THE WEEK IN CHESS 442 28th April 2003 by Mark Crowther
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4th Karpov Tournament 30 games
St. Petersburg Championships 72 games
Moscow Championships 25 games
60th Polish Championships 42 games
Generation Tournament 21 games
Commonwealth Championships 449 games
3rd CMA Futurity 25 games
7th International Neckar-Open 90 games
Chess club "Kaissa" Championships 66 games
Czech Team Extraleague 192 games
5th Dubai Open Championships 334 games
Brazilian Championships Playoffs 134 games
Zhu Chen vs Ioannis Papaioannou 2 games
Third Saturday April 14 games
III Int Governador Mário Covas 21 games
Trofeo Vedior 10 games
41st Doeberl Cup 79 games
Foxwoods Open 108 games
3rd Oxford University Congress 72 games
15th Lenk Open 11 games
PNG Championships 3 games
1st New York Masters 40 games
XXXIV Mar del Plata Open 30 games
Gausdal Classics 23 games
St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open 49 games
1945 games
My thanks to Peter Harrison and Richard Palliser, John Fernandez, Tarjei
Svensen, Adolivio Capece, Marcus, Paul Dunn, José Alberto Ferreira dos
Santos, Eugeny Atarov ("64") , Vladica Andrejic, Petr Herejk, Pierre Carbonnel,
Jose Mariano Acosta, Robert Sporri, Joselito Marcos, Antonio Bento, Ruslan
Anisimov, Michael Atkins, Jakub Fuksik, Maurice Ashley, Stellan Brynell,
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Mig Greengard, Bartlomiej Macieja, Andrey Belous, Andy
McFarland, Alan Luga and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Another week another World Championship "crisis". The news that the
Argentine press are talking about the postponement of the FIDE Championship
match in Buenos Aires from June to November is another in a long line of
stories I've reported about changing venues, financial crisis and general
controversy that will probably matter little in a few weeks time. What I would
like to be reporting on, for the first time in TWIC's lifetime is a single
undisputed champion. We will have to hope that happens sooner rather than later
because chess needs order above all now. I think if we get the chance to show
the strength in depth of the talent in the game at the moment throughout a full
cycle chess can have a big future.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 4th Karpov Tournament takes place April 20th-29th 2003 in Poikovsky,
Russia. My thanks to Eugeny Atarov ("64").
Info http://www.chess-express.ru
Round 3 (April 22, 2003)
Svidler, Peter - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 19 B35 Sicilian Defence
Lautier, Joel - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 55 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Rublevsky, Sergei - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 25 C03 French Tarrasch
Bologan, Viktor - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 29 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Lputian, Smbat G - Obodchuk, Andrei 1-0 45 D84 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Round 4 (April 23, 2003)
Onischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 A16 English Opening
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 35 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 35 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Pelletier, Yannick - Vescovi, Giovanni 0-1 43 D38 QGD Ragozin
Obodchuk, Andrei - Lautier, Joel 0-1 41 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 5 (April 24, 2003)
Svidler, Peter - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 40 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Lautier, Joel - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1-0 32 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Vescovi, Giovanni - Obodchuk, Andrei 1/2 34 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Bologan, Viktor - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 60 C00 French Defence
Lputian, Smbat G - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 40 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Round 6 (April 26, 2003)
Onischuk, Alexander - Lautier, Joel 1/2 24 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 55 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Rublevsky, Sergei - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 26 C03 French Tarrasch
Bologan, Viktor - Svidler, Peter 1/2 52 A07 Barcza System
Pelletier, Yannick - Obodchuk, Andrei 1-0 26 E97 King's Indian Classical
Round 7 (April 27, 2003)
Svidler, Peter - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 33 C08 French Tarrasch
Lautier, Joel - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 50 D27 QGA
Vescovi, Giovanni - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 53 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Lputian, Smbat G - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 26 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Obodchuk, Andrei - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 47 A87 Dutch Leningrad
Round 8 (April 28, 2003)
Svidler, Peter - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 63 C17 French Winawer
Rublevsky, Sergei - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 45 C45 Scotch Game
Onischuk, Alexander - Obodchuk, Andrei 0-1 45 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Bologan, Viktor - Lautier, Joel 0-1 57 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Pelletier, Yannick - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 61 D66 Queens Gambit
4th Karpov It Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 20-29 iv 2003 cat. XVI (2632)
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 * . = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2758
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 . * 1 = = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2758
3 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2664 = 0 * = . = = 1 1 1 5.0 2720
4 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2670 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 . 4.5 2696
5 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2647 = = . = * = = 1 1 0 4.5 2668
6 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2615 0 = = 0 = * . 1 1 = 4.0 2629
7 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2663 = 0 = = = . * = 0 1 3.5 2586
8 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2623 = = 0 = 0 0 = * . 1 3.0 2544
9 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2638 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 . * 1 2.5 2490
10 Obodchuk, Andrei m RUS 2417 = 0 0 . 1 = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2460
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According to Mig Greengard at his site:
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt.htm
the FIDE World Championship Kasparov - Ponomariov match scheduled for June 19th
- July 7th 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina has run into difficulties. FIDE are
still hopeful of the June date, the Argentine organisers seem to be saying the
match has financial problems. November - December is supposed to be the time
the FIDE World Title was to be unified with the Einstein TV title. The venue
for the Einstein World title match between Kramnik and Leko has yet to be
announced, even though venues are rumoured.
The St. Petersburg Championships take place 16th-28th April 2003. Denis
Yevseev leads with 7/10.
