THE WEEK IN CHESS 357 10th September 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Najdorf
Memorial
3) China - Russia Chess Summit
4) China vs. Russia Rapidplay
5) 3Ks Press
Conference
6) Kasparov turns down Braingames
7) Kramnik vs Deep Fritz
8) Short claims to
have played Fischer
9) Icelandic Championships
10) Moscow Lightning Tournament
11) Abu
Dhabi Open
12) First Saturday September
13) European Youth Championships
14) 9th
Asian Women's Championships
15) Albin Counter Gambit
Tournament
16) Ukrainian Championships
17) Mar-del-Plata Zonal
18) Austrian
Opens
19) Czech Extra League 2000/2001
20) 16th Schwarzacher Open
21) Presov Chess
Festival
22) 1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open
23) 51st Paignton Congress
24) Glyfada Open
2001
25) 2nd Leinfeldener Tournament
26) 15th Nordhorner Schachfestival
27) The
20th North American Open (Original)
28) III Sants
Hostafrancs Open
29) 43rd Imperia Chess Festival
30) Albacete Spain
31) Irish National
Club
32) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Najdorf Memorial 30 games
China - Russia Chess Summit 48 games
China vs. Russia Rapidplay 8 games
Icelandic Championships 45 games
Moscow Lightning Tournament 6 games
Abu Dhabi Open 22 games
First Saturday September 63 games
European Youth Championships 1249 games
9th Asian Women's Championships 128 games
Albin Counter Gambit Tournament 42 games
Ukrainian Championships 15 games
Mar-del-Plata Zonal 55 games
Austrian Opens 333 games
Czech Extra League 2000/2001 384 games
16th Schwarzacher Open 181 games
Presov Chess Festival 135 games
1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open 116 games
Glyfada Open 2001 92 games
20th North American Open 98 games
III Sants Hostafrancs Open 80 games
3140 games
My thanks to YinHao, Peter Karrer, Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and Laszlo
Nagy, Tony Ficzere, Biro Sandor, Jani Orso, Koos Stolk, Bob Jones, Vasudevan of
chathurangam.com, Ruben Casafus, Frank K Berry, Jonathan Hains, Peter Ariel,
Michiel Van Wissen, Szabo Zsolt, Christophe Bouton, Sean Evans, Eugeny Atarov,
Ian Rogers, Ray Keene and Eric Schiller, Ingvar Johannesson, Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Zohair and Ravi, Martin Dlouh and Martin Pribyl, Gérard
Demuydt, Panagioti Sklavounos and all those who helped with this issue.
A lot of the major news was off the board. A major press conference with
Kasparov and Kramnik present announced the 3Ks Botvinnik Memorial in Moscow to
take place December 1st-12th 2001. Not all the details were in place but the
presence of two out of the three players suggests it will go on. Whether
Kasparov and Kramnik were talking was unclear. Kasparov's manager Owen Williams
released a letter he had written to Braingames ruling out participation in the
qualifier they have organised in Dortmund next year. This must put the whole
event in doubt as without Kasparov, Anand and perhaps a whole host of other
leading players the event will look a bit anaemic. There are chickens coming
home to roost over the appointment of Kramnik as challenger to Kasparov prior
to last year's match. Kramnik will have to work hard to keep any creditbility
for his Braingames title. It looks like Kasparov also has burned his bridges
and won't try again to get a World Title of any kind unless he thinks this is a
tough game of poker.
Its been an open secret that a number of Grandmasters have claimed to
have played Bobby Fischer at chess on the Internet. Nigel Short published his
account in a big splash in the Sunday Telegraph yesterday. What the account
lacked was games. It is amazing what a hold the name Bobby Fischer still has.
The story has been taken up by many other news sources in spite of the lack of
any hard evidence one way or another. I gave my first ever radio interview to a
Canadian radio station. Short said that if it was Fischer it showed his
continued strength as a player. In fact, if it was Fischer, it shows that he
now has a mental block playing anything like theory in addition to playing
competitive chess. Fischer was perfectly happy to play Reshevsky when he
completely outclassed him when it came to theory but now he doesn't have that
advantage against other players he doesn't want to know. What a monumental
waste of talent.
On the board the Najdorf Memorial and the Russia - China Chess Summit
provide plenty of interesting chess to look at.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Category XIV Najdorf Memorial tournament takes place in Buenos
Aires 4th-13th September 2001. The players are: Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar,
Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi, Gilberto Milos, Xie Jun, Pablo Ricardi, Henrique
Mecking, Teimour Radjabov and Ruben Felgaer.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Najdorf2001/
(English) and http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar
(Spanish)
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Najdorf Memorial Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 4-13 ix 2001cat. XIV (2595)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2558 * . . . = = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2759
2. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2617 . * = 1 = = . 1 = . 4.0 2728
3. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2692 . = * . = = . = 1 1 4.0 2703
4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 . 0 . * . 1 = = = 1 3.5 2634
5. Xie Jun g CHN 2553 = = = . * . = . = = 3.0 2596
6. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2664 = = = 0 . * = . . 1 3.0 2618
7. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2545 0 . . = = = * = . 1 3.0 2591
8. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2471 = 0 = = . . = * = . 2.5 2551
9. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2552 0 = 0 = = . . = * . 2.0 2471
10. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2614 0 . 0 0 = 0 0 . . * 0.5 2215
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Round 1 (September 4, 2001)
Radjabov, Teimour - Xie Jun 1/2 65 E94 King's Indian Classical
Short, Nigel D - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 15 C11 French Defence
Ricardi, Pablo - Polgar, Judit 1/2 28 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Felgaer, Ruben - Mecking, Henrique 1/2 23 C54 Giuoco Piano
Milos, Gilberto - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 59 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 2 (September 5, 2001)
Radjabov, Teimour - Ricardi, Pablo 1-0 49 D97 Gruenfeld Defence Russian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 36 A57 Volga Gambit
Karpov, Anatoly - Short, Nigel D 1/2 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Polgar, Judit - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 41 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Xie Jun - Mecking, Henrique 1/2 31 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 3 (September 6, 2001)
Short, Nigel D - Polgar, Judit 0-1 46 B23 Sicilian Closed System
Ricardi, Pablo - Xie Jun 1/2 24 A39 English Symmetrical Variation
Felgaer, Ruben - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 39 B17 Caro Kann
Mecking, Henrique - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 47 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Milos, Gilberto - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 38 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Round 4 (September 7, 2001)
Radjabov, Teimour - Short, Nigel D 1/2 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Karpov, Anatoly - Mecking, Henrique 1-0 40 D11 Slav Defence
Polgar, Judit - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 29 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Xie Jun - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 30 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Ricardi, Pablo - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 28 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 5 (September 8, 2001)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 21 E51 Nimzo Indian
Short, Nigel D - Ricardi, Pablo 1/2 27 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Felgaer, Ruben - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 46 C11 French Defence
Mecking, Henrique - Polgar, Judit 1/2 18 E15 Queens Indian
Milos, Gilberto - Xie Jun 1/2 41 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 6 (September 9, 2001)
Radjabov, Teimour - Mecking, Henrique 1-0 77 D10 Slav Defence
Polgar, Judit - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 57 C11 French Defence
Xie Jun - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 42 C43 Petroff's Defence
Ricardi, Pablo - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 64 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Milos, Gilberto - Short, Nigel D 0-1 58 C02 French Advance
The China - Russia Chess Summit takes place in Shanghai, China,
September 7th-12th 2001. The event borrows ideas from the China-USA match, like
that series this one will last four years, China will host the match in 2001
and 2003 while Russia will be the host in 2002 and 2004. They are playing for
the Riverside Weicheng Estate Cup. There is a Men's match (over six boards), a
Women's match and a Junior match (both over three boards).
After Round 4 the standings in each of the events is:
Men: Russia 13½ - China 10½,
Women tied 6-6
Juniors: Russia 7½ - China 4½.
Sponsor: Weicheng Real Estate Corperation
Prizefund: Men's $30,000, Women's $10,000 and Juniors $6,000.
Format: Single Schveningen for Men, Double Schveningen for both Women
and Junior sections.
Time control: 40 moves within 2 hours, then 1 hour for the remaining
moves.
