THE WEEK IN CHESS 361 8th October 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) 5th Russian
Cup Final
3) SmartChess.com International
4) October FIDE List
5) Polish Women's
Championships
6) Bundesliga 2001-2
7)
Ernst vs. Werle Match
8) Governor's Cup Kramatorsk
9) Slovenian Championships
10) Bulgarian
Team Championships
11) 10th Monarch Assurance
12) American Women's Continental
13) Tatry
Open 2001
14) Kastav IM
15) XVII
Moratalaz Open
16) First Saturday October
17) Europe versus Asia rapidplay
18)
Kramnik's EDAMI Interview
19) FIDE News
20) Tragic news from India
21) Zone
2.3.5
22) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
5th Russian Cup Final 36 games
SmartChess.com International 4 games
Polish Women's Championships 55 games
Bundesliga 2001-2 64 games
Ernst vs. Werle Match 2 games
Governor's Cup Kramatorsk 29 games
Slovenian Championships 139 games
Bulgarian Team Championships 168 games
10th Monarch Assurance 254 games
American Women's Continental 36 games
Tatry Open 2001 360 games
Kastav IM 54 games
XVII Moratalaz Open 151 games
Europe versus Asia rapidplay 18 games
1370 games
My thanks to Eugeny Atarov, Aben Rudy, Andrzej Polozowski, Vlad Barsi,
Laszlo Nagy, Bert Hollmann, Ales Drinovec, Sipke Ernst, Ales Drinovec, Mikhail
Golubev, Milen Petrov, John Saunders, Jan Vavrak, Ajedrez de Estilo, Shahcom,
Michael Rahal, Vasudevan and all those who helped with this issue.
The new FIDE rating list and the start of the German Bundesliga and the
5th Russian Cup Final are probably the most eye-catching stories in a generally
quiet week.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Final tournament of 5th Russian Cup takes place in the Kazan
(Tatarstan) 2th-12th October 2001. Valerij Filippov and Valerij Popov lead on
4/6. My thanks to Eugeny Atarov.
Coverage: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru
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5th Russian Cup Final Kazan RUS (RUS), 2-12 x 2001 cat. XII (2539)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2617 * 1 = . = . . = . = 1 . 4.0 2652
2. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2559 0 * . 1 . 1 = . = . . 1 4.0 2675
3. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2525 = . * = . = . 1 = . = . 3.5 2612
4. Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2545 . 0 = * = . = . . 1 1 . 3.5 2609
5. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2507 = . . = * . . = = . = 1 3.5 2574
6. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2593 . 0 = . . * 0 . 1 1 . 1 3.5 2582
7. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2656 . = . = . 1 * . = 0 . = 3.0 2518
8. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2503 = . 0 . = . . * . = 1 = 3.0 2513
9. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2530 . = = . = 0 = . * = . . 2.5 2503
10. Timofeev, Artyom f RUS 2521 = . . 0 . 0 1 = = * . . 2.5 2517
11. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2547 0 . = 0 = . . 0 . . * 1 2.0 2384
12. Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2361 . 0 . . 0 0 = = . . 0 * 1.0 2287
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The Second SmartChess.com International Chess Tournament takes place
October 7-15th in New York City at the Manhattan Chess Club.
IA Jerome Bibuld is the Chief Arbiter. The new FIDE Time controls (with
30 second increment) is being used. Games are to be broadcast live io 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
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Smartchess.com It New York USA (USA), 7-15 x 2001 cat. X (2476)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Cela, Altin m ALB 2483 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2440 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Gonzales, Jayson PHI 2432 . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2436
4. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2593 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2452
5. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2436 . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2432
6. Nakamura, Hikaru f USA 2452 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2593
7. Krush, Irina m USA 2421 . . . . . . * ? . . 0.0
8. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2568 . . . . . . ? * . . 0.0
9. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2478 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Shahade, Gregory f USA 2455 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (October 7, 2001)
Cela, Altin - Blatny, Pavel 1-0 35 B15 Caro Kann
Zugic, Igor - Shahade, Gregory 1-0 32 A35 English Symmetrical
Gonzales, Jayson - Perelshteyn, Eugene 1/2 87 E91 King's Indian Classical
Nakamura, Hikaru - Novikov, Igor A 1/2 17 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Krush, Irina - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander *
* Postponed until October 16th 2001
The new top 100 FIDE Rating list has been released for October 2001.
Kasparov's lead at the top is cut to 29 points by Vladimir Kramnik. Anand's
disaster in Germany cost him 24 points but he is still in clear third place.
Alexander Morozevich is in fourth just ahead of Peter Leko. Veselin Topalov
rises to sixth in the World with a gain of 22 points. Loek Van Wely is back in
the top 10 again after a rise of 19 points. Alexei Shirov drops out of the top
10 for the first time in many years as a result of other players overtaking
him. New entries to the top 100 include Peter Heine Nielsen, Stuart Conquest
and Lenier Dominguez. Returns include Mihail Kobalija and John Nunn amongst
others.
Top 100 October 2001 Rating List
Seek further info at FIDE's Internet site:
http://www.fide.com/ or directly at
http://www.fide.com/cgi-bin/read.cgi?html=top100men
where you will also find top lists for women and juniors also.
