THE WEEK IN CHESS 444 12th May 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Sigeman Chess Tournament 15 games
XXXVIII Capablanca Memorial 133 games
67th Bulgarian Championships 30 games
St Petersburg - Moscow 80 games
8th Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial 10 games
Riviera IM Opatija 91 games
First Saturday May 140 games
I Regina Helena Marques Prol 66 games
4NCL Final Weekend 144 games
Spanish Team Championships 120 games
National 1 Final 288 games
Trofeo Vedior 5 games
Open Norwegian Championships 130 games
OSS IM 45 games
Foxwoods Correction 1 games
1298 games
My thanks to Andy McFarland, Jovan Petronic, Eugeny Atarov, Miklos Orso,
Laszlo Nagy and Juergen Brustkern, Steven Boyd, Rumen Angelov, Sandro Scalise,
Victor Hansen, Bill O'Rourke, Hassan Khaled, Vojko Mencinger, Hal Terrie,
Arthur Brameld, Marius van Riemsdijk, Richard Furness, Chris Bird, Armando,
Guil Russek, Mladen Zelic, David Llada, Adolivio Capece, Igor Glek and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
The Sigeman Chess Tournament finished with as expected victory for
Vassily Ivanchuk. The traditional Capablanca Memorial tournament is Category
XIII this year and along with Hastings has probably the most evocative name in
chess. I'm always tremendously pleased when I see it is taking again. Elsewhere
there is a nice variety of events including the finishes of the 4NCL in
Britain, the French League and the final stages of the Spanish League.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 11th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place April 29th - May
8th 2003. Vassily Ivanchuk gained rating points on the way to a 7/9 score. He
was a point clear of Peter Heine Nielsen. In third place was Luke McShane who
lost his final round game to Curt Hansen who sacrificed a whole rook in the
game.
Internet site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
Round 7 (May 6, 2003)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 50 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Hansen, Curt - Lindberg, Bengt 1/2 60 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - McShane, Luke J 1/2 50 A16 English Opening
Hansen, Sune Berg - Hector, Jonny 1-0 34 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Timman, Jan H - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 71 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (May 7, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 24 D15 Slav Defence
McShane, Luke J - Hector, Jonny 1-0 46 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Hansen, Curt 0-1 37 D24 QGA
Sutovsky, Emil - Timman, Jan H 0-1 38 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Lindberg, Bengt - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 55 C11 French Defence
Round 9 (May 8, 2003)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 18 B08 Pirc Defence
Hansen, Curt - McShane, Luke J 1-0 43 D89 Gruenfeld Alekhine
Hansen, Sune Berg - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 42 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Hector, Jonny - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 61 C26 Vienna Game
Timman, Jan H - Lindberg, Bengt 1-0 54 A30 English Symmetrical
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 1 1 7.0 2777
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2625 = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2690
3 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2592 = 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2649
4 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2610 = = 1 * 1 1 0 0 0 = 4.5 2567
5 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2474 = = = 0 * = = = = 1 4.5 2582
6 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2537 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2575
7 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2652 0 = 0 1 = = * 1 0 1 4.5 2562
8 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2553 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2530
9 Timman, Jan H g NED 2579 0 0 0 1 = = 1 0 * 1 4.0 2528
10 Lindberg, Bengt f SWE 2392 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 2147
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The XXXVIII Capablanca Memorial takes place May 6th-19th 2003 in Havana,
Cuba. The Elite tournament is Category 13. There are also two premier and a
mixto tournament. Julio Granda Zuniga and Lazaro Bruzon are on 4/5.
Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
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Capablanca Mem Elite Havana Cuba (CUB), 6-16 v 2003 cat. XIII (2557)
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2628 * . = . . = . 1 1 . . 1 4.0 2772
2 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2610 . * . . . = . = . 1 1 1 4.0 2779
3 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2520 = . * 1 . . = = = . . . 3.0 2638
4 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2594 . . 0 * . . = . = 1 1 . 3.0 2609
5 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2551 . . . . * = . = = . 1 = 3.0 2608
6 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2603 = = . . = * = . . = . . 2.5 2576
7 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2546 . . = = . = * = = . . . 2.5 2556
8 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2532 0 = = . = . = * . . . . 2.0 2499
9 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2533 0 . = = = . = . * . . . 2.0 2495
10 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2546 . 0 . 0 . = . . . * = = 1.5 2415
