THE WEEK IN CHESS 376 21st January 2002 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Sinisa Drazic, Steve Laios, Joe Grech, Geurt Gijssen,
Eugeny Atarov, Richard Furness, Sami Hamalainen, Dan Östergaard, Antonio
Bento, Ingvar Johannesson, Niek Verweij and all those who helped with this
issue.
The FIDE World Championships will now surely be won by 18 year old
Ruslan Ponomariov. Its four years since he became a Grandmaster and he has
continued to improve at an impressive rate since then. He is now just two draws
away from the becoming FIDE World Champion. Where will he go from there? You
have to feel a bit sorry for Ivanchuk, he has kept his nerves in check for most
of the championships but has wrecked chances in the later stages of games two
and five when down to using the 30 second increment, a brutal time rate for
anyone. Only an amazing comeback can save Ivanchuk's dream. The Corus
tournament has produced some great fighting chess and the outcome is still very
unclear with 5 rounds to go.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The final of the FIDE World Chess Championships between Vassily Ivanchuk
and Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine takes place January 16th-26th 2002. Play
on January 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, rest day, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and on the
25th there will be a playoff if required. The venue is the conference hall of
hotel Metropol.
After a very tense week of play in the FIDE Championships 18 year old
Ruslan Ponomariov stands on the verge of becoming FIDE World Champion. Game one
was a disaster for Ivanchuk, playing a French Defence Ivanchuk was defeated in
only 23 moves. Game two was drawn, Ivanchuk almost certainly was winning at one
stage. The players were both down to around a minute plus an increment of 30
seconds from move 32. Game three, a Sicilian Defence was drawn in 47 moves.
Game four, a Queens Gambit Accepted was drawn in 50 moves by repetition, both
players looked very tense indeed. Game five was a Ruy Lopez where Ivanchuk
built up a winning advantage. 44. ..Bxe4 was perhaps the clearest win.
Ivanchuk's frustration at being unable to break through saw him lose control
altogether and go down to a terrible loss in the phase where the players only
had 30 seconds per move. The score is 3.5-1.5 to Ponomariov with only three
games to go. Ponomariov needs 4.5 points to take the title.
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 23 C11 French Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 58 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 47 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 50 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 64 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
FIDE WCh KO Final Moscow RUS (RUS), 16-14 i 2002
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Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 1 = = = 1 . . . 3.5 2866
Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 0 = = = 0 . . . 1.5 2578
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The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place Jan 11th-27th 2002.
With five rounds to go Evgeny Bareev leads the Corus tournament in Wijk
aan Zee with 5.5/8. He is half a point clear of Michael Adams, Alexander
Morozevich, Alexander Khalifman and Alexander Grischuk, Peter Leko is only a
half point further behind. There are daily reports from John Henderson for
TWIC.
Official Coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/Corus2002/
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Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 12-13 i 2002 cat. XVIII (2688)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 * = = . = 1 . 1 = = . . . 1 5.5 2824
2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2742 = * = = 1 . = . . . = 1 = . 5.0 2792
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 = = * = . = . = = . 1 . 1 . 5.0 2779
4. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2688 . = = * . . = . = = = . 1 1 5.0 2788
5. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2671 = 0 . . * 0 . 1 = 1 . . 1 1 5.0 2777
6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 0 . = . 1 * = = = . . = . 1 4.5 2724
7. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2683 . = . = . = * . = 1 = . 0 = 4.0 2690
8. Timman, Jan g NED 2605 0 . = . 0 = . * = = . 1 . 1 4.0 2691
9. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2641 = . = = = = = = * . . 0 . . 3.5 2646
10. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 = . . = 0 . 0 = . * = 1 = . 3.5 2636
11. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2687 . = 0 = . . = . . = * 0 1 = 3.5 2658
12. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 . 0 . . . = . 0 1 0 1 * = = 3.5 2636
13. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2695 . = 0 0 0 . 1 . . = 0 = * . 2.5 2555
14. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 0 . . 0 0 0 = 0 . . = = . * 1.5 2431
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Round 3 (January 15, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 33 D97 Gruenfeld Defence Russian
Khalifman, Alexander - Lautier, Joel 1/2 43 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Grischuk, Alexander - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 53 C82 Ruy Lopez Open Italian
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 22 C96 Ruy Lopez
Dreev, Alexey - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 72 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Timman, Jan - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 17 C11 French Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Adams, Michael 0-1 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 4 (January 16, 2002)
Adams, Michael - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 39 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Morozevich, Alexander - Lautier, Joel 1-0 51 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Leko, Peter - Timman, Jan 1/2 48 B17 Caro Kann
Gurevich, Mikhail - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 33 A28 English Four Knights
Piket, Jeroen - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 40 E48 Nimzo Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Khalifman, Alexander 0-1 28 D97 Gruenfeld Defence Russian
Van Wely, Loek - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 44 D34 Tarrasch Defence
Round 5 (January 17, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1-0 41 E14 Queens Indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1/2 24 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack
Grischuk, Alexander - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 42 C02 French Advance
Dreev, Alexey - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 41 D39 QGD Ragozin System
Timman, Jan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 59 D10 Slav Defence
Lautier, Joel - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 44 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 21 E04 Catalan System
Round 6 (January 19, 2002)
Adams, Michael - Lautier, Joel 1/2 29 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Morozevich, Alexander - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 69 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 47 C42 Petroff's Defence
Timman, Jan - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 33 A29 English Four Knights
