THE WEEK IN CHESS 381 25th February 2002 by Mark Crowther
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GM Loek van Wely vs REBEL 4 games
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9th Open Metalis 80 games
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Aeroflot Open 2002 Corrections 8 games
803 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Argiris Kotsis, Mirjana Medic, Mihajlo Savic,
Jerry Bibuld, Javier Rubio, Aydin Saray, Jovan Petronic, Javier Rubio, Aard
Daanen, Ajedrez21, David Llada, John Henderson, Andy McFarland and all those
who helped with this issue.
The Linares tournament got off to an exciting start with Ruslan
Ponomariov beating Vassily Ivanchuk to take the lead after the first round.
Ponomariov in turn was defeated in round two by Michael Adams. All eyes will be
on the FIDE World Chess Champions debut in this kind of competition and
especially his games against Kasparov in rounds 6 (with white on March 1st) and
13. Kasparov has looked a bit rusty after a long layoff from play although his
openings look as good as ever. The NAO Masters has been a disappointment so
far. As expected Morozevich has been responsible for most of the decisive
games, however his three losses and a draw has to be counted the shock of the
week. The Einstein Group PLC will hold a press conference with Vladimir Kramnik
in London (Kramnik will also play and exhibition match against David Howell) it
will be interesting to hear their plans.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Linares is a seven player double round robin with Garry Kasparov,
Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Francisco
Vallejo Pons and FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. It takes place 22nd February
- 10th March 2002. There are on the spot photo reports for TWIC from John
Henderson. The first three rounds only saw two decisive games, Ponomariov's win
against Vassily Ivanchuk in round 1 and Michael Adams defeat of Ponomariov in
round two. Kasparov looks a little rusty as he missed chances in both his drawn
games.
Round 1 (February 23, 2002)
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 52 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 49 A28 English Four Knights
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 45 C18 French Winawer
Round 2 (February 24, 2002)
Adams, Michael - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 76 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 29 C67 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 13 D11 Slav Defence
Round 3 (February 25, 2002)
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1/2 25 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 30 C26 Vienna Game
Kasparov, Garry - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 42 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-2 iii 2002 cat. XX (2732)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2742 ** .. =. .. .. 1. .. 1.5 / 2 2914
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2757 .. ** =. =. =. .. .. 1.5 / 3 2727
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 =. =. ** .. .. .. =. 1.5 / 3 2738
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2629 .. =. .. ** =. .. =. 1.5 / 3 2770
5 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 .. =. .. =. ** .. .. 1.0 / 2 2693
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 0. .. .. .. .. ** 1. 1.0 / 2 2729
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 .. .. =. =. .. 0. ** 1.0 / 3 2565
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The NAO Chess Masters tournament takes place 22nd February - 3rd March
2002. Alexander Morozevich, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Evgeny
Bareev, Anatoly Karpov, Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet and
Igor-Alexandre Nataf play. The event is turning out to be a disaster for top
seed Alexander Morozevich who has started with 0.5/4.
Internet coverage: http://nao-ccc.com/
Round 1 (February 22, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1-0 29 A30 English Symmetrical
Gelfand, Boris - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1-0 66 E92 King's Indian Classical
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 33 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller
Karpov, Anatoly - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 66 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Lautier, Joel - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 30 C45 Scotch Game
Round 2 (February 23, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 27 A29 English Four Knights
Bacrot, Etienne - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 25 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Fressinet, Laurent - Lautier, Joel 1/2 22 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 44 C78 Ruy Lopez
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 27 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 3 (February 24, 2002)
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 33 E15 Queens Indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 23 D12 Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 23 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Lautier, Joel - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 45 E97 King's Indian Classical
Morozevich, Alexander - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 36 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 4 (February 25, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Lautier, Joel 1/2 46 A37 English Symmetrical
Gelfand, Boris - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 43 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Fressinet, Laurent - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 43 C10 French Rubinstein
Leko, Peter - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 34 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
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NAO Masters Cannes FRA (FRA), 22 ii-3 iii 2002 cat. XVIII (2677)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 * = = . . = . 1 . . 2.5 2794
2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2693 = * = = . . . . 1 . 2.5 2731
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 = = * . . . . = 1 . 2.5 2759
4. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2591 . = . * = = . . . 1 2.5 2810
5. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 . . . = * . = . = 1 2.5 2727
6. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2687 = . . = . * = . = . 2.0 2623
7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2649 . . . . = = * = . = 2.0 2720
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 0 . = . . . = * . 1 2.0 2700
9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2546 . 0 0 . = = . . * . 1.0 2512
10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 . . . 0 0 . = 0 . * 0.5 2351
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The Petrov Memorial took place in St. Petersburg, Russia February
12th-20th 2002. The event was a 9 rounds Swiss with 2 hours for 40 moves plus 1
hour to finish. 19 GMs and about 30 IMs participated. 16 year old IM Evgeny
Alekseev won the event with 7/9 he tied with three other players Alexei Kornev,
Alexander Areshchenko and Denis Yevseev on the same score.