Official site: (in Russian):
http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/2003/76chspb.html,
Games http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/2003/spb76.zip,
additional coverage: http://www.ruschess.com/
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City-ch St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 16-28 iv 2003 cat. XI (2517)
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1. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2580 * = = = = = . 1 . 1 = 1 1 7.0 2657
2. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 = * 0 = . 1 = 1 1 = = 1 . 6.5 2629
3. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2557 = 1 * = . 1 0 . = = 1 = = 6.0 2577
4. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2563 = = = * = . = = 1 1 . 0 1 6.0 2596
5. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2541 = . . = * = = 1 1 = = = = 6.0 2577
6. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2507 = 0 0 . = * 1 = . = 1 1 1 6.0 2582
7. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2514 . = 1 = = 0 * = = . = = 1 5.5 2544
8. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2564 0 0 . = 0 = = * = = 1 . 1 4.5 2481
9. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2540 . 0 = 0 0 . = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2473
10. Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2539 0 = = 0 = = . = = * 0 = 1 4.5 2450
11. Novikov, Mikhail V RUS 2401 = = 0 . = 0 = 0 = 1 * . = 4.0 2460
12. Sergeev, Veniamin RUS 2426 0 0 = 1 = 0 = . 0 = . * = 3.5 2422
13. Praslov, Andrey f RUS 2417 0 . = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 2.0 2259
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1. Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2313 * 1 . = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2434
2. Bystryakova, Elena V wm RUS 2197 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 . 1 1 1 1 7.5 2352
3. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2312 . 0 * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2287
4. Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2277 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 . 6.0 2235
5. Rakitskaja, Mariya RUS 2122 0 0 0 = * 1 . 1 1 1 1 = 6.0 2248
6. Akatova, Ekaterina RUS 2136 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 0 . = 1 1 5.5 2208
7. Aseeva, Marina RUS 2125 0 0 1 = . 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 5.0 2176
8. Dushenok, Anna RUS 2224 = . = 0 0 1 0 * = = 0 1 4.0 2087
9. Mokhova, Kristina RUS 2155 0 0 0 0 0 . 1 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2100
10. Egorova, Ekaterina RUS ---- = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * . 1 3.5 2086
11. Kuzevanova, Evgenia RUS 2048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = . * 0 1.5 1900
12. Antoshkova, Tamara RUS 2103 0 0 0 . = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 1867
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The Moscow Championships are a 32 player KO which take place 16th-30th
April 2003. 15 GMs and 15 IMs compete. Evgeny Najer leads Vladimir Malakhov
1.5-0.5 in the four game final. Evgeny Vorobiov took third place after beating
Shipov Sergey in playoff games in the 3rd-4th place match. My thanks to Eugeny
Atarov ("64") for the information.
Coverage: http://www.chess-express.ru
Round 2 Results 1/8
Vladimir Malakhov g 2672 - Yuri Balashov g 2494 1/2 1/2 (2:0)
Oleg Nikolenko m 2521 - Alexander Riazantsev g 2534 1/2 1-0
Sergey Shipov g 2604 - Vladimir Kosyrev g 2530 1-0 0-1 (2:1)
Andrey Rychagov m 2556 - Ratmir Kholmov g 2439 1/2 1/2 (2:1)
Mikhail Kobalia g 2639 - Bator Sambuev m 2484 1/2 1/2 (0.5:1.5)
Dmitry Yakovenko g 2562 - Evgeny Vorobiov g 2534 1/2 0-1
Evgeny Najer g 2606 - Evgeny Vasiukov g 2529 0-1 1/2
Farrukh Amonatov g 2562 - Sergei Yuferov m 2441 1-0 0-1 (2:1)
Round 3 Results 1/4
Vladimir Malakhov g 2672 - Oleg Nikolenko m 2521 1-0 1-0
Sergey Shipov g 2604 - Andrey Rychagov m 2556 1/2 1/2 (1.5:0.5)
Evgeny Vorobiov g 2534 - Bator Sambuev m 2484 1/2 1-0
Evgeny Najer g 2606 - Farrukh Amonatov g 2562 1-0 1/2
Semifinals: 1/2
Vladimir Malakhov g 2672 - Sergey Shipov g 2604 1-0 1-0
Evgeny Najer g 2606 - Evgeny Vorobiov g 2534 1/2 1/2 (2:0)
Final Moscow-ch (4 games):
Vladimir Malakhov g 2672 - Evgeny Najer g 2606 1/2
Evgeny Najer g 2606 - Vladimir Malakhov g 2672 1-0
3rd place match
Sergey Shipov g 2604 - Evgeny Vorobiov g 2534 1/2 1/2 (1:2)
The 60th Polish Championships take place in Warsaw April 22nd - May 4th
2003. The Category XII event is the strongest ever Polish championships. Games
start 15-00 local time.
