THE WEEK IN CHESS 339 7th May 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) SuperGM in Kazakhstan
3) 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament
4) Brain Games Network announce million dollar computer contract
5) Le Grand Prix d'échecs du Sénat
6) Mirabal Rapidplay
7) Ivan Cvitanovic memorial
8) Chess Classic moves from Frankfurt to Mainz
9) 39th Doeberl Cup
10) XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament
11) Third Saturday, Belgrade
12) First Saturday May
13) VII Tournament Alameda de Osuna
14) Bucharest Chess Open
15) 2nd European Open women's Championship
16) Zone 3.2a Championships
17) Cutro Tournament
18) French Team Championships
19) 4NCL
20) 3rd Bydgoszcz International
21) 54th Russian Chess Championships
22) Kaissa Championships
23) Capablanca Memorial
24) 5th Golden Cleopatra
25) Open Crans Montana
26) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

3rd Julian Borowski Tournament       50 games
Le Grand Prix d'échecs du Sénat      10 games
Ivan Cvitanovic memorial             45 games
39th Doeberl Cup                     71 games
XI Dos Hermanas GMB tournament        5 games
Third Saturday, Belgrade             23 games
First Saturday May                   16 games
VII Tournament Alameda de Osuna      91 games
Bucharest Chess Open                 49 games
2nd European Open Women's           316 games
Zone 3.2a Championships correction    1 game
Cutro Tournament                     16 games
Cutro Open Tournament                56 games
French Team Championships           216 games
Shirov vs Macieja                     4 games
3rd Bydgoszcz International         234 games
54th Russian Chess Championships    240 games
Kaissa Championships                 45 games
Capablanca Memorial                  40 games
5th Golden Cleopatra                 40 games
Open Crans Montana                   29 games
1618 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Byron Jacobs, Hassan Khaled, Laszlo Nagy, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Przemek Jahr, Pawel Suwarski, Bobby Ang, Hartmut Metz, Radu Chirila, Luis Maseda, Milan Ninchich, Vladica Andrejic, Istvan Magyar, Alex Zarubin, Robert Spoerri, and all those who helped with this issue.

A busy week of news with confirmation of details about the Astana tournament that starts in a couple of weeks with Kasparov and Kramnik heading a very strong line-up. Other news includes Braingames announcing sponsorship of their computer match (although bad news for them perhaps with Kasparov making it clear that he is now out of contract with Braingames via an aside in one of Mig's columns on Kasparovchess.com). Many of the national team championships have been rapped up in the last few weeks and important fixtures have seen some highly rated players turn out.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) SuperGM in Kazakhstan

The SuperGM tournament in capital of Kazakhstan, Astana will take place in May 19th – June 1st 2001. The event celebrates the tenth anniversary of the independence of Kazakhstan in Astana. It will be a double round robin event with Garry Kasparov (2835), Vladimir Kramnik (2797), Alexander Morozevich (2749), Alexey Shirov (2722) and Boris Gelfand (2712) along with Kazakhstan's top player Darmen Sadvakhasov (2585). Category 20 (average rating 2733).

Internet site: http://www.kasparovchess.ru and http://www.kasparovchess.com

3) 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament

The 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament takes place in Essen, May 2nd-11th 2001.

Live Internet Coverage: http://www.chessgate.de

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3rd Julian Borowski A Essen GER (GER), 2-11 v 2001     cat. XV (2616)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam   g UZB 2693  * . = . . = 1 1 1 .  4.0  2832 
 2. Jussupow, Artur        g GER 2645  . * . = = 1 . = . =  3.0  2671 
 3. Lutz, Christopher      g GER 2614  = . * 0 = 1 . . . 1  3.0  2703 
 4. Romanishin, Oleg M     g UKR 2559  . = 1 * 0 . . = . 1  3.0  2690 
 5. Gurevich, Mikhail      g BEL 2688  . = = 1 * . . = 0 .  2.5  2586 
 6. Sutovsky, Emil         g ISR 2604  = 0 0 . . * 1 . 1 .  2.5  2632 
 7. Dautov, Rustem         g GER 2631  0 . . . . 0 * = 1 1  2.5  2604 
 8. Bischoff, Klaus        g GER 2533  0 = . = = . = * . .  2.0  2571 
 9. Nijboer, Friso         g NED 2580  0 . . . 1 0 0 . * =  1.5  2496 
10. Smagin, Sergey         g RUS 2613  . = 0 0 . . 0 . = *  1.0  2365 
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3rd Julian Borowski B Essen GER (GER), 2-11 v 2001     cat. IX (2474)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Appel, Ralf            m GER 2481  * . . 1 = . 1 1 1 .  4.5  2825 
 2. Fridman, Daniel        m LAT 2559  . * 1 0 = . . = . 1  3.0  2519 
 3. Seul, Georg            m GER 2434  . 0 * = . = . 1 . 1  3.0  2554 
 4. Siebrecht, Sebastian   m GER 2393  0 1 = * . 1 . . 0 .  2.5  2507 
 5. Naiditsch, Arkadij     m GER 2487  = = . . * 0 = . 1 .  2.5  2499 
 6. Kveinys, Aloyzas       g LTU 2533  . . = 0 1 * = = . .  2.5  2440 
 7. Schaefer, Markus       m GER 2393  0 . . . = = * . = 1  2.5  2492 
 8. Van der Wiel, John     g NED 2493  0 = 0 . . = . * . 1  2.0  2415 
 9. Pelletier, Yannick     g SUI 2531  0 . . 1 0 . = . * 0  1.5  2288 
10. De Gleria, Francesco   m GER 2432  . 0 0 . . . 0 0 1 *  1.0  2242 
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4) Brain Games Network announce million dollar computer contract

Brain Games plc announced the signing of a million dollar contract on Tuesday 1 May 2001. The contract is with the state of Bahrain for a million dollar prize fund plus a further million dollars in back-up for the Man v Machine Challenge to be held in October. The main Bahrain figure involved is His Excellency Yousuf Shirawi, former Bahrain chess champion and member of the Bahrain government. The contract was signed for Brain Games Network by CEO David Massey. Grandmaster Ray Keene will be appointed Match Director while Enrique Irazoqui and Eric Schiller be the arbiters.

The match will be between Vladimir Kramnik and DEEP FRITZ. Deep Fritz beat Deep Junior after drawing their 24 game match 12-12 by winning two extra playoff games. DEEP JUNIOR started with a 5-0 lead The final critical moment came in game 22. With three games remaining Fritz needed two wins and a draw to force a play-off. Having no 'knowledge' of the match situation, Fritz made the terrible blunder of offering a draw. However Junior, also lacking a wider perspective, turned this offer down and went on to lose the game. The match has been a controversial one with the conditions being turned down by another invited program called Shredder and criticism over which programs were invited.

Braingames explain their reasoning. "We made a simple decision. We wanted programs which could play on multi-processor platforms as they are obviously stronger candidates for the Kramnik match. There are really only three candidates: Fritz, Junior and Shredder. We made great efforts to persuade Shredder to play but they declined." They added that they unfortunately didn't have time for a tournament with 10 programs which would have taken too long to run. One of the main complainants was the company REBEL. Their TIGER program is a single processor prgram yet still finished second in the Cadaques event run by Prof. Irazoqui earlier in the year. They actually have a multi-processor version called DEEP TIGER but that wasn't announced until after the invitations were made.

DEEP FRITZ-DEEP JUNIOR Match Coverage: http://www.braingames.net/event2.php and http://www.chessbase.com

You can read full discussion of the issues around the qualifier at: http://www.icdchess.com/ccc/resource/index.html (registration required)

Time rate 40 moves in every 90 minutes.

DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  0-1   82  D17  Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1-0   39  B97  Sicilian Najdorf
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  0-1   69  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1-0  109  C42  Petroff's Defence
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  0-1   72  A29  English Four Knights Variation
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1/2   53  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2  109  D02  Queen's Pawn Game
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   0-1   62  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2   81  E15  Queens Indian
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1/2   60  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2   65  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1-0   71  B22  Sicilian Alapin Variation
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2  170  D04  Queen's Pawn Game
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1/2   93  B66  Sicilian Rauzer
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1-0   46  D03  Queen's Pawn Game
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   0-1   54  B49  Sicilian Paulsen
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1-0   38  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1-0   83  D36  QGD Exchange Variation
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2   60  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   0-1   86  D55  Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1/2   60  D12  Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   0-1   61  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1-0   70  D12  Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   1/2   64  D55  Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation

Playoff

DEEP FRITZ   -  DEEP JUNIOR  1-0   61  D12  Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR  -  DEEP FRITZ   0-1   84  B44  Sicilian Paulsen


BGN Computer Qualifier Cadaques ESP (ESP), 24-30 iv 2001
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DEEP FRITZ         ---- 00000==1===0==1110=1=11= 11  14.0
DEEP JUNIOR        ---- 11111==0===1==0001=0=00= 00  12.0
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5) Le Grand Prix d'échecs du Sénat

Le Grand Prix d'échecs du Sénat Live transmission 5th-6th May 2001. Boris Spassky, Joel Lautier, Laurent Fressinet and Christian Bauer played in an event of two game matches of 25 minutes per player followed by playoffs if necessary.

In the final Laurent Fressinet beat Boris Spassky after drawing five games followed by a win in 32 moves in game 6. The day before Fressinet edged past Joel Lautier and Spassky was a convincing 2-0 winner against Bauer.

Internet page: http://www.canalweb.net/vers/diagonalevent.html

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Grand Prix du Senat Paris FRA (FRA), 5-6 v 2001cat. XIV (2599)
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1. Fressinet, Laurent   g FRA 2575  
2. Spassky, Boris V     g FRA 2551  
3. Lautier, Joel        g FRA 2658  
4. Bauer, Christian     g FRA 2612  
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Round 1 (April 5, 2001)

Fressinet, Laurent  -  Lautier, Joel       1.5-0.5
Spassky, Boris V    -  Bauer, Christian    2-0-0.0

Round 2 (April 6, 2001)

Fressinet, Laurent  -  Spassky, Boris V    3.5-2.5

6) Mirabal Rapidplay

Viswanathan Anand won Mirabal International Tournament, played in Madrid, May 5th-6th 2001. Second place was taken by FM Cristian Dolezal (Argentina). GM Gilberto Hernandez (Mexico) was third and GM Bogdan Lalic (England) fourth.

