THE WEEK IN CHESS 429 27th January 2003 by Mark Crowther
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65th Corus Chess - Wijk aan Zee 115 games
Kasparov vs. Junior Match 1 game
Indian Championships 150 games
Bermuda 2003 22 games
4NCL 96 games
Belgian Team Championships 48 games
Championships Donetsk Region 45 games
Third Saturday - Novi Sad 66 games
Brazilian Open BCX 2003 90 games
Austrian Teams 144 games
777 games
My thanks to Nigel Freeman, Arthur Brameld, Steve Laios, Mikhail
Golubev, Sinisa Drazic and Darko Feletar, Antonio Bento, Harald Grafenhofer,
Frank-Juergen Greger, Jonathan Berry, Jovan Petronic, Richard Furness and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
Wijk aan Zee concluded this week with at least two players feeling very
happy. Viswanathan Anand's smooth taking of first place saw him back to near
his very best. Judit Polgar's second place confirms her return to top form
which was indicated in the last rating list by her 13th place her highest
position since her 10th and 11th places in two lists in 1996. Kramnik's
comeback saw him lose rating points on +1 and three games and as expected he
seemed rusty. Ponomariov finished with a -1 score and whilst clearly distracted
in the early part of the tournament he also played a number of games where
openings that landed him with lost or bad positions. Teimour Radjabov had an
excellent debut at this level finishing on 50%. Anand, Kramnik, Ponomariov, and
Radjabov all go on to play Linares in a month where they will be joined by
Kasparov, Leko and Vallejo Pons.
The start of the Kasparov - Deep Junior match was accompanied by big
publicity especially in the US media. The match can never be "revenge" for
Kasparov over Deep Blue for that computer has been dismantled. However Kasparov
certainly does need to win this match for human credibility in the eyes of the
general public. Kasparov started with a smashing game one win but we've seen
humans take the lead in these matches in convincing style before.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee took place January
10th-26th 2003. Viswanathan Anand took clear first half a point clear of Judit
Polgar. Defending champion Evgeny Bareev finished in clear 3rd place. In the B
tournament Zhang Zhong finished 11/13 (+10=2-1) and a performance over 2800.
Website http://www.coruschess.com reports in
Russian at the new site: http://www.chess-express.ru.
Round 9 (January 21, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 19 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Polgar, Judit - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 22 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 20 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Grischuk, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 38 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Radjabov, Teimour - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 19 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 58 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Timman, Jan H - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 10 (January 23, 2003)
Bareev, Evgeny - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 60 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Grischuk, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 0-1 47 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Timman, Jan H 1-0 21 C71 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 57 A58 Volga Gambit
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 59 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Krasenkow, Michal - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 60 E90 King's Indian Classical
Round 11 (January 24, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 13 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Polgar, Judit - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 29 C11 French Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 49 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 59 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Topalov, Veselin - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 58 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karpov, Anatoly - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 39 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Timman, Jan H - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 22 D15 Slav Defence
Round 12 (January 25, 2003)
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30 B19 Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 34 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Grischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 99 C02 French Advance
Kramnik, Vladimir - Timman, Jan H 1-0 30 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 76 C42 Petroff's Defence
Krasenkow, Michal - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 10 E08 Catalan
Round 13 (January 26, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 14 C11 French Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 40 D27 QGA
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 29 D28 QGA
Radjabov, Teimour - Polgar, Judit 1/2 19 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 66 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Karpov, Anatoly - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 15 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 70 B50 Sicilian Defence
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 11-26 i 2003 cat. XIX (2701)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 * = = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 = = 8.5 2806
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2700 = * = = = 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 8.0 2787
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 = = * 0 0 1 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2755
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 0 = 1 * 1 0 = 1 = = = 1 0 = 7.0 2727
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 = = 1 0 * = = 1 = 1 0 0 = 1 7.0 2732
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2712 = 0 0 1 = * = = 1 = = = 1 = 7.0 2728
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 = = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2729
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 = = 1 0 0 = = * = 1 = 0 1 1 7.0 2721
9 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2624 = = 0 = = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2706
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 0 = = = 0 = = 0 1 * = = 1 1 6.5 2697
11 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2688 0 0 = = 1 = = = = = * 0 1 = 6.0 2672
12 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 * = 1 6.0 2668