Gurevich, Mikhail - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 30 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 59 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Van Wely, Loek - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 24 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 7 (January 20, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 41 D17 Slav Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 32 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Grischuk, Alexander - Timman, Jan 1-0 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Dreev, Alexey - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 39 D12 Slav Defence
Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 37 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 41 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1/2 50 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 8 (January 21, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 28 D34 Tarrasch Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Leko, Peter - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 40 B19 Caro Kann
Timman, Jan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 30 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Gurevich, Mikhail - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 25 A28 English Four Knights
Piket, Jeroen - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 64 D59 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Van Wely, Loek - Lautier, Joel 1/2 11 A36 English Botvinnik
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-13 i 2002 cat. XI (2525)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2574 * . . = = 1 . 1 . . 1 1 5.0 2794
2. Krasenkov, Mikhail POL 2570 . * . . = . 1 = . 1 1 1 5.0 2758
3. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2659 . . * . . = = = . 1 1 1 4.5 2678
4. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2626 = . . * 1 0 . . 1 . 1 = 4.0 2626
5. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2501 = = . 0 * 1 . . = . = . 3.0 2534
6. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 2498 0 . = 1 0 * = . . 1 . . 3.0 2545
7. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2451 . 0 = . . = * 1 . = . = 3.0 2534
8. Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2522 0 = = . . . 0 * 1 = . . 2.5 2471
9. Cuijpers, Frans m NED 2458 . . . 0 = . . 0 * = 0 1 2.0 2389
10. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2460 . 0 0 . . 0 = = = * . . 1.5 2333
11. Werle, Jan m NED 2481 0 0 0 0 = . . . 1 . * . 1.5 2371
12. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira wg FRA 2498 0 0 0 = . . = . 0 . . * 1.0 2283
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The XXVII Seville Open took place 11th-19th January 2002. There was a
three way tie between Roberto Cifuentes Parada (top on tie-break), Vladimir
Epishin and Mihai Suba all finishing on 7.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
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XXVII Open Seville ESP (ESP), 11-19 i 2002
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1. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2521 7.5 40.5 55.5
2. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 7.5 40.0 56.5
3. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2528 7.5 39.0 56.5
4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2456 7.0 38.5 54.5
5. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2523 7.0 38.0 54.5
6. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2505 7.0 38.0 53.5
7. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2568 7.0 37.5 53.0
8. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2541 7.0 37.0 54.5
9. Cabrera, Alexis m CUB 2440 7.0 36.0 52.0
10. Candela Perez, Jose f ESP 2399 7.0 35.5 50.5
11. Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2447 7.0 34.0 47.0
12. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2522 6.5 38.5 55.5
13. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2469 6.5 35.5 52.5
14. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2607 6.5 35.5 52.0
15. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2347 6.5 34.5 52.5
16. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2542 6.5 34.5 51.5
17. Frois, Antonio m POR 2354 6.5 33.5 49.0
18. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2385 6.5 33.5 48.0
19. Garcia Luque, Agustin f ESP 2425 6.0 34.5 51.5
20. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2460 6.0 34.5 50.0
21. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2309 6.0 34.0 53.0
22. Salazar, Jeyksson COL 2275 6.0 33.5 52.0
23. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2368 6.0 33.5 52.0
24. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2392 6.0 33.0 51.0
25. Calvo, Jesus Maria ESP 2285 6.0 33.0 47.5
26. Martin Vazquez, Jose M ESP 2194 6.0 32.0 47.0
27. Durao, Joaquim m POR 2150 6.0 32.0 46.0
28. Barrenechea Bahamonde, Gustavo ESP 2094 6.0 31.0 46.0
29. Nuevo Perez, Antonio ESP 2169 6.0 30.5 44.0
30. Castillo Gomez,J ESP ---- 6.0 29.0 41.0
31. Valencia Gomez,J ESP ---- 6.0 28.5 45.0
32. Giampa, Alejandro ARG 2189 6.0 28.5
187 players
90th anniversary of the Ljubljana Chess Club Metalka Trgovina. The Chess
Club of Ljubljana (Slovenia) was established on 31.1.1912 by grandmaster and
scientist dr. Milan Vidmar and by the City of Ljubljana. There is a Grandmaster
tournament (Category 11) to commemorate this 19th-31st of January 2002 in the
Hotel SLON Best Western. The event is sponsored by Metalka Trgovina. Evgeny
Sveshnikov leads with 2/2.
After the conclusion of this tournament there will follow an open
tournament in Nova Gorica (31.1.-8.2.2002).
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0201/lsk02/
and http://www.metalka.net/lsk90/
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90th LSK Metalka Trgovina Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 19-31 i 2002 cat. XI (2510)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2565 * . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2.0
2. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2649 . * . = . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2709
3. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2638 . . * . . = . . . 1 . . 1.5 2586
4. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2608 . = . * . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2728
5. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2547 . . . . * . . = 1 . . . 1.5 2698
6. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2412 . . = . . * . . . . . 1 1.5 2722
7. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2500 . . . . . . * . = . 1 . 1.5 2684
8. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2424 . 0 . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2405
9. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2586 . . . . 0 . = . * . . . 0.5 2330
10. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2374 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Podlesnik, Bogdan m SLO 2397 0 . . . . . 0 . . . * . 0.0
12. Polajzer, Danilo m SLO 2421 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The Indian Championships take place in Nagpur January 16th - Febuary
4th 2002. The huge Category VIII 20 player event has 5 GMs Sasikiran,
Harikrishna, Barua, Kunte, Thipsay and 9 IMs competing. Women qualifiers WGM S
Vijayalakshmi and IWM Swati Ghate compete for the first time. After four rounds
