THE WEEK IN CHESS 340 14th May 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Bosnia 2001
3) Two exciting tournaments start this week
4) 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament
5) Mirabal Rapidplay
6) First Saturday May
7) 2nd European Open women's Championship
8) Podlehnik GM
9) Open Backa Palanka
10) 65th Bulgarian Championships
11) Asian Zonal Championships
12) 4NCL final weekend
13) 54th Russian Chess Championships
14) Russian Club Championships
15) MSO collapses
16) Capablanca Memorial
17) Semi-Finals of the Dutch Championship
18) 5th Golden Cleopatra
19) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Bosnia 2001                          10 games
3rd Julian Borowski                  40 games
Mirabal Rapidplay                    32 games
First Saturday May                   56 games
2nd European Open Women's Playoff    17 games
Podlehnik GM                         30 games
Podlehnik Match                       4 games
Open Backa Palanka                   90 games
65th Bulgarian Championships         68 games
4NCL final weekend                  143 games
54th Russian Chess Championships     35 games
Russian Club Championships           36 games
Capablanca Memorial                 122 games
Dutch Championship Semi-Finals       19 games
5th Golden Cleopatra                159 games
861 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Rodolfo Arias, Laszlo Nagy, Koos Stolk, Richard Palliser, Rumen Angelov, Jacob Shutzman, Pawel Suwarski, Andrzej Filipowicz, Boris Schipkov, Janko Bohak, Mihajlo Savic, Andrés Molina, Viktor Karpov, Aleksandar Sidorovski, Argiris Kotsis, Istvan Magyar, Hassan Khaled and all those who helped with this issue.

A nice event in Sarajevo warms us up for even nicer ones in first Merida (Anand, Khalifman and Short) and then Kazakhstan (Kasparov, Kramnik, Morozevich, Shirov and Gelfand) this week. Last weekend we saw yet another final weekend of a team championships in Birmingham which saw Svidler and Morozevich amongst others turn up. In Russia Bareev and that man Svidler again along with Bareev play for another team in the finals of the Russian team championships. It should be an interesting week.

On another note, although I haven't got my copies yet, my book Chess on the Net was published Everyman Chess on 11th May 2001. I hope people will like it.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Bosnia 2001

The Bosnia 2001 tournament in Sarajevo takes place May 12th-22nd 2001. Games start at 1pm BST 2pm local time.

Official website: http://www.ks.gov.ba/bosna2001

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Bosnia 2001 Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 13-21 v 2001       cat. XVI (2628)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Georgiev, Kiril     g BUL 2676  * . . . . . . 1 . 1  2.0       
 2. Topalov, Veselin    g BUL 2707  . * . . . . . . 1 1  2.0       
 3. Dreev, Alexey       g RUS 2685  . . * . . 1 = . . .  1.5  2741 
 4. Smirin, Ilia        g ISR 2691  . . . * = . 1 . . .  1.5  2727 
 5. Kurajica, Bojan     g BIH 2567  . . . = * . . = . .  1.0  2675 
 6. Kozul, Zdenko       g CRO 2595  . . 0 . . * . . 1 .  1.0  2611 
 7. Dizdarevic, Emir    g BIH 2501  . . = 0 . . * . . .  0.5  2495 
 8. Sokolov, Ivan       g BIH 2659  0 . . . = . . * . .  0.5  2428 
 9. Atalik, Suat        g BIH 2537  . 0 . . . 0 . . * .  0.0       
10. Movsesian, Sergei   g CZE 2661  0 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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Round 1 (May 13, 2001)

Georgiev, Kiril    -  Sokolov, Ivan      1-0   41  A25  English Sicilian Attack
Topalov, Veselin   -  Movsesian, Sergei  1-0   33  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Smirin, Ilia       -  Kurajica, Bojan    1/2   34  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Kozul, Zdenko      -  Atalik, Suat       1-0   42  D10  Slav Defence
Dizdarevic, Emir   -  Dreev, Alexey      1/2   55  A07  Barcza System

Round 2 (May 14, 2001)

Dreev, Alexey      -  Kozul, Zdenko      1-0   32  E89  King's Indian Saemisch
Smirin, Ilia       -  Dizdarevic, Emir   1-0   35  B17  Caro Kann
Kurajica, Bojan    -  Sokolov, Ivan      1/2   47  C45  Scotch Game
Atalik, Suat       -  Topalov, Veselin   0-1   32  D29  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Movsesian, Sergei  -  Georgiev, Kiril    0-1   53  B85  Sicilian Scheveningen Variation

3) Two exciting tournaments start this week

There are two big tournaments this week involving the top three players in the World. The Merida tournament in Mexico starts on May 16th and the Kazakhstan on the 19th.

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

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

4) 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament

The 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament takes place in Essen, May 2nd-11th 2001. Rustam Kasimdzhanov won the 3rd Julian Borowski A event with 6.5/9 undefeated, half a point clear of Christopher Lutz and Emil Sutovsky. Daniel Fridman and Ralf Appel both scored 6.5/9 in the B event.

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 1 =  6.5  2773 
 2. Lutz, Christopher      g GER 2614  = * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2741 
 3. Sutovsky, Emil         g ISR 2604  = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1  6.0  2742 
 4. Romanishin, Oleg M     g UKR 2559  = 1 = * 0 = 0 = 1 1  5.0  2665 
 5. Dautov, Rustem         g GER 2631  0 = 0 1 * = = = 1 1  5.0  2657 
 6. Jussupow, Artur        g GER 2645  = 0 1 = = * = = = =  4.5  2612 
 7. Gurevich, Mikhail      g BEL 2688  0 = 0 1 = = * = 0 1  4.0  2565 
 8. Bischoff, Klaus        g GER 2533  0 = 0 = = = = * 0 1  3.5  2545 
 9. Nijboer, Friso         g NED 2580  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * =  3.0  2495 
10. Smagin, Sergey         g RUS 2613  = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = *  1.5  2343 
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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. Fridman, Daniel        m LAT 2559  * 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2630 
 2. Appel, Ralf            m GER 2481  0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 =  6.5  2638 
 3. Naiditsch, Arkadij     m GER 2487  = = * = 1 1 0 = = 1  5.5  2552 
 4. Seul, Georg            m GER 2434  0 = = * = = = 1 1 1  5.5  2558 
 5. Siebrecht, Sebastian   m GER 2393  1 0 0 = * 0 1 = = =  4.0  2439 
 6. Pelletier, Yannick     g SUI 2531  = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 0  4.0  2424 
 7. Kveinys, Aloyzas       g LTU 2533  0 0 1 = 0 = * = = =  3.5  2387 
 8. Van der Wiel, John     g NED 2493  = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1  3.5  2391 
 9. Schaefer, Markus       m GER 2393  0 0 = 0 = = = = * 1  3.5  2402 
10. De Gleria, Francesco   m GER 2432  0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 *  2.5  2312 
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5) 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

A selection of games is now available my thanks to Hechiceros del tablero.

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

6) First Saturday May

Laszlo Nagy reports that 5th-17th of May saw two First Saturday IM events and one FM. Adnan Sendur won the IMA event with 6.5/9 and scored an IM norm. With one round to go Janos Dudas leads the IMB event. My thanks to Istvan Magyar who typed in the games.

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

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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. Sendur, Adnan      f TUR 2303  * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1  6.5  2479 
 2. Nemeth, Zoltan     m HUN 2319  = * = = = = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2392 
 3. Sinkovics, Peter   m HUN 2317  1 = * = 1 0 0 = = 1  5.0  2355 
 4. Yu Mingyuan          CHN 2277  = = = * 0 = 1 0 1 =  4.5  2316 
 5. Galyas, Miklos     m HUN 2371  0 = 0 1 * 1 = = = =  4.5  2306 
 6. Dembo, Yelena     wm HUN 2341  0 = 1 = 0 * = = 1 =  4.5  2309 
 7. Jakab, Attila      f HUN 2363  0 0 1 0 = = * = 1 1  4.5  2307 
 8. Nyback, Tomi         FIN 2330  0 = = 1 = = = * 0 =  4.0  2267 
 9. Jamrich, Gyorgy      HUN 2271  = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * =  3.0  2192 
10. Xu Hanbing           CHN 2235  0 = 0 = = = 0 = = *  3.0  2196 
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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 Dudas, Janos            m HUN 2386 ** 1= =. 11 1= 0=  6.0  2374
2 Tian Tian                 CHN 2302 0= ** =1 0= 1. 11  5.5  2364
3 Eperjesi, Laszlo        m HUN 2303 =. =0 ** =1 01 ==  4.5  2258
4 Van den Brande, Werner    BEL 2241 00 1= =0 ** 01 1.  4.0  2242
5 Wang Shuai                CHN 2156 0= 0. 10 10 ** =1  4.0  2257
6 Kaposztas, Miklos       m HUN 2273 1= 00 == 0. =0 **  3.0  2156
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7) 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. A few games from the complex knockout stages which produced the final order are available.

