THE WEEK IN CHESS 334 2nd April 2001 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Richard Furness, Michael Rahal, Axel Fritz,
Aydin Saray, Rumen Angelov, Pahlevanzadeh, Andrzej Sykula, Radu Chirila,
José Mariano Acosta, Hans Olav Lahlum, Rumen Angelov, Mikhail Golubev
and all those who helped with this issue.
Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik shared first place in the Amber
tournament, this in particular is a welcome return for Topalov who has had some
indifferent tournaments in recent years. Boris Gelfand's first equal with
Kramnik in the rapidplay was also an interesting result. Gelfand often performs
well in tournaments yet is hardly invited anywhere. On the FIDE front they
plough ahead with their reforms. The new time rate for FIDE events and an
introduction of a rating floor of 1000 which considering the state of the
rating system at the moment with its known flaws could very well wreck the
rating system completely. They should be fixing the bugs. Also can a player
rated 1200 be truly an International player? If people are critical of FIDE and
its policies its because their decisions seem guaranteed to make the game less
popular not more so and with a number of the larger Federations starting to
oppose these moves their mandate to make such changes must seriously be in
question (leaving aside the question as to whether it should be the Federations
rather than the players that really should be making these decisions). We seem
to be heading in the direction of lots of chess of only moderate quality, there
should be room for chess under the best conditions and of the highest quality,
a significant number of chess fans look forward to this most of all and over
the years this has also proved the most effective in terms of publicity for the
game.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "Tenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" took place 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 was Rounds 1-4 17-20 March, Rounds 5-8 22nd-25th
March, Rounds 9-11 27th-29th March. Rest days March 21st and 26th.
Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik shared first place in the final
over all standings. Gelfand and Kramnik finished 1st= in the rapid event with
7.5/11. Topalov won the blindfold event.
Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber
Round 9 (March 27, 2001)
Gelfand, Boris - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 49 A42 Modern Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 30 B33 Sicilian Defence
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 45 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Karpov, Anatoly - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 38 E32 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 43 D71 Gruenfeld Defence (3.g3)
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 63 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 10 (March 28, 2001)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 76 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 58 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 39 D37 Queen's Gambit: 5.Bf4
Shirov, Alexei - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 0-1 57 B49 Sicilian Paulsen Variation
Almasi, Zoltan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 17 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 11 (March 29, 2001)
Gelfand, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 54 E04 Catalan System
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 19 C11 French Defence
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 64 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 25 D36 QGD: Exchange Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 79 C45 Scotch Game
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 26 D58 QGD: Tartakover's Defence
Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2001 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 7.5 2830
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2825
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 = = * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2799
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2755
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 = = 0 = 5.5 2694
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 = = 0 = 0 * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2700
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 0 0 1 = 0 = * = = 1 0 1 5.0 2669
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2661
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 0 = = = = = = 0 * 0 = 1 4.5 2634
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 1 0 4.5 2632
11 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 = = 0 = 1 0 1 0 = 0 * 0 4.0 2602
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2566 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 3.5 2578
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Round 9 (March 27, 2001)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 C10 French Rubinstein Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 27 E92 King's Indian Classical System
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1-0 62 C88 Ruy Lopez (Closed System)
Piket, Jeroen - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 27 E23 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qb3)
Almasi, Zoltan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 22 B12 Caro Kann (Advance Variation)
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 37 E12 Queen's Indian Petrosian System
Round 10 (March 28, 2001)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 24 D56 QGD: Lasker's Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 28 D16 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 64 C78 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 54 E04 Catalan System
Gelfand, Boris - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 20 A14 Reti Opening
Round 11 (March 29, 2001)
Topalov, Veselin - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 41 E15 Queen's Indian Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 44 D85 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line)
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 C10 French Rubinstein Variation
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 31 E32 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Almasi, Zoltan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 50 C42 Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 52 E12 Queen's Indian Defence
Amber Blindfold Monaco MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2001 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 * 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2872
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2825
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 = = * = 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2792
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 = 0 = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2799
5 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2566 = 0 1 = * = 0 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2747
6 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 = = = = 5.5 2705
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 0 = = 0 1 0 * 1 1 = = = 5.5 2694
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 * 1 1 = = 5.5 2704
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 = = = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 0 4.0 2595
10 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = * = = 3.5 2567
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2564
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 * 3.0 2524
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Amber Combined Monaco MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2001 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 ** =1 1= 1= == =1 0= == 11 == 11 =1 15.0 2830
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 =0 ** == 11 =1 == 1= 11 =1 1= == =1 15.0 2825
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 0= == ** == =1 1= =1 10 == 1= =1 =1 13.5 2770
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 0= 00 == ** =1 =1 01 0= 10 == =1 11 11.5 2711
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 == =0 =0 =0 ** 1= 1= 10 == =0 == 11 11.0 2697
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 =0 == 0= =0 0= ** 10 =1 01 11 1= == 11.0 2694
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 1= 0= =0 10 0= 01 ** 1= 01 == == == 10.5 2691
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2566 == 00 01 1= 01 =0 0= ** 10 =1 0= 01 9.5 2661
9 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 00 =0 == 01 == 10 10 01 ** 01 01 == 9.5 2654
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 == 0= 0= == =1 00 == =0 10 ** == 10 9.0 2632
11 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 00 == =0 =0 == 0= == 1= 10 == ** == 9.0 2635
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 =0 =0 =0 00 00 == == 10 == 01 == ** 7.5 2582
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Oakham school is the venue for a cat. VII (2407) GM tournament March
29th- April 6th 2001. Irina Krush has started with 4.5/5. My thanks to Richard
Furness.
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It Oakham ENG (ENG), 29 iii-6 iv 2001 cat. VII (2407)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Krush, Irina m USA 2380 * . 1 . 1 = 1 . . 1 4.5 2808
2. Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2455 . * = = . = . 1 . 1 3.5 2564
3. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2403 0 = * . = . = . 1 . 2.5 2399
4. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2299 . = . * = 0 = 1 . . 2.5 2453
5. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2505 0 . = = * . = . 1 . 2.5 2348
6. Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2496 = = . 1 . * . 0 0 . 2.0 2300
7. Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2372 0 . = = = . * . . = 2.0 2333
8. McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2439 . 0 . 0 . 1 . * = = 2.0 2323
9. Bluvshtein, Mark CAN 2287 . . 0 . 0 1 . = * = 2.0 2384
10. Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2438 0 0 . . . . = = = * 1.5 2237
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The FIDE rating list for April is due out in the next few days. A FIDE
Communique, interestingly in the section about FIDE Commerce says there will be
a "reduction of the rating floor to 1000 elo points" which is plainly about
increasing income not anything else. The current ELO system needs fixing from
well known manipulation and this may be the death nell for it as any kind of
measure of chess strength. Over the years there have been many calls for an
international rating system to be administered independently and openly using
the Internet, perhaps this is the time for such discussions to start seriously.
There was confirmation that 40 moves in 75 minutes, 15 minutes for the
remainder of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1 is
mandatory for all FIDE events and optional for other events.
See the press release at: http://www.fide.com/ dated 29th March 2001.
Comments from the Scandinavian federations:
The European Chess Union All European Chess Federations
OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIORS (AND
YOUTHS) 2001
As the responsibles for International Youth Championships within our
Scandinavian Chess Federations, we have received prelimenary information about
the 2001 European Championships for juniors (Patras, 15.-28.07) and youths
(Kallithea, 30.08-10.09). We are of course thankful to receive this information
so early, and it generally appears very trustworthy. The Greek federation has
proven itself to be an excellent organizer during the later years, and so the
European Championships of this year should be very attractive for our best
young players - even compared to their respective World Championships of FIDE.
