THE WEEK IN CHESS 456 4th August 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Dortmund 2003 15 games
Biel Festival 265 games
1st Malmö Masters 31 games
4th Montreal International 42 games
British Chess Championships 320 games
6th Magistral - Republica Argentina 25 games
3rd Savaria Summer 449 games
First Saturday August 12 games
Open Dutch Championship 450 games
65th-66th New York Masters 11 games
Tel Aviv Summer Tournament 27 games
IV CMA Futurity 25 games
Kitchener Futurity 30 games
7th Hogeschool Zeeland - Vlissingen 149 games
Kieler SG Open 170 games
Olomouc Chess Summer 79 games
Davos Open 16 games
Aarhus Chess Summer 80 games
Curacao Sedreko Open 5 games
Southern California Championship 45 games
US Senior Open 22 games
26th Asian Junior Championships 301 games
World Open 114 games
2674 games
My thanks to Primoz Kokalj, Thierry Foissez, Zsolt Korpics, George D.
Alexopoulos, Manfred Rosenboom, Jack Peters, Hans Groffen, Leon Gofshtein,
Jussi Tella, Korpics Zsolt, Primoz Kokalj, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Thierry
Foissez, Bill O'Rourke, David Cohen, Albert Silver, Christian Leimand, Franz
Jittenmeier, Sergey Bystrov, Jorgen Elfstrom, Ali Nihat Yazici, Rich Fireman,
Georges Bertola, Phillip Simpkins, Casper Dahl Rasmussen, Sinia Joksic, Roberto
Alvarez and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Alexander Morozevich won the Category XVI main Biel tournament. He
followed it with a fascinating
interview
with the organisers. He revealed that he didn't regard himself as a
professional anymore "I got tired of the lack of any reasonable prospects in
the chess world. What are the goals for a professional player? There is no more
clear system, no real cycle of world championships, no clear world champion and
thus no possibility for the players to fight for a world title. I don’t
see any innovative ideas coming to change this dead-lock. I cannot believe in
any real change. That’s why I study chess less and less at home. Only some
hours per week, no more than four or five." Similar things were said by Gata
Kamsky before he left the game. The current situation is intollerable and
truely competitive world championships needs to happen and happen soon.
Assuming the Kasparov - Ponomariov match takes place (date and place set,
finance is "expected") then I don't think the game can wait a lot longer for
Leko and Kramnik to find an acceptable offer for their match. The World
Championships is the place players make and break their reputations, the lack
of one is having a corrosive effect on the game.
Overlapping by one round with Biel is the new Dortmund tournament.
Interestingly at an early stage the only qualifier Viktor Bologan leads with
4/5. A lesson in merit based invitation?
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003" takes place in the
Dortmund Theatre 31st July - 10th August 2003. The event is a double round
robin with 6 GMs.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/dortmund2003/
or in English: http://www.chessgate.de/dortmund2003/e/index.html
The Sparkassen Open will take place at the Town Hall of Dortmund,
Friedensplatz, 1st - 10th August 2003 Further details:
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de
Round 1 (July 31, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 31 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 63 B17 Caro Kann
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 57 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 2 (August 1, 2003)
Bologan, Viktor - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 39 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Leko, Peter - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 45 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 3 (August 2, 2003)
Bologan, Viktor - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 41 B19 Caro Kann
Kramnik, Vladimir - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 89 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour - Leko, Peter 1/2 28 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 4 (August 3, 2003)
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 48 B45 Sicilian Classical
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 25 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Leko, Peter - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 46 B17 Caro Kann
Round 5 (August 4, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 52 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Radjabov, Teimour - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 20 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 33 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
It Dortmund GER (GER), 31 vii-10 viii 2003 cat. XVIII (2695)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2650 ** =. =. 1. 1. 1. 4.0 2944
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 =. ** 1. =. =. =. 3.0 2749
3 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2648 =. 0. ** 0. 1. =. 2.0 2632
4 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2574 0. =. 1. ** 0. =. 2.0 2647
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2774 0. =. 0. 1. ** =. 2.0 2607
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2739 0. =. =. =. =. ** 2.0 2614
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The Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July-1st August
2003 for the 36th consecutive summer, with 9 different tournaments.
The Category 16 GM event takes place 21st-31st July.
Internet coverage: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Round 8 (July 29, 2003)
Bacrot, Etienne - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 59 C18 French Winawer
Smirin, Ilia - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Lutz, Christopher - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 45 C14 French Classical
Round 9 (July 30, 2003)
Morozevich, Alexander - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 20 C13 French Classical
Bacrot, Etienne - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 22 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Pelletier, Yannick - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 46 B08 Pirc Defence
Round 10 (July 31, 2003)
Smirin, Ilia - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 15 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Lutz, Christopher - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 31 C11 French Defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 41 D12 Slav Defence
It Biel SUI (SUI), 21-31 vii 2003 cat. XVI (2640)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2679 ** 1= == 11 11 =1 8.0 2872
2 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2645 0= ** 1= =1 1= =1 6.5 2749
3 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2656 == 0= ** 1= 1= 11 6.5 2747
4 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2602 00 =0 0= ** 01 11 4.0 2575
5 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2631 00 0= 0= 10 ** == 3.0 2493
6 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2628 =0 =0 00 00 == ** 2.0 2402
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MTO Biel SUI (SUI), 19-27 vii 2003
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1. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2558 8.5 49.0
2. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2557 8.0 53.0
3. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2574 8.0 52.5
4. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2533 8.0 51.5
5. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2522 8.0 46.0
6. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2455 7.5 50.5
7. Pavlovic, Milos1 g YUG 2569 7.5 50.5
8. Adianto, Utut g INA 2573 7.5 48.0
9. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2560 7.5 47.5
10. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2654 7.5 46.0
11. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2550 7.5 45.5
12. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2510 7.5 43.5
13. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2565 7.0 50.0
14. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2528 7.0 49.0
15. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2583 7.0 48.5
16. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2546 7.0 46.0
17. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2555 7.0 45.0
18. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2507 7.0 43.5
19. Cherniaev, Alexander1 m RUS 2487 7.0 43.5
20. Benkovic, Petar m YUG 2474 7.0 42.5
21. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2471 7.0 41.5
22. Papa, Severin f SUI 2372 7.0 38.5
23. Kuemin, Simon f SUI 2399 7.0 37.0
24. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L m ESP 2521 6.5 44.5
25. Pikula, Dejan g YUG 2489 6.5 43.0
26. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2438 6.5 41.5
27. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2546 6.5 41.0
28. Giertz, Niklaus f SUI 2275 6.5 41.0
29. Petkevich, Jusefs g LAT 2442 6.5 40.5
30. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2432 6.5 40.5
31. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2595 6.5 40.0
32. Grooten, Herman m NED 2402 6.5 39.5
33. Adler, Joel f SUI 2310 6.5 38.0
34. Miltner, Arndt f GER 2383 6.5 37.5
35. Zenklusen, Rico SUI 2279 6.5 36.0
36. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2573 6.0 44.0
37. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2457 6.0 44.0
38. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2510 6.0 43.5
39. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2438 6.0 40.5
40. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2417 6.0 40.0
114 players
The 1st Malmö Masters takes place July 28th - August 6th 2003 in
Malmö, Sweden. The event is a 10 player Category IX GM tournament.