Internet coverage: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (in
Russian) http://www.chess-tours.com/tournaments/
(in English) and http://www.joeblack.ru
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Petrov Mem Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 12-20 ii 2002
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1. Alekseev, Evgeny m RUS 2552 7.0 2691
2. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2536 7.0 2660
3. Areshchenko, Alexander m UKR 2470 7.0 2659
4. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2540 7.0 2616
5. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2545 6.5 2599
6. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2489 6.5 2609
7. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2547 6.5 2569
8. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2524 6.5 2583
9. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2527 6.5 2523
10. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2436 6.5 2535
11. Kuporosov, Viktor m RUS 2473 6.0 2545
12. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2502 6.0 2531
13. Zakharstov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2531 6.0 2539
14. Shushpanov, Rustam RUS 2460 6.0 2547
15. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2544 6.0 2520
16. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2511 6.0 2509
17. Ivanov, Oleg V UKR 2350 6.0 2554
18. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2523 6.0 2503
19. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2534 6.0 2507
20. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2572 6.0 2510
21. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2527 6.0 2516
22. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2464 5.5 2514
23. Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2591 5.5 2465
24. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2484 5.5 2480
25. Kashtanov, Ruslan f RUS 2392 5.5 2481
26. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2510 5.5 2494
27. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2466 5.5 2507
28. Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2410 5.5 2449
29. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2452 5.5 2438
30. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2434 5.5 2433
31. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2551 5.5 2476
32. Ovod, Evgenija wg RUS 2355 5.5 2488
33. Alikhanov, Felix RUS 2305 5.5 2460
34. Mukhin, Georgy RUS 2373 5.5 2385
35. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2593 5.5 2407
122 players
Jerry Bibuld sends news of the Donald Byrne Memorial-Penn State
International Master Tournament. USCF Executive Director Frank Niro presented
an engraved plaque, commemorating the career of IM Byrne, to his widow Mrs.
Donald (Madge) Byrne. During the presentation ceremony, he expressed the belief
that Donald Byrne will be inducted into the U. S. Chess Hall of Fame in the
near future. IM Donald Byrne was the younger brother of GM Robert Byrne. He
died at the age of 46 after suffering from ill-health for most of his career.
Stanislav Kriventsov and Norman Rogers both made IM norms. There are a few
games which will be played on the 26th February. Full round up of results next
week.
Internet coverage:
http://www.clubs.psu.edu/ChessTeam/imtour.html
Remaining games
Simpson - Muhammad (3)
Kriventsov - Charbonneau (7)
Muhammad - Formanek (7)
Simpson - Schneider (7)
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Donald Byrne Mem Penn State USA (USA), 20-26 ii 2002 cat. IV (2327)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Chiong, Luiz m PHI 2364 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2543
2. Rogers, Norman USA 2333 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2492
3. Kriventsov, Stanislav G f USA 2415 1 0 * . 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2502
4. Charbonneau, Pascal f CAN 2386 = 0 . * 1 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2450
5. Formanek, Edward W m USA 2300 0 = 0 0 * 1 = = . 1 3.5 2289
6. Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2239 0 = = = 0 * = = = = 3.5 2257
7. Belorusov, Mikhail RUS 2299 0 = = 0 = = * 0 1 = 3.5 2250
8. Simpson, Ronald f USA 2290 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * . . 2.0 2175
9. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2317 0 0 0 = . = 0 . * 1 2.0 2180
10. Schneider, Igor USA 2331 = 0 0 0 0 = = . 0 * 1.5 2080
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Kramnik will be in London on March 1st 2002 at the English Speaking
Union 37 Charles Street, off Berkeley Square. Press conference starts at 11:30.
Blitz match starts at 12:00 midday. 11 year old British Schoolboy David Howell
will play World Classical Chess Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. The 'blitz' chess
match is being staged by Einstein Group plc. The 4 'blitz' matches each last a
maximum of 10 minutes - (total duration of match - 40 minutes). If David draws
only one of the matches against Kramnik, David will have set a world record for
the youngest person ever to have scored against a reigning World Champion in
single combat. David and Vladimir will play for the Einstein Trophy, which will
be awarded to David, if he sets a world record. Live coverage on the London
Chess Center site.
Mihajlo Savic reports: The Men's and Women's Championship of Serbia took
place in Leskovac 15th-23rd February 2002. It was the semi-final championships
of Yugoslavia. The tournaments were 9 round Swiss events. Three top players
will take part in the Championship of Yugoslavia. IM Miodrag Savic won the
Men's championship with 7/9 ahead of GM Dejan Antic and IM Goran Arsovic. The
only woman in this event was 15 year old Aleksandra Dimitrijevic she came close
to qualification but lost to the winner Savic. IM Maja Kostic won in the
women's competition with 7/9. Youth player Stojanovic Marija and cadet player
Stojanovic Andjelija qualified for the women's Championships with 6/9. The
Chief arbiter was Rados Marjanovic and arbiter for pairings was Jovan
Dragic.
Men's Standings
Place Name Rtg Title Score Buch.