Internet coverage: http://www.linta.com (in Chinese only no live
games)
Round 1 (September 7, 2001)
Grischuk, Alexander - Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 31 C02
Liang Chong - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 52 D94
Ye Jiangchuan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 65 C42
Peng Xiaomin - Motylev, Alexander 0-1 42 C42
Svidler, Peter - Zhang Zhong 1-0 38 C92
Dreev, Alexey - Xu Jun 1/2 31 D39
Round 2 (September 8, 2001)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Peng Xiaomin 0-1 40 C45
Zhang Pengxiang - Svidler, Peter 1/2 41 B80
Liang Chong - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 16 D27
Motylev, Alexander - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 25 B42
Zhang Zhong - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 33 B19
Khalifman, Alexander - Xu Jun 1-0 44 B66
Round 3 (September 9, 2001)
Zhang Pengxiang - Motylev, Alexander 0-1 42 C42
Svidler, Peter - Liang Chong 1/2 52 C95
Grischuk, Alexander - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 46 B49
Dreev, Alexey - Peng Xiaomin 1/2 40 D92
Zhang Zhong - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 47 B30
Xu Jun - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 22 D21
Round 4 (September 10, 2001)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 27 A34
Khalifman, Alexander - Liang Chong 0-1 60 E11
Ye Jiangchuan - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 38 B19
Peng Xiaomin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 22 B80
Grischuk, Alexander - Zhang Zhong 1-0 38 B90
Xu Jun - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 33 E92
China-Russia Chess Summit Men Shanghai CHN (CHN), 7-12 ix 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2627 + 8 + 6 +10 - 5 . . 3.0 2802
2 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 +10 = 4 = 6 +12 . . 3.0 2789
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 +12 =10 = 4 = 8 . . 2.5 2679
4 Liang Chong m CHN 2556 - 9 = 2 = 3 + 7 . . 2.0 2675
5 Xu Jun g CHN 2646 =11 - 7 = 9 + 1 . . 2.0 2664
6 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 = 7 - 1 = 2 +11 . . 2.0 2671
7 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2700 = 6 + 5 =12 - 4 . . 2.0 2636
8 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2629 - 1 + 9 =11 = 3 . . 2.0 2662
9 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2639 + 4 - 8 = 5 -10 . . 1.5 2492
10 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2487 - 2 = 3 - 1 + 9 . . 1.5 2570
11 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 = 5 =12 = 8 - 6 . . 1.5 2567
12 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2667 - 3 =11 = 7 - 2 . . 1.0 2495
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Round 1 (September 7, 2001)
Wang Pin - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 32 B33
Zimina, Olga - Xu Yuhua 1-0 60 B52
Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana - Wang Lei 1/2 43 B20
Round 2 (September 8, 2001)
Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana - Wang Pin 1/2 49 B26
Xu Yuhua - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 72 B31
Wang Lei - Zimina, Olga 1-0 36 D10
Round 3 (September 9, 2001)
Wang Pin - Zimina, Olga 1-0 65 B33
Xu Yuhua - Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana 0-1 26 B31
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Wang Lei 0-1 50 B66
Round 4 (September 10, 2001)
Zimina, Olga - Wang Pin 0-1 47 B52
Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana - Xu Yuhua 1/2 52 B53
Wang Lei - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 41 E73
China-Russia Chess Summit Women Shanghai CHN (CHN), 7-12 ix 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2507 +4 =5 -2 +2 . . 2.5 2601
2 Wang Lei wg CHN 2509 =3 +6 +1 -1 . . 2.5 2539
3 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2451 =2 =4 +5 =5 . . 2.5 2599
4 Wang Pin wg CHN 2504 -1 =3 +6 +6 . . 2.5 2490
5 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2502 -6 =1 -3 =3 . . 1.0 2237
6 Zimina, Olga wm RUS 2312 +5 -2 -4 -4 . . 1.0 2311
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Round 1 (September 7, 2001)
Bu Xiangzhi - Smirnov, Pavel 1-0 32 E81
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny - Ni Hua 1-0 26 B31
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Xu Yuanyuan 1-0 36 B19
Round 2 (September 8, 2001)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 34 B67
Ni Hua - Smirnov, Pavel 1-0 85 B30
Xu Yuanyuan - Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 0-1 38 E38
Round 3 (September 9, 2001)
Bu Xiangzhi - Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 1/2 14 E46
Ni Hua - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 40 B66
Smirnov, Pavel - Xu Yuanyuan 1-0 33 B12
Round 4 (September 10, 2001)
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 49 B31
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Ni Hua 1/2 57 B33
Xu Yuanyuan - Smirnov, Pavel 0-1 54 D31
China-Russia Chess Summit Juniors Shanghai CHN (CHN), 7-12 ix 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2553 +4 =2 =3 +3 . . 3.0 2695
2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2440 +6 =1 +5 =5 . . 3.0 2723
3 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2519 +5 +6 =1 -1 . . 2.5 2621
4 Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2530 -1 -5 +6 +6 . . 2.0 2495
5 Ni Hua f CHN 2568 -3 +4 -2 =2 . . 1.5 2395
6 Xu Yuanyuan wf CHN 2431 -2 -3 -4 -4 . . 0.0
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There was a China vs. Russia Rapidplay match in Beijing China on 5th
September 2001 as a warm up for the China-Russia Summit. The match finished 4-4
after China won the first round 3.5-0.5 but Russia stormed back to win the
second by the same score. The Russian team of Alexander Khalifman, Peter
Svidler Evgeny Shaposhnikov and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya took on the Chinese team
of Ye Jiangchuan Zhang Zhong,Ni Hua and Xu Yuhua.
Round 1 (September 5, 2001)
Svidler, Peter - Zhang Zhong 0-1 35 C92
Ye Jiangchuan - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 29 B45
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny - Ni Hua 0-1 61 B31
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Xu Yuhua 1/2 34 B23
Round 2 (September 5, 2001)
Khalifman, Alexander - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 78 B42
Zhang Zhong - Svidler, Peter 0-1 42 B42
Ni Hua - Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 1/2 65 A36
Xu Yuhua - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 45 B51
The Central Office of the Russian News agency ITAR-TASS was the venue
for a press conference announcing the 3Ks tournament. The event will take place
in Moscow December 1st-12th 2001. Sponsors: Urengojgazprom and the publishing
house "Olma-press". Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Anatoly Karpov will
play each other four times. Details of prize-fund have yet to be announced.
Information: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru and
http://www.joeblack.h1.ru/tourn/kkk/press.htm
The Russia
Journal: Kasparov, Kramnik rule out participation. Saturday 8th September,
2001
A Press release from Owen Williams has turned down the Braingames
qualifier in Dortmund next year. Kasparov clearly wishes to play a match
directly with Kramnik without qualifying. There is also a reference to the
still bitter relations (entirely mutual I understand) between Kasparov and the
organisers of the Dortmund (where Kasparov has played just once in 1992)
tournament over their negotiations to host the PCA World Chess Championships in
1995. The press release makes no mention of dissatisfaction with the format
chosen by the Braingames (which many of us have) and instead rejects the idea
that Kasparov as World number one should have to qualify at all citing his
World number one status and recent tournament performances.
Kasparov turns down Braingames Qualifier. Owen
Williams Press Release.
The Braingames Man Machine Match takes place between Vladimir Kramnik
and Deep Fritz in Bahrain. The event will be an eight game match held in the
Royal Meridiene, Manama, Bahrain hosted by the Emir of Bahrain. It will take
place October 12th - November 1st 2001. Match days will be 14th, 16th, 18th,
20th, 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th October 2001.
TWIC Kramnik vs Deep Fritz
mini-site including the
latest
press release from Braingames reponding to Kasparovchess comments on the match
conditions.
Official Internet site: http://www.brainsinbahrain.com
Nigel Short has published in the Sunday Telegraph claims that have been
known for some time that he believes he has played a large number of blitz
games against Bobby Fischer on the Internet. A number of other players such as
Jim Plaskett also claim to have played Fischer. There are also definitely a
number of hoaxers around now claiming to be Fischer.
Short says he is so impressed with Fischer's blitz play that he believes
him to be still stronger than Kasparov at this form of chess. However although
he provides strong circumstancial evidence he publishes no games saying "It
would be wonderful to publish one of my games against Fischer. To me they are
what an undiscovered Mozart symphony would be to a music lover. Unfortunately,
I have no record of any of them, and even if I did, it would be a breach of
etiquette to publish them." However without games (and it is easy enough to
keep a record of games played on ICC even games where you play as a guest) the
story is a bit unsatisfactory and even a bit of a tease. A brief account of the
story is available at the
the Daily Telegraph site.
The 2001 Icelandic Chess Championships took place in Strandgötu,
Hafnarfirði, 31st August - 8th September 2001. GM Hannes Stefansson took
first on 7/9 a point clear of second favourite Throstur Thorhallsson. My thanks
to Ingvar Johannesson.
Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/sthi2001.htm
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ch-ISL Strandgotu ISL (ISL), 31 viii-8 ix 2001 cat. V (2361)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2586 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2555
2. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2456 = * 0 1 1 = 1 1 = = 6.0 2475
3. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2371 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 2402
4. Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2359 = 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2404
5. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2380 = 0 1 = * = 0 1 = = 4.5 2358
6. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2220 0 = 1 = = * 0 = 1 = 4.5 2376
7. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2297 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 = = 4.0 2324
8. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2404 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2276
9. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2272 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 3.0 2245
10. Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2263 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 * 2.5 2205
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The Moscow Lightning Tournament took place onSeptember 2nd 2001
sponsored by the newspaper "Evening Moscow". This is a traditional event which
has taken place for 55 years.
Final standings: 1st Sergei Rublevsky 14.0, 2nd Peter Svidler 13.5 3rd
Alexander Morozevich 13.5 4th= Alexey Korotylev and Vadim Zvjaginsev 12.5 6th
Alexey Dreev 11.5 7th= Evgeny Bareev and Alexander Grischuk 11.0 9th Alexander
Lastin 10.0 20 players. Games now available.
Internet sites: http://www.blitz.chessmoscow.ru and
http://www.joeblack.h1.ru and in
English http://www.blitz.chessmoscow.ru/final_en.htm.
Final Standings:
1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2639 14.0
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 13.5
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2749 13.5
4. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2573 12.5
Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 12.5
6. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 11.5
7. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 11.0
Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 11.0
9. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2628 10.0
10. Dvalishvili, Pavel S. RUS 2395 9.5
Riazantsev, Alexander m RUS 2509 9.5
Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2505 9.5
13. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2530 8.5
14. Amonatov, Farrukh f TJK 2319 8.0
Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2518 8.0
16. Nikolenko, Oleg m RUS 2517 7.5
Arbakov, Valentin g RUS 2454 7.5
18. Belov, Vladimir m RUS 2438 7.0
19. Ivanenko, Vitaly RUS 2282 3.5
20. Belov, Igor m RUS 2424 3.0
(one or two of the players names could be wrong
but I think they are all ok)
The AbuDhabi Open took place 25th August - 3rd September 2001. The
strongest event was the 9 round Swiss Open masters event with 44 participants
including 15 GMs and 11 IMs. Sergey Zagrebelny won with 7/9 a point clear of
Alexei Barsov and Elmar Magerramov. Information: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Zohair
and Ravi.
