THE WEEK IN CHESS 443 5th May 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Sigeman Chess Tournament 30 games
4th Karpov Tournament 6 games
St. Petersburg Championships 18 games
Moscow Championships 2 games
60th Polish Championships 49 games
Basque team World Stars 18 games
Generation International 24 games
5th Dubai Open 32 games
Brazilian Championship Playoffs 2 games
Third Saturday April 16 games
III Mario Covas 9 games
Trofeo Vedior 30 games
8th Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial 35 games
Riviera IM Opatija 14 games
First Saturday May 38 games
54th New York Masters 5 games
21st Metz Open 181 games
509 games
My thanks to Andy McFarland, Jovan Petronic, John Fernandez, Adolivio
Capece, David Llada, Eugeny Atarov, Yannick Pelletier, Eric Schiller, Maurice
Ashley, Antonio Bento, Vladica Andrejic, Mladen Zelic, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Jan
Mazuch, Laszlo Nagy and Juergen Brustkern and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
A nice mixture of events this week with the Sigeman and Karpov
tournaments headlining. Maurice Ashley's Generation Chess International which
introduced severe financial penalties for draws before move 50 was an
interesting experiment. The event seems to have been a success and further
events are planned. It would be interesting to see how it would work in a
Category 16 or 17 event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 11th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place April 29th - May
8th 2003. Vassily Ivanchuk leads with 4.5/6 is half a point clear of Peter
Heine Nielsen, Luke McShane and Emil Sutovsky.
Internet site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
Round 1 (April 29, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - McShane, Luke J 1-0 37 D89 Gruenfeld Alekhine
Sutovsky, Emil - Hector, Jonny 1-0 27 C45 Scotch Game
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Timman, Jan H 1/2 21 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Hansen, Curt - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 24 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Lindberg, Bengt - Hansen, Sune Berg 0-1 73 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (April 30, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 18 D72 Gruenfeld 3.g3
McShane, Luke J - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 40 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Hector, Jonny - Lindberg, Bengt 1-0 36 D01 Queen's Pawn Richter/Veresov
Hansen, Sune Berg - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 28 B07 Pirc Defence
Timman, Jan H - Hansen, Curt 1-0 41 C02 French Advance
Round 3 (May 1, 2003)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Timman, Jan H 1-0 64 C75 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Sutovsky, Emil - McShane, Luke J 0-1 50 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Hector, Jonny 1/2 42 D18 Slav Defence
Hansen, Curt - Hansen, Sune Berg 1-0 38 D15 Slav Defence
Lindberg, Bengt - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 36 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 4 (May 2, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 43 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
McShane, Luke J - Timman, Jan H 1-0 33 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sutovsky, Emil - Lindberg, Bengt 1-0 36 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Hector, Jonny - Hansen, Curt 1-0 49 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Hansen, Sune Berg - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 46 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 5 (May 3, 2003)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Hector, Jonny 1-0 59 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 44 A34 English Symmetrical
Hansen, Curt - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 17 A34 English Symmetrical
Timman, Jan H - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 41 D15 Slav Defence
Lindberg, Bengt - McShane, Luke J 0-1 60 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 6 (May 5, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 24 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
McShane, Luke J - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 17 B40 Sicilian Classical
Sutovsky, Emil - Hansen, Curt 1-0 37 C14 French Classical
Hector, Jonny - Timman, Jan H 1-0 33 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Lindberg, Bengt - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 69 B06 Modern Defence
11th Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE (SWE), 29 iv-8 v 2003 cat. XIII (2572)
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2704 * = = . . 1 1 = 1 . 4.5 2775
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2625 = * 1 = = . . = . 1 4.0 2695
3 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2592 = 0 * 1 . . = . 1 1 4.0 2706
4 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2652 . = 0 * = 1 . 1 . 1 4.0 2666
5 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2474 . = . = * = = . = 1 3.5 2613
6 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2553 0 . . 0 = * . 1 1 1 3.5 2625
7 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2537 0 . = . = . * 0 = 1 2.5 2501
8 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2610 = = . 0 . 0 1 * 0 . 2.0 2483
9 Timman, Jan H g NED 2579 0 . 0 . = 0 = 1 * . 2.0 2453
10 Lindberg, Bengt f SWE 2392 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . * 0.0
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The 4th Karpov Tournament took place April 20th-29th 2003 in Poikovsky,
Russia. Peter Svidler took first place from Joel Lautier both finishing on 6/9.