five players have 3.5/5.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chathurangam.com/indian2001/39thBPCLNatlA/
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39th BPCL ch-IND Nagpur IND (IND), 16 i-4 ii 2002 cat. VIII (2426)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2525 * . . . . . = . 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . 3.5 2751
2. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2498 . * . . . . . 1 = . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 3.5 2772
3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2569 . . * . = 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 3.5 2782
4. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 . . . * . . = . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 3.5 2721
5. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2515 . . = . * . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 3.5 2773
6. Gokhale, C.S IND 2407 . . 0 . . * . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1 3.0 2640
7. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2479 = . . = . . * . . . . . . = . . . . 1 . 2.5 2513
8. Sareen, Vishal IND 2346 . 0 . . . . . * . . . . . . = 1 1 . . . 2.5 2489
9. Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2456 0 = . . . . . . * . . . . . 1 = . . . . 2.0 2429
10. Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2321 0 . . 0 . . . . . * . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0 2414
11. Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2436 . . . . 0 0 . . . . * . 1 . . . . = . . 1.5 2379
12. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2404 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . = = = . . . . 1.5 2315
13. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2480 . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . * . 1 . = . . . 1.5 2333
14. Saravanan, V m IND 2393 . . . 0 . . = . . 0 . = . * . . . . . . 1.0 2210
15. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2362 . . . . . . . = 0 . . = 0 . * . . . . . 1.0 2228
16. Murali Krishnan, B.T IND 2331 . . . . . . . 0 = 0 . = . . . * . . . . 1.0 2188
17. Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2386 . . . . . 0 . 0 . . . . = . . . * = . . 1.0 2231
18. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2465 . 0 0 . . . . . . . = . . . . . = * . . 1.0 2279
19. Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2347 . . . 0 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * 1 1.0 2257
20. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2399 . . 0 . 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 * 0.0
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The 18th Open Skopje takes place in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia,
15th-23rd January 2002. There are 48 players from 16 countries including 3
women in a 9 rounds Swiss Tournament. Leading contenders in the event include:
Georgiev Kiril, Onischuk Alexander and Graf Alexander. Internet coverage:
http://www.chessmkd.com/ENG
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18th Open Skopje MKD (MKD), 15-23 i 2002
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1. Graf, Alexander g GER 2605 =24 +20 +23 = 2 + 4 + 9 . . . 5.0 2754
2. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2545 +34 + 9 = 5 = 1 +14 +12 . . . 5.0 2788
3. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2655 +26 =14 + 7 = 4 = 5 +15 . . . 4.5 2700
4. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2568 +21 +18 +10 = 3 - 1 = 7 . . . 4.0 2660
5. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2502 +41 +12 = 2 = 8 = 3 =10 . . . 4.0 2672
6. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2560 +27 =11 +25 =15 =10 = 8 . . . 4.0 2611
7. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2492 =35 +37 - 3 +22 +29 = 4 . . . 4.0 2563
8. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2580 =29 =30 +39 = 5 +27 = 6 . . . 4.0 2548
9. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2444 +46 - 2 +31 +17 +16 - 1 . . . 4.0 2586
10. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2539 +44 +42 - 4 +33 = 6 = 5 . . . 4.0 2566
11. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2455 +47 = 6 =13 -12 +38 +33 . . . 4.0 2577
12. Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2655 +22 - 5 +24 +11 =15 - 2 . . . 3.5 2536
13. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2542 +28 =25 =11 =27 =18 =20 . . . 3.5 2487
14. Galego, Luis m POR 2521 +31 = 3 =29 +28 - 2 =21 . . . 3.5 2510
15. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2530 +39 =33 +32 = 6 =12 - 3 . . . 3.5 2579
16. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2540 =30 -29 +35 +25 - 9 +36 . . . 3.5 2447
17. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2565 +36 =32 =33 - 9 =26 +29 . . . 3.5 2493
18. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2509 +45 - 4 +30 =29 =13 =19 . . . 3.5 2499
19. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2464 -42 -31 +40 +39 +24 =18 . . . 3.5 2388
20. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2441 =40 - 1 +37 =38 +34 =13 . . . 3.5 2428
21. Damaso, Rui m POR 2412 - 4 +45 =38 =36 +32 =14 . . . 3.5 2487
22. Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2427 -12 =41 +46 - 7 +35 +31 . . . 3.5 2434
23. Jacimovic, Dragoljub g MKD 2472 =37 +35 - 1 =34 =33 =27 . . . 3.0 2393
24. Stamenkov, Vanco f MKD 2417 = 1 +40 -12 =32 -19 +38 . . . 3.0 2442
25. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2435 +43 =13 - 6 -16 =28 +39 . . . 3.0 2390
26. Dancevski, Orce m MKD 2429 - 3 -39 +45 +42 =17 =28 . . . 3.0 2413
27. Paramos Dominguez, Roberto m ESP 2381 - 6 +47 +42 =13 - 8 =23 . . . 3.0 2436
28. Ilic, Zoran3 f MKD 2364 -13 +48 +43 -14 =25 =26 . . . 3.0 2339
29. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2416 = 8 +16 =14 =18 - 7 -17 . . . 2.5 2477
30. Kizov, Atanas f MKD 2348 =16 = 8 -18 =31 =37 =32 . . . 2.5 2395
31. Andonovski, Ljubisa f MKD 2330 -14 +19 - 9 =30 +40 -22 . . . 2.5 2336
32. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2487 +38 =17 -15 =24 -21 =30 . . . 2.5 2369
33. Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2441 +48 =15 =17 -10 =23 -11 . . . 2.5 2388
34. Kutirov, Rolando g MKD 2367 - 2 =46 +41 =23 -20 =37 . . . 2.5 2312
35. Popov, Venci f MKD 2297 = 7 -23 -16 +46 -22 +45 . . . 2.5 2348
36. Mitkov, Marjan m MKD 2401 -17 -38 +47 =21 +41 -16 . . . 2.5 2333
37. Dinev, Dejan MKD 2270 =23 - 7 -20 +48 =30 =34 . . . 2.5 2314
38. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2289 -32 +36 =21 =20 -11 -24 . . . 2.0 2310
39. Gicev, Blagoja MKD 2336 -15 +26 - 8 -19 +42 -25 . . . 2.0 2321
40. Pancevski, Filip MKD 2154 =20 -24 -19 +44 -31 =43 . . . 2.0 2207
41. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2309 - 5 =22 -34 +43 -36 =44 . . . 2.0 2214
42. Gorgieski, Dejan MKD 2240 +19 -10 -27 -26 -39 +47 . . . 2.0 2271
43. Suaibi,Dritan MKD ---- -25 +44 -28 -41 =45 =40 . . . 2.0 2195
44. Organdziev, Oliver f MKD 2340 -10 -43 =48 -40 +46 =41 . . . 2.0 2090
45. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2318 -18 -21 -26 +47 =43 -35 . . . 1.5 2119
46. Rusomanov, Atanas MKD 2182 - 9 =34 -22 -35 -44 +48 . . . 1.5 2137
47. Petkovski, Vlatko f MKD 2227 -11 -27 -36 -45 +48 -42 . . . 1.0 2044
48. Andreeski, Danilo MKD 2110 -33 -28 =44 -37 -47 -46 . . . 0.5 1903
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The 150th anniversary of the São José do Rio Preto takes
place in Sao Paulo 17th-24th January 2002. Fernando Peralta leads in this
category IV event with 3.5/4.
