The Week in Chess 465

THE WEEK IN CHESS 465 6th October 2003 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Nigel Short, John Fernandez, Vladica Andrejic, Thomas Henrich, Korpics Zsolt, Karel Novak, Hadi Karimi, Muntean Ciprian, Yin Hao, John Littlewood, David Llada, Jeroen van den Berg, Geurt Gijssen and everyone else who helped with the issue.

We've been spoiled in the few weeks firstly with the Russian Championships and now with the European Club Cup. The undoubted star of the event was Kasparov who started with 4/4 in tremendous style. Kasparov seems only to lose bad games and in round 6 he blundered away his position in a puzzling manner in only 22 moves. However it should be remembered that even with this mistake his result in the event increased his already high rating, moving further away from potential challengers in the rating list. Next week we will see the Essent tournament in the Netherlands and the European Team Championships in Plovdiv start.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) European Club Cup

The European Club Cup for Men & Women took place in the CRETA STAR HOTEL 27th September-5th October 2003.

Official site: http://www.venizelia.gr/ecc2003/

Top seeds NAO Chess Club eventually emerged as the winners (Grischuk, Svidler, Adams, Lautier, Vallejo, Bacrot and Fressinet) ahead of 7th seeds Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa (Ivanchuk, Gelfand etc) and Kiseljak (Azmaiparashvili, Almasi etc). In 5th was Ladya-Kazan-1000 whose fortunes were tied to Kasparov who started in tremendous form with 4/4 before losing to a banal tactic in only 22 moves in round 6. 2nd seeds Bosna Sarajevo (Bareev, Shirov and Sokolov) finished a disappointing 16th with only Shirov gaining rating points. Kasparov gained rating points and was the top Elo performer with 2839 a point clear of Vasily Yemelin who scored 5/5 for a 2838 performance, Akopian, Svidler, Ivanchuk, Macieja, Lautier and Morozevich all performed above 2800. Internet CG Podgorica won the women's event.

The games Volkov-Morozevich rd5 and Morozevich-Berndt (2) don't look right and I am looking for the correct gamescores.

Final Rankings

Rk Team                              NAT  + = - MP Pts. BH. 
 1 NAO Chess Club                    FRA  6 1 0 13 30  180½ 
 2 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa         POL  6 0 1 12 29  169 
 3 Kiseljak                          BIH  6 0 1 12 29  152 
 4 Norilsk Nikel                     RUS  5 1 1 11 26½ 173 
 5 Ladya-Kazan-1000                  RUS  4 2 1 10 28½ 162½ 
 6 St. Petersburg Lentransgaz        RUS  5 0 2 10 27½ 164 
 7 Beer-Sheva Chess Club             ISR  4 2 1 10 25½ 175½ 
 8 Tbilisi                           GEO  5 0 2 10 22  182 
 9 Chess Club Alkaloid Skopje        MKD  4 1 2  9 30½ 135 
10 Zalaegerszeg-Hydrocomp            HUN  4 1 2  9 27  137 
11 Tomsk-400-Yukos                   RUS  3 3 1  9 25  166½ 
12 Werder Bremen                     GER  4 1 2  9 25  162½ 
13 GKSz Polfa Grodzisk Mazowiecki    POL  4 1 2  9 24½ 146½ 
14 VCH Vitebsk                       BLR  4 0 3  8 26½ 108 
15 Corpora Martin                    SVK  4 0 3  8 25½ 145½ 
16 Bosna Sarajevo                    BIH  4 0 3  8 25  158 
17 Momot Chess Club                  URK  3 2 2  8 24  154 
18 Vesnianka Minsk                   BLR  4 0 3  8 23½ 162 
19 Clichy Echecs 92                  FRA  4 0 3  8 23  157 
20 Barbican Chess Club               ENG  4 0 3  8 22  139½ 
21 TZ Trinec Chess Club              CZE  3 1 3  7 24  132 
22 ASA "Shlomo Har-Zvi" Tel Aviv     ISR  3 1 3  7 23  139½ 
23 Eynatten                          BEL  3 1 3  7 22½ 163½ 
24 Klubi i shahut "Drita" Therandë   ECU  3 1 3  7 22½ 110 
25 Limhamns SK                       SWE  2 3 2  7 20½ 141½ 
26 Skolernes Skakklub Aarhus         DEN  3 1 3  7 20  141 
27 Rochade Eupen                     BEL  3 0 4  6 21½ 119½ 
28 Joensuu Chess Club                FIN  3 0 4  6 20  128½ 
29 Schachfreunde Neukölln 03         GER  3 0 4  6 18½ 160½ 
30 Kydon SC Chania Blue Star Ferries GRE  3 0 4  6 18  141 
31 Asker Schahhlubb                  NOR  3 0 4  6 18  133½ 
32 Cercle Royal des Echecs de Liege  BEL  3 0 4  6 16  166½ 
33 SK Glasinac                       BIH  3 0 4  6 16  164 
34 Jyväs-Shakki Jyväskylä            FIN  2 2 3  6 15  175 
35 Sparkasse Gleisdorf               AUT  2 1 4  5 18  150 
36 Cardiff Chess Club                WAL  2 1 4  5 16½ 111½ 
37 ESV Austria Graz                  AUT  2 1 4  5 15  139 
38 OAA Herakleion                    GRE  2 0 5  4 16½ 130 
39 Hellir Chess Club Reykjavik       ISL  2 0 5  4 16  140 
40 TED Sport Club Ankara             TUR  2 0 5  4 15  126½ 
41 C.E. "de Sprenger" Echternach     LUX  2 0 5  4 13  134½ 
42 SV United Chocolates Tschaturanga AUT  2 0 5  4 12½ 138 
43 Nidum Liberals Chess Club         WAL  1 1 5  3 11½ 135½ 
44 Phibsboro Chess Club              IRL  1 1 5  3  9  156 
45 R.V.H. Chess Club Belfast         IRL  1 0 6  2  7  160½  

Performances of the top teams

1. NAO Chess Club (13 MP/30 Pts.)

Bo.     Name                    Rtg FED Pts Gam.   %   Rtg+/-  Ra   Rp  
  1 GM  Grischuk Alexander     2732 RUS  3   6   50,0    -6   2657 2657 
  2 GM  Svidler Peter          2723 RUS 5½   7   78,6    8    2594 2824 
  3 GM  Adams Michael          2719 ENG 4½   7   64,3    -5   2561 2663 
  4 GM  Lautier Joel           2677 FRA  5   6   83,3    9    2540 2813 
  5 GM  Vallejo Pons Francisco 2662 ESP  4   6   66,7    -1   2531 2656 
  6 GM  Bacrot Etienne         2645 FRA  4   5   80,0    3    2461 2701 
  7 GM  Fressinet Laurent      2640 FRA  4   5   80,0    1    2420 2660 

7. Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa (12 MP/29 Pts.)

Bo.     Name                    Rtg FED Pts Gam.   %   Rtg+/-  Ra   Rp  
  1 GM  Ivanchuk Vassily       2710 UKR  5   7   71,4    11   2666 2824 
  2 GM  Gelfand Boris          2695 ISR 3½   6   58,3    1    2649 2706 
  3 GM  Macieja Bartlomiej     2627 POL 5½   7   78,6    17   2588 2818 
  4 GM  Markowski Tomasz       2610 POL 3½   6   58,3    1    2561 2618 
  5 GM  Krasenkow Michal       2585 POL  4   6   66,7    4    2513 2638 
  6 GM  Kempinski Robert       2565 POL  5   6   83,3    16   2525 2798 
  7 GM  Socko Bartosz          2551 POL 2½   4   62,5    -1   2441 2536 

6. Kiseljak (12 MP/29 Pts.)

Bo.     Name                    Rtg FED Pts Gam.   %   Rtg+/-  Ra   Rp  
  1 GM  Azmaiparashvili Zurab  2702 GEO  4   7   57,1   -10   2548 2596 
  2 GM  Almasi Zoltan          2655 HUN  5   7   71,4    2    2510 2631 
  3 GM  Aleksandrov Aleksej    2659 BLR 5½   7   78,6    1    2486 2618 
  4 GM  Nikolic Predrag        2649 BIH 4½   7   64,3   -10   2431 2513 
  5 GM  Fedorov Alexei         2595 BLR 5½   7   78,6    1    2424 2561 
  6 GM  Palac Mladen           2561 CRO 4½   7   64,3    -9   2376 2391 