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 and Andrzej Filipowicz for the news.

The men's event follows 1st-15th June 2001 in Macedonia. Internet coverage: http://www.iecc2001.com.mk/ See below for further information.

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

2nd Open European Women's Chess Championship 
Warsaw, Poland, 21.04 - 5.05. 2001
Tie-breaks 4.05.2001
Ranking before tie-break

Places  1-7
  Score  m-Buch  Buch  win  progr
1. Skripchenko Lautier  Almira      MDA  8  63.0  76.5  5  51.5
2. Arakhamia Grant  Ketevan (IM)    GEO  8  62.0  74.5  6  49.5
3. Kovalevskaya  Ekaterina          RUS  8  62.0  73.5  5  50.5
4. Foisor  Cristina Adela (IM)      ROM  8  61.5  75.0  5  50.0
5. Galliamova  Alisa (IM)           RUS  8  58.5  70.5  7  44.5
6. Bojkovic  Natasa                 YUG  8  58.5  69.5  6  49.0
7. Stepovaia Dianchenko  Tatiana    RUS  8  56.0  67.5  7  45.5
          
                                           15'+10"  15'+10"    5'-4'      
                                          I runda   II runda   +10"  Result  Place
Places  1-8      blitz    
1. Skripchenko Lautier  Almira MDA        free        
          
5. Galliamova  Alisa (IM) RUS               1         0,5             1,5  
4. Foisor  Cristina Adela (IM) ROM          0         0,5             0,5  
          
6. Bojkovic  Natasa YUG                     0         0               0  
3. Kovalevskaya  Ekaterina RUS              1         1               2  
          
7. Stepovaia Dianchenko  Tatiana RUS        0         0               0  
2. Arakhamia Grant  Ketevan (IM GEO         1         1               2  
          
Places  1-4          
1. Skripchenko Lautier  Almira MDA          1         1               2  
5. Galliamova  Alisa (IM) RUS               0         0               0  
          
3. Kovalevskaya  Ekaterina RUS              1         1               2  
2. Arakhamia Grant  Ketevan (IM GEO         0         0               0         
          
Places  1-2          
1. Skripchenko Lautier  Almira MDA          1         0,5             1,5  1st 
3. Kovalevskaya  Ekaterina RUS              0         0,5             0,5  2nd
          
Places  3-4          
2. Arakhamia Grant  Ketevan (IM GEO         1         1               2    3rd
5. Galliamova  Alisa (IM) RUS               0         0               0    4th
          
Places  5-7          
4. Foisor  Cristina Adela (IM) ROM         free        
          
6. Bojkovic  Natasa YUG                     1         1               2  
7. Stepovaia Dianchenko  Tatiana RUS        0         0               0    7th
          
Places  5-6          
4. Foisor  Cristina Adela (IM) ROM          1         1               2    5th
6. Bojkovic  Natasa YUG                     0         0               0    6th
          
Ranking before tie-break
Miejsca  -  Places  8-14          

 8. Gaponenko  Inna           UKR  7.5  64.5  77.0  5  52.5
 9. Kosteniuk  Alexandra (IM) RUS  7.5  62.0  74.5  5  49.5
10. Grabuzova  Tatiana        RUS  7.5  60.5  72.0  5  46.5
11. Khurtsidze  Nino (IM)     GEO  7.5  60.5  72.0  4  47.0
12. Peptan  Corina (IM)       ROM  7.5  59.0  72.0  4  46.5
13. Prudnikova  Svetlana      YUG  7.5  57.0  69.5  4  48.5
14. Paehtz  Elisabeth         GER  7.5  51.0  62.5  6  43.5
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Places  8-14          

8. Gaponenko  Inna UKR  free        
          
12. Peptan  Corina (IM) ROM                 1          0,5            1,5  
11. Khurtsidze  Nino (IM) GEO               0          0,5            0,5  
          
13. Prudnikova  Svetlana YUG                1          0      0       1  
10. Grabuzova  Tatiana RUS                  0          1      1       2  
          
14. Paehtz  Elisabeth GER                   1          0      1       2  
9. Kosteniuk  Alexandra (IM) RUS            0          1      0       1  
          
Places   8-11          
8. Gaponenko  Inna UKR                      0,5        1              1,5  
12. Peptan  Corina (IM) ROM                 0,5        0              0,5  
          
10. Grabuzova  Tatiana RUS                  0          0              0  
14. Paehtz  Elisabeth GER                   1          1              2  
          
Places   8-9          
8. Gaponenko  Inna UKR                      0,5        1              1,5  8th
14. Paehtz  Elisabeth GER                   0,5        0              0,5  9th
          
Places   10-11          
12. Peptan  Corina (IM) ROM                 1          1              2   10th
10. Grabuzova  Tatiana RUS                  0          0              0   11th
          
Places   12-14          
9. Kosteniuk  Alexandra (IM) RUS            free        
          
11. Khurtsidze  Nino (IM) GEO               1          0      1       2  
13. Prudnikova  Svetlana YUG                0          1      0       1   14th
          
Places   12-13          
9. Kosteniuk  Alexandra (IM) RUS            1          1              2   12th
11. Khurtsidze  Nino (IM) GEO               0          0              0   13th
          
Ranking before tie-break
Miejsca  -  Places   15-38
15. Mkrtchian  Lilit                ARM  7  62.5  75.0  5  46.0
16. Stefanova  Antoaneta (IM)       BUL  7  61.5  74.0  4  47.0
17. Kiseleva  Natalia               UKR  7  60.5  73.0  5  43.0
18. Radziewicz  Iweta               POL  7  60.0  73.5  4  45.0
19. Danielian  Elina                ARM  7  60.0  73.0  5  48.0
20. Sedina  Elena (IM)              ITA  7  59.5  72.5  4  50.0
21. Ionescu Brandis  Irina          ROM  7  59.5  71.5  5  43.0
22. Dzagnidze  Nana                 GEO  7  59.5  71.5  5  38.0
23. Lagvilava  Genrieta             BLR  7  59.0  70.5  4  43.5
24. Petrenko  Svetlana              MDA  7  58.0  70.5  6  42.0
25. Ciuksyte  Dagne                 LTU  7  57.0  69.0  5  40.5
26. Kononenko  Tatiana              UKR  7  57.0  68.5  4  42.5
27. Socko  Monika (IM)              POL  7  56.5  69.5  6  40.5
28. Hunt  Harriet (IM)              ENG  7  56.5  69.0  5  45.0
29. Dworakowska  Joanna             POL  7  56.5  69.0  4  43.0
30. Sikorova  Olga                  CZE  7  56.5  68.5  7  41.0
31. Zielinska  Marta                POL  7  55.5  68.0  5  39.5
32. Zatonskih  Anna                 UKR  7  55.0  67.0  4  40.0
33. Matveeva  Svetlana              RUS  7  54.5  66.5  5  41.0
34. Kachiani Gersinska  Ketino (IM) GER  7  54.5  65.5  5  41.5
35. Peng  Zhaoqin (IM)              NED  7  54.0  66.5  6  41.5
36. Galianina Ryjanova  Julia       RUS  7  53.0  66.5  6  42.5
37. Shumiakina  Tatiana             RUS  7  50.5  61.0  5  41.5
38. Alexandrova  Olga (IM)          UKR  7  49.0  60.0  6  36.5
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Places   15-38          
38. Alexandrova  Olga (IM) UKR               1         0        0,5     1,5  loser
15. Mkrtchian  Lilit ARM                     0         1        0,5     1,5  winner
          
34. Kachiani Gersinska  Ketino (IM) GER      1         0        0,5     1,5  loser
19. Danielian  Elina ARM                     0         1        0,5     1,5  winner
        
29. Dworakowska  Joanna POL                  1         0,5              1,5  
24. Petrenko  Svetlana MDA                   0         0,5              0,5  
          
28. Hunt  Harriet (IM) ENG                   1         0        0,5     1,5  loser
25. Ciuksyte  Dagne LTU                      0         1        0,5     1,5  winner
          
30. Sikorova  Olga CZE                       0         0                0  
23. Lagvilava  Genrieta BLR                  1         1                2  
          
35. Peng  Zhaoqin (IM) NED                   0,5       0,5      1       2  
18. Radziewicz  Iweta POL                    0,5       0,5      0       1  
          
36. Galianina Ryjanova  Julia RUS            0,5       1                1,5  
17. Kiseleva  Natalia UKR                    0,5       0                0,5  
          
32. Zatonskih  Anna UKR                      1         1                2  
21. Ionescu Brandis  Irina ROM               0         0                0  
          
27. Socko  Monika (IM) POL                   0,5       0,5      0,5     1,5  loser
26. Kononenko  Tatiana UKR                   0,5       0,5      0,5     1,5  winner
          
31. Zielinska  Marta POL                     1         0        1       2  
22. Dzagnidze  Nana GEO                      0         1        0       1  
          
