The Week in Chess 358

THE WEEK IN CHESS 358 17th September 2001 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Yin Hao, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy, Tony Ficzere, Biro Sandor, Vasudevan of chathurangam.com, Ruben Casafus, Ray Keene, Mikhail Golubev, Jovan Petronic, Hassan Khaled, Sergey Sudakov, Eugeny Atarov, Gaguik Oganessian, Willy Iclicki, Stewart Reuben, Dagobert Kohlmeyer, Roberto Alvarez, Mihajlo Savic, Gustavo Albarran, Chia Chee Seng and all those who helped with this issue.

The shocking attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington has dominated everybody's thoughts this week. The 1995 Anand-Kasparov match was held on the 107th floor of 2 World Trade Center Tower (South) the second tower to be struck but the first to collapse. Many chess players will have visited the towers during that event. My thoughts are with the familys and friends of the victims of this tragedy.

Mark

2) 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.

Live coverage: http://chess.batumi.net/

Europe: Gary Kasparov, Loek Van Wely, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Etienne Bacrot, Emil Sutovsky, Mikhail Gurevich, Maia Chiburdanidze, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Nana Ioseliani and Nino Gurieli.

Asia: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Ye Jiangchuan, Eugeny Vladimirov, Utut Adianto, Dao Thien Hai, Ian Rogers, Xie Jun, Xu Yuhua, Zhu Chen and Hoang Thanh Trang.

The Captains are for Europe Alexander von Gleich of Germany and for Asia Ignatius Leong of Singapore.

Links: http://www.eurochess.org/

3) Najdorf Memorial

The Category XIV Najdorf Memorial tournament took place in Buenos Aires 4th-13th September 2001. Anatoly Karpov recorded his best tournament result since the Credit Suisse Masters in Biel in 1997 (where he came second but had a better rating performance than here). He took clear first with 6.5/9 and a performance of 2750. In joint second place were the oldest and youngest players in the field Viktor Korchnoi and Teimour Radjabov on 6 points.

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. Karpov, Anatoly     g RUS 2692  * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2750 
 2. Korchnoi, Viktor    g SUI 2617  = * = = = 1 1 = 1 =  6.0  2717 
 3. Radjabov, Teimour   g AZE 2558  = = * = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2724 
 4. Short, Nigel D      g ENG 2664  = = = * = 0 1 = = 1  5.0  2630 
 5. Xie Jun             g CHN 2553  = = = = * = = = = =  4.5  2599 
 6. Polgar, Judit       g HUN 2686  0 0 = 1 = * = = = 1  4.5  2585 
 7. Felgaer, Ruben      m ARG 2471  = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1  4.0  2566 
 8. Mecking, Henrique   g BRA 2552  0 = 0 = = = = * = =  3.5  2520 
 9. Ricardi, Pablo      g ARG 2545  0 0 0 = = = = = * 1  3.5  2520 
10. Milos, Gilberto     g BRA 2614  0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 *  1.5  2320 
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Round 7 (September 11, 2001)

Karpov, Anatoly    -  Polgar, Judit      1-0   75  E15  Queens Indian
Korchnoi, Viktor   -  Radjabov, Teimour  1/2   49  E70  King's Indian Fianchetto
Short, Nigel D     -  Xie Jun            1/2   57  C93  Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Felgaer, Ruben     -  Milos, Gilberto    1-0   60  B45  Sicilian Classical System
Mecking, Henrique  -  Ricardi, Pablo     1/2   15  E11  Bogo Indian Defence

Round 8 (September 12, 2001)

Radjabov, Teimour  -  Karpov, Anatoly    1/2   59  E54  Nimzo Indian
Short, Nigel D     -  Felgaer, Ruben     1-0   41  B38  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Xie Jun            -  Polgar, Judit      1/2   17  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ricardi, Pablo     -  Korchnoi, Viktor   0-1   53  C12  French MacCutcheon
Milos, Gilberto    -  Mecking, Henrique  1/2   52  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin

Round 9 (September 13, 2001)

Karpov, Anatoly    -  Ricardi, Pablo     1-0   44  D35  QGD Exchange Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor   -  Milos, Gilberto    1/2   78  A17  English Opening
Polgar, Judit      -  Radjabov, Teimour  1/2   66  C10  French Rubinstein
Felgaer, Ruben     -  Xie Jun            1/2   19  C54  Giuoco Piano
Mecking, Henrique  -  Short, Nigel D     1/2   20  A43  Old Benoni

4) Central Teams Moscow

The Botvinnik Memorial team tournament involving the strongest chess players of the Central Federal District (18 teams, with more than 30 grand masters) took place 14th-16th September 2001. The Moscow team won the event.

1st round Moscow - Yaroslavl 5:1, Ryazan - Moscow region 1:5, Vladimir - Bryansk 2.5:3.5, Kursk - Tula 1.5:4.5, Ivanovo - Lipetsk 2:4, Orel - Tver 3.5:2.5, Voronezh - Belgorod 4.5:1.5, Smolensl - Tambov 3.5:2.5, Kaluga - Kostroma 4:2

2nd round Tula - Moscow 2:4, Moscow region - Voronezh 3.5:2.5, Bryansk - Smolensk 3.5:2.5, Tambov - Ryazan 3:3, Kostroma - Vladimir 1.5:4.5, Lipetsk - Orel 3.5:2.5, Yaroslavl - Kaluga 2.5:3.5, Tver - Kursk 2.5:3.5, Belgorod - Ivanovo 3.5:2.5

3rd round: Moscow - Bryansk 5.5:0.5 Kaluga - Moscow region 3.5:2.5 Orel - Belgorod 5:1 Smolensk - Kursk 3:3 Ivanovo - Tambov 2:4 Voronezh - Lipetsk 4.5:1.5 Vladimir - Tula 4.5:1.5 Ryazan - Tver 3.5:2.5 Kostroma - Yaroslavl 0.5:5.5

4th round: Kaluga - Moscow 3:3 Moscow region - Orel 4:2 Lipetsk - Vladimir 3:3 Kursk - Tambov 3:3 Belgorod - Kostroma 3.5:2.5 Bryansk - Voronezh 4:2 Ryazan - Smolensk 4:2 Tula - Yaroslavl 3.5:2.5 Tver - Ivanovo 4:2

5th round Moscow - Moscow region 4.5:1.5 Bryansk - Kaluga 4:2 Tambov - Lipetsk 3:3 Voronezh - Kursk 4:2 Yaroslavl - Tver 3.5:2.5 Vladimir - Ryazan 4:2 Orel - Tula 3.5:2.5 Smolensk - Belgorod 3.5:2.5 Ivanovo - Kostroma 3:3

6th round Vladimir - Moscow 0.5:5.5 Moscow region - Bryansk 4.5:1.5 Voronezh - Orel 3:3 Yaroslavl - Ryazan 3:3 Kursk - Ivanovo 3:3 Lipetsk - Kaluga 4.5:1.5 Tula - Smolensk 4.5:1.5 Belgorod - Tambov 3:3 Kostroma - Tver 3.5:2.5

Botvinnik's 7th round: Moscow - Lipetsk 5:1 Moscow region - Vladimir 5.5:0.5 Kaluga - Voronezh 2:4 Tambov - Yaroslavl 3.5:2.5 Smolensk - Ivanovo 3.5:2.5 Orel - Bryansk 4:2 Ryazan - Tula 3:3 Kostroma - Kursk 3:3 Tver - Belgorod 1.5:4.5

Final standings: 1. Moscow - 13 2. Moscow region - 10 3. Voronezh, 4. Bryansk - 9 5-7. Orel, Lipetsk, Tambov - 8 etc.

