THE WEEK IN CHESS 439 7th April 2003 by Mark Crowther

TWIC Home | The London Chess Center | | Shop

Sponsored by the London Chess Center

Contact The Week in Chess
Mark Crowther
E-Mail mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk

Tel or fax 01274 882143 [Bradford England]
Mobile 07866 484824
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html

Contents

1) Introduction
2) XII Dos Hermanas tournament
3) SIS-MH Masters
4) FIDE April ELO 2003 List
5) Karpov vs. Macieja Rapid Match
6) Luebeck win the German Bundesliga
7) Bangladesh Championships
8) Belaruss Championships
9) 4th Millennium Chess Festival
10) Championships of Vietnam
11) Riviera Opatija GM Tournament
12) First Saturday April
13) Third Saturday
14) Timofeev - Korchnoi Match
15) Belgian Teams 2002-2003
16) French National I
17) Serbian Championships
18) Friendship Cup in Baku
19) II Marcelo Salado Cup
20) 2nd March Masters
21) Russian Women's Championship Corrections
22) Forthcoming Events and Links


TWIC CD

Contact the London Chess Center

Contact the London Chess Center email: info@chess.co.uk Call 1-561-714-0828 in the USA or Canada Call +44 (0) 207 388 2404 or Fax +44 (0) 207 388 2407 in the UK and ROW

Great New Software: Order from: http://www.chesscenter.com/software2002.html

Join Chess Express and receive all the latest chess news straight into your inbox. Simply click here to start receiving chess express

NEW! Fritz 8 out now! £39.95 $49.95. Offer details: http://www.chess.co.uk/fritz.html

Chess Endgame Training Chess Assistant. £24.95/$30

A program designed to teach you different endgame methods. Includes: More than 2450 endgame exercises • A built-in playing program to analyze or train with • While solving exercises, you are shown refutations of wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help and find the correct answer • The program also keeps track of your rating and adjusts it after each exercise • No additional software required Also new from Chess Assistant: Botvinnik World Champion, Chess School for Networks, Mikhail Tal, and Total Chess Training.

For these and other products check out the Chess Assistant Shophttp://www.chesscenter.com/chessassistant

Understanding the Leningrad Dutch Valeri Beim £14.99/$21.95

The Cambridge Springs Krzysztof Panczyk & Jacek Ilczuk £13.99/$18.95

Bobby Fischer: From Genius to Chess Legend Eduard Gufeld £15.99

Multiple Choice Chess 2 Graeme Buckley £14.99/$19.95

Taming the Sicilian Nigel Davies £14.99/$19.95

Batsford Chess Puzzles Leonard Barden £14.99/$19.95

New Books: Order from: http://www.chess.co.uk/books2002.html

Games section

XII Dos Hermanas tournament          90 games
SIS-MH Masters                       12 games
Karpov vs. Macieja Rapid Match        2 games
German Bundesliga                    64 games
Bangladesh Championships             44 games
Belaruss Championships               78 games
4th Millennium Chess Festival        30 games
Championships of Vietnam            298 games
Riviera Opatija GM Tournament        30 games
First Saturday April                 14 games
Third Saturday                      111 games
Belgian Teams 2002-2003             120 games
French National I                   143 games
Serbian Championships               261 games
Friendship Cup in Baku               42 games
II Marcelo Salado Cup                45 games
2nd March Masters                    12 games
Russian Women's Champ Corrections   402 games
1799 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Haroon or Rashid, Jovan Petronic, Laszlo Nagy, Juergen Brustkern, Aard Daanen, Sinisa Joksic, Andy McFarland, Bartlomiej Macieja,Thomas Henrich, Ben Finegold, Michael Atkins, Zlatko Ilincic and Sinisa Drazic, Steve Laios, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Hector Luis Gil, John Donaldson, David Llada and everyone else who helped with the issue.

An interesting week with the Dos Hermanas tournament being won by Alexander Rustemov on tie-break from Alexei and the start of the Karpov - Macieja rapid match in Warsaw. Later in the week the Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament start in Budapest on 11th April. The FIDE rating list sees fall for Kasparov and Kramnik and Anand and Leko start to close the gap. The result of the Linares tournament suggests there isn't a lot between these players at the moment.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) XII Dos Hermanas tournament

The XII Dos Hermanas over the board tournament took place March 28th - April 5th 2003. Alexander Rustemov took first place after the application of a tie-break co-efficient from Alexei Dreev, both finished on 6/9. Home star Francisco Vallejo Pons led for much of the tournament before being defeated by Dreev in the penultimate round. The event saw a disappointing performance from Alexei Shirov who nevertheless was challenging for first place until he lost to tale-ender Daniel Campora in round 8.

Further details: http://www.doshermanas.net and http://www.jaque.tv/doshermanas03.htm. Live coverage: http://doshermanas.soloajedrez.com/

Round 4 (March 31, 2003)

Rustemov, Alexander       -  Shirov, Alexei            1/2   24  E63  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Khalifman, Alexander      -  Dreev, Alexey             1/2   13  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Epishin, Vladimir         -  Campora, Daniel H         1-0   46  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Karjakin, Sergey          1/2   42  D27  QGA
Tiviakov, Sergei          -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco   0-1   43  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 5 (April 1, 2003)

Dreev, Alexey             -  Rustemov, Alexander       1/2   49  D12  Slav Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco   -  Epishin, Vladimir         1/2   39  B41  Sicilian Paulsen
Shirov, Alexei            -  Tiviakov, Sergei          1-0   36  B77  Sicilian Modern Dragon
Karjakin, Sergey          -  Khalifman, Alexander      1/2   34  B81  Sicilian Keres Attack
Campora, Daniel H         -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1/2   27  B47  Sicilian Paulsen

Round 6 (April 2, 2003)

Rustemov, Alexander       -  Karjakin, Sergey          1-0   64  A33  English Symmetrical
Khalifman, Alexander      -  Campora, Daniel H         1-0   43  A60  Modern Benoni
Shirov, Alexei            -  Dreev, Alexey             1/2   46  B19  Caro Kann
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco   1/2   56  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
Tiviakov, Sergei          -  Epishin, Vladimir         1/2   18  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 7 (April 3, 2003)

Dreev, Alexey             -  Tiviakov, Sergei          1-0   26  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian System
Vallejo Pons, Francisco   -  Khalifman, Alexander      1/2   32  A53  Old Indian Defence
Epishin, Vladimir         -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1/2   93  D12  Slav Defence
Karjakin, Sergey          -  Shirov, Alexei            1/2   15  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Campora, Daniel H         -  Rustemov, Alexander       0-1   41  C15  French Winawer

Round 8 (April 4, 2003)

Rustemov, Alexander       -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco   1-0   40  D31  Semi-Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey             -  Karjakin, Sergey          1/2   15  D27  QGA
Khalifman, Alexander      -  Epishin, Vladimir         1/2   22  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei            -  Campora, Daniel H         0-1   63  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Tiviakov, Sergei          -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1-0   53  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 9 (April 5, 2003)

Vallejo Pons, Francisco   -  Shirov, Alexei            1/2   34  D48  Queens Gambit Meran
Epishin, Vladimir         -  Rustemov, Alexander       1/2   59  A35  English Symmetrical
Karjakin, Sergey          -  Tiviakov, Sergei          1-0  113  B37  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Khalifman, Alexander      1/2   25  A30  English Symmetrical
Campora, Daniel H         -  Dreev, Alexey             0-1   97  B18  Caro Kann