Regarding the time limits, we are however surprised as well as
dissatisfied with the information received so far. Regarding the Junior
Championships, a new and reduced time limit on 75 minutes on 40 moves and the
15 minutes for the remainder of the game with an incremental 30 seconds per
move is introduced. Regarding the Youth Championship no time limits are
presented yet, but the late schedule (rounds starting at 15.30) indicates that
they are intended to be reduced here too. According to the latest available
ECU-Manual the time limits of the Junior championship is 2 hours in 40 moves, 1
hour in 20 moves and 1/2 hour for the rest of the game, and for the Youth
Championship 2 hours in 40 moves and 1 hour for the rest of the game. We cannot
see any reason to reduce this any further just to comply with the FIDE
presidential Board recommendation. Our federations and a lot of other Europeans
have delivered or are about to deliver protests against this recommendation,
while as far as we know no European federation has expressed any kind of
positive support for it. According to the title regulations given by the
FIDE-congress in Istanbul the new time limits actually are not accepted for
title tournaments, and many national rating systems do not accept those time
limits (or eventually values them very low). As both championships got only
single rounds, shortened time limits hardly offers any practical advantages
related to the playing schedule. Most participants will then probably play
chess for an average of something like 2-3 hours a day instead of 3-4 hours,
and we cannot see why that should be any kind of improvement neither for the
future of the players or for the future of chess. Any argument related to
making the games more attractive for onlookers can hardly be presented for the
two championships mentioned here, as hardly any onlookers are allowed to follow
the games and hardly any of the games are presented live at internet. Finally
the European Championships seems having become just more popular during the
later years, so why should we change the obviously popular concept used then?
In short : We ask all other European federations to clearify their
views regarding the very important question about the future time limits of the
European Championships. Unless reactions then behind all doubt support reduced
time limits, we ask the organizer in agreement with ECU to change the time
limits of the European Junior Championship (and to clearify the time limits of
the European Youth Championship) into the regular ones used last year.
Otherwise less time obviously means less chess of less quality for the
participants, and we then seriously fear that the result naturally becomes less
participants. At least among our young stars (to the extent in which we got any
on this level!), the tendency clearly seems to be that fewer players are
interested to travel abroad 10-14 days and spend a lot of money if having to
play with reduced time limits. We do not want such an outcome for the European
Championships, and it obviously should make the championship less attractive
for ECU and the organizer too - not even to mention the sponsors.
Yours Sincerly Per Andreasen (Denmark) Mats Eriksson (Sweden) Hans Olav
Lahlum (Norway)
The 58th Polish Chess Championships in Warsaw took place March 17-31,
2001. Robert Kempinski and Michal Krasenkow both finished with 8.5/13, I'm
unclear whether there will be a playoff. My thanks to Bartlomiej Macieja for
the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.plusgsm.pl/szachy/index.html
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58th ch-POL Warsaw POL (POL), 18-31 iii 2001 cat. XI (2503)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2543 * = 0 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2610
2. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2658 = * = = = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.5 2601
3. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2432 1 = * = = 1 1 = 0 = = = = 1 8.0 2595
4. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2595 0 = = * = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 7.5 2553
5. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2543 0 = = = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2557
6. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2557 = 0 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2556
7. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2477 = 1 0 0 = = * = = = = = = 1 6.5 2505
8. Blehm, Pawel m POL 2512 = = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 0 1 6.5 2502
9. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2578 = 0 1 = = = = 0 * = = 0 1 1 6.5 2497
10. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2489 = = = = = = = = = * = = 0 = 6.0 2475
11. Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2499 0 = = = = 0 = = = = * 1 = 0 5.5 2446
12. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2429 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 1 = 5.0 2422
13. Bartel, Mateusz POL 2392 0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 0 1 = 0 * 0 4.0 2371
14. Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2344 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * 3.5 2340
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The 12th and 13th rounds of the Bundesliga were played over the weekend
of March 31st-April 1st 2001. A strong Lübeck side stayed on course for
the title with two wins with a team headed by Shirov and Bereev.
The games from Gelsenkirchen and Godesberg from rounds 12-13 are now
available (four games from the round 13 match at Godesberg SFR Neukölln
6½-1½ Godesberger SK are missing those of 1 Movsesian vs. Dautov,
Brynell vs. Langheinrich, Polzin vs Seger and Poldauf vs Heinbuch).
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 12 31st March 2001
Venue: Bremen
USC Magdeburg 5½-2½ Baiertal Schatt
2 Onischuk ½ : ½ Schlindwein 1
3 Rogozenko 1 : 0 Doettling 2
4 Slobodjan ½ : ½ Berg 3
6 Thesing 1 : 0 Buhmann 4
7 Georgiev 1 : 0 Duppel 6
8 Proehl ½ : ½ Meissner 7
9 Markgraf ½ : ½ Koch 8
14 Studeny ½ : ½ Balzar 9
SV Werder Bremen 5½-2½ Schott Mainz
1 Hracek 1 : 0 Balcerak 1
2 Babula + : - Kosten 2
3 Schandorff ½ : ½ Cicak 3
4 McShane 1 : 0 Vogler 5
5 Knaak ½ : ½ Wornath 6
6 Pelletier 1 : 0 Bewersdorff 8
7 Joachim 0 : 1 Grafl 10
9 Heissler ½ : ½ Muraniy 11
Venue: Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen 2½-5½ SK König Plauen
1 Feigin 0 : 1 Beliavsky 1
2 Kishnev ½ : ½ Bischoff 2
3 Kalka 0 : 1 Boensch 4
4 Kotter 0 : 1 Kindermann 5
5 Meessen 1 : 0 Schaller 8
6 Baumhus 1 : 0 Sandner 9
7 Ahn 0 : 1 Hackel 10
9 Schirbel 0 : 1 Haskamp 13
Solinger SG 4½-3½ TV Tegernsee
1 Morozevich ½ : ½ Khenkin 1
2 Kasimdzhanov 1 : 0 Hertneck 4
4 Jussupow ½ : ½ Beim 5
6 Huebner 0 : 1 Teske 7