Coverage: http://www.hechiceros.net/site/especial/mirabal/mirabal.shtml, final standings: http://www.hechiceros.net/site/news/articulos/espana/nesp00093.shtml and http://www.hechiceros.net

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Place Name                                       Feder Rtg  Title Score Berg. M-Buch
  1   Anand, Viswanathan (1)                     IND   2794 GM    8     49.75 44.0
  2   Dolezal, Cristian (26)                     ARG   2392 FM    8     45.50 39.5
  3   Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto (6)           MEX   2567 GM    7.5   45.75 45.5
  4   Lalic, Bogdan (9)                          ENG   2501 GM    7.5   40.25 39.5
  5   Lazarev, Vladimir (10)                     RUS   2500 GM    7     41.75 43.0
  6   Kolev, Atanas (5)                          BUL   2571 GM    7     41.50 41.5
  7   Korneev, Oleg (4)                          RUS   2572 GM    7     39.75 43.5
  8   Cifuentes Parada, Roberto (12)             ESP   2496 GM    7     39.00 41.5
  9   Roa Alonso, Santiago (32)                  ESP   2345 FM    7     38.50 39.5
 10   Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. (13)          ESP   2482 IM    7     36.50 37.5
 11   Rojo Huerta, Gabriel (34)                  ESP   2316 FM    7     35.75 36.5
 12   Pomes Marcet, Juan (20)                    ESP   2411 IM    7     35.75 36.0
 13   Moreno Carnero, Javier (14)                ESP   2480 IM    7     33.50 38.5
 14   San Emeterio Cabanes, Jose Luis (50)       ESP   2211       7     33.25 33.5
 15   Muñoz, Miguel (33)                         PER   2338 FM    7     31.50 32.0
 16   Adla, Diego (11)                           ARG   2499 IM    6.5   39.50 45.0
 17   Reyes, Juan (17)                           PER   2435 IM    6.5   35.75 42.0
 18   Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria (19)               ESP   2414       6.5   35.00 39.5
 19   Moreno Ruiz, Javier (23)                   ESP   2408 FM    6.5   34.25 40.0
 20   Saldaño, Horacio (21)                      ARG   2411 FM    6.5   32.75 39.0
 21   Taboas Rodriguez, Daniel (45)              ESP   2239       6.5   32.25 37.0
 22   Tallarico Tallarico, Ovido Mario (46)      ESP   2238       6.5   31.50 36.0
 23   Blasco Blasco, Miguel (38)                 ESP   2278       6.5   30.00 33.5
 24   Almagro Llamas, Pablo (37)                 ESP   2290       6.5   29.75 38.5
 25   Alonso, Salvador (18)                      ARG   2427 IM    6     34.00 42.5
 26   Vehi Bach, Victor M. (16)                  ESP   2446 IM    6     33.25 42.0
 27   Pogorelov, Ruslan (25)                     UKR   2399 GM    6     32.75 39.5
 28   Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio (15)           ESP   2465 FM    6     32.50 41.5
 29   Morales, Jhon Alexander (29)               COL   2366       6     32.25 41.0
 30   Madina, Martin (44)                        ARG   2242       6     32.00 40.5
 31   Guerra Bastida, Diego (31)                 ESP   2356 FM    6     31.00 40.5
 32   Escobar Forero, Alder (28)                 COL   2389 IM    6     30.75 38.5
 33   Cabezas Ayala, Ivan (36)                   ESP   2300       6     30.00 36.5
 34   Candela Perez, Jose (27)                   ESP   2391 FM    6     29.25 38.5
 35   Timon Piote, Silvia (49)                   ESP   2216 WFM   6     29.25 36.5
 36   Ubilava, Elizbar (8)                       GEO   2526 GM    6     28.25 41.5
 37   Zlotnik, Boris A (22)                      RUS   2410 IM    6     28.00 39.0
 38   Lopez Del Alamo, Antonio (47)              ESP   2223       6     27.50 32.5
 39   Zarzo Lopez, Tomas (41)                    ESP   2263       6     27.00 35.5
 40   Prada Lopez, M. Angel (67)                 ESP   2156       6     26.50 36.0
 41   Amura, Claudia N. (30)                     ARG   2360 WGM   6     26.00 39.0
 42   Alcazar Jimenez, Victor (43)               ESP   2245       6     26.00 35.0
 43   Cabañas Jimenez, Andres (80)               ESP   2114       6     25.25 33.5
 44   Ortega Fuentes, Luis Angel (100)                            6     25.00 32.0
 45   Ferrer Serrano, Roberto (70)               ESP   2150       6     24.00 30.5
 46   Sanz Uson, Manuel (56)                     ESP   2189       6     23.25 34.0
 47   Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel (105)          ESP              6     21.50 31.0
 48   Cabañas Bravo, Juan Andres (89)            ESP   2063       6     21.00 30.5
 249 players

7) Ivan Cvitanovic memorial

The Ivan Cvitanovic memorial takes place in Split 28th April - May 6th 2001. Ivan Zaja won the event with 7/9 a full point clear of Csaba Horvath.

Internet page: http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2001/index.htm

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Ivan Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 28 iv-6 v 2001 cat. VII (2414)
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 1. Zaja, Ivan           m CRO 2482  * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 =  7.0  2626 
 2. Horvath, Csaba       g HUN 2508  0 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2528 
 3. Dimitrov, Vladimir   g BUL 2512  0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1  5.5  2483 
 4. Ljubicic, Filip      m CRO 2397  0 = = * 1 = 1 0 1 =  5.0  2459 
 5. Videki, Sandor       m HUN 2405  0 = = 0 * = 0 1 1 1  4.5  2415 
 6. Bukal, Vladimir jr   m CRO 2392  0 0 = = = * = = 1 1  4.5  2416 
 7. Brumen, Dinko        m CRO 2458  = = 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1  4.0  2366 
 8. Forintos, Gyozo V    g HUN 2371  0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * 0 1  4.0  2376 
 9. Armanda, Ivica         CRO 2316  1 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 0  2.5  2259 
10. Zelic, Mladen        f CRO 2301  = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 *  2.0  2206 
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8) Chess Classic moves from Frankfurt to Mainz

The Indefatigable chess organiser Hans-Walter Schmitt has moved his Chess Classic from Frankfurt to Mainz. "Mainz has the only city mayor in Germany who will give his unconditional support to chess." said Schmitt who will try and follow up his achievement of bringing the top 10 players under one roof with a new spectacular.

There is a new sponsor too, Schmitt has left his job with Siemens-Nixdorf and with it has gone the sponsorship of Fujitsu Siemens. He now has the support of Mayor Beutel of Mainz who is a former player for the Bundesliga 3rd league chess club SV Mombach. Mayor Beutel was one of only five players to draw against Garry Kasparov in a simul during last year's event.

The new sponsor is Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz who are providing 500,000 German Marks for the new event. This is down from the 850,000DM given at the heights of the previous sponsorship.

Hans-Walter Schmitt is always looking for a new angle. The reduced funds have meant that a repeat of last year's top ten is impossible but instead there is a new start in Mainz with a battle of the world champions.

The format is slightly different too. Last year the time limit was 25 minutes per game, but this time Kramnik insisted on 10 extra seconds for each move. This will be a repeat of the final of the 1998 Chess Classic where Anand beat Kramnik 4:3 after extra games.

Mainz is also the headquarters of ZDF, the second of Germany's two national TV channels. "First contacts have been established with ZDF and with Südwestrundfunk (regional broadcasting channel in the other consortium). said Hans-Walter.

The CCM programme will also include other highlights between 23 June and 1 July. An eight game rapid chess match of Fischer Random Chess between Michael Adams (England) and Peter Leko (Hungary) will be another first.The event will be supplemented by a match of man versus machine. Chessbase will take on Adams and Leko.

There is also an opportunity to play Anand or Kramnik in a simul via an Internet auction at http://www.chesstigers.de. 20 boards from each of the 40 board simuls against Anand (Saturday, 23 June, 6.30 P.M.) and Kramnik (following day, 6.30 P.M.) are available to the highest bidder. The minimum bid is 100 German Marks. There will also be the Chess Classic Mainz and the eleven round Ordix Open (23 and 24 June) when a top-class field competes for prize money amounting to 45,000 German Marks.

9) 39th Doeberl Cup

Milan Ninchich reports: The 39th Doeberl Cup took place over Easter 13th-16th April 2001 in Canberra, Australia. The winner was decided in the last round when Gary Lane upset the Australian Open Champion Stefan Djuric. Prizes $10,000 Open Division (FIDE-rated) Major Division (Rated under 2000 only) Minor Division (Rated under 1600 only) Doeberl Cup Prize Winners - Open 45 players

Internet coverage: http://www.lexicon.net/ianandjan/IansPage.htm

Italo-Australian Club Doeberl Cup Open 2001

1st GM Darryl Johansen 6/7
=2nd IM Gary Lane 5.5/7
=2nd FM Mirko Rujevic 5.5/7
=2nd FM Brett Tindall 5.5/7
=5th GM Stefan Djuric 5/7
=5th IM Stephen Slomon 5/7
=5th Brian Jones 5/7
U/2150 FM Manuel Weeks
=Best Junior IM Zong-Yuan Zhao
=Best Junior IM David Smerdon
=Best Local Jan De Gier 3.5/7
=Best Local Vladimir Smirnov 3.5/7

10) XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament

The XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament took place 19th-27th April 2001. Alexei Dreev and Ilia Smirin won with 5.5/9. The final round results from the B event are now available.

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

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GMB Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 19-20 iv 2001                     cat. IX (2469)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Campora, Daniel H             g ARG 2503  * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2631 
 2. Korneev, Oleg                 g RUS 2572  = * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1  6.0  2582 
 3. Spraggett, Kevin              g CAN 2526  = = * = = = 1 1 = =  5.5  2542 
 4. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto     g ESP 2496  0 = = * 1 0 = = 1 1  5.0  2508 
 5. Rivas Pastor, Manuel          g ESP 2429  = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 1  4.5  2473 
 6. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis   g ESP 2465  0 = = 1 = * = = = 0  4.0  2426 
 7. Moreno Carnero, Javier        m ESP 2480  0 1 0 = = = * 1 0 =  4.0  2424 
 8. Teran Alvarez, Ismael         m ESP 2382  = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 =  3.5  2398 
 9. Oms Pallise, Josep            m ESP 2427  = 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * =  3.0  2348 
10. Vega Holm, Fernando           m ESP 2408  0 0 = 0 0 1 = = = *  3.0  2350 
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11) Third Saturday, Belgrade

The first edition of the Third Saturday tournament took place in Belgrade 21st April to 3rd May 2001. Bojan Vuckovic won the GM event with 8/11. The IM event was won by Ante Brkljaca, Oscar Bustamante withdrew half way through. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the news.

There will be a GM-IM tournament from 21st until the 31st of May in Budapest, called ELEKES memorial. If interested contact Laszlo Nagy: firstsat@elender.hu

Games and website by Vladica Andrejic http://www.beochess.org.yu

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TSGM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21 iv-3 v 2001                   cat. VIII (2437)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Vuckovic, Bojan         m YUG 2479  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1  8.0  2608 
 2. Pavlovic, Milos         g YUG 2501  = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 1  7.5  2564 
 3. Kallio, Heikki          m FIN 2410  = 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1  7.0  2541 
 4. Narciso Dublan, Marc    m ESP 2544  = = 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 = 1  6.0  2463 
 5. Zivanic, Marko          m YUG 2403  0 = 1 = * = = = 0 = 1 1  6.0  2476 
 6. Mozetic, Dejan          m YUG 2480  = = 0 1 = * 1 0 = 0 1 =  5.5  2433 
 7. Matulovic, Milan        g YUG 2420  = = = = = 0 * = = = = 1  5.5  2438 
 8. Milanovic, Danilo         YUG 2421  0 = 0 0 = 1 = * = = 1 1  5.5  2438 
 9. Estrada Nieto, Julian   m MEX 2371  0 0 = = 1 = = = * = = =  5.0  2407 
10. Nestorovic, Dejan       m YUG 2433  0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = * 1 =  4.5  2372 
11. Sahovic, Dragutin       g YUG 2446  = = = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 0  3.0  2261 
12. Rajlich, Vasik G          USA 2337  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 *  2.5  2235 
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TSIM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21 iv-3 v 2001 cat. II (2278)
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 1. Brkljaca, Ante       m YUG 2365  9.0
 2. Boskovic, Drasko     f YUG 2341  7.0
 3. Andrijevic, Milan    m YUG 2365  7.0
 4. Jovanovic, Sasa T    f YUG 2284  6.0
 5. Popovic, Dragan B      YUG 2263  5.5
 6. Dena, Branislav      f YUG 2306  5.5
 7. Johnsen, Sverre        NOR 2170  5.5
 8. Vasovski, Nikola     f MKD 2359  5.5
 9. Ciric, Dragoljub M   g YUG 2333  5.0
10. Zmijanac, Dusko        YUG 2309  5.0
11. Lochte, Thomas         GER 2168  3.0
12. Bustamante, Oscar      ARG 2078  2.0
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12) First Saturday May

Laszlo Nagy reports that 5th-17th of May sees two First Saturday IM events and one FM. My thanks to Istvan Magyar who typed in the games.