Selected players from the teams: Moscow: Vadim Zvjagintsev gm 2638, Aleksander Lastin gm 2628, Mikhail Kobalia gm 2595, Alexej Korotylev gm 2573, Alexander Zlochevskij gm 2450 Moscow-region: Vladimir Malakhov gm 2637, Vladimir Kosyrev gm 2554, Andrei Rychagov im 2505 Bryansk: Evgenij Gleizerov gm 2587, Vasilij Gagrin im 2431 Voronezh: Konstantin Chenyshov gm 2561, Sergej Sergienko gm 2427 Ivanovo: Vladimir Burmakin gm 2583 Orel: Nikolai Pushkov gm 2553, Sergei Kalugin gm 2439 Tambov: Valerij Chekhov gm 2509, Igor Zaitsev gm 2405.

No games available at the moment.

Internet coverage (in Russian): http://www.central.chessmoscow.ru/ and http://www.joeblack.h1.ru (photos, articles and interviews).

5) Armenian Championships

The Armenian Championships started on September 12th 2001. There are 11 players (6 GMs 4 IMs and 1 NM): Smbat Lputian, Karen Asrian, Ashot Anastasian, Artashes Minasian, Levon Aronian, Arsen Yegiazarian, Gabriel Sargissian, Ara Minasian, Tigran Nalbandian, Vahagn Khachatrian and Gevorg Harutiunian.

Internet coverage: http://www.armchess.am/

Round 4 Standings
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ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 13-23 ix 2001                  cat. XI (2518)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Lputian, Smbat G       g ARM 2608  * 1 . . = . . . . 1 1  3.5  2816 
 2. Aronian, Levon         g ARM 2562  0 * . . . . = . 1 1 .  2.5  2623 
 3. Anastasian, Ashot      g ARM 2588  . . * = . . 1 = . . .  2.0  2655 
 4. Yegiazarian, Arsen     g ARM 2551  . . = * . = . 1 . . .  2.0  2633 
 5. Asrian, Karen          g ARM 2604  = . . . * . . . 1 = .  2.0  2636 
 6. Minasian, Ara          m ARM 2480  . . . = . * = = = . .  2.0  2526 
 7. Minasian, Artashes     g ARM 2581  . = 0 . . = * . . . 1  2.0  2494 
 8. Nalbandian, Tigran     m ARM 2458  . . = 0 . = . * . . =  1.5  2404 
 9. Sargissian, Gabriel    m ARM 2514  . 0 . . 0 = . . * . 1  1.5  2411 
10. Hachatrian, Vahagn     m ARM 2411  0 0 . . = . . . . * .  0.5  2318 
11. Haroutjunian, Gevorg     ARM 2346  0 . . . . . 0 = 0 . *  0.5  2218 
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6) Keene responds to Kasparov criticism

Last week in a press release by Owen Williams it emerged that Kasparov has turned down the Braingames qualifier in Dortmund next year.

Ray Keene has kindly responded to some questions I asked about this letter today (11th September) in a personal capacity in an exclusive interview with TWIC.

Keene started by saying that he had personally proposed an 8 player double round robin as his preferred option. He discussed this with Kasparov and Owen Williams at a lunch after the match against Kramnik last year. According to Keene he "rejected it since he [Kasparov] claimed opponents could gang up on him and cheat thus eliminating him".

BGN's initial proposals for the Candidates in Dortmund were for 2 groups of four double round robin with the first two to qualify followed by a 2 game match semi-final and a 4 game match final. They extended the semi-finals from two games to four games after a general negative reaction hoping that this would make it more likely that Kasparov would play. In Kasparov's official invitation it was made clear that the semi-finals would be a four game match.

Dortmund were happy to make such a change. It should also be made clear that there are many new people involved in the organisation of Dortmund, very few of the old guard with whom he had bad relations in 1995 remain. The Dortmund organisers are quite puzzled by Kasparov's apparent animosity to them since he had earlier been very friendly to them.

Keene says that invitations for the Candidates have already gone out to Kasparov, Anand, Leko, Adams, Topalov and Morozevich. They will be joined by "two website qualifiers who will have to go via an additional preliminary to which elite GMs will be invited."

BGN has written to Owen Williams noting his views and pointing out the deadline for final acceptance is not till the end of December 2001.

Keene feels he has bent over backwards to keep Kasparov on board. He also adds that BGN has a contract with Kramnik and he wants a qualifier and this decision was his. With contracts signed a qualifier will go ahead. BGN really don't want to get into a fight with Kasparov over this and perhaps part of the problem has been that they've been trying to second guess his views.

7) FIDE Decisions

Willy Iclicki reports on a number of interesting decisions made by FIDE at the FIDE Congress (September 4th - 10th) Halkidiki, Greece.

Moscow is confirmed in November - December and January as the venue for the FIDE Championships in all phases. The venues are likely to be the Kremlin and the Hall of Columns for the final. The final list of entries will not be available before October 15th with the question of Korchnoi's participation being unclear.

FIDE are to return to a two year cycle for their championships. The next one will be in 2003.

In 2002 there will be a rapid chess Grand Prix.

After a long and passionate debate, FIDE has removed both the IM and GM title and rating of the Romanian player Crisan. The player appealed against the decision to the Excecutive Board and this was rejected. He will be able to keep the rating points earned at the Vidmar Memorial. Read the FIDE Document: RECOMMENDATION TO THE FIDE QUALIFICATION COMMISSION (QC) (note the document lacks some of the appended documents mentioned but now has the Azamiparashvili statement)

As per IOC request FIDE will continue with its doping control program.

Actual time control ( 75 min...) will be maintained for this year but from next year FIDE will suggest a test for a single time control. ( 90 min for the game plus 30 sec per move). Only FIDE organized tournament are concerned and not "private tournaments".

The venue for the 2004 Chess Olympiad has been announced. It will be in Menorca, Spain. This event is held every two years (the 2002 event will be in Bled, Slovenia).

