sufficient reason to change. There will be no major
TV contract from them, ever, they don't have the money. Perhaps instead FIDE
should instead be thinking how TV can cover the events we do have. The best TV
coverage I've seen was the French TF1 coverage of the Kasparov-Karpov match of
1990. Overhead cameras covered the game with it being cut down to a 20 minute
segment in a one hour program that included discussion around the days play.
This was nice but I imagine tremendously expensive. Do they want live coverage?
Chess will never get slow enough for that except perhaps in the case of the
World Blitz Cup, there would be nothing wrong with trying to get coverage
there. Otherwise its a package they're offering. On the Internet Canalweb had a
single camera pointed at the players during the Braingames World Chess
Championships with commentary over the top, an approach that worked well enough
live. A package with a single camera feed for illustrative material for a
highlights program plus people capable of talking entertainingly about the game
would perhaps work well, this wouldn't need a change in time control.
FIDE have a tremendous problem too in that the most attractive events to
sponsors are those involving the best, yet they also face pressure to include a
lot of players who are far from that. The current KO World Championships format
solves many of their problems in providing participation from throughout the
world but is unattractive for a number of reasons. My main objection is that
there are too many people playing and this makes mass media coverage unlikely
until almost the very end when the numbers become more manageable. Also the
professional way to play the event is with caution without undue risk, the very
kind of play that is most attractive. Ideally the focus should be on the best
players, but how to decide who they are? That's a hard question.
An annual championships also looks hard to sustain. Anand, who won the
event, prepared for at least two months. There are simply not enough months in
the year for it. The FIDE knockout has not even reached the levels of publicity
that the FIDE cycle which ended with Karpov and Kamsky playing. You want
players to prepare well for the leading events, I don't believe on an annual
basis this is possible. I think a two year cycle of qualifiers leading to a six
player final all play all (each playing four times) would be a great event
capable of attracting great publicity, it would be few enough for the media to
be able to understand a focus on. How to satisfy all those who wish to
participate? In terms of developing chess nations I find it hard to see how a
player turning up to the current system and being eliminated after a round
(that's two games) is going to benefit. There should be a big swiss system
event (or perhaps two 19 round all-play-alls if you really want to make this a
worthwhile experience for all players) the previous year to take care of that.
Then a big Candidates event with all but perhaps the champion taking part
leading to five or six qualifiers. That is three events over two years for
which overall finance would surely be easier to find as all of them would be
attractive events.
If FIDE commerce want to organise a World Cup series with some
qualifying places, that would be fine too. The knockout formula isn't my
favourite (I wasn't keen in 1994 when it was tried in Tilburg and I still think
it doesn't generate the excitement a good tournament does) but it could have a
place. They should not be trying to persuade existing events to join in an
unproven format though.
The question of whether a seperate organisation such as FIDE Commerce
(especially one which has an involvement of the FIDE President) is right I
leave for now. I don't like it but if it succeeds in raising the games profile
then so be it. They have a problem with the players, tennis and golf have
players somewhere close to the heart of the decision making, they couldn't be
further away here. Their energy and commitment is what has been missing I feel
in recent years, most sports need their stars to promote the game, this is the
biggest single area where improvement needs to happen.
Classical chess events have a track record of getting publicity, just
why is the knockout, and shorter time rates necessary? I've never had that
explained to me I suspect because there is no explanation, the man with the
money Ilyumzhinov wants it seems to be regarded as sufficient. What the media
appreciates is competitors who are driven to excel in the hardest of tests. The
FIDE Championships need to set up tough contests that everyone can see will
produce a true champion. We then need a few players to desperately want to win
these events and create interest through rivalry. Casting around for changes
without any evidence they will work because something is wrong is a recipe for
disaster.
However the time to challenge FIDE on these points has surely passed.
No-one has offered a vision counter to Ilyunzhinov's within FIDE in recent
years. The level of control he has over FIDE seems total its highly likely
we're just going to have to wait and see how his grand experiment works
out.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
There is new material about the new FIDE time controls following the
German protest last week. Much of it comes from Egon Ditt but also the French
Chess Federation, FIDE and Jonathan Berry.
Included: Press Release by the French Chess Federation
Dutch
Federation Letter
Letter to the German and Dutch Chess Federations by
Emmanuel Omuku Executive Director of FIDE
Comments from Egon Ditt
Extract of the tape recording of the meeting of the FIDE General Assembly in
Istanbul 2000
Letter from Jonathan Berry on the players poll
Chesslines Petition against the new time controls
There is also an International Petition organised by ChessLines:
http://www.chesslines.com/petition/petitioninternational.html
Read in full the recent FIDE press releases on this issue at:
http://www.fide.com/release/
Press Release by the French Chess Federation
The Board of Directors of the French Chess Federation, reunited in
Paris on the 27th of January, has raised a strong protest against the decisions
taken by the FIDE, imposing on one hand a new time control it's tournaments and
on the other hand, the suppression of the zonal tournaments.
It is scandalous that such important decisions for the future of Chess
should be taken hastily, without the slightest consultation with the National
Federations. Furthermore, as was already signalled by the Dutch and German
Federations, the Presidential Board doesn't have the authority to take such
decisions according to the by-laws of the FIDE.
Consequently, the French Chess Federation will not take in account the
pseudo-decisions concerning the new time controls. Furthermore, it would like
to point out the dangers of a European tournament which will qualify 46 players
for other phases of the World Championship. Finally, the French Chess
Federation asks the these propositions be put on the agenda for the General
Assembly in Bled 2002.
Jean-Claude Loubatière President French Chess Federation
Dutch Federation Letter
Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond
To FIDE Secretariat Attn. Mr. K. Iljumzhinov, President PO Box 166 1000
Lausanne 4 Zwitserland
Time control 00/Wzdiv/0014/Hha/pv Januari 8, 2001
Dear Mr. President,
On 26 December 2000 in Tehran the Presidential Board took a decision on
the time control with effect from 1 January 2001. The new time control to be
used in all FIDE events and international tile tournaments will be 40 moves in
75 minutes, 15 minutes for the remainder of the game, with an increment of 30
second per move from move 1.
This decision was taken in line with the decision of the FIDE General
Assembly in Istanbul and based on the consensus of opinions of the overwhelming
majority of top players at the Worlds Championship in New Delhi, the Board
writes in its statement.
This subject however was not discussed in Istanbul by the General
Assembly. There was a suggestion made by GM A. Shirov to use a time control of
40 minutes per player in one game plus 30 seconds per move. This was supported
by GM E. Torre. Accepting this suggestion would mean that rapid chess would
become the official form of chess.
The Executive Board directed that the views expressed by the various
proponents on the time control should made available to all the players at the
Olympiad for their opinion after which the matter could be addressed at the
Presidential Board meeting.
These plans were not made available to the players at the Olympiad, but
instead there was an inquiry on this subject during the World Championship. As
we understood the players were asked if they would favour a faster time control
system than the current one. They were not asked for their opinion of a
specific form of time control.
By accepting the time control decided upon in Tehran it is not possible
to gain titles in FIDE events or in international title tournaments. In the
FIDE Rating regulations (art. 1.3) it is stated: For games to count for title
applications a six hours session is required at least. This can only be altered
by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Qualification Commission.
Such a change will come into effect on 1st July of the year following the
decision by General Assembly.
According to the FIDE Statutes nor the Executive Board (art. 4.1), nor
the Presidential Board (art. 7.1) may take this decision.
The Board of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation does not agree with the
decision of the Presidential Board to change the time control in this way.
There has been no investigation of the results of this measure and even reasons
to do this are not outlined. The proper procedures of FIDE are not followed,
the official commissions of FIDE were not consulted. The new time control is
contrary to other rules valid in FIDE.
Such a far reaching change, which effects the core and the level of the
game of chess, can only be taken by the General Assembly after a fundamental
discussion on the future of chess.
Our Board therefor asks you to withdraw the decision on the new time
control immediately and to put the proposal on the agenda of the next General
Assembly.
Yours sincerely, ROYAL DURCH CHESS FEDERATION (signed) H.H. Hamers
President
Letter to the German and Dutch Chess Federations by Emmanuel Omuku
Executive Director of FIDE
Lausanne, 30 January 2001
Mr. H.Hamers President Royal Dutch Chess Federation
Mr. E. Ditt President German Chess Federation
Gentlemen,
The President has requested me to respond to your two letters in which
your Boards have questioned the basis for the Presidential Board's decisions in
respect of the World Chess Championship as well as the new time control for
FIDE events. I am also in touch with FIDE Deputy President Georgios
Makropoulos, who met over the weekend with World Championship Cycle Committee
Chairman Willy Iclicki on some of the issues in your letters.