Internet coverage will follow at: http://www.limhamnssk.m.se
Round 1 (August 3, 2003)
Ahlander, Bjorn - Brynell, Stellan 1/2 16 E43 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 2 (July 29, 2003)
Hellsten, Johan - Ahlander, Bjorn 1-0 52 E48 Nimzo Indian
Speelman, Jonathan S - Sebag, Marie 1/2 21 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Jakobsen, Ole - Berg, Emanuel 1/2 34 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Brynell, Stellan - McShane, Luke J 0-1 34 B08 Pirc Defence
Tairi, Faruk - Johannessen, Leif Erlend 0-1 41 C05 French Tarrasch
Round 3 (July 30, 2003)
McShane, Luke J - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 45 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Jakobsen, Ole 1-0 36 D63 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Berg, Emanuel - Speelman, Jonathan S 1-0 60 C02 French Advance
Ahlander, Bjorn - Tairi, Faruk 1-0 31 E94 King's Indian Classical
Sebag, Marie - Brynell, Stellan 0-1 35 C04 French Tarrasch
Round 4 (July 31, 2003)
Hellsten, Johan - Sebag, Marie 1-0 55 D23 QGA
Speelman, Jonathan S - Johannessen, Leif Erlend 1/2 28 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ahlander, Bjorn - McShane, Luke J 0-1 41 E94 King's Indian Classical
Brynell, Stellan - Berg, Emanuel 1/2 26 C06 French Tarrasch
Tairi, Faruk - Jakobsen, Ole 1/2 32 B06 Modern Defence
Round 5 (August 1, 2003)
McShane, Luke J - Tairi, Faruk 1-0 29 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 41 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Berg, Emanuel - Hellsten, Johan 0-1 51 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Jakobsen, Ole - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 51 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Sebag, Marie - Ahlander, Bjorn 1/2 35 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 6 (August 2, 2003)
McShane, Luke J - Sebag, Marie 1-0 31 B50 Sicilian Defence
Hellsten, Johan - Johannessen, Leif Erlend 1/2 17 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ahlander, Bjorn - Berg, Emanuel 0-1 49 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Brynell, Stellan - Jakobsen, Ole 1/2 52 B06 Modern Defence
Tairi, Faruk - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 26 B01 Centre Counter
Round 7 (August 4, 2003)
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Ahlander, Bjorn 1/2 51 E17 Queens Indian
Berg, Emanuel - McShane, Luke J 0-1 69 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Speelman, Jonathan S - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 34 A09 Reti Opening
Jakobsen, Ole - Hellsten, Johan 1-0 36 D11 Slav Defence
Sebag, Marie - Tairi, Faruk 0-1 39 B22 Sicilian Alapin
1st Masters Malmo SWE (SWE), 28 vii-6 viii 2003 cat. IX (2470)
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1 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2619 * . = 1 = . 1 1 1 1 6.0 2762
2 Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2525 . * = = = 1 = 1 1 . 5.0 2604
3 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2511 = = * 1 . 0 1 . 1 1 5.0 2599
4 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2495 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = . . 3.5 2504
5 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2589 = = . 0 * = . 1 = = 3.5 2458
6 Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2381 . 0 1 = = * . = = = 3.5 2472
7 Ahlander, Bjorn m SWE 2393 0 = 0 0 . . * = 1 = 2.5 2374
8 Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2511 0 0 . = 0 = = * . 1 2.5 2388
9 Tairi, Faruk SWE 2245 0 0 0 . = = 0 . * 1 2.0 2334
10 Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2432 0 . 0 . = = = 0 0 * 1.5 2234
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The Category 11 4th Montreal International took place 23rd July - 3rd
August 2003. Eduardas Rozentalis won with 8.5/11.
Internet coverage: http://www.timontreal.ca/
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4th It Montreal CAN (CAN), 23 vii-3 viii 2003 cat. XI (2515)
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1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2586 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2719
2. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2657 = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2676
3. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2549 0 1 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2613
4. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2482 = 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2619
5. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2442 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2586
6. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2561 = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 = 5.5 2510
7. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2526 = = = = 0 = * = = = = = 5.0 2477
8. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2566 = 0 = = = = = * 1 0 0 1 5.0 2474
9. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2509 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2413
10. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2535 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 = 4.0 2411
11. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2447 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 3.5 2388
12. Ross, David m CAN 2318 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 2.0 2270
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The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships took place Sunday
20th July - Saturday 2nd August at the George Heriot's School in Edinburgh.
Abhijit Kunte won the event with a score of 8.5/11 half a point clear of
compatriot Pentala Harikrishna, Cypriot Vassilios Kotronias and Paul Motwani.
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant was the leading women's player in 5th.
Official site: http://bcfservices.org.uk/
1 Kunte,Abhijit............ IND g 2515 8½
2 Harikrishna,Pentala...... IND g 2558 8
3 Kotronias,Vassilios...... CYP g 2602 8
4 Motwani,Paul............. SCO g 2525 8
5 Arakhamia-Grant,Ketevan.. GEO wg 2408 7½
6 Gallagher,Joseph G....... SUI g 2520 7½
7 Pert,Nicholas............ ENG m 2483 7½
8 Rowson,Jonathan.......... SCO g 2536 7½
9 Summerscale,Aaron........ ENG g 2492 7½
10 Bakre,Tejas.............. IND m 2433 7
11 Ganguly,Sura Sekhar...... IND g 2535 7
12 Ghasi,Ameet K............ ENG 2305 7
13 Gormally,Daniel.......... ENG m 2478 7
14 Hossain,Enamul........... BAN m 2452 7
15 Howell,David W........... ENG f 2323 7
16 Rahman,Ziaur............. BAN g 2521 7
17 Sowray,Peter J........... ENG f 2346 7
18 Abdulla,Al-Rakib......... BAN m 2387 6½
19 Collins,Sam.............. IRL f 2381 6½
20 Conquest,Stuart.......... ENG g 2560 6½
21 Greet,Andrew N........... ENG 2297 6½
22 Mannion,Steve R.......... SCO m 2339 6½
23 Singh,Gurpreet Pal....... IND 2293 6½
24 Turner,Matthew J......... ENG g 2519 6½
25 Wells,Peter.............. ENG g 2481 6½
26 Barua,Dibyendu........... IND g 2561 6
27 Buckley,Simon............ ENG 2267 6
28 Hanley,Craig............. ENG f 2387 6
29 Haslinger,Stewart G...... ENG f 2414 6
30 Hunt,Adam................ ENG m 2395 6
31 Kidambi,Sundararajan..... IND m 2442 6
32 Longson,Alexander........ ENG 2225 6
33 Lyell,Mark............... ENG 2256 6
34 Mcdonald,Neil............ ENG g 2384 6
35 Mcnab,Colin.............. SCO g 2395 6
36 Mohota,Nisha............. IND wm 2321 6
37 Neelotpal,Das............ IND m 2462 6
38 Rendle,Thomas............ ENG 2240 6
39 Sattar,Reefat Bin........ BAN m 2475 6
40 Shaw,John K.............. SCO m 2480 6
41 Vijayalaskshmi,Subbaraman IND wg 2435 6
42 Webb,Laurence............ ENG 2325 6
43 Woodward,Timothy......... ENG 2285 6
44 Ansell,Simon............. ENG m 2379 5½
45 Bigg,Andrew J............ ENG c 2287 5½
46 Broomfield,Matthew....... 2249 5½
47 Gourlay,Iain............. SCO 2284 5½
48 Grant,Jonathan........... SCO 2271 5½
49 Gwaze,Robert............. ZIM m 2335 5½
50 Meenakshi,Subbaraman..... IND wm 2319 5½
51 Munson,Shaun D........... ENG 2112 5½
52 Ramsawamy,Aarthie........ IND wg 2316 5½
53 Redpath,Joe.............. SCO 2194 5½
54 Williams,Simon K......... ENG m 2381 5½
97 players
The 6th Magistral de la Republica Argentina takes place in Vicente Lopez
(very close to Buenos Aires) 24th July - 4th August 2003. The festival
commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Oscar Panno's victory in the World Juniors
Championship held in Copenhagen, 1953.
Internet coverage: http://escavm.tripod.com/6magistral/
The GM Category VIII event sees Chessbase's 'Shredder 7' playing in its
"original commercial version", and using an affordable PC computer.
An IM cat IV event has Shredder 7 (GER) running with different settings
and PC computer than in the GM tournament- , IM Guillermo Malbrán (ARG),
IM Cristobal Valiente (PAR), IM Jorge Rosito (ARG), Sebastián Granara
(URU), Jorge Molina (BOL), FM Juan Carlos Escandell (ARG), Pablo Della Morte
and FM Marcelo Reides. Information Roberto Alvarez.