No. Name t NAT ja01 ap01 ju01 oc01 Gms DOB
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2849 2835 2838 2838 0 13.04.63
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2772 2797 2802 2809 10 25.06.75
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2790 2794 2794 2770 10 11.12.69
4 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2745 2749 2749 2742 10 18.07.77
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2745 2730 2730 2739 10 08.09.79
6 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2718 2707 2711 2733 10 15.03.75
7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2746 2750 2744 2731 10 17.11.71
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2717 2731 2731 2731 0 18.03.69
9 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2709 2719 2719 0 21.11.66
10 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2700 2670 2695 2714 26 07.10.72
11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2693 2693 2704 2706 8 05.12.79
12 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2718 2722 2706 2706 0 04.07.72
13 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2690 2690 2700 2702 6 18.01.66
14 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2712 2712 2704 2701 19 24.06.68
15 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2686 2691 2702 2698 2 21.01.68
16 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2679 2692 2692 2692 0 23.05.51
17 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2695 2695 2695 2686 16 17.06.76
18 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2676 2676 2695 2686 13 28.11.65
19 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2676 2678 2686 2686 0 23.07.76
20 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2677 2673 2684 2684 0 11.10.83
21 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2671 2671 2677 2681 15 20.11.60
22 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2685 2685 2690 2676 17 30.01.69
23 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2676 2676 2664 2675 0 01.06.65
24 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2670 2670 2674 2674 0 16.03.60
25 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2684 2676 2655 2668 18 14.12.71
26 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2638 2638 2659 2668 9 17.12.53
27 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2663 2667 2669 2666 16 31.10.83
28 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2605 2604 2651 2664 18 19.09.77
29 Onischuk, Alexander............. g UKR 2658 2658 2667 2660 9 03.09.75
30 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2656 2654 2660 2660 0 07.12.71
31 Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2659 2659 2659 2658 35 13.06.68
32 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2607 2632 2667 2657 17 05.09.78
33 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2639 2639 2656 2656 0 20.11.68
34 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2655 2655 2646 2654 26 17.09.62
35 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2658 2658 2675 2653 29 12.04.73
36 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2618 2627 2653 2653 11 22.01.83
37 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2652 2652 2652 2652 0 11.09.60
38 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2641 2641 2650 2650 0 15.10.51
39 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2632 2628 2630 2649 35 27.01.69
40 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2610 2610 2646 2645 9 11.05.73
41 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2640 2640 2644 2644 0 24.03.60
42 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2609 2614 2643 2643 0 24.02.71
43 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2570 2601 2627 2641 6 17.06.79
44 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2631 2627 2638 2640 9 18.08.76
45 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2639 2643 2617 2639 10 23.03.31
46 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2639 2637 2630 2639 9 13.04.74
47 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2613 2623 2637 2637 0 27.11.80
48 Delchev, Aleksander............. g BUL 2587 2584 2629 2634 31 15.07.71
49 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2657 2657 2639 2634 15 15.10.74
50 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2645 2645 2633 2633 0 13.02.60
51 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2672 2672 2642 2632 9 09.11.73
52 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2661 2661 2627 2631 2 03.11.78
53 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2633 2633 2631 2631 0 15.05.74
54 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2640 2640 2630 2630 0 29.08.76
55 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2631 2631 2630 2630 0 28.11.65
56 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2545 2559 2630 2630 0 21.08.82
57 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2631 2627 2628 2628 0 30.10.76
58 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2638 2630 2627 2626 6 14.10.62
59 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2640 2625 2625 0 17.04.66
60 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2585 2585 2593 2620 19 24.05.73
61 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2610 2610 2619 2619 0 22.05.72
62 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2607 2607 2608 2618 9 14.02.58
63 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2619 2632 2617 2617 0 28.11.75
64 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2619 2619 2626 2613 18 18.09.64
65 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2572 2584 2613 2613 0 31.03.61
66 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2595 2599 2594 2612 22 27.02.65
67 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2616 2616 2612 2612 0 06.11.48
68 Rustemov, Alexander............. g RUS 2620 2625 2607 2611 28 06.07.73
69 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2628 2628 2617 2611 18 21.12.71
70 Milos, Gilberto................. g BRA 2608 2608 2614 2610 7 30.10.63
71 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2649 2649 2610 2610 0 25.08.62
72 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2602 2603 2610 2610 0 09.09.70
73 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2596 2596 2609 2609 0 01.08.76
74 Gulko, Boris F.................. g USA 2622 2606 2602 2608 20 09.02.47
75 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2648 2648 2629 2607 26 08.04.73
76 Chuchelov, Vladimir............. g BEL 2539 2550 2607 2607 0 28.09.69
77 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2630 2600 2598 2606 28 08.01.78
78 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2694 2688 2633 2605 18 22.02.59
79 Gyimesi, Zoltan................. g HUN 2564 2571 2602 2605 8 31.03.77
80 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2607 2601 2605 2605 0 11.10.59
81 Asrian, Karen................... g ARM 2582 2582 2604 2604 0 24.04.80
82 Luther, Thomas.................. g GER 2544 2568 2604 2604 0 04.11.69
83 Kobalija, Mihail................ g RUS 2581 2590 2595 2603 11 03.05.78
84 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2582 2561 2598 2603 8 03.12.75
85 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2604 2605 2614 2602 29 01.08.72
86 Sokolov, Andrei................. g FRA 2566 2568 2604 2602 11 20.03.63
87 Rozentalis, Eduardas............ g LTU 2630 2597 2588 2601 26 27.05.63
88 Conquest, Stuart................ g ENG 2546 2563 2565 2601 16 01.03.67
89 Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2589 2589 2598 2601 9 23.11.56
90 Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2640 2640 2601 2601 0 27.06.51
91 Timman, Jan H................... g NED 2629 2620 2597 2600 18 14.12.51
92 Hickl, Joerg.................... g GER 2582 2582 2600 2600 0 16.04.65
93 Najdoski, Toni.................. g MKD 2601 2600 2600 2600 0 04.05.70
94 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2597 2603 2618 2599 18 14.02.73
95 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2602 2602 2602 2599 11 01.05.53
96 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2616 2600 2599 2599 9 22.06.77
97 Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2575 2590 2599 2599 0 27.09.72
98 Speelman, Jonathan S............ g ENG 2604 2594 2603 2596 20 02.10.56
99 Dominguez, Lenier............... g CUB 2565 2556 2585 2596 11 23.09.83
100 Nunn, John D.M.................. g ENG 2578 2578 2584 2595 0 25.04.55
Andrzej Polozowski sends news of the Polish Women's Championship in
Brzeg Dolny, 25th September - 5th October 2001. Joanna Dworakowska won the even
with 8/11.
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ch-POL w Brzeg Dolny POL (POL), 25 ix-5 x 2001
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1. Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2350 * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2455
2. Socko, Monika m POL 2389 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 2360
3. Grabarska, Barbara wm POL 2253 = = * = = = 1 1 = = = 6.0 2297
4. Andrzejewska, Edyta POL 2216 0 0 = * 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2301
5. Kadziolka, Beata POL 2162 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2270
6. Toma, Katarzyna wf POL 2174 1 0 = 0 = * = 0 1 = = 4.5 2197
7. Matras, Agnieszka wm POL 2218 0 1 0 0 = = * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2192
8. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2307 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 4.0 2148
9. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2064 0 = = = 0 0 1 0 * = = 3.5 2134
10. Kucypera, Anna POL 2168 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 3.0 2084
11. Blimke, Dalia wm POL 2206 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = * 3.0 2081
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The first two rounds of the Bundesliga took place on October 6th-7th
2001. This year's event was hit by the withdrawal of Magdeburg only a few weeks
before the start of the season. Round one saw a key match between defending
champions Luebeck and last year's runners up Porz. The result was a 4.5-3.5 win
for Luebeck. There were just three decisive results with Shirov and Bareev
winning for Luebeck and Vaganian beating Epishin for Porz. Games from the
matches held at Godesberg (Bonn) and Werder Bremen (which amounts to half the
matches) are available. In addition the day before the official first day of
the season the round 5 match (a single round weekend) between SV Wattenscheid
and Castrop Rauxel was held ending in a 4½-3½ victory for Castrop
Rauxel.