I would like to begin by stating that there has been a misunderstanding
here. I have taken time to go through the tapes of the General Assembly meeting
in Istanbul as well as the resolutions of the Presidential Board, the initial
Press release after the Tehran Board meeting as well as the clarification of
some of the issues raised in the Press release, which was contained in our
circular letter of 4 January 2001.
The extract of the tape recording of the Minutes, copy of which is
attached, clearly shows that it was the true intention of the General Assembly
that the final decision regarding the matter of the new time control and the
World Championship be dealt with at the Presidential Board. You will also
kindly recall that this precedent is nothing new and that our Statutes allow
it. Permit me to recall that the final decision on the Regulations for the
World Championship, which was applied in Groningen/Lausanne, in 1997/98, was
reached after the General Assembly meeting in Yerevan in 1996 delegated this
matter to the Presidential Board and there are many more instances where the
General Assembly has mandated the Board or in some cases, the President, to act
on its behalf in very complex situations. Let me also state that having
specifically delegated the issue of time control and the World Championship to
the Presidential Board, the input of the Qualification Commission or any of its
constituent parts or where applicable, the World Championship Cycle Committee,
can only be secondary to that of the Presidential Board, acting in the name of
the General Assembly.
With specific reference to the time control issue, it was clear on the
12th of November in Istanbul, that a poll amongst the players at the Olympiad
had not been taken and could not have been taken, given the circumstances and
share logistics of having a reliable poll in Istanbul with the little time
left. What then could have been more representative than the decision to take a
sampling from the cream of our top professional male and female players, who
were present in New Delhi for the World Chess Championships. Out of the 159
players polled, 135 players returned their questionnaire. The sampling produced
the following result: 61 to 42 in favour of a reduced time control. 32 were
non-committal. In addition, the following technical experts were present at the
two sessions of the Board meeting in New Delhi and Tehran:
Mr. Willy Iclicki, Chairman of the World Championship Cycle Committee,
Mr. Casto Abundo, Rating Administrator, Mr. Geurt Gijssen, Chairman of the
Rules Committee, GM Valery Salov, President of the World Players' Council, GM
Zurab Azmaiparashvil. The Board members present were as follows:
FIDE President K. Ilyumzhinov, Honorary President F. Campomanes, Deputy
President G. Makropoulos, Vice President P.T. Ummer Koya, General Secretary N.
Tabbane, Treasurer D. Jarrett, Continental President B. Kutin, Continental
President L. Mazouz.
I am in a position to say that all the issues were thoroughly debated
at the two sessions of the Board in New Delhi and Tehran before the Board
reached its decision. This was apart from various meetings at Committee levels
chaired at different times, by the President and Deputy President. In keeping
with our Statutes, and where communication allowed, contact was established
with some of the Board members by fax or telephone for their input, when the
matter was being debated especially at the Tehran stage.
Let me now address the issue of the Status of the Zones. As I stated in
my earlier note, the Zonal structure shall continue to be maintained as the
bedrock of our chess development effort. They shall continue to be used for
purposes of titles and ratings as contained in the Handbook. But as was clear
from our discussions in Istanbul, the Continental Championships for commercial
reasons will now be used for purposes of qualification to the World
Championship. At the same time, the Continental Championships are now going to
be administered by the Continents and they may well select the winners for
qualification for the World Championship from this event, along Zonal lines. It
should also be noted that the Presidential Board had granted substantial
increases to the number of qualifiers from the Continents thus allowing for all
possible variations to satisfy the needs of the Continents as well as the Zones
from within this Continental structure.
In addition, FIDE is proposing to provide financial support towards the
prize fund for the continents for this important event of the World
Championship cycle, as follows:
Europe - USD 120, 000 less 20% to FIDE = USD 96, 000 Americas - USD 80,
000 less 20% to FIDE = USD 64, 000 Asia - USD 80, 000 less 20% to FIDE = USD
64, 000 Africa - USD 70, 000 less 20% to FIDE = USD 56, 000
It is now up to the Continents to use this financial incentive from
FIDE to generate additional sponsorship for the prize fund through a bidding
process out of which 20% shall go to the Continents. It is also possible for
the Continents to decide, which financial support they may wish to advance to
those Federations, which need them for their players, the stipends for the
officials as well as the nomination of tournament officials. It is anticipated
that these extra expenses will now be taken care of from the additional
sponsorship generated by the Continent.
As can be seen from the foregoing, the idea of using the Continental
Championship as basis for qualification to the World Championship will now make
it an important activity for the players and officials of the Continents. It
would also help to provide FIDE with a solid number of events, which could be
presented to a General Sponsor with additional financial benefits to everyone.
Finally, it is very clear from our Statutes that decisions of the
Presidential Board are of a continuing nature until subject to review by either
the General Assembly or Executive Board at its subsequent meeting. In the case
of what has been decided on now by the Presidential Board, in respect of the
time control and the Continental Assembly, it is our respectful submission that
this was well within the contemplation of the General Assembly, when it
mandated the Board to decide on these matters. Such decisions, which have been
validly taken by the Board, cannot therefore be described as illegal.
I hope that with this clarification we can all join hands with the
members of the Presidential Board who are genuinely also working with all their
hearts for the benefit of chess to satisfy the needs of the players, the zones,
the Continents and all of FIDE.
Gens Una Sumus.
Emmanuel Omuku Executive Director
Comments from Egon Ditt
Egon Ditt comments: As expected FIDE did not accept the protests, but a
few facts are interesting: - the "overwhelming majority" of the players asked
is +61 -42 = 32, that seems to me a minority of the players asked. - please
read the tape transription carefully: no objection to the report of the
Players' Council is regarded as the mandate to decide.
Extract of the tape recording of the meeting of the FIDE General
Assembly in Istanbul 2000
Players' Council
Mr. Makropoulos: What about this poll for time limit and all this…
It's going on?
Mr. Salov: This poll still has not taken place so. It's still not
completed.
Mr. Makropoulos: OK, so, the Presidential Board is going to see the
results of this poll and Valery Salov, GM Valery Salov is going to submit his
proposals for the Championship also to the Presidential Board in all details.
Already he has informed some of us, some members of the Board, so we are going
to get his advice for the format of the new Championship. So this is for this
Players' Council. So we accept the report? Yes?
There was no objection.
Letter from Jonathan Berry on the players poll
I was at the World Players' Council meeting in Istanbul. It took place
before the FIDE General Assembly even began. I attended by accident, intending
simply to observe. FIDE Vice-President Mr. Makropoulos said that FIDE would be
happy to have a players' survey about time controls, but did not have enough
personnel resources to carry it out. But the WPC could, with FIDE's blessing.
There was a long silence around the table, as WPC Chairman GM Salov himself
could not do it. So I volunteered, and the WPC appointed me to do it: A poll or
survey of the players at Istanbul concerning some of the various proposals for
time controls.
Mr. Makropoulos instructed me NOT to include the control introduced at
the Kasparov-Kramnik match in London (such an authority as Mr. Filipowicz had
found it worthy of praise, even though his initial reaction to it had been
negative.). But I was to get in touch with Mr. Omuku to get the final details
of GM Shirov's proposal and to arrange for the use of FIDE's page printer (the
survey would be on paper).
After the WPC meeting I went to the FIDE offices and left a message for
Mr. Omuku, who reportedly made a habit not to be available at those offices.
The next morning, I passed up the Rules Commission meeting (and thus incurred
Mr. Gijssen's distress, but I thought that doing this survey was a greater
service to chess) to follow up the matter at the FIDE offices. No luck. A
couple of days later, I spoke with GM Salov in the playing hall (he was the
captain of the India Women's team), and he said that FIDE had taken over the
survey project. It was about a week later when the Olympiad was over, I met GM
Salov on the sidewalk. He said: "I don't know why FIDE never did the survey."
It was not time constraints but FIDE itself that shot down the attempt
to survey the players in Istanbul about time controls. And the survey they
report from New Delhi was too vague to be the basis of such a radical change.
Sincerely yours, Jonathan Berry IA, FM, GM (ICCF)
The "Tenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" will be held at
the Metropole Palace Hotel in Monaco, 17th-29th March 2001. The event is
sponsored by J.J. van Oosterom and the total prize fund is US $ 193,250. Play
will take place 13h30 until approximately 20h00 local time. Games will last up
to one hour each.
The Playing Schedule: Rounds 1-4 17-20 March, Rounds 5-8 22nd-25th
March, Rounds 9-11 27th-29th March. Rest days March 21st and 26th.
The participants are: Zoltan Almasi (Hungary), Viswanathan Anand
(India), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Anatoly Karpov
(Russia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Ljubomir Ljubojevic
(Yugoslavia), Jeroen Piket (The Netherlands), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Veselin
Topalov (Bulgaria), Loek van Wely (The Netherlands).
Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber
There is free entry to all the games contact: Association Max Euwe 1
Avenue des Citronniers, MC 98000 Monaco Telephone : +377 - 92 05 60 01 Fax :
+377 - 92 05 72 61 e-mail : amber10chess@hotmail.com
The Advanced Chess tournament will be held in Leon (Spain) June
8th-11th 2001. This is the 3rd time the event has been held and is also the
14th Leon tournament. This was originally the idea of Garry Kasparov. Players
compete the help of a computer and a Database. The players will be Viswanathan
Anand (India), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Leko (Hungary) and Vesselin Topalov
(Bulgaria). The main sponsors are: Telefonica, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Caja
Duero, Chess Base, Excmo. Ayuntamiento de León, Excma. Diputación
de León, Junta de Castila y León and the University of Leon.
There will be 4 games per day and the event is a knockout. Timerate: 20 minutes
per player, with 10 or 15 seconds increment after every move. The official
websites will be at: http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
and http://www.advancedchessleon.com On
1st February 2001 there will be a preliminary presentation for this tournament
alongside the European Team Championships, which will also be held in Leon (5th
to 16th November 2001) at FITUR.
A Category 11 tournament in Kyiv finished on January 28th 2001. Andrey
Zontakh and Vadim Malakhatko took first place. My thanks to Mikhail Golubev.
Games and results: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/kyiv01tu.htm
Trudova Ukraina Kyiv UKR (UKR), 19-28 i 2001 cat. XI (2505)
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1 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2529 ** == == 1= 1= == 6.0 2571
2 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2513 == ** == == == 11 6.0 2574
3 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2572 == == ** 0= =1 == 5.0 2491
4 Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2485 0= == 1= ** == 01 5.0 2508
5 Eschenko, Vadim m UKR 2443 0= == =0 == ** == 4.0 2444
6 Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2485 == 00 == 10 == ** 4.0 2436
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The X Bajmok Tournament takes place 26th January - 7th February 2001.
My thanks to Sinisa Joksic.
Internet coverage: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/
Round 9 Standings:
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It Bajmok YUG (YUG), 26 i-7 ii 2001 cat. IV (2331)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Varga, Peter m HUN 2464 * . = . 1 = . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2650
2. Rajkovic, Dusan g YUG 2491 . * 1 = 1 . 0 = . 1 1 = . 1 6.5 2477
3. Pap, Misa YUG 2405 = 0 * = 1 . = . 1 . . 1 1 1 6.5 2511
4. Milu, Romeo Sorin m ROM 2432 . = = * 0 = . = 1 . 1 1 1 . 6.0 2456
5. Smolovic, Mile f YUG 2390 0 0 0 1 * 1 = . 1 . . 1 1 . 5.5 2444
6. Tokovic, Svetozar YUG 2318 = . . = 0 * = 1 . 1 1 0 . 1 5.5 2397
7. Petre, Nad-Titus f ROM 2327 . 1 = . = = * = = 0 = . 1 . 5.0 2373
8. Kizov, Atanas MKD 2363 0 = . = . 0 = * = 1 1 . . 1 5.0 2361
9. Vidic, Stefan YUG 2227 . . 0 0 0 . = = * = . 1 1 1 4.5 2329
10. Zegarac, Boris YUG 2271 0 0 . . . 0 1 0 = * = . 1 1 4.0 2274
11. Ikras, Djura YUG 2175 0 0 . 0 . 0 = 0 . = * = . 1 2.5 2179
12. Sekelj, Geza YUG 2281 0 = 0 0 0 1 . . 0 . = * 0 . 2.0 2139
13. Glavas, Dragan f BIH 2336 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 1 * 1 2.0 2108
14. Kovac, Zoltan YUG 2158 0 0 0 . . 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 * 0.0
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On 31 Dec,2000 FIDE World Women's Champion Xie Jun (with white) beat
Nigel Short in a four game 25 minute rapid game match 2.5-1.5. This event was
during the Chinese Chess New Century Festival in Tian Yuan, Shanxi province.
This is the home town of Ye Jiangchuan.
Ye Jiangchuan played 1004 people in a simul breaking a world record in
same event. The games started at 9:10am on 31 December 2000 and ran through to
13:45pm on 1st January 2001. The games lasted 28 hours 33 minutes and 30
seconds and took place in two centuries. Ye won 912 games, drew 76 and lost 16
with an over all percentage of 96.4%. Ye is the best player in China now and he
has been the coach of World Women's Champion Xie Jun for many years.
If anyone has the Short-Xie Jun games I'd be interested.
Information from Angus Wang of Chess in China Magazine
http://cic.126.com
There were two Invitational GM Tournaments in the Elbow Beach Club
Bermuda, with the emphasis on youth they will followed by an Open. The GM 'A'
event was a six player double-round event which was won by Bartlomiej Macieja.
Bojan Vuckovic and Gregory Shahade (10 round only) both got GM norms in the GMB
event won by Bojan Vuckovic. My thanks to Nigel Freeman.
The open is now underway. In the Blitz event Macieja finished first with
8.5/10 winning $500. 2nd-3rd were Becerra & Blehm 8/10 $250 each and
4th-5th were Greg Shahade & Teplitsky 7.5/10 $100 each.
Internet coverage: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Elbow Beach Club GMA Paget Parish BER (BER), 20-29 i 2001cat. XIII (2566)
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1 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2578 ** == 10 1= 11 =1 7.0 2713
2 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2519 == ** 01 1= 11 == 6.5 2685
3 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2609 01 10 ** 0= 10 =1 5.0 2557
4 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2570 0= 0= 1= ** =1 == 5.0 2565
5 Gershon, Alik g ISR 2540 00 00 01 =0 ** 11 3.5 2461
6 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2582 =0 == =0 == 00 ** 3.0 2414
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Elbow Beach Club GMB Paget Parish BER (BER), 19-29 i 2001 cat. IX (2454)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vuckovic, Bojan m YUG 2458 * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2628
2. Doettling, Fabian m GER 2509 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 7.0 2550
3. Shahade, Gregory f USA 2456 = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2555
4. Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2538 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2511
5. Blehm, Pawel m POL 2512 0 = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2513
6. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2490 = = = 0 1 * 1 = = 0 0 1 5.5 2450
7. Teplitsky, Yan m CAN 2446 0 = 1 = = 0 * = = = = 1 5.5 2454
8. Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2496 = = = = 0 = = * = = = 0 4.5 2385
9. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2462 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 4.5 2388
10. Alvarez, Johan VEN 2383 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = 0 * 1 1 4.5 2395
11. Charbonneau, Pascal CAN 2410 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 * = 4.0 2355
12. Fierro Baquero, Martha L wg ECU 2287 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 2.5 2258
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The followup event to the VIII "Anibal" Open was the VI "Ciudad de
Ubeda" Open which took place in Ubeda, January 21st-30th 2001 with many of the
same players. This was a 10 Round Swiss System event. The winner was Vladimir
Akopian who scored 8/10 half a point clear of Baadur Jobava, Zhang Zhong,
Konstantin Sakaev and Ashot Anastasian on 7.5. My thanks to the Linares Chess
Club for the news.