11 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2543 . 0 . 0 0 . . . . = * 1 1.5 2405
12 Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2473 0 0 . . = . . . . = 0 * 1.0 2335
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Capablanca Mem Premier I Havana Cuba (CUB), 6-18 v 2003 cat. VIII (2434)
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1. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2508 * = . . . . . . = 1 . 1 . 1 4.0 2677
2. Ramirez, Alejandro m CRC 2421 = * . . . . = . . . 1 1 . = 3.5 2609
3. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2444 . . * = . . = 1 = . = . . . 3.0 2499
4. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2491 . . = * = = . . . = . . 1 . 3.0 2485
5. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2391 . . . = * . = = 1 = . . . . 3.0 2499
6. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2403 . . . = . * = . . . = = . 1 3.0 2528
7. Szekely, Peter g HUN 2417 . = = . = = * . . . . . = . 2.5 2410
8. Gomez, Felix m CUB 2401 . . 0 . = . . * = = . . 1 . 2.5 2411
9. Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2390 = . = . 0 . . = * = . . . . 2.0 2364
10. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2437 0 . . = = . . = = * . . . . 2.0 2364
11. Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2436 . 0 = . . = . . . . * . 0 1 2.0 2348
12. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique f ESP 2502 0 0 . . . = . . . . . * 1 = 2.0 2360
13. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2394 . . . 0 . . = 0 . . 1 0 * . 1.5 2300
14. Fernando, Diogo m POR 2438 0 = . . . 0 . . . . 0 = . * 1.0 2214
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Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana Cuba (CUB), 6-18 v 2003 cat. VIII (2433)
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1. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2406 * . . . . . . . = 1 1 . 1 1 4.5 2790
2. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2429 . * . . . 1 . . = . = . 1 1 4.0 2672
3. Zambrana, Oswaldo f BOL 2403 . . * . = 1 . . = . = . . 1 3.5 2591
4. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2403 . . . * . . = . . = . = = 1 3.0 2482
5. Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2450 . . = . * 0 1 . = . . = . . 2.5 2449
6. De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2449 . 0 0 . 1 * . . 1 . = . . . 2.5 2448
7. Quezada, Yuniesky f CUB 2438 . . . = 0 . * 1 . 0 . 1 . . 2.5 2445
8. Handke, Florian g GER 2506 . . . . . . 0 * . 1 ? . 1 0 2.0 2400
9. Galego, Luis g POR 2506 = = = . = 0 . . * . . . . . 2.0 2355
10. Hernandez, Holden f CUB 2413 0 . . = . . 1 0 . * . = . . 2.0 2369
11. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2455 0 = = . . = . ? . . * . . . 1.5 2334
12. Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2453 . . . = = . 0 . . = . * 0 . 1.5 2271
13. Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2397 0 0 . = . . . 0 . . . 1 * . 1.5 2290
14. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2353 0 0 0 0 . . . 1 . . . . . * 1.0 2189
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana Cuba (CUB), 6-18 v 2003 cat. I (2270)
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1. Perea, Osmany f CUB 2388 * . = . 1 1 1 . . . . 1 . . 4.5 2643
2. Baron Isanta, Jose Maria ESP 2299 . * . . . 1 . = = . 1 . . 1 4.0 2489
3. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2352 = . * . 0 . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . 3.5 2425
4. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2291 . . . * . = = = . . 1 . . = 3.0 2334
5. Montalvo, Alejandro m PUR 2281 0 . 1 . * . . . = . . = = . 2.5 2276
6. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2244 0 0 . = . * . . . 1 . . 1 . 2.5 2278
7. Vasquez Ramirez, Rocio wm ECU 2269 0 . 0 = . . * . . 1 . . 1 . 2.5 2289
8. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2393 . = . = . . . * . = . . ? = 2.0 2254
9. Collazo, Niala wf CUB 2204 . = 0 . = . . . * . 0 . . 1 2.0 2195
10. Frometa, Zirka wm CUB 2216 . . . . . 0 0 = . * 1 = . . 2.0 2195
11. Lucena, Lincoln BRA 2193 . 0 . 0 . . . . 1 0 * . . 1 2.0 2172
12. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2240 0 . 0 . = . . . . = . * = . 1.5 2138
13. Ruiz Jimenez, Francisco ESP 2200 . . . . = 0 0 ? . . . = * . 1.0 2065
14. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2212 . 0 . = . . . = 0 . 0 . . * 1.0 2036
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The Oscar-2002 organised by "64" magazine results have been
announced. Garry Kasparov won the poll for the 5th time in 8 years. My thanks
to Eugeny Atarov.
Further details: http://www.chess-express.ru
pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Garry KASPAROV RUS 3802 228 41 29 11 5 2 2 1
Peter LEKO HUN 2668 27 86 74 57 31 14 11 2 2
Viswanathan ANAND IND 2453 20 68 71 62 31 18 13 10 5 4
Ruslan PONOMARIOV UKR 2145 24 53 58 41 27 17 18 27 10 9
Vladimir KRAMNIK RUS 1471 10 47 26 24 40 15 11 10 12 9
Evgeny BAREEV RUS 1132 1 3 11 22 42 55 46 29 13 9
Vesselin TOPALOV BUL 964 1 8 32 31 36 35 33 20 12
Judit POLGAR HUN 771 1 5 11 11 26 25 26 20 31 20
Anatoly KARPOV RUS 741 6 8 7 13 14 20 23 16 31 23
Alexander GRISCHUK RUS 706 2 11 9 20 22 32 35 20 19
Alexei SHIROV ESP 568 3 8 13 27 27 28 27 26
Vassily IVANCHUK UKR 483 2 2 13 15 15 17 20 20 19
Teimour RADJABOV AZE 276 2 1 4 4 14 7 14 14 25
Michael ADAMS ENG 250 2 4 7 6 13 13 12 17
Boris GELFAND ISR 188 1 1 9 7 8 32 14
The 67th Bulgarian Championships take place in Sofia May 7th-17th 2003.