Claims by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the Congress and in an interview with the Russian paper "Sport Express" that FIDE were holding negotiations with Kasparov were answered by Kasparov on his own website. Link to Kasparov's comments. He states that whilst he has talked to FIDE and especially to Octagon it has gone little further than him stating that FIDE should recognise Kramnik and that succession as World Champion and should run their championships on classical lines with classical time-controls.

8) Alexei Suetin 1926-2001

The former World Seniors Champion (1996) Alexei Suetin has died. Alexey Stepanovich Suetin was born in Kirovograd 16th November 1926 and died in Moscow on Monday 10th September 2001 at the age of 74. He became an IM in 1961 and a Grandmaster in 1965. He played ten Soviet Championships in the years 1950-1967 finishing 4th= in 1963 and 1965. At his best in the 1960s he scored some excellent results including: 1st Sarajevo 1965 (Matulovic and Polugaevsky played), 1st= with Gligoric and Taimanov ahead of Larsen Copenhagen 1965 and 1st= with Mantanovic ahead of Gligoric Titovo Uzice 1966.

He is probably most well known for his chess theory books including : Modern Chess Opening Theory, A Contemporary Approach to the Middlegame and Three Steps to Chess Mastery. He also helped Tigran Petrosian with "pre-match training" [TP] on his way to the World Chess Championships in 1963 and was one of his trainers 1963-71. He died just after returning home from the Russian Seniors Championships of a heart attack.

9) China - Russia Chess Summit

The China - Russia Chess Summit took place in Shanghai, China, September 7th-12th 2001. The event borrowed 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 played for the Riverside Weicheng Estate Cup. My thanks to Yin Hao for all his efforts in providing news and games from the event.

Final Standings: Men Russia 21½ - China 14½, Women Russia 9-9 China , Juniors Russia 11 - China 7.

Final Individual Standings: Men: 1. Motylev, 4.5 2-3. Grischuk, Khalifman 4.04. Dreev 3.5 5-7. Svidler, Xu Jun, Ye Jiangchuan 8-10. Rublevsky, Peng Xiaomin, Zhang Zhong 2.5 11. Liang Chong 2.0 12. Zhang Pengxiang 1.5.

Women: 1-2. Wang Lei, Kovalevskaya 4.0 3. Stepovaia 3.5 4. Wang Pin 3.0 5. Xu Yuhua 2.0 6. Zimina 1.5

Juniors: 1. Bu Xiangzhi 4.5 2-3. Kosteniuk, Sharposhnikov 4.0 4. Smirnov 3.0 5. Ni Hua 2.0 6. Xu Yuanyuan 0.5

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 5 (September 11, 2001)

Zhang Pengxiang       -  Khalifman, Alexander  0-1   40  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Liang Chong           -  Dreev, Alexey         0-1   59  D31  Semi-Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei     -  Ye Jiangchuan         1-0   41  A34  English Symmetrical Variation
Peng Xiaomin          -  Grischuk, Alexander   1/2   23  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack
Motylev, Alexander    -  Zhang Zhong           1/2   27  C45  Scotch Game
Svidler, Peter        -  Xu Jun                1/2   40  B63  Sicilian Rauzer

Round 6 (September 12, 2001)

Dreev, Alexey         -  Zhang Pengxiang       1-0   31  E81  King's Indian Saemisch
Motylev, Alexander    -  Liang Chong           1-0   31  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Ye Jiangchuan         -  Svidler, Peter        1-0   27  C55  Two Knights Defence
Khalifman, Alexander  -  Peng Xiaomin          1-0   32  E97  King's Indian Classical
Zhang Zhong           -  Rublevsky, Sergei     1-0   40  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
Xu Jun                -  Grischuk, Alexander   1/2   19  D02  Queen's Pawn Game


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  + 9 + 6 +12 - 5 = 8 +11  4.5  2803
 2 Khalifman, Alexander  g RUS 2700  = 6 + 5 = 8 -11 +12 + 9  4.0  2735
 3 Grischuk, Alexander   g RUS 2669  +12 =11 = 6 + 8 = 9 = 5  4.0  2735
 4 Dreev, Alexey         g RUS 2690  = 5 = 8 = 9 - 6 +11 +12  3.5  2667
 5 Xu Jun                g CHN 2646  = 4 - 2 =10 + 1 = 7 = 3  3.0  2670
 6 Ye Jiangchuan         g CHN 2677  = 2 - 1 = 3 + 4 -10 + 7  3.0  2670
 7 Svidler, Peter        g RUS 2695  + 8 =12 =11 = 9 = 5 - 6  3.0  2610
 8 Zhang Zhong           g CHN 2667  - 7 = 4 = 2 - 3 = 1 +10  2.5  2613
 9 Peng Xiaomin          g CHN 2629  - 1 +10 = 4 = 7 = 3 - 2  2.5  2613
10 Rublevsky, Sergei     g RUS 2639  +11 - 9 = 5 -12 + 6 - 8  2.5  2553
11 Liang Chong           m CHN 2556  -10 = 3 = 7 + 2 - 4 - 1  2.0  2545
12 Zhang Pengxiang       m CHN 2487  - 3 = 7 - 1 +10 - 2 - 4  1.5  2477
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Round 5 (September 11, 2001)

Wang Pin                       -  Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana  0-1   37  B47
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina        -  Xu Yuhua                       1-0   44  B23
Zimina, Olga                   -  Wang Lei                       1/2   47  B51

Round 6 (September 12, 2001)

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina        -  Wang Pin                       1/2   33  B52
Xu Yuhua                       -  Zimina, Olga                   1-0   48  B31
Wang Lei                       -  Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana  1-0   39  D31


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 +5 =4  4.0  2630
2 Wang Lei                      wg CHN 2509  =3 +6 +1 -1 =6 +3  4.0  2548
3 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2451  =2 =4 +5 =5 +4 -2  3.5  2562
4 Wang Pin                      wg CHN 2504  -1 =3 +6 +6 -3 =1  3.0  2423
5 Xu Yuhua                      wg CHN 2502  -6 =1 -3 =3 -1 +6  2.0  2298
6 Zimina, Olga                  wm RUS 2312  +5 -2 -4 -4 =2 -5  1.5  2312
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Round 5 (September 11, 2001)

Bu Xiangzhi           -  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  1/2   57  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Smirnov, Pavel        -  Ni Hua                1-0   49  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny  -  Xu Yuanyuan           1-0   77  B17  Caro Kann

Round 6 (September 12, 2001)

Smirnov, Pavel        -  Bu Xiangzhi           0-1   61  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
Ni Hua                -  Shaposhnikov, Evgeny  1/2   36  B47  Sicilian Paulsen
Xu Yuanyuan           -  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  1/2   42  D14  Slav Exchange Variation


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 =2 +4  4.5  2689
2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra  m RUS 2440  +6 =1 +5 =5 =1 =6  4.0  2642
3 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny  m RUS 2519  +5 +6 =1 -1 +6 =5  4.0  2642
4 Smirnov, Pavel        m RUS 2530  -1 -5 +6 +6 +5 -1  3.0  2517
5 Ni Hua                f CHN 2568  -3 +4 -2 =2 -4 =3  2.0  2371
6 Xu Yuanyuan          wf CHN 2431  -2 -3 -4 -4 -3 =2  0.5  2095
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10) First Saturday September

The main First Saturday events in September were two IM category I groups. The IMA event was a 12 player all-play-all and the B event is a six player double round all-play-all. In the A Group Zoltan Hajnal scored an IM norm with 8.5/11 and Gabor Kun scored an IM norm with 7.5/10. My thanks to Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy.

Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0901.htm

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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-12 ix 2001          cat. I (2267)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Hajnal, Zoltan       f HUN 2355  * 1 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.5  2470 
 2. Kun, Gabor             HUN 2274  0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.5  2477 
 3. Nemeth, Zoltan       m HUN 2328  0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.0  2436 
 4. Pitschka, Klaus      f GER 2220  1 0 = * = = = = = = 1 1  6.5  2336 
 5. Sinkovics, Peter     m HUN 2301  = 0 = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2328 
 6. Soos, Bela           m GER 2302  = = 0 = 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1  6.0  2299 
 7. Appleberry, Martin     FRA 2283  0 0 0 = 1 = * = = = 1 1  5.5  2265 
 8. Boros, Denes           HUN 2198  0 0 0 = = 1 = * = = 1 1  5.5  2273 
 9. Berczes, Csaba         HUN 2316  = 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 0  3.5  2129 
10. Feller, Joseph         LUX 2209  0 = = = 0 0 = = = * 0 0  3.0  2097 
11. Resika, Nathan A     f USA 2203  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1  2.5  2061 
12. Gazic, Josip           GER 2215  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 *  2.0  2009 
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-10 ix 2001cat. I (2267)
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                                1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo  m HUN 2255 ** == == 1= 1= 11  7.0  2418
2 Kahn, Evarth      m HUN 2278 == ** == 1= 1= =1  6.5  2375
3 Dobos, Jozsef     m HUN 2309 == == ** 01 == ==  5.0  2259
4 Alfred, Nathan      ENG 2205 0= 0= 10 ** == =1  4.5  2243
5 Cooke, Eric         USA 2237 0= 0= == == ** 0=  3.5  2163
6 Gouret, Thierry   f FRA 2320 00 =0 == =0 1= **  3.5  2146
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11) 9th Asian Women's Championships

The India Cements 9th Asian Women's Championships took place 2nd-12th September 2001 in Chennai India. Li Ruofan of China was the clear winner with 9/11 a point clear of Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi. There were six players tied on 7 points and the final places for the FIDE Women's World Championships. One player missed out and that was Nguyen Thi Thanh An of Vietnam. A couple of corrections to the naming of the games Konara-Khan (Round 6) and Khan-Khanam (Round 7) from last week. Please delete those games. 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

Final Standings (11 rounds)
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9th Asian Women Chennai IND (IND), 3-12 ix 2001
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 1. Li Ruofan                  wm CHN 2293  +26 -14 +23 =11 +15 +25 + 3 + 2 + 4 = 5 + 8  9.0  2532 
 2. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  wg IND 2397  +23 +20 +14 - 7 +11 = 3 + 5 - 1 + 8 + 4 =10  8.0  2442 
 3. Mohota, Nisha              wm IND 2236  + 5 + 8 =11 +14 + 7 = 2 - 1 - 4 + 6 +20 - 9  7.0  2402 
 4. Aarthie, Ramaswamy         wm IND 2249  =28 +10 =12 + 9 = 5 =11 + 6 + 3 - 1 - 2 +15  7.0  2371 
 5. Wang Yu                    wf CHN 2382  - 3 +28 +16 +10 = 4 + 7 - 2 +13 +11 = 1 - 6  7.0  2355 
 6. Nguyen Thi Thanh An           VIE 2275  +22 -15 =17 +20 =21 + 9 - 4 +10 - 3 + 7 + 5  7.0  2336 
 7. Huang Qian                    CHN 2260  +19 +17 +15 + 2 - 3 - 5 +13 - 8 +20 - 6 +11  7.0  2342 
 8. Swathi, Ghate              wm IND 2260  +24 - 3 -10 +30 +18 +21 +25 + 7 - 2 +12 - 1  7.0  2320 
 9. Zhao Xue                   wg CHN 2372  -14 +22 +13 - 4 +23 - 6 =20 +15 -10 +17 + 3  6.5  2275 
10. Levushkina, E              wm UZB 2208  +25 - 4 + 8 - 5 -20 +29 +21 - 6 + 9 +14 = 2  6.5  2338 
11. Sergeeva, Maria            wm KAZ 2327  +27 +16 = 3 = 1 - 2 = 4 =12 +14 - 5 +13 - 7  6.0  2316 
12. Meenakshi, S                  IND 2245  +29 =13 = 4 =15 -25 +17 =11 -20 +27 - 8 +22  6.0  2241 
13. Geldyeva, Mekhri           wg TKM 2284  +30 =12 - 9 =18 +24 +14 - 7 - 5 +16 -11 +20  6.0  2264 
14. Khegai, Angela             wm UZB 2235  + 9 + 1 - 2 - 3 +16 -13 +24 -11 =17 -10 +29  5.5  2220 
15. Khamrakulova, Iroda           UZB 2217  +21 + 6 - 7 =12 - 1 -20 +22 - 9 +19 +18 - 4  5.5  2214 
16. Gokhale, Anupama           wm IND 2251  +18 -11 - 5 +19 -14 =22 +23 =17 -13 =26 +21  5.5  2182 
17. Zhang Jilin                   CHN ----  +32 - 7 = 6 -21 +26 -12 +18 =16 =14 - 9 +31  5.5  2186 
18. Harika,Dronavalli             IND ----  -16 +32 =25 =13 - 8 +23 -17 +24 =21 -15 +28  5.5  2173 
19. Sultana, Zakia2               BAN 2012  - 7 =27 =28 -16 =30 =26 =31 +29 -15 +25 +32  5.5  2140 
20. Yu Ting                       CHN 2256  +31 - 2 =21 - 6 +10 +15 = 9 +12 - 7 - 3 -13  5.0  2216 
21. Le Kieu Thien Kim          wm VIE 2286  -15 +29 =20 +17 = 6 - 8 -10 +25 =18 =22 -16  5.0  2135 
22. Kasturi, M                    IND 2115  - 6 - 9 +31 -24 +27 =16 -15 +30 +25 =21 -12  5.0  2180 
23. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe  wm IND 2241  - 2 +24 - 1 +28 - 9 -18 -16 +32 =29 +30 =27  5.0  2123 
24. Pratibha, Y                   IND 2054  - 8 -23 +32 +22 -13 +27 -14 -18 -26 +31 +30  5.0  2113 
25. Gu Xiaobing                   CHN 2300  -10 +30 =18 +27 +12 - 1 - 8 -21 -22 -19 +26  4.5  2110 
26. Hamid, Rani                wm BAN 2130  - 1 =31 -27 +32 -17 =19 =29 =28 +24 =16 -25  4.5  2041 
27. Dhar-Barua, Saheli         wm IND 2248  -11 =19 +26 -25 -22 -24 +32 +31 -12 =28 =23  4.5  2065 
28. Khanam, Afrooza            wf BAN 2010  = 4 - 5 =19 -23 -29 +32 =30 =26 =31 =27 -18  4.0  2024 
29. Wijesuriya, Vineetha          SRI ----  -12 -21 -30 +31 +28 -10 =26 -19 =23 +32 -14  4.0  2034 
30. Khan, Nazrana                 BAN 2129  -13 -25 +29 - 8 =19 =31 =28 -22 +32 -23 -24  3.5  1983 
31. Konara, Anupama               SRI ----  -20 =26 -22 -29 +32 =30 =19 -27 =28 -24 -17  3.0  1911 
32. BYE                               ----  -17 -18 -24 -26 -31 -28 -27 -23 -30 -29 -19  0.0       
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12) Ukrainian Championships

