THE WEEK IN CHESS 424 23rd December 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Kasparov-Karpov Rapid Match 4 games
Groningen 2002 10 games
Pamplona 2002 49 games
World Junior Championships 313 games
XV Carlos Torre Tournament 206 games
XII Magistral de Elgoibar 17 games
2nd Balkan Championships 199 games
Romanian Championships 93 games
Winter Cup 78 games
First Saturday December 43 games
Bundesliga Rounds 5-6 160 games
16th Clichy Masters 44 games
10th L'amitié Bagneux 45 games
1st Ilijas Subasic Memorial 45 games
Salona 2002 90 games
Zadar Christmas Open 136 games
Third Saturday December 9 games
Cairnhill Open 2002 138 games
1669 games
My thanks to Gozzi Giorgio, Kenny Chern, Laszlo Nagy and Andras Bacsi,
Mirjana Medic, Sead Bicevic, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Jesús Mena, Jovan
Petronic, Cor Kamstra, Robert Ericsson and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
Kasparov dominates news this week. The good news for Kasparov is that
finally a date has been agreed for his match against Deep Junior. It will take
place in New York under the auspices of FIDE. The event is sure to get a lot of
publicity. The bad news was Kasparov's loss to Karpov this week in a two day
exhibition match in New York. Kasparov lost two games against his oldest rival
the first losses since 1990 at any form of chess. This also is the second
consecutive poor performance at rapid chess following a terrible performance in
the Russia vs. The World Match. In the broader scheme of things this wasn't an
important event but there was no hiding Kasparov's disappointment in the
aftermath.
Seasonal greetings to everyone.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The four game match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov took place
in New York, NY, USA, December 19th-20th 2002 in the ABC Studios in Times
Square. 2 Games 25 mins + 10 secs were played each day. Karpov was the surprise
winner 2.5-1.5. These are Karpov's first wins against Kasparov in any form of
chess since he won game 23 of their World Championships match in December 1990.
This is the first match win of any sort Karpov has scored against Kasparov. The
event was an exhibition promoting x3d products, the magician David Blaine made
the ceremonial first move.
Karpov, Anatoly - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 52 D92 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Kasparov, Garry - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 47 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 46 D92 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Kasparov, Garry - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
x3dworld rapid New York USA (USA), 19-20 xii 2002
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1 2 3 4
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2688 0 1 1 = 2.5 2933
Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 1 0 0 = 1.5 2601
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Internet coverage: http://www.x3dworld.com
The delayed Kasparov vs. Deep Junior match will take place 22nd January
- 2nd February 2003 in Manhattan New York (there will be a preliminary event
7th - 9th January 2003 in Jerusalem). The match was announced by FIDE
President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Moscow on Friday 20th December 2002. Games
will be played on 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, 31st January and 2nd February 2003.
The match will be held under the auspices of the International Chess Federation
(FIDE) and International Computer Games Association (ICGA) with classical time
control. The Prize Fund of US $1m with $500,000 honorarium to Garry Kasparov,
with the other half being divided in the following proportion: Winner gets
$300,000, Loser $200,000 and in the case of a tie, $250,000 each.
The Category X Harmonie Chesstournament in Groningen takes place
December 21st-30th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2002/2002.html
Round 1 (December 21, 2002)
Dgebuadze, Alexandre - Baramidze, David 1-0 27 B89 Unknown
Romero Holmes, Alfonso - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 21 E71 King's Indian 5.h3
Smeets, Jan - Werle, Jan 1-0 28 B56 Sicilian Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 37 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Jonkman, Harmen - Li Wenliang 0-1 42 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Round 2 (December 22, 2002)
Li Wenliang - Baramidze, David 1-0 34 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Nijboer, Friso - Smeets, Jan 1-0 50 C42 Petroff's Defence
Stellwagen, Daniel - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 40 C42 Petroff's Defence
Jonkman, Harmen - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 1/2 64 C02 French Advance
Werle, Jan - Dgebuadze, Alexandre 0-1 42 A98 Dutch Defence
Harmonie Groningen NED (NED), 21-30 xii 2002 cat. X (2478)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Li Wenliang m CHN 2497 * . . . . . . 1 1 . 2.0
2 Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2537 . * . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2556 . . * . . 1 = . . . 1.5 2672
4 Stellwagen, Daniel f NED 2426 . . . * = . 1 . . . 1.5 2703
5 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2524 . . . = * . . = . . 1.0 2441
6 Smeets, Jan NED 2461 . . 0 . . * . . . 1 1.0 2495
7 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2497 . . = 0 . . * . . . 0.5 2298
8 Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2456 0 . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2317
9 Baramidze, David GER 2390 0 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Werle, Jan m NED 2434 . 0 . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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The Pamplona 2002 takes place 21st-28th December 2002. The main event
is a double round robin four player Category 16 event. At this very early stage
Viktor Bologan has scored 1.5/2. My thanks to Jesús Mena for the
news.
Round 1 (December 21, 2002)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 43 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Sokolov, Ivan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 21 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 2 (December 22, 2002)
Bologan, Viktor - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 66 A22 English Opening
It Pamplona ESP (ESP), 21-28 xii 2002 cat. XVI (2650)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2627 ** =. .. 1. 1.5 2837
2 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2635 =. ** =. .. 1.0 2655
3 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2684 .. =. ** =. 1.0 2644
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2653 0. .. =. ** 0.5 2462
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Open Pamplona ESP (ESP), 21-28 xii 2002
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1. Adla, Diego m ARG 2504 3.0
2. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2494 3.0
3. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2394 3.0
4. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2359 3.0
5. Alvarez Ibarra, Rafael m ESP 2425 3.0
6. Baron Rodriguez, Jesus m ESP 2412 3.0
7. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2445 3.0
8. Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2423 3.0
120 players
The 41st World Junior & 19th Girls U-20 Chess Championships took
place in Panaji, Goa, 8th to 21st December 2002. Levon Aronian took gold, Luke
McShane Silver and Surya Sekhar Ganguly the bronze. Zhao Xue took the women's
title. A number of the games from the final round are missing. I've changed the
name Iara Santana round in the games section.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldjuniorchessgoa.com/
Final Round 13 Standings:
41st WJun Goa IND (IND), 9-20 xii 2002
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1 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2581 10.0
2 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2546 9.5
3 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2531 9.0 29462
4 Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2558 9.0 29235
5 Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2495 8.5 29965
6 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2601 8.5 29661
7 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2545 8.5 29651
8 Harikrishna, P g IND 2551 8.5 29637
9 Ni Hua f CHN 2545 8.5 29406
10 Inarkiev, Ernesto m RUS 2556 8.5 28961
11 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2570 8.0
12 Erenburg, Sergey m ISR 2494 8.0
13 Paragua, Mark m PHI 2476 8.0
14 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2461 8.0
15 Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2436 8.0
16 Annaberdiev, Meilis f TKM 2305 8.0
17 Miton, Kamil m POL 2564 7.5
18 Azarov, Sergei m BLR 2520 7.5
19 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2511 7.5
20 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2452 7.5
21 Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2431 7.5
22 Bar, Roman m ISR 2413 7.5
23 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2383 7.5
24 Smerdon, David m AUS 2382 7.5
25 Deepan, Chakkravarthy J m IND 2355 7.5
26 Poobesh Anand, S IND 2351 7.5
27 Jeremic, Veljko m YUG 2487 7.0
28 Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2408 7.0
29 Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2408 7.0
30 Jirka, Jiri CZE 2378 7.0
31 Vioreanu, Bogdan ROM 2379 7.0
32 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2374 7.0
33 Glinert, Stephen f CAN 2351 7.0
34 Li Qun f CHN 2320 7.0
35 Rohit, G IND 2319 7.0
36 Darban, M IRI 2310 7.0
88 players
19th WJun Girls Goa IND (IND), 9-20 xii 2002
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1 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2367 10.5 75.5
2 Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2484 10.5 71.5
3 Kosintseva, Nadezhda wm RUS 2388 10.0 69.5
4 Kosintseva, Tatiana wg RUS 2427 9.5 65.5
5 Wang Yu wf CHN 2368 9.0 67
6 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wf RUS 2210 8.5 56.5
7 Pogonina, Natalija wf RUS 2397 8.0 60.5
8 Tania, Sachdev wm IND 2189 8.0 55
9 Tian Tian wg CHN 2311 7.5 55
10 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2248 7.5 55.5
11 Pratibha, Y IND 2223 7.5 48.5
12 Milliet, Sophie FRA 2164 7.5 56
13 Holusova, Tana CZE 2106 7.5 43
14 Delphin, C IND 2084 7.5 45
15 Moser, Eva wm AUT 2371 7.0 53
16 Calotescu, Cristina wm ROM 2324 7.0 58.5
17 Makka, Ioulia GRE 2257 7.0 59.5
18 Zigangirova, Sofya KAZ 2241 7.0 53.5
19 Karavade, Eesha IND 2171 7.0 53.5
20 Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2086 7.0 47
21 Kavitha, J.E IND 2064 7.0 38
22 Rajalakshmi, C.V IND 2018 7.0 41.5
51 players
The XV Carlos Torre International Tournament took place 13th-21st
December 2002. After 6 rounds the field split into two. The leading 16 players
played in a knockout and the rest of the players continued in the Swiss. The
knockout consisted of a single standard time-rate game (available) which if
that ended in a draw which was followed by playoff games at a faster timerate
(unavailable). Valerij Filippov won a playoff game to take the final against
Vadim Milov.