There was daily coverage at:
http://ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez/ubeda/index.htm
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Ubeda Open Ubeda ESP (ESP), 21-30 i 2001
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Place Name Feder Rtg Pts MBuch Prog Berg
1 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2656 8.0 58.0 44.0 49.50
2 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2518 7.5 60.0 41.0 45.00
3 Zhang, Zhong CHN 2607 7.5 57.0 44.5 43.50
4 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 2639 7.5 57.0 39.5 44.75
5 Anastasian, Ashot ARM 2548 7.5 56.5 41.5 45.50
6 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2556 7.0 60.0 46.5 44.50
7 Fominyh, Alexander RUS 2582 7.0 56.0 42.5 38.75
8 Motylev, Alexandre RUS 2570 7.0 55.0 40.5 41.00
9 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2520 7.0 49.5 35.0 36.50
10 Kobalija, Mihail RUS 2581 6.5 59.5 43.5 39.25
11 Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2584 6.5 56.0 40.5 37.25
12 Ibragimov, Ildar RUS 2571 6.5 56.0 38.5 39.50
13 Minasian, Artashes ARM 2567 6.5 55.0 37.5 36.25
14 Arencibia, Walter CUB 2534 6.5 54.5 39.5 35.50
15 Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2485 6.5 54.5 37.0 36.00
16 Psakhis, Lev ISR 2598 6.5 53.5 38.5 36.75
17 Turov, Maxim RUS 2546 6.5 53.0 35.5 36.50
18 Tseitlin, Mark D ISR 2494 6.5 51.5 35.0 33.50
19 Avrukh, Boris ISR 2630 6.5 50.5 35.5 34.75
20 Sulskis, Sarunas LTU 2501 6.5 50.0 37.0 32.75
21 Sanchez, Joseph PHI 2193 6.5 47.5 31.0 32.25
22 Kacheishvili, Giorgi GEO 2556 6.0 54.5 38.0 32.00
23 Najer, Evgeniy RUS 2616 6.0 54.0 39.0 33.00
24 Golod, Vitali ISR 2591 6.0 53.5 37.0 33.75
25 Burmakin, Vladimir RUS 2493 6.0 53.5 36.5 33.50
26 Comas Fabrego, Lluis ESP 2508 6.0 53.5 36.0 31.75
27 Potkin, Vladimir RUS 2470 6.0 53.0 35.0 32.75
28 Garcia Martinez, Silvino CUB 2371 6.0 52.5 33.0 30.25
29 Vokarev, Sergey RUS 2492 6.0 52.0 35.0 31.00
30 Lalic, Bogdan ENG 2531 6.0 52.0 32.5 33.25
31 Paragua, Mark PHI 2427 6.0 52.0 32.5 29.00
32 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2364 6.0 52.0 31.5 29.25
33 Mirzoev, Azer AZE 2463 6.0 52.0 31.5 29.00
34 Paramos Dominguez, Roberto ESP 2437 6.0 51.0 31.0 28.00
35 Maherramzade, Javad AZE 2459 6.0 50.5 34.0 29.25
36 Labib, Ibrahim Hasan EGY 2426 6.0 50.0 32.0 26.50
37 Zilberman, Yaacov ISR 2481 6.0 49.5 33.5 30.75
38 Yagupov, Igor RUS 2417 6.0 49.5 28.5 29.25
39 Agopov, Mikael FIN 2354 6.0 48.0 29.0 28.50
40 Sharma, Dinesh K. IND 2353 6.0 47.5 31.0 28.50
41 Froehlich, Peter GER 2451 6.0 47.5 30.0 25.50
42 Vovsha, Eli ISR 2332 6.0 47.0 31.5 25.50
43 Perez, Rodney CUB 2492 6.0 47.0 30.5 28.25
44 Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2565 6.0 46.5 31.5 30.75
45 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2600 6.0 44.5 28.5 29.75
129 players
The 4NCL season 2000-2001 has reached round 6. The venue for all matches
is the The Birmingham Grand Moat House Hotel, Colmore Row, Birmingham. Last
weekend the 5th-6th rounds took place on 27th-28th January 2001. The big news
was Nigel Short turning out for Wood Green in round six when he beat Danny
King. He had been registered for Index IT (the have a new name Beeson Gregory).
My thanks to Richard Palliser for the information.
Round 5-6 games are now available (a number of players have input the
games, John Saunders, Arthur Brameld, Adam Raoof, Richard Palliser, Richard
Furness and John Walton). Source: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/4ncl/index.html
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
and http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/
DIVISION 1 ROUND 5
INDEX-IT 2 3-5 SLOUGH 1
1 w Richardson, John R 2338 ½-½ Miles, Anthony 2564
2 b Black, Richard 2264 0-1 Summerscale, Aaron 2513
3 w Hassabis, Demis 2237 ½-½ Kosten, Anthony 2519
4 b Lyell, Mark 2224 0-1 Houska, Jovanka (F) 2368
5 w Wade, Robert 2213 0-1 McNab, Colin 2403
6 b Alfred, Nathan 2208 1-0 Buckley, Graeme 2369
7 w Cafferty, Bernard 2196 0-1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2318
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2187 1-0 Tarifa, Alket 2200
RICHMOND 1½-6½ GUILDFORD-ADC 1
1 w Bates, Richard 2371 0-1 Conquest, Stuart 2546
2 b Wall, Gavin 2348 1-0 Plaskett, James 2495
3 w Hinks-Edwards, Tom 2294 ½-½ King, Danny 2543
4 b Webb, Lawrence 2233 0-1 Gormally, Danny 2505
5 w Franklin, Michael 2253 0-1 Baker, Chris 2372
6 b Thiruchelvam, M 2168 0-1 Webb, Richard 2353
7 w Buckley, Melanie 2114 0-1 Povah, Nigel 2359
8 b DEFAULT 0-1 Yurenok, Maria (F) 2058
WOOD GREEN 1 5½-2½ S WALES DRAGONS
1 w Baburin, Alexander 2598 1-0 Cobb, James 2351
2 b Emms, John 2514 ½-½ Dineley, Richard 2276
3 w Turner, Matthew 2498 ½-½ Zeidler, Sven 2284
4 b Ward, Chris 2527 ½-½ James, David 2238
5 w Martin, Andrew 2445 0-1 Morris, Charles 2238
6 b Levitt, Jonathan 2438 1-0 Roberts, David 2150
7 w Tiller, Bjorn 2384 1-0 Cast, Abigail (F) 2121
8 b Jackson, Sheila (F) 2185 1-0 Cast, Jason 1824
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 5½-2½ MIDLAND MON'S
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2545 ½-½ Ledger, Andrew 2443
2 b Kelly, Brian 2464 ½-½ Pert, Nick 2455
3 w Webster, Andrew 2435 1-0 Williams, Simon 2350
4 b Knott, Simon 2390 1-0 Ledger, David 2278
5 w Ferguson, Mark 2374 1-0 Naylor, John 2237
6 b Collinson, Adam 2404 ½-½ Ledger, Stephen 2188
7 w Rogers, Jonathan 2329 1-0 DEFAULT
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid 2179 0-1 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2003
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 5½-2½ THISTLE WHITE ROSE
1 w Dishman, Stephen 2364 0-1 Arkell, Keith 2442
2 b Palliser, Richard 2277 1-0 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2426
3 w Duncan, Chris 2310 1-0 Dunnington, Angus 2388
4 b Plueg, Andreas 2313 1-0 Dunworth, Chris 2287
5 w Twyble, Michael 2231 0-1 Gayson, Peter 2273
6 b Lewis, Andrew 2257 1-0 Barrett, Steve 2217
7 w Hanley, Craig 2276 ½-½ Burnett, Jim 2213
8 b Rutherford, Elaine 2117 1-0 White, Mark 2142
INDEX-IT 1 7-1 POISONED P'WNS 1
1 w Chandler, Murray 2529 ½-½ Shaw, John 2454
2 b McShane, Luke * 2460 ½-½ Mannion, Stephen * 2369
3 w Flear, Glenn 2476 1-0 Harley, Andrew 2296
4 b Hebden, Mark 2522 1-0 Hadzimanolis, A 2291
5 w Mestel, Jonathan 2488 1-0 Devereaux, Maxim 2274
6 b Hennigan, Michael 2455 1-0 Swanson, Stephen 2273
7 w Cooper, Lawrence 2341 1-0 Smith, Andrew 2252
8 b Flear, Christine 2184 1-0 Turvey, Syringa (F) 1520
DIVISION 1 ROUND 6
SLOUGH 1 2398 5-3 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2394
1 w Miles, Anthony 2564 ½-½ Parker, Jonathan 2545
2 b Summerscale, Aaron 2513 ½-½ Kelly, Brian 2464
3 w Kosten, Anthony 2519 ½-½ Ferguson, Mark 2374
4 b Buckley, Graeme 2369 1-0 Knott, Simon 2390
5 w McNab, Colin 2403 ½-½ Crouch, Colin 2434
6 b Houska, Jovanka (F) 2368 ½-½ Collinson, Adam 2404
7 w Lalic, Susan (F) 2318 1-0 Dishman, Stephen 2364
8 b Ghasi, Ameet 2130 ½-½ Lauterbach, Ingrid 2179
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2279 2½-5½ INDEX IT 1 2432
1 w Arkell, Keith 2442 ½-½ Chandler, Murray 2529
2 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2426 0-1 McShane, Luke * 2460
3 w Dunnington, Angus 2388 0-1 Flear, Glenn 2476
4 b Dunworth, Chris 2287 ½-½ Hebden, Mark 2522