Internet coverage: http://www.abudhabichess.com
Final Standings:
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ADCF Masters Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 25 viii-3 ix 2001
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1. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2466 +32 =16 + 8 +10 +12 + 7 =19 = 4 = 5 7.0 2729
2. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2495 +36 =14 -12 =37 = 9 +25 +26 = 5 +19 6.0 2549
3. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2555 =40 =38 +36 =22 =17 =13 +18 = 7 +16 6.0 2522
4. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2600 = 9 +20 =17 =18 + 5 = 6 = 7 = 1 =13 5.5 2556
5. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 +25 +13 =27 = 7 - 4 +20 = 6 = 2 = 1 5.5 2558
6. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2510 +35 = 7 =11 =14 +24 = 4 = 5 =15 = 8 5.5 2565
7. Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2458 +33 = 6 +19 = 5 +22 - 1 = 4 = 3 =20 5.5 2538
8. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 +23 =17 - 1 +26 =11 =14 +21 =19 = 6 5.5 2537
9. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2381 = 4 +15 -10 =16 = 2 =24 +30 =14 +26 5.5 2551
10. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2524 =22 +28 + 9 - 1 -20 =11 +23 +17 =12 5.5 2502
11. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2474 +37 =19 = 6 =20 = 8 =10 =16 +24 =15 5.5 2551
12. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2612 =24 +40 + 2 +27 - 1 =18 =15 =13 =10 5.5 2550
13. Maherramzade, Javad m AZE 2476 +41 - 5 =37 =19 +28 = 3 +20 =12 = 4 5.5 2534
14. Szekely, Peter g HUN 2430 +42 = 2 =18 = 6 =27 = 8 =17 = 9 +25 5.5 2502
15. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2537 =28 - 9 +33 =23 +41 +22 =12 = 6 =11 5.5 2448
16. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2508 +30 = 1 -22 = 9 +23 =17 =11 +18 - 3 5.0 2461
17. Sharif, Mershad m FRA 2474 +29 = 8 = 4 =25 = 3 =16 =14 -10 +30 5.0 2495
18. Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2500 =38 +24 =14 = 4 +25 =12 - 3 -16 +28 5.0 2496
19. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529 +39 =11 - 7 =13 +38 +27 = 1 = 8 - 2 5.0 2490
20. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2440 +44 - 4 +34 =11 +10 - 5 -13 +29 = 7 5.0 2426
21. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2442 -34 -22 +43 =36 +29 +37 - 8 =28 +27 5.0 2335
22. Salem, Ghuloom UAE 2295 =10 +21 +16 = 3 - 7 -15 +27 -26 =24 4.5 2487
23. Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2337 - 8 =29 +32 =15 -16 +38 -10 +34 =35 4.5 2359
24. Lodhi, Mahmood m PAK 2410 =12 -18 +30 +40 - 6 = 9 +41 -11 =22 4.5 2403
25. Badjarani, Ilgar m AZE 2365 - 5 +34 +41 =17 -18 - 2 +39 +32 -14 4.5 2368
26. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2452 +43 -27 +38 - 8 =37 +39 - 2 +22 - 9 4.5 2351
27. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2497 +31 +26 = 5 -12 =14 -19 -22 +41 -21 4.0 2384
28. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2327 =15 -10 =29 +34 -13 =32 +37 =21 -18 4.0 2312
29. Mamedov, Chingiz AZE 2224 -17 =23 =28 =30 -21 +33 +36 -20 =32 4.0 2278
30. Hamad, Ahmad SYR 2284 -16 =32 -24 =29 +35 +31 - 9 +39 -17 4.0 2294
31. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2262 -27 =43 =40 =39 =32 -30 +33 =35 =37 4.0 2220
32. Khalid AlShaali UAE 2187 - 1 =30 -23 +43 =31 =28 +40 -25 =29 4.0 2260
33. Hussan, Mohamed Seif UAE 2142 - 7 +35 -15 -38 +42 -29 -31 +43 +40 4.0 2236
34. Ali, Shaheen UAE 2104 +21 -25 -20 -28 -40 +42 +44 -23 +41 4.0 2232
35. Molina, Antonio PHI 2293 - 6 -33 +42 -41 -30 +44 +38 =31 =23 4.0 2184
36. Mirzoeva, Elmira wm RUS 2260 - 2 +42 - 3 =21 -39 +43 -29 =37 +44 4.0 2218
37. Mohamed, Hossein f UAE 2203 -11 +39 =13 = 2 =26 -21 -28 =36 =31 3.5 2307
38. Ali, Mahmoud UAE 2274 =18 = 3 -26 +33 -19 -23 -35 =44 +42 3.5 2232
39. Toomanian, Hamlet IRI 2301 -19 -37 +44 =31 +36 -26 -25 -30 +43 3.5 2196
40. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2332 = 3 -12 =31 -24 +34 -41 -32 +42 -33 3.0 2154
41. Li, Georgiy UZB 2239 -13 +44 -25 +35 -15 +40 -24 -27 -34 3.0 2209
42. Faisal, Kashwani UAE ---- -14 -36 -35 +44 -33 -34 +43 -40 -38 2.0 1999
43. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE 2136 -26 =31 -21 -32 +44 -36 -42 -33 -39 1.5 1954
44. Abdulla,M Saleh UAE ---- -20 -41 -39 -42 -43 -35 -34 =38 -36 0.5 1783
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The main First Saturday events in September are two IM category I
groups. The IMA event is a 12 player all-play-all and the B event is a six
player double round all-play-all. My thanks to Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and
Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0901.htm
Round 9 Standings:
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1. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2355 * 1 1 0 = . = 1 . 1 1 1 7.0 2479
2. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2328 0 * = = . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 7.0 2482
3. Kun, Gabor HUN 2274 0 = * . 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 . 6.5 2443
4. Pitschka, Klaus f GER 2220 1 = . * . = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2392
5. Sinkovics, Peter m HUN 2301 = . 0 . * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2341
6. Boros, Denes HUN 2198 . 0 0 = = * 1 = = = . 1 4.5 2272
7. Soos, Bela m GER 2302 = 0 = = 0 0 * = . . 1 1 4.0 2221
8. Appleberry, Martin FRA 2283 0 0 0 = 1 = = * = = . . 3.5 2198
9. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2316 . 0 0 = = = . = * = = 0 3.0 2122
10. Feller, Joseph LUX 2209 0 . = = 0 = . = = * 0 0 2.5 2096
11. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2203 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 . = 1 * 1 2.5 2114
12. Gazic, Josip GER 2215 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 1 0 * 2.0 2050
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-10 ix 2001 cat. I (2267)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 ** == =. 1= 11 1= 6.5 2431
2 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2278 == ** == 1= =1 1. 6.0 2393
3 Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2309 =. == ** 01 == == 4.5 2259
4 Alfred, Nathan ENG 2205 0= 0= 10 ** =. == 3.5 2195
5 Gouret, Thierry f FRA 2320 00 =0 == =. ** 1= 3.5 2182
6 Cooke, Eric USA 2237 0= 0. == == 0= ** 3.0 2147
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The European Youth Chess Championships took place Kallithea, Halkidiki
August 30th - September 10th 2001. The FIDE Congress (September 4th to 10th)
also took place at the same venue. Zviad Izoria won the boys under-18 event
half a point clear of Jan Werle and Vugar Gashimov. There were championships
for under-18, 16, 14, 12 and 10 for both boys and girls.
Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.org/. In
English: http://www.sportmeeting.org/chessen.htm
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EYCC B18 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2486 7.5 51.5 41.50 39.5 2643
2. Werle, Jan NED 2412 7.0 53.5 40.50 37.0 2617
3. Gashimov, Vugar m AZE 2406 7.0 52.5 38.75 36.0 2612
4. Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2446 6.5 50.5 34.75 35.0 2544
5. Kritz, Leonid f GER 2423 6.0 50.0 31.25 32.0 2470
6. Jakovenko, Dmitry m RUS 2551 6.0 48.5 30.75 31.0 2469
7. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2435 6.0 47.0 31.00 30.5 2455
8. Anatsko, Evgeniy BLR 2346 6.0 45.0 26.00 29.5 2443
9. Dziuba, Marcin f POL 2471 6.0 43.5 26.50 28.0 2415
10. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2465 5.5 49.5 25.50 32.0 2426
11. Drozdovskij, Yuri m UKR 2452 5.5 49.5 27.00 30.5 2419
12. Zawadzki, Stanislaw POL 2311 5.5 50.0 28.00 30.5 2422
13. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2376 5.5 44.0 25.75 29.0 2415
14. Popovic, Dusan YUG 2361 5.5 43.5 21.50 28.5 2347
15. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2417 5.5 43.0 24.75 27.5 2369
16. Rasmussen, Allan Stig DEN 2285 5.5 39.0 23.25 24.5 2373
58 players
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EYCC B16 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Inarkiev, Ernesto m RUS 2484 7.5 52.5 44.00 37.0 2590
2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz AZE 2493 7.0 53.5 40.75 36.5 2558
3. Jakymov, Volodymyr UKR 2281 7.0 50.0 35.75 34.5 2543
4. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2398 6.5 52.5 35.00 37.5 2497
5. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2401 6.5 51.0 34.00 37.0 2512
6. Porat, Shi ISR 2230 6.5 44.0 29.00 33.5 2510
7. Grachev, Boris f RUS 2407 6.5 48.0 34.00 33.0 2433
8. Nyback, Tomi FIN 2345 6.5 46.0 30.25 31.5 2424
9. Kharitonov, Alexandr RUS 2398 6.5 48.0 33.25 31.0 2418
10. Bartel, Mateusz POL 2409 6.0 53.0 32.50 34.0 2402
11. Erwich, Marc f NED 2263 6.0 46.0 29.00 32.0 2472
12. Sitnikov, Anton UKR 2182 5.5 49.0 25.25 29.5 2411
13. Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos ESP 2238 5.5 46.5 26.50 28.5 2376
14. Maiorov, Nikita BLR 2326 5.5 43.5 24.00 28.5 2244
15. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2491 5.5 44.5 26.00 27.5 2349
16. Smeets, Jan NED 2311 5.5 44.0 24.75 27.5 2240
17. Pakleza, Zbigniew POL 2220 5.5 45.5 25.25 27.5 2355
18. Anisimov, Pavel RUS 2401 5.5 43.0 23.25 27.0 2272
19. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2275 5.5 41.5 21.75 27.0 2237
77 players
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EYCC B14 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2338 7.0 51.5 37.75 40.0 2436
2. Karjakin, Sergey f UKR 2338 7.0 47.5 36.00 34.5 2366
3. Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2318 7.0 42.5 33.25 31.0 2375
4. Gerzhoy, Leonid ISR 2257 6.5 52.5 36.25 37.0 2371
5. Baramidze, David GER 2338 6.5 47.5 32.25 33.5 2284
6. Romanov, Evgeny f RUS 2195 6.5 46.5 33.00 32.5 2383
7. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2453 6.0 48.0 30.75 32.5 2331
8. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2350 6.0 44.5 28.50 32.0 2237
9. Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2047 6.0 45.5 28.00 31.0 2318
10. Gonda, Laszlo HUN 2307 6.0 43.5 26.00 30.0 2179
11. Luch, Michal POL 2115 6.0 43.0 25.75 29.0 2156
12. Magalashvili, Davit GEO 2089 6.0 43.0 26.00 29.0 2311
13. Vicol, Dorian MDA 2015 6.0 40.5 24.00 28.0 2217
14. Baratosi, Daniel ROM 2078 6.0 45.0 27.25 27.5 2241
15. Papin, Vasily RUS 2121 5.5 53.5 27.75 33.0 2333
16. Krapivin, Alexander f RUS 2314 5.5 48.0 28.00 30.0 2173
17. Czarnota, Pawel POL 2068 5.5 43.0 24.50 27.5 2217
18. Khizanashvili, Vakhtang GEO 2068 5.5 42.5 26.00 26.5 2129
19. Djeranian,Serguei ---- 5.5 42.0 22.25 22.0 2218
74 players
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EYCC B12 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2243 7.0 51.5 38.25 39.5 2362
2. Andreikin, Dmitry f RUS 2293 7.0 46.5 34.00 36.5 2158
3. Howell, David WL ENG 2170 7.0 45.0 34.50 32.5 2473
4. Kuzubov,Yuriy ---- 7.0 45.0 35.00 30.0 2357
5. Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2126 6.0 50.0 30.75 37.5 2212
6. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2150 6.0 50.5 29.00 33.5 2133
7. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2113 6.0 48.5 30.00 32.0 2075
8. Jojua, David ---- 6.0 43.0 24.50 31.0 1935
9. Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2219 6.0 48.5 31.50 30.5 1967
10. Brzeski, Maciej POL 2124 6.0 44.0 28.50 27.5 -
11. Warakomski,Tomasz ---- 5.5 47.5 26.25 32.0 2034
12. Olszewski, Michal POL 2138 5.5 49.5 29.25 29.5 1938
13. Maslowski, Jakub POL 2038 5.5 40.0 21.25 24.5 -
14. Macdonald,Christopher ---- 5.5 40.0 20.25 24.0 2019
15. Fragakis, Efstratios GRE 2091 5.5 43.5 26.25 24.0 2138
16. Kekatos,Nikolaos ---- 5.5 37.5 20.75 21.5 1931
60 players
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EYCC B10 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Onyshchuk Volodymyr Jr 0000 7.5 50.0 41.50 36.5 2286
2. Benidze David 0000 7.0 54.0 37.50 37.0 2941
Kruglyakov Pavlo 0000 7.0 50.5 38.75 35.5 2242
4. Matlakov Maxim 2264 6.5 55.0 37.50 37.0 2803
Savanovic Vuk 0000 6.5 47.5 31.75 32.5 1507
Guliyev Sanan 0000 6.5 47.0 30.75 31.0 2103
Pap Gyula 2103 6.5 50.0 33.75 30.0 2803
8. Lilov Valeri 0000 6.0 52.0 31.75 32.0 2184
Chirila Ioan Cristian 0000 6.0 47.0 26.50 32.0 1587
Kulakov Viatcheslav 0000 6.0 45.0 27.00 30.5 1449
Leniart Arkadiusz 0000 6.0 40.5 25.50 23.0 1449
12. Safarli Eltaj 0000 5.5 49.0 27.25 34.5 2036
Lichman Petr 2126 5.5 55.5 33.50 33.0 1507
Kanakaris Georgios 0000 5.5 45.5 24.25 31.5 2303
Sismanis Angelos 2094 5.5 49.0 27.00 30.0 -
Anton Tudor 0000 5.5 44.5 22.75 29.5 -
Kelbakian Zurab 0000 5.5 41.5 21.75 27.5 2094
Petrosyan Artur 0000 5.5 41.0 21.75 26.0 -
Makhmudov Turkhan 0000 5.5 42.5 22.75 24.5 1422
61 players
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EYCC G18 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Charkhalashvili, Inga wf GEO 2278 7.0 49.0 36.50 39.5 2353
2. Vozovic, Oksana UKR 2255 6.5 48.5 33.75 34.5 2358
3. Khusnutdinova, Luiza wm RUS 2254 6.5 47.0 32.50 31.5 2299
4. Praude,Renate ---- 6.5 47.5 30.25 30.0 2219
5. Makka, Ioulia GRE 2123 6.0 44.5 27.75 32.0 2297
6. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2148 6.0 47.5 30.50 31.5 2298
7. Berzina, Ilze wf LAT 2231 6.0 45.0 29.00 28.5 2214
8. Kirik, Irina BLR 2073 6.0 43.5 27.00 28.0 2086
9. Goreskul, Alyona wm UKR 2208 5.5 42.5 23.25 29.5 2055
10. Gheorghe, Corina ROM 2109 5.5 43.5 22.50 23.5 1820
44 players
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EYCC G16 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Kursova, Maria wf RUS 2190 7.0 48.5 36.00 37.0 2365
2. Guseva, Marina RUS 2230 7.0 51.5 39.00 37.0 2381
3. Zdebskaja, Natalia UKR 2187 7.0 45.5 33.50 35.5 2402
4. Pogonina, Natalija wf RUS 2265 6.0 49.5 31.50 33.0 2267
5. Vakhania, Alexandra GEO 2116 6.0 51.5 33.00 32.0 2332
6. Muhren, Bianca NED 2216 6.0 43.0 24.50 31.5 2278
7. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2160 6.0 46.0 29.00 30.0 2194
8. Hasanova, Elmira wf RUS 2264 6.0 46.0 29.50 29.5 2234
9. Ciobanu, Camelia wf ROM 2250 6.0 39.0 24.50 24.0 2108
10. Meshcheriakova, Evgenia RUS 2233 5.5 49.0 27.25 32.0 2175
11. Vasilevich, Irina RUS 2227 5.5 48.5 28.00 32.0 2204
12. Motoc, Alina wf ROM 2226 5.5 47.0 26.75 32.0 2176
13. Zaksaite, Salomeja LTU 2097 5.5 48.5 26.25 30.0 2164
14. Igla, Bella ISR 2088 5.5 44.5 24.75 30.0 2245
15. Postnova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2267 5.5 45.5 25.50 29.0 2190
16. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2193 5.5 43.0 24.25 28.5 2050
17. Czaczine,Anne ---- 5.5 45.5 26.50 27.5 2221
18. Datuashvili, Nona wm GEO 2200 5.5 43.5 25.50 26.0 2170
19. Mijovic,Aleksandra ---- 5.5 40.0 23.75 25.5 2216
58 players
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EYCC G14 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Lahno, Kateryna wf UKR 2239 7.5 52.5 42.50 40.0 2353
2. Czarnota, Dorota POL 2069 7.5 45.5 35.75 38.5 2357
3. Gilbert, Jessie wf ENG 2066 6.5 47.5 30.75 34.0 2201
4. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2064 6.5 46.5 32.00 32.5 2241
5. Melia, Salome GEO 2220 6.5 49.0 32.75 31.5 2167
6. Ismailova,Aytaj ---- 6.0 51.5 32.00 34.0 2244
7. Verot,M ---- 6.0 43.5 25.50 30.5 2165
8. Cherenkova,K ---- 6.0 39.5 24.50 27.5 2199
10. Darbinyan,Ani ---- 5.5 50.5 28.50 31.0 2091
11. Malysheva, Polina RUS 2094 5.5 51.5 30.00 28.5 2031
12. Burtasova, Anna RUS 2146 5.5 43.5 24.50 27.0 1853
13. Novak,Ksenija ---- 5.5 47.5 27.25 27.0 2146
14. Savurko, Alexandra ---- 5.5 39.5 22.25 25.0 2167