Internet coverage:
http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/convocatoria_2002.htm
and
standings
Round 1 (December 18, 2002)
Zapata, Alonso - * Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 37 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Georgiev, Vladimir - * Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 52 D14 Slav Exchange
Mitkov, Nikola - * Hernandez, Gilberto 0-1 50 B45 Sicilian Classical
Tyomkin, Dimitri - * Filippov, Valerij 1/2 14 D10 Slav Defence
Arencibia, Walter * - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander 1/2 23 A07 Barcza System
Ehlvest, Jaan * - Gonzalez, Juan Carlos 1-0 29 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Lalic, Bogdan - * Kogan, Artur 1/2 25 D10 Slav Defence
Milov, Vadim * - Soppe, Guillermo 1-0 68 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 2 (December 19, 2002)
Dominguez, Lenier * - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 24 C11 French Defence
Filippov, Valerij * - Hernandez, Gilberto 1-0 71 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Ehlvest, Jaan - * Arencibia, Walter 0-1 64 B15 Caro Kann
Kogan, Artur - * Milov, Vadim 1/2 15 D38 QGD Ragozin
Round 3 (December 20, 2002)
Filippov, Valerij * - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 55 D23 QGA
Arencibia, Walter - * Milov, Vadim 1/2 40 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 4 (December 21, 2002)
Milov, Vadim - * Filippov, Valerij 1/2 21 D30 Queen's Gambit
XV Carlos Torre Merida MEX (MEX), 13-21 xii 2002
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1 Gonzalez, Juan Carlos f CUB 2517 6.5
2 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2542 6.0
3 Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2501 6.0
4 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2469 6.0
5 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2613 6.0
6 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2594 6.0
7 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2382 6.0
8 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2567 5.5
9 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2556 5.5
10 Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2529 5.5
11 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2622 5.5
12 Aldama, Degurnay m MEX 2443 5.5
13 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2417 5.5
14 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2345 5.5
15 Ramirez, Alejandro m CRC 2421 5.5
77 players
The XII Magistral de Elgoibar took place 12th-20th December 2002. The
unusual tie-break used meant that Oleg Korneev took first from Hermino Herraiz
Hidalgo both finished on 6.5/9. Games from the first six rounds only are
available.
Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/gaztelugatxe/
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XII It Elgoibar ESP (EPS), 12-20 xii 2002 cat. IX (2461)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2458 * 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2627
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2551 0 * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2617
3. Ubilava, Elizbar g GEO 2552 = = * = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2576
4. Baron Rodriguez, Jesus m ESP 2412 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2546
5. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2522 = 0 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2497
6. Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago ESP 2399 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 4.0 2425
7. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2428 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2385
8. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2476 0 = = 0 0 = = * = = 3.0 2334
9. Paunovic, Dragan m YUG 2532 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2328
10. Argandona Rivero, Inigo ESP 2284 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 2.0 2261
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The 2nd Balkan Individual Chess Championships took place 10th-17th
December 2002 in Kubbeli Salon, Turkey. Hristos Banikas won the men's event
with 7/9 Alina Motoc the women's.
Internet
coverage
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ch-Balkan Istanbul TUR (TUR), 10-19 xii 2002
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1. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2520 +16 - 2 +19 = 4 +21 = 9 +11 + 7 +10 7.0 2609
2. Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2463 +17 + 1 = 3 + 6 = 4 =11 + 9 =10 = 5 6.5 2596
3. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2495 +19 = 5 = 2 =21 +10 = 4 = 7 =11 +13 6.0 2535
4. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2490 +13 =18 + 8 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 5 + 6 - 7 5.5 2510
5. Stojanovski, Dejan m MKD 2431 +22 = 3 =11 =10 = 7 =14 = 4 + 9 = 2 5.5 2478
6. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2518 =20 +14 +18 - 2 - 9 + 8 +16 - 4 +11 5.5 2442
7. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2465 -14 +25 +24 = 9 = 5 +19 = 3 - 1 + 4 5.5 2427
8. Organdziev, Oliver f MKD 2338 +12 =11 - 4 =20 =13 - 6 +25 +19 +14 5.5 2394
9. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2215 =15 +26 =10 = 7 + 6 = 1 - 2 - 5 +16 5.0 2475
10. Sofronie, Iulian m ROM 2460 =24 +20 = 9 = 5 - 3 +13 +14 = 2 - 1 5.0 2406
11. Grigore, George m ROM 2482 +21 = 8 = 5 =14 +16 = 2 - 1 = 3 - 6 4.5 2407
12. Cela,Shkelqim ALB ---- - 8 =13 -20 +23 =15 +25 =19 =16 =17 4.5 2284
13. Karadeniz, Emre f TUR 2300 - 4 =12 =25 +22 = 8 -10 +26 +20 - 3 4.5 2311
14. Yeke, Serkan TUR 2280 + 7 - 6 +15 =11 =20 = 5 -10 =18 - 8 4.0 2371
15. Arduman, Can m TUR 2369 = 9 =24 -14 -25 =12 =17 +18 =22 =19 4.0 2182
16. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2324 - 1 =17 +23 +18 -11 +21 - 6 =12 - 9 4.0 2273
17. Kilicaslan, Hasan f TUR 2264 - 2 =16 -21 =26 +22 =15 =24 =25 =12 4.0 2224
18. Rama, Lorenc f ALB 2348 +23 = 4 - 6 -16 +26 =20 -15 =14 =24 4.0 2300
19. Olcayoz, Alper f TUR 2310 - 3 +22 - 1 +24 +25 - 7 =12 - 8 =15 4.0 2268
20. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2318 = 6 -10 +12 = 8 =14 =18 =23 -13 -22 3.5 2217
21. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2297 -11 +23 +17 = 3 - 1 -16 -22 =24 =26 3.5 2265
22. Tofan, Ibrahim TUR 2233 - 5 -19 +26 -13 -17 -23 +21 =15 +20 3.5 2234
23. Demirel, Tolga TUR 2202 -18 -21 -16 -12 +24 +22 =20 =26 =25 3.5 2169
24. Ipek, Ali f TUR 2249 =10 =15 - 7 -19 -23 =26 =17 =21 =18 3.0 2214
25. Reyhan, Dogan TUR 2133 =26 - 7 =13 +15 -19 -12 - 8 =17 =23 3.0 2162
26. Atakisi, Umut f TUR 2340 =25 - 9 -22 =17 -18 =24 -13 =23 =21 2.5 2083
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ch-Balkan w Istanbul TUR (TUR), 10-19 xii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Motoc, Alina wf ROM 2272 +11 + 8 + 2 + 6 + 4 + 3 - 7 +16 =12 7.5 2378
2. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2313 +15 + 5 - 1 + 8 +10 + 6 + 9 - 3 + 7 7.0 2293
3. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2140 +14 + 4 - 6 = 5 + 9 - 1 +10 + 2 + 8 6.5 2299
4. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2272 +12 - 3 + 9 + 7 - 1 + 8 + 5 =13 = 6 6.0 2217
5. Ionica, Iulia wm ROM 2203 +13 - 2 +16 = 3 = 6 +11 - 4 +12 +14 6.0 2218
6. Yildiz, Betul Cemre TUR 2117 =10 + 7 + 3 - 1 = 5 - 2 +16 +11 = 4 5.5 2222
7. Andreeva, Mariya BUL 2083 = 9 - 6 +13 - 4 +11 +15 + 1 +14 - 2 5.5 2168
8. Meseli, Perihan TUR 2020 +16 - 1 +14 - 2 +13 - 4 +15 + 9 - 3 5.0 2134
9. Yilmaz, Ezgi TUR ---- = 7 +10 - 4 +14 - 3 +12 - 2 - 8 +15 4.5 2072
10. Gencer, Ozlem TUR ---- = 6 - 9 +11 +12 - 2 +16 - 3 =15 =13 4.5 2043
11. Conkinska, Kristina MKD ---- - 1 =13 -10 +15 - 7 - 5 +14 - 6 +16 3.5 1975
12. Jonovska, Katerina MKD ---- - 4 -14 +15 -10 =16 - 9 +13 - 5 = 1 3.0 1938
13. Korkmaz, Burcu TUR ---- - 5 =11 - 7 +16 - 8 -14 -12 = 4 =10 2.5 1898
14. Topel, Hatice TUR ---- - 3 +12 - 8 - 9 -15 +13 -11 - 7 - 5 2.0 1809
15. Gencer, Asiye TUR 1823 - 2 -16 -12 -11 +14 - 7 - 8 =10 - 9 1.5 1773
16. Dincel, Melodi TUR ---- - 8 +15 - 5 -13 =12 -10 - 6 - 1 -11 1.5 1775
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The Romanian Championships for men and women took place in Curtea de
Arges 23rd November and 3rd December 2002. The even was a knockout.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the men's event and Irina Ionescu-Brandis the
women's. My thanks to Radu-Catalin Chirila.
Round 1 (November 23, 2002)
Vajda, Levente * - Luca, Ionel 1-0 1-0
Parligras, Mircea * - Pribeanu, Dacian 1-0
Manolache, Marius * - Malanca, Adrian 1-0 1-0
Sofronie, Iulian * - Buescu, Neculai 1/2 1-0
Berescu, Alin * - Teodorescu, Ioan 1-0 1-0
Ardeleanu, Alin * - Breahna, Radu 1-0 1-0
Bogdan, Dan * - Aldea, Laurentiu-Ioan 1-0 0-1
Danilov, Vladimir - * Grunberg, Florin 1-0 0-1
Moraru, Marius - * Florescu, Codrut 1-0 0-1
Pali, Adrian - * Moldovan, Daniel 1/2 0-1
Manea, Alexandru - * Ungureanu, Vlad 1/2 0-1
Filip, Lucian - * Ceteras, Marius 0-1 0-1
Minescu, Dragos Olivar - * Nevednichy, Vladislav 0-1 0-1
Nita, Lucian - * Negulescu, Adrian 0-1 0-1
Todoran, Ion George - * Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0-1 0-1
Veneteanu, Ion Cristian - * Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel 0-1 0-1
Round 2 (November 25, 2002)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter * - Grunberg, Florin 1-0 1-0
Nevednichy, Vladislav * - Ungureanu, Vlad 1-0 1-0
Negulescu, Adrian * - Berescu, Alin 1/2 1-0
Moldovan, Daniel - * Bogdan, Dan 1/2 1/2
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel - * Manolache, Marius 1/2 0-1
Ceteras, Marius - * Sofronie, Iulian 0-1 1/2
Ardeleanu, Alin - * Vajda, Levente 0-1 0-1
Florescu, Codrut - * Parligras, Mircea 0-1 0-1
Round 3 (November 27, 2002)
Vajda, Levente * - Manolache, Marius 1-0 1-0
Parligras, Mircea * - Sofronie, Iulian 1-0 1-0
Negulescu, Adrian - * Nevednichy, Vladislav 1/2 1/2
Bogdan, Dan - * Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0-1 0-1
Round 4 (November 29, 2002)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter * - Parligras, Mircea 1/2 1-0
Nevednichy, Vladislav - * Vajda, Levente 0-1 0-1
Round 5 (December 1, 2002)
Vajda, Levente - * Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0-1 1/2
Nevednichy, Vladislav * - Parligras, Mircea 1-0 1-0
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ch-ROM Curtea de Arges ROM (ROM), 7-19 xii 2002
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1. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2613
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2576
3. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2555
4. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2490
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Round 1 (November 25, 2002)
Olarasu, Gabriela * - Munteanu, Denisa 1-0 1/2
Ionica, Iulia * - Manicuta, Monica 1-0 1-0
Miron, Oana - * Voicu, Carmen 1-0 0-1
Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea * - Gheorghe, Corina 1-0 0-1
Marin, Luiza - * Apostoaie, Liliana 0-1 1/2
Bejan, Daniela - * Dragomirescu, Angela 0-1 0-1
Tutulan, Mihaela - * Motoc, Alina 0-1 0-1
Round 2 (November 27, 2002)
Motoc, Alina * - Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea 1-0 1-0
Dragomirescu, Angela - * Ionica, Iulia 0-1 1/2
Apostoaie, Liliana - * Ionescu-Brandis, Irina 0-1 1/2
Voicu, Carmen - * Olarasu, Gabriela 1/2 0-1
Round 3 (November 29, 2002)
Motoc, Alina * - Olarasu, Gabriela 1-0 0-1
Ionescu-Brandis, Irina * - Ionica, Iulia 1-0 1/2
Round 4 (December 1, 2002)
Ionescu-Brandis, Irina * - Motoc, Alina 1-0 1/2
Olarasu, Gabriela * - Ionica, Iulia 1-0 0-1
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ch-ROM w Curtea de Arges ROM (ROM), 7-19 xii 2002
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1. Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wg ROM 2326
2. Motoc, Alina wf ROM 2272
3. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2307
4. Ionica, Iulia wm ROM 2203
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The Winter Cup IM tournament took place in Bucharest, Romania 1st-13th
December 2002. Ciprian Nanu won the even with 9.5/12 and a point behind Slavisa
Milanovic made an IM norm. My thanks to Radu-Catalin Chirila.
