THE WEEK IN CHESS 331 12th March 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Linares 2001
3) Press release from chess organisers
4) Tel Aviv International Chess Tournament
5) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
6) Mechanics' Institute Cat VIII
7) Pinamar Masters
8) Bundesliga
9) Cappelle la Grande
10) First Saturday March
11) US Amateur Team East
12) Finnish Team Championships
13) Kramnik in France
14) GM Letter
15) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Linares 2001                    3 games
Tel Aviv International         20 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial      42 games
Mechanics' Institute Cat VIII  25 games
Pinamar Masters                24 games
Bundesliga                     95 games
First Saturday March IMA       48 games
First Saturday March IMB       48 games
US Amateur Team East          194 games
Kramnik in France               4 games
504 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to David Avron, John Henderson, Jon Speelman, Dima Tyomkin, Radu Chirila, John Donaldson, Luis Rodi, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Dennis Monokroussos, Bill Townsend, Evgeniy Solozhenkin, Laszlo Nagy, Sinisa Joksic, Alexander Boldt, Axel Fritz, Anthony Corrales, Notzai, Jussi Tella and all those who helped with this issue.

The Linares tournament concluded with a crushing win for Kasparov who didn't even seem to be at full throttle in achieving this result. Next week sees the start of the Amber tournament and the USA China Match so the good chess continues. The agreement between the organisers of Wijk aan Zee, Linares and Dortmund to co-operate and to run their events as they see fit will hopefully guarantee top class classical chess for a few years to come.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Linares 2001

The Linares 2001 tournament took place 22nd February until March 7th 2001. The event was a double round robin. There was full daily coverage of the event on TWIC's pages. Kasparov won the event as expected. His five wins and five draws left him a full three points ahead of the rest of the field. He missed a couple of opportunities to win by an even greater margin. The event was significant with the participation of Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in the same tournament under standard conditions for the first time since Las Palmas 1996 (they did play in the Frankfurt Rapidplay in 1998). Karpov is not the force he once was, he is very reliant on openings he first prepared the best part of a decade ago and he also gets into major time trouble, which seems to be more due to lack of confidence than anything else (he's still a formidable rapid player). Polgar looked as if she might secure second place all to herself but losses to Karpov and Shirov in the final three rounds brought her back to the field. Alexander Grischuk's debute was satisfactory enough but he didn't look the force he was during the FIDE Championships. Peter Leko was the only player not to win a game, he does need to find a way to generate some more results if he wishes to progress. Finally Shirov managed to get on terms with his final round win against Polgar. Shirov obviously likes to play a lot but a near continuous diet of chess for around a year seems to have caught up with him. He probably needs a break (not that he is going to get one with the Amber tournament starting this week).

Kasparov has indicated he will probably play in a tournament in Kazakhstan in late May and early June. The six player event may have Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Shirov playing but until an announcement is made we can't know for sure.

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

SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-6 iii 2001    cat. XIX (2722)
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                                   1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Kasparov, Gary       g RUS 2849 ** == 1= =1 =1 11  7.5  2889
2 Polgar, Judit        g HUN 2676 == ** =0 == 10 ==  4.5  2694
3 Karpov, Anatoly      g RUS 2679 0= =1 ** == == =0  4.5  2694
4 Leko, Peter          g HUN 2745 =0 == == ** == ==  4.5  2681
5 Shirov, Alexei       g ESP 2718 =0 01 == == ** 10  4.5  2686
6 Grischuk, Alexander  g RUS 2663 00 == =1 == 01 **  4.5  2697
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The official order was 1) Kasparov, 2) Shirov, 3) Grischuk
4) Polgar, 5) Karpov and 6) Leko which was clearly based on the
number of wins.

Round 10 (March 6, 2001)

Kasparov, Gary       -  Grischuk, Alexander  1-0   45  B45  Sicilian Defence (Classical System)
Leko, Peter          -  Karpov, Anatoly      1/2   48  B17  Caro Kann
Shirov, Alexei       -  Polgar, Judit        1-0   59  B92  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2

3) Press release from chess organisers

Press Release

The representatives of the organizational committee from the three great chess tournaments: Corus, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), Dortmund (Germany) and "Ciudad de Linares" (Spain) have decided in their meeting during the XVIII edition of the "Ciudad de Linares" International Chess Tournament to issue the statement in a connection with the proposal from FIDE COMMERCE LIMITED concerning to constitute the Foundation of the WORLD CHESS GRAND PRIX.

1. The FIDE COMMERCE proposal was thoroughly considered by the three Organizers as not totally in accordance with their main objectives to maintain the level of indepedence of their respective events.

2. We would like to stress our common wish to preserve the actual character of each one of the tournament, according to our traditions and individual criteria.

3. However we are ready to study all possible future proposals by FIDE when aimed to promote traditional chess tournaments and Chess in general. We decided to take a firm committment with each one of us, who are signing this document, to continue working together in finding the most adequate solutions for a prosperity of the Chess Game.

4. The above mentioned organizers will keep grofounding in their efforts to establish even better cooperation among their cities in order to create a stronger link with the Top World Chess.

Linares 6th of March 2001

Mr. Dolf Vos - Corus, Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands)
Mr. Carsten Hansel - Dortmund (Germany)
Mr. Juan Jose Entrenas - Linares (Spain)

4) Tel Aviv International Chess Tournament

The Tel Aviv Internationl Chess Tournament with closed men's and women's events took place in the Sol&Sissy Center in Ramat Aviv (Tel Aviv) 20th February-3rd March 2001. Zoltan Gyimesi won the men's event with 6/9 and Ildiko Madl the women's with 7/9 both were undefeated. My thanks to Dima Tyomkin.

Internet coverage at: http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/taint.html

Final Standings:
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Tel Aviv Chess Festival ISR (ISR), 20 ii-3 iii 2001      cat. IX (2473)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Gyimesi, Zoltan          g HUN 2564  * = = 1 1 = = = 1 =  6.0  2588 
 2. Kovalev, Andrei          g BLR 2544  = * = 0 = = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2545 
 3. Doettling, Fabian        m GER 2509  = = * = = = = = = 1  5.0  2512 
 4. Van Mil, Johan           m NED 2421  0 1 = * 0 1 = 1 0 1  5.0  2522 
 5. Postny, Evgeny           m ISR 2432  0 = = 1 * 1 = = = 0  4.5  2478 
 6. Greenfeld, Alon          g ISR 2570  = = = 0 0 * = 1 1 =  4.5  2462 
 7. Gruenfeld, Yehuda        g ISR 2520  = 0 = = = = * = = =  4.0  2425 
 8. Mikhalevski, Alexander   m ISR 2438  = = = 0 = 0 = * = 1  4.0  2434 
 9. Botvinnik, Ilia          m ISR 2434  0 0 = 1 = 0 = = * =  3.5  2397 
10. Haimovich, Tal             ISR 2302  = 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = *  3.0  2367 
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Tel Aviv Chess Festival Women ISR (ISR), 20 ii-3 iii 2001
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Madl, Ildiko             m HUN 2394  * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2429 
 2. Lakos, Nikoletta        wg HUN 2347  = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2339 
 3. Pitam, Ela              wg ISR 2258  0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 =  5.5  2304 
 4. Lagvilava, Genrieta     wg BLR 2321  = 1 0 * = = 1 0 1 1  5.5  2297 
 5. Borsuk, Angela          wg ISR 2281  = = = = * = = = 1 1  5.5  2302 
 6. Botvinnik, Irina        wf ISR 2180  0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1  4.0  2190 
 7. Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A  wm ISR 2214  = = 1 0 = 1 * 0 0 0  3.5  2149 
 8. Len, Irina                 ISR 2118  0 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 0 1  3.5  2160 
 9. Igla, Bella                RUS 2117  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * =  2.5  2074 
10. Shapira, Lilia             ISR 2049  0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = *  2.0  2027 
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5) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial tournament is taking place in Bucharest, Romania 4th-14th March 2001. My thanks to Radu Chirila for the information.