11 players - category 8. Kalin Karakehajov leads the event with 3.5/5. My
thanks to Rumen Angelov.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessbg.com
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67th ch-BUL Sofia BUL (BUL), 7-17 v 2003 cat. VIII (2427)
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1. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2555 * . . . 1 1 . = = . 1 4.0 2621
2. Karakehajov, Kalin BUL 2273 . * = = = . = . 1 . 1 4.0 2546
3. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2516 . = * = . = = . . 1 . 3.0 2485
4. Dragiev, Veselin BUL 2450 . = = * . = = = . = . 3.0 2437
5. Panbukchian, Valentin m BUL 2325 0 = . . * = = 1 . = . 3.0 2444
6. Simeonov, Stefan BUL 2345 0 . = = = * . . = . 1 3.0 2431
7. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2493 . = = = = . * . . = . 2.5 2414
8. Genov, Petar g BUL 2490 = . . = 0 . . * = . 1 2.5 2415
9. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2490 = 0 . . . = . = * = = 2.5 2347
10. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2508 . . 0 = = . = . = * . 2.0 2382
11. Iotov, Valentine BUL 2255 0 0 . . . 0 . 0 = . * 0.5 2064
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The annual St Petersburg - Moscow match took place in St Petersburg on
3rd-5th May 2003. This was a 2 round match over 40 boards. The players included
Peter Svidler and Alexander. Moscow won 43.5-36.5.
Further details: http://www.chess-express.ru and
http://www.ruschess.com/.
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 0 1 = 6.0 2539
2. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2510 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2524
3. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2463 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2529
4. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2406 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2490
5. Saric, Ante f CRO 2365 = = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2458
6. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2507 = = = 0 = * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2399
7. Rade, Miroslav f CRO 2390 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 0 1 3.5 2332
8. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2394 1 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 0 = 3.0 2287
9. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2302 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 3.0 2297
10. Bukal, Vladimir jr m CRO 2396 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2246
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The Riviera IM tournament in Opatija took place 2nd-9th May 2003. IM
Hrvoje Jurkovic won the event with 11/14 a point clear of FM Ozren Biti.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/lnd_op/tn-3.htm
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Riviera IM Opatija CRO (CRO), 2-9 v 2003 cat. I (2275)
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1. Jurkovic, Hrvoje m CRO 2401 * = = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2496
2. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2356 = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2427
3. Palkovi, Jozsef m HUN 2398 = = * = = = 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2368
4. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2391 = = = * 0 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2369
5. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2423 0 = = 1 * = 1 0 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 8.5 2344
6. Rasic, Damir f BIH 2337 1 = = 0 = * 0 1 = = = = 1 = 1 8.0 2320
7. Glavas, Dragan f BIH 2221 0 = 0 1 0 1 * = 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8.0 2329
8. Muslija, Idris CRO 2237 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 0 7.5 2307
9. Zelenika, Srdjan CRO 2354 = = 1 = = = 0 = * 0 = 0 1 = 0 6.0 2219
10. Grobelsek, Ana SLO 2065 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 = = = 6.0 2240
11. Kamberovic, Senad f BIH 2231 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = = * = = = 1 5.5 2198
12. Brulic, Denis CRO 2141 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 0 = * 0 = = 5.0 2182
13. Pandurevic, Miro CRO 2280 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2117
14. Makaj, Marko CRO 2153 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 1 * = 4.0 2126
15. Osolin, Bojan SLO 2142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 = 0 = * 3.5 2091
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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. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2430 * = . . . 1 = . = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2600
2. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2525 = * 0 . . = 1 = = 1 1 1 . . 6.0 2569
3. Kelly, Brian m IRL 2468 . 1 * = . 1 = . = . 1 = = = 6.0 2569
4. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2531 . . = * = = . = . = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2553
5. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2456 . . . = * 0 = 1 . 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2513
6. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2524 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = = 1 . . . . 5.0 2508
7. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2445 = 0 = . = 0 * 1 1 = . 1 . . 5.0 2503
8. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2440 . = . = 0 = 0 * . . 1 = 1 1 5.0 2487
9. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2454 = = = . . = 0 . * = = = . 1 4.5 2447
10. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2442 0 0 . = 1 0 = . = * . . 1 1 4.5 2454
11. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2396 0 0 0 0 = . . 0 = . * . 1 1 3.0 2322
12. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2401 = 0 = 0 0 . 0 = = . . * 0 . 2.0 2233
13. Biro, Sandor m ROM 2334 = . = 0 0 . . 0 . 0 0 1 * 0 2.0 2219
14. McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2392 0 . = = 0 . . 0 0 0 0 . 1 * 2.0 2219
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FSIMA May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2003 cat. II (2285)
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1. Werner, Dimo m GER 2359 * 0 = 1 = . . = . 1 1 . 1 1 6.5 2439
2. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2251 1 * . 1 . = 0 = = = . 1 1 . 6.0 2418
3. Husari, Satea m SYR 2334 = . * = . = = = 1 . = . 1 1 6.0 2413
4. Dencsi, Tibor HUN 2245 0 0 = * . . . 1 = = 1 1 1 . 5.5 2361
5. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2402 = . . . * = = = = = . 1 0 1 5.0 2323
6. Vigorito, David f USA 2298 . = = . = * 1 = 1 0 . 0 . = 4.5 2287
7. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2388 . 1 = . = 0 * . = = 0 = . 1 4.5 2257
8. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2413 = = = 0 = = . * . . = . = 1 4.5 2278
9. Lund, Esben f DEN 2269 . = 0 = = 0 = . * . 1 1 . = 4.5 2276
10. Harmon, Clark USA 2198 0 = . = = 1 = . . * = . 0 0 3.5 2204
11. Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2233 0 . = 0 . . 1 = 0 = * 0 1 . 3.5 2217
12. Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hirawan BRU 2210 . 0 . 0 0 1 = . 0 . 1 * = = 3.5 2194
13. Dubois, Loic FRA 2264 0 0 0 0 1 . . = . 1 0 = * . 3.0 2168
14. Schoepf, Andreas AUT 2124 0 . 0 . 0 = 0 0 = 1 . = . * 2.5 2153
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FSIMB May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2003 cat. I (2260)
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1. Grafl, Florian f GER 2317 * . . = = = = 1 . 1 1 1 1 7.0 2468
2. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2259 . * . . = 1 1 1 = = = 1 . 6.0 2424
3. Boros, Denes HUN 2296 . . * 1 1 0 1 0 . 1 = . 1 5.5 2396
4. Fang, Joseph m USA 2314 = . 0 * 1 0 1 1 . . 1 . 0 4.5 2309
5. Schnelzer, Reinhold f GER 2271 = = 0 0 * . . . 1 1 0 = 1 4.5 2276
6. Mercier, Jean-Pierre FRA 2273 = 0 1 1 . * . 0 = = . = . 4.0 2254
7. Reisch, Stefan GER 2181 = 0 0 0 . . * . = . 1 1 1 4.0 2284
8. Varga, Csaba2 HUN 2168 0 0 1 0 . 1 . * = 0 . = 1 4.0 2232
9. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2268 . = . . 0 = = = * = = = = 4.0 2199
10. Roberts, Paul SCO 2211 0 = 0 . 0 = . 1 = * . 1 . 3.5 2213
11. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2280 0 = = 0 1 . 0 . = . * . = 3.0 2194
12. Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hira BRU 2200 0 0 . . = = 0 = = 0 . * . 2.0 2050
13. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2342 0 . 0 1 0 . 0 0 = . = . * 2.0 2068
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The I Regina Helena Marques Prol Tournament took place in Santos
alongside the Mario Covas tournament reported last week. Herman Van Riemsdijk
on 7.5/11 won the event on tiebreak from Vinicius Marques who made is 3rd IM
norm. Dragan Stamenkovic made his (1st) 'short' IM norm over 9 games. My thanks
to Marius van Riemsdijk.
Further info: http://www.fpx.com.br/
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I Regina Prol Santos BRA (BRA), 22-30 iv 2003 cat. IV (2340)
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1. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2393 * = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2468
2. Marques, Vinicius f BRA 2353 = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2471
3. Stamenkovic, Dragan f YUG 2309 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2444
4. Coelho, Luis BRA 2409 = = 1 * = = = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2398
5. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2415 = = 0 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2398
6. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2315 0 = = = = * 1 1 = = = = 6.0 2378
7. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2424 1 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2368
8. Crosa, Martin f URU 2425 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.5 2332
9. Frare, Fernando BRA 2225 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2248
10. Molina, Jorge BOL 2274 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 = * = = 3.5 2212
11. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag BRA 2246 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 3.0 2173
12. D'Israel, Davy ARG 2291 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2169
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Sandro Scalise reports: The IX Cutro International Tournament "Gio
Leonardo di Bona Memorial" took place 23th April - May 1st 2003. The tournament
was won by Robert Zelcic (CRO) with 7/9 ahead on tie-break from Oleg Korneev
(RUS) on the same score. Silvia Alexieva (FRA) made her 1st IM norm.
Further information:
http://digilander.libero.it/leonardodibona.
Games should follow.
The Final Weekend of the 4NCL took place 3rd-5th May 2003. Wood Green
won the title for the first time. They were clear favourites this year but
rather surprisingly hadn't won before. Michael Adams and Nigel Short augmented
the team on the final three days of the competition. Wood Green dropped their
only points of the whole campaign in the 11th and final round when they drew
against ADS1 after they'd already secured the title. Perceptron Youth (who lost
8-0 to Wood Green in round 9) South Wales Dragons 1 and Bristol 1 were all
relegated. My thanks to Arthur F Brameld for the games from throughout the
season and 4NCL webmaster Peter Sowray.
