The Week in Chess 372

THE WEEK IN CHESS 372 24th December 2001 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to John Donaldson, Jovan Petronic, Steve Laios, Radu Chirila, Ular Lauk, Antonio Bento, Victor Karpov, Gert Ligterink, Igor Gorelikov, Thomas Henrich, Jeroen van den Berg and all those who helped with this issue.

Merry Christmas to everyone. I'm glad to have finished the magazine, now I can start celebrating!

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Corus 2002

There have been a number of changes to the field for the 2002 Corus tournament in January. Firstly both Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov are playing in the FIDE World Championship finals. Also Kramnik has withdrawn because of his Man-Machine match in February. The field now is: Group A: Garry Kasparov (Rus), Michael Adams (Eng), Peter Leko (Hun), Evgeny Bareev (Rus), Loek Van Wely (Ned), Alexander Khalifman (Rus), Boris Gelfand (Isr), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb), Dreev (Rus), Alexander Grischuk (Rus), Joel Lautier (Fra), Mikhail Gurevich (Bel), Jeroen Piket (Ned) and Jan Timman (Ned). The GM B Group is: Ivan Sokolov (BIH), Pavel Tregubov (Rus), Mikhail Krasenkow (Pol), Friso Nijboer (Ned), Yu (Chn), John Van der Wiel (Ned), Almira Skrypchenko-Lautier (Mol), Stefanova (Bul), Peng (Ned), Harmen Jonkman (Ned), Cuijpers (Ned) and Werle (Ned).

Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/corus2002/

3) Brazilian Championship

The 68th Brazilian Chess Championship took place in São Paulo -SP, Brasil, MAM (Modern Art Museum) December 17th-23rd 2001. There were 20 players in a 9 round swiss tournament. Giovanni Vescovi took first with 8/9. Games from the first seven rounds are all available and some from the final two rounds.

Coverage and pgn games at http://www.cbx.org.br and http://www.fpx.com.br

Final Standings:
  1   Vescovi, Giovanni          BRA   2585 2510 8.0     40.0  44.5    35.5
  2   Matsuura, Everaldo         BRA   2421 2278 7.0     35.0  45.0    33.5
  3   Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo BRA   2410 2377 6.0     26.0  45.0    33.5
  4   Lima, Darcy                BRA   2543 2436 5.5     31.0  48.5    37.0
  5   Leitao, Rafael             BRA   2581 2507 5.5     27.5  47.5    36.0
  6   Pelikian, Jefferson        BRA   2410 2317 5.5     26.5  42.0    32.5
  7   Braga, Cicero              BRA   2444 2350 5.0     25.5  46.0    34.5
  8   Caldeira, Adriano          BRA   2285 2120 4.5     26.5  47.0    35.5
  9   Coelho, Luis               BRA   2272 2189 4.5     25.0  47.0    35.5
 10   Tsuboi, Edson Kenji        BRA   2341 2271 4.5     25.0  45.5    36.5
 11   Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA   2207 2136 4.5     20.5  37.0    30.0
 12   Bittencourt, Jorge         BRA   2264 2239 4.0     20.0  42.0    32.5
 13   Bouwman, Marcelo Wanderley BRA   2268 2285 4.0     18.0  36.0    28.0
 14   Loureiro, Luiz             BRA   2353 2324 4.0     17.5  33.5    26.5
 15   Dumont, Sadi Glasser       BRA   2404 2267 4.0     17.0  30.0    24.5
 16   Campuano Neto, Fausto      BRA   2205 2115 3.5     20.5  37.5    30.0
 17   Morais, Pedro Jorge        BRA   2121 2171 3.5     19.0  37.0    29.0
 18   Guimaraes, Wagner P.       BRA   2283 2241 3.5     17.0  34.0    27.5
 19   Mercadante, Ricardo R.     BRA   2318 2228 2.5      9.0  36.5    27.5
 20   Bastos, Werton             BRA        2137 0.5      3.0  30.0    23.5

4) Greek Championship Playoffs

The Greek GM Hristodoulos Banikas won the Greek Championships for the second time in a row. He defeated Stelios Halkias 2-1 in the playoffs.