1 Savic, Miodrag R. (5) 2469 im 7 49.0
2 Antic, Dejan (4) 2470 gm 6.5 47.5
3-6 Arsovic, Goran (9) 2437 im 6 45.5
Tadic, Branko (7) 2459 im 6 43.0
Savicevic, Vlatko (13) 2411 6 43.0
Brenjo, Slavisa (6) 2462 im 6 42.5
7-10 Lajthajm, Borko (12) 2422 fm 5.5 47.0
Vojinovic, Goran (8) 2456 im 5.5 45.0
Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra (31) 2227 wfm 5.5 43.5
Arsovic, Zoran (15) 2404 im 5.5 43.0
11-20 Perunovic, Miodrag (24) 2305 5 48.0
Perunovic, Milos (2) 2474 im 5 47.5
Vujadinovic, Goran (16) 2394 im 5 46.0
Stojanovic, Dalibor (10) 2433 fm 5 45.0
Marcetic, Nikola (17) 2365 5 44.5
Tosic, Miroslav (1) 2495 gm 5 44.0
Predojevic, Borki (21) 2324 fm 5 43.5
Dimitrijevic, Srdjan (26) 2253 5 41.5
Maksimovic, Branimir (14) 2408 im 5 38.0
Markovic, Milovan (22) 2306 fm 5 37.0
21-25 Radovanovic, Dusan (18) 2346 4.5 46.0
Mozetic, Dejan (3) 2471 im 4.5 42.5
Petkovic, Dragoslav (23) 2305 fm 4.5 41.0
Vratonjic, Slobo (11) 2432 im 4.5 38.5
Atanaskovic, Predrag (33) 2204 4.5 35.0
26-32 Brajic, Miloje (27) 2252 4 38.0
Puzic, Slobodan (30) 2233 4 38.0
Irizanin, Radoje (38) 2099 4 37.5
Hrzic, Ivan (19) 2345 4 37.0
Jovic, Stanoje (20) 2338 4 36.0
Vuckovic, Branko (36) 2169 4 34.0
Aksentijevic, Malisa (35) 2169 4 32.5
33-37 Djokic, Nebojsa (29) 2239 3.5 40.0
Bogosavljevic, Boban (25) 2273 3.5 36.5
Todorovic, Zoran (37) 2120 3.5 34.0
Krstic, Ranko (32) 2208 3.5 33.5
Lepojevic, Nebojsa (39) 2091 3.5 33.0
38-40 Dimovski, Nebojsa (41) 3 39.5
Gavrilovic, Leonardo (28) 2244 3 39.0
Stankovic, Goran (40) 2044 3 35.0
41 Marcetic, Predrag (42) 1.5 34.5
42 Vasic, Vladimir (34) 2174 0 10.0
Women's Standings:
Place Name Rtg Title Score Buch.
1 Kostic, Maja (1) 2172 wim 7 48.0
2-6 Stojanovic, Marija (12) 2024 6 49.0
Stojanovic, Andjelija (6) 2101 wfm 6 46.5
Urosevic, Marija (11) 2039 6 45.0
Mladenovic, Jelena (4) 2122 6 44.5
Djuric, Vesna (7) 2094 6 44.5
7 Vranesevic, Danica (21) 5.5 36.5
8 Tuvic, Nada (10) 2042 5 41.0
9-14 Dimovski, Aleksandra (5) 2105 4.5 46.5
Stojanovic, Nadezda (8) 2083 wfm 4.5 45.5
Vasic, Milena (2) 2167 4.5 43.0
Zendilovska, Katarina (3) 2139 4.5 40.5
Cvetanovic, Gordana (13) 4.5 38.0
Stojanovic, Maja (18) 4.5 35.5
15-16 Dimic, Jovana (14) 4 36.0
Jovic, Jelena (15) 4 31.0
17-18 Vojinovic, Jovana (20) 3.5 41.5
Paramentic, Mila (9) 2042 wfm 3.5 36.5
19 Stojanovic, Ksenija (17) 3 38.0
20-21 Mitrovic, Marija (16) 2.5 35.0
Veljkovic, Jelena (19) 2.5 34.0
22 Jovanovic, Zorica (22) 1.5 35.0
The International Women's Chess Tournament in memory of Aphrodite
Vazelaki took place 16th-23rd February 2002. Tatiana Shumiakina won the event
with 8/9.
Further details:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2002/aphrodite/index.html
Final Standings:
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Aphrodite Athens GRE (GRE), 16-23 ii 2002
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1. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2358 8.0 48.0
2. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2145 7.0 49.0
3. Sorokina, Anastasia wm BLR 2187 6.5 48.5
4. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2145 6.0 49.0
5. Makka, Ioulia GRE 2167 5.0 45.0
6. Petraki, Maria GRE 2105 5.0 48.5
7. Korou, Laskarina GRE 2005 5.0 40.0
8. Mourtzouni, Maria GRE ---- 5.0 39.5
9. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2168 4.5 48.5
10. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2061 4.5 45.0
11. Nikolaidi, Eleni GRE ---- 4.5 35.5
12. Stoumbou, Eleni GRE ---- 4.5 32.0
13. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna GRE 2065 4.0 50.0
14. Petsetidi, Maria GRE 2011 4.0 38.0
14. Seretaki, Konstantina GRE ---- 4.0 34.5
16. Zi, Efrosini GRE ---- 4.0 34.5
17. Pagkali, Marianna GRE ---- 3.5 33.0
18. Makantani, Evdokia GRE ---- 2.0 27.5
19. Vazelaki, Stamatia GRE ---- 1.0 33.0
20. Skordili, Georgia GRE ---- 1.0 31.0
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The V Málaga International Open takes place 22nd February - 2nd
March 2002. Three rounds have been completed so far.
Further details on the event at:
http://usuarios.tripod.es/frubiod/open/02open/02open.htm
Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
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Open Malaga ESP (ESP), 22 ii-2 iii 2002
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1. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2528 3.0
2. Baron Rodriguez, Jesus m ESP 2400 3.0
3. Labollita, Martin m ARG 2398 3.0
4. Barria, Daniel f CHI 2368 3.0
5. Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2474 3.0
6. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2467 3.0
7. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2456 3.0
8. Jaime Montalvan, Luis Felipe ESP 2248 3.0
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2568 2.5
10. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2521 2.5
11. Cabrera, Alexis m CUB 2440 2.5
12. Lorenzini, Martin ARG 2363 2.5
13. Valero Fuertes, Carlos ESP 2175 2.5
14. Fernando, Diogo f POR 2360 2.5
15. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2460 2.5
16. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria ESP 2389 2.5
17. Damaso, Rui m POR 2412 2.5
18. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2523 2.5
19. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2395 2.5
20. Munoz Moreno, Francisco J f ESP 2283 2.5
117 players
Loek Van Wely played the program Rebel Century 4.0 February 19th- 22nd
2002. The four game match used the classical time rate of three minutes per
move. The match was drawn 2-2. White won every game.
