THE WEEK IN CHESS 327 12th February 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Shirov vs. Agdestein Rapidplay 4 games
Shirov Simul 12 games
9th Aosta Valley 211 games
12th Goodricke International 192 games
X Bajmok Tournament 28 games
Bermuda 2001 5 games
Bundesliga 41 games
Santos Tournament 24 games
Fajr tournament Iran 140 games
Belgian Interteams 2000-01 167 games
Cadaqués Computer Tournament 120 games
Dutch Championships Semi-finals 35 games
First Saturday GM, IMA, IMB 133 games
1018 games
My thanks to Angus Wang, Nigel Short, Koos Stolk, Argiris Kotsis, Steve
Laios, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Enrique Irazoqui, Olivier Deville, Koos Stolk,
Axel Fritz, Laszlo Nagy, Nigel Freeman, Sinisa Joksic, Lanfranco Bombelli,
Eirik Gullaksen and all those who helped with this issue.
A quiet week with Shirov's entertaining match against Simen Agdestein
headlining. Elsewhere the opens in Indian and Italy are of interest.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
On Friday 9th February the "Radisson SAS Challenge Match" was played in
Bergen (Norway) between GM Alexei Shirov and the leading Norwegian player GM
Simen Agdestein. The match consisted of 4 rapid games with 15 minutes per
player per game. The match was sponsored by the City of Bergen and Radisson
SAS. Saturday 10th February Shirov gave a simul.
Eirik Gullaksen reports:
The games:
Agdestein sacrificed two pawn in the first game to gain two powerful
bishops against two knights. It looked like Shirov should be able to defend,
but time trouble took its toll and the bishops were victorious.
The Norwegian played well in the second game as well, sacrificing a
pawn to gain a promising position. Shirov responded by returning an exchange
and saving the draw due to his powerfull passed pawn.
In the third game Shirov struck back. He sacrificed a pawn on the
queenside and then threw his pieces at the white king. Agdestein got short of
time and was unable to defend. It was over in 30 moves, when mate was
inevitable.
In the last game Shirov got a promising attack but didn't get more for
his efforts than an endgame that should be drawn with correct play. Agdestein
was short of time however, and blundered his rook while his last seconds were
ticking away.
The simul
Saturday 10th February Shirov gave a simul against 24 local players. He
won 21 games, beating among others IM Roy Fyllingen (2389), IM Ivar Bern (2375)
and Per Manne (2386). Shirov lost against IM Eirik T. Gullaksen (2333) and
Daniel Hersvik (2189) and drew against Arne Hagesæther (2187). 12 games
from the simul are included.
Internet coverage:
http://eirikgu.home.online.no/radissonsas2.htm
Agdestein, Simen - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 50 D12 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 42 B12 Caro Kann (Advance Variation)
Agdestein, Simen - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 30 D12 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 56 B04 Alekhine's Defence (Modern Variation)
Radisson SAS Challenge Bergen NOR (NOR), 9-9 ii 2001
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 0 = 1 1 2.5 2686
Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2591 1 = 0 0 1.5 2631
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The 9th International Open took place in the Aosta Valley,
Saint-Vincent (ITA) February 3rd-11th 2001. 29 Grandmasters and 5 Woman
Grandmasters played. The event was won by Dmitrij Jakovenko on on a superior
tiebreak from Walter Arencibia both players scored 7/11. Jakovenko also made a
GM norm as did Almira Skripchenko-Lautier, there were IM norms for Lorenz
Drabke, Fabrizio Bellia and Josko Mukic. News from Lanfranco Bombelli.
