THE WEEK IN CHESS 387 8th April 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE World
Cup in Dubai
3) Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
2002
4) Eurotel KO Details
5)
Advanced Chess in Leon
6) Redbus Knockout
7) Cuban Championships
8) Danish
Championships
9) Canadian Closed (Zonal)
10) Cat XIII in Taraze
11) Geneva
Open
12) Foxwoods Open
13) 11th
Macedonian Championships
14) First Saturday April
15) Belgian Teams
16) 40th Doeberl
Cup
17) Economic Faculty Subotica
18) International Youth Tournament
19)
Slovakia Cup
20) Third Saturday IM
21) Asian Youth Championships
22) Vietnamese
Championships
23) Norwegian Teams Qualifier
24) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
FIDE World Cup in Dubai 153 games
Redbus Knockout 30 games
Cuban Championships 54 games
Danish Championships 45 games
Canadian Closed (Zonal) 2 games
Geneva Open 40 games
Foxwoods Open 78 games
11th Macedonian Championships 49 games
Belgian Teams 97 games
40th Doeberl Cup 2 games
Economic Faculty Subotica 66 games
International Youth Tournament 48 games
Slovakia Cup 72 games
Asian Youth Championships 142 games
Norwegian Teams Qualifier 489 games
4NCL Correction 1 games
1374 games
My thanks to Zenon Franco, Ian Rogers, Dragan Zivic, Jovan Dragic,
Jovan Petronic, Steve Laios, Jan Vavrak, Mihajlo Savic, Carsten Hensel, Dmitry
Tyomkin, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Michael Atkins, Stephen Wright, Aard Daanen,
Eirik Gullaksen, John Saunders, Eugeny Ararov, Alan Parsons, Luis Manuel
Pérez Rodríguez and Luis Lamarche Rodriguez, Gabriela Koskoska,
Laszlo Nagy, Vlad Barsi and Istvan Magyar, Istvan Brindza, Sinisa Drazic and
all those who helped with this issue.
The main event was the 1st FIDE World Cup event which took place in
Dubai. Peter Leko's win was probably a bit of a surprise as he doesn't have a
great reputation as a rapid player. He beat Alexander Grischuk who has been in
good form recently and might be on the verge of becoming a fixture at the very
top of the game. The biggest shock was the elimination of Ruslan Ponomariov in
the first round. This result follows hard on the heals of Kramnik's dismal
results at the Amber tournament. Kasparov, the world number one, doesn't permit
himself such bad results, ever, yet the World Champions apparently do. I find
it very disappointing and unprofessional of them.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The First FIDE World Cup event took place in Dubai, UAE April 3rd-8th
2002. The event was a modified knockout. 32 players started the event and this
field was reduced to 16 players after the first round of knockout matches.
After that the event continued as a knockout as far as the first prize was
concerned but losers continued to play on to determine their exact finishing
spot (for instance round 2 losers played for positions 9-16). The final took
place on Monday 8th April between Peter Leko and Alexander Grischuk saw two
draws in the 25 minute games, two draws in the blitz games and was only settled
in a time scramble in the sudden death game with Leko winning on time, he had
two seconds left when Grischuk ran out of time. Final Standings: 1. Peter Leko
2. Alexander Grischuk 3. Alexei Shirov 4. Kiril Georgiev 5. Anatoly Karpov 6.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili 7. Veselin Topalov 8. Etienne Bacrot 9. Viswanathan Anand
10. Alexander Khalifman 11. Alexey Dreev 12. Teimour Radjabov 13. Joel Lautier
14. Vassily Ivanchuk 15. Nigel Short 16. Zhu Chen.
The biggest shocks of the event were the round one victory of Zhu Chen
over Ruslan Ponomariov (after this great result Zhu Chen didn't win another
match and only scored one win and one draw in the rest of the event). Zhu Chen
should have won the first game of the match and did win the second to beat the
FIDE World Champion. The second shock was Zurab Azmaiparashvili's win against
Viswanathan Anand in the second round eliminating one of the favourites to win
the whole event.
Peter Leko the winner took US $43,200 with Alexander Grischuk winning US
$22,800.
After sitting through more bad FIDE coverage than I care to even think
about I should probably add a couple of words of praise for the official
coverage of this Grand Prix which was excellent, timely and free of errors.
Time limits: first two games 25 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Next two
playoff games 5 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Final sudden death game black
gets draw odds and 4 minutes, white gets five minutes.
Internet links. Info: http://www.fide.com/, Official site:
http://www.fidegrandprix.com/
The event started on April 2nd with the four qualifiers from the
Internet playing for two places in the tournament itself. Sergey Karjakin and
Maxim Novak went through.
Round 5 8th April 2002
Final
1 Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Leko, Peter HUN 2-3
3rd-4th place
2 Shirov, Alexei ESP - Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2.5-1.5
5th-6th place
3 Azmaiparashvili, Z GEO - Karpov, Anatoly RUS 0.5-1.5
7th-8th place
4 Bacrot, Etienne FRA - Topalov, Veselin BUL 0.5-1.5
9th-10th place
5 Anand, Viswanathan IND - Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2-0
11th-12th place
6 Radjabov, Teimour AZE - Dreev, Alexey RUS 0.5-1.5
13th-14th place
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - Lautier, Joel FRA 0.5-1.5
15th-16th place
8 Short, Nigel D. ENG - Zhu, Chen CHN 2-0
Round 4 7th April 2002
Semi-Finals
1 Georgiev, Kiril BUL - Leko, Peter HUN 2-3
2 Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Shirov, Alexei ESP 2.5-1.5
Places 5-8
3 Karpov, Anatoly RUS - Topalov, Veselin BUL 3-1
4 Bacrot, Etienne FRA - Azmaiparashvili, Z GEO 0.5-1.5
Places 9-12
5 Dreev, Alexey RUS - Khalifman, Alexander RUS 0.5-1.5
6 Radjabov, Teimour AZE - Anand, Viswanathan IND 1-3
Places 13-16
7 Zhu, Chen CHN - Lautier, Joel FRA 0-2
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - Short, Nigel D. ENG 1.5-0.5
Round 3 5th April 2002
Places 1-8:
1 Georgiev, Kiril BUL - Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2.5-1.5
2 Topalov, Veselin BUL - Leko, Peter HUN 1.5-2.5
3 Bacrot, Etienne FRA - Grischuk, Alexander RUS 0-2
4 Azmaiparashvili, Z GEO - Shirov, Alexei ESP 1-3
Places 9-16:
5 Dreev, Alexey RUS - Zhu, Chen CHN 2.5-1.5
6 Khalifman, Alexander RUS - Lautier, Joel FRA 1.5-0.5
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2-3
8 Anand, Viswanathan IND - Short, Nigel D. ENG 2-0
Round 2 4th April 2002
1 Zhu Chen CHN - Karpov, Anatoly RUS 0-2
2 Dreev, Alexey RUS - Georgiev, Kiril BUL 1-3
3 Leko, Peter HUN - Lautier, Joel FRA 1.5-0.5
4 Khalifman, Alexander RUS - Topalov, Veselin BUL 0.5-1.5
5 Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Radjabov, Teimour AZE 3-1
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - Bacrot, Etienne FRA 0.5-1.5
7 Short, Nigel D. ENG - Shirov, Alexei ESP 1-3
8 Azmaiparashvili, Z GEO - Anand, Viswanathan IND 2.5-1.5
Round 1 3rd April 2002
1 Zhu, Chen (GM) CHN - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 1.5-0.5
2 Karpov, Anatoly RUS - Van Wely, Loek NED 2.5-1.5
3 Ye, Jiangchuan CHN - Dreev, Alexey RUS 0-2
4 Georgiev, Kiril BUL - Nikolic, Predrag BIH 1.5-0.5
5 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad QAT - Leko, Peter HUN 0-2
6 Lautier, Joel FRA - Novik, Maxim RUS 1.5-0.5
7 Acs, Peter HUN - Khalifman, Alexander RUS 0.5-1.5
8 Topalov, Veselin BUL - Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2-0
9 Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2.5-2.5 *
10 Jasim, A.R. Saleh UAE - Radjabov, Teimour AZE 0.5-1.5
11 Bareev, Evgeny RUS - Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 1-3
12 Ehlvest, Jaan EST - Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1.5-2.5
13 Svidler, Peter RUS - Short, Nigel D. ENG 2-3
14 Shirov, Alexei ESP - Othman, A. Moussa UAE 1.5-0.5
15 Azmaiparashvili, Z GEO - Belkhodja, Slim TUN 1.5-0.5
16 Anand, Viswanathan IND - Taleb, Moussa UAE 1.5-0.5
* (Grischuk as black in the sudden death game went through)
FIDE GP IQT Final Dubai UAE (UAE), 2-2 iv 2002cat. IV (2332)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2460 ** 1= 11 11 5.5 2690
2 Novik, Maxim m RUS 2466 0= ** 11 01 3.5 2344
3 Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2402 00 00 ** 11 2.0 2183
4 Zeliakov,Nugzar ---- 00 10 00 ** 1.0 2169
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The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2002 takes place 6th-21st July
2002. The main event is a Candidates tournament to find a challenger for
Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.
Seven of the top ten players in the World will compete. They are split
into two preliminary groups:
Group I:
1. Veselin Topalov BLG (1)
2. Boris Gelfand ISR (4)
3. Alexei Shirov ESP (5)
4. Christopher Lutz GER (8)
Group II:
1. Alexander Morozevich RUS (2)
2. Michael Adams ENG (3)
3. Peter Leko HUN (6)
4. Evgeny Bareev RUS (7)
The top two from each group will go forward to the semi-finals. Sadly
Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov will not be playing
they are probably the top three Candidates you would want to see.
Official website: http://www.chessgate.de
The Eurotel knockout takes place in Prague April 27th - May 5th 2002.
32 of the best players in the World compete for a prizefund of 500,000 Euros
and the Eurotel Trophy. Presented under the auspices of Online World Chess B.V.
(Bessel Kok, and Serge Grimaux), it will be the highest-level chess event ever
to be held in the Czech Republic.
The 32 participants include: GM Garry Kasparov, GM Vladimir Kramnik,
Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar etc. Note that Ruslan Ponomariov is not in the
field.
A series of knock-out matches will determine the two finalists, who
will then play two games of classical chess during the last two days of the
event. Each knock-out match consists of two games of rapid chess. Time rate 25
minutes with no increment. Two blitz games and if necessary a final game will
be used in case of a tie. The event’s final will have two games played at
40 moves in 2 hours; 20 moves in 1 hour; rest of the game in 30 minutes. If the
final is tied after two games, blitz games will be used.
The opening ceremony will be at 4 PM on Saturday April 27th. It will
see the drawing of lots. Round 1 will be on April 28th and 29th, Round 2 on
April 30th, the Quarter finals will be on May 1st, Semi-finals May 2nd, Rest
day May 3rd, Finals May 5th-6th 2002. Play starts at 2pm each day except the
final which starts at 12-30.
Participants: Michael Adams, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich,
Evgeny Bareev, Gilberto Milos, Sergei Movsesian, Victor Bologan, Jeroen Piket,
Boris Gelfand, Judit Polgar, Mikhail Gurevich, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander
Grischuk, Yasser Seirawan, Zbynek Hrácek, Alexei Shirov, Vassily
Ivanchuk, Nigel Short, Artur Jussopow, Ivan Sokolov, Anatoly Karpov, Peter
Svidler, Garry Kasparov, Jan Timman, Alexander Khalifman, Vladislav Tkachiev,
Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Loek van Wely, Vadim Milov and
Ye Jiangchuan.
Internet site: http://www.worldchesstrophy.cz
Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand will play an Advanced Chess Match
in Leon, Spain June 20th to June 24th 2002.
They will be playing Advanced Chess with both players consulting with
their databases and chess programs (Chessbase is one of the sponsors of the
tournament). Each player has 1 hour for the whole game. Schedule: Drawing of
lots June 20th at the Conde Luna Hotel of León. The event will be played
in 3 sessions: 2 games on Friday 21st, 2 games on Saturday 22nd and the last 2
games on Sunday 23rd . If the tournament finishes 3 to 3, there will be a
tiebreak blitz match to decide the winner.
Probable web page: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
The 4th Redbus knockout took place in Southend March 29th - 1st April
2002. Bogdan Lalic beat Chris Ward 1.5-0.5 in the final. My thanks to Alan
Parsons for the games and results.
Redbus Chess site: http://www.chess.redbus.co.uk/
Final:
Lalic,B 1.5 - Ward,C 0.5
Semifinals:
Rowson,J 0.5 - Lalic,B 1.5
McShane,L 1.0 - Ward,C 3.0
Quarterfinals:
Davies,N 2.0 - Rowson,J 3.0
Turner,M 0.5 - Lalic,B 1.5
McShane,L 3.0 - Summerscale,A 1.0
Wells,P 0.5 - Ward,C 1.5
Round 1:
Emms,J 0.5 - Davies,N 1.5
Martin,An 0.5 - Rowson,J 1.5
Levitt,J 1.5 - Turner,M 2.5
Lalic,B 3.0 - Matros,A 1.0
Plaskett,J 0.5 - McShane,L 1.5
Summerscale,A 3.5 - McNab,C 2.5
Wells,P 1.5 - Pert,N 0.5
Ward,C 3.5 - Chandler,M 2.5
The Cuban Championships started on March 31st 2002. The venue is
Holguin City. After six rounds Lazaro Bruzon and Walter Arencibia both have
5/6. My thanks to Luis Manuel Pérez Rodríguez and Luis Lamarche
Rodriguez for the games.
Round 6 Standings:
ch-CUB Holguin City CUB (CUB), 31 iii-19 iv 2002 cat. IX (2472)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2569 * . = . . = . . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 5.0 2729
2 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2542 . * . . = . . . . = . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 5.0 2712
3 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2534 = . * . . . . . . = 1 = . . 1 1 . . 4.5 2651
4 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2594 . . . * = . . . . = . . 1 1 . = 1 . 4.5 2627
5 Delgado, Neuris m CUB 2506 . = . = * . = 1 1 . = . . . . . . . 4.0 2624
6 Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2444 = . . . . * . = = . . . 1 = . . . 1 4.0 2601
7 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2438 . . . . = . * . . = . = . . 1 = 1 . 4.0 2568
8 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2521 . . . . 0 = . * . . . . = 1 . 1 = . 3.5 2486
9 Almeida, Omar m CUB 2473 . . . . 0 = . . * . . . = = . . 1 1 3.5 2498
10 Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2474 . = = = . . = . . * = . . . = . . . 3.0 2494
11 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2429 . . 0 . = . . . . = * = . . = 1 . . 3.0 2465
12 Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2442 0 0 = . . . = . . . = * . . = . . . 2.0 2364
13 Quezada, Yuniesky f CUB 2411 0 . . 0 . 0 . = = . . . * . . . . 1 2.0 2388
14 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2403 . 0 . 0 . = . 0 = . . . . * . . . = 1.5 2316
15 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2427 0 . 0 . . . 0 . . = = = . . * . . . 1.5 2288
16 Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2408 . 0 0 = . . = 0 . . 0 . . . . * . . 1.0 2236
17 Gomez, Felix m CUB 2406 . 0 . 0 . . 0 = 0 . . . . . . . * = 1.0 2235
18 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2480 0 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . . 0 = . . = * 1.0 2178
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The Danish Championships took place 23rd-31st March 2002. Sune Berg
Hansen won the event with 6.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.skakdm.dk/english/index.htm
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ch-DEN Greve DEN (DEN), 23-31 iii 2002 cat. VIII (2446)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2536 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2602
2. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2454 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2570
3. Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2441 = = * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2571
4. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2545 = = = * = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2515
5. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2441 = = 1 = * = = = 1 0 5.0 2489
6. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2418 = = 0 0 = * = = = = 3.5 2369
7. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2407 0 = 0 = = = * = = = 3.5 2370
8. Pedersen, Jan DEN 2413 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 3.5 2369
9. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2405 0 0 = = 0 = = = * = 3.0 2325
10. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2400 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * 2.5 2285
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As reported last week the Canadian Closed (Zonal) took place Thursday
March 21st - Tuesday April 2nd 2002. The 11 Round Swiss had 36 players.
The event ended with a playoff between Pascal Charbonneau and Kevin
Spraggett for a place in the FIDE Championships. This match was played with 30
minutes per player plus 10 seconds a move on April 1st 2002. My thanks to
Stephen Wright.
Internet coverage: (live) http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
and (Federation) http://www.chess.ca/
Spraggett, Kevin - Charbonneau, Pascal 1/2 26 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Charbonneau, Pascal - Spraggett, Kevin 1-0 42 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
ch-CAN Playoff Richmond CAN (CAN), 1-1 iv 2002
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1 2
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Charbonneau, Pascal f CAN 2386 = 1 1.5 2734
Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2541 = 0 0.5 2193
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Eugeny Atarov reports: There was a
double round robin in Taraze (Dzhambul) - Kazakhstan in 19th-29th March 2002.
The category XIII (av.=2563) event was won by Leonid Yurtaev. Games should
follow soon.
Final standings: 1.Leonid Yurtaev KGZ 2532 - 6.5; 2.Mihail Ulibin RUS
2576 - 6; 3-4. Viktor Korchnoi SUI 2633 and Darmen Sadvakasov KAZ 2555 - 5.5;
5. Evgeny Vladimirov KAZ 2592 - 5; 6.Peter Kostenko KAZ 2495 - 1.5
The four day Geneva Open took place April 4th-7th 2002. Vladimir Epishin
and Normunds Miezis won the event with 6/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.ceg.ch/open4jours.php
Final (Round 7) Standings:
1 Epishin Vladimir GM RUS 2599 6.0 32.5 (212,5)
2 Miezis Normunds GM LAT 2498 6.0 32.5 (199,5)
3 Sokolov Andrei GM FRA 2614 5.5 33.5
4 Lazarev Vladimir GM RUS 2461 5.0 33
5 Cherniaev Alexander IM RUS 2472 5.0 31
6 Gallagher Joseph GM SUI 2503 5.0 30.5
7 Lamoureux Charles IM FRA 2386 5.0 29.5
8 Landenbergue Claude IM SUI 2405 4.5 32
9 Gerber Richard IM SUI 2420 4.5 30
10 Tukmakov Vladimir B GM UKR 2572 4.5 28.5
11 Vuilleumier Alexandre SUI 2164 4.5 28
12 Masserey Yvan FM SUI 2376 4.5 27
13 Preissmann Emmanuel FM SUI 2370 4.5 26.5
14 Domont Alexandre FM SUI 2393 4.5 26
15 Habibi Ali IM GER 2258 4.5 25.5
16 Vesin Jean-Robert FRA 2204 4.5 24
56 players
Michael Atkins reports on the Foxwoods Open took place March 28th-31st
2002.
Foxwoods Open, Version 2002, was another unqualified success over the
Easter weekend at the world's largest casino at Foxwoods Resort and Casino. Set
on the gorgeous grounds of the Mashantucket Pequot nation in Connecticut, over
550 players came to compete in one of the finest playing areas in the US. Bill
and Brenda Goichberg organized for the Continental Chess Association. Wonders
never cease at the Foxwoods Resort, it is simply an amazing place!
The Open section finished in a six-way tie for first at 5.5/6 among
Grandmasters, in order of tiebreaks, Ildar Ibragimov, Ilya Smirin, Joel
Benjamin, Alexander Goldin, Gregory Kaidanov and Giorgi Kacheishvili. This
year's tournament was also a Qualifying event for the 2003 U.S. Championships
with 6 spots up for grabs among U.S. residents who payed an additional
qualifying fee prior to the start of the event. The six qualifiers, in order of
tiebreaks, were Maurice Ashley, Michael Mulyar, Alex Stripunsky, Igor Foygel,
Larry Kaufman and Alan Bennett with Marc Esserman the first reserve.
The big upset in Round 1 was current U.S. Champion Larry Christiansen
losing to FM Allan Bennett. Bennett eventually qualified for the US
Championships next year, where Larry might get a chance at some cold Klingon
revenge.
Round 6 produced an interesting game between Mongolian FM Enkhbat
Tegshsuren and GM Yuri Shulman, in which ET caught Shulman in an attack which
drove the Black King all the way to the G1 square.
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Foxwoods Open Connecticut USA (USA), 28-31 iii 2002
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1. Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2584 5.5 30 33 23.5
2. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 5.5 29 32 23.5
3. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2593 5.5 28 31 23.5
4. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2630 5.5 28 31 22.5
5. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2596 5.5 27 30.5 24.5
6. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2584 5.5 26 29.5 22.5
7. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2535 5.0 27.5 30.5 20.5
8. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2583 5.0 27 30.5 21
9. Ashley, Maurice g USA 2486 5.0 27 30.5 20.5
10. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2578 5.0 24 27 20.5
11. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2533 5.0 21.5 21.5 21
12. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2433 4.5 27 27 20.5
13. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2498 4.5 26.5 29.5 19.5
14. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2427 4.5 26.5 28.5 17.5
15. Alexander Stripunsky g USA 2542 4.5 26 28.5 19.5
16. Foygel, Igor f USA 2474 4.5 25.5 29 19.5
17. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2596 4.5 25.5 28.5 19.5
18. Wall, Gavin IRL 2378 4.5 25.5 28 19.5
19. Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2400 4.5 25 26.5 19
20. Bennett, Allan f USA 2291 4.5 25 26.5 15.5
21. Esserman, Marc USA 2231 4.5 24.5 26.5 15.5
22. Paschall, William M m USA 2422 4.5 24 27 16
23. Tegshsuren, Enkhb USA 2415 4.5 24 26.5 18.5
24. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m USA 2358 4.5 24 26.5 18.5
25. Pixton, Aaron USA 2432 4.5 24 26.5 18.5
26. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2382 4.5 22.5 25 15.5
27. Rubenchik, Rodion f USA 2310 4.5 21 21 16.5
28. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2606 4.0 28 28 21.5
29. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2536 4.0 26.5 26.5 20.5
30. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2497 4.0 24.5 27 18.5
31. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2451 4.0 22.5 25 19
32. Rogers, Norman USA 2333 4.0 21.5 23 16
104 players
Class Section Winners:
U2200 6-1 Steven J Vanenk and Okechukwu N A Iwu
U2000 6.5 Maksim Grinman
U1800 6-1 Felix Radutman
U1600 6.5 Daniel B Newman
U1400 6.5 Alexander Mirsky
U1200 6-1 MarioNoyola
Unr 7-0 Armen Martirosyan
Blitz 8.5/10 GM Alex Wojtkeiwicz and Jorge Sammour-Hasbun
Full tournament results, games and photos available at:
http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/fox/foxwoods.htm.
Directing for the CCA were Directors were Bill Goichberg, Steve Immitt,
Walter Browne, Sophia Rohde, Michael Atkins and Dana Belcher. Look for Jerry
Hanken's Chess Life article in the near future.
The 11th Macedonian Championships take place in Gevgelija, 1st-14th
April 2002. This Category VII event includes 14 players (5 GMs and 3 IMs). The
4 best will secure their places in the next championship 2003. After 7 rounds
Mitkov Nikola leads with 5.5/7. Internet coverage:
http://www.chessmkd.com/MKD/Gevgelija/html/gevgelija_main.htm
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1. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2492 * . 1 . . . 1 = 0 1 1 1 . . 5.5 2627
2. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2487 . * = . 1 . = . 1 = = 1 . . 5.0 2552
3. Dancevski, Orce m MKD 2429 0 = * 1 = . = . . . = . . 1 4.0 2460
4. Kutirov, Rolando g MKD 2367 . . 0 * . . = 1 = = . 1 = . 4.0 2444
5. Mitkov, Marjan m MKD 2401 . 0 = . * . = . . = 1 = . 1 4.0 2446
6. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2416 . . . . . * 0 = = = . = 1 1 4.0 2434
7. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2455 0 = = = = 1 * . . . = . . . 3.5 2414
8. Stamenkov, Vanco f MKD 2417 = . . 0 . = . * = = . . 1 = 3.5 2405
9. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2435 1 0 . = . = . = * . . . 0 = 3.0 2354
10. Jacimovic, Dragoljub g MKD 2472 0 = . = = = . = . * . . = . 3.0 2359
11. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2309 0 = = . 0 . = . . . * = . = 2.5 2310
12. Sarlamanov, Pance MKD 2262 0 0 . 0 = = . . . . = * 1 . 2.5 2292
13. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2289 . . . = . 0 . 0 1 = . 0 * = 2.5 2288
14. Ilic, Zoran3 f MKD 2364 . . 0 . 0 0 . = = . = . = * 2.0 2227
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The First Saturday April tournaments will run 6th-19th April 2002 in
Budapest Hungary. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Vlad Barsi and Istvan Magyar for
the information.
Daily Internet coverage:
http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0402.htm
Round 1 Results:
GMA
1 Horvath, Csaba =:= Horvath, Adam
2 Antal, Gergely p:p Flumbort, Andras
3 Czebe, Attila =:= Markus, Robert
4 Rajlich, Vasik =:= Kallio, Heikki
5 Vajda, Levente 1:0 Nakamura, Hikaru
6 Bokros, Albert p:p Gonda, Laszlo
7 Fogarasi, Tibor =:= Hoang, Th. Trang
GMB
1 Farago, Ivan =:= Horvath, Peter
2 Pinter, Gabor =:= Pipa, Alexander
3 Pilgaard, Kim p:p Kustar, Sandor
4 Karttunen, Mika 1:0 Gara, Anita
5 Lukacs, Peter =:= Vajda, Szidonia
6 Jakab, Attila =:= Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri
7 Radziewicz, Iweta 0:1 Nyback, Tomi
IMA
1 Hardicsay, Peter =:= Eperjesi, Laszlo
2 Vismara, Daniele =:= Balogh, Viktor
3 Bors, Tamas 1:0 Bodrogi, Mihaly
4 Brustkern, Juergen =:= Soos, Bela
5 Gara, Ticia =:= Drabke, Lorenz
IMB
1 Farago, Sandor =:= Kahn, Evarth
2 Alfred, Nathan 1:0 Dub, Zeev
3 Nyysti, Sampsa 1:0 Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij
4 Meszaros, Tamas p:p Vass, Viktor
5 Nemeth, Zoltan =:= Cooke, Eric
Steve Laios writes: The Belgians interteams held a play-off match for
the 10th place on 24th March 2002 in the city Mechelen between KAOSK (Antwerp)
and KGSRL2 (Gent) Result : 3.5-4.5. This means KGSRL2 stay in Division 1. Steve
Laios also includes games from division 2 (with one "certain Anatoly Karpov"
this is not a joke). Karpov was in Brussels for the last round (10th march 2002
playing for Chess Club Anderlecht).
In addition please note that when I compiled TWIC I made a number of
errors in the dates for the rounds for the Belgian Teams. Round 7 was on 20th
Jan, Round 8 3rd February, 9 17th February, 10, 3rd March and 11 10th March
2002. Thanks to Steven Laios for pointing that out too.
David Smerdon of Queensland won the 40th Edition of the Doeberl Cup
which took place in Canberra, March 29th - April 1st 2002. Smerdon won with a
score of 6.5/7 a point clear of Ian Rogers.
Smerdon slightly road his luck winning against Gary Lane from a lost
position in a time scramble in round 4. In round 5 there was an exciting game
between Rogers and Smerdon in which Rogers sacrificed a whole rook for an
attack. This was beaten off by Smerdon who eventually went on to win the game
and take sole lead. He topped this performance off by beating Darryl Johansen
with black on the same day and more or less guaranteeing first. This win double
against Australia's two GMs was some achievement.
Information Ian Rogers and Charles Zworestine. A few games are
currently available, many more will be available later.
Final (Round 7) Standings:
1 Smerdon, David C QLD 2326 2293 6.5
2 Rogers, Ian NSW 2555 2574 5.5
3 Rej, Tomek NSW 1988 5
4 Hamilton, Douglas G VIC 2253 2155 5
5 Tindall, Brett NSW 2259 2240 5
6 Lane, Gary W NSW 2448 2488 5
7 Johansen, Darryl K VIC 2526 2531 4.5
8 Smirnov, Vladimir ACT 2231 2123 4.5
9 Reilly, Tim NSW 2235 2249 4.5
10 Dozsa, Paul NSW 2221 2007 4.5
11 Silver, Dmitri NSW 2000 4.5
12 Samar, Raul NSW 2318 2230 4.5
13 Skiotis, Pano VIC 2224 1981 4
14 Dwyer, Daniel NSW 2146 2044 4
15 Farrell, Roger S ACT 2080 4
16 Jones, Lee R NSW 2170 4
17 Stead, Kerry NSW 2099 1980 3.5
18 Safarian, Alek NSW 2051 1961 3.5
19 Oliver, Gareth ACT 1535 3.5
20 Rout, Ian C ACT 1875 3.5
21 Viner, Phillip J NSW 2209 2109 3.5
22 Stojic, Svetozar VIC 1575 3.5
23 Humphrey, Jonathan QLD 1730 3.5
24 Flitney, Adrian SA 1892 3
25 Jones, Brian A NSW 2223 2195 3
26 Harp, Joel NSW 2056 1908 3
27 Jovanovic, Peter ACT 2100 1902 3
28 Lovejoy, David QLD 1902 3
29 Corker, Kerry P QLD 2047 1833 3
30 Rippis, Theos NSW 2074 1959 3
31 Lip, Catherine NSW 2076 1807 3
32 Press, Shaun P ACT 2064 1790 3
33 Kimura, Toshi QLD 1567 3
34 Fenwick, Chris M VIC 2023 2.5
35 Van Der Wal, Fritz W NSW 1834 2.5
36 Tsagarakis, Angelo VIC 1778 2.5
37 Zivanovic, Andjelija VIC 2008 1658 2.5
38 Oliver, Shannon ACT 1499 2
39 Gmizic, Peter ACT 1958 2
40 Lee, Michelle VIC 1646 2
41 Szuveges, Narelle S VIC 2027 1779 2
42 Stojic, Dusan VIC 1577 2
43 Yoon, Sunny ACT 1425 1.5
The Economic Faculty 2002 tournament Subotica, Yugoslavia took place
26th March - - 5th April 2002. IM Petar Genov won the event with 8.5/11 and
also scored a GM norm. My thanks to Istvan Brindza for the information.
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1. Genov, Petar m BUL 2510 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5 2644
2. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2471 = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2611
3. Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2460 = 1 * 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2570
4. Cosma, Ioan m ROM 2461 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2539
5. Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2487 0 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2500
6. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2442 = = 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 = = 1 6.0 2475
7. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2486 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 2399
8. Scekic, Milos m YUG 2444 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2403
9. Pap, Misa m YUG 2415 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 0 4.0 2339
10. Popovic, Dusan YUG 2394 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2341
11. Todorovic, Jovan YUG 2426 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 2.5 2229
12. Jotic, Vladimir f YUG 2277 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 2.0 2192
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There is an international youth tournament taking place in Augsburg
2nd-10th April 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.schach.com/augsburg/index.htm
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1. Moser, Eva wm AUT 2339 * . 1 = 0 . = 1 = . 1 1 5.5 2510
2. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2407 . * . = . 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2481
3. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2454 0 . * = . = 1 1 . = = 1 5.0 2442
4. Schenk, Andreas GER 2447 = = = * = . = . = 1 = . 4.5 2424
5. Gross, David GER m GER 2463 1 . . = * = 1 = 0 . = = 4.5 2381
6. Baramidze, David GER 2328 . 1 = . = * . 0 0 = 1 = 4.0 2366
7. Grafl, Florian f GER 2341 = = 0 = 0 . * . 1 . 1 = 4.0 2383
8. Rau, Hannes GER 2297 0 0 0 . = 1 . * = 1 . 1 4.0 2362
9. Braun, Arik GER 2286 = 0 . = 1 1 0 = * 0 . . 3.5 2328
10. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2353 . 0 = 0 . = . 0 1 * 0 1 3.0 2274
11. Langheinrich, Ferenc GER 2405 0 0 = = = 0 0 . . 1 * . 2.5 2250
12. Loetscher, Roland f SUI 2266 0 = 0 . = = = 0 . 0 . * 2.0 2179
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Jan Vavrak reports: The First Slovakia Cup took place in Trencianske
Teplice 29th-31st March 2002. Corpora LIPOVEC (Movsesjan, Navara, Oral, Stohl,
Timoscenko and Votava) won the event beating Slovakofarma HLOHOVEC
(Chytílek, Simácek, Biolek, Petrík, Cibulka and Pinter)
4-2 in the final round of the K.O. system tournament.
Final Standings:
1. Corpora LIPOVEC
2. Slovakofarma HLOHOVEC
3. Slovan BRATISLAVA
4. SK LIPTOV
5. Hydina KOSICE
6. Bestex NOVE ZAMKY
7. SK DUNAJSKA STREDA
8. Univerzita KOSICE
The City of Novi Sad was the venue for a GM and IM norm event 16th-24th
March 2002.
The GM event (average rating 2434 Category VIII had norms at GM = 8; IM
= 6.) saw IM norms for Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 7,5 (11) and Micic Cedomir 6
(11). The IM event (average rating : 2277 Category II) saw IM norms for Borki
Predojevic 9 (13) and Matej Sebenik 7,5 (10). The Chief Arbiter was Zoran
Radojevic, Deputy Arbiters Danko Bokan (GM event) and Dragan Zivic (IM event)
and the Fed Officer Mihajlo Savic.
News from Sinisa Drazic. No games available.
Third Saturday GM Novi Sad YUG 16-24 iii 2002
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1 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2451 7,5
2 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios GRE 2438 m 7,0
3 Sedlak, Nikola YUG 2447 m 7,0
4 Micic, Cedomir YUG 2411 6,0
5 Fontaine, Robert FRA 2469 m 6,0
6 Drazic, Sinisa YUG 2471 g 6,0
7 Govedarica, Radovan YUG 2450 m 5,0
8 Matulovic, Milan YUG 2428 g 5,0
9 Kosanovic, Goran YUG 2429 g 5,0
10 Stojanovic, Dalibor YUG 2433 f 4,0
11 Collas, Didier FRA 2409 m 4,0
12 Miljkovic, Miroslav YUG 2372 f 3,5
Third Saturday IM Novi Sad YUG 16-24 iii 2002
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1 Predojevic, Borki YUG 2324 f 9,0
2 Sebenik, Matej SLO 2326 f 8,5
3 Dumpor, Atif BIH 2328 f 8,0
4 Mujagic, Ramo YUG 2297 f 7,5
5 Pap, Misa YUG 2415 m 7,5
6 Basagic, Zlatko SLO 2357 m 6,5
7 Dub, Zeev ISR 2238 6,0
8 Markotic, Gordan CRO 2302 m 5,5
9 Jovic, Stevan YUG 2171 4,5
10 Cengija, Vanja YUG 2158 4,0
11 Stojkovic, Miroljub YUG 2296 f 4,0
12 Held, Markus GER 2167 4,0
13 Popovic, Milos YUG 2216 3,0
The Asian Youth Championships took place in Tehran, Iran, March 28th -
April 4th 2002. 148 players from 10 countries competed. The first round was on
29th March. There were 88 boys and 60 girls in 8 seperate groups under
10-12-14-16. Iran with 42 players and India with 36 had most players in the
tournament. Other countries are: United Arab Emirates 6, Lebanon 5,Sri Lanka
8,Uzbekistan 7,Mongolia 2,Vietnam 9, Tajikistan 6,Kazakhstan 7 ,Kyrgyz Stan
5,Turkmenistan 8. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com
FINAL STANDING
BOYS UNDER 10
1. Negi Parimarjan 7½ 37
2. Duc Pham Min 6½ 32
3. Sapenov Yerzhan 6½ 29½
4. Saeed Ishaq 6 34
5. Azemati Amir 6 29½
6. Padakannaya P. 6 26
7. Rentsen Erdenetula 5½ 28
8. Mars Ulu Dan 5 32
9. Sanka Raviteja 5 30½
10. Pak Yevgeniy 5 23½
11. Razipour Sohrab 5 22½
12. Yalamancheli S. 5 21½
13. Salem A.s. 4½ 29½
14. Mirzaei Saleh 4½ 27
15. Ilkhomzoda Ikrom 4½ 22
16. Amanmoradov Kurban 4½ 21
17. Salehian Seena 4 20½
18. Salehian Shaian 4 15½
19. Lamei Hadi 4 13½
20. Kelkar Abhishek 3½ 19½
21. Koohestani Shahin 3½ 18½
22. Rohi Abdolmajeed 3½ 16½
23. Yevstefeyev Artur 3½ 15
24. Kande Arach N. 3½ 14½
25. Hosseinipour M. 3½ 13
26. Gundala Madhukiran 3 19
27. Mogila Vladimir 2 10
28. Abiraad E. 0 0
GIRLS UNDER 10
1. Pinnamaneni L.S. 7½ 37½
2. Hejazipour Mitra 7½ 36½
3. Gondala Madanasri 7½ 35½
4. Sathyapriya S.V. 7 34
5. Mandava Manogna 5½ 26
6. Hoa Ngo Difu 5 24
7. Radfar Ida 5 24
8. Golsorkhi M. 3½ 20½
9. Bauyrijan Keysar 3½ 16½
10. Akhlaghpour N. 3 21½
11. Umarova Shahnoza 2½ 12½
12. Welmamedova Z. 2½ 11½
13. Hemanthage Udani V 1½ 11½
14. Baybekova Albina 1½ 3½
BOYS UNDER 12
1. Troung Son N.N. 7½ 40½
2. Dasari Sai S. 7½ 36
3. Vijay Keerthi K. 6 29½
4. Utegaliyev Azamat 6 28
5. Abdollahzadeh A. 5½ 27½
6. Kozubay Ulu A. 5½ 25
7. Ha Ngo Manh 5 32
8. Rakhimov Furkat 5 26½
9. Duskuzhanov Daulet 5 26
10. Gopikrishna M. 4½ 26½
11. Khouri I.M. 4½ 24
12. Darini Pourya 4½ 23
13. Toufighi Homayoon 4½ 20½
14. Tologontegin S. 4½ 20
15. Sadeh Shahin 4½ 19
16. Fakharmanesh Neema 4 20½
17. Kasyan Aleksandr 4 19
18. Tatishev Almas 4 18½
19. Sankalp Modwal 4 16½
20. Khouri A.A. 3½ 16½
21. Khademi Mohammad 3½ 15½
22. Palawatta I.T. 3 17
23. Torbey H. 2 12½
GIRLS UNDER 12
1. Dronavalli Harika 7½ 40½
2. Sindhu V.K. 7 35
3. Seidi Forooz 6 33
4. Ngoc Pham Bich 6 30
5. Anjana N. Sowjanya 5½ 24½
6. Gevorgyan Irina 5 25½
7. Alavi Homa 4½ 21½
8. Choksi Kajri 4½ 21½
9. Gupta Dhara 4½ 17½
10. Dhayani B. Dave 4½ 15½
11. Koswatte Ch.T. 4 21
12. Danilyk Olga 3½ 21
13. Hosseini Mona 3½ 20½
14. Vaghar Negar 3 19
15. Jallout M. 2 9
16. Djumaeva Maysa 1 5
BOYS UNDER 14
1. Kunche N.K. 7 35
2. Sydykov A. 6½ 39½
3. Gogineni R. 6½ 33
4. Gupta A. 6½ 31
5. Davlyatshin B. 5½ 26
6. Ninth V. 5½ 24½
7. Esenov A. 5 26½
8. Noroozi O. 4½ 25
9. Kore A. 4½ 24
10. Thirunavukkamsu S. 4½ 23½
11. Shohreh Sh. 4½ 23½
12. Subhasi V. 4½ 22½
13. Alaguzov Maxat 4½ 20½
14. Lameei H. 4½ 19
15. Jayasinghe K.D.ch. 4 18½
16. Khajavi A. 4 18
17. Elbaba R. 3½ 15
18. Pandia N. 3 16½
19. Ishaq A. 1½ 8½
20. Bekhruzi B. 0 0
GIRLS UNDER 14
1. Pourkashiyan A. 9 45
2. Tilenbaeva J. 7 36
3. Nadig K. 6½ 31½
4. Zavar Mosavi M. 5½ 28½
5. Salnikova M. 5½ 23½
6. Saheli N. 5 26
7. Rajadarshini M. 5 23½
8. Thao L. 4½ 23½
9. Tajik S. 4 22
10. Kim E. 4 21
11. Teymoori M. 4 15½
12. Isaeva A. 2 12
13. Dehgama L. 1 7
14. Sharofidinova Z. 0 0
BOYS UNDER 16
1. Iskakov A. 7 35
2. Akbarinia S.A. 7 30
3. Nasri A. 6 33
4. Chakravarthy D. 6 30½
5. Ahmadinia E. 5½ 25
6. Roy S. 5 28
7. Kumar H. 5 24
8. Hasan A. 4½ 24½
9. Abilmazhinov D. 4½ 21
10. Sadeghi S. 4½ 21
11. Bandara D. 4 20
12. Bayramov P. 3½ 20
13. Abounasif A. 3½ 19
14. Soozankar M. 3 19
15. Khalesi V. 3 10
16. Sharoidinov Z. 0 0
GIRLS UNDER 16
1. Paridar Shadi 7½ 41
2. Tuitebayva Dinaza 6 32
3. Hue Luong Minh 6 31½
4. Karavade Eesha 5½ 27
5. Aketayeva Dana 5 26½
6. Sachdev Tania 5 25
7. Nu Pham Thi 5 24½
8. Nalluri Vinuthna 5 21½
9. Daljenkova Vera 4½ 25½
10. Bayat Shohreh 4½ 21
11. Alimova Maral 4½ 18½
12. Wijevardane M.C. 4 20
13. Fallahzadeh Mahtab 3 15
14. Azadkhanian Anet 3 14
15. Illikova Ejebay 2 11½
16. Shirvani Elham 1½ 5½
The Vietnamese Championships started on March 26th in Vung Tau. Dao
Thien Hai won the men's event above Tu Hong Thong and Nguyen Anh Dung all three
finished on 8/11. Le Kieu Thien Kim won the women's event. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.vietnamchess.com
MEN
No. PNo. Name Score
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1. 3 Tu Hoang Thong HCM 8.0
1 Dao Thien Hai DTH 8.0
2 Nguyen Anh Dung QNI 8.0
4. 5 Bui Vinh HNO 7.5
7 Le Dinh Tuan HCM 7.5
6. 21 Bao Quang DAN 7.0
7. 4 Nguyen Thanh Son TTH 6.5
12 To Quoc Khanh QDO 6.5
26 Le Quang Liem HCM 6.5
10. 9 Nguyen Thai Binh CTH 6.0
10 Hoang Nam Thang DAN 6.0
12. 6 Pham Minh Hoang HCM 5.5
24 Pham Chuong HCM 5.5
14 Ngo Ngoc Quang HCM 5.5
16 Tran Anh Tri DAN 5.5
20 Pham Duc Thang KGI 5.5
11 Nguyen Van Huy BNI 5.5
23 Duong The Anh DTH 5.5
17 Nguyen Si Hung BRV 5.5
20. 19 Ngo Ninh PYE 5.0
15 Phan Anh Son QDO 5.0
22. 13 Tran Quoc Dung DTH 4.5
23. 18 Ng H Minh Huy DTH 4.0
8 Vo Thanh Phong DAN 4.0
22 Nguyen Duc Hoa CTH 4.0
26. 29 Ton T Nhu Tung HCM 3.0
27 Truong Tuan Kiet TTH 3.0
28. 25 Bui Duy Toan BRV 2.0
29. 28 Le Quang Long HCM 0.0
WOMEN
No. PNo. Name Score
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1. 2 Le K Thien Kim HCM 8.0
2. 1 Ng Thi Thanh An HCM 7.5
6 Le T Phuong Lien CTH 7.5
14 Hh M Phuong Dung HCM 7.5
5. 7 Phm L T Nguyen CTH 7.0
4 Lug Phuong Hanh QDO 7.0
3 Vo Hong Phuong CTH 7.0
8. 5 Tran Kim Loan HPH 6.5
8 Bui Kim Le DTH 6.5
10. 12 Hoang T Bao Tram TTH 6.0
11 Nguyen Thu Thuy HNO 6.0
15 Hog X T Khiet TTH 6.0
9 Le Thanh Huyen QDO 6.0
14. 18 Nguyen Thi Hanh HPH 5.5
22 Vang T Thu Hang HCM 5.5
19 Le Thi Thu Hien DTH 5.5
13 Nguyen Ngan Binh TTH 5.5
24 Do Thi Thuong BRV 5.5
10 Ng Thanh Binh QNI 5.5
20. 23 Ng Thi Dieu Hanh TTH 5.0
20 Nguyen Thi My BNI 5.0
17 Pham Thi Hoa HNA 5.0
25 Hoang Thi Vui TTH 5.0
21 Cao L P Thanh LAN 5.0
25. 16 Phan Dan Huyen QDO 4.5
26. 26 Nguyen Thao Han HCM 2.0
27. 27 Ng N P Khanh HCM 1.0
Eirik Gullaksen reports: The qualfiers for the Norwegian team
championships 2001-2002 have been completed. The qualifying rounds were played
as five regional leagues with the following winners: East: Akademisk Sjakklubb
Oslo, South-West: Randaberg Sjakklubb, North-West: Bergens Schakklub, Middle:
Trondheim Sjakkforening, North: Narvik Sjakklubb.
Complete results at
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/seriesjakk.html
These five join up with Oslo Schakklub, Asker Schakklubb and Nordstrand
Sjakklubb in the finals to be played in Oslo 8th-12th May 2002. Home page:
http://eirikgu.home.online.no/lagnm2002/
The games were mainly entered by FM Torstein Bae.
Mirabal Rapidplay
The V International Tournament Mirabal tournament in Madrid, Spain
takes place April 13th-14th 2002. The 9 round Swiss event has a time control
20´+ 10´´ (Bronstein System).
There is a first prize of 2.400 Euros. There will be live games on the
Internet Saturday 13th: 16 h Sunday 14th: 9.30 h (Spanish time, GMT +2). There
will be a quiz on line at the same time: the visitors can guess player´s
moves and make them on the board. The best in every game will receive a T-shirt
from Colegio Mirabal (Mirabal School)
Official site and live coverage: http://www.hechiceros.net
Anand played in 2001. It is hoped that some more top players may also
join the field this year:
Leading players so far
IM Alonso, Salvador 2445
FM Barria, Daniel 2390
IM Cabrera, Alexis 2440
IM Candela, José 2399
GM Cifuentes, Roberto 2521
FM Corral, Juan A. 2463
IM del Río, Gabriel 2509
IM Djuric, Stefan 2487
FM Escobar, Alder 2396
FM Estrada, Julián 2380
FM Franco, Alejandro 2383
IM Iruzubieta, Jesús M. 2430
FM Camarena, Rufino 2380
GM Kogan, Arthur 2568
FM Labollita, Martín 2398
IM Martín, Ángel 2411
GM Milov, Vadim 2595
IM Moreno Carnero, J 2503
IM Moreno Ruiz, Javier 2415
IM Nosenko, Alexander 2448
IM Pomés, Juan 2399
IM Rahal, Michael 2388
GM Rodríguez, Amador 2477
GM Sansegundo, Pablo 2525
FM Suárez, Diego 2398
IM Todorcevic, Miodrag 2487
GM Ubilava, Elizbar 2540
IM Vasallo, Mauricio 2440
IM Vehí, Víctor 2451
IM Zlotnik, Boris 2423
5th Malbork Castle Cup
The 5th Malbork Castle Cup (Poland) 14-15 September 2002 (swiss type,
open tournament in 9 rounds, 30' game, prizes fund 7000 PLN (about 2000 Euro).
The Castle Malbork was honoured with an entry into UNESCO's List of the World's
Cultural Heritage. The city populated by forty-thousand inhabitants is visited
each year by half a milion tourists.
Detailed information (English, Germany and Polish) at:
http://skoraf.republika.pl/index.htm
7th Computer Olympiad
The 7th Computer Olympiad (including World Chess Championship) takes
place in Maastricht July 5th-11th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/Olympiad2002/
19th Barnet Congress
The 19th Barnet Congress will be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th
May
Further info:
http://www.gtryfon.demon.co.uk/bcc/About_BCC/Congress/barnetcc.htm
Entry form contacts John Venn (0208-449-9538) 17 The Crescent, Hadley
Common, Barnet, Herts, EN5 5QQ
3rd Asean Age-Group Championships
The 3rd Asean Age-Group Championships take place in Singapore 8th-14th
June 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.aseanchess.com/agegrp.htm
Backa Palanka 2002
The Third Open tournament "Backa Palanka 2002" will run 2nd-10th May
2002. The event will take place in Backa Palanka (30 km western of Novi Sad).
The top six players will have special conditions. The Prize fund is 4.000. Euro
(12 prizes :First=750,last= 100 and special prizes : for the best Women, Youth
and Veteran players. Nine rounds, Swiss pairing, six hour playing session.
