THE WEEK IN CHESS 365 5th November 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE Press Conference
3) Corsica Rapidplay Open
4) European Team Championships
5) Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial
6) Ladies vs. Veterans
7) World Youth Championships
8) World Seniors
9) Third Saturday Tournament
10) 27th Guernsey Open
11) Chigorin Memorial
12) Le Touquet Tournament
13) First Saturday November
14) 4th Golden Autumn
15) 5th Open International Bavarian Masters
16) Professional World Chess Ranking
17) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Corsica Rapidplay KO             29 games
Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial  104 games
Ladies vs. Veterans              20 games
World Youth Championships       741 games
World Seniors                    50 games
Third Saturday Tournament        12 games
27th Guernsey Open              269 games
Chigorin Memorial               521 games
Le Touquet Tournament            74 games
First Saturday November          12 games
4th Golden Autumn                54 games
5th Bavarian Masters Open        80 games
1976 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Mikhail Golubov, Istvan Magyar, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Miklos Orsi, Vladica Andrejic, Emmanuel Variniac, Carsten Hensel, Stewart Reuben, Arthur Brameld, Thomas Leckner, Laszlo Nagy, Harald Grafenhofer, Malcolm Pein and all those who helped with this issue.

My thanks to everyone who wrote to me this week as various websites celebrated TWIC's 7th birthday (see the links section). It came as a surprise to me. This week saw FIDE in London to launch their World Chess Championships to the press and the Corsica Rapidplay won by Anand. The European Team Championships start tomorrow.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Press Conference

FIDE in conjuction with Octagon their marketing company held a press conference on Friday November 2nd 2001 at the Chelsea football ground in London. Present were Fide President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Vishwanathan Anand, Michael Adams, the BCF President Gerry Walsh and Aidan Day of Octagon.

They were there primarily for a press launch publicising the FIDE Championships in Moscow November 25th - December 14th 2001 (Kremlin) and the final in the Hall of Columns January 16th-26th 2002.

In addition they also confirmed the 2002 chess schedule especially the $2.5m chess grand prix (note this Grand Prix is not rapidplay as I mistakenly understood at first). Events so far confirmed are: UAE in Febuary, New Delhi in March, Croatia in April, Moscow in May and Rio de Janeiro in September or October. The top 32 players in the World by rating plus the top 16 in the World Chess Championships will be amongst the competitors. Ilyumzhinov is still hopeful that Kasparov will participate as he has played in two this year. Late next year there will also be a man-machine event with man being represented by the FIDE Champion.

They also suggested that the 2003 World Chess Championships would be in London. More details to follow.

Anand and Adams also played some offhand simultaneous games against some of England's top juniors. Peter Poobalasingam of Millfield School delighted his chess chess teacher IM Matthew Turner by defending well for a draw.

Peter Poobalasingam - Vishwanathan Anand FIDE Simul Stamford Bridge Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 Nf3 a6 4 a4 Nf6 5 Qc2 Nc6 6 e3 e6 7 Bxc4 Bd6 8 0-0 0-0 9 Bd2 e5 10 dxe5 Nxe5 11 Nxe5 Bxe5 12 h3 Qe7 13 Bc3 Rd8 14 Bxe5 Qxe5 15 Nc3 Qg5 16 Kh1 Bf5 17 Qb3 Qh5 18 Rad1 Bxh3 19 Bxf7+ Qxf7 20 Qxf7+ Kxf7 21 gxh3 Ke7 22 Kg2 Rxd1 23 Rxd1 Rd8 24 Rxd8 Kxd8 25 Kf3 Ke7 26 Ne4 Nd7 27 h4 Ne5+ 1/2

The official site will be: http://wcc2001.fide.com

Note that FIDE (http://www.fide.com) rejected all the appeals of players disqualified from their Internet Championships.

Draw for the FIDE World Chess Championships
FIDE World Chess Championships

  1 Anand, Viswanathan       g IND 2797 vs.  128 Touzane, Olivier         m FRA 2382
  2 Adams, Michael           g ENG 2744 vs.  127 Sarthou, Gaetan          f FRA 2357
  3 Morozevich, Alexander    g RUS 2739 vs.  126 Zeliakov, Nugzar           RUS     
  4 Ivanchuk, Vassily        g UKR 2731 vs.  125 Shovunov, Baatr          m RUS 2348
  5 Leko, Peter              g HUN 2730 vs.  124 Kobese, Watu             m RSA 2373
  6 Bareev, Evgeny           g RUS 2719 vs.  123 Gluzman, Michael         m AUS 2400
  7 Gelfand, Boris           g ISR 2714 vs.  122 Cabrera, Alexis          m CUB 2415
  8 Topalov, Vesselin        g BUL 2711 vs.  121 Pierrot, Facundo         m ARG 2425
  9 Shirov, Alexei           g ESP 2706 vs.  120 Rizouk, Aimen              ALG 2442
 10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam      g UZB 2704 vs.  119 Vlassov, Nikolai         m RUS 2461
 11 Smirin, Ilia             g ISR 2702 vs.  118 Simutowe, Amon           m ZAM 2462
 12 Khalifman, Alexander     g RUS 2699 vs.  117 Ganguly, Surya Sekhar    m IND 2464
 13 Van Wely, Loek           g NED 2695 vs.  116 Felgaer, Ruben           m ARG 2471
 14 Georgiev, Kiril          g BUL 2695 vs.  115 El Taher, Fouad          m EGY 2477
 15 Svidler, Peter           g RUS 2695 vs.  114 Hoffman, Alejandro       g ARG 2481
 16 Karpov, Anatoly          g RUS 2692 vs.  113 Zhang Pengxiang          m CHN 2487
 17 Dreev, Alexey            g RUS 2690 vs.  112 Supatashvili, Khvicha    m GEO 2487
 18 Polgar, Judit            g HUN 2686 vs.  111 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad     g QAT 2492
 19 Ponomariov, Ruslan       g UKR 2684 vs.  110 Li Wenliang              m CHN 2494
 20 Ye Jiangchuan            g CHN 2677 vs.  109 Barsov, Alexei           g UZB 2495
 21 Lautier, Joel            g FRA 2675 vs.  108 Barua, Dibyendu          g IND 2499
 22 Short, Nigel             g ENG 2675 vs.  107 Campora, Daniel          g ARG 2506
 23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab   g GEO 2674 vs.  106 Iuldachev, Saidali       g UZB 2508
 24 Grischuk, Alexander      g RUS 2669 vs.  105 Ghaem Maghami Esam       g IRI 2509
 25 Zhang Zhong              g CHN 2667 vs.  104 Yu Shaoteng              m CHN 2517
 26 Beliavsky, Alexander     g SLO 2659 vs.  103 Harikrishna, P.          g IND 2522
 27 Bologan, Viktor          g MDA 2655 vs.  102 Nataf, Igor              g FRA 2527
 28 Nikolic, Predrag         g BIH 2652 vs.  101 Safin, Shukhrat          g UZB 2529
 29 Sutovsky, Emil           g ISR 2651 vs.  100 Zapata, Alonso           g COL 2530
 30 Vaganian, Rafael         g ARM 2650 vs.   99 Belkhodja, Slim          m TUN 2531
 31 Xu Jun                   g CHN 2646 vs.   98 Atalik, Suat             g BIH 2532
 32 Tkachiev, Vladislav      g FRA 2642 vs.   97 Hamdouchi, Hicham        g MAR 2533
 33 Rublevsky, Sergei        g RUS 2639 vs.   96 Nguyen Anh Dung          g VIE 2533
 34 Zvjagintsev, Vadim       g RUS 2638 vs.   95 Gdanski, Jacek           g POL 2537
 35 Gurevich, Mikhail        g BEL 2633 vs.   94 Rogozenko, Dorian        g ROM 2548
 36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g ESP 2630 vs.   93 Savchenko, Stanislav     g UKR 2549
 37 Dautov, Rustem           g GER 2630 vs.   92 Gurevich, Dmitry         g USA 2550
 38 Sakaev, Konstantin       g RUS 2630 vs.   91 Volokitin, Andrei        m UKR 2551
 39 Delchev, Alexander       g BUL 2629 vs.   90 Timoshenko, Georgy       g UKR 2554
 40 Lastin, Alexander        g RUS 2628 vs.   89 Cvitan, Ognjen           g CRO 2555
 41 Motylev, Alexander       g RUS 2627 vs.   88 Liang, Chong             m CHN 2556
 42 Movsesian, Sergei        g CZE 2627 vs.   87 Malakhatko, Vadim        g UKR 2557
 43 Ehlvest, Jaan            g EST 2627 vs.   86 Radjabov, Teimour        g AZE 2558
 44 Shipov, Sergey           g RUS 2625 vs.   85 Lesiege, Alexandre       g CAN 2564
 45 Korchnoi, Viktor         g SUI 2624 vs.   84 Psakhis, Lev             g ISR 2566
 46 Tiviakov, Sergei         g NED 2618 vs.   83 Christiansen, Larry      g USA 2570
 47 Milov, Vadim             g SUI 2614 vs.   82 Yermolinsky, Alex        g USA 2571
 48 Milos, Gilberto          g BRA 2614 vs.   81 Dao Thien Hai            g VIE 2572
 49 Pigusov, Evgeny          g RUS 2613 vs.   80 Ivanov, Alexander        g USA 2573
 50 Graf, Alexander          g GER 2610 vs.   79 Sulskis, Sarunas         g LTU 2573
 51 Nisipianu, Liviu-Dieter  g ROM 2609 vs.   78 Bruzon, Lazaro           g CUB 2573
 52 Lputian, Smbat           g ARM 2608 vs.   77 Krasenkow, Michal        g POL 2573
 53 Kaidanov, Gregory        g USA 2605 vs.   76 Shabalov, Alexander      g USA 2574
 54 Luther, Thomas           g GER 2604 vs.   75 Volkov, Sergey           g RUS 2578
 55 Asrian, Karen            g ARM 2604 vs.   74 Khenkin, Igor            g GER 2579
 56 Gyimesi, Zoltan          g HUN 2602 vs.   73 Conquest, Stuart         g ENG 2580
 57 Gulko, Boris             g USA 2602 vs.   72 Vescovi, Giovanni        g BRA 2581
 58 Kotsur, Pavel            g KAZ 2600 vs.   71 Dominguez, Lernier       g CUB 2585
 59 Baklan, Vladimir         g UKR 2599 vs.   70 Benjamin, Joel           g USA 2587
 60 Fedorov, Alexei          g BLR 2599 vs.   69 Anastasian, Ashot        g ARM 2588
 61 Avrukh, Boris            g ISR 2598 vs.   68 Macieja, Bartlomiej      g POL 2588
 62 Eingorn, Vereslav        g UKR 2598 vs.   67 Sasikiran, Krishnan      g IND 2589
 63 Kobalija, Mihail         g RUS 2595 vs.   66 Aseev, Konstantin        g RUS 2591
 64 Goldin, Alexander        g USA 2594 vs.   65 Nielsen, Peter Heine     g DEN 2593
 