Internet coverage:
http://www.xadrezhoje.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm
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150 SJ Rio Preto Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 17-24 i 2002 cat. IV (2342)
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1. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2490 * . 1 . = . 1 . 1 . 3.5 2636
2. Crosa, Martin f URU 2393 . * . . . = = 1 . 1 3.0 2500
3. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2291 0 . * = 1 . . . . 1 2.5 2510
4. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2343 . . = * . = . = . 1 2.5 2416
5. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2415 = . 0 . * . = 1 . . 2.0 2325
6. Marques, Vinicius BRA 2294 . = . = . * . . = . 1.5 2332
7. Borges, Leomar Barbero BRA 2234 0 = . . = . * . = . 1.5 2302
8. Coelho, Luis BRA 2285 . 0 . = 0 . . * 1 . 1.5 2266
9. Molina, Jorge BOL 2261 0 . . . . = = 0 * . 1.0 2132
10. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2415 . 0 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Antonio Bento reports: The "ABERTO DO BRASIL BCX 2002" takes place in
Brasilia, Brasil, 17th-20th January 2002. There are 84 players in a 6 rounds
swiss tournament. IM Everaldo Matsuura, Ricardo Bedin França and IM
Sandro Trindade finished on 5/6. No games available.
Internet coverage:http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
Final Standings:
1-3 Matsuura, Everaldo 2420 5
França, Ricardo Bedin 2182 5
Trindade, Sandro Heleno de S 2336 5
4-14 de Andrade, Waldemiro Soares 2171 4.5
Sousa, Adriano Valle de 2222 4.5
de Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar 2231 4.5
Lucena, Lincoln 2204 4.5
Silva, Carlos Alessandro A da 4.5
Frare, Fernando Cesar 2247 4.5
Barbalho, Gilsomar Silva 4.5
Batista, Gerson Peres 2238 4.5
Haro, Martim 2135 4.5
Pinto, Helder Gaioso 4.5
Rosa, Danilo Epitacio Neves 2138 4.5
15-23 Cavallieri, Andre 4
Moyses Junior, Zich 2001 4
de Sá, Antonio Villar Marques 2114 4
Butenko, Halex 4
Silva, Heverton Gisclan Neves 2275 4
Oliveira, Tiago Batista 4
Miranda, Alexandre Pinto de 4
Silva, Alessandro Rodrigues da 2146 4
Evelyn, Alessandro 4
84 players
The Third Saturday GM event in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) takes place
19th-27th January 2002.
The next events will be 16th-24th March 2002 with GM, IM and ELO events.
Contact Sinisa Drazic sdrazic@EUnet.yu.
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TSGM January Novi Sad YUG (YUG), 19-29 i 2002 cat. VIII (2430)
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1. Radlovacki, Jovan YUG 2400 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2398 . * . . . . . . . = . . 0.5 2448
3. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2486 . . * = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2279
4. Deglmann, Ludwig f GER 2279 . . = * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2486
5. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2471 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2436
6. Flumbort, Andras HUN 2436 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2471
7. Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2469 . . . . . . * . . . = . 0.5 2444
8. Gavrilov, Alexei m RUS 2480 . . . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2428
9. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2428 . . . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2480
10. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2448 . = . . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2398
11. Scekic, Milos m YUG 2444 . . . . . . = . . . * . 0.5 2469
12. Pap, Misa m YUG 2415 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 5th and 6th rounds of the 4NCL took place last weekend. In round 6
the top two teams met with Beeson Gregory headed by Viktor Korchnoi (winning
against Viktor Bologan) beating Wood Green 1 4.5-3.5. Games will probably
follow next week.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Round 5 19th January 2002
WOOD GREEN 1 2511 6-2 MIDLAND MONARCHS 2302
1 w Short, Nigel 2663 1-0 Ledger, Andrew J. 2399
2 b Speelman, Jonathan S. 2596 1/2 Pert, Nicholas 2451
3 w Baburin, Alexander 2565 1-0 Hunt, Adam C. 2356
4 b Emms, John M. 2537 1-0 Eames, Robert G. 2327
5 w Ward, Christopher 2486 1/2 Williams, Simon K. 2300
6 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2411 1-0 Ledger, David J. 2298
7 w Martin, Andrew D. 2443 0-1 Ledger, Stephen C. 2168
8 b Tiller, Bjorn 2383 1-0 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119
BRISTOL 1 2307 1½-6½ BEESON GREGORY 1 2517
1 w Ansell, Simon 2396 0-1 Hodgson, Julian 2598
2 b Buckley, Graeme 2400 0-1 Nunn, John D.M. 2595
3 w Sherwin, James T. 2339 1/2 Hebden, Mark L. 2558
4 b Beaumont, Chris 2300 0-1 Gallagher, Joseph G. 2503
5 w Burgess, Graham 2298 1/2 Chandler, Murray G. 2543
6 b Cobb, Charles 2297 0-1 McShane, Luke J. 2525
7 w McFarland, Robert S. 2280 0-1 Summerscale, Aaron 2503
8 b Buckley, Melanie (F) 2147 1/2 Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2310
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2273 2½-5½ SLOUGH 1 2258
1 w Arkell, Keith C. 2463 1/2 Fernandes, Antonio * 2449
2 b Kirsanov, Oleg 2353 0-1 Houska, Jovanka (F) 2380
3 w Dunnington, Angus J. 2382 1/2 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2395
4 b Gayson, Peter M. 2281 0-1 McNab, Colin A. 2425
5 w Buckley, Simon T. 2249 1-0 Johnson, Nigel A. 1672
6 b Jones, Gawain C.B. 2208 1/2 Howell, David W.L. 2237
7 w Barrett, Steve J. 2199 0-1 Devereaux, Maxim 2282