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com
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9th Aosta Valley Open Saint Vincent ITA (ITA), 3-11 ii 2001
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1. Jakovenko, Dmitrij m RUS 2523 7.0 47.0 norma GM
2. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2534 7.0 43.5
3. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2529 6.5 46.5
4. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2505 6.5 45.0 4.0
5. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2515 6.5 45.0 3.5
6. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2604 6.5 44.5
7. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2607 6.5 42.5
8. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2589 6.5 41.5
9. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2563 6.0 49.5
10. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2465 6.0 49.0
11. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2473 6.0 47.5
12. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira m MDA 2450 6.0 46.5 performance GM
13. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2586 6.0 46.0
14. Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2525 6.0 45.0
15. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2578 6.0 43.5
16. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2543 6.0 43.0 4.5
17. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2531 6.0 43.0 4.0
18. Drasko, Milan g YUG 2510 6.0 42.0 4.5 4 8'
19. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2556 6.0 42.0 4.5 4 30'
20. Drabke, Lorenz ITA 2271 6.0 41.5 norma MI
21. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2416 6.0 41.0
22. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2539 6.0 39.5
130 players
The 12th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament takes place in
Calcutta 6th-17th February 2001 at the Gorky Sadan, Calcutta. After six rounds
Buenaventura Villamayor and Joe Gallagher lead with 5/6.
Internet coverage: http://www.goodrickechess.8k.com/
and http://www.goodrickechess.freeservers.com/
excruciating music and all.
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12th Goodricke Open Calcutta IND (IND), 6-16 ii 2001
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1. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2560 5.0 2737
2. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2519 5.0 2705
3. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2538 4.5 2668
4. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2500 4.5 2641
5. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2494 4.5 2661
6. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2431 4.5 2618
7. Harikrishna, P m IND 2514 4.0 2579
8. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2568 4.0 2573
9. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan m IRI 2504 4.0 2587
10. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2525 4.0 2522
11. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2467 4.0 2540
12. Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2447 4.0 2537
13. Prakash, G B m IND 2453 4.0 2618
14. Wajih, Nassir IND 2350 4.0 2521
15. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2639 4.0 2527
16. Gokhale, C.S IND 2326 4.0 2371
17. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2612 3.5 2523
18. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2539 3.5 2465
19. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2401 3.5 2446
20. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2540 3.5 2449
21. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2299 3.5 2468
22. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2383 3.5 2461
23. Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2385 3.5 2414
24. Dhar-Barua, Saheli wm IND 2224 3.5 2446
25. Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2353 3.5 2408
26. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman wm IND 2416 3.5 2435
27. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2500 3.5 2482
28. Girinath, P.D.S IND 2319 3.5 2438
29. Singh, Gurpreetpal IND 2284 3.5 2397
66 players
The X Bajmok Tournament took place 26th January - 7th February 2001.
The winner was Peter Varga of Hungary with 10.5/13. My thanks to Sinisa
Joksic.
Internet coverage: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/
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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 1 10.5 2572
2. Rajkovic, Dusan g YUG 2491 = * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 9.5 2494
3. Pap, Misa YUG 2405 = 0 * 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2466
4. Smolovic, Mile f YUG 2390 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2467
5. Milu, Romeo Sorin m ROM 2432 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2433
6. Petre, Nad-Titus f ROM 2327 = 1 = = = * = = = 0 1 1 = = 7.5 2388
7. Tokovic, Svetozar YUG 2318 = 0 1 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 7.5 2389
8. Kizov, Atanas MKD 2363 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2357
9. Vidic, Stefan YUG 2227 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2282
10. Zegarac, Boris YUG 2271 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2248
11. Glavas, Dragan f BIH 2336 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2189
12. Sekelj, Geza YUG 2281 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 * = = 3.5 2160
13. Ikras, Djura YUG 2175 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 3.0 2132
14. Kovac, Zoltan YUG 2158 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 2008
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The Bermuda Open took place 1st-5th February 2001. The five round swiss
saw Hannes Stefannsson take clear first with 4.5/5, his prize was $1,000 and
return airfare and hotel for Open 2002. There are five games available, more
may follow.
My thanks to Nigel Freeman.