Sergei Rublevsky finished 3rd, and Vadim Zvjaginsev 4th. Sergei Rublevsky got
the best game prize for his game against Smbat Lputian in round 6. My thanks to
Yannick Pelletier for the correction to the game Pelletier - Obudchuk (6).
Info http://www.chess-express.ru
Round 9 (April 29, 2003)
Lautier, Joel - Svidler, Peter 1/2 28 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 22 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker
Vescovi, Giovanni - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 16 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker
Lputian, Smbat G - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 38 E14 Queens Indian
Obodchuk, Andrei - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 59 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
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 = 6.0 2747
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2752
3 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2670 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2707
4 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2664 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2708
5 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2647 = = = = * = = 1 1 0 5.0 2672
6 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2615 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2633
7 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2663 = 0 = = = = * = 0 1 4.0 2585
8 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2623 = = = 0 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2552
9 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2638 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2505
10 Obodchuk, Andrei m RUS 2417 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2435
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The St. Petersburg Championships took place 16th-28th April 2003. Denis
Yevseev won the event with 8/12 undefeated half a point clear of Sergey Ionov,
Aleksei Lugovoi and Valerij Popov. Olga Stjazhkina was the clear winner of the
women's event.
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 8.0 2636
2. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2541 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 = = = = 7.5 2609
3. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2563 = = * = = = = = 1 1 1 0 1 7.5 2608
4. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2607
5. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2557 = = = 1 * 1 0 = = = 1 = = 7.0 2570
6. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2507 = = = 0 0 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2574
7. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2514 = = = = 1 0 * = = = = = 1 6.5 2546
8. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2564 0 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2512
9. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2540 = 0 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 5.5 2485
10. Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2539 0 = 0 = = = = = = * 0 = 1 5.0 2458
11. Novikov, Mikhail V RUS 2401 = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 4.5 2439
12. Sergeev, Veniamin RUS 2426 0 = 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * = 4.0 2399
13. Praslov, Andrey f RUS 2417 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 2.0 2252
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City-ch w St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 16-28 iv 2003
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1. Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2313 * 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 9.0 2416
2. Bystryakova, Elena V wm RUS 2197 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2340
3. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2312 = 0 * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2287
4. Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2277 = = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2259
5. Rakitskaja, Mariya RUS 2122 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2273
6. Akatova, Ekaterina RUS 2136 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2206
7. Aseeva, Marina RUS 2125 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2135
8. Dushenok, Anna RUS 2224 = = = 0 0 1 0 * = = 0 1 4.5 2097
9. Egorova, Ekaterina RUS ---- = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 1 1 4.5 2117
10. Mokhova, Kristina RUS 2155 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * = 1 4.5 2103
11. Kuzevanova, Evgenia RUS 2048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 0 1.5 1869
12. Antoshkova, Tamara RUS 2103 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 1864
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The Moscow Championships were a 32 player KO which took place 16th-30th
April 2003. 15 GMs and 15 IMs competed. Evgeny Najer beat Vladimir Malakhov
2.5-1.5 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 0-1 1/2 1/2
3rd place match
Sergey Shipov g 2604 - Evgeny Vorobiov g 2534 1/2 1/2 (1:2)
The 60th Polish Championships took place in Warsaw April 22nd - May 4th
2003. The Category XII event was the strongest ever Polish championships.
Tomasz Markowski was clear winner with 10.5/13.