15. Mar, Karmen SLO 2026 5.5 38.5 21.25 24.5 2146
52 players
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EYCC G12 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Paulet Iosefina 7.0 50.0 37.50 38.5 0000
Muzychuk Anna 7.0 49.0 37.00 33.0 2197
3. Kharmounova Nadejda 6.5 48.5 32.50 37.0 0000
Sgarcea Raluca 6.5 49.0 34.25 33.5 0000
Umudova Nargiz 6.5 40.5 28.50 31.0 0000
Golubenko Valentina 6.5 40.0 29.00 26.0 0000
7. Gunina Valentina 6.0 52.5 33.00 37.5 2145
Tarassova Victoria 6.0 51.5 32.00 32.0 0000
Cherepovskaya Margarita 6.0 47.5 28.50 30.0 0000
Ivakhinova Inna 6.0 46.5 28.75 29.5 0000
Bokuchava Madona 6.0 46.0 31.50 27.5 0000
Holoubkova Kamila 6.0 41.0 25.75 26.5 0000
Meskhi Teona 6.0 43.0 26.00 26.0 0000
14. Merkulova Iryna 5.5 51.0 29.25 33.5 0000
Darbinyan Nune 5.5 44.5 22.25 31.5 0000
57 players
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EYCC G10 Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 31 viii-9 ix 2001
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1. Tairova Alena 8.0 48.0 42.00 43.0
2. Repina Varvara 7.0 49.5 35.75 37.5
3. Muzychuk Mariya 6.5 49.0 35.00 32.5
Skinke Katrina 6.5 47.0 32.50 30.5
5. Zeynalova Hokuma 6.0 52.0 29.25 32.5
Khazomia Salome 6.0 53.0 33.50 32.5
7. Gvilava Maya 5.5 45.0 20.75 30.5
Vetrila Sanda 5.5 47.5 26.75 29.5
Beridze Tinatin 5.5 44.5 21.50 26.5
Csatho Lotti 5.5 43.0 24.75 24.5
11. Porat Maya 5.0 44.5 22.00 29.0
Guiria Olga 5.0 48.5 24.00 28.5
Mammadova Gulnar 5.0 41.5 17.50 28.0
Gabrilaviciuete Kristina 5.0 41.5 18.00 25.0
Savina Anastasia 5.0 39.0 20.50 23.0
Mamedova Leila 5.0 40.0 21.25 22.0
35 players
The India Cements 9th Asian Women's Championships takes place 2nd-12th
September 2001 in Chennai India. The event is a qualifier for the FIDE Women's
World Championships. My thanks to Vasudevan of Chathurangam for his help.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chathurangam.com/cityresults/9thasianwomen/preview.asp
and http://www.chess-mate.com/awco1.htm
Standings after 8/11 rounds
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9th Asian Women Chennai IND (IND), 3-12 ix 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Li Ruofan wm CHN 2293 +28 -12 +27 = 7 +20 +21 + 6 + 4 6.5 2511
2. Aarthie, Ramaswamy wm IND 2249 =25 +13 =14 +11 = 5 = 7 + 8 + 6 6.0 2449
3. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2260 +26 - 6 -13 +30 +19 +15 +21 + 9 6.0 2377
4. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman wg IND 2397 +27 +10 +12 - 9 + 7 = 6 + 5 - 1 5.5 2419
5. Wang Yu wf CHN 2382 - 6 +25 +16 +13 = 2 + 9 - 4 +17 5.5 2377
6. Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2236 + 5 + 3 = 7 +12 + 9 = 4 - 1 - 2 5.0 2395
7. Sergeeva, Maria wm KAZ 2327 +24 +16 = 6 = 1 - 4 = 2 =14 +12 5.0 2364
8. Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2275 +22 -20 =18 +10 =15 +11 - 2 +13 5.0 2307
9. Huang Qian CHN 2260 +23 +18 +20 + 4 - 6 - 5 +17 - 3 5.0 2318
10. Yu Ting CHN 2256 +31 - 4 =15 - 8 +13 +20 =11 +14 5.0 2345
11. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2372 -12 +22 +17 - 2 +27 - 8 =10 +20 4.5 2277
12. Khegai, Angela wm UZB 2235 +11 + 1 - 4 - 6 +16 -17 +26 - 7 4.0 2276
13. Levushkina, E wm UZB 2208 +21 - 2 + 3 - 5 -10 +29 +15 - 8 4.0 2251
14. Meenakshi, S IND 2245 +29 =17 = 2 =20 -21 +18 = 7 -10 4.0 2204
15. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2286 -20 +29 =10 +18 = 8 - 3 -13 +21 4.0 2189
16. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2251 +19 - 7 - 5 +23 -12 =22 +27 =18 4.0 2164
17. Geldyeva, Mekhri wg TKM 2284 +30 =14 -11 =19 +26 +12 - 9 - 5 4.0 2209
18. Zhang Jilin CHN ---- +32 - 9 = 8 -15 +28 -14 +19 =16 4.0 2180
19. Harika,Dronavalli IND ---- -16 +32 =21 =17 - 3 +27 -18 +26 4.0 2173
20. Khamrakulova, Iroda UZB 2217 +15 + 8 - 9 =14 - 1 -10 +22 -11 3.5 2219
21. Gu Xiaobing CHN 2300 -13 +30 =19 +24 +14 - 1 - 3 -15 3.5 2165
22. Kasturi, M IND 2115 - 8 -11 +31 -26 +24 =16 -20 +30 3.5 2150
23. Sultana, Zakia2 BAN 2012 - 9 =24 =25 -16 =30 =28 =31 +29 3.5 2085
24. Dhar-Barua, Saheli wm IND 2248 - 7 =23 +28 -21 -22 -26 +32 +31 3.5 2074
25. Khanam, Afrooza wf BAN 2010 = 2 - 5 =23 -27 -29 =31 . =28 3.0 2039
26. Pratibha, Y IND 2054 - 3 -27 +32 +22 -17 +24 -12 -19 3.0 2085
27. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe wm IND 2241 - 4 +26 - 1 +25 -11 -19 -16 +32 3.0 2085
28. Hamid, Rani wm BAN 2130 - 1 =31 -24 +32 -18 =23 =29 =25 3.0 1983
29. Wijesuriya, Vineetha SRI ---- -14 -15 -30 +31 +25 -13 =28 -23 2.5 1986
30. Khan, Nazrana BAN 2129 -17 -21 +29 - 3 =23 . =30 -22 2.5 2012
31. Konara, Anupama SRI ---- -10 =28 -22 -29 +32 =25 =23 -24 2.5 1955
32. BYE ---- -18 -19 -26 -28 -31 -25 -24 -27 0.0
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Koos Stolk sends news of an Albin Counter Gambit theme tournament (the
first 3 moves (1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4) were obligatory) that took place
in Groningen 7th-8th September 2001. Van der Wiel won the invitational section
on tie-break from Sergei Tiviakov both had two whites and a black. There were a
number of sections with the overall score seeing White win 21, Black 13 and 8
draws. The organisers were Chessclub 'Staunton' in Groningen who are famous for
organising the first major tournament after the Second World War in 1946.
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Staunton CC Albin Theme Invitational Groningen NED (NED),
7-8 ix 2001cat. XI (2502)
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1 2 3 4
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1. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2498 * 1 = = 2.0 2627
2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 0 * 1 1 2.0 2587
3. Brenninkmeijer, Joris m NED 2499 = 0 * 1 1.5 2502
4. Ligterink, Gert m NED 2391 = 0 0 * 0.5 2265
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All games Albin Counter Gambit
Round 1 (September 7, 2001)
Van der Wiel, John - Ligterink, Gert 1/2 46 D08
Tiviakov, Sergei - Brenninkmeijer, Joris 1-0 34 D09
Round 2 (September 8, 2001)
Van der Wiel, John - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 19 D09
Ligterink, Gert - Brenninkmeijer, Joris 0-1 29 D09
Round 3 (September 8, 2001)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Ligterink, Gert 1-0 33 D09
Brenninkmeijer, Joris - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 14 D09
The Ukrainian Championships take place in Ordzhonikidze, 8-16 September
2001. The event is a nine round Swiss with 30 players.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ukr01ch.htm
Round 1 Standings:
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ch-UKR Ordzhonikidze UKR (UKR), 8-16 ix 2001
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1. Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2513 +30 1.0
2. Efimenko, Zahar m UKR 2495 +27 1.0
3. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2564 +26 1.0
4. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2516 +28 1.0
5. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2581 +25 1.0
6. Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2542 +29 1.0
7. Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2462 =16 0.5 2529
8. Borovikov, Vladislav m UKR 2593 =23 0.5 2512
9. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2528 =19 0.5 2449
10. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2522 =15 0.5 2436
11. Fedorchuk, Sergey A m UKR 2490 =24 0.5 2551
12. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2550 =21 0.5 2485
13. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2526 =17 0.5 2443
14. Korobov, Anton UKR 2470 =22 0.5 2539
15. Nosenko, Alexander m UKR 2436 =10 0.5 2522
16. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2529 = 7 0.5 2462
17. Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2443 =13 0.5 2526
18. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2579 =20 0.5 2498
19. Savon, Vladimir A g UKR 2449 = 9 0.5 2528
20. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2498 =18 0.5 2579
21. Mikhaletz, Lubomir g UKR 2485 =12 0.5 2550
22. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2539 =14 0.5 2470
23. Moroz, Alexander g UKR 2512 = 8 0.5 2593
24. Volokitin, Andrei m UKR 2551 =11 0.5 2490
25. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2511 - 5 0.0
26. Kozakov, Mikhail g UKR 2496 - 3 0.0
27. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2557 - 2 0.0
28. Maximov, Dmitry UKR 2408 - 4 0.0
29. Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2470 - 6 0.0
30. Kuznetsov,Sergei UKR UKR ---- - 1 0.0
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Zone 2.5 in Mar-del-Plata took place 25th August - 2nd September 2001.
Facundo Pierrot and Ruben Felgaer finished on 7/10. Games now available.