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Winter Cup Bucharest ROM (ROM), 1-13 xii 2002 cat. III (2302)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2437 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.5 2521
2. Milanovic, Slavisa YUG 2298 = * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 8.5 2460
3. Diulger, Alexey m MDA 2326 = 0 * = = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2395
4. Podinic, Vladimir f YUG 2367 0 = = * 1 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2353
5. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2332 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 0 6.5 2328
6. Hrzic, Ivan YUG 2302 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2331
7. Raceanu, Valentin ROM 2339 0 0 1 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2328
8. Chirila, Christian ROM 2186 0 = = = = = 1 * 1 = 0 = = 6.0 2312
9. Aldea, Laurentiu-Ioan ROM 2296 1 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 6.0 2302
10. Manea, Alexandru ROM 2307 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 5.0 2244
11. Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea wm ROM 2244 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 * = = 3.5 2149
12. Dinu, Dumitru-Daniel f ROM 2315 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2143
13. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2181 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 2.0 2039
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The First Saturday tournaments for December take place 7th-20th
December 2002. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Andras Bacsi.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0212/index.htm
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FSGM Dec Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. VII (2418)
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1. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2482 * 1 = 0 = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2514
2. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2426 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = = 7.0 2519
3. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2432 = = * = 1 1 0 = = 1 = = 6.5 2482
4. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2475 1 = = * 0 = = 1 = = = = 6.0 2449
5. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2365 = = 0 1 * = = = = 0 1 1 6.0 2459
6. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2367 = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.5 2423
7. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2437 0 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2416
8. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2398 1 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 5.0 2384
9. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2420 0 = = = = = = = * = = = 5.0 2382
10. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2421 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 = * = 1 5.0 2382
11. Anka, Emil g HUN 2462 = = = = 0 0 0 = = = * = 4.0 2312
12. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2336 0 = = = 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 3.5 2292
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FSIMA Dec Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. IV (2338)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Jakab, Attila m HUN 2367 ** =1 10 01 11 11 7.5 2525
2 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2338 =0 ** 0= == 11 11 6.0 2410
3 Grafl, Florian f GER 2351 01 1= ** == == == 5.5 2371
4 Dresen, Ulrich f GER 2316 10 == == ** 0= == 4.5 2306
5 Peredy, Ferenc m HUN 2312 00 00 == 1= ** =1 4.0 2271
6 Graham, Nathaniel f USA 2346 00 00 == == =0 ** 2.5 2143
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FSIMB Dec Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Popovics, Adam f HUN 2320 * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2504
2. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wm IND 2271 = * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2431
3. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2338 = 0 * 1 = = 0 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2357
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2384 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2353
5. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2254 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 0 1 1 6.0 2335
6. Berczes, David HUN 2232 = 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = 1 = 6.0 2337
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 0 = 1 0 1 0 * = = = 1 = 5.5 2295
8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2288 0 = 0 = = 1 = * = = 1 = 5.5 2296
9. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2304 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 1 4.5 2230
10. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2337 0 0 0 0 1 = = = = * = = 4.0 2190
11. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2270 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2165
12. Harmatosi, Jozsef HUN 2255 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 2.0 2037
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Rounds 5 and 6 of the German Bundesliga took place over the weekend of
December 14th-15th 2002. Luebeck and SG Köln Porz are still on 6/6. Round
7 appears to have been almost completed (most teams have been playing these
matches early) but I don't have official standings after these results. Games
now available.
The 16th Clichy Masters took place 14th-22nd December 2002. Ovidiu
Foisor won the event with 6.5/9. The result of the round 9 game Kirszenberg -
Guilbert is unavailable or was unplayed.
Internet coverage: http://www.clichy-echecs.org/ and
http://www.europe-echecs.com
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16th Clichy Masters FRA (FRA), 14-22 xii 2002 cat. III (2305)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2428 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2457
2. Gervasio, Ricardo BRA 2347 = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2425
3. Collas, Didier m FRA 2402 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2419
4. Aleksieva, Silvia wg BUL 2342 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2426
5. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2408 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2418
6. Sanchez, Louis FRA 2239 0 1 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 4.5 2312
7. Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2292 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 4.5 2306
8. Daurelle, Herve FRA 2217 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * = 1 2.0 2095
9. Kirszenberg, Marc FRA 2232 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * ? 1.5 2083
10. Guilbert, Herve FRA 2145 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 ? * 1.0 2012
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The 10th L'amitié tournament in Bagneux, France took place
9th-17th December 2002. Seres, Payen and Brochet scored 6/9, Brochet making his
4th IM norm.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
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10th Amitie Bagneux FRA (FRA), 9-17 xii 2002 cat. V (2355)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2465 * = 1 = 1 1 = = = = 6.0 2468
2. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2356 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2480
3. Brochet, Philippe f FRA 2425 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2472
4. Le Quang, Kim f BEL 2274 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 0 5.0 2407
5. Zigura, Oleg m UKR 2401 0 = = = * 1 0 = = 1 4.5 2350
6. De Sousa, Jose-Claude FRA 2304 0 = 1 0 0 * = = = 1 4.0 2318
7. Mohandesi, Shahin f IRI 2358 = 0 0 = 1 = * = 0 1 4.0 2312
8. Nguyen Chi Minh FRA 2358 = 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 4.0 2312
9. Peyrat, Olivier f FRA 2300 = = 0 0 = = 1 0 * = 3.5 2281
10. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2313 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2140
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The 1st Ilijas Subasic Memorial took place in Zenica (BIH) 9th-15th
2002. Sahbaz Nurkic won the event with 7/9. Info Sead Bicevic.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah.co.ba
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1st Ilijas Subasic Mem Zenica BIH (BIH), 9-15 xii 2002cat. IV (2328)
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1. Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2394 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2540
2. Zivanic, Marko m YUG 2426 = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2442
3. Tomic, Bosko BIH 2182 = 1 * 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2424
4. Jakubovic, Nedzad m BIH 2403 = 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2399
5. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2348 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2368
6. Meszaros, Gyula m HUN 2345 0 1 1 0 0 * = = = 1 4.5 2326
7. Bajramovic, Halid BIH 2275 0 = 0 1 0 = * = 1 0 3.5 2254
8. Sebestyen, Balazs f HUN 2322 0 0 1 0 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2248
9. Muratovic, Enver f BIH 2314 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 2.5 2163
10. Serdarevic, Muhamed BIH 2272 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 2.0 2114
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Mirjana Medic of the Croatian Chess Federation sends news and games of
the Salona 2002 rapid tournament in Solin-Split (Croatia) 12th-20th December
2002. The Category 11 event saw the players have 1 hour for all their moves.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/solin/salona_02/index.htm
Salona Rapid 1hr Solin-Spilt CRO (CRO), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. XI (2525)
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1 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2548 ** == == =1 11 =0 11 == 01 11 12.0 2647
2 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2562 == ** == == == =1 =1 == 1= 11 11.5 2622
3 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2562 == == ** =1 01 == 11 =1 == 10 11.0 2600
4 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2554 =0 == =0 ** 01 1= 10 1= 11 =1 10.5 2578
5 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2565 00 == 10 10 ** =1 10 1= 11 1= 10.5 2577
6 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2590 =1 =0 == 0= =0 ** 0= =1 11 == 9.0 2517
7 Kovacevic, Vlatko g CRO 2500 00 =0 00 01 01 1= ** 01 11 11 9.0 2527
8 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2520 == == =0 0= 0= =0 10 ** 0= 1= 7.0 2445
9 Roschina, Tatiana wg RUS 2265 10 0= == 00 00 00 00 1= ** 1= 5.5 2412
10 Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2581 00 00 01 =0 0= == 00 0= 0= ** 4.0 2298
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Mirjana Medic sends news of the Christmas Chess Tournament "Zadar 2002"
which took place 14th-22nd December 2002 in Zadar, Croatia in the Hotel Pinija
Petrane. Hrvoje Stevic won the event with 7/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zadar/zadar_02/index.htm
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Christmas Open Zadar CRO (CRO), 14-22 xii 2002
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1. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2512 7 39.5
2. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2560 6.5 41.0
3. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2441 6.5 40.5
4. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2432 6.5 37.5
5. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2534 6.5 36.0
6. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2387 6 42.5
7. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2372 6 37.0
8. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2568 6 36.0
9. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2504 6 36.0
10. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2420 6 33.5
11. Jankovic, Alojzije f CRO 2329 5.5 40.0
12. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2414 5.5 38.0
13. Zufic, Miroslav f CRO 2321 5.5 37.0
14. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2432 5.5 31.0
56 players
The Third Saturday December tournament in Belgrade December 21st-31st
2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/srpski.htm
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TSGM Dec Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21-31 xii 2002 cat. VII (2406)
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1. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2437 * . . = . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2578
2. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2472 . * . . = . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2581
3. Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2492 . . * . . . 1 . ? . . . 1.0
4. Arsovic, Zoran m YUG 2410 = . . * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2430
5. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2423 . = . = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2441
6. Abergel, Thal FRA 2361 0 . . . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 2458
7. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2336 . . 0 . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2352
8. Tadic, Branko m YUG 2480 . . . . . 0 . * . . . 1 1.0 2286
9. Cabrilo, Goran g YUG 2457 . . ? . . . . . * ? . . 0.0
10. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2436 . . . . . . . . ? * ? . 0.0
11. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2354 . 0 . . . . . . . ? * . 0.0
12. Lundin, Jan SWE 2212 . . . . . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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Kenny Chern reports that the 20th Cairnhill Open took place 11th - 15th
Dec 2002 in Cairnhill CC, Singapore. The 7 round Swiss System attracted 78
participants including 31 FIDE rated players with 2 GMs, 5 IMs and 2 FMs, one
of the strongest fields ever in a Singaporean event. GM Wu Shaobin won the
event with 6/7. Games now available.