 FIDE Women's World Chess Championships

 1 Galliamova, Alisa        wg RUS 2547 vs.   64 Toubai Wissam              ALG   
 2 Chiburdanidze, Maya       g GEO 2513 vs.   63 Houli Asma                 ALG   
 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  wg RUS 2507 vs.   62 Paridar, Shadi          wf IRI 2009 
 4 Wang Pin                 wg CHN 2504 vs.   61 Chaves, Joarra          wm BRA 2050 
 5 Xu Yuhua                 wg CHN 2502 vs.   60 Arouche Farida             ALG 2065 
 6 Zhu Chen                 wg CHN 2497 vs.   59 Maggiolo, Elisa         wm ARG 2090 
 7 Ioseliani, Nana (IM)     wg GEO 2497 vs.   58 Groberman, Elina           USA 2105 
 8 Skripchenko-Lautier, A   wg MDA 2494 vs.   57 Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan    wm AUS 2182 
 9 Peptan, Corina           wg ROM 2465 vs.   56 Starr, Nava             wm CAN 2200 
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta     wg BUL 2459 vs.   55 Shah, Pallavi           wm IND 2201 
11 Maric, Alisa             wg YUG 2457 vs.   54 Levushkina, Elena       wm UZB 2208 
12 Bojkovic, Natasa         wg YUG 2452 vs.   53 Kouvatsou, Maria        wg GRE 2234 
13 Stepovaia-Diachenko, T   wg RUS 2451 vs.   52 Mohota, Nisha           wm IND 2236 
14 Khurtsidze, Nino         wg GEO 2450 vs.   51 Aarthie, Ramaswamy      wm IND 2249 
15 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan wg GEO 2446 vs.   50 Ciuksyte, Dagne         wm LTU 2255 
16 Hoang Thanh Trang        wg VIE 2445 vs.   49 Huang Qian                 CHN 2260 
17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra     wg RUS 2445 vs.   48 Shahade, Jennifer       wm USA 2286 
18 Xu Yuanyuan              wg CHN 2431 vs.   47 Pina, Sulennis          wm CUB 2289 
19 Zatonskih, Anna          wg UKR 2427 vs.   46 Li Ruofan               wm CHN 2293 
20 Foisor, Cristina         wg ROM 2423 vs.   45 Gu Xiaobing                CHN 2300 
21 Prudnikova, Svetlana     wg YUG 2411 vs.   44 Baginskaite, Camilla    wm USA 2324 
22 Gaponenko, Inna          wg UKR 2409 vs.   43 Lagvilava, Genrieta     wg BLR 2326 
23 Peng, Zhaoqin            wg NED 2401 vs.   42 Arribas, Maritza        wg CUB 2327 
24 Grabuzova, Tatiana       wg RUS 2399 vs.   41 Galianina-Ryjanova, J   wg RUS 2335 
25 Zielinska, Marta         wg POL 2399 vs.   40 Gaprindashvili, Nona     g GEO 2349 
26 Vijayalakshimi, S        wg IND 2397 vs.   39 Dworakowska, Joanna     wg POL 2350 
27 Kononenko, Tatiana       wg UKR 2395 vs.   38 Petrenko, Sveltana      wm MDA 2357 
28 Danielian, Elina         wg ARM 2395 vs.   37 Shumiakina, Tatiana     wg RUS 2371 
29 Paehtz, Elisabeth        wg GER 2390 vs.   36 Radziewics, Iweta       wg POL 2375 
30 Socko, Monika            wg POL 2389 vs.   35 Mkrtchian, Lilit        wg ARM 2376 
31 Alexandrova, Olga        wg UKR 2387 vs.   34 Sedina, Elena           wg ITA 2380 
32 Kiseleva, Natalia        wg UKR 2382 vs.   33 Wang Yu                 wf CHN 2382 

3) Corsica Rapidplay Open

The Corsica International Rapidplay Open takes place October 28th-31st 2001. 600 000 F of prices (91 500 euros). The winner was the favourite for this event and indeed the FIDE Championships Viswanathan Anand. Anand lost just one game, in the qualifers to Loek Van Wely but went through undefeated after that. He drew all three games against Peter Leko in the quarter finals however going through by virtue of having the black pieces. He had a similar result against Alexander Chernin in the final. There was also the Bastai Open won by Andrei Shchekachev.

Finals (Wednesday 31st 17:30 CET):
Anand Viswanathan 2770 - Chernin Alexander 2592 1/2 1/2 1/2

Semi Finals (Tuesday 30th 21:00 CET):

Sergei Tiviakov (2599) - Viswanathan Anand (2770) 0-1 1/2
Alexander Chernin (2592) - Joel Lautier (2653) 1-0 1/2

Quarter Finals (Tuesday 30th 17:30 CET):
Sergei Rublevsky (2634) - Joel Lautier (2653) 1/2 0-1
Alexander Chernin (2592) - Vladislav Tkachiev (2632) 1-0 1/2
Viswanathan Anand (2770) - Peter Leko (2739) 1/2 1/2 1/2
Igor Glek (2590) - Sergei Tiviakov (2599) 1/2 1/2 0-1

1/8th Finals (Monday 29th 21-00CET)

Sergei Rublevsky (2634) vs. Andrei Kharlov (2656) 1-0 0-1 1-0
Sergei Tiviakov (2599) vs. Mikhail Gurevich (2605) 1/2 1/2
Predrag Nikolic (2652) vs. Peter Leko (2739) 0-1 1/2
Loek Van Wely (2714) vs. Alexander Chernin (2592) 0-1 1-0 0-1
Vladislav Tkachiev (2632) vs. Aleksandr Shneider (2506) 1/2 1/2 1-0
Etienne Bacrot (2653) vs. Viswanathan Anand (2770) 0-1 0-1
Alexander Rustemov (2611) vs. Igor Glek (2590) 0-1 1/2
Alexei Barsov (2525) vs. Joel Lautier (2653) 1/2 1/2 0-1

Bastia Open
 1 g Shchekachev Andrei      2580 RUS 7,5 2815 35,5 43   2922 
 2 g Tregubov Pavel V.       2611 RUS 7   2720 34,5 44   2734 
 3 g Kozul Zdenko            2569 CRO 7   2643 35   43   2721 
 4 g Agrest Evgenij          2563 SWE 7   2585 33,5 40,5 2695 
 5 g Riazantsev Alexander    2500 RUS 6,5 2568 35,5 45,5 2673 
 6 g Wojtkiewicz Aleksander  2573 POL 6,5 2547 31,5 39,5 2620 
 7 g Cebalo Miso             2492 CRO 6,5 2539 34,5 43   2670 
 8 g Timoshenko Georgy       2555 UKR 6,5 2529 33   41   2608 
 9 g Kuzmin Gennadi P        2528 UKR 6,5 2511 32,5 40   2585 
10 g Piket Jeroen            2649 NED 6   2587 38   47   2658 
11 g Bauer Christian         2585 FRA 6   2586 37   45,5 2672 
12 g Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter  2609 ROM 6   2580 34,5 44,5 2656 
13 g Vaisser Anatoly         2572 FRA 6   2511 33,5 42   2582 
14 g Palac Mladen            2572 CRO 6   2509 33,5 42   2575 
15 m Moreno Carnero Javier   2514 ESP 6   2482 33   41   2561 
16 g Delchev Aleksander      2634 BUL 6   2475 32,5 40   2514 
17 mf Cmilyte Viktorija      2460 LTU 6   2472 35,5 43,5 2568 
18 g Van Den Doel Erik       2583 NED 6   2456 29,5 37,5 2481 
19 m Jonkman Harmen          2491 NED 6   2443 36   44,5 2517 
20 g Djuric Stefan           2512 YUG 6   2429 34   42,5 2490 
21 m Fontaine Robert         2482 FRA 6   2429 31,5 39   2506 
22 g Rytshagov Mikhail       2521 EST 6   2383 31   39,5 2431 
23 f Claverie Christophe     2363 FRA 6   2286 30,5 36,5 2406 
24   Calistri Tristan        2324 FRA 6   2119 29,5 35   2217 
252

Internet coverage: http://www.opencorsica.com, http://www.europe-echecs.com, French Chess Federation (http://www.echecs.asso.fr/) and ICC.