8 b Keeling, Karen (F) 2048 0-1 Smith, Andrew P. 2223
WOOD GREEN 2 2312 3½-4½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2271
1 w Littlewood, Paul E. 2403 1/2 Collinson, Adam 2391
2 b Levitt, Jonathan P. 2412 1/2 Dishman, Stephen 2323
3 w Pein, Malcolm 2424 1-0 Duncan, Christopher 2336
4 b Lee, Graham D. 2338 1/2 Berry, Neil 2257
5 w Tan, Desmond 2281 1/2 Collins, Sam 2299
6 b Law, Andrew P. 2302 1/2 Twyble, Michael S. 2220
7 w Savage, Ben D. 2150 0-1 Shikerov, Stefan 2298
8 b Jackson, Sheila A. (F) 2183 0-1 Rutherford, Elaine 2043
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2371 5-3 BEESON GREGORY 2 2373
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2532 1-0 Norwood, David 2507
2 b Kelly, Brian 2445 0-1 Mestel, A. Jonathan 2495
3 w Knott, Simon 2383 1/2 Hennigan, Michael 2451
4 b Palliser, Richard 2443 1/2 McDonald, Neil R. 2398
5 w Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346 1-0 Cooper, Lawrence 2366
6 b Crouch, Colin S. 2360 0-1 Richardson, John R. 2308
7 w Ferguson, Mark 2376 1-0 Black, Richard 2246
8 b Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2079 1-0 Richards, Heather S. 2209
WESSEX 2253 2-6 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2388
1 w Rossiter, Philip J. 2380 1/2 Kosten, Anthony C. 2533
2 b Poulton, James 2409 0-1 Rowson, Jonathan 2512
3 w Webb, Richard M. 2361 1/2 Plaskett, James 2474
4 b Willmoth, Robert 2184 0-1 Gormally, Daniel W. 2506
5 w Yeo, Michael J. 2206 0-1 Povah, Nigel E. 2351
6 b Upton, Ian J. 2238 0-1 Kinsman, Andrew P.H. 2401
7 w Simons, Martin J. 2230 1/2 Broomfield, Matthew 2230
8 b Howard, Emily (F) 2017 1/2 Yurenok, Maria S. 2098
Round 6 20th January 2002
BEESON GREGORY 1 2528 4½-3½ WOOD GREEN 1 2551
1 w Korchnoi, Viktor * 2633 1-0 Bologan, Viktor * 2651
2 b McShane, Luke J. 2525 1/2 Short, Nigel 2663
3 w Hodgson, Julian 2598 1/2 Speelman, Jonathan 2596
4 b Nunn, John D.M. 2595 1/2 Baburin, Alexander 2565
5 w Hebden, Mark L. 2558 0-1 Turner, Matthew J. 2502
6 b Gallagher, Joseph G. 2503 1/2 Ward, Christopher 2486
7 w Summerscale, Aaron 2503 1/2 Emms, John M. 2537
8 b Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2310 1-0 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2411
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2302 4½-3½ WESSEX 2270
1 w Ledger, Andrew J. 2399 1-0 Rossiter, Philip J. 2380
2 b Pert, Nicholas 2451 1-0 Poulton, James 2409
3 w Hunt, Adam C. 2356 1/2 Webb, Richard M. 2361
4 b Williams, Simon K. 2300 0-1 Corkett, Anthony R. 2316
5 w Ledger, David J. 2298 1/2 Yeo, Michael J. 2206
6 b Eames, Robert G. 2327 1/2 Upton, Ian J. 2238
7 w Ledger, Stephen C. 2168 0-1 Simons, Martin J. 2230
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119 1-0 Howard, Emily (F) 2017
SLOUGH 1 2336 3-5 WOOD GREEN 2 2343
1 w Fernandes, Antonio * 2449 1/2 Littlewood, Paul E. 2403
2 b Houska, Jovanka (F) 2380 1/2 Levitt, Jonathan P. 2412
3 w Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2395 1/2 Martin, Andrew D. 2443
4 b McNab, Colin A. 2425 0-1 Lee, Graham D. 2338
5 w Howell, David W.L. 2237 0-1 Tiller, Bjorn 2383
6 b Houska, Miroslav 2300 1/2 Law, Andrew P. 2302
7 w Devereaux, Maxim 2282 1/2 Tan, Desmond 2281
8 b Smith, Andrew P. 2223 1/2 Jackson, Sheila A. 2183
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2390 3½-4½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2385
1 w Plaskett, James 2474 1/2 Parker, Jonathan 2532
2 b Rowson, Jonathan 2512 1-0 Palliser, Richard 2443
3 w Kosten, Anthony C. 2533 1/2 Ferguson, Mark 2376
4 b Gormally, Daniel W. 2506 1/2 Kelly, Brian 2445
5 w Povah, Nigel E. 2351 0-1 Collinson, Adam 2391
6 b Kinsman, Andrew P.H. 2401 1-0 Crouch, Colin S. 2360
7 w Granat, Russell G. 2243 0-1 Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
8 b Yurenok, Maria S. (F) 2098 0-1 Regan, Natasha (F) 2185
BEESON GREGORY 2 2410 5½-2½ BRISTOL 1 2307
1 w Chandler, Murray G. 2543 1-0 Ansell, Simon 2396
2 b Mestel, A. Jonathan 2495 1/2 Buckley, Graeme 2400
3 w Norwood, David 2507 1-0 Sherwin, James T. 2339
4 b McDonald, Neil R. 2398 1-0 Cobb, Charles 2297
5 w Hennigan, Michael T. 2451 1/2 Burgess, Graham 2298
6 b Richardson, John R. 2308 1/2 Beaumont, Chris 2300
7 w Cooper, Lawrence 2366 1/2 McFarland, Robert S. 2280
8 b Richards, Heather S. 2209 1/2 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2147
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2248 4-4 THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2248
1 w Duncan, Christopher R. 2336 0-1 Arkell, Keith C. 2463
2 b Berry, Neil 2257 1/2 Kirsanov, Oleg 2353
3 w Collins, Sam 2299 1/2 Buckley, Simon T. 2249
4 b Dishman, Stephen 2323 1/2 Gayson, Peter M. 2281
5 w Shikerov, Stefan 2298 1-0 Barrett, Steve J. 2199
6 b Twyble, Michael S. 2220 0-1 Jones, Gawain C.B. 2208
7 w Trent, Lawrence 2208 1/2 Gourlay, Iain 2183
8 b Rutherford, Elaine 2043 1-0 Keeling, Karen (F) 2048
4NCL 2001-2002 Division 1
Round 6 Standings
P W D L Gms Pts
BEESON GREGORY 1 6 6 0 0 32.0 12
WOOD GREEN 1 6 5 0 1 35.5 10
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 6 4 0 2 28.5 8
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 6 4 0 2 25.5 8
WOOD GREEN 2 6 3 0 3 25.5 6
BRISTOL 1 6 3 0 3 21.5 6
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 6 2 1 3 20.5 5
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 6 2 1 3 19.0 5
SLOUGH 1 6 2 0 4 21.5 4
MIDLAND MONARCHS 6 2 0 4 20.0 4
BEESON GREGORY 2 6 1 0 5 19.5 2
WESSEX 6 1 0 5 19.0 2
Steve Laios sends news of rounds 5 and 6 of the Belgian Interteams.