Coverage: http://www.chessgate.de
and http://www.schach.com
Bundesliga 2001-2
Round 5 5th October 2001
SV Wattenscheid 3½-4½ Castrop Rauxel
1 Aronian 0-1 Georgiev 1
2 Nielsen 1-0 Rozentalis 2
3 Rustemov 0-1 De Vreugt 3
4 Hall ½-½ Doettling 4
5 Holzke ½-½ Seul 8
7 Ellers ½-½ Bosch 10
10 Straeter 0-1 Dinstuhl 11
12 Thiel 1-0 Hennig 12
Round 1 6th October 2001
Castrop Rauxel 4-4 Erfurter SK
1 Georgiev ½-½ Luther 1
2 Rozentalis ½-½ Haba 2
3 De Vreugt 0-1 Paehtz,T 4
4 Doettling 1-0 Fontaine 5
5 Appel ½-½ Mueller 6
10 Bosch 0-1 Votava 7
11 Dinstuhl ½-½ Casper 8
14 Lemmers 1-0 Brueggemann 12
SV Wattenscheid 5½-2½ SK König Plauen
1 Aronian ½-½ Beliavsky 1
2 Nielsen 1-0 Bischoff 2
3 Rustemov 0-1 Markowski 3
4 Hall ½-½ Boensch 5
5 Holzke ½-½ Kindermann 6
6 Handke 1-0 Espig 7
7 Ellers 1-0 Kuraszkiewic 8
10 Straeter 1-0 Schaller 9
SFR Neukölln 4-4 Solinger SG
1 Movsesian ½-½ Lautier 2
2 Stohl 1-0 Piket 4
4 Berndt 0-1 Jussupow 5
6 Borriss 0-1 Nikolic 6
7 Polzin 0-1 Fressinet 7
8 Hellsten ½-½ Sadler 8
9 Poldauf 1-0 Lobron 9
11 Rudolf 1-0 Naumann 13
Godesberger SK 4½-3½ Hamburger SK
1 Dautov ½-½ Dorfman 1
2 Gurevich ½-½ Kempinski 2
3 Kengis ½-½ Ftacnik 3
5 Kveinys 1-0 Hansen 6
6 Langheinrich 0-1 Wahls 7
7 Breder ½-½ Mueller 8
8 Jackelen 1-0 Heinemann 9
9 Seger ½-½ Reeh 11
SG Köln Porz 3½-4½ Lübecker SV
1 Lutz 0-1 Shirov 1
2 Khalifman ½-½ Adams 2
3 Van Wely 0-1 Bareev 3
4 Bacrot ½-½ Speelman 4
6 Vaganian 1-0 Epishin 5
8 Andersson ½-½ Hodgson 6
9 Hansen ½-½ Nunn 8
10 Graf ½-½ Hansen 9
SV Werder Bremen 4½-3½ TV Tegernsee
1 Hracek ½-½ Khenkin 1
2 Babula 1-0 Ribli 2
3 Schandorff ½-½ Sokolov 3
4 McShane 0-1 Hertneck 4
5 Pelletier ½-½ Nataf 5
6 Knaak ½-½ Teske 7
7 Joachim ½-½ Stangl 8
8 Meins 1-0 Kachiani-Ger 10
Ksp Hamburg SC 1-7 Stuttgarter Sfr
1 Lamprecht ½-½ Hickl 2
2 Pajeken 0-1 Gabriel 3
3 Hochgraefe 0-1 Bunzmann 4
4 Trisic 0-1 Buhmann 5
5 Buhr 0-1 Schmittdiel 6
6 Voigt 0-1 Duppel 7
7 Von Buelow 0-1 Volke 8
8 Berger ½-½ Berezovsky 10
Round 2 7th October 2001
Erfurter SK 3 - 5 SV Wattenscheid
1 Luther ½-½ Aronian 1
2 Haba ½-½ Nielsen 2
4 Paehtz,T ½-½ Rustemov 3
5 Fontaine ½-½ Hall 4
6 Mueller 0-1 Holzke 5
7 Votava 1-0 Handke 6
8 Casper 0-1 Ellers 7
12 Brueggemann 0-1 Straeter 10
SK König Plauen 4½-3½ Castrop Rauxel
1 Beliavsky ½-½ Georgiev 1
2 Bischoff ½-½ Rozentalis 2
3 Markowski ½-½ De Vreugt 3
5 Boensch ½-½ Doettling 4
6 Kindermann 1-0 Appel 5
7 Espig 1-0 Bosch 10
8 Kuraszkiewic 0-1 Dinstuhl 11
9 Schaller ½-½ Lemmers 14
SG Heiligenhaus ½ -7½ SFR Neukölln
5 Solleveld 0-1 Movsesian 1
7 Berkvens 0-1 Stohl 2
8 Van de Plass 0-1 Berndt 4
9 Schmitz 0-1 Borriss 6
10 Lindner 0-1 Polzin 7
11 Heller 0-1 Hellsten 8
12 Kesseler 0-1 Poldauf 9
13 Perschke ½-½ Rudolf 11
Hamburger SK 3-5 SG Köln Porz
1 Dorfman ½-½ Lutz 1
2 Kempinski ½-½ Khalifman 2
3 Ftacnik ½-½ Van Wely 3
6 Hansen ½-½ Bacrot 4
7 Wahls ½-½ Vaganian 6
8 Mueller ½-½ Andersson 8
9 Heinemann 0-1 Hansen 9
11 Reeh 0-1 Graf 10
Lübecker SV 5-3 Godesberger SK
1 Shirov 0-1 Dautov 1
2 Adams 1-0 Gurevich 2
3 Bareev ½-½ Kengis 3
4 Speelman ½-½ Kveinys 5
5 Epishin 1-0 Langheinrich 6
6 Hodgson ½-½ Breder 7
8 Nunn ½-½ Jackelen 8
9 Hansen 1-0 Seger 9
TV Tegernsee 6½-1½ Ksp Hamburg SC
1 Khenkin ½-½ Lamprecht 1
2 Ribli 1-0 Pajeken 2
3 Sokolov ½-½ Hochgraefe 3
4 Hertneck 1-0 Trisic 4
5 Nataf 1-0 Buhr 5
7 Teske 1-0 Voigt 6
8 Stangl ½-½ Von Buelow 7
10 Kachiani-Ger 1-0 Berger 8
Stuttgarter Sfr 1-7 SV Werder Bremen
2 Hickl 0-1 Hracek 1
3 Gabriel 0-1 Babula 2
4 Bunzmann 0-1 Schandorff 3
5 Buhmann 0-1 McShane 4
6 Schmittdiel 0-1 Pelletier 5
7 Duppel ½-½ Knaak 6
8 Volke 0-1 Joachim 7
10 Berezovsky ½-½ Meins 8
Round 2 Standings:
1. SV Werder Bremen 2 11½: 4½ 4- 0
2. SV Wattenscheid 2 10½: 5½ 4- 0
3. Lübecker SV 2 9½: 6½ 4- 0
4. SFR Neukölln 2 11½: 4½ 3- 1
5. TV Tegernsee 2 10 : 6 2- 2
6. SG Köln Porz 2 8½: 7½ 2- 2
7. Stuttgarter Sfr 2 8 : 8 2- 2
8. Godesberger SK 2 7½: 8½ 2- 2
9. SK König Plauen 2 7 : 9 2- 2
10. Solinger SG 1 4 : 4 1- 1
11. Castrop Rauxel 2 7½: 8½ 1- 3
12. Erfurter SK 2 7 : 9 1- 3
13. SG Heiligenhaus 1 0½: 7½ 0- 2
14. Hamburger SK 2 6½: 9½ 0- 4
15. Ksp Hamburg SC 2 2½:13½ 0- 4
Koos Stolk reports that there was a match in Leeuwarden on 5th-6th
October 2001 between Sipke Ernst and Jan Werle for a place in the 2002 Dutch
Championship. This match was neccessary because they tied for best Dutch Player
during the Open Dutch Championship in Dieren last July. Sipke Ernst won the
match 1.5-0.5.