Daily internet coverage: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat/may.htm

IM Round 2 Standings:
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FSIMA May Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 v 2001          cat. III (2313)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Yu Mingyuan          CHN 2277  * . . = . . . 1 . .  1.5  2534 
 2. Sinkovics, Peter   m HUN 2317  . * . . = . . . 1 .  1.5  2543 
 3. Sendur, Adnan      f TUR 2303  . . * . . . = . . 1  1.5  2446 
 4. Nemeth, Zoltan     m HUN 2319  = . . * . = . . . .  1.0  2309 
 5. Nyback, Tomi         FIN 2330  . = . . * = . . . .  1.0  2329 
 6. Dembo, Yelena     wm HUN 2341  . . . = = * . . . .  1.0  2324 
 7. Jamrich, Gyorgy      HUN 2271  . . = . . . * . = .  1.0  2337 
 8. Jakab, Attila      f HUN 2363  0 . . . . . . * . 1  1.0  2256 
 9. Galyas, Miklos     m HUN 2371  . 0 . . . . = . * .  0.5  2101 
10. Xu Hanbing           CHN 2235  . . 0 . . . . 0 . *  0.0       
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FSIMB May Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 v 2001          cat. II (2277)
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                                      1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Wang Shuai                CHN 2156 ** .. .. .. 1. 1.  2.0      
2 Tian Tian                 CHN 2302 .. ** 1. .. =. ..  1.5  2481
3 Kaposztas, Miklos       m HUN 2273 .. 0. ** 1. .. ..  1.0  2344
4 Dudas, Janos            m HUN 2386 .. .. 0. ** .. 1.  1.0  2257
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo        m HUN 2303 0. =. .. .. ** ..  0.5  2036
6 Van den Brande, Werner    BEL 2241 0. .. .. 0. .. **  0.0      
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13) VII Tournament Alameda de Osuna

Luis Maseda reports: The VII Tournament Alameda de Osuna, took place in Madrid 17th-27th April 2001. The winner was the Peruvian player Javier Longa Yauca (2219) with 9/9.

Further details and internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com

Final Standings (9 rounds)
  1. Longa Yauca,Javier            PER 2219  9.0
  2. Salcedo Tornero,Pablo         ESP 2155  7.0
  3. Nuñez Muñoz,Jesus             ESP 2159  7.0
  4. Barahona Torrijos,Angel       ESP       7.0
  5. Blanco Sanjuan,Jorge          ESP 2194  6.5
  6. Bandres Carballo,Julio        ESP 2270  6.5
  7. Camarero Izquierdo,Juan C     ESP 2067  6.5
  8. Perez Gonzalez,Jose Manuel    ESP       6.5
  9. Dolezal,Cristian            f ARG 2392  6.5
 10. Quintero Torres,Pedro         ESP 2095  6.5
... 96 players

14) Bucharest Chess Open

The Bucharest Chess Open took place: 22th-29th.April.2001. The event was organised by the Astral Chess Club. My thanks to Radu-Catalin Chirila. Games from the first four rounds only.

Final Standings:
 1.  Istratescu, Andrei       7.5    56.0
 2.  Nanu, Ciprian            7.0    53.5
 3.  Grunberg, Mihai          7.0    51.5
 4.  Cosma, Ioan              7.0    50.5
 5.  Nevednichy, Vladislav    7.0    48.0
 6.  Itkis, Boris             6.5    52.0
 7.  Moldovan, Daniel         6.5    51.5
 8.  Ardelean, George         6.5    49.5
 9.  Florean, Andrei          6.5    48.0
10. Svetushkin,Dmitry         6.5    48.0
11.  Miljanic, Boro           6.0    53.0
12.  Sofronie, Iulian         6.0    51.5
13. Grigore, George           6.0    50.5
12.  Manolache, Marius        6.0   50.5
13.  Szabo, Gergely           6.0   48.5
14.  Sanduleac, Vasile        6.0   48.0
15.  Vajda, Levente           6.0   47.5
16.  Ionescu, Constantin      6.0    47.0
17.  Sebe, Razvan             6.0   45.0
18.  Vioreanu, Bogdan         6.0   44.0

15) 2nd European Open women's Championship

The 2nd European open women's Championship was held from April 21st (round 1 April 22nd) - May 5th 2001 in the “Marriott” Hotel, Warsaw, Poland.

The event was a Swiss system - 11 rounds (one free day on April 28, tie-breaks on May 4). The new time control is being used, 40 moves in 75 minutes followed by all moves in 15 minutes with each player receiving an extra 30 seconds thinking time prior to the move. The final positions were established by a knockout tournament at the end. Almira Skripchenko-Lautier won the event after tie-breaks. Games from the 11 round open are available but not the knockout stages.

The 29 best players best players from the field of 157 will qualified for the 2001 FIDE Women’s World Championship. My thanks to Pawel Suwarski for the news.

Internet page: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/europa/womens.htm

Final standings -  after tie-breaks        
 1 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira    MDA 2441 wgm 8   63.0 76.5 5 51.5
 2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina        RUS 2506 wgm 8   62.0 73.5 5 50.5
 3 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (IM)  GEO 2427 wgm 8   62.0 74.5 6 49.5
 4 Galliamova, Alisa (IM)         RUS 2554 wgm 8   58.5 70.5 7 44.5
 5 Foisor, Cristina Adela (IM)    ROM 2408 wgm 8   61.5 75.0 5 50.0
 6 Bojkovic, Natasa               YUG 2447 wgm 8   58.5 69.5 6 49.0
 7 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatian   RUS 2440 wgm 8   56.0 67.5 7 45.5
 8 Gaponenko, Inna                UKR 2373 wgm 7.5 64.5 77.0 5 52.5
 9 Paehtz, Elisabeth              GER 2358 wim 7.5 51.0 62.5 6 43.5
10 Peptan, Corina (IM)            ROM 2461 wgm 7.5 59.0 72.0 4 46.5
11 Grabuzova, Tatiana             RUS 2375 wgm 7.5 60.5 72.0 5 46.5
12 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (IM)      RUS 2397 wgm 7.5 62.0 74.5 5 49.5
13 Khurtsidze, Nino (IM)          GEO 2456 wgm 7.5 60.5 72.0 4 47.0
14 Prudnikova, Svetlana           YUG 2419 wgm 7.5 57.0 69.5 4 48.5
15 Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM)      BUL 2473 wgm 7   61.5 74.0 4 47.0
16 Dworakowska, Joanna            POL 2360 wgm 7   56.5 69.0 4 43.0
17 Peng, Zhaoqin (IM)             NED 2391 wgm 7   54.0 66.5 6 41.5
18 Mkrtchian, Lilit               ARM 2344 wgm 7   62.5 75.0 5 46.0
19 Zielinska, Marta               POL 2377 wgm 7   55.5 68.0 5 39.5
20 Zatonskih, Anna                UKR 2421 wgm 7   55.0 67.0 4 40.0
21 Danielian, Elina               ARM 2369 wgm 7   60.0 73.0 5 48.0
22 Kononenko, Tatiana             UKR 2361 wgm 7   57.0 68.5 4 42.5
23 Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia      RUS 2389 wgm 7   53.0 66.5 6 42.5
24 Sedina, Elena (IM)             ITA 2393 wgm 7   59.5 72.5 4 50.0
25 Lagvilava, Genrieta            BLR 2300 wgm 7   59.0 70.5 4 43.5
26 Ciuksyte, Dagne                LTU 2217 wim 7   57.0 69.0 5 40.5
27 Radziewicz, Iweta              POL 2345 wgm 7   60.0 73.5 4 45.0
28 Petrenko, Svetlana             MDA 2336 wim 7   58.0 70.5 6 42.0
29 Socko, Monika (IM)             POL 2351 wgm 7   56.5 69.5 6 40.5
30 Kiseleva, Natalia              UKR 2296 wgm 7   60.5 73.0 5 43.0
31 Alexandrova, Olga (IM)         UKR 2419 wgm 7   49.0 60.0 6 36.5
32 Shumiakina, Tatiana            RUS 2376 wgm 7   50.5 61.0 5 41.5
33 Ionescu-Brandis, Irina         ROM 2339 wim 7   59.5 71.5 5 43.0
34 Dzagnidze, Nana                GEO 2241 wfm 7   59.5 71.5 5 38.0
35 Hunt, Harriet (IM)             ENG 2426 wgm 7   56.5 69.0 5 45.0
36 Sikorova, Olga                 CZE 2236 wim 7   56.5 68.5 7 41.0
37 Matveeva, Svetlana             RUS 2430 wgm 7   54.5 66.5 5 41.0
38 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino(IM) GER 2456 wgm 7   54.5 65.5 5 41.5