Internet coverage: http://escavm.tripod.com/6magistral/
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6th Magistral Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 24 vii-4 viii 2003 cat. VI (2400)
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1. SHREDDER7.0 ---- * = = = 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 7.5 2715
2. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2497 = * = . = = = 1 . 1 1 5.5 2513
3. Marques, Vinicius f BRA 2380 = = * = . = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2473
4. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2485 = . = * 0 = 1 . = 1 1 5.0 2468
5. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2480 0 = . 1 * . = = = 1 1 5.0 2475
6. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2496 0 = = = . * = = 1 1 . 4.5 2421
7. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2419 . = 0 0 = = * . 1 1 1 4.5 2487
8. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2431 0 0 = . = = . * = = 1 3.5 2340
9. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2440 0 . = = = 0 0 = * . 0 2.0 2193
10. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2374 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = . * . 1.0 2076
11. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2401 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 . * 1.0 2069
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The 3rd Savaria Summer International Chess Open took place 19th-27th
July 2003. Slobodan Martinovic won the event with a score of 7.5/9. My thanks
to Zsolt Korpics for the games and results.
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3rd Savaria Summer Open Szombathely HUN (HUN), 19-27 vii 2003
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1. Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2441 7.5 2659
2. Perunovic, Milos m YUG 2527 7.0 2586
3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2497 7.0 2573
4. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2541 7.0 2505
5. Zimmerman, Yuri m ISR 2320 7.0 2581
6. Kovacs, Gabor2 f HUN 2393 7.0 2505
7. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2419 7.0 2496
8. Horvath, Gyula1 m HUN 2443 7.0 2453
9. Csonka, Attila f HUN 2327 7.0 2467
10. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2419 6.5 2494
11. Markus, Robert m YUG 2500 6.5 2505
12. Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2525 6.5 2474
13. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2404 6.5 2511
14. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2345 6.5 2472
15. Szabo, Gergely ROM m ROM 2395 6.5 2402
16. Gruskovnjak, Tomislav f SLO 2325 6.5 2387
17. Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2446 4.5 2266
194 players
The First Saturday August events take place 2nd-14th August 2003. My
thanks to Miklos Orso, Gabor Pali and Laszlo Nagy for the news.
Internet coverage: Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0308/index.htm
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 viii 2003 cat. VII (2424)
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1. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2360 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Braun, Arik GER 2366 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Richter, Michael m GER 2428 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2461 . . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0
5. Bezold, Michael g GER 2462 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2497
6. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2497 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2462
7. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2490 . . . 0 . . * . . . 0.0
8. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2442 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2389 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2343 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 viii 2003 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2321 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2319 . . * . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4. Nilssen, John Arni f FAI 2382 . . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5. Berczes, David f HUN 2393 . . . . * . . . . = . . . . 0.5 2315
6. Chetverik, Maxim f RUS 2408 . . . . . * . = . . . . . . 0.5 2219
7. Paci, Cedric FRA 2258 . . . . . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2260
8. Lenderman, Alex USA 2219 . . . . . = . * . . . . . . 0.5 2408
9. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2260 . . . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2258
10. Soos, Bela m GER 2315 . . . . = . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2393
11. Bopp, Thomas GER 2215 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
12. Eisenbeiser, Amadeus GER 2233 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13. Werner, Dimo m GER 2376 . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Zucchelli, Massimo ITA 2194 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Open Dutch Championship took place 22nd-31st July 2003. Friso
Nijboer won the event with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2003/
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ch-NED Open Dieren NED (NED), 22-31 vii 2003
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1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2588 7.5 2705
2. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2528 7.0 2552
3. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2439 6.5 2572
4. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2468 6.5 2516
5. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2423 6.5 2485
6. Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2450 6.5 2415
7. Wiersma, Eelke NED 2371 6.5 2495
8. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2613 6.0 2520
9. Van Blitterswijk, Stefan m NED 2412 6.0 2461
10. Dambacher, Martijn NED 2403 6.0 2535
11. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2491 6.0 2431
12. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2459 6.0 2441
13. Willemze, Jeroen NED 2327 6.0 2440
14. Werle, Jan m NED 2397 6.0 2401
15. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2213 6.0 2378
16. Heemskerk, Wim f NED 2266 6.0 2304
17. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2440 5.5 2368
18. Hartoch, Rob m NED 2318 5.5 2345
19. Willemze, Thomas NED 2234 5.5 2264
20. Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2363 5.5 2354
21. Vogel, Jaap f NED 2266 5.5 2324
22. Jens, Jelmer f NED 2401 5.5 2284
23. Van Beek, Alexander NED 2264 5.5 2270
24. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2181 5.5 2279
25. Wustefeld, Emile NED 2321 5.5 2254
26. Van Tol, Leon J NED 2165 5.5 2288
100 players
Alex Stripunsky won the 65th New York Masters on 22nd July 2003 with a
perfect 4/4 score. Gregory Braylovsky won the 66th even on 29th July 2003. News
John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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65th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 22 vii 2003
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1. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2543 + 6 + 2 +10 + 4 4.0 ($400)
2. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2523 +13 - 1 +17 + 5 3.0 ($135)
3. van de Mortel, Jan f NED 2404 +15 + 9 - 4 +10 3.0 ($135)
4. Shabalov, Alex g USA 2575 +16 = 5 + 3 - 1 2.5 ($ 20)
5. Milman, Lev f USA 2364 +17 = 4 +14 - 2 2.5 ($ 20)
6. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2382 - 1 +18 = 8 +14 2.5 ($ 20)
7. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 -10 +11 + 9 = 8 2.5 ($ 20)
8. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2587 +11 -10 = 6 = 7 2.0
9. Wojtkiewicz, Alek g USA 2543 +12 - 3 - 7 +17 2.0
10. Bonin, Jay m USA 2368 + 7 + 8 - 1 - 3 2.0
11. Privman, Boris f USA 2222 - 8 - 7 =15 +19 1.5
12. Schneider, Igor f USA 2217 - 9 =15 =16 =13 1.5
13. Esserman, Marc USA 2249 - 2 -17 +19 =12 1.5
14. Kleiman, Jake USA 2207 =18 +16 - 5 - 6 1.5
15. Maltese, Adam USA ---- - 3 =12 =11 =16 1.5
16. Bercys, Salvijus LTU 2255 - 4 -14 =12 =15 1.0
17. Ross, Laura wf USA 2120 - 5 +13 - 2 - 9 1.0
18. Rohde, Michael g USA 2504 =14 - 6 --- --- 0.5
19. Tamarkin, Larry USA 2192 --- --- -13 -11 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $400
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 80
U2400 - $120
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66th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 29 vii 2003
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1. Braylovsky, Gregory USA 2327 +13 = 6 + 5 + 4 3.5 ($350)
2. Yudasin, Leonid ISR g 2558 +10 = 3 = 4 + 6 3.0 ($100)
3. Paehtz, Elisabeth GER wg 2417 +14 = 2 = 6 + 9 3.0 ($100)
4. Stripunsky, Alex USA g 2543 +12 + 7 = 2 - 1 2.5
5. Bonin, Jay USA m 2368 = 9 +10 - 1 + 8 2.5
6. Ibragimov, Ildar USA g 2587 + 8 = 1 = 3 - 2 2.0
7. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea NED wg 2309 +11 - 4 - 9 +12 2.0 ($ 35)
8. Murgescu, Radu ROM 2114 - 6 +13 +11 - 5 2.0 ($ 35)
9. Esserman, Marc USA 2249 = 5 =12 + 7 - 3 2.0 ($ 35)
10. Privman, Boris USA f 2222 - 2 - 5 =12 +14 1.5
11. Daftani, Marajudin USA ---- - 7 +14 - 8 =13 1.5
12. Riordan, Charles USA 2336 - 4 = 9 =10 - 7 1.0
13. Marinello, Beatriz USA wm 2221 - 1 - 8 =14 =11 1.0
14. Shtivelband, Richard USA 2208 - 3 -11 =13 -10 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $350
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $105
The Tel-Aviv Summer tournament in the Chess Centre in Ramat-Aviv took
place 20th-31st July 2003. Tal Haimovich won the tournament and made an IM
norm. News Leonid (Zvulon) Gofshtein.