Ernst, Sipke - Werle, Jan 1-0 65 A17 English Opening
Werle, Jan - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 46 C10 French Rubinstein
ch-NED Qualification Match Leeuwarden NED (NED), 6-7 x 2001
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Ernst, Sipke m NED 2440 1 = 1.5 2605
Werle, Jan NED 2412 0 = 0.5 2247
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The Governor's Cup will took place in the town of Kramatorsk (Ukraine)
October 2nd-7th 2001. The event was held in the A.V.Momot Regional Chess Club.
Ruslan Ponomariov finished in clear first place (the result of his final game
against Aleksej Aleksandrov is unavailable). My thanks to Mikhail Golubev.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/krm01gm.htm
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Governor's Cup Kramatorsk UKR (UKR), 2-7 x 2001 cat. XV (2622)
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1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 ** =1 == =. 11 11 7.0 2825
2. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 =0 ** == =1 1= 0= 5.0 2626
3. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 == == ** == =0 1= 5.0 2620
4. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2646 =. =0 == ** 0= 11 4.5 2609
5. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2581 00 0= =1 1= ** == 4.5 2593
6. Borovikov, Vladislav m UKR 2593 00 1= 0= 00 == ** 3.0 2478
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The Slovenian Championship for men and women take place in Grize
1st-9th October 2001. There are 30 players in mens' section and 10 players in
womens' section. Games and all other information at: Men:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0110/si01ch
Women: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0110/si01chw.
My thanks to Ales Drinovec for the information.
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1. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2176 * 1 . = = 1 . 1 1 1 6.0 2378
2. Kaps, Darja wf SLO 2221 0 * 1 = 1 1 = . 1 . 5.0 2261
3. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2242 . 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 . 4.5 2187
4. Licina, Anita wm SLO 2195 = = 0 * . . = 1 1 1 4.5 2219
5. Novak,Ksenija ---- = 0 1 . * = = 0 . 1 3.5 2117
6. Marusic, Nada SLO 2003 0 0 = . = * . 1 = 1 3.5 2101
7. Groselj, Petra wf SLO 2111 . = 0 = = . * 0 = 1 3.0 2054
8. Hari, Veronika SLO 2070 0 . 0 0 1 0 1 * . = 2.5 2001
9. Svent,Suzana ---- 0 0 0 0 . = = . * 1 2.0 1977
10. Bukovec,Tina ---- 0 . . 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1657
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1. Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2442 +12 +10 +13 = 5 = 4 = 3 + 6 . . 5.5 2598
2. Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2404 +17 = 6 = 3 +21 = 5 + 4 +10 . . 5.5 2542
3. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2421 =18 +19 = 2 +20 + 9 = 1 = 5 . . 5.0 2464
4. Podlesnik, Bogdan m SLO 2393 =26 +11 + 8 +15 = 1 - 2 +16 . . 5.0 2471
5. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2416 =19 +24 +14 = 1 = 2 +16 = 3 . . 5.0 2459
6. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2428 +28 = 2 -15 +18 + 8 +13 - 1 . . 4.5 2424
7. Sitnik, Igor SLO 2294 -24 =25 +22 - 8 +26 +19 +18 . . 4.5 2265
8. Crepan, Marjan f SLO 2283 =25 +22 - 4 + 7 - 6 +24 =11 . . 4.0 2280
9. Velickovic, Zoran f SLO 2355 -20 +17 +23 =13 - 3 =11 +22 . . 4.0 2287
10. Jeric, Simon m SLO 2327 +29 - 1 =25 +14 =13 +20 - 2 . . 4.0 2337
11. Sakelsek, Tadej SLO 2202 =14 - 4 +30 =27 +18 = 9 = 8 . . 4.0 2306
12. Lesjak, Milan SLO 2196 - 1 =28 =19 -24 +30 +15 +20 . . 4.0 2233
13. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2398 +23 +20 - 1 = 9 =10 - 6 =17 . . 3.5 2291
14. Vombek, Dani f SLO 2309 =11 +26 - 5 -10 =17 =21 +25 . . 3.5 2212
15. Ivacic, Vladimir SLO 2286 =21 +30 + 6 - 4 -16 -12 +24 . . 3.5 2214
16. Basagic, Zlatko m SLO 2377 =22 -18 +28 +25 +15 - 5 - 4 . . 3.5 2262
17. Kukovec, Borut SLO 2094 - 2 - 9 =29 +30 =14 +27 =13 . . 3.5 2267
18. Gombac, Jan SLO 2209 = 3 +16 =21 - 6 -11 +26 - 7 . . 3.0 2240
19. Novak, Gorazd SLO 2160 = 5 - 3 =12 =23 +25 - 7 =21 . . 3.0 2208
20. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2161 + 9 -13 +24 - 3 +21 -10 -12 . . 3.0 2207
21. Zorko, Jure SLO 2108 =15 +27 =18 - 2 -20 =14 =19 . . 3.0 2203
22. Sirnik, Bostjan SLO 2156 =16 - 8 - 7 +29 =27 +23 - 9 . . 3.0 2228
23. Susnik, Matej SLO 2233 -13 +29 - 9 =19 =24 -22 +27 . . 3.0 2160
24. Stubljar,Andrej ---- + 7 - 5 -20 +12 =23 - 8 -15 . . 2.5 2165
25. Novak, Jernej SLO 2138 = 8 = 7 =10 -16 -19 +28 -14 . . 2.5 2182
26. Srebrnic, Vojko SLO 2201 = 4 -14 =27 =28 - 7 -18 +29 . . 2.5 2162
27. Starcic, Tadej SLO 2248 =30 -21 =26 =11 =22 -17 -23 . . 2.0 1984
28. Penko, Igor SLO 2238 - 6 =12 -16 =26 =29 -25 . . . 1.5 2056
29. Spelec, Darko SLO 2158 -10 -23 =17 -22 =28 =30 -26 . . 1.5 1948
30. Kokol,Peter ---- =27 -15 -11 -17 -12 =29 . . . 1.0 1924
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The Bulgarian Men's and Women's Team Chess Championships will be held
3rd-9th October 2001 in the winter resort of Pamporovo. The events will be 7
rounds Swiss System. The Men's competition is on 6 boards + 2 reserves, and
women's 3 boards + 1 reserve. There will be a daily coverage at
http://www.chessbg.com with most of the
games of both competitions. The Bulgarian Rapid and Blitz Men and Women
Championships will be held from 10 to 11 October again in Pamporovo.