13 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2633 = = = 1 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 4.5 2595
14 Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2457
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Round 9 (January 21, 2003)
Zhang Zhong - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 33 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Stellwagen, Daniel - Cmilyte, Viktorija 0-1 39 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Karjakin, Sergey - Rogers, Ian 1-0 59 B01 Centre Counter
Van der Wiel, John - Hector, Jonny 1/2 47 C45 Scotch Game
Koneru, Humpy - Acs, Peter 1-0 40 D11 Slav Defence
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 38 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Jonkman, Harmen - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 37 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 10 (January 23, 2003)
Nijboer, Friso - Zhang Zhong 0-1 35 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
De Vreugt, Dennis - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 39 C11 French Defence
Acs, Peter - Jonkman, Harmen 1/2 40 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Van der Wiel, John - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 19 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Rogers, Ian - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 34 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Hector, Jonny - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 40 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 31 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Round 11 (January 24, 2003)
Zhang Zhong - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 43 A04 Dutch System
Stellwagen, Daniel - Van der Wiel, John 0-1 32 B45 Sicilian Classical
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Acs, Peter 0-1 55 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Karjakin, Sergey - Hector, Jonny 1/2 50 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Koneru, Humpy - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 60 A49 King's Indian Defence without c2-c4
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Rogers, Ian 1-0 33 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Jonkman, Harmen - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 56 C26 Vienna Game
Round 12 (January 25, 2003)
Nijboer, Friso - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 49 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karjakin, Sergey - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 29 C12 French MacCutcheon
De Vreugt, Dennis - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 33 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Van der Wiel, John - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 67 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Rogers, Ian - Zhang Zhong 1-0 41 C15 French Winawer
Hector, Jonny - Acs, Peter 0-1 45 B56 Sicilian Defence
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 79 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 13 (January 26, 2003)
Zhang Zhong - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 61 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Stellwagen, Daniel - Hector, Jonny 1-0 34 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Acs, Peter - De Vreugt, Dennis 1/2 34 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Koneru, Humpy - Rogers, Ian 1-0 70 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 40 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Jonkman, Harmen - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 41 B22 Sicilian Alapin
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-26 i 2003 cat. XI (2525)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2624 * 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11.0 2813
2 Stellwagen, Daniel f NED 2427 0 * 1 = = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8.0 2619
3 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2585 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 8.0 2607
4 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2553 0 = 0 * 0 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2579
5 Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2547 = = 0 1 * = = = = 1 = = 1 0 7.0 2552
6 De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2504 0 = 0 1 = * = = 1 = 0 0 1 1 6.5 2526
7 Acs, Peter g HUN 2623 = = 1 0 = = * 1 0 0 1 0 = = 6.0 2488
8 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2509 0 1 = 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 = = 6.0 2497
9 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2496 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2498
10 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2569 1 0 = = 0 = 1 = 0 * = 0 = = 5.5 2464
11 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2570 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 = * = = 1 5.5 2464
12 Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2456 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 = 1 = * 0 = 5.0 2443
13 Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2436 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 * 1 5.0 2444
14 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2452 0 1 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * 4.0 2389
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Inv. Tens Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 17-26 i 2003 cat. VIII (2434)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lobron, Eric g GER 2506 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2645
2. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2470 1 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2595
3. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2569 0 = * 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2584
4. Cherniaev, Alexander1 m RUS 2504 = 1 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2550
5. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2527 = = 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2503
6. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2438 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2476
7. Peek, Marcel f NED 2417 0 = 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 3.0 2310
8. Erwich, Marc f NED 2342 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.0 2318
9. Strating, Sybolt f NED 2325 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 1.5 2172
10. Boom, Wim H NED 2238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 2104
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The Kasparov vs. Deep Junior takes place January 26th-February 7th 2003.