Internet coverage:
http://members.tripod.com/~scalise/scalise3/zonal01.html
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zt 2.5 Mar del Plata ARG (ARG), 25 viii-2 ix 2001 cat. VI (2397)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2425 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2543
2. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2471 = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2538
3. Cubas, Jose Fernando f PAR 2290 0 1 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2517
4. Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2386 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2470
5. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2400 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2468
6. Kanefsck, Gustavo m ARG 2396 = = 0 = = * 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2397
7. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2504 = = 1 0 0 0 * = 1 = 1 5.0 2386
8. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2428 = 0 = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2358
9. Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2437 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2321
10. Cristobal, Ruben ARG 2342 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 0 2.5 2209
11. Bauza, Alejandro f URU 2290 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2111
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There were two open's in Austrian during August. The Faakersee Open in
Latschach 4th-14th August 2001 was won by Peter Horvath. The Feffernitz Open
19th-26th August 2001 was won by Henrik Teske on tie-break ahead of Peter
Horvath and Manfred Neulinger all scored 7/9.
My thanks to Peter Ariel for the information.
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Faakersee Open Latschach AUT (AUT), 4-14 viii 2001
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1. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2441 8 54,5 43,5 43,0
2. Groetz, Harald AUT 2305 7½ 55,0 43,0 40,5
3. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2421 7 53,0 41,0 37,5
4. Devide, Zoran CRO 2256 7 50,0 37,5 35,0
5. Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2436 7 48,0 36,5 34,0
6. Hresc, Vladimir m CRO 2427 6½ 54,0 42,0 34,5
7. Sebenik, Matej f SLO 2322 6½ 53,0 40,5 36,5
8. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2504 6½ 51,0 39,5 33,5
9. Frank,Paul ---- 6½ 45,5 36,5 30,5
117 players
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Open Feffernitz AUT (AUT), 19-26 viii 2001
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1. Teske, Henrik g GER 2486 7 55
2. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2441 7 54½
3. Neulinger, Manfred f AUT 2348 7 52½
4. Balzar, Andreas f GER 2362 6½ 56
5. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2504 6½ 53
6. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2381 6½ 53
7. Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2436 6½ 52
8. Kountz, Jochen f GER 2349 6½ 49½
9. Mitter, Gerd AUT 2188 6½ 47½
10. Praznik, Niko SLO 2257 6 50½
11. Muellneritsch, Anton AUT 2221 6 49
12. Krebs, Johann AUT 2208 6 47
13. Koch, Wolfgang Max f GER 2312 6 46
14. Buerger, Thomas AUT 2097 6 45½
15. Kock, Hans-Uwe f GER 2159 6 45
16. Djurkovic, Maks SLO 2116 6 41
17. Jeric, Simon m SLO 2327 5½ 52
18. Hummel, Markus AUT 2219 5½ 48
19. Smolej,Frank ---- 5½ 47
20. Wernbacher,Siegfried ---- 5½ 44½
21. Glawischnig,Armin ---- 5½ 40½
22. Neubauer, Herbert ---- 5½ 39
88 players
Then Czech Extra League took place 4th November - 8th April 2001. The
rules of the competition are similar to the German Bundesliga - each match has
teams of 8 players, a win brings 2 points, draw 1 point. In case of a tie the
board points act as a tie-break. Among the 8 players 3 foreigner or guests
players (Czech players registered with other clubs) can compete. Holdia DP
Praha won the championships. Game from the final rounds are now available. The
first three rounds were published in TWIC 323. Information Martin Dlouh and
Martin Pribyl.
Final Standings:
1. Holdia DP Praha 11 8 2 1 53,0 18
2. K Hagemann Opava 11 8 1 2 59,0 17
3. SC A64 Lázne Slatinice 11 8 1 2 49,0 17
4. T Trinec 11 6 2 3 47,5 14
5. K SK Trinom Zlín 11 5 2 4 46,0 12
6. K Mahrla Praha 11 2 7 2 45,0 11
7. K Visus Vyšehrad 11 4 3 4 41,5 11
8. Ingem Plzen ZCE 11 4 2 5 42,5 10
9. K Dum armády Praha 11 4 1 6 46,0 9
10. K Infinity Pardubice 11 4 1 6 43,0 9
11. Sokol Kolín 11 2 0 9 28,5 4
12. Nová Hut Ostrava 11 0 0 11 27,0 0
The 16th Schwarzacher Open Hauptturnier 2001 took place in Salzburg,
Austria 25th August - 2nd September 2001. Alexander Shchekachev won with 7.5/9.
Games now available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachinsalzburg.at/SchwarzacherOpen/
Final Standings:
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Schwarzach Open A Salzburg AUT (AUT), 25 viii-2 ix 2001
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1. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2546 7.5 48.0
2. Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2572 7.0 46.5
3. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2421 6.5 48.0
4. Danner, Georg m AUT 2421 6.5 45.0
5. Staller, Peter f GER 2310 6.5 41.0
6. Medvegy, Zoltan m HUN 2430 6.0 50.0
7. Groetz, Harald AUT 2305 6.0 42.5
8. Pinkas, Karol m POL 2378 6.0 42.0
9. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2446 6.0 42.0
10. Riedel, Wolfgang f GER 2337 6.0 41.5
11. Maier, Alexander m GER 2378 6.0 39.5
12. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2425 5.5 46.5
13. Stephan, Axel GER 2278 5.5 44.5
14. Ljubic, Juro CRO 2258 5.5 42.5
15. Batyte, Daiva LTU 2117 5.5 42.0
16. Kniest, Oliver f GER 2317 5.5 41.5
17. Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2446 5.5 40.5
18. Krstic, Uros CRO 2343 5.5 39.0
19. Hecht, Hans-Joachim g GER 2428 5.5 37.5
20. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2446 5.0 47.0
21. Peschel, Andreas GER 2198 5.0 42.5
22. Hiermann, Dietmar AUT 2294 5.0 42.0
23. Gumula, Daniel POL 2152 5.0 39.0
24. Bopp, Thomas GER 2213 5.0 36.0
25. Netzer, Jean FRA 2075 5.0 35.0
69 players
The Prešov Chess Festival (Slovakia) took place 11th-19th August
2001. Dusan Radovanovic won the event. Games now available. My thanks to
Michiel van Wissen.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess.vadium.sk/presov/2001/a/index.php?lang=eng
Leading Final Standings:
1 Radovanovic, Dusan 2321 YUG 7.5 47.0 35.5 2518 2.02
2 Hasangatin, Ramil m 2482 RUS 7.0 52.5 36.5 2543 0.61
3 Mikrut, Dariusz 2354 POL 7.0 39.5 30.5 2406 0.48
4 Priehoda, Vítezslav m 2411 SVK 6.5 50.0 36.5 2463 0.56
5 Kotán, Ladislav f 2347 SVK 6.5 49.5 37.5 2475 1.55
6 Maník, Mikulás m 2414 SVK 6.5 49.0 33.5 2449 0.38
7 Del Rio, Gabriel m 2484 ESP 6.5 45.0 30.0 2406 -0.16
8 Maryasin, Boris m 2394 ISR 6.5 44.5 30.0 2399 0.11
9 Kupreichik, Viktor g 2443 BLR 6.5 43.0 31.0 2409 -0.34
10 Barwinski, Dionizy f 2232 POL 6.0 49.0 35.0 2434 2.40
11 Balogh, Tomás m 2366 SVK 6.0 49.0 32.5 2379 0.15
12 van Wissen, Michiel 2232 NED 6.0 46.0 30.5 2441 2.58
13 Petrán, Peter m 2364 SVK 6.0 45.0 32.0 2367 -0.03
14 Likavský, Tomás m 2410 SVK 6.0 44.5 29.5 2367 -0.48
15 Mrkonjic, Nenad f 2328 CRO 6.0 43.5 27.0 2327 -0.03
16 Volodin, Viktor m 2311 RUS 6.0 43.0 29.0 2329 0.24
17 Lajthajm, Borko f 2440 YUG 6.0 40.5 25.5 2312 -0.82
112 players
The 1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open took place August 26th - September
1st 2001.
1st Glenn Flear 2489 7.5 2nd-3rd Davoud Pira 2432, Jean-Pierre Boudre
2372 7.0 4th-7th Michel Saucey, Laurent Bruno, Thierry Manouck and Gilbert
Grimberg 6.5. My thanks to Gérard Demuydt for the tables from the
event.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
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1st Open St-Chely d'Aubrac FRA (FRA), 26 viii-1 ix 2001
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1. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2489 7.5 45.5
2. Pira, Davoud m FRA 2432 7.0 45.0
3. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2372 7.0 44.0
4. Saucey, Michel f FRA 2331 6.5 44.5
5. Laurent, Bruno BEL 2308 6.5 42.0
6. Manouck, Thierry m FRA 2284 6.5 41.0
7. Grimberg, Gilbert f FRA 2300 6.5 41.0
8. Chevrier, Thomas FRA 2159 6.0 44.0
9. Uhoda, Philippe BEL 2205 6.0 42.0
10. Santo Roman, Marc g FRA 2426 6.0 41.0
11. Verat, Laurent f FRA 2319 6.0 40.5
12. Fillon, Damien FRA 2130 6.0 40.5
13. Picard, Romain FRA 2203 6.0 39.5
14. Mietlicki, Richard FRA 2199 6.0 37.5
15. Roche, Christian FRA 2057 6.0 36.0
16. Chaplin, Erik FRA 2204 6.0 35.5
17. Appendino, Jerome FRA 2217 6.0 35.0
18. Saint-Arroman, Alain FRA 2067 6.0 34.5
19. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2146 5.5 41.5
20. Villeneuve, Alain m FRA 2293 5.5 39.0
21. Lagunes, Jean Renaud FRA 2156 5.5 38.5
22. Olivier, Pierre FRA 2226 5.5 37.5
23. Piat, Jerome FRA 2082 5.5 37.0
24. Gregory, Daniel FRA 2153 5.5 36.0
25. Camus,Beranger FRA ---- 5.5 34.0
88 players
Bob Jones reports that the 51st Paignton Congress took place at the
Oldway Mansion 2nd-8th September 2001. The main event was the Ron Bruce Premier
which saw Geoff Lawton take first place.