The Ukrainian Championships took place in Ordzhonikidze, 8-16 September 2001. The event was a nine round Swiss with 30 players. Aleksandar Berelovich won the event with 6.5/9. My thanks to Mikhail Golubev for the information. He will produce a detailed tournament report with annotated games in the next few days which will appear on the website below.

Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ukr01ch.htm

Final Standings
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ch-UKR Ordzhonikidze UKR (UKR), 8-16 ix 2001
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Berelovich, Aleksandar   g  UKR 2513  +27 = 9 +12 = 4 = 3 +18 = 2 +14 = 7  6.5  2649 
 2. Borovikov, Vladislav     m  UKR 2593  =20 =23 +21 = 6 +12 = 9 = 1 + 4 = 3  6.0  2648 
 3. Volokitin, Andrei        m  UKR 2551  =19 +17 +30 = 5 = 1 + 7 = 4 = 9 = 2  6.0  2642 
 4. Vysochin, Spartak        m  UKR 2542  +16 +15 =10 = 1 - 7 +21 = 3 - 2 +14  5.5  2599 
 5. Brodsky, Michail         g  UKR 2528  =25 =24 +14 = 3 =18 = 6 =15 =11 + 9  5.5  2592 
 6. Malaniuk, Vladimir P     g  UKR 2516  +28 =18 = 9 = 2 =10 = 5 =11 +19 = 8  5.5  2613 
 7. Eljanov, Pavel           g  UKR 2522  =24 +25 =18 = 9 + 4 - 3 =19 +15 = 1  5.5  2593 
 8. Firman, Nazar            m  UKR 2511  -18 +28 +24 =11 - 9 =14 +23 +10 = 6  5.5  2591 
 9. Neverov, Valeriy         g  UKR 2564  +29 = 1 = 6 = 7 + 8 = 2 =10 = 3 - 5  5.0  2577 
10. Romanishin, Oleg M       g  UKR 2579  =23 +20 = 4 =18 = 6 =15 = 9 - 8 +19  5.0  2566 
11. Goloshchapov, Alexander  g  UKR 2550  =21 =14 =15 = 8 =19 +30 = 6 = 5 =12  5.0  2539 
12. Golubev, Mihail          g  UKR 2526  =30 +19 - 1 +27 - 2 +16 -14 +21 =11  5.0  2489 
13. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei     g  UKR 2529  =17 -30 =29 +26 =15 -19 =16 +22 +21  5.0  2536 
14. Korobov, Anton              UKR 2470  =26 =11 - 5 +17 +22 = 8 +12 - 1 - 4  4.5  2525 
15. Efimenko, Zahar          m  UKR 2495  +22 - 4 =11 +30 =13 =10 = 5 - 7 =17  4.5  2523 
16. Zubarev, Alexander1      m  UKR 2470  - 4 -22 =17 +24 +27 -12 =13 =18 +25  4.5  2453 
17. Areshchenko, Alexander      UKR 2462  =13 - 3 =16 -14 +28 -20 +27 +24 =15  4.5  2430 
18. Moiseenko, Alexander     g  UKR 2581  + 8 = 6 = 7 =10 = 5 - 1 -21 =16 =22  4.0  2477 
19. Fedorchuk, Sergey A      m  UKR 2490  = 3 -12 +20 =23 =11 +13 = 7 - 6 -10  4.0  2488 
20. Moroz, Alexander         g  UKR 2512  = 2 -10 -19 -28 +29 +17 =25 =26 =23  4.0  2458 
21. Mikhaletz, Lubomir       g  UKR 2485  =11 +26 - 2 =22 +23 - 4 +18 -12 -13  4.0  2503 
22. Malakhatko, Vadim        g  UKR 2557  -15 +16 =23 =21 -14 =25 +30 -13 =18  4.0  2448 
23. Sergeev, Vladimir        m  UKR 2498  =10 = 2 =22 =19 -21 +26 - 8 -29 =20  3.5  2449 
24. Nosenko, Alexander       m  UKR 2436  = 7 = 5 - 8 -16 -26 +27 +29 -17 =28  3.5  2357 
25. Savon, Vladimir A        g  UKR 2449  = 5 - 7 =26 +29 -30 =22 =20 =28 -16  3.5  2417 
26. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  m  UKR 2539  =14 -21 =25 -13 +24 -23 +28 =20 -27  3.5  2340 
27. Kuznetsov,Sergei UKR        UKR ----  - 1 =29 +28 -12 -16 -24 -17 +30 +26  3.5  2397 
28. Maximov, Dmitry             UKR 2408  - 6 - 8 -27 +20 -17 +29 -26 =25 =24  3.0  2310 
29. Kozakov, Mikhail         g  UKR 2496  - 9 =27 =13 -25 -20 -28 -24 +23 +30  3.0  2301 
30. Rogovski, Vladimir       m  UKR 2443  =12 +13 - 3 -15 +25 -11 -22 -27 -29  2.5  2295 
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13) African Championships

Hassan Khaled reports: The African Chess Championships and Women’s African Chess Championship take place in Cairo at the Eastern Company Chess Club, 16th-25th September 2001. The events are 9 round Swiss System and are played using the new FIDE time control. Tiebreak Matches will be played on 25 September. 24 players from 13 Federations participate in Men section, lead by GM Hamdouchi, Hichem from (MAR) then IM Belkhodja, Slim who got his origin nationality (TUN). One player from each federation plus two over 2300 can participate in the tournament. 6 players qualify to World Championship. 12 players from 8 federations participate in Women’s Section. The number of participants per Federation is not limited. The Chief Arbiter is Andrzej Filipowicz from Poland.

