THE WEEK IN CHESS 407 26th August 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) MVM Cup
Polgar vs Macieja
3) Icelandic Championships
4) French Championships
5) WDR TV
Match
6) Sudak - Sergej Karjakin's GM norm
7) 12th Abu Dhabi International
8) Atlantic
Open
9) 2nd CMA Futurity
10)
Ellivuori WGM
11) Chess Classic Mainz
12) Las Tunas
13) Jezero 2002
14) XVIII Ferrol Open
15) Ron Banwell
Masters
16) 11th Apolda Open
17)
Bratto Chess Festival
18) 11th Raika Open
19) Festival Schneider Bohemia Pilsen
20)
11th Kavala Open Correction
21) 13th Sommerpokal
Recklinghausen
22) European Saraybahçe
Grandprix
23) Mirnatom 2002
24)
Independence Cup, Kyiv
25) 15th Kiel Open
26) Botvinnik Memorial in Elista
27)
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Games section
MVM Cup Polgar vs Macieja 8 games
Icelandic Championships 36 games
French Championships 84 games
WDR TV Match 3 games
Sudak - Sergej Karjakin's GM norm 91 games
12th Abu Dhabi International 46 games
Atlantic Open 37 games
2nd CMA Futurity 15 games
Ellivuori WGM 10 games
Las Tunas 30 games
XVIII Ferrol Open 581 games
Ron Banwell Masters 100 games
11th Apolda Open 19 games
13th Sommerpokal Recklinghausen 485 games
European Saraybahçe Grandprix 501 games
15th Kiel Open 51 games
2097 games
My thanks to Alexander Ziuzginov, Mikhail Golubev, Rafa Couto, Jovan
Petronic, Scott Freeman, Youness Fareh, Lanfranco Bombelli, David Cohen, SS
Quah, Gérard Demuydt, Herman van Riemsdijk, Ignatius Leong, Stephan
Boyd, Aard Daanen, Maikel Gongora, Alexej Khamatgaleev, Jussi Tella, John
Henderson, Axel Fritz, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Aydin Saray and all those who
helped with this issue.
The MVM Cup in Budapest managed to escape the flooding in Europe and saw
Bartlomiej Macieja beat Judit Polgar. The game saw one of those blunders in the
final game which everyone hopes to avoid. The French and Icelandic
championships take centre stage this week. The games from the Sudak where
Sergej Karjakin earned his record breaking final GM norm are also now
available.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland beat Judit Polgar 5-3 in the MVM Cup in
Budapest. Macieja led throughout and in trying to keep the final game
complicated to level the match Polgar blundered horribly. The Timerate was 20
minutes per game + 10 seconds per move. The event took place August 19th-22nd
2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.zagraj.pl
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Polgar, Judit 1-0 39 A48 King's Indian Defence
Polgar, Judit - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Polgar, Judit 1-0 52 A48 King's Indian Defence
Polgar, Judit - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Polgar, Judit 0-1 55 A48 King's Indian Defence
Polgar, Judit - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 65 C42 Petroff's Defence
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Polgar, Judit 1/2 114 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
Polgar, Judit - Macieja, Bartlomiej 0-1 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
MVM Cup Budapest HUN (HUN), 19-22 viii 2002
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Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2607 1 = 1 = 0 = = 1 5.0 2776
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2681 0 = 0 = 1 = = 0 3.0 2520
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The Icelandic Chess Championships take place in Seltjarnarnes, August
20th-30th 2002. Hannes Stefansson has started with a perfect 6/6 score.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.is/sthi2002.htm
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ch-ISL Seltjarnarnes ISL (ISL), 20-31 viii 2002 cat. V (2371)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2588 * . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 6.0
2. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2505 . * 0 . 1 1 . 1 = . 1 . 4.5 2545
3. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2357 . 1 * . 1 0 . . 0 . = 1 3.5 2418
4. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2362 . . . * 0 = = = 1 1 . . 3.5 2405
5. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2428 . 0 0 1 * = . . . . 1 1 3.5 2404
6. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2314 0 0 1 = = * . . . . . 1 3.0 2417
7. Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2282 0 . . = . . * 1 = 0 = . 2.5 2326
8. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2357 0 0 . = . . 0 * . 1 . 1 2.5 2331
9. Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2378 0 = 1 0 . . = . * . . 0 2.0 2268
10. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn f ISL 2332 0 . . 0 . . 1 0 . * = = 2.0 2230
11. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2281 0 0 = . 0 . = . . = * . 1.5 2222
12. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2264 . . 0 . 0 0 . 0 1 = . * 1.5 2168
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The French Chess Championships take place in Val d'Isère
19th-31st August 2002. Players: Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot, Laurent
Fressinet, Josif Dorfman, Andrei Sokolov, Jean-Marc Delgraeve, Anatoli Vaisser,
Christian Bauer, Robert Fontaine, Almira Lautier, Cyril Marcelin and Emmanuel
Bricard. The women's championships with favourites Marie Sebag and Roze
Lallemand takes place alongside.
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
and http://www.echecs.asso.fr. there
are also daily reports in French at: http://www.europe-echecs.com
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ch-FRA Val d'Isere FRA (FRA), 19-31 viii 2002 cat. XIII (2566)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2653 * = . = . 1 1 0 . . 1 1 5.0 2716
2. Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2581 = * 0 1 . . . = 1 = . 1 4.5 2650
3. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2663 . 1 * . 1 = 0 . = . = 1 4.5 2668
4. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2587 = 0 . * . . . = = 1 1 1 4.5 2643
5. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2617 . . 0 . * = 1 . = = = 1 4.0 2604
6. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2550 0 . = . = * 0 = 1 1 . . 3.5 2562
7. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2586 0 . 1 . 0 1 * . = = . = 3.5 2564
8. Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2470 1 = . = . = . * . 0 = 0 3.0 2515
9. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira wg FRA 2497 . 0 = = = 0 = . * . 1 . 3.0 2550
10. Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2454 . = . 0 = 0 = 1 . * = . 3.0 2522
11. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2619 0 . = 0 = . . = 0 = * . 2.0 2405
12. Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2514 0 0 0 0 0 . = 1 . . . * 1.5 2363
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ch-FRA w Val d'Isere FRA (FRA), 19-31 viii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2344 * = . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 6.5 2577
2. Milliet, Sophie FRA 2173 = * . . . 1 1 = 1 . 1 1 6.0 2499
3. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2176 . . * = 1 0 1 . . 1 1 1 5.5 2371
4. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike wm FRA 2170 . . = * 0 1 = . = = 1 . 4.0 2193
5. Delahaye, Raphaelle FRA 2166 . . 0 1 * = 0 = 1 . 1 . 4.0 2229
6. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2169 0 0 1 0 = * . 1 . . 1 . 3.5 2207
7. Costagliola, Marina FRA 2238 0 0 0 = 1 . * . . 1 . 1 3.5 2165
8. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2301 0 = . . = 0 . * = 1 . 1 3.5 2151
9. Marchadour, Claire FRA 2081 0 0 . = 0 . . = * = . = 2.0 2024
10. Dubois, Martine wm FRA 2049 0 . 0 = . . 0 0 = * 1 . 2.0 2046
11. Dacalor, Aurelie FRA 2123 . 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0 * 1 1.0 1831
12. Verot, Melanie FRA 2077 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 = . 0 * 0.5 1783
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The 20th Anniversary annual WDR TV Match took place Saturday 17th
August. The programme started with a 58 move draw in 1983 between Robert
Huebner and Anatoly Karpov. The pair were brought back to play again. After two
one hour games were drawn a blitz game was won by Huebner.
http://www.wdr.de/tv/schach/grossmeister2002.html
Karpov, Anatoly - Huebner, Robert 1/2 37 D10 Slav Defence
Huebner, Robert - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 31 E15 Queens Indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Huebner, Robert 0-1 46 D12 Slav Defence
WDR Rapid Cologne GER (GER), 17-17 viii 2002
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1 2 3
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Huebner, Robert g GER 2634 = = 1 2.0 2812
Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2687 = = 0 1.0 2509
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12 year old Sergej Karjakin of the Ukraine has scored his final GM Norm
in the Sudak (Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine) tournament August 2nd-12th 2002.
[news arrived on 14th August 2002, exact date of the finish of the tournament
is uncertain]. He will be youngest Grandmaster ever at 12 years 7 months
smashing Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days by a huge margin, he was born
12th January 1990. His other norms were in the Category 8 (2427) Alushta-100
tournament in the Ukraine and the Aeroflot Open tournament in Moscow.
The norms in the event were 10 points GM and 7.5 points IM. My thanks to
Mikhail Golubev.
News: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/karjakin.htm
and games http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ukrbase.html
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It Sudak UKR (UKR), 2-12 viii 2002 cat. VII (2406)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Malinin, Vasily B m RUS 2434 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2699
2. Areshchenko, Alexander m UKR 2533 = * = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.5 2647
3. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2523 1 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 10.0 2608
4. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2494 = 0 = * = = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2456
5. Palekha, Alexey f UKR 2365 0 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.0 2438
6. Polivanov, Anatoliy f UKR 2349 0 0 = = = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2439
7. Kulicov, Oleg m RUS 2397 0 = 0 1 = 1 * = = = 0 0 1 1 6.5 2406
8. Savon, Vladimir A g UKR 2421 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2404
9. Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2512 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2397
10. Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2465 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 6.5 2401
11. Kagramanianz, Vartan m ARM 2305 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = * = 1 1 5.0 2326
12. Vozovic, Oksana UKR 2291 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2304
13. Ushenina, Anna wm UKR 2339 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * = 1.5 2075
14. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2257 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2016
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The 12th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place August
12th-21st 2002. Mikhail Ulibin took first place with a superior WP tie-break
from Evgeny Gleizerov and Shukhrat Safin, all finished on 6.5/9. Elmar
Magerramov who lead after 7 of the the 9 rounds was defeated by the winner in
round 8. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh for his help.
Internet coverage: http://www.abudhabichess.com/
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ADCF Masters Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 12-21 viii 2002
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1. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2589 +32 +13 = 5 =21 + 6 = 9 = 3 + 4 = 2 6.5 2661
2. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2576 +22 = 7 +18 - 9 =23 +37 +10 + 8 = 1 6.5 2616
3. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2525 =17 =23 +38 =37 +14 + 5 = 1 + 9 = 4 6.5 2584
4. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2551 +14 = 6 +27 = 5 +18 +10 = 9 - 1 = 3 6.0 2592
5. Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2499 +34 +24 = 1 = 4 +21 - 3 = 6 +18 = 9 6.0 2591
6. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2449 +20 = 4 =15 +30 - 1 +23 = 5 = 7 +17 6.0 2524
7. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2450 +28 = 2 -21 -14 +35 +30 +38 = 6 +16 6.0 2459
8. Dobrov, Vladimir m RUS 2443 +42 -11 +43 =26 +28 =21 +16 - 2 +15 6.0 2490
9. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2516 +38 +37 =11 + 2 =10 = 1 = 4 - 3 = 5 5.5 2571
10. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2494 +26 =19 +23 +11 = 9 - 4 - 2 +20 =12 5.5 2486
11. Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2516 +33 + 8 = 9 -10 =27 =19 =12 =15 +22 5.5 2499
12. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2420 +45 =21 =16 -18 =30 +20 =11 +19 =10 5.5 2447
13. Kaiumov, Dmitry D m UZB 2460 +31 - 1 =19 -23 -22 +42 +28 +38 +21 5.5 2395
14. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2297 - 4 +36 =20 + 7 - 3 =17 =19 =33 +27 5.0 2383
15. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2500 +43 =27 = 6 =17 +26 =16 =18 =11 - 8 5.0 2431
16. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2512 =29 +41 =12 =19 +17 =15 - 8 +24 - 7 5.0 2421
17. Kayumov, Sergey UZB 2267 = 3 =25 +35 =15 -16 =14 +37 +27 - 6 5.0 2433
18. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2450 +41 +29 - 2 +12 - 4 +27 =15 - 5 =24 5.0 2471
19. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2403 +44 =10 =13 =16 =37 =11 =14 -12 +33 5.0 2422
20. Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2105 - 6 +32 =14 =28 +33 -12 +23 -10 +37 5.0 2403
21. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2518 +30 =12 + 7 = 1 - 5 = 8 =24 =22 -13 4.5 2426
22. Salem, Ghuloom UAE 2317 - 2 =40 +29 -27 +13 =28 +35 =21 -11 4.5 2324
23. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2376 +46 = 3 -10 +13 = 2 - 6 -20 +39 =25 4.5 2338
24. Umansky, Vladimir m RUS 2405 +35 - 5 -26 +41 =38 +34 =21 -16 =18 4.5 2316
25. Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2396 =40 =17 -28 +42 =34 -38 =31 +35 =23 4.5 2166
26. Janahi, Zeyaad f BRN 2191 -10 +46 +24 = 8 -15 =33 -27 =37 +38 4.5 2355
27. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2390 +39 =15 - 4 +22 =11 -18 +26 -17 -14 4.0 2304
28. Coleman, James ENG 2123 - 7 +33 +25 =20 - 8 =22 -13 =29 =30 4.0 2294
29. Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2308 =16 -18 -22 =36 =42 +40 =32 =28 =31 4.0 2191
30. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2259 -21 +42 +40 - 6 =12 - 7 =39 =31 =28 4.0 2209
31. Amer, Mohamed EGY 2189 -13 -35 +44 -38 =32 +43 =25 =30 =29 4.0 2216
32. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2363 - 1 -20 +36 -34 =31 =39 =29 =42 +44 4.0 2133
33. Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2296 -11 -28 +45 +40 -20 =26 +34 =14 -19 4.0 2166
34. Khalid AlShaali UAE 2197 - 5 +45 -37 +32 =25 -24 -33 +41 =36 4.0 2259
35. Al-Sulaiti, Ghanem QAT 2026 -24 +31 -17 +43 - 7 +41 -22 -25 +45 4.0 2241
36. Al-Marri, Omar QAT 2076 -37 -14 -32 =29 =40 +45 =41 +44 =34 4.0 2162
37. Ghane, Shojaat IRI 2423 +36 - 9 +34 = 3 =19 - 2 -17 =26 -20 3.5 2237
38. Nezad, Husein Aziz f QAT 2246 - 9 +39 - 3 +31 =24 +25 - 7 -13 -26 3.5 2272
39. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE 2042 -27 -38 -41 +46 +43 =32 =30 -23 =40 3.5 2155
40. Faisal, Kishwani UAE ---- =25 =22 -30 -33 =36 -29 =44 +46 =39 3.5 2108
41. Nadir, Samir SUD 2207 -18 -16 +39 -24 +44 -35 =36 -34 +46 3.5 2109
42. Al-Khaja, Arif UAE 2078 - 8 -30 +46 -25 =29 -13 +45 =32 =43 3.5 2204
43. Sadatnajafi, M IRI 2279 -15 +44 - 8 -35 -39 -31 +46 +45 =42 3.5 2067
44. Abdulla,M.Saleh UAE ---- -19 -43 -31 +45 -41 =46 =40 -36 -32 2.0 1954
45. Mulla Jumma, Taher KUW 2053 -12 -34 -33 -44 +46 -36 -42 -43 -35 1.0 1801
46. Jumaa,Almuhiri UAE ---- -23 -26 -42 -39 -45 =44 -43 -40 -41 0.5 1692
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The Altantic Open took place August 23rd-25th 2002 in Washington DC. 68
players competed in the top section which saw a seven way tie on 4/5 between
Igor Novikov, , Ildar Ibragimov, Leonid G Yudasin, Alek Wojtkiewicz, Alexander
Ivanov, Pawel Blehm and IM Rashid Ziatdinov. My thanks to Michael Atkins for
the news and games.
Internet coverage:
http://members.cox.net/tournaments/atlanticopen/
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32nd Atlantic Open Washington DC USA
23-25 viii 2002
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# Name Total
1 Igor Novikov 4
2 Ildar Ibragimov 4
3 Leonid G Yudasin 4
4 Alek Wojtkiewicz 4
5 Alexander Ivanov 4
6 Pawel Blehm 4
7 Rashid Ziatdinov 4
8 Alexande Onischuk 3.5
9 Evgeny Najer 3.5
10 Luis R Chiong 3.5
11 Yevgeniy Gershov 3.5
12 Chuck Cadman 3.5
13 Alexander Stripunsky 3
14 Gennadiy Zaitshik 3
15 Pavel Blatny 3
16 Alex I Sherzer 3
17 Lawrence Kaufman 3
18 Shelby D Getz 3
19 Stephen Muhammad 3
20 Manthan Chokshi 3
21 Macon A Shibut 3
22 Edward W Formanek 3
23 Todd D Andrews 3
24 Peter Gilruth 3
25 Antoin Hutchinson 3
26 Joshua A Specht 3
68 players
The 2nd CMA Futurity took place in Toronto August 12st-21st 2002.
David Cohen reports: 14 year old IM Mark Bluvshtein tied for first with
GMs Arencibia, Shulman and Tyomkin, after he was held to a last round draw
while the GMs won their final games. The Chess'n Math Association's second
Futurity provided top Canadian juniors the chance to play against established
masters. It was held alongside the Ontario Women's Championship, won by 2002
Women's Olympic Team member Dina Kagramanov (5.5/6 ahead of WFM Belc and 11
year old Hazel Smith); and the Bernard Freedman Memorial, won by NM Evgeni
Miller (8/9).
Internet coverage: http://www.chesstalk.com/futurity2/
and http://www.play.at/duttonchess
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2nd CMA Futurity Toronto CAN (CAN), 12-21 viii 2002 cat. VI (2393)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2367 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2562
2. Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 2482 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2549
3. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2534 = = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2543
4. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2591 0 = = * = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2537
5. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2450 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2467
6. Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2489 0 0 0 0 1 * = 0 1 1 3.5 2302
7. Findlay, Ian T f CAN 2328 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 = 3.5 2320
8. Lawson, Eric CAN 2253 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 2.5 2243
9. Wang, Hao Yuan CAN 2222 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 2246
10. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2218 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2139
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The Ellivuori Grandmasters tournament is an international ladies chess
tournament and takes place in the Hotel Ellivuori in the city of Vammala in
Finland 24th August - 1st September 2002. The tournament will be the first ever
ladies grandmaster tournament in Finland, with category IX, ELO average 2253,
and WGM-norm of 6,5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/ellivuori02/
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1. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2329 * . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
2. Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2260 . * . . = 1 . . . . 1.5 2437
3. Polovnikova, Ekaterina wg RUS 2387 . . * . = . 1 . . . 1.5 2382
4. Erneste, Inguna wg LAT 2287 . . . * . . . = . 1 1.5 2468
5. Rogule, Laura LAT 2213 . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2323
6. Paasikangas-T., Johanna f FIN 2276 . 0 . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 2252
7. Rantanen, Tanja wm FIN 2166 . . 0 . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2226
8. Berzina, Ilze wf LAT 2245 . . . = . 0 . * . . 0.5 2088
9. Puuska, Heini FIN 2065 0 . . . . . 0 . * . 0.0
10. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2306 0 . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Chess Classic Mainz took place August 15th-18th 2002. One additional
result to report. Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Elisabeth Paehtz 2-1 in a blitz
playoff after their match was drawn 4-4 after the 8 scheduled games. Games from
the playoff don't appear to be available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chesstigers.de and
http://www.chessgate.de
Maikel Gongora sends the games from the Las Tunas (CUB) tournament which
took place 27th July - 3rd August 2002. FM Omar Garcia won the double round
robin event with 6.5/10 half a point clear of Liuber Gongora.
It Las Tunas CUB (CUB), 27 vii-3 viii 2002 cat. I (2256)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Garcia, Omar f CUB 2336 ** 1= == 11 == == 6.5 2349
2 Gongora, Liuber CUB 2177 0= ** =1 == 11 01 6.0 2343
3 Perez, Isael CUB 2264 == =0 ** =1 10 1= 5.5 2290
4 Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2406 00 == =0 ** 01 11 4.5 2189
5 Tineo, Federico DOM 2109 == 00 01 10 ** == 4.0 2213
6 Illas, Leonardo CUB 2243 == 10 0= 00 == ** 3.5 2148
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The Jezero (Yugoslavia) Open tournament took place in Belgrade August
12th-20th 2002. 203 players competed in the event which saw 4 players finish on
7.5/9 with Dejan Mozetic having the best tie-break. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/2002/Tabela.txt
Final (Round 9) Standings of VIII Otvoreni turnir "Jezero
1. Mozetic Dejan 2469 7.5 53.5 2515
Cvetkovic Srdjan 2390 7.5 52.0 2555
Scekic Milos 2404 7.5 49.5 2568
Todorovic Goran M 2482 7.5 48.5 2491
5. Miljkovic Miroslav 2374 7.0 53.0 2478
Djuric Vladimir 2273 7.0 51.5 2461
Ostojic Nikola 2443 7.0 48.5 2429
8. Vojinovic Goran 2480 6.5 57.5 2420
Jovanovic Sasa T 2297 6.5 53.0 2347
Djalovic Velizar 2158 6.5 53.0 2458
Cetkovic Miodrag 2258 6.5 53.0 2414
Zmijanac Dusan 2298 6.5 51.0 2367
Abramovic Bosko 2493 6.5 50.0 2410
Miljkovic Mihajlo 2207 6.5 49.5 2330
Mihajlovic Miodrag 2265 6.5 49.0 2337
Savicevic Vlatko 2392 6.5 48.0 2354
Brkic Djordje 2233 6.5 48.0 2385
Jovanovic Sasa M 2322 6.5 45.5 2342
Pavlovic Milos 2347 6.5 44.0 2307
Zivkovic Sava 2238 6.5 42.5 2323
Ostojic Nikola M 0000 6.5 42.5 2354
22. Pap Misa 2415 6.0 55.0 2398
Kitic Dusan 2294 6.0 52.0 2386
Koncar Stevan 0000 6.0 48.5 2346
Irizanin Radoje 2091 6.0 48.5 2362
Bosnic Miroslav 2155 6.0 48.0 2376
Vuckovic Branko 2180 6.0 48.0 2249
Cetkovic Bozidar 2244 6.0 48.0 2242
Kerecki Ljubisa 2098 6.0 46.0 2290
Milosevic Rade 2161 6.0 45.0 2299
Bukvic Mihailo 2275 6.0 44.0 2216
Popovic Dragan B 2334 6.0 44.0 2281
Stevanovic Goran P 2210 6.0 44.0 2244
Rodic Dragan 2216 6.0 43.5 2145
Maksimovic Marko 2082 6.0 41.0 2402
Ivanovic Nikola 2219 6.0 40.5 2243
Becelic Dejan B 2059 6.0 39.5 2488
203 players
The XVIII Ferrol Open took place 17th-25th July 2002. Dragan Paunovic
won the event with 7.5/9 have a point clear of Aleksa Strikovic, Thomas Luther
and Carlos Permuy Lorenzo. My thanks to Rafa Couto.
Information: http://www.cfxadrez.org
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XVIII Open Ferrol ESP (ESP), 17-25 vii 2002
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1 Dragan Paunovic YUG 2518 7.5 44.0
2 Aleksa Strikovic YUG 2448 7 43.5
3 Thomas Luther GER 2551 7 40.5
4 Carlos Permuy Lorenzo ESP 2300 7 40.0
5 Evgeni Janev BUL 2511 6.5 43.0
6 Aimen Rizouk ALG 2499 6.5 42.0
7 Oleg Korneev RUS 2583 6.5 41.5
8 Luis Javier Bernal Moro ESP 2407 6.5 40.5
9 Renier Vázquez CUB 2406 6.5 40.0
10 Jordan Ivanov BUL 2414 6.5 39.5
11 José Sande Edreira ESP 2216 6.5 39.5
12 Irisberto Herrera CUB 2478 6.5 39.5
13 Nikoletta Lakos HUN 2287 6.5 39.0
14 Rui Dámaso POR 2450 6.5 38.0
15 Aleksandar Wohl AUS 2419 6.5 36.5
16 Adolfo Díaz Núñez ESP 2146 6 40.5
17 Sergio Castillo Gallego ESP 2191 6 40.0
18 Roberto Gómez López ESP 2132 6 38.0
19 Jakob Aabling-Thomsen DEN 2103 6 37.5
20 Julio Leira Paricio ESP 2170 6 37.0
21 Pedro Martínez de Miguel ESP 2155 6 37.0
22 Tomás Bodelón Rodríguez ESP 2182 6 36.5
23 Rafael Rodríguez López ESP 2273 6 35.5
24 Francisco Ruiz Jiménez ESP 2116 6 35.5
25 Rafael Pita-Romero Rodríguez ESP 2067 6 35.5
26 Sebastián Almagro Mazariegos ESP 2292 6 34.5
27 Moira Rodríguez Costa ESP 6 33.5
142 players
The Ron Banwell Masters took place 17th-26th August 2002. Aaron
Summerscale won with a score of 8/10 to take the £1,000 first prize.
Daniel Gormally and Martin Taylor shared second place a point behind.
My thanks to Scott Freeman for the games and results.
Further info:
http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/Events/Ron%20Banwell%202002.htm
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Ron Banwell Coulsdon ENG (ENG), 17-26 viii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1. Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2509 +18 + 4 + 6 + 2 + 9 = 3 =10 = 5 + 7 =11 8.0 2478
2. Taylor, Martin R ENG 2255 +17 +15 + 8 - 1 = 4 + 7 - 9 = 3 + 6 +10 7.0 2372
3. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2525 +16 = 9 +14 = 5 =11 = 1 +17 = 2 +10 = 6 7.0 2363
4. Hodgson, John H ENG 2195 +22 - 1 +12 = 6 = 2 -10 +20 +17 = 5 + 9 6.5 2282
5. Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2229 -15 +19 +21 = 3 - 7 +20 +14 = 1 = 4 +13 6.5 2278
6. Bigg, Andrew J ENG 2248 +20 +13 - 1 = 4 +14 = 9 =11 + 8 - 2 = 3 6.0 2291
7. Snape, Ian ENG 2202 =21 +17 - 9 + 8 + 5 - 2 =13 +11 - 1 +16 6.0 2239
8. Barlow, Bertrand ENG 2071 +10 +11 - 2 - 7 +16 -17 +12 - 6 +14 +19 6.0 2215
9. Friedland, Jon S ENG 2181 +19 = 3 + 7 +13 - 1 = 6 + 2 -10 =11 - 4 5.5 2288
10. Lyell, Mark ENG 2265 - 8 +22 +16 -11 +13 + 4 = 1 + 9 - 3 - 2 5.5 2249
11. Franklin, Michael J f ENG 2211 +12 - 8 +23 +10 = 3 =24 = 6 - 7 = 9 = 1 5.5 2236
12. Hegarty,Sarah IRE ---- -11 =21 - 4 +19 +23 =14 - 8 =16 +22 +17 5.5 2108
13. Gilbert, Jessie wf ENG 2113 +30 - 6 +15 - 9 -10 +16 = 7 =22 +17 - 5 5.0 2123
14. Warman, Simon ENG 2139 +23 =27 - 3 +20 - 6 =12 - 5 +15 - 8 +22 5.0 2107
15. Young, Mel ENG 2001 + 5 - 2 -13 -16 -19 +30 +21 -14 =23 +20 4.5 2045
16. Barron, David ENG 2074 - 3 +30 -10 +15 - 8 -13 +18 =12 +20 - 7 4.5 2089
17. Grigorian, Meri ARM 2036 - 2 - 7 +30 +23 +21 + 8 - 3 - 4 -13 -12 4.0 2064
18. Wilson, Alexandra ENG 2073 - 1 -23 +19 =21 -20 =22 -16 =24 =24 +30 4.0 1986
19. MacRae,James SCO ---- - 9 - 5 -18 -12 +15 +21 -22 +30 +29 - 8 4.0 1983
20. Birchall,Bruce ENG ---- - 6 =28 +22 -14 +18 - 5 - 4 +23 -16 -15 3.5 1985
21. McKenna, James ENG ---- = 7 =12 - 5 =18 -17 -19 -15 =29 +30 =23 3.5 1944
22. McKenna, John ENG ---- - 4 -10 -20 +30 =24 =18 +19 =13 -12 -14 3.5 1968
23. Neuman, Carlo LUX ---- -14 +18 -11 -17 -12 -25 +30 -20 =15 =21 3.0 1897
24. BYE ---- . . . . =22 =11 . =18 =18 . 2.0 2089
25. Sedgwick,David ENG ---- . . . . . +23 . . . . 1.0
26. Gliddon, Daniel ENG ---- . . . . +30 . . . . . 1.0
27. 1/2Bye1 ---- . =14 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2139
28. 1/2Bye ---- . =20 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2000
29. Xuereb,Joe ENG ---- . . . . . . . =21 -19 . 0.5 1807
30. Vandelaar,Michael ENG ---- -13 -16 -17 -22 -26 -15 -23 -19 -21 -18 0.0
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The 11th Apolda Open took place 22nd-25th August 2002. There are a few
games from the first 4 (of 7) rounds. There was a four way tie for first on 6/7
with Thomas Paehtz having the best tie-break.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/2000/apolda/index.html
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11th Apolda Open GER (GER), 22-25 viii 2002
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1. Pähtz,Thomas 2455 6.0 31.0 25.50
2. Kalinitschew,Sergej 2487 6.0 29.5 24.75
3. Brüggemann,Joachim 2410 6.0 26.5 25.00
4. Gasthofer,Viktor 2329 6.0 26.5 23.50
5. Polak,Tomas 2466 5.5 31.0 22.50
6. Chytilek,Roman 2380 5.5 30.5 22.00
7. Renner,Christoph 2412 5.5 28.5 23.00
8. Niering,Martin 2194 5.5 27.5 21.50
9. Thinius,Marco 2327 5.5 27.0 20.50
10. Wichmann,Cliff 2277 5.5 26.5 21.25
11. Stolz,Mike 2364 5.5 25.0 20.75
12. Hänsel,Thomas 2324 5.0 29.5 21.75
13. Zschiedrich,Heiko 2148 5.0 29.0 19.75
14. Casper,Thomas 2401 5.0 27.0 17.75
15. Gasthofer,Alexander 2301 5.0 26.5 20.00
16. Schmidt-Brauns,Joach 2164 5.0 26.5 19.25
16. Gehlhaar,Christian 2095 5.0 26.5 19.25
18. Aepfler,Christian 2248 5.0 25.5 18.00
19. Lange,Corinna 1875 5.0 25.5 17.00
20. Frotscher,Thomas 2181 5.0 25.0 19.00
21. Krämer,Martin 2127 5.0 24.0 18.00
22. Peitsch,Sebastian 1759 5.0 23.5 16.25
23. Teubner,Wolfgang 1728 5.0 23.0 16.50
24. Siebarth,Raiko 2037 5.0 22.5 16.25
25. Rösner,Harald,Dr. 1861 5.0 22.5 14.50
193 players
The 22nd edition of "Conca della Presolana Chess Festival" takes place
20th-28th August 2002 in Bratto (Italy).
Internet coverage with results, photos, games:
http://www.maskeret.com/bratto
Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
Bratto Open ITA 20-28 viii 2002
1. Khenkin Igor 2598 5.0 21.5
Cebalo Miso 2548 5.0 23.0
Marchand Francois 2237 5.0 24.5
4. Epishin Vladimir 2643 4.5 23.5
Romanishin Oleg 2559 4.5 22.5
Godena Michele 2488 4.5 21.5
Contin Daniel 2334 4.5 19.0
Guido Flavio 2327 4.5 20.0
Castaldo Folco 2319 4.5 20.5
10. Bellini Fabio 2500 4.0 20.0
Del Rio Angelis Salvador 2498 4.0 21.5
Drazic Sinisa 2486 4.0 25.0
Skembris Spyridon 2431 4.0 22.5
Borgo Giulio 2420 4.0 21.5
Sedina Elena 2416 4.0 24.0
Bellia Fabrizio 2412 4.0 19.0
Mantovani Renzo 2369 4.0 18.5
Isonzo David 2337 4.0 18.0
Bresciani Nicola 2270 4.0 18.5
Preiss Martin 2265 4.0 19.5
Brancaleoni Maurizio 2249 4.0 19.5
Ceresoli Luigi 2204 4.0 18.5
87 players
The 11th Raika Open in Austria took place 18th-25th August 2002. Eduard
Porper won the event with 7.5/9. No games available.
Internter coverage:
http://members.telering.at/schach.feffernitz/
11th Raika Open - 18th-25th August 2002
1. PORPER EDUARD ISR IM 2428 7½
2. HANLEY CRAIG ENG FM 2332 7
3. OKHOTNIK VLADIMIR UKR IM 2451 7
4. COOPER LAWRENCE ENG IM 2349 6½
5. MAZI LEON SLO IM 2386 6½
6. JERIC SIMON SLO IM 2283 6½
7. RICHARDS HEATHER ENG WIM 2275 6½
8. NEULINGER MANFRED AUT FM 2386 6
9. ARZTMANN WOLFGANG AUT 2072 6
10. KOCK HANS-UWE GER FM 2207 6
11. RAGGER MARKUS AUT 2160 6
12. KAINZ JOSEF DR. AUT 2064 6
72 players
The 8th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia"
Pilsen 2002 should have taken place 17th-25th August 2002 at "Strelecky
stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (The Czech Republic). Sadly the event was cancelled due
to the flooding that has afflicted many of central Europe's major rivers.
Details: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
The 11th Kavala Open took place 10th-17th August 2002. Alexej
Khamatgaleev won the event with a superior tie-break to Nicolai Vesterbaek
Pedersen both scored 7.5/9. The results on the website didn't give the final
standings amongst players on the same score in the correct order, hopefully the
order is now correct.
Internet coverage: http://www.chesskavala.com/en.html
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11th Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 10-17 viii 2002
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1. Khamatgaleev, Alexej m RUS 2416 7.5 52.5 42.50 38.0 2664
2. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2458 7.5 51.0 41.75 36.5 2645
3. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2477 7.0 53.5 40.00 39.0 2596
4. Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2533 7.0 51.5 39.00 35.5 2580
5. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2462 7.0 51.5 38.50 35.5 2561
6. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2516 7.0 50.5 38.75 34.5 2552
7. Szabo, Zsolt Jozsef m HUN 2447 7.0 49.5 36.50 35.5 2542
8. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2476 7.0 49.0 36.75 33.5 2480
9. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2622 6.5 55.5 38.50 37.5 2562
10. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2468 6.5 55.0 38.25 38.0 2559
11. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2501 6.5 54.0 37.75 36.0 2520
12. Marjanovic, Slavoljub g YUG 2485 6.5 53.0 36.25 36.5 2535
13. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2491 6.5 53.0 35.75 36.0 2537
14. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2477 6.5 52.0 36.25 37.5 2581
15. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2578 6.5 51.5 35.00 36.0 2569
16. Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2445 6.5 50.5 34.25 35.0 2497
17. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2479 6.5 50.0 34.00 32.5 2435
18. Berescu, Alin m ROM 2432 6.5 47.5 33.50 32.5 2404
19. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2431 6.0 53.0 32.75 36.5 2497
20. Dragiev, Veselin BUL 2422 6.0 52.5 32.75 34.0 2565
21. Kiss, Pal m HUN 2395 6.0 52.0 32.75 33.5 2521
22. Kosic, Dragan g YUG 2542 6.0 52.0 32.50 31.0 2391
23. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2521 6.0 52.0 32.25 33.0 2457
24. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2502 6.0 51.5 33.00 33.5 2418
25. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2461 6.0 51.5 32.00 35.0 2476
26. Kapnisis, Spyridon GRE 2393 6.0 51.0 32.00 32.5 2449
27. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2399 6.0 51.0 30.50 33.0 2481
28. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2362 6.0 50.0 30.50 31.0 2378
29. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2550 6.0 49.5 32.25 32.5 2437
30. Hagen, Andreas Skytte DEN 2185 6.0 49.5 30.75 31.5 2513
31. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2511 6.0 49.0 30.25 31.5 2350
32. Span, Paul NED 2294 6.0 48.0 29.50 29.5 2286
33. Andrijevic, Milan m YUG 2382 6.0 47.5 31.00 28.5 2270
34. Berendsen, Richard NED 2200 6.0 47.0 29.75 29.0 2408
35. Logothetis, Sotirios GRE 2235 6.0 44.0 27.50 28.0 2365
191 players
The 13th Sommerpokal in Recklinghausen, Germany took place 19th-25th
August 2002. Daniel Fridman won the event with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/2000/recklinghausen/index.html
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13th Summer Open Recklinghausen GER (GER), 19-25 viii 2002
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1. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2577 7.5 2594
2. Levin, Felix g GER 2524 7.0 2576
3. Mainka, Romuald g GER 2414 7.0 2497
4. Mainka, Gregor GER 2319 7.0 2453
5. Halasz, Tamas m HUN 2386 6.5 2493
6. Hausrath, Daniel m GER 2479 6.5 2463
7. Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2500 6.5 2392
8. Braslavskij, Alex UKR 2217 6.5 2377
9. Wilde, Pierre GER 2275 6.5 2324
10. Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2277 6.5 2345
11. Eismont, Igor GER 2264 6.5 2338
12. Genkin, Michael GER 2296 6.5 2319
13. Kummerow, Heiko f GER 2263 6.0 2289
14. Nebel, Jens GER 2173 5.5 2320
15. Michalczak, Thomas f GER 2274 6.0 2315
16. Wyrwich, Markus GER 2150 5.5 2294
17. Tomic, Bosko BIH 2182 5.5 2329
18. Trzaska, Peter GER 2198 5.5 2240
19. Schlawin, Marlon GER 2228 5.5 2268
20. Ciornei, Dragos GER 2223 5.5 2263
21. Bakhmatov, Eduard GER 2292 5.5 2261
22. Zeier, Robert GER 2142 5.5 2234
23. Lamb, Harry ENG 2170 5.5 2211
24. Kock, Wolfgang GER 2173 5.5 2233
25. Simon, Hans Christian GER 2205 5.5 2226
26. Koscielski, Janusch f GER 2287 5.5 2208
27. Alekseev, Vadim BLR m BLR 2407 5.5 2261
28. Becker, Martin GER 2189 5.5 2186
29. Litwak, Aleksej GER 2153 5.5 2208
30. Kartsev, Soel RUS 2203 5.5 2178
31. Hickl,Norbert GER ---- 5.5 2127
106 players
Dr. Aydin Saray reports: The 2nd Grand Prix Tournament of 2002 in Turkey
the event is called the "Saraybahçe Grand Prix Tournament 2002" and is
held in Kocaeli, Turkey. The venue is the place where ten thousands of people
had died due to the terrific earthquke in 1999 and the day tournament began is
the very same day with the earthquake in 1999. The event commemorates the
victims who died tragically in 1999.
The dates: 17-26 August, 2002. Swiss (136 players, ELO average: 2556
-top 20 players' average) 25 GMs, 22 IMs, 3 FMs, and 2 WGMs.
Links: List of participants:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/english/egp_saraybahce/list_of_participants.htm
Live games everyday (top 10): http://www.tsf.org.tr/web2/javalive.htm
(CET+2 hours) Tournament results, cross-tables,photos:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/saraybahce/egp_saraybahce.htm
Standings Round 8 (of 9)
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Saraybahce GP Kocaeli TUR (TUR), 17-26 viii 2002
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1. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2649 7.0
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2600 6.5
3. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2562 6.5
4. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2497 6.5
5. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2581 6.5
6. Gaprindashvili, Valerian m GEO 2471 6.0
7. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz AZE 2542 6.0
8. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2550 6.0
9. Gagunashvili, Merab m GEO 2469 6.0
136 players
The XX international chess festival "Mirnatom - 2002" (Russia, Rostov
region, city Volgodonsk) took place 2nd-11th August 2002. My thanks to
Alexander Ziuzginov.
Petr Korobkov (2324) took 1st place with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage Chess in the Rostov Region at:
http://www.fanchess.ru or directly
http://www.fanchess.ru/doma/2002/Mirnatom/itog.htm.
The Independence Cup, Kyiv took place August 13th-23rd 2002. Four
players finished on 8 points. Games to follow. News from Mikhail Golubev.
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/kyiv02i.htm
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Independence Cup-A Kyiv UKR, 13-23 August 2002
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1. Kislinsky, Alexey 2336 8.0 75.5
Demkovich, Anatoliy 2426 8.0 79.5
Zigura, Oleg 2388 8.0 67.5
Nosenko, Alexander 2473 8.0 68.5
5. Panchenko, Alexander G 2390 7.5 72.5
Berezin, Oleg 2440 7.5 73.0
Eschenko, Vadim 2433 7.5 65.0
Savchenko, Yuri Y. 0000 7.5 68.0
Gordenko, Dmitry 2347 7.5 67.0
10. Shalimov, Valery 2453 7.0 73.5
Kosikov, Alexey I 2415 7.0 71.5
Shishkin, Vadim 2396 7.0 65.5
Podat, Vladimir 2364 7.0 68.0
Sikula, Vaszilij 2423 7.0 65.5
68 players
The 15th Kiel Open took place 10th-16th August 2002. Michael Kopylov won
with 7.5/9. Games from the first 5 rounds are now available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/2000/kiel02/index.html
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10th Open Kiel GER, 10-16 viii 2002
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1. Kopylov,Michael UKR IM 2418 7.5 48.0
2. Levin, Felix GER GM 2524 7.0 50.5
2. Miezis,Normunds LAT GM 2483 7.0 50.5
4. Petrosian,Suren ARM IM 2392 7.0 47.5
5. Smetankin,Stanislav BLR IM 2455 7.0 47.5
6. Kreuzholz,Michael GER 2318 7.0 46.5
7. Menk,Rolf GER 2180 7.0 44.0
8. Haub,Thorsten Michae GER IM 2381 6.5 45.5
9. Polischtschuk,Viktor GER 2234 6.5 42.0
10. Bock,Andreas GER 2154 6.5 39.0
11. Baramidze,David GER 2351 6.0 50.0
12. Kalinitschew,Sergej GER GM 2487 6.0 49.5
12. Wisnewski,Christoph GER FM 2384 6.0 49.5
14. Starostits, Ilmars LAT IM 2442 6.0 48.5
15. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2214 6.0 46.0
16. Voelzke,Ferdinand GER 2195 6.0 44.5
17. Luckow,Rolf GER 2126 6.0 44.0
18. Böhm,Thomas GER 2188 6.0 43.0
19. Lamb, Harry ENG 2170 6.0 42.0
19. Inhoven,Stefan GER 2144 6.0 42.0
21. Kosak,Michael GER 1915 6.0 42.0
22. Kröncke,Manfred GER 2191 6.0 40.0
23. Buckan,Jens GER 2060 6.0 39.5
24. Berenstein,Michail GER 1930 6.0 35.5
130 players
The Botvinnik Memorial in Elista August 16th-27th has two round robin
events including the cat. VIII A event. I'll round up the games and results
next week. Currently the round 4 games are missing. The event is for former
opponents and pupils of the 6th World Chess Champion. 79 year old Svetozar
Gligoric leads the A event with one round to go!
Coverage: http://www.fideonline.com/botvinnik
World Youth Olympiad 2002
The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) has organised the World Youth
Olympiad (U16) which takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20th-28th August
2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.thechessnetwork.net
Porto San Giorgio
The Porto San Giorgio Open takes place August 20th-28th 2002. Players
include Igor Glek, Mladen Palac, Arkadij Rotstein, Alexei Barsov, Daniel
Campora and Gyula Sax.
Internet coverage:http://www.marcafermana.com/
6th Brasilia Chess Club Cup
The 6th Brasilia Chess Club Cup takes place from August 25 to September
1rst, in Brasília City/DF, Brazil. It´s a eleven round swiss FIDE
tournament organized by Brasília Chess Club. Top players: GM Darcy Lima
(2541), IM Everaldo Matsuura (2450), Luís Henrique Coelho (2352) and MF
Adriano Caldeira (2334). They will compete with 16 players from Rio, Minas and
Brasilia. Rate of play: 40 moves in 75 minutes, 15 minutes for the remainder of
the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1. This is the
first year that the event will be sponsored by Brasil Telecom
http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/default.asp
Internet coverage at http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/
Arab Chess Championships
Arab Chess Championships takes place in Casablanca 26th August - 4th
September 2002. Players include: Hicham Hamdouchi 2582, Slim Belkhoja 2505, and
Ahmed Al Medaihki (2523).
Internet coverage: http://arabchess1.ifrance.com/arabchess1/
6th Itau Cup
The 6th Itau Cup takes place September 28th - October 5th in the
São Paulo Chess Club. There will be R$ 30.000,00 (thirty thousand
reais), about US$ 10.000,00, in prizes, with R$ 5.000,00 for the first place.
The 9 round swiss will have a double round on September 29th. Games are at a
rate of 23 moves for the first hour and another hour for the remaining moves.
Further information: Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk address
hcvanriemsdijk@hipernet.com.br
Collado Villalba
The XIX Collado Villalba International Open takes place 23rd-31st
August.
Coverage: http://www.terra.es/personal2/c.a.c.v/
6 computers vs 6 humans 25th August 2002
http://www.chupicalabaza.com/ajedrez
COLLADO VILLALBA ALL STARS VS INFORCHESS COMPUTER TEAM
1º José Candela Pérez (M.F) ELO 2426
2º Santiago González de la Torre ELO 2420
3º Alberto Andrés Gonzalez (M.I) ELO 2399
4º Jesús Cao Armillas ELO 2213
5º Xavi March Morla ELO 2198
6º José Ángel Lopez de Turiso ELO 2160
Deep Fritz 7
Fritz 7
Schroeder
Hiarcs 8
Chess Tiger
Goliath
II Abierto de los Viernes
The II Abierto de los Viernes starts September 6th 2002. 5 round swiss.
Round 1 6th Sept, 2nd Round 13th Sept. 3rd Round 20th Sept, 4th Round 27th
Sept, 5th Round 4th Oct 2002. Further info: E-mail uru64@montevideo.com.uy
Tel.: 311 2699 José Riverol
AJ Goldsby's Chess Pages
AJ Goldsby has an internet site including annotated games and a training
program.
Site: http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/
1st Computer Chess Handheld Tournament
John Marountas announces the 1st Computer Chess Handheld Tournament
(CCHT) organized by Digital Chess Network (http://www.digichess.gr)
Dates
Weekend : November 2-3
Weekend : November 9-10.
Registration Date : Until October 31
Prizes
Programmers
Winner : Gold Metal + Trophy
Runner Up : Sliver Metal
Third : Bronze Metal
Registration URL : http://www.digichess.gr/ccht/register.htm
Operators The operators of the first three participants will win a FREE
website with 10 MBs of available space at the DigiChess Server. Official
Website : http://www.digichess.gr/ccht/
Brazilian School Chess Championships
The Brazilian School Chess Championships takes place in Batatais
City/SP, Brazil, from August 16th to 18th . The event set a new attendance
record with 538 students from 14 brazilian states. Chief Tournament Director,
Olyntho Meirelles, CBX Vice-President for Southeast Region, has confirmed the
participation of 368 boys and 170 girls from elementary, medium and high
school, participating of 5 categories (A/B -Elementary; C/D - Medium; E -
High). Promotion: Brazilian Chess Federation http://www.cbx.org.br , Batatais City Hall
http://www.batataisonline.com.br
and S. Paulo Secretary for Youth and Sports. Internet coverage at
http://www.escolar2002.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm
5th Pyramiden-Franken-Cup
The 5th Pyramiden-Franken-Cup takes place 31st August - 8th September
2002 in Fuerth. 9 Rounds. Timerate 2h/40moves + 1h. Players include: Konstantin
Landa (2621), Igor Khenkin (2598), Johnny Hector (2562), Zahar Efimenko (2557),
Fabian Doettling (2527), Emanuel Berg (2516), Gyula Sax (2511), Ivan Farago
(2502), Vlastimil Jansa (2500), Harmen Jonkmann (2497), Peter Wells (2479),
Andreas Schenk (2477), Florian Handke (2471) Tiger Hillarp Persson (2461),
Bakre Tejas (2450), Jan Werle (2443).
News: http://www.pyramiden-franken-cup.de
Germany vs. Greece
The German and Greek national teams are meeting in Fuerth in a six
round Scheveningen System tournament August 31st - September 5th 2002.
Timerate: 90min/games + 30sec/move. Teams: Germany: Graf (2624), Bischoff
(2554), Luther (2551), Schmaltz (2457), Gustafsson (2542), Buhmann (2527).
Greece: Halkias (2550), Banikas (2520), Nikolaidis (2502), Miladinovic (2501),
Mastrovasilis (2462).
Internet coverage: http://www.steffanklaus.de/dsblk02/
and http://www.pyramiden-franken-cup.de
Winterthur Chess Week
The 2nd Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 11th-20th 2002. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize
money of CHF 10750 (EUR 7400, USD 7200). Other events include an invitational
Young Masters tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 14th-18th), as well
as one Rapid and two Blitz tournaments. Further details:
http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/
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.
Web site at http://www.msoworld.com
European Rapid & Blitz Championship
The European Rapid & Blitz Championship is in Crete. The KYDON
SPORTS CLUB is organising the championship 29/-4/10 in IBEROSTAR CRETA MARINE
hotel. Contact MARY VIGLIRAKI thebest@ret.forthnet.gr for further details
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr
Benidorm, Spain
There are tournaments in Benidorm, Spain November 22nd-30th 2002.
Further info: Telephones of general information during the month of
August: 965202214 from 19 to 21 h.; 650407091; Sr. Hernández 950 130493
y 607631481, webmaster@ajedrezactual.com webmaster@jaque.tv
Details: http://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance2702.htm
America's Foundation for Chess
America's Foundation for Chess (formerly known as the Seattle Chess
Foundation) has a new website. The address is: http://www.af4c.org
Bethune Open
The 23rd Bethune International Open takes place 26th-30th December 2002
in the Salle Olof Palme, Commercial center La Rotonde, 62400 Bethune, FRANCE.
There are 7 rounds over 5 days with a time rate of 40 moves for 2hours followed
by one hour KO. Accelerated pairings, possibility of getting a FIDE rating.
This year the open is divided in two tournaments :- tournament A only
for players whose ELO rating is above or equals 1600 (> or =1600) -
tournament B only for players whose ELO rating is strictly under 1800
(<1800) At least 5500 euros prize (8300 euros given in 2001) 1st prize
tournament A : 1500 euros 1st prize tournament B : 250 euros General standing
and ELO-category prizes for both tournaments Entry cost : 40 Euros (adults) 20
Euros (youngsters under 20) A Blitz tournament (5 mins for each player) will be
organised on Saturday 28th December from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm (free morning) in
the tournament room. All the players can take part in it (entry cost 5euros).
Prizes : 100 % of the entry. (for information 1 $ (US dollar) = 1.05 Euros)
Website : http://bethunechess.freefr
Contact e-mail: bethunechess@hotmail.com
Narender Nath Memorial Tournament
The Narender Nath Memorial Tournament was a tournament to honor someone
who was lost in the WTC tragedy. The event was a corporate correspondence
tournament which is planned to be held every year Players of various skills
were invited to participate. The entry fee and prizes were donated to charity.
This years winner donated $1050 to the charity of their choice.
Details: http://www.tuckerfamily.ws/results.htm
Early Chess in Europe?
A team of British archaeologists has unearthed evidence suggesting that
Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century. An ivory chess
piece, excavated at a Byzantine palace in what is now southern Albania, is more
than 500 years older than any previously discovered.
Report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2155916.stm
1st Benidorm Internatonal
The 1st Benidorm Internatonal is an open taking place 21st-30th November
2002.
Further details: http://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance0702.htm
Collado Villalba Open
The XIX Open Internacional de Ajedrez de Collado Villalba takes place
23rd - 31st August 2002.
Further details: http://www.terra.es/personal2/c.a.c.v/
Tel Aviv IM
A new IM norm tournament will take place in Tel Aviv 22nd August - 1st
September 2002. Prizes about 3000sh (min). A few places are available for
players seeking norms. More information: GM Zvulon (Leonid) Gofshtein. Phones
972-3-7329233 (home), 972-54696432 (mobil) or e-mail-gofshtein@hotmail.com
Dubai Junior Open Championship
The first Dubai Junior Open Championships are being held by the Dubai
chess club. The official web site is
http://www.arabfide.com/ara/dj2002/index.htm
there is some games in pgn and complete table and results and photo album.
European Championship for Cadets in rapid and blitz
The European Individual and Team Chess Championships for Youth and
Juniors (Rapid And Blitz) takes place in Novi Sad August 15th-22nd 2002.
Contact 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;
2003 Australian Open
The Australian Open Chess Championships is to be held 2nd-10th January
2003. The Championships are jointly organised by The New South Wales Chess
Association Inc. and Australian Chess Enterprises on behalf of the Australian
Chess Federation Inc.
Further information:
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/penrith/index.cfm
Curacao Open
The Curacao (*) 1962-2002 chess tournament is an open tournament that
will be held November 16th-28th 2002. The tournament commemorates the 40th
Anniversary of the Candidates tournament in 1962. Viktor Korchnoi (a player)
and Yuri Averbach (a second) from the original event have already confirmed
that they will return after 40 years. The tournament will have 9 rounds and a
maximum of 120 players including about 15 titled players. Jan Timman (NL),
Bartek Macieja (Pol), Sofia Polgar (Israel/Hungary), Yona Kosashvili (Israel),
Anjelina Belakovskaia (USA), Alonso Zapata (Colombia), Johan Alvarez
(Venezuela) and Carlos Gallegos (Venezuela) are amongst the players.
More information (including a 1962 and a 2001 picture gallery and
general information about Curacao) is available at:
http://www.curacao.com/chess. There
is also a download of the electronic tournament book of the 2001 edition
available. Jan Timman was the winner of that tournament.
(*) Curacao is an island in the Caribbean and is part of the Netherlands
Antilles.
Miercurea Ciuc (Romania)
The V International Chess Festival Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) takes place
19.08 - 01.09.2002 Miercurea Ciuc, 19.08 - 25.08.2002 : V." Ciuc-Premium" (9
rounds), Miercurea Ciuc, 26.08 - 01.09.2002 : III." Banc Post" (9 rounds)
Venue : Study-house Jakab Antal ** (Szék str. 147) and Banc Post
** (Sadoveanu str. 4). A) International FIDE round robin tournaments for
international rating B) International FIDE open tournaments Rate of play : 40/2
; + 0.30 minutes.
Program : Monday, August 19 and August 26 : 15.30 opening ceremony
16.00-21.00 round I Tuesday, August 20 and August 27 : 16.00-21.00 round II
Wednesday, August 21 and August 28 : 09.00-14.00 round III 16.00-21.00 round IV
Thursday, August 22 and August 29 : 16.00-21.00 round V Friday, August 23 and
August 30 : 09.00-14.00 round VI 16.00-21.00 round VII Saturday, August 24 and
August 31 : 16.00-21.00 round VIII Sunday, August 25 and September 1 :
09.00-14.00 round IX 15.00 closed ceremony
Entry fee (EUR): FIDE rating Group "A" unrated 60 2000-2099 30 2100-2199
20 2200-2299 10 above 2300 no entry fee Group "B" Adult 20 EUR, Youth 10 EUR.
Prizes : V. "Ciuc-Premium" + III. "Banc Post" prize funds = 500 EUR + extra
prizes. Accomodation prizes : Study-house Jakab Antal ** and Banc Post ** -
Full board, Single room/day = 22 EUR, - Full board, Bouble room/person/day = 18
EUR
Organizer : IM Sandor Biro Postal address : R-4100 Miercurea Ciuc 1,
C.P. 68, Romania Phone/fax : (+40)-266-316712, mobile : (+40)-740-021866 E-mail
: caissa@topnet.ro
Hungarian and Yugoslav Tournaments
Hungarian and YUG Chess tournaments in the second half of 2002.
1. 16th-22nd of August, TALENTUM KUPA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Balatonkenese
org: Mr.VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu
2. 7th-19th of September, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest,
3. 21st of September-2nd of October KECSKEMET, GM closed, org:
dr.Erdelyi,
4. 5th-18th of October, FIRST SATURDAY, 2 GM /cat.IX-X !!,
cat.VII-VIII/, IM-FM, Budapest,
5. 18th-31st of October, GM-IM tmt THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, org: Kotevski
6. 2nd-15th of November, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest,
7. 16th-28th of November, GM-IM KECSKEMÉT, org: dr.Erdelyi,
8. 7th-19th of December, GM-IM-FM, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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).
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
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/
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
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
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
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'.
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.