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Victor Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4-14 iii 2001      cat. XII (2533)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Vajda, Levente            m ROM 2454  * = = . = 1 . = . . 1 =  4.5  2647 
 2. Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2581  = * . . = = = . = 1 1 .  4.5  2620 
 3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter   g ROM 2596  = . * . = = . = . 1 = 1  4.5  2608 
 4. Nevednichy, Vladislav     g ROM 2563  . . . * = = . = = = = 1  4.0  2577 
 5. Badea, Bela               g ROM 2460  = = = = * . = . = = . .  3.5  2537 
 6. Motylev, Alexander        g RUS 2570  0 = = = . * = . . . = 1  3.5  2544 
 7. Solak, Dragan             g YUG 2511  . = . . = = * = = = . =  3.5  2528 
 8. Ionescu, Constantin       g ROM 2504  = . = = . . = * = = 0 .  3.0  2486 
 9. Marin, Mihail             g ROM 2604  . = . = = . = = * 0 . =  3.0  2463 
10. Navrotescu, Catalin       m ROM 2451  . 0 0 = = . = = 1 * . .  3.0  2495 
11. Iordachescu, Viorel       g MDA 2578  0 0 = = . = . 1 . . * 0  2.5  2440 
12. Brodsky, Michail          g UKR 2527  = . 0 0 . 0 = . = . 1 *  2.5  2451 
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6) Mechanics' Institute Cat VIII

The Mechanics' Institute hosted a Category 8 (2426 average) GM norm event (the Charles Linklater Memorial) from February 26-March 8. GM's Yury Shulman and Alex Wojkiewicz tied for first with 7/10 which earned them $1750 apiece. GM Alex Baburin and IM-elect Gregory Shahade tied for 3rd at 6.5 ($750 each). Michael Mulyar made an IM norm and should receive the title at the next FIDE Congress. My thanks to John Donaldson for the news.

Website: http://www.chessclub.org

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Linklater Mem San Francisco USA (USA), 26 ii-8 iii 2001    cat. VIII (2426)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Shulman, Yuri             g BLR 2543  * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2563 
 2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander   g POL 2572  = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2560 
 3. Shahade, Gregory          f USA 2456  = = * 1 = = 1 = = = 1  6.5  2533 
 4. Baburin, Alexander        g IRL 2598  = = 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 = 1  6.5  2519 
 5. Vucic, Mladen             m USA 2364  = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1  5.5  2468 
 6. Mulyar, Michael A         f USA 2428  0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1  5.5  2462 
 7. Lakdawala, Cyrus          f USA 2436  = = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1  5.0  2425 
 8. Altounian, Levon          f USA 2441  = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1  4.5  2388 
 9. Krechetov, Aleksandr      f RUS 2300  0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = * = 1  4.0  2367 
10. Baginskaite, Camilla     wm USA 2306  0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 1  3.5  2328 
11. Stearns, Aaron              USA 2246  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
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7) Pinamar Masters

The 1st Magistral Internacional de Pinamar The County of Pinamar, Buenos Aires, Argentina is holding a category VIII event. The "1st Pinamar Masters" takes place 8th-18th March 2001 in the Old Hotel Ostende. After four rounds Alejandro Hoffman and Sergio Giardelli lead with 3/4. Bent Larsen is competing and has won one and drawn three.

Internet site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/magistral

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1st Masters Pinamar ARG (ARG), 8-18 iii 2001                 cat. VIII (2436)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Hoffman, Alejandro         g ARG 2473  * . . . . = . = 1 1 . .  3.0  2603 
 2. Giardelli, Sergio C        m ARG 2438  . * = . = . . . . . 1 1  3.0  2624 
 3. Ricardi, Pablo             g ARG 2554  . = * . = . = . 1 . . .  2.5  2484 
 4. Panno, Oscar               g ARG 2458  . . . * . = = 1 . = . .  2.5  2574 
 5. Szmetan, Jorge             m ARG 2394  . = = . * . . . = . . 1  2.5  2499 
 6. Andersson, Ulf             g SWE 2640  = . . = . * . . . . = 1  2.5  2521 
 7. Larsen, Bent               g DEN 2500  . . = = . . * . . . = 1  2.5  2542 
 8. Hobaica, Juan Pablo          ARG 2306  = . . 0 . . . * 0 1 . .  1.5  2319 
 9. Rodi, Luis Ernesto           ARG 2225  0 . 0 . = . . 1 * . . .  1.5  2344 
10. Garcia Palermo, Carlos     g ARG 2470  0 . . = . . . 0 . * 1 .  1.5  2316 
11. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C    m BRA 2376  . 0 . . . = = . . 0 * .  1.0  2319 
12. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo   m URU 2400  . 0 . . 0 0 0 . . . . *  0.0       
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8) Bundesliga

The 10th and 11th rounds of the Bundesliga were played over the weekend of March 10th-11th 2001. Luebeck managed a narrow victory against closest rivals Porz and now seem certain to take the title having expanded their lead to three points. The match was very tense in spite of early victories for Jon Speelman and Julian Hodgson. Shirov found himself in a very tense struggle against Christopher Lutz (who had a very attractive finish against Ftacnik on Saturday) which finally ended in a draw and Agdestein who followed a tragi-comic win on Saturday against Seger (who was winning but completely mishandled the King and Pawn ending) with a loss against Bacrot. Also John Nunn had to struggle hard against Alexander Nenashev (who has now got German Nationality thanks to the fact his Grandfather was German and has now changed to his surname, Graf, I will use Nenashev until the change works its way into the FIDE rating list however) for a draw.

The games from Mainz from rounds 8 and 9 are now available as well as the games from Hamburg and Neukoelln from rounds 10-11.