XII It I Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 28 iii-13 iv 2003     cat. XVI (2626)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Rustemov, Alexander       g RUS 2604 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 =  6.0  2753
 2 Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2690 = * = = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2743
 3 Khalifman, Alexander      g RUS 2702 = = * = = = = = 1 1  5.5  2697
 4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco   g ESP 2629 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2705
 5 Epishin, Vladimir         g RUS 2626 = = = = * = = = 1 =  5.0  2668
 6 Shirov, Alexei            g ESP 2723 = = = = = * = 1 0 1  5.0  2657
 7 Karjakin, Sergey          m UKR 2547 0 = = 0 = = * = 0 1  3.5  2554
 8 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  g ESP 2595 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 0  3.0  2504
 9 Campora, Daniel H         g ARG 2505 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * =  3.0  2514
10 Tiviakov, Sergei          g NED 2635 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = *  2.5  2458
----------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
XII It II Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 28 iii-13 iv 2003            cat. X (2481)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto     g ESP 2506  * = 1 = = = = 1 1 =  6.0  2603 
 2. Moreno Carnero, Javier        m ESP 2508  = * = = 1 = = 1 1 =  6.0  2603 
 3. Korneev, Oleg                 g RUS 2613  0 = * = 0 1 1 1 = 1  5.5  2546 
 4. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis   g ESP 2452  = = = * 1 = 0 = 0 1  4.5  2484 
 5. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique     ESP 2450  = 0 1 0 * = 1 0 = 1  4.5  2484 
 6. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S    g ECU 2461  = = 0 = = * = = = 1  4.5  2483 
 7. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto     f ESP 2396  = = 0 1 0 = * = = 1  4.5  2490 
 8. Franco Ocampos, Zenon         g PAR 2506  0 0 0 = 1 = = * 1 =  4.0  2435 
 9. Teran Alvarez, Ismael         m ESP 2404  0 0 = 1 = = = 0 * =  3.5  2409 
10. Pogorelov, Ruslan             g UKR 2517  = = 0 0 0 0 0 = = *  2.0  2257 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
XII It III Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 28 iii-13 iv 2003           cat. IV (2330)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Lakos, Nikoletta             wg HUN 2350  * = = 1 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2493 
 2. Garcia Luque, Agustin         f ESP 2406  = * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2446 
 3. Lalic, Bogdan                 g ENG 2547  = = * = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2431 
 4. Komljenovic, Davor            g CRO 2431  0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1  6.0  2443 
 5. Barrero Garcia, Carlos          ESP 2325  0 1 = = * = 1 = = =  5.0  2373 
 6. Razmyslov, Alexander            UKR 2345  = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 0 1  3.5  2248 
 7. Rodriguez Aguilera, Antonio   f ESP 2297  = = 0 0 0 1 * = = =  3.5  2253 
 8. Diaz Castro, Sergio             ESP 2228  = = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 0  3.0  2216 
 9. Pereira Figueroa, Manuel        ESP 2060  0 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * =  3.0  2235 
10. Rico Galiano, Arsenio           ESP 2312  0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = *  2.5  2166 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

3) SIS-MH Masters

The SIS-MH Masters took place in Middelfart, Denmark, April 5th-6th 2003. Viswanathan Anand took first place drawing just one game and winning the rest.

Website: http://www.sis-mh-masters.dk

Round 1 (April 5, 2003)

Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Anand, Viswanathan    1/2   28  A17  English Opening
Hansen, Curt          -  Hector, Jonny         1-0   48  A29  English Four Knights

Round 2 (April 5, 2003)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Hansen, Curt          1-0   27  C18  French Winawer
Hector, Jonny         -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  0-1   46  C39  Kings Gambit

Round 3 (April 5, 2003)

Hansen, Curt          -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  1/2   43  A10  
Hector, Jonny         -  Anand, Viswanathan    0-1   44  B97  Sicilian Najdorf

Round 4 (April 6, 2003)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Hector, Jonny         1-0   66  C78  Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Hansen, Curt          1/2   30  E15  Queens Indian

Round 5 (April 6, 2003)

Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Hector, Jonny         1/2   74  D17  Slav Defence
Hansen, Curt          -  Anand, Viswanathan    0-1   19  A29  English Four Knights

Round 6 (April 6, 2003)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  1-0   34  B17  Caro Kann
Hector, Jonny         -  Hansen, Curt          0-1   71  B57  Sicilian Sozin Attack


SIS-MH Masters Middelfart DEN (DEN), 5-6 iv 2003cat. XVI (2638)
---------------------------------------------------------
                                    1  2  3  4 
---------------------------------------------------------
1 Anand, Viswanathan    g IND 2753 ** =1 11 11  5.5  3001
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine  g DEN 2620 =0 ** == 1=  3.0  2644
3 Hansen, Curt          g DEN 2610 00 == ** 11  3.0  2647
4 Hector, Jonny         g SWE 2570 00 0= 00 **  0.5  2260
---------------------------------------------------------

4) FIDE April ELO 2003 List

The FIDE April ELO 2003 list is out. A quick look at the top 100 shows the top three the same but with significant changes in rating with Kasparov down 17 points to drop to 2830, Kramnik down 18 points to 2789 whilst Anand gains 11 to 2764.

Risers in the rating list Leko 5 to 4. Shirov 9 to 5, Polgar back in the top 10, Rublevsky 42 to 28, Zhang Zhong 66 to 29, Sakaev 41 to 31, Bologan 58 to 33, Aleksandrov 55 to 40 Vallejo 59 to 45, Radjabov 68 to 46, Khenkin 65 to 47, Tregubov 83 to 59, Moiseenko 102 to 66 and Dautov 90 to 77. Back into the list is Vescovi in at 76, Nisipeanu returns at 90, Dolmatov returns at 92, Najer at 93, Jussupow at 95, Fedorov at 96 and Kozul at 99.

Into the list up from 2572 to 2621 is Daniel Fridman, 21 year old Pavel Smirnov also enters the list up from 2572 to 2615, 18 year old Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov enters the list at 88.

Notable drops include Bacrot 27 to 37, Korchnoi 43 to 60, Seirawan 50 to 68, Tiviakov 51 to 72, Krasenkow 56 to 84, Hamdouchi 77 to 94, Acs 77 to 100

Out of the top 100 are Johann Hjartarson (inactivity), Evgeny Pigusov, Alexander Shabalov, Alexander Rustemov, Sergei Shipov, Zbynek Hracek, Giorgi Giorgadze, Jaan Ehlvest and 5 other players whose rating didn't exceed 2600 last time the bottom limit this time.