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 1 1 1 1 10.5 2773
2 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2577 = * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 = = = 8.0 2610
3 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 = = * 1 = 0 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 8.0 2607
4 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2634 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2605
5 Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2543 = = = = * = = = 1 = = 0 1 1 7.5 2582
6 Miton, Kamil g POL 2545 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 = = = 7.0 2554
7 Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2549 0 = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2525
8 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2508 = 0 = 0 = 1 = * 1 0 0 1 = 0 5.5 2471
9 Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2443 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 = = = 5.5 2476
10 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2553 0 = = 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = 1 = = 5.5 2468
11 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2451 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 0 = * 1 = = 5.5 2476
12 Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2446 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 4.5 2423
13 Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2452 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = = = = * 0 4.5 2422
14 Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2483 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 1 * 4.5 2420
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Santurtzi, a small Basque town near Bilbao (Spain) was the venue (May
1st-3rd.) of a very original match. The Basque team (GM Felix Izeta, GM JL
Fernandez and IM Mario 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".
Pablo Sierra reports: According to Spanish newspaper "Marca", Anatoly
Karpov has talked during the Basque Team vs. Polgar, Anand & Karpov that
this year another Russia vs. Rest of the World match will take place in
September in Monaco with the best Russian players vs. the best of the Rest of
the World.
Day 1 1st May: BLIND CHESS Izeta - Polgar (0-1) Polgar - Izeta
(1-0) ADVANCED CHESS Fernandez - Karpov (draw) Karpov - Fernandez (draw) ACTIVE
CHESS Gomez - Anand (0-1) Anand - Gomez (1-0)
Day 2 2nd May: BLIND CHESS: 1ª José Luis
Fernández - Vishy Anand (0-1) 2ª Vishy Anand - José Luis
Fernández (1-0) ADVANCED CHESS: 1ª Mario Gómez - Judit
Polgar (0-1) 2ª Judit Polgar - Mario Gómez (1-0) ACTIVE CHESS:
1ª Félix Izeta - Anatoli Karpov (0-1) 2ª Anatoli Karpov -
Félix Izeta (1-0)
Day 3 3rd May: BLIND CHESS 1ª Gomez - Karpov (draw) 2ª
Karpov - Gomez (draw) ADVANCED CHESS 1ª Izeta - Anand (draw) 2ª Anand
- Izeta (draw) ACTIVE CHESS 1ª Fernandez - Polgar (draw) 2ª Polgar -
Fernandez (1-0)
Internet site: http://www.ayto-santurtzi.com
The Generation Chess International Tournament took place in the Marshall
Chess Club, New York City USA April 23rd - May 2nd 2003. The event had in place
a rule where draw offers couldn't be made before move 50 (The penalty for
taking premature draws is 10% of the GMs' appearance fee and 10% of prizes won.
Eric Schiller adds some comments about the event. Eugene Perelshteyn
earned a norm after a blistering 5.5/6 start. Irina Krush had more than one
chance in the last round to wrap up her 2nd GM norm, but missed the winning
moves. Also that the rules reduced the number of draws tremendously.
Personally, I consider this experiment historic, no doubt the most important
event of 2003 so far. If the Maurice Ashley rules are adopted widely, spectator
interest in chess will be expanded. The 50 move rule really affected the way
the games were played, too. Forcing young players to play endgames saw many go
down in flames. Many "boring" positions became quite interesting.