Internet coverage: http://www.pzszach.org.pl (http://www.pzszach.org.pl/glowna.htm)
60th ch-POL Warsaw POL (POL), 22 iv-4 v 2003 cat. XII (2527)
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1 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2587 * . = = . . . . . 1 1 1 . 1 5.0 2791
2 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2634 . * . . . 1 = 1 = . . = 1 . 4.5 2700
3 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2577 = . * = = . . . . = = . . 1 3.5 2578
4 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 = . = * . . . 0 1 . . 1 = . 3.5 2576
5 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2553 . . = . * 0 . = 1 . . = 1 . 3.5 2569
6 Miton, Kamil g POL 2545 . 0 . . 1 * = 1 . . = . 0 . 3.0 2528
7 Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2543 . = . . . = * = 0 . 1 . = . 3.0 2511
8 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2451 . 0 . 1 = 0 = * . = . . . . 2.5 2499
9 Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2446 . = . 0 0 . 1 . * = . . . = 2.5 2482
10 Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2452 0 . = . . . . = = * . = . = 2.5 2451
11 Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2483 0 . = . . = 0 . . . * . 1 = 2.5 2476
12 Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2549 0 = . 0 = . . . . = . * . = 2.0 2421
13 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2508 . 0 . = 0 1 = . . . 0 . * . 2.0 2436
14 Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2443 0 . 0 . . . . . = = = = . * 2.0 2390
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The Generation Chess International Tournament takes place in the
Marshall Chess Club, New York City USA April 23rd - May 2nd 2003. The event
will have in place a rule where draw offers can't be made before move 50 (The
penalty for taking premature draws is 10% of the GMs' appearance fee and 10% of
prizes won. This will be donated to America's Foundation for Chess. In
addition, the organisers reserve the right to no longer invite the offending
player to future events.). Ehlvest - Bluvshtein (8) was played early.
Official site: http://www.generationchess.com, Live
coverage on ICC: http://chessclub.com and
chess.fm http://www.chess.fm
Generation New York USA (USA), 23 iv-2 v 2003 cat. X (2482)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Krush, Irina m USA 2431 * . = 1 . 1 . . . 1 3.5 /4 2858
2 Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2461 . * . . 1 . = . 1 1 3.5 /4 2832
3 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2544 = . * . . 1 . 1 . = 3.0 /4 2639
4 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2587 0 . . * = . 1 1 = . 3.0 /5 2525
5 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2558 . 0 . = * . = . . 1 2.0 /4 2511
6 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2411 0 . 0 . . * . 1 1 . 2.0 /4 2450
7 Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2451 . = . 0 = . * 0 1 . 2.0 /5 2414
8 Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2397 . . 0 0 . 0 1 * . . 1.0 /4 2305
9 Paschall, William M m USA 2429 . 0 . = . 0 0 . * . 0.5 /4 2155
10 Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2547 0 0 = . 0 . . . . * 0.5 /4 2176
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The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men & Women And Boys &
Girls (incorporating an International Open Chess Tournament) took place
19th-28th April 2003 in the Hotel Tulip Star, Mumbai, India. Nguyen Anh Dung
finished first with a massive 8.5/10 score. The Commonwealth Championships were
won by 4th placed Dibyendu Barua and the 5th place Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi won
the women's event. Krishnan Sasikiran and Abhijit Kunte took Silver and Bronze
in the men's, Anupama Gokhale and Nisha Mohota the remaining women's medals.
Coverage: http://www.venuschessacademy.com/index.html
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Commonwealth Ch Mumbai IND (IND), 20-27 iv 2003
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1. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2530 8.5 64.0 2812
2. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2680 7.5 66.5 2687
3. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2597 7.5 64.5 2675
4. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2545 7.5 61.0 2659
5. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2414 7.5 57.5 2574
6. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2488 7.5 57.5 2613
7. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2658 7.0 64.5 2610
8. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2560 7.0 61.0 2577
9. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2499 7.0 60.0 2619
10. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2542 7.0 56.0 2528
11. Harikrishna, P g IND 2563 7.0 55.0 2552
12. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2557 6.5 64.0 2554
13. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2557 6.5 63.0 2543
14. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2528 6.5 60.5 2552
15. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2546 6.5 60.0 2515
16. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2533 6.5 59.0 2498
17. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2529 6.5 58.0 2502
18. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2456 6.5 56.5 2495
19. Harika, Dronavalli wf IND 2294 6.5 56.0 2509
20. Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2463 6.5 55.5 2446
21. Prakash, G B m IND 2431 6.5 55.5 2473
22. Deshmukh, Anup m IND 2302 6.5 55.5 2441
23. Shetty, Rahul m IND 2387 6.5 54.5 2421
24. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2597 6.0 62.5 2461
25. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2523 6.0 62.0 2509
26. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2495 6.0 61.0 2552
27. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2422 6.0 59.5 2427
28. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2444 6.0 58.0 2442
29. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2419 6.0 58.0 2451
30. Sahu, Sekhar Chandra m IND 2268 6.0 56.5 2468
31. Sivanandan, B.S IND 2396 6.0 56.0 2399
32. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2543 6.0 54.5 2412
33. Sengupta, Deep IND 2325 6.0 54.5 2474
34. Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2354 6.0 54.5 2454
35. Sriram, Jha m IND 2451 6.0 54.0 2388
36. Rohit, G IND 2357 6.0 53.5 2430
37. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2427 6.0 52.0 2408
38. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2400 6.0 52.0 2418
39. Saravanan, V m IND 2358 6.0 51.5 2359
40. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2473 6.0 51.0 2356
41. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2384 6.0 48.5 2359
42. Visweswaran, K IND 2328 6.0 48.5 2456
43. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2213 6.0 47.0 2305
138 players
3rd CMA (Chess'n Math Association) Futurity took place in Montreal April
16th-25th 2003. Alexandre Lesiege won the event with an impressive 8/9
undefeated.