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

No. Name                              t  NAT  oc01 ja02 ap02 ju02 oc02 ja03 ap03 Gms
  1 Kasparov, Gary..................  g  RUS  2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 2847 2830  12
  2 Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2809 2809 2809 2807 2807 2807 2789  25
  3 Anand, Viswanathan..............  g  IND  2770 2757 2752 2755 2755 2753 2764  25
  4 Leko, Peter.....................  g  HUN  2739 2713 2707 2717 2743 2736 2746  12
  5 Shirov, Alexei..................  g  ESP  2706 2715 2704 2697 2699 2723 2735  22
  6 Topalov, Veselin................  g  BUL  2733 2739 2745 2745 2743 2743 2735  13
  7 Bareev, Evgeny..................  g  RUS  2719 2707 2724 2726 2737 2729 2734  13
  8 Adams, Michael..................  g  ENG  2731 2742 2744 2752 2745 2734 2723   9
  9 Ponomariov, Ruslan..............  g  UKR  2684 2727 2743 2743 2743 2734 2718  25
 10 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ...........  g  HUN  2686 2677 2677 2681 2685 2700 2715  13
 11 Svidler, Peter..................  g  RUS  2686 2688 2688 2690 2690 2693 2713  29
 12 Ivanchuk, Vassily...............  g  UKR  2731 2717 2711 2711 2709 2699 2704  13
 13 Akopian, Vladimir...............  g  ARM  2660 2680 2678 2689 2689 2703 2703   0
 14 Khalifman, Alexander............  g  RUS  2702 2688 2698 2690 2690 2702 2702   0
 15 Grischuk, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2666 2671 2702 2702 2702 2712 2701  22
 16 Gelfand, Boris..................  g  ISR  2701 2703 2707 2710 2704 2700 2700   0
 17 Dreev, Alexey...................  g  RUS  2676 2683 2677 2676 2673 2690 2695   9
 18 Short, Nigel D..................  g  ENG  2675 2663 2673 2682 2684 2690 2686  24
 19 Karpov, Anatoly.................  g  RUS  2692 2693 2690 2687 2688 2688 2686  13
 20 Ye, Jiangchuan..................  g  CHN  2681 2676 2676 2676 2667 2682 2684  11
 21 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............  g  UZB  2706 2695 2674 2648 2653 2676 2680   6
 22 Morozevich, Alexander...........  g  RUS  2742 2742 2718 2716 2707 2678 2678   9
 23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab..........  g  GEO  2674 2676 2676 2676 2666 2678 2678   0
 24 Sokolov, Ivan...................  g  NED  2658 2659 2647 2677 2684 2688 2677  24
 25 Almasi, Zoltan..................  g  HUN  2630 2644 2650 2672 2672 2676 2676   0
 26 Van Wely, Loek..................  g  NED  2714 2697 2642 2645 2681 2668 2675  22
 27 Malakhov, Vladimir..............  g  RUS  2637 2647 2663 2668 2670 2677 2672   9
 28 Rublevsky, Sergei...............  g  RUS  2634 2655 2657 2658 2664 2644 2670  19
 29 Zhang, Zhong....................  g  CHN  2657 2656 2639 2637 2620 2624 2666  24
 30 Lautier, Joel...................  g  FRA  2653 2687 2675 2663 2665 2670 2666   9
 31 Sakaev, Konstantin..............  g  RUS  2639 2649 2649 2647 2647 2645 2664  18
 32 Zvjaginsev, Vadim...............  g  RUS  2640 2656 2645 2668 2680 2671 2664   9
 33 Bologan, Viktor.................  g  MDA  2668 2651 2652 2631 2627 2630 2663  24
 34 Smirin, Ilia....................  g  ISR  2698 2702 2685 2676 2683 2664 2662  18
 35 Movsesian, Sergei...............  g  SVK  2631 2624 2624 2654 2651 2663 2659  21
 36 Sasikiran, Krishnan.............  g  IND  2569 2569 2633 2650 2670 2664 2658  38
 37 Bacrot, Etienne.................  g  FRA  2653 2649 2653 2653 2653 2671 2654   9
 38 Vaganian, Rafael A..............  g  ARM  2650 2662 2664 2667 2667 2667 2653   9
 39 Sutovsky, Emil..................  g  ISR  2664 2656 2660 2658 2657 2651 2652  18
 40 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............  g  BLR  2645 2645 2654 2646 2621 2633 2650  26
 41 Beliavsky, Alexander G..........  g  SLO  2668 2649 2661 2652 2650 2649 2649   0
 42 Onischuk, Alexander.............  g  USA  2660 2655 2641 2644 2649 2658 2647  16
 43 Georgiev, Kiril.................  g  MKD  2686 2655 2654 2658 2658 2654 2647  10
 44 Piket, Jeroen...................  g  NED  2649 2659 2659 2646 2646 2646 2646   0
 45 Vallejo Pons, Francisco.........  g  ESP  2630 2629 2638 2648 2635 2629 2645  26
 46 Radjabov, Teimour...............  g  AZE  2567 2599 2610 2618 2628 2624 2644  25
 47 Khenkin, Igor...................  g  GER  2572 2598 2587 2598 2603 2624 2644  17
 48 Tkachiev, Vladislav.............  g  FRA  2632 2634 2633 2625 2632 2642 2643  18
 49 Landa, Konstantin...............  g  RUS  2619 2619 2623 2621 2632 2649 2643   9
 50 Nikolic, Predrag................  g  BIH  2652 2653 2653 2661 2661 2638 2643   9
 51 Kaidanov, Gregory S.............  g  USA  2605 2596 2616 2638 2646 2629 2640  18
 52 Lutz, Christopher...............  g  GER  2643 2644 2644 2650 2645 2640 2640   0
 53 Kobalia, Mikhail................  g  RUS  2603 2620 2602 2625 2625 2635 2639   9
 54 Lputian, Smbat G................  g  ARM  2618 2634 2634 2627 2627 2638 2638   0
 55 Gurevich, Mikhail...............  g  BEL  2605 2641 2641 2649 2634 2634 2635   9
 56 Macieja, Bartlomiej.............  g  POL  2582 2612 2585 2607 2615 2629 2634  37
 57 Motylev, Alexander..............  g  RUS  2641 2639 2622 2634 2634 2640 2634  20
 58 Volkov, Sergey..................  g  RUS  2578 2567 2609 2636 2642 2624 2634   9
 59 Tregubov, Pavel V...............  g  RUS  2611 2599 2627 2599 2594 2612 2632  28
 60 Korchnoi, Viktor................  g  SUI  2639 2633 2635 2620 2634 2642 2632  26
 61 Lastin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2628 2630 2619 2625 2625 2636 2632   9
 62 Graf, Alexander.................  g  GER  2610 2605 2623 2624 2635 2630 2630   0
 63 Epishin, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2583 2599 2606 2643 2628 2626 2628  37
 64 Xu, Jun.........................  g  CHN  2654 2654 2654 2654 2643 2626 2628  19
 65 Granda Zuniga, Julio E..........  g  PER  2605 2605 2605 2605 2605 2623 2628   9
 66 Moiseenko, Alexander............  g  UKR  2569 2578 2575 2578 2570 2597 2627  25
 67 Filippov, Valerij...............  g  RUS  2617 2625 2612 2615 2615 2616 2627  19
 68 Seirawan, Yasser................  g  USA  2644 2644 2631 2618 2629 2636 2626   9
 69 Nielsen, Peter Heine............  g  DEN  2620 2642 2636 2626 2620 2620 2625   9
 70 Huebner, Robert Dr..............  g  GER  2612 2628 2628 2634 2640 2625 2625   0
 71 Sadler, Matthew.................  g  ENG  2631 2631 2631 2624 2624 2624 2624   0
 72 Tiviakov, Sergei................  g  NED  2599 2614 2625 2628 2631 2635 2623  32
 73 Pelletier, Yannick..............  g  SUI  2545 2571 2568 2571 2587 2624 2623  16
 74 Fridman, Daniel.................  g  LAT  2571 2577 2571 ---- 2572 ---- 2621  41
 75 Smirnov, Pavel..................  m  RUS  2510 2539 2510 2539 2562 2572 2615  33
 76 Vescovi, Giovanni...............  g  BRA  2585 2611 2611 2611 2614 2592 2615  24
 77 Goldin, Alexander...............  g  USA  2612 2630 2618 2609 2630 2621 2611  13
 78 Dautov, Rustem..................  g  GER  2630 2636 2636 2611 2617 2604 2611   9
 79 Ftacnik, Lubomir................  g  SVK  2566 2574 2576 2602 2603 2616 2611   1
 80 Nunn, John D.M..................  g  ENG  2595 2595 2595 2611 2611 2611 2611   0
 81 Bruzon, Lazaro..................  g  CUB  2564 2590 2569 2590 2613 2613 2610  12
 82 Dorfman, Josif D................  g  FRA  2599 2602 2613 2617 2617 2610 2610   0
 83 Hansen, Curt....................  g  DEN  2613 2613 2613 2625 2610 2610 2610   0
 84 Krasenkow, Michal...............  g  POL  2592 2632 2641 2657 2651 2633 2609  22
 85 Hodgson, Julian M...............  g  ENG  2589 2598 2598 2608 2608 2608 2608   0
 86 Baklan, Vladimir................  g  UKR  2590 2609 2618 2614 2607 2605 2607  10
 87 Alekseev, Evgeny................  g  RUS  2548 2580 2567 2580 2593 2614 2607   9
 88 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz........... g  AZE  2503 ---- 2542 2552 2580 2596 2607   9
 89 Korneev, Oleg...................  g  RUS  2544 2583 2599 2583 2551 2613 2606  58
 90 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter.........  g  ROM  2609 2609 2608 2610 2613 2592 2606  19
 91 Aronian, Levon..................  g  ARM  2571 ---- 2571 2585 2581 2610 2606   9
 92 Dolmatov, Sergey................  g  RUS  2578 2586 2586 2586 2590 2591 2606   9
 93 Najer, Evgeniy..................  g  RUS  2599 2585 2598 2585 2579 2585 2606   9
 94 Hamdouchi, Hichem...............  g  MAR  2501 ---- 2570 ---- 2593 2615 2605  17
 95 Jussupow, Artur.................  g  GER  2633 2618 2618 2612 2622 2592 2604  18
 96 Fedorov, Alexei.................  g  BLR  2599 ---- 2598 ---- 2564 2579 2604   9
 97 Eingorn, Vereslav S.............  g  UKR  2601 2604 2598 2604 2600 2604 2604   0
 98 Dominguez, Lenier...............  g  CUB  2596 2594 2601 2613 2608 2602 2603  12
 99 Kozul, Zdenko...................  g  CRO  2569 2588 2595 2588 2565 2587 2601  18
100 Acs, Peter......................  g  HUN  2530 2560 2529 2560 2591 2623 2600  13
101 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas.............  g  KAZ  2569 2561 2583 2604 2604 2604 2600   9

5) Karpov vs. Macieja Rapid Match

The 8 game Anatoly Karpov vs. Bartlomiej Macieja takes place in Warsaw, Poland 7th-10th April 2003. Play starts at 5pm each day. Timerate: 25 minutes + 5 seconds per move. The event is sponsored by Plus GSM and the Hotel Marriott and organised by the Polish Chess Federation and the Polonia Warsaw Sport Club.

Website: http://www.zagraj.pl

Karpov, Anatoly      -  Macieja, Bartlomiej  1-0   47  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Macieja, Bartlomiej  -  Karpov, Anatoly      0-1   34  C45  Scotch Game


PlusGSM Rapid Match Warsaw POL (POL), 7-18 iv 2003
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karpov, Anatoly      g RUS 2686    1   1   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0      
Macieja, Bartlomiej  g POL 2634    0   0   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

6) Luebeck win the German Bundesliga

Lübecker SV retained their Bundesliga after winning the final two rounds of the German Bundesliga which took place over the weekend of 29th-30th March 2003. At one time or other in the season Lübeck fielded Michael Adams, Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Shirov, Joel Lautier, Vladimir Epishin, Laurent Fressinet, Jon Speelman, Julian Hodgson, John Nunn, Lars Bo Hansen, Stuart Conquest, Jonny Hector, Nick DeFirmian and Simen Agdestein. In second place just a point behind waiting for a slip up from the champions on the final weekend was SG Köln Porz (over the season it has fielded Lutz, Khalifman, Van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Ulf Andersson, Vaganian, Mikhail Gurevich, Curt Hansen, Alexander Graf, Van den Doel and Kengis). I gave games from Neukölln and Baden-Oos last week, those from Plauen and Bremen are in this week's issue.

