THE WEEK IN CHESS 355 27th August 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Europe vs.
Tartarstan Match
3) Villarobledo International Open
rapidplay
4) World Junior Chess Championships
5) American Continental Championships
6) 76th
French Championships
7) Third Saturday in Belgrade
8) Kavala Open
9) Austrian
Championships
10) Lisbon Open
11)
Abu Dhabi Open
12) Ron Banwell Masters
13) Bratto Open
14) Tilburg Weekend
15) Norwegian Cafe Chess Open
16) Canadian
Championships
17) Botvinnik Memorial
18) XXIX Manresa Open
19) Danube Summer in
Tekija
20) Liepaja’s Rocade
21) 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championships
22) Kiel Open 2001
23) IV
Pyramiden-Franken-Cup
24) Rubinstein Memorial
25) Miercurea Ciuc
26) Strange Badger
Tournament
27) Pilsen Chess Festival
28) 6th International Chess Open San Agustín
29) Julian Borowski Rapidplay
30)
Trophée d'été Chessgalaxy.com
31)
Kladovo Tournament
32) Forthcoming Events and
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Games section
Europe vs. Tartarstan Match 12 games
Villarobledo rapidplay 36 games
World Junior 266 games
American Continental 37 games
76th French Championships 101 games
Third Saturday in Belgrade 12 games
Nordic missing game 1 game
Kavala Open 100 games
Austrian Championships 186 games
Lisbon Open 382 games
Abu Dhabi Open 44 games
Ron Banwell Masters 178 games
Bratto Open 81 games
Canadian Championships 71 games
Danube Summer in Tekija 6 games
Liepaja’s Rocade 66 games
18th World Microcomputer 81 games
Kiel Open 2001 85 games
IV Pyramiden-Franken-Cup 40 games
Miercurea Ciuc 42 games
Strange Badger Tournament 66 games
Pilsen Chess Festival 240 games
6th Chess Open San Agustín 405 games
Julian Borowski Rapidplay 5 games
Trophée d'été Chessgalaxy.com 8 games
Kladovo Tournament 30 games
2581 games
My thanks to Axel Fritz, Biro Sandor, Milan Dezelin, Herman Claudius van
Riemsdijk, Laszlo Nagy, Eirik Gullaksen, Stewart Reuben, John Saunders, Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Zohair and Ravi, Ian Rogers, Maurizio Mascheroni, Aard Daanen,
David Llada, Argiris Kotsis, Stephen Boyd, Vladica Andrejic, Kaspars Migla and
all those who helped with this issue.
There are numerous events this week. The World Junior's enter the final
few rounds with all the medals still up for grabs. A nice event in Tartarstan
saw Karpov, Khalifman, Korchnoi, Rublevsky, Dreev and others play a double
round team match. There is speculation that the as yet unconfirmed Moscow
tournament with Kasparov, Kramnik and Karpov in December will encourage FIDE to
hold the first part of their championships there also.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
There was a two day match between a team from Europe against a team
from Tartasan in Kazan August 15th-16th 2001. The match finished 6-6.
A European team of Anatoly Karpov (1), Alexander Khalifman (1.5),
Viktor Korchnoi (1), Viktor Bologan (1), Vladimir Akopian (0.5) and Maia
Chiburdanidze (1) drew 6-6 with a Tartarstan team of Alexey Dreev (1), Sergei
Rublevsky, (0.5), Andrei Kharlov (1), Artyom Timofeev (1), Ildar Ibragimov,
(1.5) and Alisa Galliamova (1). Individual scores out of two games are given in
brackets.
Information
from Kasparovchess.com
Round 1 (August 15, 2001)
Karpov, Anatoly - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 25 D12 Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 23 B29 Sicilian Defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kharlov, Andrei 1/2 34 D20 QGA
Timofeev, Artyom - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 37 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Akopian, Vladimir - Ibragimov, Ildar 1/2 41 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Galliamova, Alisa - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 46 B19 Caro Kann
Round 2 (August 16, 2001)
Dreev, Alexey - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 23 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Khalifman, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 46 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Kharlov, Andrei - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 66 E44 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Bologan, Viktor - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 39 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Ibragimov, Ildar - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 65 E59 Nimzo Indian
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Galliamova, Alisa 1/2 29 D29 QGA
The Villarobledo International Open rapidplay tournament took place
18th-19th August 2001. It was a 25 minutes rapidplay competition with Anand,
Shirov, Vallejo, Beliavksy, Tiviakov, Milov, Rustemov, Chernin etc. Viswanathan
Anand won the event on tie-break from Alexei Shirov both of whom finished on
7.5/9. Games now available.
Live coverage: http://www.ajedrezvillarrobledo.com
Leading Final Standings
1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 7.5 52.5 58.00
2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 7.5 52.0 57.00
3. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2571 7.0 49.5 53.50
4. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 7.0 49.5 53.00
5. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2529 7.0 48.5 48.50
6. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 7.0 47.5 50.50
7. Collas, Didier m FRA 2378 7.0 47.0 51.00
8. Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2601 7.0 46.5 50.50
9. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 6.5 49.5 53.50
10. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2630 6.5 48.5 53.00
11. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2514 6.5 48.5 52.50
12. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2578 6.5 48.0 52.50
13. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g ESP 2515 6.5 48.0 51.00
14. Oratovsky, Michael m ISR 2493 6.5 47.0 47.00
15. Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2513 6.5 46.5 51.00
16. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579 6.5 46.0 50.50
17. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 2518 6.5 46.0 49.50
18. Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2479 6.5 45.5 45.50
19. De La Riva Aguado, Oscar m AND 2508 6.5 45.0 49.00
20. Saldano, Horacio f ARG 2422 6.5 40.0 41.50
21. Minzer, Claudio Javier m ARG 2371 6.5 39.0 42.50
22. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2659 6.0 48.5 52.50
23. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2566 6.0 48.0 50.00
24. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 6.0 47.5 52.00
25. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2478 6.0 47.5 51.50
26. Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2455 6.0 47.0 51.00
27. San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2528 6.0 46.5 50.50
28. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2538 6.0 45.5 49.50
29. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2459 6.0 45.5 48.50
30. Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM) wg BUL 2459 6.0 45.0 48.00
31. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2531 6.0 44.5 48.50
32. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2392 6.0 43.5 45.50
33. Bertona, Fernando ARG 2411 6.0 43.0 45.50
34. Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 2461 6.0 42.5 45.00
35. Aleksieva, Silvia wg BUL 2360 6.0 41.5 44.50
36. Llobel Cortell, Enrique ESP 2400 6.0 40.5 41.50
91 boys and 62 girls are competing in the 2001 World Junior U20 Chess
Championships which take place August 16-29 in Athens, Greece. After 10 of the
13 rounds Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia on 8 is half a point clear of Ni Hua
(China) and Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia) in the boys event and Xu Yuanyuan
(China) and Humpy Koneru (India) are both on 7.5 points half a point clear of
five players on 7 points in the girls.
Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio
Round 10 Standings
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WJun Athens GRE (GRE), 16-29 viii 2001
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1. Sargissian, Gabriel m ARM 2514 8.0 60.5 2677
2. Ni Hua f CHN 2568 7.5 59.5 2598
3. Gagunashvili, Merab m GEO 2444 7.5 61.0 2666
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2562 7.0 65.0 2566
5. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2553 7.0 63.5 2613
6. Acs, Peter g HUN 2514 7.0 49.0 2521
7. Navara, David m CZE 2491 7.0 62.0 2581
8. Azarov, Sergei BLR 2461 7.0 66.0 2587
9. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2519 6.5 56.0 2538
10. Miton, Kamil m POL 2516 6.5 56.0 2518
11. Horvath, Adam m HUN 2504 6.5 47.5 2370
12. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2496 6.5 63.0 2497
13. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2486 6.5 60.5 2502
14. Korobov, Anton UKR 2470 6.5 59.5 2445
15. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2462 6.5 47.0 2382
16. Neiksans, Arturs LAT 2435 6.5 48.0 2441
17. Palliser, Richard f ENG 2337 6.5 58.0 2572
18. Potkin, Vladimir m RUS 2530 6.0 47.0 2331
19. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2511 6.0 56.0 2458
20. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2486 6.0 54.5 2449
21. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462 6.0 54.0 2409
22. Schenk, Andreas GER 2455 6.0 50.0 2381
23. Stryjecki, Marek m POL 2441 6.0 57.0 2401
24. Bar, Roman ISR 2412 6.0 45.5 2380
25. Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2339 6.0 56.0 2520
26. Franco Alonso, Alejandro f ESP 2332 6.0 52.5 2497
27. Markos, Jan SVK 2479 5.5 54.5 2392
28. Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2475 5.5 52.5 2347
29. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2435 5.5 50.5 2390
30. Alvarez, Johan VEN 2382 5.5 47.0 2266
31. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2380 5.5 49.5 2345
32. Djukic, Nikola YUG 2374 5.5 43.0 2305
33. Kapnisis, Spyridon GRE 2373 5.5 56.0 2446
34. Venkatesh, M.R IND 2356 5.5 47.5 2407
35. Du Shan f CHN 2352 5.5 49.0 2467
36. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2323 5.5 51.0 2423
37. Papp, Gabor HUN 2291 5.5 60.0 2432
38. Hersvik, Daniel NOR 2241 5.5 52.0 2396
39. Gomez,Jean Paul ---- 5.5 54.0 2480
91 players
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WJun Women Athens GRE (GRE), 16-29 viii 2001
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1. Xu Yuanyuan wf CHN 7.5 62.0 2482
2. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 7.5 61.0 2469
3. Paehtz, Elisabeth wm GER 7.0 57.5 2432
4. Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 7.0 61.0 2438
5. Zhao Xue wg CHN 7.0 50.5 2312
6. Dzagnidze, Nana f GEO 7.0 60.0 2418
7. Zimina, Olga wm RUS 7.0 56.0 2401
8. Kosintseva, Tatiana wf RUS 6.5 63.0 2407
9. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 6.5 57.5 2366
10. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wf RUS 6.5 60.0 2395
11. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wm GEO 6.5 59.5 2400
12. Charkhalashvili, Inga wf GEO 6.5 63.5 2436
13. Jackova, Jana wm CZE 6.0 55.0 2288
14. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 6.0 55.5 2287
15. Gu Xiaobing CHN 6.0 62.0 2374
16. Meenakshi, S IND 6.0 54.5 2314
17. Hryhorenko, Nataliya UKR 6.0 58.5 2321
18. Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna POL 6.0 48.5 2119
19. Sergeeva, Maria wm KAZ 5.5 51.5 2203
20. Calotescu, Cristina wf ROM 5.5 55.5 2244
21. Aarthie, Ramaswamy wm IND 5.5 59.0 2293
22. Moshina, Cristina wm MDA 5.5 46.5 2218
23. Kaps, Darja wf SLO 5.5 48.5 2216
24. Zuriel, Marisa wf ARG 5.5 50.0 2282
25. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 5.5 45.0 2100
26. Zigangirova, Sofya KAZ 5.5 53.5 2242
27. Gorlin, Yelena USA 5.5 41.0 2135
62 players
The American Continental Championships took place in Cali Colombia
9th-20th August 2001. The event was an 11 round Swiss and was also a qualifier
for the FIDE Championships with seven places available. Already qualified prior
to the championships were Lazaro Bruzon, Lenier Dominguez, Dmitry Gurevich,
Alexander Shabalov, Giovanni Vescovi and Alonso Zapata. The event was won by
Alex Yermolinsky with 8.5/11 half a point clear of seven players on 8 points
who were Alexander Goldin, Lenier Dominguez, Boris Gulko, Alonso Zapata, Daniel
Campora, Alejandro Hoffman and Alexis Cabrera. With two players already
qualified (Dominguez and Zapata) this meant all the rest went through and it
left one further place left.
The play-off was amongst 11 players (Vescovi was already through). It
was an eleven hours marathon which took place after the final round and lasted
until 3am in the morning. The games were not recorded. The time-rate was 15' +
10'' (initially the plan was 25' + 10''). Some participants had played over 15
hours that day. My thanks to Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk for the
information.
Internet coverage:
http://galeon.com/continental_cali/partidas.htm
(also finger Americas2001 on ICC) and
http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/ContinentalCali2001Desempate.htm
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I American Continental Cali COL (COL), 9-20 viii 2001
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1. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2571 8.5 77.0 2663
2. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2594 8.0 82.0 2687
3. Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2585 8.0 78.5 2668
4. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2602 8.0 74.5 2622
5. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2530 8.0 77.0 2598
6. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2506 8.0 76.5 2614
7. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2481 8.0 66.5 2557
8. Cabrera, Alexis m CUB 2415 8.0 69.5 2601
9. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2573 7.5 77.0 2580
10. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2571 7.5 76.0 2595
11. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2581 7.5 77.5 2604
12. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2490 7.5 73.0 2542
13. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2565 7.5 75.5 2545
14. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2543 7.5 72.0 2539
15. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2488 7.5 68.0 2515
16. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2525 7.5 68.0 2493
17. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander COL 2362 7.5 67.0 2477
18. Mosquera, Miguel COL 2344 7.5 68.5 2477
19. Leyva, Hector m ESA 2428 7.5 67.5 2432
20. Cueto, J f BOL 2363 7.5 56.5 2440
21. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2550 7.0 77.5 2553
22. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2574 7.0 78.5 2559
23. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2548 7.0 74.5 2499
24. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2545 7.0 75.5 2496
25. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2573 7.0 74.5 2506
26. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2406 7.0 67.0 2463
27. Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2348 7.0 71.5 2491
28. Araque, Rafael COL 2388 7.0 63.0 2367
29. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2504 7.0 62.0 2367
30. Valderrama,Gilberto ---- 7.0 63.0 2386
31. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2487 6.5 71.0 2446
32. Gamboa, Nelson m COL 2354 6.5 66.0 2331
33. Alzate, Dario m COL 2430 6.5 64.5 2329
34. Uribe, Mauricio COL 2337 6.5 67.5 2385
35. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2428 6.5 65.0 2337
36. Echavarria, Johann COL 2372 6.5 59.0 2321
37. Ricaurte Lopez, Juan Carlos f ECU 2353 6.5 64.0 2424
38. Lopez, Carlos Manuel f CUB 2321 6.5 67.0 2353
39. Garcia, Alvaro COL COL 2260 6.5 62.5 2243
40. Mera Cedeno, Angel f ECU 2385 6.5 61.0 2308
41. Acosta, Alejandro COL m COL 2300 6.5 65.5 2262
42. Rodriguez, Wilmer Alberto COL 2093 6.5 65.5 2346
43. Jaramillo,Gonzalo ---- 6.5 63.5 2341
44. Vasquez Ramirez, Rocio wm ECU 2231 6.5 65.5 2391
45. Barrientos, Sergio COL 2163 6.5 62.0 2379
46. Esquivel, Luis ---- 6.5 53.5 2288
47. Castro, Oscar H m COL 2364 6.0 72.5 2413
48. Juarez Flores, Carlos A m GUA 2400 6.0 66.0 2374
49. Clavijo, Jorge m COL 2375 6.0 76.5 2497
50. Oblitas, Carlomagno m PER 2411 6.0 67.5 2361
51. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2558 6.0 67.5 2365
52. Mendoza, Rafael f COL 2357 6.0 66.5 2408
53. Cuartas, Carlos m COL 2302 6.0 67.5 2327
54. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2358 6.0 66.5 2343
55. Ruiz, Pablo COL 2290 6.0 64.0 2217
56. Carvajal, Nolberto COL 2279 6.0 60.0 2317
57. Vittorino, Carlo COL 2257 6.0 66.5 2361
58. Diaz, Jaime COL 2245 6.0 65.5 2374
59. Beltran, Carlos COL 2297 6.0 66.5 2217
60. Gonzalez,Omar ---- 6.0 63.0 2317
61. Moreira Romero, Jairo f ECU 2372 6.0 62.0 2190
62. Ossa,Orlando Jose ---- 6.0 53.5 2211
146 players
Rapid playoffs
1. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2573 7.5
2. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander COL 2362 7.5
3. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2543 6.0
4. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2525 5.5
5. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2565 5.0
6. Leyva, Hector m ESA 2428 5.0
7. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2571 4.5
8. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2490 4.5
9. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2488 4.0
10. Mosquera, Miguel COL 2344 3.5
11. Cueto, J f BOL 2363 2.0
The 76th French Championships take place in Marseille 12th-25th August
2001. The players were split into two groups of 8 for all-play-alls the top
four qualifying for the high pool and the chance to win the title. The players
carried forward their results from the first group stage against their fellow
qualifiers so they played four more games against the qualifiers from the
opposite group. To this was added their scores from the qualifying stage
against the players who failed to qualify to give a final points total. This
left Anatoli Vaisser, Etienne Bacrot and Jean-Marc Degraeve all tied on 7
points. The playoff was won by Etienne Bacrot who took the title for the third
consecutive time. It wasn't necessary to play the final game between Vaisser
and Degraeve.The players eliminated in the first stage played amongst
themselves (Nataf withdrew) and this was won by Joel Lautier. Lautier didn't
lose a game throughout the whole tournament. Maria Nepeina-Leconte beat Marie
Sebag in a playoff to take the women's title. My thanks to Stephen Boyd.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Final Standings
High Pool
1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2653 7.0
2 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2556 7.0
3 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2602 7.0
4 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2576 6.5
5 Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2604 6.0
Relange, Eloi g FRA 2472 6.0
Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2602 6.0
8 Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2452 5.5
Low Pool
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 5.5
10 Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2524 5.0
11 Hauchard, Arnaud g FRA 2513 4.5
Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2606 4.5
13 Belkhodja, Slim m FRA 2531 4.0
14 Koch, Jean-Rene m FRA 2518 2.5
15 Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2511 2.0
ch-FRA Playoff Marsailles FRA (FRA), 24-24 viii 2001cat. XV (2604)
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1 2 3
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1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2653 ** 1= =1 3.0 /4 2772
2 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2556 0= ** 1. 1.5 /3 2636
3 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2602 =0 0. ** 0.5 /3 2347
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ch-FRA High Pool Marsailles FRA (FRA), 13-23 viii 2001cat. XIII (2565)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2556 * = = = 1 = = 1 4.5 7.0 2667
2 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2653 = * = = = = 1 = 4.0 7.0 2602
3 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2602 = = * = 0 1 = = 3.5 7.0 2559
4 Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2604 = = = * = = = = 3.5 6.0 2559
5 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2576 0 = 1 = * = = = 3.5 6.5 2563
6 Relange, Eloi g FRA 2472 = = 0 = = * = 1 3.5 6.0 2577
7 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2602 = 0 = = = = * = 3.0 6.0 2509
8 Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2452 0 = = = = 0 = * 2.5 5.5 2478
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ch-FRA Women Marsailles FRA (FRA), 13-23 viii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2283 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2487
2. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2312 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2484
3. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2347 0 = * 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2237
4. Muller, Anne FRA 2156 0 0 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 6.0 2225
5. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2146 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = = = 5.5 2190
6. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike wm FRA 2195 0 0 1 0 = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2186
7. Dacalor, Aurelie FRA 2140 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 1 5.0 2155
8. Marchadour, Claire FRA 2128 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 * = = 1 = 4.5 2127
9. Goletto, Celine FRA 2117 0 = 1 0 = 0 1 = * 0 0 = 4.0 2091
10. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2239 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2080
11. Lebel-Arias, Julia wm FRA 2075 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 = * = 3.5 2063
12. Franc, Nathalie FRA 2103 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 1983
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ch-FRA Women Playoff Marsailles FRA (FRA), 14-24 viii 2001
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1 2
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Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2283 = 1 1.5 2505
Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2312 = 0 0.5 2090
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The Third Saturday Tournament in Belgrade takes place 16th-26th August
2001. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the games.