The schedule is Game 1 Sun Jan 26th, Game 2 Tue Jan 28th, Game 3 Thu Jan 30th,
Game 4 Sun Feb 2nd, Game 5 Wed Feb 5th and Game 6 Fri Feb 7th all games start
at 3:30pm EST. The event is called the "The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess
Championship" and is sponsored by FIDE and presented by X3D Technologies
Corporation which covered the recent Kasparov - Karpov match. The time control
is 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in one hour then 30 minutes for the
rest of the game. The Prize Fund is $1m with a $500,000 fee for Garry Kasparov,
the other half being divided: Winner gets $300,000 to the winner and the loser
$200,000, in the case of a tie, $250,000 each.
Kasparov won game one in only 27 moves after getting a winning advantage
in the opening and then pressing it in an extremely controlled way.
Official Live coverage: http://www.x3dworld.com
Kasparov, Garry - DEEP JUNIOR 1-0 27 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
FIDE Man-Machine WC New York USA (USA), 26-26 i 2003
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Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2847 1 . . . . . 1.0
DEEP JUNIOR ---- 0 . . . . . 0.0
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The 40th National A Championships of India take place 18th-31st January
2003 in Mumbai, India. The 21 round championships are a category VIII event.
(Round 8 and 12 Games are missing, Round 11 Arvind - Harikrishna contains
errors)
Official coverage (including live games):
http://www.venuschessacademy.com/index.html
ch-IND Mumbai IND (IND), 18-31 i 2003 cat. VIII (2446)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2664 * = = . . 1 1 = . 1 1 = . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 12.0 /14 2731
2 Harikrishna, P g IND 2539 = * = . . 1 . = . = = = . 1 1 1 1 1 = . 1 10.5 /14 2629
3 Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2507 = = * 1 = = . 1 = 1 = . = 1 . 1 = = = . . 10.0 /15 2583
4 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2541 . . 0 * = . = . 0 . . 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 /14 2553
5 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2556 . . = = * . = = = . = = 0 0 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 8.5 /14 2513
6 Venkatesh, M.R IND 2399 0 0 = . . * . = . 1 = . = 1 1 0 1 = 1 . 1 8.5 /14 2529
7 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2406 0 . . = = . * = 1 = = = 1 = . = . = 1 = . 8.0 /14 2504
8 Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2416 = = 0 . = = = * 1 = = = . . = . 0 . . 1 1 7.5 /14 2481
9 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2419 . . = 1 = . 0 0 * . . = = = = 0 . = 1 1 1 7.5 /14 2464
10 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2464 0 = 0 . . 0 = = . * = 1 . = 0 . 1 1 1 . 1 7.5 /14 2471
11 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2465 0 = = . = = = = . = * = . . = . 1 . 0 1 = 7.0 /14 2445
12 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2395 = = . 0 = . = = = 0 = * = = . = . = = 1 . 7.0 /15 2440
13 Prakash, G B m IND 2439 . . = = 1 = 0 . = . . = * = = = 0 = . = = 6.5 /14 2401
14 Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2438 0 0 0 1 1 0 = . = = . = = * = . 1 . . 0 = 6.5 /15 2406
15 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2472 0 0 . 0 0 0 . = = 1 = . = = * 1 . 1 1 0 . 6.5 /15 2410
16 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2390 . 0 0 0 0 1 = . 1 . . = = . 0 * = = . = = 5.5 /14 2361
17 Arvind, Shastry IND 2330 0 0 = 0 . 0 . 1 . 0 0 . 1 0 . = * 1 0 . 1 5.0 /14 2357
18 Sriram, Jha m IND 2448 . 0 = 0 0 = = . = 0 . = = . 0 = 0 * . 1 = 5.0 /15 2313
19 Soman, Satchidanand IND 2364 0 = = 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 = . . 0 . 1 . * = = 4.5 /15 2309
20 Prathamesh, S. Mokal IND 2366 0 . . 0 0 . = 0 0 . 0 0 = 1 1 = . 0 = * . 4.0 /14 2300
21 Saravanan, V m IND 2357 0 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 = . = = . = 0 = = . * 3.0 /14 2221
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The Bermuda GMA and GMB 2003 tournaments take place 25th January - 5th
February 2003. There are two round 1 games postponed until the rest day on
Febuary 1st. They are the games Alexander Motylev - Mohamad Al-Modiahki in the
GMA event and William Paschall - Daniel Fridman in the GMB. My thanks to Nigel
Freeman.