8 Emms 0 : 1 Gross 8
10 Lobron 1 : 0 Kachiani-Ger 9
13 Naumann ½ : ½ Pezerovic 10
14 Schaefer 1 : 0 Bromberger 12
Venue: Godesberg
Godesberger SK 4½-3½ König Tegel
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Rabiega 1
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Muse 2
5 Kveinys 1 : 0 Paulsen 3
6 Langheinrich 1 : 0 Lipinsky 4
7 Jackelen 1 : 0 Von Herman 5
8 Seger ½ : ½ Pachow 7
9 Schmidt 0 : 1 Giemsa 9
12 Heinbuch 0 : 1 Lorenz 10
SG Köln Porz 6 - 2 SFR Neukölln
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Movsesian 1
2 Khalifman 1 : 0 Stohl 2
3 Van Wely 1 : 0 Bunzmann 4
4 Timman 1 : 0 Brynell 6
6 Vaganian ½ : ½ Borriss 7
8 Hansen 1 : 0 Hellsten 9
10 Graf 0 : 1 Poldauf 10
12 Nijboer 1 : 0 Rudolf 11
Venue: Castrop Rauxel
Castrop Rauxel 3½-4½ Hamburger SK
1 Van der Ster 0 : 1 Ftacnik 1
2 Rozentalis 1 : 0 Hansen 4
3 Rogers 1 : 0 Wahls 5
4 King ½ : ½ Mueller 6
6 Seul 0 : 1 Gustafsson 7
7 Watson 0 : 1 Heinemann 8
8 Appel ½ : ½ Reeh 10
12 Hennig ½ : ½ Sebastian 14
SV Wattenscheid 2 - 6 Lübecker SV
2 Nielsen 0 : 1 Shirov 1
4 Hall 0 : 1 Bareev 3
5 Handke ½ : ½ Epishin 5
6 Holzke 1 : 0 Hodgson 6
10 Straeter ½ : ½ Agdestein 7
11 Franke 0 : 1 Hansen 10
12 Blecken 0 : 1 Hector 11
14 Lauzeningks 0 : 1 Mortensen 12
Runde 13 1st April 2001
Venue: Bremen
Baiertal Schatt 3 - 5 SV Werder Bremen
1 Schlindwein ½ : ½ Hracek 1
2 Doettling ½ : ½ Babula 2
3 Berg 0 : 1 Schandorff 3
4 Buhmann 1 : 0 McShane 4
6 Duppel 0 : 1 Knaak 5
7 Meissner 1 : 0 Pelletier 6
8 Koch 0 : 1 Joachim 7
9 Balzar 0 : 1 Heissler 9
Schott Mainz ½ -7½ USC Magdeburg
1 Balcerak 0 : 1 Onischuk 2
3 Cicak 0 : 1 Rogozenko 3
4 Lisanti 0 : 1 Slobodjan 4
5 Vogler 0 : 1 Thesing 6
6 Wornath 0 : 1 Georgiev 7
8 Bewersdorff 0 : 1 Proehl 8
10 Grafl 0 : 1 Markgraf 9
11 Muraniy ½ : ½ Studeny 14
Venue: Gelsenkirchen
SK König Plauen 2 - 6 Solinger SG
1 Beliavsky 1 : 0 Morozevich 1
2 Bischoff 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov 2
4 Boensch 0 : 1 Jussupow 4
5 Kindermann ½ : ½ Huebner 6
8 Schaller 0 : 1 Emms 8
9 Sandner 0 : 1 Lobron 10
10 Hackel 0 : 1 Naumann 13
13 Haskamp ½ : ½ Schaefer 14
TV Tegernsee 4½-3½ Gelsenkirchen
1 Khenkin ½ : ½ Feigin 1
4 Hertneck ½ : ½ Kishnev 2
5 Beim ½ : ½ Kalka 3
7 Teske 1 : 0 Kotter 4
8 Gross 0 : 1 Meessen 5
9 Kachiani-Ger ½ : ½ Ahn 7
10 Pezerovic ½ : ½ Hille 10
12 Bromberger 1 : 0 Wiechen 14
Venue: Godesberg
König Tegel 1½-6½ SG Köln Porz
1 Rabiega ½ : ½ Lutz 1
2 Muse 0 : 1 Khalifman 2
3 Paulsen 0 : 1 Van Wely 3
4 Lipinsky 0 : 1 Timman 4
5 Von Herman 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
7 Pachow 0 : 1 Hansen 8
9 Giemsa 0 : 1 Graf 10
10 Lorenz 1 : 0 Nijboer 12
SFR Neukölln 6½-1½ Godesberger SK
1 Movsesian 1 : 0 Dautov 1
2 Stohl 0 : 1 Kengis 3
4 Bunzmann 1 : 0 Kveinys 5
6 Brynell 1 : 0 Langheinrich 6
7 Borriss ½ : ½ Jackelen 7
8 Polzin 1 : 0 Seger 8
9 Hellsten 1 : 0 Schmidt 9
10 Poldauf 1 : 0 Heinbuch 12
Venue: Castrop Rauxel
Hamburger SK 5½-2½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Nielsen 2
4 Hansen 1 : 0 Hall 4
5 Wahls 1 : 0 Handke 5
6 Mueller ½ : ½ Holzke 6
7 Gustafsson ½ : ½ Straeter 10
8 Heinemann ½ : ½ Franke 11
10 Reeh ½ : ½ Blecken 12
14 Sebastian 1 : 0 Lauzeningks 14
Lübecker SV 5½-2½ Castrop Rauxel
1 Shirov ½ : ½ Van der Ster 1
3 Bareev 1 : 0 Rozentalis 2
5 Epishin ½ : ½ Rogers 3
6 Hodgson 1 : 0 King 4
7 Agdestein 1 : 0 Seul 6
10 Hansen ½ : ½ Watson 7
11 Hector 0 : 1 Appel 8
12 Mortensen 1 : 0 Hennig 12
Table after round 13
1. Lübecker SV 13 71 :33 26- 0
2. SG Köln Porz 13 72 :32 23- 3
3. Solinger SG 13 70 :34 19- 7
4. SV Werder Bremen 13 58 :46 19- 7
5. USC Magdeburg 13 57½:46½ 16-10
6. Hamburger SK 13 57½:46½ 16-10
7. TV Tegernsee 13 57½:46½ 16-10
8. Godesberger SK 13 53½:50½ 15-11
9. SFR Neukölln 13 51½:52½ 13-13
10. SK König Plauen 13 52½:51½ 12-14
11. SV Wattenscheid 13 47 :57 11-15
12. Castrop Rauxel 13 47 :57 9-17
13. Schott Mainz 13 33 :71 5-21
14. Baiertal Schatt 13 42 :62 4-22
15. König Tegel 13 31½:72½ 3-23
16. Gelsenkirchen 13 30½:73½ 1-25
22nd Bled Chess Festival took place March 24th - April 1st 2001. Evgeny
Sveshnikov took clear first place with 7.5/9 including a key final round win
against second placed Valerij Filippov. He was half a point clear of six
players on 7/9. My thanks to Ales Drinovec for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/
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Open Bled SLO (SLO), 24 iii-1 iv 2001
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1 Sveshnikov,Evgeny GM RUS 2561 7.5 54.0 42.5 1
2 Filippov,Valerij GM RUS 2619 7.0 54.5 44.0 2
3 Sermek,Drazen GM SLO 2515 7.0 55.5 43.5 3
4 Atalik,Suat GM BIH 2543 7.0 51.0 39.5 4
5 Rogulj,Branko IM CRO 2437 7.0 49.0 39.5 5
6 Malakhov,Vladimir GM RUS 2623 7.0 48.5 39.0 6
7 Loncar,Robert IM CRO 2406 7.0 48.0 37.5 7
8 Wells,Peter K. GM ENG 2522 6.5 52.5 42.0 8
9 Fercec,Nenad IM CRO 2450 6.5 50.5 38.5 9
10 Soln,Primoz IM SLO 2399 6.5 48.5 38.0 10
11 Jeric,Simon IM SLO 2332 6.5 37.0 28.0 11
12 Zelcic,Robert GM CRO 2500 6.0 53.5 42.0 12
13 Kozul,Zdenko GM CRO 2594 6.0 52.5 41.0 13
14 Breder,Dennis MK GER 2383 6.0 51.5 40.0 14
15 Tratar,Marko IM SLO 2435 6.0 47.5 37.5 15
16 Nakamura,Hikaru FM USA 2364 6.0 46.5 36.0 16
17 Barle,Janez IM SLO 2383 6.0 45.5 35.0 17
18 Fucak,Emilijo FM CRO 2353 6.0 45.0 34.5 18
19 Furlan,Miha FM SLO 2326 6.0 43.0 32.5 19
20 Podlesnik,Bogdan IM SLO 2407 6.0 42.5 32.5 20
21 Jovanic,Ognjen FM CRO 2361 5.5 53.0 41.0 21
22 Orel,Oskar FM SLO 2305 5.5 46.5 36.0 22
23 Kos,Toni FM SLO 2402 5.5 46.5 35.5 23
24 Kragelj,Igor FM SLO 2264 5.5 45.5 35.0 24
25 Grilc,Andrej MK SLO 2044 5.5 42.0 34.0 25
26 Vavpetic,Vid MK SLO 2269 5.5 43.5 33.0 26
27 Ilic,Slobodan YUG 2200 5.5 43.0 33.0 27
28 Srebrnic,Marko MK SLO 2177 5.5 41.0 32.5 28
29 Illijin,Nebojsa IM ROM 2272 5.5 41.5 32.0 29
30 Jukic,Branimir IM CRO 2386 5.5 40.5 32.0 30
31 Meier,Volker FM GER 2295 5.5 40.5 31.5 31
32 Schumi,Manfred MK AUT 2233 5.5 40.5 30.5 32
33 Asylguzhin,Radik MK RUS 2354 5.5 38.0 30.0 33
34 Sitnik,Igor M SLO 2277 5.0 50.5 39.5 34
35 Caoili,Arianne FM PHI 2132 5.0 48.5 38.5 35
36 Philipowski,Robert MK GER 2255 5.0 48.5 38.0 36
37 Hanko,Pavol MK SVK 2234 5.0 48.0 37.5 37
38 Dobrotka,Martin MK SVK 2183 5.0 45.5 37.0 38
39 Kodric,Martin MK SLO 2248 5.0 46.0 35.5 39
40 Krivec,Jana WFM SLO 2219 5.0 44.5 34.5 40
41 Kozamernik,Janez MK SLO 2161 5.0 41.0 33.5 41
42 Podkriznik,Gregor FM SLO 2342 5.0 42.5 33.0 42
43 Mazi,Leon IM SLO 2397 5.0 43.0 32.5 43
44 Srebrnic,Vojko MK SLO 2242 5.0 42.5 32.0 44
45 Gombac,Jan MK SLO 2206 5.0 41.5 32.0 45
46 Novak,Jernej I SLO 2112 5.0 40.0 32.0 46
47 Lenic,Luka I SLO 2098 5.0 41.0 31.5 47
48 Rodman,Franc MK SLO 5.0 38.5 30.0 48
49 Djurkovic,Maks MK SLO 2140 5.0 37.5 29.0 49
50 Sveshnikov,Vladimir MK LAT 5.0 36.0 28.0 50
51 Pazlar,Marko MK SLO 5.0 34.5 27.0 51
121 players
Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 30th to April 7th.