4. Norilsk Nikel (11 MP/26½ Pts.)

Bo.     Name                    Rtg FED Pts Gam.   %   Rtg+/-  Ra   Rp  
  1 GM  Dolmatov Sergey        2605 RUS 1½   4   37,5    -7   2577 2490 
  2 GM  Dreev Alexey           2698 RUS  4   6   66,7    0    2572 2697 
  3 GM  Galkin Alexander       2607 RUS 3½   6   58,3    0    2543 2600 
  4 GM  Malakhov Vladimir      2696 RUS 3½   6   58,3    -7   2548 2605 
  5 GM  Onischuk Alexander     2657 USA  4   6   66,7    -1   2514 2639 
  6 GM  Zvjaginsev Vadim       2653 RUS  5   7   71,4    1    2501 2659 
  7 GM  Najer Evgeniy          2608 RUS  5   7   71,4    0    2454 2612 

3. Ladya Kazan (10 MP/28½ Pts.)

Bo.     Name                    Rtg FED Pts Gam.   %   Rtg+/-  Ra   Rp  
  1 GM  Kasparov Garry         2830 RUS 4½   6   75,0    1    2646 2839 
  2 GM  Bologan Viktor         2650 MDA  5   7   71,4    5    2542 2669 
  3 GM  Rublevsky Sergei       2672 RUS  4   7   57,1    -8   2536 2556 
  4 GM  Smirin Ilia            2656 ISR 3½   6   58,3    -4   2608 2530 
  5 GM  Kharlov Andrei         2591 RUS 5½   7   78,6    10   2532 2657 
  6 IM  Timofeev Artyom        2575 RUS  4   7   57,1    -7   2492 2443 
  7 IM  Hasangatin Ramil       2515 RUS  2   2   100,0   2    2220   

Performances over 2700

   1 GM  Kasparov Garry         2830 Ladya Kazan                         2839  4½    6    1  
   2 GM  Yemelin Vasily         2550 St.Petersburg L.T.G.                2838  5     5    6  
   3 GM  Akopian Vladimir       2703 Chess Club Alkaloid Skopje          2836  5     6    1  
   4 GM  Svidler Peter          2723 NAO Chess Club                      2824  5½    7    2  
   5 GM  Ivanchuk Vassily       2710 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa           2824  5     7    1  
   6 GM  Macieja Bartlomiej     2627 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa           2818  5½    7    3  
   7 GM  Lautier Joel           2677 NAO Chess Club                      2813  5     6    4  
   8 GM  Morozevich Alexander   2679 Tomsk-400-Yukos                     2803  5½    7    2  
   9 GM  Kempinski Robert       2565 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa           2798  5     6    6  
  10 GM  Shirov Alexei          2732 Bosna Sarajevo                      2795  5½    7    2  
  11 IM  Pantsulaia Levan       2461 Tbilisi                             2788  6     7    6  
  12 GM  Greenfeld Alon         2556 Beer-Sheva Chess Club               2729  5½    7    4  
  13 GM  Sutovsky Emil          2639 Corpora Martin                      2727  5     7    1  
  14 GM  Jobava Baadur          2596 Tbilisi                             2717  4     7    1  
  15 GM  Areshchenko Alexander  2542 Momot Chess Cl.Energomashspetstal   2713  5½    7    3  
  16 GM  Gelfand Boris          2695 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa           2706  3½    6    2  
  17 GM  Babula Vlastimil       2550 Werder Bremen                       2702  5     7    3  
  18 GM  Bacrot Etienne         2645 NAO Chess Club                      2701  4     5    5  


Rank Team Ctry + = - MP Pts. BH. 
 1 Internet CG Podgorica       SCG  5 1 1 11 19½ 102 
 2 NTN Tbilisi                 GEO  5 1 1 11 18  102 
 3 Ladya Kazan                 RUS  3 4 0 10 17  102 
 4 BAS Beograd                 SCG  4 1 2  9 17  107½ 
 5 Cannes Chess Club           FRA  3 2 2  8 17   95½ 
 6 ULIM Sport Club             MLD  3 2 2  8 15½  98½ 
 7 St. Petersburg Lentransgaz  RUS  4 0 3  8 15   99½ 
 8 South Urals Cheliabinsk     RUS  4 0 3  8 14½  95 
 9 Tomsk-400-Yukos             RUS  3 1 3  7 13½ 109½ 
10 Kristallen SK               SWE  3 0 4  6 10   99 
11 Maccabi Afek                ISR  3 0 4  6 10   91 
12 Kydon SC Chania Filmnet     GRE  1 1 5  3  8   96 
13 Hellir Chess Club Reykjavik ISL  1 1 5  3  7   95½

3) 12th Monarch Assurance

The 12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International took place at the Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man, from 27 September - 5 October 2003.

Simen Agdestein took first on tie-break from Smbat Lputian.

Thestrong field was weakened by the withdrawal of Nigel Short who objected to being re-paired in round 1 after his opponent didn't turn up and withdrew.

Short issued a joint press release with Patrick Taylor of Monarch Assurance on 1st October explaining his withdrawal.

It is common ground that:

1. The invitation to Nigel Short to play (which did not involve him completing the Tournament entry form) had not specified that the event was to be played under the British Accelerated Swiss Rules. Most International Swisses are played under FIDE Swiss Rules, which do not permit re-pairing if an opponent fails to appear within an hour of the commencement of the first round;

2. The British Accelerated Swiss Rules which have applied for many years in British Tournaments and do permit such re-pairing were not specifically referred to in the Tournament Entry Form nor were they drawn to his attention before he had handed in his scoresheet recording his win by default in the first round. An extract of the relevant rule was however displayed in the Tournament Hall but this was not observed by Nigel.

The dispute has been resolved by payment to Nigel of his appearance fee and expenses.

An invitation has been extended to him to play in the 2004 event which, in principle, he would wish to accept.

Monarch Assurance will be reviewing the procedures for next year’s event to ensure there is no there is no recurrence of these problems.

Official site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2003/index.html

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12th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (IOM), 27 ix-5 x 2003
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 1. Agdestein, Simen             g  NOR 2571  7.0  2689 
 2. Lputian, Smbat G             g  ARM 2623  7.0  2658 
 3. Sulskis, Sarunas             g  LTU 2578  6.5  2685 
 4. Iordachescu, Viorel          g  MDA 2606  6.5  2673 
 5. Korneev, Oleg                g  RUS 2561  6.5  2666 
 6. Psakhis, Lev                 g  ISR 2550  6.5  2563 
 7. Fridman, Daniel2             g  LAT 2592  6.5  2566 
 8. Mikhalevski, Victor          g  ISR 2523  6.0  2509 
 9. Kuzmin, Alexey               g  RUS 2583  6.0  2567 
10. Hebden, Mark                 g  ENG 2544  6.0  2523 
11. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G  g  ESP 2479  6.0  2601 
12. Davies, Nigel R              g  ENG 2482  6.0  2573 
13. Moreno Carnero, Javier       m  ESP 2512  6.0  2568 
14. Motwani, Paul                g  SCO 2525  6.0  2533 
15. Pert, Nicholas               m  ENG 2483  6.0  2485 
16. Arkell, Keith C              g  ENG 2513  6.0  2475 
17. Halkias, Stelios             g  GRE 2560  6.0  2479 
18. Epishin, Vladimir            g  RUS 2642  6.0  2502 
19. Sandipan, Chanda             m  IND 2469  5.5  2617 
20. Zatonskih, Anna              wg USA 2423  5.5  2575 
21. Kogan, Artur                 g  ISR 2534  5.5  2559 
22. Barsov, Alexei               g  UZB 2526  5.5  2511 
23. Williams, Simon              m  ENG 2381  5.5  2513 
24. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad         g  QAT 2574  5.5  2491 
25. Luther, Thomas               g  GER 2574  5.5  2480 
26. Lane, Gary W                 m  AUS 2412  5.5  2392 
27. Wells, Peter K               g  ENG 2481  5.0  2553 
28. Kotronias, Vasilios          g  CYP 2602  5.0  2474 
29. Handke, Florian              g  GER 2476  5.0  2484 
30. Valaker, Ole J                  NOR 2207  5.0  2409 
31. Pert, Richard G              m  ENG 2380  5.0  2512 
32. Van der Weide, Karel         m  NED 2412  5.0  2470 
33. Maze, Sebastien                 FRA 2412  5.0  2374 
34. Kiseleva, Natalia            wg UKR 2322  5.0  2392 
35. Prasad, Devaki V             m  IND 2407  5.0  2409 
36. Dannevig, Oystein               NOR 2331  5.0  2387 
37. Mannion, Stephen R           m  SCO 2339  5.0  2265 
38. Hughes,Howard                       ----  5.0  2309 
39. Bae, Torstein                f  NOR 2366  5.0  2318 
40. Jonkman, Harmen              g  NED 2424  5.0  2258 
41. Radovanovic, Jovica             YUG 2239  5.0  2236 
42. Gordon, Stephen J               ENG 2216  5.0  2338 
98 players

4) 75th New York Masters

Alex Stripunsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Aleks Wojtkiewicz and Boris Privman won the 75th New York Masters on 30th September 2003 with 3/4. News John Fernandez.

Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com

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75th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 30 ix 2003
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                                     1   2   3   4   Total
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  1. Stripunsky, Alex     g USA 2543 + 7 - 4 + 8 + 6   3.0  ($150)
  2. Nakamura, Hikaru     g USA 2568 - 4 + 7 + 9 + 8   3.0  ($150)
  3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks   g USA 2543 - 8 +12 + 5 + 4   3.0  ($150)
  4. Privman, Boris       f USA 2222 + 2 + 1 + 6 - 3   3.0  ($150)
  5. Shahade, Greg        m USA 2441 -10 +11 - 3 + 9   2.0
  6. Bonin, Jay           m USA 2368 +11 +10 - 4 - 1   2.0
  7. Pruess, David        f USA 2331 - 1 - 2 +10 +11   2.0
  8. Klein, Erez          f USA 2291 + 3 + 9 - 1 - 2   2.0
  9. Sarkar, Justin       m USA 2382 +12 - 8 - 2 - 5   1.0
 10. Esserman, Marc         USA 2249 + 5 - 6 - 7 ---   1.0
 11. Pressman, Leif         USA ---- - 6 - 5 +12 - 7   1.0
 12. Furdzik, Rafal         USA 2254 - 9 - 3 -11 =13   0.5
 13. Franklin, David        USA ---- --- --- --- =12   0.5


PRIZES

1ST   - $355
2ND   - $120
3RD   - $ 50
U2400 - $ 75

5) European Youth Chess Championships

The European Chess Championship Under 10/12/14/16/18 2003 took place in Budva (Montenegro) on the Adriatic coast approximately 540 km south of Belgrade. 12th-23rd September 2003. Games should follow next week. In the Boys under-18 event IM Mateusz Bartel of Poland took Gold with an 8½/9 score an ELO performance of 2817. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the games. I've given the games from the Under-18, 16 and boys under 14.

Further details: http://www.eurobudva2003.com

European Youth Championship Boys-U10
 1    Ter Sahakyan Samvel        0 ARM 8  50  52½ 7 
 2    Sjugirov Sanan          2296 RUS 7½ 49  54  7 
 3    Bazeev German              0 RUS 7  44  48  7 
 4    Galopoulos Nikolaos        0 GRE 7  41½ 43½ 7 
 5    Bogdanovych Stanislav      0 UKR 6½ 43  46  6 
 6    Rzaev Bahruz               0 AZE 6½ 41  44  6 
 7    Swiercz Dariusz         1990 POL 6  51  54  5 
 8    Mihok Oliver            1956 GER 6  49½ 53½ 5 
 9    Belous Vladimir            0 RUS 6  49½ 53  6 
10    Csata Marcell              0 HUN 6  47½ 52  5 
11    Yaramchuk Maksim           0 BLR 6  44½ 49  6 
12    Firat Burak                0 TUR 6  40  43½ 6 
13    Lortkipanidze Nodar        0 GEO 6  39½ 42  5 
69 players

European Youth Chamiponship Boys-U12
 1    Safarli Eltaj           2190 AZE 7½ 48½ 52½ 7 
 2 FM Onischuk Vladimir       2174 UKR 7½ 45  48  6 
 3    Klimov Anton            2150 RUS 7  47  50  6 
 4    Bojchev Marian          2174 BUL 7  43  45½ 6 
 5    Gritsenko Andrey           0 RUS 6½ 40½ 44½ 5 
 6 FM Fodor Tamas Jr          2111 HUN 6  46½ 50  6 
 7    Chirila Ioan Cristian   2183 ROM 6  43½ 47  5 
 8    Simonyan Hrayr          2270 ARM 6  43  47  5 
 9    Tvarijonas Povilas      2121 LTU 6  42½ 45  5 
10    Kosov Ivan              2203 RUS 6  42  46  4 
11    Martinovic Sasa         2080 CRO 6  41½ 43  5 
12    Szabo Leon              2116 HUN 6  40  42½ 5 
13    Saatdjian Thomas        2051 FRA 6  39  41  4 
14    Patsia Zviad               0 GEO 6  35½ 38½ 6 
65 players

European Youth Championship Boys-U 14
 1    Zhigalko Sergei         2399 BLR 7  46½ 50½ 6 
 2    Sanikidze Tornike       2250 GEO 7  44  48  5 
 3 FM Carlsen Magnus          2385 NOR 6½ 47½ 51  6 
 4    Andriasyan Zaven        2311 ARM 6½ 47  51½ 5 
 5    Rodshtein Maxim         2344 ISR 6½ 45½ 49½ 4 
 6 FM Nepomniachtchi Ian      2432 RUS 6½ 42  45½ 5 
 7    Chernobay Artem         2261 RUS 6  45  49  4 
 8    Bindrich Falko          2334 GER 6  44  47  5 
 9    Margvelashvili Giorgi   2181 GEO 6  44  46½ 3 
10    Potapov Pavel           2210 RUS 6  41½ 45  4 
11    Olszewski Michal        2227 POL 6  40½ 44  6 
12    Figura Atila Gajo       2111 GER 6  40½ 44  5 
70 players

European Youth Championship Boys-U-16 
 1 IM Balogh Csaba            2463 HUN 7  49  52½ 5 2521 
 2    Mamedov Rauf            2409 AZE 7  48½ 53  5 2504 
 3    Magalashvili Davit      2250 GEO 7  48½ 51½ 6 2539 
 4 FM Romanov Evgeny          2408 RUS 6½ 46  49  4 2446 
 5    Czarnota Pawel          2353 POL 6  47½ 51½ 5 2398 
      Kaplan Sasha            2208 ISR 6  47½ 51½ 5 2429 
 7    Ponkratov Pavel         2296 RUS 6  43½ 45½ 4 2419 
 8    Valeanu Eduard          2222 ROM 6  43  46½ 5 2391 
 9 FM Kuzmicz Krystian        2312 POL 5½ 44½ 48  5 2246 
10 FM Moranda Wojciech        2356 POL 5½ 44½ 47  5 2233 
11    Zinchenko Yaroslav      2322 UKR 5½ 44½ 47  4 2274 
12    Ragger Markus           2347 AUT 5½ 41½ 44  4 2214 
13 FM Papin Vasily            2374 RUS 5½ 40  44  5 2259 
14    Miron Lucian-Costin     2175 ROM 5½ 39½ 39½ 4 2248 
15 FM Lenic Luka              2386 SLO 5½ 38½ 41½ 4 2198 
16    Eisenbeiser Amadeus     2233 GER 5½ 36½ 39  4 2097 
54 players