Website: http://www.chesstalk.com/futurity3/
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3rd CMA Futurity Montreal CAN (CAN), 16-25 iv 2003 cat. II (2299)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2528 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2624
2. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2442 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2448
3. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2417 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2451
4. Quan Zhe USA 2226 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2386
5. Duong, Thanh Nha m CAN 2314 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2339
6. Gilman, Arkadiy M RUS 2222 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = = 4.0 2264
7. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2244 0 0 0 1 = = * 0 1 1 4.0 2261
8. Lawson, Eric f CAN 2279 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * = 0 2.0 2080
9. Voskanian, Vahagn f ARM 2314 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 2.0 2076
10. Rousseau, Daniel CAN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1.5 2058
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The 7th International Neckar-Open took place April 17th-21st 2003 in
Deizisau, Germany. David Baramidze won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to
Marcus.
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7th Neckar Open Deizisau GER (GER), 17-21 iv 2003
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1. Baramidze, David m GER 2440 7.5
2. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2628 7.0
3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2606 7.0
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2606 7.0
5. Buhmann, Rainer GER 2526 7.0
6. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2443 7.0
7. Schenk, Andreas m GER 2473 7.0
8. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2569 7.0
9. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2546 7.0
10. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2643 7.0
11. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2477 7.0
12. Shengelia, Davit m GEO 2457 7.0
13. Troyke, Christian m GER 2351 7.0
14. Haub, Thorsten-Michael m GER 2391 7.0
15. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2511 6.5
16. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2514 6.5
17. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2574 6.5
18. Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2493 6.5
19. Gheng, Josef f GER 2335 6.5
20. Schlindwein, Rolf m GER 2426 6.5
21. Solomunovic, Igor f BIH 2429 6.5
22. Kanep, Meelis m EST 2446 6.0
23. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2394 6.0
24. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2573 6.0
25. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2463 6.0
26. Rau, Hannes GER 2348 6.0
27. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2471 6.0
28. Kunin, Vitaly m GER 2441 6.0
29. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2428 6.0
30. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2293 6.0
306 players
Andrey Belous reports: Chess club "Kaissa" in Kharkov, Ukraine, held
the finals of its club competition 8th - 18th April 2003. The organiser was the
director the club G.S .Kiktev. The event was Category III with an average
rating of 2310 (IM norm 8.0 from 11, WGM norm 7.0 from 11). The winner was IM
Valery Shalimov winning with 10.0/11.
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ch-Kaissa Club Kharkov UKR (UKR), 8-18 iv 2003 cat. III (2310)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2456 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2680
2. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2416 = * 1 = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 7.5 2433
3. Kovalenko, Nikolai UKR 2207 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2384
4. Kotenko, Pavel f RUS 2392 = = 0 * = 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 2338
5. Kozlov, Yriy UKR 2213 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2355
6. Makarov, V MDA m MDA 2312 0 = = 1 1 * 1 = 0 = = 0 5.5 2310
7. Sukharev, Sergey UKR 2213 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 5.0 2283
8. Mihalichenko, Bladimir UKR 2276 0 1 = 1 0 = 0 * = 0 0 1 4.5 2248
9. Tarlev, Konstantin UKR 2358 0 = = 0 0 1 0 = * 1 0 1 4.5 2241
10. Kostiuk, Tatiana wm UKR 2245 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 0 4.0 2214
11. Smougalev, Gennady f RUS 2342 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = 4.0 2205
12. Manukovsky, V f RUS 2294 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = * 2.5 2100
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Jakub Fuksik sends news and games from the Czech Team Extraleague which
took place 12th October 2002 - 13th April 2003.
TZ Trinec (GM Dydyshko, GM Cicak, GM Timoscenko, IM Rasik, FM Langner,
IM Nedela, IM Sikora-Lerch, Walek, IM M.Babula, WIM Sikorova) won the event
with 17 points, 7 wins 3 draws and 1 loss. Relegated are: SK Dum armady Praha,
TJ Tatran Litovel
Web coverage: http://chess.cstv.cz/extraliga/ (or
http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/
temporarily down)
Final table:
1. TZ Trinec 11 7 3 1 48.5 17
2. SK Hagemann Opava 11 8 0 3 57.5 16
3. SK Sokol Vysehrad 11 6 2 3 47.0 14
4. TJ Jakl Karvina 11 4 5 2 47.5 13
5. SK Mahrla Praha 11 5 3 3 43.0 13
6. SK SK Trinom Zlin 11 4 3 4 46.0 11
7. SC A64 Lazne Slatinice 11 4 3 4 39.0 11
8. Sokol Plzen I. - Ingem 11 2 5 4 42.5 9
9. Bauset Pardubice 11 4 1 6 40.5 9
10. Polabí Sokol Kolin 11 2 4 5 40.5 8
11. SK Dum armady Praha 11 3 1 7 39.0 7
12. TJ Tatran Litovel 11 1 2 8 36.0 4
5th Dubai Open Chess Championships for the Sheikh Rashed bin Hamdan Cup
takes place 20th-29th April 2003 in Dubai, UAE. 100 players from 26 countries
including 46 GMs play in the 10 round Swiss. Evgeny Alekseev and Baadur Jobava
lead on 5.5/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2003/
Round 7 (of 10) Standings:
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5th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 20-29 iv 2003
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1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2607 5.5
2. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2566 5.5
3. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2650 5.0
4. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2634 5.0
5. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2576 5.0
6. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2572 5.0
7. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2562 5.0
8. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2561 5.0
9. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2493 5.0
10. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2664 4.5
11. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 4.5
12. Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2588 4.5
13. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2580 4.5
14. Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2577 4.5
15. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2560 4.5
16. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2559 4.5
17. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2555 4.5
18. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2551 4.5
19. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2514 4.5
20. Guseinov, Kadir g AZE 2505 4.5
76 players
Antonio Bento reports: The 69th Brazilian Chess Championship in Brasilia
took place January 9th-15th, 2003. GM Darcy Lima and MF Ricardo Teixeira both
finished with 6.5/9. The 8 game match playoff takes place in two cities: the
first half of the match was played, in Rio das Ostras Beach/Rio de Janeiro
April 23rd-27th 2003, the second half will be played in Ilha
Solteira/São Paulo May 1st-4th. The time control is 90 minutes for all
moves. Each player shall receive an extra 30 seconds thinking per move. After
the first half GM Darcy Lima has a nearly decisive 3.5-0.5 lead.
