THE WEEK IN CHESS 461 8th September 2003 by Mark Crowther
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71st New York Masters 4 games
First Saturday September 22 games
Lebanon Championships 149 games
22nd North American Open 104 games
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23rd Bratto Festival 44 games
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2709 games
My thanks to Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr,
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Miklos Orso, Julio Alberto González, Elie
Houlichian, Frank Berry, Manfred Brod, Omar Salama, Harald Grafenhofer, Michael
Grone Andersson, Jan Mazuch, Thomas Henrich, Toni Ayza, Jeroen van de Weijer,
Thomas Hauge Vestergaard, Otto Buchholz, John Fernandez, John Saunders, Cecil
Rosner, Joseph Shea and everyone else who helped with the issue.
We could talk about the aftermath of the Kasparov - Ponomariov match,
Kramnik's letter which appears in this issue, the new website for the
Association of Chess Professionals or the Category 20 tournament in Mumbai
which is possibly in the pipeline but for me this week its all been about the
Russian Championships. Great games everywhere lots of exciting play. Its been
one of the best tournaments in a long time and we're not even half way through!
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Russian Championships for men take place 3rd-12th September 2003 in
Krasnoyarsk. Swiss system, 9 Rounds. 80 players are expected including 57 GMs
15 IMs and only 8 NM. FIDE-ELO from 2732 to 2606 - 22 players: Alexander
Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Alexei Dreev, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Morozevich,
Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Rublevsky etc. Chief Arbiter Vladimir
Dvorkovich.
Further details: http://www.kraschess.ru or
http://www.russiachess.ru
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56th ch-RUS Krasnoyarsk (RUS), 3-12 ix 2003
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1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2679 4.5 2948
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2723 4.0 2820
3. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2564 4.0 2850
4. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2696 4.0 2803
5. Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2575 4.0 2806
6. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 3.5 2789
7. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2541 3.5 2762
8. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2678 3.5 2711
9. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2591 3.5 2651
10. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2573 3.5 2675
11. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2608 3.5 2694
12. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2613 3.5 2664
13. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2555 3.5 2752
14. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2561 3.5 2539
15. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2620 3.0 2624
16. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 3.0 2630
17. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2582 3.0 2628
18. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2589 3.0 2649
19. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 3.0 2622
20. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2558 3.0 2682
21. Evdokimov, Alexander A m RUS 2432 3.0 2536
22. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2655 3.0 2615
23. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2589 3.0 2566
24. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2565 3.0 2648
25. Glek, Igor V g GER 2566 3.0 2590
26. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2653 2.5 2652
27. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2547 2.5 2625
28. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2510 2.5 2590
29. Bachin, Vitaly m RUS 2472 2.5 2605
30. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2542 2.5 2605
31. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2672 2.5 2553
32. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2566 2.5 2634
33. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2613 2.5 2520
34. Obukhov, Alexander m RUS 2487 2.5 2584
35. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2556 2.5 2488
36. Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2629 2.5 2516
37. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2518 2.5 2627
38. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2520 2.5 2615
39. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2635 2.5 2521
40. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2604 2.5 2512
41. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2538 2.5 2612
42. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2556 2.5 2506
43. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2560 2.5 2469
44. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 2.5 2535
45. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2555 2.5 2594
46. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2573 2.5 2587
47. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2630 2.5 2490
48. Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2499 2.5 2537
49. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2566 2.5 2471
50. Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2605 2.5 2482
51. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2553 2.5 2538
52. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2550 2.5 2531
53. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2541 2.5 2528
54. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2526 2.5 2516
70 players
To mark the 175th Anniversary of Simpsons in the Strand a tournament
supported by the Staunton Society, the Savoy Hotel and organised by Ray Keene
and Barry Martin took place August 24th - September 1st, 2003 a 4 Player-Double
Round Robin. Round 1 25th August. Players: Jon Speelman, Danny King, John Emms
and David Howell. Jon Speelman won the event. The final King vs. Emms played
after the end of the official event ended in a draw.
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/stauntonmem2003.html
Simpsons 175th London ENG (ENG), 25-31 viii 2003cat. X (2484)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2589 ** 1= == 11 4.5 2641
2 King, Daniel J g ENG 2503 0= ** 1= 1= 3.5 2534
3 Emms, John M g ENG 2520 == 0= ** 1= 3.0 2471
4 Howell, David WL f ENG 2323 00 0= 0= ** 1.0 2264
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The Category 12 Acropolis GM Tournament took place August 25th -
September 2nd 2003, in Athens. Vasilios Kotronias won the event with an