GMA Bermuda BER (BER), 25 i-5 ii 2003 cat. XV (2601)
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1 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2592 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2.0 / 2
2 Gershon, Alik g ISR 2571 . * . . . = 1 . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2839
3 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2565 . . * . . = . . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2796
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2693 . . . * . . . = . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2752
5 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2640 . . . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.0 / 1
6 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2663 . = = . . * . . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2568
7 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2629 . 0 . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.0 / 2 2571
8 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2574 0 . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 / 2 2449
9 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2562 . . . . 0 . . . * = . . 0.5 / 2 2433
10 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2613 0 . . . . . . . = * . . 0.5 / 2 2384
11 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2571 . . . . . . 0 . . . * . 0.0 / 1
12 Miton, Kamil g POL 2544 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 2
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GMB Bermuda BER (BER), 25 i-5 ii 2003 cat. X (2483)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2442 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0 / 2
2 Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2508 . * = . 1 . . . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2694
3 Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2529 . = * . . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2655
4 Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2572 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0 / 1
5 Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2474 . 0 . . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2491
6 Dinstuhl, Volkmar m GER 2416 . . 0 . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 / 2 2524
7 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2475 . . . . 0 . * . . 1 . . 1.0 / 2 2500
8 Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2520 . . . . . 0 . * . . . 1 1.0 / 2 2426
9 Paschall, William M m USA 2444 . . . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 / 1 2527
10 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2527 . . . . . . 0 . = * . . 0.5 / 2 2266
11 Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2446 0 . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 2
12 Seul, Georg m GER 2437 0 . . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0 / 2
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The official web site is: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess
There was a 4NCL weekend 18th-19th January 2002. Michael Adams, Nigel
Short and Jon Speelman were part of a very strong Wood Green I side. I reported
the results and standings last week. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Round 4 Table
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
WOOD GREEN 1 4 0 0 8
BETSSON.COM 3 1 0 7
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 3 0 1 6
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 3 0 1 6
WOOD GREEN 2 3 0 1 6
SLOUGH 1 2 0 2 4
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 1 1 2 3
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 1 0 3 2
THE ADS 1 1 0 3 2
BRISTOL 1 1 0 3 2
RICHMOND 1 0 3 2
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 0 0 4 0
Steve Laios reports: The 6th round of the Belgian Teams 2002-2003
Division 1 took place January 12th 2003. Games available.
Belgian Teams 2002-2003 Division 1
Round 6 - January 12th 2003
1. Leuven 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 5.0 - 3.0
2. Hoboken 1 - Gent 2 6.5 - 1.5
3. Temse 1 - Brugge 1 7.0 - 1.0
4. Eupen 1 - Eynatten 1 1.5 - 6.5
5. Charleroi 1 - Gent 1 5.0 - 3.0
6. Liège 1 - Rochade 1 5.0 - 3.0
Total games : 48
Standings after round 6
Teams pts p.m
1. Eynatten 1 38.0 6
2. Liège 1 30.5 6
3. Temse 1 27.5 4
4. Rochade 1 26.0 3.5
5. LV Leuven 1 24.5 3.5
6. Hoboken 1 24.5 2.5
7. Charleroi 1 22.0 2
8. Gent 1 21.5 2
9. Eupen 1 20.0 1.5
10. Jean Jaurès 1 19.5 2
11. Brugge 1 19.0 2.5
12. Gent 2 15.0 0.5
The Israeli League has just started. No games available. Reports at
slavchess.com
Website: http://www.slavchess.com/articles/index.php
Early results
Round 1 17th-18th January 2003
Elizur Jer. - Makabi Afek 3.5-2.5
Hapoel Celkom Kfar Saba - Hapoel Hulon A 4-2
Beer sheva Club A - Beer Sheva Club B 5.5-0.5
Hifa Thechion - Hapoel Rishon Le Zion A 4-2
Asa Tel Aviv - Ironi Tel Aviv 3.5-2.5
Hapoel Herzelia - Hapoel Ironi Petach Tikva 4.5-1.5
Round 2 24th-25th January 2003
Kfar Saba - Hapoel Petach-Tikva 3:3
Beer Sheva A - Maccabi Afek 5:1
Hulon - Beer Sheva B 3:3
Rishon Le Zion - Eroni Tel Aviv 1-5
Herzlia - Asa Hiafa Technion 4.5-1.5
Asa Tel Aviv - Elizur Jerusalem 3.5-2.5
Mikhail Golubev reports that the Championship of the Donetsk Region took
place 8th-16th January 2003. Viktor Dmitrenko won the event with 7/9.