Coverage: http://www.blackqueen.net/ and http://www.chess.gr

Halkias, Stelios  -  Banikas, Hristos  0-1   52  A85  Dutch Defence
Banikas, Hristos  -  Halkias, Stelios  0-1   57  A13  Reti Opening
Halkias, Stelios  -  Banikas, Hristos  0-1   50  A85  Dutch Defence


ch-GRE Playoff Athens GRE (GRE), 18-19 xii 2001
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Banikas, Hristos g  GRE 2526    1   0   1   .   2.0  2644
Halkias, Stelios m  GRE 2519    0   1   0   .   1.0  2401
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5) US Championship

The US Championships takes place 5th-13th January 2002 in Seattle. There are 56 players in the event including for the first time 12 women (the highest placed woman takes their title). Leading contenders in the event include: Yasser Seirawan, Boris Gulko, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin, Alexander Shabalov, Larry Christiansen, Alexander Ivanovand Nick de Firmian.

Internet site: http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/events.asp

6) Clichy Masters

The 13th Clichy Masters took place 15th-23rd December 2001. Ventzislav Inkiov took clear first with 6.5/9. The scores are somewhat confused as Maxime Vachier Lagrave only lasted three rounds before being replaced by Jean Claude Moingt.

Internet coverage: http://www.clichy-echecs.org/resultat/mi13app02.htm

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13th Masters Clichy FRA (FRA), 15-23 xii 2001              cat. III (2302)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Inkiov, Ventzislav        g BUL 2500  * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 .  6.5  2449 
 2. Verat, Laurent            f FRA 2337  = * = = 1 0 = = 1 = .  5.0  2344 
 3. Mrdja, Milan              m CRO 2380  = = * = 1 0 = = = 1 .  5.0  2339 
 4. Dragojlovic, Andjelko     m YUG 2330  = = = * 0 1 = = 1 = .  5.0  2345 
 5. Di Paolo, Raffaele        f ITA 2326  0 0 0 1 * = 1 . 1 1 =  5.0  2343 
 6. Calistri, Tristan           FRA 2324  = 1 1 0 = * 1 . 0 0 =  4.5  2300 
 7. Kirszenberg, Marc           FRA 2214  0 = = = 0 0 * . 1 1 0  3.5  2232 
 8. Moingt, Jean-Claude       f FRA 2297  = = = = . . . * = = .  3.0  2315 
 9. Dubois, Loic                FRA 2239  0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * 1 .  3.0  2187 
10. Vanobbergh, Gregory         FRA 2105  0 = 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * .  2.5  2161 
11. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime     FRA 2271  . . . . = = 1 . . . *  2.0  2413 
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7) Winter Cup Bucharest

The Winter Cup took place in Bucharest 11th-21st December 2001. Ciprian Nanu won the event with 8.5/11. News from Radu-Catalin Chirila.

Internet coverage: http://www.web.rol.ro/rchirila and http://users.rol.ro/r/rchirila/

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Winter Cup Bucharest ROM (ROM), 11-21 xii 2001                  cat. II (2278)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Nanu, Ciprian              m ROM 2412  * = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.5  2477 
 2. Tikhomirov, Sergei         m MDA 2357  = * 1 = 1 1 = = = = 1 1  8.0  2446 
 3. Vioreanu, Bogdan             ROM 2347  0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2447 
 4. Aldea, Laurentiu-Ioan        ROM 2233  = = = * 0 1 1 = = = 1 1  7.0  2384 
 5. Bochkarev, Alexander UKR     UKR 2361  = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1  6.5  2335 
 6. Moraru, Marius             m ROM 2303  = 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2312 
 7. Solcanean, Serghei         f MDA 2236  0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2282 
 8. Voicu, Carmen             wf ROM 2205  0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1  5.0  2249 
 9. Ionescu, Cristian          f ROM 2312  = = 0 = 1 = 0 0 * = = 0  4.0  2173 
10. Sebe, Florin                 ROM 2278  0 = 0 = = 0 = = = * = =  4.0  2176 
11. Oancea, Nicolae              ROM 2158  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1  2.0  2027 
12. Osman, Mihai                 FRA 2138  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 *  1.5  1982 
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8) Admiralteiskii Women's Tournament

The Admiralteiskii Women's tournament took place 2rd-12th December 2001. Svetlana Bezgodova-Filichkina won with 6/9. Games from the first five rounds now available. Thanks to all those who sent them to me.