European Youth Championship Boys U-18
 1 IM Bartel Mateusz          2453 POL 8½ 44½ 48½ 8 2817 
 2    Wojtaszek Radoslaw      2462 POL 7  45½ 50  6 2604 
 3 IM Kharitonov Alexandr     2437 RUS 6½ 42  46  6 2460 
 4    Pakleza Zbigniew        2340 POL 6½ 41½ 44  5 2444 
 5 IM Grachev Boris           2500 RUS 6  45½ 49½ 5 2522 
 6 IM Smeets Jan              2477 NED 6  41½ 45  5 2404 
 7    Meszaros Tamas          2307 HUN 6  34½ 36½ 5 2416 
 8    Jakymov Volodymyr       2363 UKR 5½ 49  53½ 4 2482 
 9    Esen Baris              2217 TUR 5½ 41½ 44  5 2450 
10 FM Laznicka Viktor         2446 CZE 5½ 40  43½ 3 2408 
11    Gerzhoy Leonid          2410 ISR 5½ 37½ 41½ 4 2300 
12    Karakehajov Kalin       2331 BUL 5½ 36½ 38½ 3 2375 
13 IM Zhigalko Andrey         2466 BLR 5  48  52  4 2437 
14 FM Gasthofer Alexander     2412 GER 5  42½ 45  4 2357 
15 FM Barnaure Vlad-Victor    2317 ROM 5  42  44½ 4 2346 
16    L'Ami Erwin             2439 NED 5  40½ 44½ 4 2403 
17    Seifert Volker          2371 GER 5  40½ 43  3 2307 
18    Tallaksen Geir S        2285 NOR 5  40  43  2 2364 
19    Cornette Matthieu       2366 FRA 5  39½ 42½ 4 2291 
20    Krivokapic Marko        2312 YUG 5  39½ 42½ 2 2273 
21 FM Manescu Tiberiu         2354 ROM 5  38½ 42  4 2266 
22    Tronenkovs Valdis       2218 LAT 5  38  41  2 2277 
23 FM Borisek Jure            2443 SLO 5  37  39½ 3 2327 
24 FM Miljkovic Miroslav      2414 YUG 5  36½ 40  3 2291 
25 IM Murariu Andrei          2389 ROM 5  36  39½ 4 2235 
53 players

European Youth Championship Girls U-10
 1    Paikidze Nazi                GEO 8  48½ 52½ 7 
 2    Kashlinskaya Alina           RUS 7  46  48½ 7 
 3    Olsarova Karolina            CZE 6½ 48  51  5 
 4    Mammadbayova Farida          AZE 6½ 46  50  6 
 5    Bulmaga Irina                MDA 6½ 45  49  6 
 6    Foisor Veronica              ROM 6  48½ 51  4 
 7    Butuc Maria                  MDA 6  44½ 48  5 
 8    Sokolova Vera                RUS 6  43½ 47½ 4 
 9    Ostrowska Dominika           POL 6  43  47½ 6 
10    Efremova Daria               RUS 6  40  42  5 
48 players
       
European Youth Championship Girls U-12
 1     Bodnaruk Anastasia     2071 RUS 9  48  49½ 9 
 2 WFM Tairova Alena          2206 RUS 7  50½ 55½ 7 
 3 WFM Guramishvili Sopiko    2113 GEO 7  47½ 50½ 7 
 4     Skinke Katrina            0 LAT 6½ 48  52½ 6 
 5 WFM Stock Lara             2075 CRO 6  49½ 53½ 6 
 6     Ozturk Kubra           1959 TUR 6  47  50½ 6 
 7     Askarova Turan            0 AZE 6  41½ 44½ 6 
 8     Muzychuk Mariya        2150 UKR 5½ 46  50½ 5 
 9     Korniyuk Mariya           0 UKR 5½ 43  47  5 
10     Warakomska Anna           0 POL 5½ 41  45  5 
11     Repina Varvara            0 RUS 5½ 39½ 42½ 4 
12     Eric Jovana               0 SCG 5½ 39  42  5 
46 players

European Youth Championship Girls U-14
 1 WIM Muzychuk Anna          2293 UKR 7½ 48  53  6 
 2     Mikadze Miranda        2007 GEO 7  46  50  6 
 3     Foisor Sabina          2074 ROM 6½ 45  48½ 5 
 4 WFM Gunina Valentina       2260 RUS 6½ 44  47½ 5 
 5 WFM Ambartsumova Karina    2124 RUS 6½ 42½ 45½ 5 
 6     Mamedyarova Turkan     2245 AZE 6½ 42  45  6 
 7     Traistaru Teodora      2125 ROM 6  46  50½ 4 
 8 WFM Tarasova Viktoriya     2144 RUS 6  45  49  5 
 9     Leks Hanna             2039 POL 6  41  44  5 
10     Kruljac Petra          1861 CRO 6  40½ 43½ 4 
11     Daulyte Deimante          0 LTU 6  39  40½ 5 
57 players

European Youth Championship Girls U-16
 1     Fominykh Maria         2237 RUS 7½ 47  51  6 2438 
 2     Purtseladze Maka       2217 GEO 7  45½ 49½ 6 2385 
 3 WFM Czarnota Dorota        2216 POL 6½ 45½ 48½ 6 2292 
 4     Malysheva Polina       2157 RUS 6½ 40½ 42½ 6 2250 
 5     Borosova Zuzana        2056 SVK 6½ 38½ 42  6 2234 
 6 WFM Kirillova Varvara      2117 RUS 6  43½ 47  5 2269 
 7 WFM Gilbert Jessie         2109 ENG 6  43½ 47  3 2279 
 8     Zawadzka Jolanta       2275 POL 6  42  45½ 4 2188 
 9     Majdan Joanna          2170 POL 6  41½ 45  6 2204 
10     Cherenkova Khristina   2173 RUS 5½ 45½ 49½ 4 2184 
11 WFM Rozic Vesna            2138 SLO 5½ 44  47½ 4 2146 
12     Kovanova Baira         2183 RUS 5½ 42½ 44½ 3 2061 
13     Kozak Magdalena        2055 POL 5½ 35  37  5 2128 
14     Padurariu Smaranda     2101 ROM 5½ 33½ 34½ 5 2079 
48 players

European Youth Championship Girls U-18
 1 WIM Pogonina Natalija      2340 RUS 7½ 46½ 50½ 6 2476 
 2 WIM Kursova Maria          2264 RUS 7½ 45  48½ 7 2498 
 3 WIM Hasanova Elmira        2214 RUS 7  45½ 46½ 6 2437 
 4 WGM Korbut Ekaterina       2317 RUS 6½ 49  52  6 2387 
 5 WFM Worek Joanna           2241 POL 6  41  44½ 6 2288 
 6 WIM Vozovic Oksana         2363 UKR 5½ 47  51  3 2288 
 7 WFM Motoc Alina            2387 ROM 5½ 42½ 46½ 4 2249 
 8 WIM Kadziolka Beata        2255 POL 5½ 42  46  4 2228 
 9     Gutsko Anastasia       2184 UKR 5½ 41½ 44½ 5 2242 
10     Gregorova Zuzana       2198 SVK 5½ 38  41½ 5 2183 
11     Papadopoulou Vera      2211 GRE 5  43  47  3 2181 
12 WFM Ciobanu Camelia        2251 ROM 5  41½ 45½ 3 2162 
13 WFM Mijovic Aleksandra     2089 YUG 5  41  44  4 2187 
14 WFM Bronnikova Elizaveta   2271 RUS 5  41  42  4 2148 
15     Andriasyan Siranush    2160 ARM 5  39½ 42½ 5 2135 
16 WFM Vasic Milena           2179 YUG 5  39  42½ 3 2148 
17     Belko Irina            2019 BLR 5  38½ 41½ 2 2095 
18 WFM Meshcheriakova Evgenia 2257 RUS 5  36  40  4 2088 
19     Svent Suzana           1960 SLO 5  36  39½ 4 2159 
20     Bednikova Stefi        2171 BUL 5  34  37  3 2024 
43 players

6) Hungarian Women's Championships

The Hungarian Women's Championships took place in Budapest September 21st-29th 2003. Yelena Dembo won the event with a 7.5/9 score half a point clear of Nora Medvegy. My thanks to Korpics Zsolt.