Internet coverage: http://www.gofshtein.cjb.net/
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1. Haimovich, Tal f ISR 2333 * = = = 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2477
2. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2452 = * = 1 = = = 1 0 1 = 1 7.0 2436
3. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2344 = = * = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2445
4. Gross, David CZE m CZE 2451 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2399
5. Kaganskiy, Gleb RUS 2393 1 = 0 0 * = = = = 0 1 1 5.5 2339
6. Botvinnik, Ilia m ISR 2389 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 = 5.5 2339
7. Kaplan, Sasha ISR 2208 0 = = = = = * = = = = 1 5.5 2356
8. Drozdov, Alexandre f RUS 2313 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2310
9. Reznik, Viktor f ISR 2299 = 1 0 = = = = 0 * = 0 = 4.5 2283
10. Shutzman, Joseph USA 2244 = 0 = 0 1 = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2288
11. Kreizberg, Michael f ISR 2353 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 4.0 2241
12. Deutsch, Eyal ISR 2348 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 1 * 3.5 2210
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The IV Chess'n Math Association Futurity took place in Toronto, CAN. The
event was a double round Scheveningen with a team of GMs vs. a team of Juniors.
GM Norm (7/10): Igor Zugic. Organizer: Hal Bond Chief Arbiter: Vlad Dobrich
Deputy Arbiter: David Cohen Sponsor: Chess'n Math Association.
Internet coverage: http://www.chesstalk.com/futurity4/
10 round double round robin Scheveningen Team
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IV CMA Futurity Toronto CAN (CAN), 25 vii-1 viii 2003
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GM Team
1. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2618 8.5 2609
2. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2423 7.5 2506
3. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2522 7.0 2462
4. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2488 6.5 2423
5. Milicevic, Goran f CAN 2348 2.5 2120
Juniors
1. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2455 7.0 2628
2. Krnan, Tomas CAN 2216 3.5 2369
3. Peredun, Andrew f CAN 2306 3.0 2330
4. Glinert, Stephen m CAN 2362 2.5 2286
5. Wang, Hao Yuan CAN 2226 2.0 2239
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The SWOCL - KCC Futurity took place in the Kitchener City Hall July 25th
- August 2nd 2003. Double round Scheveningen event with IM norms available for
Juniors.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chessexpress.ca/kitchener_futurity.htm
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Futurity Kitchener CAN (CAN), 25 vii-2 viii 2003
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Seniors
1. Porper, Eduard m ISR 2435 9.0 2516
2. Hutters, Tomas m DEN 2400 8.0 2390
3. Jung, Hans Rudolf f CAN 2208 5.5 2186
4. Garcia, Alvaro URU URU 2125 5.5 2186
5. Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2294 4.0 2078
Juniors
1. Quan Zhe USA 2303 7.0 2441
2. Panjwani, Raja CAN 2073 3.5 2182
3. Stevens, Christian CAN 2219 3.0 2143
4. Predescu, Sebastian ROM 2161 3.0 2143
5. Thavandiran, Shiyam CAN 1996 1.5 1996
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7th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place in Vlissingen
(Netherlands) August 2nd-9th 2003. The 9 round which Swiss starts August 2nd
has a record number of participants with 247 entries (last year 196
participants). My thanks to Hans Groffen for the games.
Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
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HZ Open Vlissingen NED (NED), 2-9 viii 2003
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1. Nisipeanu L.D. 2666 3.0
Kasimdzhanov R. 2664 3.0
Tiviakov S. 2613 3.0
Iordachescu V. 2606 3.0
Arkell K. 2513 3.0
Ernst S. 2468 3.0
Solleveld M. 2458 3.0
Kohlweyer B. 2399 3.0
Haub T. 2397 3.0
Bezemer A. 2346 3.0
De Waal M. 2286 3.0
Geirnaert S. 2284 3.0
Piceu T. 2227 3.0
Van Leent D. 2208 3.0
Spoelman W. 2169 3.0
16. Gyimesi Z. 2555 2.5
Ikonnikov V. 2546 2.5
Roeder M. 2451 2.5
Pedersen S. 2416 2.5
Werle J. 2397 2.5
Afek Y. 2387 2.5
Odendahl R. 2369 2.5
Cooper L. 2335 2.5
Zaragatski I. 2329 2.5
Meenakshi S. 2319 2.5
Fischdick G. 2261 2.5
Rohde U. 2248 2.5
Tiggelman R. 2200 2.5
Beeke B. 2179 2.5
Schmitz A.A. 2179 2.5
Van Veen O. 2174 2.5
Van Lommel P. 2173 2.5
Bliek W. 2164 2.5
Kharitonov A. 2114 2.5
Lahaye J. 2083 2.5
Heltzel J. 2078 2.5
Kuijpers P.C.A. 2049 2.5
Van Hecke E. 1999 2.5
Dek L. 1988 2.5
Sijpkens M. 1972 2.5
Gorissen H. 1941 2.5
Van Hoeve A. 1898 2.5
43. Nijboer F. 2588 2.0
Stellwagen D. 2462 2.0
Vijayalakshmi S. 2435 2.0
Jonkman H. 2424 2.0
Medvegy N. 2354 2.0
Vidarsson J.G. 2351 2.0
247 players
The Kieler SG Open took place 25th July - 1st August 2003. Mihail
Kopylov won with 7.5/9. My thanks to Franz Jittenmeier for games from the early
rounds.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/kiel03/index.html
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16th Open Kiel GER (GER), 25 vii-1 viii 2003
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1. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2450 7.5
2. Levin, Felix g GER 2524 7.0
3. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2483 7.0
4. Petrosian, Suren m ARM 2429 7.0
5. Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2455 7.0
6. Kreuzholz, Michael GER 2318 7.0
7. Menk, Rolf GER 2190 7.0
130 players
The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2003 takes place
30th July - 7th August 2003 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. There will be organized
several tournaments: 1) 3-4 groups of round-robin IM tournaments, category 3-4
FIDE (10-12 players) 2) FIDE open - swiss, 9 rounds, 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, 1st
prize 10000 CZK (Championship of the Czech Republic - open semifinals) 3) open
seniors tournament from 60 years of age onwards 4) open tournament of
youngsters up to 14 years of age
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1. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2406 * 0 = 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 3.5 2413
2. Kanovsky, David CZE 2254 1 * . . = . . . 0 . 1 1 3.5 2460
3. Papatheodorou, Theodoros GRE 2284 = . * 1 . . . = = = . . 3.0 2387
4. Toma, Katarzyna wf POL 2210 0 . 0 * . . . . 1 1 1 . 3.0 2389
5. Braslavskij, Alex UKR 2243 . = . . * 0 1 . . 1 . 0 2.5 2321
6. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2421 . . . . 1 * 0 . . = = = 2.5 2293
7. Malinovsky, Karel CZE 2216 0 . . . 0 1 * . . . = 1 2.5 2345
8. Obsivac, Josef f CZE 2356 0 . = . . . . * = . = 1 2.5 2319
9. De Jong, Jan Willem NED 2254 . 1 = 0 . . . = * 0 . . 2.0 2219
10. Mufic, Goran m CRO 2351 . . = 0 0 = . . 1 * . . 2.0 2210
11. Meszaros, Michal SVK 2292 . 0 . 0 . = = = . . * . 1.5 2142
12. Thallinger, Harald f AUT 2363 . 0 . . 1 = 0 0 . . . * 1.5 2149
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1. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2482 * . 1 . . = . 1 1 . 3.5 2593
2. Slaby, Jerzy POL 2376 . * . = . 1 . 1 1 . 3.5 2567
3. Thinius, Marco f GER 2325 0 . * . 1 . 1 . . 1 3.0 2572
4. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2222 . = . * . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2595
5. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 . . 0 . * . = . 1 1 2.5 2377
6. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2401 = 0 . . . * 1 . . . 1.5 2400
7. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2342 . . 0 . = 0 * . 1 . 1.5 2195
8. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2215 0 0 . 0 . . . * . 1 1.0 2170
9. Vreugdenhil, Frans NED 2087 0 0 . . 0 . 0 . * . 0.0
10. Vyskocil, Neklan CZE 2375 . . 0 0 0 . . 0 . * 0.0
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1. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2275 * . = . . . . 1 1 1 3.5 2615
2. Van Dijk, Timon NED 2224 . * . = 1 . . 0 1 . 2.5 2462
3. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2328 = . * . . = = . . 1 2.5 2350
4. Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2515 . = . * = . = . . 1 2.5 2340
5. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2293 . 0 . = * = . 1 . . 2.0 2342
6. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2283 . . = . = * . = = . 2.0 2320
7. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2336 . . = = . . * . = = 2.0 2321
8. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2347 0 1 . . 0 = . * . . 1.5 2181
9. Dresen, Ulrich f GER 2315 0 0 . . . = = . * . 1.0 2086
10. Garlik, Michal CZE 2127 0 . 0 0 . . = . . * 0.5 2041
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The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" continues in Davos in the 2nd "Sunstar Park
Hotel Open", August 2nd- 10th 2003. 9 round Swiss - timerate 40 moves for 2
hours and 60 minutes till the end.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.ch/
Sinisa Joksic reports: After Biel I am in Davos (July 2nd to 10th) as
arbiter. The place is beautiful, hotel high class, food excellent and
conditions for play extremely good. Very nice tournament, unfortunately with
only 38 players. I hope the tournament will survive. It will be a pity if chess
and chess players lost so good place. Chess rate were here 78 one bed, 68
double bed and 50 SF youth rate. You can't find that in Switzerland especially
in an exclusive place like Davos! 38 players, 3 GM, 7 IM, 3 FM, 12 nations. 9
rounds, swiss system, tempo 40 moves 2 hours and one hour to complete the
games. There were a lot of surprises. Petra Schuurman won against GM Cebalo in
a good game, IM Rukavina has lost two games. Vogt and Antoniewski, lost half
points against Vulevic and Zesinger.