Final Crosstable:
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2nd European Women's Championships Warsaw POL (POL), 22 iv-3 v 2001
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                                                     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11 
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  1. Foisor, Cristina Adela         m  ROM 2408  + 36 + 23 = 28 = 47 + 79 = 53 = 21 + 15 = 10 + 17 =  7  8.0  2532 
  2. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira    m  MDA 2441  + 74 + 61 = 30 + 28 = 20 + 62 =  3 =  9 = 11 + 21 =  4  8.0  2549 
  3. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan       m  GEO 2427  = 72 +121 + 44 + 16 +  9 =  7 =  2 -  8 = 23 + 47 + 31  8.0  2517 
  4. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina        wg RUS 2488  =132 +143 + 35 = 30 + 21 + 33 =  8 = 11 + 16 =  7 =  2  8.0  2516 
  5. Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa     m  RUS 2554  + 78 - 28 +117 = 48 = 55 + 61 + 30 - 16 + 25 + 35 +  8  8.0  2497 
  6. Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana  wg RUS 2436  +114 + 70 - 53 + 49 - 41 + 50 = 25 = 55 + 61 + 28 + 36  8.0  2485 
  7. Bojkovic, Natasa               wg YUG 2447  - 48 +150 +134 + 96 + 25 =  3 + 58 + 20 =  8 =  4 =  1  8.0  2513 
  8. Gaponenko, Inna                wg UKR 2373  +116 + 69 = 17 + 50 + 29 = 20 =  4 +  3 =  7 = 10 -  5  7.5  2534 
  9. Kosteniuk, Alexandra           m  RUS 2397  +113 + 88 = 25 + 39 -  3 + 41 + 53 =  2 = 12 = 13 = 10  7.5  2504 
 10. Peptan, Corina                 m  ROM 2461  +107 = 41 = 18 = 61 + 88 = 51 + 26 + 49 =  1 =  8 =  9  7.5  2465 
 11. Grabuzova, Tatiana             wg RUS 2375  = 54 +145 - 50 + 19 + 81 + 18 + 52 =  4 =  2 = 12 = 13  7.5  2476 
 12. Khurtsidze, Nino               m  GEO 2459  = 86 +132 + 56 = 25 = 18 = 26 + 35 + 47 =  9 = 11 = 14  7.5  2463 
 13. Prudnikova, Svetlana           wg YUG 2419  = 76 + 86 +103 + 41 = 53 = 58 = 51 + 36 = 21 =  9 = 11  7.5  2455 
 14. Paehtz, Elisabeth              wm GER 2358  +108 - 92 =101 +133 +105 - 17 + 63 + 94 = 57 + 22 = 12  7.5  2420 
 15. Radziewicz, Iweta              wg POL 2338  + 85 + 19 = 29 = 58 = 52 = 40 + 32 -  1 = 34 + 42 = 20  7.0  2479 
 16. Mkrtchian, Lilit               wg ARM 2339  +129 = 48 + 32 -  3 + 54 + 34 = 40 +  5 -  4 = 29 = 27  7.0  2491 
 17. Stefanova, Antoaneta           m  BUL 2473  +117 + 45 =  8 = 53 = 26 + 14 = 20 = 23 + 65 -  1 = 21  7.0  2449 
 18. Kiseleva, Natalia              wg UKR 2296  +102 + 24 = 10 = 33 = 12 - 11 + 80 = 27 - 31 + 52 + 57  7.0  2483 
 19. Dzagnidze, Nana                f  GEO 2241  + 27 - 15 = 67 - 11 +122 = 24 + 79 = 26 + 41 + 40 = 29  7.0  2447 
 20. Sedina, Elena                  m  UKR 2393  +110 + 83 + 79 + 92 =  2 =  8 = 17 -  7 = 22 = 23 = 15  7.0  2427 
 21. Danielian, Elina               wg ARM 2369  + 77 + 87 = 52 + 40 -  4 + 93 =  1 + 51 = 13 -  2 = 17  7.0  2475 
 22. Ciuksyte, Dagne                wm LTU 2217  =112 - 56 +127 = 35 + 44 + 28 = 34 + 53 = 20 - 14 + 49  7.0  2430 
 23. Lagvilava, Genrieta            wg BLR 2299  +149 -  1 = 77 + 59 +115 = 30 + 29 = 17 =  3 = 20 = 32  7.0  2439 
 24. Zielinska, Marta               wg POL 2377  + 71 - 18 + 74 = 81 - 39 = 19 + 89 = 50 + 54 + 55 = 34  7.0  2385 
 25. Ionescu-Brandis, Irina         wm ROM 2339  + 68 +130 =  9 = 12 -  7 + 76 =  6 = 52 -  5 + 94 + 60  7.0  2430 
 26. Dworakowska, Joanna            wg POL 2360  + 95 + 81 = 40 = 52 = 17 = 12 - 10 = 19 +100 = 65 + 47  7.0  2453 
 27. Zatonskih, Anna                wg UKR 2427  - 19 = 95 + 99 + 86 = 61 + 70 = 55 = 18 = 49 + 39 = 16  7.0  2383 
 28. Petrenko, Svetlana             wm MDA 2336  +125 +  5 =  1 -  2 = 94 - 22 +111 + 92 + 52 -  6 + 67  7.0  2434 
 29. Hunt, Harriet                  wg ENG 2426  +101 + 63 = 15 + 66 -  8 = 47 - 23 +103 + 73 = 16 = 19  7.0  2409 
 30. Kononenko, Tatiana             wg UKR 2361  +146 +106 =  2 =  4 = 47 = 23 -  5 =100 = 50 + 69 + 63  7.0  2428 
 31. Peng Zhaoqin                   m  NED 2391  + 60 = 96 - 39 +114 = 50 - 49 + 48 + 78 + 18 + 51 -  3  7.0  2392 
 32. Matveeva, Svetlana             wg RUS 2447  + 89 = 66 - 16 =100 + 98 + 79 - 15 + 54 = 55 + 44 = 23  7.0  2389 
 33. Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia      wg RUS 2393  = 75 + 76 + 73 = 18 + 48 -  4 - 49 + 87 - 47 + 74 + 51  7.0  2396 
 34. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino     m  GER 2456  +134 - 79 +109 = 97 + 66 - 16 = 22 + 70 = 15 + 56 = 24  7.0  2414 
 35. Socko, Monika                  m  POL 2351  = 59 + 99 -  4 = 22 +111 + 83 - 12 + 75 + 69 -  5 + 50  7.0  2407 
 36. Sikorova, Olga                 wm CZE 2236  -  1 +131 - 45 + 91 + 84 + 92 + 37 - 13 + 82 + 57 -  6  7.0  2415 
 37. Shumiakina, Tatiana            wg RUS 2376  =145 + 75 = 49 + 78 = 93 = 39 - 36 +114 - 51 + 76 + 71  7.0  2352 
 38. Alexandrova, Olga              m  UKR 2432  +123 =103 - 41 - 93 = 77 +120 + 72 - 44 + 75 + 83 + 65  7.0  2366 
 39. Moser, Eva                     wm AUT 2309  =141 + 90 + 31 -  9 + 24 = 37 = 57 = 40 = 42 - 27 + 91  6.5  2367 
 40. Vasilevich, Tatjana            wg UKR 2436  + 94 + 65 = 26 - 21 + 97 = 15 = 16 = 39 = 44 - 19 + 59  6.5  2366 
 41. Kosintseva, Tatiana            wf RUS 2333  + 98 = 10 + 38 - 13 +  6 -  9 - 94 +116 - 19 +120 + 72  6.5  2377 
 42. Klinova, Masha                 wg ISR 2368  -106 =108 +141 =101 + 89 = 63 + 64 = 69 = 39 - 15 + 87  6.5  2315 
 43. Johansson, Victoria            wm SWE 2149  = 56 =112 = 87 +103 - 51 = 96 - 50 + 86 = 78 + 81 + 88  6.5  2364 
 44. Voiska, Margarita              wg BUL 2320  =150 +153 -  3 = 95 - 22 + 77 +113 + 38 = 40 - 32 + 85  6.5  2337 
 45. Slavina, Irina                 wg RUS 2333  +148 - 17 + 36 = 54 = 76 - 55 -114 =113 +142 + 93 + 77  6.5  2315 
 46. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea          wm NED 2351  - 92 -118 +119 + 90 +101 = 94 - 74 - 72 +146 +113 + 78  6.5  2255 
 47. Olarasu, Gabriela              wg ROM 2290  +127 + 82 = 58 =  1 = 30 = 29 + 62 - 12 + 33 -  3 - 26  6.0  2400 
 48. Sudakova, Irina                   RUS 2256  +  7 = 16 +104 =  5 - 33 - 57 - 31 +108 = 68 + 82 = 56  6.0  2394 
 49. Reizniece, Dana                wg LAT 2302  +128 = 57 = 37 -  6 +102 + 31 + 33 - 10 = 27 = 67 - 22  6.0  2354 
 50. Medic, Mirjana                 wg CRO 2274  +151 =104 + 11 -  8 = 31 -  6 + 43 = 24 = 30 + 53 - 35  6.0  2356 
 51. Kosintseva, Nadezhda           wf RUS 2289  = 90 =141 +118 + 57 + 43 = 10 = 13 - 21 + 37 - 31 - 33  6.0  2323 
 52. Zhukova, Natalia               wg UKR 2460  +109 + 55 = 21 = 26 = 15 + 56 - 11 = 25 - 28 - 18 +107  6.0  2363 
 53. Mamedova, Rena                 wg GER 2353  +118 +124 +  6 = 17 = 13 =  1 -  9 - 22 = 94 - 50 +111  6.0  2344 
 54. Grabarska, Barbara             wm POL 2213  = 11 = 84 + 64 = 45 - 16 +105 + 56 - 32 - 24 + 79 = 55  6.0  2382 
 55. Cosma, Elena Luminita          wg ROM 2331  +154 - 52 =142 + 77 =  5 + 45 = 27 =  6 = 32 - 24 = 54  6.0  2383 
 56. Stjazhkina, Olga               wg RUS 2346  = 43 + 22 - 12 +116 + 69 - 52 - 54 + 95 + 72 - 34 = 48  6.0  2319 
 57. Ovod, Evgenija                 wg RUS 2383  +135 = 49 = 96 - 51 + 78 + 48 = 39 + 74 = 14 - 36 - 18  6.0  2316 
 58. Polovnikova, Ekaterina         wg RUS 2377  +133 +105 = 47 = 15 + 92 = 13 -  7 - 65 = 83 = 87 = 64  6.0  2338 
 59. Georgieva, Liubka                 BUL 2162  = 35 = 67 =105 - 23 - 73 +122 +104 = 97 + 96 + 70 - 40  6.0  2344 
 60. Mamedjarova, Zeinab            wm AZE 2226  - 31 +128 - 65 +126 - 64 +130 - 73 + 66 + 62 + 61 - 25  6.0  2293 
 61. Matnadze, Ana                  wm GEO 2331  +137 -  2 +110 = 10 = 27 -  5 + 76 +119 -  6 - 60 +108  6.0  2347 
 62. Chelushkina, Irina             wg YUG 2388  =121 = 72 +111 + 65 + 63 -  2 - 47 - 73 - 60 +133 + 94  6.0  2315 
 63. Popova, Natalija               wm BLR 2308  +147 - 29 + 71 +112 - 62 = 42 - 14 + 85 = 74 + 99 - 30  6.0  2319 
 64. Kulish, Irina                  wg RUS 2302  -143 +129 - 54 +106 + 60 =112 - 42 +115 = 99 = 77 = 58  6.0  2282 
 65. Calzetta, Monica               wm ESP 2310  +131 - 40 + 60 - 62 =142 +145 + 93 + 58 - 17 = 26 - 38  6.0  2346 
 66. Khukhashvili, Sopiko           wm GEO 2326  +138 = 32 + 80 - 29 - 34 =113 - 75 - 60 +106 + 95 +102  6.0  2308 
 67. Demina, Julia                  wg RUS 2350  =153 = 59 = 19 =120 =113 +142 = 87 = 99 + 81 = 49 - 28  6.0  2272 
 68. Kucypera, Anna                    POL 2145  - 25 - 97 +131 =117 - 72 +139 = 86 + 89 = 48 =107 +115  6.0  2276 
 69. Tereladze, Sopiko                 GEO 2267  +140 -  8 +143 =115 - 56 + 82 +112 = 42 - 35 - 30 + 99  6.0  2324 
 70. Pokorna, Regina                wg SVK 2329  + 91 -  6 =116 =146 +121 - 27 +133 - 34 +135 - 59 + 92  6.0  2291 
 71. Calotescu, Cristina            wf ROM 2218  - 24 +155 - 63 =140 =130 -102 +126 +109 + 97 + 73 - 37  6.0  2225 
 72. Velcheva, Maria                wg BUL 2244  =  3 = 62 -112 =136 + 68 + 97 - 38 + 46 - 56 +115 - 41  5.5  2328 
 73. Umanskaya, Irina               wg RUS 2313  +144 = 80 - 33 - 98 + 59 = 75 + 60 + 62 - 29 - 71 = 76  5.5  2268 
 74. Bogza, Adina                   wm ROM 2252  -  2 + 91 - 24 =144 + 85 +115 + 46 - 57 = 63 - 33 = 80  5.5  2310 
 75. Benderac, Ana                  wm YUG 2230  = 33 - 37 -122 +148 + 90 = 73 + 66 - 35 - 38 +109 = 83  5.5  2265 
 76. Tsiganova, Monika              wm EST 2239  = 13 - 33 +138 +104 = 45 - 25 - 61 + 84 +119 - 37 = 73  5.5  2312 
 77. Gvetadze, Sopio                   GEO 2208  - 21 +151 = 23 - 55 = 38 - 44 + 90 +134 +103 = 64 - 45  5.5  2269 