undefeated 6/9. There was also an open won by Vladimir Dobrov of Russia and a
women's event saw Yelena Dembo, and Margarita Voiska finish on 6.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2003
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Acropolis GM Athens GRE (GRE), 25 viii-2 ix 2003 cat. XII (2526)
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2602 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2642
2. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2525 = * 1 = 0 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2606
3. Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2418 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2618
4. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2499 = = 0 * = = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2572
5. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios m GRE 2493 0 1 = = * = = = 0 1 4.5 2529
6. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2530 0 = = = = * = = = 1 4.5 2525
7. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2530 = = 0 0 = = * 1 1 0 4.0 2482
8. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2599 = 0 0 1 = = 0 * = 1 4.0 2474
9. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2525 0 = = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 3.0 2401
10. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2539 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 3.0 2399
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Acropolis WGM Athens GRE (GRE), 25 viii-2 ix 2003
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1. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2390 +13 +18 =10 +14 = 2 = 7 + 4 = 6 = 3 6.5 2450
2. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2353 +21 + 8 = 3 +11 = 1 +16 = 7 = 4 = 6 6.5 2432
3. Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2322 +15 + 7 = 2 =10 -16 = 9 +11 +19 = 1 6.0 2379
4. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2440 = 6 = 9 +21 =17 +14 +11 - 1 = 2 + 7 6.0 2393
5. Khusnutdinova, Luiza wm RUS 2309 +16 -17 = 6 =25 +23 = 8 +10 = 7 +12 6.0 2287
6. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2211 = 4 =20 = 5 =18 +26 +19 +16 = 1 = 2 6.0 2388
7. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2268 +24 - 3 +23 + 8 +10 = 1 = 2 = 5 - 4 5.5 2348
8. Karlovich, Anastazia wm UKR 2273 +22 - 2 +26 - 7 +20 = 5 =14 + 9 =11 5.5 2292
9. Maksimovic, Suzana wg YUG 2277 -20 = 4 =25 +24 +12 = 3 =15 - 8 +16 5.0 2195
10. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2227 +27 +19 = 1 = 3 - 7 =17 - 5 =14 +22 5.0 2280
11. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2225 +28 =14 +20 - 2 +17 - 4 - 3 +16 = 8 5.0 2279
12. Ikonomopoulou,Maria GRE ---- -17 -16 +13 +28 - 9 +22 +25 +15 - 5 5.0 2184
13. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2172 - 1 -25 -12 +27 -21 +28 +24 +18 +19 5.0 2167
14. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2292 +23 =11 +17 - 1 - 4 =26 = 8 =10 =15 4.5 2239
15. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna GRE 2134 - 3 +24 =19 -16 +18 +20 = 9 -12 =14 4.5 2184
16. Petraki, Maria GRE 2117 - 5 +12 +18 +15 + 3 - 2 - 6 -11 - 9 4.0 2191
17. Partac, Elena wm MDA 2253 +12 + 5 -14 = 4 -11 =10 -19 -22 +27 4.0 2156
18. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2275 +25 - 1 -16 = 6 -15 +23 +21 -13 =20 4.0 2108
19. Sharevich, Anna BLR 2299 +26 -10 =15 =20 +25 - 6 +17 - 3 -13 4.0 2124
20. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2078 + 9 = 6 -11 =19 - 8 -15 +27 =26 =18 4.0 2157
21. Kaza, P GRE 2149 - 2 +22 - 4 -26 +13 =25 -18 +28 =23 4.0 2118
22. Stavropoulou,Aik GRE ---- - 8 -21 +27 -23 +24 -12 +28 +17 -10 4.0 2068
23. Grapsa, Georgia GRE 2104 -14 +28 - 7 +22 - 5 -18 =26 +27 =21 4.0 2112
24. Mourouti,Paraskevi GRE ---- - 7 -15 +28 - 9 -22 +27 -13 +25 +26 4.0 2064
25. Kasioura, Froso wf GRE 2007 -18 +13 = 9 = 5 -19 =21 -12 -24 +28 3.5 2084
26. Karahaliou, Elia GRE 2106 -19 +27 - 8 +21 - 6 =14 =23 =20 -24 3.5 2076
27. Alexiou,Andromahi GRE ---- -10 -26 -22 -13 +28 -24 -20 -23 -17 1.0 1753
28. Alexandrova,Eleni GRE ---- -11 -23 -24 -12 -27 -13 -22 -21 -25 0.0
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Acropolis Open Athens GRE (GRE), 25 viii-2 ix 2003
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1. Dobrov, Vladimir m RUS 2469 7.5 2554
2. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2510 7.0 2606
3. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2557 7.0 2639
4. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2586 7.0 2635
5. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2495 6.5 2490
6. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2498 6.0 2529
7. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2475 6.0 2513
8. Kapnisis, Spyridon GRE 2392 6.0 2478
9. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2496 6.0 2456
10. Kofidis, Andreas m GRE 2434 6.0 2432
11. Stamenkov, Vanco f MKD 2411 6.0 2406
12. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2443 6.0 2422
13. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2358 6.0 2330
14. Efstathiou, Damianos GRE 2175 6.0 2311
15. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2478 5.5 2462
16. Kokolias, Konstantinos GRE 2127 5.5 2319
17. Delithanasis, Dimitrios GRE 2259 5.5 2364
18. Ignatiadis, Konstantinos GRE 2258 5.5 2377
19. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2283 5.5 2299
75 players
Izmir Economy University Grandprix Tournament took place 25th August -
3rd September 2003. Levan Pantsulaia and Zviad Izoria won with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2003/izmirgrandprix/izmir_grandprix.htm
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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European GP Izmir TUR (TUR), 25 viii-3 ix 2003
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1. Pantsulaia, Levan m GEO 2461 7.5 2680
2. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2541 7.5 2642
3. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2644 7.0 2598
4. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2555 7.0 2588
5. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2415 7.0 2485
6. Aroshidze, Levan GEO 2393 7.0 2373
7. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2556 6.5 2451
8. Shengelia, Davit m GEO 2486 6.5 2519
9. Gaprindashvili, Valerian g GEO 2475 6.5 2439
10. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2459 6.5 2431
11. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2520 6.5 2485
12. Demirel, Tolga TUR 2217 6.5 2333
138 players
The LXXVII (77th) Championships of Argentina take place in Tres de
Febrero (in Buenos Aires) 3rd-11th September 2003. My thanks to Julio Alberto
González for the games.