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Sunstar Park Open Davos SUI (SUI), 2-10 viii 2003
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Standings after 2nd round:
1-5. Grooten, Herman IM (NED) 2.0 (2.0)
Benkovic, Petar IM (YUG) 2.0 (2.0)
Nemet, Ivan GM (CRO) 2.0 (2.0)
Wall, Gavin (ENG) 2.0 (2.0)
Papa, Severin FM (SUI) 2.0 (2.0)
6-7. Schuurman, Petra (NED) 2.0 (1.5)
Lorscheid, Gerhard FM (GER) 2.0 (1.5)
8. Tiller, Bjorn IM (NOR) 2.0 (1.0)
9. Vogt, Lothar GM (GER) 1.5 (2.0)
10. Vulevic, Vjekoslav FM (SUI) 1.5 (1.5)
11. Antoniewski, Rafal IM (POL) 1.5 (0.5)
The Category IX Aarhus Chess Summer takes place July 27th -4th August
2003. There are GM, IM and Candidates events.
Internet site: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak/
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GM Aarhus DEN (DEN), 27 vii-4 viii 2003 cat. IX (2470)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2560 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 . 6.0 2662
2. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2537 = * = = 0 . = 1 1 1 5.0 2560
3. Palo, Davor m DEN 2510 0 = * = . 1 1 = = = 4.5 2507
4. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2503 = = = * = = = = . = 4.0 2469
5. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2475 = 1 . = * 0 0 = = 1 4.0 2464
6. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2437 0 . 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 0 4.0 2465
7. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2404 = = 0 = 1 0 * . = = 3.5 2437
8. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2453 0 0 = = = = . * = 1 3.5 2437
9. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2439 0 0 = . = 0 = = * 1 3.0 2382
10. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2382 . 0 = = 0 1 = 0 0 * 2.5 2328
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1. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2386 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 . 1 1 7.5 2785
2. Matthiesen, Arne DEN 2282 0 * 1 1 . 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2454
3. Vinter-Schou, Uffe m DEN 2390 0 0 * 1 = = . 1 1 1 5.0 2453
4. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2360 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 . = 4.5 2405
5. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek f DEN 2360 0 . = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2402
6. Jedynak, Radoslaw m POL 2453 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 . 4.0 2337
7. Christenson, Flemming NOR 2261 0 1 . 0 0 0 * 1 = = 3.0 2271
8. Heim, Sverre f NOR 2399 . = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 3.0 2254
9. Bank, Pelle DEN 2260 0 = 0 . 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2169
10. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2366 0 0 0 = 0 . = 0 = * 1.5 2086
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The Curacao Sedreko Open 2003 took place July 25th - August 4th 2003.
Bartlomiej Macieja won with 8/9 - 8 wins and 1 loss (to Darmen Sadvakasov). A
tiny number of games are available.
Internet coverage: http://www.topschaak.nl
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Curacao Sedreko Open Willemstad AHO (AHO), 25 vii-3 viii 2003
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1 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2627 8.0
2 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2600 7.5
3 Stefanova, Antoaneta (GM) wg BUL 2503 6.0
4 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2575 6.0
5 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2543 6.0
6 Alvarez, Johan m VEN 2384 5.5
7 Sanchez Castillo, Sarai wm VEN 2180 5.5
8 Rohl, Juan m VEN 2385 5.0
9 Prasca, Rafael m VEN 2397 5.0
10 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. wg ECU 2313 5.0
11 Erwich, Marc JL f NED 2331 5.0
12 Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 5.0
13 Matoewi, Roger SUR 2206 5.0
14 Daniel, Kelvin BAR 2033 5.0
29 players
Jack Peters reports: The Southern California Championship took place in
Costa Mesa, about 50 miles south of Los Angeles, on the weekends of July 18-20
and July 26-27. This year the tournament, an eight-player round robin since its
inception in 1989, expanded to 10 players in the hope of fulfilling the
requirements for an international title tournament. The effort failed because
only two of the players represent foreign federations. Levon Altounian and
Andranik Matikozyan shared first place with impressive scores of 7-2. Altounian
again demonstrated the strength of an IM, but he still needs an opportunity to
make his final norm. Maybe next year.
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ch-SCCF Costa Mesa USA (USA), 18-27 vii 2003 cat. V (2352)
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1. Altounian, Levon f USA 2427 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2563
2. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2430 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2563
3. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2335 = = * = 0 1 = 1 1 = 5.5 2434
4. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2473 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2418
5. Ambarcumjan, Armen USA 2424 = = 1 = * 0 0 1 = = 4.5 2344
6. Lakdawala, Cyrus m USA 2435 = = 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 = 3.5 2263
7. Small, Greg USA 2206 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 3.5 2288
8. Casella, Michael f USA 2338 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 = 3.0 2228
9. Peters, John A m USA 2454 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 3.0 2215
10. Serpik,Ilia USA ---- 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 2.5 2225
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Phil Simpkins reports that the US Senior Open took place in Wilmington
DE (USA), 19th-24th July 2003. Boris Gulko won the event with a perfect 6-0
score.
Prize List: 1st: Boris Gulko 2nd: Larry Kaufman, John Curdo 4th: Richard
Lunenfeld U2300: 1st David Rupel; 2nd: Zakhar Fayvinov, James Gwyn, Denis
Strenzwilk, Mark Lanin U2200: 1st Stuart Wittenstein; 2nd: Joe Felber U2000:
1st - 2nd: Dan Mayers, Don Quiring, Richard Murphy U1800: 1st - 2nd: Sanda
Costescu, Roy Eikerenkoetter U1600: 1st: Wilfred Saxe, Jr; 2nd: Don Barrus
U1400: 1st: William Hart, Jr; 2nd: Sattar Farzan and Ed Stokes Plaques: age
50-54: David Rupel age 55-59: Boris Gulko age 60-64: Richard Lunenfeld age
65-69: Sanda Costescu age 70-74: John Curdo age 75-79: Ed Stokes age 80+: Dan
Moyers.
Internet coverage: http://www.delawarechess.org
Liepajas rokade took place 31st July - 3rd August 2003. Favourite
Alexander Khalifman won the rapid event ahead of Daniel Fridman both scoring
8.5/11. There will be no games made available. Reportedly a number of players
including the obvious suspect objected and the organisers weren't interested,
seems quite crazy to me.
Internet site: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8112
Final Round 11 Standings:
1. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2678 8,5
2. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2592 8,5
3. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2539 7,5
4. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2561 7,0
5. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2661 7,0
6. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2514 6,5
7. Dlugy, Maxim g USA 2531 5,5
8. Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2433 5,0
9. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2587 5,0
10. Berzina, Ilze wm LAT 2260 2,5
11. Makovskis, Georgijs LAT 2259 2,0
12. Stasans, Aivars LAT 2246 1,0
Jussi Tella reports that the Finnish team blitz championships took
place in Vammala 2nd-3rd August 2003. This year exactly 200 four men teams took
part to this summer chess festival, and the chess club Velhot ("wizards") from
Helsinki managed to win the even contest finally by a 3-point margin.
