THE WEEK IN CHESS 467 20th October 2003 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 1st Samba Cup
3) 7th Essent Chess Tournament
4) European Team Championships
5) 63rd Armenian Championships
6) 300-years of St. Petersburg Russian Cup
7) First Saturday October
8) Zug Young Masters
9) HSK IM
10) Zonal 2.3
11) Arctic Cup
12) 1st Ashdod Chess Festival
13) Femida 2003
14) 3rd Winterthur Chess Week Open
15) African Championships
16) 77th New York Masters
17) German Bundesliga
18) 7th Itau Cup
19) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

1st Samba Cup                        25 games
7th Essent Chess Tournament         188 games
European Team Championships         620 games
63rd Armenian Championships          47 games
St Petersburg Russian Cup           175 games
First Saturday October               38 games
Zug Young Masters                    36 games
HSK IM                               45 games
Zonal 2.3                            66 games
Arctic Cup                          288 games
1st Ashdod Chess Festival            90 games
Femida 2003                         246 games
3rd Winterthur Chess Week Open      137 games
African Championships               202 games
77th New York Masters                 4 games
7th Itau Cup                        128 games
2335 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to David Llada, Andy McFarland, Gagik Khanamiryan, Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso, Walter Bichsel, Rodolfo Arias, Geurt Gijssen, Alik Gershon, Andrey Belous, Peter Karrer, John Fernandez, Guert Gijssen, Harald Grafenhofer, Seda Aronova, Guil Russek, Boris Pakhirko, Herman and Marius van Riemsdijk and everyone else who helped with the issue.

A great week for chess with a number of interesting events. There was an exciting finish in the Samba Cup with four players finishing on 5.5/9. The Essent tournament saw another win for the greatest women's chess player ever, Judit Polgar. The Russian's took the European Team Championships, edging out Israel. Later this week we will see the Cap D'Agde (World Rapid Championships) has a very, very strong field headed by Kramnik and Anand.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 1st Samba Cup

The Category 16 1st Samba Cup took place Friday 10th October to Sunday 19th October 2003 (free day 15th Oct) in Skanderborg, Denmark. The event ended with 1 Peter Heine Nielsen, Darmen Sadvakasov, Nigel Short, and Curt Hansen all on 5.5/9. Vassily Ivanchuk led until he lost in rounds 6 and 7.

Official site http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003 - (including live coverage)

Round 5 (October 14, 2003)

Hansen, Curt          -  Sadvakasov, Darmen    1-0   38  A29  English Four Knights
Ivanchuk, Vassily     -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  1-0   40  A18  English Opening
Bologan, Viktor       -  Palo, Davor           1-0   33  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Alekseev, Evgeny      -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  0-1   40  C87  Ruy Lopez
Sasikiran, Krishnan   -  Short, Nigel D        0-1   21  D37  QGD 5.Bf4

Round 6 (October 16, 2003)

Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Bologan, Viktor       1-0   40  E63  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Sadvakasov, Darmen    -  Alekseev, Evgeny      1-0   35  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Short, Nigel D        -  Palo, Davor           1/2   18  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Ivanchuk, Vassily     1-0   59  E58  Nimzo Indian
Sasikiran, Krishnan   -  Hansen, Curt          0-1   45  D29  QGA

Round 7 (October 17, 2003)

Hansen, Curt          -  Short, Nigel D        0-1   71  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
Ivanchuk, Vassily     -  Sadvakasov, Darmen    0-1   50  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Bologan, Viktor       -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1/2   62  C87  Ruy Lopez
Alekseev, Evgeny      -  Sasikiran, Krishnan   1-0   75  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer
Palo, Davor           -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  0-1   34  D45  Anti-Meran Variations

Round 8 (October 18, 2003)

Sadvakasov, Darmen    -  Bologan, Viktor       1/2   62  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Short, Nigel D        -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  1/2   31  C52  Evans Gambit
Hansen, Curt          -  Alekseev, Evgeny      1-0   37  E15  Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Palo, Davor           1-0   60  E42  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Sasikiran, Krishnan   -  Ivanchuk, Vassily     0-1   34  D27  QGA

Round 9 (October 19, 2003)

Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1/2   19  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
Ivanchuk, Vassily     -  Hansen, Curt          1/2   56  B64  Sicilian Rauzer
Bologan, Viktor       -  Sasikiran, Krishnan   1-0   61  C91  Ruy Lopez
Alekseev, Evgeny      -  Short, Nigel D        1/2   19  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
Palo, Davor           -  Sadvakasov, Darmen    1/2   39  D26  QGA


1st Samba Cup Skanderborg DEN (DEN), 10-19 x 2003  cat. XVI (2639)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Nielsen, Peter Heine  g DEN 2626 * 1 = = 0 1 = = = 1  5.5  2720
 2 Sadvakasov, Darmen    g KAZ 2595 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 1 = =  5.5  2724
 3 Short, Nigel D        g ENG 2701 = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2712
 4 Hansen, Curt          g DEN 2616 = 1 0 * = = = 1 1 =  5.5  2721
 5 Ivanchuk, Vassily     g UKR 2710 1 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1  5.0  2674
 6 Bologan, Viktor       g MDA 2673 0 = = = = * = = 1 1  5.0  2678
 7 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g UZB 2668 = 0 0 = 1 = * 1 0 1  4.5  2635
 8 Alekseev, Evgeny      g RUS 2613 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 =  3.5  2562
 9 Sasikiran, Krishnan   g IND 2679 = = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * =  2.5  2468
10 Palo, Davor           m DEN 2510 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = *  2.5  2487
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3) 7th Essent Chess Tournament

The 7th Essent Chess Tournament took place in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands 11th-18th October 2003. The Crown Group saw Judit Polgar take first place ahead of Ivan Sokolov, Levon Aronian and Anatoly Karpov. The Open Group was won by Zviad Izoria ahead or Ernesto Inarkiev both made 7/9. Games from the leading players in the final round of the open are missing.