Internet coverage: http://www.inforchess.com and
http://www.ajedrezvirtual.com
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LXXVII ch-ARG Tres de Febrero ARG (ARG), 3-11 ix 2003
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1. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2408 3.5 2589
2. Flores, Diego ARG 2439 3.5 2644
3. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2437 3.5 2598
4. Mahia, Gustavo f ARG 2377 3.5 2623
5. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2431 3.0 2476
6. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2551 3.0 2508
7. Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2422 3.0 2534
8. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2443 3.0 2390
9. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2467 3.0 2465
10. Rubinetti, Jorge m ARG 2438 3.0 2441
11. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2410 3.0 2452
12. Liascovich, Lucas f ARG 2310 3.0 2382
13. Garzon,Enrique ARG ---- 2.5 2420
14. Bronstein, Luis m ARG 2325 2.5 2210
15. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2401 2.5 2361
16. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2426 2.5 2329
17. Altamirano, Benjamin f ARG 2333 2.5 2372
18. Real de Azua, E ARG 2308 2.5 2450
19. Diaz, Nahuel ARG 2375 2.5 2394
20. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2345 2.5 2202
21. Bielicki, Carlos m ARG 2289 2.5 2221
22. Labollita, Martin m ARG 2454 2.5 2215
23. Barrionuevo, Pablo ARG 2223 2.5 2228
24. Varela, Daniel ARG 2164 2.5 2289
63 players
Greg Shahade won the 71st New York Masters on 2nd September 2003 with
3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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71st New York Masters Action USA (USA), 2 ix 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Shahade, Greg m USA 2441 =10 +15 + 3 + 2 3.5 ($400)
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2574 +13 + 9 + 8 - 1 3.0 ($ 83)
3. Privman, Boris f USA 2222 + 5 + 7 - 1 + 8 3.0 ($ 83)
4. Fierro, Martha wg ECU 2313 +17 - 8 +11 + 7 3.0 ($ 83)
5. Pelekhaty, Alex USA ---- - 3 +14 +15 + 9 3.0 ($ 83)
6. Shapiro, Dan f USA 2276 =15 +10 - 7 +14 2.5
7. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2382 +14 - 3 + 6 - 4 2.0
8. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2405 +11 + 4 - 2 - 3 2.0
9. Bonin, Jay m USA 2368 +12 - 2 +13 - 5 2.0
10. Eisen, Lew USA 2238 = 1 - 6 -14 +16 1.5
11. Zakinov, Leonid USA ---- - 8 +16 - 4 =12 1.5
12. Ross, Laura f USA 2120 - 9 -13 +16 =11 1.5
13. Klein, Erez f USA 2291 - 2 +12 - 9 --- 1.0
14. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 - 7 - 5 +10 - 6 1.0
15. Krush, Irina m USA 2449 = 6 - 1 - 5 --- 0.5
16. Mitchell, Jeff USA 2089 --- -11 -12 -10 0.0
17. Logunov, Ilya USA ---- - 4 --- --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $400
2ND - $160
3RD - $ 60
U2400 - $112
The First Saturday September events started on 6th September. There are
GM, IM and FM events. My thannks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0309/index.htm
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-14 ix 2003 cat. VIII (2449)
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1. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2455 * . . . . . . 1 = . . . . 1.5 2626
2. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2474 . * . = . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2575
3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2497 . . * . . . 1 . . . ? . . 1.0
4. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2442 . = . * = . . . . . . . . 1.0 2478
5. Pert, Nicholas m ENG 2483 . . . = * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2455
6. Bui Vinh m VIE 2469 . . . . = * . . . = . . . 1.0 2477
7. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2376 . . 0 . . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0 2484
8. Erdos, Viktor f HUN 2420 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2388
9. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2446 = . . . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2455
10. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2471 . . . . . = 0 . . * . . . 0.5 2229
11. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2435 . . ? . . . . . . . * ? . 0.0
12. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2548 . . . . . . . . . . ? * . 0.0
13. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2322 . 0 . . . . . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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FSIM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-14 ix 2003 cat. II (2300)
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2419 * = . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2598
2. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2361 = * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2496
3. Armbruster, Alexan GER 2253 . . * . . = . = . . . . 1.0 2263
4. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2227 . . . * . . = . = . . . 1.0 2322
5. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2285 . . . . * = = . . . . . 1.0 2301
6. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2277 . . = . = * . . . . . . 1.0 2269
7. Webb, Laurence ENG 2325 . . . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2256
8. Cisneros, Lucas f ESP 2250 . . = . . . . * . . . = 1.0 2249
9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2319 . . . = . . . . * . = . 1.0 2207
10. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2449 0 . . . . . . . . * . 1 1.0 2332
11. Gorgs, Alfred GER 2188 . 0 . . . . . . = . * . 0.5 2147
12. Steiner, Bruno AUT 2245 . . . . . . . = . 0 . * 0.5 2156
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The Lebanese Championships took place in Beruit. Faisal Khairallah won
the event with 8/9. My thanks to Elie Houlichian.
Internet coverage: http://www.eliehoulichian.cjb.net/