Organising club's webpage, VammSK (http://www.vammalanshakkikerho.net/jsm2003/index.html),
with full results, photos and multimedia promised to follow (in Finnish
language). Also http://www.shakki.net will
have pointers to the results.
1. Velhot, Helsinki 70,0/4x23
IM Tomi Nyback 16,5
IM Tapani Sammalvuo 19,5
IM Jussi Tella 16,0
IM Marko Manninen 18,0
2. Garde, Helsinki 67,0
GM Heikki Kallio 16,5
IM Robert Astrom (SWE) 17,0
IM Eero Raaste 17,5
IM Mikael Nouro 16,0
3. JyS, Jyvaskyla 63,5
GM Engeniy Solozhenkin (RUS) 12,5
IM Mika Karttunen 19,0
FM Esko-Matti Hakulinen 15,5
FM Risto Nevanlinna 16,5
4. TuTS, Turku 62,5
IM Riho Liiva (EST) 20,0
IM Aleksei Holmsten 16,5
Risto Tuominen 12,5
FM Teemu Keskisarja 13,5
5. VammSK, Vammala 61,5
IM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) 17,0
FM Heikki Lehtinen 15,5
Jussi Kauko 12,0
FM Timo Lampen 17,0
Board prizes
1: Riho Liiva (TuTS) 20,0/23
2: Tapani Sammalvuo (Velhot) 19,5
3: Eero Raaste (Garde) 17,5
4: Marko Manninen (Velhot) 18,0
The 26th Asian Junior Chess Championship 2003 took place in Sri Lanka
18th July to 27th July 2003. Games from the final round are missing. There were
problems with the games section with naming all over the place hopefully
they're in reasonable condition now.
Internet site: http://www.asianjuniors03.com
Medals
Boys
Gold - IM P Magesh Chandran - GM Norm
Silver - S Poobesh Anand - IM title
Bronze - Prathmesh S Mokal - IM title
Girls
Gold - Y Prathiba - WIM title + WGM Norm
Silver - J E Kavitha
Bronze - Saheli Nath
Final Placings (Boys)
1-3 P.Magesh Chandran 8.0
1-3 S. Poobesh Anand 8.0
1-3 Mokal Prathmesh S. 8.0
4 Chakkravarthy Deepan 7.5
5-7 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 7.0
5-7 Khamzim Olzhas 7.0
5-7 S. Arun Prasad 7.0
8-10 Kore Akshayraj 6.5
8-10 Gupta Abhijit 6.5
8-10 Sengupta Deep 6.5
Final Placings (Girls)
1 Y. Prathiba 9.0
2 Kavitha J.E. 8.0
3-4 Nath Saheli 7.5
3-4 Rajasurya J 7.5
5 Nadig Kurutika 7.0
6-10 Luong Phong Hanh 6.5
6-10 Rajmohan Mahima 6.5
6-10 Gomas Mary Ann 6.5
6-10 Dronavalli Harika 6.5
6-10 Vinuthna N. 6.5
100 young players from 15 countries are participated in the Second Dubai
Open Junior Chess Championship which took place 23rd-31st July 2003 at the
Dubai Chess and Culture club. The highest rated player of the event was Falko
Bendrich rated 2334 from Germany.
Juniors from India, UAE & Croatia clinched the Under 14, Under 10
and Under 12 Champion title. Winners: Under 10 I- Saeed Ishaq (UAE) 7 Points,
$1000 II-Sh. Kouhestani (IRI) 6.5 Points, 800 III-S. Salehian (IRI) 6
Points,700$ Under 12 I-Eltaj Safarli (AZE) 7 Points,$1300 II,III-Lara Stock
(CRO) 6.5 Points, $900 II,III-Porya Darini (IRI) 6.5 Points, $900 Under 14
I-G.N.Gopal (IND) 7.5 Points,$2000 II-IV-H.Toufighi (IRI) 7 points,$800
II-IV-A.Nidjat (AZE) 7 points,$800 II-IV- F. Bindrich (GER) 7 points,$800
Internet coverage: http://www.arabfide.com/dj2003
More games from the 31st World Open. My thanks to George D. Alexopoulos
for his help.
Internet site: http://www.worldopen.com
Harold C. Schonberg Born Washington Heights November 29th 1915 Died 26th
July 2003 at the age of 87 in Manhatten. A famous music journalist who won the
Pulitzer Prize as Music Critic for The New York Times he also was one of the
reporters at the Fischer - Spassky match in Reykjavic 1972 (and also Kasparov -
Karpov 1984). His chess books included "Grandmasters of Chess" and the very
first chess book I ever saw Fischer - Spassky - The New York Times Reports on
the Match of the Century by Richard Roberts with Harold C. Schonberg, Al
Horowitz and Samuel Reshevsky.
New
York Times Obituary
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for August 1st 2003 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday NAT Rat Var
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2784 130
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2751 137
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2720 156
4 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2702 165
5 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2699 172
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2696 167
7 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2685 149
8 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2677 160
9 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2672 198
10 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2669 133
11 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2667 168
12 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2664 127
13 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2661 152
14 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2660 178
15 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2650 125
16 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2639 140
17 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2639 152
18 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2637 200
19 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2636 132
20 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2636 152
21 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2636 159
22 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2633 136
23 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2631 141
24 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2627 162
25 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2622 134
26 Sasikiran,Krishnan 07.01.1981 IND 2621 163
27 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2620 137
28 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2618 150
29 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2615 132
30 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2615 143
31 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2614 164
32 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2610 163
33 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2610 176
34 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2604 157
35 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2604 178
36 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2603 148
37 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2603 154
38 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2602 158
39 McShane,Luke James 07.01.1984 ENG 2601 173
40 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2599 171
41 Goldin,Alexander 27.02.1965 ISR 2597 165
42 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2594 140
43 Kobalia,Mikhael 03.05.1978 RUS 2594 173
44 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2592 190
45 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2591 151
46 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 SVK 2590 156
47 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2589 184
48 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2587 177
49 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2586 200
50 Fressinet,Laurent 01.11.1981 FRA 2585 173
Slovenian Championships
The Slovenian Championships take place in Bled 3rd-10th August 2003.
Links: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0308/si03ch/
and http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0308/si03chw/
Nordic Women's Championship
Nordic Championship for women 2003 take place in Stockholm, August
2nd-10th 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schack.se/DamNM2003/index_en.html
Znojmo Open
3rd International Chess Tournament OPEN ZNOJMO 2003 will be held
20th-27th September 2003 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic).
Complete information about above events are also published at
http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Young Stars of the World
Young Stars of the World takes place August 2nd-14th 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/tourn/spb/issue15.html
24 Hours Blitz Brussels
Anderlecht Chess Club (Brussels-Belgium) have revived after 5 years the
24 Hours Brussels Blitz . It will be held 30th-31st August 2003. The
competition is for individual players (no teams) and is approved by the Belgian
Chess Federation (Fide Member). Fide rules for Quick Games will be used. Please
find attached a competition flyer.
Further details: http://brusselschessmarathon.ifrance.com
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place August 3rd-11th 2003. 17
countries participate.
Internet coverage: http://www.tsf.org.tr
Jassy - Romania
An 11 round Swiss takes place in Jassy, Romania 1st-10th August 2003. M.
Sadoveanu Chess Festival has prizes of 4000 Euros. Organisers V Manole and V
Ungureanu.
Further details:http://www.artelecom.net/iasitel/
European Izmir Economy University Grandprix
The European Izmir Economy University Grandprix takes place 25th August
- 3rd September 2003 in Izmir - Turkey.
Details:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/dokuzeylul/izmir_grandprix.htm
- entries by August 10th 2003.
Pacs Tournament
Pacs, Hungary will hold an international chess tournament August
2nd-8th 2003.