3.572 entries, among them 43 GM, half-way through the event.
IM Michael Rahal EDAMI (Barcelona) reports:
Last year, when the first edition of the Chess Internet Tournament
"Ciudad de Dos Hermana" ended, the global participation figures of the event
seemed very difficult to improve: 1.374 entries, 782 “on-the-board”
players (eliminating the typical Internet first round forfeits), 62 represented
countries, and 21 GM / 31 IM’s. Excellent statistics taking into account
that it was the first event.
I would have thought that for the second edition, 10-15% more entries
would be more than satisfactory. My surprise came when I checked out the last
minute numbers this morning: halfway through the 12 qualifiers, there are 3.572
entries!!! If we take away the 40/45% first round forfeits in each qualifier,
we are still talking about doubling last years figures, which is excellent
news. 43 GM and 79 IM’s are playing, most of them in more than one
qualifier!
Here follows a brief résumé of the 6 first qualifiers.
There are 12 qualifying tournaments (2 swisses each day) from the 30th of March
to the 4th of April; then a rest day, and the finals are played the 6th and 7th
of April (32 qualifiers KO, the 12 winners and the best 20 scores). Entry for
the next 6 qualifiers is still open at www.doshermanas.net where you can also
see the complete classifications grid’s of the event.
1st Qualifier (S 30 A): Friday, March 30th
273 players, 7 round Swiss
1º GM Levon Aronian (Armenia) 7 (Qual.)
2º GM Aleksander Rustemov (Russia) 7 (Qual.)
3º GM Boris Avrukh (Israel) 6.5
4º GM Andrei Schekachev (France) 6.5
5º GM James Plaskett (England) 6.0
2nd Qualifier (S 30 B): Friday, March 30th
89 players, 7 round swiss
1º GM Aleksander Kochyev (Russia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º GM Andrei Schekachev (France) 6.5
3º IM Genrich Chepukaitis (Russia) 5.5
4º GM Alexei Lugovoi (Russia) 5.5
5º IM Rodrigo Vasquez (Chile)) 5.5
3rd Qualifier (S 31 A): Saturday, March 31st
218 players, 7 round swiss
1º GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º IM Arkadi Shevelev (Israel) 6.5
3º IM Genrich Chepukaitis (Russia) 6.5
4º GM Alexei Lugovoi (Russia) 6.0
5º IM Daniel Fridman (Latvia)) 6.0
4th Qualifier (S 31 B): Saturday, March 31st
118 players, 7 round swiss
1º GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (USA) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º IM Nikolay Vlassov (Russia) 6.0
3º Manuel Rodriguez (R.Dom) 6.0
4º Juan Masco (Argentina) 5.5
5º MF Carlos Ferron (Spain) 5.5
5th Qualifier (S 01 A): Sunday, April 1st
233 players, 7 round swiss
1º GM Sergei Volkov (Russia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º GM Maxim Dlugy (USA) 6.5
3º GM Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands) 6.0
4º IM Roman Sergeev (Estonia) 6.0
5º GM Alexei Dreev (Russia) 6.0
6th Qualifier (S 01 B): Sunday, April 1st
134 players, 7 round swiss
1º IM Andrei Rychagov (Russia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º IM Diego Adla (Spain) 6.5
3º GM Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina) 6.5
4º IM Michael Oratovsky (Israel) 6.0
5º GM Igor Glek (Alemania) 6.0
The 49th Bulgarian Women's Championships took place 20th-30th March
2001 in Plovdiv. Maria Velcheva won the title. No games so far. My thanks to
Rumen Angelov for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessbg.com
1 Velcheva, Maria BUL 2273 wgm 8.5 40.50
2 Georgieva, Ljubka BUL 2144 8.0 41.50
3 Voiska, Margarita BUL 2320 wgm 8.0 38.25
4 Genova, Ruska BUL 2206 wim 8.0 37.00
5 Chilingirova, Pavlina BUL 2236 wim 7.5 31.00
6 Djingarova, Emilia BUL 2242 wim 6.0 26.50
7 Draganova, Petranka BUL 2040 5.5 19.50
8 Ilieva, Hristinka BUL 2190 4.0 17.75
9 Plachkinova, Tatjana BUL 2211 4.0 13.00
10 Jordanova, Svetla BUL 2158 3.5 11.00
11 Andreeva, Maria BUL 2218 1.5 9.00
12 Doncheva, Marinela BUL 2085 1.5 5.50
10 of the best Iranian chess players competed for 3 places in the Asian
Championships (Ghaem Maghami was already qualified for the event which takes
place in India in June. The qualifier took place 25th-30th March 2001. The
Asian zone 3.1a follows the event 6th-17th April. My thanks to
Pahlevanzadeh.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/asiacand.htm
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Asian Candidates Tehran IRI (IRI), 25-29 iii 2001 cat. III (2313)
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1. Mahjoob, Morteza IRI 2336 * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2530
2. Ghorbani, Mohsen m IRI 2315 = * = 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2437
3. Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2303 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2439
4. Roghani, Arash IRI 2210 1 0 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2404
5. Darban, M IRI 2302 0 1 0 1 * = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2357
6. Alavi, Sayed Javad IRI 2291 0 1 = 0 = * 1 = = = 4.5 2315
7. Mallahi, Amir f IRI 2382 = 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 = = 4.5 2305
8. Ghane, Shojaat IRI 2368 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2226
9. Aryanejad, Hossein f IRI 2290 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.0 2095
10. Abbasifar, Hasan IRI 2333 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.0 1959
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Teimour Radjabov has been awarded the GM title by FIDE. Further details
as to how old he was when he qualified for the title are awaited, it isn't a
record but at 14 years old he is very young. Radjabov has just finished a
tournament in Alushta in the Ukraine where he finished 1st=. That event took
place 8th-18th March 2001. My thanks to Mikhail Golubev for the table.
Further details at: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu01mar.htm
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Spring Alushta UKR (UKR), 8-18 iii 2001 cat. VIII (2430)
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1. Goloshchapov, Alexander UKR 2528 g # = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
2. Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2483 m = # = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
3. Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2485 m = = # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
4. Varavin, Viktor RUS 2445 g = = = # 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5
5. Alexandrova, Olga UKR 2425 wg = = = 1 # = 0 = = 0 1 1 6.0
6. Smirnov, Igor UKR 2331 0 = = 0 = # = = = = = 1 5.0
7. Rogovski, Vladimir UKR 2446 m = 0 0 = 1 = # = 0 0 1 1 5.0
8. Murashko, Vyacheslav UKR 2386 m 0 0 0 0 = = = # 1 1 1 0 4.5
9. Onoprienko, Vladimir RUS 2328 f 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 # 1 = = 4.0
10. Losev, Dmitry RUS 2396 m 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 # 0 1 3.5
11. Piankov, Evgenij UKR 2370 m 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 # 1 3.0
12. Arbakov, Valentin RUS 2483 g 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 # 2.0
Radu-Catalin Chirila reports on the Romanian Team Championships which
took place in Sovata 21st-25th March 2001. The results and games from the first
three rounds are available. There are 10 players in each team, 6 open places,
one under 20 player, three women including one under 20.