Coverage: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/Admir01.html

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Admiralteiskii Women St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 3-12 xii 2001        cat. I (2270)
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                                                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Bezgodova-Filichkina, Svetlana     RUS 2254  * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 0 1  6.0  2397 
 2. Kochetkova, Julia               wf RUS 2257  0 * 1 1 = = = = = =  5.0  2314 
 3. Sudakova, Irina                 wm RUS 2341  = 0 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 =  5.0  2305 
 4. Zimina, Olga                    wm RUS 2326  0 0 1 * = 1 = = 1 =  5.0  2307 
 5. Kharashkina, Bairta             wf RUS 2178  1 = 0 = * = 0 0 1 1  4.5  2280 
 6. Stjazhkina, Olga                wg RUS 2310  = = = 0 = * = 1 = =  4.5  2265 
 7. Kalinina, Vladislava            wm UKR 2271  0 = 0 = 1 = * = = 1  4.5  2270 
 8. Piarnpuu, Leili                 wm EST 2214  0 = = = 1 0 = * = =  4.0  2233 
 9. Melamed, Tatiana                wg UKR 2291  1 = 0 0 0 = = = * =  3.5  2188 
10. Tsiganova, Monika               wm EST 2261  0 = = = 0 = 0 = = *  3.0  2146 
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9) Ludmila Rudenko Memorial

The Ludmila Rudenko tournament in memory of the Women's World Chess Champion 1949-53 took place 8th-16th December 2001 in St. Petersburg. The open event was won by Tatiana Rubzova.

Further details: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/Ruden01.html and http://www.gmchess.com/news/local/rudenko.shtml

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Rudenko mem w St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 8-16 xii 2001
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Rubzova, Tatiana       wg RUS 2303  +13 + 7 = 2 +11 +10 = 3 + 4 + 5 +12  8.0  2527 
 2. Bistrikova, Elena V    wm RUS 2139  +19 + 4 = 1 = 3 =12 +10 + 5 +16 + 9  7.5  2426 
 3. Kulish, Irina          wg RUS 2326  +16 + 6 =10 = 2 + 4 = 1 +17 = 9 +11  7.0  2381 
 4. Lomakina, Galja           RUS 2160  + 8 - 2 +20 + 5 - 3 +12 - 1 +17 +10  6.0  2284 
 5. Miednikova, Swietlana  wf RUS 2156  = 9 =16 +17 - 4 + 6 + 7 - 2 - 1 +20  5.0  2179 
 6. Rakitskaja, Mariya        RUS 2154  +20 - 3 +14 = 8 - 5 =11 -16 +19 +17  5.0  2200 
 7. Zvereva, Marija        wm RUS 2153  +15 - 1 -11 +18 + 8 - 5 - 9 +21 +16  5.0  2171 
 8. Mokhova, Kristina         RUS 2092  - 4 +22 =15 = 6 - 7 +21 +12 =11 =14  5.0  2188 
 9. Grigorieva, Elena         RUS 2066  = 5 +13 -12 =16 +14 -17 + 7 = 3 - 2  4.5  2167 
10. Chernova, Natalja         RUS 2147  +18 +14 = 3 +12 - 1 - 2 -11 +13 - 4  4.5  2196 
11. Eidelson, Rakhil       wg BLR 2282  +17 -12 + 7 - 1 =16 = 6 +10 = 8 - 3  4.5  2166 
12. Burtasova, Anna           RUS 2121  +22 +11 + 9 -10 = 2 - 4 - 8 +15 - 1  4.5  2135 
13. Epstein, Anna             RUS 2102  - 1 - 9 +22 +15 -17 +18 =14 -10 +21  4.5  2118 
14. Romanova, Inna         wg BLR 2308  +21 -10 - 6 =20 - 9 +22 =13 +18 = 8  4.5  2082 
15. Astanovskaya, Yulia       RUS 2026  - 7 =19 = 8 -13 +20 =16 +21 -12 +22  4.5  2081 
16. Aseeva, Marina            RUS 2105  - 3 = 5 +19 = 9 =11 =15 + 6 - 2 - 7  4.0  2101 
17. Malysheva, Polina         RUS 2094  -11 +18 - 5 +19 +13 + 9 - 3 - 4 - 6  4.0  2098 
18. Sekhposjan, Marina        RUS 2024  -10 -17 +21 - 7 +22 -13 +20 -14 =19  3.5  2026 
19. Alekseeva,A                   ----  - 2 =15 -16 -17 -21 +20 +22 - 6 =18  3.0  1952 
20. Shister, Elena            RUS 2054  - 6 +21 - 4 =14 -15 -19 -18 +22 - 5  2.5  1937 
21. Shushpanova, Nina      wf RUS 2102  -14 -20 -18 =22 +19 - 8 -15 - 7 -13  1.5  1811 
22. Fedoseeva,L                   ----  -12 - 8 -13 =21 -18 -14 -19 -20 -15  0.5  1648 
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10) Zadar Open