Round 5 : 23.12.2001
1.Borgerhout 1 - LV Leuven 1 4.5 - 3.5
2.KGSRL 2 - KAOSK 1 3.0 - 5.0 * games
3.Liège 1 - Charleroi 1 6.5 - 1.5
4.Eupen 1 - Rochade 1 3.5 - 4.5 * games
5.Temse 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 2.0 - 6.0
6.KBSK 1 - KGSRL 1 3.0 - 5.0
Round 6 : 06.01.2002
1.LV Leuven 1 - KGSRL 1 5.5 - 2.5 * games
2.Jean Jaurès 1 - KBSK 1 3.0 - 5.0
3.Charleroi 1 - Eupen 1 5.5 - 2.5 * games
4.Rochade 1 - Temse 1 6.0 - 2.0
5.KAOSK 1 - Liège 1 3.5 - 4.5
6.Borgerhout 1 - KGSRL 2 4.5 - 3.5
Round 6 Standings:
Teams pts m.p.
1. Liège 1 30.0 5.0
2. Rochade Eupen 1 29.5 5.0
3. K Gent SRL 2 26.5 3.5
4. Jean Jaurès 1 26.5 3.0
5. LV Leuven 1 26.0 3.0
6. Temse Boey 1 24.0 4.0
7. K Brugge SK 1 22.5 3.0
8. K Antwerp OSK 1 22.5 2.5
9. K Gent SRL 1 21.5 2.0
10. Borgerhout 1 21.0 2.5
10. Charleroi 1 21.0 2.5
12. Eupen 47 1 17.0 0.0
The New Dolmen International Tournament in Malta took place 13th-19th
January 2002. The venue was the New Dolmen Hotel, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay. The
prize fund was US $5000. Stefan Djuric took clear first with 6/7. Joe Grech
reports that the total prize fund was $5000 of which Djuric won $2000,
Maksimovic won $1000 and Bengafer, Elfert and Radojicic shared $1000.
Details: http://www.global.net.mt/jjgrech
Final (Round 7) Standings:
1 Djuric, Stefan (1) gm YUG 2487 6 31.0
2 Maksimovic, Suzana (4) wgm YUG 2282 5.5 30.0
3-5 Bengafer, Mohamed (5) LIB 2280 5 30.5
Radojicic, Aleksander (23) MLT 5 28.0
Elfert, Alexander (6) im RUS 2239 5 27.5
6 Benderac, Ana (3) wim YUG 2296 4.5 30.0
7-11 Lachaux, Jerome (10) FRA 2004 4 28.5
Loktiev, Ivan (2) fm RUS 2336 4 27.5
Elhaj, Nizar (22) LIB 4 23.0
Camilleri, Henry (9) MLT 2161 4 22.0
Richards, John (13) MLT 4 18.0
12-14 Pace, Colin (8) MLT 2171 3.5 27.0
Cassar, Horace (11) MLT 3.5 25.5
Sammut, Ron (14) MLT 3.5 21.0
15-18 Vella, Duncan (7) MLT 2200 3 28.0
Petterson, John (12) MLT 3 24.0
Heron, Donald (15) UK 3 23.0
Cardona, Mark (19) MLT 3 22.5
19-21 Demanuele, Joe (17) MLT 2.5 21.5
Attard, Ivan (16) MLT 2.5 21.0
Muscat Baron, Anthony (18) MLT 2.5 16.5
22 Cuschieri, Michael (20) MLT 2 19.5
23 Rippengal, Olive (21) MLT 1 21.0
A list with the nominated best chess websites sites for Chess Award 2001
has been published. Voting ends 31th of January.
Info:
http://www.schacknyheter.com/chessaward/english/rules.shtml
The Bermuda tournament takes place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess
Hotel. Final line ups GM 'A': Ernst,Handke, Johannessen, Krush, Le Siege,
Macieja, Nakamura, Socko, Vescovi anv Vuckovic GM 'B' Alvarez, Berg, Blehm,
Charbonneau, de Vreugt, Kallio, Nyback, Paehtz, Perelshteyn and Shahade.
The 2002 GM Invitational Tournaments will be held January 21st-January
30th, followed by the Open Tournament held February 1st - February 3rd.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
The Aeroflot Open 2002 will take place in Moscow 4th-11th February 2002.
According to the website below there will be $150,000 US in prizes. Geurt
Gijssen adds that 50 GMs and more than 200 players have confirmed their
participation. He adds that the organisers have told him that visas are free of
charge and that there are special rates for journalists.