4) 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)

5) Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial

The "Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial" tournament takes place in the Reykjavik City Hall in Iceland 23rd October - 2nd November 2001. The event is a 10 round Swiss and players include: Ivan Sokolov, Jaan Ehlvest, Peter Heine Nielsen, Jan Timman, Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson, Johnny Hector, Lars Schandorff, Henrik Danielsen, Murray Chandler, Friðrik Ólafsson, Helgi Ólafsson etc .

Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/memorial

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Johann Thorir Jonsson Mem Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 23-2 x 2001
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 1. Sokolov, Ivan               g  BIH 2658  +22 + 8 = 4 + 2 + 6 = 5 = 3 +15 =11 = 9  7.5  2694 
 2. Nielsen, Peter Heine        g  DEN 2620  +40 +17 +15 - 1 = 4 = 3 +13 + 7 = 5 +14  7.5  2714 
 3. Timman, Jan                 g  NED 2600  =11 +19 =20 +16 + 8 = 2 = 1 + 4 = 6 = 5  7.0  2638 
 4. Stefansson, Hannes          g  ISL 2575  +31 +14 = 1 = 7 = 2 +16 + 5 - 3 + 8 = 6  7.0  2668 
 5. Ehlvest, Jaan               g  EST 2626  =19 +11 =13 +17 + 7 = 1 - 4 +20 = 2 = 3  6.5  2603 
 6. Schandorff, Lars            g  DEN 2551  +27 =16 +10 +13 - 1 =14 =15 + 9 = 3 = 4  6.5  2593 
 7. Chandler, Murray G          g  ENG 2544  +18 =20 +32 = 4 - 5 +10 =14 - 2 +21 +11  6.5  2539 
 8. Olafsson, Helgi             g  ISL 2460  +29 - 1 +27 +18 - 3 =12 +16 +14 - 4 +15  6.5  2525 
 9. Olafsson, Fridrik           g  ISL 2460  =28 =38 +37 =20 -11 +22 +12 - 6 +25 = 1  6.0  2397 
10. Kristjansson, Stefan        f  ISL 2374  =33 +39 - 6 +22 =13 - 7 =11 +30 +34 =16  6.0  2396 
11. Gunnarsson, Arnar              ISL 2289  = 3 - 5 +39 +33 + 9 -15 =10 +18 = 1 - 7  5.5  2455 
12. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor       ISL 2201  =21 =25 =14 =32 +19 = 8 - 9 +23 =17 =18  5.5  2409 
13. Danielsen, Henrik           g  DEN 2526  +34 +23 = 5 - 6 =10 +32 - 2 =16 =15 =17  5.5  2485 
14. Johannessen, Leif Erlend    m  NOR 2429  +30 - 4 =12 +26 +38 = 6 = 7 - 8 +20 - 2  5.5  2410 
15. Hector, Jonny               g  SWE 2528  +37 +26 - 2 =38 +20 +11 = 6 - 1 =13 - 8  5.5  2429 
16. Nyback, Tomi                m  FIN 2430  +35 = 6 +33 - 3 +23 - 4 - 8 =13 +31 =10  5.5  2435 
17. Thorhallsson, Throstur      g  ISL 2442  +36 - 2 +30 - 5 =18 +24 -20 +28 =12 =13  5.5  2361 
18. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn            ISL 2248  - 7 +42 +25 - 8 =17 =27 +38 -11 +26 =12  5.5  2321 
19. Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn          ISL 2298  = 5 - 3 =29 +36 -12 =28 +24 -21 +30 =20  5.0  2307 
20. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor      m  ISL 2386  +42 = 7 = 3 = 9 -15 +29 +17 - 5 -14 =19  5.0  2428 
21. Thorfinnsson, Bragi            ISL 2393  =12 -33 +34 -23 =29 +35 =32 +19 - 7 =25  5.0  2283 
22. Gislason, Gudmundur            ISL 2305  - 1 =29 +28 -10 +26 - 9 =33 =27 =24 +34  5.0  2269 
23. Hardarson, Robert           f  ISL 2315  +24 -13 =26 +21 -16 =38 =30 -12 =28 +36  5.0  2239 
24. Palmason, Gudmundur            ISL ----  -23 =34 =31 =27 +37 -17 -19 +33 =22 +35  5.0  2270 
25. Thorsteinsson, Bjorn           ISL 2329  =39 =12 -18 -29 +41 =33 +37 +32 - 9 =21  5.0  2236 
26. Halldorsson, Jon Arni          ISL 2143  +41 -15 =23 -14 -22 =31 +40 +29 -18 +32  5.0  2305 
27. Karason, Askell O              ISL 2258  - 6 +35 - 8 =24 =33 =18 =29 =22 =32 =31  4.5  2238 
28. Bjornsson, Tomas            f  ISL 2228  = 9 -32 -22 +31 =35 =19 +39 -17 =23 =29  4.5  2258 
29. Kjartansson, David             ISL 2224  - 8 =22 =19 +25 =21 -20 =27 -26 +40 =28  4.5  2272 
30. Thorarinsson, Pall A           ISL 2202  -14 +31 -17 +40 -32 +34 =23 -10 -19 +33  4.5  2277 
31. Thorhallsson, Gylfi            ISL 2279  - 4 -30 =24 -28 +42 =26 +41 +38 -16 =27  4.5  2174 
32. Asmundsson, Ingvar          f  ISL 2359  =38 +28 - 7 =12 +30 -13 =21 -25 =27 -26  4.0  2216 
33. Halldorsson, Halldor           ISL 2103  =10 +21 -16 -11 =27 =25 =22 -24 +42 -30  4.0  2198 
34. Edvardsson, Kristjan           ISL 2245  -13 =24 -21 =39 +36 -30 +42 +35 -10 -22  4.0  2168 
35. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P       ISL 2213  -16 -27 +42 =37 =28 -21 +36 -34 +41 -24  4.0  2150 
36. Simonsen, Olavur               FAI 2214  -17 -40 +41 -19 -34 +42 -35 +37 +39 -23  4.0  2159 
37. Ptacnikova, Lenka           wg CZE 2246  -15 +41 - 9 =35 -24 +39 -25 -36 +38  .   3.5  2135 
38. Arngrimsson, Dagur             ISL 2060  =32 = 9 +40 =15 -14 =23 -18 -31 -37 -41  3.0  2174 
39. Kjartansson, Gudmundur         ISL 2052  =25 -10 -11 =34 +40 -37 -28 +41 -36 -42  3.0  2093 
40. Bjarnason, Saevar           m  ISL 2289  - 2 +36 -38 -30 -39 +41 -26 =42 -29  .   2.5  2025 
41. Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar     ISL 2083  -26 -37 -36 +42 -25 -40 -31 -39 -35 +38  2.0  1955 
42. Baldursson, Hrannar            ISL 2129  -20 -18 -35 -41 -31 -36 -34 =40 -33 +39  1.5  1915 
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6) Ladies vs. Veterans

The Klompendans Ladies vs Veterans tournament took place in Amsterdam 23rd October - 3rd November 2001. The venue was the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. The event was called the "Klompendans" chess tournament. Sponsored by Mr. J.J. van Oosterom. The Veterans beat the Ladies 26-24.

Internet coverage: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/klompendans/

Round 7 (October 30, 2001)

Ioseliani, Nana    -  Korchnoi, Viktor   1-0   54  E14  Queens Indian
Zhu Chen           -  Portisch, Lajos    1/2   34  D41  Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Xie Jun            -  Smyslov, Vassily   1/2   56  C65  Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence
Polgar, Sofia      -  Taimanov, Mark E   1/2   34  B49  Sicilian Paulsen
Galliamova, Alisa  -  Hort, Vlastimil    0-1   59  D59  Queens Gambit Tartakover

Round 8 (November 1, 2001)

Portisch, Lajos    -  Galliamova, Alisa  1-0   42  E11  Bogo Indian Defence
Hort, Vlastimil    -  Xie Jun            1/2   29  E83  King's Indian Saemisch
Smyslov, Vassily   -  Polgar, Sofia      1/2   14  B22  Sicilian Alapin Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor   -  Zhu Chen           1/2   23  A29  English Four Knights Variation
Taimanov, Mark E   -  Ioseliani, Nana    1/2   16  D94  Gruenfeld Defence Closed

Round 9 (November 2, 2001)

Ioseliani, Nana    -  Smyslov, Vassily   1/2   42  D70  Gruenfeld Defence
Zhu Chen           -  Taimanov, Mark E   1-0   28  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian System
Xie Jun            -  Portisch, Lajos    1/2   38  B85  Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Polgar, Sofia      -  Hort, Vlastimil    1/2   17  C11  French Defence
Galliamova, Alisa  -  Korchnoi, Viktor   0-1   59  D37  QGD 5.Bf4

Round 10 (November 3, 2001)