Official site: http://www.chessevents.nl Rebel:
http://www.rebel.nl/reb-wely.htm
The II Mario Covas International Chess Festival takes place in
São Paulo February 20th-28th 2002. The Category IX event has the
following players: Rafael Leitao, Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva, Gilberto Milos,
Carlos Sega, Martin Crosa, Luiz Loureiro, Ivan Morovic Fernadez, Pablo
Zarnicki, Darcy Lima and Jefferson Pelikian.
Internet coverage: http://www.fpx.com.br/
Round 5 Standings:
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Mario Covas Jr Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 20-28 ii 2002 cat. IX (2461)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2540 * . . . = . 1 = 1 1 4.0 2647
2. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2554 . * = . . = 1 = . 1 3.5 2539
3. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2493 . = * . = . = 1 . 1 3.5 2584
4. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2571 . . . * = = = . 1 1 3.5 2567
5. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2580 = . = = * 1 . . = . 3.0 2558
6. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2415 . = . = 0 * . 1 = . 2.5 2495
7. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2291 0 0 = = . . * . 1 . 2.0 2442
8. Loureiro, Luiz BRA 2358 = = 0 . . 0 . * . 0 1.0 2239
9. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2415 0 . . 0 = = 0 . * . 1.0 2239
10. Crosa, Martin f URU 2393 0 0 0 0 . . . 1 . * 1.0 2263
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The 9th Open Metalis 2002 (Open Single Championship Of Slavonia And
Baranya) took place in Bizovac Croatia. 122 players from 4 countries took
place. Time-rate: 2 hours per player for the whole game. Ognjen Cvitan won the
event with 6/7. News from Mirjana Medic.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/bizovac_02/bizovac.htm
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9th Open Metalis Bizovac CRO (CRO), 21-13 ii 2002
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1. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2550 6.0 23.5
2. Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2452 5.5 22.5
3. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2443 5.5 22.5
4. Vukic, Milan g YUG 2500 5.5 22.0
5. Stevic, Hrvoje m CRO 2530 5.5 22.0
6. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO CRO 2360 5.5 22.0
7. Leventic, Ivan m CRO 2439 5.5 21.5
8. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2492 5.5 21.5
9. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2500 5.5 21.0
10. Vargic, Drago f CRO 2295 5.5 19.5
11. Franic, Milan m CRO 2415 5.0 21.0
12. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2584 5.0 21.0
13. Kristovic, Marijan f CRO 2313 5.0 19.0
14. Rasic, Damir f BIH 2338 5.0 19.0
15. Jukic, Zdenko CRO 2295 5.0 19.0
16. Buric, Danijel CRO 2235 5.0 18.5
17. Rosandic, Denis f CRO 2248 5.0 17.5
122 players
The 8th and 9th rounds of the Bundesliga took place over the weekend of
23rd-24th February 2002. Lübecker consolidated their advantage in the
championships although they only had a narrow 4.5-3.5 win in their round 8
match against Erfurter SK.
Round 8 23rd February 2002
SK König Plauen 2 - 6 Hamburger SK
1 Beliavsky ½ : ½ Dorfman 1
2 Bischoff 0 : 1 Kempinski 2
4 Gdanski 0 : 1 Ftacnik 3
5 Boensch ½ : ½ Gustafsson 4
6 Kindermann 0 : 1 Berg 5
7 Espig 0 : 1 Wahls 7
8 Kuraszkiewic ½ : ½ Mueller 8
9 Schaller ½ : ½ Reeh 11
Erfurter SK 3½-4½ Lübecker SV
1 Luther 1 : 0 Speelman 4
2 Haba ½ : ½ Epishin 5
4 Paehtz,T 0 : 1 Hodgson 6
5 Fontaine 0 : 1 Nunn 8
6 Mueller 0 : 1 Hansen 9
7 Votava 1 : 0 Conquest 10
8 Casper 0 : 1 Hector 12
9 Paehtz,E 1 : 0 Mortensen 14
Solinger SG 6 - 2 TV Tegernsee
3 Kasimdzhanov 0 : 1 Khenkin 1
4 Piket 1 : 0 Hertneck 4
5 Jussupow ½ : ½ Beim 6
6 Nikolic 1 : 0 Teske 7
9 Lobron ½ : ½ Gross 9
12 Rowson 1 : 0 Kachiani-Ger 10
13 Naumann 1 : 0 Bromberger 11
14 Schaefer 1 : 0 Klundt 12
SG Heiligenhaus 1½-6½ Stuttgarter Sfr
4 Van Mil 0 : 1 Golubev 1
5 Solleveld ½ : ½ Hickl 2
6 Dutreeuw 0 : 1 Gabriel 3
7 Berkvens ½ : ½ Bunzmann 4
9 Schmitz 0 : 1 Buhmann 5
10 Lindner ½ : ½ Schmittdiel 6
11 Heller 0 : 1 Duppel 7
13 Perschke 0 : 1 Zeller 9
Castrop Rauxel 2½-5½ SV Werder Bremen
1 Georgiev ½ : ½ Hracek 1
2 Rozentalis 1 : 0 Babula 2
4 Doettling 0 : 1 Schandorff 3
5 Appel 0 : 1 McShane 4
6 Gallagher ½ : ½ Pelletier 5
7 Watson 0 : 1 Joachim 7