Leading entries so far include: Grischuk (RUS) 2671, Smirin (ISR) 2702,
Van Wely (NED) 2697, Dreev (RUS) 2683, Akopian (ARM) 2680, Vaganian (ARM) 2662,
Zvjaginsev (RUS) 2656, Rublevsky (RUS) 2655, Onischuk (UKR) 2655, Bologan (MLD)
2651 Aleksandrov (BLR) 2645, Motylev (RUS) 2639, Tkachiev (FRA) 2634, Tregubov
(RUS) 2626, Macieja (POL) 2612, Kaidanov (USA) 2596, Milov (SUI) 2595, Avrukh
(ISR) 2591, Fedorov (BLR) 2589, Psakhis (ISR) 2572 and Nataf (FRA) 2546.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Reykjavik Open
The Reykjavik Open takes place March 7th-15th 2002. Organised by "The
Icelandic Chess Federation" and "Reykjavik Chess Club".
Details: http://skak.is/si/reykjavik2002/
2002 Uruguay Championships
The website for the 2002 Uruguayan Championships is at:
http://www.uruwow.com/secciones/deportes/ajedrez/uruguayo2002.html.
There are various qualifiers in February and March before the finals in
April.
2nd Helsinki Chess Circuit
2nd Helsinki Chess Circuit, Feb 25 - Mar 8, 2002 Helsinki Chess Circuit
will be played in the House of Chess, in the center of Helsinki, from February
25th to March 8th, 2002. Events: Group A: 10-12 players all-play-all IM-event,
for players ELO-rated over 2200, IM-norm possibility. Group B: 8-12 players
all-play-all ELO-event, for players rated 1900-2200. Group C: 8-12 players
all-play-all event, for players rated under 1900. Players interested to
participate, please contact the main organizer Mr. Sami
Hämäläinen, aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Further details:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakki.koti/hcc2/index.htm
2nd Oxford University Chess Congress
The 2nd Oxford University Chess Congress takes place on the 27th &
28th April, 2002 at Lincoln College, Oxford. Sections: Open (a new Terence
Chapman Grand Prix Elite event), U-170 Major & U-125 Minor. Please visit
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sedm0500/tournament/2002.html
for more information. Alternatively one can contact Jonathan Smith at The
Queen's College, Oxford, OX1 4AW; email j.smith4@physics.ox.ac.uk or on 07813
307563 , but please only 'phone after 7pm.
Computer Project
I'm not quite clear how this works but here is a chess computer project
on the net.
"The purpose of this project is to build a non-commercial distributed
computing platform. It aims at chess enthusiasts who wouldn't mind to
contribute some of their computing power to a scientific project. The
application will be in the field of evolutionary algorithms and artificial
neural networks. The goal is the creation of artificial neural networks capable
of playing chess. "
Internet site: http://wind.prohosting.com/chessweb/
Polgar in Germany
Judit Polgar will appear in an exhibition on 3rd February 2002 at
Schachklub Turm Emsdetten.
Further details: http://www.deltacity.net/michael/
Aurec Open
16-17/02/2002 - AUREC (FRANCE) Rapid tournaments 7x20 mn: Section A :
Open - Total prizes : 5,600 € Section B : for under 1801 Elo -
Total prizes : 1,400 € Invitations for IGM and IM More info :
Olivier Deville - Côtevière - 43110 Aurec - France
Tél. : +33 4 77 35 41 21 - Fax : +33 4 77 35 23 76 - E-mail :
odeville@netcourrier.com
Eupen Chess Open
The Schachklub Rochade Eupen-Kelmis VoG, Kehrweg 11, B-4700 Eupen
(dieter.plumanns@swing.be) is organising an Easter Open 23rd-24th March 2002.
Info Entry: Guenter Delhaes, Karl-Weiss-Strasse 44, B-4700 Eupen Telefon &
Fax : 0032(0)87.552716 bis 18h00 Telefon : 0032(0)87.742578 nach 19h00
ChessBase redesign
The ChessBase site http://www.chessbase.com has had a
redesign.
Frideric Olafsson Interview
Former FIDE President Frideric Olafsson has given an interview with
http://www.ehlvest.com including stories
from the Fischer-Spassky match of 1972.
http://www.ehlvest.com/olafsson/olafsson.htm
First Saturday February
The next First Saturday events will start on February 2nd 2002. There
are still places in some events and you should contact Laszlo Nagy
firstsat@elender.hu if you wish to play. There are two GM and one IM
events.
Participants of the 2nd-15th of February cat.VII-VIII. FS GM-tournament:
IGM VAJDA, Levente /ROM/, IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran /YUG/, IGM LUKÁCS,
Péter /HUN/, WGM DEMBO, Yelena /HUN/. IM BALOGH, Csaba /HUN/, IM JAKAB,
Attila /HUN/, IM HORVATH, Peter /HUN/, IM SZEBERENYI, Adam /HUN/, IM KUSTAR,
Sandor /HUN/, WGM VAJDA, Szidónia /HUN/, IM GUNNARSON, Jon Viktor
/ISL/?, IM MEDVEGY, Zoltán /HUN/, IM BUTNORIUS, Algimandas /LIT/? FM
MENSCH, Etienne /FRA/? Reserves: IGM CSOM, Istvan /HUN/, IM HUSARI, Satea
/SYR/, IGM LUKACS, Peter /HUN/, IM ROCHA, Sergio /POR/, WGM TIAN, Tian /CHN/.
Max 14 players.
Participants of the 2nd-15th of February cat.IX-X. FS GM-tournament: IGM
HORVATH, Csaba /HUN/, IGM HORVATH, Jozsef /HUN/, IGM VARGA, Zoltán
/HUN/, IM MARKUS, Robert /YUG/?, IM SEDLAK, Nikola /YUG/?, IM ZIVANIC, Marko
/YUG/, IM GAVRILOV, Alexei /RUS/?, IM ANTAL, Gergely /HUN/, WGM HOANG, Trang
/VIE/, GUNNARSSON, Jon Viktor /ISL/?, IM FOGARASI, Tibor /HUN/, WGM KONERU,
Humpy /IND/, IM GENOV, Petar /BUL/?. Reserves: IGM CSOM, Istvan /HUN/, IM
KRIVONOSOV, Oleg /LAT/, IGM LUKÁCS, Péter /HUN/, TIAN, Tian /CHN/
w. Max. 14 players.