Bundesliga sites: http://www.schach.com/bundesliga/, http://www.chess-online.de/, http://teleschach.de/, http://www.schachbund.de/, http://www.schachnews.com and http://www.chessgate.de/

Round 10 - 10th March 2001

Venue: Wattenscheid

SV Wattenscheid    3½-4½  USC Magdeburg 

  1  Aronian       ½ : ½  Onischuk       2 
  2  Nielsen       1 : 0  Rogozenko      3 
  5  Handke        0 : 1  Slobodjan      4 
  6  Holzke        ½ : ½  Baklan         5 
  8  Ellers        ½ : ½  Thesing        6 
 10  Straeter      0 : 1  Georgiev       7 
 12  Blecken       0 : 1  Proehl         8 
 13  Thiel         1 : 0  Markgraf       9 


Castrop Rauxel     4 - 4  SV Werder Bremen 

  1  Van der Ster  ½ : ½  Hracek         1 
  2  Rozentalis    0 : 1  Babula         2 
  4  King          0 : 1  Schandorff     3 
  5  Gallagher     ½ : ½  McShane        4 
  6  Seul          1 : 0  Knaak          5 
  8  Appel         1 : 0  Pelletier      6 
 11  Dinstuhl      0 : 1  Joachim        7 
 12  Hennig        1 : 0  Meins          8 

Venue: Hamburg

Hamburger SK       2½-5½  SG Köln Porz 

  1  Ftacnik       0 : 1  Lutz           1 
  2  Dorfman       ½ : ½  Khalifman      2 
  3  Kempinski     1 : 0  Van Wely       3 
  4  Hansen        1 : 0  Timman         4 
  5  Wahls         0 : 1  Vaganian       6 
  6  Mueller       0 : 1  Hansen         8 
  7  Gustafsson    0 : 1  Bacrot         9 
  8  Heinemann     0 : 1  Graf          10 


Lübecker SV        6 - 2  Godesberger SK 

  1  Shirov        ½ : ½  Dautov         1 
  2  Adams         ½ : ½  Gurevich       2 
  3  Bareev        ½ : ½  Kengis         3 
  4  Speelman      1 : 0  Kveinys        5 
  5  Epishin       1 : 0  Langheinrich   6 
  6  Hodgson       1 : 0  Jackelen       7 
  7  Agdestein     1 : 0  Seger          8 
  9  Nunn          ½ : ½  Breder        13 

Venue: Berlin - Neukölln

SFR Neukölln       2 - 6  Solinger SG 

  1  Movsesian     ½ : ½  Piket          3 
  2  Stohl         ½ : ½  Jussupow       4 
  4  Bunzmann      0 : 1  Nikolic        5 
  7  Borriss       0 : 1  Huebner        6 
  8  Polzin        0 : 1  Sadler         7 
  9  Hellsten      ½ : ½  Lobron        10 
 10  Poldauf       0 : 1  Naumann       13 
 11  Rudolf        ½ : ½  Schaefer      14 

König Tegel        4½-3½  Gelsenkirchen 

  1  Rabiega       0 : 1  Kishnev        2 
  2  Muse          ½ : ½  Kalka          3 
  3  Paulsen       1 : 0  Meessen        5 
  4  Lipinsky      1 : 0  Baumhus        6 
  5  Von Herman    1 : 0  Ahn            7 
  7  Pachow        ½ : ½  Balster        8 
  9  Giemsa        ½ : ½  Partenheimer  11 
 10  Lorenz        0 : 1  Orlov         12 

Venue: Tegernsee

TV Tegernsee       5½-2½  Baiertal Schatt 

  1  Khenkin       ½ : ½  Schlindwein    1 
  4  Hertneck      ½ : ½  Doettling      2 
  5  Beim          1 : 0  Berg           3 
  6  Stangl        ½ : ½  Buhmann        4 
  7  Teske         1 : 0  Duppel         6 
  9  Kachiani-Ger  0 : 1  Meissner       7 
 10  Pezerovic     1 : 0  Koch           8 
 12  Bromberger    1 : 0  Balzar         9 

SK König Plauen    4 - 4  Schott Mainz 

  2  Bischoff      1 : 0  Balcerak       1 
  4  Boensch       ½ : ½  Kosten         2 
  5  Kindermann    ½ : ½  Cicak          3 
  6  Espig         0 : 1  Lisanti        4 
  9  Sandner       0 : 1  Wornath        6 
 10  Hackel        1 : 0  Neidhardt      7 
 11  Kuraszkiewic  ½ : ½  Bewersdorff    8 
 12  Pfretzschner  ½ : ½  Grafl         10 

Round 11 - 11th March 2001

Venue: Wattenscheid 

USC Magdeburg     6 - 2 Castrop Rauxel 
2 Onischuk        ½ : ½ Van der Ster 1 
3 Rogozenko       ½ : ½ Rozentalis 2 
4 Slobodjan       1 : 0 King 4 
5 Baklan          1 : 0 Gallagher 5 
6 Thesing         1 : 0 Seul 6 
7 Georgiev        1 : 0 Appel 8 
8 Proehl          ½ : ½ Dinstuhl 11 
9 Markgraf        ½ : ½ Hennig 12 

SV Werder Bremen  6½-1½ SV Wattenscheid 
1 Hracek          ½ : ½ Aronian 1 
2 Babula          1 : 0 Nielsen 2 
3 Schandorff      ½ : ½ Holzke 6 
4 McShane         1 : 0 Ellers 8 
5 Knaak           1 : 0 Straeter 10 
6 Pelletier       1 : 0 Blecken 12 
7 Joachim         ½ : ½ Thiel 13 
8 Meins           1 : 0 Lauzeningks 14 

Venue: Hamburg

SG Köln Porz      3½-4½ Lübecker SV 
1 Lutz            ½ : ½ Shirov 1 
2 Khalifman       ½ : ½ Adams 2 
3 Van Wely        ½ : ½ Bareev 3 
4 Timman          0 : 1 Speelman 4 
6 Vaganian        ½ : ½ Epishin 5 
8 Hansen          0 : 1 Hodgson 6 
9 Bacrot          1 : 0 Agdestein 7 
10 Graf           ½ : ½ Nunn 9 

Godesberger SK    4 - 4 Hamburger SK 
1 Dautov          ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1 
2 Gurevich        ½ : ½ Dorfman 2 
3 Kengis          ½ : ½ Kempinski 3 
5 Kveinys         1 : 0 Hansen 4 
6 Langheinrich    ½ : ½ Wahls 5 
7 Jackelen        0 : 1 Mueller 6 
8 Seger           1 : 0 Gustafsson 7 
13 Breder         0 : 1 Heinemann 8 

Venue: Berlin - Neukölln

Solinger SG       8 - 0 König Tegel 
3 Piket           1 : 0 Rabiega 1 
4 Jussupow        1 : 0 Muse 2 
5 Nikolic         1 : 0 Paulsen 3 
6 Huebner         1 : 0 Lipinsky 4 
7 Sadler          1 : 0 Von Herman 5 
10 Lobron         1 : 0 Pachow 7 
13 Naumann        1 : 0 Giemsa 9 
14 Schaefer       1 : 0 Lorenz 10 

Gelsenkirchen     3 - 5 SFR Neukölln 
2 Kishnev         1 : 0 Movsesian 1 
3 Kalka           0 : 1 Stohl 2 
5 Meessen         0 : 1 Bunzmann 4 
6 Baumhus         ½ : ½ Borriss 7 
7 Ahn             0 : 1 Polzin 8 
8 Balster         0 : 1 Hellsten 9 
9 Schirbel        1 : 0 Rudolf 11 
12 Orlov          ½ : ½ Thiede 12 

Venue: Tegernsee

Baiertal Schatt   4 - 4 SK König Plauen 
1 Schlindwein     0 : 1 Bischoff 2 
2 Doettling       ½ : ½ Boensch 4 
3 Berg            ½ : ½ Kindermann 5 
4 Buhmann         1 : 0 Espig 6 
6 Duppel          ½ : ½ Sandner 9 
7 Meissner        ½ : ½ Hackel 10 
8 Koch            0 : 1 Kuraszkiewic 11 
9 Balzar          1 : 0 Pfretzschner 12 