Internet coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.com, http://www.schachbund.de and http://www.schach.com

7) Bangladesh Championships

The 29th Professor Abdur Razzak National Chess Championships of Bangladesh take place in Dhaka, 27th March to 10th April 2003. ELO favourite Ziaur Rahman withdrew after two rounds. Reefat Bin Sattar leads with 8.5/10. My thanks to Haroon or Rashid.

Website: http://www.bcs-online.org/

29th ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 28 iii-13 iv 2003                    cat. II (2278)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Reefat, Bin-Sattar        m BAN 2451 * 1 = 1 1 1 = = . 1 1 1 .  8.5 /10  2579
 2 Murshed, Niaz             g BAN 2435 0 * 0 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1  8.0 /10  2500
 3 Abdulla, Al-Rakib         m BAN 2405 = 1 * = 1 1 1 = 1 0 . . 1  7.5 /10  2490
 4 Hossain, Enamul           m BAN 2451 0 0 = * . 1 = . 1 1 1 1 =  6.5 /10  2374
 5 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir          f BAN 2309 0 0 0 . * = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1  6.5 /11  2324
 6 Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H    BAN 2217 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 . 1 1  5.5 /11  2296
 7 Rahman, Taibur            f BAN 2300 = . 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = 0 1 .  5.0 /10  2273
 8 Hasan, Mehdi                BAN 2211 = 0 = . 0 0 0 * = . 1 1 1  4.5 /10  2232
 9 Rahman, S. Manfuzur         BAN 2182 . 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 . 1  4.0 /10  2216
10 Islam, Kh. Aminul           BAN 2271 0 . 1 0 = 0 = . 0 * = 0 1  3.5 /10  2159
11 Alam, Md. Monjur            BAN 2133 0 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 0 = * 1 0  2.5 /10  2092
12 Mohammad, Javed             BAN 2100 0 0 . 0 = 0 0 0 . 1 0 * 1  2.5 /10  2099
13 Haque, Rezaul             f BAN 2148 . 0 0 = 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 *  1.5 /10  1975
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Further details: http://www.hichess.am

8) Belaruss Championships

The 69th Championships of Belaruss took place 28th February - 12th March 2003. Viktor Kupreichik won with 9/12. My thanks to Thomas Henrich for his help.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.by/men/men03.html

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
69th ch-BLR Minsk BLR (BLR), 28 ii-12 iii 2003             cat. VIII (2433)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Kupreichik, Viktor D   g BLR 2490  * = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2621 
 2. Dydyshko, Viacheslav   g BLR 2536  = * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1  8.0  2549 
 3. Kovalev, Andrei        g BLR 2539  1 = * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1  8.0  2549 
 4. Azarov, Sergei         m BLR 2530  = = = * = = 1 0 1 0 = 1 1  7.0  2481 
 5. Kasparov, Sergey       m BLR 2435  0 = 1 = * = 0 = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2489 
 6. Zhigalko, Andrey         BLR 2450  0 0 = = = * = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2488 
 7. Zhigalko, Sergei         BLR 2293  0 = 1 0 1 = * = = = 1 1 0  6.5  2473 
 8. Novitzkij, Dmitrij     m BLR 2384  = = 0 1 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 0  6.0  2437 
 9. Smirnov, Valerij       m BLR 2400  = = 0 0 = = = = * 1 0 = 0  4.5  2348 
10. Kochetkov, Vitali        BLR 2396  0 0 0 1 = = = 0 0 * 0 = 1  4.0  2311 
11. Lukashok, Alexandr       BLR 2384  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1  4.0  2312 
12. Alekseev, Vadim BLR    m BLR 2409  0 = = 0 0 0 0 = = = = * =  3.5  2277 
13. Surma, Dmitry            BLR 2383  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 = *  3.5  2279 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

9) 4th Millennium Chess Festival

Ben Finegold reports the results from the 4th Millennium Open in Virginia City, VA, USA. The 5 round Swiss took place March 28th-30th 2003. First prize was 2500 USD 1-3 Becerra, Sherzer, Fedorowicz 4.5-0.5 (about $1400USD each) 4-8 Goldin, Ibragimov, Finegold, Blatny, Krush 4-1 ($80USD each!) Shabalov lost to Becerra in the last round to finish 3.5-1.5 Ehlvest lost in round 3 to Blatny, and Irina Krush beat Ehlvest in the last round. In round 4, Fedorowicz-Goldin 1-0, Ibragimov-Sherzer 0-1. There were 260 players in 3 sections. My wife, Kelly Finegold, although rated only 1350, scored 2-3 in the Open section. She also scored 5.5-4.5 in the blitz event winning $50USD! In the blitz, Becerra and Ehlvest tied for first with 8.5-1.5, and Ibragimov was clear third with 8-2. I did not play, I was a cheerleader for my wife instead. Games now available from Michael Atkins.

Website: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival

--------------------------------------------
4th Millennium Festival Virginia Beach USA 
28-30 iii 2003
--------------------------------------------
 1. Fedorowicz, John P     g  USA 2505  4.5
 2. Becerra Rivero, Julio  g  CUB 2569  4.5
 3. Sherzer, Alex          g  USA 2480  4.5
 4. Goldin, Alexander      g  USA 2621  4.0
 5. Ibragimov, Ildar       g  USA 2566  4.0
 6. Finegold, Benjamin     m  USA 2551  4.0
 7. Blatny, Pavel          g  CZE 2475  4.0
 8. Krush, Irina           m  USA 2433  4.0
 9. Shabalov, Alexander    g  USA 2613  3.5
10. Kaufman, Larry C       m  USA 2415  3.5
11. Shibut, Macon          f  USA 2329  3.5
12. Privman, Boris         f  USA 2224  3.5
13. Timmel,John D             USA ----  3.5
14. Ehlvest, Jaan          g  EST 2600  3.0
15. Negulescu, Adrian      g  ROM 2443  3.0
16. Charbonneau, Pascal    f  CAN 2444  3.0
17. Delaune, Richard K     m  USA 2351  3.0
18. Lee Wang-Sheng            SIN 2248  3.0
69 players

10) Championships of Vietnam

The Championships of Vietnam took place 20th March - 1st April 2003. The event was a 9 round Swiss followed by playoffs for the final placings between pairs of players. Bui Vinh finished second behind Dao Thien Hai after 11 rounds but his defeat of him in the playoff section ensured he took the title. Nguyen Thi Thanh An took the women's event.

Further details: http://www.vietnamchess.com/2003/Nat/a1cv.html

------------------------------------------------------------
ch-VIE Dong Thap VIE (VIE), 20 iii-1 iv 2003
------------------------------------------------------------
1-2   Dao Thien Hai         - Bui Vinh            1/2;0-1
3-4   Pham Minh Hoang       - Nguyen Anh Dung     1-0;1/2
5-8   Nguyen Van Huy        - Le Quang Liem       1-0;1-0
      Dinh Duc Trong        - Ngo Ngoc Quang      1/2;1-0
9-12  Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy - Tu Hoang Thai       0-1;0-1
      Bao Quang             - Nguyen Huu Duc Luan 1-0;1/2
13-20 Nguyen Thai Binh      - Nguyen Si Hung      1-0;1-0
      Duong The Anh         - Nguyen Hoang Tuan   1-0;1/2
      Hoang Nam Thang       - Nguyen Duc Hoa      0-1;1-0;1-0
      To Quoc Khanh         - Tran Anh Tri        1-0;1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------
Leading Final Standings:
 1. Bui Vinh               m  VIE 2461
 2. Dao Thien Hai          g  VIE 2560
 3. Pham Minh Hoang        m  VIE 2425
 4. Nguyen Anh Dung        g  VIE 2530
 5. Nguyen Van Huy            VIE ----
 6. Dinh Duc Trong         f  VIE 2380
 7. Ngo Ngoc Quang            VIE ----
 8. Le Quanh Liem             VIE ----
 9. Bao Quang                 VIE ----
10. Tu Hoang Thai             VIE 2404
-------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-VIE w Dong Thap VIE (VIE), 20 iii-1 iv 2003
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Women 
1-2   Nguyen Thi Thanh An   - Le Kieu Thien Kim     1/2;1/2;1-0 
3-4   Le Thi Phuong Lien    - Hoang Thi Ut          1-0,1/2;1/2
5-8   Chau Thi Ngoc Giao    - Dang Bich Ngoc        0-1;1-0;1-0
      Bui Kim Le            - Nguyen Ngan Binh      1-0;1-0
9-12  Pham Le Thao Nguyen   - Le Thanh Tu           0-1;1/2
      Vo Hong Phuong        - Hoang Thi Bao Tram    1-0;1-0
13-20 Nguyen Thi Thuan Hoa  - Vang Thi Thu Hang     1-0;0-1;1-0
      Ngo Kim Cuong         - Do Ngoc My Le         1-0;1/2
      Luong Phuong Hanh     - Phan Dan Huyen        1-0;0-1;1/2;1-0
      Ngo Dieu Hoa          - Pham Thi Nu           0-1;0-1
Leading Final Standings
 1. Nguyen Thi Thanh An   wm VIE 2339  
 2. Le Kieu Thien Kim     wm VIE 2303  
 3. Le Thi Phuong Lien    wf VIE 2182  
 4. Hoang Thi Ut             VIE ----  
 5. Chau Thi Ngoc Giao       VIE 2173  
 6. Bui Kim Le               VIE 2158  
 7. Nguyen Ngan Binh         VIE ----  
 8. Dang Bich Ngoc           VIE 2155  
 9. Vo Hong Phuong        wf VIE 2255  
10. Le Thanh Tu              VIE 2307  
--------------------------------------------------------------

11) Riviera Opatija GM Tournament

The GM Chess Tournament Riviera took place in Opatija 14th-23rd March 2003. The double round robin event had GM norms at 8/10 and IM norms at 6/10.

Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/lnd_op/tn-2.htm

Riviera GM Opatija CRO (CRO), 14-23 iii 2003    cat. VII (2424)
---------------------------------------------------------------
                                    1  2  3  4  5  6 
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 Abramovic, Bosko      g YUG 2492 ** == == 1= == 1=  6.0  2481
2 Timoscenko, Gennadij  g SVK 2525 == ** == 1= == 1=  6.0  2475
3 Topalovic, Zlatko       CRO 2311 == == ** =0 11 =1  6.0  2518
4 Jovanic, Ognjen       m CRO 2432 0= 0= =1 ** == ==  4.5  2385
5 Naumkin, Igor         g RUS 2412 == == 00 == ** =1  4.5  2389
6 Lovric, Branko        f CRO 2369 0= 0= =0 == =0 **  3.0  2285
---------------------------------------------------------------

12) First Saturday April

There are GM, IM and FM event in Budapest for the First Saturday April tournaments taking place: 5th-18th April 2003. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Juergen Brustkern.

Internet coverage: http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0304/index.htm

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-18 iv 2003                   cat. VII (2418)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Aagaard, Jacob         m DEN 2355  * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 2. Dub, Zeev              f ISR 2377  . * . . . . . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 3. McDonald, Neil R       g ENG 2391  . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . .  1.0       
 4. Jakobsen, Ole          m DEN 2377  . . . * . = . . . . . . . .  0.5  2453 
 5. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei   g UKR 2517  . . . . * . = . . . . . . .  0.5  2440 
 6. Kraai, Jesse           m USA 2453  . . . = . * . . . . . . . .  0.5  2377 
 7. Seres, Lajos           m HUN 2440  . . . . = . * . . . . . . .  0.5  2517 
 8. Czebe, Attila          m HUN 2466  . . . . . . . * . ? . . . .  0.0       
 9. Erdos, Viktor            HUN 2423  . . . . . . . . * . ? . . .  0.0       
10. Farago, Ivan           g HUN 2483  . . . . . . . ? . * . . . .  0.0       
11. Jakab, Attila          m HUN 2358  . . . . . . . . ? . * . . .  0.0       
12. Blauert, Joerg         m GER 2411  . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . .  0.0       
13. Hoffmann, Michael      m GER 2435  0 . . . . . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
14. Papp, Gellert            HUN 2368  . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
FSIMA April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-18 iv 2003            cat. II (2286)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Galyas, Miklos         m HUN 2413  * . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 2. Gara, Ticia           wg HUN 2298  . * . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 3. Howell, David WL       f ENG 2251  . . * . . . . 1 . .  1.0       
 4. Alfred, Nathan           ENG 2325  . . . * = . . . . .  0.5  2342 
 5. Farago, Sandor         m HUN 2342  . . . = * . . . . .  0.5  2325 
 6. Dobos, Jozsef          m HUN 2271  . . . . . * ? . . .  0.0       
 7. Zakharchenko, Arnold   m UKR 2316  . . . . . ? * . . .  0.0       
 8. Broomfield, Matthew      ENG 2255  . . 0 . . . . * . .  0.0       
 9. Harmatosi, Jozsef        HUN 2209  0 . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Werner, Daniel           GER 2184  . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
----------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSIMB April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-18 iv 2003                 cat. II (2284)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Horvath, Andras               HUN 2278  * . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 2. Werner, Dimo                m GER 2359  . * . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 3. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij   m HUN 2280  . . * . . . = . . .  0.5  2222 
 4. Gara, Anita                wg HUN 2327  . . . * . . . = . .  0.5  2269 
 5. Hardicsay, Peter            m HUN 2316  . . . . * = . . . .  0.5  2325 
 6. Kahn, Evarth                m HUN 2325  . . . . = * . . . .  0.5  2316 
 7. Lehmann, Holger               GER 2222  . . = . . . * . . .  0.5  2280 
 8. Lund, Esben                 f DEN 2269  . . . = . . . * . .  0.5  2327 
 9. Csapo, Zoltan               f HUN 2209  0 . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Woodward, Timothy DM          ENG 2250  . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

13) Third Saturday

There were two tournaments a GM and IM tournament in Subotica as part of the Third Saturday March event. Aleksander Delchev won the GM tournament. My thanks to Zlatko Ilincic and Sinisa Drazic.

Further details: http://www.drazic.co.yu

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TSGM March Subotica YUG (YUG), 23-31 iii 2003                   cat. IX (2452)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Delchev, Aleksander        g BUL 2583  * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1  8.5  2651 
 2. Pilgaard, Kim              m DEN 2437  = * = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2628 
 3. Brkic, Ante                f CRO 2402  = = * = = = = = = = 1 1  6.5  2521 
 4. Markus, Robert             m YUG 2481  0 0 = * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2514 
 5. Drazic, Sinisa             g YUG 2462  = 1 = 0 * = 1 0 = = = 1  6.0  2487 
 6. Matulovic, Milan           g YUG 2423  0 = = = = * = = = = 1 =  5.5  2454 
 7. Benkovic, Petar            m YUG 2469  = = = 0 0 = * = = 1 = 1  5.5  2450 
 8. Ivanovic, Bozidar          g YUG 2501  0 0 = = 1 = = * = 1 = =  5.5  2447 
 9. Sedlak, Nikola             m YUG 2506  0 0 = = = = = = * = = 1  5.0  2411 
10. Colovic, Aleksandar        m MKD 2385  0 0 = = = = 0 0 = * = =  3.5  2325 
11. Pap, Misa                  m YUG 2407  = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 0  3.0  2281 
12. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra  wf YUG 2369  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 *  2.5  2248 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TSIM March Subotica YUG (YUG), 23-31 iii 2003          cat. III (2317)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Micic, Cedomir            YUG 2408  * 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2472 
 2. Marholev, Dimitar         BUL 2284  0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2486 
 3. Popovic, Dusan            YUG 2435  = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2469 
 4. Zegarac, Boris            YUG 2302  1 = 0 * = = = = 1 1  5.5  2398 
 5. Feletar, Darko          m CRO 2434  = = = = * = = = = 1  5.0  2346 
 6. Dragojlovic, Andjelko   m YUG 2334  = 0 = = = * = 1 = =  4.5  2314 
 7. Buljovcic, Ivan         m YUG 2320  0 = 0 = = = * 1 = 1  4.5  2316 
 8. Stojkovic, Miroljub     f YUG 2273  0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1  3.0  2196 
 9. Bozzali, Ermanno          ITA 2135  0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * =  2.0  2116 
10. Lukic, Milutin          f CRO 2241  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = *  1.0  1974 
----------------------------------------------------------------------

14) Timofeev - Korchnoi Match

Artyom Timofeev beat Viktor Korchnoi in a 6 game match in Kazan, 21st-27th March 2003. No games available.

Internet site: http://www.intertat.ru/index.php?cat=rr&bigoffset=0&microoffset=0&id=20364

15) Belgian Teams 2002-2003

Steve Laios reports on the final week of Division 1 of the Belgian Interteams.

The final round of the Belgian Teams Championships took place 23rd March 2003. Eynatten won the Belgian Interteams. Eynatten,Temse and Liège qualified for the European Cup. Jean Jaurès and Gent 2 were relegated from the 1st Division. Borgerhout [Antwerpen] and Boitsfort [Brussel], winners of the 2nd Division are promoted into the 1st Division.