9 Hoffmann ½ : ½ Meins 8
11 Dinstuhl 0 : 1 Heissler 10
SV Wattenscheid 4 - 4 Ksp Hamburg SC
1 Aronian ½ : ½ Lamprecht 1
2 Nielsen 1 : 0 Pajeken 2
3 Rustemov ½ : ½ Hochgraefe 3
5 Holzke 1 : 0 Buhr 5
6 Handke ½ : ½ Voigt 6
7 Ellers 0 : 1 Von Buelow 7
10 Straeter 0 : 1 Berger 8
12 Thiel ½ : ½ Wendt 9
SFR Neukölln 1½-6½ SG Köln Porz
2 Stohl ½ : ½ Lutz 1
3 Kallai ½ : ½ Khalifman 2
4 Berndt 0 : 1 Van Wely 3
5 Brynell ½ : ½ Vaganian 6
6 Borriss 0 : 1 Hansen 9
7 Polzin 0 : 1 Graf 10
9 Poldauf 0 : 1 Van der Doel 11
10 Thiede 0 : 1 Nijboer 13
Round 9 24th February 2002
Hamburger SK 4½-3½ Erfurter SK
1 Dorfman ½ : ½ Luther 1
2 Kempinski 1 : 0 Haba 2
3 Ftacnik 1 : 0 Paehtz,T 4
4 Gustafsson 1 : 0 Fontaine 5
5 Berg 0 : 1 Mueller 6
7 Wahls 0 : 1 Votava 7
8 Mueller ½ : ½ Casper 8
11 Reeh ½ : ½ Paehtz,E 9
Lübecker SV 6½-1½ SK König Plauen
4 Speelman 0 : 1 Beliavsky 1
5 Epishin 1 : 0 Bischoff 2
6 Hodgson 1 : 0 Gdanski 4
8 Nunn 1 : 0 Boensch 5
9 Hansen ½ : ½ Kindermann 6
10 Conquest 1 : 0 Espig 7
12 Hector 1 : 0 Pfretzschner 11
14 Mortensen 1 : 0 Dirr 13
TV Tegernsee 5½-2½ SG Heiligenhaus
1 Khenkin ½ : ½ Van Mil 4
4 Hertneck ½ : ½ Solleveld 5
6 Beim 1 : 0 Dutreeuw 6
7 Teske 0 : 1 Berkvens 7
9 Gross 1 : 0 Schmitz 9
10 Kachiani-Ger 1 : 0 Lindner 10
11 Bromberger 1 : 0 Heller 11
12 Klundt ½ : ½ Perschke 13
Stuttgarter Sfr 5 - 3 Solinger SG
1 Golubev 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov 3
2 Hickl + : - Piket 4
3 Gabriel ½ : ½ Jussupow 5
4 Bunzmann 0 : 1 Nikolic 6
5 Buhmann 1 : 0 Lobron 9
6 Schmittdiel ½ : ½ Rowson 12
7 Duppel 1 : 0 Naumann 13
9 Zeller 1 : 0 Schaefer 14
SV Werder Bremen 5½-2½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Hracek 1 : 0 Aronian 1
2 Babula ½ : ½ Nielsen 2
3 Schandorff ½ : ½ Rustemov 3
4 McShane ½ : ½ Holzke 5
5 Pelletier ½ : ½ Handke 6
7 Joachim ½ : ½ Ellers 7
8 Meins 1 : 0 Straeter 10
10 Heissler 1 : 0 Thiel 12
Ksp Hamburg SC 3½-4½ Castrop Rauxel
1 Lamprecht ½ : ½ Georgiev 1
2 Pajeken 0 : 1 Rozentalis 2
3 Hochgraefe ½ : ½ Doettling 4
5 Buhr 0 : 1 Appel 5
6 Voigt ½ : ½ Gallagher 6
7 Von Buelow 1 : 0 Hoffmann 9
8 Berger 0 : 1 Dinstuhl 11
9 Wendt 1 : 0 Hennig 12
Godesberger SK 4 - 4 SFR Neukölln
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Stohl 2
2 Gurevich 1 : 0 Kallai 3
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Berndt 4
5 Kveinys 0 : 1 Brynell 5
6 Langheinrich ½ : ½ Borriss 6
7 Breder 0 : 1 Polzin 7
8 Jackelen 1 : 0 Poldauf 9
9 Seger ½ : ½ Thiede 10
Tabelle:
1. Lübecker SV 9 47 :25 17- 1
2. SG Köln Porz 8 43 :21 14- 2
3. SV Werder Bremen 9 45½:26½ 13- 5
4. TV Tegernsee 9 41½:30½ 12- 6
5. Solinger SG 8 37½:26½ 10- 6
6. SFR Neukölln 8 34 :30 10- 6
7. Hamburger SK 9 37½:34½ 10- 8
8. Stuttgarter Sfr 9 39 :33 9- 9
9. Godesberger SK 8 33 :31 8- 8
10. Castrop Rauxel 8 30½:33½ 8- 8
11. SV Wattenscheid 8 29 :35 5-11
12. Erfurter SK 8 27½:36½ 4-12
13. SK König Plauen 8 23½:40½ 3-13
14. SG Heiligenhaus 8 16½:47½ 2-14
15. Ksp Hamburg SC 9 19 :53 1-17
The European Grand Prix in Antalya (Turkey) takes place 22nd February -
2nd March 2002.
Further details http://www.tsf.org.trwww.tsf.org.tr
Leading Round 3 Standings:
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Open Antalya TUR (TUR), 22 ii-2 iii 2002
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1. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2513 3.0
2. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2529 3.0
3. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2567 3.0
4. Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2463 2.5 2513
5. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2487 2.5 2552
6. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2552 2.5 2556
7. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2527 2.5 2522
8. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2571 2.5 2600
9. Atakisi, Umut f TUR 2311 2.5 2431
10. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2540 2.5 2552
11. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2448 2.5 2353
12. Moldobaev, Emelbek m KGZ 2407 2.5 2507
13. Sideif-Sade, Fikret I m AZE 2405 2.5 2448
67 players
Due to budgetery cuts by Hastings Borough Council (25% which has added
to the 23% cuts already in place over the last 5 years) the Hastings Premier is
almost certain not to take place this year. After a run of over 80 years,
interrupted on by the war, the Hastings Premier is on the verge of extinction.