Information Milen Petrov.
Round 6 (of 7) Standings
1 LOKOMOTIV, Sofia (1) 2452 23.5 4 120.0 463.25
2 LUKOIL NEFTOHIMIK, Burgas (3) 2406 22.5 4 105.5 363.75
3 DAVIDOV, Sandanski (2) 2439 22 5 122.0 441.00
4-5 PERUN, Kresna (6) 2353 21.5 4 118.0 400.75
LOKOMOTIV 2000, Plovdiv (4) 2403 21.5 3.5 124.5 444.75
6 LOKOMOTIV, Plovdiv (5) 2368 20.5 3.5 122.0 410.25
7 G.DASKALOV, Varna (11) 2116 19 3 92.5 189.50
8-9 MARICA, Plovdiv (7) 2245 18.5 3.5 103.5 318.00
PROGRES, Lovech (14) 2052 18.5 3.5 96.0 258.50
10 ABRITUS, Razgrad (8) 2196 18 3 110.0 247.00
11-12 KAMENO, Kameno (13) 2066 17 2.5 92.0 247.75
DEBUT, Orjahovo (12) 2077 17 2 109.0 239.75
13 DARSHANS, Plovdiv (9) 2179 16.5 3 103.0 160.75
14 JURI BENDEREV, Pernik (10) 2124 14.5 2.5 116.0 197.00
15 DUEL, Parvomaj (15) 2000 5.5 1 109.5 25.50
Women Round 6 (of 7) Standings
1 LOKOMOTIV, Plovdiv (2) 2268 14.5 6 57.5 134.75
2 CHESS CLUB XXI, Sofia (1) 2323 13.5 5 64.5 138.25
3 LOKOMOTIV 2000, Plovdiv (5) 2179 11.5 4 58.5 97.75
4 LOKOMOTIV, Sofia (3) 2208 10.5 3 60.5 94.50
5 KAPABLANKA, Dupnica (6) 2085 10.0 2.5 48.0 68.50
6 VTSHK V.TARNOVO, V.Tarnovo (7) 2075 9.5 3 54.5 63.75
7 SPARTAK FINTEKS, Plovdiv (4) 2199 9.0 3.5 53.0 56.00
8 VSHK G.DASKALOV, Varna (9) 2060 8.5 3.5 59.5 64.25
9 LOKOMOTIV, Mezdra (10) 2048 6.5 1.5 48.0 42.00
10 IZGREV, Jablanica (11) 1965 5.5 1.5 50.0 36.75
11 KAZANLAK, Kazanlak (12) 1951 4.5 1.5 44.5 25.75
12 BENDEREV, Pernik (8) 2074 4.5 1 49.5 30.25
The 10th Monarch Assurance International Chess Tournament took place in
the Cherry Orchard Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man 29th September - 7th October
2001. Mikhail Ulibin took clear first place ahead of a group of 10 players
(Petr Kiriakov, Evgeny Gleizerov, Sergei Tiviakov, Yuri Yakovich, Alexander
Baburin, Michail Brodsky, Jiri Stocek Alexander Galkin, Alexander Cherniaev and
Bogdan Lalic). My thanks to John Saunders.
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2001/index.html
10th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (IOM), 29 ix-7 x 2001
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1 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 +10 -12 +18 +29 =13 +25 = 2 =11 +15 6.5 2614
2 Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2548 =16 +27 +33 + 6 =17 = 7 = 1 = 4 = 9 6.0 2615
3 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 +22 = 8 = 7 =10 +16 +19 - 4 =13 +17 6.0 2613
4 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 =13 +24 +41 = 5 =14 =11 + 3 = 2 =10 6.0 2571
5 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2577 +32 =14 +16 = 4 = 8 +26 = 6 =17 = 7 6.0 2618
6 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2584 =25 +31 +12 - 2 +18 +15 = 5 =10 =11 6.0 2571
7 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2528 +29 = 9 = 3 +31 =12 = 2 =13 +20 = 5 6.0 2589
8 Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2530 +26 = 3 +20 =25 = 5 =13 = 9 =12 +18 6.0 2588
9 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2583 +19 = 7 =14 =26 +33 =10 = 8 +28 = 2 6.0 2557
10 Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2437 - 1 +30 +37 = 3 +28 = 9 +14 = 6 = 4 6.0 2559
11 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 =33 +36 =19 =21 +27 = 4 +22 = 1 = 6 6.0 2547
12 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2481 +23 + 1 - 6 =30 = 7 +32 =17 = 8 =13 5.5 2534
13 Shaw, John m SCO 2478 = 4 =28 +53 +44 = 1 = 8 = 7 = 3 =12 5.5 2501
14 Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2489 +47 = 5 = 9 +41 = 4 =17 -10 =19 +28 5.5 2504
15 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2516 +21 -16 +28 =27 +36 - 6 +26 +32 - 1 5.5 2444
16 Williams, Simon m ENG 2369 = 2 +15 - 5 +50 - 3 -18 +53 +41 +25 5.5 2433
17 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2550 =20 +44 =25 +24 = 2 =14 =12 = 5 - 3 5.0 2476
18 Hanley, Craig ENG 2278 =53 +32 - 1 +34 - 6 +16 =19 +23 - 8 5.0 2429
19 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2437 - 9 +42 =11 +38 +30 - 3 =18 =14 =20 5.0 2386
20 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2381 =17 +37 - 8 -28 +50 +36 +21 - 7 =19 5.0 2365
21 Ryan, Joseph IRL 2305 -15 +49 +42 =11 -25 +39 -20 +35 =29 5.0 2313
22 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2446 - 3 -41 +49 +42 +31 =29 -11 =27 +36 5.0 2299
23 Bisby, Daniel L ENG 2285 -12 -50 +54 +48 =39 =30 +29 -18 +37 5.0 2214
24 Smith, Andrew Philip f IRL 2234 +35 - 4 +39 -17 -26 +42 =30 = +41 5.0 2266
25 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2438 = 6 +34 =17 = 8 +21 - 1 -28 +31 -16 4.5 2390