Further information on the event http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
Lausanne Young Masters
The Lausanne Young Masters returns 17th-22nd September 2003. The event
took place first in 1998 and its ambition was to get together the most talented
chess juniors of the world. Since then, several players confirmed their talent
on the international circuit. For example, Etienne Bacrot, France (winner in
1999 and finalist in 2001) became triple champion of France, the Russian
Alexander Grischuk (winner in 2000) reached the semi-finals of the World
Championship in New Dehli in 2001. More extraordinary, the finalist of the 1999
and 2000 editions, the Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov, won the final of in the
last FIDE World Championship.
Etienne Bacrot, 47th in the ELO Luke McShane, World Junior Champion,
Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbadjan, Sergey Karjakin the youngest Grand Master
of all time, Alexandra Kostenuik and Elisabeth Pähtz play.
Internet: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Zonal 2.5
Men's Zonal 2.5 Paraguay 6th-17th September 2003. Women's Zonal 2.5
takes place in Chile 23rd-29th August 2003.
Coverage: http://ajedrez.hypermart.net
10th Hallstahammar Open
10th Hallstahammar Open 12th -14th september 2003 7 Round Swiss. 1st
prize is 10.000 SEK - ca 1100 euro, total prize fund around 35.000 SEK - ca
4000 euro.
Further details: http://w1.220.telia.com/~u22002729/
10th Nice International Chess Summer Open
The 10th Nice International Chess Summer Open takes place August
4th-9th 2003. The 7 round open has amongst other players Igor Miladinovic g
2609 GRE, Vladimir Georgiev g 2566 MKD, Nikola Mitkov g 2552 MKD and Mark
Paragua m 2500 PHI. News Thierry Foissez.
Internet coverage: http://www.echiquier-nicois.org
Hilton International and Ron Banwell Masters
The Hilton Blackpool International tournament takes place August
4th-9th 2003 at the Hilton Hotel Blackpool. Players: Abhijit Kunte 2499 gm
India Nigel Davies 2483 gm Colin McNab 2412 gm Scotland Danny Gormally 2496 im
John Shaw 2474 im Scotland Richard Palliser 2441 im Adam Hunt 2366 im Stewart
Haslinger 2385 fm Craig Hanley 2375 fm Sam Collins 2390 Ireland. Organiser Bill
O'Rourke.
Also August 4th-9th is the Ron Banwell Masters. Players: 1 Sundararajan
Kidambi IM 2442 2 Crouch, Colin IM 2392 3 Jeff Horner FM 2354 4 Stephen Mannion
IM 2339 5 David Howell FM 2323 6 Gary Kenworthy FM 2269 7 8 Brett Lund 2248 9
Alan Walton 2158 10 Josh Specht 2111.
Website: http://www.hiltoninternational.lancashirechess.info/
3rd Stork Young Masters
The 3rd Stork Young Masters is part of the 29th Open Dutch Youth
Championships take place in the Town Hall of Hengelo 4th-9th August 2003.
Players: 1) IM Tomi Nyback m Fin 2483 1985 2) IM Albert Bokros m Hun
2477 1982 3) IM Lorenz Drabke m Ger 2448 1984 4) FM Tom Middelburg m Ned 2396
1980 5) IM Adam Szeberenyi m Hun 2385 1983 6) FM Bart Michiels m Bel 2376 1986
7) Volker Seifert m Ger 2371 1985 8) Svetlana Vasilkova f Rus 2347 1988 9) Rick
Lahay m Ned 2273 1983 10) Marlies Bensdorp f Ned 2164 1985
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Vilnius International Open
The 1st Vilnius International Chess Championship takes place September
27th - October 4th 2003 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Further details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt
British Charity Simul Record attempt in Manchester
An attempt to break the British Record for simultaneous Chess will be
made on Saturday August 9th 2003, in the Sugden Sports Centre in Manchester.
The Scottish Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson will attempt to break the British
record for the number of Chess games played simultaneously. You can be one of
his opponents. TV, radio and newspaper coverage is expected at the attempt. The
current record stands at 142 and was set in December 1956. All proceeds from
this record attempt will support Kirsty's appeal to secure Francis House
Children's Hospice in Didsbury. 150 chess players are needed to be part of this
historic occasion and at the same time to help the Kirsty Appeal. Everyone who
takes part will be encouraged to find sponsorship from friends and family to
help the appeal. Little Kirsty Howard was born with her heart back to front.
Kirsty is the face of the charity appeal formed in her name. She has become a
major celebrity since she walked onto the pitch at Old Trafford hand in hand
with her hero David Beckham and she stole the hearts of millions when, reunited
with Beckham, she handed the final baton to Her Majesty the Queen at the
opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Kirsty was given six weeks to live
three years ago. She continues to defy medical prognosis and is an inspiration
to everyone she meets. Kirsty's target is to raise £5 million total for
Francis House, of which £2,139,127 has been raised to date. This
record-breaking attempt is being organized by the Mind Sports Olympiad. For
information about the Mind Sports Olympiad visit
http://www.msoworld.com.
This historic event starts at 10am on August 9th. The Sugden Sports
Centre > is at 114 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1. Contact information: If you
would like to play in the simultaneous chess record attempt: Telephone 01204
305563 or e-mail: simul@msoworld.com
Essent 2003
The Essent 2003 tournament starts 10th October 2003. Anatoly Karpov,
Judit Polgar, Ivan Sokolov and Levon Aronian play.
Website: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/index2003.htm
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
Singapore Chess Carnival on the internet
There is a huge chess Carnival taking place in Singapore. Last years'
event (http://www.geocities.com/juniortay/ssiccfinals1.html)
had 2100 participants from schools all over Singapore.
This year the event is international with a 7 round blitz (time limit
5+0) qualifier every Thursday (19.00 h MESZ (GMT +2) on Chessbases' chess
server http://www.playchess.com. The
tournaments take place on the server in the room of the Singapore Chess
Carnival. The first three of each qualifiers qualify for the final on September
6th 2003.
Further details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1066
The first prize will be 1000 ducats (100 Euros), a one-year
Gold-membership at Chesspublishing.com (
http://www.chesspublishing.com ),
plus a one-year membership on the correspondence chess server Chessfriend.com (
http://www.chessfriend.com ). The top
ten finishers will receive prizes, which will be announced at a later date.
Sponsors Chessbase, Chessfriend, Chesspublishing.com and ChessNinja.com (
http://www.chessninja.com ).
Any queries on how to compete in this event contact Junior Tay
juniortay@hotmail.com . The next qualifier is on 24th July 2003 and every
subsequent Thursday till the end of August.
Chess Classic Mainz
Judit Polgar plays Vishwanathan Anand in an 8-game rapid chess match in
Mainz August 14th-17th 2003. Alongside it will be the Ordix open. Mainz will
also be hosting a Chess960 (a form of shuffle chess) match between Peter Leko
and Peter Svidler. To promote this match they are also holding an internet
match Chess Tigers vs. "The Rest of the World" in Chess960 chess starting at
4pm 15th July 2003. Every day one pair of moves will be played. All internet
users are eligible to take part, but players are entitled to cast only one vote
per move. Every day a prize will be raffled among the correct e-mail
contributors. The daily move is made through simple majority.
Internet site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
1st Nuoro International Chess Open
The 1st Nuoro International Chess Open takes place 10th-13th August
2003. PRIZES EURO 5.000
Open Tournament for players with Italian and FIDE Elo ratings.
Further information: Edoardo Buchicchio aleolbia@supereva.it
2nd Bergamo Open
The 2nd Bergamo Open takes place 25th-27th August 2003 in the Palazzo
della Ragione, Sala delle Capriate - Piazza Vecchia
Further info Info - Iscrizioni: Torchitti: 035.240866 - e-mail:
atorch@tin.it Eynard: 035.232275 - e-mail v.eynard@mediacom.it
Riga 2003
"Riga 2003" 9 round Swiss Open takes place 24th-30th August 2003.
Further details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8504
Abu Dhabi Chess Festival
The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival takes place 16th-26th August 2003 with 5
seperate tournaments and $25,000 total prize.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com
Staunton Memorial
To mark the 175th Anniversary of Simpsons in the Stand a tournament
supported by the Staunton Society, the Savoy Hotel and organised by Ray Keene
and Barry Martin will take place August 24th - September 1st, 2003 4
Player-Double Round Robin
Players: Jon Speelman, Danny King, John Emms and David Howell.