Internet coverage: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Division 1
Round 9 3rd May 2003
BRISTOL 1 2192 3 - 5 S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2255
1 w Ansell, Simon 2394 0 - 1 Cobb, James E. 2318
2 b Cobb, Charles 2331 1 - 0 Cooper, John G. 2318
3 w Beaumont, Chris 2328 ½ - ½ Richmond, Peter A. 2254
4 b Burgess, Graham 2293 ½ - ½ James, David J. 2253
5 w Collier, David O. 2273 ½ - ½ Zeidler, Sven P. 2265
6 b Curtis, John 2143 ½ - ½ Jones, Richard S. 2246
7 w Ponter, Ian 2103 0 - 1 Evans-Quek, Suan 2270
8 b Headlong, Fenella 1672 0 - 1 Cast, Abigail (F) 2114
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2521 6½-1½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2226
1 w Conquest, Stuart 2556 1 - 0 Cox, John J, 2316
2 b Kosten, Anthony 2545 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil 2293
3 w Stefanova,A 2550 1 - 0 Twyble, Michael S. 2238
4 b Gallagher, Joseph 2515 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter 2249
5 w Flear, Glenn C. 2509 1 - 0 Coleman, David 2239
6 b Hebden, Mark L. 2526 1 - 0 Hodgson, John H. 2202
7 w Plaskett, James 2471 ½ - ½ Rose, Matthew * 2223
8 b Gormally, Daniel 2496 1 - 0 Bhatia, Kanwal (F) 2047
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2238 3 - 5 WOOD GREEN 2 2372
1 w Haslinger,Stewart 2385 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan 2549
2 b Taylor, Martin R. 2300 ½ - ½ Littlewood, Paul E 2399
3 w Bigg, Andrew J. 2292 0 - 1 Martin, Andrew D. 2426
4 b Broomfield,M 2255 0 - 1 Levitt, Jonathan P 2419
5 w Rendle, Thomas E. 2253 1 - 0 Tiller, Bjorn 2380
6 b Yastrebov,A 2207 0 - 1 Tan, Desmond 2307
7 w Gilbert,Jessie(F) 2113 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P. 2320
8 b Timms, Nicholas D 2102 ½ - ½ Jackson, Sheila(F) 2173
BETSSON.COM 2334 1 - 7 WOOD GREEN 1 2561
1 w Pert, Nicholas 2484 0 - 1 Adams, Michael 2723
2 b Williams, Simon K 2375 0 - 1 Short, Nigel 2686
3 w Ledger, Andrew J. 2428 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan 2578
4 b Pert, Richard G. 2393 0 - 1 Baburin, Alexander 2558
5 w Hunt, Adam C. 2366 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J. 2519
6 b Ledger, David J. 2299 0 - 1 Emms, John M. 2515
7 w Ledger, Stephen C 2199 ½ - ½ Ward, Christopher 2516
8 b Tidman, Sophie(F) 2129 0 - 1 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2393
THE ADS 1 2348 5 - 3 SLOUGH 1 2253
1 w Chandler, Murray 2517 ½ - ½ Wells, Peter K. 2487
2 b Mestel, Jonathan 2494 ½ - ½ Houska, Jovanka(F) 2386
3 w Hennigan, Michael 2434 1 - 0 McNab, Colin A. 2412
4 b Richardson, John 2312 1 - 0 Wohl, Aleksandar 2401
5 w Alfred, Nathan SW 2325 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim 2305
6 b Lyell, Mark 2242 1 - 0 de Coverly, Roger 2091
7 w Anderton, David W 2257 ½ - ½ Armstrong, Malcolm 2151
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2203 0 - 1 Roberson, Peter T. 1792
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2350 2½-5½ RICHMOND 2269
1 w Dishman, Stephen@ 2296 ½ - ½ Bates, Richard A. 2367
2 b Collinson, Adam 2390 ½ - ½ Wall, Gavin 2383
3 w Palliser, Richard 2441 ½ - ½ Rotchev, Iouri 2350
4 b Knott, Simon 2391 0 - 1 Webb, Laurence E. 2283
5 w Webster, Andrew 2418 ½ - ½ Johnstone, Paul E. 2301
6 b Rogers, Jonathan 2346 0 - 1 Nixon, Thomas C.M. 2206
7 w Ferguson, Mark 2377 ½ - ½ Franklin, Michael 2222
8 b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2144 0 - 1 Wilson, Alexandra 2037
Board order by agreement for norm purposes
Round 10 4th May 2003
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2231 2½-5½ THE ADS 1 2348
1 w Cooper, John G. 2318 ½ - ½ Chandler, Murray G 2517
2 b James, David J. 2253 0 - 1 Mestel, Jonathan 2494
3 w Zeidler, Sven P. 2265 0 - 1 Hennigan, Michael 2434
4 b Evans-Quek, Suan 2270 1 - 0 Richardson, John R 2312
5 w Jones, Richard S. 2246 0 - 1 Alfred, Nathan S.W 2325
6 b Trevelyan, John 2191 0 - 1 Lyell, Mark 2242
7 w Saunders, John C. 2187 ½ - ½ Anderton, David W. 2257
8 b Cast, Abigail (F) 2114 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F) 2203
RICHMOND 2274 5 - 3 BRISTOL 1 2192
1 w Bates, Richard A. 2367 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2394
2 b Wall, Gavin 2383 0 - 1 Cobb, Charles 2331
3 w Rotchev, Iouri 2350 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris 2328
4 b Hinks-Edwards, T 2343 1 - 0 Burgess, Graham 2293
5 w Webb, Laurence E. 2283 1 - 0 Collier, David O. 2273
6 b Nixon, Thomas C.M 2206 1 - 0 Curtis, John 2143
7 w Franklin, Michael 2222 ½ - ½ Ponter, Ian 2103
8 b Wilson, Alexandra 2037 ½ - ½ Headlong, Fenella 1672
WOOD GREEN 2 2359 4½-3½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2256
1 w Ward, Christopher 2516 1 - 0 Berry, Neil 2293
2 b Littlewood, Paul. 2399 ½ - ½ Dishman, Stephen 2296
3 w Martin, Andrew D. 2426 ½ - ½ Twyble, Michael S. 2238
4 b Levitt, Jonathan 2419 1 - 0 Cox, John J, 2316
5 w Law, Andrew P. 2320 ½ - ½ Hodgson, John H. 2202
6 b Tan, Desmond 2307 0 - 1 Trent, Lawrence 2257
7 w Sowray, Peter J. 2314 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter 2249
8 b Jackson, Sheila 2173 ½ - ½ Regan, Natasha (F) 2200
WOOD GREEN 1 2565 8 - 0 PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2257
1 w Adams, Michael 2723 1 - 0 Haslinger, Stewart 2385