5 w Gayson, Peter 2273 0-1 Mestel, Jonathan 2488
6 b Barrett, Steve 2217 1-0 Hennigan, Michael 2455
7 w White, Mark 2142 ½-½ Cooper, Lawrence 2341
8 b Gourlay, Iain 2056 0-1 Flear, Christine (F) 2184
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2404 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 1 2485
1 w King, Danny 2543 0-1 Short, Nigel * 2676
2 b Gormally, Danny 2505 0-1 Ward, Chris 2527
3 w Conquest, Stuart 2546 1-0 Baburin, Alexander 2598
4 b Plaskett, James 2495 ½-½ Turner, Matthew 2498
5 w Baker, Chris 2372 0-1 Emms, John 2514
6 b Webb, Richard 2353 0-1 Levitt, Jonathan 2438
7 w Povah, Nigel 2359 ½-½ Martin, Andrew 2445
8 b Yurenok, Maria (F) 2058 ½-½ Jackson, Sheila (F) 2185
POISONED PAWNS 1 2216 5-3 INDEX IT 2 2233
1 w Shaw, John 2454 1-0 Richardson, John R 2338
2 b Mannion, Stephen * 2369 1-0 Black, Richard 2264
3 w Harley, Andrew 2296 ½-½ Hassabis, Demis 2237
4 b Hadzimanolis, A 2291 0-1 Lyell, Mark 2224
5 w Devereaux, Maxim 2274 1-0 Wade, Robert 2213
6 b Swanson, Stephen 2273 ½-½ Alfred, Nathan 2208
7 w Smith, Andrew 2252 1-0 Cafferty, Bernard 2196
8 b Turvey, Syringa (F) 1520 0-1 Bellin, Jana (F) 2187
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2277 5-3 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2286
1 w Ledger, Andrew 2443 1-0 Webster, Andrew 2435
2 b Pert, Nick 2455 ½-½ Palliser, Richard 2277
3 w Williams, Simon 2350 ½-½ Hanley, Craig 2276
4 b Ledger, David 2278 ½-½ Rogers, Jonathan 2329
5 w Pert, Richard 2263 0-1 Duncan, Chris 2310
6 b Ledger, Stephen 2188 ½-½ Plueg, Andreas 2313
7 w Naylor, John 2237 1-0 Twyble, Michael 2231
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2003 1-0 Rutherford, Elaine 2117
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 2185 5-3 RICHMOND 2260
1 w Cobb, James 2351 ½-½ Bates, Richard 2371
2 b Dineley, Richard 2276 ½-½ Wall, Gavin 2348
3 w Zeidler, Sven 2284 1-0 Johnstone, Paul 2299
4 b Morris, Charles 2238 ½-½ Hinks-Edwards, Tom 2294
5 w James, David 2238 1-0 Webb, Laurence 2233
6 b Roberts, David 2150 ½-½ Franklin, Michael 2253
7 w Cast, Abigail (F) 2121 0-1 Thiruchelvam, M 2168
8 b Cast, Jason 1824 1-0 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2114
4NCL 2000/2001 - Division 1 Standings after Round 6
P W D L GPt MPt
1 IndexIT 1 6 6 0 0 37 12
2 Slough 6 5 0 1 32 10
3 Wood Green 6 5 0 1 32 10
4 Guildford-ADC 1 6 4 1 1 32 9
5 Barbican 4NCL 1 6 3 1 2 26 7
6 Midland Monarchs 6 3 0 3 22½ 6
7 Barbican 4NCL 6 2 0 4 21½ 4
8 Thistle Birm W Rose 6 2 0 4 20 4
9 IndexIT 6 2 0 4 18 4
10 Richmond 1 6 1 0 5 17½ 2
11 South Wales Dragons 6 1 0 5 16½ 2
12 Poisoned Pawns 6 1 0 5 13 2
Laszlo Nagy reports: The GM and IM First Saturday events 3rd-16th
February 2001 have started. There are 5 groups, a category VII GM-group with 14
participants, two IM-groups one category III and another category II. There are
also two FM-groups. Altogether 63 players from 14 countries: HUN, USA, FIN,
ARM, ARG, ROM, MEX, YUG, CRO, VIE, CHN, GER, FRA, TUR compete. The new FIDE
time control of 75 minutes for 40 moves and 15 minutes to the finish with a 30
seconds per player per move.
Games for round 1 are available.
Round 1 Results
GM Group
No Name NAT Rtg Result Name NAT Rtg
1 Lukacs, Peter HUN 2459 1/2 Vajda, Albert ROM 2409
2 Horvath, Adam HUN 2478 1-0 Szieberth, Adam HUN 2400
3 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2444 1/2 Markus, R¢bert YUG 2472
4 Szeberenyi, Attila HUN 2411 1-0 Rajlich, Vasik USA 2364
5 Csom, Istvan HUN 2431 1/2 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2340
6 Sherzer, Alex USA 2472 1/2 Hoang Thanh Trang VIE 2465
7 Kallio, Heikki FIN 2431 1-0 Estrada, Julian MEX 2372
IMA Group
No Name NAT Rtg Result Name NAT Rtg
1 Tian, Tian CHN 2224 1-0 Anka, Emil HUN 2425
2 Xu, Hanbing CHN 2218 0-1 Seres, Lajos HUN 2445
3 Dembo, Yelena HUN 2342 1-0 Magyar, Otto HUN 2343
4 Khechumjan, Gagik ARM 2227 1/2 Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2349
5 Vajda, Szidonia HUN 2316 1-0 Sendur, Adnan TUR 2303
6 Petran, Pal HUN 2392 1-0 Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2244
7 Suranyi, Pal HUN 2163 : BYE
IMB Group
No Name NAT Rtg Result Name NAT Rtg
1 Jakab, Attila HUN 2308 1-0 Eperjesi, Laszlo HUN 2313
2 Resika, Nathan USA 2288 1/2 Puschmann, Laszlo HUN 2291
3 Galindo, Ricardo ARG 2282 1-0 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2340
4 Bozinovic, Boban YUG 2137 0-1 Meszaros, Tamas HUN 2239
5 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2340 1-0 Schulze, Hubertus GER 2181
6 Nemeth, Zoltan HUN 2319 1/2 Farago, Sandor HUN 2285
The 6th and 7th rounds of the Bundesliga were played over the weekend of
January 27th-28th January 2001. The big surprise was the defeat of Solingen
4.5-3.5 by SV Wattenscheid, however Solingen were missing Morozevich and Piket
who were playing in Wijk aan Zee. There was plenty of coverage over the weekend
with some games live. There are games available from the matches in Luebeck and
Bad Godesberg.
Games section: incomplete game: Dautov-Hracek (7). Missing matches. All
the games from the venue SK König Tegel [Rd6 König Tegel
1½-6½ SK König Plauen and SFR Neukölln 4 - 4 TV
Tegernsee. Rd7 SK König Plauen 5½-2½ SFR Neukölln and
TV Tegernsee 4 - 4 König Tegel. Also the round 6 match Castrop Rauxel 2 -
6 Solinger SG]
Bundesliga sites: http://www.schach.com/bundesliga/,
http://www.chess-online.de/,
http://teleschach.de/ and
http://www.chessgate.de/
The 6th HIT Open took place in Nova Gorica, Slovenia 25th January 2nd
February 2001. There were four players who finished on 7/9. Dusko Pavasovic,
Evgeny Sveshnikov, Gyula Sax and Zdenko Kozul. Sadly Sveshnikov's influence
seems to have been at work and the games from the top boards are largely
missing. My thanks to Ales Drinovec.
Internet site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0101/ng2001/
Final Standings:
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6th HIT Open Nova Gorica SLO (SLO), 25 i-2 ii 2001
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1 Pavasovic,Dusko GM SLO 2508 2491 7 54.0 43.5 1
2 Sveshnikov,Evgeny GM RUS 2561 2561 7 53.5 41.5 2
3 Sax,Gyula GM HUN 2559 2559 7 53.0 41.0 3
4 Kozul,Zdenko GM CRO 2594 2594 7 48.5 37.5 4
5 Sermek,Drazen GM SLO 2515 2527 6.5 53.0 42.0 5
6 Farago,Ivan GM HUN 2453 2453 6.5 51.0 40.0 6
7 Nevednichy,Vladislav GM ROM 2563 2563 6.5 49.5 38.5 7
8 Mikhalchishin,Adrian GM SLO 2526 2524 6.5 48.5 37.0 8
9 Acs,Peter GM HUN 2507 2507 6 53.5 42.0 9
10 Mestrovic,Zvonimir IM SLO 2417 2391 6 49.5 39.0 10-11
11 Zufic,Miroslav CRO 2240 2240 6 49.5 39.0 10-11
12 Kovacevic,Blazimir IM CRO 2457 2457 6 47.0 36.5 12
13 Peralta,Fernando IM ARG 2408 2408 6 46.0 36.0 13
14 Moreda,Lucas ARG 2309 2309 6 45.0 34.5 14
15 Krstic,Uros CRO 2325 2325 6 43.5 34.0 15
16 Gombac,Jan MK SLO 2206 2149 6 41.5 32.5 16
17 Bednarich,Jan ITA 2231 2231 6 42.0 32.0 17
85 players
The "Aberto do Brasil BCX 2001" took place January 25th - 28th 2001, in
a 7 round swiss tournament. The event was in Brasilia, DF, Brazil with
Alejandro Hoffman, Everaldo Matsuura and Alonso Zapata all scored 6/7. My
thanks to Antonio Bento.
Internet coverage at http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
Final Standings:
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Progr. Berg. Buch.