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 Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2461 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2649
2 Krush, Irina m USA 2431 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 = = 5.5 2567
3 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2587 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 5.5 2549
4 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2544 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 5.5 2554
5 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2558 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2516
6 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2411 = 0 1 0 = * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2489
7 Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2547 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 = 4.5 2474
8 Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2451 = 1 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 3.5 2405
9 Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2397 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 2325
10 Paschall, William M m USA 2429 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 2267
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5th Dubai Open Chess Championships for the Sheikh Rashed bin Hamdan Cup
took place 20th-29th April 2003 in Dubai, UAE. 100 players from 26 countries
including 46 GMs play in the 10 round Swiss. Baadur Jobava won with 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2003/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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5th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 20-29 iv 2003
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1. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2566 7.0 48.5 2767 +2.23
2. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2634 6.5 48.5 2670 +0.38
3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2572 6.5 47.5 2709 +1.64
4. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2561 6.5 46.5 2687 +1.46
5. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2650 6.0 51.0 2668 +0.15
6. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2607 6.0 48.5 2640 +0.33
7. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2576 6.0 48.5 2633 +0.69
8. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2558 6.0 43.5 2616 +0.69
9. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2551 6.0 45.5 2626 +0.87
10. Guseinov, Kadir g AZE 2505 6.0 38.0 2504 -0.03
11. Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2330 6.0 45.0 2669 +3.93
12. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz g AZE 2607 5.5 45.5 2507 -1.16
13. Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2588 5.5 49.5 2585 +0.01
14. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2580 5.5 47.5 2597 +0.19
15. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2569 5.5 40.5 2485 -0.98
16. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2562 5.5 46.5 2546 -0.17
17. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2560 5.5 43.0 2523 -0.44
18. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2559 5.5 47.5 2559 +0.01
19. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2555 5.5 43.5 2630 +0.91
20. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2514 5.5 45.5 2610 +1.18
21. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2501 5.5 42.5 2546 +0.55
22. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2493 5.5 45.0 2562 +0.82
23. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2664 5.0 50.0 2590 -0.94
24. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 5.0 49.5 2581 -0.67
25. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2604 5.0 45.0 2476 -1.36
26. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2589 5.0 40.0 2431 -1.84
27. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2581 5.0 47.5 2496 -1.03
28. Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2577 5.0 50.0 2549 -0.40
29. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2574 5.0 44.0 2508 -0.85
30. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2572 5.0 39.5 2439 -1.57
31. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2558 5.0 44.0 2549 -0.13
32. Kayumov, Sergey UZB 2490 5.0 44.0 2418 -0.80
33. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2455 5.0 41.5 2452 +0.00
34. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2416 5.0 40.5 2454 +0.41
35. Taleb, Moussa m UAE 2391 5.0 42.0 2472 +0.95
36. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2579 5.0 43.0 2565 +2.84
37. Graf, Alexander g GER 2630 4.5 45.5 2433 -2.25
38. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2583 4.5 41.5 2345 -2.70
39. Gashimov, Sarkhan AZE 2317 4.5 47.5 2494 -1.08
40. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2545 4.5 40.0 2416 -1.53
41. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2473 4.5 43.5 2494 +0.22
42. Zulfugarli, Magomed m AZE 2434 4.5 42.0 2383 -0.58
43. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2305 4.5 39.0 2404 +1.26
44. Roghani, Arash IRI 2302 4.5 36.5 2375 +0.90
45. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2300 4.5 41.5 2382 +0.99
46. Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2277 4.5 34.5 2213 -0.74
47. Abdul, Majeed f UAE 2270 4.5 36.5 2234 -0.42
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 took 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 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. GM Darcy Lima won the match
easily 5-1.