33. Matveeva  Svetlana RUS                   0         1        0       1  
20. Sedina  Elena (IM) ITA                   1         0        1       2  
          
37. Shumiakina  Tatiana RUS                  0         0                0  
16. Stefanova  Antoaneta (IM) BUL            1         1                2  
          
Places   15-26          
15. Mkrtchian  Lilit ARM                     0         1        0,5     1,5  winner
19. Danielian  Elina ARM                     1         0        0,5     1,5  loser
        0  
29. Dworakowska  Joanna POL                  1         0,5              1,5  
25. Ciuksyte  Dagne LTU                      0         0,5              0,5  
          
23. Lagvilava  Genrieta BLR                  1         0        0       1  
35. Peng  Zhaoqin (IM) NED                   0         1        1       2  
          
36. Galianina Ryjanova  Julia RUS            0,5       0,5      0       1  
32. Zatonskih  Anna UKR                      0,5       0,5      1       2  
          
26. Kononenko  Tatiana UKR                   0         0                0  
31. Zielinska  Marta POL                     1         1                2  
          
20. Sedina  Elena (IM) ITA                   0         0,5              0,5  
16. Stefanova  Antoaneta (IM) BUL            1         0,5              1,5  
          
Places   15-20          
15. Mkrtchian  Lilit ARM                     1         0        0       1  
29. Dworakowska  Joanna POL                  0         1        1       2  
          
35. Peng  Zhaoqin (IM) NED                   1         0        0,5     1,5  winner
32. Zatonskih  Anna UKR                      0         1        0,5     1,5  loser
          
31. Zielinska  Marta POL                     0,5       0                0,5  
16. Stefanova  Antoaneta (IM) BUL            0,5       1                1,5  
          
Places   15-17 (Buchholz)          
16. Stefanova  Antoaneta (IM) BUL            -         -         -      61.5  15th
29. Dworakowska  Joanna POL                  -         -         -      56.5  16th
35. Peng  Zhaoqin (IM) NED                   -         -         -      54.0  17th
          
Places   18-20 (Buchholz)          
15. Mkrtchian  Lilit ARM                     -         -         -      62.5  18th
31. Zielinska  Marta POL                     -         -         -      55.5  19th
32. Zatonskih  Anna UKR                      -         -         -      55.0  20th
          
Places   21-26          
19. Danielian  Elina ARM                     0         1         1       2  
25. Ciuksyte  Dagne LTU                      1         0         0       1  
          
23. Lagvilava  Genrieta BLR                  1         0         0       1  
36. Galianina Ryjanova  Julia RUS            0         1         1       2  
          
26. Kononenko  Tatiana UKR                   1         1                 2  
20. Sedina  Elena (IM) ITA                   0         0                 0  
          
Places 21-23 (Buchholz)          
          
19. Danielian  Elina ARM                     -         -         -      60.0  21st
26. Kononenko  Tatiana UKR                   -         -         -      57.0  22nd
36. Galianina Ryjanova  Julia RUS            -         -         -      53.0  23rd
          
Places 24-26 (Buchholz/match)          
20. Sedina  Elena (IM) ITA                   -         -         -      59.5  24th
23. Lagvilava  Genrieta BLR                  -         -         -      59.0  match
25. Ciuksyte  Dagne LTU                      -         -         -      57.0  match
          
Places 25-26          
23. Lagvilava  Genrieta BLR                  1         1                 2    25th
25. Ciuksyte  Dagne LTU                      0         0                 0    26th
          
Places   27-38          
38. Alexandrova  Olga (IM) UKR               1         0         0,5    1,5  winner
34. Kachiani Gersinska  Ketino (IM) GER      0         1         0,5    1,5  loser
          
24. Petrenko  Svetlana MDA                   1         0,5              1,5  
28. Hunt  Harriet (IM) ENG                   0         0,5              0,5  
          
30. Sikorova  Olga CZE                       0         0                0  
18. Radziewicz  Iweta POL                    1         1                2  
          
17. Kiseleva  Natalia UKR                    0         1          1     2  
21. Ionescu Brandis  Irina ROM               1         0          0     1  
          
27. Socko  Monika (IM) POL                   1         1                2  
22. Dzagnidze  Nana GEO                      0         0                0  
          
33. Matveeva  Svetlana RUS                   0         0,5              0,5  
37. Shumiakina  Tatiana RUS                  1         0,5              1,5  
          
Places   27-32          
38. Alexandrova  Olga (IM) UKR               0         0,5              0,5  
24. Petrenko  Svetlana MDA                   1         0,5              1,5  
          
18. Radziewicz  Iweta POL                    0         1          1     2  
17. Kiseleva  Natalia UKR                    1         0          0     1  
          
27. Socko  Monika (IM) POL                   0         1          1     2  
37. Shumiakina  Tatiana RUS                  1         0          0     1  
          
Places   27-29          
18. Radziewicz  Iweta POL                    -         -          -     60.0  27th
24. Petrenko  Svetlana MDA                   -         -          -     58.0  28th
27. Socko  Monika (IM) POL                   -         -          -     56,5  29th

Places   30-32 (Buchholz)          
17. Kiseleva  Natalia UKR                    -         -          -     60.5  30th
37. Shumiakina  Tatiana RUS                  -         -          -     50.5  match
38. Alexandrova  Olga (IM) UKR               -         -          -     49.0  match
          
Places   31-32          
38. Alexandrova  Olga (IM) UKR               1         1                2     31st
37. Shumiakina  Tatiana RUS                  0         0                0     32nd
          
Places   33-38 (Buchholz)          
21. Ionescu Brandis  Irina          ROM  59.5  71.5  5  43.0  33rd
22. Dzagnidze  Nana                 GEO  59.5  71.5  5  38.0  34th
28. Hunt  Harriet (IM)              ENG  56.5  69.0  5  45.0  35th
30. Sikorova  Olga                  CZE  56.5  68.5  7  41.0  36th
33. Matveeva  Svetlana              RUS  54.5  66.5  5  41.0  37th
34. Kachiani Gersinska  Ketino (IM) GER  54.5  65.5  5  41.5  38th

8) Podlehnik GM

There was a GM Tournament in Podlehnik (SLO). The double round robin category IX event took place 24th April - 3rd May 2001 and was won by Suat Atalik. Domen Krumpacnik (SLO) made his 3rd master norm. My thanks to Janko Bohak for the information.

It Podlehnik SLO (SLO), 24 iv-3 v 2001        cat. IX (2456)
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                                     1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Atalik, Suat           g BIH 2537 ** == == 0= 11 11  6.5  2549
2 Mikhalchishin, Adrian  g SLO 2524 == ** == == == =1  5.5  2478
3 Mohr, Georg            g SLO 2480 == == ** == == 1=  5.5  2487
4 Polajzer, Danilo       m SLO 2425 1= == == ** 00 1=  5.0  2462
5 Krumpacnik, Domen        SLO 2371 00 == == 11 ** ==  5.0  2472
6 Zheliandinov, Viktor   m UKR 2398 00 =0 0= 0= == **  2.5  2274
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Match Podlehnik SLO (SLO), 28 iv-1 v 2001
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                                 1   2   3   4 
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Licina, Anita      wm SLO 2195    =   1   0   =   2.0  2116
Todorovic, Violeta    YUG 2116    =   0   1   =   2.0  2195
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9) Open Backa Palanka

Mihajlo Savic reports : The II international tournament "Open Backa Palanka 2001" took place 2nd-10th May 2001. Vasic Rajlich (USA) overpressed in trying to win and lost against Stojanovic in the last round of the tournament. IM Mihajlo Stojanovic (YUG) took clear first with 7/9. 43 players from four countries took part in the event. The Chief Arbiter was Mihajlo Savic.