Internet coverage: http://cbx.locaweb.com.br
Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva - Lima, Darcy 0-1 30 A28 English Four Knights
Lima, Darcy - Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva 1-0 39 C10 French Rubinstein
Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva - Lima, Darcy 1/2 45 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Lima, Darcy - Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva 1-0 45 C10 French Rubinstein
ch-BRA playoff Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), 23 iv-4 v 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Lima, Darcy g BRA 2511 1 1 = 1 . . . . 3.5 2686
Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva f BRA 2350 0 0 = 0 . . . . 0.5 2189
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There was a four game rapid match between Zhu Chen and Ioannis
Papaioannou in Gerani, Chania, Greece on 20th-21st April 2003. The event was
part of the Crete Easter Festival. Zhu Chen won 3-1.
Internet coverage: http://www.caissa.gr/easter2003/
Zhu Chen - Papaioannou, Ioannis 1-0 63 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Papaioannou, Ioannis - Zhu Chen 1/2 61 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Zhu Chen - Papaioannou, Ioannis 1-0 39 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Papaioannou, Ioannis - Zhu Chen 1/2 12 D14 Slav Exchange
Easter in Crete Rapid m Gerani GRE (GRE), 20-21 iv 2003
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1 2 3 4
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Zhu Chen g CHN 2492 1 = 1 = 3.0 2768
Papaioannou, Ioannis g GRE 2575 0 = 0 = 1.0 2299
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Vladica Andrejic reports the Third Saturday April tournament organised
by the Belgrade Chess Federation takes place 19th-28th April 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu
Round 5 Standings:
TS April Belgrade YUG (YUG), 19-28 iv 2003 cat. III (2311)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Popchev, Milko g BUL 2450 ** =. =. =. 1. 1. 3.5 2431
2 Nikolic, Dragoslav f YUG 2275 =. ** =. 1. 1. 0. 3.0 2389
3 Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2414 =. =. ** =. 1. =. 3.0 2362
4 Matovic, Petar f YUG 2321 =. 0. =. ** 0. 1. 2.0 2236
5 Yeo, Michael J ENG 2251 0. 0. 0. 1. ** 1. 2.0 2250
6 Todorovic, Violeta YUG 2153 0. 1. =. 0. 0. ** 1.5 2193
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The III Internacional Governador Mário Covas takes place April
22nd-30th in Santos, Brazil. Rafael Leitao and Alejandro Hoffman lead on 4.5/7
but they are only half a point clear of Ivan Morovic Fernandez and Gilberto
Milos.
Internet coverage: http://www.fpx.com.br/
III Mario Covas Santos BRA (BRA), 22-30 iv 2003 cat. XII (2530)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2533 ** == == =. 1. 1. 4.5 2627
2 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2485 == ** =. =. =1 1. 4.5 2640
3 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2551 == =. ** =1 =. =. 4.0 2585
4 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2586 =. =. =0 ** 1. 1= 4.0 2567
5 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2543 0. =0 =. 0. ** =1 2.5 2412
6 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2479 0. 0. =. 0= =0 ** 1.5 2316
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Adolivio Capece reports that the International chess tournament "Trofeo
Vedior - Bugnion", 2nd edition takes place in Milano, Italy, April 26th - May
4th 2003. The event is Category II (IM norm = points 7 out of 9).
Internet coverage: http://www.italiascacchistica.com
Round 2 Standings:
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Vedior Trophy Milan ITA (ITA), 26 iv-4 v 2003 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2340 * . . . . . 1 1 . . 2.0
2. Sanchez, Joseph f PHI 2342 . * . . . 1 . . . 1 2.0
3. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2356 . . * . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2417
4. Dragojlovic, Andjelko m YUG 2335 . . . * . . = . . 1 1.5 2413
5. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2328 . . = . * . . = . . 1.0 2260
6. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2346 . 0 . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2231
7. Sbarra, Marco f ITA 2217 0 . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2144
8. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2165 0 . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2141
9. Bertazzo, Giorgio SUI 2120 . . 0 . . 0 . . * . 0.0
10. Di Fonzo, Valerio ITA 2223 . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The 41st Doeberl Cup took place in Canberra Australia 18th-22nd April
2003. Ian Rogers took clear first with 6.5/7. My thanks to Paul Dunn for the
games.