Ron Bruce Premier: 1st G. Lawton (Wigston) 5½/7 pts £250
2nd= J. F. Wheeler (Cosham) 5 pts £83 (British QP) G. Taylor (Gloucester)
S. H. Berry (King's Head) Grading Prizes: U-2150 1st = A. Barton (Morecambe) 4
pts £25 each M. White (Rose Foregrove) U-2050: T. Phillips (Norwood) 4
Seniors' Prize: P. W. Hempson (Sheffield) 4
Rowena Bruce Challengers: 1st M. Page (Insurance) 5½ £180
Minor: 1st C. Gardiner (Falmouth) 6 pts. £180
The 3rd International Chess Tournament "Glyfada 2001" took place August
31st-September 8th 2001 in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. Vasilios Kotronias won the
event with 8/9. My thanks to Panagioti Sklavounos.
Further information at the new Web site of "Zeno Chess Club" :
http:\\www.zinonchess.gr
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3rd Open Glyfada GRE (GRE), 31 viii-8 ix 2001
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2528 8.0 55.0 47.75 42.0 2528 2709 +1.32
2. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2531 7.0 53.0 41.75 34.5 2531 2647 +0.65
3. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2507 7.0 53.5 40.50 37.0 2507 2483 -0.24
4. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2489 7.0 56.0 42.50 39.0 2489 2554 +0.64
5. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2461 7.0 57.5 43.00 39.0 2461 2539 +0.72
6. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2420 7.0 54.0 39.25 37.0 2420 2441 +0.24
7. Khetsuriani, Besarion f GEO 2415 7.0 52.0 39.00 36.5 2415 2487 +0.66
8. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2463 6.5 54.0 35.25 37.5 2463 2476 +0.14
9. Moutousis, Konstantinos m GRE 2448 6.5 53.0 35.50 35.5 2439 2386 -0.50
10. Kofidis, Andreas m GRE 2431 6.5 53.0 35.25 37.5 2431 2404 -0.26
11. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2360 6.5 54.5 37.50 35.5 2360 2391 +0.30
12. Gesos, Pavlos m GRE 2351 6.5 50.0 34.00 34.5 2351 2359 +0.09
13. Shahtahtinsky, Alekper f GRE 2342 6.5 50.0 34.25 35.5 2342 2358 +0.16
14. Asik, Josip f YUG 2299 6.5 47.0 31.50 35.0 2299 2300 +0.02
15. Gikas, Basilius GER 2247 6.5 48.0 33.25 32.5 2247 2367 +0.64
16. Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2167 6.5 49.5 34.00 33.0 2167 2396 +1.88
17. Goumas,I GRE ---- 6.5 43.0 28.75 32.5 2145 2342 +1.06
18. Valden, Petros GRE 2096 6.5 48.0 33.25 31.5 2096 2189 +0.46
171 players
The 2nd Leinfeldener (Germany) Tournament took place 5th-9th September
2001. The 9 round Swiss was won by Roland Schmaltz with 7/9. No games
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.sc-leinfelden.de/
Final (Round 9 Standings)
1. Schmaltz Roland g GER 2528 7.0 48.5 37.25
2. Chanda Sandipan i IND 2431 6.5 47.0 31.75
3. Enders Peter g GER 2516 6.0 50.0 31.75
4. Schlosser Philipp g GER 2490 6.0 48.0 29.25
5. Haba Petr g CZE 2482 6.0 46.0 26.75
6. Lindemann Stefan GER 2394 5.5 43.0 25.25
7. Menacher Manfred f GER 2351 5.5 43.0 23.00
8. Ivanov Michail g RUS 2446 5.5 40.5 24.25
9. Klovans Janis g LAT 2446 5.0 46.5 22.50
10. Schmittdiel Eckha g GER 2490 5.0 41.5 23.50
11. Stroppa Daniel ITA 2211 5.0 39.0 18.75
12. Gheng Josef f GER 2319 4.5 49.5 22.00
13. Dittmar Peter f GER 2348 4.5 41.5 17.50
14. Kolthoff Siegmund GER 2184 4.5 40.5 18.25
15. Dr. Fahnenschmidt f GER 2285 4.5 36.0 14.25
16. Remmler Hans-Pete GER 2200 4.5 33.5 14.75
17. Kabisch Thilo GER 2290 4.0 42.0 14.00
18. Jurasin Marin KRO 2169 4.0 41.0 15.00
19. Meijers Viesturs i LAT 2449 4.0 40.0 15.50
20. Reimche Vadim GER 2114 3.5 39.0 11.25
21. Wittmann Ralf GER 2193 3.5 35.5 11.50
22. Vehreschild Axel GER 2156 3.0 35.0 10.25
23. Schenk Uwe GER 2144 3.0 33.0 8.50
24. Gabriel Josef GER 2185 2.5 32.0 6.50
25. Giacopelli Vincen GER 2141 2.5 31.0 8.75
26. Steinwachs Christ GER 2227 2.0 35.0 5.50
The 15th Nordhorner Schachfestival saw a rapid tournament which was won
by Peter Leko. Only a few details and no games available.
Leading final standings: 1. Peter Leko 6 2. Christopher Lutz 5,5 3. Loek
van Wely 5,5 4. Igor Glek 5 5. Alexander Naumann 5
Internet coverage: http://www.sknb-online.de/ and
http://www.chessgate.de/leko/d/nordhorn2001_bericht.html
The 20th North American Open (Originally named before the NAO-Las Vegas
tournament held in December by Continental Ch Assoc) was held in the
geographical center of North America - Stillwater, Oklahoma August 31 -
September 3, 2001. This was a 10-SS with time limit of 30/90, G/60. GM Yuri
Shulman of Dallas,TX (via Minsk, BEL) won with 8.5. 2-3 was shared by IM's John
Donaldson and Michael Brooks with 8.0. My thanks to Frank K. Berry.
Some info provided: http://www.OKChess.org
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20th Original North American Open OKLA (USA)
31 VIII - 3 IX 2001
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1. Shulman, Yuri g 2655 8.5
2. Donaldson, John m 2525 8.0
3. Brooks, Michael m 2474 8.0
4. Gossell, Thomas --- 7.0
5. Gholson, Robert --- 7.0
6. Orton, William f 2212 6.5
7. Jacobs, Robert f 2128 6.5
8. Veal, Joe Dean --- 6.5
9. Acken, John M. --- 6.5
10. Roring Tres --- 6.5
11. Nichols, Tom --- 6.5
12. Kamberi, Sonny f 2352 6.5
13. Steiner, Tim --- 6.0
14. Berry, Jim --- 6.0
15. Wharry, Steve --- 6.0
16. Grancea, Mircea --- 6.0
17. Sulman, Robert f 2200 6.0
65 players included 10 Masters or above
The III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open a 10 round
Swiss System event takes place in Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September 2001.
Jonathan Parker, Azer Mirzoev, Viktor Moskalenko, Joan Fluvia Poyatos, and
Keith Arkell head the field of 350 players.
Further details: http://www.secretariat.org/open
Round 9 of 10 standings:
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III Sants Hostafrancs Open Barcelona ESP (ESP), 1-10 ix 2001
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1. Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2516 8.0 49.5 46.5 50.5
2. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2509 8.0 47.0 44.0 48.5
3. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2480 7.5 43.0 40.5 42.5
4. Oms Pallise, Josep m ESP 2424 7.5 43.0 39.0 39.0
5. Parker, Jonathan g ENG 2547 7.0 44.5 43.0 41.8
6. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2431 7.0 49.0 47.0 44.5
7. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2430 7.0 42.5 40.5 39.0
8. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2428 7.0 40.5 36.5 36.0
9. Van Haastert, Edwin m NED 2419 7.0 45.0 43.5 41.5
10. Gual Pascual, Antonio ESP 2400 7.0 46.5 44.0 42.0
11. Torrecillas Martinez, Antonio f ESP 2392 7.0 44.5 41.5 39.3
12. Cooper, Lawrence m ENG 2352 7.0 44.0 40.5 38.0
13. Rios, Alejandro COL 2337 7.0 44.5 41.5 39.5
14. Aranda Gonzales, Jose ESP 2325 7.0 37.5 35.5 35.0
15. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio f ESP 2314 7.0 45.0 41.5 38.8
16. Van Benthem, Arjen NED 2284 7.0 39.0 35.5 34.5
17. Scavo, Fernando f ITA 2256 7.0 45.0 42.5 39.8
18. Daloz, Jean Michel FRA 2163 7.0 41.0 38.5 37.8
374 players
The 43rd Imperia Chess Festival (Italy) took place 2nd-8th September
2001. Boris Chatalbashev won the event. No significant numbers of games
availble at the moment.
Internet coverage: http://imperiachess.3000.it/
Leading Final Standings:
1 Chatalbashev Boris g BUL 7.0 48.5
2 Likavsky Tomas i SVK 7.0 47.5
3 Sulava Nenad g CRO 6.5 46.5
4 Payen Arnaud i FRA 6.5 45.5
5 Tabernig Bernhard AUT 6.5 40.5
6 De-Santis Alessio f ITA 6.0 46.0
7 Jirovsky Milos i CZE 6.0 45.5 4.5
8 Drazic Sinisa g YUG 6.0 45.5 3.0
9 Mozny Milos i CZE 6.0 43.5
10 Jurek Josef i CZE 6.0 41.5 3.0 5
11 Maksimovic Suzana g YUG 6.0 41.5 3.0 4
12 Kantorik Marian SVK 6.0 37.5
74 players
The IX International Chess Festival in Albacete, Spain took place 30th
August - 6th September. It will take many hours to sort out the games into
anything like usable.