Portisch, Lajos    -  Polgar, Sofia      1/2   43  A44  Old Benoni
Hort, Vlastimil    -  Ioseliani, Nana    1/2   21  D31  Semi-Slav Defence
Smyslov, Vassily   -  Zhu Chen           1/2   29  B22  Sicilian Alapin Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor   -  Xie Jun            1/2   49  E99  King's Indian Classical
Taimanov, Mark E   -  Galliamova, Alisa  0-1   57  A12  Reti Opening

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Klompendans Amsterdam NED (NED), 23 x-3 xi 2001 cat. XI (2524)
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Veterans
 1. Portisch, Lajos     g HUN 2591  6.5  2622 
 2. Hort, Vlastimil     g GER 2519  5.5  2548 
 3. Korchnoi, Viktor    g SUI 2639  5.5  2548 
 4. Smyslov, Vassily    g RUS 2491  5.0  2512 
 5. Taimanov, Mark E    g RUS 2439  3.5  2402 
                                   26.0
Ladies
 1. Zhu Chen            g CHN 2497  6.0  2607 
 2. Xie Jun             g CHN 2553  5.5  2571 
 3. Ioseliani, Nana     m GEO 2497  5.0  2535 
 4. Galliamova, Alisa   m RUS 2547  4.0  2463 
 5. Polgar, Sofia       m HUN 2469  3.5  2425 
                                   24.0
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7) World Youth Championships

The World Youth Championships took place in Oropesa del Mar, Spain 20th October - November 3rd 2001. There were sections for Under-18, under-16, under-14, under-12 and under-10 both boys and girls. Dmitri Iakovenko of Russia won the Boys Under 18 event. Leading standings in all events below and games from the stronger sections.

Coverage: http://www.worldyouthfestival2001.com/ and http://www.ajedrez21.com

Final Standings:
Boys Under 18
FINAL STANDINGS

  1   IAKOVENKO, Dmitri (4)           RUS   2536 gm  9  
 2-3  TIMOFEEV, Artyom (6)            RUS   2517 fm  8.5
      IZORIA, Zviad (5)               GEO   2533 im  8.5
4-10  KOVCHAN, Oleksandr (7)          UKR   2504 im  7.5
      LUPULESCU, Constantin (9)       ROM   2467     7.5
      ERENBURG, Sergey (17)           ISR   2421 fm  7.5
      NI, Hua (3)                     CHN   2538 fm  7.5
      MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios (16)   GRE   2426     7.5
      GAGUNASHVILI, Merab (8)         GEO   2480 im  7.5
      SADYKOV, Rustem (33)            KAZ   2290     7.5
11-16 WERLE, Jan (10)                 NED   2459 im  7  
      NAIDITSCH, Arkadij (2)          GER   2540 gm  7  
      SCHNEIDER, Dmitry (19)          USA   2401 fm  7  
      JOBAVA, Baadur (1)              GEO   2556 gm  7  
      KANEP, Meelis (29)              EST   2307     7  
      POPOVIC, Dusan (24)             YUG   2372     7  
17-26 PARAGUA, Mark (12)              PHI   2447 im  6.5
      KHISMATOULLINE, Denis (11)      RUS   2448     6.5
      JAKUBOWSKI, Krzysztof (22)      POL   2387 fm  6.5
      LINDBERG, Bosse (43)            SWE   2247     6.5
      DJUKIC, Nikola (27)             YUG   2348     6.5
      BACHIN, Vitaly (13)             RUS   2442 im  6.5
      BHAT, Vinay (18)                USA   2403 im  6.5
      STOJANOVIC, Dalibor (23)        YUG   2378 fm  6.5
      MISTA, Aleksander (15)          POL   2433     6.5
      TETEREV, Vitaly (31)            BLR   2301     6.5
83 players

 
Boys Under 16
FINAL STANDINGS

  1    SHANAVA, Konstantine (22)      GEO 2332 fm 8.5
 2-5   KOROBOV, Anton (6)             UKR 2467 im 8  
       ALEKXEEV, Evgueni (1)          RUS 2548 im 8  
       MAMEDOV, Nidjat (9)            AZE 2405 im 8  
       HEBERLA, Bartlomiej (10)       POL 2390    8  
 6-8   CHEPARINOV, Ivan (7)           BUL 2461 im 7.5
       MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar (4)     AZE 2503    7.5
       SMEETS, Jan (27)               NED 2312    7.5
 9-20  LLOBEL CORTELL, Enrique (13)   ESP 2376    7  
       PIXTON, Aaron (18)             USA 2351    7  
       ARYESHCHENKO, Alexandr (5)     UKR 2479    7  
       YEFYMENKO, Zakhar (3)          UKR 2523 im 7  
       L'AMI, Erwin (20)              NED 2344    7  
       ZHAO, Zong-Yuan (12)           AUS 2387 im 7  
       IBARRA JEREZ, Jose Carlos (16) ESP 2364    7  
       ZHAO, Jun (19)                 CHN 2347    7  
       BORISEK, Jure (24)             SLO 2321    7  
       SITNIKOV, Anton (47)           UKR 2218    7  
       MORENO TEJERA, Emilio (17)     ESP 2351    7  
       PALO, Davor (23)               DEN 2327 fm 7  
21-31  PORAT, Shi (15)                ISR 2365    6.5
       HUSNUTDINOV, Damir (86)        UZB         6.5
       ZHIGALKO, Andrei (14)          BLR 2369    6.5
       BERKES, Ferenc (2)             HUN 2541 im 6.5
       BUCKLEY, Simon (44)            ENG 2236    6.5
       GRATCHEV, Boris (8)            RUS 2410 fm 6.5
       CORNETTE, Mathieu (21)         FRA 2342    6.5
       PAPA, Severin (39)             SUI 2251    6.5
       ANNABERDYEV, Meylis (51)       TKM 2205    6.5
       ERWICH, Marc (32)              NED 2295    6.5
       KULJASEVIC, Davorin (30)       CRO 2298    6.5
102 players

 
Boys Under 14
FINAL STANDINGS

   1    ERDOS, Viktor (11)             HUN  2320    9  
  2-3   NAKAMURA, Hikaru (2)           USA  2466 im 8.5
        GONDA, Laszlo (12)             HUN  2309    8.5
  4-7   WOJTASZEK, Radoslaw (15)       POL  2285    8  
        MEGARANTO, Susanto (20)        INA  2234    8  
        ZAVGORODN, Sergiy (4)          UKR  2440 im 8  
        WANG, Yue (3)                  CHN  2466 fm 8  
 8-11   MAMEDOV, Rauf (6)              AZE  2354    7.5
        BLUVSHTEIN, Mark (5)           CAN  2357    7.5
        ZHIGALKO, Sergei (25)          BLR  2203    7.5
        WEN, Yang (103)                CHN          7.5
 12-22  TOMASHEVSKY, Eugeni (1)        RUS  2468 im 7  
        JONES, Gawain (22)             ENG  2216    7  
        SENGUPTA, Deep (14)            IND  2287    7  
        KUPARARADZE, Giga (38)         GEO  2135    7  
        MESZAROS, Mirhal (17)          SVK  2252    7  
        BELLAICHE, Anthony (16)        FRA  2281    7  
        LENIC, Luka (46)               SLO  2106    7  
        MOVSISYAN, Vardan (18)         ARM  2246    7  
        BARAMIDZE, David (8)           GER  2335    7  
        RANGARAJAN, Sunil (34)         IND  2144    7  
        BANAWA, Jouaquin (62)          PHI          7  
106 players
 
Boys Under 12
FINAL STANDINGS

   1    KARYAKIN, Sergei (2)             UKR 2388 fm 8.5
  2-9   ANDREIKINE, Dmitri (1)           RUS 2398 fm 8  
        VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime (5)      FRA 2271    8  
        KHAIROULLINE, Ildar (8)          RUS 2244    8  
        SZABO, Krisztian (9)             HUN 2235    8  
        SUSILODINATA, Andrean (101)      INA         8  
        BONNET, Edouard (13)             FRA 2193    8  
        HOWELL, David W. (7)             ENG 2247    8  
        KRIVOBORODOV, Egor (11)          RUS 2211    8  
 10-15  NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (80)      VIE         7.5
        JUMABAYEV, Rinat (6)             KAZ 2252    7.5
        ROHIT, G. (10)                   IND 2215    7.5
        LEON HOYOS, Manuel (29)          MEX      fm 7.5
        BANUSZ, Tamas (12)               HUN 2197    7.5
        VIJAY, Keerthi (15)              IND 2163    7.5
 16-24  NEPOMNIASCHII, Ian (4)           RUS 2281 fm 7  
        LI, Haoyu (3)                    CHN 2310    7  
        RODSHTEIN, Maxim (17)            ISR 2148    7  
        DIAMANT, Andre (28)              BRA      fm 7  
        GUPTA, Abhijeet (14)             IND 2191 fm 7  
        SAMSONKIN, Artem (18)            BLR 2141    7  
        BRUNED, Ivain (25)               ESP 2042    7  
        ANDRIASYAN, Zaven (35)           ARM         7  
        AZALADZE, Shota (36)             GEO         7  
117 players
 