Internet coverage: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
1 GM Stefansson, H. 2570 4.5 $1,000
2 IM Doettling, Fabian 2509 4.0 $400
3 GM Shabalov, Alex 2609 4.0 $400
4 IM Blehm, Pawel 2512 4.0 $400
5 IM Teplitsky, Yan 2446 4.0 $400
6 GM Gershon, Alik 2540 4.0 $400
7 FM Shahade, Greg 2456 3.5
8 GM Thorhallsson,T. 2462 3.5
9 GM Soltis, Andrew 2404 3.5
10 IM Vuckovic, Bojan 2458 3.5
11 IM Kalod, Radek 2490 3.5
12 Charbonneau, Pascal 2410 3.5
13 GM Tyomkin, Dimitri 2496 3.5
14 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej 2578 3.5
15 Belorusov, Mikhail 2298 3.5 $250
16 WIM Shahade, Jennifer 2244 3.0 $50
17 Alvarez, Johann 2383 3.0 $50
18 Simon, Jerry 2200 3.0 $50
19 Faulks, Nick 2036 3.0
20 Reuben, Stewart 2173 3.0 $100
21 FM Salman, Joel 2256 3.0 $50
23 Epp, Edward 2067 3.0
24 Sheppard, Dore 2200 3.0 $50
25 Schultz, Donald 2000 3.0
26 Agree, Arnold 1971 3.0
Uruguayan Championship 2001 take place in Montevideo, Uruguay 1st-14th
February 2001.
Information: http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
Round 5 Standings:
1-4 Muniz Rafael Santiago, 2285 4 14.0 19.5 15.5
Braso Braso Jorge Ignacio, 2308 4 12.5 19.0 18.0
Genta Guillen Alejandro, 2227 4 12.0 18.5 15.5
Bustelo de los Santos Tab, 2205 4 11.5 18.0 14.0
5-9 Belistri Archieri Ubaldo, 2279 3.5 13.0 18.5 15.0
Perez Gomar Ivan, 2153 3.5 13.0 17.5 16.0
Hiriart Carretero Guiller, 2056 3.5 12.5 18.0 13.5
Piñero Ismael, 2177 3.5 12.0 16.0 13.5
Hipogroso Fernandez Ruben, 2214 3.5 9.0 14.5 12.0
10-14 Arias Duran Jorge, 2090 3 13.5 19.0 13.0
Segura Luis, 2078 3 12.5 18.0 14.0
San Cristobal Jose, 2088 3 12.0 17.5 12.0
Bouza Piñon Walter, 1986 3 10.5 16.0 11.0
Rocha Diaz, Jorge, 1911 3 10.0 15.0 9.5
15-21 Rey Baz Enrique, 2063 2.5 12.0 17.5 12.5
Islas Alvaro, 2122 2.5 11.5 17.5 12.5
Lucas Edison, 2061 2.5 10.5 15.5 10.0
Pereira Carlos, 1849 2.5 9.5 14.5 10.5
Gonzalez Nahuel, 2121 2.5 9.5 14.0 9.0
Fein Sandor Jorge, 2027 2.5 8.5 13.0 7.0
Lanzilotta Marcelo, 2203 2.5 8.0 12.5 10.5
22-28 Varesi Roberto, 2015 2 10.0 15.5 8.0
Muñoz Carlos, 1848 2 10.0 15.0 7.0
Romero Pablo, 1692 2 10.0 14.0 7.0
Indarte Diego, 1784 2 10.0 13.5 6.0
Giuzzi Chiossoni Ezequiel, 2078 2 7.5 11.0 8.0
Roubaud Eduardo, 1892 2 6.5 10.5 6.0
Billar Perez Juan Francis, 2043 2 4.5 8.5 5.0
29-31 Aguilar Sebastian, 1850 1.5 11.0 16.0 8.5
De Uvarow Simon, 1804 1.5 8.5 14.0 7.5
Arcos Mateo, 1938 1.5 8.0 12.0 5.5
32-34 Lovinger Alejandro, 1664 1 11.0 15.5 6.0
Falco Lichtenberger Gerar, 1927 1 8.5 13.5 3.0
Viola Juan Andres, 2000 1 8.5 12.5 4.5
35 Leder Comas Humberto, 1915 0.5 7.0 10.5 1.5
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.