The Congress as a whole could also under threat. The Congress is looking either
for the decision to be reversed or for a new sponsor.
The International FIDE rated tournament "Hari Raya Haji " took place at
the Singapore Chess Federation premises, exactly 64(!) players form USA, China,
Yugoslavia, Uzbekistan, Singapore, Bangladesh, Vietnam & Malaysia took
part. The event was jointly won by Woman International master Sanja Petronic
(Yugoslavia), International master Domingo Ramos (Phillipines), Julio Sadorra
(Philippines), Tan Chor Chuan & Siti Zulaikha. It was a well organized 3
day event played under the new exausting FIDE time control. Many local junior
Singapore champions participated, gaining the necessary international
experience, two of them achieving provisional FIDE rating. Many trophies were
awarded to youngsters in under 8,10 and 12 boys and girls groups. Detailed
results at: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/results.html#2
Leading Final Standings:
1. Ramos, Domingo 2322 5.0 25.0
Sadorra,Julio 1999 5.0 25.0
Tan Chor Chuan 2149 5.0 24.5
Petronic, Sanja 2276 5.0 23.0
Siti, Zulaikha Faudzi 2040 5.0 21.5
6. Seck, Chris 1984 4.5 23.5
Khegay, Anjela 2239 4.5 23.0
Abdullah Che Hassan 1991 4.5 22.0
9. Khaled, Omar 2125 4.0 21.5
Tan Poh Heng 1997 4.0 21.5
Kek Wei Chuan 2119 4.0 21.0
Yeo, Evan 1976 4.0 21.0
Lee Choon Keat 1888 4.0 20.5
Chan Weng Chee 1836 4.0 20.0
Low Ying Min 2107 4.0 18.0
64 players
The 24th Bulgarian Open Championship Georgi Tringov took place 12th-18th
February 2002. Julian Radulski had the best tie-break of the six players who
finished on 7/9. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessbg.com/
Final (9 round) Standings:
1 Radulski, Julian (2) BUL 2499 im 7 42.5
2 Cheparinov, Ivan (5) BUL 2450 im 7 41.5
3 Dimitrov, Vladimir (4) BUL 2451 gm 7 41.5
4 Dobrev, Nanko (15) BUL 2343 im 7 40.0
5 Drenchev, Petar (9) BUL 2401 7 39.0
6 Vasilev, Milen (7) BUL 2419 im 7 38.0
7 Popchev, Milko (6) BUL 2448 gm 6.5 41.0
8 Peev, Pejcho (14) BUL 2356 im 6.5 40.5
9 Georgiev, Krum (1) BUL 2513 gm 6.5 39.0
10 Pantev, Veselin (16) BUL 2325 6.5 35.5
11 Rusev, Krasimir (24) BUL 2282 6.5 34.0
12 Stamenkov, Vancho (8) MKD 2417 fm 6 41.0
13 Panbukchian, Valentin (18) BUL 2321 im 6 39.0
14 Kukov, Velislav (33) BUL 2207 6 37.5
15 Nikolov, Sasho (12) BUL 2360 im 6 36.0
16 Mladenov, Plamen (54) BUL 6 36.0
17 Stojanov, Svetlin (13) BUL 2357 6 35.5
18 Panteleev, Petar (28) BUL 2247 6 34.5
19 Kocovski, Ivan (23) MKD 2297 fm 6 32.0
20 Milchev, Nikolaj (42) BUL 2131 6 32.0
109 players
The Le Mans Masters takes place February 17th-24th 2002. Anthony Wirig
scored an IM norm. Full details not yet avaliable.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
The Aeroflot Open 2002 took place in Moscow 4th-11th February 2002. Five
players, Gregory Kaidanov, Alexander Grischuk, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Alexander
Shabalov and Vadim Milov finished on 6.5/9. Andy McFarland sends corrections to
8 round 7 games that were incomplete.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
III Internet Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and
the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC and
EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School) are holding their third Internet Chess
tournament between the 15th and the 23rd of March 2002.
The event will take place on ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and has
prizes totalling 4.850 Euros (1st: 1.500 Euros + invitation to the Dos Hermanas
International Open).
There will be 12 Swiss System qualifiers (two per day) with the winner
of each event progressing to the final.
Last years field included 48 GM over 2.145 participants from 70
countries.
If you wish to take part there are further details, rules and entry
forms available at: http://www.doshermanas.net
First Saturday March and Spring Festival
The First Saturday March tournaments will run 2nd-15th March 2002 in
Budapest Hungary. These events will be followed by the Spring Festival. There
will be a GM group and at least one IM Group. Contact Laszlo Nagy if you are
interested in playing in any of these events. E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914.