26 Kirsanov, O RUS 2365 - 8 +46 +35 = 9 +24 - 5 -15 =30 =34 4.5 2333
27 Willmoth, Robert ENG 2239 +38 - 2 +48 =15 -11 -41 +39 =22 =32 4.5 2318
28 Collins, Sam IRL 2194 +56 =13 -15 +20 -10 +33 +25 - 9 -14 4.5 2415
29 Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2334 - 7 +43 +46 - 1 +44 =22 -23 =37 =21 4.5 2286
30 Valenti, Richard FRA 2143 +50 -10 +56 =12 -19 =23 =24 =26 =33 4.5 2294
31 Simons, Martin ENG 2215 +39 - 6 +43 - 7 -22 +46 =35 -25 +48 4.5 2269
32 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2407 - 5 -18 +52 +35 +41 -12 +51 -15 =27 4.5 2279
33 Marusenko, Petr m UKR 2362 =11 +51 - 2 +53 - 9 -28 =48 +44 =30 4.5 2281
34 Spence, David ENG 2185 +49 -25 =50 -18 =53 =43 =41 +47 =26 4.5 2184
35 Clark, Stephen P ENG 2112 -24 +52 -26 -32 +55 +44 =31 -21 +43 4.5 2189
36 Jackson, Adrian ENG 2230 +48 -11 =38 +47 -15 -20 =43 +51 -22 4.0 2239
37 Coathup, Roger ENG 2130 +52 -20 -10 =43 =45 =53 +47 =29 -23 4.0 2161
38 Ellison, Derek George ENG 2104 -27 +40 =36 -19 -42 =50 =45 +53 =46 4.0 2087
39 Yurenok, Maria S ENG 2088 -31 +54 -24 +51 =23 -21 -27 =45 +50 4.0 2118
40 Benson, Paul J ENG 2046 -44 -38 -47 -52 + =55 +54 =42 +51 4.0 2038
41 Goodger, Martyn ENG 2136 +55 +22 - 4 -14 -32 +27 =34 -16 -24 3.5 2251
42 May, Frank WLS WLS ---- +45 -19 -21 -22 +38 -24 =46 =40 =44 3.5 2127
43 McNally, Bruce SCO 2010 +51 -29 -31 =37 =46 =34 =36 =48 -35 3.5 2097
44 Howell, David WL ENG 2170 +40 -17 +45 -13 -29 -35 +50 -33 =42 3.5 2129
45 Ormsby,Alan ENG ---- -42 +56 -44 =46 =37 -51 =38 =39 =49 3.5 2017
46 Bolt, Graham ENG 2124 +54 -26 -29 =45 =43 -31 =42 =49 =38 3.5 2038
47 Allen, Keith IRL 2289 -14 -53 +40 -36 =48 +49 -37 -34 +56 3.5 2071
48 Lutton, J.Ezra ENG 2093 -36 +55 -27 -23 =47 +56 =33 =43 -31 3.5 2106
49 Stuart, E. Leslie ENG 2039 -34 -21 -22 +54 = -47 +55 =46 =45 3.5 2069
50 Van Kemenade,Rudy ENG ---- -30 +23 =34 -16 -20 =38 -44 +56 -39 3.0 2072
51 Isherwood, Paul ENG 2172 -43 -33 +55 -39 +52 +45 -32 -36 -40 3.0 2002
52 Dossett,Chris ENG ---- -37 -35 -32 +40 -51 =54 -56 =55 + 3.0 1977
53 Bousbouras, Spyridon GRE 2102 =18 +47 -13 -33 =34 =37 -16 -38 . 2.5 2133
54 Waugh,Jonathan ENG ---- -46 -39 -23 -49 -56 =52 -40 + +55 2.5 1904
55 Nicholson, John IRL ---- -41 -48 -51 +56 -35 =40 -49 =52 -54 2.0 1852
56 Spanton, Timothy ENG 2051 -28 -45 -30 -55 +54 -48 +52 -50 -47 2.0 1859
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The American Women's Continental tournament took place in Merida
Venezuela September 21st-29th 2001. Sulennis Pina and Maritza Arribas both of
Cuba finished with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Liliana Burijovich.
Internet coverage:
http://www.uvencioblanco.com.ve/contwomens.htm
Final Standings:
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1. Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2289 +14 + 8 + 6 + 5 - 3 = 2 + 7 + 4 + 9 7.5 2440
2. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2327 +15 = 3 = 5 +12 + 7 = 1 + 9 +14 + 8 7.5 2412
3. Burijovich, Liliana wm ARG 2160 +11 = 2 +17 + 9 + 1 = 5 = 4 = 8 + 7 7.0 2374
4. Sanchez Castillo, Sarai VEN 2108 =17 - 7 =13 +18 +12 +14 = 3 - 1 + 5 5.5 2176
5. Chang, Suzana1 BRA 2112 +10 + 9 = 2 - 1 + 6 = 3 +12 - 7 - 4 5.0 2212
6. Blanco Acevedo, Maria Carolina VEN 2185 +13 +18 - 1 - 7 - 5 +17 -11 +12 +16 5.0 2114
7. Moncayo Romero, Evelyn wf ECU 2220 -18 + 4 +14 + 6 - 2 = 9 - 1 + 5 - 3 4.5 2163
8. Ubaldo Suarez, Maria Gisela VEN 2112 +16 - 1 -12 -14 +18 +11 +13 = 3 - 2 4.5 2095
9. Martinez, Aleidi Josefina VEN 2220 +12 - 5 +18 - 3 +13 = 7 - 2 +11 - 1 4.5 2125
10. Lopez,Diana VEN ---- - 5 -13 =11 -15 +16 -12 +18 +17 +14 4.5 2029
11. Hernandez,Zaida VEN ---- - 3 -12 =10 +16 +15 - 8 + 6 - 9 =13 4.0 2041
12. Martinez, Ingrid Lorena wm GUA 2015 - 9 +11 + 8 - 2 - 4 +10 - 5 - 6 =15 3.5 2045
13. Duran,Luisa VEN ---- - 6 +10 = 4 =17 - 9 +15 - 8 -16 =11 3.5 1996
14. Sequeda, Nancy wf VEN 2065 - 1 +16 - 7 + 8 +17 - 4 =15 - 2 -10 3.5 2044
15. Mazariego-Kummerfeld, Carolina wm GUA 2066 - 2 -17 =16 +10 -11 -13 =14 +18 =12 3.5 1965
16. Jardines,Anies VEN ---- - 8 -14 =15 -11 -10 +18 +17 +13 - 6 3.5 1968
17. Otazo,Annyd VEN ---- = 4 +15 - 3 =13 -14 - 6 -16 -10 +18 3.0 1940
18. La Rosa, Edelmira VEN 2005 + 7 - 6 - 9 - 4 - 8 -16 -10 -15 -17 1.0 1750
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Jan Vavrak reports: The Tatry Open Chess Tournament (Slovakia) took
place 29th September - 6th October 2001 in High Tatras. IM Tomas Likavsky won
the event ahead of 231 participants (18 IM, 3 FM, 1 WGM, 1 WIM, 1 WFM).