Some details: http://www.origo.hu/sport/sakk/

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ch-HUN w Budapest HUN (HUN), 21-29 ix 2003          cat. II (2299)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Dembo, Yelena     wg HUN 2390  * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2562 
 2. Medvegy, Nora     wg HUN 2354  1 * = = = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2513 
 3. Vajda, Szidonia   wg HUN 2403  0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1  5.5  2367 
 4. Gara, Anita       wg HUN 2352  0 = = * = = = 1 1 =  5.0  2336 
 5. Goczo, Melinda    wm HUN 2262  0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1  4.5  2303 
 6. Lakos, Nikoletta  wg HUN 2372  0 = = = = * 0 1 1 =  4.5  2291 
 7. Gara, Ticia       wg HUN 2249  0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 =  4.5  2304 
 8. Ignacz, Maria        HUN 2191  0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1  3.0  2186 
 9. Toth, Lili           HUN 2196  = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1  2.0  2090 
10. Rudolf, Anna         HUN 2222  0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 *  1.5  2034 
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7) ProMoPro Open

The ProMoPro Open took place in Prague 6th-14th September 2003. Lukas Cernousek won the event with 8.5/9. My thanks to Karel Novak for the games.

Internet coverage: http://www.viktorka.cz

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ProMoPro Open Prague CZE (CZE), 6-14 ix 2003
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 1. Cernousek, Lukas          CZE 2293  8.5 
 2. Hausner, Ivan          m  CZE 2441  7.0 
 3. Sodoma,Jan                CZE ----  6.5 
 4. Jirka, Jiri               CZE 2400  6.5 
 5. Chalupa, Ivan             CZE 2086  6.5 
 6. Matras, Ondrej            CZE 2242  6.0 
 7. Neuman, Petr           m  CZE 2438  6.0 
 8. Londyn, Radek             CZE 2152  6.0 
 9. Novak, Jindrich           CZE 2020  6.0 
10. Masek, Miroslav           CZE 2178  5.0 
74 players

8) Alushta Tournaments

Two all-play-all tournaments have been organised in Alushta, Ukraine. The first which took place 15th-25th September 2003 was won by Tigran Nalbandian with 10/13. The second takes place 27 September - 7th October 2003.

Internet coverage: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/

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Osen I Alushta UKR (UKR), 15-25 ix 2003                        cat. VIII (2439)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Nalbandian, Tigran     m ARM 2478  * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0  2646 
 2. Drozdovskij, Yuri      m UKR 2458  = * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1  9.5  2612 
 3. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy    m UKR 2409  = = * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1  9.0  2581 
 4. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2530  = = = * = = = = = 1 = = = 1  7.5  2488 
 5. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen   g RUS 2514  = = 0 = * = = 1 = = = = 1 1  7.5  2489 
 6. Kanep, Meelis          m EST 2470  0 0 0 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2465 
 7. Kovalev, Andrei        g BLR 2554  = 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = 0 1  6.5  2429 
 8. Sumets, Andrey         m UKR 2473  0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 1  6.5  2435 
 9. Kononenko, Dmitry1       UKR 2449  = = = = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 0 1  6.0  2408 
10. Danielian, Elina      wg ARM 2400  0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 =  6.0  2412 
11. Onoprienko, Vladimir   m RUS 2403  0 0 0 = = = 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1  5.5  2384 
12. Tishin, D              m UKR 2310  0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 0 1 * = =  4.5  2338 
13. Boricsev, Oleg         m HUN 2326  0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 = * 1  4.5  2337 
14. Khudyakov, Alexander   f RUS 2365  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 *  1.0  2043 
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Osen II Alushta UKR (UKR), 27 ix-7 x 2003                         cat. VIII (2436)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 
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 1. Pavlov, Maxim          m UKR 2443  * . . . . . . . 1 = 1 . = 1 . .  4.0  2650 
 2. Drozdovskij, Yuri      m UKR 2458  . * . . . . . . = . = . 1 1 . 1  4.0  2635 
 3. Krivoshey, Sergei      m UKR 2507  . . * . . . = . = = 1 1 . . . .  3.5  2617 
 4. Rogovski, Vladimir     m UKR 2474  . . . * . . . . = 1 = = 1 . . .  3.5  2576 
 5. Nalbandian, Tigran     m ARM 2478  . . . . * = = = . . . 1 . . 1 .  3.5  2588 
 6. Sumets, Andrey         m UKR 2473  . . . . = * = = . . . . . 1 . 1  3.5  2583 
 7. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen   g RUS 2514  . . = . = = * = . . . . . . = .  2.5  2453 
 8. Belikov, Vladimir      g RUS 2499  . . . . = = = * . = . = . . . .  2.5  2460 
 9. Kovalev, Andrei        g BLR 2554  0 = = = . . . . * . . . . . 1 .  2.5  2438 
10. Alexandrova, Olga      m UKR 2437  = . = 0 . . . = . * . . . . 1 .  2.5  2446 
11. Bakre, Tejas           m IND 2434  0 = 0 = . . . . . . * . . . . 1  2.0  2377 
12. Derjabin, Ilja         m UKR 2401  . . 0 = 0 . . = . . . * . . = .  1.5  2304 
13. Ushenina, Anna        wm UKR 2311  = 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0 . 1  1.5  2262 
14. Muromtsev, Arthur        RUS 2315  0 0 . . . 0 . . . . . . 1 * . =  1.5  2261 
15. Tishin, D              m UKR 2310  . . . . 0 . = . 0 0 . = . . * .  1.0  2236 
16. Khudyakov, Alexander   f RUS 2365  . 0 . . . 0 . . . . 0 . 0 = . *  0.5  2032 
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9) Iranian Championships

Hadi Karimi sends news of the 2003 Iranian championships 2003. The 39th Iranian championships took place in Mashad 24th September - 2nd October 2003. 36 players from 11 provinces participated in the 11-Round Swiss system event. GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami(2540) (Last years champion), Morteza Mahjoob (2408) and Amir Mallahi (2382) (Iran national team player) were absent.

At the end International Master Mohsen Ghorbani(2353) became the champion with 9/11. Hamid Reza Mohammadi(2267) came second with 8 points; Elshan Moradiabadi (2354) (Iranian champion in 2001) and Shojat Ghane (2371) took the next places with 7.5 points.