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ch-Africa Cairo EGY (EGY), 16-25 ix 2001
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                                         1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Abdelnabbi, Imed      m  EGY 2430  +15  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 2. Belkhodja, Slim       m  FRA 2531  +16  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 3. Bouaziz, Slim         g  TUN 2379  +14  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 4. El Taher, Fouad       m  EGY 2477  +19  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 5. Hamdouchi, Hichem     g  MAR 2533  +21  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 6. Kobese, Watu          m  RSA 2373  +22  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 7. Labib, Ibrahim Hasan  m  EGY 2409  +17  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 8. Rizouk, Aimen         m  ALG 2442  +20  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 9. Simutowe, Amon        m  ZAM 2462  +18  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
10. Tissir, Mohamed       m  MAR 2383  +23  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
11. Woldeyes,Mekitew         ETH ----  +24  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
12. Kaabi, Mejdi          m  TUN 2365  =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2000 
13. Belouadah,Saad           ALG ----  =12  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2365 
14. Aranov, Yuri             RSA 2180  - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
15. Ben Nasser, Khaled       LBA 2234  - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
16. Chahrani, Ibrahim        LBA 2337  - 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
17. Domingos, Catarino       ANG 2200  - 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
18. Gwaze, Robert         m  ZIM 2287  - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
19. Henni, Mohamed        m  ALG 2314  - 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
20. Lungu, Nase           f  ZAM 2250  - 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
21. Malupande, Lungu         ZAM 2338  - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
22. Molale, Ofentse          BOT 2101  - 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
23. Nadir, Samir             SUD 2190  -10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
24. BYE                          ----  -11  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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ch-Africa Women Cairo EGY (EGY), 16-25 ix 2001
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Arouche, Farida          ALG 2065  + 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 2. Mudongo, Boikhutso    wf BOT 2050  + 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 3. Afons,Flora              ANG ----  + 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 4. Bahji,Hind               MAR ----  +10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 5. Houli,Asma               ALG ----  +11  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 6. Van der Merwe,Cecile     RSA ----  +12  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0       
 7. Metosy,Amina             TUN ----  - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
 8. Nakandi,Juliet           UGA ----  - 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
 9. Namutebi,Catherine       UGA ----  - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
10. Nanteza,Charity          UGA ----  - 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
11. Toubal,Wissam            ALG ----  - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
12. Makumbe,Tiritoga         ZIM ----  - 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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14) 6th European Club Cup for women

The 6th European Club Cup for women is taking place in Belgrade. There doesn't seem to be an official page. There are some details in Politika a Yugoslav daily newspaper.

Some details: http://www.politika.co.yu/2001/0917/s07.htm

15) 15th Nordhorner Schachfestival

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

A Group
 1. Peter Leko                g  HUN 6.0/7
 2. Christopher Lutz          g  GER 5.5
 3. Loek van Wely             g  NED 5.5
 4. Igor Glek                 g  GER 5.0
 5. Alexander Naumann         i  GER 5.0
 6. Frank Kroeze                 GER 5.0
 7. Robert Fontaine           i  FRA 5.0
 8. Rustem Dautov             g  GER 4.5
 9. Igor Khenkin              g  GER 4.5
10. Thomas Pähtz              g  GER 4.5
46 players

16) Ron Banwell Masters

The Ron Banwell Masters, incorporating the Commonwealth Championships took place 18th-27th August 2001. It was part of the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad (London). Final results (all 7/10): Gold Pentala Harikrishna, Silver Graeme Buckley and Bronze Danny Gormally. I've given the games of Gardener from the first 6 rounds again as I had Robert instead of Phillip Gardener playing in the event plus all the missing games from rounds 7-10.

Internet coverage: http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2001.htm and http://www.msoworld.com/

17) III Sants Hostafrancs Open

The III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open a 10 round Swiss System event takes place in Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September 2001. Viktor Moskalenko won the event with 9/10 half a point clear of Azer Mirzoev. No final round games are available to add to those given last week.

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

Final Round 10 standings:
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III Sants Hostafrancs Open Barcelona ESP (ESP), 1-10 ix 2001
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 1. Moskalenko, Viktor             g  UKR 2509 9.0   59.8   58.0   55.0
 2. Mirzoev, Azer                  m  AZE 2516 8.5   56.5   60.0   56.0
 3. Parker, Jonathan               g  ENG 2547 8.0   53.0   56.5   54.0
 4. Rios, Alejandro                   COL 2337 8.0   51.8   56.0   53.5
 5. Kalod, Radek                   m  CZE 2480 8.0   51.8   56.0   53.0
 6. Van Haastert, Edwin            m  NED 2419 8.0   50.5   55.0   52.5
 7. Torrecillas Martinez, Antonio  f  ESP 2392 8.0   49.3   55.5   52.0
 8. Abdelnabbi, Imed               m  EGY 2430 8.0   48.5   52.0   50.5
 9. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A    m  COL 2428 8.0   47.0   51.5   47.5
10. Gual Pascual, Antonio             ESP 2400 7.5   48.3   57.0   53.5
11. Van Wessel, Rudy               f  NED 2321 7.5   46.8   56.0   53.5
12. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio      f  ESP 2314 7.5   46.5   57.0   53.5
13. Yepes Martinez, Eduard            ESP 2262 7.5   45.8   53.5   51.0
14. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan              ESP 2474 7.5   45.0   51.0   49.5
15. Jerez Perez, Alfonso              ESP 2370 7.5   44.8   55.5   52.0
16. Domingo Garcia, Jordi             ESP 2223 7.5   44.0   52.0   49.5
17. Oms Pallise, Josep             m  ESP 2424 7.5   43.8   56.5   52.5
18. Hidalgo Mena, Andres              ESP 2304 7.5   43.5   52.0   49.0
19. Berzinsh, Roland               m  LAT 2478 7.5   41.8   52.5   48.5
20. Arkell, Keith C                g  ENG 2431 7.0   48.0   60.5   58.0
21. Scavo, Fernando                f  ITA 2256 7.0   45.8   58.5   56.0
22. Pinazo Donoso, Jordi              ESP 2155 7.0   42.8   52.0   50.0
23. Cooper, Lawrence               m  ENG 2352 7.0   42.0   56.0   52.5
24. Granados Gomez, Manuel         f  ESP 2428 7.0   42.0   54.0   52.0
25. Vuilleumier, Alex                 SUI 2142 7.0   42.0   53.0   50.5
374 players

18) 43rd Imperia Chess Festival

The 43rd Imperia Chess Festival (Italy) took place 2nd-8th September 2001. Boris Chatalbashev won the event. Some games now available.