Schott Mainz      1½-6½ TV Tegernsee 
1 Balcerak        0 : 1 Khenkin 1 
2 Kosten          0 : 1 Hertneck 4 
3 Cicak           ½ : ½ Beim 5 
4 Lisanti         0 : 1 Stangl 6 
6 Wornath         0 : 1 Teske 7 
7 Neidhardt       0 : 1 Kachiani-Ger 9 
8 Bewersdorff     ½ : ½ Pezerovic 10 
10 Grafl          ½ : ½ Bromberger 12 

Round 11 Standings

 1. Lübecker SV      11  59½:28½ 22- 0
 2. SG Köln Porz     11  59½:28½ 19- 3
 3. Solinger SG      11  59½:28½ 15- 7
 4. SV Werder Bremen 11  47½:40½ 15- 7
 5. TV Tegernsee     11  49½:38½ 14- 8
 6. Godesberger SK   11  47½:40½ 13- 9
 7. Hamburger SK     11  47½:40½ 12-10
 8. USC Magdeburg    11  44½:43½ 12-10
 9. SFR Neukölln     11  43 :45  11-11
10. SV Wattenscheid  11  42½:45½ 11-11
11. SK König Plauen  11  45 :43  10-12
12. Castrop Rauxel   11  41 :47  9-13
13. Schott Mainz     11  30 :58  5-17
14. Baiertal Schatt  11  36½:51½ 4-18
15. König Tegel      11  26½:61½ 3-19
16. Gelsenkirchen    11  24½:63½ 1-21

9) Cappelle la Grande

The 17th Cappelle la Grande Open took place 24th February-3rd March 2001. There were 712 players including 93 GMs and 72 IMs. Vladimir Chuchelov (gm BEL 2539) and Einar Gausel (g NOR 2481) shared first place. There were GM norms for Slim Belkhodja And Karel Van Der Weide. IM norms for Maia Lomineishvili, Marcin Dziuba, Milan Novkovic Milan, Matthias Mueller, Sergey Mirovshchikov, Jan Michael Sprenger And Daniele Vismara. WIM norms for Anne Mulh Muller And Elena Kuznetsova.

I gave the games last week below are the leading final standings.

Internet site: http://cappelle.free.fr

17th Cappelle la Grande Open
Leading Final Standings
 1   GM  Chuchelov       Vladimir     BEL   2539  7.5 2736 
 2   GM  Gausel          Einar        NOR   2481  7.5 2728 
 3   GM  Fressinet       Laurent      MPEC  2581  7.0 2705 
 4   GM  Sulskis         Sarunas      LTU   2501  7.0 2686 
 5   GM  Ibragimov       Ildar        RUS   2571  7.0 2677 
 6   GM  Savchenko       Stanislav    UKR   2519  7.0 2659 
 7   GM  Moiseenko       Alexander    UKR   2550  7.0 2657 
 8   GM  Nielsen         Peter Heine  DEN   2585  7.0 2655 
 9   GM  Aronian         Levon        ARM   2522  7.0 2608 
10   GM  Luther          Thomas       GER   2544  7.0 2605 
11   IM  Grabarczyk      Miroslaw     POL   2495  7.0 2537 
12   GM  Landa           Konstantin   RUS   2610  6.5 2648 
13   GM  Jaracz          Pawel        POL   2477  6.5 2636 
14   IM  Belkhodja       Slim         USAM  2471  6.5 2635 
15   IM  Van Der Weide   Karel        NED   2468  6.5 2618 
16   GM  Glek            Igor         GER   2556  6.5 2609 
17   GM  Degraeve        Jean-Marc    CAPG  2589  6.5 2606 
18   GM  Murey           Yaacov       ISR   2528  6.5 2601 
19   GM  Turov           Maxim        RUS   2546  6.5 2590 
20   GM  Kengis          Edvins       LAT   2586  6.5 2587 
21   GM  Kveinys         Aloyzas      LTU   2530  6.5 2584 
22   GM  Van Den Doel    Erik         NED   2564  6.5 2584 
23   IM  Galdunts        Sergey       ARM   2510  6.5 2580 
24   GM  Burmakin        Vladimir     RUS   2493  6.5 2570 
25   GM  Lalic           Bogdan       ENG   2536  6.5 2560 
26   IM  Simutowe        Amon         ZAM   2462  6.5 2557 
27   IM  Yu              Shaoteng     CHN   2493  6.5 2556 
28   GM  Belikov         Vladimir     RUS   2502  6.5 2548 
29   IM  Firman          Nazar        UKR   2476  6.5 2544 
30   GM  Spraggett       Kevin        CAN   2526  6.5 2535 
31   IM  Kulaots         Kaido        EST   2513  6.5 2533 
32   IM  Gormally        Daniel       ENG   2492  6.5 2532 
33   IM  Vysochin        Spartak      UKR   2533  6.5 2532 
34   GM  Kogan           Artur        ISR   2468  6.5 2531 
35   GM  Malakhatko      Vadim        UKR   2513  6.5 2531 
36   GM  Sulava          Nenad        CRO   2526  6.5 2524 
37   IM  Naiditsch       Arkadij      GER   2484  6.5 2518 
38   GM  Komljenovic     Davor        CRO   2512  6.5 2516 
39   IM  Khamrakulov     Ibragim      UZB   2416  6.5 2466 
40   GM  Kekelidze       Mikhail      GEO   2512  6.5 2456 
41   GM  Gurevich        Mikhail      BEL   2694  6.5 2671 
42   GM  Goldin          Alexander    ISR   2595  6.0  2600 
43   CF  Vismara         Daniele      ITA   2231  6.0  2557 
44   GM  Dvoirys         Semen        RUS   2568  6.0  2556 
45   FM  Dziuba          Marcin       POL   2421  6.0  2554 
46   GM  Pushkov         Nikolai      RUS   2546  6.0  2547 
47   GM  Kuzmin          Alexey       RUS   2588  6.0  2545 
48   IM  Liang           Chong        CHN   2581  6.0  2538 
49   IM  Li              Shilong      CHN   2474  6.0  2537 
50   GM  Neverov         Valeriy      UKR   2562  6.0  2535 
51   IM  Gaprindashvili  Valerian     GEO   2482  6.0  2534 
52   GM  Agdestein       Simen        NOR   2591  6.0  2532 
53   IM  Shaw            John         SCO   2454  6.0  2528 
54   IM  Staniszewski    Piotr        POL   2443  6.0  2525 
55   IM  Lobzhanidze     Davit        GEO   2512  6.0  2522 
56   GM  Slobodjan       Roman        GER   2537  6.0  2521 
57   GM  Kruppa          Yuri         UKR   2572  6.0  2519 
58   GM  Kuzmin          Gennadi      UKR   2556  6.0  2511 
59   IM  Cyborowski      Lukasz       POL   2437  6.0  2510 
60   IM  Volokitin       Andrei       UKR   2469  6.0  2507 
61   GM  Berelovich      Aleksandar   UKR   2519  6.0  2506 
62   CF  Sprenger        Jan-Michael  GER   2326  6.0  2506 
63   IM  Odeev           Handszar     TKM   2472  6.0  2498 
64   IM  Matlak          Marek        POL   2476  6.0  2486 
65   GM  Kalinitschew    Sergey       GER   2495  6.0  2485 
66   GM  Winants         Luc          BEL   2515  6.0  2481 
67   FM  Novkovic        Milan        YUG   2406  6.0  2480 
68   GM  Lomineishvili   Maia         GEO   2425  6.0  2479 
69   IM  Boudre          Jean-Pierre  AUXE  2355  6.0  2476 
70   GM  Hauchard        Arnaud       MONA  2527  6.0  2475 
71   GM  Shneider        Aleksandr    UKR   2516  6.0  2457 
72   IM  Urban           Klaudiusz    POL   2434  6.0  2456 
73   IM  Mannion         Stephen      SCO   2369  6.0  2443 
74   GM  Kozakov         Mikhail      UKR   2512  6.0  2442 
75   GM  Apicella        Manuel       CLIC  2518  6.0  2436 
76   GM  Timoshenko      Georgy       UKR   2537  6.0  2424 
77   CF  Dzhakaev        Dzhakaj      RUS   2422  6.0  2416 
78   IM  Foisor          Ovidiu       ROM   2414  6.0  2414 
79   IM  Roeder          Mathias      GER   2455  6.0  2411 
80   IM  Gunnarsson      Jon-Victor   ISL   2366  6.0  2410 
81   CF  Kristjansson    Stefan       ISL   2371  6.0  2405 
82   GM  Klovans         Janis        LAT   2495  6.0  2394 
83   CF  Klyuner         Vyacheslav   UKR   2405  6.0  2389 
84   CF  Marechal        Andy         BEL   2314  6.0  2388 
85   IM  Jobava          Baadur       GEO   2518  6.0  2387 
86   IM  Szelag          Marcin       POL   2403  6.0  2384 
87   IM  Eliet           Nicolas      GONF  2398  6.0  2357 
88   IM  Arnold          Lothar       GER   2431  6.0  2336 
89   FM  Hardarson       Robert       ISL   2272  6.0  2333 
90   IM  Salmensuu       Olli         FIN   2439  6.0  2326 
91   CF  Midoux          Sebastien    VITR  2252  6.0  2290 
92   CF  Philippe        Christophe   NANC  2356  6.0  2278 
93   CF  Scetinin        Alexander    RUS   2302  6.0  2250 
94   CF  Mevel           Alberic      OLLA  2261  6.0  2223 
95   IM  Cacho Reigadas  Sergio       ESP   2450  6.0  2442 
704 players