Official site http://www.shahmat.com/English/index.htm

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ch-IRI Mashad IRI (IRI), 24 ix-2 x 2003
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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 1. Ghorbani, Mohsen       m  IRI 2353  +18 - 2 +30 +27 +16 +10 + 9 + 3 + 6 = 4 = 5  9.0  2528 
 2. Mohammadi, H.R            IRI 2267  +28 + 1 + 9 +16 =10 = 6 +12 +11 - 4 = 5 = 8  8.0  2444 
 3. Moradiabadi, Elshan       IRI 2354  +20 -11 = 8 = 5 +21 +15 +10 - 1 + 9 = 7 + 4  7.5  2401 
 4. Ghane, Shojaat            IRI 2374  +25 -12 +19 -29 +18 +34 + 6 + 9 + 2 = 1 - 3  7.5  2402 
 5. Moradi, Behrooz           IRI 2220  +33 =10 = 6 = 3 +13 - 9 + 8 =15 +11 = 2 = 1  7.0  2361 
 6. Darban, M                 IRI 2341  + 8 =13 = 5 +20 +11 = 2 - 4 +12 - 1 =15 +17  7.0  2336 
 7. Bakhtiari, K              IRI 2312  =24 =14 -20 +17 = 8 +27 -11 +30 +13 = 3 +15  7.0  2265 
 8. Mousavi, Sayed Milad      IRI 2194  - 6 +32 = 3 +25 = 7 =19 - 5 +23 +22 +10 = 2  7.0  2357 
 9. Niknaddaf, Ali            IRI 2324  +36 +15 - 2 +18 +29 + 5 - 1 - 4 - 3 +20 +11  7.0  2354 
10. Abbasifar, Hasan          IRI 2333  +23 = 5 +13 +11 = 2 - 1 - 3 +14 =16 - 8 +20  6.5  2293 
11. Vahidi, Mohammad          IRI 2245  +17 + 3 +12 -10 - 6 +29 + 7 - 2 - 5 +16 - 9  6.0  2306 
12. Akbarinia, Syed Arash     IRI 2278  +31 + 4 -11 +15 =19 +16 - 2 - 6 =20 =14 =13  6.0  2261 
13. Doostkam, P               IRI 2232  +32 = 6 -10 +24 - 5 +14 =19 =16 - 7 +29 =12  6.0  2259 
14. Ebrahimi,Ahmad            IRI ----  =19 = 7 -15 +22 +20 -13 +29 -10 +21 =12 =18  6.0  2293 
15. Khaghani, Mehdi           IRI 2212  +35 - 9 +14 -12 +31 - 3 +24 = 5 +19 = 6 - 7  6.0  2241 
16. Roghani, Arash            IRI 2301  +34 +30 +27 - 2 - 1 -12 +21 =13 =10 -11 +26  6.0  2237 
17. Beheshtayeen,Ali          IRI ----  -11 -20 +36 - 7 +33 -21 +27 +29 +26 +19 - 6  6.0  2232 
18. Noroozi, Omid             IRI 2196  - 1 +28 +22 - 9 - 4 -30 +32 -26 +34 +24 =14  5.5  2147 
19. Mahmoud, Pe               IRI 2297  =14 +24 - 4 +26 =12 = 8 =13 =20 -15 -17 =25  5.0  2131 
20. Mooses, Gegham            IRI 2207  - 3 +17 + 7 - 6 -14 +31 +34 =19 =12 - 9 -10  5.0  2176 
21. Abedian, Saeid            IRI 2184  -22 -26 +28 +30 - 3 +17 -16 +24 -14 =23 =27  5.0  2099 
22. Ardeshi, Mehrdad          IRI 2339  +21 -27 -18 -14 +25 -24 +28 +34 - 8 =26 =23  5.0  2089 
23. Pirmaleki, S              IRI 2142  -10 +33 -29 -31 +32 +26 =30 - 8 =25 =21 =22  5.0  2100 
24. Vaghar, Mohsen            IRI 2130  = 7 -19 +35 -13 =26 +22 -15 -21 +30 -18 +36  5.0  2135 
25. Asadi, Sadegh             IRI 2210  - 4 +31 =26 - 8 -22 -28 +36 =32 =23 +33 =19  5.0  2096 
26. Mahjoob,Navid             IRI ----  -27 +21 =25 -19 =24 -23 +31 +18 -17 =22 -16  4.5  2118 
27. Dehghani, Hamid           IRI 2220  +26 +22 -16 - 1 -34 - 7 -17 =33 =36 +35 =21  4.5  2089 
28. Mirzajani,Reza            IRI ----  - 2 -18 -21 -33 +36 +25 -22 +35 -29 +30 =32  4.5  2075 
29. Vassalam, M.T             IRI 2243  -30 +34 +23 + 4 - 9 -11 -14 -17 +28 -13 -35  4.0  2026 
30. Alizadeh,Golamreza        IRI ----  +29 -16 - 1 -21 +35 +18 =23 - 7 -24 -28 =31  4.0  2067 
31. Abedi,Ali                 IRI ----  -12 -25 +33 +23 -15 -20 -26 =36 =35 =32 =30  4.0  2003 
32. Farhang,Shahriar          IRI ----  -13 - 8 -34 +36 -23 +35 -18 =25 =33 =31 =28  4.0  2005 
33. Maroofkhani,Kian          IRI ----  - 5 -23 -31 +28 -17 =36 -35 =27 =32 -25 +34  3.5  1958 
34. Bakhtshahi, M             IRI 2099  -16 -29 +32 +35 +27 - 4 -20 -22 -18 =36 -33  3.5  2048 
35. Lamaie,Hossein            IRI ----  -15 +36 -24 -34 -30 -32 +33 -28 =31 -27 +29  3.5  1959 
36. Soozankar, A.M            IRI 2111  - 9 -35 -17 -32 -28 =33 -25 =31 =27 =34 -24  2.0  1827 
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10) Saipa Cup

Hadi Karimi sends news of the 1st international GM tournament with SAIPA Industries sponsorship that called "SAIPA CUP", held in Tehran 13th-22nd September 2003. 12 players from Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan (3 Grand Masters, 4 International Masters) participated in close table with category 7. (Average rating was 2409) GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2544) from Iran finished first with 8.5/11, IM Ara Minasian (2473) from Armenia with 7.5/11 came second and GM Gamil Agamaliev (2518) from Azerbaijan with 7 third. Elshan Moradiabadi and Mehrdad Ardeshi both from Iran with 6.5 point were next and made their first IM norm.

Further details: http://www.shahmat.com/English/NewsArchive.htm

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Saipa Cup Tehran IRI (IRI), 13-22 ix 2003                 cat. VII (2409)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan   g IRI 2544  * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2608 
 2. Minasian, Ara          m ARM 2473  = * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 0 1  7.5  2536 
 3. Agamaliev, Gamil       g AZE 2518  = = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = =  7.0  2501 
 4. Moradiabadi, Elshan      IRI 2354  = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1  6.5  2479 
 5. Ardeshi, Mehrdad         IRI 2339  = 0 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 =  6.5  2480 
 6. Kayumov, Sergey        m UZB 2479  = = = = 1 * 0 = 0 = 1 1  6.0  2439 
 7. Mahjoob, Morteza         IRI 2408  0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 1  6.0  2445 
 8. Kayumov, Dmitry D      g UZB 2505  0 = = = 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1  5.0  2364 
 9. Guliev, Logman         m AZE 2369  0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 =  4.0  2311 
10. Roghani, Arash           IRI 2301  0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1  4.0  2317 
11. Mohajerin, P             IRI 2270  0 1 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = * =  3.0  2247 
12. Ghorbani, Mohsen       m IRI 2353  0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = *  2.0  2152 
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11) Romanian Championships

The men's and women's championships of Romania took place 1st-10th September 2003 in Satu-Mare. My thanks to Muntean Ciprian for sending me the games. I need to see the results to work out the winners of the event which was a knockout as the playoff games are missing.

12) Beijing (International Kings) Chess Challenge

The Beijing (International Kings) Chess Challenge Match took place September 22nd-23rd 2003, in China Resources Hotel, Beijing between Chinese teams and an International team. As reported last week on Day 1 the score was International Team 5 - Chinese Team 4. On day two there was a 4.5-4.5 draw between the international team and the Chinese B Team. Games from the final round are now available my thanks to Yin Hao.

It has been reported that this is Yasser Seirawan's last event as a professional player.

International Kings Challenge
Round 6 (September 23, 2003)

Zhang Pengxiang   -  Bareev, Evgeny    0-1   29  C11  French Defence
Bu Xiangzhi       -  Short, Nigel D    1-0   44  D06  Queen's Pawn Gambit
Seirawan, Yasser  -  Ni Hua            1-0   45  A37  English Symmetrical

13) 4NCL 2003-4

The 11th 4NCL season starts Saturday 18 October 2003.

In the top division champions Wood Green have an impressive squad including 15 GMs headed by Adams, Short, Morozevich, Bologan, Seirawan, McShane and Speelman. Guildford-ADC, are again likely to be their strongest challengers.

The venue and accomodation will be the West Bromwich Moat House Hotel and the Telford Moat House.

Internet coverage: http://www.4NCL.co.uk.

14) Olympiad 2004 changes venue

David Llada reports: The Spanish Chess Federation has announced that the Chess Olympiad 2004 will take place October 14th to 1st November in the small city of Calviá, on Mallorca Island, instead of Cala Galdana (Menorca Island), as it was previously announced.

There was even an "official presentation act" in Bled, with the attendance of many autorities from Menorca. However, the same politicians didn't pay the neccesary support to the project, trying to decrease the amount of the promised subsidy, so the Olympiad was even in risk of being canceled. Fortunately, a group of businesmen from Mallorca took their chance and made a proposal to take charge of the Olympiad. "Calviá has saved the Chess Olympiad for the Balear Islands", said Santi Andreu, President of the Balear Chess Federation. "His Major (Carlos Delgado) has made more for this event in two months than Menorca in two years", he added. This change was officially approved yesterday (october 4th) by the FIDE inspector M. Gelfer, who visited Calviá in order to evaluate the new "candidature". The playing hall will be the Casino of Mallorca.

15) Arctic Cup

Geurt Gijssen is in Salekhard (Far North) and reports. Salekhard is the only city in the world located on the Arctic Circle (66 degrees 33 minutes latitude). The government of the region has organised a team competiton (4 players: 3 boys and 1 girl). The players must be born after 31st December 1985. 16 teams participate in this tournament: 14 teams from different regions and republics of Russia plus Germany and The Netherlands.