Internet coverage: http://imperiachess.3000.it/

Leading Final (Round 9) Standings:
43rd Imperia open ITA (ITA), 2-9 ix 2001
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 1. Chatalbashev, Boris  g  BUL 2496  7.0 48.5 
 2. Likavsky, Tomas      m  SVK 2410  7.0 47.5
 3. Sulava, Nenad        g  CRO 2531  6.5 46.5 
 4. Payen, Arnaud        m  FRA 2353  6.5 45.5
 5. Tabernig, Bernhard   f  AUT 2325  6.5 40.5
 6. De Santis, Alessio   f  ITA 2353  6.0 46.0
 7. Jirovsky, Milos      m  CZE 2450  6.0 45.5 4.5
 8. Drazic, Sinisa       g  YUG 2480  6.0 45.5 3.0
 9. Mozny, Milos         m  CZE 2385  6.0 43.5
10. Jurek, Josef         m  CZE 2329  6.0 41.5 3.0 5
11. Maksimovic, Suzana   wg YUG 2294  6.0 41.5 3.0 4
12. Kantorik, Marian        SVK 2299  6.0 37.5
74 players

19) 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/

Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
1 Voiska, Margarita g BUL 6.0 39.5 
2 Mrdja, Milan      i CRO 6.0 39.0 
3 Drazic, Sinisa    g YUG 6.0 38.5 
4 Naumkin, Igor     g RUS 5.5 39.0 
5 Dunsbach, Ralf    f GER 5.0 39.0 
6 Kunze, Holger       GER 5.0 38.0 
7 Roos, Michael       GER 5.0 37.5 
8 Tomescu, Vlad     m ROM 5.0 34.0 
9 Bertagnolli, A      ITA 5.0 33.0

20) Albacete Spain

The IX International Chess Festival in Albacete, Spain took place 30th August - 6th September. My thanks to Roberto Alvarez for the games.

Internet coverage: http://webs.ono.com/usr006/AB2001/

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IX Open Albacete ESP (ESP), 30 viii-6 ix 2001
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 1. Oratovsky, Michael              m  ISR 2493  7.0  50.5  54.00 
 2. Lazarev, Vladimir               g  RUS 2459  7.0  50.0  54.00 
 3. Ubilava, Elizbar                g  GEO 2524  7.0  46.5  51.00 
 4. Delchev, Aleksander             g  BUL 2629  6.5  49.5  54.50 
 5. Korneev, Oleg                   g  RUS 2572  6.5  49.5  54.50 
 6. Hellsten, Johan                 m  SWE 2471  6.5  47.5  51.00 
 7. Saldano, Horacio                f  ARG 2422  6.0  48.0  52.50 
 8. Movsziszian, Karen              g  ARM 2505  6.0  46.5  49.50 
 9. Vera, Reynaldo                  g  CUB 2563  6.0  45.5  49.50 
10. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto       f  ESP 2343  6.0  45.5  48.00 
11. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis  m  ESP 2495  6.0  45.0  49.00 
12. Djingarova, Emilia              wm BUL 2285  6.0  44.0  46.00 
13. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S          m  UZB 2485  6.0  43.5  46.00 
14. Collas, Didier                  m  FRA 2378  6.0  43.0  47.00 
15. Alcazar Jimenez, Victor            ESP 2245  6.0  43.0  46.50 
16. Braga, Fernando                 m  ITA 2444  6.0  41.5  45.50 
17. Peric, Slavisa                  m  YUG 2281  6.0  38.5  41.50 
18. Munoz Navarro,Alberto              ESP ----  6.0  38.5  41.00 
19. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon            g  ISR 2518  5.5  47.0  51.00 
20. Aleksieva, Silvia               wg BUL 2360  5.5  41.5  45.50 
21. Serna Lara,Sergio                  ESP ----  5.5  39.0  41.50 
76 players

21) Canadian Championship Playoffs

Alexandre Lesiege defeated Kevin Spraggett to win the Canadian Championship in only 3 rounds of the proposed 4 round match held in Brantford, Ontario. Alexandre won games 1 and 3 to advance towards the next stage of the World Championship in Moscow this November. The World Chess Network was the main sponsor, providing the $5,000 Canadian prize fund.

Internet coverage: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/

Lesiege, Alexandre  -  Spraggett, Kevin    1-0   67  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
Spraggett, Kevin    -  Lesiege, Alexandre  1/2   36  D41  Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Lesiege, Alexandre  -  Spraggett, Kevin    1-0   34  E58  Nimzo Indian


Canadian Closed Match Brantford CAN (CAN), 13-16 viii 2001
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                                 1   2   3   4 
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Lesiege, Alexandre g  CAN 2564    1   =   1   .   2.5  2804
Spraggett, Kevin   g  CAN 2531    0   =   0   .   0.5  2291
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22) Yugoslav Teams

Mihajlo Savic reports : The Yugoslav Team cups for women and men took place in Herceg Novi 3rd-9th September 2001. In the women's competition, five teams played (3 boards) in a Robin round system. The winner was Agrouniverzal team from Zemun,with 9 pts. The winning team was GM Alisa Maric, GM Svetlana Prudnikova and GM Irina Chelushkina.

In men's competition there were 17 teams competing in a Swiss system (4 board teams). The winner was Novosadski sah klub (NSK) with 17.pts. They were GM Vladislav Nevednichi, GM Zlatko Ilincic, GM Aleksandar Kovacevic and GM Petar Popovic (Reserve:GM Dragan Solak and GM Miroljub Lazic). The arbiter of women's tournament was Mihajlo Savic and of men's tournament was Luka Milunovic.