1st Round
CS Dinamo Brasov - AS RAT Bucuresti 3 - 7
1. Badea Bela GM-2460 - Marin Mihail GM-2604 1/2
2. Negulescu Adrian GM-2510 - Iordachescu Viorel GM-2578 1-0
3. Sofronie Iulian IM-2399 - Motylev Alexander GM-2570 1/2
4. Moldovan Daniel IM-2432 - Rogozenko Dorian GM-2527 1/2
5. Dumitrache Dragos IM-2425 - Ionescu Constantin GM-2504 1/2
6. Moraru Marius IM-2297 - Vajda Levente IM-2454 0-1
7. Schmidt Raul -2000 - Manolache Marius FM-2418 0-1
8. Sassu Andreea wIM-2244 - Foisor Cristina wGM-2418 0-1
9. Apostoae Liliana -2180 - Ionescu Irina wIM-2330 0-1
10. Munteanu Denisa -2005 - Calotescu Cristina wFM-2206 0-1
AS Victoria Techirghiol - CS Deva 4 - 6
1. Golubev Mikhail GM-2523 - Volkov Serghei GM-2564 0-1
2. Itkis Boris IM-2416 - Nanu Ciprian IM-2418 1/2
3. Florescu Codrut IM-2332 - Foisor Ovidiu IM-2409 0-1
4. Raceanu Valentin -2379 - Popescu Daniel IM-2356 1/2
5. Manea Alexandru -2301 - Ambrus Endre -2376 1/2
6. Parligras Cosmin -2270 - Heghedus Iulius FM-2325 0-1
7. Vioreanu Bogdan -2315 - Sebe Florin -2297 1/2
8. Sheremetieva M wIM-2330 - Shadrina Tatiana wGM-2330 0-1
9. Voicu Carmen wFM-2162 - Dragomirescu A IM-2284 1-0
10. Pomarleanu Dana -2080 - Kovacs Ondina -2000 1-0
AS AEM Luxten Timisoara - AS Venus RGA Bucuresti 5 - 5
1. Romanisin Oleg GM-2556 - Istratescu Andrei GM-2582 1/2
2. Nevednichy V GM-2563 - Grigore George IM-2483 1/2
3. Suba Mihai GM-2532 - Cosma Ioan IM-2468 1/2
4. Navrotescu C IM-2451 - Vasiesiu Dan IM-2439 0-1
5. Grunberg Mihai IM-2381 - Florean Andrei IM-2436 1/2
6. Parligras Mircea -2434 - Mateuta Gabriel IM-2406 1-0
7. Lupulescu C -2348 - Ardelean Catalin IM-2425 1/2
8. Zhukova Natalia wGM-2460 - Cosma Luminita wGM-2343 1/2
9. Olarasu Gabriela wGM-2347 - Bogza Adina wIM-2274 0-1
10. Ciobanu Camelia wFM-2209 - Motoc Alina wFM-2194 1-0
2nd round
AS RAT Bucuresti - AS Venus RGA Bucuresti 7 - 3
1. Marin Mihail GM-2604 - Istratescu Andrei GM-2582 1-0
2. Motylev Alexander GM-2570 - Grigore George IM-2483 1-0
3. Rogozenko Dorian GM-2527 - Cosma Ioan IM-2468 1-0
4. Ionescu C GM-2504 - Vasiesiu Dan IM-2439 1/2
5. Vajda Levente IM-2454 - Florean Andrei IM-2436 1-0
6. Manolache Marius FM-2418 - Mateuta Gabriel IM-2406 0-1
7. Szabo Gergely -2331 - Ardelean Catalin IM-2425 0-1
8. Foisor Cristina wGM-2418 - Cosma Luminita wGM-2343 1/2
9. Ionescu Irina wIM-2330 - Vasiesiu Cristina wIM-2247 1-0
10. Calotescu C wFM-2206 - Motoc Alina wFM-2194 1-0
CS Deva - AS AEM Luxten Timisoara 2 - 8
1. Volkov Serghei GM-2564 - Romanisin Oleg GM-2556 1/2
2. Nanu Ciprian IM-2418 - Nevednichy V GM-2563 0-1
3. Foisor Ovidiu IM-2409 - Suba Mihai GM-2532 0-1
4. Popescu Daniel IM-2356 - Navrotescu Catalin IM-2451 0-1
5. Ambrus Endre -2376 - Grunberg Mihai IM-2381 0-1
6. Heghedus Iulius FM-2325 - Parligras Mircea -2434 0-1
7. Sebe Florin -2297 - Lupulescu Constantin -2348 1-0
8. Shadrina Tatiana wGM-2330 - Zhukova Natalia wGM-2460 0-1
9. Dragomirescu A wIM-2284 - Olarasu Gabriela wGM-2347 1/2
10. Silaghi Cristina -2056 - Istrati Viorica wFM-2116 0-1
CS Dinamo Brasov - AS Victoria Techirghiol 7 - 3
1. Badea Bela GM-2460 - Golubev Mikhail GM-2523 1/2
2. Negulescu Adrian GM-2510 - Itkis Boris IM-2416 0-1
3. Sofronie Iulian IM-2399 - Florescu Codrut IM-2332 1-0
4. Moldovan Daniel IM-2432 - Raceanu Valentin -2379 1-0
5. Dumitrache Dragos IM-2425 - Manea Alexandru -2301 1-0
6. Moraru Marius IM-2297 - Vioreanu Bogdan -2315 1/2
7. Schmidt Raul -2000 - Popescu Cristian -2222 1/2
8. Sassu Andreea wIM-2244 - Sheremetieva M wIM-2330 1/2
9. Apostoae Liliana -2180 - Voicu Carmen wFM-2162 1-0
10. Munteanu Denisa -2005 - Pomarleanu Dana -2080 1-0
3rd Round
AS Victoria Techirghiol AS RAT Bucuresti 2 - 8
AS AEM Timisoara CS Dinamo Brasov 6 - 4
AS Venus RGA Bucuresti CS Deva 6 - 4
Classement apres trois round
1. AS RAT Bucuresti 22
2. AS AEM Timisoara 19
3. AS Venus RGA Bucuresti 14
4. CS Dinamo Brasov 14
5. CS Deva 12
6. AS Victoria Techirghiol 9
The Wotulo Memorial Grand Master Chess Tournament took place in Jakarta,
Indonesia. The event took place March 22nd-2nd April 2001 and was won by Denny
Juswanto with 9.5/13. There are games from the event but many games from round
8 and all games from round 13 are missing.
Internet coverage: http://www.ututadianto.com/
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Wotulo Mem Jakarta INA (INA), 23 iii-2 iv 2001 cat. VIII (2449)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Juswanto, Denny m INA 2487 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2621
2. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2546 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 9.0 2583
3. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2520 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = = 0 1 8.0 2531
4. Zaw Win Lay g MYA 2537 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = = = = 7.5 2499
5. Kosasih, Cecep INA 2420 = = = = * = = = 0 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2508
6. Liu Dede m INA 2378 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2511
7. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2601 = 0 1 = = 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2494
8. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2465 = = 0 = = 0 1 * = = = 1 1 0 6.5 2448
9. Majella, Yoseph R INA 2321 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = * 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2459
10. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2532 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 1 1 6.0 2414
11. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2441 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 5.5 2393
12. Wahono, Awam f INA 2401 0 0 = = = = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2312
13. Supriyono, Eko INA 2252 = 0 1 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0 3.0 2253
14. Praytino, Sugeng INA 2391 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 3.0 2242
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The 4th WIM tournament took place in Rijeka Croatia 24th March - April
1st 2001. Regina Pokorna won the event with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-w04/index.html
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4th IM Women Rijeka CRO (CRO), 24 iii-1 iv 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2329 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2392
2. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2316 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2287
3. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2279 = = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2291
4. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2178 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2261
5. Svaljek, Radmila CRO 2101 0 0 = = * = = = = 1 4.0 2102
6. Pahor, Andrea CRO ---- 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 4.0 2113
7. Trtanj, Tina wf CRO 2067 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.0 2105
8. Franciskovic, Dubravka CRO 2016 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2029
9. Mar, Karmen SLO 2121 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 1922
10. Franciskovic, Borka CRO ---- 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.5 1883
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Alongside the World Cup of Rapid Chess was a match between Alexandra
Kosteniuk and Marie Sebag for the un-PC titled Girl Stars FIDE Trophy. The
event took place 22nd-25th March 2001. There was a rapidplay section which
ended 3.5-2.5 to Kosteniuk and then on the final day a blitz section which
resulted in a big 5-1 win for Kosteniuk again for an over all score of
Kosteniuk 8.5 Sebag 3.5.