2 b Short, Nigel 2686 1 - 0 Taylor, Martin R. 2300
3 w Speelman,Jonathan 2578 1 - 0 Bigg, Andrew J. 2292
4 b Emms, John M. 2515 1 - 0 Broomfield,Matthew 2255
5 w Lalic, Bogdan 2549 1 - 0 Rendle, Thomas E. 2253
6 b Baburin,Alexander 2558 1 - 0 Woodward, Timothy 2250
7 w Turner, Matthew 2519 1 - 0 Yastrebov,Alexander2207
8 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2393 1 - 0 Gilbert, Jessie(F) 2113
BETSSON.COM 2348 3½-4½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2382
1 w Hunt, Adam C. @ 2366 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan 2545
2 b Pert, Nicholas 2484 ½ - ½ Webster, Andrew 2418
3 w Williams, Simon 2375 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark 2377
4 b Ledger, Andrew J. 2428 ½ - ½ Palliser, Richard 2441
5 w Pert, Richard G. 2393 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2390
6 b Eames, Robert G. 2313 0 - 1 Rogers, Jonathan W 2346
7 w Ledger, David J. 2299 1 - 0 Knott, Simon 2391
8 b Tidman, Sophie(F) 2129 0 - 1 Lauterbach,Ingrid 2144
Board order by agreement for norm purposes
SLOUGH 1 2242 2 - 6 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2525
1 w Wells, Peter K. 2487 ½ - ½ Conquest, Stuart C 2556
2 b Houska, Jovanka 2386 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C. 2545
3 w McNab, Colin A. 2412 1 - 0 Stefanova,Antoaneta2550
4 b Wohl, Aleksandar 2401 0 - 1 Gallagher, Joseph 2515
5 w Devereaux, Maxim 2305 0 - 1 Flear, Glenn C. 2509
6 b de Coverly, Roger 2091 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L. 2526
7 w Purton, Ben 2062 0 - 1 Cherniaev,Alexander2501
8 b Roberson, Peter 1792 0 - 1 Gormally, Daniel W 2496
Round 11 5th May 2003
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2372 5½-2½ BRISTOL 1 2205
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2545 1 - 0 Beaumont, Chris 2328
2 b Webster, Andrew 2418 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2331
3 w Collinson, Adam 2390 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2394
4 b Palliser, Richard 2441 ½ - ½ Burgess, Graham 2293
5 w Knott, Simon 2391 1 - 0 Headlong, Timothy 2208
6 b Ferguson, Mark 2377 ½ - ½ Collier, David O. 2273
7 w Mack, Andrew 2272 ½ - ½ Curtis, John 2143
8 b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2144 1 - 0 Headlong, Fenella 1672
RICHMOND 2274 3 - 5 BETSSON.COM 2336
1 w Rotchev, Iouri 2350 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J. 2428
2 b Hinks-Edwards, T 2343 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2484
3 w Wall, Gavin 2383 ½ - ½ Hunt, Adam C. 2366
4 b Bates, Richard A. 2367 ½ - ½ Williams, Simon K. 2375
5 w Nixon, Thomas C.M 2206 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G. 2313
6 b Franklin, Michael 2222 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G. 2393
7 w Webb, Laurence E. 2283 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C. 2199
8 b Wilson, Alexandra 2037 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2129
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2522 4 - 4 WOOD GREEN 1 2557
1 w Hebden, Mark L. 2526 ½ - ½ Adams, Michael 2723
2 b Stefanova,A (F) * 2550 0 - 1 Short, Nigel 2686
3 w Kosten, Anthony C 2545 ½ - ½ Ward, Christopher 2516
4 b Conquest, Stuart 2556 0 - 1 Baburin, Alexander 2558
5 w Plaskett, James 2471 1 - 0 Lalic, Bogdan 2549
6 b Gallagher, Joseph 2515 ½ - ½ Emms, John M. 2515
7 w Cherniaev, A 2501 1 - 0 Turner, Matthew J. 2519
8 b Flear, Glenn C. 2509 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2393
THE ADS 1 2328 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 2 2342
1 w Chandler, Murray 2517 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D. 2426
2 b Hennigan, Michael 2434 ½ - ½ Littlewood, Paul E 2399
3 w Cooper, Lawrence 2331 ½ - ½ Levitt, Jonathan P 2419
4 b Richardson, John 2312 0 - 1 Tiller, Bjorn 2380
5 w Alfred, Nathan SW 2325 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P. 2320
6 b Lyell, Mark 2242 0 - 1 Tan, Desmond 2307
7 w Anderton, David 2257 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J. 2314
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2203 ½ - ½ Jackson, Sheila(F) 2173
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2244 4½-3½ S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2230
1 w Haslinger,Stewart 2385 1 - 0 Cobb, James E. 2318
2 b Taylor, Martin R. 2300 ½ - ½ Dineley, Richard 2265
3 w Bigg, Andrew J. 2292 1 - 0 James, David J. 2253
4 b Broomfield,Matthew2255 0 - 1 Jones, Richard S. 2246
5 w Rendle, Thomas E. 2253 ½ - ½ Zeidler, Sven P. 2265
6 b Woodward, Timothy 2250 ½ - ½ Trevelyan, John 2191
7 w Gilbert,Jessie(F) 2113 0 - 1 Saunders, John C. 2187
8 b Timms, Nicholas D 2102 1 - 0 Cast, Abigail (F) 2114
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2280 3½-4½ SLOUGH 1 2253
1 w D'Costa, Lorin AR 2289 0 - 1 Wells, Peter K. 2487
2 b Dishman, Stephen 2296 0 - 1 Houska, Jovanka(F) 2386
3 w Berry, Neil 2293 0 - 1 Wohl, Aleksandar H 2401
4 b Cox, John J, 2316 1 - 0 McNab, Colin A. 2412
5 w Rogers, Jonathan 2346 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim 2305
6 b Trent, Lawrence 2257 1 - 0 Armstrong, Malcolm 2151
7 w Coleman, David 2239 1 - 0 de Coverly, Roger 2091
8 b Regan, Natasha(F) 2200 0 - 1 Roberson, Peter T. 1792
Division 1 tables