Final Standings
Place     Name            Feder Rtg  	Score   Progr. M-Buch.Berg. Wins

  1   Stojanovic, Mihajlo YUG   2414 	7       35.5    37.5 35.25    6
 2-3  Markovic, Zoran     YUG   2390 	6.5     36.5    40.0 29.75    3
      Milu, Romeo-Sorin   ROM   2433 	6.5     32.5    36.0 32.75    4
 4-8  Benkovic, Petar     YUG   2410 	6       35.0    41.0 34.00    4
      Leskur, Dejan       YUG   2475 	6       32.5    40.0 33.75    4
      Rajlich, Vasic G    USA   2337 	6       31.5    38.5 30.25    5
      Kosanovic, Goran    YUG   2437 	6       31.0    37.5 29.50    5
      Sanduleac, Vasile   MDA   2457 	6       27.5    36.5 29.50    4
9-14  Masic, Predrag      YUG   2399 	5.5     31.0    36.0 27.25    2
      Pap, Misa           YUG   2416 	5.5     30.5    36.0 26.75    5
      Pucarevic, Milenko  YUG   2197 	5.5     29.5    37.0 24.75    5
      Stanojevic, Branko  YUG   2352 	5.5     29.5    37.0 20.50    3
      Popovic, Dobrivoj   YUG   2194    5.5     27.0    34.0 20.50    4
      Pucovski, Miroslav  YUG   2281 	5.5     26.5    33.0 24.75    4
15-22 Petkovic, Radosav   YUG   2293 	5       26.5    36.0 18.25    3
      Sebez, Milos        YUG   2250 	5       26.0    31.0 21.25    4
      Srdjanov, Steva     YUG   2186 	5       24.0    34.0 23.00    2
      Solcanean, Serghei  MDA   2268 	5       24.0    32.0 19.00    5
      Parnicki, Zlatko    YUG   2231 	5       23.5    30.5 20.00    4
      Trajkovic, Predrag  YUG   2352 	5       23.5    27.5 19.75    4
      Perusic, Dragan     YUG        	5       22.0    31.5 15.75    3
      Matkovic, Nikica    YUG        	5       17.5    24.5 16.00    4
 23   Rajak, Luka         YUG   2232 	4.5     24.5    32.0 15.50    4
43 players

10) 65th Bulgarian Championships

The 65th Bulgarian Men's Championship take place in Tsarevo 11th-19th May 2001. The event is a 9 round Swiss. After four rounds Aleksander Delchev leads with 3.5/4.

Daily Internet coverage: http://www.chessbg.com

Standings after 4 of 9 rounds
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65th ch-BUL Tsarevo BUL (BUL), 11-19 v 2001
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 1. Delchev, Aleksander  g  BUL 2584  +27 + 7 +16 = 2  3.5  2768 
 2. Chatalbashev, Boris  g  BUL 2518  +21 =14 +11 = 1  3.0  2624 
 3. Ninov, Nikolai       m  BUL 2457  +22 +19 = 6 = 5  3.0  2598 
 4. Cheparinov, Ivan        BUL 2444  +28 = 6 +12 = 8  3.0  2647 
 5. Georgiev, Krum       g  BUL 2510  =13 +26 +14 = 3  3.0  2540 
 6. Janev, Evgeni        m  BUL 2465  +32 = 4 = 3 +18  3.0  2597 
 7. Petrov, Marijan      m  BUL 2425  +33 - 1 +30 +16  3.0  2577 
 8. Dimitrov, Vladimir   g  BUL 2512  =15 =29 +23 = 4  2.5  2437 
 9. Iotov, Valentine        BUL 2115  =10 =18 =20 +24  2.5  2481 
10. Peev, Peicho         m  BUL 2367  = 9 =13 =17 +26  2.5  2321 
11. Radulski, Julian        BUL 2442  =30 +15 - 2 +25  2.5  2427 
12. Spasov, Vasil        g  BUL 2571  =29 +20 - 4 +27  2.5  2458 
13. Nikolov, Momchil        BUL 2299  = 5 =10 =24 =19  2.0  2410 
14. Manolov, Ivan        m  BUL 2377  +25 = 2 - 5 =15  2.0  2393 
15. Tsvetkov, Ilia          BUL 2319  = 8 -11 +28 =14  2.0  2400 
16. Genov, Petar         m  BUL 2447  +23 +24 - 1 - 7  2.0  2421 
17. Rusev, Krasimir         BUL 2235  -24 +32 =10 =20  2.0  2347 
18. Bratanov, Zsivko     m  BUL 2436  =26 = 9 +29 - 6  2.0  2291 
19. Vasilev, Milen          BUL 2367  +31 - 3 =25 =13  2.0  2272 
20. Drenchev, Petar         BUL 2345  +34 -12 = 9 =17  2.0  2230 
21. Kozhuharov, Spas        BUL 2322  - 2 =33 =31 +30  2.0  2283 
22. Delchev, Petar          BUL 2280  - 3 -25 +34 +31  2.0  2198 
23. Karakehajov, Kalin      BUL 2280  -16 +34 - 8 +29  2.0  2321 
24. Bojkov, Dejan           BUL 2398  +17 -16 =13 - 9  1.5  2187 
25. Pantaleev, Petar        BUL 2226  -14 +22 =19 -11  1.5  2279 
26. Georgiev, Veselin       BUL 2258  =18 - 5 +32 -10  1.5  2311 
27. Simeonov, Stefan        BUL 2338  - 1 =30 +33 -12  1.5  2328 
28. Mladenov, Svetlin       BUL 2270  - 4 =31 -15 +33  1.5  2191 
29. Marholev, Dimitar       BUL 2327  =12 = 8 -18 -23  1.0  2256 
30. Arnaudov, Petar         BUL 2265  =11 =27 - 7 -21  1.0  2188 
31. Angelov, Zvetomir       BUL 2109  -19 =28 =21 -22  1.0  2116 
32. Badev, Kiril            BUL 2280  - 6 -17 -26 +34  1.0  2046 
33. Ljangov, Petar          BUL 2242  - 7 =21 -27 -28  0.5  2016 
34. Kuzmanov,Stojan         BUL ----  -20 -23 -22 -32  0.0       
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11) Asian Zonal Championships

The Asian Zonal Championships took place in Colombo May 4th to 14th, 2001. Krishnan Sasikiran half a point clear of SS Ganguly who was in turn half a point clear of Abhijit Kunte. No games available.

Internet coverage: http://www.chathurangam.com/abroad/azc2k1/final.asp

Final Standings 
   1 K Sasikiran        India      9.0 
   2 S S Ganguly        India      8.5 
   3 Abhijit Kunte      India      8.0 
   4 Dibyendu Barua     India      7.5 
   5 D V Prasad         India      7.0 
   6 Abu Safin Shakil   Bangladesh 6.0 
   7 Reefat Bin Sattar  Bangladesh 5.5 
   8 Enamul Hossain     Bangladesh 5.0 
9-10 Taibur Rahman      Bangladesh 4.0 
9-10 T D R Peiris       Srilanka   4.0 
  11 Amarawickrama      Srilanka   1.5 
  12 Laxman Wijayasurya Srilanka   0.0 

Women

 1 Pallavi Shah          India      7.5 
 2 Swati Ghate           India      7.0 
 3 Saheli Barua          India      6.5 
 4 S Meenakshi           India      6.5 
 5 S Vijayalakshmi       India      5.5 
 6 Rani Hamid            Bangladesh 5.0 
 7 Tanima Parveen        Bangladesh 3.0 
 8 Vinitha Vijayasurya   Srilanka   2.5 
 9 Anupama Konara        Srilanka   1.0 
10 Hasini Upasena        Srilanka   0.5 
 

12) 4NCL final weekend

The final relegation and promotion issues of the 4NCL were settled in Birmingham 5th-7th May 2001. Beeson Gregory are the Champions in spite of losing 5-3 to Wood Green in the final match which was probably the strongest ever line-up to appear in a club match in the UK.

Round nine results

Beeson Gregory I 6-2 Barbican 4NCL II: 1 Nunn 1-0 Palliser 2 Dishman 0-1 J.Hodgson 3 Kenworthy 0-1 Hebden 4 J.Rogers 0-1 I.Rogers 5 Shikerov 0-1 Chandler 6 J.H.Hodgson 0-1 Gallagher 7 Mack 1-0 Mcdonald 8. Kieran 1-0 C Flear

Wood Green I 6.5-1.5 Beeson Gregory II; 1 Morozevich 1-0 McShane 2 Short 1-0 Hennigan 3 Speelman 1-0 Norwood 4 Baburin draw Bellin 5 Emms 1-0 Richardson 6 Turner draw Anderton 7 Ward 1-0 Wade 8 Jackson draw Bellin

Other results: Slough 6-2 Midland Monarchs: Guildford 7.5-0.5 South Wales Dragons; Richmond 3-5 Barbican 4NCL I; Thistle White Rose 4.5-Poisoned Pawns 3.5;

Round ten results

Beeson Gregory I 6-2 Richmond; Barbican 4NCL II 3-5 Wood Green I; Midland Monarchs 2.5-5.5 Thistle White Rose; Slough 6.5-1.5 South Wales Dragons; Barbican 4NCL I 2.5-5.5 Beeson Gregory II; Poisoned Pawns 2-6 Guildford

Final Round 11

Round 11 Wood Green 5 (White on odds) vs Beeson Gregory 3 (White on Evens)

1. Short, Nigel D (WG) - Adams, Michael (BG) 1/2 33 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
2. Svidler, Peter (BG) - Morozevich, Alexander (WG) 0-1 36 C11 French Defence
3. Baburin, Alexander (WG) - Rogers, Ian (BG) 1/2 26 A58 Volga Gambit
4. Nunn, John D.M (BG) - Speelman, Jonathan S (WG) 1/2 17 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
5. Ward, Christopher (WG) - Hodgson, Julian M (BG) 1/2 81 D15 Slav Defence
6. Hebden, Mark (BG) - Turner, Matthew (WG) 1/2 42 D94 Gruenfeld Defence Closed
7. Emms, John M (WG) - McShane, Luke J (BG) 1/2 26 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
8. Richards, Heather (BG) - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (WG) 0-1 30 B06 Modern Defence