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 ii 2001 cat. VII (2423)
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1 Kallio, Heikki FIN 2431 im 5.5
2 Horvath, Adam HUN 2478 im 4.5
3 Sherzer, Alex USA 2472 gm 4.5
4 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2340 4.5
5 Márkus, Róbert YUG 2472 im 4
6 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2411 im 4
7 Lukács, Péter HUN 2459 gm 3.5
8 Csom, Istvan HUN 2431 gm 3.5
9 Hoang Th., Trang VIE 2465 wgm 3.5
10 Szieberth, Adam HUN 2400 im 3
11 Vajda, Albert ROM 2409 im 3
12 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2444 im 2.5
13 Estrada, Julian MEX 2372 im 2.5
14 Rajlich, Vasik USA 2364 0.5
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FSIMA February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 ii 2001 cat. III (2319)
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1 Seres, Lajos HUN 2445 im 6
2 Petran, Pal HUN 2392 im 5.5
3 Xu, Hanbing CHN 2218 4
4 Dembo, Yelena HUN 2342 wim 4
5 Khechumjan, Gagik ARM 2227 3.5
6 Tian, Tian CHN 2224 3.5
7 Vajda, Szidonia HUN 2316 wgm 3.5
8 Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2349 3
9 Sendur, Adnan TUR 2303 fm 2.5
10 Magyar, Otto HUN 2343 fm 2
11 Anka, Emil HUN 2425 im 2
12 Suranyi, Pal HUN 2163 1.5
13 Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2244 1
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FSIMB February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 ii 2001 cat. II (2277)
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1 Nemeth, Zoltan HUN 2319 im 5.5
2 Jakab, Attila HUN 2308 fm 5.5
3 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2340 fm 5
4 Galindo, Ricardo ARG 2282 4.5
5 Puschmann, Laszlo HUN 2291 fm 4
6 Farago, Sandor HUN 2285 im 3.5
7 Meszaros, Tamas HUN 2239 3.5
8 Resika, Nathan USA 2288 fm 2.5
9 Eperjesi, Laszlo HUN 2313 im 2.5
10 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2340 fm 2.5
11 Schulze, Hubertus GER 2181 2
12 Bozinovic, Boban YUG 2137 1
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: The remaining games not published in the last couple of
weeks are now available they include most of the incomplete game: Dautov-Hracek
(7) and 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 8th and 9th rounds of the Bundesliga takes place 17th-18th February
and will see Lübeck meet Solingen. After Solingen's loss to Wattenscheid
in round 7 they really need to win.
There will be Live-Transmission at
http://www.schach.com/bundesliga
on Saturday, (2.00 pm) of SG Solingen - Hamburger SK and SCH Gelsenkirchen -
Lübecker SV and on Sunday at 9.00 am of Hamburger SK - SCH Gelsenkirchen
and Lübecker SV - SG Solingen. Other linked sites above may carry other
matches.
8. Round 17th of Feb. .2001, 2.00 p.m.
SV Werder Bremen - SK König Plauen
USC Magdeburg - TV Tegernsee
SV Schott Mainz - SK König Tegel
SF Baiertal - SF Neukölln
SG Solingen - Hamburger SK
SCH Gelsenkirchen - Lübecker SV
SG Porz - SV Wattenscheid
Godesberger SK - SV Castrop Rauxel
9. Round 18th of Feb. 2001, 9.00 a.m.
SK König Plauen - USC Magdeburg
TV Tegernsee - SV Werder Bremen
SK König Tegel - SF Baiertal
SF Neukölln - SV Schott Mainz
Hamburger SK - SCH Gelsenkirchen
Lübecker SV - SG Solingen
SV Wattenscheid - Godesberger SK
SV Castrop Rauxel - SG Porz
The Federação Paulista de Xadrez held a tournament called
the "Governador Mário Covas Júnior" January 29th - February 8th
2001. The event was category VIII. Gilberto Milos took first place on
Sonnen-berger tiebreak from Alonso Zapata, both players scored 8.5/11 a point
clear of Felix Izeta.