Further details at
http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/open02/02_Main.htm
Final standings:
1 Wu Shaobin 6.0 31 2544
2 Gokhale C. S. 5.5 32.5 2389
Tu Hoang Thai 5.5 32 2404
Bakre Tejas 5.5 31 2452
Shetty Rahul 5.5 29 2377
6 Tu Hoang Thong 5.0 31.5 2507
Sahat S. 5.0 31 0
Lim Chuin Hoong 5.0 31 2276
Lau Keng Boon 5.0 29.5 2255
Boricsev Oleg 5.0 29.5 2334
Koh Kum Hong 5.0 25.5 2241
78 players
45th Reggio Emilia
The 45th Reggio Emilia International Chess Tournament takes place
December 29th 2002 - January 6th 2003. Players: GM Palac Mladen CRO 2568 GM
Romanishin Oleg UKR 2562 GM Cebalo MIso CRO 2544 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2503
MI Tomescu Vlad ROM 2432 MI Vezzosi Paolo ITA 2394 MI Mrdja Milan CRO 2368 MF
Scalcione Michelangelo ITA 2366 MF Castaldo Folco ITA 2338 MF Iotti Pierluigi
ITA 2314
The Tournament is Category 8 event (2439 points) and will be played at
the Hotel Mercure-Astoria in Reggio Emilia (9 rounds without rest-day).
Gibraltar Chess Congress
The Gibraltar Chess Congress takes place 28th January 6th February
2003. Two 10 round Swisses. Amateur £3000 prize fund open to players
under 2000 or unrated. Open £12,000 prize fund. Acceptances so far in
attached list. Play takes place at the 4 star Caleta Hotel. Further details
about Gibraltar, accommodation and visas: conf.banq@caletahotel.gi Technical
details: Stewartreuben@aol.com
Players accepted so far: Nigel Short England gm 2684 Sergei Tiviakov
Netherlands gm 2631 Alexander Lastin Russia gm 2625 Zoltan Gyimesi Hungary gm
2596 Jon Speelman England gm 2583 Hichem Hamdouchi Morocco gm 2582 Simen
Agdestein Norway gm 2578 Mladen Palac Croatia gm 2569 Vladimir Kosyrev Russia
gm 2562 Vasilios Kotronias Cyprus gm 2561 Alonso Zapata Colombia gm 2556 Julio
Becerra Rivero Cuba gm 2552 Oleg Korneev Russia gm 2551 Luke McShane England gm
2546 Bogdan Lalic England gm 2542 Milos Pavlovic Yugoslavia gm 2531 Karen
Movsziszian Armenia gm 2530 Vadim Malakhatko Ukraine gm 2515 Darryl Johansen
Australia gm 2512 Pia Cramling Sweden gm 2508 Dmitri Reinderman Netherlands gm
2506 Alexander Cherniaev Russia im 2506 Daniel Campora Argentine gm 2505 Boris
Chatalbashev Bulgaria gm 2503 Sergei Beshukov Russia gm 2475 James Plaskett
England gm 2467 Viesters Miejers Latvia gm 2463 Hans Jonkman Netherlands gm
2456 Tejas Bakre India im 2452 Doru Ionescu Rumania im 2433 Juan Bellon Spain
gm 2428 Inna Gaponenko Ukraine im/wg 2411 Colin McNab Scotland gm 2406 Watu
Kobese South Africa im 2399 Martha Fierro Ecuador wgm 2384 Nora Medvegy Hungary
wgm 2375 Mohamed Tissir Morocco im 2366 Robert Bellin England im 2360 Anna
Zozulia Ukraine wgm 2311
Website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
78th Hastings Congress
The 78th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place at the
Horntye Park Sport Complex from Saturday 28th December 2002 to Sunday 5th
January 2003 inclusive. The event is once again sponsored by Hastings Borough
Council with additional support from several local businesses.
The Premier Tournament is a 9-round all-play-all event for ten invited
players. This year’s line-up includes WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 12
year old GM Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan), Pentala
Harikrishna (India), Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Keith Arkell, Glenn Flear,
Luke McShane, Vitaly Tsheskovsky.
The Challengers Open Tournament which attracts players from home and
overseas includes BOROVIKOV Vladislav gm 2593 Ukraine KOROTYLEV Akexei gm 2571
Russia BECERRA RIVERO Julio gm 2552 Cuba MIEZIS Normunds gm 2523 Latvia HEBDEN
Mark gm 2515 England CHERNIAEV Alexander im 2506 Russia WELLS Peter gm 2489
England SHAW John im 2484 Scotland BESHUKOV Sergei gm 2466 Russia PERT Nicholas
im 2462 England BAKRE Tejas im 2452 India MAS HAFIZULHILMI im 2421 Malaysia
McNAB Colin gm 2406 Scotland KNOTT Simon im 2401 England
This year a new event has been introduced, the Golden Jubilee Weekend
Tournament 28th and 29th December with sections for all levels of player
including Beginners. The New Year Tournament for the more casual player will
take place from Monday 30th December to Friday 3 January
The 20th Hastings Weekend Congress will take place from Friday 3 Jan to
Sunday 5 January with sections from Experts to Novice.
Website: http://hastingschess.org.uk/
Tapolca Open Budapest
"TAPOLCA" Open 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, Hungary. Venue: Hungarian Chess
Federation, Bp. Falk Miksa Str.10. (Usually 75-80 players, 5-8 IM-s, 4-6 FM-s,
50-70 % ELO rated/. Thinking times: 2 hours 40 moves, then 30 min until the
end. Organizer: PAREJ Jozsef, fax: 00-(36)-87-511-163 More info /e.g.
accommodation in Budapest/ : Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Aeroflot Open 2003
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2003" will be held
in Moscow from 10 February (the day of arrival) to 20 February 2003 (the day of
departure). The total prize fund is 150000 USD. The Festival consists of 3
tournaments: A: for the chessplayers with Elo > 2400; B: for the
chessplayers with Elo 2150-2451; C: for the chessplayers with Elo < 2201 or
without rating
The Organizers of the Festival are "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines" and the
Association of Chess Federations in cooperation with the Committee on Tourism
of the Municipality of Moscow. The official hotel and tournament venue is hotel
"Rossija" (near Kremlin).
