THE WEEK IN CHESS 434 3rd March 2003 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Linares 2003
3) Hrokurinn Chess Tournament
4) Cappelle la Grande Open
5) 52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships
6) Malaga Open
7) 10th Metalis Open
8) Asian Individual Chess Championships
9) First Saturday - March
10) 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid
11) Edda Rapid Tournament
12) FIDE News
13) Professional World Chess Ranking
14) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Linares 2003                            18 games
Anibal Open                             44 games
Hrokurinn Chess Tournament              20 games
Cappelle la Grande Open                277 games
52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships    42 games
Malaga Open                             60 games
10th Metalis Open                      120 games
Asian Individual Chess Championships   242 games
823 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to David Llada, Simón Hernández, Rod McShane, Ingvar Johannesson, Pascal Villalba, Rumen Angelov, Javier Rubio, Mirjana Medic, Ebrahim Al Mannai, Laszlo Nagy, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Kaspars Migla and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Linares tournament has five more rounds to go and its still very tight at the top with Kramnik leading on 5/8 from Leko on 4.5/7 and Kasparov and Anand on 4.5/8. Any of these players can win this event and a tie at the end is certainly possible. In a quiet announcement this week FIDE stated that the Kasparov vs. Ponomariov match will be a World Title Match. Perhaps I'm wrong but I don't think this was the initial plan as part of the Prague agreement. FIDE describe it as a match between the World Champion (Ponomariov) and the World Number One. The regulations leave open the possibility of reunification with the winner of Kramnik - Leko but they will have a Champion after their match.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Linares 2003

The traditional Linares Supertournament (XX "Ciudad de Linares") is a 7 player double round robin with Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour Radjabov. With five rounds to go Kramnik leads on 5/8 half a point clear of Peter Leko on 4.5/7 and Anand and Kasparov on 4.5/8. The standings aren't totally clear because one player rests each round due to the odd number of players.

Schedule: The Opening ceremony and drawing - 21st February 2003. Round 1 22nd February - Last round and closing ceremony 9th March 2003 - Rest days 26th February and 4th March 2003. Play starts at 14:30GMT.

Official websites: http://www.elmundo.es - Live Coverage Page and http://www.todoajedrez.tv

The Anibal Open has started and after three rounds Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2649; Korobov, Anton m UKR 2509; Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2573 and Kempinski, Robert g POL 2545 are all on 3/3. 125 players. Coverage: http://www.todoajedrez.tv

Round 4 (February 25, 2003)

Anand, Viswanathan       -  Kramnik, Vladimir        1/2   16  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Ponomariov, Ruslan       -  Leko, Peter              1/2  110  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco  -  Radjabov, Teimour        1/2   48  C12  French MacCutcheon

Round 5 (February 27, 2003)

Leko, Peter              -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1-0   43  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry          -  Ponomariov, Ruslan       1-0   43  E18  Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour        -  Anand, Viswanathan       1/2   25  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian

Round 6 (February 28, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir        -  Radjabov, Teimour        1-0   36  C11  French Defence
Anand, Viswanathan       -  Leko, Peter              1-0   72  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco  -  Kasparov, Garry          1/2   41  D17  Slav Defence

Round 7 (March 1, 2003)

Leko, Peter              -  Kramnik, Vladimir        1/2   25  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kasparov, Garry          -  Anand, Viswanathan       1-0   62  B19  Caro Kann
Ponomariov, Ruslan       -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1-0   68  D45  Anti-Meran Variations

Round 8 (March 2, 2003)

Leko, Peter              -  Radjabov, Teimour        1-0   32  C12  French MacCutcheon
Kasparov, Garry          -  Kramnik, Vladimir        1/2   33  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Ponomariov, Ruslan       -  Anand, Viswanathan       1/2   44  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo

Round 9 (March 3, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir        -  Ponomariov, Ruslan       1/2   33  C96  Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan       -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1/2   28  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour        -  Kasparov, Garry          1/2   39  D28  QGA


XX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-9 iii 2003             cat. XX (2733)
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                                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir        g RUS 2807 ** =. == =. 1. 1= =.  5.0 / 8  2833
2 Leko, Peter              g HUN 2736 =. ** =. 0. 11 =. 1.  4.5 / 7  2818
3 Kasparov, Garry          g RUS 2847 == =. ** 1. 0= 1. =.  4.5 / 8  2757
4 Anand, Viswanathan       g IND 2753 =. 1. 0. ** =. 1= ==  4.5 / 8  2760
5 Radjabov, Teimour        g AZE 2624 0. 00 1= =. ** =. =.  3.0 / 8  2674
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan       g UKR 2734 0= =. 0. 0= =. ** 1.  3.0 / 8  2657
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g ESP 2629 =. 0. =. == =. 0. **  2.5 / 7  2648
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3) Hrokurinn Chess Tournament

Iceland's Hrokurinn Chess Club organised a category XV tournament which took place at the Reykjavik Art Museum, February 18th-27th 2003. Alexei Shirov took clear first with 7/9. My thanks to Rod McShane and Ingvar Johannesson.