1-3 Hoffman, Alejandro ARG 2473 6 25.5 27.00 33.0
Matsuura, Everaldo BRA 2452 6 25.5 26.75 32.5
Zapata, Alonso COL 2485 6 24.5 27.25 33.0
4-7 Lima, Darcy Gustavo Machado V. BRA 2544 5.5 25.5 26.50 35.5
Caldeira, Adriano L M BRA 2300 5.5 24.0 26.00 34.5
Batista, Gerson P BRA 2238 5.5 21.0 20.50 27.0
Marra, Eduardo da Costa SP 2078 5.5 20.0 18.75 24.5
8-18 Coelho, Luis Henrique P BRA 2190 5 23.0 20.50 31.0
Duarte, Diogo DF 1842 5 22.5 19.75 30.0
Dos Santos, Francisco José BRA 2216 5 22.0 20.25 30.5
Valle, Adriano BRA 2227 5 21.5 22.00 32.5
Wilhelms, Diego Lima GO 1892 5 21.5 17.75 28.0
de Sá, Antonio Villar BRA 2111 5 21.0 18.75 29.0
Arruda Franco, Haroldo José BRA 2136 5 20.5 18.50 27.5
Nogueira, Ivan K BRA 2243 5 20.0 19.75 28.5
Farhat, Barbara Souza BRA 2071 5 20.0 18.00 27.5
Miranda, Alexandre Pinto de GO 1894 5 18.0 16.50 25.0
Moura, Lazaro Eustáquio de DF 1820 5 16.0 14.50 24.0
103 players
The Federação Paulista de Xadrez is holding a tournament
called the "Governador Mário Covas Júnior" January 29th -
February 8th 2001. The event is category VIII.
Players: 1 Izeta M ,Felix 2448 g, 2 Milos,Gilberto 2608 g, 3 Sega,Carlos
Alberto 2286, 4 Limp,Eduardo 2462 m, 5 Benares Cruz,Ricardo 2276, 6
Rodriguez,Andres 2493 g, 7 De Toledo,James Mann 2384 m, 8 Lima,Darcy 2544 g, 9
Hoffman,Alejandro 2473 g, 10 Pelikian,Jefferson 2387 m, 11 Zapata,Alonso 2485
g, 12 Matsuura,Everaldo 2452 m.
Internet coverage: http://www.fpx.com.br/tmcj2001/tmcj2001.htm
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1. Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2448 * = 1 = 1 . 0 . . 1 1 . 5.0 2626
2. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2473 = * = . . = . = 1 . 1 1 5.0 2570
3. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2485 0 = * . . 1 = . . 1 1 1 5.0 2582
4. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2608 = . . * 0 = . 1 1 1 . 1 5.0 2571
5. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2493 0 . . 1 * = 1 0 1 = . . 4.0 2503
6. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2544 . = 0 = = * . 1 . . = 1 4.0 2505
7. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2452 1 . = . 0 . * = 0 . 1 0 3.0 2354
8. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2462 . = . 0 1 0 = * 0 = . . 2.5 2359
9. Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2276 . 0 . 0 0 . 1 1 * = 0 . 2.5 2363
10. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2387 0 . 0 0 = . . = = * . 1 2.5 2334
11. De Toledo, James Mann m BRA 2384 0 0 0 . . = 0 . 1 . * = 2.0 2265
12. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2286 . 0 0 0 . 0 1 . . 0 = * 1.5 2246
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Once a year the well-known computer chess expert, Prof. Enrique
Irazoqui of Spain, runs a giant tournament with the strongest programs in the
world.
Participants in the Cadaqués Tournament 2001 are Deep Fritz,
Gambit Tiger, Gandalf 4.32g, Junior 6a, Nimzo 7.32, Shredder 5.
This year the programs are playing on a dual Pentium-III 933 MHz with
768 MB of RAM. Time controls are 40 moves in 40 minutes. Each participant plays
20 game matches against all other participants, for a total of 300 games.
Experts consider it the "Linares tournament" of computer chess. The winner is
the strongest currently available chess program in the world.
Just one match remains, that between Gambit Tiger and Deep Fritz, the
winner of the event will be the winner of this 20 game match (Gambit Tiger
needs a result of 11-9 10.5-9.5 would give the title to Fritz). My thanks to
Enrique Irazoqui for the games.
Cadaques Standings with one match to go
1 Shredder 5 53.0 /100
2 Junior 6.0 49.5 /100
3 Nimzo 8 48.0 /100
4 Deep Fritz 46.0 / 80
5 Gambit Tiger 1.0 44.5 / 80
6 Gandalf 4.32g 39.0 /100
Internet coverage:
http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/index.htm
Francesco S. Rinaldi reports: To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the
Italian Chess Federation, an on-line blitz event with prizes was held on FICS
(http://freechess.org). The event started on
November 24th 2000 with the first Qualifier, and ended on February 1st 2001
with the finals, and had prizes (only for Italian players) for an amount of
more than $600 US. In the main final, the winner was FM Marco Corvi (2319),
above NM Marcello Malloni (2266) and NM Jan Bednarich (2231). In the B final
the winner was Matteo Viola, and in the C final the winner was Guido Gagliardi.
Internet coverage:
http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/anniv/00anni.htm
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80th Ann. FSI FICS INT (INT), 1-1 ii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2319 + 8 + 9 + 2 + 3 = 6 + 4 +10 = 5 7.0 2534
2. Malloni, Marcello ITA 2266 + 5 + 6 - 1 + 7 -10 = 3 + 9 +13 5.5 2305
3. Bednarich, Jan ITA 2231 - 9 +11 +10 - 1 + 5 = 2 + 8 +12 5.5 2307
4. Ferretti, Folco ITA 2269 -12 + 8 - 5 + 9 +11 - 1 + 7 +10 5.0 2239
5. Alaimo, Riccardo ITA 2176 - 2 +14 + 4 + 8 - 3 +10 = 6 = 1 5.0 2300
6. Bentivegna, Francesco ITA 2116 +14 - 2 +12 +10 = 1 = 7 = 5 - 8 4.5 2205
7. Gagliardi, Christian ITA 2094 -11 +13 + 9 - 2 +12 = 6 - 4 +14 4.5 2177
8. Caruso, Augusto ITA 2248 - 1 - 4 +11 - 5 +14 +13 - 3 + 6 4.0 2168
9. Della-Pietra, Andrea ITA 2186 + 3 - 1 - 7 - 4 =13 +14 - 2 +11 3.5 2134
10. De Barberis, Massimo ITA 2096 +13 +12 - 3 - 6 + 2 - 5 - 1 - 4 3.0 2097
11. Scacco, Mauro ITA 2039 + 7 - 3 - 8 +14 - 4 +12 -13 - 9 3.0 2066
12. Tamborino,P ITA ---- + 4 -10 - 6 +13 - 7 -11 +14 - 3 3.0 2043
13. Calandri, Fausto ITA 2101 -10 - 7 +14 -12 = 9 - 8 +11 - 2 2.5 1987
14. Leoni, Fabrizio ITA 2097 - 6 - 5 -13 -11 - 8 - 9 -12 - 7 0.0
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The Professional World Chess Ranking for 1st February have been
released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir
Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday Fed Rating Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2790 112
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2790 125
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2768 120
4 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2710 189
5 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2707 117
6 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2690 151
7 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2689 182
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2685 160
9 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2677 169
10 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2676 144
11 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2675 146
12 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2668 160
13 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2667 170
14 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2647 162
15 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2646 159
16 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2639 174
17 Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2636 143
18 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2634 152
19 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2631 161
20 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2629 134
21 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2629 168
22 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2628 149
23 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2625 169
24 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2622 147
25 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2622 165
26 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2621 160
27 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2619 154
28 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2619 160
29 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2618 150
30 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2617 167
31 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2613 183
32 Yusupov,Artur 13.02.1960 GER 2612 142
33 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2608 173
34 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 CZE 2606 171
35 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2604 142
36 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 176
37 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2602 173
38 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2601 158
39 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2600 159
40 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2600 174
41 Sadler,Matthew 15.05.1974 ENG 2600 186
42 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2599 174
43 Magerramov,Elmar 10.04.1958 AZE 2595 187
44 Krasenkov,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2593 167
45 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2592 159
46 Khenkin,Igor 21.03.1968 RUS 2591 155
47 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2591 169
48 Tregubov,Pavel V 27.12.1971 RUS 2588 156
49 Vladimirov,Evgeny 20.01.1957 KAZ 2588 182
50 Rohde,Michael A 26.08.1959 USA 2588 188
US-China Chess Summit Match
The Seattle Chess Foundation is organising the US-China Chess Summit
Match March 14-18 in Seattle at the Norton Building's Harbor Club in downtown
Seattle (second and Columbia). The four round match will have the top six
players of each country facing each other in one game a day for four days. In
addition, two leading women players and two junior players (under 18) from each
country will compete each day.
Schedule: Tuesday, March 13 Children's Simultaneous Chess Exhibition.
The Opening Ceremony for the match will be held at 8pm at the Seattle Asian Art
Museum in Volunteer Park. Wednesday, March 14 Round 1; Thursday, March 15 Round
2; Friday, March 16 Day off with a 12-round quick (5 minute games) tournament
with all the match competitors. Saturday, March 17 Round 3; Sunday, March 18
Round 4; Closing Ceremony
The event which is sanctioned by the Chinese and US Chess Federations
will be the first of four such events held annually alternately in the US and
China.
