The Week in Chess 468

THE WEEK IN CHESS 468 27th October 2003 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Jean Pechine, Igor Glek, Bartlomiej Macieja, Leonid Gofshtein, Mogens Nielsen, John Fernandez, Emil Anka, Colin MacKenzie, Franz Jittenmeier, Argiris Kotsis, Andy McFarland, Mihajlo Savic, Rod McShane, Léo Battesti, George Mirijanian, Emil Sutovsky, Peter Sowray, Arthur Brameld, Richard Furness, Juan Manuel González, John Henderson and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Cap D'Agde tournament has proved an extremely competitive affair in the opening stages with tight groups stages producing a very strong quarter final lineup. Kasparov's visit to the London Chess Centre produced a big crowd and sales of his new book. The World Junior Championships are underway and the FIDE Congress will take place along side it.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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.

After the group stages the top four from each group qualified for the quarter finals of the knockout. Today saw Kramnik - Polgar (Kramnik won 2-0) and Ponomariov - Anand (is taking place as I write - game 1 was drawn). Tuesday sees Bacrot - Grischuk and Topalov - Svidler.

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 and also there is full coverage at: http://www.europe-echecs.com

KO Day 1 (October 27, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Polgar, Judit       1-0   38  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Polgar, Judit       -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   35  B21  Sicilian Morra Gambit

KO Rapid Cap D'Agde FRA (FRA), 27-31 x 2003
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir  g RUS 2777    1.5  2915
2 Polgar, Judit      g HUN 2722    0.5  2584
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Match 2 Game 1
Anand, Viswanathan  -  Ponomariov, Ruslan  1/2   60  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer

Group A

Round 1 (October 24, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir       -  Bareev, Evgeny          1/2   18  C10  French Rubinstein
Ponomariov, Ruslan      -  Adams, Michael          1/2   29  C96  Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris          -  Bacrot, Etienne         1/2   69  D15  Slav Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  -  Topalov, Veselin        0-1   38  A61  Benoni

Round 2 (October 24, 2003)

Bacrot, Etienne         -  Ponomariov, Ruslan      1/2   33  E20  Nimzo Indian
Topalov, Veselin        -  Adams, Michael          1-0   48  C96  Ruy Lopez
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  -  Kramnik, Vladimir       1/2   71  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Bareev, Evgeny          -  Gelfand, Boris          1/2   53  D23  QGA

Round 3 (October 25, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir       -  Topalov, Veselin        1-0   51  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan      -  Bareev, Evgeny          1-0   38  C10  French Rubinstein
Gelfand, Boris          -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  1-0   51  C54  Giuoco Piano
Adams, Michael          -  Bacrot, Etienne         0-1   64  C42  Petroff's Defence

Round 4 (October 25, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir       -  Gelfand, Boris          1-0   39  B92  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Topalov, Veselin        -  Bacrot, Etienne         1/2   24  C41  Philidor's Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  -  Ponomariov, Ruslan      1/2   82  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Bareev, Evgeny          -  Adams, Michael          1-0   43  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 5 (October 26, 2003)

Ponomariov, Ruslan      -  Kramnik, Vladimir       1/2   35  B82  Sicilian Scheveningen
Bacrot, Etienne         -  Bareev, Evgeny          1-0   57  D19  Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris          -  Topalov, Veselin        1-0   75  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Adams, Michael          -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  1-0   55  B07  Pirc Defence

Round 6 (October 26, 2003)

Kramnik, Vladimir       -  Adams, Michael          1/2   16  C84  Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Gelfand, Boris          -  Ponomariov, Ruslan      0-1   70  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
Topalov, Veselin        -  Bareev, Evgeny          1/2   57  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  -  Bacrot, Etienne         1/2   14  D10  Slav Defence

Round 7 (October 26, 2003)

Ponomariov, Ruslan      -  Topalov, Veselin        1/2   19  C91  Ruy Lopez
Bacrot, Etienne         -  Kramnik, Vladimir       1/2   16  D56  Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Adams, Michael          -  Gelfand, Boris          1/2   40  A45  Trompowsky
Bareev, Evgeny          -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  0-1   46  A21  English Opening

GpA Cap D'Agde FRA (FRA), 24-26 x 2003          cat. XIX (2719)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir       g RUS 2777 * = = 1 1 = = =  4.5  2813
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan      g UKR 2718 = * = 1 = = = 1  4.5  2821
3 Bacrot, Etienne         g FRA 2664 = = * = = = 1 1  4.5  2829
4 Gelfand, Boris          g ISR 2703 0 0 = * 1 1 = =  3.5  2721
5 Topalov, Veselin        g BUL 2735 0 = = 0 * 1 1 =  3.5  2717
6 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  g GEO 2693 = = = 0 0 * 0 1  2.5  2621
7 Adams, Michael          g ENG 2725 = = 0 = 0 1 * 0  2.5  2616
8 Bareev, Evgeny          g RUS 2739 = 0 0 = = 0 1 *  2.5  2614
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Gelfand, Boris    -  Topalov, Veselin  0-1   44  E94  King's Indian Classical
Topalov, Veselin  -  Gelfand, Boris    1/2   89  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit

GpA P/O Blitz Cap D'Agde FRA (FRA), 26-26 x 2003
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                               1   2 
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Topalov, Veselin  g BUL 2735    1   =   1.5  2896
Gelfand, Boris    g ISR 2703    0   =   0.5  2542
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Group B

Round 1 (October 24, 2003)

Anand, Viswanathan   -  Grischuk, Alexander  1/2   51  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Polgar, Judit        -  Lautier, Joel        1-0   48  C42  Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei       -  Karpov, Anatoly      1/2   29  C42  Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter          -  Svidler, Peter       0-1   60  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Round 2 (October 24, 2003)

Svidler, Peter       -  Polgar, Judit        1-0   56  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Lautier, Joel        1-0   36  C42  Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Shirov, Alexei       1/2   61  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Leko, Peter          1/2   42  E15  Queens Indian

Round 3 (October 25, 2003)

Polgar, Judit        -  Karpov, Anatoly      1-0   50  C42  Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei       -  Grischuk, Alexander  1/2   47  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Leko, Peter          -  Anand, Viswanathan   0-1   45  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Lautier, Joel        -  Svidler, Peter       1/2   32  D85  Gruenfeld Defence

Round 4 (October 25, 2003)

Grischuk, Alexander  -  Svidler, Peter       1/2   32  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Polgar, Judit        0-1   39  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shirov, Alexei       -  Leko, Peter          0-1   37  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Lautier, Joel        0-1   44  E15  Queens Indian

Round 5 (October 25, 2003)

Svidler, Peter       -  Karpov, Anatoly      1-0   33  C49  Four Knights Metger
Polgar, Judit        -  Shirov, Alexei       1/2   23  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Leko, Peter          -  Grischuk, Alexander  0-1   36  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Lautier, Joel        -  Anand, Viswanathan   1/2   32  E55  Nimzo Indian

Round 6 (October 26, 2003)

Grischuk, Alexander  -  Karpov, Anatoly      1/2   12  C42  Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Svidler, Peter       1/2   16  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Shirov, Alexei       -  Lautier, Joel        1-0   41  B83  Sicilian Scheveningen
Leko, Peter          -  Polgar, Judit        1-0   50  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Round 7 (October 26, 2003)

Svidler, Peter       -  Shirov, Alexei       1/2   28  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Polgar, Judit        -  Grischuk, Alexander  1/2   16  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Lautier, Joel        -  Leko, Peter          0-1   70  C45  Scotch Game
Karpov, Anatoly      -  Anand, Viswanathan   0-1   98  E15  Queens Indian

GpB Cap D'Agde FRA (FRA), 24-26 x 2003       cat. XIX (2720)
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                                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1 Svidler, Peter       g RUS 2723 * = = 1 = 1 = 1  5.0  2877
2 Grischuk, Alexander  g RUS 2732 = * = = = 1 1 =  4.5  2820
3 Anand, Viswanathan   g IND 2766 = = * 0 = 1 = 1  4.0  2763
4 Polgar, Judit        g HUN 2722 0 = 1 * = 0 1 1  4.0  2769
5 Shirov, Alexei       g ESP 2737 = = = = * 0 1 =  3.5  2717
6 Leko, Peter          g HUN 2722 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 =  3.5  2719
7 Lautier, Joel        g FRA 2666 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1  2.0  2569
8 Karpov, Anatoly      g RUS 2693 0 = 0 0 = = 0 *  1.5  2494
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3) 4NCL starts

The 4NCL started over the weekend of 18th-19th October 2003.

Part of report from the official site: Division 1 is headed by title-holders Wood Green 1 and Betsson.com, both with 2 wins from the weekend. Betsson.com will be particularly pleased with their round 2 victory over strongly fancied Guildford-ADC 1. A remarkable match saw 8 decisive games, with the top 4 boards won by the black pieces, and a final result of 5-3 in favour of Betsson.com. It was a difficult weekend for some of the Division 1 teams who had players away competing in the European Team Championship in Bulgaria. Slough 1 particularly suffered and are currently at the foot of the table.

My thanks to Richard Furness, Peter Sowray and Arthur Brameld (for the games).