First Saturday March GM. Participants of the 2nd-15th of March
cat.VII-VIII. FS GM-tournament: IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran /YUG,2428/, IGM
LUKÁCS, Péter /HUN, 2444/, IGM VARGA, Zoltán /HUN, 2510/,
FM BALOGH, Csaba /HUN, 2398/, IM BREDER, Dennis /GER,2441/, IM JAKAB, Attila
/HUN, 2406/, ERDÕS, Viktor /HUN, 2383/, WGM KONERU, Humpy /IND, 2539/,
IM VAJDA, Albert /ROM, 2364/, IM BUTNORIUS, Algimantas /LTU, 2449/, FLUMBORT,
András /HUN, 2436/, IM ANTAL, Gergely /HUN, 2426/, IM KUSTÁR,
Sándor /HUN, 2413/, WGM DEMBO, Yelena /HUN, 2346/. Average: 2428,
cat.VIII. Reserves: WGM TRANG, Hoang /VIE/, IM SZEBERÉNYI,
Ádám /HUN/, IM PINTÉR, Gábor /HUN/. Max. 14
players.
March IM Tournament. Participants of the 2nd-15th of March
cat.I-II-III IM-tournament: IM EPERJESI, László /HUN/, PAPP,
Gábor /HUN/, SZABÓ, Krisztián /HUN/, IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ,
Jevgenyij /HUN/, SCHULZE, Hubertus /GER/, FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen /GER/, IM
FARAGÓ, Sándor /HUN/, MOLNÁR, Béla /HUN/, FM DUB,
Zeev /ISR/, COOKE, Erik /USA/, ASAUSKAS, Henrikas /LTU/. IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN/,
FM BOGNÁR, Csaba /HUN/ ALFRED, Nathan /ENG/, SCHLUSNIK, Nándor
/HUN/, KONERU, Ashok /IND/, IM HABIBI, Ali /GER/, FM RADOJEVIC, Zoran /YUG/, IM
VIGH, Bela /HUN/, FM MENSCH, Etienne /FRA/, MARTINI, Balázs /HUN/, IM
NEMETH, Zoltan /HUN/. Reserve: DOMBAI, István /HUN/
18th Budapest Spring Festival 9 rounds Swiss Open Chess Tournament
15th-23rd of March 2002. Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation. Time rate: 90
minutes till the end, + 30s increment.
Astana Tournament
The Astana tournament (Kazakstan) takes place at the end of May. The
players will be Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Michael
Adams, Veselin Topalov and Darmen Sadvakasov.
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.
Wroxham Masters
The Wroxham Masters take place March 9th-15th 2002. Players: GM C Bauer
2578 France GM G Flear 2511 England GM K Arkell 2463 England IM D Gormally 2506
England IM B Kelly 2445 Ireland IM K Arakhamia-Grant 2410 Georgia WGM E Paehtz
2383 Germany WGM M Fierro Baquero 2382 Ecuador WGM E Repkova 2345 Slovakia
.
Internet coverage: http://wroxham.lubaland.co.uk/
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.
They started on February 9th 2002.
36th Ballarat Begonia Tournament
The 36th Ballarat Begonia Chess Tournament will be held the weekend of
9-11th March 2002 coinciding with the Begonia Festival. Confirmed participants
include Australia’s two grandmasters Ian Rogers and Darryl Johansen.
80-100 chess players are expected to play in Ballarat arriving from as far as
Queensland, South Australia and even overseas. Details:
http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/bccindex.htm
January 2002 FIDE List Study
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ has a new article
"Study of the January 2002 FIDE Rating List" (by Boris Schipkov,
11.02.2002).
BCF Grading Questionaire
Results of the British Chess Federation Grading Questionaire are
available at the British Chess Federation site.
Internet site:
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/grading/questionnaire.htm
Third Saturday March
Sinisa Drazic reports: that the Third Saturday tournaments in Novi Sad
will take place 16th-24th March. The GM event has G Kosanovic, V Kostic, Humpy
Koneru, Micic Cedomir, Robert Fontaine, F Bistric, L Murzin, Sinisa Drazic and
M Scekic. Three more players are needed including one GM not rated less than
2380.
In the IM event players already competing are: Z Basagic, M Pap, Ashot
Koneru, Matej Sebenik, R Mujagic, S Manojlovic, M Stojkovic, Laurent
Giudarelli, A Dumpor, Markus Held, Luca Barillaro, I Buljovcic There are
already 12 players, the organisers are looking for two more players to make the
event 13 rounds.
Contact Sinisa Drazic thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com
Savaria Summer
SAVARIA SUMMER International Chess Open Szombathely (Hungary), 26th
July- 1st August 2002. Two events an "A" group- for FIDE-Elo and a "B" group-
for children under 13. Further details from: KORPICS Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely,
Rohonci 13. +(36)-30/951-0063 korpicszs@freemail.hu
Greek On-line Tournament
The five winners of the 1st On-Line Chess Tournament in Greece will
receive free hospitality without entry fee in the following tournaments:
International Tournament of Ikaria 2002, International Tournament of Korinthos
2002, International Tournament of Kavala 2002 "NATIONAL" ORGANIZ SYSTEMS S.A.
the official sponsor of the 1st Internet Chess Championship in Greece has
offered 3.000 Euros towards the prizes.
Further details:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2002/1st_hellenic_online_chess_championship/index.html
Free entry: http://andyhot.di.uoa.gr/chess/tourn/part_form.asp
Oslo Easter Chess Festival
Oslo Easter Chess Festival consists of The Open Norwegian Championships
23-30 March and The Open Norwegian Youth Championships 23-27 March. Both
tournaments will be rated in FIDE.
Further information: http://home.online.no/~vichan (also in
English).
Denkbiatlon in Eindhoven
On March 30th for the second time a so called Denkbiatlon will be
organized in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It is a 5 round Swiss tournament and
in each round a participant plays a game in chess and in international draughts
(10 x 10) against the same opponent (15 minutes per person) Prices 200 euro,
100 euro and 50 euro. Ron Heusdens, who participated in several Dutch
championships in international draughts and has a national chessrating of 2076,
will defend his title. Homepage: home.wanadoo.nl/daanen/biatlon.