Round 11 Results

White Rose 4-4 Barbican 4NCL 1
Beeson Gregory 2 5-3 Midland Monarchs
Guildford-ADC 2.5-5.5 Slough
South Wales Dragons 3.5-4.5 Poisoned Pawns
Wood Green 5-3 Beeson Gregory 1
Richmond 5.5-2.5 Barbican 4NCL 2

4NCL Division 1 Final standings

Champions:
  1 Beeson Gregory 1      10 66  20

		2 Slough                10 63  20
  3 Wood Green            10 61½ 20
  4 Guildford-ADC 1        7 56½ 15 
  5 Barbican 4NCL 1        5 45  12  
  6 Thistle Birm. W. Rose  4 40½ 10  
  7 Beeson Gregory 2       4 37½  9  
  8 Midland Monarchs       3 34   7  
  9 Barbican 4NCL 2        3 35   6 
Relegated:
 10 Richmond               3 34   6  
 11 Poisoned Pawns         2 27½	 5  
 12 South Wales Dragons    1 27½  2

Further info and links: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

13) 54th Russian Chess Championships

The 54th Russian Chess Championships took place April 29th-May 9th 2001 in Elista. A 9-round Swiss. The prize fund waas $30,000. There were 17 qualifying places (at one point 16 were reported has this changed?) for the European Championships. Alexander Motylev took first on Buchholz tie-break from Alexander Lastin both finished on 6.5/9. In the final round Evgeny Sveshnikov resigned in a drawn position (See Club Kasparov in Russia article in Russian). He evidently offered his resignation on move 62 thinking he was losing his rook but then realised it was in fact stalemate (62. Ka5 Nc4+ 63. Ka4 Rxb8 draw) and withdrew it. He claims that technically he did not offer the resignation and an arbiter asked them to continue. But at the end of the game he resigned because he did not feel right about what happened (they had just passed the 50 move point without a pawn being moved and a piece been captured). Also thanks to Boris Schipkov for some round 1 game corrections.

Internet coverage: http://54RCC.fide.com and http://www.clubkasparov.ru/site/news/2001/rcc54/main.htm

Crosstable
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54th ch-RUS Elista RUS (RUS), 29 iv-9 v 2001
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Motylev, Alexander        g  RUS 2601  +14 =21 =15 +10 +22 = 5 = 2 + 6 = 3  6.5  2737 
 2. Lastin, Alexander         g  RUS 2627  +43 =20 +38 +13 = 5 = 3 = 1 +11 =12  6.5  2727 
 3. Kharlov, Andrei           g  RUS 2639  +42 =38 +20 = 9 = 7 = 2 =17 +29 = 1  6.0  2693 
 4. Pigusov, Evgeny           g  RUS 2584  +44 =10 =21 =14 +13 =24 = 9 =18 =16  5.5  2601 
 5. Chernyshov, Konstantin    g  RUS 2536  +56 +33 + 7 =22 = 2 = 1 - 6 = 8 =11  5.5  2653 
 6. Malakhov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2623  =25 +55 =16 +19 = 9 = 7 + 5 - 1 =18  5.5  2624 
 7. Epishin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2579  +49 +28 - 5 +40 = 3 = 6 =12 =14 = 9  5.5  2615 
 8. Galkin, Alexander         g  RUS 2584  -13 +53 =42 +34 +18 = 9 =29 = 5 =15  5.5  2577 
 9. Turov, Maxim              g  RUS 2553  +57 +34 =13 = 3 = 6 = 8 = 4 =30 = 7  5.5  2610 
10. Ionov, Sergey             g  RUS 2505  +30 = 4 =27 - 1 =19 =38 +33 +35 =22  5.5  2668 
11. Kobalija, Mihail          g  RUS 2590  =46 -39 +51 +42 =15 +14 +24 - 2 = 5  5.5  2601 
12. Najer, Evgeniy            g  RUS 2600  =55 =25 +58 =15 +16 =29 = 7 =17 = 2  5.5  2624 
13. Arbakov, Valentin         g  RUS 2491  + 8 +24 = 9 - 2 - 4 -23 +53 +45 +27  5.5  2646 
14. Smirnov, Pavel            m  RUS 2511  - 1 +56 +45 = 4 +27 -11 +22 = 7 =17  5.5  2644 
15. Bezgodov, Alexei          g  RUS 2543  +54 =58 = 1 =12 =11 =22 =27 +41 = 8  5.5  2625 
16. Volzhin, Alexander        g  RUS 2528  =59 +36 = 6 =31 -12 =28 +34 +26 = 4  5.5  2569 
17. Aseev, Konstantin N       g  RUS 2577  -28 =57 =49 +32 +55 +20 = 3 =12 =14  5.5  2590 
18. Burmakin, Vladimir        g  RUS 2522  =22 -27 +52 +45 - 8 +39 +31 = 4 = 6  5.5  2653 
19. Volkov, Sergey            g  RUS 2558  =51 =32 +46 - 6 =10 =43 +42 =21 +30  5.5  2596 
20. Vaulin, Alexander         g  RUS 2540  +50 = 2 - 3 =38 +58 -17 +43 =27 +29  5.5  2619 
21. Jakovenko, Dmitrij        m  RUS 2521  +45 = 1 = 4 =27 =31 =26 =35 =19 =24  5.0  2626 
22. Shipov, Sergei            g  RUS 2640  =18 +41 +35 = 5 - 1 =15 -14 +28 =10  5.0  2569 
23. Iljushin, Alexei          g  RUS 2536  -34 +54 -40 +36 =41 +13 =26 =24 =35  5.0  2510 
24. Dvoirys, Semen I          g  RUS 2568  +53 -13 +32 =28 +39 = 4 -11 =23 =21  5.0  2550 
25. Makarov, Marat            g  RUS 2511  = 6 =12 -29 +51 =30 -27 =32 +50 +47  5.0  2548 
26. Balashov, Yuri S          g  RUS 2581  =39 =46 =43 =58 +50 =21 =23 -16 +41  5.0  2528 
27. Dolmatov, Sergey          g  RUS 2587  =41 +18 =10 =21 -14 +25 =15 =20 -13  4.5  2515 
28. Beshukov, Sergei          g  RUS 2463  +17 - 7 +33 =24 -29 =16 +38 -22 =31  4.5  2579 
29. Yakovich, Yuri            g  RUS 2577  =52 =51 +25 =39 +28 =12 = 8 - 3 -20  4.5  2518 
30. Shariyazdanov, Andrey     g  RUS 2594  -10 =49 =36 +44 =25 =41 +37 = 9 -19  4.5  2504 
31. Ibragimov, Ildar          g  RUS 2578  =32 +52 =39 =16 =21 =35 -18 =36 =28  4.5  2491 
32. Inarkiev, Ernesto         m  RUS 2469  =31 =19 -24 -17 =57 +51 =25 =37 +48  4.5  2517 
33. Rustemov, Alexander       g  RUS 2625  +37 - 5 -28 -41 +56 +40 -10 +46 =36  4.5  2459 
34. Chebotarev, Oleg             RUS 2306  +23 - 9 +48 - 8 =43 =42 -16 +55 =38  4.5  2539 
35. Pushkov, Nikolai          g  RUS 2561  =40 +59 -22 =43 +46 =31 =21 -10 =23  4.5  2493 
36. Baikov, Vladimir A        m  RUS 2431  =48 -16 =30 -23 +47 =55 +58 =31 =33  4.5  2526 
37. Potkin, Vladimir          m  RUS 2512  -33 =50 =57 =53 =48 +58 -30 =32 +49  4.5  2481 
38. Khasin, Alexander         g  RUS 2542  +47 = 3 - 2 =20 =40 =10 -28 =44 =34  4.0  2438 
39. Zakharevich, Igor         g  RUS 2487  =26 +11 =31 =29 -24 -18 =40 =48 =45  4.0  2515 
40. Tomashevsky, Evgeny          RUS 2408  =35 =48 +23 - 7 =38 -33 =39 =42 =43  4.0  2505 
41. Belozerov, Andrei         m  RUS 2494  =27 -22 =50 +33 =23 =30 +48 -15 -26  4.0  2515 
42. Timofeev, Artyom          f  RUS 2522  - 3 +47 = 8 -11 +49 =34 -19 =40 =44  4.0  2447 
43. Lugovoi, Aleksei          g  RUS 2512  - 2 +60 =26 =35 =34 =19 -20 =49 =40  4.0  2427 
44. Potapov, Alexander        m  RUS 2490  - 4 -45 +47 -30 +53 -48 +52 =38 =42  4.0  2475 
45. Filippov, Valerij         g  RUS 2632  -21 +44 -14 -18 =51 +57 +46 -13 =39  4.0  2434 
46. Loginov, Valery A         g  RUS 2499  =11 =26 -19 +59 -35 +50 -45 -33 +55  4.0  2473 
47. Pridorozhni, Aleksei         RUS 2352  -38 -42 -44 +60 -36 +59 +56 +54 -25  4.0  2352 
48. Sveshnikov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2571  =36 =40 -34 =49 =37 +44 -41 =39 -32  3.5  2373 
49. Zakharstov, Viacheslav V  m  RUS 2484  - 7 =30 =17 =48 -42 +52 =55 =43 -37  3.5  2455 
50. Korobov, Ilya             f  RUS 2347  -20 =37 =41 +54 -26 -46 +57 -25 =52  3.5  2400 
51. Karpatchev, Aleksandr     g  RUS 2404  =19 =29 -11 -25 =45 -32 -60 +57 +59  3.5  2377 
52. Frolov, Denis             m  RUS 2442  =29 -31 -18 =56 +59 -49 -44 +53 =50  3.5  2359 
53. Bachin, Vitaly            m  RUS 2426  -24 - 8 +60 =37 -44 +54 -13 -52 +56  3.5  2354 
54. Shovunov, Baatr           m  RUS 2367  -15 -23 =56 -50 +60 -53 +59 -47 +58  3.5  2291 
55. Riazantsev, Alexander     m  RUS 2510  =12 - 6 =59 +57 -17 =36 =49 -34 -46  3.0  2334 
56. Utnasunov, Alexander         RUS 2291  - 5 -14 =54 =52 -33 +60 -47 +58 -53  3.0  2305 
57. Feoktistov, Alexey A      m  RUS 2375  - 9 =17 =37 -55 =32 -45 -50 -51 +60  2.5  2297 
58. Diu, Viacheslav              RUS 2445  +60 =15 -12 =26 -20 -37 -36 -56 -54  2.0  2228 
59. Poddubnyi, Viktor            RUS 2240  =16 -35 =55 -46 -52 -47 -54 =60 -51  1.5  2152 
60. Mantsinov, E                 RUS 2167  -58 -43 -53 -47 -54 -56 +51 =59 -57  1.5  2106 
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Official leading final standings:

No.  PNo.  Name                     Rat.  Score Buchg- W-We   Perf 
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  1.    7  Motylev,Alexander        2601   6.5  45.0  +1.64   2738
        4  Lastin,Alexander         2627   6.5  44.0  +1.19   2727 
  3.    2  Kharlov,Andrei           2639   6.0  47.5  +0.60   2694 
  4-5.  6  Malakhov,Vladimir        2623   5.5  44.5  +0.01   2624
       28  Chernyshov,Konstantin    2536   5.5  44.5  +1.45   2653
  6.   13  Pigusov,Evgeny           2584   5.5  43.0  +0.19   2601
  7.   23  Turov,Maxim              2553   5.5  42.5  +0.73   2611
  8-9. 15  Epishin,Vladimir         2579   5.5  42.0  +0.46   2615
       37  Smirnov,Pavel            2511   5.5  42.0  +1.72   2645
 10-11.42  Arbakov,Valentin         2491   5.5  41.5  +1.90   2646
        8  Najer,Evgeniy            2600   5.5  41.0  +0.28   2624
  12.  39  Ionov,Sergey             2505   5.5  41.5  +1.99   2668
  13.  12  Galkin,Alexander         2584   5.5  40.5  -0.08   2577
14-15. 24  Bezgodov,Alexei          2543   5.5  40.0  +1.00   2625
       10  Kobalija,Mihail          2590   5.5  40.0  +0.19   2602 
  16.  31  Burmakin,Vladimir        2522   5.5  39.5  +1.63   2654
  17.  29  Volzhin,Alexander        2528   5.5  38.5  +0.55   2571
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  18.  26  Vaulin,Alexander         2540   5.5  38.0  +1.00   2619
  19.  17  Aseev,Konstantin         2577   5.5  37.0  +0.19   2590 
  20.  22  Volkov,Sergey            2558   5.5  36.5  +0.46   2597 
  21.   1  Shipov,Sergei            2640   5.0  47.0  -0.94   2569 
       14  Balashov,Yuri            2581   5.0  37.0  -0.67   2528 
       20  Dvoirys,Semen            2568   5.0  42.5  -0.22   2550 
       27  Iljushin,Alexei          2536   5.0  40.5  -0.40   2510 
       33  Jakovenko,Dmitrij        2521   5.0  45.0  +1.31   2627 
       36  Makarov,Marat            2511   5.0  39.5  +0.41   2549 
60 players

14) Russian Club Championships

The finals of the Russian Club Championships started on May 13th 2001 in Tomsk. 12 teams. Players include Bareev and Grischuk (whose team seems to have lost in round 1), Rublevsky and Svidler. Further news as I get it. My thanks to Viktor Karpov.

15) MSO collapses

According to a report in the Independent Newspaper The Mind Sports Olympiad has collapsed with debts totalling £2.5m. According to the report: "Details of a creditors' meeting earlier this month, which have been passed to the Independent on Sunday, show the Olympiad, and an associated website, with debts of nearly £2.5m and assets of less than £10,000." The demise may be a British based event as there are MSO organisations abroad including Japan. One insider told me that he expected the 5th Olympiad this year although probably not in the UK.

Reference: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=71910

16) 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.

A nice story about Tony Miles comes from Rodolfo Arias. He reports that on his way to the Capablanca memorial in Cuba, the British GM Anthony Miles stopped for a few days in Costa Rica. He probably wanted to keep a low profile (focussing on beaches, volcanos, girls and other national attractions), but as it often happens, there was a friend of a friend of a friend who plays chesss, and Miles was discovered by the local community of Kaissa's followers. A simul display was promptly arranged in a central hotel in San Jose. Miles faced 21 boards, winning 16, drawing 4 and lost only one.

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

Round 7 Standings:
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XXXVI Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 5-20 v 2001      cat. XIII (2553)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco   g ESP 2559  * = . . = . 1 . . . 1 = 1  4.5  2753 
 2. Andersson, Ulf            g SWE 2640  = * 1 = . = = = = . . . .  4.0  2592 
 3. Stefansson, Hannes        g ISL 2570  . 0 * . 1 . . 1 0 = . = 1  4.0  2598 
 4. Miles, Anthony J          g ENG 2562  . = . * = . . . = = = 1 =  4.0  2602 
 5. Bruzon, Lazaro            g CUB 2589  = . 0 = * . 1 . . . = 1 .  3.5  2614 
 6. Dominguez, Lenier         m CUB 2556  . = . . . * . = 1 1 . 0 =  3.5  2598 
 7. Arencibia, Walter         g CUB 2543  0 = . . 0 . * . . 1 = 1 =  3.5  2563 
 8. Hauchard, Arnaud          g FRA 2526  . = 0 . . = . * = = . . 1  3.0  2549 
 9. Abreu, Aryam              m CUB 2480  . = 1 = . 0 . = * 0 . . .  2.5  2513 
10. Luther, Thomas            g GER 2568  . . = = . 0 0 = 1 * . . .  2.5  2482 
11. Nogueiras, Jesus          g CUB 2557  0 . . = = . = . . . * = =  2.5  2490 
12. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre     g FRA 2552  = . = 0 0 1 0 . . . = * .  2.5  2460 
13. Delgado, Neuris           m CUB 2481  0 . 0 = . = = 0 . . = . *  2.0  2395 
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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. Vazquez, Renier              m CUB 2393  * = . . . . 1 1 1 . 1 . = 1  6.0  2741 
 2. Franco Ocampos, Zenon        g ESP 2496  = * 0 1 . . . . . = 1 1 . 1  5.0  2575 
 3. Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto   m CUB 2430  . 1 * = = . = . . 0 . 1 1 .  4.5  2530 
 4. Gongora, Maikel              m CUB 2417  . 0 = * 1 = . . 1 = . 1 . .  4.5  2550 
 5. Perez, Rodney                m CUB 2471  . . = 0 * = . = 1 . . 1 . 1  4.5  2535 
 6. Szekely, Peter               g HUN 2429  . . . = = * = . . = = = = .  3.5  2417 
 7. Garcia Martinez, Silvino     g CUB 2378  0 . = . . = * = = . = . . 1  3.5  2429 
 8. Borges Mateos, Juan          m CUB 2436  0 . . . = . = * . 1 = . = 0  3.0  2363 
 9. Quezada, Yuniesky            f CUB 2474  0 . . 0 0 . = . * 1 = . 1 .  3.0  2363 
10. Valdes, Luis E               f CUB 2413  . = 1 = . = . 0 0 * . 0 . .  2.5  2341 
11. Mateo, Ramon                 m DOM 2420  0 0 . . . = = = = . * . . =  2.5  2330 
12. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi     m ESP 2425  . 0 0 0 0 = . . . 1 . * 1 .  2.5  2334 
13. Leyva, Ricardo               f CUB 2400  = . 0 . . = . = 0 . . 0 * =  2.0  2271 
14. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio    m ECU 2421  0 0 . . 0 . 0 1 . . = . = *  2.0  2269 
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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. Herrera, Irisberto               g CUB 2432  * . = . . 1 1 . . = 1 ? . 1  7.0  2636 
 2. Otero, Diasmany                  f CUB 2416  . * 0 . . = . = . 1 1 1 = .  6.5  2528 
 3. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis   m ESP 2478  = 1 * . 1 0 = . . 1 . . . =  6.0  2503 
 4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S       m ECU 2467  . . . * = . = 1 1 . 0 1 0 .  6.0  2485 
 5. Wohl, Aleksandar H               m AUS 2418  . . 0 = * 0 . = . . 1 = 1 .  5.5  2455 
 6. Almeida, Omar                    f CUB 2426  0 = 1 . 1 * . . = 0 . . . 1  5.0  2440 
 7. De la Paz, Frank                 m CUB 2437  0 . = = . . * = = = . . = .  4.5  2402 
 8. Perez, Luis Manuel               m CUB 2386  . = . 0 = . = * 0 . . . 1 =  4.5  2395 
 9. Gonzalez, Yuri                   m CUB 2426  . . . 0 . = = 1 * . 1 0 = .  4.5  2384 
10. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel        g ESP 2429  = 0 0 . . 1 = . . * 0 . . 1  4.0  2343 
11. Garcia, Osmel                    f CUB 2300  0 0 . 1 0 . . . 0 1 * . . =  4.0  2365 
12. Zapata, Alonso                   g COL 2492  ? 0 . 0 = . . . 1 . . * 1 ?  3.5  2424 
13. Perez Candelario, Manuel         m ESP 2397  . = . 1 0 . = 0 = . . 0 * .  3.5  2320 
14. Gomez, Felix                     m CUB 2462  0 . = . . 0 . = . 0 = ? . *  2.5  2251 
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17) Semi-Finals of the Dutch Championship