 78. Iwaniuk, Dorota                wm POL 2266  -  5 + 85 +130 - 37 - 57 +125 +102 - 31 = 43 + 98 - 46  5.5  2240 
 79. Korbut, Ekaterina              wm RUS 2330  +136 + 34 - 20 + 82 -  1 - 32 - 19 =142 +110 - 54 +121  5.5  2305 
 80. Lomineishvili, Maia            wg GEO 2439  +111 = 73 - 66 - 94 +125 + 86 - 18 - 81 = 98 +114 = 74  5.5  2248 
 81. Trabert, Bettina               wg GER 2269  +152 - 26 +140 = 24 - 11 = 98 = 91 + 80 - 67 - 43 +120  5.5  2228 
 82. Manakova, Maria                wg YUG 2395  +142 - 47 + 89 - 79 =100 - 69 +110 + 93 - 36 - 48 +123  5.5  2256 
 83. Fatalibekova, Elena            wg RUS 2284  +139 - 20 - 93 +118 +120 - 35 =116 +112 = 58 - 38 = 75  5.5  2268 
 84. Grabics, Monika                wm HUN 2354  = 99 = 54 =114 =142 - 36 -116 +129 - 76 =102 +118 +113  5.5  2193 
 85. Saljova, Silvie                wm CZE 2142  - 15 - 78 =147 +123 - 74 +140 +105 - 63 +101 +100 - 44  5.5  2234 
 86. Alieva, Elmira                 wm AZE 2257  = 12 - 13 +108 - 27 +153 - 80 = 68 - 43 =126 +144 +116  5.5  2252 
 87. Zakurdjaeva, Irina                RUS 2282  +155 - 21 = 43 =102 = 95 +146 = 67 - 33 + 92 = 58 - 42  5.5  2233 
 88. Berend, Elvira S               wg LUX 2312  +126 -  9 =146 +122 - 10 = 95 - 92 +121 +133 = 91 - 43  5.5  2204 
 89. Costagliola, Marina               FRA 2254  - 32 +137 - 82 +154 - 42 +124 - 24 - 68 =128 +126 +119  5.5  2211 
 90. Muzychuk,Anna                     UKR ----  = 51 - 39 +135 - 46 - 75 =153 - 77 +136 =121 +145 +117  5.5  2234 
 91. Andersson, Christin               SWE 2115  - 70 - 74 +156 - 36 +152 +132 = 81 = 96 +114 = 88 - 39  5.5  2229 
 92. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra       wf YUG 2152  + 46 + 14 +115 - 20 - 58 - 36 + 88 - 28 - 87 +103 - 70  5.0  2297 
 93. Cherednichenko, Svetlana       wf UKR 2203  -104 +152 + 83 + 38 = 37 - 21 - 65 - 82 +105 - 45 =100  5.0  2274 
 94. Hasanova, Elmira               wf RUS 2249  - 40 =138 +153 + 80 = 28 = 46 + 41 - 14 = 53 - 25 - 62  5.0  2290 
 95. Aginian, Nelly                    ARM 2192  - 26 = 27 +107 = 44 = 87 = 88 = 96 - 56 =123 - 66 +134  5.0  2276 
 96. Javakhishvili, Lela            wm GEO 2304  +122 = 31 = 57 -  7 =146 = 43 = 95 = 91 - 59 =119 =110  5.0  2183 
 97. Lopatskaya, Elena V            wm RUS 2323  -124 + 68 +106 = 34 - 40 - 72 +146 = 59 - 71 -108 +128  5.0  2181 
 98. Lomakina, Galja                   RUS 2134  - 41 =107 +123 + 73 - 32 = 81 -100 +111 = 80 - 78 =105  5.0  2270 
 99. Kharashkina, Bairta            wf RUS 2173  = 84 - 35 - 27 +149 +104 =100 +117 = 67 = 64 - 63 - 69  5.0  2263 
100. Melamed, Tatiana               wg UKR 2273  +156 -115 =124 = 32 = 82 = 99 + 98 = 30 - 26 - 85 = 93  5.0  2209 
101. Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea         wm ROM 2240  - 29 +144 = 14 = 42 - 46 -119 +131 =102 - 85 +143 =104  5.0  2177 
102. Morkunaite, Egle                  LTU 2028  - 18 =135 +145 = 87 - 49 + 71 - 78 =101 = 84 +134 - 66  5.0  2234 
103. Mashinskaya, Iulia             wg RUS 2318  +119 = 38 - 13 - 43 =116 +118 +121 - 29 - 77 - 92 +133  5.0  2209 
104. Agababean, Naira               wg MDA 2362  + 93 = 50 - 48 - 76 - 99 +150 - 59 +130 -113 +146 =101  5.0  2153 
105. Fomina, Tatyana                wm EST 2278  +157 - 58 = 59 +124 - 14 - 54 - 85 +118 - 93 +125 = 98  5.0  2145 
106. Kludacz, Magdalena             wm POL 2203  + 42 - 30 - 97 - 64 -126 -151 +157 +131 - 66 +138 +132  5.0  2166 
107. Nill, Jessica                  wm GER 2259  - 10 = 98 - 95 -153 =147 +128 +154 =120 +144 = 68 - 52  5.0  2152 
108. Heymann, Ulrike                wm GER 2188  - 14 = 42 - 86 =127 -131 +156 +151 - 48 +132 + 97 - 61  5.0  2168 
109. Hlgatian, Goar                 wm ARM 2258  - 52 +148 - 34 -125 =150 =127 +136 - 71 +124 - 75 +135  5.0  2165 
110. Dolzhikova, Olga                  UKR 2229  - 20 +149 - 61 =143 =124 =144 - 82 +147 - 79 +140 = 96  5.0  2154 
111. Khmiadashvili, Tamar           wg GEO 2249  - 80 +136 - 62 +150 - 35 +154 - 28 - 98 +127 +135 - 53  5.0  2200 
112. Gaprindashvili, Nona           g  GEO 2376  = 22 = 43 + 72 - 63 +134 = 64 - 69 - 83 -120 -116 +144  4.5  2166 
113. Moshina, Cristina              wm MDA 2235  -  9 =122 =126 +141 = 67 = 66 - 44 = 45 +104 - 46 - 84  4.5  2207 
114. Krupkova-Mazakova, Petra       wg CZE 2249  -  6 +119 = 84 - 31 =144 +126 + 45 - 37 - 91 - 80 =124  4.5  2193 
115. Zaiatz, Elena                  wg RUS 2376  +120 +100 - 92 = 69 - 23 - 74 +145 - 64 +116 - 72 - 68  4.5  2169 
116. Blimke, Dalia                  wm POL 2209  -  8 +157 = 70 - 56 =103 + 84 = 83 - 41 -115 +112 - 86  4.5  2239 
117. Krivec, Jana                   wf SLO 2265  - 17 +125 -  5 = 68 =136 +129 - 99 -135 +138 =123 - 90  4.5  2146 
118. Kadziolka, Beata                  POL 2164  - 53 + 46 - 51 - 83 +141 -103 =127 -105 +147 - 84 +143  4.5  2153 
119. Toma, Katarzyna                   POL 2101  -103 -114 - 46 +139 +135 +101 +134 - 61 - 76 = 96 - 89  4.5  2186 
120. Agrest, Svetlana               wm SWE 2215  -115 =139 +132 = 67 - 83 - 38 +143 =107 +112 - 41 - 81  4.5  2206 
121. Buervenich, Silvia             wm SWE 2224  = 62 -  3 =150 +152 - 70 +143 -103 - 88 = 90 +130 - 79  4.5  2140 
122. Zawadzka, Magdalena               POL 2050  - 96 =113 + 75 - 88 - 19 - 59 =148 +129 -134 =154 +145  4.5  2150 
123. Erenska, Hanna                 wg POL 2246  - 38 =126 - 98 - 85 +149 =137 +124 =144 = 95 =117 - 82  4.5  2118 
124. Tallova, Ivana                    CZE 2108  + 97 - 53 =100 -105 =110 - 89 -123 +151 -109 +153 =114  4.5  2172 
125. Ismailova, Parvana             wf AZE 2140  - 28 -117 +128 +109 - 80 - 78 -132 =143 +139 -105 +149  4.5  2137 
126. Hagesaether, Ellen                NOR 2093  - 88 =123 =113 - 60 +106 -114 - 71 +153 = 86 - 89 +142  4.5  2169 
127. Apanaviciute, Kristina            LTU 2019  - 47 =133 - 22 =108 =137 =109 =118 =145 -111 =136 +148  4.5  2133 
128. Pokojska, Daria                   POL 2037  - 49 - 60 -125 +151 -129 -107 +156 +148 = 89 +142 - 97  4.5  2118 
129. Rantanen, Tanja                wm FIN 2149  - 16 - 64 -144 +155 +128 -117 - 84 -122 +157 =131 +147  4.5  2077 
130. Vogel,Heike                       GER ----  +158 - 25 - 78 =132 = 71 - 60 +153 -104 =145 -121 +154  4.5  2152 
131. Bashkite, Viktoria                EST 2073  - 65 - 36 - 68 +157 +108 -133 -101 -106 +158 =129 +146  4.5  2106 
132. Hernandez, Yudania             wm ESP 2265  =  4 - 12 -120 =130 +138 - 91 +125 -133 -108 +149 -106  4.0  2095 
133. Matras, Agnieszka              wm POL 2220  - 58 =127 +139 - 14 =143 +131 - 70 +132 - 88 - 62 -103  4.0  2124 
134. Baklanova, Tatiana             wm UKR 2257  - 34 +154 -  7 +137 -112 +136 -119 - 77 +122 -102 - 95  4.0  2100 
135. Tetenkina, Irina                  BLR 2221  - 57 =102 - 90 =138 -119 +155 +137 +117 - 70 -111 -109  4.0  2066 
136. Reszka, Malgorzata                POL 2119  - 79 -111 +151 = 72 =117 -134 -109 - 90 +155 =127 =139  4.0  2045 
137. Milligan, Helen                wf SCO 2124  - 61 - 89 +157 -134 =127 =123 -135 =139 -149 +151 =140  4.0  2022 
138. Guzik, Jolanta                    POL 2111  - 66 = 94 - 76 =135 -132 =152 =139 +155 -117 -106 +153  4.0  2072 
139. Capuano, Francesca                ITA ----  - 83 =120 -133 -119 +148 - 68 =138 =137 -125 +158 =136  4.0  2042 
140. Tekielak, Izabella                POL 2003  - 69 +158 - 81 = 71 -145 - 85 +150 -146 +154 -110 =137  4.0  2070 
141. Just, Anita                       GER 2061  = 39 = 51 - 42 -113 -118 -148 -149 +158 -153 +157 +155  4.0  2051 
142. Grosar, Kiti                   wm SLO 2234  - 82 +147 = 55 = 84 = 65 - 67 =144 = 79 - 45 -128 -126  3.5  2110 
143. Chmielinska, Alicja               POL 2047  + 64 -  4 - 69 =110 =133 -121 -120 =125 +150 -101 -118  3.5  2102 
144. Sosnowska, Elzbieta            wf POL 2095  - 73 -101 +129 = 74 =114 =110 =142 =123 -107 - 86 -112  3.5  2121 
145. Partac, Elena                  wf MDA 2216  = 37 - 11 -102 +147 +140 - 65 -115 =127 =130 - 90 -122  3.5  2011 
146. Schuurman, Petra                  NED 2193  - 30 +156 = 88 = 70 = 96 - 87 - 97 +140 - 46 -104 -131  3.5  2112 
147. Grigorian, Meri                   ARM 2052  - 63 -142 = 85 -145 =107 =149 +152 -110 -118 +150 -129  3.5  2034 
148. Winter, Astrid                    GER 2135  - 45 -109 =149 - 75 -139 +141 =122 -128 =151 +152 -127  3.5  1960 
149. Ornstein, Petra                   SWE 2035  - 23 -110 =148 - 99 -123 =147 +141 =154 +137 -132 -125  3.5  2035 
150. Jiretorn, Eva                     SWE 2106  = 44 -  7 =121 -111 =109 -104 -140 +152 -143 -147 +158  3.5  2045 
151. Smolak, Ewa                       POL ----  - 50 - 77 -136 -128 +158 +106 -108 -124 =148 -137 +156  3.5  1993 
152. Strzyzakowska,Dominika            POL ----  - 81 - 93 +158 -121 - 91 =138 -147 -150 +156 -148 +157  3.5  1977 
153. Ciuksyte, Zivile                  LTU 2150  = 67 - 44 - 94 +107 - 86 = 90 -130 -126 +141 -124 -138  3.0  1989 
154. Szymanowska, Karolina             POL 2130  - 55 -134 +155 - 89 +156 -111 -107 =149 -140 =122 -130  3.0  1955 
155. Gojny,Katarzyna                   POL ----  - 87 - 71 -154 -129 +157 -135 +158 -138 -136 -156 -141  2.0  1855 
156. Stawujak,Natalia                  POL ----  -100 -146 - 91 +158 -154 -108 -128 -157 -152 +155 -151  2.0  1823 
157. Kaniak,Monika                     POL ----  -105 -116 -137 -131 -155 +158 -106 +156 -129 -141 -152  2.0  1837 
158. BYE                                   ----  -130 -140 -152 -156 -151 -157 -155 -141 -131 -139 -150  0.0       
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16) Zone 3.2a Championships