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
Paul Keres Memorial Rapid
The XIII Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial takes place January
10th-12th 2003 in Tallinn, Pärnu Rd. 41, Estonia.
There are two stages, a preliminary event 25 + 25 mins, 7 round Swiss
system.
The Men's Main tournament (25 + 25 min) played by 4 best players from
group A, 3 players invited directly to Main Tournament and the best Estonian
player. The Women's event will be played by the 5 best players of group A of
Preliminary Tournament and 3 players invited directly to the Main Tournament.
Participation is free for IM - s and GM- s. GM - s will be accommodated
in a hotel and their travel expences wil be covered within the limits of the
cost of railway tickets by ESA Kalev.
Contact: Phone : + 372 644 66 67 Fax: + 372 644 29 87 e-mail:
maleliit@maleliit.ee
Further details http://www.maleliit.ee
Politiken Cup
The 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup took place 14th-25th of July
2003. The 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 in the Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København.
Further information and online enrolment at
http://www.politikencup.dk
Rilton Cup
The 32nd Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2002 - 5th January 2003 in
Stockholm, Sweden. 9 Round Swiss.
Players include: GM Artur Jusupov GM Eric Lobron GM Evgenij Agrest WGM
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya GM Evgenij Gleizerov GM Hannes Stefansson GM Joseph
Gallagher GM Juan Bellon GM Mark Taimanov GM Mikhail Rytshagov GM Mikhail
Ulybin GM Pia Cramling GM Ralf Åkesson GM Rune Djurhuus GM Sergey Ivanov
GM Stellan Brynell GM Tom Wedberg GM Tomas Ernst GM Valerij Popov WGM Tatiana
Shumiakina IM Emanuel Berg IM Harriet Hunt
Full details: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton.asp
Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open
Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open, Auckland (NZL)
Dates: 26.01.03 - 31.01.03 Organiser: Paul Spiller
spillerfamily.enterprise@xtra.co.nz
Web Site: http://www.tuidesign.co.nz/chess/chessindex.htm
Info: Hosted at the prestigious Pakuranga Country Club, this 9 round
open tournament aims to give strong players from New Zealand and neighbouring
countries the chance to compete for FIDE ratings. Top prizes are 1st-$1,000,
2nd-$600, 3rd -$400, 4th-$200. Entry fees are as follows: 2300+ Free, 2200+
$50, 2100+ $75, 2000+ $100, Unrated $125, Juniors (U20) $100, GMs IMs &
Overseas FIDE rated players free, FM's receive 20% discount off entry fee.
Ponomariov Interview
Ruslan Ponomariov talks about his position over his match with Garry
Kasparov "I don't want Kasparov, the challenger, to have more rights than me,
the Champion" and the Ukraine's performance in the Olympiad.
Website: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ponofide.htm
Corus January 2003
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January
10th-26th 2003.
GMA Group: Vladimir Kramnik 2809 (RUS), Viswanathan Anand 2755 (IND),
Vesselin Topalov 2743 (BUL), Ruslan Ponomariov 2743 (UKR), Evgeny Bareev 2737
(RUS), Vassily Ivanchuk 2709 (UKR), Alexander Grischuk 2702 (RUS), Alexei
Shirov 2699 (ESP), Anatoly Karpov 2688 (RUS), Judit Polgar 2685 (HUN), Loek Van
Wely 2681 (NED), Michal Krasenkov 2651 (POL), Teimour Radjabov 2628 (AZE) and
Jan Timman 2594 (NED).
GMB Group: GM Zhang Zhong (CHN, 2620), GM Peter Acs (HUN, 2591), GM
Johnny Hector (SWE, 2590), GM Arkady Naiditsch (GER, 2586), GM Ian Rogers (AUS,
2557), GM Friso Nijboer (NED, 2556), GM Sergey Karjakin (UKR, 2527), GM John
van der Wiel (NED, 2509), GM Dennis de Vreugt (NED, 2501), GM Koneru Humpy
(IND, 2484), IM Viktorija Cmylite (LITH, 2460), IM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS,
2455), GM Harmen Jonkman (NED, 2456) and FM Daniel Stellwagen (NED, 2426).
Harmonie Chess tournament in Groningen
The Harmonie Chess tournament in Groningen takes place 21st-30th
December 2002. Players: Friso Nijboer IGM Neth 2556 Harmen Jonkman IGM Neth
2456 Alfonso Romero IGM Spa 2524 Alexandre Dgebuadze IGM Blg 2537 Sipke Ernst
IM Neth 2497 Jan Werle IM Neth 2434 Jan Smeets IM Neth 2461 Ana Matnadze WGM
Geo 2392 Daniel Stellwagen Neth 2426 David Baramidze Ger 2390 Average rating:
2467,3 (category IX)
Coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2002/2002.html
Bermuda 2003
The Bermuda tournament in 2003 will consist of GM 'A' and 'B' 12 players
from 25th January to 5th February Pan American Amateur (players under 2000 FIDE
or no FIDE at all; 9 rounds from 27th January to 5th February 20th Open &
Blitz 6th February to 9th February. Confirmed participants (at present) A -
Blehm, Christiansen, Macieja, Motylev, Movsesian, Shabalov, Svidler, Vescovi
& Volokitin B - E. Berg, Blatny, Charbonneau, Nakamura, Seul &
Teplitsky. Website: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess
New Year in Budva
The Budva 2002/03 tournament (with max. 120 players) takes place in
Budva (the town is on Montenegro's seaboard) 27th December 2002 - 05th January
2003 10.000. Eur prizes (first prizes 2000. -Eur ,20.prizes altogher + Special
prizes for Juniors, Women, Veterans). Organizers :Yugoslav Chess Federation
& Tourist Agency MAS travel TRADE. Details :http://www.yuchess.org
SK Duras Open
The SK DURAS 80 Open takes place in Brno 25th-31st December 2002.
E-mail - bchmelicek@bvk.cz for more details.
Cartak (CZE) Friendship Tournament 2002
The Friendship chess tournament takes place 6th- 15th December 2002 in
Cartak (Czech Republic). There will be events including a: round-robin GM
tournament, round-robin IM tournament and an open tournament.
Further details:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/tp2002/default.htm
VI Málaga International Open
The VI Málaga International Open 2003 takes place 20th-28th
February 2003. 7.800 euros in prizes.
Details: http://www.malagajedrez.org
1st Pan American Amateur Championships
The 1st Pan American Amateur Championship will be held at the elegant
Fairmont Southampton from 27th January to 5th February 2003. It will be nine
rounds plus a rest day and will be held alongside two GM Invitational
Tournaments (Cat XV and X). The rate of play will be 150 plus 30 seconds per
move. It is open to players under 2000 FIDE or no FIDE rating at all. Each
Federation in the Americas is allowed to nominate two players who do not have
to pay an entry fee, otherwise entry fee is $150 per player. It will be
followed by the 20th Bermuda Open from 6th to 9th February.
Rooms are $125 per night plus taxes etc. for one or two people, a third
person in a room would be an extra $30 plus taxes. etc To book rooms contact
the Fairmont Southampton on 1-800-441-1414 or 1-441-238-8000, mentioning
"PanAmerican Amateur Chess".