Internet coverage: http://www.fpx.com.br/tmcj2001/tmcj2001.htm
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1st Governador Mario Covas Santos BRA (BRA), 29 i-8 ii 2001cat. VIII (2442)
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2608 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2637
2. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2485 = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2648
3. Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2448 = 1 * = 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 = 7.5 2573
4. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2473 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2540
5. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2493 1 0 0 0 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2472
6. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2544 = 0 0 = = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2432
7. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2387 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2410
8. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2452 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 * = 1 0 0 4.5 2375
9. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2462 0 0 1 = 1 0 = = * 0 0 0 3.5 2306
10. De Toledo, James Mann m BRA 2384 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2313
11. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * 1 3.5 2322
12. Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2276 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 * 3.0 2281
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The Fajr open tournament which took place February 3rd-11th 2001 was in
Tehran Iran three players scored 7.5/9 they were Arash Roghani, Tigran
Kotanjian and Amir Mallahi. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh for the
news.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/fajr.htm
Leading final standings:
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Open Fajr IRI (IRI), 3-11 ii 2001
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1. Roghani, Arash IRI 2210 7.5 (50.0)
2. Kotanjian, Tigran ARM 2313 7.5 (49.0)
3. Mallahi, Amir f IRI 2382 7.5 (47.5)
4. Ghane, Shojaat IRI 2368 7.0 (45.0)
5. Mahmoody, M. Sadegh IRI 2211 7.0 (45.0)
6. Aryanejad, Hossein f IRI 2290 7.0 (44.0)
7. Hamad, Ahmad SYR 2226 6.5 (47.0)
8. Manukian, Artak ARM 2045 6.5 (45.0)
9. Gharamian, Tigran ARM 2151 6.5 (44.5)
10. Ardeshi,M IRI ---- 6.5 (43.5)
Steve Laios sends news of recent Belgian Interteams games. Due to 2
extra teams this year, round 12 (which took place on Jan 14th) was after round
06 (Jan 7th). The event started October 15th 2000. Interestingly Samy
Rubinstein Samy is the son of Akiba Rubinstein. Henri Winants is the father of
GMI Winants Luc.
Included in the games file: Round 06 : 01-07-2001 (56 games) - Round 12
: 01-14-2001 (56 games) and Round 07 : 01-21-2001 (56 games).
Standings
1.Rochade Eupen 44.5
2.K. Gent SRL 1 43.0
3.K. Antwerp OSK 38.5
4.K. Brugge SK 35.5
...
13.Boitsfort 22.5
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.
This year the participants in the Cadaqués Tournament 2001 were
Deep Fritz, Gambit Tiger, Gandalf 4.32g, Junior 6a, Nimzo 7.32 and Shredder 5.
This year the programs were playing on a dual Pentium-III 933 MHz with
768 MB of RAM. Time controls are 40 moves in 40 minutes. Each participant
played 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 regarded the strongest currently available chess program in the
world.
The result came down to the final match between Gambit Tiger and Deep
Fritz. Fritz took that match 11-9 and with it the tournament. My thanks to
Enrique Irazoqui for the games.
Computer Chess Match Tournament 2001
1 Deep Fritz 57.0/100
2 Gambit Tiger 1.0 53.5/100
3 Shredder 5 53.0/100
4 Junior 6.0 49.5/100
5 Nimzo 8 48.0/100
6 Gandalf 4.32g 39.0/100
Internet coverage:
http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/index.htm
The 10th Aurec (France) Rapidplay took place 10th-11th February
2001.
There were two rapid tournaments 7 rounds/20mn. My thanks to Olivier
Deville.
Saturday :
1. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2571 6 /7
2. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2505 5.5
3. Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2571 5.5
4. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2550 5.5
5. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2585 5.5
6. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2618 5.5
7. Kosten, Anthony C. g ENG 2519 5.5
8. Tirard, Hugo m FRA 2408 5.5
9. Flear, Glenn C. g ENG 2476 5.5
10. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2587 5
11. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2512 5
12. Yewdokimov, Oleg m RUS 2390 5
13. Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2461 5
14. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2581 5
15. Todorov, Todor m BUL 2423 5
16. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2378 5
17. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2477 5
18. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2566 5
19. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2510 4.5
20. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2572 4.5
21. Marciano, David g FRA 2506 4.5
22. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2526 4.5
23. Janev, Evgeni m BUL 2445 4.5
24. Benitah, Yohan FRA 2345 4.5
25. Mollov, Ergin m BUL 2420 4.5
26. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2235 4.5
Sunday
1. Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2571 6 /7
2. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2587 6
3. Todorov, Todor m BUL 2423 6
4. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2571 5.5
5. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2355 5.5
6. Flear, Glenn C. g ENG 2476 5.5
7. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2505 5.5
8. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2581 5.5
9. Kosten, Anthony C. g ENG 2519 5.5
10. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2550 5.5
11. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2618 5
12. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2585 5
13. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2572 5
14. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2420 5
15. Pytel, Krzysztof m FRA 2408 5
16. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2235 4.5
17. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2566 4.5
18. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2512 4.5
19. Yewdokimov, Oleg m RUS 2390 4.5
20. Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2461 4.5
21. Saucey, Michel f FRA 2341 4.5
22. Radulov, Ivan g BUL 2389 4.5
23. Janev, Evgeni m BUL 2445 4.5
24. Boyd, Stephen f FRA 2354 4.5
25. Mollov, Ergin m BUL 2420 4.5
26. Stojanov, Svetlin BUL 2330 4.5
27. Mietlicki, Richard FRA 4.5
The first round of the knockout qualifiers for the Dutch Championships
took place over the weekend of 11th-12th February 2001. There were no real
surprises in the first round. It is a 3 round KO with 4 spots for the
Championship in June. The next round is in May. My thanks to Koos Stolk for the
news.