Boys Under 10 
FINAL STANDINGS

 1-3  FODOR, Tamas (4)               HUN     8.5
      LE, Quang Liem (48)            VIE     8.5
      NARMONTAS, Matas (1)           LTU     8.5
 4-7  RECUERO GUERRA, David (5)      ESP     8  
      KRUGLYAKOV, Pavlo (46)         UKR     8  
      SAFARLI, Eltaj (73)            AZE     8  
      ONYSHCHUK, Volodymur Jr (59)   UKR     8  
8-12  LICHMAN, Petro (2)             UKR     7.5
      SIMONYAN, Hrayr (78)           ARM     7.5
      YU, Ruiyuan (87)               CHN     7.5
      DING, Liren (21)               CHN     7.5
      CORDOVA DAZA, Emilio (8)       PER  fm 7.5
13-16 CHIRILA, Ioan Cristian (19)    ROM     7  
      VARGA, Csaba (6)               HUN     7  
      BOGNER, Sebastian (14)         GER     7  
      IP, Vincent (39)               FRA     7  
17-27 CARUANA, Fabiano (18)          USA     6.5
      GOBIN, T. (32)                 IND     6.5
      PAICHADZE, Luka (60)           GEO     6.5
      TOLOGONTEGIN, Semetey (83)     KGZ     6.5
      FELLER, Sebastien (25)         FRA     6.5
      RIGOLOT, Matthieu (70)         FRA     6.5
      SANKALP, Modwal (76)           IND     6.5
      THALER, Michael (80)           USA     6.5
      OCHOA, Karl Victor (58)        PHI     6.5
      CAMACHO, Marcos (17)           ESP     6.5
      ERDENETULGA, Rentsen (24)      MGL     6.5
87 players

 
Girls Under 18
FINAL STANDINGS

  1   GVETADZE, Sopio (7)           GEO  2252 wim 10 
  2   CALOTESCU, Cristina (2)       ROM  2296 wfm  8.5
 3-4  MILLIET, Sophie (20)          FRA  2136      7.5
      MAKKA, Ioulia (21)            GRE  2134      7.5
5-10  MEYER, Marany (24)            RSA  2101 wim  7  
      KHUSNUTDINOVA, Luisa (4)      RUS  2270 wim  7  
      HELM, Leonie (19)             GER  2138      7  
      CAOILI, Arianne (6)           PHI  2257 wim  7  
      MAMEDYAROVA, Zeynab (8)       AZE  2231 wim  7  
      LEVUSHKINA, Elena (3)         UZB  2280 wim  7  
11-16 CHARKHALASHVILI, Inga (1)     GEO  2319 wfm  6.5
      RICHARDS, Heather (10)        ENG  2212 wfm  6.5
      ZIGANGIROVA, Sofya (12)       KAZ  2189      6.5
      SREBRNIC, Ana (14)            SLO  2172 wfm  6.5
      GORLIN, Yelena (22)           USA  2120      6.5
      DJURIC, Vesna (37)            YUG  2031      6.5
17-27 PARTAC, Elena (13)            MDV  2178 wfm  6  
      ANKHCHIMEG, Bayanmonkh (11)   MGL  2194 wfm  6  
      SHUKUROVA, Mehriban (5)       AZE  2264 wim  6  
      STIRI, Alexandra (16)         GRE  2163      6  
      SZYMANSKA, Maria (15)         POL  2170      6  
      ZHAO, Dingding (9)            CHN  2220      6  
      GRAPSA, Georgia (31)          GRE  2063      6  
      DE LOS SANTOS, Maria (29)     ESP  2078      6  
      KAVITHA, J.e. (36)            IND  2038      6  
      SMIRNOVA, Marina (53)         LAT            6  
      VARHOLAKOVA, Niki (32)        SVK  2056      6  
55 players
 
Girls Under 16
FINAL STANDINGS

  1   DZAGNIDZE, Nana (1)            GEO 2372  wim 9   
 2-6  VOZOVIK, Oksana (8)            UKR 2271      8   
      WOREK, Joanna (15)             POL 2203      8   
      KHUKHASHVILI, Sopiko (2)       GEO 2333  wim 8   
      IVKINA, Olga (19)              RUS 2176      8   
      HUANG, Qian (5)                CHN 2275      8   
 7-9  HASSANOVA, Elmira (9)          RUS 2252  wim 7.5 
      MOTOC, Alina (12)              ROM 2223  wfm 7.5 
      LE, Thanh Tu (3)               VIE 2290      7.5 
10-14 IGLA, Bella (28)               ISR 2115      7   
      NOVIKOVA, Anna (10)            RUS 2249      7   
      BENSDORP, Marlies (30)         NED 2110      7   
      POGONINA, Natalia (6)          RUS 2272      7   
      CIOBANU, Camelia (11)          ROM 2239  wfm 7   
76 players
 
Girls Under 14
FINAL STANDINGS

  1   MELIA, Salome (4)                   GEO  2175     9.5
  2   FOMINYKH, Maria (6)                 RUS  2154     8.5
 3-5  MONGONTUUL, Batkhuyag (3)           MGL  2196 wim 8  
      ARUTYUONOVA, Diana (10)             UKR  2118     8  
      YANJINDULAM, Dulamsuren (76)        MGL           8  
6-11  ZAWADZKA, Jolanta (5)               POL  2165     7.5
      CHULIVSKA, Vita (20)                UKR  2014     7.5
      GILBERT, Jessie (17)                ENG  2075 wfm 7.5
      BURTASSOVA, Anna (9)                RUS  2121     7.5
      RUAN, Lufei (1)                     CHN  2226     7.5
      NGUYEN, Quynh Anh (54)              VIE           7.5
12-15 HERMANOWICZ, Dominika (18)          POL  2052     7  
      KARAVADE, Eesa (12)                 IND  2110     7  
      ROZIC, Vesna (16)                   SLO  2079     7  
      PADURARIU, Smaranda (14)            ROM  2097     7  
79 players

Girls Under 12
FINAL STANDING

  1   SHEN, Yang (70)                   CHN           9  
 2-4  HARIKA, Dronavall (4)             IND  2199     8  
      DING, Shuyu (33)                  CHN           8  
      GOUNINA, Valentina (42)           RUS           8  
5-10  MUZYCHUK, Anna (3)                UKR  2215 wfm 7.5
      IGNACZ, Maria (7)                 HUN  2059     7.5
      LAHNO, Kateryna (1)               UKR  2274 wim 7.5
      FOISOR, Sabina (36)               ROM           7.5
      PELLETIER, Katherine (63)         USA           7.5
      BOKUCHAVA, Madona (19)            GEO           7.5
11-17 SAHELI, Nath (10)                 IND  2013     7  
      YILDIZ, Betul Cemre (8)           TUR  2037     7  
      UMUDOVA, Nargiz (75)              AZE           7  
      SAULYTE, Gabriele (69)            LTU           7  
      HEMMATIZADEH, Nina (46)           IRI           7  
      SUN, Yinan (2)                    CHN  2225     7  
      NEMCOVA, Katerina (60)            CZE           7  
78 players

Girls Under 10
  FINAL STANDINGS

    1   TAN, Zhongyi (58)               CHN   10 
   2-3  MUZYCHUK, Mariya (37)           UKR    8.5
        TAIROVA, Alena (57)             BLR    8.5
   4-5  MELEKHINA, Alisa (1)            USA fm 8  
        WINKELMANN, Elena (67)          GER    8  
   6-8  SAULYTE, Evelina (50)           LTU    7.5
        DHYANI, B. Dave (9)             IND    7.5
        ABBASZADE, Azu (2)              AZE    7.5
  9-17  OZTURK, Kubra (41)              TUR    7  
        SMITH, Hazel (52)               CAN    7  
        ZHANG, Dan (69)                 CHN    7  
        GURAMISHVILI, Sopiko (19)       GEO    7  
        LIVSCHITZ, Louiza (34)          USA    7  
        STOCK, Lara (55)                GER    7  
        KHOO, Selina (27)               ENG    7  
        ZEYNALOVA, Hokuma (68)          AZE    7  
        RAMYA, Krishna (43)             IND    7  
   18   GIRIA, Olga (16)                RUS    6.5
70 players

8) World Seniors

The World Senior Championships took place 16th-28th October 2001 in Arco, Italy. Janis Klovans leads by half a point. Janis Klovans took the event for a third time. Klovans a former Champion of Latvia and sparring partner of World Champion Mikhail Tal was an IM until at the age of 62 he won this event in 1997. He has continued to be a strong challenger since then. In 1998 he was 7th, he won the event for a second time in 1999. He was second last year missing out only on tie-break to Chernikov after finishing on the same number of points.

Internet coverage: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/mondiale.htm

Final Standings after 11 rounds: 
 1. Klovans, Janis          g  LAT 2420 9.0
 2. Csom, Istvan            g  HUN 2425 8.5
 3. Bukal, Vladimir         m  CRO 2437 8.5
 4. Karasev, Vladimir I     m  RUS 2410 8.0
 5. Kholmov, Ratmir D       g  RUS 2427 8.0
 6. Vasiukov, Evgeni        g  RUS 2530 8.0
 7. Shabanov, Yuri          m  RUS 2458 8.0
 8. Chernikov, Oleg L       g  RUS 2464 8.0
 9. Khanukov, Boris            GER 2346 8.0
10. Rosen, Willy            f  GER 2315 7.5
11. Zichichi, Alvise        m  ITA 2277 7.5
12. Ivanets, Vladimir RUS   f  RUS 2322 7.5
13. Dornieden, Manfred         GER 2293 7.5
14. Hecht, Hans-Joachim     g  GER 2418 7.5
15. Uhlmann, Wolfgang       g  GER 2473 7.5
16. Titz, Heimo             f  AUT 2306 7.5
17. Kristiansen, Erling     f  NOR 2213 7.5
18. Tatai, Stefano          m  ITA 2352 7.5
19. Igney, Volkhard         f  GER 2216 7.5

9) Third Saturday Tournament

The fourth edition of the Category 7 Third Saturday Tournament took place in Belgrade 20th-30th October 2001. The 11 Round robin event saw 14 year old World Junior chess champion Humpy Koneru win the event with 8.5/11. She scored a GM norm and took the event above Mihajlo Stojanovic who won his last five rounds to also reach 8.5 and a GM norm too. News from Vladica Andrejic.

Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu

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TSGM October Belgrade YUG (YUG), 20-30 x 2001                      cat. VII (2415)
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                                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Koneru, Humpy                 wg IND 2484  * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  8.5  2619 
 2. Stojanovic, Mihajlo            m YUG 2425  0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1  8.5  2624 
 3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2474  0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 = 1  7.0  2511 
 4. Kosanovic, Goran A             g YUG 2442  = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = =  6.0  2448 
 5. Orlov, Pavle                   m YUG 2378  = 0 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2453 
 6. Todorov, Ognjan                m BUL 2381  = 0 0 = = * = = = 1 = =  5.0  2381 
 7. Boskovic, Drasko               f YUG 2343  0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 =  5.0  2385 
 8. Popchev, Milko                 g BUL 2452  = 0 0 = = = = * = = = =  4.5  2346 
 9. Pap, Misa                      m YUG 2422  = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 =  4.5  2348 
10. Nestorovic, Dejan              m YUG 2428  0 1 1 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = =  4.0  2311 
11. Sahovic, Dragutin              g YUG 2387  0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * =  3.5  2284 
12. Prelevic, Dusko                f YUG 2358  0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = = *  3.5  2286 
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10) 27th Guernsey Open

The seven round 27th Guernsey Open took place 21st-27th October 2001. The event was won by Tiger Hillarp Persson with a score of 6/7. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games.

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27th Open Guernsey GCI (GCI), 21-27 x 2001
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 1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger    g  SWE 2450    6.0  2585 
 2. Arkell, Keith C           g  ENG 2457    5.5  2503 
 3. Corkett, Anthony          f  ENG 2300    5.5  2442 
 4. Webster, Andrew           m  ENG 2413    5.5  2382 
 5. Lalic, Susan              m  ENG 2351    5.5  2443 
 6. Gormally, Daniel          m  ENG 2505    5.0  2424 
 7. Bellin, Robert            m  ENG 2359    5.0  2334 
 8. Havenaar, Jan                NED 2235    5.0  2336 
 9. Gunter, David WW             ENG 2136    5.0  2207 
10. Van Voorthuijsen, Peewee  f  NED 2319    4.5  2293 
11. Burrows, Martin              ENG 2157    4.5  2168 
12. Buckley, Graeme           m  ENG 2409    4.5  2151 
13. Van Dijk, Alvin              NED ----    4.5  2259 
14. Bareham, David C                 ----    4.5  2228 
15. Almond, Richard              ENG 2136    4.5  2183 
16. Doell, Detlef                GER 2108    4.5  2335 
17. Reijneveld, Ad                   ----    4.5  2282 
18. Wright, Daniel               ENG 2220    4.5  2140 
19. White, Kevin                 ENG 2059    4.5  2282 
78 players

11) Chigorin Memorial

IXth International Open Tournament Chigorin Memorial took place in St. Petersburg, Russia October 26 - November 3, 2001. The event was 9 round Swiss (about 200 participants, including 25 GMs, 6 WGMs). Mihail Kobalija was the clear winner with 8/9.

Internet Coverage: http://www.chess-tours.com/tournaments/ (in English) http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (in Russian) and also http://www.joeblack.h1.ru

Final Standings:
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Chigorin Mem Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 26 x-3 xi 2001
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  1. Kobalija, Mihail          g  RUS 2603 8.0  2823 
  2. Belov, Vladimir           m  RUS 2458 7.0  2706 
  3. Kornev, Alexei               RUS 2518 7.0  2642 
  4. Rychagov, Andrey          m  RUS 2513 7.0  2629 
  5. Yandemirov, Valeri        g  RUS 2486 6.5  2622 
  6. Kosyrev, Vladimir         g  RUS 2558 6.5  2620 
  7. Gavrilov, Alexei          m  RUS 2462 6.5  2615 
  8. Yagupov, Igor             m  RUS 2442 6.5  2602 
  9. Vorobiov, Evgeny E        g  RUS 2516 6.5  2554 
 10. Loginov, Valery A         g  RUS 2513 6.5  2559 
 11. Ulko, Jaroslav            m  RUS 2477 6.5  2539 
 12. Najer, Evgeniy            g  RUS 2599 6.0  2577 
 13. Bocharov, Dmitry          m  RUS 2425 6.0  2634 
 14. Moiseenko, Alexander      g  UKR 2569 6.0  2559 
 15. Eljanov, Pavel            g  UKR 2522 6.0  2531 
 16. Sivokho, Sergey           m  RUS 2504 6.0  2522 
 17. Dzhakaev, D                  RUS 2401 6.0  2587 
 18. Kokarev, Dmitry           m  RUS 2473 6.0  2516 
 19. Vaulin, Alexander         g  RUS 2548 6.0  2568 
 20. Inarkiev, Ernesto         m  RUS 2491 6.0  2565 
 21. Beshukov, Sergei          g  RUS 2483 6.0  2554 
 22. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav  g  RUS 2488 6.0  2534 
 23. Skatchkov, Pavel          m  RUS 2454 6.0  2540 
 24. Yevseev, Denis            m  RUS 2541 6.0  2562 
 25. Egorov, Evgeni            m  KAZ 2416 6.0  2561 
 26. Tunik, Gennady            m  RUS 2460 6.0  2555 
 27. Shinkevich, Vitaly        m  RUS 2469 6.0  2562 
 28. Eliseev, Alexei           m  RUS 2482 6.0  2539 
 29. Grigoriants, Sergey       m  RUS 2441 6.0  2461 
 30. Kostenko, Petr            m  KAZ 2494 6.0  2469 
 31. Krivonogov, Alexander        RUS 2337 6.0  2491 
 32. Sorokin, Maxim            g  ARG 2554 5.5  2532 
 33. Balashov, Yuri S          g  RUS 2555 5.5  2468 
 34. Potkin, Vladimir          g  RUS 2483 5.5  2469 
 35. Zakharevich, Igor         g  RUS 2456 5.5  2537 
 36. Zablotsky, Sergei            RUS 2353 5.5  2493 
 37. Ionov, Sergey             g  RUS 2544 5.5  2493 
 38. Zakharstov, Viacheslav V  m  RUS 2527 5.5  2516 
 39. Poluljahov, Aleksandr     g  RUS 2532 5.5  2445 
 40. Kuporosov, Viktor         m  RUS 2469 5.5  2497 
 41. Korotylev, Alexey         g  RUS 2577 5.5  2456 
 42. Obukhov, Alexander        m  RUS 2436 5.5  2516 
 43. Grebionkin, Vladimir      f  RUS 2475 5.5  2411 
 44. Chuiko, Alexander         m  RUS 2413 5.5  2404 
 45. Kochyev, Alexander        g  RUS 2412 5.5  2397 
 46. Deviatkin, Andrei         m  RUS 2415 5.5  2407 
 47. Orlov, Andrey                RUS 2378 5.5  2503 
 48. Chepukaitis, Genrikh         RUS 2404 5.5  2389 
174 players

12) Le Touquet Tournament

Emmanuel Variniac sends news of the Le Touquet IM and Open tournaments which took place 27th October - 2nd November 2001. The IM event was won by Arthur Abolianin and the Open by Mikhail Kozakov.