Games were broadcast live on ICC and the Club's website http://www.hrokurinn.is (Icelandic) and http://icechess.com/Hrokur2003/index.php (English)

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Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (ISL), 18-27 ii 2003            cat. XV (2617)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Shirov, Alexei          g ESP 2723  * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  7.0  2825 
 2. Macieja, Bartlomiej     g POL 2629  = * 1 = 1 = = = = 1  6.0  2740 
 3. Korchnoi, Viktor        g SUI 2642  = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 =  6.0  2739 
 4. Sokolov, Ivan           g NED 2688  0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 1  5.5  2689 
 5. McShane, Luke J         g ENG 2568  = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1  5.5  2702 
 6. Adams, Michael          g ENG 2734  0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1  5.0  2647 
 7. Bacrot, Etienne         g FRA 2671  0 = 0 0 0 = * = 1 1  3.5  2531 
 8. Stefansson, Hannes      g ISL 2569  = = 0 = 0 0 = * = =  3.0  2497 
 9. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass   g ISL 2516  0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1  2.5  2462 
10. Kristjansson, Stefan    m ISL 2432  0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 *  1.0  2286 
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4) Cappelle la Grande Open

The Cappelle la Grande Open took place 22nd February - 1st March 2003. Players included: Alexander Moiseenko, Karen Asrian, Artyom Timofeev, Zahar Efimenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Suat Atalik, Edvins Kengis and Thomas Luther in the field of 600 players which had more than 80 GMs and more than 50 IMs. The famous Shogi player Toshiyuki Moriuchi also competed. Vladimir Burmakin was one of 7 players who finished on 7/9 finishing first on tie-break.

GM Norms: Dmitry Bocharov, Tigran Nalbandian, Alexander Mitra and Jakov Geller. IM Norms: Thal Abergel, Duilio Collutiis, Pawel Czarnota, Elina Danielian Sébastien Delaunay, Grzegorz Gajewski, Tigran Gharamian, Bartlomiej Heberla, Krzysztof Jakubowski, Tomas Petrik and Stanislaw Zawadzki (POL). WIM Dorota Czarnota.

My thanks to Pascal Villalba.

Website: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/home.php, live coverage: http://www.echecs21.com, http://www.chess21.com and http://www.ajedrez21.com

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Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 22 ii-1 iii 2003
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  1 Burmakin, Vladimir       g RUS 2575   7.0 2700
  2 Rozentalis, Eduardas     g LTU 2585   7.0 2672
  3 Schlosser, Philipp       g GER 2534   7.0 2668
  4 Areshchenko, Alexander   g UKR 2566   7.0 2657
  5 Geller, Jakov            m RUS 2448   7.0 2635
  6 Bocharov, Dmitry         m RUS 2524   7.0 2607
  7 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  g UKR 2538   7.0 2596
  8 Nalbandian, Tigran       m ARM 2465   6,5 2647
  9 Chernyshov, Konstantin   g RUS 2561   6,5 2637
 10 Vysochin, Spartak        g UKR 2554   6,5 2635
 11 Zontakh, Andrey          g UKR 2508   6,5 2616
 12 Kengis, Edvins           g LAT 2570   6,5 2610
 13 Shneider, Aleksandr      g UKR 2511   6,5 2608
 14 Vorobiov, Evgeny E       g RUS 2541   6,5 2594
 15 Gajewski, Grzegorz         POL 2436   6,5 2591
 16 Klovans, Janis           g LAT 2417   6,5 2589
 17 Atalik, Suat             g BIH 2581   6,5 2587
 18 Jaracz, Pawel            g POL 2546   6,5 2578
 19 Delaunay, Sebastien        FRA 2315   6,5 2577
 20 Luther, Thomas           g GER 2575   6,5 2571
 21 Kuzmin, Gennadi P        g UKR 2495   6,5 2569
 22 Ionov, Sergey            g RUS 2531   6,5 2568
 23 Minasian, Artashes       g ARM 2557   6,5 2565
 24 Bobras, Piotr            m POL 2441   6,5 2554
 25 Kovchan, Alexander       g UKR 2536   6,5 2548
 26 Iljushin, Alexei         g RUS 2537   6,5 2547
 27 Heberla, Bartlomiej        POL 2389	  6,5 2523
 28 Totsky, Leonid           g RUS 2511   6,5 2523
 29 Nogueiras, Jesus         g CUB 2528   6,5 2519
 30 Kveinys, Aloyzas         g LTU 2541   6,5 2518
 31 Guliev, Sarhan           g AZE 2513   6,5 2516
 32 Makarov, Marat           g RUS 2512   6,5 2510
 33 Potapov, Alexander1      m RUS 2500   6,5 2500
 34 Iskusnyh, Sergei         g RUS 2496   6,5 2493
 35 Shirazi, Kamran          m USA 2438   6,5 2492
 36 Sprenger, Jan Michael    m GER 2431   6,5 2492
 37 Legky, Nikolay A         g UKR 2507   6,5 2473
 38 Skripchenko, Almira     wg FRA 2501   6,5 2440
 39 Eljanov, Pavel           g UKR 2571   6,5 2674
608 players 