Details/Info: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess or Nigel
Freeman 441-234-2322, cadilly@ibl.bm or Carol Jarecki 917-690-8566,
cjareck@attglobal.net.
Round Robins in Singapore
IM norm Round Robins in Singapore (after the 20th Cairnhill Open) 1st
Round Robin event from 16th to 23rd Dec 02 Category 1-4 (2251-2350), 12 players
maximum 2nd Round Robin event from 24th to 29th Dec 02 Category 1-4
(2251-2350), limited to 10 players Any players (titled or non-title) who may
wish to participate please contact Kenny Chern E-mail: open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
Chesmayne Chess Dictionary 2003
The Chesmayne Chess Dictionary 2003 is out now. Available at:
http://chesmayn.valuehost.co.uk/
Seagaard ChessReviews - Book of the Year 2002
Seagaard ChessReviews has now selected the best books that was suggested
from our readers. It is now the readers time to make a choice and pick
"Seagaard ChessReviews - Book of the Year 2002". Readers can vote from 1/12
until 8/12 2002 and the book with the highest number is the winner. Read more:
http://seagaard.dk/review
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin
There will be a match between Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin in
Brissago 1st-6th February 2003.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/danneeng.htm
1st Samba Cup
The Skanderborg Chess Club is organising a new GM tournament in Denmark.
There will be 2 groups, A-group category 15/16, B-group category 9/10, 10
players in each group, round-robin.
Dates of play: October 10th-20th 2003. Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in
Skanderborg, Denmark. The hotel is beautifully located near lake and forest,
see much more at http://www.hotel-skanderborghus.dk/
Players who are interested may contact Tournament Organiser Michael
Andersson, e-mail GM@skanderborgskakklub.dk
15th Belgrade Open Championships
The 15th Belgrade Open Championships take place 18th-28th November 2002.
Leading players: 1. Romanishin,Oleg G 2572 UKR 2. Blagojevic,Dragisa M 2537 YUG
3. Savic,Miodrag,R M 2519 YUG 4. Fontaine,Robert G 2517 FRA 5.
Timoscenko,Gennadij G 2509 SVK 6. Svetushkin,Dmitri G 2505 MDA.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
Milan Vukadinov 1936-2002
The Michigan Chess Association has an obituary of Milan Vukadinov one
of the best (top 20) Canadian players for over 20 years, and played in the
Malta Olympiad in 1980 representing Canada. His peak USCF rating was 2443
(about 2375 FIDE strength).
Internet coverage:
http://www.michess.org/features/News_November.shtml
Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Match
There will be a four game match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly
Karpov in New York, NY, USA, December 19th-20th 2002. The match will take place
in the ABC Studios in Times Square. The Kasparov - Sting event was there a year
or so ago. 2 Games 25 mins + 10 secs each day. John Henderson will be on the
spot for TWIC. The Kasparov - Deep Junior match in is set to take place in
January, probably in being moved from Jerusalem to Jacksonville in Florida
USA.
Website: http://www.x3dworld.com
2003 US Chess Championships in Seattle
The 2003 US Chess Championships will take place in Seattle starting on
January 9th 2003. The event is organised by the America’s Foundation for
Chess (AF4C). 58 of the US's Best Chess Players Compete for $255,000, the event
incorporates the women's title event. The venue is the Seattle Center Northwest
Rooms.
There will be several other events of interest to the general public,
including live championship commentary, a Children’s Simul; Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Open-Chess Tournament for children, and the awards ceremony of the
U.S. Chess Championships.
For further information: http://www.af4c.org
Swiss Chess Tour 2003
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year. The 5th Hilton
Open features Viktor Korchnoi, Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier and Ivan
Nemet. They will play each other, one game on classic time control and the
other in rapid. Timetable of the 5th Hilton Open: 31.12.2002. Blitz open;
14.00-17.00; registration 13.00; 9 rounds, 5 minutes. 1.1.2003. Fujitcu Siemens
– Junior’s Open; 10.00-16.00; 7 rounds, 15 minutes. 1.-5.1.2003.
Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 6 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 60 minutes till the end.)
1.-5.1.2003. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30 moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes
till the and.) 1.-5.1.2003. Senior Open; same as Baloise Open. 1.-4.1.2003.
ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet; 15 minutes per game.
2.-5.1.2003. ITAG Masters (Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet); classic time
control, 6 hours. 5.1.2003. Fujitsu Siemens VIP&PC Challenge (+ 5 best
juniors); 10.00-14.00 5.1.2003. Closing ceremony
Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr.
Entry fee: 130 Fr. (FM & Juniors) GM & IM free. At the door 10 Fr.
Baloise Open: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 Fr. Entry fee: 110 Fr. (Juniors 50 Fr.)
At the door 10. Senior Open: 400/300/200 Fr. + natural prizes Entry fee: 60 Fr.
At the door 10 Fr. Junior Open: Natural prizes. Entry fee: 5 Fr. At the door 10
Fr. Blitz Open: 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 Fr. Entry fee: 20 Fr. (Junior 5 Fr.)
Venue Hotel Hilton Basle.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch
Fischer Story
Bobby Fischer and his mother were investigated by the FBI. Read the
story: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm
Amplico Aig Life Rapid
The Amplico Aig Life Rapid tournament takes place in Warsaw (Poland) as
part of the 21st Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial. The tournament will take place
December 21st-22nd 2002 in the Palace of Culture in Warsaw. The prize fund is
15.000 USD. Among the participants will be Vassily Ivanchuk.
Further details: http://www.amplicolife.pl
Contact for entry: Marek Bartel (Tournament Director)
m.bartel@poczta.jzk.pl or Maria Macieja (Deputy Tournament Director)
janmac@mg.gov.pl
Praha and Marianske Lazne
Details of the Praha Open 2003 (17.-24.1. 2003) and Marianske Lazne
Open 2003 (25.1.-1.2. 2003) and the round robin master tournament category 3-4
FIDE Marianske Lazne 2003 (25.1.-2.2. 2003) are now available at:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour.
Round Robin's in Tel Aviv
5th International Tournament in Tel Aviv IM Round Robin in Tel Aviv,
December 24- January 7; Category 1-4 (average rating-2251-2350); 12 players
round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Thursday 31st-16:00, Thursday
January 2nd-day off,Fridays: 12:00pm; Saturdays- day off;
6th International Tournament in Tel Aviv GM Round Robin in Tel Aviv,
January 10 - January 23; Category 7-9 (average rating:2401-2475); 12 players
round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Friday 10th (round 1)-13:00pm,
Friday 17th and Saturdays- day off;
Contact Gofshtein Zvulon (Leonid) if you wish to play, e-mail:
gofshtein@hotmail.com tel. numbers international: (972) 54 696432, (972) 3
7329233; tel. numbers local: 054 696432, 03 7329233;
Cup ShRGEK in Shakhti
The Cup ShRGEK take s place 13th-18th January 2003 in the city of
Shakhti (Rostov region, Russia).
Further information:
http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/srgek.htm
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg Denmark
2003 will be the year when the Danish Chess Federation turns 100! The
Esbjerg Chess Union and the renowned Danish round-robin the North Sea Cup are
scheduled to play a major role in the celebrations. The gm group with 10
players will play July 4-12. After 3 category 14s back to back the organisers
are hoping for a category 15 this time. Also a B-group, primarily for young
Danish up and coming players, will be on offer at this Danish chess festival. 4
foreign ims will be invited, and the winner of the B-group will be invited to
the gm group of the 19th NSC. Interested players should contact Brian Isaksen
at brisak@esenet.dk
Homepage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm
Novoshakhtinsk Open
The Novoshakhtinsk Open takes place 6th-11th January 2003 in the city
of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region - Russia). 1st stage of the "Cup of Don -
2003.