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IM Le Touquet FRA (FRA), 27 x-2 xi 2001               cat. III (2320)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Abolianin, Arthur      f BEL 2364  * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2481 
 2. Mancini, Mario           FRA 2291  = * = 0 1 1 1 0 = 1  5.5  2403 
 3. Gurevich, Vladimir     g UKR 2482  = = * = = 1 = = = 1  5.5  2382 
 4. Inkiov, Ventzislav     g BUL 2500  0 1 = * 1 = = 0 1 1  5.5  2380 
 5. Bouhallel, Rabah       f FRA 2363  1 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 =  5.0  2358 
 6. Clery, Nicolas           FRA 2319  = 0 0 = = * 1 1 = =  4.5  2320 
 7. Flament, Francois        FRA 2098  0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = =  3.5  2265 
 8. Therkildsen, Thomas      FRA 2108  0 1 = 1 0 0 0 * = 0  3.0  2218 
 9. Gervasio, Ricardo        BRA 2321  0 = = 0 0 = = = * =  3.0  2195 
10. Philippe, Christophe   f FRA 2357  0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = *  3.0  2191 
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Open Le Touquet FRA (FRA), 27 x-2 xi 2001
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   1 GM  Kozakov Mikhail    SEN UKR 2473 7    58.50 
   2 GM  Kalinitschew Serge SEN GER 2483 7    58.50 
   3 IM  Roeder Mathias     SEN GER 2469 7    57.50 
   4 IM  Pytel Krzysztof    VET FRA 2400 7    57.00 
   5 GM  Levin Felix        SEN GER 2531 7    57.00 
   6 GM  Degraeve Jean-Marc SEN FRA 2588 7    55.50 
   7 GM  Gofshtein Zeev-Alo SEN ISR 2513 7    55.00 
   8 IM  Mrdja Milan        SEN CRO 2380 7    54.00 
   9 WGM Aleksieva-Colla Si SEN BUL 2366 7    50.50 
  10 CF  Laurent Bruno      SEN BEL 2304 7    49.00 
  11 CF  Pelle Guillaume    SEN FRA 2254 6½   52.50 
  12 IM  Collas Didier      SEN FRA 2414 6½   52.00 
  13 IM  Giffard Nicolas    SEN FRA 2334 6½   51.50 
  14 IM  Olivier Jean-Chris SEN FRA 2372 6½   49.50 
  15 WIM  Taddei Benoit     SEN FRA 2328 6½   49.50 
  16 IM  Voloshin Leonid    SEN CZE 2426 6½   49.00 
  17 IM  Bernard Christophe SEN FRA 2381 6½   44.25 
  18 IM  Payen Arnaud       SEN FRA 2401 6    52.50 
  19 CF  Simon Olivier      SEN FRA 2223 6    50.50 
  20 CF  Vaillant Stephane  SEN FRA 2080 6    50.50 
  21 IM  Peric Slavisa      SEN YUG 2258 6    50.00 
  22 CF  Tillet Louis-Juan  SEN FRA 2179 6    49.50 
  23 CF  Hautot Stephane    SEN BEL 2247 6    49.00 
  24 CF  Cappon John        SEN FRA 2152 6    49.00 
  25 WGM Voiska Margarita   SEN BUL 2280 6    49.00 
  26 CF  Daubenfeld Gilles  CAD LUX 2153 6    49.00 
  27 IM  Villeneuve Alain   VET FRA 2289 6    48.50 
  28 MF  Marechal Andy      SEN BEL 2336 6    48.00 
  29 CF  Plane Boris        SEN FRA 2162 6    48.00 
  30 CF  Bernard Jacques    SEN FRA 2220 6    47.50 
  31 CF  Lorand Philippe    SEN FRA 2141 6    47.00 
  32 CF  Aguettaz Maxime    CAD FRA 2234 6    45.50 
  33 CF  Thomas Olivier     SEN FRA 2144 6    45.00 
  34 CF  Guilbert Jean-Loui SEN FRA 2085 6    44.00 
  35 CF  Marciniak Marcel   SEN FRA 2068 6    42.00 
  198 players

13) First Saturday November

The main First Saturday event in November is an IM tournament. My thanks to Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy for the news.

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

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FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xi 2001           cat. II (2293)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Cooke, Eric          USA 2212  * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . .  2.0       
 2. Mensch, Etienne    f FRA 2299  . * . . = . 1 . . . . . .  1.5  2476 
 3. Tian Tian            CHN 2355  . . * . . = . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2497 
 4. Nemeth, Zoltan     m HUN 2372  . . . * . . . . . = . 1 .  1.5  2496 
 5. Blasko, Istvan     f HUN 2310  . = . . * = . . . . . . .  1.0  2332 
 6. Szeberenyi, Adam   m HUN 2365  . . = . = * . . . . . . .  1.0  2332 
 7. Rajlich, Vasik G   f USA 2257  . 0 . . . . * . . . . . 1  1.0  2367 
 8. Resika, Nathan A   f USA 2182  0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1  1.0  2324 
 9. Vass, Viktor         HUN 2166  . . . . . . . . * . = . .  0.5  2243 
10. Farago, Sandor     m HUN 2323  0 . . = . . . . . * . . .  0.5  2099 
11. Biro, David          HUN 2243  . . 0 . . . . . = . * . .  0.5  2067 
12. Kahn, Evarth       m HUN 2284  . . . 0 . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
13. Hajnal, Zoltan     f HUN 2436  . . . . . . 0 0 . . . . *  0.0       
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14) 4th Golden Autumn

The 4th Golden Autumn tournament took place in Alushta 20th October - 1st November 2001. Viktor Varavin won the event with 8.5/13. There were IM norms for Dmitry Chuprikov and Vaszilij Sikula. My thanks to Mikhail Golubev.

Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu01oc2.htm

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4th Golden Autumn Alushta UKR (UKR), 20 x-1 xi 2001        cat. VIII (2426)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Varavin, Viktor        g RUS 2491  g  * 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1  8.5 
 2. Arzumanian, Georgy     m ARM 2421  m  1 * = 0 = = = 1 0 1 = 1 = 1  8.0 
 3. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen   g RUS 2492  g  1 = * 0 = = = 1 = = = 1 = =  7.5 
 4. Gasanov, Eldar         m UKR 2440  m  0 1 1 * 1 0 = 1 = = = 0 = 1  7.5 
 5. Andreev, Eduard        m UKR 2439  m  = = = 0   = = 1 = 1 = = = =  7.0 
 6. Chuprikov, Dmitry        RUS 2420     0 = = 1 = * = 0 1 = = = 1 =  7.0 
 7. Sikula, Vaszilij         UKR 2422     = = = = = = * = = = = = = 1  7.0 
 8. Khurtsidze, Nino       m GEO 2425  wg 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0
 9. Alexandrova, Olga      m UKR 2387  wg 0 1 = = = 0 = 0 * = 1 0 1 1  6.5 
10. Belikov, Vladimir      g RUS 2488  g  = 0 = = 0 = = = = * = = 1 =  6.0 
11. Itkis, Boris           m ROM 2472  m  = 0 = 1 = = = 0 0 = * = = 1  6.0 
12. Zubarev, Alexander1    m UKR 2455  m  = = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = = * = 1  6.0 
13. Bets, Anatolij         m MDA 2376  m  0 = = = = = = 0 0 0 = = * 1  5.0 
14. Khudyakov, Alexander   f RUS 2238  f  0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0    2.0 
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15) 5th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters took place in Bad Wiessee, 27th October - 4th November 2001. Vladimir Akopian took first place on tie-break ahead of Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Shabalov and Michal Krasekow, all scored 7.5/9. Games from the first eight rounds. Information Thomas and Horst Leckner.

Internet coverage: : http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001

Final Round 9 Standings:
 1 Akopian,Vladimir     GM  2660  7.5 53,5 
 2 Baklan,Vladimir      GM  2590  7.5 51,5 
 3 Shabalov,Alexander   GM  2585  7.5 51,5 
 4 Krasenkow,Michal     GM  2592  7.5 51,0 
 5 Volokitin,Andrei     GM  2566  7.0 52,5 
 6 Dorfman,Josif        GM  2599  7.0 51,0 
 7 Sax,Gyula            GM  2593  7.0 51,0 
 8 Ibragimov,Ildar      GM  2567  7.0 51,0 
 9 Epishin,Vladimir     GM  2583  7.0 50,5 
10 Pinter,Jozsef        GM  2532  7.0 50,5 
11 Jaracz,Pawel         GM  2525  7.0 50,0 
12 Graf,Alexander       GM  2610  7.0 49,5 
13 Gleizerov,Evgeny     GM  2575  7.0 49,5 
14 Sturua,Zurab         GM  2571  7.0 49,5 
15 Kacheishvili,Giorgi  GM  2583  7.0 49,0 
16 Lerner,Konstantin    GM  2567  7.0 49,0 
17 Babula,Vlastimil     GM  2565  7.0 49,0 
18 Schmaltz,Roland      GM  2536  7.0 48,5 
19 Khenkin,Igor         GM  2572  7.0 48,0 
20 Gershon,Alik         GM  2556  7.0 48,0 
21 Prusikhin,Michael    IM  2502  7.0 48,0 
22 Dautov,Rustem        GM  2630  7.0 47,5 
23 Rozentalis,Eduardas  GM  2601  7.0 46,0 
24 Lobron,Eric          GM  2524  6.5 51,0 
25 Pavlovic,Milos       GM  2488  6.5 50,5 
26 Perelshteyn,Eugene   IM  2432  6.5 50,5 
27 Eingorn,Vereslav     GM  2601  6.5 49,0 
28 Smith,Bryan G        FM  2312  6.5 48,5 
29 Ramesh,R.B.          IM  2467  6.5 48,0 
30 Klundt,Klaus         IM  2368  6.5 48,0 
31 Heinzel,Olaf         FM  2347  6.5 47,5 
32 Ulibin,Mikhail       GM  2580  6.5 47,0 
33 Farago,Ivan          GM  2527  6.5 47,0 
34 Döttling,Fabian      IM  2520  6.5 47,0 
35 Psakhis,Lev          GM  2573  6.5 46,5 
36 Bocksberger,Stefan   FM  2277  6.5 46,5 
37 Galdunts,Sergey      IM  2514  6.5 46,0 
38 Gutman,Lev           GM  2489  6.5 45,5 
39 Lipinsky,Fabian      IM  2390  6.5 45,0 
40 Grund,Holger         IM  2466  6.5 44,0 
41 Spiess,Gunter        FM  2408  6.5 44,0 
42 Gurieli,Nino (IM)    WGM 2343  6.5 42,0 
43 Kreuzholz,Michael        2249  6.5 40,5 
44 Schneider,Henning        2230  6.5 40,5 
45 Santl,Anton              2209  6.5 37,5 
512 players

16) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for November 1st produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey and alculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow has been released.