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ch-LIB Beruit LIB (LIB), 30 viii-7 ix 2003
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1. Khairallah, Faisal LIB 2239 8.0 51.5 2461 +1.58
2. Abdulaziz, Mahmoud LIB 2168 7.0 47.5 2196 +0.20
3. Najjar, Ahmad f LIB 2367 7.0 52.0 2299 -0.40
4. Kassis, Antoine LIB 2206 6.5 52.0 2305 +0.76
5. Mouradian, Knarik wm LIB 2080 6.5 50.0 2223 +0.95
6. Chahine,Abdallah LIB ---- 6.0 46.5 2194 +0.50
7. El Jawish, Ali LIB ---- 6.0 43.0 2155 0
8. Nader, Elias LIB 2059 6.0 42.0 - +0.00
9. Antonios,Johnny LIB ---- 5.5 51.5 2027 2027
10. Sakr, Nassim LIB 2168 5.5 50.5 2038 -0.64
11. Ghossen,Mohamad LIB ---- 5.5 46.0 2085 2085
12. Fakhani,Mazen LIB ---- 5.5 38.5 1805 0
13. Barakat, Rafic LIB 2057 5.0 46.5 1570 -0.75
14. El Toufeili,Adnan LIB ---- 5.0 42.5 2112 2112
15. Mrad, Charif LIB 2037 5.0 46.0 1491 -0.32
16. Nassar,Marwan LIB ---- 5.0 42.5 1921 0
17. El Ouzeir,Nabil LIB ---- 5.0 43.0 2044 0
18. Rabah,Rabih LIB ---- 5.0 37.0 2039 0
19. Moudallal,Tarek LIB ---- 5.0 39.0 1828 0
20. Maasarani,Mahmoud LIB ---- 4.5 51.0 2134 2134
21. Shehab, Hisham LIB 2136 4.5 45.5 1483 -0.94
22. Najjar, Issam LIB ---- 4.5 35.5 1380 0
23. Kneoo, Khaled LIB 2039 4.5 41.5 - +0.00
24. Akhrass,Roland LIB ---- 4.5 38.5 2056 0
25. Fares,Eid LIB ---- 4.5 37.0 1380 0
26. El Habach,Bilal LIB ---- 4.0 40.5 2109 0
27. El Jouzou,Houssam LIB ---- 4.0 42.5 1360 0
28. Berjaoui,Ahmad LIB ---- 4.0 39.5 1994 1994
29. Manhal,Najib LIB ---- 4.0 37.5 1417 0
30. Aboud,Charbel LIB ---- 4.0 33.0 1382 0
31. Abou Nassif,Ahmad LIB ---- 3.5 39.5 1456 0
32. Ayoub,Maurice LIB ---- 3.5 36.5 1491 0
33. Dagher, Walid LIB 2109 3.0 42.5 1491 -0.42
34. Hammoud,Ali LIB ---- 3.0 38.0 1414 0
35. Shokr,Mohamad LIB ---- 3.0 34.0 - 0
36. Atoui,Ali LIB ---- 2.5 37.0 1383 0
37. Nassar,Elias LIB ---- 2.5 34.5 2039 0
38. Terzian,Kevork LIB ---- 2.0 34.0 1436 0
39. Fadel,Youssef LIB ---- 2.0 33.0 - 0
40. Khalifeh,Khodor LIB ---- 2.0 32.5 - 0
41. Abdo,Moussa LIB ---- 2.0 33.0 - 0
42. Singer,Imad LIB ---- 1.0 39.5 1562 0
43. Boulos,Robert LIB ---- 1.0 34.5 - 0
44. Omar, Haitham LIB 2178 0.0 37.0 - +0.00
45. Ftouni, Maan LIB 2090 0.0 36.0 - +0.00
46. Abdallah,Jamal LIB ---- 0.0 34.0 1491 0
47. Atoui,Mohamad LIB ---- 0.0 27.0 - 0
48. Abdo,Oussama LIB ---- 0.0 32.0 - 0
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Frank Berry reports: Oklahoma Chess FOUNDATION held the 22nd North
American Open - Oklahoma again in the geographical center of North America -
Stillwater, Oklahoma August 29 - September 1, 2003. This was a 4-day 10-SS with
time limit of 35/80, G/60. IM John Donaldson of Berkeley, CA and Mike Langer of
Austin, TX tied with 8 points. 3-5 was shared by IM Mike Brooks of Kansas City,
WGM Anna Zatonskih of Ohio and WGM Rusa Goletiani of NYC each with 7.5. My
thanks to Frank K. Berry, USCF Associated National Tournament Director. 88
players attended from 12 US states.
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22nd NAO Oklahoma USA (USA), 29 viii - 1 ix 2003
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1. Donaldson, John W m USA 2535 8.0
2. Langer, Mikhail USA 2274 8.0
3. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2423 7.5
4. Goletiani, Rusadan wg USA 2314 7.5
5. Brooks, Michael A m USA 2511 7.5
6. Mueller, Jason ---- 7.0
7. Chambers, Rory ---- 7.0
8. Kamberi, Sonny USA 2300 6.5
9. Anderson, Renard USA 2262 6.5
10. Amburn, Tom USA 2200 6.5
11. Braunlich, Tom USA 2260 6.5
12. Patton, Tom ---- 6.5
13. Gossell, Tom USA 2050 6.5
14. Holliman, Bob ---- 6.5
88 players
The 1st Misr Closed 2003 takes place 1st-10th September 2003 at Europe
Hotel about 2km from the Pyramids Cairo. 11 Rounds 12 Players (6 invited GMs 6
EGY players with average Rating about 2423) New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min for
all game and 30 Sec. added for every move).
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1st Misr Closed Cairo EGY (EGY), 1-10 ix 2003 cat. IX (2469)
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1. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2560 * = . . . 1 = = = = 1 = 5.0 2552
2. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2498 = * . 1 . 0 = . = 1 = 1 5.0 2545
3. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2560 . . * 0 0 = 1 . 1 = 1 1 5.0 2529
4. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2424 . 0 1 * = 1 = = = = . . 4.5 2522
5. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2429 . . 1 = * 0 0 = 1 = . 1 4.5 2510
6. Amin, Bassem f EGY 2342 0 1 = 0 1 * = = . . = . 4.0 2483
7. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2455 = = 0 = 1 = * = . = . . 4.0 2481
8. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2539 = . . = = = = * = . 0 1 4.0 2442
9. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2514 = = 0 = 0 . . = * . 1 1 4.0 2477
10. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2498 = 0 = = = . = . . * = = 3.5 2424
11. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2403 0 = 0 . . = . 1 0 = * 1 3.5 2447
12. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2410 = 0 0 . 0 . . 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2178
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The Independence Cup took place in Kyiv 13th-23rd August 2003. Timofey
Galinsky won the event with 9/11.
Details: http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/t002e.html
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Independence Cup Kyiv UKR (UKR), 13-23 viii 2003
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1. Galinsky, Timofey 2396 UKR 9.0 76.5 60.25 53.5 2653
2. Vysochin, Spartak 2560 UKR 8.5 76.0 57.25 55.5 2622
3. Kruppa, Yuri 2520 UKR 8.0 76.5 53.75 49.5 2539
4. Kislinsky, Alexey 2401 UKR 7.5 74.0 46.75 49.0 2521
Drozdovskij, Yuri 2458 UKR 7.5 73.0 48.75 43.0 2508
Sergeev, Vladimir 2451 UKR 7.5 65.0 44.75 42.5 2447
Iljin, Timofey 2175 UKR 7.5 63.5 40.00 41.0 2495