10) First Saturday March

Laszlo Nagy reports that the First Saturday IM and FM tournaments have started. They take place 3rd-16th March 2001.

Websites: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat and http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/firstsat.html

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FSIMA March Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 iii 2001          cat. III (2307)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Rajlich, Vasik G     USA 2364  * 0 . . . 1 = = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2438 
 2. Dembo, Yelena     wm HUN 2342  1 * 0 = 1 = 1 = = . . .  5.0  2413 
 3. Hajnal, Zoltan     f HUN 2349  . 1 * = = 1 0 0 . 1 . 1  5.0  2399 
 4. Sendur, Adnan      f TUR 2303  . = = * . = = 1 . 0 = 1  4.5  2345 
 5. Farago, Sandor     m HUN 2285  . 0 = . * 1 = . = = 1 =  4.5  2351 
 6. Jurkovic, Ante       CRO 2349  0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 . 1 . .  4.0  2314 
 7. Nemeth, Zoltan     m HUN 2319  = 0 1 = = 0 * . 0 . 1 .  3.5  2273 
 8. Gonda, Laszlo        HUN 2265  = = 1 0 . 0 . * = . = =  3.5  2272 
 9. Eperjesi, Laszlo   m HUN 2313  0 = . . = . 1 = * = 0 =  3.5  2253 
10. Kahn, Evarth       m HUN 2288  = . 0 1 = 0 . . = * 0 =  3.0  2221 
11. Tian Tian            CHN 2224  0 . . = 0 . 0 = 1 1 * 0  3.0  2215 
12. Jamrich, Gyorgy      HUN 2283  0 . 0 0 = . . = = = 1 *  3.0  2211 
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FSIMB March Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 iii 2001             cat. III (2303)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Berczes, Csaba           HUN 2209  * = = 1 = 1 . . = = . 1  5.5  2447 
 2. Jakab, Attila          f HUN 2308  = * . . = . = = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2416 
 3. Zimmerman, Yuri        m HUN 2386  = . * = = . = . 1 = = 1  5.0  2383 
 4. Seres, Lajos           m HUN 2445  0 . = * = = . . = 1 1 1  5.0  2369 
 5. Xu Hanbing               CHN 2218  = = = = * = = = . . 1 .  4.5  2369 
 6. Nezar, Mustapha          FRA 2292  0 . . = = * 1 0 = . 1 1  4.5  2341 
 7. Balogh, Csaba            HUN 2340  . = = . = 0 * = = 1 = .  4.0  2307 
 8. Gladyszev, Oleg        m RUS 2345  . = . . = 1 = * = = 0 =  4.0  2281 
 9. Philippe, Christophe     FRA 2356  = 0 0 = . = = = * . . 1  3.5  2270 
10. Kaposztas, Miklos      m HUN 2265  = = = 0 . . 0 = . * = 1  3.5  2270 
11. Resika, Nathan A       f USA 2288  . 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 . = * .  2.5  2183 
12. Goczo, Melinda           HUN 2185  0 0 0 0 . 0 . = 0 0 . *  0.5  1881 
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11) US Amateur Team East

Bill Townsend reports: The 2001 U.S. Amateur Team East was played over a three day weekend from Feb. 17 to 19. 215 teams consisting of nearly 900 players converged on Parsippany, New Jersey from as far away as Texas and Massachusetts.

Usually a tiebreak system is used to determine first place, but this year that wasn't necessary because "Zen and the Art of Bisguier" had the only 6-0 score of the event. The team members: IM Ron Burnett, GM Arthur Bisguier, Sergio Almeida and Noah Belcher.

Second with 5 1/2 - 1/2 was "S.L.A.M." which consisted of Steve Stoyko, John McCarthy, Ed Allen and Peter LaRocco. Third on tiebreaks with the same team score was "Collins Kids Materas," made up of: Dmitry Schneider, Noah Siegal, and Lev Milman.

There are four U.S. Amateur team events held simultaneously in four parts of the United States, but the East is always the biggest and most prestigious, perhaps because that's where this event was first held in 1968.

In spite of the word "Amateur" in the event title, there were more than a few titled players in attendance. To qualify a team must have an average rating under 2,200 USCF, so within those guidelines almost anything goes. Therefore one team had two grandmasters (Yasser Seirawan and Roman Dzindzichashvili) while another featured the current U.S. Champion, Joel Benjamin.

In spite of the big names the accent was on fun at this event with prizes given for achievements like "Biggest Upset," "Best Chess Promotional Idea," and "Best Team Name." There were some fearsome chess puns in this last category, the winner being "Harry Patzer and the Poisoned Pawn." Another team name that TWIC readers might recognize was: "The Weak In Chess."

12) Finnish Team Championships

Jussi Tella writes that the Finnish Team League ended with a double-round weekend 10th-11th March 2001. Going into the last two rounds there were many teams who had a chance for the title and they met each other. In Finland all the matches of the last two rounds are played in Helsinki, which makes the final weekend a special chess event.