Zone 3.2a Championships took place April 24th 2001 at the Grand Boulevard Hotel, Manila, Philippines. Info Bobby Ang. This week there is a Correction to the game Adianto vs. Datu 29. Rd4 was played.

Internet coverage: http://www.philchess.com.ph

17) Cutro Tournament

The 7th International tournament Gio. Leonardo di Bona in Cutro, Italy took place April 22nd-May 2nd 2001.

Internet coverage: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/01cutro.htm

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7th It Cutro ITA (ITA), 22 iv-2 v 2001                  cat. IX (2474)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Georgiev, Vladimir    g BUL 2592  * = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1  6.5  2571 
 2. Chatalbashev, Boris   g BUL 2518  = * 0 = 1 1 1 = = = 1  6.5  2579 
 3. Borgo, Giulio         m ITA 2408  = 1 * = 0 0 = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2516 
 4. Skembris, Spyridon    g GRE 2450  = = = * = = = = = = =  5.0  2476 
 5. Miladinovic, Igor     g GRE 2519  = 0 1 = * = = = = = =  5.0  2469 
 6. Drasko, Milan         g YUG 2521  0 0 1 = = * 1 = = = =  5.0  2469 
 7. Ortega, Lexy          m ITA 2487  = 0 = = = 0 * 1 0 1 1  5.0  2472 
 8. Halkias, Stelios      m GRE 2494  = = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = =  4.5  2435 
 9. Aleksic, Nenad1       m YUG 2417  0 = = = = = 1 0 * = =  4.5  2443 
10. Pegorari, Pietro      f ITA 2380  = = 0 = = = 0 = = * =  4.0  2411 
11. Ristic, Nenad         g YUG 2425  0 0 = = = = 0 = = = *  3.5  2368 
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 1. Ivanov, Jordan         m  BUL 2400   7.0   44.0
 2. Janev, Evgeni          m  BUL 2465   7.0   43.0
 3. Mollov, Ergin          m  BUL 2415   6.5   43.5
 4. Todorov, Ognjan        m  BUL 2344   6.0   42.5
 5. Lazic, Miroljub        g  YUG 2475   5.5   42.0
 6. Genocchio, Daniele        ITA 2278   5.0   46.0
 7. Hocevar, Nikola           SLO 2164   5.0   37.0
 8. Drabke, Lorenz         f  ITA 2310   5.0   36.0
 9. Dragojlovic, Andjelko  m  YUG 2335   4.0   39.0
10. Abatino, Maurizio      f  ITA 2242   4.0   38.5
11. Scerbo, Antonio           ITA 2095   3.5   35.5
12. Dojkova, Galina           BUL 2110   3.0   34.0
13. Rotelli,Pietro            ITA ----   1.5   36.0
14. Vismara, Daniele          ITA 2231   0.0   36.5
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18) French Team Championships

After the pool stages of the French Team Championships the top teams met to decide the title over the weekend of April 28th - May 1st 2001. The event saw Monaco just take the title from Cannes. Games from round 8-10 are available, the final round games are missing.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and http://216.46.240.197/

Final Standings
1 Monaco                       31  +34  46  11
2 Cannes                       31  +33  42  11
3 Clichy                       29  +39  51  11
4 Montpellier                  25  +12  38  11
5 Mulhouse                     24  + 2  31  11
6 Strasbourg                   22  - 6  25  11
7 Auxerre                      20  - 7  28  11
8 Gonfreville                  19  -11  27  11

19) 4NCL

The final rounds of the 4NCL are taking place in Birmingham this weekend. Morozevich, Svidler and Short are amongst the players drafted in for the final weekend. Full results and games will follow next week. Watch out for coverage on the TWIC front page.

20) 3rd Bydgoszcz International

The 3rd International Chess Festival in Bydgoszcz took place 27th April-6th May 2001. Valerij Popov took first ahead of Aleksandr Poluljahov and Eduardas Rozentalis on superior sum of opponents ELO. In addition Alexei Shirov played a match at a time rate of 20 minutes + 10 seconds against Bartlomiej Macieja on May 5th 2001. Shirov won 3-1. My thanks to Przemek Jahr for the information.

Internet coverage: http://www.szachy.lo.pl

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 Bank Pocztowy Open A Bydgoszcz POL (POL), 27 iv-6 v 2001
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                              Ti NAT ELO   RtSum Sc   TPR              
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  1. Popov, Valerij           g  RUS 2545  20246 6.5  2668 
  2. Poluljahov, Aleksandr    g  RUS 2502  20228 6.5  2655 
  3. Rozentalis, Eduardas     g  LTU 2597  19959 6.5  2640 
  4. Eingorn, Vereslav S      g  UKR 2589  20130 6.0  2620 
  5. Gleizerov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2589  19812 6.0  2574 
  6. Jaracz, Pawel            g  POL 2484  19798 6.0  2560 
  7. Malaniuk, Vladimir P     g  UKR 2511  19682 6.0  2551 
  8. Miton, Kamil             m  POL 2497  20493 5.5  2598 
  9. Socko, Bartosz           g  POL 2554  20320 5.5  2590 
 10. Cyborowski, Lukasz       m  POL 2450  20319 5.5  2574 
 11. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander  g  POL 2576  19889 5.5  2546 
 12. Lanka, Zigurds           g  LAT 2483  19844 5.5  2523 
 13. Markowski, Tomasz        g  POL 2592  19628 5.5  2513 
 14. Maksimenko, Andrei       g  UKR 2514  19453 5.5  2490 
 15. Staniszewski, Piotr      m  POL 2448  18638 5.5  2387 
 16. Szymanski, Marcin        f  POL 2359  18532 5.5  2374 
 17. Gritsak, Orest           m  UKR 2497  20099 5.0  2516 
 18. Brodsky, Michail         g  UKR 2529  20032 5.0  2517 
 19. Ulibin, Mikhail          g  RUS 2580  19978 5.0  2519 
 20. Zontakh, Andrey          g  UKR 2532  19656 5.0  2476 
 21. Lagowski, Patryk         f  POL 2328  19594 5.0  2461 
 22. Bartel, Mateusz             POL 2434  19578 5.0  2453 
 23. Lutsko, Igor             m  BLR 2346  19299 5.0  2427 
 24. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N     g  RUS 2503  19913 4.5  2456 
 25. Libov, Gennady              BLR 2313  19455 4.5  2402 
 26. Klovans, Janis           g  LAT 2490  19323 4.5  2377 
 27. Kuczynski, Robert        g  POL 2509  19163 4.5  2370 
 28. Pacuszka, Tomasz         f  POL 2306  19009 4.5  2348 
 29. Sciborowski, Miroslaw       POL 2192  18826 4.5  2327 
 30. Zhigalko, Sergei            BLR 2174  18811 4.5  2320 
 31. Totsky, Leonid           g  RUS 2495  18705 4.5  2314 
 32. Singer, Krystian            POL 2154  18047 4.5  2233 
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21) 54th Russian Chess Championships

The 54th Russian Chess Championships take place April 29th-May 9th 2001 in Elista. A 9-round Swiss. The prize fund is $30,000. There will be 16 qualifying places for the European Championships. With one round to go Alexander Motylev and Alexander Lastin lead with 6/8.

Internet coverage: http://54RCC.fide.com

Round 8/9 standings:
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 1. Motylev, Alexander        g  RUS 2601  +10 =19 =13 + 8 +20 = 4 = 2 + 6  .   6.0  2756 
 2. Lastin, Alexander         g  RUS 2627  +44 =27 +38 +21 = 4 = 3 = 1 +14  .   6.0  2749 
 3. Kharlov, Andrei           g  RUS 2639  +40 =38 +27 =11 = 7 = 2 =16 +22  .   5.5  2705 
 4. Chernyshov, Konstantin    g  RUS 2536  +53 +35 + 7 =20 = 2 = 1 - 6 = 9  .   5.0  2666 
 5. Pigusov, Evgeny           g  RUS 2584  +46 = 8 =19 =10 +21 =25 =11 =17  .   5.0  2615 
 6. Malakhov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2623  =32 +50 =15 +26 =11 = 7 + 4 - 1  .   5.0  2642 
 7. Epishin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2579  +42 +28 - 4 +41 = 3 = 6 =12 =10  .   5.0  2628 
 8. Ionov, Sergey             g  RUS 2505  +24 = 5 =18 - 1 =26 =38 +35 +36  .   5.0  2676 
 9. Galkin, Alexander         g  RUS 2584  -21 +55 =40 +31 +17 =11 =22 = 4  .   5.0  2586 
10. Smirnov, Pavel            m  RUS 2511  - 1 +53 +47 = 5 +18 -14 +20 = 7  .   5.0  2658 
11. Turov, Maxim              g  RUS 2553  +58 +31 =21 = 3 = 6 = 9 = 5 =24  .   5.0  2619 
12. Najer, Evgeniy            g  RUS 2600  =50 =32 +57 =13 +15 =22 = 7 =16  .   5.0  2628 
13. Bezgodov, Alexei          g  RUS 2543  +56 =57 = 1 =12 =14 =20 =18 +29  .   5.0  2635 
14. Kobalija, Mihail          g  RUS 2590  =49 -39 +54 +40 =13 +10 +25 - 2  .   5.0  2615 
15. Volzhin, Alexander        g  RUS 2528  =59 +34 = 6 =30 -12 =28 +31 +33  .   5.0  2572 
16. Aseev, Konstantin N       g  RUS 2577  -28 =58 =42 +45 +50 +27 = 3 =12  .   5.0  2605 
17. Burmakin, Vladimir        g  RUS 2522  =20 -18 +52 +47 - 9 +39 +30 = 5  .   5.0  2661 
18. Dolmatov, Sergey          g  RUS 2587  =29 +17 = 8 =19 -10 +32 =13 =27  .   4.5  2561 
19. Jakovenko, Dmitrij        m  RUS 2521  +47 = 1 = 5 =18 =30 =33 =36 =26  .   4.5  2628 
20. Shipov, Sergei            g  RUS 2640  =17 +29 +36 = 4 - 1 =13 -10 +28  .   4.5  2571 
21. Arbakov, Valentin         g  RUS 2491  + 9 +25 =11 - 2 - 5 -23 +55 +47  .   4.5  2606 
22. Yakovich, Yuri            g  RUS 2577  =52 =54 +32 =39 +28 =12 = 9 - 3  .   4.5  2559 
23. Iljushin, Alexei          g  RUS 2536  -31 +56 -41 +34 =29 +21 =33 =25  .   4.5  2498 
24. Shariyazdanov, Andrey     g  RUS 2594  - 8 =42 =34 +46 =32 =29 +48 =11  .   4.5  2540 
25. Dvoirys, Semen I          g  RUS 2568  +55 -21 +45 =28 +39 = 5 -14 =23  .   4.5  2548 
26. Volkov, Sergey            g  RUS 2558  =54 =45 +49 - 6 = 8 =44 +40 =19  .   4.5  2549 
27. Vaulin, Alexander         g  RUS 2540  +51 = 2 - 3 =38 +57 -16 +44 =18  .   4.5  2577 
28. Beshukov, Sergei          g  RUS 2463  +16 - 7 +35 =25 -22 =15 +38 -20  .   4.0  2579 
29. Belozerov, Andrei         m  RUS 2494  =18 -20 =51 +35 =23 =24 +43 -13  .   4.0  2555 
30. Ibragimov, Ildar          g  RUS 2578  =45 +52 =39 =15 =19 =36 -17 =34  .   4.0  2495 
31. Chebotarev, Oleg             RUS 2306  +23 -11 +43 - 9 =44 =40 -15 +50  .   4.0  2539 
32. Makarov, Marat            g  RUS 2511  = 6 =12 -22 +54 =24 -18 =45 +51  .   4.0  2525 
33. Balashov, Yuri S          g  RUS 2581  =39 =49 =44 =57 +51 =19 =23 -15  .   4.0  2484 
34. Baikov, Vladimir A        m  RUS 2431  =43 -15 =24 -23 +37 =50 +57 =30  .   4.0  2514 
35. Rustemov, Alexander       g  RUS 2625  +48 - 4 -28 -29 +53 +41 - 8 +49  .   4.0  2463 
36. Pushkov, Nikolai          g  RUS 2561  =41 +59 -20 =44 +49 =30 =19 - 8  .   4.0  2487 
37. Pridorozhni, Aleksei         RUS 2352  -38 -40 -46 +60 -34 +59 +53 +56  .   4.0  2381 
38. Khasin, Alexander         g  RUS 2542  +37 = 3 - 2 =27 =41 = 8 -28 =46  .   3.5  2460 
39. Zakharevich, Igor         g  RUS 2487  =33 +14 =30 =22 -25 -17 =41 =43  .   3.5  2506 
40. Timofeev, Artyom          f  RUS 2522  - 3 +37 = 9 -14 +42 =31 -26 =41  .   3.5  2447 
41. Tomashevsky, Evgeny          RUS 2408  =36 =43 +23 - 7 =38 -35 =39 =40  .   3.5  2509 
42. Zakharstov, Viacheslav V  m  RUS 2484  - 7 =24 =16 =43 -40 +52 =50 =44  .   3.5  2495 
43. Sveshnikov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2571  =34 =41 -31 =42 =48 +46 -29 =39  .   3.5  2408 
44. Lugovoi, Aleksei          g  RUS 2512  - 2 +60 =33 =36 =31 =26 -27 =42  .   3.5  2435 
45. Inarkiev, Ernesto         m  RUS 2469  =30 =26 -25 -16 =58 +54 =32 =48  .   3.5  2467 
46. Potapov, Alexander        m  RUS 2490  - 5 -47 +37 -24 +55 -43 +52 =38  .   3.5  2474 
47. Filippov, Valerij         g  RUS 2632  -19 +46 -10 -17 =54 +58 +49 -21  .   3.5  2433 
48. Potkin, Vladimir          m  RUS 2512  -35 =51 =58 =55 =43 +57 -24 =45  .   3.5  2438 
49. Loginov, Valery A         g  RUS 2499  =14 =33 -26 +59 -36 +51 -47 -35  .   3.0  2429 
50. Riazantsev, Alexander     m  RUS 2510  =12 - 6 =59 +58 -16 =34 =42 -31  .   3.0  2367 
51. Korobov, Ilya             f  RUS 2347  -27 =48 =29 +56 -33 -49 +58 -32  .   3.0  2397 
52. Frolov, Denis             m  RUS 2442  =22 -30 -17 =53 +59 -42 -46 +55  .   3.0  2364 
53. Utnasunov, Alexander         RUS 2291  - 4 -10 =56 =52 -35 +60 -37 +57  .   3.0  2343 
54. Karpatchev, Aleksandr     g  RUS 2404  =26 =22 -14 -32 =47 -45 -60 +58  .   2.5  2343 
55. Bachin, Vitaly            m  RUS 2426  -25 - 9 +60 =48 -46 +56 -21 -52  .   2.5  2311 
56. Shovunov, Baatr           m  RUS 2367  -13 -23 =53 -51 +60 -55 +59 -37  .   2.5  2221 
57. Diu, Viacheslav              RUS 2445  +60 =13 -12 =33 -27 -48 -34 -53  .   2.0  2265 
58. Feoktistov, Alexey A      m  RUS 2375  -11 =16 =48 -50 =45 -47 -51 -54  .   1.5  2249 
59. Poddubnyi, Viktor            RUS 2240  =15 -36 =50 -49 -52 -37 -56 =60  .   1.5  2177 
60. Mantsinov, E                 RUS 2167  -57 -44 -55 -37 -56 -53 +54 =59  .   1.5  2128 
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22) Kaissa Championships