8. Nosenko, Alexander 2478 UKR 7.0 75.0 44.00 48.0 2485
Marusenko, Petr 2327 UKR 7.0 67.5 41.00 44.0 2429
Kosikov, Alexey I 2428 UKR 7.0 69.0 40.75 44.0 2453
Shchukin, Dmitry 2409 RUS 7.0 70.0 42.00 43.0 2375
Ostrovskiy, Andrey 2077 UKR 7.0 71.0 40.50 41.0 2502
Solomaha, Andrey 2376 UKR 7.0 57.5 36.25 38.0 2328
14. Sikula, Vaszilij 2419 UKR 6.5 73.0 37.50 46.0 2459
Shkuran, Daniil 2404 UKR 6.5 72.0 37.25 45.5 2408
Zubov, Alexander 2507 UKR 6.5 73.0 39.75 44.5 2494
Kernazhitsky, Leonid 2402 UKR 6.5 66.5 37.00 39.5 2352
Moliboga, V. 2295 RUS 6.5 64.5 34.00 38.0 2377
19. Demkovich, Anatoliy 2422 UKR 6.0 68.5 34.50 41.0 2334
Ianov, Viktor 2425 UKR 6.0 68.0 30.50 40.0 2307
Pavlov,Sergey 2300 RUS 6.0 67.0 33.25 39.0 2349
Panchenko, Alexandar G 2402 UKR 6.0 64.5 32.75 39.0 2299
Stopkin, Vladimir 2245 RUS 6.0 67.5 33.25 38.5 2399
Taborov, Boris 2446 UKR 6.0 64.5 34.00 37.5 2289
Zarubin, Pavel 2442 RUS 6.0 61.0 32.25 36.0 2259
Evchin, Maxim 2265 UKR 6.0 61.5 31.25 35.5 2238
Ermolaev, Andrey 2372 UKR 6.0 59.5 28.75 34.5 2206
Tkachenko, Dmitri 2220 UKR 6.0 61.0 29.75 34.5 2294
Katsman, Mikhail 0000 UKR 6.0 58.5 29.50 33.5 2301
Vozovic, Oksana 2363 UKR 6.0 58.0 31.00 33.0 2184
Shianovsky, Vladislav I 2281 UKR 6.0 54.5 30.00 30.5 2225
Dziadyk, Pavel 2261 UKR 6.0 53.5 27.00 30.5 2282
33. Vovk, Orest 2293 UKR 5.5 64.0 29.25 37.5 2301
Boroday, Sergey 2395 UKR 5.5 69.0 29.00 36.5 2270
Papenin, Nikolai 2415 UKR 5.5 58.5 26.75 34.0 2200
Julin, Alexei 2224 UKR 5.5 60.0 27.50 32.5 2290
Miljutin, Oleg 2195 UKR 5.5 51.0 20.75 32.0 2218
Karanda, Konstantin 2181 UKR 5.5 56.5 22.00 26.5 2273
Serik, Maxim 2173 UKR 5.5 54.0 22.25 25.5 2201
40. Dzupin, Dmitry 2301 UKR 5.0 55.5 21.75 30.5 2219
Levin, Evgeny A. 2158 RUS 5.0 61.5 25.75 29.5 2282
Onischuk, Vladimir 2174 UKR 5.0 61.0 25.75 29.0 2246
Lineykin, Denis 2136 UKR 5.0 57.0 19.75 28.5 2184
Matorin, Evgeny 2326 RUS 5.0 55.0 22.25 28.5 2148
Aridov, Vladimir 0000 UKR 5.0 55.5 22.50 28.0 2200
Babionyshev, Vladimir 2208 UKR 5.0 54.0 21.25 27.5 2117
Ianovsky, Alexander 2246 UKR 5.0 55.0 20.50 27.5 2261
Kalinkin, Boris 2229 UKR 5.0 56.5 24.50 27.0 2242
Brozhik, Vasilij 0000 UKR 5.0 54.5 19.50 26.5 2140
Iaresko, Aleksander 2106 UKR 5.0 46.0 18.50 22.0 2158
51. Semenova, Lidia K 2248 UKR 4.5 59.0 18.50 34.5 2173
Fedosenko, Pavel 2242 UKR 4.5 66.5 23.75 31.5 2198
Guenkine, Evgeniy 0000 UKR 4.5 61.5 23.50 31.0 2183
Bunda, Viktor 1936 UKR 4.5 53.0 14.75 24.0 1960
Bely, Andrey 0000 UKR 4.5 54.0 19.00 23.0 2154
Ovsiannikov, Maxim 2130 RUS 4.5 54.0 16.75 21.0 2048
Demkovich, Svetlana 0000 UKR 4.5 43.5 13.00 19.0 1930
58. Sluzhbina, Anastasiya 1925 UKR 4.0 58.5 20.75 28.5 2171
Dolzhikova, Kateryna 2110 UKR 4.0 58.5 23.00 27.0 2245
Kiselev, Vladimir 2162 UKR 4.0 55.5 18.25 23.5 2119
Gorlovetsky, Stanislav 2189 UKR 4.0 47.5 11.50 21.0 2055
62. Tchoubar, Vladimir 2373 UKR 3.5 62.5 21.00 30.0 2138
Dykun, Oleksandr 2232 UKR 3.5 50.5 12.50 23.5 1971
Alaev, Pavel 0000 UKR 3.5 50.5 11.50 22.5 2091
Leshchenko, Vasilij 2204 UKR 3.5 46.5 11.50 19.5 1928
66. Lukyanov, Mikhail 0000 UKR 2.5 42.5 8.50 12.5 1835
67. Shtilets, Dmitriy 0000 UKR 1.5 49.5 3.75 10.5 1760
68. Ostrovskiy, Dmitriy 0000 UKR 1.0 45.0 3.25 4.0 1765
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The 2nd Sharjah Chess Festival took place 27th August to 4th September
2003. Amir Bagheri won the closed event with 8/11 half a point clear of AR
Saleh Jasim in the IM event. GM Kotsur Pavel (Kazakhstan) emerged as the sole
winner with 7.5 points at the end of the ninth and penultimate round of Sharjah
Open. I will round up results and games next week.
Internet coverage: http://www.sharjahchess.com
The WGM tournament in Punat (Croatia) was a Women's Category 9 (Men's
Category 1), round-robin with 11 players 27th August - 3rd September 2003. Eva
Repkova and Nikoletta Lakos finished on 7.5/11.
Internet coverage: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/krk.htm
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1. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2359 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2446
2. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2372 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2444
3. Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2316 1 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2406
4. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2429 = = = * 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 6.5 2356
5. Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2263 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2372
6. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2289 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2224
7. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2271 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 = = 4.0 2189
8. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2243 0 0 0 1 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2192
9. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2237 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2155
10. Pahor, Andrea CRO 2076 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 * = 2.5 2088
11. Franciskovic, Borka CRO 2034 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1.5 1989
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The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Conca della Presolana" took
place in Bratto (Italy) 21st-29th August 2003. Gyula Sax and Andrei Maksimenko
finished on 7/9. Games from rounds 5-8 now available, round 9 still missing.
News Davide Cortese.
Internet coverage with photos, games, live games:
http://www.scaccobratto.com
The V International Open Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta took place 30th
August - 7 September 2003 in the Cotxeres de Sants C/ Sants 79 Barcelona Spain.
Tiger Hillarp Persson scored 9/10 to win by half a point from Viktor Moskalenko
and Ralf Akesson.