NN Name                         Birthday   Count. Rat.Variance 
 1 Kasparov,Garry        13.04.1963  RUS  2798 122 
 2 Kramnik,Vladimir      25.06.1975  RUS  2794 128 
 3 Anand,Viswanathan     11.12.1969  IND  2733 136 
 4 Topalov,Veselin       15.03.1975  BUL  2706 168 
 5 Morozevich,Alexander  18.07.1977  RUS  2699 203 
 6 Ivanchuk,Vassily      18.03.1969  UKR  2684 145 
 7 Ponomariov,Ruslan     11.10.1983  UKR  2676 168 
 8 Leko,Peter            08.09.1979  HUN  2675 121 
 9 Adams,Michael         17.11.1971  ENG  2670 143 
10 Khalifman,Alexander   18.01.1966  RUS  2669 148 
11 Shirov,Alexei         04.07.1972  ESP  2666 166 
12 Gelfand,Boris         24.06.1968  ISR  2665 135 
13 Van Wely,Loek         07.10.1972  NED  2655 156 
14 Bareev,Evgeny         21.11.1966  RUS  2640 158 
15 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam   05.12.1979  UZB  2638 162 
16 Karpov,Anatoli        23.05.1951  RUS  2636 124 
17 Smirin,Ilia           21.01.1968  ISR  2636 162 
18 Dreev,Alexey          30.01.1969  RUS  2630 164 
19 Ye Jiangchuan         20.11.1960  CHN  2629 161 
20 Georgiev,Kiril        28.11.1965  BUL  2628 178 
21 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960  GEO  2628 181 
22 Svidler,Peter         17.06.1976  RUS  2627 162 
23 Grischuk,Alexander    31.10.1983  RUS  2627 163 
24 Bacrot,Etienne        22.01.1983  FRA  2626 149 
25 Polgar,Judit          23.07.1976  HUN  2622 179 
26 Sutovsky,Emil         19.09.1977  ISR  2620 197 
27 Vaganian,Rafael A     15.10.1951  ARM  2616 186 
28 Lputian,Smbat G       14.02.1958  ARM  2615 166 
29 Short,Nigel D         01.06.1965  ENG  2609 160 
30 Akopian,Vladimir      07.12.1971  ARM  2607 166 
31 Onischuk,Alexander    03.09.1975  UKR  2599 143 
32 Zhang Zhong           05.09.1978  CHN  2599 174 
33 Lutz,Christopher      24.02.1971  GER  2598 141 
34 Malakhov,Vladimir     27.11.1980  RUS  2598 173 
35 Benjamin,Joel         11.03.1964  USA  2596 167 
36 Dautov,Rustem         28.11.1965  GER  2596 179 
37 Korchnoi,Viktor       23.03.1931  SUI  2596 193 
38 Sakaev,Konstantin     13.04.1974  RUS  2595 153 
39 Rublevsky,Sergei      15.10.1974  RUS  2595 182 
40 Almasi,Zoltan         29.08.1976  HUN  2593 150 
41 Piket,Jeroen          27.01.1969  NED  2592 156 
42 Beliavsky,Alexander   17.12.1953  SLO  2592 161 
43 Aleksandrov,Aleksej   11.05.1973  BLR  2592 167 
44 Bologan,Viorel        14.12.1971  MDA  2592 199 
45 Kharlov,Andrei        20.11.1968  RUS  2589 146 
46 Lastin,Alexander      30.10.1976  RUS  2588 149 
47 Novikov,Igor A        23.05.1962  UKR  2587 131 
48 Zvjaginsev,Vadim      18.08.1976  RUS  2586 112 
49 Lautier,Joel          12.04.1973  FRA  2584 144 
50 Tkachiev,Vladislav    09.11.1973  FRA  2583 148 

17) Forthcoming Events and Links

New FIDE Sites

There are two new FIDE sites. Chess Daily http://www.chessdaily.com has individual FIDE rating calculations. Also the FIDE site for the World Championships in Moscow has been launched at: http://wcc2001.fide.com

TWIC at 7

Many thanks for all the nice comments I received this week. http://www.europe-echecs.com and http://www.chessbase.com have written very kind articles on TWIC's 7th birthday. http://www.notzai.com also celebrated the event.

Leko Interview

Peter Leko has a new interview on his www site: http://www.chessgate.de/leko/homepage.html Main content: - Expectations FIDE WC in Moscow - Statement: New time control - Review 2001. There will be an English version today or soon after.

Linares 2002

Most of the line-up for Linares 2002 has been announced. The players will be Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Adams, Ivanchuk, Francisco Vallejo and on other player who will be confirmed soon (likely to be either Topalov or Kramnik).

Greekbase

Greek games at: http://www.geocities.com/greekbase1

ChessMetrics Site

Jeff Sonas has updated his site: http://www.chessmetrics.com/. It now has lots of colorful graphs. It includes ratings based on ChessBase games from 1851 to 1998, and then weekly rating lists based on TWIC issues from January 1999 to September 10th 2001.

Halkida Open

The 5th international open chess tournament of Halkida will be organized November 16-23, 2001 in Greece.

Halkida is the largest city of Evia, an island 80 km north of Athens. The total prize fund of the tournament is 4400 euro (1st prize: 1500 euro). The event is organized by Evoiki Chess Club and the Greek Chess Federation.

Previous winners of the Halkida open:

1) GM Suat Atalik (1996) 2) GM Igor Miladinovic (1997) 3) IM Altin Cela (1998) 4) GM Arkadi Rotstein (2000)

More information for this year's event is provided at http://www.greekchess.com/halkida

Praha Open

The 1st Praha Open takes place 2nd-9th February 2002 in Prague (the Czech Republic). As part of the Czech Tour 2001-2 and links up well with participation in the Open Marianske Lazne.

Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

Claude Bloodgood Article

Marc Davis has written a lengthy article for the Virginian-Pilot on Claude Bloodgood. It will be available for the next few weeks.

Internet: http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw1029blo.html

20th Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial

GM Bartlomiej Macieja reports: The 20th Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial includes two tournaments: 1) Amplico AIG Life Chess Tournament 15-16 December 2001. 2) Warsaw Blitz Chess Championship 15 December from 18:00.

Both tournaments will be played in the sport hall, located in the main building of Polonia Warsaw Sport Club 6, Konwiktorska Street Warsaw Poland

Full details (Polish and English): http://www.amplicolife.pl

Winter Cup, Bucharest

Lasker Chess Club in Bucharest is organising a Winter cup with a GM and IM event. 11th-23rd December 2001.

Further details: http://www.web.rol.ro/rchirila

Lohmar Rapid Chess Open

The traditional Lohmar Rapid Chess Open takes place on October 28th for the 8th time. Further info (german and english) at: http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/index.htm The tournament is limited to a maximum of 120 participants.

77th Hastings Congress

The 77th Hastings International chess Congress takes place 28th December 2001 - 6th January 2002. There are events for all strengths of players, lasting from 3 to the full 10 days. There is play either in the morning or afternoon.

Players so far: Premier. Accepted: Pentala Harikrishna (Commonwealth Champion), Krishnan Sasikiran (both India), Petr Kiriakov (Russia), Irina Krush (US), Joe Gallagher (Smith & Williamson British Champion) (Switzerland), Zhang Zhong (China), Mark Hebden, Nicholas Pert (both England), two places remain to be filled, with Teimour Radjabov having been invited. Challengers. Accepted: Dibyendu Barua, Abhijit Kunte, Ravi Lanka, Ponnuswamy Konguvel, Neeraj-Kumar Mishra (all India), Alexander Cherniaev, Vitally Tseshkovsky (Russia), Vladimir Poley, Irina Tetenkina (ByeloRussia), Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan), Petr Marusenko (Ukraine), Keith Arkell, Glenn Flear (England), Colin McNab, Steve Mannion (Scotland).

Further details: Con Power: power@hicc.demon.co.uk

Internet coverage: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Marianske Lazne Open

The I. International Chess Tournament OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE 2002 takes place 25.1.-1.2. 2002 in the spa Marianske Lazne (the Czech Republic). This tournament is a part of series CZECH TOUR 2001 / 2002.

Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

2 Websites

Mastermove with chess quizzes and endgame studies. http://www.so-on.org/mastermove.html

200 words by Lev Khariton. http://pkchess.bizland.com/chesspress/200words/200words.html

FIDE Championships Fantasy Chess

As soon as all the players are known the annual Fantasy Chess Tournament to be based on the FIDE World Championships will start.

Details: http://play.at/fantasychess

Gausdal Troll Masters 2002

The Gausdal Troll Masters Open International takes place January 6th-13th 2002 at Gausdal Høifjellshotel. Includes: * GM- and IM norms available * 9 rounds * FIDE rules. * 2h/40 moves, 1h/20 moves and ½hour rest. * 1st round Sunday January 6th at 19:30. * 9th and last round Sunday 13th at 9:00. * Double rounds on Thursday. * Open to all with FIDE-rating and a limited number of non-FIDE-rated players. * Several strong GMs and IMs are invited.

Details: http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/

5th Email Afro-Asian Championship

All chessplayers from Africa and Asia are invited to take part to the 5th email Afro-Asian Championship 2002-2003 , organised by the ICCF. The start date for the preliminaries is : 15-01-2002. Like the previous editions there are 2 stages (preliminaries and Final) and no entry fees are required . The entries should be sent not later than 31.12.2001 to M. Samraoui , email address : samraoui@aol.com .

Hull Chess Congress

The Hull Chess Congress takes place 2nd-4th November 2001.

Further information: http://www.bookbullies.com/chess/brit.html

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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