Further details: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/dontsk02.htm
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ch-Donetsk Region Donetsk UKR (UKR), 8-16 i 2003 cat. VII (2425)
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1. Dmitrenko, Viktor f UKR 2424 * = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 = 7.0 2645
2. Lahno, Kateryna wg UKR 2376 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 6.5 2596
3. Shilin, Denis m UKR 2400 0 = * = 1 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2470
4. Andreev, Eduard m UKR 2471 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2462
5. Ivanov, Oleg V UKR 2474 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2419
6. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2373 0 = 1 = 0 * = 0 = 1 4.0 2387
7. Matjushin, Gennady m UKR 2424 = 0 1 0 = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2382
8. Berezin, Oleg m UKR 2446 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 * = = 4.0 2379
9. Savchenko, Yuri UKR UKR 2416 0 1 0 0 0 = = = * 0 2.5 2259
10. Demkovich, Anatoliy m UKR 2445 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 2.5 2256
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The Pragonet Open in Pardubice 17th-24th 2003. Mario Leskovar won with
7/9. I'll hopefully be able to round up the games next week when they're all
available.
Internet site: http://www.avekont.cz/praha/
Leading (Round 9) Standings:
1 IM Leskovar Mario 2363 ARG 7,5 36,5 49,5
2 IM Vavra Pavel 2380 CZE 7,0 39,0 54,5
3 IM Trichkov Vasil 2290 CZE 7,0 37,5 54,0
4 Cernousek Lukas 2310 CZE 7,0 36,0 48,0
5 GM Meduna Eduard 2462 CZE 7,0 34,0 48,0
6 Zvara Petr 2331 CZE 6,5 36,5 56,5
7 GM Vokac Marek 2504 CZE 6,5 34,5 52,0
8 IM Volodin Viktor 2269 RUS 6,5 33,0 47,5
9 Blodig Reinhard 2193 GER 6,5 32,0 48,0
10 Leskovar Matias 2150 ARG 6,5 31,0 42,5
11 IM Pribyl Josef 2403 CZE 6,5 27,0 41,0
127 players
The 28th d'Aubervilliers Grand Open took place 25th-26th January 2003.
The event was a 10 round rapid open although most of the leading players had
only to play the last 7 rounds. There were 3 points for a win. Viktor Bologan
took first from Vladimir Georgiev both finished on 28 points (9 points for the
first day 6 wins and a draw against each other). No games available.
Details:
http://www.organisechecs.com/evenements/aubervilliers2003/auber2003.html
Leading final round 10 standings:
28th d'Aubervilliers Grand Open Janvier 2003
1 GM Bologan Viktor GONF 2630 28 2885
2 GM Georgiev Vladimir MONT 2549 28 2826
3 GM Komljenovic Davor CRO 2431 28 2771
4 IM Pelletier Yannick MULH 2624 27 2737
5 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas CANN 2604 27 2724
6 GM Degraeve Jean-Marc CLIC 2542 27 2696
7 IM Bagheri Amir USAM 2431 27 2669
8 GM Fressinet Laurent CAIS 2593 27 2656
9 GM Istratescu Andrei SAUT 2593 27 2632
10 GM Campora Daniel ARG 2505 27 2527
11 GM Tkachiev Vladislav CANN 2642 26 2767
12 GM David Alberto DRAN 2548 26 2681
13 GM Lalic Bogdan ENG 2614 26 2676
14 GM Milov Vadim MULH 2620 25 2651
15 GM Tregubov Pavel CLIC 2612 25 2607
16 GM Djuric Stefan ANTI 2498 25 2601
17 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2575 25 2596
18 GM Chernin Alexander HUN 2573 25 2594
19 GM Bauer Christian CLIC 2579 25 2590
20 GM Lupu Mircea-Serg. FRAI 2460 25 2579
21 GM Spiridonov Nikola CAIS 2570 25 2471
715 players
The Janaury Third Saturday GM event took place 18th-26th January 2003.