Internet coverage: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/
Sebag, Marie - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 44 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Sebag, Marie 0-1 51 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Sebag, Marie - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 35 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Sebag, Marie 1-0 26 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Sebag, Marie - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 69 B50 Sicilian Defence (Variations with 2...d6)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Sebag, Marie 1-0 45 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Girl Stars FIDE Trophy Cannes FRA (FRA), 22-25 iii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2402 0 0 1 1 = 1 3.5 2355
Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2298 1 1 0 0 = 0 2.5 2345
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There was an additional blitz section to the match which
Kosteniuk won 5-1 (Sebag won the 5th game losing the rest).
Final Score 8.5-3.5
Four rounds of the French National I Championships took place 29th March
- 1st April 2001. There were pools which produced eight qualifiers. I couldn't
find a full selection of games however.
Coverage: http://www.notzai.com/,
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Bordeaux-Echecs : http://www.multimania.com/bordeauxechecs/
Mulhouse : http://philidor.mulhouse.free.fr/
Pool A
1 Clichy 21
2 Mulhouse 18
3 Gonfreville 15
4 Strasbourg 14
5 Noyon 14
6 Nancy 11
7 Cappelle la Grande 10
8 Bischwiller 9
Pool B
1 Monaco 19
2 Cannes 19
3 Montpellier 17
4 Auxerre 14
5 Nice 13
6 Orange 11
7 Bordeaux 10
8 Drancy 9
Sinisa Joksic sends the games and results from the Geneva Open January
20th-28th 2001.
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17th Open Geneva SUI (SUI), 20-28 i 2001
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1. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 7.0 (40.5)
2. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 7.0 (40.5)
3. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 6.5 (42.0)
4. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 6.5 (36.5)
5. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 6.0 (40.5)
6. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 6.0 (40.5)
7. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 6.0 (39.5)
8. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 6.0 (39.0)
9. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 6.0 (37.0)
10. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 5.5 (38.5)
11. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 5.5 (38,5)
12. Miton, Kamil m POL 5.5 (38.0)
13. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 5.5 (38.0)
14. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 5.5 (37.5)
15. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 5.5 (36.5)
16. Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 5.5 (35.0)
17. Bergez, Luc m FRA 5.5 (35.0)
54 players
The Kazimierz Dolny open tournament took place 10th-18th March 2001.
Vladislav Borovikov and Vadim Shishkin scored 7/9. My thanks to Andrzej Sykula
for the news.
Internet coverage: http://friko6.onet.pl/kl/wienie
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Open Kazimierz Dolny POL (POL), 10-18 iii 2001
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1. Borovikov, Vladislav m UKR 2544 7 39.0 50.0 33.5
2. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2485 7 38.0 49.0 36.0
3. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2529 6.5 39.0 50.5 36.0
4. Lagowski, Patryk POL 2301 6.5 38.0 49.0 30.5
5. Kalinin, Oleg m UKR 2386 6 39.0 50.5 32.5
6. Bartel, Michal POL 2003 5.5 30.5 38.5 22.5
7. Pinski, Jan m POL 2395 5 39.0 49.5 30.0
8. Pyda, Zbigniew f POL 2354 5 36.0 47.5 29.0
9. Stoma, Pawel POL 2209 5 35.0 45.0 26.0
10. Slaby, Jerzy POL 2163 5 35.0 44.5 28.0
11. Olszewski, Michal POL 2107 5 34.0 45.0 25.0
12. Ciruk, Jerzy f POL 2254 5 33.5 42.5 26.5
13. Barglowski, Filip POL 2141 5 33.5 41.5 26.0
14. Krysztofiak, Marcin POL 2296 5 32.5 42.5 25.5
15. Witkowski, Stefan m POL 2163 5 32.0 40.5 27.5
16. Zolobowski, Grzegorz POL 2029 5 31.0 41.0 21.0
17. Skurski, Jan POL 2096 5 31.0 39.5 21.5
34 players
The Professional World Chess Ranking for April 1st produced by Ken
Thomson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow has been
released.
NN Name Birthday Country Rating Difference Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2796 4 112
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2785 -7 126
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2763 9 120
4 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2720 10 189
5 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2693 18 151
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2686 -30 111
7 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2674 0 146
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2674 16 164
9 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2674 0 174
10 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2673 -17 168
11 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2671 -5 139
12 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2667 -1 153
13 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2648 0 162
14 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2646 0 159
15 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2638 0 174
16 Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2634 -1 145
17 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2631 -3 161
18 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2631 0 168
19 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2630 1 130
20 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2630 31 182
21 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2628 9 156
22 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2628 3 157
23 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2627 6 148
24 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2626 8 151
25 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2625 0 170
26 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2622 67 170
27 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2621 -2 163
28 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2617 -9 167
29 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2616 9 170
30 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2614 -24 157
31 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2614 -6 165
32 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2614 -4 168
33 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2614 -36 190
34 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 0 176
35 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 1 158
36 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2602 15 173
37 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2601 -4 132
38 Yusupov,Artur 13.02.1960 GER 2601 -10 143
39 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2598 -2 174
40 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2597 -4 159
41 Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 UZB 2597 11 183
42 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2596 10 164
43 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 CZE 2594 -12 174
44 Sadler,Matthew 15.05.1974 ENG 2594 -5 186
45 Krasenkov,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2593 0 167
46 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2593 -6 178
47 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2592 -7 142
48 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2592 0 159
49 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2591 0 169
50 Benjamin,Joel 11.03.1964 USA 2591 4 174
Garry Kasparov vs. Terence Chapman
The TWIC mini-site for the Garry Kasparov vs. Terence Chapman charity
odds match April 21st-22nd 2001.
http://www.chesscenter.com/chapmankasparov/
Notzai
Notzai (always worth visiting) were in satirical mode for April 1st.
http://www.notzai.com, specifically
http://www.notzai.com/notzai/KC.html.
7th Schloss Open in Werther
Werther is a small town 13000 inhabitants in Germany near Bielefeld in
a province called Westfalia. There will be 216 participants from 13 countries,
five GM, ten IM and one FM. They play in three groups and the event starts on
Thursday April 5th with a simultaneous game of german GM Michael Bezold who is
german youth chess coach against a group of 15 talented youngsters of an area
called Eastwestfalia. There will be live transmission of first five (or even
more) boards of A tournament at the internet by http://www.schach.com
Dubai Open
The Dubai open 2001 120 players 40 grandmasters will be held in Dubai
from 15 to 26 April. More news as I get it.
Weihnachts-Open 2001
The Weihnachts-Open 2001 takes place in Strausberg (Berlin) Germany from
27.12.2001 to 30.12.2001. The tournament will be ELO and DWZ rated. First prize
: 500 DM entry fee : 30 DM
Further information: http://www.weihnachtsopen.de
Antalya Tournament
The 1st International Tournament of Antalya, Turkey which will take
place at Corinthia Art Hotel, Kemer-Antalya, TURKEY 1st-11th April 2001
[Category 7].Rating mean=2401. The players are: MOROZ, A (gm, 2525/UKR),
GEORGIEV, K (gm, 2510/BUL), HALKIAS, S (im, 2494/GRE), POPCHEV, M (gm,
2482/BUL), SKEMBRIS, S (gm, 2440/GRE), MASTROVASILIS (im, 2439/GRE), RADULOV, I
(gm, 2439/BUL), ARDUMAN, C (fm, 2375/TUR), HAZNEDAROGLU, K (2357/TUR), OLCAYOZ,
A (fm, 2339/TUR), ATAKISI, U (fm, 2339/TUR), KRAIDMAN, Y (gm 2334, ISR),
ERDOGDU, M (im, 2304/TUR), ERDOGAN, H (2299/TUR). My thanks to Aydin Saray for
the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.tsf.org.tr/index_english.htm
XXXII Mar del Plata open
The XXXII Mar del Plata open takes place April 7th-15th 2001.