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

Round 1 18th October 2003

    SLOUGH 1                 2174    1½-5½    WOOD GREEN 2            2299
1 w Dearing, Eddie           2376    1 - 0    Littlewood, Paul E      2390
2 b McNab, Colin A           2379    ½ - ½    Sowray, Peter J         2360
3 w Devereaux, Maxim         2329    0 - 1    McDonald, Neil          2380
4 b Purton, Ben J    *       2121    0 - 1    Tan, Desmond            2332
5 w Johnson, Nigel A         1664    0 - 1    Lawson, David    *      2240
6 b default                          0 - 1    Law, Andrew P           2310
7 w default                          0 - 1    Gilbert, Jessie    w    2084
8 b default                          0 - 0    default          

    GUILDFORD-ADC1           2439    7 - 1    MICRO MARKETS NWE 1     2275
1 w Rowson, Jonathan         2541    1 - 0    Hanley, Craig A         2322
2 b Kosten, Anthony C        2540    ½ - ½    Ghasi, Ameet K          2344
3 w Cherniaev, Alexander     2476    ½ - ½    Crouch, Colin S         2377
4 b Plaskett, James          2483    1 - 0    Quillan, Gary           2323
5 w Gormally, Daniel W       2471    1 - 0    Kennaugh, Charles W     2290
6 b King, Daniel J           2503    1 - 0    Lund, D Brett           2231
7 w Abergel, Thal            2430    1 - 0    Tebb, David J           2240
8 b Lang, Heather    w       2070    1 - 0    Milligan, Helen    w    2076

    WARWICKSHIRE SELECT      2192    3½-4½    BETTSON.COM             2336
1 w Thomas, Nicholas         2263    ½ - ½    Ledger, Andrew J        2443
2 b Dighton, Simon           2247    ½ - ½    Michelakis, George      2432
3 w Hynes, Anthony           2289    ½ - ½    Pert, Richard G         2408
4 b Wu, Li                   2182    0 - 1    Hunt, Adam C            2411
5 w Pitcher, John            2185    ½ - ½    Ansell, Simon           2371
6 b James, Russell A         2209    ½ - ½    Ledger, David J         2289
7 w Baruch, Andrew J D       2106    ½ - ½    Ledger, Stephen C       2211
8 b Chevannes, Sabrina    w  2052    ½ - ½    Tidman, Sophie    w     2123

    BARBICAN 4NCL 1          2363    5½-2½    RICHMOND                2313
1 w Parker, Jonathan         2541    ½ - ½    Wall, Gavin             2413
2 b Ferguson, Mark           2377    ½ - ½    Quinn, Mark             2411
3 w Palliser, Richard        2403    1 - 0    Bates, Richard A        2376
4 b Collinson, Adam          2391    ½ - ½    Van de Griendt, Jan W   2373
5 w Knott, Simon             2370    ½ - ½    Hinks-Edwards, Thomas   2357
6 b Dishman, Stephen         2323    ½ - ½    Webb, Laurence E        2328
7 w D'Costa, Lorin A R       2351    1 - 0    Franklin, Michael J     2224
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid    w  2148    1 - 0    Wilson, Alexandra    w  2025

    NUMERICA 3Cs 1           2291    3½-4½    BARBICAN 4NCL 2         2286
1 w Arkell, Keith C          2513    0 - 1    Taylor, Peter           2290
2 b Davies, Nigel R          2491    ½ - ½    Trent, Lawrence         2326
3 w Clarke, Stuart W         2310    0 - 1    Woodward, Timothy D M   2336
4 b Gordon, Stephen J        2263    0 - 1    Cox, John J             2308
5 w Ashton, Adam G           2239    ½ - ½    Rogers, Jonathan W      2338
6 b Longson, Alexander       2267    1 - 0    Pritchett, Craig W      2296
7 w Bentley, John L          2211    ½ - ½    Taylor, Martin R        2332
8 b Kosteniuk, Oxana    w    2035    1 - 0    Bhatia, Kanwal K    w   2065

    WOOD GREEN 1             2469    6 - 2    The ADs 1               2270
1 w Baburin, Alexander       2541    ½ - ½    Chandler, Murray G      2508
2 b Emms, John M             2520    ½ - ½    Richardson, John R      2293
3 w Turner, Matthew J        2506    1 - 0    Snape, Ian              2251
4 b Ward, Christopher        2522    1 - 0    Cafferty, Bernard       2235
5 w Arakhamia-Grant,K w      2435    ½ - ½    Wheeler, Darren P       2243
6 b Rechel, Bernd            2420    ½ - ½    Anderton, David W       2256
7 w Martin, Andrew D         2429    1 - 0    Wallace, Paul           2166
8 b Tiller, Bjorn            2382    1 - 0    Bellin, Jana    w       2209

Round 2 19th October 2003

    WOOD GREEN 2             2299    3 - 5    WOOD GREEN 1            2469
1 w Littlewood, Paul E       2390    ½ - ½    Baburin, Alexander      2541
2 b Sowray, Peter J          2360    ½ - ½    Ward, Christopher       2522
3 w McDonald, Neil           2380    0 - 1    Turner, Matthew J       2506
4 b Tan, Desmond             2332    ½ - ½    Emms, John M            2520
5 w Lawson, David     *      2240    ½ - ½    Arakhamia-Grant, K w    2435
6 b Law, Andrew P            2310    ½ - ½    Rechel, Bernd           2420
7 w Gilbert, Jessie    w     2084    ½ - ½    Tiller, Bjorn           2382
8 b default                          0 - 1    Martin, Andrew D        2429

    The ADs 1                2270    6½-1½    SLOUGH 1                2208
1 w Chandler, