THE WEEK IN CHESS 399 1st July 2002 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 3rd Grand Prix du Senat
3) Dutch Championship
4) 3rd European Individual Championships
5) Polish League Playoffs
6) Moscow Youth Tournament
7) Quebec Invitational 2002
8) 13th Ljubljana Open
9) 4th ShakkiNet International
10) Bogny sur Meuse GM
11) Grenoble Masters
12) U18 European Team Championships
13) La Fere Open
14) 2nd St. Chély d'Aubrac
15) French Chess Federation Further Press Release
16) Open letter to FIDE President K.N. Ilumzhinov
17) Professional World Chess Ranking
18) Forthcoming Events and Links


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3rd Grand Prix du Senat         13 games
Dutch Championships             29 games
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3rd European Individual        161 games
Polish League Playoffs          12 games
Moscow Youth Tournament        308 games
Quebec Invitational 2002        11 games
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4th ShakkiNet International     84 games
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Grenoble Masters                45 games
U18 European Teams              34 games
938 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Aard Daanen, Joel Lautier, Stephen Boyd, Ales Drinovec, Sergey Shipov, Michael Atkins, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Sami Hämäläinen, Andre Schulz, Laszlo Nagy, and all those who helped with this issue.

Kramnik's victory at the Grand Prix du Senat, Leok Van Wely's Dutch Championships win, 3rd European Individual Championships and the Polish SuperCup head the on the board stories today. July 6th sees the start of the Dortmund qualifier which will provide a challenger for Kramnik. I'm hoping we will see some great chess there.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 3rd Grand Prix du Senat

The 3rd Grand Prix du Senat took place over the weekend of June 29th-30th 2002. Organised by the NAO Chess Club in Paris this four player ko rapid play event saw Vladimir Kramnik take first place Laurent Fressinet 2nd, Joel Lautier 3rd and Etienne Bacrot 4th.

Round 1 (June 29, 2002)

Fressinet, Laurent - Lautier, Joel 3-2
Bacrot, Etienne - Kramnik, Vladimir 0.5-1-5

Final

Kramnik, Vladimir - Fressinet, Laurent 2-0

3rd - 4th Playoff

Bacrot, Etienne - Lautier, Joel 1-3

Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html

3) Dutch Championship

The Essent Dutch Championships took place in Leeuwarden June 19th-29th 2002. Loek Van Wely started with a perfect 5/5 score but a final round defeat meant he had to play off against Sergei Tiviakov. Van Wely took the playoff match and the title 3-1.

Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2002/

Playoffs June 30th 2002
Tiviakov, Sergei  -  Van Wely, Loek    1/2   29  C43  Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek    -  Tiviakov, Sergei  1-0   70  A08  Barcza System
Tiviakov, Sergei  -  Van Wely, Loek    1/2   48  C43  Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek    -  Tiviakov, Sergei  1-0   29  E09  Catalan


Essent ch-NED Playoff Leeuwarden NED (NED), 30 vi 2002
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                               1   2   3   4 
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Van Wely, Loek   g  NED 2642    =   1   =   1   3.0  2818
Tiviakov, Sergei g  NED 2625    =   0   =   0   1.0  2449
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Essent ch-NED Leeuwarden NED (NED), 20-29 vi 2002   cat. XIII (2557)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Tiviakov, Sergei      g NED 2625  * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2769 
 2. Van Wely, Loek        g NED 2642  = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2767 
 3. Sokolov, Ivan         g BIH 2647  = = * 1 = = 1 = = 1  6.0  2672 
 4. Ernst, Sipke          m NED 2462  = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2647 
 5. Van den Doel, Erik    g NED 2583  0 1 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 1  5.0  2597 
 6. Van der Wiel, John    g NED 2509  = 0 = = 0 * 0 = 1 1  4.0  2519 
 7. Janssen, Ruud         m NED 2469  0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = =  3.0  2442 
 8. Nijboer, Friso        g NED 2578  0 0 = = = = 0 * = 0  2.5  2388 
 9. Reinderman, Dimitri   g NED 2537  0 0 = 0 1 0 = = * 0  2.5  2393 
10. Jonkman, Harmen       g NED 2520  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 *  2.5  2395 
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Round 5 (June 25, 2002)

Tiviakov, Sergei     -  Nijboer, Friso       1-0   57  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
Sokolov, Ivan        -  Van den Doel, Erik   1/2   38  D27  QGA
Van der Wiel, John   -  Ernst, Sipke         1/2   31  C43  Petroff's Defence
Reinderman, Dimitri  -  Janssen, Ruud        1/2   28  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Jonkman, Harmen      -  Van Wely, Loek       0-1   32  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 6 (June 26, 2002)

Van Wely, Loek       -  Tiviakov, Sergei     1/2   39  E59  Nimzo Indian
Ernst, Sipke         -  Van den Doel, Erik   1-0   62  D27  QGA
Van der Wiel, John   -  Jonkman, Harmen      1-0   41  C45  Scotch Game
Janssen, Ruud        -  Sokolov, Ivan        0-1   23  D17  Slav Defence
Nijboer, Friso       -  Reinderman, Dimitri  1/2   47  B38  Sicilian Maroczy Bind

Round 7 (June 27, 2002)

Tiviakov, Sergei     -  Van der Wiel, John   1/2   68  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
Sokolov, Ivan        -  Nijboer, Friso       1/2   26  D91  Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Van den Doel, Erik   -  Janssen, Ruud        1-0   43  B81  Sicilian Keres Attack
Reinderman, Dimitri  -  Van Wely, Loek       0-1   45  B88  Unknown
Jonkman, Harmen      -  Ernst, Sipke         0-1   40  C48  Four Knights Rubinstein

Round 8 (June 28, 2002)

Van Wely, Loek       -  Sokolov, Ivan        1/2   28  D15  Slav Defence
Ernst, Sipke         -  Janssen, Ruud        1-0   35  A33  English Symmetrical
Van der Wiel, John   -  Reinderman, Dimitri  1-0   40  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Nijboer, Friso       -  Van den Doel, Erik   1/2   48  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Jonkman, Harmen      -  Tiviakov, Sergei     0-1   49  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 9 (June 29, 2002)

Tiviakov, Sergei     -  Ernst, Sipke         1/2   29  C43  Petroff's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan        -  Van der Wiel, John   1/2   27  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian System
Van den Doel, Erik   -  Van Wely, Loek       1-0   36  B84  Sicilian Scheveningen
Janssen, Ruud        -  Nijboer, Friso       1-0   39  D94  Gruenfeld Closed
Reinderman, Dimitri  -  Jonkman, Harmen      0-1   40  A03  Bird's Opening

Essent ch-NED w Leeuwarden NED (NED), 19-29 vi 2002
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                                     1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Peng Zhaoqin           m NED 2472 ** == == =1 11 11  7.5  2357
2 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2330 == ** == == 11 11  7.0  2341
3 Hamelink, Desiree        NED 2105 == == ** == 1= 1=  6.0  2309
4 Bensdorp, Marlies        NED 2125 =0 == == ** == 11  5.5  2269
5 Veenstra, Petra          NED 2081 00 00 0= == ** 0=  2.0  2002
6 Bos-Swiecik, Iwona    wm NED 2179 00 00 0= 00 1= **  2.0  1982
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4) 3rd European Individual Championships

The 3rd European Individual Championships took place in Batumi, Georgia, June 11th-27th 2002. This was a 13 rounds Swiss. Bartlomiej Macieja won the event with 9.5/13 half a point clear of four players. After a playoff Mikhael Gurevich finished 2nd ahead of Sergei Volkov 3rd, Mereb Gagunashvili 4th and Gabriel Sargissian 5th. Alongside was the Black Sea Women's Championships won by Natia Janjgava.

Internet coverage: http://chess.batumi.net/

Final Crosstable:
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3rd IECC Batumi GEO (GEO), 12-26 vi 2002
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                                                1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13 
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  1. Macieja, Bartlomiej       g  POL 2584  - 19 + 95 + 60 + 65 =  4 + 51 + 35 = 20 = 11 +  5 =  2 + 16 =  9  9.5  2687 
  2. Gurevich, Mikhail         g  BEL 2641  +  7 + 27 = 20 - 13 + 38 = 15 + 24 = 49 + 25 + 35 =  1 =  8 =  5  9.0  2684 
  3. Gagunashvili, Merab       m  GEO 2472  = 22 + 32 + 29 -  6 + 33 = 12 = 14 = 21 + 39 = 15 + 37 = 10 + 11  9.0  2731 
  4. Sargissian, Gabriel       m  ARM 2538  + 99 +  5 = 23 = 12 =  1 =  6 = 16 + 43 = 37 = 10 =  9 + 20 + 31  9.0  2709 
  5. Volkov, Sergey            g  RUS 2609  + 48 -  4 - 50 + 82 + 65 = 45 + 34 + 27 + 49 -  1 + 20 + 19 =  2  9.0  2639 
  6. Sulskis, Sarunas          g  LTU 2577  + 58 + 44 = 38 +  3 - 35 =  4 = 27 = 19 = 59 + 26 + 15 = 11 =  8  8.5  2618 
  7. Gashimov, Vugar           m  AZE 2470  -  2 + 70 + 85 + 18 - 11 = 26 + 17 = 39 = 22 = 21 + 13 = 14 + 19  8.5  2632 
  8. Asrian, Karen             g  ARM 2591  + 52 = 24 = 63 - 49 = 40 + 54 = 36 = 42 + 45 + 31 + 35 =  2 =  6  8.5  2620 
  9. Milov, Vadim              g  SUI 2606  + 87 + 34 - 25 + 63 = 27 - 13 = 51 + 62 = 26 + 59 =  4 + 36 =  1  8.5  2628 
 10. Kharlov, Andrei           g  RUS 2633  + 40 + 33 = 35 = 20 + 62 = 25 - 11 + 16 = 15 =  4 = 36 =  3 = 14  8.0  2618 
 11. Galkin, Alexander         g  RUS 2569  + 61 = 51 + 59 = 38 +  7 = 20 + 10 = 35 =  1 = 32 = 19 =  6 -  3  8.0  2601 
 12. Graf, Alexander           g  GER 2623  + 47 = 26 + 64 =  4 - 20 =  3 = 62 + 44 = 13 = 14 = 27 + 42 = 16  8.0  2612 
 13. Jobava, Baadur            g  GEO 2566  + 79 = 59 + 42 +  2 - 39 +  9 = 25 = 15 = 12 - 19 -  7 + 49 + 36  8.0  2600 
 14. Izoria, Zviad             m  GEO 2556  + 70 = 19 = 66 = 67 = 59 + 38 =  3 = 23 = 21 = 12 + 30 =  7 = 10  8.0  2561 
 15. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz       AZE 2542  = 74 + 55 - 37 + 54 + 52 =  2 + 22 = 13 = 10 =  3 -  6 = 29 + 43  8.0  2606 
 16. Sturua, Zurab             g  GEO 2565  = 60 + 78 = 19 + 66 = 51 = 22 =  4 - 10 + 34 + 33 + 32 -  1 = 12  8.0  2600 
 17. Aronian, Levon            g  ARM 2571  + 77 - 49 - 52 + 93 + 50 = 36 -  7 + 48 = 42 = 40 + 64 = 28 + 35  8.0  2545 
 18. Popov, Valerij            g  RUS 2575  + 89 = 42 = 51 -  7 + 48 - 44 = 50 - 61 + 79 = 41 + 87 + 68 + 26  8.0  2531 
 19. Shengelia, Davit          m  GEO 2415  +  1 = 14 = 16 = 24 = 28 + 31 = 29 =  6 + 30 + 13 = 11 -  5 -  7  7.5  2616 
 20. Socko, Bartosz            g  POL 2564  + 75 + 36 =  2 = 10 + 12 = 11 + 39 =  1 = 35 = 37 -  5 -  4 = 24  7.5  2614 
 21. Kacheishvili, Giorgi      g  GEO 2584  + 54 = 63 = 24 = 36 + 42 - 49 + 45 =  3 = 14 =  7 = 28 = 35 = 29  7.5  2563 
 22. Aleksandrov, Aleksej      g  BLR 2654  =  3 + 85 = 26 + 34 = 25 = 16 - 15 = 24 =  7 = 64 = 68 + 45 = 28  7.5  2556 
 23. Baklan, Vladimir          g  UKR 2618  + 57 + 28 =  4 - 35 = 45 = 34 + 68 = 14 = 31 = 49 = 24 - 26 + 51  7.5  2573 
 24. Riazantsev, Alexander     g  RUS 2527  + 83 =  8 = 21 = 19 + 67 = 37 -  2 = 22 = 46 + 47 = 23 = 25 = 20  7.5  2559 
 25. Marin, Mihail             g  ROM 2556  + 82 + 84 +  9 = 39 = 22 = 10 = 13 = 37 -  2 - 36 + 49 = 24 = 32  7.5  2576 
 26. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil    m  GEO 2540  +100 = 12 = 22 = 52 = 36 =  7 = 42 + 40 =  9 -  6 + 75 + 23 - 18  7.5  2563 
 27. Delchev, Aleksander       g  BUL 2550  + 93 -  2 + 41 + 50 =  9 = 43 =  6 -  5 = 64 + 87 = 12 = 32 = 30  7.5  2594 
 28. Markowski, Tomasz         g  POL 2538  + 72 - 23 = 58 + 78 = 19 = 59 = 47 = 46 = 38 + 60 = 21 = 17 = 22  7.5  2523 
 29. Minasian, Artashes        g  ARM 2572  = 66 + 46 -  3 = 47 + 87 + 64 = 19 = 59 - 32 + 51 = 42 = 15 = 21  7.5  2546 
 30. Ehlvest, Jaan             g  EST 2588  - 41 = 74 = 61 + 85 = 47 = 52 + 58 + 51 - 19 + 38 - 14 + 59 = 27  7.5  2481 
 31. Gelashvili, Tamaz         g  GEO 2547  = 55 - 60 = 92 + 97 + 66 - 19 + 52 + 47 = 23 -  8 + 46 + 37 -  4  7.5  2472 
 32. Krasenkow, Michal         g  POL 2641  = 46 -  3 + 96 = 40 - 44 + 79 + 87 + 63 + 29 = 11 - 16 = 27 = 25  7.5  2529 
 33. Goloshchapov, Alexander   g  UKR 2543  + 88 - 10 = 54 + 58 -  3 = 89 + 73 = 36 + 61 - 16 = 40 = 50 + 57  7.5  2496 
 34. Malakhatko, Vadim         g  UKR 2517  + 69 -  9 + 89 - 22 + 75 = 23 -  5 + 67 - 16 = 57 + 61 = 40 + 50  7.5  2503 
 35. Jakovenko, Dmitry         g  RUS 2557  + 95 + 41 = 10 + 23 +  6 + 39 -  1 = 11 = 20 -  2 -  8 = 21 - 17  7.0  2586 
 36. Minasian, Ara             m  ARM 2473  + 97 - 20 + 86 = 21 = 26 = 17 =  8 = 33 + 43 + 25 = 10 -  9 - 13  7.0  2545 
 37. Fedorov, Alexei           g  BLR 2598  = 50 + 98 + 15 = 62 = 49 = 24 + 44 = 25 =  4 = 20 -  3 - 31 = 40  7.0  2518 
 38. Yagupov, Igor             m  RUS 2474  + 67 + 56 =  6 = 11 -  2 - 14 = 61 + 53 = 28 - 30 + 69 = 48 = 39  7.0  2518 
 39. Kotronias, Vasilios       g  CYP 2580  + 73 + 68 + 49 = 25 + 13 - 35 - 20 =  7 -  3 - 42 = 50 + 60 = 38  7.0  2513 
 40. Mamedov, Nidjat           m  AZE 2463  - 10 + 93 = 80 = 32 =  8 = 71 + 41 - 26 + 66 = 17 = 33 = 34 = 37  7.0  2508 
 41. Zhukova, Natalia          wg UKR 2425  + 30 - 35 - 27 + 69 = 56 = 63 - 40 + 72 = 44 = 18 = 62 + 64 = 42  7.0  2519 
 42. Potkin, Vladimir          g  RUS 2493  + 92 = 18 - 13 + 80 - 21 + 78 = 26 =  8 = 17 + 39 = 29 - 12 = 41  7.0  2513 
 43. Anastasian, Ashot         g  ARM 2591  + 76 = 64 - 62 + 46 + 68 = 27 = 49 -  4 - 36 + 65 = 59 + 44 - 15  7.0  2527 
 44. Radulski, Julian          m  BUL 2501  + 90 -  6 = 75 = 91 + 32 + 18 - 37 - 12 = 41 = 61 + 58 - 43 + 67  7.0  2463 
 45. Guseinov, Kadir           g  AZE 2510  - 85 + 82 = 74 + 60 = 23 =  5 - 21 + 71 -  8 = 46 + 70 - 22 + 59  7.0  2475 
 46. Petrov, Marijan           m  BUL 2469  = 32 - 29 + 88 - 43 + 61 = 67 + 89 = 28 = 24 = 45 - 31 + 75 = 53  7.0  2487 
 47. Cheparinov, Ivan          m  BUL 2457  - 12 = 88 + 99 = 29 = 30 + 56 = 28 - 31 + 89 - 24 = 65 = 67 + 63  7.0  2494 
 48. Jirovsky, Milos           m  CZE 2446  -  5 +100 - 67 + 92 - 18 = 55 + 75 - 17 = 77 + 78 = 60 = 38 + 68  7.0  2411 
 49. Godena, Michele           g  ITA 2481  + 94 + 17 - 39 +  8 = 37 + 21 = 43 =  2 -  5 = 23 - 25 - 13 = 55  6.5  2535 
 50. Bagaturov, Giorgi         g  GEO 2434  = 37 = 65 +  5 - 27 - 17 + 91 = 18 - 64 + 74 + 53 = 39 = 33 - 34  6.5  2513 
 51. Kekelidze, Mikheil        g  GEO 2477  + 96 = 11 = 18 + 56 = 16 -  1 =  9 - 30 + 58 - 29 = 57 + 73 - 23  6.5  2509 
 52. Arutunian, Davit          m  GEO 2427  -  8 + 72 + 17 = 26 - 15 = 30 - 31 = 69 - 67 + 94 = 53 = 58 + 79  6.5  2421 
 53. Kempinski, Robert         g  POL 2570  = 78 - 66 + 55 = 87 + 76 = 62 - 59 - 38 + 70 - 50 = 52 + 71 = 46  6.5  2411 
 54. Priehoda, Vitezslav       m  SVK 2425  - 21 + 83 = 33 - 15 + 60 -  8 = 70 = 55 = 69 = 72 = 63 = 61 + 75  6.5  2397 
 55. Makharadze, Jambul           GEO 2302  = 31 - 15 - 53 + 81 = 73 = 48 = 77 = 54 - 65 = 56 + 89 + 87 = 49  6.5  2448 
 56. Yegiazarian, Arsen        g  ARM 2567  + 71 - 38 + 76 - 51 = 41 - 47 - 60 - 74 + 91 = 55 + 95 = 66 + 77  6.5  2371 
 57. Dzhakaev, D                  RUS 2425  - 23 - 91 - 93 = 70 - 99 +100 + 97 + 83 + 81 = 34 = 51 + 62 - 33  6.5  2356 
 58. Shanava, Konstantine      f  GEO 2390  -  6 + 90 = 28 - 33 = 88 + 69 - 30 + 98 - 51 + 84 - 44 = 52 + 83  6.5  2378 
 59. Gaprindashvili, Valerian  m  GEO 2476  + 80 = 13 - 11 + 94 = 14 = 28 + 53 = 29 =  6 -  9 = 43 - 30 - 45  6.0  2474 
 60. Dovliatov, Sanan             AZE 2318  = 16 + 31 -  1 - 45 - 54 + 86 + 56 + 68 = 63 - 28 = 48 - 39 = 65  6.0  2472 
 61. Aroshidze, Levan             GEO 2346  - 11 = 94 = 30 + 96 - 46 + 80 = 38 + 18 - 33 = 44 - 34 = 54 = 64  6.0  2404 
 62. Supatashvili, Khvicha     m  GEO 2509  = 98 + 81 + 43 = 37 - 10 = 53 = 12 -  9 - 87 + 77 = 41 - 57 = 69  6.0  2426 
 63. Chiburdanidze, Maia       g  GEO 2516  + 91 = 21 =  8 -  9 = 89 = 41 + 66 - 32 = 60 - 75 = 54 + 70 - 47  6.0  2408 
 64. Bagirov, Rufat            m  AZE 2516  + 86 = 43 - 12 = 75 + 91 - 29 = 67 + 50 = 27 = 22 - 17 - 41 = 61  6.0  2410 
 65. Maherramzade, Javad       m  AZE 2493  = 81 = 50 + 84 -  1 -  5 = 75 = 71 = 77 + 55 - 43 = 47 = 83 = 60  6.0  2338 
 66. Chibukhchian, Artur       m  ARM 2379  = 29 + 53 = 14 - 16 - 31 + 98 - 63 + 90 - 40 - 69 + 82 = 56 = 72  6.0  2403 
 67. Jojua, Davit                 GEO 2125  - 38 +102 + 48 = 14 - 24 = 46 = 64 - 34 + 52 - 68 + 72 = 47 - 44  6.0  2407 
 68. Kallio, Heikki            g  FIN 2502  +101 - 39 = 91 + 74 - 43 + 77 - 23 - 60 + 71 + 67 = 22 - 18 - 48  6.0  2384 
 69. Kantaria, Mikheil            GEO 2259  - 34 - 76 + 95 - 41 + 97 - 58 + 84 = 52 = 54 + 66 - 38 = 74 = 62  6.0  2335 
 70. Karadeniz, Emre              TUR 2307  - 14 -  7 - 90 = 57 + 83 + 81 = 54 + 73 - 53 + 89 - 45 - 63 + 87  6.0  2380 
 71. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc      f  TUR 2345  - 56 - 96 + 72 = 90 + 94 = 40 = 65 - 45 - 68 = 83 + 92 - 53 + 84  6.0  2306 
 72. Gurcan, Selim                TUR 2283  - 28 - 52 - 71 + 95 + 92 = 76 = 78 - 41 + 80 = 54 - 67 + 81 = 66  6.0  2297 
 73. Danner, Georg             m  AUT 2407  - 39 - 86 =100 + 99 = 55 + 85 - 33 - 70 + 92 = 95 + 76 - 51   .   5.5  2317 
 74. Olcayoz, Alper            f  TUR 2294  = 15 = 30 = 45 - 68 - 77 + 94 - 79 + 56 - 50 - 76 + 91 = 69 = 82  5.5  2346 
 75. Bae, Torstein             f  NOR 2314  - 20 + 97 = 44 = 64 - 34 = 65 - 48 + 91 + 76 + 63 - 26 - 46 - 54  5.5  2388 
 76. Babaev, Rashad            m  AZE 2430  - 43 + 69 - 56 + 86 - 53 = 72 = 90 = 79 - 75 + 74 - 73 - 84 + 88  5.5  2279 
 77. Matnadze, Ana             wm GEO 2365  - 17 = 92 - 94 +100 + 74 - 68 = 55 = 65 = 48 - 62 = 81 + 80 - 56  5.5  2297 
 78. Atakisi, Umut             f  TUR 2358  = 53 - 16 + 81 - 28 + 90 - 42 = 72 - 87 + 98 - 48 - 83 = 92 + 93  5.5  2300 
 79. Gassanov, Assif              AZE 2319  - 13 - 80 = 83 = 98 +101 - 32 + 74 = 76 - 18 = 81 = 84 + 95 - 52  5.5  2272 
 80. Chigladze, Iveri             GEO 2149  - 59 + 79 = 40 - 42 = 82 - 61 + 99 - 89 - 72 +101 = 88 - 77 + 95  5.5  2291 
 81. Magalashvili, Davit          GEO 2160  = 65 - 62 - 78 - 55 +100 - 70 + 93 + 88 - 57 = 79 = 77 - 72 + 98  5.5  2286 
 82. Bayram, Yakup             f  TUR 2312  - 25 - 45 +101 -  5 = 80 - 90 + 86 = 92 - 84 + 97 - 66 +100 = 74  5.5  2231 
 83. Ipek, Ali                 f  TUR 2263  - 24 - 54 = 79 - 88 - 70 +102 + 94 - 57 + 96 = 71 + 78 = 65 - 58  5.5  2265 
 84. Citak, Selim                 TUR 2035  +102 - 25 - 65 - 89 = 86 = 99 - 69 + 96 + 82 - 58 = 79 + 76 - 71  5.5  2263 
 85. Erdogan, Hakan               TUR 2233  + 45 - 22 -  7 - 30 + 96 - 73 - 98 - 95 - 97 +102 = 93 + 94 + 89  5.5  2272 
 86. Mareck, Sascha               GER 2249  - 64 + 73 - 36 - 76 = 84 - 60 - 82 -101 +102 = 93 + 90 = 89 + 92  5.5  2231 
 87. Velicka, Petr             m  CZE 2437  -  9 = 99 + 98 = 53 - 29 + 88 - 32 + 78 + 62 - 27 - 18 - 55 - 70  5.0  2357 
 88. Erdogdu, Mert             f  TUR 2295  - 33 = 47 - 46 + 83 = 58 - 87 = 92 - 81 =100 = 90 = 80 +101 - 76  5.0  2232 
 89. Asylguzhin, Radik            RUS 2387  - 18 +101 - 34 + 84 = 63 = 33 - 46 + 80 - 47 - 70 - 55 = 86 - 85  4.5  2240 
 90. Ataman, Alper                TUR 2191  - 44 - 58 + 70 = 71 - 78 + 82 = 76 - 66 - 95 = 88 - 86 = 97 = 96  4.5  2209 
 91. Sulashvili, Malkhaz          GEO 2254  - 63 + 57 = 68 = 44 - 64 - 50 = 96 - 75 - 56 + 99 - 74 - 93 +101  4.5  2275 
 92. Morchiashvili, Bachana       GEO 2167  - 42 = 77 = 31 - 48 - 72 + 95 = 88 = 82 - 73 + 98 - 71 = 78 - 86  4.5  2246 
 93. Yilmaz, Turham            m  TUR 2303  - 27 - 40 + 57 - 17 - 98 = 97 - 81 + 99 - 94 = 86 = 85 + 91 - 78  4.5  2200 
 94. Kinsic, Onur                 TUR 2158  - 49 = 61 + 77 - 59 - 71 - 74 - 83 +102 + 93 - 52 =100 - 85 = 97  4.5  2192 
 95. Mamedjarova, Zeinab       wm AZE 2312  - 35 -  1 - 69 - 72 +102 - 92 +101 + 85 + 90 = 73 - 56 - 79 - 80  4.5  2192 
 96. Duman, Aydin                 TUR 2155  - 51 + 71 - 32 - 61 - 85 +101 = 91 - 84 - 83 -100 = 97 +102 = 90  4.5  2151 
 97. Arman, Deniz                 TUR 2119  - 36 - 75 +102 - 31 - 69 = 93 - 57 =100 + 85 - 82 = 96 = 90 = 94  4.5  2171 
 98. Kamadadze, Zviad             GEO 2225  = 62 - 37 - 87 = 79 + 93 - 66 + 85 - 58 - 78 - 92 -101 + 99 - 81  4.0  2192 
 99. Urushadze, Davit             GEO 2272  -  4 = 87 - 47 - 73 + 57 = 84 - 80 - 93 -101 - 91 +102 - 98 +100  4.0  2145 
100. Essing, Arnold               GER 2286  - 26 - 48 = 73 - 77 - 81 - 57 +102 = 97 = 88 + 96 = 94 - 82 - 99  4.0  2140 
101. Klerides, Paris              CYP 2210  - 68 - 89 - 82 +102 - 79 - 96 - 95 + 86 + 99 - 80 + 98 - 88 - 91  4.0  2122 
102. BYE                              ----  - 84 - 67 - 97 -101 - 95 - 83 -100 - 94 - 86 - 85 - 99 - 96   .   0.0       
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 1. Janjgava, Natia        wm GEO 2248  +32 +22 =11 + 4 + 8 + 6 = 7 = 2 = 5  7.0  2464 
 2. Gvetadze, Sopio        m  GEO 2313  +28 =15 - 6 +24 + 3 +14 + 8 = 1 = 4  6.5  2421 
 3. Lomineishvili, Maia    wg GEO 2370  +21 + 9 - 4 +12 - 2 = 5 + 6 +19 + 8  6.5  2377 
 4. Tsereteli, Tamar          GEO 2243  +27 + 5 + 3 - 1 - 6 +22 =11 + 7 = 2  6.0  2370 
 5. Datuashvili, Nona      wm GEO 2175  +33 - 4 =19 +25 =14 = 3 +15 +11 = 1  6.0  2311 
 6. Khukhashvili, Sopiko   wm GEO 2319  =30 +12 + 2 =11 + 4 - 1 - 3 +14 = 7  5.5  2324 
 7. Nikoladze, Sopio       wm GEO 2231  +25 = 8 +18 + 9 -11 +13 = 1 - 4 = 6  5.5  2313 
 8. Javakhishvili, Lela    wm GEO 2367  +29 = 7 +15 +10 - 1 +11 - 2 +16 - 3  5.5  2332 
 9. Odisharia, Teona          GEO 2238  +13 - 3 +28 - 7 =17 =25 =22 +20 +19  5.5  2205 
10. Tkeshelashvili, Sopio  wg GEO 2238  +26 =18 +30 - 8 -13 -19 +24 +12 +16  5.5  2231 
11. Melia, Salome             GEO 2292  +17 +16 = 1 = 6 + 7 - 8 = 4 - 5 =15  5.0  2276 
12. Sahakian, Nonna           ARM 2087  +14 - 6 +16 - 3 +24 =15 =17 -10 +23  5.0  2251 
13. Batsiashvili,Nino         GEO ----  - 9 +21 +22 =18 +10 - 7 -16 =17 +29  5.0  2252 
14. Charkhalashvili, Inga  wf GEO 2298  -12 +24 =20 +30 = 5 - 2 +26 - 6 +17  5.0  2200 
15. Tereladze, Sopiko      wm GEO 2223  +34 = 2 - 8 =17 +23 =12 - 5 +22 =11  5.0  2210 
16. Purtseladze, Maka         GEO 2223  +23 -11 -12 +19 =20 +21 +13 - 8 -10  4.5  2144 
17. Sahakian, Alla            ARM 2070  -11 =23 +33 =15 = 9 +20 =12 =13 -14  4.5  2144 
18. Klinova, Masha         wg ISR 2393  +20 =10 - 7 =13 -22 -26 +31 =27 +25  4.5  2103 
19. Gurchumalidze,Teona       GEO ----  -22 +32 = 5 -16 +29 +10 +25 - 3 - 9  4.5  2182 
20. Khmiadashvili, Tamar   wg GEO 2161  -18 +26 =14 =23 =16 -17 +29 - 9 +27  4.5  2162 
21. Epitashvili, Ketevan      GEO 2158  - 3 -13 =26 +32 +31 -16 =27 =25 +28  4.5  2095 
22. Sorokina, Anastasia    wm BLR 2200  +19 - 1 -13 +28 +18 - 4 = 9 -15 =24  4.0  2132 
23. Guramishvili,Sopiko       GEO ----  -16 =17 +29 =20 -15 -31 +32 +26 -12  4.0  2068 
24. Kasoshvili, Tsiala     wm GEO 2135  =31 -14 +27 - 2 -12 +33 -10 +32 =22  4.0  2097 
25. Butskhrikidze,Ana         GEO ----  - 7 =29 +31 - 5 +30 = 9 -19 =21 -18  3.5  2080 
26. Khudaverdieva, Afag       AZE 2043  -10 -20 =21 =27 +32 +18 -14 -23 =34  3.5  2072 
27. Kvaratskhelia, Natia      GEO 2061  - 4 =33 -24 =26 =28 +34 =21 =18 -20  3.5  2056 
28. Gavasheli, Ana            GEO 2099  - 2 +34 - 9 -22 =27 -32 +33 +31 -21  3.5  2034 
29. Mamedjarova, Turkan       AZE 2134  - 8 =25 -23 +33 -19 +30 -20 +34 -13  3.5  1991 
30. Esebua, Megi              GEO 2116  = 6 +31 -10 -14 -25 -29 -34 +33 =32  3.0  1992 
31. Vasiltseva,Marina         GEO ----  =24 -30 -25 +34 -21 +23 -18 -28 =33  3.0  1975 
32. Ioseliani, Irine          GEO 2064  - 1 -19 +34 -21 -26 +28 -23 -24 =30  2.5  1922 
33. Merabishvili,Neli         GEO ----  - 5 =27 -17 -29 +34 -24 -28 -30 =31  2.0  1867 
34. Cheishvili,Nana           GEO ----  -15 -28 -32 -31 -33 -27 +30 -29 =26  1.5  1809 
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5) Polish League Playoffs

The two best teams from the last Polish Team Championships played a double round match on June 29th-30th, 2002 in Warsaw for the Super Cup of Poland. Six boards. Rate of play 90 minutes per game + 30 sec per move. The match was between Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw and Pocztowiec TPSA Poznan. Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw was by far the strongest team consisting of Vassily Ivanchuk, Judit Polgar, Mical Krasenkow, Robert Kempinski, Tomasz Markowski and Jacek Gdanski they won both rounds 5-1.

Coverage: http://www.plusgsm.pl

Round 1 (June 29, 2002)

Ivanchuk, Vassily     -  Urban, Klaudiusz      1-0   39  C41  Philidor's Defence
Schmidt, Wlodzimierz  -  Polgar, Judit         0-1   39  E98  King's Indian Classical
Krasenkow, Michal     -  Stempin, Pawel        1/2   30  D62  Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Szelag, Marcin        -  Kempinski, Robert     1/2   41  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Markowski, Tomasz     -  Weglarz, Leszek       1-0   42  E05  Catalan
Owczarzak, Jerzy      -  Gdanski, Jacek        0-1   54  B09  Pirc Defence

Round 2 (June 30, 2002)

Urban, Klaudiusz      -  Ivanchuk, Vassily     1/2   35  A11  Reti Opening
Polgar, Judit         -  Schmidt, Wlodzimierz  1-0   29  C18  French Winawer
Stempin, Pawel        -  Krasenkow, Michal     0-1   39  A85  Dutch
Kempinski, Robert     -  Szelag, Marcin        1/2   42  E60  King's Indian without Nc3
Weglarz, Leszek       -  Markowski, Tomasz     0-1   40  A43  Old Benoni
Gdanski, Jacek        -  Owczarzak, Jerzy      1-0   25  C02  French Advance

6) Moscow Youth Tournament

The International Youth Sports Games of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Baltic states and Russian regions took place in Moscow starting June 15th. There were chess tournaments for boys and girls under 14 and under 16. The event was attended by IOC President Jacques Rogge. I don't know the exact dates but am guessing June 18th-24th for the 7 round swiss. Boris Grachev won the Boys under-16 and Sergey Karjakin and Alexsej Lanin finished on 6/7 in the Boys under-14.

Internet coverage: http://www.volgachess.ru/turnir/sport02.htm

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 1. Karjakin, Sergey       m  UKR 2489  +12 = 3 +11 +15 + 2 + 4 = 5  6.0  2493 
 2. Lanin, Alexsej            RUS 2222  +14 + 9 + 7 + 3 - 1 +10 +11  6.0  2474 
 3. Jamaletdinov, Roman F     RUS 2117  +18 = 1 +10 - 2 +13 +11 = 8  5.0  2394 
 4. Chadaev, Nikolai          RUS 2218  +19 - 7 + 8 =11 + 6 - 1 +10  4.5  2310 
 5. Khamrakulov,Dzhurabek     UZB ----  -13 =17 +16 =20 +15 + 7 = 1  4.5  2350 
 6. Papin, Vasily             RUS 2201  -10 =20 +18 +21 - 4 +14 +15  4.5  2262 
 7. Zhigalko, Sergei          BLR 2322  +21 + 4 - 2 +13 -10 - 5 +16  4.0  2186 
 8. Ponkratov, Pavel          RUS 2218  +22 =10 - 4 +14 -11 +12 = 3  4.0  2152 
 9. Nigalidze,Gaioz           GEO ----  +16 - 2 -13 +19 -12 +21 +14  4.0  2176 
10. Popov, Ivan               RUS ----  + 6 = 8 - 3 +12 + 7 - 2 - 4  3.5  2206 
11. Pokazanjev, Nikolai       RUS 2232  +17 +13 - 1 = 4 + 8 - 3 - 2  3.5  2205 
12. Bercys, Salvijus          LTU 2147  - 1 +22 =20 -10 + 9 - 8 +18  3.5  2166 
13. Kirillov, Evgeniy         RUS 2175  + 5 -11 + 9 - 7 - 3 -15 +21  3.0  2109 
14. Mezhlumian,Vagram         ARM ----  - 2 +16 +17 - 8 +20 - 6 - 9  3.0  2098 
15. Mamedov, Rauf             AZE 2358  =20 =18 +21 - 1 - 5 +13 - 6  3.0  2151 
16. Vicol, Dorian             MDA 2254  - 9 -14 - 5 +22 +17 +20 - 7  3.0  2016 
17. Sadykov,Asil              KGZ ----  -11 = 5 -14 =18 -16 +19 =22  2.5  2013 
18. Fatkulin, Andrey          RUS 2320  - 3 =15 - 6 =17 =19 +22 -12  2.5  2015 
19. Matveev,Mikhail           KAZ ----  - 4 -21 +22 - 9 =18 -17 +20  2.5  2007 
20. Mihailovs, Jurijs         LAT 2141  =15 = 6 =12 = 5 -14 -16 -19  2.0  1979 
21. Esenov, Annaberdi         TKM 2084  - 7 +19 -15 - 6 +22 - 9 -13  2.0  1992 
22. Volodin, Aleksandr        EST ----  - 8 -12 -19 -16 -21 -18 =17  0.5  1724 
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 1. Grachev, Boris          f  RUS 2434  +11 +10 + 2 + 8 = 3 = 5 = 4  5.5  2584 
 2. Zabotin, Alexander         RUS 2249  + 3 + 9 - 1 = 7 +17 = 6 +12  5.0  2480 
 3. Areshchenko, Alexander  m  UKR 2512  - 2 +22 +16 +14 = 1 + 7 = 5  5.0  2424 
 4. Anisimov, Pavel            RUS 2424  =14 =16 = 6 +18 = 5 + 8 = 1  4.5  2411 
 5. Lysyj, Igor                RUS 2327  =15 =14 +13 +17 = 4 = 1 = 3  4.5  2386 
 6. Davidov, Samir             AZE 2248  - 8 +21 = 4 =12 +15 = 2 +16  4.5  2328 
 7. Pantsulaia, Levan          GEO 2414  +19 -17 +11 = 2 +16 - 3 = 9  4.0  2333 
 8. Geller, Jakov              RUS 2437  + 6 +18 =17 - 1 =10 - 4 +14  4.0  2358 
 9. Savchenko, Boris        f  RUS 2313  +12 - 2 =15 -16 +18 +14 = 7  4.0  2279 
10. Maletin, Pavel             RUS 2313  +13 - 1 -14 +20 = 8 =16 +15  4.0  2260 
11. Ianocichin, Victor         MDA 2221  - 1 +15 - 7 +21 -14 +18 +22  4.0  2261 
12. Amanov, Mesgen             TKM 2061  - 9 +20 =18 = 6 =13 +17 - 2  3.5  2194 
13. Zheenbekov,Nurgazi         KGZ ----  -10 +19 - 5 -15 =12 +22 +20  3.5  2146 
14. Ilarionovs, Dmitrijs       LAT 2190  = 4 = 5 +10 - 3 +11 - 9 - 8  3.0  2313 
15. Vaznonis, Vytautas         LTU 2160  = 5 -11 = 9 +13 - 6 +19 -10  3.0  2176 
16. Filippov, Anton         f  UZB 2253  +21 = 4 - 3 + 9 - 7 =10 - 6  3.0  2267 
17. Pashikian, Arman           ARM 2272  +20 + 7 = 8 - 5 - 2 -12 -19  2.5  2134 
18. Kosov, Alexey              RUS 2280  +22 - 8 =12 - 4 - 9 -11 +21  2.5  2106 
19. Stativkin, D               KAZ 2164  - 7 -13 -20 +22 =21 -15 +17  2.5  2018 
20. Bagretsov,Anton            RUS ----  -17 -12 +19 -10 -22 =21 -13  1.5  1885 
21. Kohanchik,Sergei           BLR ----  -16 - 6 =22 -11 =19 =20 -18  1.5  1936 
22. Metsalu,Tauno              EST ----  -18 - 3 =21 -19 +20 -13 -11  1.5  1938 
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 1. Lahno, Kateryna       wm UKR 2277  +22 = 9 + 5 = 8 + 2 +13 = 3  5.5  2317 
 2. Tairova, Alena           BLR 2189  +14 +20 + 3 + 9 - 1 = 4 + 7  5.5  2293 
 3. Gunina, Valentina     wf RUS 2132  +11 +13 - 2 =15 + 8 + 5 = 1  5.0  2315 
 4. Polagaeva,Ksenia         RUS ----  +18 - 5 =11 +12 +15 = 2 + 8  5.0  2292 
 5. Khotenashvili, Bela      GEO 2127  +15 + 4 - 1 =13 + 6 - 3 + 9  4.5  2220 
 6. Klimets,Elena            BLR ----  = 8 +10 - 9 +11 - 5 +19 +16  4.5  2185 
 7. Figura, Ljudmila         RUS ----  =17 - 8 +22 +10 + 9 +12 - 2  4.5  2184 
 8. Malysheva, Polina        RUS 2124  = 6 + 7 +12 = 1 - 3 +15 - 4  4.0  2163 
 9. Nebolsina, Vera       wf RUS 2038  +21 = 1 + 6 - 2 - 7 +10 - 5  3.5  2117 
10. Rogule, Laura            LAT 2226  =12 - 6 +21 - 7 +11 - 9 +13  3.5  2005 
11. Dauletova,Gulmira        KAZ ----  - 3 +16 = 4 - 6 -10 +17 +19  3.5  2061 
12. Golubenko, Valentina     EST ----  =10 +17 - 8 - 4 +14 - 7 +15  3.5  2104 
13. Umudova,Nargiz           AZE ----  +16 - 3 +14 = 5 +20 - 1 -10  3.5  2118 
14. Vasilkova,Svetlana       RUS ----  - 2 +19 -13 =16 -12 =22 +21  3.0  1986 
15. Kim, Alexey           m  RUS 2382  - 5 +18 +20 = 3 - 4 - 8 -12  2.5  1969 
16. Meleshko, Anna           RUS 2069  -13 -11 =19 =14 +21 =18 - 6  2.5  1914 
17. Tilenbaeva,Janyl         KGZ ----  = 7 -12 =18 =20 -19 -11 +22  2.5  1914 
18. Hallaeva, Bahar       f  TKM 2118  - 4 -15 =17 -21 =22 =16 +20  2.5  1962 
19. Khamrakulova,Yulduz      UZB ----  -20 -14 =16 +22 +17 - 6 -11  2.5  1907 
20. Alaverdyan,Lusine        ARM ----  +19 - 2 -15 =17 -13 =21 -18  2.0  1940 
21. Untila,Stela             RUS ----  - 9 =22 -10 +18 -16 =20 -14  2.0  1906 
22. Shaulite,Evelina         LIT ----  - 1 =21 - 7 -19 =18 =14 -17  1.5  1826 
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 1. Dzagnidze, Nana        wm GEO 2358  +12 +17 + 3 = 4 + 5 + 2 +11  6.5  2583 
 2. Zdebskaja, Natalia        UKR 2309  +13 + 7 +10 + 3 = 4 - 1 = 5  5.0  2360 
 3. Kursova, Maria         wf RUS 2255  +16 + 5 - 1 - 2 +14 + 7 + 4  5.0  2331 
 4. Chistiakova, Tamara    wf RUS 2207  +21 +15 +17 = 1 = 2 +12 - 3  5.0  2334 
 5. Andriasian, Siranush      ARM 2090  +18 - 3 +21 +15 - 1 +10 = 2  4.5  2319 
 6. Ergasheeva, Sarvinos      UZB 2007  -14 +16 -15 +22 =13 +21 +12  4.5  2142 
 7. Ismailova, Aytaj          AZE 2157  +19 - 2 =14 = 9 +10 - 3 +15  4.0  2209 
 8. Dyrda,Vladlena            BLR ----  - 9 =11 +20 +19 -12 =15 +13  4.0  2096 
 9. Dolgova, Olga             RUS 2095  + 8 -10 =13 = 7 =15 -11 +16  3.5  2094 
10. Tomilova, Elena           RUS 2311  +11 + 9 - 2 =12 - 7 - 5 +17  3.5  2131 
11. Akatova, Ekaterina        RUS 2050  -10 = 8 =16 +18 =17 + 9 - 1  3.5  2163 
12. Rogule, Agnija            LAT 2059  - 1 +20 +18 =10 + 8 - 4 - 6  3.5  2154 
13. Samaganova, Alexandra     KGZ 2041  - 2 +19 = 9 =14 = 6 +17 - 8  3.5  2091 
14. Nazarova, Alexandra       RUS 2068  + 6 -18 = 7 =13 - 3 -16 +22  3.0  2046 
15. Zhidkikh, Darja           RUS 2081  +22 - 4 + 6 - 5 = 9 = 8 - 7  3.0  2029 
16. Doibani, Lilia            MDA 2022  - 3 - 6 =11 =20 +19 +14 - 9  3.0  2017 
17. Fominykh, Maria           RUS 2163  +20 - 1 - 4 +21 =11 -13 -10  2.5  2037 
18. Tashimova, N              KAZ 2196  - 5 +14 -12 -11 =21 =22 =19  2.5  1937 
19. Kull,Kristelle            EST ----  - 7 -13 +22 - 8 -16 +20 =18  2.5  1957 
20. Zhiogaite,Iovita          LIT ----  -17 -12 - 8 =16 +22 -19 +21  2.5  1934 
21. Astanovskaya, Yulia       RUS 2010  - 4 +22 - 5 -17 =18 - 6 -20  1.5  1864 
22. Illikova,Ejebay           TKM ----  -15 -21 -19 - 6 -20 =18 -14  0.5  1629 
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7) Quebec Invitational 2002

The Inviatational Championships of Quebec 2002 took place 17th-25th June 2002. Alexandre Lesiege won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Jean Hebert who had the consolation of beating the winner in their individual game.

http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/ciq_2002.htm

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 1. Lesiege, Alexandre        g CAN 2584  * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2575 
 2. Hebert, Jean              m CAN 2411  1 * = = = 1 1 1 0 1  6.5  2540 
 3. Linskiy, Oleg M           f CAN 2417  = = * = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2498 
 4. Lazarev, Vladimir         g RUS 2449  0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2450 
 5. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas     CAN 2203  0 = = = * = = 0 = 1  4.0  2354 
 6. Barbeau, Sylvain          f CAN 2397  0 0 = = = * 1 0 = 1  4.0  2333 
 7. Voskanian, Vahagn         f ARM 2315  = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2342 
 8. Duong, Thanh Nha          m CAN 2339  0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * = =  3.5  2302 
 9. Cuartas, Carlos           m COL 2307  0 1 = 0 = = 0 = * 0  3.0  2261 
10. Times, Jerald W             USA 2359  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 *  1.5  2107 
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8) 13th Ljubljana Open

The 13th Ljubljana Open took place in Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, Slovenia 22nd-30th June 2002. 127 participants from 14 countries took part amongst them 10 GMs and 11 IMs. Robert Zelcic took clear first with 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0206/ljubljana

Final Round 9 Standings
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  1. Zelcic,Robert            GM  CRO 2547  7.5  56.0 
  2. Neverov,Valeriy          GM  UKR 2587  7.0  56.5 
  3. Nedev,Trajce             GM  MKD 2476  7.0  53.0 
  4. Eljanov,Pavel            GM  UKR 2561  7.0  53.0 
  5. Kurajica,Bojan           GM  BIH 2555  7.0  48.5 
  6. Lekic,Dusan              IM  YUG 2410  7.0  48.5 
  7. Palo,Davor               FM  DEN 2359  7.0  48.0 
  8. Kritz,Leonid             IM  GER 2446  6.5  55.0 
  9. Pavasovic,Dusko          GM  SLO 2567  6.5  51.0 
 10. Mazi,Leon                IM  SLO 2378  6.5  51.0 
 11. Raspor,Gregor            MK  SLO 2098  6.5  47.5 
 12. Biti,Ozren               FM  CRO 2315  6.0  51.5 
 13. Soln,Primoz              IM  SLO 2419  6.0  50.0 
 14. Sax,Gyula                GM  HUN 2566  6.0  49.5 
 15. Tratar,Marko             IM  SLO 2443  6.0  50.0 
 16. Stojanovski,Dejan        FM  MKD 2416  6.0  48.0 
 17. Podlesnik,Bogdan         IM  SLO 2385  6.0  49.5 
 18. Roskar,Robert            MK  SLO 2279  6.0  47.5 
 19. Sveshnikov,Evgeny        GM  RUS 2556  6.0  48.0 
 20. Kutuzovic,Branko         IM  CRO 2406  6.0  49.0 
 21. Srebrnic,Vojko           MK  SLO 2206  6.0  46.0 
 22. Srebrnic,Ana             WFM SLO 2212  6.0  46.0 
127 players

9) 4th ShakkiNet International

The 4th ShakkiNet International takes place June 24th - July 4th in Helsinki, Finland. There is a Category IV A tournament and an ELO event. My thanks to Sami Hämäläinen.

Official website: http://www.shakki.net/4si

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 1. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy   g RUS 2499  * . 0 . . 1 . 1 = 1 1 1  5.5  2508 
 2. Maki-Uuro, Miikka      f FIN 2335  . * . = = . . 0 = 1 1 1  4.5  2409 
 3. Nyysti, Sampsa         f FIN 2242  1 . * = 0 1 = 1 . 0 . .  4.0  2439 
 4. Sammalvuo, Tapani      m FIN 2440  . = = * . 0 1 . 0 1 1 .  4.0  2347 
 5. Karttunen, Mika        m FIN 2429  . = 1 . * . . 0 1 = 0 1  4.0  2315 
 6. Norri, Joose           m FIN 2426  0 . 0 1 . * 1 = . = . 1  4.0  2372 
 7. Payen, Arnaud          m FRA 2356  . . = 0 . 0 * = . 1 1 1  4.0  2346 
 8. Agopov, Mikael         m FIN 2412  0 1 0 . 1 = = * = . . .  3.5  2371 
 9. Hjelm, Niclas          f SWE 2313  = = . 1 0 . . = * . 1 0  3.5  2358 
10. Carlsen, Magnus          NOR 2163  0 0 1 0 = = 0 . . * . .  2.0  2231 
11. Tiitta, Sauli            FIN 2249  0 0 . 0 1 . 0 . 0 . * 1  2.0  2201 
12. Hansen, Victor           NOR 2143  0 0 . . 0 0 0 . 1 . 0 *  1.0  2063 
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IV Shakkinet B Helsinki FIN (FIN), 24 vi-4 vii 2002
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 1. Liitiainen, Elia           FIN 2164  * . 1 . = = . 1 . = 1 1  5.5  2372 
 2. Parkkinen, Jyrki           FIN 2169  . * = . = 1 1 . . 1 = 1  5.5  2372 
 3. Karlsen, Terje             NOR 2121  0 = * = 1 . . = . . 1 1  4.5  2246 
 4. Skrjabin, Igor             RUS 2114  . . = * . 1 = . = = = 1  4.5  2222 
 5. Haapasalo, Jukka-Pekka     FIN 2149  = = 0 . * = . = . . 1 1  4.0  2206 
 6. Paronen, Petteri           FIN 2224  = 0 . 0 = * 1 . 1 = . .  3.5  2117 
 7. Kilpela, Panu              FIN 2139  . 0 . = . 0 * 1 1 = = .  3.5  2122 
 8. Eskola, Risto              FIN 2145  0 . = . = . 0 * = 1 . 1  3.5  2117 
 9. Oksanen, Timo              FIN ----  . . . = . 0 0 = * = = 1  3.0  2090 
10. Malmberg, Mio              SWE 2088  = 0 . = . = = 0 = * . .  2.5  2034 
11. Mavrichev, Juri            RUS 2115  0 = 0 = 0 . = . = . * .  2.0  1964 
12. Luukkonen, Tommi           FIN 2158  0 0 0 0 0 . . 0 0 . . *  0.0       
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10) Bogny sur Meuse GM

The Category Bogny sur Meuse GM tournament takes place 27th June - 5th July 2002. After four rounds Andrei Shchekachev leads with 4/4.

Internet coverage: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aymon.chess/

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 1. Shchekachev, Andrei   g RUS 2555  * . . . . 1 1 1 . 1  4.0       
 2. Kveinys, Aloyzas      g LTU 2559  . * . . = . . = 1 1  3.0  2578 
 3. Eliet, Nicolas        m FRA 2400  . . * = = . 1 . = .  2.5  2518 
 4. Rausis, Igors         g LAT 2478  . . = * = . . = 1 .  2.5  2472 
 5. Salaun, Yann          m FRA 2409  . = = = * = . . . .  2.0  2463 
 6. Collas, Didier        m FRA 2416  0 . . . = * . 1 . =  2.0  2423 
 7. Tirard, Hugo          m FRA 2401  0 . 0 . . . * . 1 1  2.0  2448 
 8. Laurent, Bruno        f BEL 2294  0 = . = . 0 . * . .  1.0  2309 
 9. Dunis, Aurelien         FRA 2405  . 0 = 0 . . 0 . * .  0.5  2137 
10. Pira, Davoud          m FRA 2434  0 0 . . . = 0 . . *  0.5  2160 
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11) Grenoble Masters

The Category III Grenoble Masters took place June 22nd-30th 2002. Christina Foisor took clear first with 7/9.

Internet coverage: http://grenoblechecs.free.fr/

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 1. Foisor, Cristina Adela     m ROM 2437  * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2509 
 2. Foisor, Ovidiu             m ROM 2431  = * 1 1 = = = 1 = 1  6.5  2456 
 3. Aguettaz, Maxime             FRA 2206  0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 =  6.0  2440 
 4. Olivier, Jean-Christophe   m FRA 2368  1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1  6.0  2422 
 5. Masserey, Yvan             f SUI 2340  = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1  5.0  2343 
 6. Bolding, Klaus               FRA 2379  0 = 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 1  4.0  2252 
 7. Demarchi, Olivier            FRA 2180  0 = = = 1 0 * = 0 =  3.5  2238 
 8. Stoppa, Omar                 ITA 2224  0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1  3.5  2233 
 9. Bardel, Stephan              FRA 2291  0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * =  2.0  2085 
10. Deleva, Mickael              FRA 2186  0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = *  1.5  2044 
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12) U18 European Team Championships

The U18 European Team Championships were held in Balatonlelle in the Hotel Postas 10th-20th June 2002. My thanks to Paul Suranyi of the Hungarian Chess Federation. Romania won the Boys event and Ukraine the Girls event. Games from the final round are available. The round 6 games seem in a mess and I couldn't sort them out.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.hu/en/u18etc02.php3.

13) La Fere Open

The first La Fere Open takes place 30th June - 5th July 2002. Players include: Alexandre Dgebuadze BEL 2537, Dragos Dumitrache ROM 2505, Daniel Moldovan ROM 2462, Zsivko Bratanov BUL 2432, Viesturs Meijers LAT 2427, Krzysztof Pytel FRA 2420, Inna Gaponenko UKR 2418, Geert Vanderstricht BEL 2404.

Internet coverage: http://laferect.free.fr

14) 2nd St. Chély d'Aubrac

The 2nd St. Chély d'Aubrac Open takes place 27th June - 3rd July 2002. The 7 round swiss has players such as: Apicella, Flear, Santo Roman, Ioan Cosma, Ciprian Nanu, Elena Cosma, Belkhodja and Boudre.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com

15) French Chess Federation Further Press Release

At a meeting on Saturday 15th June 2002 the French Chess Federation has called for a change to the leadership of FIDE. Read their 1st press release. followed by a 2nd Press Release (June 29th)partially in response to comments signed by amongst others Jaan Ehlvest and Zurab Azmaiparashvili published on Kasparovchess.com

16) Open letter to FIDE President K.N. Ilumzhinov

Leading women’s players vs. European Chess Union

Dear Mr. President!

You are the only person we can appeal to. We, the participants of the women’s European Championship, seek protection and justice.

FIDE’s knockout championships became one of the main events of the last few years. This is the only tournament, which enables us to stay in professional chess.

Unfortunately, the qualifications for the World Championship held by the European Chess Union depreciates the advantages of the system that you introduced. The European Championships are transformed into a cynical operation aimed at extracting money from women chess players for the officials of the European Chess Union.

First of all, we would like to draw your attention to the drop in status of the European Championship, which was relegated to an ordinary open. Anyone can take part in it, regardless of her level and rating. Only financial possibilities are important. The situation in which chess players who failed to qualify in their national championship easily enter the European Championship, which is the qualification event for the World Championship, looks ridiculous. All previous qualifications and quotas make no sense! Only rich people go to the championship!

Here is the most important point.

The clause of the regulations of the European Championship reading that all the participants have to live in the hotels provided by the organizers, and accordingly at the price fixed by them, are surprising. Otherwise we are not allowed into the tournament. This is nothing other than blackmail. This is the only qualifying tournament, so we have to put up with any conditions. Any! The authorities of the European Chess Union build their simple business on this basis. We would like to reveal some details, based on the . third women’s European Championship, which was held 26.05 – 08.06 in Bulgarian Varna.

The usual price for a single room in the hotel where we stayed is 25$ per day (with breakfast). It is without discount, which must be offered to a large group. We were told to pay 55$, although this price included full board. There are no such prices in Bulgaria! For your information: one of the participants kept her head and accommodated her coach in the next-door hotel for 14 DM per day (with breakfast). As the saying goes – see the difference! One can have a great meal in any little restaurant (there are plenty of them along the coast) for 5-10$. So by even the most unpretentious estimation the net profit made by organizers is 20$ a day for every participant. Multiply it by 14 days and 150 participants and their coaches. This makes at least 42,000$. This is our entrance fee to the organizers.

We also have to pay a fee to FIDE for participation. This fee is steadily growing. All the discounts for the high-rated and qualified from the national championships were abolished. This fee for all the participants is 60$. Supposedly the national federations pay this fee, but in reality this burden was laid on the participants’ shoulders. For example, the role of the vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation Mr. Yeletsky came down to collecting money from the participants – the poor Russian Chess Federation can’t afford to pay even for the best Russian women’s GMs. Many other federations face a similar problem.

This problem is even more acute bearing in mind the small prize fund of the championship – only the first five places enables participants to make up for the expenses! All the rest, even those who completed their main task and qualified for the World Championship, remained in minus. With this in mind there is a simple question – what is the criteria to choose the venue of the events? We know that Turkey offered a bigger prize fund, but it looks like their offer missed something very important for the European Chess Union…

Let us draw your attention to the fact that this high, more precisely overpriced cost of the participation in the European Championship excluded many women’s chess players from this event. Many just could not collect the sum needed for taking part in this tournament. Where to find 1000$ (at least) and try one’s luck in a strong tournament to qualify for the first dozen allowed into the World Championship? There is a big chance to get nothing for one’s pains.

In our view, if the lodging prices had been realistic, then 200-300 participants could have entered the event (instead of 113). The field would have been much stronger.

The head of the appellate committee and the chief referee deputy were not present at the championship! The above-mentioned officials in charge stayed just for two days, and then departed. Since they were unable to perform their duties for the most part of event, what did they come for?

The European Union did not work out the regulations for the tournament before the event. The outstanding issue was the tiebreak in case of sharing the qualifying places. However, one must not change the rules in the course of the event! We had the same situation last year, at the European Championship in Warsaw. Is it so hard to work out and formulate the tiebreak rules at the year span?

The closing ceremony was a real humiliation for the participants. None of the officials were present. Nobody cared about us –after all, we had already paid. We were offered a cocktail…at our own expense. Many were left without a dinner (prepaid).

To cap the story, the bus, which carried a big group of participants for 8 hours from Varna to Sofia, was beneath all criticism. After a difficult tournament the road test became a real ordeal.

Usually players have to pay the participation fee upfront! It is a common practice, which organizers insist on. However, it gives chess players, first of all from Eastern Europe (where the banking system is not particularly good), a lot of trouble. Chess players are not very enthusiastic about this principle “money today, all the rest tomorrow”. It does not contribute to the popularity of the tournament. For example several chess players paid for a better hotel in advance. However, they had to stay in the hotel provided by organizers. The battle for reimbursement (the difference between prices for the hotels) lasted for the most part of the tournament! By the way, out of three hotels announced by the organizers, only one was available.

The president of the Turkish Chess Federation said at the closing ceremony that it would be difficult for them to maintain such a high level organization as in Varna. What are we in for at the Team Cup in Turkey this fall? The prices for lodging and boarding (available on the Internet) do not instill optimism…

Kirsan Nikolaevich, please pay attention to the work of the European Chess Union. This situation, so unbearable for us, can be changed only on a high level.

We can’t finance the tournament organizers anymore. Chess is our profession. Don’t allow our game to be transformed into a hobby for rich amateurs!

WGM Ketevan Arakhamia           (GEO)   WGM Svetlana Matveeva       (RUS)
WGM Firuza Velikhanli           (AZE)   WGM Elena Sedina            (ITA)
WGM Alisa Galliamova            (RUS)   WGM Tatiana Shumiakina      (RUS)
WGM Ketino Kachiani             (GER)   WGM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya  (RUS)    
WGM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier  (FRA)   WGM Tatiana Grabuzova       (RUS)
WGM Anna Dorofeeva              (RUS)   WGM Irina Slavina           (RUS)
WGM Tatiana Stepovaia           (RUS)   WIM Irina Sudakova          (RUS)
WGM Galianina Ryjanova          (RUS)  

All the participants and those whom it may concern can sign this letter via e-mail web@totalchess.ru

The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of TWIC, Chess & Bridge Ltd or the London Chess Center.

17) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher for July 1st 2002 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.

 1 Kasparov,Garry           RUS  2795 -2  117 
 2 Kramnik,Vladimir         RUS  2794  0  124 
 3 Topalov,Veselin          BUL  2720  7  154 
 4 Ponomariov,Ruslan        UKR  2709 20  154 
 5 Anand,Viswanathan        IND  2703 -6  166 
 6 Adams,Michael            ENG  2692 12  138 
 7 Bareev,Evgeny            RUS  2680 15  172 
 8 Gelfand,Boris            ISR  2670 -6  139 
 9 Ivanchuk,Vassily         UKR  2667 -6  142 
10 Leko,Peter               HUN  2663  8  150 
11 Morozevich,Alexander     RUS  2661 -39 206 
12 Grischuk,Alexander       RUS  2657  37 163 
13 Khalifman,Alexander      RUS  2649 -5  141 
14 Shirov,Alexei            ESP  2647 -18 154 
15 Svidler,Peter            RUS  2639  9  154 
16 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab    GEO  2629  0  169 
17 Malakhov,Vladimir        RUS  2629 33  171 
18 Zvjaginsev,Vadim         RUS  2626 26  146 
19 Karpov,Anatoli           RUS  2624 -4  130 
20 Bacrot,Etienne           FRA  2624  4  144 
21 Dreev,Alexey             RUS  2621 -13 148 
22 Short,Nigel D            ENG  2621  19 162 
23 Ye Jiangchuan            CHN  2620  0  158 
24 Polgar,Judit             HUN  2618  0  183 
25 Smirin,Ilia              ISR  2617 -29 174 
26 Lautier,Joel             FRA  2613 -11 119 
27 Sutovsky,Emil            ISR  2613  8  210 
28 Lutz,Christopher         GER  2609 11  146 
29 Sakaev,Konstantin        RUS  2608 10  156 
30 Akopian,Vladimir         ARM  2605 -8  153 
31 Krasenkow,Mikhail        POL  2605 45  168 
32 Gurevich,Mikhail         BEL  2603 33  152 
33 Nikolic,Predrag          BIH  2602  8  143 
34 Nielsen,Peter-Heine      DEN  2602 -9  159 
35 Vaganian,Rafael A        ARM  2602  0  170 
36 Lputian,Smbat G          ARM  2600 -14 169 
37 Beliavsky,Alexander G    SLO  2599 17  168 
38 Vallejo Pons,Francisco   ESP  2598 18  157 
39 Sokolov,Ivan             BIH  2597 10  144 
40 Rublevsky,Sergei         RUS  2597  6  161 
41 Macieja,Bartlomiej       POL  2593 15  175 
42 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander  GER  2591 12  165 
43 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam      UZB  2588 -48 163 
44 Radjabov,Teimour         AZE  2587 35  147 
45 Benjamin,Joel            USA  2587 -7  157 
46 Georgiev,Kiril           BUL  2587 -14 171 
47 Movsesian,Sergei         CZE  2586 20  143 
48 Volkov,Sergei            RUS  2586 54  207 
49 Almasi,Zoltan            HUN  2584 -6  142 
50 Piket,Jeroen             NED  2584 -18 178 

18) Forthcoming Events and Links

Ghent Open

The 25th Ghent Open takes place 20th-24th July 2002. Entry includes GM Vladimir Baklan 2618.

Further information: htp://www.kgsrl.be

30th World Open

The 30th World Open takes place June 29th - July 7th 2002.

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

US. vs China Summit Chess Match

Live coverage of the US. vs China Summit Chess Match will be provided by WorldChessNetwork.com (WCN). The Match takes place July 10th-15th 2002. The Summit Match will be held in Shanghai with games to be played on the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. Each round will consist of 10 games featuring six of the top male players, two of the top female players, and two of the top junior players from each country.

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

ICC World Blitz Championship

The Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com) is running an on-line tournament series, the ICC World Blitz Championship, which is likely to draw the largest and strongest field of any internet chess event to date.

Complete information on the tournament, including scheduling and format of the qualifying tournaments and the knockout stages, prizes and rules, is available on the ICC's webpage at http://www.chessclub.com/event/wbc/rules

Sixty-four finalists will be determined by qualifying Swiss-system tournaments to be held on weekend dates between June 29 and August 11. The qualifiers will be held at different times of day for the convenience of participants in different parts of the globe. One need not play in all of the qualifiers; a good score in any one of them may suffice to advance to the knockout stage.

A series of knockout matches will begin on August 17 and will culminate in a 20-game final match on September 7 and 8.

Time controls will be four minutes to start plus a two second per move increment in the qualifying tournaments, and five minutes plus a five-second increment in the knockout stages.

The prize fund will be $5000 US, with $1500 going to the first place winner. There will be cash prizes for the 32 finalists who win in the first knockout round, and over 33 years of free membership in ICC will be divided among as many as 200 players for their results in their respective rating classes in the qualifying tournaments.

Entry is free, but is limited to ICC members with paid or exempt accounts. (The ICC grants an exempt account to any FIDE GM, IM, WGM, or WIM. For others, membership costs $49 US per year, or $24.50 for youth and students. Free trial accounts are available, but are not eligible to play in this event.)

ICC organizers expect that this summer-long event will break the record for number of participants in an Internet chess event which was set by the third Dos Hermanas tournament, hosted by the ICC in March of this year. 1460 ICC members from around the globe, including 56 GMs and 97 IMs, participated in the qualifying rounds of that tournament, which was won by GM Aleksander Rustemov.

Organizers also are confident of their ability to prevent cheating by the use of computer programs or chess databases in this event. "Any time you are offering prize money to people who are playing over the Internet out of sight of each other, you have to prepare for the possibility that someone will try to use computer software to cheat," says ICC co-owner Martin Grund, lead organizer for the tournament. "But our investigatory team is the best there is. And we have improved the rules and format based on our experiences with other events. For example, the rules for this event guarantee our right to use proctors to observe play in person if we believe it is appropriate."

International Youth Rapid and Blitz

The 2nd European Individual and Team Chess Championship for Youth and Juniors (Rapid and Blitz) will be held from August 15th-22nd 2002, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.

Entry by mail, fax or e-mail to the Yugoslav Chess Federation, Nusiceva 25/II, 11000 Belgrade Organizing Committee's Chairman: Mr. Danko Bokan Secretary of Yugoslav Chess Federation tel. ++ 381 11 33 44 268, ++ 381 11 33 44 172, fax ++ 381 11 3227 826 mob ++381 64 15 05 735; E-mail: ssyug@eunet.yu; or bokand@eunet.yu;

6th Mind Sports Olympiad

The 6th Mind Sports Olympiad will take place at Loughborough University from August 14th-18th 2002. This is the first year that the event, which started in London in 1997, has moved outside the capital.

The Mind Sports Olympiad is an annual games festival in which all the contests are thinking games. The competitors play each other at a variety of well known strategy games such as Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, Scrabble, Othello and Go, and compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. There are junior medals for those aged under 16.

Gold, Silver and Bronze medallions will be awarded to the top adults and top juniors in each competition. In addition there will be sponsored prizes in some tournaments.

For media information contact: David Levy, founder of the Mind Sports Olympiad Telephone: 0208 883 5180 e-mail: dlevy@msoworld.com

For entry information contact: Tony Corfe, Event Manger Telephone: 01707 659080 e-mail: mso@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk

Web site at http://www.msoworld.com

First Saturday July

There will be GM, IM and FM tournaments as part of the First Saturday July tournaments. The GM event starts 6th July 2002. The Pardubice Open follows the event on July 19th 2002 in the Czech Republic. Two places still open in the GM event and some in the IM event contact: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914

The registered players for the 6th-18th of July FIRST SATURDAY GM-tournament, cat.VII-VIII. IGM HORVATH, Jozsef /HUN, 2548/, IGM LUKACS, Peter /HUN, 2460/, IGM CSOM, Istvan /HUN, 2456/, FM KRISTJANSSON, Stefan /ISL,2432/, IM GUNNARSSON , Jon Viktor /ISL,2396/, THIRFINNSON, Bragi /ISL, 2355/, WGM OVOD, Evgenija /RUS,2379/, PEDERSEN, Nikolai /DEN, 2441/, BUI, Vinh /VIE, 2420/, IM SEDLAK, Nikola /YUG, 2468/, TÓTH, András /HUN,2399/, GERZHOY, Leonid /ISR, 2355/. Reserve: IM SHARMA, Dinesh Kumar /IND, 2429/ IM SOOS, Bela /GER, 2292/.

The list of the registered participants in the FIRST SATURDAY July IM-tournament /6th-18th of July/: IM ZIMMERMAN, Yuri /RUS/, IGM MCDONALD, Neil /ENG/, IM DUDÁS, János /HUN/, FM FEIBERT, Fred /GER/, FM BILEK, Michael /GER/, RAVI, Kumar /IND/, CHANDRASAEKAR, M. /IND/, KJARTANSSON, David /ISL/, FM PACHOW, Jörg /GER/, EGELI, Per Ove /NOR/, FM BALSTER, Stefan /GER/, PARTENHEIMER, Axel /GER/, BOE, Mads /DEN/, RENDLE, Thomas /ENG/, FM MORK, Kjell Arne /NOR/, FM RAT, Dan /ROM/, PACI, Cedric /FRA/, VASVARI, Tamas /HUN/, IM LENGYEL, Béla /HUN/, TANAKA, Yuhki /JPN/, LE DINH TUAN /VIE/, LE KIEU THIEN KIM /VIE/, FM PREDOJEVIC, Borki /YUG/, PHAM, Minh Hoang /VIE/, ALFRED, Nathan /ENG/, IM SERES, Lajos /HUN/, IM FARAGÓ, Sándor /HUN/, FM PHILIPPE, Christophe /FRA/, IM ALMÁSI, István /HUN/, IM EPERJESI, László /HUN/, DENCSI, Tibor /HUN/, IM GALYAS, Miklós /HUN/, FM BÉRCZES, Csaba /HUN/, KYNDEL, Christian /DEN/, FM RESIKA, Nathan /USA/?, FM HAJNAL, Zoltán /HUN/, Reserve: SURÁNYI, Pál /HUN, 2180/.

25th Asian Junior Chess Championship

The 25th Asian Junior Chess Championships take place in Sri Lanka June 27th-July 5th 2002. I can't find a dedicated website. Entry details below.

Details: http://www.chesssouthasia.20fr.com/custom4.html

Qingdao Festival including the Tan Chin Nam Cup

The Qingdao Chess Festival will take place July 4th-8th, 2002. Qingdao, known as Tsingdao, is a seaside city located in the east coast of China. At 2008 Olympic Games, the sailing events will take place there.

Four events: 3.1 Tan Chin Nam Cup GM International Open 2002 (Section A) For players 2450 and above. Most US players who will attend the China – USA Chess Summit 2002 have confirmed their participation. 3.2 IM Open (Section B) For players 2150 and above 3.3 NM Open (Section C) For players below 2150 and unrated 3.4 Senior Open (Section D) For players aged 55 years old and above as on January 1st 2002.

Prize fund: 5.1 Section A (total US$ 21,100) 5.2 Section B (total US$ 8900) 5.3 Section C (total RMB 8500, 1 US$ = 8.3 RMB)

In the Section A, there are financial Guarantees for GM: Players with 2500-2549 shall get the at least US$ 400, with 2550-2599 shall get the at least US$ 600, with 2600-2649 shall get the at least US$ 800, with 2650 and above shall get the at least US$ 1000. In every different category, the first 8 GM with earliest entry can have the conditions mentioned above. Other GM¡ s financial guarantees will depend on sponsorship.

Contact addresses: Tel: 86-532-296 7803 Fax: 86-532-282 0125 E-mail: yunqi@qingdaonews.com, yinhao128@hotmail.com

Full details: http://www.64.net.cn/qdopen.htm

Changes in conditions: http://www.64.net.cn/suplemnentary.htm

35th Chess Olympiad Bled and 73rd FIDE Congress

The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled takes place 25th October - 11th November 2002 and the 73rd FIDE Congress, 1st-11th November 2002.

Federations can get registration forms at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/ol2002/forms

6th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 6th Open International Bavarian Masters Bad Wiessee takes place 26th October to 3rd Novebmer 2002. Prize-fund: EUR 21.000. Former champions of Bad Wiessee are A. Khalifman (1997,1998), A. Shabalov (1999), A. Graf (2000) and V. Akopian (2001). Details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2002

2003 Australian Open Championships

The 2003 Australian Open Championships will take place 2nd-10th January 2003 at the Penrith Panthers World of Entertainment in Western Sydney. The official entry form will be published early in August and will appear on the website http://www.chessaustralia.com.au. The Main Tournament will be run as an 11 Round Swiss event, which will provide opportunities for FIDE ratings and possibly title norms. There will be various supporting events, including lightning and rapid play. Penrith is one hour by car or train from Sydney International Airport and/or Sydney CBD. It is just 15 minutes from the picturesque Blue Mountains National Park. Panthers World of Entertainment is one of Australia's largest entertainment complexes - see www.panthersworld.com.au Accomodation is available at the venue from A$49/night (twin-share) Complete details (entry fees, rates of play, rating limits etc) will be announced in due course. For additional information contact: Brian Jones, PO Box 370, Riverstone NSW 2765, Australia. Fax: 61-2-9838-1614 or Email: brian@chessaustralia.com.au

Braille Chess Association

The Braille Chess Association (B.C.A.) has a new website http://www.braillechess.org.uk.

Swiss Chess Tour Event 2002

There is a new tournament on the "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" in Davos. The 1st International Chess-summer Open will be August 4th-10th, 2002. The host and one of the sponsors is Hotel "Sunstar Parkhotel". Swiss system, 7 rounds (count for FIDE and Swiss rating); 40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end. Prizes are: 1.500/1.200/900/700/500/400/ 300/250/200/150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942), junior(1982-85) and schoolboy (1986). Entry fee: 130 SF (juniors 60+ FIDE masters) GM + IM free. At the door 10 SF for the all players. Time table: August 4th, Round 1st 14.00-20.00; August 5th, Round 2nd 14.00-20.00; August 6th, Round 3rd 14.00-20.00; August 7th, Round 4th 14.00-20.00; August 8th, Round 5th 14.00-20.00; August 9th, Round 6th 14.00-20.00; August 10th, Round 7th 10.00-16.00. Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

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

Teimour Radjabov in Greece

Teimour Radjabov will play for the Greek Team D.E.I. Chess Academy. Teymour Radjabov will take part in the 31st Greek Premier League Championship which will be held in Chalkidiki between 5th-12th July 2002.

Website: http://www.blackqueen.net/news/2002/acat-champs02/ (Greek only)

Dortmund Databases

Jan van Reek has a website with an annotated database of games from Dortmund 1928 (predecessor), Dortmund 1992 (won by Kasparov), Dortmund 1995 (won by Kramnik) and Dortmund 2001 (won by Kramnik) at: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/rekius/dortmund.htm

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

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

Computer Chess Database

Frank Quisinsky has added games to the computer chess database he has. These include: - 2nd MASPV Hungary (Hungary-ch) - 4th Massy 2002, French programmers organized this tournament. - 2nd CSVN computer chess tournament - 2nd Italien-ch

Internet site: http://www.amateurschach.de

Lviv Leonid Stein Memorial Postponed

The II Leonid Stein Memorial was to take place in Lviv, Ukraine, 17th-27th June 2002. The participants were: Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), Peter Svidler (RUS), Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), Oleg Romanishin (UKR) and Bartolomiej Macieja (POL).

The organisers hope to reschedule the event to November.

6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament

The 6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands) will take place August 4th-11th 2002. It's a 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes k.o. per player. Entry fee: 30 Euro (GM/IM free; FM 15 Euro). Prizefund: Euro 1750 - 1250 - 750 - 375 - 250 - 125 - 75 - 75 - 50 - 50 and several rating prizes. 6 GM's have already confirmed their participation: Tiviakov (NED, 2625), Glek (GER, 2605), Gyimesi (HUN, 2605), Van den Doel (NED, 2583), Nijboer (NED, 2578) and Ikonnikov (RUS, 2522). During the tournament there will be a training for participating juniors given by GM Igor Glek. Information and registration: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl or pro@zeelandnet.nl

Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen

Imre Konig Memorial

The Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco, the oldest continuously operating chess club in the United States (founded in 1854), will be hosting the Imre Konig Memorial from September 4th-15th 2002.

Participants in the event, which will be Category 12 or 13, are GMs Suat Atalik, Alexander Baburin, Walter Browne, Larry Christiansen, Nick DeFirmian, John Fedorowicz, Lubomir Ftacnik, Yury Shulman, Alex Wojtkiewicz and Alex Yermolinsky, plus teenage IMs Varuzhan Akobian and Hikaru Nakamura. This will be the strongest international round robin held in the United States since the 1995 Pan Pacific, also organized by the Mechanics.

Coverage for this event can be found at MI Chess Room (http://www.chessclub.org).

12th Heart of Finland Open

12th Heart of Finland Open July 17-21, Jyväskylä, the biggest open tournament in Finland. Tournament invitation: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hofeng02.txt

Contact Mr. Sami Hämäläinen, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi

Ikaros Chess Festival

The Ikaros Chess Festival takes place from 7th-23rd July 2002. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 24 years on Ikaria island, one of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (13th till 21st of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as Women, Junior and Veteran tournaments, blitz, rapid and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others. Special conditions apply for GMs(WGMs), IMs(WIMs) and FMs(WFMs).

Detailed information: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

Italian Events

In Milan July 9th-17th 2002 the 2nd edition of the "Intel Trophy". Players: GM - Cebalo, Drazic, Lazic, Godena; wgm E. Sedina; IM Belotti, Bellia, Lanzani, Borgo; FM Qendro.

In August, 20th-28th the BRATTO della Presolana near Bergamo the top open tournament in Italy. Many GMs and IMs invited (invitation completed). Four groups: Master group for players with elo Fide or national elo over 1900. Details http://www.maskeret.com/bratto - phone ++39-02-9513573

Chess School Villa Martelli

Luis Scalise reports there is a chess school in a small town called Villa Martelli. Is just on the border of the Federal District (Buenos Aires City). Its name is: "Escuela de Ajedrez Ruy Lopez de Segura". More than one thousand children every year pass through the institution. The school depends on the Goverment of the Vicente Lopez Coundie (Municipalidad de Vicente Lopez).

Website: http://escavm.tripod.com

Politiken Cup

24th Copenhagen Open POLITIKEN CUP 15th - 26th of July 2002. Politiken Cup will be an 11-round open tournament played in one big group - from novices and club players to strong grandmasters. The Tournament takes place from the 15th to the 26th of July 2002 at Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København N.

Details: http://www.ksu.dk

Hastings 2002

The 78th Hastings International Congress will take place 28th December 2002 - 5th January 2003. The official entry form will be published early in August and will appear on the website http://hastingschess.org.uk

Events schedule is as follows: The Premier Tournament will run from 28th December 2002 to 5th January 2003. It will be an all-play-all event for 10 invited players.

The Challengers Tournament will also run from 28th December to 5th January. This will be a Swiss event and will provide opportunities for title norms and for FIDE ratings.

A new event this year will be an opening Weekend Congress running on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th December 2002. It will probably be in four graded sections and will comprise five games - three on Saturday and two on Sunday. Christmas Tournament will be in its usual format - participants will be divided into graded sections of about 16 players. It will run from Monday 30th December to Friday 3rd January 2003 The final Weekend Congress will run from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th January 2003 As usual there will be six games and the event will be in four graded sections.

All events will take place at Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia Road, Hastings

Complete details (entry fees, rates of play, grading limits etc) will be announced in due course.

As well as the above events, additional evening events are planned - once again sponsored by the Pig in Paradise. It is hoped that the local community will become more involved.

For information re entries contact: Con Power, Congress Director, 418 Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5HG Tel and fax: 01424 431970 e-mail: power@hicc.demon.co.uk

Additional information from Pam Thomas, Press Officer 5 High Wickham,Hastings,East Sussex,TN35 5PB Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail: dmt123@compuserve.com

Anand vs. Ponomariov Rapid Match

Chess Classic Mainz will hold an 8 game match Viswanathan Anand and FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov. August 15th-18th 2002.

5th Jaroslav Pelikan Memorial

The 5th Jaroslav Pelikan Memorial takes place in Prague - Czech Republic 20.07 - 27.07, 27.07.-03.08 and 03.08-10.08. The 12th International Chess Holiday has Tournaments for strong and weak chessplayers, both men and women of all ages. A rich programme for chessplayers and non-chessplayers too. 7 days hotel/shower+WC, bed and breakfast, chess, souvenir prizes for all chessplayers, sightseeing in Prague, trips, a farewell party - for 230 Eur to 260 Eur /210 USD - 240 USD/. It is possible to order lunch, dinner - every meal 5 Eur /4,5 USD/. A offer of Theatre Performances. Discounts for children, students, retired and those who have already been to the International Chess Holiday. In groups the tenth person free of charge.

Entries till 30.06 2002 Info: Jindra Kollerov  U Plyn rny 15, 140 00 Praha 4 - Michle Czech Republic Tel: + 420 2 41407355 Fax: + 420 2 61210054 Mobil: + 420 777 677899 E-mail: jindra.kollerova@mybox.cz

Festival Schneider Bohemia" Pilsen

The 8th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia" Pilsen 2002 takes place 17th-25th August 2002 at "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (The Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is International Open Czech Championship ( 1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81 000 CZK ).

Details: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/

Chesmayne Chess Dictionary

The 2002 edition of the Chesmayne Chess Dictionary is now available at a new permanent address. It has 100,000+ chess related keywords, AZ indexes, pictures, midi's, graphics etc.

Site: http://chesmayn.valuehost.co.uk

Magnus Carlsen vs. The World

11 year old Magnus Carlson is playing the rest of the net in a match organised by the Norgwegian TV Channal TV2. Internet coverage

There have been more than 100.000 hits and 8.000 votes. The moves so far: Magnus Carlsen vs The World: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Nxe4?!? 8. Qe2 d5 9. d3 Now grandmaster Simen Agdestein has suggested 9... Nf6 or 9... Bxf2+, the latter probably a novelty. Voting closes at 08.00 GMT Tuesday. Week days voting is daily.

1st Condom International Open

The 1st Condom International Open takes place 13th-19th July 2002. 9 round FIDE. Total prize : 8000 EURO 1st prize : 1200 EURO

Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr

Pancevo (YUG) closed

International Closed Tournaments, FIDE Category 8 City: Pancevo (10 kilometers from Belgrado), Yugoslavia Date: 24 June - 4 July 12 players, 11 rounds info: Sinisa Drazic sdrazic@eunet.yu Tel. 00381.64.1249741. Today (25 May) there are still 3 places available.

Stork Young Masters - Hengelo (August 5-10) and other Dutch events

The Royal Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB) invites strong players born after January 1st, 1982 to the second Stork Young Masters. This is a 9 round Round-Robin IM tournament (at least category 4). During the first edition 3 IM-norms and 1 WGM where scored.

Conditions: A. For IM or GM with FIDE Elo above 2400: - Full board and lodging (4-10 August) during the tournament and EURO 115,- pocket money. B. Player with FIDE Elo above 2350: - Full board and lodging during the tournament.

Prize money: 1st EURO 700,- 2nd EURO 450,- 3rd EURO 350,- 4th EURO 250,- 5th EURO 200,- 6th EURO 150,- 7th EURO 100,-

Interested players can contact Harry Kroeze (st.caissa@zonnet.nl).

Other interesting tournaments in Holland during the summer: Jul 8-18: Dieren: Open Dutch Championships (www.schaakbond.nl); Jul 26-Aug 4: Amsterdam: 10th Lost Boys (chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys); Aug 5-10: Hengelo: Open Dutch Junior championships (U20, U16, U14, U12).

Contact webmaster@schaakbond.nl for general information.

1st Davos Chess Summer

The 1st Davos Chess Summer takes place 4th-10th August 2002. Venue the Sunstar Parkhotel in Davos. 7 round Swiss.

Further information: E-Mail: info@beochess.ch; Internet: http://www.beochess.ch

15th Kiel Open

The 15th Kiel Open takes place 10th-16th August 2002.

Information: http://home.t-online.de/home/KielerSg/default.htm

Brno closed and open tournaments

SK Duras BVK Kralovo Pole in cooperation with city of Brno chess federation and SK Brno-Zabovresky presents the Duras Cup in Brno 5th-14th July 2002. This will be a Round-robin of 9-11 rounds, category III-IV. There is also a 9 round Swiss at the same time and place. For further information:

Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras

E-mail - bchmelicek@bvk.cz Phone - Petr Mlynek, +4205 49273402 (home) Fax - Petr Mlynek, +4205 48215239 (office)

European Club Cup 2002

Information about the European Club Cup 2002 "The Champions League" takes place 22nd - 28th September in Kallithea -Halkidiki.

Information: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/

Olomouc Chess Summer Festival 2002

The Olomouc Chess Summer Festival 2002 in the Czech Republic takes place 31st July - 8th August 2002. The event includes: 1) 3-4 groups of round-robin IM tournaments, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) FIDE open - swiss, 9 rounds, 2/40+1, 1st prize 10000 CZK 3) open for youngsters up to 18 years of age.

Detailed information at: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

IV Sants Hostafrancs

IV Sants Hostafrancs I La Bordeta Open takes place in Barcelona 30th August - 8th September 2002.

Details of entry: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm

Tiviakov in Egypt

Tiviakov reports on his victory in the 6th Golden Cleopatra Chess Open with a huge photo report including sight seeing around the pyramids where he claims to have photographed a "creature from the the parallel world"!

Reports in Russian http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/egypt2002-rus.htm and English http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/egypt2002-eng.htm.

Ikaros Chess Festival

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2002 takes place from 7th-23rd of July 2002. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 24 years on Ikaria island, one of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (13th-21st July 2002) as well as plenty of other side events such as Women, Junior and Veteran tournaments, blitz, rapid and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.

Full details at: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

XX Andorra International Open

The XX Andorra International Open takes place 6th-14th July 2002.

Details of prizes and entry http://www.feva.ad

Bled and Ljubljana Opens

The 23rd Chess Festival Bled is taking take place from 2 July to 10 July 2002 in Bled (Slovenia). Open A (ELO > 2200): PF 15.500 EUR, 1st Prize: 2.500 EUR, For EU-Grand Prix, sensor boards and direct internet transmition of games Open B (ELO < 2300): 6.000 EUR, 1st Prize: 600 EUR, Summer Open Seniors Juniors Tournaments will be played 9 rounds, swiss, 90 min+30 sec/move. Rounds at 6 p.m. Further details: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/2002

North Sea Cup

The North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg Denmark July 5th-13th 2002. The event is organised by the Esbjerg Chess Union and is a 10-player category 14 round-robin with: Alisa Galliamova, Lazaro Bruzon, Leinier Dominguez, Sergey Tiviakov, Hannes Stefansson, Igor Glek, Andrey Volokitin, Peter Heine Nielsen, Curt Hansen and Sune Berg Hansen.

Internet coverage: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm

Gausdal Tournaments

Hans Olav Lahlum has put more details on his the web site for this tournament. It now includes: 1) Introduction and basic information about the tournament. 2) Portraits of all 40 participants. 3) Results and moves of all 180 games. 4) Bulletins with round reports covering all 180 games. 5) Commented grades and ELO-calculations for all 40 participants. 6) A list of quotes from the tournament (!?). The final results and games appeared in last weeks TWIC.

Internet site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2002/

Cesenatico International Open

The Cesenatico International Open takes place in Italy 2nd-8th September 2002.

Further Information and entry at: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

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

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/

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

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/

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'.

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

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

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

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

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.