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

Round 3 (October 14, 2003)

Polgar, Judit    -  Sokolov, Ivan    1-0   44  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Aronian, Levon   1/2   41  D39  QGD Ragozin

Round 4 (October 16, 2003)

Aronian, Levon   -  Sokolov, Ivan    1/2   43  A22  English Opening
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Polgar, Judit    1/2   69  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 5 (October 17, 2003)

Sokolov, Ivan    -  Polgar, Judit    1-0   42  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Aronian, Levon   -  Karpov, Anatoly  1-0   32  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 6 (October 18, 2003)

Polgar, Judit    -  Aronian, Levon   1-0   35  C90  Ruy Lopez
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Sokolov, Ivan    1/2   32  D15  Slav Defence


Essent Hoogeveen NED (NED), 12-18 x 2003cat. XVIII (2690)
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                               1  2  3  4 
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1 Polgar, Judit    g HUN 2722 ** 10 =1 1=  4.0  2804
2 Sokolov, Ivan    g NED 2695 01 ** == ==  3.0  2688
3 Aronian, Levon   g GER 2649 =0 == ** =1  3.0  2703
4 Karpov, Anatoly  g RUS 2693 0= == =0 **  2.0  2563
----------------------------------------------------

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Essent Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 10-18 x 2003
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 1. Izoria, Zviad                 g  GEO 2546  7.0  2684 
 2. Inarkiev, Ernesto             g  RUS 2593  7.0  2701 
 3. Pert, Nicholas                m  ENG 2488  6.5  2668 
 4. Rogers, Ian                   g  AUS 2574  6.5  2582 
 5. Motylev, Alexander            g  RUS 2634  6.5  2578 
 6. Dvoirys, Semen I              g  RUS 2569  6.0  2580 
 7. Glek, Igor V                  g  GER 2555  6.0  2556 
 8. Grigoriants, Sergey           m  RUS 2525  6.0  2543 
 9. Stellwagen, Daniel            m  NED 2487  6.0  2503 
10. L'Ami, Erwin                     NED 2470  6.0  2558 
11. Janssen, Ruud                 m  NED 2489  6.0  2484 
12. Hort, Vlastimil               g  GER 2546  5.5  2514 
13. Hoeksema, Erik                m  NED 2351  5.5  2537 
14. Jonkman, Harmen               g  NED 2414  5.5  2437 
15. Beshukov, Sergei              g  RUS 2506  5.0  2457 
16. Baramidze, David              m  GER 2463  5.0  2465 
17. Okkes, Menno                     NED 2352  5.0  2367 
18. Dambacher, Martijn               NED 2419  5.0  2387 
19. Jens, Jelmer                  m  NED 2387  5.0  2442 
20. Hebden, Mark                  g  ENG 2560  5.0  2404 
21. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur  f  NED 2389  5.0  2451 
22. Werle, Jan                    m  NED 2409  5.0  2394 
23. Grooten, Herman               m  NED 2390  5.0  2380 
24. Williams, Simon               m  ENG 2380  5.0  2380 
25. Willemze, Thomas                 NED 2232  5.0  2435 
26. Timmermans, Ivo                  NED 2213  5.0  2337 
27. Rubingh, Otto                    NED 2299  5.0  2334 
28. Afek, Yochanan                m  ISR 2376  5.0  2361 
29. Van der Werf, Mark            m  NED 2423  5.0  2376 
30. Erwich, Marc                  f  NED 2333  5.0  2352 
31. Spoelman, Wouter                 NED 2193  4.5  2412 
32. Ris, Robert                      NED 2297  4.5  2294 
33. Prasad, Devaki V              m  IND 2409  4.5  2294 
34. Archangelsky, Mikhail         m  RUS 2344  4.5  2270 
35. De Jong, Migchiel             f  NED 2274  4.5  2327 
36. Van Weersel, Arlette             NED 2128  4.5  2244 
66 players

4) European Team Championships

Plovdiv in Bulgaria hosted the European team championship October 10th-21st 2003. 37 men's and 31 women's teams competed. The Russian team of Bareev, Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich and Khalifman took first place edging out Israel, Georgia finished 3rd. Armenia took first in the women's event (Elina Danielian scored 7/9 for a 2630 performance) just ahead of Hungary and Russia.

Best performances: Sutovsky - gold (perf.2765) Maceia - silver Kacheishvili - bronze (he scored 6.5/8)

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

Men's Final Standings

Rk Team                    + = - MP Pts BH   SB 
 1 Russia                  8 1 0 17 22½ 181½ 451,50 
 2 Israel                  7 1 1 15 22½ 180  448,25 
 3 Georgia                 6 1 2 13 22  173½ 422,00 
 4 Slovenia                6 1 2 13 20½ 170½ 381,25 
 5 Ukraine                 5 2 2 12 23  165½ 410,75 
 6 Czech Republic          5 2 2 12 22½ 150  369,50 
 7 Spain                   6 0 3 12 21  173½ 393,50 
 8 Belarus                 4 3 2 11 21  163  375,25 
 9 Poland                  5 1 3 11 20½ 182½ 404,25 
10 France                  5 1 3 11 20  173½ 374,25 
11 Germany                 5 1 3 11 18  177½ 345,50 
12 F.Y.R.Macedonia         5 0 4 10 21½ 148½ 331,00 
13 Netherlands             3 4 2 10 18  181½ 357,00 
14 Sweden                  3 3 3  9 19½ 166  349,50 
15 Bosnia & Herzegovina    4 1 4  9 19½ 155½ 320,75 
16 Azerbaijan              4 1 4  9 19  175½ 364,00 
17 England                 4 1 4  9 19  151½ 300,50 
18 Greece                  4 1 4  9 18½ 169  328,25 
19 Bulgaria 1              3 3 3  9 18½ 168½ 331,50 
20 Hungary                 3 3 3  9 18  177  344,75 
21 Finland                 4 1 4  9 17½ 159  290,00 
22 Serbia & Montenegro     4 1 4  9 16½ 182½ 323,00 
23 Italy                   4 1 4  9 16½ 163½ 294,25 
24 Switzerland             4 1 4  9 16  169½ 293,00 
25 Belgium                 2 4 3  8 16½ 150  233,25 
26 Iceland                 4 0 5  8 15  150½ 195,00 
27 Croatia                 2 3 4  7 18  158  298,50 
28 Bulgaria 2              2 3 4  7 18  143  263,75 
29 Luxembourg              3 1 5  7 16½ 153½ 231,25 
30 Scotland                3 1 5  7 16  141  192,00 
31 Estonia                 2 3 4  7 15½ 169½ 288,50 
32 Ireland                 2 3 4  7 15½ 149½ 210,75 
33 Lithuania               3 1 5  7 15  163  230,50 
34 Turkey                  2 3 4  7 13½ 150½ 164,75 
35 Austria                 3 0 6  6 15½ 145  225,25 
36 Cyprus                  2 1 6  5 12  149½ 131,25 
37 Wales                   1 0 8  2  7½ 147   88,75 