US Team US Overall team Mr. Alexander Shabalov Mr. Boris Gulko
Mr. Larry Christiansen Mr. Gregory Kaidanov Mr. Alexander Ivanov Mr. Yasser
Seirawan Mr. Joel Benjamin (Reserve) Mr. Nick deFirmian (Captain) US Junior
team Mr. Vinay Bhat Mr. Dmitry Schneider Mr. Hikaru Nakamura (Reserve) US
Women's team Ms. Camilla Baginskaite Ms. Irina Krush Ms. Elina Groberman
(Reserve)
Chinese Team Chinese Overall Team: Mr. Ye Jiangchuan Mr. Xu Jun
Mr. Peng Xiaomin Mr. Zhang Zhong Ms. Xie Jun Ms. Zhu Chen Mr. Yin Hao (Reserve
Player) Chinese Women's Team: Ms. Xu Yuhua Ms. Wang Lei Ms. Qin Kanying
(Reserve Player) Chinese Junior Team Mr. Ni Hua Mr. Bu Xiangzhi Mr. Wang Yue
(Reserve Player)
Internet site: http://www.seattlechessfoundation.com/
12th Goodricke International
The 12th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament takes place in
Calcutta 6th-17th February 2001 at the Gorky Sadan, Calcutta.
Internet coverage: http://www.goodrickechess.8k.com/
and http://www.goodrickechess.freeservers.com/
excruciating music and all.
Shirov vs. Agdestein Rapidplay
Friday 9th February the "Radisson SAS Challenge Match" will be played
in Bergen (Norway) between GM Alexei Shirov and the leading Norwegian player GM
Simen Agdestein. The match will consist of 4 rapid games with 15 minutes per
player per game. The match is sponsored by the City of Bergen and Radisson SAS.
Saturday 10th February Shirov will give a simul.
Internet coverage:
http://eirikgu.home.online.no/radissonsas2.htm
Category XVII Enghien-les-Bains
There will be a Category XVII in Enghien-les-Bains, France. This ten
player event has these players: Xie Jun, Evgeny Bareev, Vladimir Akopian,
Grischuk Alexander, Vladislav Tkachiev, Joel Lautier, Viktor Bologan, Etienne
Bacrot and Christian Bauer.
Further details: http://enghien.free.fr
Politiken Cup 2001
The 23rd Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup) takes place 16th-27th July
2001.
11 round event. One game per day (rest day Monday July 23rd 2001).
Timerate: 40 moves in 2 hours / 20 move in 1 hour / 30 min. finish. Totally 7
hours. GM and IM-norms are possible.
Main Prizes 1.15.000 ,- 2. 10.000 ,- 3. 8.000 ,- 4. 6.000 , 5. 4.000,-
6. 3.000 ,- 7. 2.000 ,- 8. 2.000 ,- 9. 2.000 ,- 10.-12. 1.000 ,- Special
prizes: Best Women Player 1. 2.000,- 2. 1.000,- Best player born after 1.1.
1987: 1. 2.000,- 2. 1.000,- Ratingprizes : for players with less than 2350, in
groups off at least 30 players, placest after highest rating (national or elo.)
you can only win one prize ! 1. 3.000 kr. 2. 2.000 kr. 3. 1.000 kr.
Entry: GM + IM free FM + WGM + WIM 600 kr. Juniorer (born 1981 or later)
500 kr. Seniorer (67 years) 500 kr. Players with elo 750 kr. Players without
elo 850 kr.
Venue: Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København N.
Contact: Lars Bech Hansen. Address: Hjertebjærgparken 20
Kvarmløse DK-4340 Tølløse Danmark. Email: formand@kbhsu.dk
Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk
GM sites, Tiviakov and Ehlvest
There are a couple of sites where GMs comment on recent events they have
competed in.
Sergey Tiviakov has a personal homepage in English and Russian languages
with games, articles and more on the site. The latest report is about the Corus
chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee 2001 where he competed. Site at:
http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/
Jaan Ehlvest reviews the Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament in Estonia on
his own site at: http://www.ehlvest.com.
9th Aosta Valley
The 9th International Open takes place in the Aosta Valley,
Saint-Vincent (ITA) February 3rd-11th 2001. 29 Grandmasters and 5 Woman
Grandmasters are playing. News from Lanfranco Bombelli.
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com
Uruguayan Championship 2001
Uruguayan Championship 2001 are on now. Information:
http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
Kasparov's Pepsi Advert
Garry Kasparov got some of the greatest exposure of his chess career. He
featured in a Pepsi Advery shown during the Superbowl.
You can see it too at:
http://www.pepsi.com/current/joy_of_pepsi/tv_spots/index.cfm.
The advert is called Man vs. Machine.
Also at:
http://superbowl.adcritic.com/qt/content/pepsi-kasparov-man-vs-machine.htm
with better quality and it also gets stored as a temporary file so you can keep
it.
World Cup of Rapid Chess
Garry Kasparov is to compete in his first FIDE event since the Yeravan
Olympiad of 1996. Kasparov stresses his contract is with the French Chess
Federation however. The World Cup of Rapid Chess will be held in Cannes, France
21st-25th March 2001. The event is to be organised by the French Chess
Federation in conjunction with FIDE (the FIDE Presidential Board will be
present during the event). There will be two groups:
Group A
1. Garry Kasparov RUS 2849
2. Evgney Bareev RUS 2704
3. Peter Svidler RUS 2696
4. Alexander Grischuk RUS 2676
5.
Judit Polgar HUN 2675
6. Joel Lautier FRA 2653
7. Yasser Seirawan USA
2640
8. Christian Bauer FRA 2618
Group B
1. Michael Adams ENG 2745
2. Alexander Morozevich RUS
2742
3. Mikhail Gurevich BEL 2693
4. Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2692
5. Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2672
6. Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 2671
7.
Etienne Bacrot FRA 2618
8. Hichem Hamdouchi MAR 2541
Much as in the Cap D'Agde the top four finishers in each group will go
on to a second group all-play-all phase. Then there will be a semi-final phase
and the top two will play in the final. Time rate 50 moves in 25 minutes
followed by 10 seconds a move after that.
Linares 2001
The Linares 2001 tournament will take place 22nd February until March
7th 2001. The event will see Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Alexei Shirov,
Judit Polgar, Peter Leko and the rising star Alexander Grischuk compete in the
double round robin event. The event is very strong but does lack Vladimir
Kramnik who could not agree conditions with the organisers and Viswanathan
Anand who has committments to his sponsor in India. Information reported in El
Pais by their journalist Leontxo Garcia on January 18th.
soLett Chess Open 2001
The soLett Chess Open takes place in Skellefteå, Sweden 10th-16th
April 2001. Group A: 10-16 April, 9 rounds FIDE schweizer, Open for players
with FIDE-Elo. Group B: 12-16 April, 7 rounds FIDE schweizer, Open for players
with national rating <2000. There will also be a 6-game match between GM Ulf
Andersson and GM Curt Hansen.
Official site: http://www.tns.nu/solettchessopen.html
"Third Saturday" Belgrade
"Third Saturday" Belgrade chess tournaments from April 2001 in
Yugoslavia. Nagy Laszlo and the Belgrade Chess Federation came to an agreement
to organise events starting 21st April 2001, every second month April, June,
August, October, December this year. There will be: 1. GM-closed tournaments
category VII-VIII., 10-14 participants, 2. IM-closed tournaments cat. I-II-III,
10-14 players. Accommodation in a 3 star hotel close to the venue, bed and
breakfast 25,-DM per day. Venue: Belgrade Chess Federation, Deligradska 27, 3rd
floor Entry fees for the 21st April-3rd of May events are half those of the
First Saturday events in Budapest http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat More info for
Yugoslavs: Dragan Kotevski, mobile: /381/-63-307-736 for non-Yugoslavs
/English, Russian and German/: Nagy Laszlo, phone: /361/-263-28-59 mobile:
/36/-30-230-19-14 e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Eger Hungary IM
There is an International Round Robin Tournament in Eger, Hungary for
acquiring rating and IM norms. It takes place 16th-24th of February 2001.
Category: II to IV. Number of participants: 10 to 12 Time limit: closed
tournament with 10-12 rounds, 2 h/40 moves + 1 h /20 moves + 30 min for all
remaining moves
Entry fee: depending on rating, to be stipulated by the organizer.
Information: Europe Chess, IM Ali Habibi * Postfach 1148 D-35436 Linden *
email: EuropeChess@web.de
The Europe Chess Round Robin Tournaments will be held in different
European Countries. Combine quality chess with your vacation! If you register
at least 5 participants ahead of time, we can organize a tournament at a date
you pick. Soon more information in different chess magazines and on the
internet.