5) 52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships

The 52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships took place 20th February - 3rd March 2003. Margarita Voiska took clear first on 9/11. Svetla Jordanova appears as Svetla Besheva in the rating list, I have chosen the latter for the table and games but this may change in future FIDE lists. The Men's Championships will take place May 5th-15th 2003. My thanks to Rumen Angelov.

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

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52nd ch-BUL w Sofia BUL (BUL), 20 ii-3 iii 2003
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                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Voiska, Margarita            wg BUL 2343  * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.0  2418 
 2. Djingarova, Emilia           wm BUL 2267  = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  8.5  2374 
 3. Genova, Ruzka                wm BUL 2233  = = * 1 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2268 
 4. Velcheva, Maria              wg BUL 2255  = = 0 * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1  6.5  2229 
 5. Gocheva, Rumiana B           wm BUL 2217  = 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2233 
 6. Raeva, Eiitsa                   BUL 2143  0 0 1 = 1 * = 0 1 0 1 1  6.0  2210 
 7. Bednikova, Stefi                BUL 2214  0 = = 0 = = * 1 0 = = 1  5.0  2132 
 8. Georgieva, Emilia               BUL 2060  0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 0  4.5  2117 
 9. Jovkova-Draganova, Petranka     BUL 2046  0 0 = = = 0 1 0 * = 0 1  4.0  2081 
10. Besheva, Svetla                 BUL 2157  0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = * 0 0  3.5  2040 
11. Topel, Zehra                 wf TUR 2131  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 1  3.5  2042 
12. Boneva,Zvezdelina               BUL ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 *  2.0  1925 
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6) Malaga Open

The 6th Malaga Open took place 21st February - 1st March 2003. Sergei Tiviakov won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field. My thanks to Javier Rubio for the information.

Internet coverage: http://www.malagajedrez.org/

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6th Open Malaga ESP (ESP), 21 ii-1 iii 2003
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  1 Tiviakov, Sergei                  g  NED 2635  7.5  51.0
  2 Cabrera, Alexis                   m  COL 2478  7.0  52.0
  3 Cramling, Pia                     g  SWE 2492  7.0  50.5
  4 Matamoros Franco, Carlos          g  ECU 2460  7.0  49.5
  5 Perez Candelario, Manuel          m  ESP 2404  7.0  49.5
  6 Cheparinov, Ivan                  m  BUL 2478  7.0  49.0
  7 Korneev, Oleg                     g  RUS 2613  7.0  48.5
  8 Rasmussen, Karsten                m  DEN 2396  7.0  47.5
  9 Rizouk, Aimen                     m  ALG 2519  6.5  50.0
 10 Kovacevic, Slobodan               m  YUG 2396  6.5  47.0
 11 Vasquez, Rodrigo                  m  CHI 2481  6.5  46.0
 12 Collas, Didier                    m  FRA 2422  6.5  45.5
 13 Suba, Mihai                       g  ROM 2501  6.5  45.0
 14 Alonso, Salvador                  m  ARG 2443  6.5  42.5
 15 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto         g  ESP 2506  6.0  50.5
 16 De La Paz, Frank                  m  CUB 2441  6.0  50.0
 17 Herrera, Irisberto                g  CUB 2439  6.0  46.5
 18 Borbjerggaard, Lars               m  DEN 2383  6.0  46.5
 19 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea             wg NED 2325  6.0  46.0
 20 Munoz Moreno, Francisco Javier    f  ESP 2291  6.0  44.5
 21 Leskovar, Mario                   m  ARG 2363  6.0  44.0
 22 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus            m  ESP 2414  6.0  44.0
    Barria Zuñiga, Daniel             f  CHI 2351  6.0  44.0
 24 Fernandez Siles, Luis                ESP 2274  6.0  43.5
 25 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel         g  ESP 2428  6.0  43.5
 26 Ivanov, Jordan                    m  BUL 2446  6.0  43.0
 27 Westerinen, Heikki M.J.           g  FIN 2374  6.0  41.5
 28 Diez Gonzalez, Pedro Maria        f  ESP 2300  6.0  40.5
 29 Aleksieva, Silvia                 wg FRA 2333  6.0  40.0
 30 Jaksland, Tim                        DEN 2272  6.0  40.0
 31 Paz Ladron De Guevara, Daniel     f  ESP 2323  5.5  49.0
 32 Tissir, Mohamed                   m  MAR 2366  5.5  47.0
 33 Leskovar, Matias                     ARG 2150  5.5  46.0
 34 Saldano, Horacio                  m  ARG 2442  5.5  45.5
 35 Olsen, Peter Erik                    DEN 2270  5.5  43.5
 36 Jaime Montalvan, Luis Felipe         ESP 2307  5.5  43.0
 37 Gutierrez Lopez, Carlos              ESP 2172  5.5  42.0
 38 Wempe, Joost                         NED 2313  5.5  41.5
 39 Garcia Jimenez, Francisco Javier     ESP 2185  5.5  41.5
 40 Linan Baena, Jeronimo                ESP 2176  5.5  41.5
 41 Grichkevitch, Gilles                 FRA 2179  5.5  36.5
157 players