The Zadar Open (Croatia) takes place 15th-23rd December 2001. Ognjen Cvitan won the event on tie-break ahead of Blazimir Kovacevic both finished on 7/9. Games from the first eight rounds are available.

Internet coverage: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18/zd2001/index.htm

1-2   Cvitan, Ognjen       CRO   2550 7.0  39.5
      Kovacevic, Blazimir  CRO   2434 7.0  39.5
3-5   Palac, Mladen        CRO   2572 6.5  41.5
      Delchev, Alexandar   BUL   2634 6.5  37.5
      Fercec, Nenad        CRO   2458 6.5  36.5
6-11  Filipovic, Branko    CRO   2462 6.0  40.0
      Mestrovic, Zvonimir  SLO   2419 6.0  38.0
      Kljako, Damir        CRO   2270 6.0  37.5
      Djingarova, Emilia   BUL   2256 6.0  36.5
      Rezan, Sasa          CRO   2337 6.0  36.0
      Biliskov, Vjekoslav  CRO   2335 6.0  34.0
12-16 Kuljasevic, Davorin  CRO   2298 5.5  35.0
      Feletar, Darko       CRO   2473 5.5  35.0
      Saric, Ante          CRO   2284 5.5  34.0
      Jakic, Ivan          CRO   2255 5.5  33.0
      Fucak, Emilijo       CRO   2332 5.5  28.5
55 players

11) Salou Open

The Salou Open in Spain finished in victory for Ibragim Khamrakulov with 8/9. No games available.

http://www.geocities.com/toniayza/open03/salouCLAS.htm

Leading Final (Round 9) Standings:
 1  Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.   UZB  m  8.0  47.5  
 2  Hamdouchi, Hichem         MAR  g  7.5  49.5  
 3  Stefanova, Antoaneta      BUL  wg 7.0  49.0  
 4  Paragua, Mark             PHI  m  7.0  48.5  
 5  Kogan, Artur              ISR  g  7.0  47.5  
 6  Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio ESP  f  6.5  47.5  
 7  Komljenovic, Davor        CRO  g  6.0  49.5  
 8  Giffard, Nicolas          FRA  m  6.0  47.0
 9  Moskalenko, Viktor        UKR  g  6.0  46.5
10  Pogorelov, Ruslan         UKR  g  6.0  46.5
11  Van Hoolandt, Patrick     MNC     6.0  44.5
12  Rausis, Igors             LAT  g  6.0  44.0
13  Plachkinova, Tatjana G.   BUL     6.0  43.0
14  Fernandez Fuentes, Fco.   ESP     6.0  42.5
15  Piankov, Evgenij          UKR  m  6.0  42.0
16  Cabrera, Alexis           CUB  m  6.0  41.5
17  Laurent, Bruno            BEL     6.0  40.0
86 players

12) Belgian Interteams

Steve Laios reports the results on rounds three (25th November) and four (9th December 2001). Games from three of the matches are available.

Round 3 : 25.11.2001      

1. Liège 1       - Jean Jaurès 1  4.5-3.5    * games
2. KAOSK 1       - LV Leuven 1    2.5-5.5    
3. Borgerhout1   - Charleroi 1    3.5-4.5    
4. KGSRL 2       - Rochade 1      6.5-1.5    
5. Eupen 1       - KGSRL 1        3.0-5.0    
6. Temse 1       - KBSK 1         5.0-3.0    

Round 4 : 09.12.2001      

1. Leuven 1      - KBSK 1         3.0-5.0    
2. KGSRL 1       - Temse 1        3.5-4.5    
3. Jean Jaurès 1 - Eupen 1        6.0-2.0    
4. Rochade 1     - Liège 1        5.5-2.5    * games
5. Charleroi 1   - KGSRL 2        3.0-5.0    * games  
6. KAOSK 1       - Borgerhout 1   6.0-2.0    