Alex Zarubin reports: The chess club "Kaissa" of Kharkov, Ukraine, held the finals of its club competition. The event took place 18th - 28th April 2001. The winner was Andrey Ivanov winning with 8.0/11 half a point ahead of Andrey Ermolaev and Dmitry Grin with 7.5/11.

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Ch-Kaissa Club Kharkov UKR (UKR), 18-28 iv 2001
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Ivanov, Andrey A         UKR 2297  * 0 = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2340 
 2. Ermolaev,Andrey          UKR ----  1 * 0 1 = 1 = = 0 1 1 1  7.5  2325 
 3. Grin, Dmitry             UKR 2301  = 1 * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2297 
 4. Kalinski, Igor A         UKR 2240  = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2272 
 5. Tsepotan, Artiom       m UKR 2416  0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 =  6.5  2219 
 6. Iljin, Stanislav         UKR 2384  0 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 0 1 1  5.5  2157 
 7. Kostiuk, Tatiana      wm UKR 2221  1 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 = 0  5.0  2136 
 8. Kovalenko,Nikolai        UKR ----  0 = 0 0 = = 1 * = 0 = =  4.0  2090 
 9. Jadvizhena, Nadezhda     UKR 2206  0 1 0 0 0 0 1 = * = = =  4.0  2071 
10. Romashko, Andrey         UKR 2049  0 0 0 = = 1 0 1 = * 0 =  4.0  2085 
11. Kucherenko,Daniil        UKR ----  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 * 1  4.0  2090 
12. Kreslavsky,Roman         UKR ----  0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 *  3.0  2017 
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23) Capablanca Memorial

The Capablanca Memorial tournament takes place May 3rd-21st 2001. Invited players in the Premier include: Ulf Anderssson, Zhang Zhong, Alexandre Lesiege, Anthony Miles, Francisco Vallejo, Thomas Luther, Igor Alexander Nataf, Hannes Stefansson.

Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/

Round 2 Standings:
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XXXVI Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 5-20 v 2001      cat. XIII (2553)
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 1. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre     g FRA 2552  * = . . . . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2756 
 2. Stefansson, Hannes        g ISL 2570  = * . . . . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2763 
 3. Hauchard, Arnaud          g FRA 2526  . . * . . = . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2753 
 4. Luther, Thomas            g GER 2568  . . . * . . . . 1 . . . .  1.0       
 5. Vallejo Pons, Francisco   g ESP 2559  . . . . * . . . . 1 . . .  1.0       
 6. Andersson, Ulf            g SWE 2640  . . = . . * . . = . . . .  1.0  2503 
 7. Miles, Anthony J          g ENG 2562  . . . . . . * = . . = . .  1.0  2573 
 8. Nogueiras, Jesus          g CUB 2557  . . . . . . = * . = . . .  1.0  2552 
 9. Abreu, Aryam              m CUB 2480  . . . 0 . = . . * . . . .  0.5  2411 
10. Arencibia, Walter         g CUB 2543  . . . . 0 . . = . * . . .  0.5  2365 
11. Bruzon, Lazaro            g CUB 2589  . 0 . . . . = . . . * . .  0.5  2373 
12. Delgado, Neuris           m CUB 2481  . . 0 . . . . . . . . * =  0.5  2348 
13. Dominguez, Lenier         m CUB 2556  0 . . . . . . . . . . = *  0.5  2323 
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XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier I Havana CUB (CUB), 5-20 v 2001       cat. VIII (2429)
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto   m CUB 2430  * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . .  2.0       
 2. Gongora, Maikel              m CUB 2417  . * . . . . = . 1 . . . . .  1.5  2644 
 3. Perez, Rodney                m CUB 2471  . . * . = . . . . . 1 . . .  1.5  2621 
 4. Vazquez, Renier              m CUB 2393  . . . * . = . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2582 
 5. Borges Mateos, Juan          m CUB 2436  . . = . * . . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2635 
 6. Leyva, Ricardo               f CUB 2400  . . . = . * . . . . = . . .  1.0  2407 
 7. Szekely, Peter               g HUN 2429  . = . . . . * . . = . . . .  1.0  2421 
 8. Franco Ocampos, Zenon        g ESP 2496  0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1 .  1.0  2425 
 9. Quezada, Yuniesky            f CUB 2474  . 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1  1.0  2415 
10. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi     m ESP 2425  0 . . . . . = . . * . . . .  0.5  2236 
11. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio    m ECU 2421  . . 0 . . = . . . . * . . .  0.5  2242 
12. Garcia Martinez, Silvino     g CUB 2378  . . . 0 . . . . . . . * = .  0.5  2213 
13. Mateo, Ramon                 m DOM 2420  . . . . . . . 0 . . . = * .  0.5  2244 
14. Valdes, Luis E               f CUB 2413  . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . . *  0.0       
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XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana CUB (CUB), 5-20 v 2001          cat. VIII (2426)
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                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S       m ECU 2467  * = . . . . . . . . 1 . . .  1.5  2615 
 2. Wohl, Aleksandar H               m AUS 2418  = * . . . . . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2625 
 3. Herrera, Irisberto               g CUB 2432  . . * 1 . . . . . . . . . ?  1.0       
 4. Garcia, Osmel                    f CUB 2300  . . 0 * 1 . . . . . . . . .  1.0  2430 
 5. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel        g ESP 2429  . . . 0 * . . 1 . . . . . .  1.0  2363 
 6. Otero, Diasmany                  f CUB 2416  . . . . . * = . . . . = . .  1.0  2391 
 7. Perez, Luis Manuel               m CUB 2386  . . . . . = * . . = . . . .  1.0  2439 
 8. Almeida, Omar                    f CUB 2426  . . . . 0 . . * . . . . 1 .  1.0  2453 
 9. De la Paz, Frank                 m CUB 2437  . . . . . . . . * . = . = .  1.0  2452 
10. Gomez, Felix                     m CUB 2462  . . . . . . = . . * . . . ?  0.5  2386 
11. Gonzalez, Yuri                   m CUB 2426  0 . . . . . . . = . * . . .  0.5  2259 
12. Perez Candelario, Manuel         m ESP 2397  . 0 . . . = . . . . . * . .  0.5  2224 
13. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis   m ESP 2478  . . . . . . . 0 = . . . * .  0.5  2238 
14. Zapata, Alonso                   g COL 2492  . . ? . . . . . . ? . . . *  0.0       
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24) 5th Golden Cleopatra

The 5th Golden Cleopatra Open takes place 2nd-12th May 2001 in Cairo in the Eastern Company Sports Club, about 5 kms from Pyramids. Play start at 4.pm daily. Many thanks to Hassan Khaled for the information.