7) 10th Metalis Open

The 10th Metalis Open took place 26th February - 2nd March 2003. Bizovac is near Osijek in Croatia. Ante Brkic won the event with 7.5/9. News from WGM Mirjana Medic of the Croatian Chess Federation.

Further details: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/03/index.htm

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10th Open Metalis, Bizovac CRO (CRO), 26-II-02-III 2003
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Final Standings

   1   Brkic, Ante         CRO   2402 fm    7.5  
   2   Zelcic, Robert      CRO   2576 gm    7    
   3   Saric, Ibro         BIH   2394 fm    7    
   4   Rogulj, Branko      CRO   2427 im    6.5  
   5   Kutuzovic, Branko   CRO   2389 im    6.5  
   6   Leventic, Ivan      CRO   2453 im    6.5  
   7   Cebalo, Miso        CRO   2527 gm    6.5  
   8   Loncar, Robert      CRO   2439 im    6.5  
   9   Franic, Milan       CRO   2425 im    6.5  
  10   Ascic, Pero         CRO   2310 fm    6.5  
  11   Jovanic, Ognjen     CRO   2432 im    6.5  
  12   Saric, Ante         CRO   2350 fm    6.5  
  13   Krkljes, Slaven     CRO   2132       6.5  
  14   Goric, Esad         BIH   2315 fm    6.5  
  15   Teofilovic, Vjeran  CRO   2242       6    
  16   Kristovic, Marijan  CRO   2330 fm    6    
  17   Kovacevic, Blazimir CRO   2442 im    6    
  18   Sargac, Rajna       CRO   2218       6    
  19   Bender, Ivan        CRO   2271       6    
  20   Margeta, Zeljko     CRO   2091       6    
  21   Pandurevic, Miro    CRO   2259       5.5  
  22   Rosandic, Denis     CRO   2287 fm    5.5  
  23   Medic, Mirjana      CRO   2308 wgm   5.5  
  24   Dusper, Hrvoje      CRO   2204 fm    5.5  
  25   Grbac, Boris        CRO   2206       5.5  
  26   Cajzler, Hinko      CRO   2204       5.5  
  27   Saulic, Vjekoslav   CRO   1976       5.5  
  28   Devedzic, Osman     BIH              5.5  
  29   Martic, Zlatko      CRO   2253 fm    5.5  
  30   Sulc, Damir         CRO   2271       5.5  
  31   Djukic, Zeljko      CRO   2266       5.5  
  32   Drmic, Tomislav     CRO   2124       5.5  
  33   Arbanas, Josip      CRO   2250       5.5  
  34   Buric, Danijel      CRO   2253       5.5  
 119 Players

8) Asian Individual Chess Championships

The Asian Individual Chess Championships 2003 took place in Doha, Qatar 21st Feb- 3rd March 2003. Krishnan Sasikiran took clear first after a final round win over Darmen Sadvakasov.