Results Round 1 (over two games and then if necessary playoffs)
Erik Van den Doel beat Jochem Snuverink, Mark Van Der Werf beat Martyn
Dambacher, Yge Visser beat Migchiel De Jong, Jeroen Bosch beat Willem Koster,
Sipke Ernst beat Joost Marcus, Ruud Janssen beat Rob Witt, Johannes Van Mil
beat Rudy Van Wessel, Edwin Van Haastert beat Jasper Geurink, Maarten Solleveld
beat Nico Vink, Herman Grooten beat Eelke Wiersma, Joost Berkvens beat Lucien
Van Beek and Harmen Jonkman beat Joost Hoogendoorn.
Jan Van De Mortel beat Jan Werle, Dennis De Vreugt beat Guust Homs and
Theo Hommeles beat Jeroen Blokhuis after tiebreak playoffs.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Some additional information to the report last week. On 31 Dec,2000 FIDE
World Women's Champion Xie Jun 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.
Nigel Short adds: that he played white in games 1 and 3 (contrary to the
impression I had earlier MC) his rapid chess match against Xie Jun in Taiyuan,
the Capital of the Shangxi Province. The first game was drawn (Spanish), Short
won the second (Italian Game), but lost the third (Scotch) and the fourth
(French). Although he credits the Women's World Champion for playing much
better chess than him, he adds that in mitigation perhaps a couple of the
games, in particular, were not played under anything like normal tournament
conditions, as it was deafeningly noisy. He doesn't have the gamescores for the
match. The festival itself was very impressive. He and his family went and were
treated very warmly and with great hospitality by the sponsors, the governers
and , last but not least, the Chinese Chess Association.
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
Chess Oscar
Journalists, publishers, organisers, arbiters and GMs who write on chess
have voted for the last 30 years for the Chess Oscar. "64 - Chess Review"
(published and edited by A.Roshal) revived the award after a seven year break.
Further information at: http://www.64.ru
Pula Open May 2001
The Croatian Chess Federation and Pula Chess Club are holding an open
18th-26th May 2001. 9 round swiss system.
Full details including contact details at:
http://sahklubpula.virtualave.net
E-Mail denis.vretenar@pu.tel.hr ( tel. 385/52/534840) or
edvard.glavas@pu.tel.hr
Karpov in Greece and simul record attempt
The former World Champion Anatoly Karpov will visit Greece in a chess
festival that will take place in Rethymno of Crete. Karpov will play in
exhibition match against the 1999 Woman World Champion U-20, Maria Kouvatsou.
He will also give a simultaneous match against 20 distinguished opponents. This
will take place 17th-21st April 2001.
Chess Festival in Kalavryta
WGM Anna-Maria Botsari will attempt to break the record (in simultaneous
play) held by the Chinese player Ye, in Kalavrita, as part of a chess festival
that will take place 27th-28th February 2001. Ye's record stands at 1004
chessboards! All these activities are organized by SEPOKE, with the support of
many cultural and other clubs. Participation is free for all.
Both events covered at: http://www.chess.gr
Tenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
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
Advanced Chess Leon 2001
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.
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/
Category XVII Enghien-les-Bains
There will be a Category XVII in Enghien-les-Bains, France April
10th-20th 2001. 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.
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.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com
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.
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