WPC Site
Valery Salov heads the WPC (World Players Council) and they have their
own website. The site is at: http://w.p.c.tripod.com with a mixture of
material in Spanish and English. Includes a new interview with the Vice
President of Iran Mr.Hashemi Taba.
Czech Open
The XII. International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2001 which will be held
from 12 July to 29 July 2001 in Pardubice. Contact Jan Mazuch for more info
j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Budapest Spring Festival
17th Budapest Spring Festival 9 round Swiss system open chess tournament
16th-24th of March 2001 Organizer: Nagy, László Postal address:
H-1101 Budapest, Hungária krt. 5-7. XI. ép. I. em. 7. Phone/fax:
(061)-263-2859, mobile: 06-30-230-1914 E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Budapest, 5th district.Falk Miksa
Str.10.2nd floor, close to the red metro station KOSSUTH square. Rate of play:
40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour till the end, guillotine rules. Schedule:
registration until 16th March 9 p.m. by phone at the organizer, then personally
in the tournament hall until 14:30 on the 16th of March /here already 500,-Ft
extra registration fee must be paid/. Besides of the entry fees 1200,-Ft annual
ELO-registration fee must be paid to the Hungarian Chess Federation. Opening
ceremony at 15:00. 1st-8th rounds : 15:30-21:30, last round 10:00-16:00 on the
24th of March. In case of equal points prizes will be decided by Buchholz,
Berger-Sonneborn, then by progressive scores. Prizegiving ceremony at 16:00 on
the 24th of March. Prizes: net 40-25-15-10-5-4-2x3-2x2.5-2x2 thousand Ft.
Special prizes: 3 thousand Ft for the best U-20, U-14, above 60, woman and
non-FIDE rated., if there are minimally 5 players in each group. The prizes are
valid if there are minimum 70 players. If there are less players, prizes will
be reduced proportionally . One player can get only one prize.
Entry fee system: from FIDE rating To FIDE-rating Entry fee /Ft/ Unrated
6000,- 2001 2100 5000,- 2101 2200 4000,- 2201 2250 3500,- 2251 2300 3000,- 2301
2350 2500,- 2351 2400 2000,- IGM, WGM , IM , WIM and above 2401 no entry fee.
Info about accommodation and the event:
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Khalifman Transcript
A transcript of Khalifman's ICC question and answer session is
available. He talks at length on how he believes the FIDE Championships are the
only one but isn't a craven FIDE loyalist. For instance he is not a supporter
of the new FIDE time rate. He talks of the current big three (Kasparov, Kramnik
and Anand) and how he feels he probably belongs in the next grouping of around
10 players (I agree). His objection to FIDE ratings. Why he isn't disappointed
at being ignored by Corus (Why doesn't Khalifman get more invites? It puzzles
me even in broken English he's a better ambassador for the game than many and
he's playing well.) and how he believes Anand will not have sufficient recovery
time to put in his best performance in Wijk aan Zee.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chessclub.com/event/khalifman.html
Helsinki IM and ELO
Helsinki Chess Circuit IM / ELO February 12th-22nd, 2001
Events: 12 player all-play-all IM-group (estimated FIDE category IV) 12
player all-play-all ELO-group (estimated rating average 2100)
Schedule Confirmation of participation Feb 12th at 10.00-11.00 (all
times are local) Drawing of lots Feb 12th at 11.00 1st round Feb 12th at 14.00
2nd round Feb 13th at 14.00 3rd round Feb 14th at 11.00 4th round Feb 15th at
11.00 5th round Feb 16th at 14.00 6th round Feb 17th at 14.00 7th round Feb
18th at 14.00 8th round Feb 19th at 14.00 9th round Feb 20th at 14.00 10th
round Feb 21st at 11.00 11th round Feb 22nd at 11.00 Prize giving ceremony
immediately after 11th round Time rate 2 h / 40 moves + 1 h / 20 moves + 30 min
to finish
Entry Fees IM group: FIM 600 (IMs and GMs conditions negotiable) ELO
group: FIM 300 Prizes IM group: FIM 2000, 1500, 1000, 500 ELO group: FIM 1000,
750, 500, 250
Registration: Players interested to participate in IM- or ELO-group,
please contact Mr. Sami Hämäläinen, tel. +358-9-5419091, email
Sami.Hamalainen@icon.fi
6th Stuttgart Open
The 6th International Stuttgart Open takes place in Ditzingen (Germany)
from 24th-27th May 2001, 7ch.
Further information: http://www.tsv-zuffenhausen.de/schach/
2nd Yateley Manor International
The 2nd Yateley Manor International Open takes place 19th-21st January
and 3rd-4th February 2001 (ie play is over 2 weekends). It takes place in
Yateley Manor School, Reading Road, Yateley, nr Camberley, Hampshire.
For further details contact: Ray Clark High Cedars, Oak End Way,
Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8DA e-mail ray.clark@kpmg.co.uk tel: 01753 883300
Deep Fritz vs. Germany
There is a Deep Fritz vs. Germany match taking place. Internet
coverage: http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/ with an English introduction at:
http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/dfritz1e.htm
Andorra Open 2001
The website for the Andorra open June 24th - July 2nd 2001. You can also
win a digital camera or entry to the event by visiting their website.
Internet site: http://www.internet.ad/feva
New Chess Site
Emil Sutovsky has started contributing to the Chessy site.
http://www.chesslove.h1.ru/eng/index.html
Sinisa Joksic www site
Yugoslav journalist Sinisa Joksic has a new internet site. He will cover
Yugoslav chess in Serbo-Croatian and English and also the swiss chess tour.
Internet addresses: http://yubc.net/~yuchess or
http://www.yuchess.bizland.com.
10th Aurec Rapidplay
The 10th Aurec (France) Rapidplay takes place 10th-11th February
2001.
Two rapid tournaments 7 rounds/20mn. 2 sections : - section A for every
player (total prizes FF 35,000) - section B for under 1700 (total prizes FF
5,000 + prizes in kind) Board and lodging from Friday to Sunday for all titled
players. No appearance fees. Contact : Olivier Deville - Coteviere - 43110
Aurec, France, tel. : (+33) 4 77 35 41 21 - Fax : (+33) 4 77 35 23 76 - E-mail
: odeville@netcourrier.com
Gausdal Troll Masters
The Gausdal Troll Masters are played at the Gausdal
Høifjellshotel in Norway 5-12th January 2001. Open 9-round GM-tournament
with good norm chances. 14-18 titled players expected out of 60-70
participants. Maximum 10-12 unrated players. Confirmed GMs: Rozentalis (2593),
Rausis (2551), Krakops (2522), Gausel (2492), Djurhuus (2484) and Westerinen
(2370). Last date of entry: 1st Januay 2001 Start fee: NOK 300-900, depending
on rating. Prizes: NOK 6000 - 4000 - 2500 - 1500 - 1000
More information on the home page:
http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/Troll2001/Engelsk/index.htm
Participation in the tournament may be combined with the Open Norwegian
Rapid Chess Championships, played in Fredrikstad (south-east of Oslo) 12-13th
January 2001. Home page: http://www.sjakk.net/nm_2001.html
Cappelle la Grande
The XVII Cappelle la Grande open takes place 24th February-3rd March
2001.
Internet site: http://cappelle.free.fr
GM Alexander Baburin chess sites
GM Alexander Baburin has been a familiar presence on the internet with
his Coffee Break magazine. He is now involved in two new websites.
http://www.gmsquare.com The idea is to
provide a place on the Web to those GMs who would like to have some presence on
the Internet and currently there are sites of three GMs there - Alexander
Baburin himself, Alexander Morozevich and Lev Psakhis. Secondly at:
http://www.chesstoday.net there will be
a commercial chess service, providing daily news, interviews and instruction to
a wide range of players. Each issue will feature one annotated game and news
from around the world, while weekend issues will have some instructional
materials, particularly useful for club players. Chess Today costs about $15
for 4 months.
Tel Aviv Open 2001
Open Swiss International Tournament in Tel-Aviv Dates: 9th-17th April
2001. 9 rounds. Possibilities for GM and IM norms. Prizes: 4000 3000 2000 1200
800....20 prizes in total (10 last are 250$); special U-2400, U-2000, U-18 y.o:
500 300 200 + women prizes; Special Conditions for GMs and IMs (apply to Dima
Tyomkin dimatyomkin@hotmail.com).
Info: The Israeli Chess Federation through Mr. Igal Lotan 03-6437627,
03-6437630;
Bobby Fischer contribution to the Ambassador Report
Bobby Fischer was associated with Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide
Church of God for some time. The Ambassador report was compiled by opponents of
the organisation. You can read it at:
http://homepage.altavista.com/AmbassadorReport/files/Fischer.html
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
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.
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.
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