Internet coverage at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=117

4th ch-Asia Doha QAT (QAT), 22 ii-2 iii 2003
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 1 Sasikiran, Krishnan        g IND 2664  7.0  2742
 2 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan       g IRI 2500  6.5  2700
 3 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad       g QAT 2571  6.0  2651
 4 Sadvakasov, Darmen         g KAZ 2523  6.0  2627
 5 Adianto, Utut              g INA 2562  6.0  2625
 6 Neelotpal, Das             m IND 2406  6.0  2595
 7 Barua, Dibyendu            g IND 2541  6.0  2599
 8 Barsov, Alexei             g UZB 2525  6.0  2596
 9 Dao Thien Hai              g VIE 2560  6.0  2595
10 Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali  m YEM 2334  6.0  2504
11 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar     m IND 2556  5.5  2543
12 Rahman, Ziaur              g BAN 2542  5.5  2561
13 Zagrebelny, Sergey         g UZB 2540  5.5  2547
14 Safin, Shukhrat            g UZB 2529  5.5  2475
15 Kunte, Abhijit             g IND 2507  5.5  2493
16 Kayumov, Sergey              UZB 2479  5.5  2535
17 Bakre, Tejas               m IND 2464  5.5  2478
18 Hossain, Enamul            m BAN 2451  5.5  2521
19 Wu Shaobin                 g SIN 2545  5.0  2434
20 Torre, Eugenio             g PHI 2519  5.0  2525
21 Paragua, Mark              m PHI 2506  5.0  2520
22 Kostenko, Petr             m KAZ 2497  5.0  2400
23 Iuldachev, Saidali         g UZB 2487  5.0  2490
24 Kotsur, Pavel              g KAZ 2586  4.5  2483
25 Dzhumaev, Marat            g UZB 2507  4.5  2411
26 Villamayor, Buenaventura   g PHI 2489  4.5  2444
27 Kakageldyev, Amanmurad     m TKM 2469  4.5  2407
28 Thipsay, Praveen M         g IND 2465  4.5  2412
29 Al Sayed, Mohamad N        m QAT 2431  4.5  2428
30 Sadykov, Rustem              KAZ 2412  4.5  2441
31 Annaberdiev, Meilis        m TKM 2405  4.5  2344
32 Issa, Rafat                f SYR 2331  4.5  2427
33 Abu Sufian, Sakil          f BAN 2226  4.5  2428
34 Isaev, Jamshed             m TJK 2438  4.0  2450
35 Sundararajan, Kidambi      m IND 2416  4.0  2421
36 Aliev, Kerim               m TKM 2317  4.0  2293
37 Hilwani, Talal               SYR 2291  4.0  2222
38 Altanoch, Genden           f MGL 2284  4.0  2316
39 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg      g MGL 2438  3.5  2268
40 Nezad, Husein Aziz         f QAT 2334  3.5  2197
41 Saleh, Nabil                 UAE 2324  3.5  2229
42 Al-Zendani, Zendan         f YEM 2313  3.5  2253
43 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir           f BAN 2309  3.5  2279
44 Jasim, A.R. Saleh          f UAE 2278  3.5  2277
45 Mohammadi, H.R               IRI 2250  3.5  2252
46 Al-Tamimi, Hamad             QAT 2182  3.5  2244
47 Al-Marri, Omar               QAT 2098  3.5  2200
48 Turpanov, Milan              KGZ 2351  3.0  2176
49 Janahi, Zeyaad             f BRN 2245  3.0  2181
50 De Silva, Nirosh             SRI 2243  3.0  2162
51 Ayyad, Maher                 BRN 2200  2.5  2057
52 Kayle, Charles               PLE 2063  2.5  2195
53 Ekrof,Ibrahim Shahab         QAT ----  1.5  1966
54 Hsmin,Mohamad Nasir          QAT ----  0.5      
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9) First Saturday - March

There is one GM and two IM groups in the First Saturday March tournament.

Daily news: http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0303/index.htm

10) 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid

The 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament will take place 15th-27th March 2002 (rest days 19th and 24th March play takes place 13:30-20:00 each day). The event is sponsored by J.J. van Oosterom and will take place in the Vista Palace Hôtel in Roquebrune Cap-Martin Monaco. Prizes worth $193,250 are at stake.

Players: Zoltan Almasi, Viswanathan Anand, Evgeny Bareev, Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Veselin Topalov and Loek Van Wely.

Info http://www.europe-echecs.com

11) Edda Rapid Tournament

The Edda Rapid Tournament takes place in the Reykjavik City Theatre March 3rd-5th 2003. Time control 25 minutes. 9 round Swiss.