Website: http://www.secretariat.org/open (in
catalan spanish and english version)
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1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2498 9.0 58.5 52.5
2. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2520 8.5 54.0 49.5
3. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2431 8.5 57.5 49.5
4. Gommers, Ralf NED 2347 8.0 47.5 42.0
5. Fluvia, Jordi ESP 2321 8.0 54.0 48.0
6. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2425 8.0 51.5 47.5
7. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2546 8.0 52.0 46.0
8. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2518 8.0 51.5 43.0
9. Panelo, Marcelo ARG 2335 8.0 54.0 47.0
10. Hernando Rodrigo, Julio A ESP 2283 8.0 49.0 43.5
11. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2505 7.5 56.5 47.5
12. Peek, Marcel f NED 2405 7.5 48.0 43.0
13. Blokhuis, Jeroen f NED 2360 7.5 50.0 45.5
14. Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2399 7.5 51.0 43.5
15. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan m ESP 2461 7.5 53.0 45.5
16. Iglesias, Jorge ARG 2368 7.5 47.5 39.5
17. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2475 7.5 54.5 45.0
18. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio f ESP 2398 7.5 54.0 45.5
19. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel m PER 2438 7.5 47.5 40.5
20. Pisa Ferrer, Jose m ESP 2326 7.5 47.0 42.0
21. Ayza Ballester, Jordi f ESP 2269 7.5 53.0 44.5
22. Llaneza Vega, Marcos ESP 2247 7.5 51.5 43.5
23. Barrientos, Sergio f COL 2245 7.5 49.5 41.5
24. Escuder, Jordi ESP 2228 7.5 48.5 42.5
25. Kniest, Oliver f GER 2293 7.5 48.0 41.5
26. Ferron Garcia, Carlos f ESP 2289 7.5 47.0 42.5
486 players
The 20th WDR TV game, one hour on the clock for both players, with live
commentary by Vlastimil Hort and a FRITZ operator took place on 17th August
2003. In the game Timman was a little better at first, didn't take a draw, fell
into a trap and lost. My thanks to Jeroen van de Weijer.
Timman, Jan H - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 36 E15 Queens Indian
WDR Match g/60 Koeln GER (GER), 17-17 viii 2003
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Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2574 1 1.0
Timman, Jan H g NED 2575 0 0.0
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As reported in TWIC 459 The Vienna Open took place 16th-24th August
2003. There was an 8 way tie on 7/9 with Emir Dizdarevic and Stefan Kindermann
both having identical tie-break scores. Now over 900 games are available rather
than the original file of 309. My thanks to Manfred Brod for the games.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess-vienna.at/open.htm
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Open Vienna AUT (AUT), 16-24 viii 2003
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1. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2486 7.0 51.5
2. Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2538 7.0 51.5
3. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2471 7.0 50.5
4. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2560 7.0 50.0
5. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2569 7.0 49.0
6. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2614 7.0 49.0
7. Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2404 7.0 48.5
8. Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2444 7.0 48.5
9. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2611 6.5 52.5
10. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2303 6.5 50.5
11. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2450 6.5 49.5
12. Danner, Georg m AUT 2359 6.5 49.5
13. Lau, Ralf g GER 2505 6.5 49.0
14. Willemze, Jeroen NED 2327 6.5 47.5
15. Richter, Michael m GER 2428 6.5 47.0
16. Petrosian, Suren m ARM 2429 6.5 45.0
17. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2417 6.5 44.5
18. Lamby, Philipp GER 2167 6.5 42.0
19. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2560 6.0 54.0
20. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2628 6.0 53.5
21. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2558 6.0 52.5
22. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2455 6.0 51.5
23. Van Delft, Merijn NED 2322 6.0 51.0
24. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2530 6.0 51.0
25. Petran, Peter m SVK 2391 6.0 51.0
26. Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2354 6.0 49.5
27. Buljubasic, Sabahudin f BIH 2302 6.0 48.5
28. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2492 6.0 48.0
29. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2417 6.0 47.5
30. Duesterwald, Marc GER 2188 6.0 47.5
31. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2423 6.0 47.0
32. Arnold, Lothar m GER 2369 6.0 46.5
33. Klimm, Wolf-Dietrich GER 2255 6.0 46.0
34. Stajcic, Nikola m AUT 2302 6.0 45.0
35. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 1926 6.0 43.5
36. Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2336 6.0 43.5
37. Bensch, Patrick GER 2302 6.0 40.0
38. Khmelevsky, Serguei CZE 2263 5.5 52.5
39. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2468 5.5 51.0
40. Riedner, Martin AUT 2169 5.5 48.5
220 players
The Indian Press on Tuesday night reported a press conference (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/07022012.htm)
and
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=161961
announcing a Category 20 tournament in Mumbai in December 2003. They named the
top 20 players in the World as players. It soon became clear they had contacted
few if any of the players. In a ChessBase article
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1171
they give the background. The organisers
http://www.venuschessacademy.com/
say that they hope the event will be in December, at the same time as the FIDE
Championships. December might be the best time due to the weather for a
tournament in India but its hardly the best time in the chess calendar with
Wijk aan Zee and Linares to follow, in fact almost any other time in the year
would be better. Its good to hear of a new tournament but the organisers
haven't made a good impression as to their competence (you really don't
announce a tournament without players) and perhaps they'd be better with a
Category 16 tournament to start with to iron out any problems as they're really
much easier to do badly than well even with money (Wijk aan Zee and Linares
took years to get as good as they are). The date December 2003 is really too
close in time to now to organise such a major event and get the best field.
However if they have the money and take their time then they'll get a good
field.
The Association of Chess Professionals now has a chess site. Glek
interview and a Kramnik note there already.
Link to site: http://www.chess-players.org
Moscow, September 8, 2003
World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik official announcement
Keeping in mind the current situation in the chess world I consider it
important to state my position.
At the present time I am engaged with the preparation for the Classical
World Chess Championship match with the official challenger Peter Leko. We came
to an agreement concerning all conditions and regulations for our match. Now we
are at the final stage of negotiations with the potential sponsor. An official
announcement will follow after signing the agreements.