Info: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
Round 6 Standings:
TSIM August Belgrad YUG (YUG), 16-26 viii 2001cat. II (2294)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2420 ** == =. 1. 1. 1. 4.5 2488
2 Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2430 == ** =. 1. =. =. 3.5 2349
3 Furhoff, Johan f SWE 2281 =. =. ** =. 0. 11 3.5 2333
4 Divljan, Igor CAN 2192 0. 0. =. ** 11 0. 2.5 2247
5 Stankovic, Marija YUG 2259 0. =. 1. 00 ** =. 2.0 2157
6 Savic, Marijana wf YUG 2180 0. =. 00 1. =. ** 2.0 2185
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The 1st European Chess Grand-Prix which is also the 10th International
Kavala Tournament takes place August 21st-29th 2001. Michal Krasenkow is on
5/5.
Web coverage: http://www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html
and http://www.chess.gr/kavala
Round 5 of 9 Standings:
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10th Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 21-29 viii 2001
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1. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2573 5.0 17.0 2934
2. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2569 4.5 17.0 2613
3. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2456 4.5 15.5 2482
4. Bojkov, Dejan BUL 2411 4.0 16.5 2435
5. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2508 4.0 17.5 2439
6. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2496 4.0 17.5 2476
7. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2382 4.0 15.0 2363
8. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2598 4.0 16.0 2488
9. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2505 4.0 16.5 2397
10. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2487 4.0 15.5 2398
11. Nikolaidis, Konstantinos f GRE 2354 4.0 14.0 2315
12. Andrijevic, Milan m YUG 2366 4.0 14.5 2267
13. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2315 4.0 14.5 2277
14. Asik, Josip f YUG 2299 4.0 15.0 2236
15. Angelis, Mihail GRE 2266 4.0 12.0 2198
16. Dimitrov, Atanas BUL 2303 4.0 14.5 2087
17. Tzintzios, Georgios GRE 2165 4.0 11.5 2233
18. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2463 3.5 16.5 2307
19. Vasilev, Milen BUL 2377 3.5 16.5 2218
116 players
The Austrian championships took place in Mureck 5th-19th August 2001.
The event was a 15 round all-play-all event. Siegfried Baumegger won the title
on tie-break from Nikolaus Stanec finished on 10/15, their individual game was
drawn so Sonnen-Berger Tie-break was used. Helene Mira was the clear winner of
the women's event.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.at/
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Baumegger, Siegfried m AUT 2357 * = 0 1 0 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2495
2. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2530 = * = = = = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2483
3. Volkmann, Friedrich f AUT 2406 1 = * 0 = 1 = = 1 0 = = 1 = = 1 9.0 2439
4. Neubauer, Martin f AUT 2370 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 0 1 9.0 2441
5. Sommerbauer, Norbert m AUT 2422 1 = = = * = 1 = = = = = = = = = 8.5 2416
6. Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2380 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 8.5 2418
7. Wach, Markus m AUT 2377 = 1 = 0 0 = * = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2419
8. Weiss, Christian m AUT 2403 0 = = = = = = * 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 8.5 2417
9. Fahrner, Kurt f AUT 2365 1 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2369
10. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2413 = = 1 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 0 7.0 2345
11. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2348 0 = = = = = = = 1 0 * = 0 = = 1 7.0 2350
12. Pilaj, Herwig f AUT 2297 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 7.0 2353
13. Brandner, Stefan f AUT 2276 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 * = = 1 7.0 2354
14. Moser, Eva wm AUT 2361 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 6.0 2298
15. Wukits, Rene f AUT 2269 0 0 = 1 = = 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 4.5 2227
16. Rolletschek, Heinrich f AUT 2340 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2049
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ch-AUT Women Mureck AUT (AUT), 5-19 viii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Mira, Helene wm AUT 2122 * 1 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2217
2. Sommer, Sonja AUT 2043 0 * 1 = 1 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 2151
3. Hapala, Michalea AUT 2008 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2154
4. Hennings, Margit AUT 2015 1 = = * 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 = 6.5 2117
5. Kirchmayr,Elisabeth AUT ---- = 0 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 6.0 2089
6. Krasser, Margit AUT 2095 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2044
7. Hackbarth, Christa AUT 2005 0 1 0 0 = = * = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2053
8. Nagl, Erika G AUT 2025 0 1 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 5.5 2051
9. Horvath, Maria wf AUT 2053 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 = * 1 0 = 5.0 2012
10. Schwaninger, Ulrike AUT 2045 0 = 0 1 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 5.0 2013
11. Unger, Eva AUT 2177 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.5 1904
12. Molnar,Monika AUT ---- = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 1744
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Another European Grand Prix event takes place in Lisbon, Portugal
21st-29th August 2001. The event is a 9 round swiss-system event with 180
participants including Jeroen Piket, Hannes Stefansson, Lubo Ftacnik, Ildar
Ibragimov, Csaba and Jozsef Horvaths and Joe Gallagher. There is a live
broadcast each day of the top 8 boards.
Live Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and further
information: http://www.infoxadrez.com
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Open Lisbon POR (POR), 21-29 viii 2001
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 4.5 14.0 13.0
2. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 4.5 14.0 12.5
3. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 4.5 13.0 13.5
4. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 4.0 13.5 15.5
5. Piket, Jeroen g NED 4.0 13.5 15.0
6. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 4.0 13.5 14.0
7. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 4.0 13.5 13.5
8. Galego, Luis m POR 4.0 13.5 13.5
9. Kogan, Artur g ISR 4.0 12.5 13.5
10. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 4.0 12.5 13.0
11. Roeder, Mathias m GER 4.0 12.5 12.5
12. Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 4.0 12.0 13.0
13. Stohl, Igor g SVK 4.0 12.0 12.5
14. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 4.0 12.0 11.5
15. Palac, Mladen g CRO 4.0 11.5 13.5
16. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan ESP 4.0 11.5 11.0
17. Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 4.0 11.0 11.5
18. Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria ESP 4.0 11.0 11.5
19. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 4.0 11.0 11.5
20. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 3.5 13.0 14.5
21. Oratovsky, Michael m ISR 3.5 13.0 14.5
22. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 3.5 12.0 14.0
23. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 3.5 11.5 14.0
24. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 3.5 11.5 12.0
178 players
The AbuDhabi Open is underway. There are three tournaments. The
strongest is the masters event with 42 participants including 15 GMs and 11
IMs. Information: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Zohair and Ravi.