Final
table
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41st Doeberl Cup Canberra AUS (AUS), 18-22 iv 2003
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1. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2553 6.5
2. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2503 6.0
3. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2399 6.0
4. Wallace, John Paul m AUS 2405 5.5
5. Froehlich, Peter m GER 2425 5.5
6. Smerdon, David m AUS 2433 5.0
7. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2351 5.0
8. Hamilton, Douglas G f AUS 2275 5.0
9. West, Guy m AUS 2381 5.0
10. Rej, Tomek AUS 2220 5.0
11. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2292 4.5
12. Ayvazyan,Armin AUS ---- 4.5
13. Caoili, Arianne wm PHI 2293 4.5
14. Jackson,Ralph E AUS ---- 4.5
15. Jones, Brian f AUS 2184 4.5
16. Fariz, Shafruddin MAS 2120 4.5
17. Hacche, David AUS 2192 4.5
72 players
The Foxwoods Open took place April 17th-21st 2003. Ilia Smirin was the
winner with 6/7 half a point clear of 7 players. My thanks to Michael Atkins
for the games.
Coverage: http://members.cox.net/tournaments/foxwoods/
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Foxwoods Open Connecticut USA (USA), 17-20 iv 2003
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1. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2662 6.0
2. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2640 5.5
3. Novikov, Igor g USA 2593 5.5
4. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2574 5.5
5. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2561 5.5
6. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2550 5.5
7. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2524 5.5
8. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2458 5.5
9. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2587 5.0
10. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2611 5.0
11. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2552 5.0
12. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2539 5.0
13. Zaitshik, Gennadi RUS 2488 5.0
14. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2496 5.0
15. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2498 5.0
16. Casella, Michael f USA 2320 5.0
17. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2592 4.5
18. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2589 4.5
19. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2567 4.5
20. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2547 4.5
21. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2566 4.5
22. Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge E LIB 2441 4.5
23. Kreiman, Boris m USA 2481 4.5
24. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2452 4.5
25. Paschall, William M m USA 2429 4.5
26. Lein, Anatoly g USA 2416 4.5
27. Pixton, Aaron f USA 2443 4.5
28. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2371 4.5
29. Milman, Lev f USA 2356 4.5
30. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2411 4.5
31. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m USA 2364 4.5
32. Vigorito, David f USA 2298 4.5
33. Gersov, Evgeny f USA 2339 4.5
34. Kurniawan, Bobby m INA 2365 4.5
35. Pismenny, Avraam RUS 2244 4.5
36. Foygel, Igor f USA 2483 4.0
37. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2389 4.0
38. Winer, Steven f USA 2317 4.0
39. Friedel, Joshua E USA 2293 4.0
40. Mac Intyre, Paul f USA 2296 4.0
128 players
The 3rd Oxford University Chess Congress took place 26th-27th April
2003.
Peter Harrison & Richard Palliser report: Once again this event at
Lincoln College proved to be an enjoyable and successful event. With over fifty
players it was for once the Major, and not the Minor, which turned out to be
the largest section. The Open was very strong on paper with one GM and four
IMs, but IM Nick Pert always led before finishing a whole point clear. However,
just as impressive were the excellent performances of the University’s own
Andrew Bigg and 165-graded, but fast improving, Aidan Rawlinson.
Open: 1. IM Nick Pert (Reading) 4.5/5 & £400 2=. IM Colin
Crouch (Pinner), IM Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe), Aidan Rawlinson (Croydon), Paul
Georghiou (Barnet), GM Peter Wells (Abingdon) & Andrew Bigg (Oxford
University) 3.5/5 & £67.00 U-190 Grading Prize: Aidan Rawlinson 2003
Oxford University Champion: Andrew Bigg
Major: 1. Will Burt (Oxford City) 4.5/5 2=. Fred Van Randen (Holland),
Kok Ippel (Holland) & Tim Willinger (Oxford) 4/5 U-150 Grading Prize: Sam
Buckley (Bath), John Yates (Oxford City) & Nick Burrows (Salford) 3.5/5
Minor: 1=. Jamie Adcock (Reading), Karl Biswas (Oxford City) &
Daniel Lappage (Oxford University) 4/5 U-100 Grading Prize: Richard Barker
(Wantage) 3.5/5
The 15th Lenk Open took place 17th-24th April 2003. Joseph Gallagher
took first place.
Further details: http://www.beochess.ch
Leading Final Standings:
1. GM Gallagher Joseph SUI 6.0 31.5 168.0
2. GM Sokolov Andrei FRA 6.0 31.0 166.5
3. IM Horvath Peter HUN 5.5 30.5 169.0
4. GM Jenni Florian SUI 5.5 28.5 166.0
5. GM Pinter Jozsef HUN 5.5 28.5 162.0
6. IM Krizsany Laszlo HUN 5.5 28.5 161.5
7. GM Gheorghiu Florin ROM 5.5 28.0 165.5
8. GM Sedina Elena ITA 5.5 26.0 151.0
9. IM Kiss Pal HUN 5.0 29.5 159.5
10. Deschenaux Yves SUI 5.0 29.5 156.0
11. Kolly Jacques SUI 5.0 28.0 161.5
12. IM Forster Richard SUI 5.0 28.0 157.0
13. Vuilleumier Alexandre SUI 5.0 25.5 161.5
14. GM Vogt Lothar GER 5.0 25.5 152.5
15. Duratti Lindo FRA 5.0 24.0 151.0
16. Haener Philippe SUI 5.0 23.5 151.0
118 players
Alan Luga President of PNG Chess Federation reports:
Newcomer Joselito Marcos captured the National Chess Championship held
at the conference room of Airways Hotel in Port Moresby over the Easter weekend
(18-21 April). Marcos, a senior lecturer at Lae Technical College, swept
through undefeated, conceding only one draw to score 7.5 points out of eight
games. He is now the proud custodian of the K.R. Mitchell perpetual
championship trophy.