Internet coverage: http://webs.ono.com/usr006/AB2001/
Final Standings:
1. Oratovsky, Michael i ISR 7.0 50.5 54.00
2. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 7.0 50.0 54.00
3. Ubilava, Elizbar g ESP 7.0 46.5 51.00
4. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 6.5 49.5 54.50
5. Korneev, Oleg g ESP 6.5 49.5 54.50
6. Hellsten, Johan i SWE 6.5 47.5 51.00
7. Saldano Horacio f ESP 6.0 48.0 52.50
8. Movsziszian, Karen g ESP 6.0 46.5 49.50
9. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 6.0 45.5 49.50
10. Fernandez, Ernesto f ESP 6.0 45.5 48.00
11. Arizmendi, Julen Luis i ESP 6.0 45.0 49.00
12. Djingarova, Emilia wi BUL 6.0 44.0 46.00
13. Khamrakulov, Ibragim i UZB 6.0 43.5 46.00
14. Collas, Didier i FRA 6.0 43.0 47.00
15. Alcazar, Victor ESP 6.0 43.0 46.50
16. Braga, Fernando i ESP 6.0 41.5 45.50
17. Peric, Slavisa i YUG 6.0 38.5 41.50
18. Munoz, Alberto ESP 6.0 38.5 41.00
19. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 5.5 47.0 51.00
20. Aleksieva, Silvia wg BUL 5.5 41.5 45.50
21. Serna, Sergio ESP 5.5 39.0 41.50
76 players
The Irish National Club Championships took place in Cork Bridge Club
Sept 8th-9th 2001.
Results Rd1 Crumlin 4½-1½ Limerick : Bray
3½-2½ Cork Rd2 Bray 4½-1½ Limerick : Crumlin 5-1
Cork Rd3 Cork 3-3 Limerick : Bray 4½-1½ Crumlin
Final Standings: Bray 12½ Crumlin 11 Cork 6½ Limerick 6
Bray team: Mark Quinn 2386m Haydn Barber 2319f Brian Beckett Eric
Bennett Pat Reynolds John Phelan
Bray, seeded 2 in the absence of key players, trailed Crumlin by
1½ points overnight and required a 4-2 win or better in the final round
to take the title : in a tense match all games went the distance and Bray came
through 4½-1½ to make it 3 All-Ireland titles in a row following
wins in Belfast 1999 and Bray 2000. Bray & Crumlin qualify for the 2002
European Club Cup Bray & Dublin, last year's 1-2, compete in the 2001
European Club Cup in Crete later this month. See
http://www.venizelia.gr and the Bray CC
website http://www.esatclear.ie/~colinsb/bray_chess
Central Teams Moscow
There Botvinnik Memorial team tournament involving the strongest chess
players of the Central Federal District (18 teams, with more than 30 grand
masters) takes place 14th-16th September. Internet coverage (in Russian):
http://www.central.chessmoscow.ru/
and http://www.joeblack.h1.ru (photos,
articles and interviews)
Europe versus Asia Match
The Europe versus Asia rapidplay match takes place in Batumi Opera
House September 16th-20th 2001. This is a Double round Scheveningen system
rapidplay event with play on three days: 17th,18th and 19th September.
The European team: Men: Gary Kasparov (RUS), Emil Sutovsky (ISR), Zurab
Azmaiparashvili (GEO), Leok van Wely (NED), Mikhail Gurevich (BEL), Etienne
Bacrot (FRA) and Christopher Lutz (GER).
Women: Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), Nana Ioseliani (GEO), Ekaterina
Kovalevskaya (RUS), Almira Skripchenko-Lautier and Natalia Zhukova (UKR).
The Asian team (not confirmed): Men: Rustam Kasimdschanov (UZB), Ye
Jiangchuan (CHN), Krishnan Sasikiran who hadn't been contacted earlier this
week (IND), Dao Thien Hai (VIE), Ian Rogers (AUS), Utut Adianto (IND), Evgeny
Vladimirov (KAZ), Women: Xie Jun (CHN), Hoang Than Trang (VIE), Xu Yuhua (CHN),
Zhu Chen (CHN)
The Captains are for Europe Alexander von Gleich of Germany and for Asia
Ignatius Leong of Singapore.
Links: http://www.eurochess.org/ and
http://www.chessbase.de/Veranstaltungen/181/europa_asien.htm
I don't know of an official site yet.
SmartChess.com International
The Second SmartChess.com International Chess Tournament will be held
October 7-15th in New York City at the Manhattan Chess Club. The lineup for
this 9-RR event is Category X based on the July rating list, but the October
list will be used. The lineup follows: GM I. Novikov (Ukr/2593), GM A.
Wojtkiewicz (Pol/2568), IM A. Cela (Alb/2483), GM P. Blatny (Cze/2478), IM G.
Shahade (USA/2455), IM H. Nakamura (USA/2452), IM I. Zugic (Can/2440), IM E.
Perelshteyn (USA/2436), IM J. Gonzales (Phi/2432) and IM I. Krush (USA/2421).
Avg. Rating 2475.8 (Category X pending October rating list)
IA Jerome Bibuld will be the Chief Arbiter The new FIDE Time controls
(with 30 second increment) will be used. Games will be broadcast live in ICC.
Sponsor is The World Wide Web Chess Superstore. The Organizers are Paul Hodges
of SmartChess and Jonathan Hains.
Internet coverage: http://www.smartchess.com
Winterthur Chess Week
The 1st Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 5th-14th 2001. The main event is a 9-round Open. Several GMs including
Vadim Milov will play. First prize is CHF 3000 (US$ 1800). An invitational
Youth tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 8th-11th) will also be
organized, as well as one Rapid (first prize CHF 1000) and two Blitz (CHF 500)
tournaments.
Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/svw/schachwoche/
Canadian Championship Playoffs
The Playoff match between Kevin Spraggett and Alexandre Lesiege will be
four games and will take place in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The prize fund is
$5,000 Canadian, $3k to the winner, $2k to the loser. The winner will advance
to the World Championship in Moscow later this year. The match will take place
September 12 through September 15. Game time will be 7 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time, except for the fourth game which will begin at 3 p.m. EST. All games will
be broadcast live on the World Chess Network. The majority of the prize fund
was donated by Bill Church, a partner of the WCN chess server.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/
Extensions to the pgn standard
Alan Cowderoy (Palamede), Ben Bulsink (DGT Projects), Andrew Templeton
(Palamede/Palview), Eric Bentzen (Enpassant.dk, Palamede), Mathias Feist
(Chessbase) and Victor Zakharov (Chess Assistant) have started discussions on
possible extensions to the PGN standard. The original standard was compiled by
Steven J. Edwards but it hasn't been possible to contact him (if you read this
they'd like to talk to you!).
The new proposals can be read at:
ftp://palamede.com/pub/chess/final.txt
Miercurea Ciuc
The II Banc Post tournaments take place in Miercurea Ciuc (ROM)
22nd-30th September 2001. The main event will be a FIDE round robin Category
II-IV there will also be an international open.
Players for the round robin so far (6 of the eventual 10) 1. Ardelean
George Catalin ROM m 2431 2. Tikhomirov Sergei MDA m 2364 3. Janakiev Ivan BUL
m 2342 4. Sebe Florin ROM 2286 5. Chiricuta Marius ROM f 2238 6. Jicman Ligia
ROM wm 2229
Rate of play : 6 hours (16 p.m. – 22 p.m., last round 10 a.m.
– 16 p.m.). Entry fee : A : >2150 = 400, 2151-2200 = 300, 2201-2250 =
250, (ELO/DEM) 2251-2300 = 200, 2301-2351 = 150, 2351< 100 B : with ELO =
10, without ELO = 20, IGM, wIGM, IM, wIM = 0 Prizes (B) : 100 % of the entry
fee + extra prize Board and lodging : Hotel Banc Post *** (str. Sadoveanu, 4),
Full board, Single room/day = 37 DEM, Full board, Double room/person/day = 28
DEM.
Organizer : IM Sandor Biro, C.P. 68, R-4100 Miercurea Ciuc-1, Romania,
E-mail : caissa@topnet.ro Home page : http://www.topnet.ro/caissa Tel+Fax :
(+40)-66-116712 Mobil : +40-90-021866
40th Groningen International Open
The 40th Groningen International Open is also the 3rd European Chess
Championships, there are also invitational and open events. The festival takes
place 19th December 2001 - 5th January 2002 Groningen, the Netherlands and is
organised by Stichting Schaak Groningen.
Internet coverage: http://www.groningenchess.nl/
XXXI Rilton Cup
The XXXI Rilton Cup takes place 27 December 2001 to 5th January 2002.
Information:
http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-21958/XXXIRilton_cup0102.htm
IECG Email Chess WorldCup VII Official announcement
All IECG members are welcome to enter the IECG Cup VII preliminary
stage. IECG Cup is an open tournament: players of any rating are merged
together. So this is a nice opportunity to play a wide range of opponents.
Subscriptions are open until September 15. Entries received after this date are
used for a replacement list, which will be closed on October 1st. The
tournament will be launched on October 1st, for a duration of 11 months. All
the unfinished games will be adjudicated.
During the preliminary phase, all participants take part in a 7
players, single round tournament (so 6 games to play). The 2 winners of each
section will be entitled to play in the next stage, starting in October 2002.
All games count for IECG rating, of course.
IECG membership is paramount to enter the Cup VII. All non-members must
join IECG first - visit their registration page
http://www.iecg.org/Register.htm
Details and the entry form for Cup VI at:
http://www.iecg.org/cupentry.htm
The web entry form is the best method to be enlisted in the Cup, as the
process behind is easier for us.
Paris Apsap
47th FIDE Open is underway.
Internet coverage:
http://www.multimania.com/club608/Open47.htm
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.
July FIDE List Study
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ an article "Study of
the July 2001 FIDE Rating List. Parts I-II" (By Boris Schipkov) are now
available.
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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/
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