Internet coverage: http://www.abudhabichess.com
Round 2 Standings:
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ADCF Masters Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 25 viii-5 ix 2001
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1. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 2.0
2. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2497 2.0
3. Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2458 1.5 2519
4. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2495 1.5 2538
5. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2600 1.5 2603
6. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2474 1.5 2559
7. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2508 1.5 2568
8. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2381 1.5 2761
9. Sharif, Mershad m FRA 2474 1.5 2596
10. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 1.5 2598
11. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2524 1.5 2504
12. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2466 1.5 2540
13. Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2500 1.5 2535
14. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2510 1.5 2568
15. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529 1.5 2580
16. Salem, Ghuloom UAE 2295 1.5 2676
17. Szekely, Peter g HUN 2430 1.5 2440
18. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2612 1.5 2564
19. Ali, Mahmoud UAE 2274 1.0 2527
20. Maherramzade, Javad m AZE 2476 1.0 2413
21. Badjarani, Ilgar m AZE 2365 1.0 2345
22. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2555 1.0 2303
23. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2452 1.0 2316
24. Hussan, Mohamed Seif UAE 2142 1.0 2375
25. Li, Georgiy UZB 2239 1.0 2238
26. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2440 1.0 2300
27. Mirzoeva, Elmira wm RUS 2260 1.0 2247
28. Mohamed, Hossein f UAE 2203 1.0 2387
29. Ali, Shaheen UAE 2104 1.0 2403
30. Lodhi, Mahmood m PAK 2410 0.5 2363
31. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2332 0.5 2390
32. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2537 0.5 2161
33. Hamad, Ahmad SYR 2284 0.5 2154
34. Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2337 0.5 2210
35. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE 2136 0.5 2164
36. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2262 0.5 2123
37. Khalid AlShaali UAE 2187 0.5 2182
38. Mamedov, Chingiz AZE 2224 0.5 2212
39. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2327 0.5 2337
40. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2442 0.0
41. Faisal, Kashwani UAE ---- 0.0
42. Molina, Antonio PHI 2293 0.0
43. Toomanian, Hamlet IRI 2301 0.0
44. Abdulla,M Saleh UAE ---- 0.0
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The Ron Banwell Masters, incorporating the Commonwealth Championships
takes place 18th-27th August 2001 as part of the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad
(London). Games from rounds 1-6 are complete.
Internet coverage:
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2001.htm
and http://www.msoworld.com/
Round 9 (of 10) Standings:
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Ron Banwell MSO Masters (ENG), 18-27 August 2001
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1 Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri g GRE 2455 7.0 2554
2 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2481 6.5 2551
3 Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2370 6.5 2514
4 Harikrishna, P m IND 2522 6.5 2596
5 Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2547 6.5 2566
6 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2389 6.0 2484
7 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2437 6.0 2427
8 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2499 6.0 2450
9 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2406 6.0 2409
10 Houska, Jovanka wg ENG 2354 5.5 2456
11 Kirsanov, O RUS 2365 5.5 2378
12 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2371 5.5 2417
13 Batyrov, Sapar g TKM 2402 5.5 2365
14 Maduekwe, Chiedu NGR 2145 5.5 2220
15 Aikhoje, Odion m NGR 2305 5.0 2275
16 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2453 5.0 2424
17 Eames, Robert ENG 2333 5.0 2373
18 Lyell, Mark ENG 2219 5.0 2280
19 Barle, Janez m SLO 2383 5.0 2326
20 Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2293 5.0 2332
21 Salem, Ihab PLE 2201 5.0 2217
22 Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2334 5.0 2248
23 Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe wm IND 2241 5.0 2209
24 Annaberdiev, Meilis TKM 2265 5.0 2295
25 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2407 4.5 2337
26 Friedland, Jon S ENG 2163 4.5 2196
27 Thiruchelvam, Murugan ENG 2240 4.5 2187
28 Franklin, Michael J f ENG 2253 4.5 2157
29 Warman, Simon ENG 2128 4.5 2002
30 Coffey,Patrick ---- 4.5 2137
31 Rendle, Thomas ENG 2129 4.5 2123
32 Shiomi, Ryo JPN 2044 4.5 2084
33 Richards, Heather wf ENG 2230 4.5 2128
61 players
The Bratto Open takes place in Italy August 20th-30th 2001. Vladimir
Epishin, Vadim Milov, Sinisa Drazic and Erald Dervishi lead after four of the
nine rounds. Games from the first four rounds available.
Internet coverage: http://maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
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21st Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 22-30 viii 2001
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1. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2480 4.5 16.0
2. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 4.0 19.0
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2583 4.0 17.5 2.0
4. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2428 4.0 17.5 1.5
5. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 3.5 17.0 2.0
6. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2491 3.5 17.0 1.5
7. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2525 3.5 16.5 2.5
8. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579 3.5 16.5 1.5
9. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2476 3.5 15.5 2.5
10. Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2499 3.5 15.5 2.0
11. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2405 3.5 15.0 2.0
12. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2449 3.5 15.0 2.0
13. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2350 3.5 15.0 1.5
14. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2382 3.5 14.5 2.0
15. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2353 3.5 14.5 1.5
16. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2372 3.5 14.5 1.0
80 players
The Tilburg Weekend tournament took place August 24th-26th 2001.
Vladimir Chuchelov, Alexandre Dgebuadze and Friso Nijboer finished on 5/6.
Intenet coverage: http://www.eksakt.nl/
Final (Round 6) Standings
1. Vladimir Chuchelov g 5.0 24.0 19.25 18.5 2529 2506 -0.10
Alexandre Dgebuadze g 5.0 24.0 19.00 19.0 2474 2534 +0.38
Friso Nijboer g 5.0 23.0 18.25 19.5 2569 2594 +0.14
4. Eddy van Beers f 4.5 25.0 18.25 17.0 2278 2414 +1.02
Sergey Tiviakov g 4.5 22.5 15.75 17.5 2621 2457 -0.84
Paul Motwani g 4.5 22.0 15.00 17.0 2472 2391 -0.48
Bernhard Stillger f 4.5 21.0 15.25 15.5 2322 2315 -0.05
Martijn Dambacher 4.5 20.5 14.25 15.0 2266 2289 +0.18
Arne Moll 4.5 20.5 14.00 16.0 2082 2337 +2.04
10. Grisja Kodentsov 4.0 23.0 14.50 15.5 2046 2303 +2.08
Maurice Peek 4.0 21.5 13.75 15.5 2306 2315 +0.04
Merijn van Delft 4.0 21.5 12.25 16.5 2325 2273 -0.38
Dolf Meijer 4.0 21.0 13.25 14.0 2200 2264 +0.40
Wim Heemskerk f 4.0 20.5 11.75 15.0 2209 2246 +0.28
Jeroen vd Bersselaar 4.0 20.0 11.25 13.5 2117 2183 +0.52
Gertjan Thomassen 4.0 18.0 10.75 12.0 1812 2212 +2.55
Bianca Muhren 4.0 18.0 10.00 11.0 1990 2178 +1.25
Erik van Eijndhoven 4.0 18.0 8.25 13.0 2061 2195 +0.95
83 players
The Open Norwegian Cafe Chess Championship (NM i cafesjakk) took place
in Bergen, 10th August 2001. Simen Agdestein won with a perfect 6/6 score. No
games available, information Eirik Gullaksen.
Information:
http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/bergen2001/cafe2001.htm
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Open Norwegian Cafe Chess Bergen 10th August 2001
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1. Simen Agdestein g NOR 2572 6.0
2. Nikola Mitkov g MKD 2547 5.5 20.5
3. Arthur Kogan g ISR 2527 5.5 17.5
4. Evgreni Agrest g SWE 2529 5.0 23.0
5. Thrøstur Thorhallsson g ISL 2456 5.0 22.0
6. Sebastian Schmidt-Schäffer GER 2323 5.0 21.5
7. Einar Gausel g NOR 2520 5.0 20.0
8. Arnar Gunnarsson ISL 2263 5.0 19.5/22.5
9. Roy Fyllingen i NOR 2389 5.0 19.5/21.5
10. Daniel Hersvik NOR 2241 4.5 20.0/23.0
11. Audrius Budraitis LTU 2290 4.5 20.0/22.5
12. Jesper Hall i SWE 2501 4.5 20.0/21.5
13. Jolanta Guzik POL 2095 4.5 19.5
14. Hallvard Ådnøy NOR 2197 4.5 19.0
15. Bosse Lindberg SWE 2248 4.5 18.0
16. Per Ofstad NOR 2205 4.5 17.5
120 players
The Canadian Championships take place in Montreal August 21st-29th
2001. It is a 9 round Swiss with 31 players competing in the event which is
also a FIDE Zonal. Kevin Spraggett and Alexandre Lesiège are the top two
players competing and lead with 6/7.