In the 8th round JoeSK beat the leading team Taraus 3-1, and this gave the opportunity for Garde to take the lead by beating HSK 2-1. In the 9th round Garde secured the title with a 3-1 win over Taraus before JoeSK and HSK who won their 9th round matches and finished in front of JyS and the unfortunate Taraus, who ended up only 5th.

Internet coverage:

Official result service by Finnish Chess Federation http://www.shakki.net/sksl/jsm00/

Full 8th round results http://www.shakki.net/sksl/jsm00/t10-03.htm

Full 9th round results http://www.shakki.net/sksl/jsm00/t11-03.htm

ShakkiNet full result table http://www.shakki.net/liiga/liiga0001.htm

The games in FinBase game collection http://www.tpu.fi/~jarmo/suomipelit/jsm0001.html (Just rounds 1-5 so far, the rest of the games will appear later)

The best individual results:

Timo Porrasmaa                 JoeSK     7/7    reserve
Asko Hentunen                  MatSK     8/9    6th board
Tommi Luukkonen                JYS       6,5/8  reserve
WIM Johanna Paasikangas-Tella  Garde     5,5/7  7th board
IM Olli Salmensuu              JoeSK     6/8    1st board
IM Joose Norri                 HSK       6,5/9  2nd board
IM Mika Karttunen              JoeSK     6,5/9  3rd board
Juhani Sorri                   HSK       6,5/9  5th board
IM Jussi Tella                 Garde     6,5/9  5th board
Antti Niemelä                  HSK       6,5/9  6th board

13) Kramnik in France

Vladimir Kramnik was in Lyon, France over the weekend of March 10th-11th 2001. He gave interviews and played a four game blitz match against 11 year old Edouard Bonnet (incidently he seems to have two FIDE ratings). Then on Sunday he played 20 players at the Hotel Hilton scoing +18 =2 (games not available yet).

Internet coverage: http://www.zonejeux.com/, http://www.notzai.com/notzai/index.shtml

14) GM Letter

TWIC always welcomes letters. No publication is guaranteed but the magazine can act as a forum for chess issues of the moment. The views expressed in these letters are those of the authors not of TWIC or Chess & Bridge Ltd.

The following is an open letter from GMs K.Aseev, S.Ionov, S.Ivanov, A.Khalifman, V.Loginov and E.Solozhenkin all players I very much respect. Probably the best thing to do to understand the background to it is to go to: http://w.p.c.tripod.com. Even after the letter I feel I have no dignified option left to me other than to cease direct communication with Salov as he simply uses them as ammunition on his own webpage. This doesn't preclude covering the activities of the WPC in TWIC. I certainly believe that players do need representation. Its unclear to me that the WPC does this representative job but it seems it does for some players at least. Whether the increasingly political nature of the postings on the WPC site makes it impossible for Salov to effectively represent a significant numbers of chess players I leave it to you to decide.

Letter

Dear Mark,

First of all allow us to express you our deep respect for that huge job which you perform. It would be nice if one day there will be no more players who did not thank you at least once for free downloading of games on Mondays. We once again express here our gratitude now with great pleasure.

The reason for our letter is your conflict with the President of World Players’ Council Grandmaster Valery Salov. From the recent stuff placed on the website of WPC (http://w.p.c.tripod.com) we have learned that you were going to stop all relations with WPC. We request you to listen to us, having abstracted from the person whose surname probably does not invoke the kindest feelings to you.

Today each serious analytics on practically any subject more or less applies to the problem of the globalization of our world, the increasing intercommunication of its internal processes. The world has already become multipolar for a long time, and from the yesterday's bipolarity nothing remained. If the victory of one of the sides in a bipolar world meant only the utter defeat of the second side, the opposition of two sides in multipolar coordinate system to some extent influences all sides involved in the process. The world of chess is a microworld and the same laws as in the big one are applied here. We expect the scepticism of primitive cynics: how the conflict between the leader of an independent chess organization and a leading journalist can influence that pole of our microworld which is consisted on grandmasters? You, Mark, better than many players understand that the Council led by the grandmaster with the reputation of a man of principles and honor should be necessary for chessplayers. So it is more painful to realise that your emotions in one moment have gained upper hand over your mind. This is the point, because not a different philosophy of views lies in the basis of your conflict with Salov but, practically speaking, one particular question. We unconditionally shall not become the arbiters in your dispute, we have another super task. By this letter we want to promote the renewal of your cooperation with WPC. If we succeed, it means that grandmasters can play a constructive role in the chess world. Believe us, Mark, men who know Salov from childhood and youth, that there is no need for Valery to degenerate to an « abusive campaign against someone ». The apparent sharpness of Salov is, actually, an original derivative of his literary talent, but it is not an argument based on which someone should break off a relationship. We can say more. We are almost sure that Salov has selected you, Mark, as an opponent among your colleagues, because he exclusively respects you personally. Otherwise Valery would not look for a chance to argue with you, as he is not looking, for example, for a possibility to dispute with Mr. Kasparov.

With best wishes,

GMs K.Aseev, S.Ionov, S.Ivanov, A.Khalifman, V.Loginov and E.Solozhenkin

St.Petersburg, Russia, 27.02.2001

15) Forthcoming Events and Links

National Open Las Vegas

The National Open took place in Las Vegas, March 9th-11th 2001. No games or results available perhaps someone has them.

Internet coverage: http://www.64.com/natlopen/

2nd Internet Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

Dos Hermanas City Council and the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC and EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School) are holding their second Internet Chess tournament. The event will take place on ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and has prizes totalling 4.850 Euros (1st: 1.500 Euros). There will be 12 Swiss System events (two per day) with the winner of each event progressing to the final. If you wish to take part there are further details, rules and entry forms available at: http://www.doshermanas.net

XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament

Michael Rahal reports: the XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament takes place 19th-27th April 2001.The Category XVI event has the following players:

Mikhail Gurevich BEL 2694, Ilya Smirin ISR 2686, Alexei Dreev RUS 2685, Zurab Azmaiparasvili GEO 2670, Ivan Sokolov BIH 2659, Mikhail Krasenkov POL 2658, Zoltan Almasi HUN 2640, Miguel Illescas ESP 2562, Francisco Vallejo ESP 2545 and Teimour Radjabov AZE 2483.

Internet coverage: http://www.doshermanas.net/ and http://www.edami.com/

European Youth Championships

Information on the European Youth Chess Championships (August 30th - September 10th 2001) and F.I.D.E. Congress (September 4th to 10th) is now on-line.

Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.org/

Advantech Tweetallen 2001

The Advantech Tweetallen, Roosendaal Netherlands 2001 tournament takes place on 31st March 2001.

Entry info http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ad_bruijns/advantech.htm

Two Swiss Chess Tour events 2001

Int. Chess Festival Lenk

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" will continue in Lenk with the 13th "Lenkerfof-Open" April 12th-16th 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1941), junior(1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entty fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Lenkerhof"

Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 12,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 13,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 14,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 15,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 16. Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00.

The 10th “Residence-Holiday Open” (under 2000 Elo) Swiss system, 5 rounds, 5 hours for the game.

Natural prizes. Entry fee 100 SF. Venue: Hotel “Residence”.

Time table: Round 1st 14.00-19.00, the other rounds daily 10.00-15.00. Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00.