Zlatko Ilincic won the GM event with 8.5/11. Norms targets were GM = 8, IM =
5,5 and WGM = 5. My thanks to Sinisa Drazic and Darko Feletar for the news and
games.
Norms GM event WGM norm for 16 year old Aleksandra Dimitrijevic in the
IM event there were IM norms for the winner Pucovski Miroslav (Yug) and 2nd
placed David Guadalpi (Fra) (over 10 rounds).
The next event will take place 22nd-30th March 2003. The GM event will
be cat 8 or 9 - 12 players GM Fontaine, GM Drazic, GM Matulovic, IM Feletar, IM
Balogh Czsaba , IM Popovic Dusan , IM Pap, Misa will play and there are 5
places available. Hotel with breakfast and entry fee for players over 2400 only
240 euro. There will also be a cat 3 or 4 IM event with 12 players, 6 places
available. Contact sdrazic@eunet.yu.
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TSGM Jan Novi Sad YUG (YUG), 18-26 i 2003 cat. IX (2458)
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1. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2535 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2661
2. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2529 0 * = 1 = 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2516
3. Pap, Misa m YUG 2407 = = * = 1 1 0 = = = = = 6.0 2498
4. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2434 1 0 = * = = = = = = = = 5.5 2459
5. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2480 = = 0 = * = = = 1 = = = 5.5 2455
6. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2448 0 1 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 5.5 2458
7. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2506 0 = 1 = = = * = = 0 1 = 5.5 2453
8. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2462 0 = = = = = = * = = = 1 5.5 2457
9. Savic, Miodrag R m YUG 2506 0 = = = 0 = = = * = = 1 5.0 2417
10. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2369 0 0 = = = 0 1 = = * 1 = 5.0 2429
11. Laketic, Gojko m YUG 2426 = 0 = = = = 0 = = 0 * = 4.0 2358
12. Kostic, Vladimir m YUG 2391 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 = = * 3.5 2330
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The Brazilian Open BCX 2003 took place January 16th-19th 2003 (99
players: 1GM, 3 MI, 2 MF). Luis Henrique Coelho and Everaldo Matsuura finished
on 5.5/6. Games now available. My thanks to Antonio Bento.
Leading Final (Round 6) Standings:
1-2 Coelho, Luis Henrique P 2392 5.5 23.0
Matsuura, Everaldo 2438 5.5 23.0
3-5 Pelikian, Jefferson 2407 5 25.5
Neubauer, Martin 2420 5 25.0
Olivencia, Flavio 2226 5 22.0
6-13 Lima, Darcy Gustavo Machado Vie 2521 4.5 24.5
Silva, Carlos Alessandro 4.5 23.0
Sousa, Adriano Valle de 2247 4.5 22.0
Lucena, Lincoln da Silva 2200 4.5 22.0
Felipe, Andre de Souza 2136 4.5 21.0
Pimentel, William Barreto 2198 4.5 20.5
Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo 2389 4.5 19.5
Lucena, Jose Silvio Bezerra de 2190 4.5 16.5
99 players
Harald Grafenhofer sends news and games from the Austrian Team
Championships first division whose second set of matches took place in Jenbach
23rd-26th January 2003.