Participants of the 2nd-15th of February cat.I-II-III FS IM-tournament:
IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN, 2303/, IM KOSTIC, Filip /YUG, 2280/, IM EPERJESI, Laszlo
/HUN, 2276/, IM FARAGO, Sandor /HUN, 2318/, SORIAL, Hanna /EGY, 2264/, FM
BOGNAR, Csaba /HUN, 2215/, KUN, Gabor /HUN, 2313/, ERDELYI, Zombor /HUN, 2215/,
COOKE, Eric /USA, 2195/?, FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen /GER, 2289/, TIAN, Tian /CHN,
2346/, FM RESIKA, Nathan /USA, 2241/?, WIM GARA, Ticia /HUN, 2304/?, MENSCH,
Etienne /FRA , 2380/, ? BONNET, Edouard /FRA, 2197/?, IM CHEVALDONNET, Francis
/FRA, 2254/?, FM DUB, Zeev /ISR, 2238/?. Reserves: KRUPENSKI, Yuri /EST, 2228/,
DOMBAI, Istvan /HUN, 2214/, BOROS, Dénes /HUN, 2240/, IM NEMETH, Zoltan
/HUN/, IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij /HUN/, IM PÁRKÁNYI, Attila
/HUN/. Max.14 players.
Other events: 1.19th-27th of January Novi Sad, THIRD SATURDAY GM and
IM-tournament, Novi Sad /YUG/, organizer: IGM Drazic, e-mail: sdrazic@eunet.yu
2. 2nd-15th of February Budapest /HUN/, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.IX-X. and cat.
VII-VIII/ and IM-tournament, Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, 3. 16th-28th of February
Belgrade THIRD SATURDAY, org: FM Kotevski, e-mail /c/o: Tina Ramic/
beochess@eunet.yu Thinking times: 90 minutes till the end, 30 s increments
after every moves... /Belgrade 6 hours control.../ Anyone interested contact
Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Aubervilliers Open
The 27th Aubervilliers International Open takes place Saturday 26th and
Sunday 27th of January 2002. The venue is Espace Rencontres 10, rue
Crèvecœur 93300 Aubervilliers France.
Further information: http://www.organisechecs.com
X Lasker Memorial Barlinek Poland
The X Lasker Memorial Festival in Barlinek Poland takes place 17th-27th
July 2002. Blitz, rapid, open A, open B and under-16 events. Further details:
Krzysztof Kedzior E-Mail: umig@barlinek.pl
Tony Miles Memorial
Tony Miles Memorial Open on May 18th-19th 2001 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Details: http://members.shaw.ca/chessforall/
FICS 10th ICS Anniversary
Michael More, of the University of Utah, and Richard Nash recognized
the potential of an Internet Chess Server and programmed it's first version.
The official opening date of the ICS was January 15, 1992. John Chanak, William
Kish, and Aaron Putnam moved the server to a host machine at Carnegie Mellon
University in the fall of 1992, and took over it's operation. From that
original ICS has sprung FICS, the Free Internet Chess Server which now has over
100,000 registered users. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of this birth, FICS
will organize on his server a big event, with prizes. The main event will be a
5 0 torney, reserved to title players, with a total prize of 500 $ For this
event, and for all the other event, partecipation is free. For information, you
can contact frengo(*), at the address frengo@freechess.org In particular,
titled players willing to take part to the main event, should contact me as
soon as possible. Here is the event scheduling: (http://www.freechess.org/Events/Anniversary)
(GMT=PST+8) Championship Tourney: 10:00 PST, titled player vs. titled player
Prize event ($500.00) time control to be a 5 0. Thematic Tourney: 13:00 PST
Albin Countergambit Prize event (3 multimedial CDs) time control to be a 5 0
http://www.freechess.org/Events/Gambitingly
Lightning Tourney: 11:00 PST Prize event($50.00 + 1 Multimedial CD) time
control to be a 1 0 Bughouse Tourney: 17:00 PST Grand Prix style Prize event
($200.00) time control to be a 3 0 Crazyhouse Tourney: 05:00 PST Prize event (1
Multimedial CD) time control to be a 2 0 Wijk aan Zee 2002: 04:30 PST Live
Relay Simul: 07:00 PST garfunkel(FM) Prize event (Chess tie) Simul: 19:00 PST
Diesen(IM) Prize event (Free Lessons from Mark Diesen - past Junior Word
Champion)
V Málaga International Open
The V Málaga International Open takes place 22nd February - 2nd
March 2002.
Further details on the event at:
http://usuarios.tripod.es/frubiod/open/02open/02open.htm
XVIII Cappelle la Grande
The XVIII Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open takes place
9th-16th February 2002.
Further details: http://cappelle.free.fr
2nd Eger International
2nd International Round Robin Tmt. Eger (HUN) For acquiring rating and
IM norms date: from the 20th to 28th february 2002 category: Tournament A =
category II to IV Tournament B = Rating tournament Tournament C = GM
tournament, category VII to IX number of participants: 12 to 14 (3 unrated
players in the rating tournament) time limit: closed tournament with 10 - 12
rounds, 2 h/40 moves + 1 h /20 moves + 30 min for all remaining moves entry
fee: depending on rating, to be stipulated with the organizer additional
program: active chess tournament, thermal bath, sight seeing of the historic
city of Eger and its pituresque surroundings place: Apartmenthouse Atrium, Eger
accomodation: lodging at good price, right next to the tournament place:
apartments with bath/shower and WC, telephone, TV, balcony, garage information:
Europe Chess, IM Ali Habibi * Postfach 1148 * D-35436 Linden * email:
EuropeChess@web.de The Europe Chess Round Robin Tournaments will be held in
different European Countries. Combine quality chess with your vacation! If you
register at least 5 participants ahead of time, we can organize a tournament at
a date you pick. Soon more information in different chess magazines and on the
internet.
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
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
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
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
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
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 one
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
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
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
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.