Team + = - Points
WOOD GREEN 1 10 1 0 21
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 9 1 1 19
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 9 0 2 18
BETSSON.COM 7 1 3 15
WOOD GREEN 2 6 0 5 12
RICHMOND 5 1 5 11
THE ADS 1 5 0 6 10
SLOUGH 1 4 1 6 9
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 3 0 8 6
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2 2 7 6
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 1 1 9 3
BRISTOL 1 1 0 10 2
The bottom 3 teams are relegated to Division 2
The Spanish Team Championships take place 6th-14th May 2003 in Lanzarote
on the Canary Islands. Players include: Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Khalifman,
Nigel Short, Ivan Sokolov, Loek Van Wely, Joel Lautier, Igor Khenkin, Mikhail
Gurevich, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Alexander Graf.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezcanario.net
The final rounds of the French National I league took place in
Clermont-Ferrand 8th-11th May 2003. The strong NAO team with Alexander
Grischuk, Michael Adams, Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot and Peter Svidler were
clear winners. My thanks to Stephen Boyd.
Full details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Final Standings:
1. Paris NAO 33 +50
2. Clichy 30 +46
3. Cannes 28 +21
4. Mulhouse 25 +19
5. Nice 25 +13
6. Gonfreville 23 + 2
7. Montpellier 23 -14
8. Monaco 22 -18
9. Bischwiller 22 + 2
10. Vandoeuvre 21 -13
11. Drancy 20 -15
12. Nancy 19 - 8
13. Besançon 18 0
14. Bordeaux 18 - 3
15. Noyon 14 -32
16. Sautron 12 -48
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 now available.
Internet coverage: http://www.italiascacchistica.com
The Open Norwegian Championships 2003 took place in Oslo 12th-20th April
2003. Normunds Miezis took first place with 8/9. Just prior to this was the OSS
IM event won by Henrikas Asauskas. Games from both events available. My thanks
to Victor Hansen.
Further details: http://home.online.no/~vichan/
Oslo IM/Elo 3-8 April
http://home.online.no/~vichan/oss/im-elo03/indexa.html
- Open Norwegian Campionships.12-20 April
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske03/anm/indexa.html
- Open Norwegian Youth Championships 12-18 April
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske03/ajr/indexa.html
- Girl's Four Nations Team Championships 18-21 April
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske03/landskamp/indexa.html
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34th Norwegian Open Oslo NOR (NOR), 12-20 iv 2003
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1 Miezis, Normunds LAT 2516 8
2-4 Hersvik, Daniel NOR 2304 7
van der Weide, Karel NED 2388 7
Bae, Torstein NOR 2347 7
5-6 Agopov, Mikael FIN 2376 6.5
Andersen, Alf Roger NOR 2165 6.5
7-13 Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2338 6
Hansen, Tobjorn R. NOR 2312 6
Senff, Martin GER 2454 6
Grotnes, Nils R. NOR 2260 6
Hagesther, Ellen NOR 2166 6
Godlauskas, Kazys LTU 2208 6
Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 6
74 players
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OSS IM Oslo NOR (NOR), 3-8 iv 2003 cat. II (2291)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2338 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2505
2. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2396 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2444
3. Hjelm, Niclas f SWE 2323 = = * = = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2367
4. Trygstad, Kristian f NOR 2320 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2367
5. Dannevig, Oystein NOR 2333 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2328
6. Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2324 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2286
7. Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2397 = 0 = 0 0 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2198
8. Moen, Andreas NOR 2259 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 3.5 2214
9. Kirkebo, Carl Peter NOR 2117 0 0 1 = = 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2184
10. Karlsen, Terje NOR 2099 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1960
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Igor Glek (Prinzflorizel@aol.com) writes: "Below is the text of an Open
Letter to the Presidents of FIDE, the European Chess Union and the Turkish
Chess Federation first published in Chess Today on May 9th. (Alex Baburin
comments: I wish there was an organisation of chess professionals, which could
oppose certain practices of certain chess organisers (Ohrid 2001 and Leon 2001
are two other examples, I believe), but I am not optimistic about emergence of
any such structure.). There is a Russian version at:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/glek_rus.htm
Some GM`s, with whom I got in touch by e-mail or during the France Team
Championship some days ego, support it - Baburin, Bareev, Chuchelov, Dautov,
Golubev, Grishuk, Hickl, Khenkin, Kobalia, Kosten, Lautier, Lutz,
Mikhalchishyn, Pelletier, Tiviakov, Vaiser, Volzhin... Many GM`s will not
paricipate or have doubt (from Svidler`s letter: I decided not to go just
because of the reasons you mentioned.)"