Further details:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.htm?tnr=1047
Round 8 Standings
Rg. Mannschaft Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3
1 Tschaturanga 28.5 10 0
2 Gleisdorf 27.5 11 1
3 Austria Graz 27.5 11 1
4 Jenbach 27.5 10 2
5 Die Klagenfurter 25.5 11 1
6 Fürstenfeld 25.5 11 0
7 Merkur/Frohnleiten 25.5 10 1
8 Melk 23.0 5 0
9 Hohenems 22.5 5 0
10 Absam 21.5 8 0
11 Mozart Salzburg 17.5 2 0
12 Hietzing/Fischer 16.0 2 0
Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8
Evgeny Bareev plays a match against HIARCS 8 January 28th-31st 2003.
Further details: http://www.chessevents.nl/bareev_match.shtml
3rd Griesheim GM/IM
The 3rd Griesheimer GM-/IM-Tournament takes place 29th January - 6th
February 2003 in Griesheim (near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany). Each event is a
nine round robin. GM-Tournament: R. Ruck; E. Agrest; A. Jakubiec; R. Buhmann;
M. Prusikhin; M. Grabarczyk; S. Krivoshey; S. Galdunts; L. Kritz; V. Kunin
(cat. 11) IM: B. Grabarczyk; Y. Boidman; K. Wornath; J. Jirka; J. Wegerle; H.
Gohil; K. Jedryczka; C. Schramm; V. Trichkov; R. Koehler (cat. 4)
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachverein-griesheim.de/2003gm/
Auckland International Open
The Howick & Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open takes
place January 26 - 31 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/auckland/
40th Canadian Open Championship
The 40th Canadian Open Championships take place in Kapuskasing, Ontario,
hosts Canada's most important open event, July 12-20, 2003. First prize is $cdn
6,000, and the projected prize fund is $cdn 50,000. TD (Arbiter) of the
10-round event is IA Jonathan Berry. The Organizer is Denis Nadeau:
nadeaud@cscdgr.on.ca Further details:
http://www.kapchess.com/kapchess/open.html
Kapuskasing is a remote, wild location. A chess tournament there will be
an experience long remembered by players accustomed to big city life.
Cannes Swiss Tournament
The Cannes Swiss Tournament takes place 8th-14th March 2003. 9 rounds
with 2 games on 2 days. 10,000 Euro prize fund with a first of 2000, Entry Fee
60 Euro, Juniors 30. 40 moves in 2: 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Contact info@cannes-echecs.org
1st Chess Festival in Nancy
The 1st Chess Festival took place in Nancy (France) 3rd - 9th March
2003. The IM tournament full, but there are still places for several Elo round
robin tournaments (9 rounds) for non-titled players (with FIDE Elo or not).
Details: http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr
Stichting Schaak Groningen address change
The Chess Foundation Groningen (Stichting Schaak Groningen - SSG ) has a
new e-mail address joh.zwanepol@hetnet.nl. You can contact Johan Zwanepol the
executive director of the SSG at that address or Boerakkerweg 9, NL-9321 EL
Peize, The Netherlands tel. +31(50)5032744
First Saturday February 2003
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM round robin tournaments for the
title norms in Budapest take place 1st-13th February 2003. There are vacancies
contact the organizer: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-Fax: 00-(361)-263-28-59
16th "Ciudad de León"
The 16th "Ciudad de León" chess tournament will take place June
5th-9th 2003 in León, Spain. This year it will be a quadrangular
tournament with Ruslan Ponomariov (Elo 2734) Vesselin Topalov, (Elo 2743)
Sergey Karjakin, (Elo 2547) and Francisco "Paco" Vallejo Pons (Elo 2629) The
venue will be the Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León". The event
will almost certainly be advanced chess.
The official web site will be:
http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
British Blitz Championships
The British Blitz Championships takes place on 23rd March, 2003, at
Brunel University, Uxbridge.
Further details: http://www.britishblitz.co.uk/
Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2003
The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2003 takes place 12-20 April 2003.