Women's Final Standings

Rk Team                + = - MP Pts BH  SB 
 1 Armenia             5 4 0 14 13  85  117,25 
 2 Hungary             6 2 1 14 12½ 86  121,00 
 3 Russia              5 3 1 13 12½ 86  113,00 
 4 Poland              5 2 2 12 10½ 91  100,00 
 5 Lithuania           5 2 2 12 10  92   96,75 
 6 Ukraine             3 5 1 11 11½ 90  111,25 
 7 Serbia & Montenegro 4 3 2 11 10½ 89½  99,25 
 8 France              4 3 2 11 10½ 81½  90,50 
 9 Romania             4 3 2 11 10½ 78½  83,25 
10 England             4 3 2 11  9½ 94½  94,00 
11 Germany             3 4 2 10 10½ 79   87,75 
12 Georgia             5 0 4 10 10  87½  91,50 
13 Netherlands         4 2 3 10 10  69   71,00 
14 Bulgaria 1          4 2 3 10  9  93   90,50 
15 Greece              4 2 3 10  9  83½  78,25 
16 Czech Republic      3 3 3  9 10  62½  62,00 
17 Azerbaijan          4 1 4  9  9½ 76½  71,25 
18 Bulgaria 2          3 3 3  9  9  85   80,00 
19 Sweden              3 3 3  9  8½ 82½  65,25 
20 F.Y.R.Macedonia     3 3 3  9  8½ 73   62,25 
21 Israel              3 2 4  8  8  72   56,75 
22 Spain               3 2 4  8  7½ 87½  65,75 
23 Austria             1 5 3  7  8  82   68,75 
24 Slovenia            2 3 4  7  8  71½  51,00 
25 Finland             2 3 4  7  7½ 80½  52,50 
26 Croatia             3 1 5  7  6½ 84½  51,00 
27 Slovakia            3 1 5  7  6½ 77½  45,50 
28 Moldova             3 1 5  7  6  86½  47,50 
29 Switzerland         3 0 6  6  6  71½  32,25 
30 Turkey              2 1 6  5  5  79   29,00 
31 Italy               1 2 6  4  5  72½  30,50 

Unofficial individual performances derived from the games
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EuTCh Plovdiv BUL (BUL), 10-21 x 2003
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  1. Kacheishvili, Giorgi         g  GEO 2593 6.5/8 2759 
  2. David, Alberto               g  LUX 2560 6.0/8 2753 
  3. Babula, Vlastimil            g  CZE 2567 6.0/8 2634 
  4. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     g  ESP 2602 6.0/9 2679 
  5. Vallejo Pons, Francisco      g  ESP 2662 6.0/9 2701 
  6. Kovalev, Andrei              g  BLR 2572 6.0/9 2624 
  7. Kozul, Zdenko                g  CRO 2597 6.0/9 2731 
  8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz       g  AZE 2595 6.0/9 2700 
  9. Navara, David                g  CZE 2607 6.0/9 2636 
 10. Dizdarevic, Emir             g  BIH 2507 6.0/9 2553 
 11. Degraeve, Jean-Marc          g  FRA 2562 5.5/7 2736 
 12. Nedev, Trajce                g  MKD 2480 5.5/7 2688 
 13. Ponomariov, Ruslan           g  UKR 2718 5.5/8 2757 
 14. Georgiev, Kiril              g  MKD 2651 5.5/8 2690 
 15. Gagunashvili, Merab          g  GEO 2582 5.5/8 2666 
 16. Perunovic, Milos             m  SCG 2534 5.5/8 2642 
 17. Luther, Thomas               g  GER 2580 5.5/8 2663 
 18. Socko, Bartosz               g  POL 2547 5.5/8 2666 
 19. Shirov, Alexei               g  ESP 2737 5.5/9 2691 
 20. Gelfand, Boris               g  ISR 2703 5.5/9 2739 
 21. Radjabov, Teimour            g  AZE 2650 5.5/9 2699 
 22. Delchev, Aleksander          g  BUL 2603 5.5/9 2677 
 23. Eljanov, Pavel               g  UKR 2597 5.5/9 2597 
 24. Cvitan, Ognjen               g  CRO 2516 5.5/9 2588 
 25. Sutovsky, Emil               g  ISR 2646 5.0/7 2764 
 26. Pavasovic, Dusko             g  SLO 2586 5.0/7 2694 
 27. Baklan, Vladimir             g  UKR 2600 5.0/7 2692 
 28. Morozevich, Alexander        g  RUS 2702 5.0/7 2725 
 29. Svidler, Peter               g  RUS 2723 5.0/8 2751 
 30. Macieja, Bartlomiej          g  POL 2635 5.0/8 2762 
 31. Dautov, Rustem               g  GER 2610 5.0/8 2650 
 32. Gallagher, Joseph G          g  SUI 2522 5.0/8 2560 
 33. Fedorov, Alexei              g  BLR 2595 5.0/8 2685 
 34. Nyback, Tomi                 g  FIN 2497 5.0/8 2623 
 35. Moiseenko, Alexander         g  UKR 2618 5.0/8 2671 
 36. Smirin, Ilia                 g  ISR 2670 5.0/8 2707 
 37. Beliavsky, Alexander G       g  SLO 2667 5.0/9 2653 
 38. Sepp, Olav                   m  EST 2429 5.0/9 2518 
 39. Speelman, Jonathan S         g  ENG 2575 5.0/9 2569 
 40. Kurajica, Bojan              g  BIH 2557 5.0/9 2513 
 41. Nijboer, Friso               g  NED 2577 5.0/9 2577 
 42. Lalic, Bogdan                g  ENG 2503 5.0/9 2453 
 43. Volkmann, Friedrich          m  AUT 2452 5.0/9 2498 
 44. Genov, Petar                 g  BUL 2494 5.0/9 2533 
 45. Varga, Zoltan                g  HUN 2558 4.5/6 2699 
 46. Kempinski, Robert            g  POL 2561 4.5/7 2660 
 47. Grischuk, Alexander          g  RUS 2732 4.5/7 2687 
 48. Avrukh, Boris                g  ISR 2609 4.5/7 2679 
 49. Muir, Andrew J               m  SCO 2294 4.5/7 2460 
 50. Brynell, Stellan             g  SWE 2462 4.5/7 2563 
 51. Lautier, Joel                g  FRA 2666 4.5/8 2670 
 52. Agrest, Evgenij              g  SWE 2605 4.5/8 2632 
 53. Aleksandrov, Aleksej         g  BLR 2664 4.5/8 2657 
 54. Papaioannou, Ioannis         g  GRE 2577 4.5/8 2649 
 55. Tiviakov, Sergei             g  NED 2601 4.5/8 2613 
 56. Mitkov, Nikola               g  MKD 2530 4.5/8 2479 
 57. Sakalauskas, Vaidas          m  LTU 2423 4.5/8 2547 
 58. Kelly, Brian                 m  IRL 2487 4.5/8 2589 
 59. Stocek, Jiri                 g  CZE 2545 4.5/8 2499 
 60. Borgo, Giulio                m  ITA 2419 4.5/8 2402 
 61. Hector, Jonny                g  SWE 2515 4.5/8 2560 
 62. Vouldis, Angelos             m  GRE 2528 4.5/9 2551 
 63. Guseinov, Gadir              g  AZE 2557 4.5/9 2541 
 64. Sermek, Drazen               g  SLO 2568 4.5/9 2524 
 65. Acs, Peter                   g  HUN 2593 4.5/9 2608 
 66. Kallio, Heikki               g  FIN 2493 4.5/9 2509 
 67. Vasilev, Milen               m  BUL 2451 4.5/9 2389 
 68. Bistric, Faruk               g  BIH 2503 4.5/9 2398 
 69. Schroll, Gerhard             m  AUT 2417 4.5/9 2312 
 70. Dutreeuw, Marc               m  BEL 2321 4.0/6 2480 
 71. Levitt, Jonathan             g  ENG 2423 4.0/6 2452 
 72. Iotov, Valentin                 BUL 2280 4.0/6 2454 
 73. Khalifman, Alexander         g  RUS 2678 4.0/7 2596 
 74. Bareev, Evgeny               g  RUS 2739 4.0/7 2670 
 75. D'Amore, Carlo               m  ITA 2435 4.0/7 2493 
182 players