Round 11 : Mar.23.2003

1.Jean Jaurès 1 - Liège 1      3.5 - 4.5  * 6 games missing
2.Temse 1       - Eupen 1      4.0 - 4.0
3.Eynatten 1    - Leuven 1     5.5 - 2.5  * 1 game missing
4.Gent 2        - Rochade 1    3.5 - 4.5
5.Brugge 1      - Gent 1       4.0 - 4.0
6.Hoboken 1     - Charleroi 1  4.5 - 3.5  

Final Standings after round : 11 
    Teams          pts   m.p 
 1. Eynatten 1     64.5  11
 2. Temse 1        56.0  8.5
 3. Liège 1        53.0  10
 4. Rochade 1      47.0  7.5
 5. Hoboken 1      46.5  6
 6. Charleroi 1    41.5  4
 7. Gent 1         40.5  3.5
 8. Eupen 1        38.5  3.5
 9. Brugge 1       38.0  4
10. Leuven 1       37.5  3.5
11. Jean Jaurès 1  35.0  4
12. Gent 2         30.0  0.5

16) French National I

Stage 2 of the French National I league took place April 3rd-6th in Bordeaux and Besançon. There is a final phase with Poule Haute fighting for the title and Poule Basse fighting against relegation. Games from rounds 4-5 are available. Rounds 6-7 hopefully will be available next week. Michael Adams, Alexander Grischuk and Evgeny Bareev were amongst the players.

Group 1 Round 7 Standings:1. Paris NAO 21 (31) ; 2. Clichy 19 (34) ; 3. Gonfreville 17 (11) ; 4. Monaco 15 (8) ; 5. Drancy 12 (-14) ; 6. Bordeaux 11 (-24) ; 7. Noyon 9 (-19) et 8. Sautron 8 (-27)

Group 2 Round 7 Standings: 1. Cannes 21 (25) ; 2. Nice 19 (21) ; 3. Mulhouse 17 (16) ; 4. Montpellier 15 (13) ; 5. Bischwiller 12 (-3) ; 6. Nancy 10 (-22) ; 7. Besancon 9 (-21) et 8. Vandoeuvre 9 (-29)

Further details: http://www.europe-echecs.com and http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

17) Serbian Championships

The Serbian Championships took place in Dimitrovgrad 28th February - 8th March 2003.

Internet coverage: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-Serbia Dimitrovgrad YUG (YUG), 28 ii-13 iii 2003
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 1. Perunovic, Milos         m  YUG 2488  +19 =21 +13 + 4 = 5 + 9 + 2 = 6 = 3  7.0  2641 
 2. Vuckovic, Bojan          g  YUG 2495  +24 =11 +16 = 8 +14 = 4 - 1 +12 + 9  6.5  2568 
 3. Vojinovic, Goran         m  YUG 2474  +22 =16 +12 =14 = 7 =10 =11 +15 = 1  6.0  2502 
 4. Antic, Dejan             g  YUG 2448  +35 +10 +15 - 1 +11 = 2 =13 = 7 = 5  6.0  2517 
 5. Benkovic, Petar          m  YUG 2469  +27 =13 +17 +18 = 1 - 7 =15 +11 = 4  6.0  2514 
 6. Arsovic, Zoran           m  YUG 2420  +30 =12 =11 =15 =10 +35 +14 = 1 = 7  6.0  2454 
 7. Stojanovic, Dalibor      f  YUG 2413  =25 =24 +34 +28 = 3 + 5 = 8 = 4 = 6  6.0  2456 
 8. Lajthajm, Borko          f  YUG 2433  +34 =17 +21 = 2 - 9 +19 = 7 =14 +13  6.0  2494 
 9. Milanovic, Danilo           YUG 2429  +26 -15 +33 +35 + 8 - 1 +10 +13 - 2  6.0  2431 
10. Ristic, Nebojsa1         m  YUG 2382  +32 - 4 +36 +27 = 6 = 3 - 9 +28 +16  6.0  2434 
11. Pap, Misa                m  YUG 2407  +40 = 2 = 6 +19 - 4 +18 = 3 - 5 +21  5.5  2455 
12. Ilic, Dragan B              YUG 2306  +38 = 6 - 3 +21 +28 -13 +17 - 2 +27  5.5  2426 
13. Maksimovic, Branimir     m  YUG 2387  +29 = 5 - 1 +22 +16 +12 = 4 - 9 - 8  5.0  2400 
14. Brenjo, Slavisa          m  YUG 2427  +36 +28 =18 = 3 - 2 +27 - 6 = 8 =19  5.0  2388 
15. Pavlovic, Milos2         f  YUG 2336  +41 + 9 - 4 = 6 =18 +21 = 5 - 3 =17  5.0  2424 
16. Nestorovic, Dejan        m  YUG 2397  +31 = 3 - 2 +17 -13 +36 =18 +27 -10  5.0  2356 
17. Pavlovic, S. Dejan          YUG 2379  +20 = 8 - 5 -16 +38 +24 -12 +25 =15  5.0  2290 
18. Markovic, Zoran S        m  YUG 2408  +33 +39 =14 - 5 =15 -11 =16 =22 +31  5.0  2296 
19. Djokic, Nebojsa             YUG 2266  - 1 +37 +38 -11 +30 - 8 =25 +24 =14  5.0  2276 
20. Milosavljevic,Ivan          YUG ----  -17 -34 -31 +40 +33 -30 +37 +35 +28  5.0  2157 
21. Perunovic, Miodrag       f  YUG 2402  +37 = 1 - 8 -12 +29 -15 +32 +26 -11  4.5  2228 
22. Nikolic, Boban           f  YUG 2244  - 3 =25 +32 -13 -36 +37 +29 =18 =23  4.5  2147 
23. Manic,Dragan                YUG ----  -28 -36 +42 -26 -37 +41 +40 +30 =22  4.5  2084 
24. Radosavljevic, Slobodan  f  YUG 2290  - 2 = 7 =30 +33 =26 -17 +34 -19 =25  4.0  2159 
25. Jonic,Vladimir              YUG ----  = 7 =22 -35 +39 -27 +31 =19 -17 =24  4.0  2177 
26. Zivkovic, Momcilo           YUG 2089  - 9 +31 -28 +23 =24 -34 +36 -21 =29  4.0  2137 
27. Petrov, Georgi              MKD 2238  - 5 +29 +39 -10 +25 -14 +30 -16 -12  4.0  2183 
28. Markovic, Milovan        f  YUG 2321  +23 -14 +26 - 7 -12 +39 +35 -10 -20  4.0  2153 
29. Igic,Vladan                 YUG ----  -13 -27 =40 +32 -21 +33 -22 +38 =26  4.0  2108 
30. Stoimenov, Ivan             YUG 2054  - 6 =32 =24 +31 -19 +20 -27 -23 +41  4.0  2091 
31. Gigov,Petar                 YUG ----  -16 -26 +20 -30 +41 -25 +39 +34 -18  4.0  2076 
32. Marjanovic,Zvezdan          YUG ----  -10 =30 -22 -29 +42 +38 -21 +36 =37  4.0  2083 
33. Popovic,Milan               YUG ----  -18 +41 - 9 -24 -20 -29 +42 +39 +40  4.0  2082 
34. Irizanin, Radoje            YUG 2125  - 8 +20 - 7 +37 -35 +26 -24 -31 =39  3.5  2073 
35. Nestorovic, Nikola          YUG 2152  - 4 +40 +25 - 9 +34 - 6 -28 -20 =38  3.5  2113 
36. Rakic, Ivan                 YUG 2054  -14 +23 -10 =38 +22 -16 -26 -32 +42  3.5  2091 
37. Bradic,Rade                 YUG ----  -21 -19 +41 -34 +23 -22 -20 +42 =32  3.5  2035 
38. Markov,Ivica                YUG ----  -12 +42 -19 =36 -17 -32 +41 -29 =35  3.0  2003 
39. Stoimenov, Vasil            YUG ----  +42 -18 -27 -25 +40 -28 -31 -33 =34  2.5  1955 
40. Bozilov,Novica              YUG ----  -11 -35 =29 -20 -39 +42 -23 +41 -33  2.5  1896 
41. Spasic,Dimitrije            YUG ----  -15 -33 -37 +42 -31 -23 -38 -40 -30  1.0  1692 
42. BYE                             ----  -39 -38 -23 -41 -32 -40 -33 -37 -36  0.0       
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-Serbia w Dimitrovgrad YUG (YUG), 28 ii-13 iii 2003
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 1. Vasic, Milena          wf YUG 2138  = 6 = 5 +11 + 4 +12 + 2 +10 = 3 = 7  7.0  2292 
 2. Kostic, Maja           wm YUG 2158  = 5 + 6 +14 +10 + 3 - 1 + 8 = 4 - 9  6.0  2197 
 3. Stojanovic, Andjelija  wf YUG 2119  +11 =14 = 8 + 5 - 2 + 9 - 4 = 1 +10  5.5  2157 
 4. Djukic, Sandra            YUG 2079  + 9 -12 +15 - 1 +14 =10 + 3 = 2 -11  5.0  2112 
 5. Popovic, Jelena           YUG 2042  = 2 = 1 =13 - 3 = 6 +14 = 7 =10 +15  5.0  2114 
 6. Stojanovic,Kosara         YUG ----  = 1 - 2 + 7 =14 = 5 = 8 =11 = 9 +16  5.0  2098 
 7. Tuvic, Nada               YUG 2042  = 8 -10 - 6 +16 =13 +15 = 5 +12 = 1  5.0  2104 
 8. Stojanovic, Marija        YUG 2123  = 7 +13 = 3 =12 -10 = 6 - 2 +16 +14  5.0  2105 
 9. Jocic,Jelena              YUG ----  - 4 -11 +16 +13 +15 - 3 =14 = 6 + 2  5.0  2086 
10. Todorovic, Violeta        YUG 2153  =13 + 7 +12 - 2 + 8 = 4 - 1 = 5 - 3  4.5  2088 
11. Vojinovic,Jovana          YUG ----  - 3 + 9 - 1 -15 +16 +12 = 6 -13 + 4  4.5  2047 
12. Vranesevic, Danica     wf YUG 2061  +15 + 4 -10 = 8 - 1 -11 +16 - 7 +13  4.5  2063 
13. Urosevic, Marija          YUG 2033  =10 - 8 = 5 - 9 = 7 +16 =15 +11 -12  4.0  2003 
14. Jovanovic,Zorica          YUG ----  +16 = 3 - 2 = 6 - 4 - 5 = 9 =15 - 8  3.0  1932 
15. Nakov,Anita               YUG ----  -12 +16 - 4 +11 - 9 - 7 =13 =14 - 5  3.0  1903 
16. BYE                           ----  -14 -15 - 9 - 7 -11 -13 -12 - 8 - 6  0.0       
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