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Golden Cleopatra Open Cairo EGY (EGY), 2-11 v 2001
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 1. Kasparov, Sergey           m  BLR 2456  +22 +17   2.0       
 2. Sermek, Drazen             g  SLO 2525  +26 +25   2.0       
 3. Sulava, Nenad              g  CRO 2526  +34 +30   2.0       
 4. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S     m  UZB 2451  +36 +21   2.0       
 5. Mirzoev, Azer              m  AZE 2488  +37 +23   2.0       
 6. Barsov, Alexei             g  UZB 2519  +24 = 8   1.5  2542 
 7. Fominyh, Alexander         g  RUS 2571  +27 =10   1.5  2592 
 8. Sarwat, Walaa              m  EGY 2356  +29 = 6   1.5  2753 
 9. Komarov, Dimitri           g  UKR 2539  =12 +31   1.5  2606 
10. Medvegy, Zoltan            m  HUN 2444  +40 = 7   1.5  2635 
11. Velicka, Petr              m  CZE 2451  =31 +32   1.5  2493 
12. Rausis, Igors              g  LAT 2500  = 9 =13   1.0  2452 
13. Abdel Razik, Khaled        f  EGY 2365  =18 =12   1.0  2383 
14. Amin, Bassem               f  EGY 2133  =15 =16   1.0  2375 
15. Bakre, Tejas               m  IND 2419  =14 =18   1.0  2200 
16. Hamed, Ahmed               m  EGY 2331  =19 =14   1.0  2296 
17. Hassan, Sayed Barakat      m  EGY 2363  +28 - 1   1.0  2341 
18. Rahman, Yehya              m  EGY 2267  =13 =15   1.0  2392 
19. Roeder, Mathias            m  GER 2459  =16 =20   1.0  2360 
20. Radulov, Ivan              g  BUL 2390  =32 =19   1.0  2366 
21. Adly, Ahmed                f  EGY 2209  +33 - 4   1.0  2404 
22. Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud  m  EGY 2330  - 1 +36   1.0  2392 
23. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed    m  EGY 2370  +35 - 5   1.0  2378 
24. El Ghazali, Youssef M      m  EGY 2343  - 6 +38   1.0  2412 
25. Hatem, Ibrahim Ahamed         YEM 2393  +39 - 2   1.0  2401 
26. Himdan, Maher              m  EGY 2348  - 2 +35   1.0  2397 
27. Mahdi, Khaled              m  AUT 2354  - 7 +39   1.0  2424 
28. Omearat, Adel              f  SYR 2226  -17 +37   1.0  2347 
29. Marin, Mihail              g  ROM 2601  - 8 +40   1.0  2334 
30. Surjadnji, Aleksei         m  UKR 2431  +38 - 3   1.0  2416 
31. Afifi, Assem               m  EGY 2326  =11 - 9   0.5  2302 
32. Yousry, Salah                 EGY 2274  =20 -11   0.5  2227 
33. Chahrani, Ibrahim             LBA 2358  -21 =34   0.5  2087 
34. Tissir, Mohamed            m  MAR 2352  - 3 =33   0.5  2249 
35. Abdel Aziem, Ramadan          EGY 2269  -23 -26   0.0       
36. Elgabry, Mohsen            m  EGY 2328  - 4 -22   0.0       
37. Ezat, Mohamed              m  EGY 2332  - 5 -28   0.0       
38. Frhat, Ali                    EGY 2306  -30 -24   0.0       
39. Georg, Magdy                  EGY 2277  -25 -27   0.0       
40. Sameeh, Hany                  EGY 2313  -10 -29   0.0       
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25) Open Crans Montana

The 7th "Open Etrier Crans Montana" took place April 19th –22nd 2001. As usual after five rounds the top four players left the open to play a knockout for the first four places, the rest of the players continued on in the open format. In the semi-finals Andrei Sokolov beat Richard Gerber and Tony Miles beat Sinisa Joksic (after their normal time rate game was drawn). In the final Andrei Sokolov beat Miles to first place with a draw and then a win at faster time rate, Richard Gerber took third by beating Sinisa Joksic. Information from Robert Spoerri.

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Final Standings:

 1. Sokolov Andrei GM 2566 Belfort   FRA  5 2 0 6  29½ 174½
 2. Miles Tony GM 2564 Birningham    GBR  4 3 0 5½ 31½ 175½
 3. Gerber Richard IM 2432 Geneve    SUI  4 1 2 4½ 31 164
 4. Joksic Sinisa IM 2287 V Beograd  YUG  4 2 1 5  29 161

Open:

 5. Beney Eddy 2049 Sierre           SUI   4 2 1 5  27½ 153½
 6. Sofrgin Alexei FM 2297 Clarens   RUS   4 2 1 5  27 154
 7. Gheorghiu Florin GM 2478         ROM   3 4 0 5  26½ 152
 8. Zenklusen Rico 2230 J Naters     SUI   4 2 1 5  26 153½
 9. Pinol Fabrice 2233 J Echallens   SUI   4 2 1 5  24½ 149½
10. Schweizer Robert 2044 V Thalwil  SUI   5 0 2 5  22 159
11. Michaud Christian 2074 Onex      SUI   4 1 2 4½ 28 149½
12. Nemet Ivan GM 2437 Basel         SUI   4 1 2 4½ 26 153½
13. Fischdick Gisela IM 2251         GER   3 3 1 4½ 25½ 150½
14. Perruchoud Pierre 2065 Bovernier SUI   4 1 2 4½ 23½ 152
15. Carron Julien 1846 Bramois       SUI   4 1 2 4½ 22½ 152½
51 players

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

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

SmartChess.com International

Jonathan Hains reports: The 1st SmartChess.com International takes place 4-13 June 2001 at the Marshall Chess Club (Rounds 1-4) and Manhattan Chess Club (Rounds 5-9), both in New York City. Some games to be broadcast on the Internet Chess Club.

The Category IX (2456) 9-RR event has received acceptances from the following players:

Igor Novikov UKR 2596-g; Aleksander Wojtkiewicz POL 2576-g; Alexander Stripunsky USA 2497-g; Amon Simutowe ZAM 2470-m; Greg Shahade USA 2458-m; Pascal Charbonneau CAN 2407-f; Justin Sarkar 2406-f; Dean Ippolito 2385-m; Jay Bonin 2381-m; Irina Krush 2380-m.

Arbiter: Jerome Bibuld (IA)

Official web-site: http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/default.htm

Broadcast Sponsor: Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com)

Round Times: 6 p.m. Eastern (US) Time (same as ICC official time) except Round 5 at 2 p.m.

III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open

10 round Swiss System open. Venue Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September 2001.

Further details: http://www.secretariat.org/open

International BiH Seniors

International BiH Seniors Championship - Grand - Prix ECU. Bugojno 2nd-10th May 2001.

Internet Site: http://www.eni.com.ba

II Open Backa Palanka

The II Open Backa Palanka (Yugoslavia) takes place 2nd-10th May 2001.

Further information: http://www.backapalankaopen.com

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

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

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.

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

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

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/

GREECE WILL HOST THE 2001 WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Municipality of Peristeri in Athens, Greece will organize the 2001 World Junior Chess Championship for boys & girls up to 20 years old.

The games will be played during August 16-29 in the Exhibition Center of Peristeri, Athens. It is the first major FIDE event to be organized in Greece after the 1998 Zonal Tournament 1.5 in Panormo, Crete. It is also the first major chess event which will be organized in Athens, the host city of the 2004 Olympic Games.

The games will be covered through the Internet by Greek Chess Online http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio - the official website.

An official invitation will be soon delivered to all federations.

IM George Mastrokoukos Greek Chess Federation Presidential Board Member

Paul Keres Memorial

The Paul Keres Memorial will be held July 25th-31st 2001 in Tallinn, Estonia. I - 2.000 DM, II - 1.400 DM, III - 1.000 DM, 4 - 700 DM, 5 - 500 DM, 6 - 400 DM, 7.-10. - 300 DM, 11.-15. - 200 DM, Iw - 600 DM

Further details: http://www.malekeskus.ee/tourn.html

Contact Iivo Nei info@malemaja.neti.ee

Italian Events including European and World over 60s

21st Chess Festical in Bratto, Italy takes place August 22nd-30th 2001. Full details: http://www.maskeret.com/bratto

Over 60 events in Italy: The European Championships for over 60s take place in Saint-Vincent, September 15th-23rd 2001 and the World Championships for over 60s take place in Arco (Trento), October 15th-28th Details in "calendario" section of Italian Federation's site: http://www.infcom.it/fsi

Limone Piemonte open

There will be an International Open Tournament in the town of Limone Piemonte, Italy, June 24th, 2001 to July 1st.

The starting fee is waved off for players FIDE rated above 2350.

Prize fund approx 3.500 Euro, first prize is £ approx 670 Euro.

More information can be found at http://www.arpnet.it/scacchi/limone01/01limone.zip

Summer in Olomouc (Czech Republic)

The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2001, takes place August 1st-9th, 2001. There will be organized several tournaments:

1) GM round robin tournament, category 8-10 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) IM round robin tournament, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) - 2-3 groups 3) FIDE open - 9 rounds, 2/40+1 (August 2-9, 2001)

The second event MLADI OPEN 2001 is a tournament for young players up to age of 20. It will take place on June 24th-28th, 2001 in Olomouc as well. There will be 2 categories:

1) FIDE open 2) national open

1st prize in the FIDE OPEN is free entry to the round-robin IM tournament of category 3-4 FIDE in Olomouc (1.-9.8.2001). Other prizes also. Complete information about both events: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

Information about FIDE open in August are also published at Czech Tour series site http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

First and Third Saturday

1. 5th-17th of May, FIRST SATURDAY IM-FM closed tmt Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, 2. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt Budapest, org. IM Zsinka, 3. 2nd-14th of June FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest, 4. 13th-23rd of June, Hotel Lipa GM-IM Szentgotthard /300 km West from Budapest/, Org.: FM Tomcsanyi, 4. 16th-28th of June, THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Org: NL and FM Kotevski, 5. 7th-19th of July, FIRST SATURDAY IM-FM, Budapest.

Contact: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 I

Ikaros Chess Festival 2001

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2001 will take place 3rd-16th July 2001. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 23 years on Ikaria island, one of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (7th-15th of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as Women, Junior and Veteran tournaments, blitz and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.

Further information http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

or send an e-mail to Mr. Dimitris Skyrianoglou at: dimiski@di.uoa.gr

VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico

The VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico takes place 9th-16th September 2001. Open events etc.

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

Jezdimir Vasiljevic arrest

Jezdimir Vasiljevic was arrested in February after a return to Belgrade after 8 years in hiding in Cyprus. The former banker was wanted for embezzlement, he sponsored the 1992 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. My thanks to Kevin Dolan.

Internet reference: http://www.cyprus-mail.com/February/28/news8.htm

Hotel Lipa Tournament

The Hotel Lipa International Chess Grandmaster and Master Tournaments take place in Szentgotthárd, Hungary June 13th-23rd 2001.

Further details: http://www.primerate.hu

32 Hour Blitz Marathon in Budapest

A 32-hour (non-stop, approx. 150 rounds) super-marathon blitz tournament (ELTE 32) starting at 12:00, April 29 (Sunday) will take place in Budapest, aiming at breaking the previous (non-registered) 30-hour record. TV, radio and the press are very likely to pop up. Further information at 25vos@ludens.elte.hu or at Attila PIRÓTH, +36-1-2218695. The details of the tournament can be checked out at the homepage of the Hungarian Chess Federation, http://www.chess.hu (see "versenynaptar"). About 100 participants are expected. 20-30 prizes, 1st prize around DM 200. Entry fee, including 3 meals not more than DM 30.

Pilsen Open

The 7th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2001, takes place 18th-26th August 2001 at the "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (The Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is the International Open Czech Championship. (1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81 000 CZK). For detailed information look at http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/

International Championships of Slovakia

International Championships of Slovakia 2001, which will be hold as tournament A of Presov Chess Festival 2001: Presov Chess Festival 11.8 - 19.8.2001 (9 rounds) A) International Championship of Slovakia 2001 (OPEN) - 1st prize 30 000 Sk (about 1500 DEM) - total prize fund 114 000 Sk (about 5500 DEM) B) National Open - 1st prize 7 000 Sk (about 350 DEM) - total prize fund 31 000 Sk (about 1500 DEM) Venue: Presov, SPS Strojnicka school (next to hotel Saris) Accomodation: College of SPS Strojnicka - 2-beds room 10 DEM / person / night - 1-bed room 13 DEM / person / night Boarding: SPS Strojnicka 10 DEM per day Registration deadline 15.7.2001 Further information: http://www.chess.vadium.sk/presov

Notzai

Notzai (always worth visiting) were in satirical mode for April 1st. http://www.notzai.com, specifically http://www.notzai.com/notzai/KC.html.

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

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

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

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/

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

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/

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/

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.

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

"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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Andorra Open 2001

There is a website for the Andorra open 30th June-8th July 2001. You can also win a digital camera or enter 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.

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