French Championships
The 78th French Championships take place in Aix-les-Bains 18th-30th
August 2003.
Players in the mixed event Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot, Laurent
Fressinet, Iossif Dorfman, Christian Bauer, Anatoli Vaisser, Andrei Sokolov,
Igor Nataf, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Robert Fontaine, Jean-Luc Chabanon and Laurent
Guidarelli (2392). Substitutes: Almira Skripchenko, Manuel Apicella, Cyril
Marcelin and Eloi Relange. Igor Nataf seems unlikely to participate.
Players in the women's Marie Sebag, Sylvia Collas, Maria Leconte, Roza
Lallemand, Sophie Milliet, Malina Nicoara, Marina Costagliola, Christine Flear,
Marina Roumegous, Raphaelle Delahaye, Anne Muller, Pauline Guichard.
Substitutes Friederike Armas, Claire Gervais, Mélanie Verot and Sabine
Fruteau.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
European Chess Championships Under 10/12/14/16/18
The European Chess Championship Under 10/12/14/16/18 2003 takes place
in Budva (Montenegro) on the Adriatic coast approximately 540 km south of
Belgrade. 12th-23rd September 2003.
In addition there is the Euro Indivdual Rapid & Blitz Under 20
follows the event September 23rd-26th 2003.
Further details: http://www.eurobudva2003.com
Contact: Jelena Miloradovic Official e-mail:eurobudva2003@yahoo.com
Tournament director: Vladimir Sakotic +381-63-70-40-000 mobile phone
vlasak@cg.yu or vladimirsakotic@yahoo.com
12th Monarch Assurance
The 12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International takes place 27th
Sept - 5th October 2003. £16,750 prize fund. Venue Open - the Ocean
Castle Hotel in Port Erin on the Isle of Man's south-west coast.
Further details:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2003/index.html
Gligoric visits Gothenburg
Zeljko Kartal reports that the chess legend, GM Svetozar Gligoric will
visit Gothenburg, Sweden 19th-20th September 2003 in the City Museum of
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Timetable: Friday 19 September 12.00 - Simultaneous, The City Museum -
Free entry Players: 25
Saturday 20th September 12.00 - 16.00 Tolk, The City Museum - Free
entry Gligoric will to talk about his long chess life, books, friendship with
Robert Fischer ...
Official site (english):
http://www.schackcentralen.com/gligoric/default_eng.asp
7th Bayerische Meisterschaft
7th Bayerische Meisterschaft International Open 2003 takes place in Bad
Wiessee - Tegernsee 8th-16th November 2003 in the Wandelhalle des Jod- und
Schwefelbades.
Further Info: Telefon / Fax: 02323 / 18112 W. Buchholz 44623 Herne
Grenzweg 24 oder ChessPoint@t-online.de
Kurt Geiß Tel: +49-(0)8022 / 86060 Fax +49-(0)8022 / 8606-155
E-Mail: info@hotel-zur-post-bad-wiessee.de
Official site: http://www.chess-international.de
2nd Trophée des Maîtres Villeurbanne
The Villeurbanne Chess club (lies in the suburbs of Lyon, France) is
organising the 2nd edition of The Trophée des Maîtres September
12th-20th 2003. This Category IV (IM norm at 6/9 points) event will have 10
participatings players (10 Master candidates and 2 GMs) The GM will probably be
Vladimir Lazarev (Russia 2506 Elo) and Tony Kosten (France 2545 Elo) 3 prizes
are distributed : 250 euros, 200 euros and 150 euros for the first, second and
third places. The rate of play is 1hour and 40 minutes + 30sec / moves to play
40 moves followed by 40 minutes + 30 sec / moves to finish the game. The
registration fee is 150 euros, accomodation is possible for 24 euros per night,
breakfast included. Players who are interested, can contact Thierry Paris at:
thierry.paris@free.fr or phone +336 86 99 08 80
4 Chess Queens and Kings
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 (composition unsure but initial invitees were GM Alexander
Khalifman RUS 2702, GM Nigel Short ENG 2690, GM Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2684 and GM
Yasser Seirawan 2626 USA). The match will take place 16th-30th September 2003
in four of China's main cities Beijing, Jinan, Chongqing and Xian. The event
was postponed from May due to the SARS virus.
Ashdod Chess Festival, Israel
The Ashdod Chess Festival (Israel) takes place October 12th-17th 2003.
The festival will include the Israeli open championships (9 swiss rounds, prize
fund of approximately 5000 USD), youth tournaments, a simul and many more
events.
Further information in Hebrew: http://www.chess.org.il
7th Corsica Open
The 7th Corsica Open takes place in Bastia 29th October - 2rd November
2003.
Further details: http://www.opencorsica.com
III Salou Tournament
The III Salou Tournament takes place 7th-18th October 2003.
Details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/
Massy Computer Tournament
The final results of the French programmer tournament in Massy can be
found on the Jester webpage (also a lot of pics): Jester (Stéphane N.B.
Nguyen): http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2003/tournoi.php3
More information about Massy 2003 available in French programmers Yahoo
group under: French programmers Yahoo group:
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/eefrance/
Replay Zone (FCP Forum, Replay-Zone):
http://www.amateurschach.de/forum/replay/replay.htm
CC-Calendar under:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
Christophe Theron (ChessTiger, Guadeloupe) took the first place.
Live chat with Anand
On June 17 Vishwanathan Anand took part in an on-line chat on
Chennaionline.
Read transcript:
http://www.chathurangam.com/news/anandchat.asp
Richard Palliser book reviews
All Richard Palliser book reviews have now been archived at:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc1384/
Abe Yanofsky Memorial
The Abe Yanofsky Memorial Tournament is a three-section Open event
scheduled for Winnipeg, Canada, August 29th - September 1st 2003. It honours
the life of Canada's first Grandmaster. There is a guaranteed $10,000
prizefund. Endorsed by the Chess Federation of Canada. Top section is
FIDE-rated. Grandmasters already registered for the event include Fridrik
Olafsson, Arthur Bisguier, Helgi Olafsson, Kevin Spraggett, Yuri Shulman and
Dimitri Tyomkin.
Full details are available at: http://www.chess.ca/yanofsky For more
information, write to cecilrosner@shaw.ca
Los Angeles Open
October 3rd-5th 2003, Los Angeles Open. 5-SS. Los Angeles Airport
Radisson, Los Angeles, CA. $10,000 based on 200 players, $5000 guaranteed. Top
section FIDE-rated. Details: http://www.westernchess.com .
Chessworld.net Chess Olympics
Chessworld.net is organising a free to enter, Olympic style
correspondence chess tournament. It has already attracted nearly 1000
competitors from over 50 countries. You can represent your country in the
upcoming Chessworld.net Olympics by going to
http://www.chessworld.net
19th Faaker-See-Open
The 19th Faaker-See-Open takes place 9th-16th August 2003 in the
Kulturhaus Latschach/Faaker See, Austria. 9 Round Swiss.
Further details: http://www.askoefinkenstein.at
Hungarian chess tournaments July - November 2003
1. 19th-27th of July, Szombathely Summer Open, organizer: FM Korpics,
e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
2. 2nd-14th of August FS Budapest,
3. 20th-28th of August, Talentum Cup, Balatonzamardi Open, 150 km West
from Budapest, organizer: VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu
4. 21st-28th of August, KESHELY Open, 9 rounds Swiss, 200 km West from
Budapest, Org: SZALAI, Istvan, phone: /private/ 00-(36)-83-319-047, Office:
00-(36)-83-505-529. Fax: 00-(361)-2632859 e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
5. 6th-19th of September, FS Budapest,
6. 20th-30th of September, GM-IM-FM closed, Eger /100 km North-East
from Budapest/, organizer: IM Habibi /GER/, e-mail: europechess@web.de
7. 4th-17th of October, FS Budapest,
8. 1st-13th of November FS Budapest,
9. 14th-22nd of November TENKES CUP Open, Harkany, 300 km West from
Budapest, organizer: Mikola, Lajos, e-mail: tenkescup@egon.gyaloglo.hu
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.facv.org/clubs/mislata/htm/open2003.html
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/.
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)
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
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
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/
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/
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