Official Site: http://mdpajedrez.a3x.net/ Additional
coverage: http://members.nbci.com/jmacosta/
Rebel vs. the World events
Chess Tiger vs the Web organized by ChessBrain located at:
http://www.chessbrain.de/td/te/te.html
Rebel Century 3.0 is playing against the Internet at ChessLines located at:
http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/rebel.html
and the brand-new Gambit Tiger 2.0 plays against the Internet on the fastest PC
around. Organization: Ed Panek and Jorge Pichard, location at:
http://www.rebel.nl/gt2-web.htm
The overall address is: http://www.rebel.nl/rebweb.htm
Bucharest Chess Open
The Bucharest Chess Open takes place: 22th-29th.April.2001
ORGANISER: ASTRAL CHESS CLUB
VENUE: BUCHAREST FAIRS COMPLEX PAVILION T-PUBLITER
9 rounds, possibilities for GM and IM norms.
Prizes (USD): 800, 400 .... 20 prizes in total; special women, U-18,
U-12,... and SPECIAL PRIZES after each round.
Special Conditions for GMs ENTRY FEE 23 USD (payable in leu) GM&IM
free TIME CONTROL 40 moves for 2 hours, then 30 for the rest of the game
PROGRAM SUNDAY 22nd 11a.m. deadline for inscriptions 3p.m. first round
23rd to 27th rounds 2-6 at 4.30p.m. 28th 9a.m. round 7 4.30p.m. round 8 29th
9a.m. round 9 2.30p.m. CLOSING CEREMONY
INFORMATION e-mail: isd@euro.ro dorualex@hotmail.com mpanait@fx.ro
LIVIU DOBRONAUTEANU phone 004094322001 fax 004016596958 Important note Hotel
reservations till 10th of April
DEEP SHREDDER vs. THE WORLD
There is a DEEP SHREDDER vs. THE WORLD match about to start. Prizes
available for taking part in this challenge match. Further details:
http://www.gambitsoft.net/_shredder
Merida GM Event in May
The II Merida Tournament takes place 16th-22nd May with Anand,
Khalifman, Short and Gilberto Hernández. Internet coverage:
http://www.deportesmerida.gob.mx/magistral/ultimo.htm
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. Players among others: GM Alexander Rustemov
(RUS), GM Guyala Sax (HUN), GM Petr Kiriakov (RUS), GM Jonny Hector (SWE), GM
Aleksander Goloshchapov (UKR), GM Aleksander Berelovich (UKR), GM Tiger Hillarp
Persson (SWE), GM Einar Gausel (NOR), GM Thomas Ernst (SWE), GM Yrjö
Rantanen (FIN) There will also be a 6-game match between GM Ulf Andersson and
GM Curt Hansen.
Official site: http://www.tns.nu/solettchessopen.html
Manhattan Chess Club 2001 Open Championships
Sponsored by Chess Forum, Greenwich Villiage, New York City. May 4th -
6th, 2001.
Open Section: (Open to USCF>2000, and FIDE Rated players on April
list) 1st - $500 plus Chronos Digital Clock, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $200, U2400 -
$100, U2200 - $100 Top Junior (Under 18 years of age) - $200 plus Chronos
Digital Clock
U2000 section: 1st - $100 plus Chronos Digital Clock, 2nd - $50
5 Round Swiss, 30/90 SD/1 Time control. Entry fee is $35 for members,
and $50 for non-members. All GMs free. $5 discount if registered by 4/26/2001.
For more information: http://www.manhattanchessclub.com
1st Asean International Open Chess Championships
The 1st Asean International Open Chess Championships take place 29th
July - 5th August, 2001 in Brunei, Darussalam.
Contacts: Awang Zaidi B Hj Dollah BCF Deputy Secretary General C/O
SES114, BSP Co. Sdn. Bhd. Seria Brunei Darussalam KE3435 Tel : (673)3 3 373970
Fax : (673)3 330195 Email : bruneichessfederation@hotmail.com
Mr. Leong Voon Choon BCF Secretary General P.O. BOX 523 Kuala Belait
Brunei Darussalam KA1131 Tel : (673)3 333157/373612 Fax : (673)3 372182 Email :
Voon-Choon.V.C.Leong@shell.com.bn
Yap Choow Tun BCF Tournament Director C/O ODE/23 Dept., Brunei Shell
Co. Sdn. Bhd. Seria Brunei Darussalam KE3435 Tel : (673)3 372485 Fax : (673)3
373130 Email : Choow-Tun C.T. Yap@shell.com.bn
Further information http://www.geocities.com/brunei_chess_fed
(more detail in three weeks from 26/3/01)
2nd Open "Backa Palanka 2001"
The 2nd Open"Backa Palanka 2001"will take place in Backa
Palanka(20.km.western from Novi Sad)2nd-10th may 2001. There are 9.rounds on
the tournamnet,Swiss Pairing,with possibility of reaching IM and GM norms.Ten
prices and one special price. Contakt:Mr.Jovan Dragic(English and
Germany)phone:++ 381 21 747-758 mobile 063/562-584,E-mail:kingns@EUnet.yu
Internet coverage:http://www.backapalankaopen.com/
First Saturday April and Third Saturday April tournaments
The April First Saturday events take place 7th-20th of April. There
will be GM and IM events in Budapest. There are still places in the events and
you should contact Laszlo Nagy. The same is true of the third Saturday
tournaments that take place in Belgrade 21st of April - 3rd of May.
Contact Laszlo Nagy E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile:
(36)-30-230-1914
FSGM April
IGM Kosanovic, Goran (YUG), IGM Varga, Zoltán, (HUN), IGM
Lukács, Péter (HUN), IM Kallio, Heikki (FIN) IM Narciso, Marc
(ESP), IM Lanzani, Mario (ITA), IM Fogarasi, Tibor (HUN), IM Zivanic, Marko
(YUG), Berkes, Ferenc (HUN), IM Kritz, Leonid (GER), IM Almási,
István (HUN), IM Anka, Emil (HUN), WGM Hoang Th.Trang (VIE), IM Cao,
Sang (VIE),.
Reserves:
FM Rajlich, Vasik (USA), FM Balogh, Csaba (HUN), IM Szeberényi,
Ádám (HUN), IM Dancevski, Orce (MAK), IM Antal, Gergely (HUN), FM
Jakab, Attila (HUN), IM Valdes, Leonardo (CRC),
FSIM April
IM Zimmerman, Yuri (HUN), IM Kaposztas, Miklos (HUN), IM Nemeth, Zoltan
(HUN), IM Eperjesi, Laszlo (HUN), IM Galyas, Miklos (HUN), IM Valdes, Leonardo
(CRC), FM Cmiel, Thorsten (GER), Appleberry, Martin (FRA), Roberts, Paul (SCO),
Valenti, Giuseppe (ITA), Sipos, Istvan (HUN), FM Brustkern, Juergen (GER),
Gazic, Josip (GER), FM Pachow, Joerg (GER), FM Rajlich, Vasik (USA), Xu,
Hanbing (CHN), Tian, Tian (CHN), FM Sendur, Adnan (TUR), WIM Sergeeva, Maria
(KAZ),
Third Saturday April GM 21st- May 3rd 2001
IGM Ciric, Dragoljub (YUG, 2333,?), IGM Simic, Radoslav (YUG, 2434),
IGM Sahovic, Dragutin (YUG,2446), IM Narciso, Mark (ESP, 2519), IM Kallio,
Heikki (FIN, 2431), IM Petronijevic (YUG, 2420), IM Zivanic, Marko (YUG, 2418),
IM Brenjo, Slavisa (YUG, 2464), IM Ostojic, Nikola (YUG, 2451), FM Rajlich,
Vasik (USA, 2364), IM Estrada, Julian (MEX, 2372), IM Valdes, Leonardo (CRC,
2338) IM Shandipan, Chanda (IND Possible) IM Neeloptal, Das (IND Possible)
Third Saturday April IM 21st- May 3rd 2001
IGM Ciric, Dragoljub (YUG, 2333), IM Andrejevic, Milan (YUG, 2393), IM
? FM Dena, Branislav (YUG, 2306), Zmijanac, Dusko (YUG, 2292), Bodi, Tamas
(HUN, 2202), Johnsen, Sverre (NOR, 2170), Lochte, Thomas (GER, 2168), WIM
Sergeeva, Maria (2274)
5th Neckar International Open
The 5th Neckar International Open in Deizisau (Germany) takes place
12th-16th April 2001.