Standings after round 4 

  Teams                  pts   p.m
  1. Temse Boey 1        20.0  4
  2. K. Gent SRL 2       20.0  3
  3. Liège 1             19.0  3
  3. Rochade Eupen 1     19.0  3
  5. Jean Jaurès 1       17.5  2
  6. LV Leuven Fortis 1  17.0  2
  7. K Brugge SK         14.5  2
  8. Charleroi 1         14.0  1.5
  8. K. Antwerp OSK 1    14.0  1.5
 10. K. Gent SRL 1       14.0  1
 11. Borgerhout 1        12.0  0.5
 12. Eupen 1             11.0  0

13) Omsk Teams

Victor Karpov sends games from the final two rounds of the Team Championships of Omsk.

14) Bundesliga Games

Extra games from rounds 3, 4 and 5 of the Bundesliga.

Source: http://www.chessgate.de

15) Lindsborg Rotary Open

IM John Donaldson won the Lindsborg Rotary Open Chess Tournament held December 22-23, in Lindsborg, Kansas, with a score of 4-1. Tying for second at 3.5 in the 24 player Open section were: GMs Alexander Onischuk, Igor Novikov and Yuri Shulman, IMs Michael Brooks and Enrico Sevillano, plus FM Emory Tate. Onischuk, the highest rated player in the United States, now living in Denver, played by far the toughest field, drawing with his two fellow GMs and Sevillano while beating Brooks. This event, by far the strongest ever held in Kansas, was made possible by the Lindsborg Rotary Club, the Lindborg Chamber of Commerce and Bethany College. Mikhail Korenman organized the event with the help of GM Shulman, Wes Fisk and others. Jim Berry directed the multi-section event which attracted 74 players.

16) Merida tournament

The Carlos Torre tournament was won by Lenier Dominguez. The event had a virtually incomprehensible format with an element of knockout about it.

Internet coverage: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/index1.htm

17) Forthcoming Events and Links

2nd ASEAN group Championships

2nd ASEAN age group chess championships are taking place in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

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

4NCL Extra

There is a plan to hold an additional 4NCL event on 1-3 June 2002, the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. The weekend will feature a qualifying event for the 2002/03 season and will be open to the three lowest placed teams in Division 3 this season, together with any new teams who want to enter the league next season. The three most successful teams in the event will be eligible to play in Division 3 in 2002/03. The 4NCL are interested in assessing the likely support for this event. Prospective new teams are invited to contact Mike Truran or Paul Littlewood for further details.

Internet site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

3rd Yateley Manor International

Date 25-27 Jan 2002 and 2-3 Feb 2002 (ie play is over 2 weekends) Type Open Event & Venue 3rd Yateley Manor International Yateley Manor School, Reading Road, Yateley, nr Camberley, Hampshire. Contact Ray Clark High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8DA e-mail ray.clark@kpmg.co.uk tel: 01753 883300

Paul Keres Memorial Rapid

The 12th International Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial January 4th-6th 2001 Tallinn, 41. Pärnu Rd.

The tournament consists of two stages: PRELIMINARY TOURNAMENT is a rapid one, 25 + 25 min, in seven rounds according to the Swiss system. The competitors will be divided according to their raiting into groups A and B. If results in the Preliminary Tournament are equal sum of points after every round is considered. MEN-s MAIN TOURNAMENT is played by 5 best players of group A of Preliminary Tournament and 3 players invited directly to the Main Tournament. MAIN TOURNAMENTS are held according to the tournament system. In case of equal points at Main Tournament the monetary prizes will be divided. The main prize of object will be given to the winner of the additional 10 minute competition. PARTICIPANTS Up to 100 participants with the rating of 2000 and more will be permitted to participate, in case of vacancies also with a lower rating. Participation is free for IM and GM. GM will be accommodated in hotel and their travel expences will be covered within the limits of the costs of railway tickets by ESA Kalev. Chief arbiter Lembit Vahesaar (international category)

Preliminary Tournament Friday 4 January Saturday 5 January 16.30 Opening ceremony 10.15 Laying wreath to Keres Memorial 17.00-17.50 I round 11.00-11.50 V round 18.05-18.55 II round 12.05-12.55 VI round 19.10-20.00 III round 13.10-14.00 VII round 20.15.-21.05 IV roundr 14.30 Closing of Preliminary Tournament