The opening ceremony was attended by a lot of regional and local authorities and the World Champions Karpov and Spassky. There is a chess school in Shalekhard called the Anatoly Karpov Polar Chess School. Salekhard is a very modern city with a lot of excellent facilities, it has 34,000 inhabitants. The main sponsor of the event is the Construction Company "21st Century"

He adds that Salekhard is a very interesting place with a chess school. I was really surprised when I visited this school. I think you will be surprised as well when I tell you that 15 persons have a full time job in this school. It is a school with 9 branches in West Siberia. The school in Salekhard is a two floors building with 6 class rooms, a computer room and a small restaurant. It is really unbelievable. I hope you are able to publish something, because the people in Salekhard are very enthusiastic, but completely unknown in the chess world. The director of the school is IM Alexander Potapov, probably next year GM Potapov, because he has already made two GM norms.

Scores after Round 2 (of 9)
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Artic Cup u16 Salekhard RUS (RUS), 5-11 x 2003
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 1 Sverdlovsk region                    6.0
 2 Yamalo-Nenets aut district 1         6.5
 3 Netherlands                          7.0
 4 Saint-Petersburg                     4.0
 5 Vologodsk region                     6.0
 6 Khanty-Mansiysky aut district        4.5
 7 Chelyabinsk region                   5.5
 8 Arkhangelsk region                   5.5
 9 Germany                              3.5
10 Yamalo-Nenets aut district 2         4.0
11 Tumen region                         3.0
12 Republic Komi                        2.0
13 Krasnoyarsk territory                0.5
14 Kurgan region                        3.0
15 Nenets autdistrict                   0.0
16 Salekhard                            3.0

16) Forthcoming Events and Links

7th Essent Chess Tournament

The 7th Essent Chess Tournament takes place in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. The Crown Group has Judit Polgar, Ivan Sokolov, Anatoly Karpov and Levon Aronian. Dates of the (Double Round Robin) Crown Group: 11th (opening ceremony) - 18th October 2003. The Open Group (10th-18th October 2003) is also quite strong.

Official site: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/

European Team Championships

Plovdiv in Bulgaria hosts the European team championship October 10th-21st 2003. 37 men's and 30 women's teams have confirmed their participation. Bareev, Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich and Khalifman are in the Russian team. Shirov plays for Spain, Gelfand for Israel, Topalov for Bulgaria, Van Wely for the Netherlands and Ponomariov for the Ukraine are all listed too.

Official site: http://www.etcc.chessbg.com/

British National Chess Week

The Helicopter Chess Challenge takes place on 17th October 2003 marks the launch of the British National Chess Week 20th-26th October 2003.

The Helicopter Chess Challenge sees 12 year old Junior Chess Champion, David Howell taking to the skies for a Helicopter Chess Challenge to launch the first ever National Chess Week for Barnardo’s.

Some fantastic events are taking place, from human chess, fancy dress chess and round the table chess games. Each game played will donate £1 for Barnardo’s with £500,000 the fundraising target. National Chess Week for Barnardo’s is sponsored by The British Land Company PLC.

Links:

http://www.nationalchessweek.co.uk

http://www.barnardos.org.uk

http://www.chessacademyuk@aol.com

Karpov - Radjabov Blitz

According to the website below Teimour Radjabov played a blitz match against Anatoly Karpov in Baku on 29th September 2003. He won 3.5-2.5 in the 5 minute games. Does anyone have further details?

Info: http://www.azerichess.com

Cap D'agde

6th National and International Chess Encounters World Rapid Chess Championship organised by CCAS in Cap d'agde 23rd-30th October 2003. CCAS is Caisse Centrale d'Activités Sociales des Electriciens et Gaziers de France (EDF-GDF), the national company for Gas and Electricity.

16 World Class GMs among them 11 of the 12 top rated players will fight for the world crown. Each player will have 25 minutes + 10 seconds per played move. This means games that will last at most between 50 minutes to 1 hour.

Players include Vladimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar are amongst the players

Players: Kramnik Vladimir (Russia, Elo 2777) Anand Vishy (India, 2766) Bareev Evgeny (Russia, 2739) Shirov Alexei (Spain, 2737) Topalov Veselin (Bulgaria, 2735) Grischuk Alexander (Russia, 2732) Adams Michaël (England, 2725) Svidler Peter (Russia, 2723) Leko Peter (Hungaria, 2722) Polgar Judith (Hungaria, 2722) Ponomariov Ruslan (Ukrainia, 2718) Gelfand Boris (Israël, 2703) Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia, 2693) Karpov Anatoly (Russia, 2693) Lautier Joël (France, 2666) Bacrot Etienne (France, 2664)

Reserves: Radjabov Teimour (Azerbadjian,2650) Onischuk Alexander (United States, 2661) Fressinet Laurent (France, 2654) Hamdouchi Hicham (Marocco, 2590)

The average rating will be 2726 ELO points, which makes this world rapid chess championship the strongest of all time.

Official site: http://www.asmeg.org/index.php?page=191

Hastings Chess Congress

The Hastings Congress takes place 28 December 2003 to 5 January 2004 with the Premier, Challengers and several shorter events. Acceptances to the Premier have been received from Kateryna Lahno, Vassilios Kotronias, Stuart Conquest, Jonathan Rowson, Danny Gormally, Alexander Cherniaev and probably Abhijit Kunte. challengers Efimenko, Kuzmin, Hebden, Lalic, Wells.

Further details power@hicc.demon.co.uk. http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Wales Interational

The Wales International 7th-15th January 2004. Further details kevin.staveley@btinternet.com.

The GibTelecom Festival

The GibTelecom Festival takes place 27th January to 5th February 2004. Besides the 10 round Swiss, there are two 5 round events for players under 2000 or unrated. Acceptances to the Masters from: Cramling, Stefanova, Kotronias, Rowson, Sulskis, Kunte, Harikrishna, Houska, Gormally, Hebden, Lalic, Emms, Motwani, McNab, Vuckovic, Davies. Further details conf.banq@caletahotel.gi.

Internet coverage: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

Bermuda Open 2004 Cancelled

Nigel Freeman sends news. Hurricane Fabian has caused the cancellation of the Bermuda Open for 2004. The Fairmont Southampton Hotel is closed for repairs until early March and the organisers are unable to find a suitable replacement venue. They hope still to hold an invitational; details, when available, will be posted on the official website http://www.bermuda.bm/chess

ChessMile Website

Jean-Claude Templeur has built a website for FIDE rated players. http://www.chessmile.com

A large part of the news and comments are about french or french-speaking players.

It includes an articel http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=4 (GMT Principles on a proposal to rate open events.)

II Benidorm International Chess Festival

The II Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 21st-29th November 2003.

The event will include a part 27th-29th November 2003 with starts including: 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 details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com.

7th Itau Cup

The 7th Itaú Cup takes place 27th September - 5th October 2003.

Further details: http://www.cxsp.com.br and http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess

6th Tanta Open

6th TANTA OPEN 2003 -This year the 6th Tanta festival will be held 7th – 17th DEC . at Tanta City about 90 Km. from Cairo, Egypt. -The event will be a Swiss Sytem – 9 Rounds, two sections: -New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. Added for every move) - play starts at 5 p.m. daily from 7 to 16 DEC. , Rest Day 12 DEC., Arrival 6 DEC. , 1st Round 7 DEC. , last Round 16 DEC. , Closing Ceremony 17 DEC. 4 p.m. then departure. A) closed section : (40 players) (5G.M. + 25 I.M.+ 10 egyptian players ,the highest ratings) Prizes in L.E (Egyptian Pounds) 1st till 9th (5000 - 4500 - 3750 - 3000 - 2250 - 1500 - 1500 - 1250 -1250 ( 1US$ ~ 6.5 L.E) B) open section : Open for all players. - Prizes in L.E ( Egyptian Pounds) 1st till 15th (1000 - 900 - 800 - 700 - 600 -500 - 400 - 300 - 300 - 200 - 200 - 200 - 150 - 150 - 150 ) -Prizes are distributed according to Hort system (between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes ) -Players who wants to participate will pay (25)US$ daily for full accommodation in Doubl Bedroom or (30) US$ for single Room 4 Star Hotel – (20) US$ daily for Double Bedroom or (25) US$ for Single Room 3 Star Hotel That included : Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tour; Free entry fee ; Daily Bulletin , and Book of the tournament distributed on Closing Ceremony -Special conditions for limited no. of GMs and IMs. ( Organizers asks for only one invited player from each country) Last day for registering is 30/11/2003. Contact: E-Mail ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled - General Director - Egyptian Chess Federation Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285

Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003

The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003 will take place from 6th-21st of December 2003 in Singapore. This year's events include the 21st Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship ?The Cairnhill?s Cup? as well as other side events such as Blitz, Rapid and Closed tournaments.