5) 63rd Armenian Championships

The 63rd Armenian Championships took place Yerevan (ARM), 15th-25th September 2003. Gabriel Sargissian won a playoff against Arman Pashikian after both finished on 6.5/9. Games now available. My thanks to Gagik Khanamiryan for the information.

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CXIII ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 16-24 ix 2003           cat. X (2476)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Sargissian, Gabriel   g ARM 2600  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2628 
 2. Pashikian, Arman        ARM 2366  = * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2654 
 3. Asrian, Karen         g ARM 2601  = 1 * 1 0 0 1 = 1 1  6.0  2587 
 4. Minasian, Artashes    g ARM 2571  = 1 0 * = 0 1 = 1 1  5.5  2545 
 5. Anastasian, Ashot     g ARM 2593  0 0 1 = * = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2543 
 6. Yegiazarian, Arsen    g ARM 2524  = 0 1 1 = * = 1 0 0  4.5  2471 
 7. Petrosian, Tigran L     ARM 2444  = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1  4.0  2436 
 8. Galstian, Beniamin      ARM 2271  0 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 1  3.5  2419 
 9. Harutjunyan, Gevorg     ARM 2380  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1  2.0  2267 
10. Mkrtchian, Lilit     wg ARM 2413  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 *  1.0  2132 
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Pashikian, Arman     -  Sargissian, Gabriel  0-1   42  C55  Two Knights Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel  -  Pashikian, Arman     1/2   39  A40  Unusual Replies to 1.d4


CXIII ch-ARM p/o25+10 Yerevan ARM (ARM), 25-25 ix 2003
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                                  1   2 
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Sargissian, Gabriel g  ARM 2600    1   =   1.5  2559
Pashikian, Arman       ARM 2366    0   =   0.5  2407
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6) 300-years of St. Petersburg Russian Cup

The 300-years of St. Petersburg Russian Cup tournament takes place 17th-26th October 2003. Alexander Lastin and Evgeniy Najer are the top players.

Official site (in Russian): http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/

Men's results - Men's Games - Women's Results - Women's Games

Leading Round 2 Standings: 
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300 Years St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 18-26 x 2003
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  1. Alaguzov, Maxat               KAZ 2120    2.0       
  2. Bocharov, Dmitry           m  RUS 2527    2.0       
  3. Burmakin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2590    2.0       
  4. Gleizerov, Evgeny          g  RUS 2574    2.0       
  5. Malakhatko, Vadim          g  UKR 2529    2.0       
  6. Kosyrev, Vladimir          g  RUS 2531    2.0       
  7. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny       m  RUS 2554    2.0       
  8. Areshchenko, Alexander     g  UKR 2539    2.0       
  9. Belov, Vladimir            g  RUS 2553    2.0       
 10. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij    g  UKR 2571    2.0       
 11. Klimov, Sergey             m  RUS 2512    2.0       
 12. Ovetchkin, Roman           m  RUS 2507    2.0       
 13. Sambuev, Bator             m  RUS 2507    2.0       
152 players

7) First Saturday October

The First Saturday September took place 4th-14th October 2003. There were GM, IM and FM events. Dmitry Schneider won the GM event with 7.5/11, Etienne Mensch the IM event with 7/9. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.

Internet coverage: http://firstsat.inhun.com - tournament conditions: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat

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FSGM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 x 2003              cat. VIII (2429)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Schneider, Dmitry       m USA 2437  * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1  7.5  2560 
 2. Horvath, Peter1         m HUN 2457  1 * 0 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 1  7.0  2527 
 3. Antal, Gergely          m HUN 2473  = 1 * = = = = 0 1 = 1 1  7.0  2526 
 4. Bui Vinh                m VIE 2463  0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1  7.0  2527 
 5. Szeberenyi, Adam        m HUN 2417  = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2494 
 6. Kosanovic, Goran A      g YUG 2390  0 = = = = * 1 = = = = =  5.5  2432 
 7. Balogh, Csaba           m HUN 2449  0 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 =  5.5  2426 
 8. Czebe, Attila           g HUN 2499  = = 1 0 = = 0 * 0 = 1 1  5.5  2422 
 9. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson   f VIE 2417  = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = 1 1  5.5  2429 
10. Berczes, David          f HUN 2323  0 0 = 0 = = = = = * = 0  3.5  2305 
11. Anka, Emil              g HUN 2432  = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1  3.5  2295 
12. Taylor, Timothy         m USA 2385  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 *  2.0  2170 
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FSIM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 x 2003         cat. II (2281)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Mensch, Etienne      f FRA 2327  * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2496 
 2. Werner, Dimo         m GER 2342  = * = = = 1 1 1 = =  6.0  2399 
 3. Horvath, Andras        HUN 2265  0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 =  5.5  2362 
 4. Farago, Sandor       m HUN 2333  = = = * = = = = 1 =  5.0  2318 
 5. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2214  0 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1  5.0  2331 
 6. Babos, Csaba           ROM 2274  = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 =  4.0  2238 
 7. Berczes, Csaba       f HUN 2309  = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1  4.0  2235 
 8. Pap, Gyula             HUN 2233  0 0 = = = 0 = * = =  3.0  2161 
 9. Rudolf, Anna           HUN 2205  0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1  3.0  2164 
10. Kaposztas, Miklos    m HUN 2309  0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 *  2.5  2112 
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8) Zug Young Masters

The 11th International Young Masters tournament took place in Zug, Switzerland 7th-17th October 2003. Joost Berkvens and Marcin Szelag both finished with 7.5/11. Information Walter Bichsel.