Internet coverage: http://www.5psoft.sk/chess/index.htm
and http://www.chess.sk
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Tatry Open High Tatras SVK (SVK), 29 ix-6 x 2001
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1. Likavsky, Tomas m SVK 2410 7.5 47.0 6 39.5
2. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2414 7.5 44.0 6 36.5
3. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2405 7.0 49.0 5 38.0
4. Antoniewski, Rafal m POL 2446 7.0 49.0 5 37.0
5. Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2482 7.0 46.0 5 36.0
6. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2472 7.0 46.0 5 35.5
7. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2348 6.5 50.5 5 37.0
8. Sikorova, Olga wm CZE 2274 6.5 49.0 5 34.5
9. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2480 6.5 48.5 5 36.5
10. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2494 6.5 48.5 4 35.0
11. Rigo, Zsolt SVK 2340 6.5 48.0 4 37.0
12. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2308 6.5 45.5 5 34.5
13. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2434 6.5 44.0 5 33.5
14. Bielczyk, Jacek m POL 2359 6.5 43.0 4 34.0
15. Langner, Ladislav f CZE 2387 6.5 42.5 5 32.0
16. Dudas, Jan SVK 2238 6.5 42.5 5 31.5
17. Mitura, Vaclav CZE 2235 6.5 42.5 5 30.5
18. Klemanic, Emil SVK 2299 6.5 42.0 5 33.0
19. Michenka, Jozef m CZE 2319 6.5 40.5 6 32.5
20. Hlinka, Michal SVK 2244 6.5 38.0 4 29.5
21. Motuz, Karol SVK 2354 6.0 50.0 5 35.5
22. Kantorik, Marian SVK 2299 6.0 48.0 4 35.5
23. Karlik, Vladimir f CZE 2283 6.0 46.5 4 34.0
24. Kotan, Ladislav f SVK 2347 6.0 46.0 4 34.5
25. Demeter, Peter SVK 2290 6.0 46.0 3 33.0
26. Lanc, Alois m SVK 2373 6.0 44.0 4 32.5
27. Stradej, Vlastimil CZE 2163 6.0 43.5 4 30.0
28. Zambor, Norbert SVK 2270 6.0 43.0 5 33.0
29. Macak, Stefan SVK 2214 6.0 42.5 6 31.0
30. Goban, Marek SVK 2202 6.0 42.5 5 30.5
31. Poffers, Adriaan NED ---- 6.0 42.5 4 31.5
32. Furman, Boris RUS 2279 6.0 39.5 4 28.5
33. Rogos,Jan jr SVK ---- 6.0 36.0 6 25.0
232 players
The Kastav IM tournament took place in Croatia 26th September - 5th
October 2001. Faruk Bistric won the event with a score of 8.5/11. Patrick Van
Hoolandt only played the first three rounds and was replaced by Ana Grobelsek.
Games from the first nine rounds are available.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/skkastav/tim5.htm
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1. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2456 * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 . 1 8.5 2534
2. Jovanic, Ognjen f CRO 2409 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 . 8.0 2491
3. Lovric, Branko f CRO 2372 1 = * = = 1 1 = = = 1 = . 7.5 2453
4. Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2465 = = = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 . 7.5 2444
5. Saric, Ante CRO 2232 0 = = = * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 . 6.0 2368
6. Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2415 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 . 6.0 2352
7. Zelenika, Srdjan CRO 2328 = = 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 . 5.5 2324
8. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2329 0 = = = = 0 1 * 0 1 = . 1 5.5 2334
9. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2327 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 . 5.5 2324
10. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2222 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * = . 1 2.5 2133
11. Kljako, Damir CRO 2282 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 0 . 2.0 2066
12. Grobelsek, Ana SLO 2055 . 0 = 0 0 0 0 . 0 . 1 * . 1.5 2102
13. Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2176 0 . . . . . . 0 . 0 . . * 0.0
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The XVII Moratalaz Open took place 17th-27th October 2001 in Madrid,
Spain. David Martinez Martin, Oleg Korneev, Ruslan Pogorelov, Irisberto Herrera
and Sergei Simonenko finished on 7.5/9. My thanks to Ajedrez de Estilo for the
information.
Internet coverage: http://www.terra.es/personal3/edidani/
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XVII Moratalaz Open Madrid ESP (ESP), 17-27 x 2001
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1. Martinez Martin, David f ESP 2297 7.5 53.5 6.00
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2572 7.5 53.5 6.00
3. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2401 7.5 50.0 7.00
4. Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2444 7.5 49.0 7.00
5. Simonenko, Sergei m TKM 2419 7.5 48.5 6.00
6. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 7.0 52.0 5.00
7. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2478 7.0 46.5 6.00
8. Paredes Sanchez, Juan ESP 2088 7.0 45.0 6.00
9. Rabadan, Velasco Raul ESP 2205 6.5 49.0 6.00
10. Garcia Cuenca, Victor ESP 2193 6.5 47.5 6.00
11. Valles Moreno, Ivan ESP 2181 6.5 46.5 6.00
12. Perez de Aranda,Leonardo Ivan ESP 2157 6.5 44.5 6.00
13. Perez Cameselle, Francisco ESP 2097 6.5 44.0 5.00
14. Lopez de Turiso, Jose Angel ESP 2115 6.5 42.0 6.00
15. Gonzalez Somoza, Oliver ESP 2051 6.5 42.0 6.00
16. Alonso Fernandez,Marcos ---- 6.5 41.0 6.00
17. Fernandez Garcia, Ignacio ESP 2008 6.5 37.0 6.00
18. Fernandez del Rio,Sergio ---- 6.5 35.0 6.00
19. Morales, John Alexander COL 2354 6.0 48.0 5.00
20. Perez Pascual,Arturo ---- 6.0 44.0 5.00
21. Valenti, Richard FRA 2143 6.0 44.0 4.00
22. Arata,Roberto ---- 6.0 43.0 5.00
182 players
There are four First Saturday events in Budapest October 6th-16th 2001,
one GM tournament, two IM tournaments and one FM tournament.