Complete details will be announced in due course.

7th email Afro-Asian championship

7th email Afro-Asian championship. The preliminaries of this competition will start on 15.01.2004 , all players from Africa and Asia who wish to participate, should send their application to M. Samraoui email address : samraoui@aol.com before 30.11.2003 . Like the previous editions there is two stages, preliminaries and a final with qualified players. The number of sections will depend upon entries. No entry fees required.

Corus Wijk aan Zee

The Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 9th-25th January 2004. There is yet again a tremendous field for the Category 19 A Group.

Players: Kramnik 2785 2 Anand 2774 3 Leko 2739 4 Shirov 2732 7 Svidler 2723 8 Bareev 2721 9 Adams 2719 10 Akopian 2703 14 Sokolov 2693 20 Morozevich 2679 23 van Wely 2661 31 Zhang Zhong 2658 33 Bologan 2650 42 Timman 2575.

Garry Kasparov was invited but his manager said the event doesn't fit into his schedule.

Further details: http://www.coruschess.com/

Mystery Consultation Match

There is a mystery consultation match with two teams of three players being held by the NAO Chess Club. White is a team captained by Igor Nataf (average ELO 2601) Black a team captained by the club sponsor Mme Nahed Ojjeh (average ELO 2681). There is a weeks break during the European Club Cup.

Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html

2 tournaments in Israel in October

2 tournaments in Israel in October:

12th-17th October- Open Israeli Championship 1st prize-4000$

19th-28th October 2 round robin tournaments with GM and IM norm opportunities.

Conditions for international players with FIDE ratings. Contact: e-mail to mylena@inter.net.il

Links: http://www.chess.org.il/ashdod_eng.htm and http://www.gofshtein.cjb.net

First Saturday October

First Saturday October tournaments take place 4th-17th October 2003. Players can still contact the organiser Laszlo Nagy if they wish to play. Contact Nagy Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: 00-(361)-2632859 mobile: 00-(36)-30-2301914

GM cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants

IGM ANKA, Emil (HUN), IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran (YUG), IGM CZEBE, Attila (HUN), IM BUI, Vinh (VIE, 2469), FM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truong Son (VIE,2435), IM SHNEIDER, Dmitry (USA), IM SZEBERÉNYI, Ádám (HUN), IM BALOGH, Csaba (HUN), IM HORVÁTH, Péter (HUN), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN), IM TAYLOR, Tim (USA, 2401), IM ANTAL, Gergely (HUN, 2473). Reserve: IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (YUG), IGM CHATALBASHEV, Boris (BUL).

IM-tournament

IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij (HUN), IM KÁPOSZTÁS, Miklós (HUN), IM WERNER, Dimo (GER), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN), VARGA, Csaba (HUN), SIMONSEN, Hans (FAI), RODOLF, Anna (HUN), FM BRUSTKERN, Jürgen (GER), BABOS, Csaba (ROM), FM MENSCH, Etienne (FRA), PAP, Gábor (HUN) FM BÉRCZES, Csaba (HUN).

There are also FM events.

Two Czech Tournaments

1) Friendship chess tournament (11.-19.11.2003, Cartak - Czech Rep.) A - round-robin grandmaster tournament with possible fulfilling IGM and IM norms B - round-robin master tournament with possible fulfilling IM norms C - FIDE open of youth (born 1985 and younger) Other info - http://www.proclient.cz/a64

2) OPEN LILIE LITOMYSL 2003 (26.12.2003-1.1.2004, Litomysl - Czech Rep.) 5th christmas chess tournament, FIDE open 9 rounds, rate 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 60.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK - cca. 650 EUR). Other info - http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/litomysl2003/default.asp

III Salou Tournament

The III Salou Tournament takes place 7th-18th October 2003. Confirmed players: GM Kogan GM Korneev GM Movsisian GM Oratovsky GM Tyomkin IM Thal.

Details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/

European Club Cup

The chess champions league in Crete The European Club Cup Men & Women takes place in the CRETA STAR HOTEL 27th September-5th October 2003.

More than 400 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete in order to claim the Champions League Title of Men and the Women. 7 round Swiss there will be teams of 6 for the men and the right to use two substitutes, and the teams of women will use 4 players.

Garry Kasparov will play for Ladia-Kazan (other players Sergei Rublevsky (2672), Ilia Smirin (2656), Viktor Bologan (2650) and Alisa Galliamova (2502)) in the event.

The French NAO Chess Club of Paris is also fielding an exceptionally strong team, comprising of Alexander Grischuk (2732), Peter Svidler (2723), Michael Adams (2719), Joel Lautler (2677), Vallejo Pons Francisco (2662), Etienne Bacrot (2645), Laurent Fressinet (2640) and Igor-Alexandre Nataf (2549).

Internet site: http://www.venizelia.gr

Team lists: http://www.venizelia.gr/ecc2003/men/entries.html

Kasparov visit to the London Chess Center

Garry Kasparov will be at the London Chess Centre on the 21st October 2003 to promote his highly successful book series 'Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors'. Volume One sold out and has been reprinted now. Kasparov will sign your copy of the book, which can be bought on the day in the store, or online at http://www.chess.co.uk/kasparovgreats.html

Further details: http://www.chess.co.uk/gkvisit2003.html

Kasparov vs Azmaiparashvili Rapid and Blitz Match

Garry Kasparov takes on Zurab Azmaiparashvili in a 4 rapid game and four blitz game match in Crete 23th-24th September 2003.

Official site: http://www.venizelia.gr

4NCL Fixtures

The 4NCL starts on 18th October 2003. Fixtures are now out.

Details: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/fixtures.htm

4th Liberec Open

4th International Chess Tournament Open Liberec 2003 takes place 25th October - 1st November 2003 in the town of Liberec (Jizerske mountains in the Czech Republic). This tournament is a part of the Czech Tour 2003-2004.

Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

Vilnius European GP

The Vilnius Championships a European Grand Prix event takes place September 27th - October 4th 2003.

Details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt/lt.php and details of the GP standings at: http://www.eurochess.org

3rd Bangkok Open

The 3rd Bangkok Open is a FIDE rated tournament in Pattaya Resort Town (1-2 hours from Bangkok) October 22nd - 26th 2003. Due to the size of the venue there are only 150 max number of players allowed. 121 have registered so far.

Details: http://www.bangkokchess.com

Hungarian Tournaments October 2003 - January 2004

Hungarian chess tournaments, Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan 2003-2004:

1. "FIRST SATURDAY", GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, 4th-17th of October, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu Website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat

2. IM-closed, Kecskemet, 18th-28th of October, /100 km East from Budapest/, org. dr.Erdelyi Tamas, e-mail: caissa@axelero.hu

3. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 1st-13th of November, org. NL.

4. PAKS GM-IM closed, 100 km South from Budapest, 19th-29th of November, org: IM Videki, his e-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu

5. "TENKES CUP", 9 rounds Swiss Open, 21st-29th of November, Harkany /250 km West from Budapest/, org: Fulop Csaba, his e-mail fulopcsa@axelero.hu,

6. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 6th-19th of December, org. NL.

7. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org.: Parej Jozsef, More info: firstsat@elender.hu

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

Jamaican Championships

The Jamaican Championships take place August 2nd - September 7th 2003.

Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/chessjamaica/ and http://www.thechessdrum.net

12th International Raiffeisen Donau Open

12th International Raiffeisen DONAU OPEN 2003 26th-31st December 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

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

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

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

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.

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

7th Corsica Open

The 7th Corsica Open takes place in Bastia 29th October - 2rd November 2003.

Further details: http://www.opencorsica.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/

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 .

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

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/