Further details: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/duerig/JMT2003/JMT2003Zug.html and http://www.schach.ch/isv/

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YM Zug SUI (SUI), 7-17 x 2003                             cat. V (2360)
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 1. Berkvens, Joost      m NED 2450  * = = 0 1 1 1 1 = = = 1  7.5  2484 
 2. Szelag, Marcin       m POL 2390  = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2490 
 3. Flumbort, Andras     m HUN 2467  = = * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1  7.0  2452 
 4. Papa, Severin        f SUI 2401  1 = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 =  6.5  2421 
 5. Bromberger, Stefan   m GER 2448  0 = = 1 * = 1 0 = 1 1 =  6.5  2417 
 6. Buss, Ralph            SUI 2267  0 = 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 =  5.5  2368 
 7. Moor, Olivier        f SUI 2352  0 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 1  5.5  2360 
 8. Rau, Hannes            GER 2372  0 = 0 = 1 0 = * 1 0 = 1  5.0  2323 
 9. Van Beek, Lucien       NED 2336  = 0 = = = = = 0 * 1 = 0  4.5  2297 
10. Loetscher, Roland    f SUI 2345  = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0 1  4.0  2259 
11. Allemann, Anton        SUI 2271  = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1  4.0  2266 
12. Widmer, Simon          SUI 2222  0 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 0 0 *  2.5  2161 
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9) HSK IM

The HSK IM tournament in Hamburg saw Dirk Sebastian win with 6/9 and make an IM norm.

Internet coverage: http://www.hsk1830.de/

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HSK IM Hamburg GER (GER), 13-19 x 2003                   cat. IV (2344)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Sebastian, Dirk            GER 2360  * 0 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1  6.0  2467 
 2. Langrock, Hannes         f GER 2336  1 * = = 1 = = = 0 1  5.5  2425 
 3. Sarakauskas, Gediminas   m LTU 2428  = = * = = = = = 1 1  5.5  2414 
 4. Berger, Steve              GER 2278  0 = = * = = = = 1 1  5.0  2394 
 5. Van Delft, Merijn        f NED 2402  0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1  5.0  2380 
 6. Murdzia, Piotr           m POL 2446  = = = = = * = = 1 0  4.5  2332 
 7. Petrosian, Suren         m ARM 2439  = = = = 0 = * = = 1  4.5  2333 
 8. Lindinger, Markus        f GER 2358  0 = = = 0 = = * 1 =  4.0  2299 
 9. Feuerstack, Aljoscha       GER 2196  = 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 * =  3.0  2235 
10. Helm, Leonie               GER 2199  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = *  2.0  2140 
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10) Zonal 2.3

Zone 2.3 took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador finishing 13th October 2003. It was a 12 player Category 8 round robin. Lenier Dominguez of Cuba and Alejandro Ramirez of Costa Rica finished on 8/11. My thanks to Rodolfo Arias.

Internet coverage: http://www.tablerotico.com and http://www.ajedrezencolombia.com/ecuador.htm

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zt 2.3 Guayaquil ECU (ECU), 6-13 x 2003                        cat. VIII (2433)
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 1. Dominguez, Lenier            g CUB 2607  * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1  8.0  2591 
 2. Ramirez, Alejandro           m CRC 2483  = * = 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2603 
 3. Delgado, Neuris              g CUB 2530  = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2556 
 4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S   g ECU 2484  0 0 1 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1  7.0  2530 
 5. Estrada Nieto, Julian        m MEX 2290  = 0 = = * = = 1 = = 0 1  5.5  2445 
 6. Mendoza, Rafael              f COL 2382  0 1 0 = = * = = = 1 = =  5.5  2437 
 7. Garcia, Gildardo             g COL 2470  = = = = = = * = 0 1 0 =  5.0  2393 
 8. Mieles Palau, Daniel         m ECU 2468  0 = = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1  5.0  2393 
 9. Valdes, Leonardo             m CRC 2365  0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 0 1 =  4.0  2336 
10. Palencia, Wilson               COL 2350  1 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * = 0  3.5  2307 
11. Juarez Flores, Carlos A      m GUA 2392  0 0 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 = * 0  3.5  2303 
12. Delgado Kuffo, Andres        f ECU 2372  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 1 *  3.5  2305 
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11) 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 organised a team competiton (4 players: 3 boys and 1 girl). The players had to be born after 31st December 1985. 16 teams participated in this tournament: 14 teams from different regions and republics of Russia plus Germany and The Netherlands. The event took place 5th-11th October 2003 and was won by top seeds Sverdlovsk ahead of the Netherlands.

Final Round 9 Scores
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Artic Cup u16 Salekhard RUS (RUS), 5-11 x 2003
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 No. PNo Name                    Score  Bh 
  1.  1  Sverdlovsk R            27.5   214.0
  2.  3  Netherlands             27.0   214.5
  3.  8  Arkhangelsk R           22.0   206.5
  4.  4  Saint-Petersburg        22.0   198.0
  5.  5  Vologodskaya R          20.5   188.0
  6.  2  Yamalo-Nenets AD 1      20.0   203.5
  7.  6  Khanty-Mansiysky AD     20.0   174.5
  8. 11  Tumen R                 19.5   190.5
  9. 10  Yamalo-Nenets AD 2      19.0   160.5
 10.  7  Chelyabinsk R           18.5   200.5
 11.  9  Germany                 18.0   160.0
 12. 14  Kurgan R                17.5   161.0
 13. 16  Salekhard               11.5   155.0
 14. 12  Komi R                  10.0   152.5
 15. 13  Krasnoyarsk T            7.5   151.0
 16. 15  Nenets AD                7.5   150.0

12) 1st Ashdod Chess Festival

1st Ashdod Chess Festival - The Israel International Open Chess Championship took place in Ashdod 12th-17th October 2003. Alexander Huzman, Victor Mikhalevski, Vadim Milov and Sergey Zagrebelny all finished on 7/9. My thanks to Alik Gershon.