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
Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva - Lima, Darcy 1/2 40 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Lima, Darcy - Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva 1-0 32 C10 French Rubinstein
ch-BRA playoff Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), 23 iv-4 v 2003
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Lima, Darcy g BRA 2511 1 1 = 1 = 1 . . 5.0 2623
Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva f BRA 2350 0 0 = 0 = 0 . . 1.0 2238
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Vladica Andrejic reports the Third Saturday April tournament organised
by the Belgrade Chess Federation takes place 19th-28th April 2003. Dragoslav
Nikolic won by a point with 7/10. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu
TS April Belgrade YUG (YUG), 19-28 iv 2003 cat. III (2311)
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1 Nikolic, Dragoslav f YUG 2275 ** =1 =1 1= 11 0= 7.0 2466
2 Popchev, Milko g BUL 2450 =0 ** == == 11 1= 6.0 2354
3 Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2414 =0 == ** == 1= =1 5.5 2326
4 Matovic, Petar f YUG 2321 0= == == ** 00 11 4.5 2272
5 Yeo, Michael J ENG 2251 00 00 0= 11 ** 11 4.5 2286
6 Todorovic, Violeta YUG 2153 1= 0= =0 00 00 ** 2.5 2149
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The III Internacional Governador Mário Covas took place April
22nd-30th in Santos, Brazil. Ivan Morovic Fernandez and Gilberto Milos won with
6.5/10.
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 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2551 ** =1 == =1 =1 == 6.5 2635
2 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2586 =0 ** == =1 11 1= 6.5 2628
3 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2533 == == ** == 1= 1= 6.0 2600
4 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2485 =0 =0 == ** =1 11 5.5 2574
5 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2543 =0 00 0= =0 ** =1 3.0 2377
6 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2479 == 0= 0= 00 =0 ** 2.5 2346
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Adolivio Capece reports that the International chess tournament "Trofeo
Vedior - Bugnion", 2nd edition took place in Milano, Italy, April 26th - May
4th 2003. The Category II event saw FMs Joseph Sanchez and Llambi Qendro score
7/9 and make IM norms. Games from the final round unavailable this week.
Internet coverage: http://www.italiascacchistica.com
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Vedior Trophy Milan ITA (ITA), 26 iv-4 v 2003 cat. II (2277)
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1. Sanchez, Joseph f PHI 2342 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2490
2. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2346 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2489
3. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2340 = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2395
4. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2356 = = = * = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2348
5. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2328 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2314
6. Dragojlovic, Andjelko m YUG 2335 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.0 2227
7. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2165 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1 = 3.0 2164
8. Bertazzo, Giorgio SUI 2120 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * = = 2.5 2128
9. Sbarra, Marco f ITA 2217 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 2.5 2117
10. Di Fonzo, Valerio ITA 2223 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 2.5 2117
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The 8th Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial takes place in Spilt, Croatia 28th
April - 6th May 2003. The event is Category VII. My thanks to Mladen Zelic for
the news.
Internet coverage:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18/mic03/index.htm
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8th Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 28 iv-6 v 2003 cat. VII (2410)
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1. Brumen, Dinko m CRO 2371 * = 1 1 . = 1 = 1 . 5.5 2654
2. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2510 = * = = . = . 1 = 1 4.5 2520
3. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2463 0 = * = 1 . . = 1 1 4.5 2506
4. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2406 0 = = * = 1 1 . = . 4.0 2465
5. Saric, Ante f CRO 2365 . . 0 = * = 1 = = 1 4.0 2458
6. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2507 = = . 0 = * 1 = . 0 3.0 2342
7. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2302 0 . . 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.0 2354
8. Bukal, Vladimir jr m CRO 2396 = 0 = . = = 0 * . = 2.5 2314
9. Rade, Miroslav f CRO 2390 0 = 0 = = . 0 . * 1 2.5 2299
10. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2394 . 0 0 . 0 1 0 = 0 * 1.5 2189
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The Riviera IM tournament in Opatija takes place 2nd-9th May 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/lnd_op/tn-3.htm
Round 2 Standings:
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1. Jurkovic, Hrvoje m CRO 2401 * . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 2.0
2. Muslija, Idris CRO 2237 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2.0
3. Palkovi, Jozsef m HUN 2398 . . * . . . . 1 . = . . . . . 1.5 2481
4. Rasic, Damir f BIH 2337 . . . * . = . . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2510
5. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2391 . . . . * . . . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2404
6. Zelenika, Srdjan CRO 2354 . . . = . * . . . . . = . . . 1.0 2380
7. Brulic, Denis CRO 2141 0 . . . . . * . . . . 1 . . . 1.0 2412
8. Glavas, Dragan f BIH 2221 . . 0 . . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0 2231
9. Kamberovic, Senad f BIH 2231 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0 2189
10. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2356 . . = . . . . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2398
11. Pandurevic, Miro CRO 2280 . . . 0 = . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2171
12. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2423 . . . . . = 0 . . . . * . . . 0.5 2054
13. Makaj, Marko CRO 2153 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
14. Grobelsek, Ana SLO 2065 0 . . . . . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
15. Osolin, Bojan SLO 2142 . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The main First Saturday event in Budapest is a Category VIII GM
all-play-all. In addition there are two IM events and an FM. My thanks to
Laszlo Nagy and Juergen Brustkern.
internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0305/index.htm
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FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2003 cat. VIII (2446)
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1. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2524 * . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 2.0
2. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2525 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
3. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2430 . . * . = . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2556
4. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2454 . . . * . . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2587
5. Biro, Sandor m ROM 2334 . . = . * . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2449
6. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2442 0 . . . . * . . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2490
7. Kelly, Brian m IRL 2468 . . . . = . * = . . . . . . 1.0 2432
8. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2531 . . . . . . = * . . . = . . 1.0 2454
9. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2456 . . . . . 0 . . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2441
10. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2445 0 . . . . . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2462
11. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2396 . 0 . = . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2296
12. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2440 . . . . . . . = 0 . . * . . 0.5 2300
13. McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2392 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2401 . 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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1. Lund, Esben f DEN 2269 * = . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2432
2. Dencsi, Tibor HUN 2245 = * . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2432
3. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2402 . . * . . . . = . . . . 1 1.5 2404
4. Dubois, Loic FRA 2264 . . . * . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2397
5. Husari, Satea m SYR 2334 . . . . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
6. Werner, Dimo m GER 2359 . . . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
7. Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2233 0 . . . . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 2328
8. Vigorito, David f USA 2298 . . = . . . . * . . = . . 1.0 2326
9. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2388 . . . . . . 0 . * . 1 . . 1.0 2242
10. Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hirawan BRU 2210 . 0 . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2061
11. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2251 . . . . . . . = 0 . * . . 0.5 2150
12. Harmon, Clark USA 2198 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
13. Schoepf, Andreas AUT 2124 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2259 * . . . = . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2423
2. Schnelzer, Reinhold f GER 2271 . * . . . 1 . . . . = . . 1.5 2398
3. Grafl, Florian f GER 2317 . . * . . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2521
4. Boros, Denes HUN 2296 . . . * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
5. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2280 = . . . * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2263
6. Roberts, Paul SCO 2211 . 0 . . . * . . 1 . . . . 1.0 2219
7. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2268 . . . . = . * . . . . = . 1.0 2311
8. Reisch, Stefan GER 2181 0 . . . . . . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2229
9. Varga, Csaba2 HUN 2168 . . . . . 0 . . * . . . 1 1.0 2242
10. Fang, Joseph m USA 2314 . . = 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2113
11. Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hira BRU 2200 . = . . . . . 0 . . * . . 0.5 2033
12. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2342 . . 0 . . . = . . . . * . 0.5 2099
13. Mercier, Jean-Pierre FRA 2273 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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Jaan Ehlvest won the 54th New York Masters on 29th April 2003. News John
Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com and for
the international tournament:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/1stintl.html
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g 2705 + 9 + 6 + 7 = 3 3.5 ($380)
2. Stripunsky, Alex g 2643 - 3 +16 +14 + 7 3.0 ($125)
3. Privman, Boris f 2283 + 2 =11 + 5 = 1 3.0 ($125)
4. Yudasin, Leonid g 2666 +12 - 7 + 8 = 6 2.5 ($ 20)
5. Schmaltz, Roland g 2642 +10 = 8 - 3 + 9 2.5 ($ 20)
6. Shahade, Greg m 2495 +15 - 1 +11 = 4 2.5 ($ 20)
7. Akobian, Varuzhan m 2634 +14 + 4 - 1 - 2 2.0
8. Bonin, Jay m 2462 +13 = 5 - 4 =11 2.0
9. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m 2367 - 1 +15 +13 - 5 2.0
10. Chernin, Oliver 2221 - 5 -13 +15 +14 2.0
11. Gershov, Yevgeniy f 2334 = = 3 - 6 = 8 1.5
12. Furdzik, Rafal 2287 - 4 -14 +16 =13 1.5
13. Tamarkin, Lawrence 2100 - 8 +10 - 9 =12 1.5
14. Esserman, Marc 2217 - 7 +12 - 2 -10 1.0
15. Grasso, David 2118 - 6 - 9 -10 +16 1.0
16. Figler, Ilye f 2318 = - 2 -12 -15 0.5
The 21st Metz Open took place 19th-27th April 2003. Mikhail Gurevich and
Amir Bagheri took first with 7.5/9.