Main Tournament Saturday 5 January Sunday 6 January MW 18.00-18.50 I round MW 11.00-11.50 IV round MW 19.00-19.50 II round MW 12.00-12.50 V round MW 20.00.-20.50 III round MW 13.00-13.50 VI round MW 14.00-14.50 VII round 15.15 Closing of Tournament

PRIZES The winner will be awarded with a prize of 12.000 EEK in value 2nd place 7000 EEK 3rd place 5000 EEK 4rd place 3000 EEK The best man of Preliminary Tournament will be awarded with a prize of 1500 EEK in value. The best female player with a prize of 5000 EEK in value, 2nd place 3000 EEK, 3rd 2000 EEK and 4th 1000 EEK in value. The best female player of Preliminary Tournament will be awarded with a prize of 1000 EEK in value. The best veteran (born 1942 and earlier) from Estonian will be awarded a prize of 1000 EEK. The best junior (born 1984 and later) gets a prize of 1000 EEK in value. In group B 1st place gets 1000 EEK, 2nd place 700 EEK, 3rd place 400 EEK.

REGISTRATION With participation fee 120 EEK (for participants under 18 and retired - 60 EEK) till January 1, 2001.,from January 2 2001 - 240 EEK (for participants under 18 and retired - 120 EEK) at 41 Pärnu RD., 10119 Tallinn. Phone + 372 644 07 44, Fax + 372 644 29 87 e - mail: eestikalev@anet.ee Participation fee can be paid to Estonian Union Bank code 401, account Nr. 10022002657005. Registration deadline - 4th January 2001 at 16.00 All participants must give their participant cards personally to Secretary General for drawing of lots before 16.00. Registration fee will be returned to applicants who have informed ESA Kalev about their cancellation before drawing of lots.

Internet site: http://www.maleliit.ee/12th.htm

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

Pamplona

The Pamplona tournament takes place 27th December 2001 - 6th January 2002. Players: Bologan, Almasi, Andersson, Conquest, Leitao, Radjabov, Bruzon, San Segundo , Narciso Dublan and Moreno Carnero. No website address is available.

17th North Sea Cup

Esbjerg will stage a 17th North Sea Cup July 5th-13th 2002, probably category 13-14. A 10 player round-robin hoping to carry on the reputation with previous tournament winners like Short, Jusupov, Adorjan, Larsen, Vaganian, C.Hansen, Svidler etc. Info: Brian Isaksen at brisak@esenet.dk

Ljubljana Chess Club 90th Anniversary

Ljubljana Chess Club Metalka Trgovina - 90th anniversary The Chess Club of Ljubljana (Slovenia) was established on 31.1.1912 by grandmaster and scientist dr. Milan Vidmar and by the Ljubljana City. In this honour we organize Grandmaster tournament (11. Category) from 19th-31st of January 2002 in Hotel SLON Best Western. The event by the sponsorship of Metalka Trgovina is the uverture for the Chess Olympiade at Bled 2002. The participants are : GM Beliavsky (SLO), GM Kharlov (RUS), Ukrainian young GM Volokytin, GM Sveshnikov (RUS), GM Pavasovic (SLO), GM Farago (HUN) and Slovenian IMs Tratar, Soln, Jelen, Podlesnik and young FM Sebenik.

In Slovenia, after this tournament starts the Open tournament in Nova Gorica (31.1.-8.2.2002). Links and information (sites under construction) : http://www.metalka.com, http://www.sah-zveza.si and http://www.hotelslon.com.

Bermuda Tournament

The Bermuda tournament has changed venue. It was to be held in last year's venue, the Elbow Beach hotel but they reneged on the deal, the tournaments will instead take place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel. Owing to the extra costs the format is likely to be changed. They will definitely hold two ten player GM tournaments, followed by an Open. Invitees are: Johann Alvarez, Emanuel Berg, Pawel Blehm, Pascal Charbonneau, Dennis de Vreugt, Erald Dervishi, Robert Fontaine, Leif Erlend Johannessen, Heikki Kallio, Irina Krush, Bartek Macieja, Hikaru Nakamura, Elisabeth Paehtz, Greg Shahade, Bartosz Socko, Hannes Stefansson, Yan Teplitsky, Throstur Thorhallsson, Giovanni Vescovi and Bojan Vuckovic. Nigel Freeman says they have had many players interested in playing and they are open to others playing and putting on an extra GM tournament, but they would have to pay $110 per day for a shared room with food included. Anyone interested should contact Nigel Freeman at: cadilly@northrock.bm.

Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess

Swiss Chess Tour

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most attractive towns in Switzerland for tourists. The 1st Casino Open ("Ambassador Open" cancelled) December 26th-30th 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1941), junior (1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. 1st "Chalet Oberland" Open. Players under 2000. Swiss system, 5 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours. Prizes: natural. Entry fee: 100 SF (juniors 50 SF). At the doors +10 SF. Venue: "Casino"

New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.

Time table for "Casino Open": December 26.: The last registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 12.30-17.30. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 12.30-17.30. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. The first four players knockout and the other continue tournament. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 + semi-final December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 + final Closing ceremony 16.00.

Registered: GM Rausis (LAT), GM Solak (YUG), GM Kovacevic (YUG), WGM Kachiani (GER), IM Berzinsh (LAT), IM Velicka (CZE), IM Joksic(YUG), IM Czebe (HUN), IM Peredy (HUN), IM Izsak (HUN), IM Erdelyi (HUN).

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Or Ervin Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch

Viktor Korchnoi again on Swiss Chess Tour 2001 The 4th Hilton Open in Basle

Last year Viktor Korchnoi celebrated his 70th birthday at HILTON-BASLE. It was very nice and Viktor comes again this year. Swiss Chess Tour 2002 starts the first and address gala Hilton Open again in honor of Viktor.

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" starts in Basle with the 4th Hilton Open January 1st 6th 2002. Swiss system 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). After 5 rounds a first three + Korchnoi play knockout system, the others continue with Swiss system. Prizes: 1. 2000 SF (Swiss Francs), 2. 1.500, 3. 1.200, 4. 1.000, 5. 800, 6. 600, 7. 500, 8. 400, 9.-10. 2x300, 11.-12. 5x200 SF (min 100 players). Special prizes 200 SF each: best Lady, senior (1942), junior (1982-85), schoolboy (1986), and Basle player. Entry fee: 130 SF (FMs + juniors 60; GMs + IMs free). At the doors +10 SF. Amateur Open January 1st 6th. Players under 1900. Swiss system 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 4 hours (30 moves for 90 minutes and 30 minutes till the end). Prizes: 1. 500, 2. 400, 3. 300, 4. 250, 5.-6, 2x200, 7.-10. 150 SF (min 50 players). Entry fee: 110 SF (juniors 50). At the doors +10 SF. Blitz Open January 1st Swiss system 9 double round, 5 minutes. First four play Tele-Rapid. Prizes: 1. 300 SF, 2. 200, 3. 150, 4. 100, 5.-8. 50 SF. Over 50% natural prize. Entry fee: 20 SF (juniors 5 SF). Basle's Junior January 2nd. Open for 1982 and younger. Natural prizes for all participants. Entry fee: 5 SF. Tele-Rapid January 2nd 4th. 8 players, 15 minutes, knockout system (four from blitz). Prizes: 1. 700 SF, 2. 600, 3. 500, 4. 400, 5.-8. 4x200 SF. Venue Hotel "Hilton"

The others celebration events: January 2nd Basle's juniors four category U-20, U-17, U-14, U-12 (7 rounds 15 minutes). January, 4th Viktor Korchnoi, Simul & show with juniors and VIP persons

Time table for "Hilton Open": January 1.: The last registration 13.00-16.45. Blitz tournament 14.00-16.00. Open ceremony 16.45-17.00. Round 1st Hilton Open 17.00-23.00. Amateur Open Round 1st 18.00-22.00. January 2.: Juniors Tournament 13.30-17.00. Tele-Rapid 11.00-13.00 ¼ Final. Round 2nd Hilton Open 17.00-23.00. Amateur Open Round 2nd 18.00-22.00. January 3.: Tele-Rapid 11.00-13.00 ½ Final. Round 3rd Hilton Open 17.00-23.00. Amateur Open Round 3rd 18.00-22.00. January 4.: Tele-Rapid 11.00-13.00 Final. Korchnoi Simul & show 14.00-18.00. Round 4th Hilton Open 17.00-23.00. Amateur Open Round 4th 18.00-22.00 . January 5.: Round 5th Hilton Open 9.30-15.30. The first four-play knockout and the other continue Tournament. Semi-final and Round 6th Hilton Open 16.30-22.30. Amateur Open Round 5th 11.00-15.00, Round 6th 16.30-20.30. January 7. : Final 9.30-15.30. Round 7th Hilton Open 10.00-16.00. Amateur Open Round 7th 11.30-15.30. The closing ceremony 18.00