Internet coverage:
http://www.execulink.com/~binkie/closed2001/
Round 7 Standings:
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Canadian Closed Montreal CAN (CAN), 21-29 viii 2001
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1. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2531 6.0 31.0
2. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564 6.0 29.0
3. Bluvshtein, Mark CAN 2303 5.0 25.0
4. Schleifer, Michael m CAN 2369 5.0 23.5
5. Hamilton, Robert f CAN 2307 5.0 23.5
6. Khassanov, Marat f CAN 2363 4.5 27.0
7. Glinert, Stephen f CAN 2273 4.0 24.0
8. Phillips, Ray CAN ---- 4.0 22.0
9. Mikanovic, Goran f CAN 2273 4.0 21.5
10. Gaspariants, Vladimir f RUS 2305 4.0 21.0
11. Ghannoum, Marc CAN 2192 4.0 20.5
12. Odachowski, Arthur CAN 2197 4.0 19.5
13. Ochkoos, Jura CAN 2285 4.0 19.0
14. Gurevich, Artjom CAN 2197 3.5 17.5
15. Chabot, Roland CAN 2225 3.5 16.5
16. Kiviaho,Robert CAN ---- 3.5 16.0
17. Kapadia,Ronak CAN ---- 3.5 14.0
18. Urquhart,Eddie CAN ---- 3.5 14.0
19. Yoos, John C CAN 2360 3.5 13.0
20. Milicevic, Dragoljub CAN 2269 3.0 18.5
21. Gardner, Robert CAN 2206 3.0 16.0
22. Ramaswamy,Kiran CAN ---- 3.0 16.0
23. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2126 3.0 15.5
24. Pitre, Francois CAN ---- 3.0 13.5
25. Lipnowski, Irvin f CAN 2309 3.0 13.5
26. Reddy, Tyler CAN 2084 3.0 12.0
27. Haessel, Dale R USA 2205 2.5 18.0
28. Lawson,Eric CAN ---- 2.5 13.0
29. Saint-Amand, Paul CAN 2208 2.5 10.5
30. Lipnowski, Samuel CAN ---- 2.0 9.0
31. Patterson, Roger CAN ---- 2.0 8.0
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Some confirmation of the story published by Dutch Teletext (15th August
2001) that Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov will play in a
tournament in December to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of
Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow has been provided by Leontxo García inEl
Pais. He spoke to Kasparov's manager Owen Williams who says that a verbal
agreement has been reached and that he expected contracts to be signed in the
next few weeks. The event will see the players play each other four times for a
prize-fund of around $600,000. The FIDE Championships (up until the
semi-finals) will take place in an as yet unannounced venue November 25th -
December 12th 2001 so a clash with at least the semi-final stages seems
possible. The question as to whether a fourth player will compete in the Moscow
event is also unclear (which would make total sense as having one player
sitting around doing nothing each round is such a waste) perhaps they will have
several players as possible depending on their results in the FIDE
Championships. There is now speculation that this event may mean the FIDE
Championships also take place in Russia with Moscow, St Petersburg and Elista
all being mentioned.
El Pais
Story
in Spanish August 22nd 2001
Machine
Translation into English by Teletranslator
The XXIX Manresa Open took place 25th-26th August 2001. Michael Rahal
Vives, David Garcia Ilundain, Amador Rodriguez Cespedes and Alejandro Rios
Parra all scored 8.5/11. No games available.
Website: http://www2.minorisa.es/catalonia/
XXIX Open Internacional "Ciutat De Manresa"
1. Rahal Vives Michael IM 2404 8.5 75.0
2. Garcia Ilundain David GM 2479 8.5 74.5
3. Rodriguez Cespedes Amador GM 2473 8.5 73.5
4. Rios Parra Alejandro 2337 8.5 70.0
5. Moskalenko Victor GM 2509 8.0 76.5
6. De La Riva Aguado Oscar IM 2508 8.0 72.0
7. Muñoz Pantoja Miguel FM 2313 7.5 78.5
8. Comas Fabrego Lluis GM 2510 7.5 75.0
9. Gual Pascual Antoni FM 2400 7.5 73.0
10. Baches Garcia Guillem 2374 7.5 71.0
11. Mellado Triviño Juan IM 2451 7.5 70.5
12. Monclus Domingo Angel 2172 7.5 70.5
13. Armengol Comas Joaquim 2148 7.5 68.0
14. Jerez Perez Alfonso 2370 7.5 67.5
15. Torrecillas Martinez Antonio FM 2392 7.5 67.0
16. Huesca Vancell David MC 2216 7.5 61.0
17. Baron Isanta Josep Mª MC 2314 7.0 69.0
18. A Romero Calderon Carlos 2115 7.0 67.0
19. Perez Lopez Juli 2205 7.0 65.0
20. Armengol Navarro Salvador MC 2172 7.0 64.0
21. A Garcia Morales Sergio 2001 7.0 60.0
22. A Costa Trave Jaume 2089 7.0 59.5
102 players
Milan Dezelin sends news of a Category 13 Match Tournament in Tekija,
Yugoslavia. The Danube Summer in the old town hall in Tekija event took place
24th-26th August in Tekija near near the Danube. The three player double round
robin event saw Alexandru Crisan take first with 3.5/4.
Danube Summer Tekija YUG (YUG), 24-26 viii 2001
cat. XIII (2552)
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1 2 3
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1 Crisan, Alexandru g ROM 2635 ** 1= 11 3.5 2846
2 Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2535 0= ** == 1.5 2473
3 Jacimovic, Dragoljub g MKD 2485 00 == ** 1.0 2392
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The eighth international chess tournament "Liepaja’s Rocade" took
place August 2nd-4th 2001 in Liepaja’s Latvian Society House. Alexei
Shirov won the rapidplay event with 8/11 a full point and a half clear of Jaan
Ehlvest and Alexander Shabalov. My thanks to Kaspars Migla for the news.
I now have games in PGN which were produced using this text file there are a lot of strange moves and
obviously short games. If anyone has corrections to the PGN file (maybe the
players themselves) or think they can make a better version of any of the games
using the original file please let me know of improvements. There is a strong
health warning on the entire file.
Website: http://www.liepaja-online.lv/sahs/
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Liepaja Rocade LAT (LAT), 2 vii-14 viii 2001 cat. XIV (2588)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 * 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2752
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2574 1 * = = 0 = = 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2654
3. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 = = * 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2649
4. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2568 0 = 1 * = = 1 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2625
5. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2568 0 1 = = * = = 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2625
6. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2700 = = = = = * = = = = = = 5.5 2577
7. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2535 = = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 0 = 5.5 2592
8. Dlugy, Maxim g USA 2531 0 0 = 1 1 = 0 * 0 1 = 1 5.5 2593
9. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2572 0 = = = = = = 1 * 1 0 0 5.0 2553
10. Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2562 0 1 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.5 2525
11. Adianto, Utut g INA 2598 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * 1 4.0 2484
12. Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2513 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 0 * 3.0 2419
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The 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championships took place in
Maastricht August 18th-23rd 2001. The event was a 9 rounds swiss-system, 60
moves in 2 hours, rest in 30 minutes. A mixture of single and dual processor
programs competed against each other and there were titles for both sections.
Deep Junior 7 by Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky finished in first place in the
Dual processor event ahead of Quest Maastricht (Frans Morsch the programmer of
Deep Fritz's experimental program). Shredder by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Sandro
Necchi took the single processor title.
Internet coverage: http://www.vrichey.de/ccc2001/
Some additional background:
http://www.chessbase.com/news/wmcc01a.htm
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WMCCC Maastricht NED (NED), 19-14 viii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. DEEP JUNIOR 7 DUAL +13 +16 + 8 + 5 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 7 =10 8.0
2. QUEST DUAL +15 - 5 + 3 +10 = 1 = 7 + 9 = 8 = 6 6.0
3. SHREDDER SING =12 +15 - 2 +17 + 9 - 1 = 7 + 5 +16 6.0
4. GROMIT 3.9.5 SING - 5 =17 +11 =12 +13 = 6 - 1 +18 + 8 5.5
5. CHESS TIGER 14.6 SING + 4 + 2 + 9 - 1 + 7 = 8 = 6 - 3 -11 5.0
6. GOLIATH SING - 8 +11 +16 - 7 +10 = 4 = 5 = 9 = 2 5.0
7. REBEL SING +11 - 8 +12 + 6 - 5 = 2 = 3 - 1 +14 5.0
8. CRAFTY 18.10X DUAL + 6 + 7 - 1 = 9 =12 = 5 +14 = 2 - 4 5.0
9. FERRET DUAL +14 +10 - 5 = 8 - 3 +12 - 2 = 6 +18 5.0
10. GANDALF 5.0 SING +18 - 9 +13 - 2 - 6 =15 +16 +12 = 1 5.0
11. PARSOS DUAL - 7 - 6 - 4 =14 =18 +13 +15 +17 + 5 5.0
12. DIEP DUAL = 3 +14 - 7 = 4 = 8 - 9 +18 -10 =17 4.0
13. TAO SING - 1 +18 -10 +16 - 4 -11 +17 =14 =15 4.0
14. ISICHESS X SING - 9 -12 =15 =11 +16 +17 - 8 =13 - 7 3.5
15. PHARAON SING - 2 - 3 =14 +18 =17 =10 -11 -16 =13 3.0
16. RUY LOPEZ SING +17 - 1 - 6 -13 -14 +18 -10 +15 - 3 3.0
17. SPIDERGIRL SING -16 = 4 +18 - 3 =15 -14 -13 -11 =12 2.5
18. XINIX SING -10 -13 -17 -15 =11 -16 -12 - 4 - 9 0.5
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The Kiel Open 2001 took place 18th-24th August 2001. Christoph Wisnewski
and Leonid Voloshin scored 7.5/9 half a point clear of five other players. 149
players competed, games from the first five rounds only are available.