18) Friendship Cup in Baku

Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh reports that the Friendship Cup took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Iranian Azad University team played against a Baku select team. The event also included a 6 game match between GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2500) and GM Shakhriaz Mamedyarov (2596) which finished 3-3, Ehsan won first game with black and lost fifth game again with black, the other games were drawn. The rest of the games were in a 9 round Scheveningen tournament. Morteza Darban made his IM norm.

Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

-------------------------------------------------------
Friendship Cup AZE-IRI Baku AZE (AZE), 29 iii-6 iv 2003
-------------------------------------------------------
Islamic Azad University - Tehran 2280
 1. Darban, M                IRI 2341  6.5  2506 
 2. Abbasifar, Hasan         IRI 2284  4.5  2356 
 3. Niknaddaf, Ali           IRI 2278  4.0  2315 
 4. Moradi, Behrooz          IRI 2216  3.0  2233 
-------------------------------------------------------
Republic Chess Centre - Baku     2339
 1. Dovliatov, Sanan      m  AZE 2394  5.0  2374 
 2. Babaev, Rashad        m  AZE 2406  4.0  2279 
 3. Badjarani, Ilgar      m  AZE 2368  3.0  2339 
 4. Guliev, Logman        m  AZE 2386  2.5  2223 
 5. Safarli, Eltaj           AZE 2232  2.0  2233 
 6. Shukurova, Meihriban  wm AZE 2250  1.5  2175 
-------------------------------------------------------
18-18 draw
Baku,Republic Chess Centre

Match Baku AZE (AZE), 29 iii-4 iv 2003
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      1   2   3   4   5   6 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan   g  IRI 2500    1   =   =   =   0   =   3.0  2596
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz g  AZE 2596    0   =   =   =   1   =   3.0  2500
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

19) II Marcelo Salado Cup

The II Marcelo Salado Cup took place in Santa Clara Cuba 3rd-11th February 2003. I have the results from the B tournament. My thanks to Hector Luis Gil.

II Marcelo Salado Cup Gp B Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 3-11 ii 2003
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Gil Hector, Luis              CUB 2237 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2348
 2 Leon, Virgilio                CUB 2250 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2293
 3 Perez, Yosvanny             f CUB 2241 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2253
 4 Gonzalez Perez, Arian         CUB 2087 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1  5.5  2225
 5 Placencia Perdigon, Lenier    CUB 2150 = 0 = = * 0 = 1 = =  4.0  2095
 6 Alvarez, Jose A               CUB 2127 = 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 0  4.0  2098
 7 Molina, Liester               CUB 2135 = = 0 0 = = * = = 1  4.0  2097
 8 Mestre, Pedro                 CUB 2168 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 1 1  4.0  2093
 9 Ulloa, Yoriley             wf CUB 2036 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1  2.5  1985
10 Perez Rodriguez, Jennifer     CUB 1965 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 *  1.5  1886
------------------------------------------------------------------------

20) 2nd March Masters

John Donaldson reports that the 2nd March Masters took place in the Mechanic's Institute in San Francisco March 24th-April 4th 2003 Final scores: 1. Frank Thornally 4.5; 2. P Thiel (unrated) 4; 3. Isaak Margulis 2; 4. Mark Pinto 1.5

21) Russian Women's Championship Corrections

The Russian Women's Championship (first league) took place in Serpukhov February 20th-28th 2003. Tamara Chistiakova took first on 7.5/9. I reported this event in TWIC 435 but there were a number of errors to the naming of some of the unrated players so I give the games again. My thanks to Thomas Henrich for corrections.

Website: http://www.volgachess.ru/turnir/53wliga1.htm

Leading final standings:
------------------------------------------------------------
ch-RUS w 1st League Serpukhov RUS (RUS), 20-28 ii 2003
------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Chistiakova, Tamara             wf RUS 2274   7.5  2514 
 2. Shadrina, Tatiana               wg RUS 2342   7.0  2446 
 3. Shaidullina, Sandugach          wm RUS 2275   6.5  2384 
 4. Kuzmina, Olga                      RUS 2237   6.5  2358 
 5. Kochetkova, Julia               wm RUS 2275   6.5  2338 
 6. Rubzova, Tatiana                wg RUS 2309   6.5  2306 
 7. Zaiatz, Elena                   wg RUS 2331   6.5  2359 
 8. Mashinskaya, Iulia              wg RUS 2242   6.5  2283 
 9. Sterliagova, Tatiana            wf RUS 2156   6.5  2439 
10. Tomilova, Elena                    RUS 2210   6.5  2350 
11. Komiagina, Maria                   RUS 2214   6.5  2309 
12. Bezgodova Filichkina, Svetlana     RUS 2259   6.0  2218 
13. Gunina, Valentina               wf RUS 2213   6.0  2316 
14. Avdeenko, Tatiana                  RUS 2128   6.0  2319 
15. Iodo, Anna                         RUS 2132   6.0  2289 
16. Kucherova, Lija                 wm RUS 2231   6.0  2257 
91 players

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Zhu Chen vs. Yiannis Papaioannou

There will be a four game match between Zhu Chen and Yiannis Papaioannou in Gerani, Chania, Greece on 20th-21st April 2003. The event is part of the Crete Easter Festival.

Internet coverage: http://www.caissa.gr/easter2003/

4 Chess Queens and Kings

Fang Zhang reports that there will be a FIDE match between the Four Chess Queens from China (GM Xie Jun 2569, GM Zhu Chen 2492, WGM Xu Yaohua 2489 and WGM Zhao Xue 2442) and the Four Chess Kings (GM Alexander Khlifman RUS 2702, GM Nigel Short ENG 2690, GM Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2684 and GM Yasser Seirawan 2626 USA). The match will take place May 22th to June 7th 2003 in four of China's main cities Beijing, Jinan, Chongqing and Xian.

Scottish Chess Championships

The Scottish Chess Championships take place at George Heriot's School in Lauriston Place Edinburgh April 5th-13th 2003. The event is an 18 player Swiss. Paul Motwani, Colin McNab, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Mark Orr and IM Craig Pritchett play.

Further information at: http://www.chessscotland.com/

V Sants Open

The V International Open Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta takes place 30th August - 7 September 2003 in the Cotxeres de Sants C/ Sants 79 Barcelona Spain. Prizes 9.425 euros. Last time there were 376 players from 24 countries.

Website: http://www.secretariat.org/open (in catalan spanish and english version)

Bad-Wildbad (Schwarzwald) Open

The Bad-Wildbad (Schwarzwald) Open takes place 5th-12th April 2003.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/wildbad03/index.html

Werther Schloss Open

The Werther Schloss Open takes place 11th-13th April 2003. With Epishin, Vladimir (2628), Gaprindashvili, Valerian (2491), Kopylov, Michael (2486), Polzin, Rainer (2467), Shengelia, Davit (2457), Seger, Rüdiger (2456), Kasparov, Sergey (2443), Scekic, Milos (2435), Lingnau, Carsten (2425), Petrosian, Suren (2424). about 220 Participants. 5 Round Swiss-System.