Open Crans Montana

Next station of the "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" in Crans Montana with the 7th "Open Etrier Crans Montana" April 19th –22nd 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds, (30 moves 90 minutes + 30 minutes til the end) The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1941), junior(1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entty fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel ”Etrier”

Time table: April 19: The last registration 16.00-17.45, Open ceremony 17.45-18.00, Round 1st 18.00-22.00,; April 20th –22nd Rounds 2nd, 4th, 6th 10.00-14.00, Rounds 3rd, 5th, 7th 15.00-19.00.

Closing ceremony April 22nd at 19.30.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06 faf +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Two tournaments in Slovakia

XV Slovan 9 round Swiss Open 2001 28th April - 5th May 2001 in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html

VII Tatry Open 2001 in Tatranské Zruby 29 September - 6 October 2001.

Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html

La Rioja Chess Teams Cup

The 2nd edition of the La Rioja Chess Teams Cup takes place on 11 March 2001.

Internet coverage: http://www.terra.es/personal2/salclub/crioja01In.htm

Hawaii International Chess Festival

Hawaii International Chess Festival returns in 2002 with the first World Families Chess Championships. Pro (2000+), Mixed, and Amateur (all players under 2000). Prizes for all sorts of combinations of family members. Information: hawaii@chessworks.com. Website (coming soon) www.familychess.com.

Bucharest Spring Festival

The Lasker S.R.L. chess club is organising a Spring Festival in Bucharest, Romania 6th-20th April 2001. There will be an IGM event Category 7-9 with 12-16 players.

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

An IGM women's norm event category 7-8 with 12-14 players. Entry fees 250 DM.

IM norm event category 2-4 with 12-16 players.

Entry fees: - <= 2150 -400 DM - 2151 – 2200 -300 DM -2201 – 2250 -250 DM -2251 – 2300 -200 DM -2301 – 2400 -150 DM - >= 2401 -100 DM

Accommodation 100-150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the tournament.

Prizes: declared before the 3rd round.

Addresses in Bucharest: Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess Club: Otetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13.

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

Malahide Millennium Tournament

Malahide Chess Club present the Malahide Millennium Tournament on the weekend of May 5th, 6th & 7th 2001. The venue is St. Sylvester's GAA Club, Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin and there are three events - an Open, an Under 1600 Elo and a Top Team event. The first prize for the Open is £750 and the first prize for U1600 is £350. Total prize fund of over £2,000. To enter contact Vincent Bissett on (00353) 1 8453609 and further detailed information is available at: http://members.tripod.co.uk/MalahideCC.

THE 2nd EUROPEAN OPEN WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Championship will be held from April 21 (day of arrival) till May 5 (day of departure), 2001 in the “Marriott” Hotel, Warsaw, Poland. Full accomodation in the Warsaw's Marriott Hotel only US$ 50 per person per day in the double room and US$60 per day in the single room (the number of sigle rooms is limited).

Tournament is open for all ladies, rated and unrated from Zones 1.1 to 1.9. Entrance fee US$ 30 or US$ 60. The number of players of the federation is not limited, but the nominations must be made by the national chess federations only. Registration until March 15, 2001.

The Swiss system - 11 rounds (one free day on April 28, tie-breaks on May 4). The new time control shall be 40 moves in 75 minutes followed by all moves in 15 minutes. Each player shall receive an extra 30 seconds thinking time prior to the move.

29 players best players will qualify to the 2001 FIDE Women’s World Championship!! Prize fund will be approximately 50.000 DEM. The first prize about 10.000 DEM, 20 money prizes and a lot of trophies. All details and ECU Regulations you can find on

Internet page: http://www.szachista.com.pl

Please contact the Polish Chess Federation

pzszach@atomnet.pl and pzszach@ikp.atm.com.pl

CHESS FESTIVAL "EASTER IN RETHYMNO 2001"

The Union of Cretan Chess Associations announces the Chess Festival under the name "Easter in Rethymno 2001" which will be held at the hotel "LEFKONIKO" in Rethymno, from the 17th to the 21st of April, as well as the participation of the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the World Girl Champion Maria Kouvatsou. This chess festival is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Athletics, the District of Crete, the Prefecture Administration of Rethymno, the Local Union of Municipalities and Communities and the Municipality of Rethymno. The Chess Festival is going to include:

DEMONSTRATION CONTESTS BY THE "LEGENDARY" AN. KARPOV 1st GREEK INTERSCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP (for primary schools) 1st OPEN INTERNATIONAL RAPID TOURNAMENT IN RETHYMNO

On the 20th of April Anatoly Karpov is having a simultané demonstration contest (he is going to compete against more than 20 players at the same time). In the afternoon of both that and the following day he is going to have a match against the World Girl Champion Maria Kouvatsou. The ones interested in taking part in the simultané may get in touch with us either by calling +30977673981 (Maria Vigliraki), or through Fax (+30831-20810) and e-mail (thebest@ret.forthnet.gr).

MARY VIGLIRAKI TEL: +30 831 20810 MOB: +30977 673981

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/essk/enter.html

Odyssey 2001 computer chess tournament

There is a computer chess tournament running as a 15 round Swiss system event. The first round has just been completed. 26 leading chess programs compete. The website has games and commentary.

Website:http://www.rebel.nl/odyssey.htm

3rd Dubai open

The 3rd Dubai Open Chess Championship organised by the Dubai Chess & Culture Club will take place 15th to 26th of April 2001 in Dubai. Players will compete for the Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktum Cup.

Prizes: US$: 1)5000, 2)4500, 3)4000, 4)3000, 5)2500, 6)2000, 7)1500, 8)900, 9)850, 10)750

Invited GM's with ELO rating 2600 and above will be provided with free accomodation in the single room and full board and invited GM's with ELO rating 2550-2599 will be provided with free accomodation in the double room and full board.

Entry is still open. For more information contact:

Dubai Chess & Culture Club
P.O. Box 11354
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel.: +971 (4) 296 66 64
Fax : +971 (4) 296 88 80

Or via E-Mail to: Mr..Mohamed El Husseiny: mhusseiny@dubaichess.com

"Liepajas rokade" GM Rapidplay

Kaspars Migla reports: Liepaja, Latvia organised a GM rapid chess tournament "Liepajas rokade". (Andra Cimina's report on that event appeared in TWIC 301 14th August 2000). This years tournament will be much stronger. It takes place 2nd-5th August. Players: 1. Alexei Shirov (ESP, 2718) 2. Aleksandr Khalifman (RUS, 2690) 3. Ulf Andersson (SWE, 2640) 4. Jaan Ehlvest (EST, 2638) 5. Aleksandr Shabalov (USA, 2609) 6. Edvins Kengis (LAT, 2589) 7. Utut Adianto (INO, 2583) 8. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (POL, 2572) 9. Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU, 2530) 10. Maxim Dlugy (USA, 2531) 11. Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ, 2509) 12. Viktoria Chmilite (LTU, 2433) There will be live coverage: The Internet site for "Liepajas rokade" will be available soon.