E-mail aarddaanen@hotmail.com, tel. (31)402431617.
Canadian Championship Zonal 2.2
Canadian Championship Zonal 2.2 will run March-April as an 11 round
Swiss with GMs Spraggett and Lesiege. Internet coverage:
http://www.chess.ca
Dutton Chess
The Toronto Closed Championship will finish the 12 player RR schedule
Sat. Feb. 9. Isai Berengolts leads FMs Brett Campbell (2001 Champion) and Ian
Findlay. Dutton CC hosts one weekend Swiss per month. The top active Canadian
IMs play, as well as the occasional visiting GM (Tyomkin, Yudasin).
Website: http://play.at/duttonchess
13th Goodricke International
The 13th edition of the Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament,
recognised by FIDE & All India Chess Federation has been scheduled between
17th and 27th March 2002 at Gorky Sadan, Calcutta. This is the most prestigious
open chess tournament of Asia participated by leading GMs, WGMs, IMs
representing 20-22 countries. In our earlier editions organized by Alekhine
Chess Club more than 150 Grandmasters including GM Viswanathan Anand, GM
Vassily Smyslov, GM Viktor Korchnoi, GM Nigel Short etc took part. Schedule: 11
rounds Swiss Tournament (4 hour session), Prize Fund: $10,500 Board and Lodging
are free for GM, IM (2400+), WGM (2355+). Lodging is free for all players.
Start Money / Pocket Money: As per contact. Telephone No.: 091 033 280 3858;
Fax: 091 033 247 9559 / 476 6733 E-mail: gnca@vsnl.com
Further details: http://www.goodrickechess.com
3rd Annual Millennium Chess Festival
The 3rd Annual Millennium Chess Festival takes place March 1st-33rd
2002, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. $15,000 guaranteed prize fund.
Five-Round Swiss. The MCF will again be held at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront in
this Atlantic resort city. GMs and IMs recieve special "comps" including free
accomodations in a double room and free entry fee. See website for details. For
more information: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
6th United Insurance International Masters
6th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament 2002 10th
April to 20th April 2002 Venue: Conference-Room National Sports Council 62/3
Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000 Organised by : Bangladesh Chess Federation Sponsored
by : United Insurance Company Limited Tournament System : 11 Round Swiss Number
of Participants : Around 40 Schedule : 10th April to 20th April 2002 Arrival :
9th April 1st Round plays : 10th April Main session : Every day 2:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Last Round : 20th April 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The rate of play : 6
Hours play. Rate of play 40 moves in 2 hours and rest of the moves in 1 hour to
finish the game. Prize distribution : 20th March 5:00 p.m. Prize Fund : US$
1500 divided as follows: 1st - US$ 500, 2nd - US$ 300, 3rd - US$ 200, 4th - US$
100, 5th -100 US$ 6th - US$ 75, 7th - US$ 75, 8th - US$ 75, 9th - US$ 75 Note:
Cash prize will be divided equally among Equal pointers. Accommodation : Free
for all IM and Foreign Rated Players with 2200+ Food : Modest Food & Local
transportation will be given to all IM and Foreign Rated Players with 2200+
Appearance Fee : No appearance many will be given but some pocket money Will be
given to select foreign players. Passage : Passage up to Dhaka would have to be
borne by players own Federation. Last Date of entry : Invited players must send
their conformation to participate in the above tournament on or before 15th
March 2002 to the General Secretary, Bangladesh Chess Federation, 62/3 Purana
Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax No- 880-02-9666766 or 9563304 Phone N0- 880-02-9666766,
E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com (Syed Shujauddin Ahmed) General Secretary Bangladesh
Chess Federation.
Open in Bangladesh
Open International Chess Tournament 2002 29th March 2002 to 8th April
Venue: Conference-Room National Sports Council 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000
Organised by : Bangladesh Chess Federation Tournament System : 11 Round Swiss
Number of Participants : Around 40 Schedule : 29th March - 8th April, 2002
Arrival : 28th March 1st Round plays : 29th March Main session : Every day 2:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Last Round : 8th April 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The rate of
play : 6 Hours play. Rate of play 40 moves in 2 hours, then rest of moves in 1
hour to finish the game. Prize distribution : 8th April 5:00 p.m. Prize Fund :
US$ 5000 divided as follows: 1st - US$ 1800, 2nd - US$ 1000, 3rd - US$ 600, 4th
- US$ 300, 5th - US$ 300 6th - US$ 200, 7th - US$ 200, 8th - US$ 200, 9th - US$
200, 10th -US$ 200 Note: Cash prize will be divided equally among Equal
pointers. Accommodation : Free for all GM, IM and Foreign Rated Players with
2300+ Food : Modest Food & Local transportation will be given to all GM, IM
and Foreign Rated Players with 2300+ Appearance Fee : Some appearance money
will be given to GM's. Some pocket money will be given to IM's and Rated 2400+
Passage : Passage up to Dhaka would have to be borne by players own Federation.
Last Date of entry : Invited players must send their conformation to
participate in the above tournament on or before 15th March 2002 to the General
Secretary, Bangladesh Chess Federation, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax No-
880-02-9666766 or 9563304 Phone N0- 880-02-9666766, E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
(Syed Shujauddin Ahmed) General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation
NK Snelschaken Voor Clubteams
The NK Snelschaken Voor Clubteams takes place 1 June 2002 at the Golden
Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Witlaan, Den Haag organised by the SC De
Vogelwijk Further information: Ruud Vissers, 010-2207070 (kantoor) of
06-26776496 ruv@epg.nl
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/
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.
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
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/
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
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
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.
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.