Official site: http://www.fanchess.ru and specifically
http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/1kubok.htm
Coulsdon Chess Fellowship
Coulsdon Chess Fellowship (CCF) is intending to host a 9 round IM norm
closed tournament between Saturday 15th February and Sunday 23rd February with
1 round to be held each afternoon. Any players (title or non-title) who may
wish to be considered for inclusion should email Scott Freeman at
chess@ccfs.freeserve.co.uk
X "ANIBAL" INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN
The X Anibal Chess Open takes place in Linares, 28th February - 10th
March, 2003 Dates are parallel to the XX "Ciudad de Linares" International
Chess Tournament. Swiss system. 10 Rounds. New FIDE time control. Hotel
Aníbal - Linares.
Further details from: e-mail: linareschess@teleline.es
linareschess@wanadoo.es fax: 34 953652204
DEADLINE: Monday, 17th Feb 2003.
Novi Sad GM and IM
There is a tournament in Novi Sad Yugoslavia January 18th-26th 2003.
Novi Sad is 76 km from Belgrade or 100 km from the Hungarian border conection
by train from Wien 8 hours , from Budapest 5 hours, Belgrade airport, 70 km
from Ns, bus connection from all of Europe . Venue: Hotel Park 20 euro double
room full board, 25 euro in single. GM tourn. 12 players - FIDE timerate, cat.
9 (4 places at the moment ) IM tourn. cat. 3 or 4 - FIDE timerate, 12 players
(5 places at the moment) elo t. , 12 players - 90 min . each. 2 blitz to.
during the tournament. inscription fee according organiser , depending on elo,
title and which tournament. Organiser GM Drazic Sinisa mail sdrazic@eunet.yu or
thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com tel .++381\ 21 \ 450-714 or 58-922 mobil | 64 |
124-9741
Swiss Chess Tour 2002
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most
attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.
The 2nd “Casino Open” December 26th-30th 2002. Swiss system,
7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and
30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300,
250, 200 and 150 SF. The first time, natural prizes for all participants.
Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942), junior (1982-85), schoolboy (1986)
and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10
SF more, GMs and IMs free. 2nd "Chalet Oberland" Open. Players under 2000.
Swiss system, 5 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours. Prizes:
natural, for all participants. Entry fee: 100 SF (juniors 50 SF). At the doors
+10 SF. Venue: "Casino" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double
rounds.
Time table for "Casino Open": December 26.: The last registration
11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st
12.30-17.30. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 12.30-17.30. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th
15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing ceremonies 16.00.
Time table for “Chalet Oberland Open”: December 26 Round 1st
12.30-17.30; December 27 Round 2nd 9.30-14.30; December 28 Round 3rd
12.30-17.30; December 29 Round 4th 9.30-14.30; December 30 Round 5thh
9.30-14.30. Special chess rates in Hotel “Charlet Oberland”. Main
sponsor “RAPP” company.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin
Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel “Charlet Oberland” tel.
+41+33+827-87-87. Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Gausdal Troll Masters Open
The Gausdal Troll Masters Open GM-tournament will be played in Gausdal
in Norway 7th -15th January 2003. 10 rounds modified Swiss 2 hours / 40 moves
and 1 hour / rest Homepage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2003/
Contact: Hans Olav Lahlum at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open
The 2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open Chess Tournament takes place in
Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas December 17-23 or December 20-23 2002.
Anatoly Karpov will be a special guest of the tournament.
GM & IM norms are available; FIDE rating and evaluation guaranteed
for 7-day option! GMS Onishuk, Shulman and Novikov are Confirmed! Ulf Andersson
MAY PLAY. $3,000 guaranteed prize fund! 3 sections: FIDE: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1
(4-day option, rounds 1-5 G/50). First two rounds accelerated pairing. 1st -
$1000, 2nd - $400, 3rd - $200, 4th - 150, 5th - 100 U2400: $100 - 75; U2200:
$100 - 75 Open: 9SS, G/120 1st - $150 U2000: $100 - 75 - 50; U1800: $100 - 75 -
50 U1600: $100 - 75 - 50; U1400: $100 - 75 - 50 Scholastic (12/22): G/30.
Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each HS, MS, ES categories Entering fees: GMs
& IMs free. Membership at Kansas Chess Association is required (dues can be
paid on site). Before 11/1/02 Before 12/1/02 At site FIDE Section FIDE >2300
$70 $80 $90 FIDE, USCF >2200 $80 $90 $100 FIDE <2200 $90 $100 $110
non-FIDE rated, USCF <2200 * $120 $130 $140 Open Section $50 $55 $60
Scholastic Section $15 $20 $25 Credit cards OK. Online entry at
www.lindsborg.org/events.htm * Number of non-FIDE rated players will be limited
in this category
Schedules: FIDE Session: 7-day: 12/17-12/20 1:00 pm; 12/21 & 22
9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am 4-day: 12/20 (G/50) 4:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:00
pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:00 pm, & 5:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23
9:00 am Open Sessions (G/120): 4-day: 12/20 4:00 pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:30 pm,
7:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am, 1:30 pm Scholastic
Session (G/30): 12/22 10:00 am, 11:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm 1/2-pt byes
OK at ALL. Limit 3. Last bye must commit before round 5. Special Event - 12/20
at 8:00 pm GM Igor Novikov will play simul games with 20 people. $20.
Hotel rates: $49 - $80 at Swedish Country Inn (1-800-231-0266), $36 -
$56 at Coronado Motel (1-800-747-2793), $65 - $150 at Rosberg House
B&B;(1-888-215-5234), $65 - $95 at Smoky Valley B & B (1-800-532-4407),
and $60 - $120 at C&W Ranch Bed & Breakfast (785-668-2352). Reserve by
11/15 or rates may increase.
Ent: Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce (for the chess tournament), 104 E.
Lincoln, Lindsborg, KS 67456. 1-888-227-2227;
http://www.lindsborg.org/events.htm For more information please contact Mikhail
Korenman at 785-227-3380, ext.8164 or korenman@bethanylb.edu USCF, FIDE. NS,
NC.
XXVI Tenkes Cup
XXVI Tenkes Cup (Lajos Ózdi Memorial) takes place in the Hotel
"Platán" in Harkány, Hungary November 14-22 2002. There will be
9-round A and B Opens. GMs, IMs, and over 2400 ELO no nominetings cost. More
Information Lajos Gyökös: E-mail tenkescuo@egon.gyaloglo.hu Fax
(36)-72-579-025
Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8
Evgeny Bareev will play a match against HIARCS 8 January 28th-31st
2003.
Further details: http://www.chessevents.nl/bareev_match.shtml
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship: All players from Africa and Asia are
invited to take part to the 6th email Afro-Asian championship which will start
in January 2003. Like the previous editions, there are two stages : The
preliminaries for all participants and the final for those who will qualify.
The number of sections will depend upon the number of entries. The players
interested by this competition may send their application to M. Samraoui. Email
address is : samraoui@aol.com No entry fees is required but deadline for
entries is 20.12.2002. (ICCF's website: http://www.iccf.com ) Announcement: Hirokaz
Onoda (ICCF delegate for Japan)
Patrick Wolff vs. The World
GM Patrick Wolff will play the Rest of the World starting 31st August.
The time limit for the match is 5 days per move. GM Wolff is a two times United
States Champion. To play in the match go to
http://www.letsplaychess.com and
follow the Play menu to ‘Play the expert’ and from there join the
world team.
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
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
No tournament December 24, 31 or January 14 (US Championship)
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
Hawaii International Chess Festival Cancelled
The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been cancelled until further
notice. Information: hawaii@chessworks.com.