Coverage: http://193.252.48.8/Tournois/2003/Metz/Metz2003.htm
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XXI Open Metz FRA (FRA), 19-27 iv 2003
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1. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2635 7,5 40,5 2732
2. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2439 7,5 38,5 2648
3. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2604 7,0 37,0 2644
4. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2468 7,0 35,5 2523
5. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2447 7,0 34,0 2499
6. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2591 6,5 36,0 2562
7. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2592 6,5 35,0 2524
8. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2549 6,5 35,0 2497
9. Ivanovic, Bozidar g YUG 2512 6,5 34,5 2478
10. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2512 6,5 34,0 2489
11. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2318 6,5 33,5 2464
12. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2516 6,5 32,0 2422
13. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2607 6,0 37,0 2518
14. Likavsky, Tomas m SVK 2453 6,0 35,0 2420
15. Gouliev, Namig AZE 2402 6,0 33,5 2450
16. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2431 6,0 33,0 2480
17. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2368 6,0 32,0 2420
18. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2559 6,0 32,0 2369
19. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2319 6,0 31,0 2357
20. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2375 6,0 30,5 2351
21. Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2454 6,0 30,5 2325
22. Laurent, Bruno f BEL 2321 6,0 30,0 2299
23. Deiller, Pascal FRA 2038 6,0 28,0 2187
138 players
The XXXVIII Capablanca Memorial takes place May 6th-19th 2003 in Havana,
Cuba. The Category 13 event will have 1 Julio E. Granda (PER) 2628 2
Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) 2610 3 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2603 4
Ulf Andersson (SWE) 2594 5 Jaaan Ehlvest (EST) 2587 6 Iván Morovic (CHI)
2551 7 Reinaldo Vera (CUB) 2546 8 Viacheslav Ikonikov (RUS) 2546 9 Alonso
Zapata (COL) 2543 10 Rafael Leitao (BRA) 2533 11 Jesús Nogueiras (CUB)
2531 12 Walter Arencibia (CUB) 2520 13 Yuri González (CUB) 2473.