Based on my rights from the contract with Einstein Group PLC I sent a
termination document to the company in the beginning of August 2003. The reason
for this was the company’s failure to fulfill the main contract obligation
– organization of the Classical World Chess Championship match by June 30,
2003. At the moment I do not have any contractual relations either with the
Einstein Group or with FIDE. I also did not authorize these organizations to
hold negotiations on my behalf. All the announcements concerning my match with
Peter Leko in Buenos Aires are far from reality.
I regret that the match between Ruslan Ponomariov (FIDE World Champion)
and Gary Kasparov (FIDE challenger), will not take place. All this leads to a
halt of the chess world reunion that was initiated by the Prague unity
agreement.
I ask all the people who are in charge of the situation to find a
reasonable solution and to put maximum effort in order to resolve the crisis.
Let the players play!
Vladimir Kramnik
1st Samba Cup
The Skanderborg Chess Club is organising a new GM tournament in Denmark.
The field for 1st Samba Cup is now complete, and it will be Denmark's first
cat. 16 tournament ever. Amongst players are many of this year's tournament
winners. The final line-up is Vassily Ivanchuk UKR, Nigel Short ENG, Victor
Bologan MDA, Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB, Julio Granda Zuniga PER, Peter Heine
Nielsen DEN, Curt Hansen DEN, Evgeny Alekseev RUS, Darmen Sadvakasov KAZ and
Davor Palo DEN. ELO average is 2634.
Dates of play: October 10th-20th 2003. Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in
Skanderborg, Denmark.
Internet coverage: http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003
FIDE Zonal 2.4
FIDE Zonal 2.4 takes place in Sao Paulo Chess Club September 19th-26th,
2003. 10 players including 5 GMs Cat. IX (2451) Granda (PER), Milos (BRA),
Mecking (BRA), Leitão (BRA), Lima (BRA), Zambrana (BOL), Disconzi da
Silva (BRA), Teixeira (BRA), Ramos (PER) and Sierra (PER) - 2 qualifying
places. The women's zonal also takes place with one qualifying place.
Internet coverage: http://www.cxsp.com.br/ZonalFide2003.htm
and http://www.cxsp.com.br
7th Itau Cup
The 7th Itau Cup starts September 27th 2003.
Further details: http://www.cxsp.com.br
Argentinian Championships
The Argentinian Championships take place 3rd-11th September 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.inforchess.com
Chinese National Team Championship
The Chinese National Team Championship take place in Tianjin, China -
August 31st - September 11th 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.chende.net
Nordic Championships
The Nordic Championships take place September 6th-17th Aarhus,
Denmark.
Internet coverage: http://www.skak-nm.dk/info.htm
Linz Tournament
Linz tournament takes place 12th-20th September 2003. Players: IM Stanec
Nikolaus Elo 2560 GM Zoltan Varga Elo 2534 GM Ralf Lau Elo 2505 GM Wolfgang
Uhlmann Elo 2451 FM Michael Roos Elo 2412 IM Lehner Oliver Elo 2391 FM Hermann
Knoll Elo 2361 FM Georg Kilgus Elo 2348 FM Heinz Baumgartner Elo 2347 WGM Eva
Moser Elo 2328
Coverage maybe at: http://www.chess.at/ or
http://www.schach.at/
14th Official NATO Chess Championships
The 14th Official NATO Chess Championships will be held in Hoevelte,
north of Copenhagen from 08 to 12 September 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.natochess.org
12th International Raiffeisen Donau Open
12th International Raiffeisen DONAU OPEN 2003 26. 12. - 31. 12. 2003
Place: Aschacher Veranstaltungszentrum Bahnhofstrasse 6 A- 4082 Aschach an der
Donau AUSTRIA Turnaments A - FIDE Open open to all B - Turnier Elo under 2000 C
- Turnier Elo under 1600 7 rounds - Swiss system - FIDE rated time: 40 moves/2
hours, then 1 hour for the rest Information Günter Mitterhuemer Seebach
19, A-4070 Eferding Tel.: 0 72 72 / 43 98 , Fax 0 72 73 / 63 36 15 E-mail:
guenter.mitterhuemer@schach.at
J.F. Kjolbro 2003
2nd Klaksvik International The 2nd Klaksvik International will take
place from 7th -11th October 2003. It will be a 10 players Round Robin
Tournament. The players are IM Kim Pilgaard DEN, IM Klaus Berg DEN, IM Johan
Eriksson SWE, GM Colin McNab SCO, FM Flovin Tor Naes FAI, IM Saevar Bjarnason
ISL, FM Heini Olsen FAI, Olavur Simonsen FAI, Martin Poulsen FAI and Eydun
Nolsoe FAI. Average of the players' rating about 2325. The time control is
90'+30"/every move. Four prizes DKK 6000, DKK 2500, DKK 1200 and DKK 800.
Special prize DKK 2000 to every player from The Faroe Islands who obtains an
IM-norm.
Live broadcast from the tournament at
http://www.faroechess.com where you
also find further details.
13th World Championship for Seniors 2003
13th World Championship for Seniors 2003 takes place in Bad Zwischenahn
(Germany) November 16th-29th 2003.
11 rounds Swiss system, 2h /40 moves , than 1h rest prizefund: 12.000
Euro entry-fee 120 Euro The winner get the fide-title of grandmaster.
Information and applications: Jürgen Wempe Herbartstr. 7 26160 Bad
Zwischenahn wempe@t-online.de
Futher details: http://www.seniorenschach.de
Alexandra Kosteniuk Exhibition
On September 6th 2003 Women's World Championship finalist Alexandra
Kosteniuk will play a simultaneous exhibition at the Theatre De Balie in
Amsterdam. Her six opponents will not be in the hall, but making a journey to
it, starting from famous locations in the Netherlands. During the trip they
will play against the simul master via mobile phone.
Internet coverage: http://www.schakers.info
Kasparov vs. Fritz X3D match
Official announcement of the dates and details of when Kasparov will
take on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York 11th-18th November 2003.
(Link)
Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in January. The site
http://www.x3dworld.com will again be
promoting the event. Kasparov has played high profile matches against Karpov
and Junior for the company before.
ESPN will have 17.5 hours of coverage of the match.
Kasparov Chess Academy Schools Tournament
The Kasparov Chess Academy is organising the 3rd Open Russian School
Chess Team Championship.The next tournament is planned to begin in the period
October - November 2003 with the finals in January of 2004.