Internet coverage:
http://home.t-online.de/home/KielerSg/default.htm
and http://www.chess-international.de/kiel/kiel.html
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14th Kieler Open Kiel GER (GER), 18-24 viii 2001
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1. Wisnewski, Christoph f GER 2387 7.5 50.5
2. Voloshin, Leonid m CZE 2426 7.5 45.5
3. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2421 7.0 52.0
4. Baramidze, David GER 2338 7.0 51.0
5. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2483 7.0 50.0
6. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2446 7.0 48.5
7. Janz, Frerik GER 2352 7.0 44.5
8. Bukhman, Eduard m RUS 2360 6.5 51.0
9. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2449 6.5 49.0
10. Schwarz, Frank GER 2246 6.5 48.5
11. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2381 6.5 48.5
12. Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2284 6.5 47.5
13. Haba, Petr g CZE 2482 6.5 46.5
14. Homuth, Manfred GER 2230 6.5 45.0
15. Langrock, Hannes GER 2249 6.5 44.5
16. Bekker-Jensen, Simon m DEN 2356 6.5 42.5
17. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2449 6.0 49.0
149 players
The IV Pyramiden-Franken-Cup took place in the ''Hotel-Pyramide''
Fürth 18th-25th August 2001. Alexander Naumann and Ildar Ibragimov
finished on 7.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.steffanklaus.de/pyramide/index1.htm
Final Standings:
1. Naumann,Alexander m 2480 GER 7.5 54.0 43.75
2. Ibragimov,Ildar g 2579 RUS 7.5 53.0 42.75
3. Bischoff,Klaus g 2541 GER 7.0 55.0 41.50
4. Romanishin,Oleg M g 2579 UKR 7.0 53.5 40.25
5. Jansa,Vlastimil g 2466 CZE 7.0 52.0 38.50
6. Holzke,Frank m 2468 GER 7.0 48.5 36.50
7. Schmaltz,Roland g 2528 GER 6.5 53.0 36.25
8. Naiditsch,Arkadij g 2524 GER 6.5 53.0 35.25
9. Doettling,Fabian m 2518 GER 6.5 52.5 35.25
10. Hedke,Fred f 2360 GER 6.5 50.0 33.50
11. Enders,Peter g 2516 GER 6.5 49.0 32.50
12. Wall,Gavin 2356 IRL 6.5 46.5 32.00
13. Lobron,Eric g 2524 GER 6.0 51.5 31.00
14. Joachim,Sven 2443 GER 6.0 50.5 32.25
15. Kachiani, Ketin wg 2453 GER 6.0 50.0 29.25
16. Hector,Jonny g 2552 SWE 6.0 49.5 31.25
17. Buhmann,Rainer 2498 GER 6.0 49.0 30.25
18. Kraft,Volker 2270 GER 6.0 49.0 29.50
19. Engelbert,Christo 2237 GER 6.0 47.5 28.25
20. Pitschka, Klaus f 2220 GER 6.0 45.5 29.25
21. Drexel,Michael 2255 GER 6.0 43.5 26.75
22. Bakhmatov, Eduard 2276 UKR 6.0 39.5 24.75
23. Taimanov,Mark E g 2439 RUS 5.5 53.0 29.25
133 players
The XXXVIII Rubinstein Memorial Festival took place in Polanica
Zdrój 13th-25th August 2001. There was no super-GM tournament this year.
The main Open A which has a total of 139 players was won by Vladimir Baklan and
Robert Kempinski. I will try and round the games up next week, the games I have
from the first four rounds mostly only have the first 20 moves so I haven't
included them this week in the hope of getting something better.
Internet coverage: http://rubinstein.netgate.com.pl/
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Rubinstein Open Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 16-25 viii 2001
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1. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 8.0 52.5 65.5 6 46.0
2. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2595 8.0 52.0 64.5 6 45.5
3. Gritsak, Orest m UKR 2499 8.0 47.0 59.0 6 44.0
4. Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2470 7.5 45.5 57.0 7 39.0
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2522 7.0 54.0 67.0 5 45.0
6. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2295 7.0 53.0 65.0 5 41.0
7. Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2433 7.0 50.5 63.0 6 40.0
8. Jakubiec, Artur POL 2497 7.0 49.5 61.5 5 41.5
9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2521 7.0 48.0 60.0 5 43.0
10. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2509 7.0 47.0 60.0 5 41.0
11. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2548 7.0 47.0 59.0 6 39.0
12. Schmidt, Wlodzimierz g POL 2438 7.0 46.5 58.5 5 38.0
13. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2458 7.0 45.5 57.5 5 39.0
14. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2539 7.0 45.5 56.5 6 39.0
15. Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2542 7.0 44.0 56.5 7 38.0
16. Zezulkin, Jurij g BLR 2529 7.0 42.0 51.5 6 34.5
17. Anuszkiewicz, Konrad POL 2257 7.0 40.0 49.5 6 33.5
18. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2516 6.5 48.5 60.5 4 40.5
19. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2426 6.5 48.5 59.5 6 41.0
20. Zhigalko, Andrey BLR 2400 6.5 47.0 59.5 6 37.5
21. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2498 6.5 43.0 54.5 5 35.5
22. Balcerak, Jakob m GER 2415 6.5 42.0 53.0 5 34.0
23. Orzech, Dominik POL 2251 6.5 38.0 46.5 6 32.5
24. Sharapov, Evgeny m UKR 2403 6.0 48.5 60.0 6 36.0
25. Grabarska, Barbara wm POL 2253 6.0 48.0 61.0 5 38.5
26. Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2451 6.0 47.5 59.0 5 37.0
27. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2557 6.0 46.5 58.5 5 36.0
28. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2393 6.0 46.5 57.0 5 35.0
29. Babaev, Rashad AZE 2361 6.0 45.5 56.5 6 37.0
30. Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2219 6.0 44.5 57.0 4 31.0
31. Swicarz, Maciej POL 2309 6.0 43.0 54.0 6 32.0
32. Jedryczka, Krystian POL 2330 6.0 42.5 54.0 4 33.0
33. Pichugin, Alexandr m UKR 2416 6.0 41.5 52.0 4 34.0
34. Dlugosz, Jedrzej POL 2272 6.0 40.0 50.0 4 31.5
35. Jasik, Krzysztof POL 2250 6.0 40.0 49.0 5 28.5
36. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2064 6.0 39.0 50.0 5 25.5
139 players
The Caissa 2001 tournaments in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) takes place
20th-30th August 2001. In addition to the Category II IM event led by Adina
Bogza after 7 of 11 rounds there is also an open. My thanks to Biro Sandor.
Further details: http://www.topnet.ro/caissa
Round 7 Standings:
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IM Miercurea Ciuc ROM (ROM), 20-30 viii 2001 cat. II (2298)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2290 * = = . = . 1 1 . 1 . 1 5.5 2534
2. Bromberger, Stefan GER 2353 = * 0 . 1 1 . = 1 1 . . 5.0 2498
3. Orso, Miklos m HUN 2401 = 1 * = . 1 . = = . = . 4.5 2415
4. Danilov, Vladimir f ROM 2348 . . = * = . = = . 0 1 1 4.0 2317
5. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2417 = 0 . = * . . = = . 1 1 4.0 2314
6. Manolache, Marius f ROM 2421 . 0 0 . . * 1 = = . 1 1 4.0 2326
7. Gheng, Josef f GER 2319 0 . . = . 0 * . 1 = 1 1 4.0 2289
8. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2405 0 = = = = = . * = . . . 3.0 2309
9. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2287 . 0 = . = = 0 = * 1 . . 3.0 2303
10. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2159 0 0 . 1 . . = . 0 * 1 = 3.0 2202
11. Lutz, Thomas GER 2093 . . = 0 0 0 0 . . 0 * = 1.0 1997
12. Lutz, Dieter GER 2078 0 . . 0 0 0 0 . . = = * 1.0 1983
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The 2nd edition of "The Strange Badger" (le blaireau etrange) took place
5th-15th August 2001 at the Astral Chess Club in Bucharest. Organiser : FM Emil
Pessi and Arbiter Chirila Radu-Catalin. Gabriel Mateuta scored 8.5/11.