The competition drew a record number of 34 participants, all from the
capital city, except the new champion who came from Lae. Six-time champion
Stuart Fancy, proprietor of Industrial Sales and Services, was first runner-up
with 7.0 points, followed by Mark Aiio, a 1992 Manila Olympiad veteran with
6.0. Just behind them were Joseph Aoae, Gerard Awai, and Aisi Vere, with 5.5
points each. Marcos and Fancy had a perfect score of 5.0 apiece before they
faced off in the sixth round. Their exciting duel of wits arising from a French
Defense provided the tournament's highlight as the two rivals appeared to be
evenly matched. But in middle-game skirmishes, Marcos decided to jettison two
pawns to unleash a ferocious kingside attack that the defending champion could
not fend off.
The remaining two games proved anti-climactic as Marcos scored a crisp
win before allowing a draw to clinch his victory. In his speech at the
prize-giving ceremony, the PNG Chess Federation president, Mr Alan Luga,
thanked the 34 contestants for taking part in the championship. He asked them
to encourage others to play chess as an intellectual game so that "Papua New
Guineans can have real chances of winning medals for the country in
international competitions like the chess Olympiad."
The 1st New York Masters International took place every week between
February 3rd - April 7th 2003. I reported the first 2 rounds in TWIC 432. In
addition the regular 53rd New York Masters Rapid event took place on 22nd April
2003. 1st-2nd Joel Benjaminand Yury Lapshun. PRIZES 1ST - $450 2ND - $160 3RD -
$ 80 U2400 - $130. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com and for
the international tournament:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/1stintl.html
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1st NY Masters Int New York USA (USA), 3-13 ii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sloan Aravena, Peter USA 2235 * 1 1 1 0 0 = 1 = 1 6.0 2324
2. Benen, Samson USA 2251 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2322
3. Bierkens, Peter USA 2250 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 5.5 2277
4. Lewis, James E DOM 2246 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 5.0 2241
5. Fernandez, John C USA 2138 1 = = 0 * = = 0 = 1 4.5 2210
6. Schneider, Igor f USA 2237 1 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2199
7. Johnson, Ben USA 2178 = 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 0 4.0 2162
8. Sena, Juan DOM 2142 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 = 4.0 2166
9. Chernin, Oliver USA 2207 = = 1 0 = = 0 0 * = 3.5 2122
10. Matthew, Ervin USA 2145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 2.0 1989
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Benjamin, Joel g 2669 +10 + 5 + 3 = 2 3.5 ($305)
2. Lapshun, Yury m 2566 + 7 +13 + 4 = 1 3.5 ($305)
3. Shahade, Greg m 2495 +11 + 6 - 1 + 9 3.0 ($ 80)
4. Paschall, William m 2483 +16 +15 - 2 = 6 2.5
5. Bonin, Jay m 2462 +12 - 1 = 7 +10 2.5
6. Milman, Lev f 2400 +14 - 3 +15 = 4 2.5
7. Privman, Boris f 2283 - 2 +18 = 5 +13 2.5 ($ 65)
8. Ross, Laura wf 2139 + 9 -14 =13 +15 2.5 ($ 65)
9. Sarkar, Justin m 2426 - 8 +11 +16 - 3 2.0
10. Eisen, Lewis f 2305 - 1 +12 +14 - 5 2.0
11. Schneider, Igor f 2222 - 3 - 9 +18 +17 2.0
12. Colding, Ernest 2200 - 5 -10 +17 +16 2.0
13. Braylovsky, Greg 2406 +18 - 2 = 8 - 7 1.5
14. Ehlvest, Jaan g 2705 - 6 + 8 -10 --- 1.0
15. Wojtkiewicz, Alek g 2637 +17 - 4 - 6 - 8 1.0
16. Gelman, Geoffrey 2206 - 4 +17 - 9 -12 1.0
17. Furdzik, Rafal 2287 -15 -16 -12 -11 0.0
18. Tamarkin, Larry 2100 -13 - 7 -11 --- 0.0
The 11th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place April 29th - May
8th 2003. Players: Vassily Ivanchuk 2704 UKR Zhang Zhong 2666 CHN Peter Heine
Nielsen 2625 DEN, Curt Hansen 2610 DEN, Luke McShane 2592 ENG, Jan Timman 2578
NED, Jonny Hector 2552 SWE, Tom Wedberg 2539 SWE, Sune Berg Hansen 2537 DEN and
Bengt Lindberg 2392 SWE.
Internet site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
As reported in TWIC 441 the XXXIV Mar del Plata Open took place
12th-19th April 2003. Suat Atalik took clear first with 7.5/9. Games from the
final 3 rounds now available. My thanks to José Mariano Acosta.
Internet coverage:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/9356/mdp.htm
The Gausdal Classics were played at the Gausdal Høifjellshotell
in Norway 3rd - 11th April 2003. Nick De Firmian won the GM event with 7.5/11,
Normunds Miezis the IM section with 9/11.
Games from the final two rounds of the Gausdal Classics are mostly
available now. My thanks to Tarjei J. Svensen.
Corrections and additions will be posted at
http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2003/index.htm
As reported in TWIC 441 the 6th St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open tournament
took place 12th-19th April 2003. Manuel Apicella won the event with 8/9. Games
from the final round are now available.