Internet coverage: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/

Yugoslav Women's Teams
1 Agrouniverzal Beograd      9.0 *** 1.0 2.5 3.0 2.5 
2 BAS Beograd                7.0 2.0 *** 2.0 0.5 2.5 
3 Akademija Nova Beograd     5.5 0.5 1.0 *** 2.0 2.0 
4 BEKO Beograd               5.5 0.0 2.5 1.0 *** 2.0 
5 Internet Crne Gore Podgor  3.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 *** 

Yugloslav Men's Teams
1  NOVOSADSKI SAH KLUB,Novi,   17.0  
2  MONTENEGROBANKA,Podgorica,  16.0  
3  MIMOZA,Tivat,               15.5  
4  BEKO,Beograd,               15.0  
5  STOCAR BANKA,Cacak,         15.0  
6  RADONJA BOJOVIC,Niksic,     15.0  
7  AGROUNIVERZAL,Beograd,      15.0  
8  ZTP ,Beograd,               15.0  
9  SREM, Sremska  Mitrovica,   14.0  
10 AKADEMIJA NOVA,Beograd,     13.5  
11 SLAVIJA,Srpsko Sarajevo,    13.5  
12 NIS, Nis,                   13.5  
13 HERCEGNOVSKI SK,Hercg Nov,  13.0  
14 VSK VUJIC,Valjevo,          13.0  
15 SPARTAK, Subotica,          12.5  
16 TELEKOM 064, Leposavic,     11.0  
17 ELEKTROPRIVREDA CG,Niksic,  10.5

23) Lausanne Open

The Lausanne Open takes place 14th-17th September 2001. Shchekachev, Gallagher and Raets are amongst the players.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessonline.ch/members/lejoueur/openlausanne.htm

24) Karpov Simul

Anatoly Karpov played a simul on Saturday 15th of September against the players of Club Atlético Boca Juniors. He won 4-1 undefeated.

Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Karpov_Boca/

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Karpov-Boca Simul Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 15-15 viii 2001
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1. Karpov, Anatoly        g  RUS 2692 4

1. Hoffman, Alejandro     g  ARG 2481 0      
2. Rodriguez, Jorge Luis  f  ARG 2417 1/2
3. Andres, Miguel         m  CUB 2373 1/2
4. Seminara, Juan Pablo      ARG 2326 0
5. Albarran, Gustavo         ARG 2283 0

25) 1st Sea Chess Championships

The 1st Sea Chess Championships took place in Kuala Lumpur 5th-12th September 2001. These team championships saw teams from 8 nations take part, first in group stages then in semi-finals and finals. Vietnam won the event ahead of the Philippines in second and Indonesia in third.

Internet coverage: http://chiacs.50megs.com/chess/wnew.htm

MID VALLEY 1st SEA CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
5th-12th September 2001, Kuala Lumpur

GROUP A
 
      1 INDONESIA    8½ 
      2 MYANMAR      8  
      3 SINGAPORE    7  
      3 BRUNEI       ½  

GROUP B
 
      1 PHILIPPINES 9½ 1
      2 VIETNAM     7½ 2
      3 MALAYSIA    6½ 3
      4 THAILAND     ½ 4

      SEMI- FINALS
      PHILIPPINES 3½ ½  MYANMAR
      INDONESIA   1  3  VIETNAM
      THAILAND    1  3  SINGAPORE
      MALAYSIA    4  0  BRUNEI
 
      FINALS
      PHILIPPINES 1½ 2½ VIETNAM
      INDONESIA   2½ 1½ MYANMAR
      MALAYSIA    2  2  SINGAPORE
      THAILAND    4  0  BRUNEI      

Gold   VIETNAM
       1 GM Nguyen Anh Dung
       2 GM Tu Hoang Thong
       3 IM Pham Minh Hoang
       4    Nguyen Thanh Son
       5    Le Dinh Tuan

Silver PHILIPPINESRtgRd 1
       1 GM Antonio Rogelio
       2    Idelfonso Datu
       3    Richard Bitoon
       4 IM Nelson Mariano
       5    Rolando Nolte
       
Bronze INDONESIA

       1 GM Edhi Handoko
       2 IM Denny Juswanto
       3 FM Irwanto Sadikin
       4    Susanto Megaranto
       5    Djamil Djama
       
4th    MYANMAR
5th    SINGAPORE
6th    MALAYSIA
7th    THAILAND
8th    BRUNEI

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

Linares Chess Open 2002

The IX ANIBAL CHESS OPEN in Linares, Spain takes place 1st-10th March, 2002. The dates are parallel to the XX CIUDAD DE LINARES International Chess Tournament. The event will be Swiss system, 10 rounds using the new FIDE time control. The venue will be the Hotel Anibal, Linares.

Prizes in Euros (-25% taxes) 1º D.Luis Rentero Suarez prize 10.000 2º 5.000 3º 2.500 4º 1.500 5º 1.000 6º-25º 300 26º-50º 160

Conditions: GM and IM with inscription confirmed by the Organization: free accommodation in a double room Hotel Anibal GM 2600 ELO check special conditions.

Special prices at Hotel Anibal for those players whose inscription had been confirmed by the Organization:

Double room: 24,50 euros per person Single room: 45,00 euros Continental Breakfast: 1,90 euros Buffet Breakfast: 3,80 euros Lunch: 4,90 euros Dinner:4,90 euros

IMPORTANT: Only those players whose inscription had been confirmed by the Organization are guaranteed these prices

Inscription: Every player: 50 euros e-mail: linares@teleline.es linareschess@wanadoo.es Fax: 34 953 652204

DEADLINE: Monday, 18th February

New Dolmen International

Title of Tournament: New Dolmen International Tournament Country: Malta Tournament dates: 13th January to 19 January 2002 Venue: New Dolmen Hotel, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay Prize Fund: US$ 5000 Format: Open 7 round Swiss FIDE Rated Organisers: International Chess Organising Committee (Malta) C/O New Dolmen Hotel, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay, Malta Fax No. +356 438730 Email: jjgrech@mail.global.net.mt

Details: http://www.global.net.mt/jjgrech

S.C. Lasker Tournament

The Lasker Chess Club in Bucharest, Romania is organising an "Autumn Festival" 13th-27th October 2001.

There will be three events: A event IGM category 7-8 with 12-16 players a B IM Category 2-4 event with 12-16 players and a women's IM event Category 3-5 with 12-16 players.

Entry fees and details can be obtained from: The Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess Club: Otetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13. or Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38 – C.P. 80, 72250 Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if contacted he assures the reception of the players). E-mail: rchirila@hotmail.com or ggg@dnt.ro

Czech Tour - Open Znojmo and Open Krkonose

Entries are still open for two FIDE open tournaments in the Czech Republic: OPEN ZNOJMO (7.-14.10. 2001) and OPEN KRKONOSE (1.-8.11. 2001) without additional pay. Nowadays more than 30 players from 8 countries in OPEN ZNOJMO and 40 players from 8 countries in OPEN KRKONOSE are registred. For more information look at: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

European Senior Championships

The European Senior Championships take place in Saint Vicent, Italy 15th-23rd September 2001.

Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com/seniorchamp/navigationeuorosenior/index.html

European Club Cup 2001

The European Club Cup finals take place in Crete 22th-30th September 2001.

The event is a 7 round Swiss system and the teams will comprise 6 players and the right to use two substitutes.

Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr

The Berlin team of Schachfreunde Neukoelln plays and they will cover the event at: http://www.sfr-neukoelln.de/

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/

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.

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/

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

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

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