All teams broken into Elementary (up to 12), Junior High, (Up to 18)
categories. Entitled to participation are chess players who shall not have
reached the age of 12 and 18 by January 1st of 2004 - 4 Member Teams / 4
Alternatives, 1 coach - Game / 20 min.+12sec/move Time Control.
Entry is free - Total prize fund about 100.000 roubles.
The Academy provides all the teams (4 chess players and 1 coach),
qualified for the finals, with full board and lodging as well as 3000 roubles
to refund traveling expenses.
Further details Contact Yuri Zelenkov E-mail yaz@totalchess.ru,
Telephone 007- 095 245-3510.
VII Paks Cup
VII. Paks Cup Hungary, 19-29 Nov 2003 GM Tournament (11 rounds) &IM,
FM Tournaments (9-11 rounds, 19-27 Nov 2003) Inscription and Information:
Vid‚ki S ndor Paks, Fenyves Str. 13/7. H-7030Tel.: 0036-75-421225
Mobile: 0036-30-4012866 E-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu
Australian Championships Playoff
The play-off for the Australian Championships Title between GM Darryl
Johansen and Nick Speck will be held at the Gardiner Chess Centre, Gold Coast,
Queensland from Tuesday to Friday 23-26 September. Games will commence at 6pm
Australian Eastern Standard Time (9am London, 4am New York, 1am Los Angeles) on
the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and if the result is still live on the
Friday, the game will start at 4.30pm AEST, leaving time for a two game rapid
play-off later in the evening if still tied.
Games will be relayed live to the internet from the Gardiner Chess
webpage: http://www.gardinerchess.com.
22nd North American Open
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 22nd North American
Open (Oklahoma) USCF GPP: 40 10SS, 25/80, SD/60. Holiday Inn,
2515 W. Sixth Ave (HWY-51) Stillwater, OK 74074 USA. EF: $60, $30Jrs U19. EF
refunded to rating +2300 men, +1700 women who finish tnmt. $$Gtd:
$800-$600-$400-$200. Eleven class plaques and $ per entries. Reg: Noon-1:30pm
Fri, Rds: 2-7, 9-2-7, 9-2-7, 9-2. 2 byes rds 1-8. Free Parking. HR: $60(1-4)
405-372-0800. Ent: Jim Berry P O Box 351, Stillwater, OK 74076. 405-624-2281.
WGMs Goletiani and Zatonskih will play. Email: jaberrycg@aol.com
II Benidorm Chess Festival
The II Benidorm Chess Festival takes place 21st-29th November 2003.
Includes an event 27th-29th November with Viswanathan Anand IND 2774 g
Veselin Topalov BUL 2735 g Judith Polgar HUN 2718 g Francisco Vallejo ESP 2699
g Anatoli Karpov RUS 2688 g Teimour Radjabov AZE 2648 g Sergey Karjakin UKR
2527 g etc
Further Information: http://www.ajedrezbali.com
56th Russian Championship
The Russian Championships for men take place 3rd-12th September 2003 in
Krasnojarsk. Swiss system, 9 Rounds. 80 players are expected including 57 GMs
15 IMs and only 8 NM. FIDE-ELO from 2732 to 2606 - 22 players: Alexander
Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Alexei Dreev, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Morozevich,
Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Rublevsky etc. Chief Arbiter Vladimir Dvorkovich.
Further details: http://www.kraschess.ru or
http://www.russiachess.ru
Jamaican Championships
The Jamaican Championships take place August 2nd - September 7th
2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/chessjamaica/
and http://www.thechessdrum.net
Atlantic Open
The Atlantic Open takes place August 22nd-24th in Washington, DC. (http://www.chesstour.com/index.html)
Winterthur Chess Week
The 3rd Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 3rd-11th 2003. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize
money of CHF 10750 (EUR 6900, USD 7600). The final two rounds of the Swiss Team
Championship will also be played at the same location October 4th and 5th.
Other events include a Youth Open (7 rounds October 6th-10th) and two Blitz
tournaments.
Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/
1st Vilnius International
Lithuanian Chess Federation organises the first Vilnius International
Chess Championship September 27th - October 4th 2003 in Vilnius.
Further details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt
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
GM Chess at Somerset House
Your Chance to Play a Grandmaster! Every Saturday throughout September,
October and November a Grandmaster will be playing blitz against visitors to
the Somerset House Art of Chess Exhibition (extended to November 30th).
Participating Grandmasters include John Nunn, Danny King, John Emms, Jonathan
Levitt and Chris Ward. The event is free, so come along to the Seamens Hall at
Somerset House (a fabulous venue by the river Thames near Aldwych and the
Strand) any Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5 PM for this fun opportunity to
pit your wits against a leading player.
Further information: Email: education@somerset-house.org.uk Tel: 020
7420 9406
Further details: http://www.somerset-house.org.uk
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship Results
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). Results now available.
Results: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0304/bcsc.html
British Team results
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/wcsc/results.html
from the World Chess Solving Championship in Moscow. Detailed results:
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/wcsc03.htm
Indian National B
Indian National "B" tournament is in progress currently at Nagpur. The
tournament is a qualifier for the Indian Premier "A" Championship. 12 players
will qualify. The event has attracted GM Koneru Humpy and 20 IM/IWMs.
Official site: http://in.geocities.com/nagpurchess/
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
Gausdal Tournaments
The Gausdal Classics II 2003 take place 21st-29th October 2003. There
will be 1 GM-group, 1-2 IM groups and 1-2 ELO-groups. Each group will include
12 players playing 11 rounds, giving "triple chances" for title norms as such
norms can be based upon round 1-9, 1-10 or 1-11.
Further details http://eirikgu.home.online.no/gausdal2003-2/
Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 take place 26th January - 3rd February 2004.
10 round Swiss in 9 days. 60-70 players are expected including 12-15 GMs or IMs
and only 6-8 without a FIDE-ELO.
Further details: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2004/
Organiser and contact for events: IA & IO Hans Olav Lahlum (NOR) -
hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
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 Prize fund: USD15,500 First Prize: USD4000 ), youth tournaments, a simul
and many more events.
Further information in Hebrew: http://www.chess.org.il and now English:
http://www.chess.org.il/ashdod_eng.htm
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. I don't have results and games.
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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.
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.
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
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/
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
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/
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