Koos Stolk of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation reports: The weekend of 5th-6th May 2001 saw the second round of the Semi-Finals of the Dutch Championship which were played in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. The following players qualified for the third round (19th-20th May 2001) of this KO competition for 4 spots in the Championship (round robin with 10 players): Erik van den Doel, John van der Wiel/Johan van Mil (they play their match next week), Mark van der Werf, Yge Visser, Sipke Ernst, Edwin van Haastert, Ruud Janssen and Harmen Jonkman.

Details http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/NK2001/hfronde2.htm

Round 2 Dutch Championship Semi-finals May 5th-6th 2001
Hommeles, Theo             -   * Van Den Doel, Erik        0-1 0-1
Van Der Wiel, John T.H.    -     Van Mil, Johannes A. J.   May 15th-16th 2001
Van Haastert, Edwin     *  -     De Vreugt, Dennis         1-0 1/2 
Van Der Werf, Mark      *  -     Solleveld, Maarten        ½-½ ½-½ Tiebreak 2-1
Van De Mortel, Jan         -   * Visser, Yge               1-0 0-1 Tiebreak 2-0 
Bosch, Jeroen              -   * Jonkman, Harmen           ½-½ 0-1
Berkvens, Joost            -   * Ernst, Sipke              1-0 0-1 Tiebreak ½-1½
Janssen, Ruud           *  -     Grooten, Herman           ½-½ 1-0

18) 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. The tournament ended with 9 players sharing 1st place on 6.5 points, Drazen Sermek took first place on tie-break and lifted the Cup. Azer Miezoev was in 2nd place as he was in the Tanta Open which finished 2 weeks ago. Information Hassan Khaled.

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Golden Cleopatra Open Cairo EGY (EGY), 2-11 v 2001
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                                              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 
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 1. Sulava, Nenad              g  CRO 2526  + 9 +21 + 7 = 4 = 5 =12 -10 +14 = 3 =11  6.5  2571 
 2. Rausis, Igors              g  LAT 2500  =10 =20 +22 =12 = 6 =13 + 8 = 5 +19 = 4  6.5  2539 
 3. Barsov, Alexei             g  UZB 2519  +27 =22 + 5 =11 = 7 =19 =12 =16 = 1 +13  6.5  2542 
 4. Sermek, Drazen             g  SLO 2525  +23 +33 =11 = 1 =19 +16 =15 =10 = 7 = 2  6.5  2584 
 5. Kasparov, Sergey           m  BLR 2456  +18 +31 - 3 +20 = 1 =15 =11 = 2 =16 +12  6.5  2558 
 6. Fominyh, Alexander         g  RUS 2571  +28 =16 -19 +36 = 2 =14 =13 +12 =11 +10  6.5  2531 
 7. Mirzoev, Azer              m  AZE 2488  +25 +30 - 1 +33 = 3 =11 =19 =15 = 4 +16  6.5  2571 
 8. Omearat, Adel              f  SYR 2226  -31 +25 +14 =30 -15 + 9 - 2 +20 +28 +19  6.5  2524 
 9. Tissir, Mohamed            m  MAR 2352  - 1 =26 =32 +38 =30 - 8 +31 +24 +18 +15  6.5  2474 
10. Komarov, Dimitri           g  UKR 2539  = 2 +35 =16 =19 =13 +27 + 1 = 4 =15 - 6  6.0  2542 
11. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S     m  UZB 2451  +38 +36 = 4 = 3 =16 = 7 = 5 =19 = 6 = 1  6.0  2523 
12. Radulov, Ivan              g  BUL 2390  =32 =14 +18 = 2 +33 = 1 = 3 - 6 +21 - 5  5.5  2481 
13. Bakre, Tejas               m  IND 2419  =29 =24 +23 =15 =10 = 2 = 6 +28 =14 - 3  5.5  2465 
14. Roeder, Mathias            m  GER 2459  =17 =12 - 8 +31 +22 = 6 +24 - 1 =13 =21  5.5  2424 
15. Marin, Mihail              g  ROM 2601  -22 +41 +27 =13 + 8 = 5 = 4 = 7 =10 - 9  5.5  2437 
16. Medvegy, Zoltan            m  HUN 2444  +41 = 6 =10 +24 =11 - 4 +21 = 3 = 5 - 7  5.5  2492 
17. Hamed, Ahmed               m  EGY 2331  =14 =29 -33 =18 =31 =38 +37 =30 =23 +26  5.5  2371 
18. Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud  m  EGY 2330  - 5 +38 -12 =17 =34 =35 +32 +33 - 9 +30  5.5  2388 
19. Velicka, Petr              m  CZE 2451  =35 +32 + 6 =10 = 4 = 3 = 7 =11 - 2 - 8  5.0  2441 
20. Abdel Razik, Khaled        f  EGY 2365  =24 = 2 +29 - 5 =21 =28 =27 - 8 +30 =23  5.0  2342 
21. Surjadnji, Aleksei         m  UKR 2431  +34 - 1 =28 =22 =20 +36 -16 +27 -12 =14  5.0  2375 
22. Sarwat, Walaa              m  EGY 2356  +15 = 3 - 2 =21 -14 -29 -35 +37 +39 +34  5.0  2382 
23. Himdan, Maher              m  EGY 2348  - 4 +37 -13 =25 =29 =33 +36 =26 =17 =20  5.0  2333 
24. Rahman, Yehya              m  EGY 2267  =20 =13 +31 -16 =28 +30 -14 - 9 +35 =27  5.0  2379 
25. Ezat, Mohamed              m  EGY 2332  - 7 - 8 +37 =23 -36 -32 =34 +40 +38 +33  5.0  2284 
26. Chahrani, Ibrahim             LBA 2358  -36 = 9 +35 =28 -27 +34 -33 =23 +31 -17  4.5  2296 
27. El Ghazali, Youssef M      m  EGY 2343  - 3 +34 -15 =32 +26 -10 =20 -21 +29 =24  4.5  2343 
28. Mahdi, Khaled              m  AUT 2354  - 6 +39 =21 =26 =24 =20 +29 -13 - 8  .   4.0  2295 
29. Amin, Bassem               f  EGY 2133  =13 =17 -20 =39 =23 +22 -28 =35 -27 =31  4.0  2276 
30. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed    m  EGY 2370  +37 - 7 =36 = 8 = 9 -24 +38 =17 -20 -18  4.0  2244 
31. Hassan, Sayed Barakat      m  EGY 2363  + 8 - 5 -24 -14 =17 +39 - 9 +32 -26 =29  4.0  2241 
32. Yousry, Salah                 EGY 2274  =12 -19 = 9 =27 =39 +25 -18 -31 -37 +38  4.0  2271 
33. Hatem, Ibrahim Ahamed         YEM 2393  +39 - 4 +17 - 7 -12 =23 +26 -18 =34 -25  4.0  2296 
34. Frhat, Ali                    EGY 2306  -21 -27 =39 +35 =18 -26 =25 +36 =33 -22  4.0  2263 
35. Afifi, Assem               m  EGY 2326  =19 -10 -26 -34 +41 =18 +22 =29 -24 =36  4.0  2254 
36. Adly, Ahmed                f  EGY 2209  +26 -11 =30 - 6 +25 -21 -23 -34 +40 =35  4.0  2277 
37. Abdel Aziem, Ramadan          EGY 2269  -30 -23 -25 +41 -38 +40 -17 -22 +32 +39  4.0  2220 
38. Elgabry, Mohsen            m  EGY 2328  -11 -18 +41 - 9 +37 =17 -30 =39 -25 -32  3.0  2180 
39. Georg, Magdy                  EGY 2277  -33 -28 =34 =29 =32 -31 +40 =38 -22 -37  3.0  2128 
40. BYE                               ----   .   .   .   .   .  -37 -39 -25 -36  .   0.0       
41. Sameeh, Hany                  EGY 2313  -16 -15 -38 -37 -35  .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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19) Forthcoming Events and Links

2nd European Chess Championship Ohrid

The 2nd European Chess Championship Ohrid, Macedonia 1st-15th June 2001. The event is a 13 round Swiss System.