Live coverage: http://www.chess.org.il/Ashdod/Ashdod_Eng.htm

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1st Israel Int Op Ashdod ISR (ISR), 4-12 x 2003
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 1. Huzman, Alexander       g  ISR 2574   7      51.0 
 2. Mikhalevski, Victor     g  ISR 2548   7      50.5 
 3. Milov, Vadim            g  SUI 2574   7      48.0 
 4. Zagrebelny, Sergey      g  UZB 2524   7      46.0 
 5. Postny, Evgeny          g  ISR 2526   6.5    53.0 
 6. Tyomkin, Dimitri        g  CAN 2476   6.5    50.5 
 7. Erenburg, Sergey        m  ISR 2500   6.5    50.0 
 8. Rechlis, Gad            g  ISR 2507   6.5    43.0 
 9. Chekhov, Valery A       g  RUS 2464   6      51.0 
10. Klovans, Janis          g  LAT 2462   6      48.5 
11. Greenfeld, Alon         g  ISR 2527   6      47.5 
12. Ginsburg, Gennadij      m  GER 2483   6      47.0 
13. Klenburg, Mikhail          UKR 2409   6      46.5 
14. Rozentalis, Eduardas    g  LTU 2633   6      44.5 
15. Golod, Vitali           g  ISR 2544   5.5    53.5 
16. Goldin, Alexander       g  USA 2629   5.5    53.0 
17. Lerner, Konstantin Z    g  UKR 2524   5.5    52.0 
18. Khmelniker, Ilya           ISR 2451   5.5    49.0 
19. Kaganskiy, Gleb            RUS 2386   5.5    46.0 
20. Savchenko, Stanislav    g  UKR 2563   5.5    46.0 
21. Gerzhoy, Leonid         m  ISR 2423   5.5    46.0 
22. Caspi, Israel              ISR 2078   5.5    46.0 
23. Psakhis, Lev            g  ISR 2549   5.5    45.5 
24. Maryasin, Boris         m  ISR 2398   5.5    45.5 
25. Shterenberg, Baruch        ISR 2178   5.5    45.0 
26. Bar, Roman              m  ISR 2410   5.5    44.5 
27. Lurie, Michael             ISR 2272   5.5    44.0 
28. Bykhovsky, Anatoly      f  ISR 2216   5.5    43.5 
29. Shevelev, Arkady        m  ISR 2362   5.5    42.5 
30. Gurevich, Gregory          ISR 2361   5.5    42.5 
31. Zak, Uriel              m  ISR 2356   5.5    41.5 
32. Krapivin, Alexander     m  RUS 2342   5.5    41.5 
33. Eljanov, Vladimir       m  UKR 2419   5.5    41.0 
34. Karp, Michael              ISR 2286   5.5    38.0 
35. Kantsler, Boris         g  ISR 2483   5      47.5 
36. Tseitlin, Mark D        g  ISR 2431   5      46.5 
112 players

13) Femida 2003

The 1st International Women's Chess Festival Femida 2003 took place in Kharkov, Ukraine 6th-17th October 2003. Two friendly student chess clubs, chess club National Law Academy of Ukraine (president M.V.Domashenko) and chess club "Kaissa" of Kharkov state academy of urban economy (Director G.S.Kiktev) hosted the event.

The main event was an International Title Tournament "Femida-2003" event which was women's Category VIII with an average rating of 2237. The 12 player event (WGM norm 8.0 from 11, WIM norm 6.0 from 11). The winner was WIM Zdebskaja, Natalia winning with 8.0/11 scored WGM norms. The top two players scored IM norms Komiagina Maria, Gutsko, Anastasia. The second event was an International Open "Femida-2003" 40 players competed in this 9 round swiss system event which took place 8th-17th October 2003 in Kharkov, Ukraine. The winner was WGM Vozovic, Oksana on 7.0/9.

My thanks to Andrey Belous for the news and games.

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Femida Kharkov UKR (UKR), 6-17 x 2003
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Zdebskaja, Natalia    wm UKR 2331  * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2410 
 2. Komiagina, Maria         RUS 2287  = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 =  7.0  2341 
 3. Eidelson, Rakhil      wg BLR 2261  = = * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2343 
 4. Fatalibekova, Elena   wg RUS 2317  = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1  6.5  2301 
 5. Gutsko, Anastasia        UKR 2203  = = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 0 1  6.0  2282 
 6. Romanova, Inna        wg BLR 2256  = 1 = = 0 * 0 1 0 0 1 =  5.0  2205 
 7. Gagloshvili, Raissa   wm RUS 2218  0 0 1 = = 1 * = = = 0 =  5.0  2209 
 8. Kostiuk, Tatiana      wm UKR 2277  = = 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 0 1  5.0  2203 
 9. Doluhanova, Evgeniya     UKR 2175  0 0 0 = = 1 = = * = 1 =  5.0  2213 
10. Dvoretska, Olena         UKR 2212  0 = 0 1 0 1 = 0 = * = 1  5.0  2209 
11. Maiko, Julia             UKR 2178  0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 = * 1  4.5  2183 
12. Sorokina, Viktoria       UKR 2201  0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 *  2.0  1984 
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Femida Open Kharkov UKR (UKR), 8-17 x 2003
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  1. Vozovic, Oksana         UKR 2330 wg 7.0  50.5 2336
  2. Kostiukova, Liubov      UKR 2144    6.5  53.0 2374
     Chulivska, Vita         UKR 2091    6.5  51.0 2385
     Kononenko, Tatiana      UKR 2343 wg 6.5  50.5 2372
     Rohonyan, Katerina      UKR 2369 wm 6.5  50.5 2327
     Karlovich, Anastazia    UKR 2273 wg 6.5  47.5 2271
  7. Ivanova, Svetlana       UKR 2236 wm 6.0  49.0 2279
  8. Sulejmanova, Ava        RUS 2230 wm 5.5  47.5 2251
     Aslanian, Ludmila K.    UKR 2193 wm 5.5  46.0 2013
     Sluzhbina, Anastasiya   UKR 1993    5.5  46.0 2076
     Kucherenko Elena        UKR 0000    5.5  44.5 2138
     Hryhorenko, Nataliya    UKR 2264 wm 5.5  44.0 2153
 13. Novikova, Margarita     UKR 2094    5.0  42.0 1991
     Maiko Alina             UKR 0000    5.0  41.5 2189
     Breslavska, Galina      UKR 2137    5.0  41.5 2116
     Velunkova Oksana        UKR 0000    5.0  36.5 1864
 17. Kaniwtsova Nadezhdadra  UKR 0000    4.5  47.0 2188
     Chasovnikova, Eugenia   RUS 2314 wm 4.5  43.0 2032
     Ostroverkhova Elena     UKR 0000    4.5  42.5 2049
     Mamonova, Yulia         UKR 2143 wf 4.5  41.0 2061
     Gordon, Viktoria        UKR 2140    4.5  41.0 1973
     Sukhaja, Victorija      UKR 1969    4.5  40.0 2059
     Yushko, Olga            UKR 1973    4.5  39.5 1843
 24. Zarubina, Polina        UKR 1984    4.0  41.5 2009
     Sova Olga               UKR 0000    4.0  40.0 2078
     Gunko Evgenia           UKR 0000    4.0  37.0 2058
     Shchipanova Swetlana    UKR 0000    4.0  36.5 1291
     Mikhailovskaya Maria    UKR 0000    4.0  33.5 1410
     Tkachenko Elena         UKR 0000    4.0  33.0 1947
     Khudoshina Valentina    UKR 0000    4.0  30.0 1353
 31. Pastukh Aleksandra      UKR 0000    3.5  38.0 1680
     Shepeleva, Sofia        UKR 1836    3.5  37.5 1491
     Gonchar Svetlana        UKR 0000    3.5  35.5 1925
 34. Mokriak, Liudmila       UKR 2199 wm 3.0  38.0 1492
     Vorobiova Evgenia       UKR 0000    3.0  32.5 1413
     Dib Rimma               UKR 0000    3.0  32.5 1596
     Lukianenko Victoria     UKR 0000    3.0  30.0 1467
 38. Rusanova Aleksandra     UKR 0000    2.0  29.5 1316
 39. Kalugina  Nadezhda      UKR 0000    1.5  30.5 1373
     Kanovalenko Aleksandra  UKR 0000    1.5  29.0 1541

14) 3rd Winterthur Chess Week Open

Peter Karrer reports: The 3rd Winterthur Chess Week took place in Winterthur (Switzerland) October 3rd-11th 2003. The main event was a 9-round Open. A record number of 116 players competed. Normunds Miezis won for the second time after 2001.

Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/

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3rd Winterthur Chess Week Winterthur SUI (SUI), 3-11 x 2003
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 1. Miezis, Normunds          g  LAT  2525  8.0  52.5  457.5
 2. Malakhatko, Vadim         g  UKR  2529  7.5  56.0  451.0
 3. Kelecevic, Nedeljko       m  BIH  2379  6.5  55.0  424.5
 4. Starostits, Ilmars        m  LAT  2431  6.5  54.0  450.0
 5. Tukmakov, Vladimir        g  UKR  2562  6.5  53.5  451.5
 6. Gheorghiu, Florin         g  ROM  2431  6.5  53.0  430.5
 7. Antognini, Francesco         SUI  2174  6.5  49.0  422.0
 8. Salzgeber, Frank             SUI  2159  6.5  49.0  418.5
 9. Gattenloehner, Sebastian     GER  2222  6.5  44.0  388.0
10. Sarakauskas, Gediminas    m  LTU  2428  6.0  54.5  433.5
11. Bucher, Michael              SUI  2168  6.0  51.0  409.5
12. Haas, Carmi                  SUI  2211  6.0  50.5  418.0
13. Zambo, Zoltan                HUN  2196  6.0  50.0  414.5
14. Blasko, Istvan            f  HUN  2336  6.0  48.5  416.0
15. Goreskul, Alyona         wm  UKR  2274  6.0  47.5  399.0
16. Lehmann, Marco               SUI  1914  6.0  47.5  387.0
17. Speck, Hans                  SUI  2141  6.0  47.0  396.0
18. Kuhn, Thomas                 SUI  2260  6.0  46.5  410.5
19. Suter, Clemens               SUI  2097  6.0  45.5  394.5
20. Peier, Hans                  SUI  2098  6.0  44.0  413.0
116 players

15) African Championships

The African Individual Championships took place in Abuja, Nigeria 10th-17th October 2003. Essam El Gindy won with 7.5/9 a point clear of the field.

Official site: http://www.fide.com/aag2003/indmen/

Alongside was the African Team Championships 5th-15th October 2003 which is part of the Africa Games. Egypt won the event with 31.5 game points three points clear of Algeria, surprisingly third placed Zambia actually won more match points. Players seem to have been able to play in both the individual and team events somehow.

Official site: http://www.fide.com/aag2003/

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ch-Africa Abuja NGR (NGR), 10-17 x 2003
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 1. El Gindy, Essam               m  EGY 2501  7.5  2607 
 2. Adly, Ahmed                   m  EGY 2448  6.5  2487 
 3. Simutowe, Amon                m  ZAM 2424  6.5  2473 
 4. Solomon, Kenny                f  RSA 2339  6.5  2416 
 5. Arab, Adlane                     ALG 2241  6.5  2501 
 6. El Taher, Fouad               m  EGY 2505  6.0  2467 
 7. Abdelnabbi, Imed              m  EGY 2484  6.0  2435 
 8. Kamel, Salama                    EGY 2077  6.0  2370 
 9. Ezat, Mohamed                 m  EGY 2405  5.5  2318 
10. Kobese, Watu                  m  RSA 2404  5.5  2372 
11. Chumfwa, Stanley                 ZAM 2318  5.5  2344 
12. Henni, Mohamed                m  ALG 2273  5.5  2287 
13. Campos, Eugenio               m  ANG 2249  5.5  2346 
14. Ahmed, Esam Aly               m  EGY 2408  5.0  2180 
15. Aikhoje, Odion                m  NGR 2278  5.0  2247 
16. Olape, Bunmi                     NGR 2273  5.0  2278 
17. Akintola, Fola                m  NGR 2256  5.0  2287 
18. Bhawoodien,Shabier               RSA ----  5.0  2232 
19. Molale, Ofentse                  BOT 2181  5.0  2242 
20. Pitlagano, Tebogo                BOT 2073  5.0  2255 
50 players

Team Tournament
 # Country              GP    MP  
 1 Egypt                31.5  8.0  
 2 Algeria              28.5  7.5  
 3 Zambia               27.0  8.5  
 4 Angola               25.5  6.0  
 5 Libya                24.0  6.5  
 6 Nigeria              24.0  6.0  
 7 South Africa         23.0  5.5  
 8 Zimbabwe             13.5  3.0  
 9 Ethiopia             13.0  3.0  
10 Cote D Ivoire         8.0  1.0  
11 Sao Tome e Principe   2.0  0.0  
GP - game points; MP - match points

16) 77th New York Masters

Alex Stripunsky and Julio Becerra won the 77th New York Masters on 14th October 2003 with 3.5/4. News John Fernandez.

Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com

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77th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 14 x 2003
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                                   1   2   3   4   Total
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  1. Stripunsky, Alex     g USA 2530 +14 + 5 = 4 + 3   3.5  ($235)
  2. Becerra, Julio       g USA 2558 +12 + 6 = 3 + 7   3.5  ($235)
  3. Yudasin, Leonid      g ISR 2569 + 8 + 7 = 2 - 1   2.5  ($ 25)
  4. Shulman, Yuri        g USA 2564 -11 + 9 = 1 +12   2.5  ($ 25)
  5. Shahade, Jennifer   wm USA 2342 +15 - 1 +12 = 6   2.5  ($ 45)
  6. Margulis, Yevgeny      USA 2316 +10 - 2 + 8 = 5   2.5  ($ 45)
  7. Bonin, Jay           m USA 2339 + 9 - 3 +11 - 2   2.0
  8. Privman, Boris       f USA 2240 - 3 +11 - 6 +15   2.0
  9. Ross, Laura         wf USA 2120 - 7 - 4 +14 +11   2.0
 10. Perks, Grant           USA ---- - 6 -12 +15 =     1.5
 11. Esserman, Marc         USA 2276 + 4 - 8 - 7 - 9   1.0
 12. Furdzik, Rafal         USA 2251 - 2 +10 - 5 - 4   1.0
 13. Ross, Philip           USA 2107 --- --- --- +14   1.0
 14. Gaillard, Edward       USA ---- - 1 =15 - 9 -13   0.5
 15. Zenyuk, Irina          USA ---- - 5 =14 -10 - 8   0.5


PRIZES
1ST   - $330
2ND   - $140
3RD   - $ 50
U2400 - $ 90

17) German Bundesliga

The first weekend of the German Bundesliga is on 1st-2nd November 2003. It looks like the event will be without the defending champions Luebeck who withdrew from the event. The reasons seem complex (my German is strong enough to understand the rough explanation but not good enough to explain it) you can read one account in German at: http://www.chessgate.de/news/Oktober2003/luebeck.html

Official Bundesliga site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com

18) 7th Itau Cup

The 7th Itaú Cup takes place 27th September - 5th October 2003 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gilberto Milos won the event on 7.5/9 on tie-break from Wellington Carlos Rocha and Jose Fernando Cubas. IM norms were achieved by Rocha and by Vitorio Chemin (who scored 7 out of 9). 198 players from 12 countries competed. 128 additional games now available from those given last week. My thanks to Herman and Marius van Riemsdijk.