There doesn't appear to be an official website set up although it could
be http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
Info
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2003/05/01/deportes/articulo02.html
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for May 1st 2003 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name NAT RAT VAR Birthday
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2783 130 13.04.1963
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2748 138 25.06.1975
3 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2711 155 11.12.1969
4 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2698 166 04.07.1972
5 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2698 172 15.03.1975
6 Leko,Peter HUN 2695 167 08.09.1979
7 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2692 188 21.11.1966
8 Polgar,Judit HUN 2676 160 23.07.1976
9 Grischuk,Alexander RUS 2668 155 31.10.1983
10 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2667 169 11.10.1983
11 Svidler,Peter RUS 2664 149 17.06.1976
12 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2658 131 30.01.1969
13 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2654 133 18.03.1969
14 Adams,Michael ENG 2651 153 17.11.1971
15 Short,Nigel D ENG 2647 151 01.06.1965
16 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2642 134 18.01.1966
17 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2636 159 07.12.1971
18 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2635 132 24.06.1968
19 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2635 151 16.03.1960
20 Malakhov,Vladimir RUS 2632 183 27.11.1980
21 Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2626 163 20.11.1960
22 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2625 135 23.05.1951
23 Lautier,Joel FRA 2622 136 12.04.1973
24 Vallejo Pons,Francisco ESP 2620 153 21.08.1982
25 Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2619 157 18.08.1976
26 Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2617 146 13.04.1974
27 Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2611 140 13.06.1968
28 Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2609 159 22.02.1959
29 Radjabov,Teimour AZE 2607 160 12.03.1987
30 Sutovsky,Emil ISR 2606 191 19.09.1977
31 Van Wely,Loek NED 2606 197 07.10.1972
32 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2606 201 18.07.1977
33 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2603 161 05.12.1979
34 Goldin,Alexander ISR 2601 167 27.02.1965
35 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2600 135 11.09.1960
36 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2599 146 15.10.1974
37 Bacrot,Etienne FRA 2595 162 22.01.1983
38 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander GER 2594 163 25.08.1962
39 Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2591 163 17.12.1953
40 Macieja,Bartlomiej POL 2588 161 04.10.1977
41 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2588 166 28.11.1965
42 Bologan,Viorel MDA 2588 197 14.12.1971
43 Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2586 156 11.05.1973
44 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2586 169 21.01.1968
45 Zhang Zhong CHN 2586 177 05.09.1978
46 Aronian,Levon ARM 2585 184 06.10.1982
47 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter ROM 2583 145 01.08.1976
48 Tkachiev,Vladislav FRA 2582 145 09.11.1973
49 Tiviakov,Sergei NED 2579 156 14.02.1973
50 Kobalia,Mikhael RUS 2579 161 03.05.1978
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003. This years competition has
now been provisionally confirmed: 15th/16th November 2003 North Bridge Leisure
Centre Halifax West Riding of Yorkshire.
Further details when available:
http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
The Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship (WCBCSC) is run
annually by the British Chess Problem Society (BCPS). It is sponsored by Winton
Capital Management. As well as a cash prize and a trophy, the winner receives a
guaranteed place in the British team for the next World Chess Solving
Championship (WCSC). Currently, the competition is only open to solvers
resident in Great Britain.
Further details: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/bcsc/bcsc.html
66th Bulgarian Championships
The 66th Bulgarian Championships take place in Sofia May 7th-17th 2003.
12 players - category 8.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessbg.com
7th Mind Sports Olympiad
The 7th Mind Sports Olympiad takes place at the Conference Centre,
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 16th-25th August
2003.
Further details: http://www.msoworld.com
XXXVII Villa de Mislata
The XXXVII Villa de Mislata in Valencia, Spain will be a 9 rounds Swiss
19th-28th August 2003. Timerate: 30 moves / 1½ hours + 1 hour after flag
fall. The venue is the Mislata Sports Pavillion, in Calle San Antonio s/n ( San
Antonio str.), in front of the Military Hospital. Further details:
http://www.viamichelin.com
14th Czech Open
The 14th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games Czech Open
2003 will be held 10th-27th July 2003 in Pardubice (the Czech Republic).
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
GACC World Inter Varsity Chess Championship
University of Malaya, Malaysia will organize GACC World Inter Varsity
Chess Championship in October 2003, it had received support from Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippine, Brunei, China, India, Sri Lanka,
Iran, UAE etc in the past 7 years. For detail please visit:
http://www.geocities.com/gacc8wivcc
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)
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 22nd 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 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
Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris
Distance chess match Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris May 28th 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
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.
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/
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/