Further details:
http://www.schachfreundedeizisau.de/schachfreunde.html
Confirmed entries: 1.. GM Alexander Graf (Nenashev), GER 2649, 2.. GM
Pavel V. Tregubov, RUS 2628, 3.. GM Lubomir Ftacnik, SVK 2618, 4.. GM
Konstantin Landa, RUS 2610, 5.. GM Vadim Milov, SUI 2604, 6.. GM Pablo Ricardi,
ARG 2554, 7.. GM Jozsef Horvath, HUN 2551, 8.. GM Hichem Hamdouchi, MAR 2535, ,
9.. GM Ian Rogers, AUS 2529, 10.. GM Mikheil Kekelidze, GEO 2512, 11.. GM
Philipp Schlosser, GER 2511, 12.. GM Ilija Balinov, AUT 2482, 13.. WGM
Antoaneta Stefanova, BUL 2479, 14.. GM Ivan Farago, HUN 2453, 15.. Frank
Zeller, Württemberg 2422, 16.. IM Dirk Poldauf, GER 2405, 17.. Murugan
Thiruchelvam, ENG 2168
4th St Quentin-En-Yvelines Open
4th St Quentin-En-Yvelines Open 15th-22nd April 2001. 9 round Swiss. 45
000F de prix, 10 000 F 1st Prize.
Entries and details: Christian CUREAU ( : 01 30 64 67 44 (après
19H) Fax : 01 34 86 61 92 e-mail : ch.cureau@wanadoo.fr
50th ICCF JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
FREE ICCF Jubilee Open Email Tournament (time limit 10 moves in 60
days) This special celebration Email tournament is FREE to all chess players in
the World !
The event will be played exclusively using Email communication and will
comprise of three stages, with 11 participants in each Qualifying Group, and
11-15 players in each of the Semi-final and Final Sections, according to the
number of entries and qualifiers. Winners and runners-up (including tied
players) will qualify to progress at each stage.
All Semi-finalists will be given a free entry into an ICCF World Master
Class Section and Finalists, will earn free entry to an Email World
Championship Semi-final Section.
The overall Winner (tie break rules apply) will receive a free entry
into the next Email World CC Championship Final and those players placed
2nd,3rd and 4th (including tied players) will be awarded free entries to future
Email World CC Championship ¾ Finals.
Finalists will receive free one year subscriptions to ChessBase
Magazine (6 editions), generously sponsored by ChessBase GmbH, and also a
complimentary copy of the ICCF Jubilee Book.
All games played in this tournament will be rated in the official
International CC Rating system and title norms will be available, where Groups
satisfy ICCF qualification rules.
This will give new ICCF players a chance to acquire properly calculated
international ratings, joining 30,000+ players, who already have games in the
ICCF rating databank.
Entries to this FREE Open Email Tournament should be made using the
special entry form available (from 1.4.2001) on http://www.iccf.com, either by
individuals or via their national ICCF member federations. Only one entry per
person will be allowed. The Closing Date for entries is 15th July and play in
the Groups is scheduled to begin on 1st September 2001. The Tournament
Controller will be Chris Lüers (GER). As we are anticipating very large
participation in this unique tournament, the early submission of entries would
be appreciated, to help us to make all of the necessary arrangements.
Roenne Chess Club's 100th anniversary tournament
On occasion of its 100th anniversary Roenne Chess Club, Bornholm
(Denmark), holds a major Swiss tournament where at least 10 GMs will be
participating. 9 rounds with a total rate of play of 6 hours It takes place
24th-30th June 2001.
Further information: Bent Schioett Hansen, Laerkevej 19, 3700 Roenne,
Denmark.
Phone: +45 5695 1453 Fax: +45 5695 1453
http://www.skak-bornholm.dk
e-mail: info@skak-bornholm.dk
Hotel Lipa International Chess Tournament
There are IM and GM norm tournaments in the Hotel Lipa in
Szentgotthárd, Hungary. 12 round robin 13th June to 23rd June 2001.
Entry: Tomcsányi Péter Mobile: (+36) 20/9217-074 H-2651
Rétság, Széchenyi u. 15. Tel./Fax: (+36) 1/3703651 (office
hours) E-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu
Further information: http://www.primerate.hu
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 30th March to the 7th April
2001. 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
Norm Seekers needed for Hampstead
Adam Raoof is looking for strong players for a GM tournament 17th-23rd
April 2001. Norm-seekers rated 2450+ should contact Adam Raoof directly at
adam@circuit.demon.co.uk. They will also be holding a £5000 challenge
match between Daniel Gormally and Matthew Turner at the same time.
Further details: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/barnet.htm
4th Tanta Open, Egypt
The 4th Tanta Open will take place 18th-28th April 2001 in Tanta City
about 90 km from Cairo-Egypt.
It is an Open firstly for GM or IM invited players and then players
with high ratings there will be 40 players. Swiss System - 9 Rounds - 40
Players ( 5 GMs - 20 IMs) - 20 EGY players - Time control 7 hours - Fischer
system. Arrival 17 April 2001 -1st round 18 April- last Round 27 April. Closing
Ceremony and departure 28 April. Play start at 4.pm daily. Full Accommodation
and 3 meals in 3 star Hotel - single Room for Invited GMs and double Room for
invited IMs Free transportation inside Egypt, including to and from the
Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee for invited players 1st Prize 750
U.S.$ - 2nd 650$ - 3rd 600 - 4th 550 - 5th 500 - 6th 450 7th 400 - 8th 350 -
9th 300 - 10th 250. The organisers need only one player from each country.
Further information: ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com
Information from Hassan Khaled General Director of the Egyptian Chess
Federation
His phone number is +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Blitzin
handle:haskd Tournament Director: Refaat Raslan : Mobile :+20-12-3473891
Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
There is also another section for rated players under 2300 you can also
request information on that event.
Bergen Chess International
Bergen Chess International 4-12. August 2001 Playing venue: Bergen,
Norway 9 rounds open GM-tournament 50-60 participants of which 6-7 GMs and 7-8
IMs. Limited number of unrated players. 7 hour playing session No double rounds
or adjournments No start fee for foreign players with FIDE ELO.
Internet coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/
Austrian championships final
Fürstenfeld, 16.-18 of March. Finals of the austrian championships
Live-Coverage on http://members.aon.at/schach1/
Arthur Andersen’s Chess Trophy
Alexei Shirov will be a special guest at the 11th Arthur
Andersen’s Chess Trophy which will take place on April 7th & 8th in
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
This student team competition will culminate with a simultaneous
display on 33 boards given by Alexei Shirov on Sunday, April 8th around 3pm.
The top four games will be live on the Internet at
http://www.tropheearthur.com/live
For further information:
http://www.arthurandersen.com/tropheearthur/english
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
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
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.
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: Evgeny Bareev 2709,
Loek Van Wely 2700, Viktor. Bologan 2684, Vladislav Tkatchiev 2672, Alexander
Grischuk 2663, Joel Lautier 2658, Vladimir Akopian 2656, Etienne Bacrot 2618,
Christian Bauer 2618 and Laurent Fressinet 2581.
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.
"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
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
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
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.
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