Registered players include: 1 Veselin Topalov BUL GM 2743 2 Michael Adams ENG GM 2734 3 Alexei Shirov ESP GM 2723 4 Ivan Sokolov NED GM 2688 5 Etienne Bacrot FRA GM 2671 6 Joel Lautier FRA GM 2670 7 Loek Van Wely NED GM 2668 8 Emil Sutovsky ISR GM 2651 9 Victor Korchnoi SUI GM 2642 10 Predrag Nikolic BIH GM 2638 11 Johann Hjartarson ISL GM 2634 12 Michal Krasenkow POL GM 2633 13 Victor Bologan MDA GM 2630 14 Bartlomiej Macieja POL GM 2629 15 Pavel Tregubov RUS GM 2612 16 Jaan Ehlvest EST GM 2600 17 Hannes H. Stefansson ISL GM 2569 18 Luke McShane ENG GM 2568 19 Tomas Oral CZE GM 2550 20 Igor Alexandre Nataf FRA GM 2545 21 Margeir Petursson ISL GM 2543 22 Nick De Firmian USA GM 2537 23 Jan Votava CZE GM 2518 24 Helgi Ass Gretarsson ISL GM 2516 25 Henrik Danielsen DEN GM 2501 26 Helgi Olafsson ISL GM 2475 27 Nicolai Vlassov RUS IM 2454 28 Fridrik Olafsson ISL GM 2452 29 Viktorija Cmilyte LTU IM 2452 30 Throstur Torhallsson ISL GM 2441

Internet site: http://www.icechess.com/Edda2003

12) FIDE News

The 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting took place in Bucharest, Romania.

New GMs Grandmaster Titles BIH Bistric, Faruk BLR Azarov, Sergey GER Handke, Florian IND Ganguly, Surya Sekhar RUS Novik, Maxim.

Further news of new titles: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=129

They also agreed the regulations for the Kasparov vs. Ponomariov match. The winner will be the World Chess Champion (or FIDE World Chess Champion) this is not called a qualifier as part of the Prague agreement. Details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=126

13) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher for March 1st 2003 has been released . Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.

Results up to March 1, 2003  
NN  Name                     Birthday     NAT   RAT   VAR
 1  Kasparov,Garry           13.04.1963   RUS   2805  114
 2  Kramnik,Vladimir         25.06.1975   RUS   2755  146
 3  Anand,Viswanathan        11.12.1969   IND   2709  159
 4  Topalov,Veselin          15.03.1975   BUL   2698  172
 5  Bareev,Evgeny            21.11.1966   RUS   2692  188
 6  Leko,Peter               08.09.1979   HUN   2687  159
 7  Shirov,Alexei            04.07.1972   ESP   2684  167
 8  Ponomariov,Ruslan        11.10.1983   UKR   2679  179
 9  Polgar,Judit             23.07.1976   HUN   2672  159
10  Grischuk,Alexander       31.10.1983   RUS   2668  155
11  Adams,Michael            17.11.1971   ENG   2667  150
12  Dreev,Alexey             30.01.1969   RUS   2658  131
13  Svidler,Peter            17.06.1976   RUS   2655  154
14  Ivanchuk,Vassily         18.03.1969   UKR   2654  133
15  Gelfand,Boris            24.06.1968   ISR   2649  135
16  Khalifman,Alexander      18.01.1966   RUS   2647  136
17  Akopian,Vladimir         07.12.1971   ARM   2636  159
18  Azmaiparashvili,Zurab    16.03.1960   GEO   2635  151
19  Malakhov,Vladimir        27.11.1980   RUS   2632  183
20  Ye Jiangchuan            20.11.1960   CHN   2628  159
21  Karpov,Anatoli           23.05.1951   RUS   2625  136
22  Bacrot,Etienne           22.01.1983   FRA   2625  149
23  Short,Nigel D            01.06.1965   ENG   2622  151
24  Sakaev,Konstantin        13.04.1974   RUS   2617  146
25  Zvjaginsev,Vadim         18.08.1976   RUS   2610  157
26  Gurevich,Mikhail         22.02.1959   BEL   2609  159
27  Lautier,Joel             12.04.1973   FRA   2608  136
28  Sokolov,Ivan             13.06.1968   BIH   2608  140
29  Kasimdzhanov,Rustam      05.12.1979   UZB   2607  170
30  Lputian,Smbat G          14.02.1958   ARM   2607  172
31  Sutovsky,Emil            19.09.1977   ISR   2606  191
32  Van Wely,Loek            07.10.1972   NED   2606  197
33  Morozevich,Alexander     18.07.1977   RUS   2606  201
34  Radjabov,Teimour         12.03.1987   AZE   2604  152
35  Vallejo Pons,Francisco   21.08.1982   ESP   2604  156
36  Goldin,Alexander         27.02.1965   ISR   2601  167
37  Zhang Zhong              05.09.1978   CHN   2601  174
38  Nikolic,Predrag          11.09.1960   BIH   2600  135
39  Bologan,Viorel           14.12.1971   MDA   2600  209
40  Graf-Nenashev,Alexander  25.08.1962   GER   2595  165
41  Beliavsky,Alexander G    17.12.1953   SLO   2595  174
42  Tiviakov,Sergei          14.02.1973   NED   2593  150
43  Rublevsky,Sergei         15.10.1974   RUS   2589  150
44  Georgiev,Kiril           28.11.1965   BUL   2588  166
45  Smirin,Ilia              21.01.1968   ISR   2587  169
46  Aleksandrov,Aleksej      11.05.1973   BLR   2586  156
47  Aronian,Levon            06.10.1982   ARM   2585  184
48  Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter   01.08.1976   ROM   2583  145
49  Tkachiev,Vladislav       09.11.1973   FRA   2582  145
50  Movsesian,Sergei         03.11.1978   SVK   2580  162

14) Forthcoming Events and Links

Latvian Championships 2003

Kaspars Migla reports that the Latvian Championships 2003 takes place in Riga 5th-13th March 2003.