Further details: http://ladamenoire.free.fr/
Enghien-les-Bains
The 2003 Enghien-les-Bains tournament will have Judit Polgar, Teimour
Radjabov, Michael Adams, Viktor Korchnoi, Joel Lautier, Vladimir Akopian,
Evgeny Bareev, Boris Gelfand, Laurent Fressinet and Christian Bauer (Hichem
Hamdouchi is the reserve). The 10 player event will be category 17. Venue
"Centre des Arts" in Enghien-les-Bains. Event will take place June 13th-22nd
2003. Time control will be 2 hours + 1 hour.
Closer to the time http://enghien.free.fr will be the
website.
Festival Schneider Bohemia
The 9th international chess tournament "FESTIVAL SCHNEIDER BOHEMIA -
Pilsen 2003", takes place 16th - 24th August 2003 in the sport hall of Streleck
stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the open
international tournament The Czech Men Championship 2003 ( the 1st prize is
20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000 CZK - ca 2500 Euro). Further information:
http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
Pacs Tournament
Pacs, Hungary will hold an international chess tournament August
2nd-8th 2003.
Further information on the event http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
Chess Classic Mainz
Hartmut Metz sends news of this annual event:
The Chess Classic Mainz 2003 will see defending champion (and winner
for the last three years) Viswanathan Anand challenged by Judit Polgar in a
rapid match taking place 14th-17th August 2003. They will play two games per
day from 6.30pm in the Rheingoldhalle.
The event will be officially opened by Jens Beutel, Mayor of Mainz on
opens on 13th August 2003.
The Chess960 Open starts the following day (in which the initial
position is determined by drawing lots) is expected to attract more than last
year's 131 players. Peter Svider will play a match against Peter Leko in this
form of chess.
The traditional Ordix Open will take place on Saturday and Sunday (16th
and 17th August). 500 players are expected to play in the 10th tenth staging of
this competition.
Hilton Blackpool International August
The Hilton Blackpool International tournament will take place August
4th-9th 2003 at the Hilton Hotel Blackpool.
The event will be a 10 player all-play-all, with an average rating over
2400 elo. With 3 Grandmasters, with 4 players not from England and with five
players with titles, the event will be both GM and IM norm qualifying.
Players will include GM's Nigel Davies, Colin McNab and probably
Jonathan Rowson possibly GM norm seekers Danny Gormally and John Shaw
(Scotland); and IM norm seekers Stewart Haslinger, Craig Hanley, Jeff Horner
and Sam Colins (Ireland). Other players to be confirmed.
Organiser Bill O'Rourke
Website to be confirmed but may be:
http://www.chessfest.org.uk
Andorra Open 2003
The 21st edition of the International Chess Open of Andorra takes place
5th-13th July 2003 in the Government's Pavilion in Andorra La Vella,
Plaça del Poble.
Further details on the event: http://www.feva.ad
Contact details: F.E.V.A.- Tel. / Fax.:00.376.867846
openandorra@andorra.ad Oscar de la Riva: (21:00 - 23:30 h) 00.376.839899
Players so far include: - Khenkin, Igor (GM 2644 GER) - Volkov,
Aleksander (GM 2634 RUS) - Nisipeau, Dieter (GM 2606 ROM) - Avrukh, Boris (GM
2586 ISR) - Delchev, Aleksander (GM 2577 BUL) - Eljanov, Pavel (GM 2571 UKR) -
Pavlovic, Milos (GM 2570 YUG) - Ivanisevic, Ivan (GM 2569 YUG) - Marin, Mihail
(GM 2567 ROM) - Psakhis, Lev (GM 2566 ISR) - De la Riva, O (MI 2525 AND) -
Cheparinov, Iván (MI 2508 BUL) - Galego, Luis (GM 2506 POR) - Narciso,
Marc (GM 2501 ESP) - Paunovic, Dragan (MI 2496 YUG) - Comas, Lluis (GM 2490
ESP)
Anand, Polgar and Karpov against the Basque Team
Santurtzi, a small Basque town near Bilbao (Spain) will be the venue
(May 1st.-3rd.) of a very original match. The Basque team (GM F. Izeta, GM J.L.
Fernandez and GM M. Gomez) will play a total of nine games (three blindfold,
three advanced chess and three rapid [50 min. + 5 sec/move], three games each
day) against Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Anatoli Karpov.
According to the Town Council, the main sponsor, "the idea is a
combination of the sporting, cultural and spectacular sides of chess". A debate
with the players about the film "Searching for Bobby Fischer" will be one of
the parallel events.
Internet site: http://www.ayto-santurtzi.com
21st Metz Open
The 21st Metz Open takes place 19th-27th April 2003. Players include
Mikhail Gurevich, Vladimir Baklan, Vereslav Eingorn, Andrei Shchekachev,
Evgenij Agrest, Stanislav Savchenko, Bogdan Lalic and Nenad Sulava.
Coverage: http://193.252.48.8/Tournois/2003/Metz/Metz2003.htm
III Salou Tournament
The III Salou Tournament takes place 4th-16th May 2003.
Further details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/
Championships of Uruguay Semifinals
The 2003 Championships of Uruguay Semifinals take place 25th-27th April
2003.
Internet coverage: http://nuestroajedrez.ods.org/
Dubai Open
The Dubai Open 2003 takes place 21st-30th July 2003. The 9 round Swiss
System event will use the Fischer system of time control . Around 40
grandmasters are expected to participate. Players will compete for a total
prize fund of US Dollars 35000 and prizes for the top 15 places.
Further details: http://www.dubaichess.com/intro.asp
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.
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)
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
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
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
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/
17th Pula Open
17th International Open Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2003" 1st-7th June
2003 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net
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
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
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
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
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/