Information from Laszlo Nagy and Vlad Barsi.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs1001.htm
GM Tournament 06-17th October 2001
1 Horvath, Peter HUN IM 2.0
2 Todorovic, Goran YUG GM 1.5
3 Husari, Satea SYR 1.5
4 Hoang, Th. Trang VIE WGM 1.5
5 Koneru, Humpy IND WGM 1.5
6 Kosanovic, Goran YUG GM 1.0
7 Fogarasi, Tibor HUN IM 1.0
8 Dembo, Yelena HUN WGM 0.5
9 Biro, Sandor HUN IM 0.5
10 Al-Sayed, Mahamad QAT IM 0.5
11 Jakab, Attila HUN IM 0.5
12 Spassov, Liuben BUL GM 0.0
IM Tournament A Group 06-17th October 2001
1 Mensch, Etienne FRA FM 2.0
2 Gonda, Laszlo HUN 1.5
3 Galyas, Miklos HUN IM 1.5
4 Boguszlavszkij, Jev. HUN IM 1.5
5 Blasko, Istvan HUN 1.5
6 Seres, Lajos HUN IM 1.0
7 Berczes, David HUN 1.0
8 Kersten, Uwe GER FM 0.5
9 Somogyi, Istvan HUN 0.5
10 Resika, Nathan USA FM 0.5
11 Nemeth, Zoltan HUN IM 0.5
12 Cooke, Eric USA 0.0
IM Tournament B Group 06-15th October 2001
1 Rajlich, Vasik USA FM 2.0
2 Farago, Sandor HUN IM 1.5
3 Rebers, Eugene NED 1.5
4 Tian, Tian CHN 1.0
5 Grafl, Florian GER FM 1.0
6 Pataki, Gyozo HUN 0.5/1
7 Eperjesi, Laszlo HUN IM 0.0
8 Reiss, Tibor HUN 0.0
9 Kahn, Evarth HUN IM 0.5/1
10 Banusz, Tamas HUN No games
The Europe versus Asia rapidplay match took place in Batumi Opera House
September 16th-20th 2001. This was a Double round Scheveningen system rapidplay
(25 mins per side) event with play on three days: 17th,18th and 19th September
2001. 18 more games are now available my thanks to shahcom.
Official coverage: http://chess.batumi.net/ additional games
http://www.ruschess.com
Michael Rahal has sent a translation of an interview given on October
1st, as part of the EDAMI http://www.edami.com school and
education/internet 2001-2002 campaign. The website is run by GM Miguel
Illescas.
Kramnik's EDAMI Interview
FIDE have made a number of announcments about their forthcoming World
Championships in Moscow. The time limit will be 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole
game with an incremental time of 30 seconds per move from move 1. The Women's
and Men's Championships will take place 25th November - 12th December 2001 at
the Palace Meeting Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. The final match of
the Men's championships will take place 16th-26th January 2002 in the Moscow
Hall of Columns. FIDE have produced a list of
Men's
and
Women's
Qualifiers. Source http://www.fide.com
Two Under-10 Asian Chess Champions M Abhinav and D Minoo and three
other teammates Sekhar, Haricharan and M Madhuri from Andhra Pradesh were
killed and International Master P D S Girinath was injured when a vehicle
carrying them to a tournament met with an accident at Sakhigopal on Sunday 23rd
September 2001. [Source South Nexus News].
Further details:
Initial news, Injured Chess players out of danger and Tribute
to players in "The Hindu" and from
http://www.chathurangam.com/
After the American Women's Continental tournament there are now also
Zone 2.3.5 events (men and women) in Merida Venezuela. They take place 1st-10th
October 2001.
Internet coverage:
http://www.uvencioblanco.com.ve/235subzone0.htm
European Team Championships
The 18th European Team Championships take place in Leon, Spain 6th-15th
November 2001. There are 40 registered countries, 38 mens teams and 32 women's.
Players include 134 GMs, 49 IMs, 13 FMs, 33 WGMs and 20 WIMs. There will be
more than 400 people including arbiters and organisation at the event. 9 of the
15 top players in the World will compete: GMs Michael Adams (England), Vassily
Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Eugene Bareev, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Khalifman
(Russia), Boris Gelfand and Ilia Smirin (Israel), Loek Van Wely (Netherlands)
and Alexey Shirov (Spain).
Internet site: http://www.euroleon2001.com (coverage by
http://www.terra.es)
European Youth Championships
The European Youth Championships take place in Oropesa del Mar, Spain
20th October - November 3rd 2001.
Coverage: http://www.infoxadrez.com/01oropesa/index.htm
12 NATO Championships
The 12th NATO Championships take place in San Remo, Italy 8th-12th
October 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.federscacchi.it/chessnato/
5th World Chess Team Championship
The 5th World Chess Team Championship will take place October 12th-20th
2001, in Yerevan, Armenia. The National Teams of Russia, Germany, Ukraine,
Armenia, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Iran, FYROM will participate in the event.
Information about the event and the teams will be available on the
official website.
Internet coverage: http://www.armchess.am
Hull Chess Congress
The Hull Chess Congress takes place 2nd-4th November 2001.
Further information:
http://www.bookbullies.com/chess/brit.html
Essent Chess tournament
The Essent Chess tournament takes place in Hoogeveen October 12th-20th
2001. Four player double round robin with Viktor Kortchnoi, Judit Polgar, Loek
van Wely and Lazaro Bruzon.
Internet coverage: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/
2002 US Chess Championships
The 2002 US Chess Championships are held under the auspices of the
United States Chess Federation (USCF) and sponsored by the Seattle Chess
Foundation.
They take place in Seattle, Washington, January 5th-13th 2002 at the
Seattle Center, home of the Space Needle, Pacific Science Center and Experience
Music Project. 56 players will compete in a nine-round Swiss tournament for a
$200,000 prize fund, with $15,000 slotted for the winner. Included in the
line-up are Grandmasters, top women and junior players, as well as an emerging
young stars who qualified in the US Open such as the second strongest woman
player, 12 year old Hana Itkis.
Further information http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org
Ladies vs. Veterans
The Klompendans Ladies vs Veterans tournament takes place in Amsterdam
23rd October - 3 November 2001. The venue is the Beurs van Berlage in
Amsterdam. The event will be called the "Klompendans" chess tournament.
Sponsored by Mr. J.J. van Oosterom.
Players:
Ladies Zhu Chen (China), Alisa Galliamova (Russia), Nana Ioseliani
(Georgia), Xie Jun (China) and Sofia Polgar (Israel) Captain / Coach: Ljubomir
Ljubojevic (Spain)
Veterans Vlastimil Hort (Germany), Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Lajos
Portisch (Hungary), Vassili Smyslov (Russia) and Mark Taimanov (Russia) Playing
captain : Vlastimil Hort (Germany)
Further information at:
http://chess2.lostcity.nl/klompendans/
3rd Friendship chess tournament
The 3rd Friendship chess tournament takes place 4th-14th December 2001
in Prerov (Czech Republic). There will be organized several tournaments
including round-robin IM and GM tournament and 3 open tournaments. For more
information contact the director of this tournament Mr. Richard Biolek
(richard.biolek@atlas.cz).
Internet site: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
ONCE Chess Lectures
Next month there will be some lectures by famous people in chess:
Leontxo Garcia, GM Valery Salov, IM Boris Zlotnik, IM Ricardo Calvo. The
organisers will publish the names of the winners of the literary contest about
chess at the same time. ONCE is the organizer (spanish organization for blind
people) of all these events.
Further details:
http://www.hechiceros.net/site/news/articulos/espana/nesp00138.shtml
Free Online ajedrez.uruwow.com event
ajedrez.uruwow.com launches an International on-line Tournament 3
levels : Beginners, Advanced and Profesional, in series of 5 players.
Registration is free.
Address: http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
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
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
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
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/
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
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