Internet coverage: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?cat=18&doc=6489&cmd=view

IV Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and EDAMI (http://www.edami.com) are holding their fourth Internet Chess tournament between the 14th and the 22nd of March 2003. The event will take place on ICC and has cash prizes totalling 4.850 Euros (1st: 1.500 euros, 16th 100 euros) as well as other special prizes. There will be 12 Swiss System qualifiers (two per day) with the winner of each event progressing to the final. Last years field included 56 GM and 97 IM over 1.460 participants from 93 countries (GM Alexander Rustemov took first place). If you wish to take part there are further details, rules and entry forms available at: http://www.doshermanas.net

European Club Cup

The chess champions league in Crete The European Club Cup Men & Women takes place in the CRETA STAR HOTEL 27th September-5th October 2003.

More than 400 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete in order to claim the Champions League Title of Men and the Women. 7 round Swiss there will be teams of 6 for the men and the right to use two substitutes, and the teams of women will use 4 players.

Internet site: http://www.venizelia.gr

John Knudsen vs. The World

Senior International Master-Elect John Knudsen is playing a "Rest of World" match on the internet at http://www.chessworld.net. He is one of the worlds leading promoters of correspondence chess, setting up the domain http://www.correspondencechess.com in 1996 which now hosts many of the major cc sites. There is a spectator URL set up for this game at the following link:- http://www.correspondencechess.com/knudsen/replay/row.htm The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will vote their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and formulating strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum. This match is open to all who visit www.ChessWorld.net. Those wanting to play Knudsen will need to login and follow the Opponents menu to 'Play SIM Knudsen'.

chessworld.net have a continuing match against Patrick Wolff which has reached move 27.

Wolff,P - Rest of World www.ChessWorld.net 17.02.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 0-0 11.Bg5 Na5 12.Ba2 b4 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Bh4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Qe7 17.Re1 Rab8 18.d4 Ba7 19.Qe2 Rb6 20.Bg3 Nd7 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 c5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Rad1 Kh7 26.Qe2 f6 27.Bc4 Continues

37th Ballarat Begonia Tournament

The 37th Ballarat Begonia Tournament will be held in Australia 8th-10th March 2003. 7 Round Swiss.

Website Ballarat Chess Club and Tournament http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/bccindex.htm

Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men & Women And Boys & Girls (incorporating an International Open Chess Tournament) takes place 19th-28th April 2003 in the Hotel Tulip Star, Mumbai, India.

Details: http://www.chessindia.org/advt/ad_comwel.html

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships

The 2003 FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships take place in Tswane (used to be called Pretoria), South Africa from 2nd-13th July 2003. More information, online entry form, etc. can be found on the tournament website: http://www.chessa.co.za/wacc2003/index.html

Czech Open 2003

The 14th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games takes place 10th-27th July 2003 Pardubice, Czech Republic. Many events.

More detailed information at the following address: AVE-KONTAKT, Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC, tel./fax +420 – 466 535 200 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz , http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen

VIII Cesenatico International Open

The VIII Cesenatico (Italy) International Open takes place 31st August - 7th September 2003. The venue is the Palazzo Veronese Viale Carducci, 7 - Cesenatico (Forlì ­ Italy). Phone and fax +390547673096 # Mobile phone +39335.6615956. Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it

SEA Games Chess Championships 2003

The 22nd SEA Games Chess Championships 2003 takes place 4th-14th December 2003 at the Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City. There will be 2 types of events for men and women. 1 Standard Chess - 90 minutes with increment of 30 seconds per move. 2 Rapid Chess - 25 minutes with increment of 10 seconds per move.

For each type, there will be individual and team events. The men and women shall compete separately.

Further details: E-mail: ldc@hn.vnn.vn Website: http://seagames22.com.vn/

Campomanes Sentenced to Jail

Former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes was sentenced to one year and 10 months imprisonment for "failure to render account on the disbursement" of the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC’s) funds for the June 6-25, 1992 World Chess Olympiad amounting to P12.8 million. It seems highly unlikely that Campomanes will be jailed. The case is another example of Campomanes cavalier attitude to money which saw him preside over FIDE to the point where it ran out of money. At the recent FIDE Congress he was angry to be questioned over his continued high expenses.