Further details:
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske03/eng/indexa.html
Fischer Stories
Bobby Fischer and his mother were investigated by the FBI. Read the
story: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm
and a new one Bobby Fischer's Pathetic Endgame by Rene Chun which has appeared
in many places: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
Huddersfield Chess Congress
The Huddersfield Chess Congress to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of
the Huddersfield Chess Club (1852-2002) takes place At the Deighton Centre,
Huddersfield 28th-30th March 2003. The event is an ‘Elite’ Terence
Chapman Group Grand Prix 5 round Swiss. Entries to be returned by 24th March
2003 to Nigel Hepworth. 71, Fixby Road, Fixby, Huddersfield. HD2 2JB. Further
details from Nigel Hepworth 07903 548675 Email -
congress@huddersfieldchessclub.co.uk.
Final Lineup for Linares
David Llada reports that the final line-up for the traditional Linares
Supertournament will be Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand,
Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour Radjabov. The
XX "Ciudad de Linares" sees the opening ceremony and drawing of lots on 21st
February. Round 1 22nd February 2003. Last round and closing ceremony 9th March
2003. Rest days 26th February and 4th March 2003. The official website will be
announced a few days before the event.
World Youth Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships 2003 and the 74th FIDE Congress
takes place 24th October - 2nd November 2003 in Halkidiki, Greece.
Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/
III Savaria Summer
The III Savaria Summer International Chess Open takes place in
Szombathely, Hungary 19th-27th July 2003.
The event is a 9 round Swiss system 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Further Information: Korpics Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely, Rohonci 13.
+(36)-30/951-0063 korpicschess@axelero.hu and Pergel László
H-9700 Szombathely, Tátra 2. +(36)-30/530-4904 a_mester@freemail.hu
Patrick Wolff Chess-Site
Patrick Wolff has launched a pay site at:
http://www.wolffchess.com
Western Pacific Open
April 11-13, Western Pacific Open. 5-SS. Los Angeles Airport Radisson,
Los Angeles, CA. $10,000 based on 200 players, $5000 guaranteed. Top section
FIDE-rated. Details: http://www.westernchess.com.
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
May 24-26, Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic. 6-SS. Los Angeles Airport
Radisson, Los Angeles, CA. $12,000 based on 240 players, $7200 guaranteed.
Details: http://www.westernchess.com
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ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003
The ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003 takes place 17th-27th July 2002 in
the Treff-Hotel Dresden.
Further details:
http://www.schachfestival.com/index_schachfestival.html
World Amateur Championships
The World Amateur Championships take place in the Sammy Marks Building,
Pretoria, South Africa 2nd - 12th July 2003.
Internet site: http://www.chessa.co.za/
4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open
4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open This 9 round Swiss event,
takes place over 2 weekends Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2003 and
Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd February 2003 at Yateley Manor School, Reading Road,
Yateley, Hampshire, England. 36 miles South West of central London. Free entry
for GM, IM, WGM, WIM. Prizes include a free place in the 2003 British
Championships (highest placed player not previously qualified). The prize fund
and allocation depends on entry. Event is FIDE rated and BCF rated and part of
British Chess Federation Grand Prix. Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin.
Contact: Phone : + 44 (0)1753 883300 e-mail: rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk
Hungarian tournaments April-May-June 2003
6 GM and IM tournaments in a row in HUNGARY in April-May-June 2003 /3
months chess trip to Hungary is possible for the GM-IM-norms/ The info: 1.
5th-17th of April, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu, website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat 2.
19th-29th of April, GM-IM, MINDSZENTKALLA, GM-IM, 200 km West from Budapest,
org.IM Istvandi, e-mail: sakkozo@netposta.net, 3. 3rd-15th of May, FIRST
SATURDAY, GM-IM Budapest, org: NL., 4. 17th-27th of May GM-IM Elekes memorial,
Budapest, org: IM Zsinka, fax: 00-(361)-327-18-71, 5. 7th-19th of June, FIRST
SATURDAY, GM-IM Budapest, org: NL, 6. 20th-30th of June, Balatonlelle /130 km
West from Budapest/ GM-IM-OPEN, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@matavnet.hu
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/
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
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
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.
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.
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. See more at the tournament's home page
http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003
Players who are interested may contact Tournament Organiser Michael
Andersson, e-mail GM@skanderborgskakklub.dk
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
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 - 9th
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
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.
Contact e-mail: bethunechess@hotmail.com
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