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Strange Badger Bucharest ROM (ROM), 5-15 viii 2001 cat. III (2316)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2418 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2517
2. Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2364 = * = = = = = 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2413
3. Gheng, Josef f GER 2319 0 = * 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2417
4. Jianu, Vlad f ROM 2402 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2409
5. Manea, Alexandru ROM 2293 0 = 0 = * = 1 0 1 = 1 = 5.5 2317
6. Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2275 = = = = = * = = = 0 = = 5.0 2283
7. Trajkovic, Predrag f YUG 2360 = = = = 0 = * = = = = = 5.0 2275
8. Vezdeutsan, Viorel MDA 2264 0 0 1 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 5.0 2284
9. Sebe, Florin ROM 2286 0 1 = = 0 = = 1 * 0 0 = 4.5 2253
10. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2287 = 0 0 0 = 1 = = 1 * = 0 4.5 2253
11. Manescu, Tiberiu ROM 2113 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = * 1 4.0 2232
12. Grigore, Nicolae Petre ROM 2407 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 0 * 3.0 2132
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The Schneider Bohemia Open in Pilsen incorporating the Czech
Championship 2001 took place 18th-26th August 2001. Nikolay Tolstikh won the
event with 7.5/9 there were 112 players. Games from the first 8 rounds are
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
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Schneider Bohemia Open Pilsen CZE (CZE), 18-26 viii 2001
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1. Tolstikh, Nikolay m RUS 2436 7.5 52.5 42.25
2. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2507 7.0 48.0 38.25
3. Gross, David CZE m CZE 2465 7.0 44.5 36.25
4. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2479 7.0 42.0 31.25
5. Trichkov, Vasil m CZE 2313 6.5 50.5 32.75
6. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2405 6.5 50.0 35.00
7. Simacek, Pavel f CZE 2404 6.5 49.0 31.50
8. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2411 6.5 47.5 34.25
9. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2422 6.5 47.0 34.00
10. Freisler, Pavel m CZE 2350 6.5 41.5 30.25
11. Lys, Josef CZE 2353 6.0 50.0 29.00
12. Hrbolka, Ladislav jr CZE 2197 6.0 49.0 31.25
13. Chytilek, Roman CZE 2411 6.0 47.5 30.00
14. Virostko, Petr CZE 2294 6.0 47.0 27.75
15. Jirka, Jiri CZE 2292 6.0 46.5 28.75
16. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2403 6.0 46.0 27.00
17. Dolezal, Radoslav1 CZE 2390 6.0 45.5 27.25
18. Michalek, Jan CZE 2365 6.0 42.5 25.25
19. Plasgura, Petr CZE 2234 6.0 38.0 22.25
112 players
The José Ramón Memorial took place in Avilés, 18th
to 25th of August 2001. The event was open to players under the age of 18 years
old (born after January 1st 1983). Krzysztof Jakubowski won with a score of
8.5/9.
Further information: http://www.ajedrezaviles.com
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6th San Agustin Open Aviles ESP (ESP), 18-25 viii 2001
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1. Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2376 8.5 44.0 52.5 2681
2. Werle, Jan NED 2412 7.0 38.0 56.5 2381
3. Moreno, Alejandro2 ESP 2225 7.0 36.5 54.0 2416
4. Hanley, Craig ENG 2278 7.0 36.0 51.0 2345
5. Erwich, Frank f NED 2322 6.5 38.0 55.0 2405
6. Szamoskozi, Gabor HUN 2166 6.5 36.0 53.0 2326
7. Mista, Aleksander POL 2406 6.5 36.0 50.5 2348
8. Lopez del Alamo, Antonio ESP 2223 6.5 34.0 48.5 2243
9. Fernandez Baldor,Pablo ---- 6.5 32.0 49.5 2289
10. Romon Poves, Raul ESP 2144 6.0 33.5 50.5 2246
11. March Morla, Xavier ESP 2189 6.0 33.0 48.5 2231
12. Aliev, Chingiz AZE 2206 6.0 32.5 47.5 2204
13. Espinola Martin, Maria Jose ESP 2099 6.0 31.0 46.0 2198
14. Pali, Gabor HUN 2098 6.0 30.0 42.0 2150
15. Otero de la Roza,Alberto ---- 6.0 28.0 49.0 2192
89 players
The Julian Borowski Rapidplay took place on 25th August 2001. The 11
round event was won by Vadim Zvjaginsev. 5 games available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/boro/schnell.html
Final (Round 11) Standings:
1. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 8.5
2. Fridmann, Daniel i LAT 2562 7.5
3. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2535 7.0
4. Appel, Ralf i GER 2512 7.0
5. Meins, Gerlef i GER 2415 7.0
6. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2643 6.5
7. Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2382 6.5
8. Hausrath, Daniel m GER 2474 6.5
9. Rabiega, Robert m GER 2499 6.5
10. Luther, Thomas g GER 2604 6.5
11. Mainka, Romuald g GER 2459 6.5
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 6.5
13. Dinstuhl, Volkmar f GER 2412 6.0
14. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2493 5.5
15. Seul, Georg i GER 2427 5.5
16. Heinzel, Olaf f GER 2360 5.5
17. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2498 5.5
30 players
The Trophée d'été Chessgalaxy.com took place August
21st-24th 2001 Naujac-sur-Mer, France. Mihail Marin and Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
played Sebastian Siebricht and Valentin Lukov twice each just conceding one
loss out of the eight rapidplay games.
Internet coverage: http://www.notzai.com/
Trophy Chessgalaxy Naujac-sur-Mer FRA
21-24 viii 2001cat. XI (2514)
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1 Marin, Mihail g ROM 2565 4.0
2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2609 3.0 2634
3 Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2414 1.0 2394
4 Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2469 0.0
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The Kladovo (Yugoslavia) double round robin tournament took place
13th-22nd August 2001. Djerdap turist" Kladovo and SSC of Serbia organised the
event which saw Alexandru Crisan and Robert Ruck take joint first place. News
from Milan Dezelin.
It Kladovo YUG (YUG), 13-22 viii 2001 cat. XII (2539)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Crisan, Alexandru g ROM 2635 ** == == 11 == 11 7.0 2669
2 Ruck, Robert g HUN 2573 == ** 1= == =1 11 7.0 2681
3 Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2550 == 0= ** == =1 1= 5.5 2573
4 Rajkovic, Dusan g YUG 2497 00 == == ** == 11 5.0 2547
5 Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2516 == =0 =0 == ** 1= 4.5 2507
6 Maksimovic, Branimir m YUG 2464 00 00 0= 00 0= ** 1.0 2188
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109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002
The 109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002 take place 28th
December 2001 - 11th January 2002 in Christchurch. The venue will be at The
Millennium Hotel, 14 Cathedral square, Christchurch, New Zealand. The Chief
Arbiter will be IA Leon Muys (Netherlands).
Chris Wright reports they have had numerous enquiries from overseas
regarding the tournament, from Russia, Belarus, England, Netherlands, Hungary,
Ireland, and Australia. They hope to have a number of strong international
players competing. The tournament will involve many of New Zealand's top
players, as it is a selection event for next year's 35th World Chess Olympiad
in Bled, Slovenia 2002.
Internet coverage: http://nzchesscongress109.tripod.com/
First and Third Saturday events
GM-IM-closed tournaments in 2001: 1. 1st-13th of September FIRST
SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest cat.I-II-III, 2. 6th-19th of October FIRST SATURDAY,
HUN, Budapest, cat.VII-VIII, cat.I-II-III. 3. 20th-31th of October THIRD
SATURDAY, YUG, Belgrade, same, 4. 3rd-16th of November FIRST SATURDAY, HUN,
Budapest, cat.I-II-III, 5. 1st-14th of December FIRST SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest,
cat.IX-X. /!!!/, cat.VII-VIII. cat. I-II-III. 6. 15th-28th of December, THIRD
SATURDAY, YUG, Belgrade, cat.VII-VIII, cat. I-II-III.
More info: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Two New Books in German
There are two new books in German are out. Both are written by famous
chess players.
Svetozar Gligoric and Sinisa Joksic have produced a book in German
about the King's Indian Defence. The title is "Gligoric-variante" and it is in
German. It is the story of the Mar del Plata variantion which Gligoric played
first in 1953 and afterwards played and analysed a lot. The last games included
in the book from May and June 2001.
More info: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/engleski/index.htm
The Exzelsior Verlag Berlin has just just published (in German) the
only story by Emanuel Lasker: "Wie Wanja Meister wurde". A Hardcover book of
184 pages is costs DM 29.90. Further information
Redaktion_Schach@compuserve.com.
International Open "San Agustín"
The VI International Open "San Agustín" (José Ramón
Memorial) for u-18 players takes place in Avilés, 18th-25th August 2001.
Jan Werle, Alexander Mista and Gabor Pinter are in the field of 112
players.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezaviles.com
July FIDE List Study
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ an article "Study of
the July 2001 FIDE Rating List. Part I" (By Boris Schipkov, 15.08.2001).
Bethune Tournament
The 22nd International chess Tournament takes place in Bethune (North
of France) 26th-30th December 2001 7 rounds, 40 moves in 2 hours plus one hour
K.O, first prize 10000 Francs (about 1500 $)
For more information: http://bethunechess.free.fr
E-mail :bethunechess@aol.com
Groningen 2001-2
40th International Chess Tournament Groningen and 3rd European Chess
Championships take place in Groningen 19th December 2001 - 5th January 2002.
The event is organised by Stichting Schaak Groningen.