Official Page: http://www.schloss-open.skwerther.de/

7th International Neckar-Open

7th International Neckar-Open takes place April 17th-21st 2003 in Deizisau, Germany. The tournament has a total prize fund of 11.000 Euros Players in the A-Open event include:

GM Konstantin Landa (ELO 2649/RUS) Winner 5th Int. Neckar-Open GM Vladimir Epishin (ELO 2626/RUS) Winner 6th Int. Neckar-Open GM Levon Aronian (ELO 2610/ARM) Junior World-Champion GM Vadim Milov (ELO 2592/SUI) GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ELO 2592/ROM) GM Zahar Efimenko (ELO 2590/UKR) GM Aleksander Delchev (ELO 2583/RUS) GM Vladimir Burmakin (ELO 2575/RUS) IM Jan Gustafsson (ELO 2566/GER) GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (ELO 2542/RUS) Rainer Buhmann (ELO 2525/GER) GM Kaido Kulaots (ELO 2513/EST) GM Jozsef Horvath (ELO 2511/HUN) GM Gyula Sax (ELO 2511/HUN) GM Ludger Keitlinghaus (ELO 2500/GER)

Official site: http://www.neckar-open.de

Gausdal Classics

The Gausdal Classics are played at Gausdal Høifjellshotell in Norway 3rd - 11th April 2003. The tournament has 3 closed groups, each with 12 players. GM event players: 1. Alexei Lugovoi RUS GM 2563 2. Nick de Firmian USA GM 2536 3. Emanuel Berg SWE IM 2514 4. Heikki Kallio FIN GM 2470 5. Mark Bluvshtein CAN IM 2451 6. Kjetil A. Lie NOR IM 2430 7. Stefan Kristjansson ISL IM 2406 8. Elisabeth Pähtz GER WGM 2384 9. Heikki Westerinen FIN GM 2360 10. Colm Daly IRL FM 2353 11. Torsten Sarbok GER FM 2325 12. Magnus Carlsen NOR FM 2315

Coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/gausdal2003/

FM 2003 Atlantic Airways Cup

The FM 2003 Atlantic Airways Cup takes place 11th-19th April 2003. The 2003 Faroes Championships will take place in Tórshavn and includes a Main Tournament with 6 invited foreign im/gm and the 10 best Faroe players in an 11 round Swiss.

The foreign players are: IM Shaw SCO; IM Pilgaard DEN; IM Jepson SWE; IM Gullaksen NOR; GM Westerinen FIN and IM Bjarnason ISL. The total amount of prizes is DKK 23000. 11 round Swiss: 90min+30 sec/move

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

Swiss Chess Tour events 2003

International Chess Tournament Lenk

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will continue in Lenk with the 15th "Hotel Kreuz-Open" April 17th- 21st 2003. "Hotel Kreuz" will be host, for the second time. Swiss system, 7 rounds (without pool!) 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. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943), junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Hotel Kreuz". Special chess-rates. Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 17,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 18,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 19,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 20,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 21. Closing ceremony April 21 at 16.00. List of participants: GMs: Sokolov (FRA), Pinter (HUN), Gallagher (SUI), Jenni (SUI), Vogt (GER); WGMs: Sedina (ITA); IMs: Forster (SUI), Horvath Peter (HUN), Krizsany (HUN), Joksic (YUG), Kiss (HUN), Roger and Oliver Moor (SUI) etc. Not sure Vlastimil Hort (GER) and Florin Gheorghiu (ROM). Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

International Chess Zurich Lake Open, Pfaeffikon SC

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will provide in Pfaeffikon with the 3rd "Hotel Seedamm Plaza Open" June 6th- 9th 2003. "Hotel Seedamm Plaza" will be host, for the third time. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 4 hours (36 moves for 90 minutes and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943), junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Hotel Seedamm Plaza". Special chess rates. Time table: Rounds 1/2 13.00-17.00 and 18.00-22.00 June 6,; Rounds 3/4 10.00-14.00 and 15.00-19.00 June 7,; Rounds 5/6 10.00-14.00 June 8,; Round 7 10.00-14.00 June 9. Closing ceremony June 9 at 14.30. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

International Chess Tournament Davos

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will continue in Davos, one of the most popular turist place, with the 2nd "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", August 2nd- 10th 2003. "Sunstar Park Hotel" will be host, for the second time. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943), junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel". Time table: Rounds 1/8 14.00-20.00 August 2-9,; Round 9 10.00-16.00 August 10. Closing ceremony August 10, half-hour after the last game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

6th Pelikán Memorial

The 6th Memorial of Professor Jaroslav Pelikán (13th International Chess Holiday) takes place in Prague - Czech Republic, 19th-26th July 2003, 26th July - August 2nd 2003 and 2nd-9th August. There are tournaments for strong and weak chessplayers, both men and women of all ages. Closed groups and each one consists of 10 players. Chess + accommodation under the same roof - Tourist Hotel. A rich programme for chessplayers and non-chesplayers too. 7 days hotel/shower+WC, bed and breakfast, chess, souvenir prizes for all chessplayers, sightseeing in Prague, trips, a farewell party - for 245 Eur to 275 Eur. It is possible to order lunch, dinner - every meal 5 Eur. A offer of Theatre Performances. Discounts for children, students, retired and those who have already been to the International Chess Holiday. In groups the tenth person free of charge.

Entries till 30.06. 2003 Info: Jindra Kollerová U Plynárny 15, 140 00 Praha 4 - Michle Czech Republic Tel: + 420 2 41407355 Fax: + 420 2 61210054 E-mail: jindra.kollerova@mybox.cz http://www.schach-prag.de

16th "Ciudad de León"

Topalov and Ponomariov were in Madrid on March 10th to promote the announcement of the Leon rapid tournament in June sponsored by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca.

The 16th "Ciudad de León" chess tournament will take place June 5th-9th 2003 in León, Spain. This year it will be a quadrangular knockout rapid tournament (not advanced chess ie no computers as in recent years) 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".

2 semi-finals of 4 games - 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Schedule: Friday June 6th : First Semi final: Topalov - Karjakin Saturday June 7th Second Semi final : Ponomariov - Vallejo Sunday June 8th: Final.

The official web sites will be: http://www.advancedchessleon.com and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com

Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament

The Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament will take place in in Budapest 11th-20th April 2003.

Players: Peter Leko 2736, Judit Polgar 2700 Boris Gelfand 2700, Nigel Short 2690, Zoltan Almasi 2676, Sergei Movsesian 2663, Viktor Korchnoi 2643, Christopher Lutz 2640, Peter Acs 2623 and Ferenc Berkes 2570.

No official page yet.

Asian Teams

The Asian Team Chess Championships will be held in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) India April 7th-17th 2003. Teams: Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazhakistan, Kyrgis Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Turkmenistan and Vietnam.

Further details: http://www.asianteamchess2003.com

St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open tournament

The 6th St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open tournament takes place 12th-19th April 2003. The open is near Paris and playing hall is a 13th century "chapelle".

Details in English: http://www.point-barre.com/sqy

Friends of Hastings International Chess Congress

A new fundraising scheme has been launched by Hastings International Ches s Congress. Hastings Borough Council has generously agreed to continue its support of this important historic event but funding for 2003/04 has been cut from £32,740 last year, to £21,000 with a promise of a further £5,000 if £5,000 match funding can be secured by the Congress. Details available at: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2003

The final lineup for the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2003 has been announced.

The six players are Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, his challenger Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand, the winner of Wijk aan Zee, Arkadi Naiditsch, Germany’s big hope, Viorel (Viktor) Bologan from Moldavia who qualified via the Aeroflot open and Teimour Radjabov from Azerbaijan who recently competed at the Linares tournament.

The double round robin event takes place at the Dortmund Theatre 31st July - 10th August 2003.

The Sparkassen Open will take place at the Town Hall of Dortmund, Friedensplatz, 1st - 10th August 2003. For more information and registration please contact Schachfreunde Brackel. Phone: 0049-231/2009265 or 0049-231/2000560. http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de

Maurice Ashley on draws

GM Maurice Ashley comments on the long discussed issue of early draws.

Read the article at: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/ashley03.html

Duif Calvin's suggestions for tournament details

Duif Calvin has come up with a list for chess promoters of information that is useful for chess fans to know when they're announcing their events. You can read it at: http://jaderiver.com/chess/promote.html

Brno 2003

The Brno 2003 tournaments take place 28 June - 6th July 2003 in the Club VA, Sumavska 4, Brno. Various open and closed events.

Further Information: http://volny.cz/skduras

6th Tanta Open 2003

The Tanta Open has been postponed but will take place in the future.

Belfort International Open

The 9th International Grand Prix in Belfort takes place 12th-17th April 2003.Frutehr details contact belfortechecs@wanadoo.fr

Coulsdon Easter Chess Congress

The Coulsdon Easter Chess Congress takes place Friday 18th - Saturday 19th April 2003

Details and entry form can be found at: http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/mainmenu.html Click on the Long Play Congress Link for details.

Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris

Distance chess match Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris May 28 2003, at the day of celebration of the 300 years anniversary of Saint-Petersburg, will take place the first in the history match in distance chess between Saint-Petersburg team and French club "NAO chess club". http://www.ruschess.com/

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

"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

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

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/