There is also an open: GsM and IMs are invited to the "Open" tournament. Entry is still open. Prizes 1) 1000 USD, 2) 500 USD, 3) 300 USD, 4) 200 USD, 5) 100 USD, 6) 50 USD Blitz chess tournament (5 August) prizes total 1000 USD. For more information contact: Aris Ozolins +371-9207601 (mobile) +371-3484128 Cieceres 28-4 Liepaja, Latvia LV-3416 e-mail: ozolins@apollo.lv kurvar@apollo.lv

Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001

The Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001 tournament will be played at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. There are various events:

20-27 may The Olympic YOUNG MASTERS, for this KO system tournament, we are inviting the worlds 8 best junior GM's.(Fide rating of 31/12/2000)

22-27 may The MASTERS OPEN, 9 round swiss system Open, for players with Elo above 2000 points. The tournament meets regulations for GM and IM norms.

24-27 may The GENERAL OPEN, 7 round swiss system Open, for players of all levels with maximum rating of Elo 2150.

For more detailed information and registration, visit our Home-page : http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com

Zone 3.1a

Zone 3.1a will held in Tehran 5th-13th April 2001. The event will be a 9 round swiss system tournament. 100 min for 40 moves 20 min for the rest and 30 second bonus per move. There will be men's and women's events.

The participents are: 1. Bahrein (1 woman and 1 man) 2.Iran (3 women and 4 men) 3.Iraq (2 women and 2 men) 4. Jordan (1 woman and 1 man) 5. Kuwait (1 woman and 1 man) 6. Lebanon (2 women and 2 men) 7. Palestine (1 woman and 1 man) 8. Qatar (2 women and 3 men) 9. Syria (1 woman and 2 man) 10. UAE (1 woman and 1 man) 11. Yeman (1 woman and 1 man) total 16 women and 18 men.

News from Pahlevanzadeh.

Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/zone31a

5th Voronezh International Chess Festival

The 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th - 21st, 2001.

1.Rapid tournament, 10-11.06, 9 rounds swiss, 25 minutes. Entry fee - 120 RR. Prizes in RR 2000/1500/1000. Special prizes.

2.Blitz tournament, 17.06, 11 rounds swiss. Entry fee - 60 RR. Prizes 1000/800/600. Special prizes.

3.Open "A". 12-21.06; 9 rounds swiss; 5 hours. Entry fee in RR: 1500 - without Elo; 1200 - 2001-2100; 1000 -2101-2200; 800 -2201-2250; 600-2251-2300;500 -2301-2350; 400 -2351-2400; 300 -2400-2450. Juniors (1983+), ladies, seniors (1940-) have to pay 50%. Free for GM, IM, 2450+. Prizes in RR : 20000/15000/12000/10000/8000/6000/5000/4000/3000/2000x2/1000x2. Special prizes for juniors, ladies, seniors, players without Elo. A participant may get not more than one prize. Opportunity to qualify for FIDE ratings and norms.

4.Open "B"(Elo<2251). 12-20.06; 9 rounds; 4 hours. Entry fee - 500 RR for rated players, 800 RR for unrated players. Prizes:5000/4000/3000/2000/1500x2/1000x2.Special prizes. 5.Open "C"(for unrated players). 13-20.06; 7 rounds swiss; 3,5 hours. Entry fee 400 RR. Prizes : 3000/2000/1500x2/1000x2/500x3. Special prizes.

Accommodation - from 50 RR per night. (1 USD appr. 30 RR)

Place of the festival: Voronezh Chess Club, Engels str.34, ph.007-0732-551777

Information: Alexander Raetsky, Ostuzheva 22 - 46, 394042 Voronezh, Russia. Fax 007-0732-522951(for A.Raetsky) ph.007-0732-136076(20.00-22.00) e-mail: alex.raetsky@usa.net

Website: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

Anand Interview

Viswanathan Anand has made it clear that any possible title match with Vladimir Kramnik will only be with the permission of FIDE. See the new interview in the Times of India.

Internet site: http://www.timesofindia.com/today/22spor3.htm

Salou Tournaments

The "Torrevella Chess Club" in Salou, Spain is planning to organise 4 events during this year.

Each event will have a minimum of 3 tournaments with chances to make GM and IM norms as well as getting an Elo rating. Salou is a city 100km south of Barcelona. The first of these events will take place 7th-18th May 2001. Further details: prizes, accomodation, entry fees, etc. about these tournaments can be found on the web page: http://home2.worldonline.es/ortumsal

Dortmund 2001

The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001 will have Anand and Kramnik as the stars of the event. The event which is also the 29th International Dortmund Chess Days will be held July 12th-22nd in Dortmund Opera House (1200 seats for spectators). 6 players from the top ten will be invited for the double round robin event they will include Kramnik and Anand the event will be Category 20 or 21. An announcement will be made in May of the full field. Alongside the super-tournament will be a computer match with a top player, other matches and an Open with 300 participants. Internet coverage will be by http://www.chessgate.de

Further details: http://teleschach.de/dortmund-2001/

Colombian Chess Magazine

There is a new magazine for Colombian chess players. The pages are those of Fide Master Juan Minaya whose the address is: http://www.gimnasio-moderno.edu.co/ajedrezgm/indexaj.htm. Subjects include: Chess as an educational help Activities of the Colombian Chess Federation and its leagues. Information, tournaments, achievements, Elo, etc. Up date information both local and international. Local and international anecdotes. Chess problems for all levels, tests, etc. Preferred links.

Hungarian Events

Chess tournaments in the near future in Hungary and in Yugoslavia: March-April-June 2001...

1. 3rd-16th of March, FIRST SATURDAY IM-FM tournaments, Budapest (HUN), org.Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu

2. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival 9 rounds Swiss Open, org.NL

3. 7th-19th of April FS GM-IM-FM tournaments, Budapest, org: NL

4. 21st of April - 3rd of May THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM tournaments, Belgrade, (YUG) /only 7 hours by train from Budapest, org: NL.

5. 5th-17th of May FS IM-FM tournaments, Budapest, org.NL,

6. 21st of May - 2nd of June ELEKES memorial GM-IM-event, organizer IM Zsinka,mobile phone: (36)-20-921-9197

7. 2nd-14th of June FS GM-IM-FM events, Budapest, org: NL.

8. 16th-28th of June THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM events in Belgrade.Org.NL.

Cuban Conference on sport including chess

In April 2001 Cuba are going to hold an International Conference about Physical Education and High Level Sports and Chess will be included.

Full details: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/

North Sea Cup

The Esbjerg Chess Union stages a 16 edition of its North Sea Cup at Esbjerg Denmark July 6-14 2001. The tournament will again be a 10 player round-robin, at least category 12 is expected. Website address to follow.

Pakistan Chess Player

There is a new website in Pakistan called "Pakistan Chess Player" to promote chess in that region.

Website: http://pakchess.cjb.net

Interesting Links

I came across an interesting interview Kramnik gave in May 1999. It is called "Where have all the chess fans gone?" There seem to be elections in Kalmykia here is an article about that "Liberals accuse authorities" both come from the site: http://www.russiajournal.com/

You can see the results of the deliberations of the FIDE Problem Commission meeting last year which looked at the years 1995, 1996 and 1997. You can find them at: http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/pccc/studies.htm

Gambito Magazine

The Spanish Chess Magazine "Gambito" has a new website, editor Alfonso Romero. Info David Llada.

Internet site: http://www.revistagambito.com/

Rebel Century 3 vs The Web

A match between Rebel Century 3 against the Web is underway.

Internet coverage: http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/rebel.html

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

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.

Internet coverage 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. Boris Gulko (replaces Yasser Seirawan who doesn't want to play in a FIDE event) USA 2622
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