Website: http://www.groningenchess.nl/
Shirov Exhibition
Alexei Shirov will be giving an exhibition using a new TV Internet set
top box. He will play a man-machine event as well as human opposition at part
of the Funkaustellung in Berlin. Galaxis is a Luebeck company and is launching
their "x-treme" set top box at the exhibition. The event takes place 31st
August 2001 at 18.00 CET.
Internet coverage: http://www.galaxis.de
Bundesliga 2001-2
The team lists for next Bundesliga season are out. The first round is
on October 6th-7th 2001 with Porz-Luebeck being one of the top fixtures.
Internet coverage:
http://schach.com/bundesliga/2001-2002/bl2001mannschaften.html
and http://www.schach.com
44th World Congress of Chess Composition
The 44th World Congress of Chess Composition was held at Wageningen,
Netherlands from 28th July to 4th August. The highlight of the week's program
was the 25th World Chess Solving Championship, which took place on 31st July
and 1st August.
Internet coverage:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/pccc/2001pccc.html
Panormo Open, Greece
OAA Heraklio Chess Club, Epimenidis Cultural Company and the Greek
Chess Federation are announcing the 2001 Panormo open tournament, part of the
2001 European Grand-Prix.
The tournament will be held in sunny Crete, Greece from October
20th-27th 2001 with a total prize fund of more than 3000 Euros (1st prize: 1000
Euros).
More information is available through the official website of the
event: http://www.greekchess.com/panormo
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 Postponed
The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been postponed until 2003.
It will have 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.
British Rapidplay Championships
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2001 take place 20th-21st
October 2001 at Bradford City Football Club, Valley Parade, Bradford.
Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Bucharest IM
SC Lasker in Bucharest, Romania is organising an IM tournament 5th-19th
August 2001. The event will be Category 2 to 4 and have 12-16 players.
Entry fees: <= 2150 400 DM 2151-2200 300 DM 2201-2250 250 DM
2251-2300 200 DM 2301-2400 150 DM >= 2401 100 DM
Accommodation 100-150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the
period of the tournament. Starting date: 5th august 2001. Opening ceremony
14°° in the Chess Club "Sah Astral", Mendeleev street N° 36-38.
Time limits: 40 moves / 2 hours, then 1 hour for 20 moves + 30 minutes
KO. The games will be played every day from 1430-2130.
Prizes: declared before the 3rd round.
Address in Bucharest: Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu street,
no. 20, phone: 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44; Central Chess Club: Otetari Street,
no. 2, phone 314.68.13. Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38-C.P. 80,
72.250 Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if
contacted he assures the reception of the players). E-mail:
rchirila@hotmail.com or ggg@dnt.ro
Organizer FIDE Master Emil Pessi
Champions League 2001
The European Club Cup finals take place in 22th-30th SEPTEMBER 2001.
More than 300 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete
in order to claim the Champions League Title. The Games will be held via Swiss
system of 7 rounds and the teams will use 6 players and the right to use two
substitutes.
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr
Corsica Open
The Corsica International Open takes place October 28th-31st 2001. 600
000 F of prices (91 500 euros). For more details (Schedule, prizes, travels) :
http://www.opencorsica.com
Malbork Castle Cup (Poland)
The 4th Malbork Castle Cup (Poland) takes place 8th-9th September 2001.
1st prize 1200 PLN (600DM) for more detailed information (English,
German and Polish) see the Internet site:
http://skoraf.republika.pl/index.htm
Tiviakov reports
Sergey Tiviakov's site http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/ has his
reports on the European Championship in Ohrid (Macedonia) and the Dutch
Championships in Leeuwarden.
Yin Hao+ vs. World Team (The Rematch)
Tom Hendricks reports: On July 5, 2001, Chinese IM Yin Hao (2576) will
begin play against the World Team in an Internet correspondence chess game.
This will be a rematch of the game they played last year. That game, which
began July 5th, 2000 and ended January 18, 2001, was a 44-move struggle ending
in a draw. This time colors will be reversed with Yin Hao now being white and
the World Team black. As he was in the first game, Yin Hao will be assisted by
U.S. correspondence player Richard Fleming (2404). The first game attracted
World Team players from Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Poland and the United States. Most of these players first came
together during the Kasparov vs. The World game held in 1999. The upcoming game
is open to anyone who wishes to play and is willing to follow the basic
guidelines of the World Team. Players of all skill levels are welcome. General
game topics and specific strategy are discussed at a moderated board found at:
http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=WTChess&page=1
Visit the site and review the Game Rules and Move Selection Rules. To
participate you must both register with gamers.com AND click on 'Request
Password' at the top of the strategy board page. Registration with gamers.com
is the process of selecting your UserName and Password. When you click on
'Request Password' you will be e-mailed another password that is specific to
the strategy board. You will need to enter it only the first time that you post
to the board. Those of you who participated in the first game with Yin Hao need
not request the board password - it remains the same.
Book prizes and ICC (Internet Chess Club) memberships will be awarded
throughout the game to lucky members of the World Team. So come and join the
fun. Additional information can be obtained by writing to tahiv@hotmail.com
Krkonose Open 2001
The 2nd Krkonose International Open which is part of the Czech Tour
2001/2002 takes place 1st-8th November 2001 in Snezkou, Czech Republic. The 9
round Swiss at a time rate of 40 moves per 2 hours and half an hour for each
player to finish the game. Prize fund: altogether 20.000 CZK
Further information http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
Elbow Beach Bermuda
There will be several invitational GM and IM Tournaments in the Five
star Elbow Beach Hotel in Bermuda prior to their traditional 5 round Open, 17th
January to 4th February 2002. There will also be a nine round GM Open.
Contact Nigel Freeman at cadilly@ibl.bm or see the site
http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Glyfada Open 2001
3rd International Chess Tournament "Glyfada 2001" that will take place
from August 31st-September 8th 2001 in Glyfada, Athens, Greece.
Further information at the new Web site of "Zeno Chess Club" :
http:\\www.zinonchess.gr
VI Paks Cup
The VI Paks Cup Hungary, GM, IM, and FM tournaments take place 18th-28th
August 2001. The GM and IM events are 11 rounds and the FM group is 9 rounds, 7
days and there is no entry fee. Accomodation: 5-11 EURO/day Info: Videki Sandor
videkisn@axelero.hu
Znojmo Open
The Znojmo Open (CZE) 2001 will take place 7th-14th October 2001.
Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Festival Director of CZECH OPEN 2001 -
j.mazuch@avekont.cz CZECH OPEN - International Chess Festival -
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
CZECH TOUR - International Chess Tournaments Series -
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
International Chess Calender - http://www.avekont.cz/calender.htm
Bourgogne weekender
There is a weekend tournament in Bourgogne 6th-7th October 2001. 70 000
Frs in prizes. Venue: Grande salle de l’Hexagone 1st blitz tournament -
Saturday 6/10 at 14 h 30 10 000 Frs de prix – 1er 3000, 2000, 1000, 800 et
prix par cat. élo II
2nd 5th Open International - Sunday 7th October 9h. 9 rondes : 3 x 10
min,2 x 15 min, 4 x 20 min. 60 000 Frs de prix garantis Général :
1er 5500 F, 2ème 4000, 3ème 3000,( 15 prix ) Spécial
Féminines :1ère 2000 F, 2ème 1500, 3ème 1000
Tranches élo :0/1500, 1501/1700,1701/1900 et 1901/2100 et 2101 /2300 1er
1200 F, 2ème 900, 3ème 600, 4ème 300
Vétérans : 1er 1000 F, 2ème 600, 3ème 400. Jeunes :
1er 600 F
Contact: M. LOUIS Tél 03 85 82 55 75- Fax 03 85 82 59 96 e.mail
: M.LOUIS@wanadoo.fr F. THIBAUDET Tél/fax 03 85 82 68 72 –
THIBAUDETF@AOL.com
6th Wichern Open
The 75th Anniversary of the Barmbek Chess Club in Hamburg will see the
6th Wichern Open take place 13th-21st October 2001. Playing venue: Sports Hall
of Wichern Schule in Hamburg (same place as in 1999).
Jubilee Open: 9 rounds Swiss, 7 hours of play (2h/40, 1h/20,
30min/rest). No double rounds. Open for all players. Entry fee: without Elo:
150 DM, Elo less than 2200: 100 DM, ELO higher than 2199: 50 DM, GM/IM free.
Prizes 2500 DM / 2000 DM / 1500 DM, many more prices planned depending on
number of participants.
Barmbek Open: Limited to players with German national rating (DWZ) less
than 1800. 9 rounds Swiss, 5 hours of play (2h/40, 30min/rest). Entry fee: 80
DM, juniors: 40 DM. Prizes: 500 DM/300 DM/200 DM.
For further details: email rolf_sander@magicvillage.de
5th Open International Bavarian Masters
The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters takes place in Bad Wiessee,
27th October - 4th November 2001. Prize-funds: DM 42.000
Details and online-inscription at:
http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001
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
VII Tatry Open in Slovakia
VII Tatry Open 2001 in Tatranské Zruby 29 September - 6 October
2001.
Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html
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
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
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/
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
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