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

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7th Itau Cup Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 27 ix-5 x 2003
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 1. Milos, Gilberto             g  BRA 2592  7.5   41.5
 2. Rocha, Wellington Carlos       BRA 2420  7.5   40.0
 3. Cubas, Jose Fernando        m  PAR 2419  7.5   38.0
 4. Braga, Cicero               m  BRA 2426  7     39.0
 5. Mittelman, Gur              m  ISR 2437  7     38.5
 6. Matsuura, Everaldo          m  BRA 2452  7     39.0
 7. Zambrana, Oswaldo           f  BOL 2404  7     35.0
 8. Chemin, Vitorio             f  BRA 2315  7     35.0
 9. Galego, Luis                g  POR 2494  6.5   36.0
10. Fernando, Diogo             m  POR 2391  6.5   36.0
11. De Souza, Mauro             m  BRA 2361  6.5   34.5
12. Trois, Francisco R.T        m  BRA 2364  6.5   34.5
13. Marques, Vinicius           f  BRA 2380  6.5   34.0
14. Vera, I Jorge                  PAR 2189  6.5   34.0
15. Bosque Ortega, Xavier          ESP 2258  6.5   34.0
16. Limp, Eduardo               m  BRA 2390  6.5   33.5
17. Pelikian, Jefferson         m  BRA 2415  6.5   33.5
18. Bittencourt, Jorge             BRA 2330  6.5   32.0
19. Lebredo, Gerardo            m  CUB 2317  6.5   31.0
199 players

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

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: 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

4NCL starts

The 4NCL started on 18th October 2003. I will round up results and games next week.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

Chess Exhibition in Cleveland Ohio

The Worlds of Chess Champions exhibition contains items including Egyptian chess pieces, commemorative stamps, autographed material, rare books and original manuscripts.

The event is in Cleveland OH. The Cleveland Public Library’s John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is currently exhibiting an installation titled, Worlds of Chess Champions. This temporary exhibition is located in the third floor exhibition hall of the Main Building, 325 Superior Ave., N.E. The Library exhibition is free and open to the public. Paid parking is available on Rockwell, one block north of Superior Ave.

Worlds of Chess Champions puts chess into context through the lives of chess experts, authors, and champions. This exhibition sets the historical stage of chess champions from the 19th Century to the present. To illustrate the context of chess in the world, the earliest items displayed feature chess pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300 B.C. Other early items on display from the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection include original manuscripts from the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Other rare and interesting items include a death mask photograph of an early 19th-century player, commemorative chess stamps, hand-written letters by and about world-famous chess champions, autographed material, and published books by chess champions.

Some of the materials in Worlds of Chess Champions have never before been exhibited. The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is the world’s largest and most comprehensive chess collection. The collection contains chess sets and pieces as well as material related to chess. Many stamps commemorating chess champions are in the exhibition. Newspaper and magazine clippings, chess championship programs, score sheets from games, and other rare items will be on display through June 12, 2004.

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.

Team I. NATAF vs Team N. OJJEH 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bd4 8.Bc4 Nh6 9.0-0 Ng4 10.Bb3 Qd6 11.Qf4 0-0 12.Qxd6 cxd6 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Rae1 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Bb4 Bd7 18.f3 Nf6 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.c4 b6 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Kf2 c5 23.Bc3 Rc8 24.g4 Kf8 25.a4 continues. [Update: 20th October 2003]

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

3rd Rohde International Open

3rd Rohde International Open takes place in Sautron (near Nantes in France) October 25th - November 2nd 2003. 9 rounds - time control Fischer 40 moves/1h40 + 30sec/move + 40min + 30sec/move. Accelerated Swiss pairing. 13 000 Euros (which can't be drawn concurrently)

Internet coverage: http://membres.lycos.fr/sautronechecs/

15th Open of Leuven, Belgium

Chessclub Desperado Leuven is proud to present the 15th Open International Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Friday November 7th until Tuesday November 11th 2003. The Open Tournament consists out of 9 rounds, Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than EUR 6.000, including several ratingprizes!

More info, inscriptions and internet coverage: http://turn.to/desperado

Email inquiries: DesperadoLeuven@advalvas.be

21st Muensterland Open

The 21st Muensterland Open takes place 17th-24th October 2003. Top players: . Andrei Istratescu 2595, Vladisla Nevednichy 2575, Klaus Bischoff 2564 and Jozsef Pinter.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/muensterland_open03/teilnehmer.htm

9th HIT Open

9th HIT Open 2004 takes place in Nova Gorica - Slovenia 30th January 2004 - 5th February 2004. A + B Tournaments, Swiss system, 9 rounds - 90 min + 30 sek/potezo, Zug, Move Prize Fund 8.500 EU Netto

Further info: krapse.stefan@siol.net, ++ 386 5 333 21 74 or stojan.karer@email.si, ++ 41 643 388, fax ++ 386 5 302 43 34

Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano

The Traditional Chess Open Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano (first edition in 1985) takes place in Venice from October 30th to 2nd November 2003, organized together by "Esteban Canal" Chess Club and by "Carlo Salvioli" Chess Club.

Master tournament: 6 rounds (minimum 2000 Fide rating or 1900 Italian rating) 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 second every move; after 40 moves 10 minutes more plus 30 seconds every move. "A" Tournament: Italian rating 1700-1899; Fide rating less than 2000. Two hours for 40 moves and 30 minutes of quick play finish. "B" Tournament: Italian rating less than 1800. Two hours for 40 moves and 30 minutes of quick play finish. "C" Tournament: players without rating. Two hours for the whole game. A, B and C tournaments: 5 rounds from 31st of October

Further details: http://www.autunnoscacchisticoveneziano.org in Italian and in English.

Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003

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.

Further details at http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/ccf03/03_Home.htm

Taimanov Interview

Sergey Bystrov has interviewed Mark Taimanov. Read it at: http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lectures/taim.html

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

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.

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

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/

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/

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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/