Some of the higher rated players competing include: Akopian Vladimir GM 2656, Vaganian Rafael GM 2641, Lputian Smbat GM 2607, Gurevich Mikhail GM 2694, Aleksandrov Aleksei GM 2610, Fedorov Alexei GM 2590, Short Nigel GM 2676, Graf (Nenashev) Alexander GM 2649, Jussupow Artur GM 2645, Dautov Rustem GM 2631, Khenkin Igor GM 2612, Polgar Judit WG 2676, Almasi Zoltan GM 2640, Bologan Victor GM 2684, Rublevski Sergei GM 2657, Sakaev Konstantin GM 2639, Zvjaginsev Vadim GM 2631, Tregubov Pavel V. GM 2628, Beliavsky Aleksander GM 2638, Ponomariov Ruslan GM 2677, Baklan Vladimir GM 2613 and Tukmakov Vladimir B. GM 2595.

Internet coverage: http://www.iecc2001.com.mk/

Deep Junior vs. Banikas

Argiris Kotsis reports: On June 13th-14th 2001 the Greek Champion, Grandmaster Hristodoulos Banikas, will face one of the most fearsome silicon monsters under the supervision of International Arbiter Odysseas Vazelakis.

Four 24 +10 games will be played in Athens, with the match being simultaneously transmitted via closed-circuit television to a nearby spectator area and electronically to the Internet. Live commentary will be provided by Greek International Master and author Ilias Kourkounakis. The match is jointly sponsored by Syndesmos Egyptioton Ellinon (Greeks with close ties to Egypt), as part of their World Congress, http://www.in.gr and http://www.chess.gr . Along with many other cultural activities, that event will take place in the Reception Area of S.E.E. 3rd of September 56 str.

New Leko Website

Peter Leko has an Internet site sponsored by Chessgate.de. It will have interviews, a biography, team and sponsorships information and game analysis.

Site: http://www.chessgate.de/leko/homepage.html

April rating list study

Boris Schipkov has published the first of an interesting two part analysis of the April FIDE list.

Site: http://www.chessib.com/

VIII Linares International Open in Chile

Andres Molina Rodriguez reports:

The "VIII Linares International Open, in Chile, that will be played Saturday 19th to Monday 21st May of 2001 in the city of the same name, 300 Kms to the south of Santiago.

The tournament will be played over (9) rounds, swiss system, increasing games time: 45 minutes (3 rounds), 1 hour (4 rounds) and 1 hour and a half (the last two rounds)."

"From the scale of prizes we emphasize the following locations: 1st. US$ 2500, 2nd. US$ 1250, 3rd. US$ 800, 4th US$ 700, 5th US$ 600. The first 12 positions will be awarded."

"The organization will pay for lodging and feeding during the three days of competition. The trip costs will be paid by each player."

"Entry fee is US$34, and allows lodging and meals for the three days." Titled players have payment-free.

This is an extraction of the official invitation for GMs... Confirmed are GM Gilberto Milos (BRA), GM Pablo Ricardi (ARG), GM Alejandro Hoffman (ARG), GM Pablo Zarnicki (ARG), IM Johan Hellsten (SWE), IM Miguel Andres (CUB), among other IMs... more than 200 players are expected.

All coverage, info and details, at http://www.torneolinares.com Phone contact: 56-73-222871 (Linares chess club)

Mainz Chess Classic

The Frankfurt Chess Classic has moved to Mainz with a new sponsor Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz and the support of the chess playing mayor of Mainz Mayor Beutel. The highlight will be a match between Kramnik and Anand.

The format is slightly different 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. 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.

Further info in english: http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/meko/english.html

2 Tournaments in Norway

1) Arnold J Eikrem Memorial 2001. This event will take place in the famous "Chess Hotel" in Gausdal 27th July-3rd August 2001

Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/arnold2001/

2) Bergen Chess International 2001 takes place in Bergen 4th-12th August 2001 Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/

Contact in both cases IA Hans Olav Lahlum, at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net for further information.

International Open Albena, Bulgaria

The International Open in Albena, Bulgaria takes place 20th-26th May 2001 in the Albena Resort Complex. Time limit: 2-hours per player per game System: Swiss system, 9 - rounds, FIDE Rated, International Titles Possibility

Tournament entry fee : 40 leva per player Note: International Grandmasters and International masters (men and women) do not pay tournament fee. Prizes: 1250 leva, 750 leva, 600 leva, 450 leva, 300 leva, 200 leva, 150 leva,100 leva, 80 leva, 70 leva Special prizes: women: 300 leva, 200 leva, 100 leva veterans over 60 years: 100 leva, 50 leva. girls under 20: 100 leva, 50 leva boys under 20: 100 leva, 50 leva All prizes will be charged with 20% for taxes.

Contact: Bulgarian Chess Federation: Tel. + 00 359 2 9300518 and 9300589 Fax + 00 359 2 9815728 Mobile: 00 359 88 247944 Rumen Angelov, E-mail: chessang@mb.bia-bg.com

The Mayor's Cup

Susan Polgar and the Polgar chess center are organizing and sponsoring a Category 10 GM tournament in Queens, New York June 18-26, 2001. It is called "The Mayor's Cup" - endorsed by the city and the Mayor on New York (Mayor Jiuliani).

The lineup (in rating order) is:

 1. Igor NOVIKOV       2596  GM  Ukraine
 2. Leonid YUDASIN     2568  GM  Israel
 3. Pavel  BLATNY      2547  GM  Czech
 4. Yehuda GRUENFELD   2520  GM  Israel
 5. Amon SIMUTOWE      2470  IM  Zambia
 6. Gregory SHAHADE    2458 (IM) USA
 7. Eugene PERELSHTEYN 2436  IM  USA
 8. Hikaru NAKAMURA    2428 (IM) USA
 9. Dmitry SCHNEIDER   2406  FM  USA
10. Irina   KRUSH      2380  IM  USA

There will be Internet coverage of the event on several sites. Further information at http://www.polgarchess.com

5th International Open Pablo Gorbea Memorial

5th International Open Pablo Gorbea Memorial Madrid, Spain 8th-17th June 2001 . Total fund prize: approximately 3.000.000 pesetas (15.000 $). First prize: 500.000 pesetas (2800 $) Ten rounds. 1 h 30 min for 30 moves, 1 h for the rest of the game One of the few tournaments with special prize for the two best games of attack (200 $) Last year GMs Korneev (Russia), Spraggett (Canada), San Segundo (Spain), Artur Kogan (Israel) played.

Coverage: http://www.hechiceros.net/site/torneos/articulos/anunciados/anu00023.shtml

2nd Open of the Parc PARIS

The Parisian Chess Club 'Le JÉEN' is organising the 2nd OPEN DU PARC. The event take place 2nd-4th June 2001.

Venue: 27, avenue du Parc des Princes F 75016 PARIS FRANCE

9 rounds of 61 mn K.-O. - Saturday 2001/06/02, rounds #1 - #2 - #3 : 1:00 PM / 3:30 PM / 6:00 PM - Sunday 2001/06/03, rounds #4 - #5 - #6 : 11:00 AM / 1:30 PM / 4:00 PM - Monday 2001/06/04, rounds #7 - #8 - #9 : 11:00 AM / 1:30 PM / 4:00 PM

PRIZES : 1st : 5 000 F (762.25 euros) 2nd : 3 000 F (457.35 euros) 3rd : 2 000 F (304.90 euros) 4th : 1 000 F (152.45 euros) 5th : 800 F (121.96 euros)

PRIZES BY CATEGORIES : Less than 1400 ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros) Less than 1600 ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros) Less than 1800 ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros) Less than 2000 ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros)

Entry : 180 F / 90 F (220 F / 110 F after the 2001/05/31) - GM/M free by mail.

INFORMATION : 00 33(1) 46 51 04 34

Internet site: http://jeen.online.fr/
E-mail: jeenches@club-internet.fr

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