Registered: GM Korchnoi (SUI), GM Tukmakov (UKR), GM Kovacevic (YUG), GM A. Sokolov (FRA), GM Solak (YUG), GM Pelletier (SUI), GM Varga (HUN), GM Nemet (SUI), WGM Kachiani (GER), IM Velichka (CZE), IM Joksic (YUG), IM Berzinsh (LAT), IM Csebe (HUN), IM Peredy (HUN), IM Izsak (HUN).

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch

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.

Final line up for the Premier: Alexei Barsov (2525), Joe Gallagher (2511), Pentala Harikrishna (2502), Mark Hebden (2567), Petr Kiriakov (2547), Irina Krush (2411), Nicholas Pert (2451), Krishnan Sasikiran (2569), Peter Wells (2517) and Zhang Zhong (2657).

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

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

GM Loek van Wely vs REBEL

Loek Van Wely will play the program REBEL February 19th- 22nd 2002. It will be a four game match with a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours and thereafter 60 minutes for the rest of the game.

Location: Centre Céramique, Avenue Céramique 50, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Games start at 13:00 local time. Entry is free.

Internet coverage: http://www.rebel.nl/reb-wely.htm

Prague - Abner Cup

The Prague - Abner Cup takes place 26th December 2001 - 1st January 2002.

Further information: http://www.sach.cz/ or e-mail: orbis64@login.cz.

Melbourne Festival of Chess

The Melbourne Festival of Chess takes place December 28th 2001 - January 19th 2002. The event incorporates the Australian National Championships, Australian Senior Championships, Australian Championships Reserves, Australian Rapid Play Championships, Australian Lightning Championships, Australian Women's Championships Black Opal Masters, All Season Fide Tournament and a Fischer_Random Exhibition Tournament.

Further details: http://www.chessvictoria.com/austch.htm

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

Cairnhill Open 2001

The 19th Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship will be held from 26th to 30th December 2001 in Singapore. 7 rounds Swiss System and will be limited to a maximum of 120 entries only.

Details and entry form at: http://cairnhil.fide.org/open.htm E-mail: cairnhil@fide.com or open_chess@yahoo.com.sg

On-line Tournament

The 1st Hellenic Chess Server "Apollo" a real time chess game application will host the 1st On-Line Chess Championship in Greece. The games will start at the end of February 2002.

In order to participate (free of charge) visit http://andyhot.di.uoa.gr/chess/tourn/part_form.asp open to players Worldwide.

Further details: webmaster@chess.gr

Hungarian Events

1. 1st-14th of December, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, HUN GM /cat. IX and VII/,IM,FM closed events, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu Website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat 2. 15th-28th of December, THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade, YUG, GM,IM,FM, org: FM Kotevski, 3. 4th-12th of January, TAPOLCA Open Budapest, org: Parej Jozsef, 4. 19th-31th of January, THIRD SATURDAY Novi Sad YUG, GM-IM-FM, YUG, org: IGM Drazic, 5. 2nd-15th of February, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest HUN GM-IM-FM, org: Nagy Laszlo 6. 16th-28th of February THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Belgrade, YUG, org: Kotevski, 7. 2nd-15th of March FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, HUN, GM-IM-FM, org: Nagy, 8. 15th-23rd of March /18th Budapest Spring Festival Open/, 9 rounds Swiss, org: Nagy Laszlo. 9. 16th - 28th of March THIRD SATURDAY Novi Sad, YUG, GM-IM-FM, org.: IGM Drazic

Aeroflot Open 2002

The Aeroflot Open 2002 will take place in Moscow 4-11 February 2002. According to the website below there will be $150,000 US in prizes.

Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/

London Championships

The London Championships take place 14th-16th December 2001 at the South Bank University, Wandsworth Road. 6 round Swiss open to all, £400 first, total £1250. Details Andrew Webster scorchaw@hotmail.com. Telephone 01438 213 969.

October FIDE List Study and FIDE Championships

Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ has two new articles. An article "Study of the October 2001 FIDE Rating List" (By Boris Schipkov, 12.11.2001) and one predicting the results of the FIDE Championships in Moscow.

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

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.

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

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

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 .

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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