Contact:Dragic Jovan ,(English) tel.++ 381 21 74 74 32 or mobile 063/56 25 84
or E-mail : kingns@EUnet.yu
Further Information: http://www.backapalankaopen.com
Oceania (3.2b) Zonal Championship 2002
The Oceania Zonal Chess Championship take place at the Warwick Fiji
hotel resort, Fiji 6th-11th May 2002. Entries close 19th April 2002!
Further details: http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/fzt.htm
South African and Open Chess Championships
The South African and Open Chess Championships take place in Boardwalk
Casino & Entertainment Centre (Tsitsikama Conference Hall) Port Elizabeth
South Africa 1st-13th July 2002.
Further details: http://www.geocities.com/saopen2002/
Frank Quisinsky Computer Chess
Frank Quisinsky's Computer Chess pages have been updated. Computer Chess
calendar and a database computer games since 1990 are availble.
Link: http://www.amateurschach.de
Swiss Chess Tour event 2002
International Chess Festival Lenk
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will continue in Lenk with the 14th
"Kreuz-Open" March 28th-April 1st 2002. New host, for the first time, will be
Hotel “Kreuz” and Chalet “SMUV”. Swiss system, 7 rounds and
the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes
till the end). The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other
continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250,
200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best
Lady, senior (1942), junior(1982-85), schoolboy (1986) and best local player.
Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs
free. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz".
Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 12,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 13,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 14,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30
and 15.30-20.30 April 15,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 16. Closing ceremony April
16 at 16.00. The 11th “Ferien-Open” (under 2000 Elo) Swiss system, 5
rounds, 5 hours for the game. Natural prizes. Entry fee 100 SF. Venue: Chalet
“Solitide-SMUV”. Time table: Round 1st 14.00-19.00, the other rounds
daily 10.00-15.00. Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00. List of participants:
GMs: Vogt (GER), Groszpeter (HUN), Gheorghiu (ROM); WGMs: Kachiani-Gersinska
(GER), Roschina (RUS); IMs: Jenni (SUI), Horvath Adam (HUN), Yewdokimov (RUS),
Horvath Tamas (HUN), Joksic (YUG), Videki (HUN) etc. Info: Beochess
+41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
Open du Parc Paris
The Open du Parc takes place in Paris 18th-20th May 2002.
- 7 rounds 2 hours KO, FIDE homologation - free for Masters and Grand
Masters - 1st prize : 760 euros - 2nd prize : 460 euros - 3rd prize : 270
euros,... - etc
Further information: http://jeen.online.fr/
Bergen Chess International
The Bergen Chess International 2002 takes place 20th-28th July 2002 in
Bergen, Norway. Open GM-tournament 9-round Swiss 7-hour playing session Side
events: Lower section, Cafe Chess Championship, Blitz tourneys
Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2002/
Pula Open 2002
The "Pula Open 2002" takes place 12th-19th May 2002 in Pula, Croatia.
Details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net
Gausdal Tournaments
A group of title qualifying round robins, including 1 GM-, 2 IM- and 1
ELO-group, each consisting of ten players will take place 11th-18th April 2002
in Gausdal Høifjellshotell (the famous chess hotel of Norway). Time
limits 2 hours in 40 moves and 1 hour for the rest. Prizes 3000-2000-1000 NKR
in the GM-group, 2000-1200-800 in the IM-groups. There are place left in all
groups, but interested players should contact IA Hans Olav Lahlum as soon as
possible at: IA Hans Olav Lahlum Bassengveien 28 a N - 2821 Gjøvik Phone
+47 611 71 398. Email hanso.lahlum@c2i.net.
Further details: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2002/
6th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 6th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2002.
Further details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
3rd European Individual Women's Championships
The 3rd European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place May
26th - June 9nd 2002 in Varna, Bulgaria.
Further details: http://www.chessbg.com/
12th Heart of Finland Open
The 12th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
17th-21st 2002. The tournament is played in one group with Swiss system. The
event is FIDE-rated, and there are possibilities to reach title norms. There is
the option to start the tournament from the 2nd round with a ½ point
bye. Time rate: 2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish.
Entry fees GM/IM free (must register May 31 at the latest), FM/U20 50
EUR, ELO-players 60 EUR, others 80 EUR. 10% discount from the entry fee if
registration before May 31, 20% discount if registration before March 31. Total
prize fund approx. 7000 EUR, also rating prizes.
Contact info: Sami Hämäläinen: Tel. +358-9-3238840 Email:
aurifera@kolumbus.fi
New Internet Correspondence Game to Begin
Beginning March 11th, 2002 the World Team will begin a new game against
GM Nick de Firmian. Having most recently finished the second of two games
against Chinese IM Yin Hao (WT 1.5 YH 0.5) the World Team now will play against
three-time U.S. champion Nick de Firmian, who will play the white pieces.
The World Team consists of players from around the World, many of whom
came together for the first time during the Kasparov vs. World Internet Game
held in 1999. The games against Yin Hao attracted players from Brazil, Canada,
England, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and the United States.
Everyone willing to follow the rules of the game is welcome to play in
this new game against GM de Firmian. To participate or observe go to the World
Team strategy board and official site at
http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=WTChess&page=1
More details about the game (and how to join the World Team) can be
found at the Game Info and Rules link at the official site. It should be fun
and "A Serious Game Among Friends".
Plaskett vs The ROW
GM James Plaskett will play the Rest of the World starting 1st March on
the internet at: http://www.chessworld.net
The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will
vote their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and
formulating strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum. This match
is open to all who visit www.ChessWorld.net. Those wanting to play Plaskett
will need to login and follow the Opponents menu to 'Play the Expert'.
Golden Cleopatra Open 2002
This year the Golden Cleopatra Open will be open to all and held
7th-17th April at Eastern Company Club about 5 Km from the Pyramids Cairo,
Egypt. The event will be a Swiss Sytem – 11 Rounds – 160 players (7
GMs – 25 IMs , available for Fide Rating and Titles) – New Fide Time
Control (90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. Added for every move) play starts at 5
p.m. daily from 7 to 17 April , Arrival 6 April , Closing Ceremony 18 April 7
p.m. then departure.
Prizes as follows : 1st till 12th. 1000 - 800 - 700 - 600 - 500 - 400 -
300 - 200 - 200 - 200 - 150 - 150 US$. Players who wants to participate will
pay - 30 US$ daily for full accommodation in Double Bedroom or 40 US$ for
single Room 4 Star Hotel – 20 US$ daily for Double bedroom or 30 US$ for
Single Room 3 Star Hotel . That included : Free transportation inside Egypt ,
including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee ; 3 free
daily soft drinks ; Daily Bullettin , and Book of the tournament distributed on
Closing Ceremony.
Special conditions for limited no of GMs and IMs. Last day for
registering is 27 March 2002 . Our email is
Contact: E-Mail ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled
General Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Blitzin handle: haskd
Eastern Company Club Fax : +20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and
Fax : +20-2-2604285 Tanta Open will be played during May , and not confirmed
yet.
Pardubice Chess and Bridge Festival
The 13th International Chess & Bridge Festival CZECH OPEN 2002 will
be held 11th-28th July 2002 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Further details:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
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 Peter Kostenko.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.