Story: http://www.philstar.com/philstar/search_content.asp?article=111428. Campomanes responds: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/abs_news_body.asp?section=Sports&oid=15278

17th Pula Open

17th International Open Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2003" 1st-7th June 2003 in Pula, Croatia.

Further details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net

12th Aurec Rapid Tournaments

The 12th Aurec Rapid Tournaments in Aurec (France) - 1st and 2nd March 2003. 2 rapid tournaments - 7 rounds/20 minutes Total prizes : Euros 7000 More info : Olivier Deville, +33 4 77 35 41 21 - odeville@netcourrier.com

Internet coverage: http://loirechecs.chez.tiscali.fr/20022003/Tournois/Aurec/Aurec.htm

Dortmund 2003

The "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003" takes place in the Dortmund Theatre 31st July - 10th August 2003. The event will be a double round robin with 6 GMs (likely category 19/20). Players will include Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Viswanathan Anand (India) who have already accepted their invitation. The winner of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow 10th-20th February 2003 will also be invited (Viktor Bologan) along with Germany's new star GM Arkadi Naiditsch (17) from Dortmund another top GM will complete the field. The Time control will be 40 moves for 2 hours each player, 20 moves for 1 hour each player, 15 min+30 sec. per move each player for the rest. The event will also be a festival of chess with 2 Opens of different levels, arts exhibitions, presentations of chess articles and many more activities. Contact info for chess players, e.g. concerning the Dortmund Open and other events Mr. Stefan Koth email: skoth17418@aol.com

"Oskar-2002"

The chess community - journalists, publishers, organisers, arbiters and grandmasters who write on chess - have for over 30 years been determining the best chess-player and the Top Ten of the past year. The idea was first introduced and supported by spaniard Jorje Puch and International Association of Chess Press (AIPE). After a 7-years break the popular contest was revived by the Russian magazine "64" - Chess Review (published and edited by A.Roshal, the Chairman of FIDE CHIPS Commission).

64 invites that you offer your version of Top Ten for 2002. The one, whose prognosis turns out to be the most exact, will be honoured the title of "Prophet-2002". All the results will be published by "64" and will be available on the Internet. Websites: http://www.64.ru and http://www.chess-express.ru where you can read about the results-2002 of challengers and vote. Also you can vote by e-mail: chess@online.ru, info@joeblack.ru or by fax (095) 291 8717. Please help 64 to keep the tradition alive! Vote yourself, encourage your friends, publish the information on their web-site, in your magazine, etc. Also you can ask your reader’s opinion. Happy New Year!

"64" - Chess Rewiew, Russia, Moskow

4th Millennium Chess Festival

The fourth Millennium Chess Festival will again take place in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. GMs and IMs receive special comps. Last year there were 219 players overall, and it is becoming well known. The event includes a special "GM Exhibition/Dinner Match" between two GMs playing from different rooms and explaining their thoughts for the audience.

Details: 4th Annual Millennium Chess Festival March 28-30, 2003 Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA Prize Fund: $15,500 FIDE rated Info: Ernie Schlich, eschlich@aol.com Website: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival

7th Voronezh International

The 7th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th - 21st, 2003.

Events: 1.Rapid tournament, 2.Blitz tournament, 3.Master Open 4. FIDE Open 5. Amateur Open (for unrated players).

Place of the festival: Voronezh Chess Club, Engels str.34, ph.007-0732-551777, 007-0732-550531.

Tournament director: Alexander Raetsky, e-mail: alex_raetsky@hotmail.com

Further details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

New Correspondence Chess Server

A new commercial Correspondence Chess Server http://www.chessfriend.com started in January. Members with full membership will have to pay 120 Euro/year. For that money the members get these additional serves: - free ticket to the annual CFC championship (3 rounds, 42 games, prize fund 80.000 Euro, 1st prize 30.000 Euro) - free ticket to a CFC class tournament (single round, 6 or 12 games / prizes 130/75 200/125/75 Euro) - free ticktet to the CFC OTB open (9 rounds Swiss, start September 2003 in Germany, prize fund 18.000 Euro, 1st prize 7.500 Euro) - free PDF copy of Chess Mail by Tim Harding - 10% gross discount on all items bought at http://www.chessgate.de - etc. There are single entries possible for our Class tournaments (7 or 13 players) starting with an entry fee of 10 Euro.

Address: http://www.chessfriend.com

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

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.

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 2003, 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 2003, 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 .

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/

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

Politiken Cup

The 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes 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

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

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

New York Masters

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

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