Open Letter to the Presidents of FIDE, the European Chess Union and the
Turkish Chess Federation
Dear Sirs,
Having studied recently published information about the forthcoming
European Individual Championship (Silivri/Istanbul, 29 May –14 June 2003)
I, as chess professional who makes living playing in tournaments, would like to
raise several questions, concerning financial side of the tournament.
Venue. It is very important to have detailed information about the
hotel where players are expected to stay, but I could not find the Marine
Princess Hotel in Silivri in any tourist catalogue or on the Internet. More
importantly, players are supposed to stay in that hotel only, which takes away
their freedom of choice.
Cost. Prices in the Marine Princess Hotel (single room and full board)
are fixed at US $80 per day, which is 2-3 times higher than average prices for
such hotels in Turkey, where tourism is in decline at the moment. One cannot
help but suspect that high prices in the hotel, offered by the organisers, is
the main reason why we cannot choose hotels.
Schedule. We will play 13 rounds in 16 days (including two free days
and one day for tie-breaks) – again participants are forced to foot high
hotel bill. I believe it would be quite possible to determine the champion in
11 or even in 9 rounds and without free days. After all, the time control is
not 6-7 hours!
In total we are asked to pay about $1,900 (18-19 nights plus about $300
for an air-fare plus $50 for bus transfer and $65 for the entry fee) – a
pretty high price for most chess professionals. In addition, according to the
regulations, we cannot choose how we pay (cheque, credit card, etc) – the
tournament regulations mention only cash payment.
I would like to stress that the European Individual Chess Championship
is not a private tournament, so the organisers cannot expect to do whatever
they want about the venue, schedule and the cost. In fact, in any private
tournament they would not be able to get away with that!
On top of these concerns, there is full uncertainty regarding the World
Chess Championship. It is rumoured that prizes for losers of the first round
will be considerably less than before. In case a case, many participants will
lose money in the tournament as a result – provided that the World Chess
Championship will take place!
I trust that my concerns are shared by many of fellow Grandmasters, who
hope to receive as soon as possible some answers from officials in the Turkish
Chess Federation, European Chess Union and FIDE.
Yours sincerely,
Grandmaster Igor Glek, Essen, Germany Prinzflorizel@aol.com
Hungarian Championships
According to reports I have received the Hungarian Championships are
about to be underway. Players: Almási Zoltán 2676 Ács
Péter 2600 Portisch Lajos 2583 Berkes Ferenc 2578 Ruck Róbert
2569 Gyimesi Zoltán 2567 Varga Zoltán , 2533 Cao Sang, 2531 Sax
Gyula 2511 Horváth Ádám 2503.
No site named but its certainly possible there may be information at:
http://www.chess.hu. I'm interested in a
website.
24th Chess Festival Bled 2003
The 24th Chess festival Bled 2003 takes place 14th-20th July 2003. 9
round Swiss.
Further Details and Entry: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/
or: Tournament Director Vojko Mencinger vojkom@siol.net
7th Golden Cleopatra Open
The 7th Golden Cleopatra Open 2003 is open to all and held 1st-12th
2003 June at the Eastern Company Club about 5km from the Pyramids, Cairo. 10
round Swiss Sytem. 160 players (10 GMs and 25 IMs available for Fide Rating and
Titles) New Fide Time Control (90 Min for all game + 30 Second a move) play
starts at 5 pm daily
Prizes: 1st till 12th. 1000-800-700-600-500-400-300-200-200-200-150-150
US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort System between the number of
players corresponding to number of advertised prizes).
Players who wants to participate will pay - 30 US$ daily for full
accommodation in Double Bedroom or 40 US$ for single Room 4 Star Hotel 20 US$
daily for Double bedroom or 30 US$ for Single Room 3 Star Hotel . That included
: Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free
Tourist tours; Free entry fee ; 3 free daily soft drinks ; Daily Bullettin ,
and Book of the tournament distributed on Closing Ceremony. Special conditions
for limited no. of GMs and IMs over 2400. Note : Organizers needs only one
invited player from each country. Last year it was won by GM Tiviakov, Sergei .
http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/index-eng.htm
Info Hassan Khaled ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com
+20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Eastern Company Club Fax :
+20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
In addition The Tanta Open will start 21 September 2003.
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.
Fantasy Chess http://www.chessville.com/fantasychess
is running a double headed competition. Fantasy players will have to chose one
player to represent them at the Ciudad de León Tournament, and another
six players to represent them at the Enghein-les-Bains Tournament in categories
such as "White Wins", "Black Wins", "White Losses", "Black Losses" and two
"Bonus Players". The entry deadline to join in is 11:59pm (EST), June 5th,
2003.
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 Abhijit Kunte 2499 GM India Nigel Davies 2483 GM England Colin
McNab 2412 GM Scotland Danny Gormally 2496 IM England John Shaw 2474 IM
Scotland Richard Palliser 2441 IM England Adam Hunt 2366 IM England Stewart
Haslinger 2385 FM England Craig Hanley 2375 FM England Sam Collins 2390
Ireland.
The Ron Banwell Masters Tournament will be another ten player all-
play-all International, played at the same venue and the same dates. This event
will offer IM norms to seven of the competitors in this tournament, which
already includes young David Howell, Jeff Horner,IM Colin Crouch, Gary
Kenworthy, Brett Lund and young American Josh Specht.
Organiser Bill O'Rourke
Website to be confirmed but may be:
http://www.chessfest.org.uk
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
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
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.
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/
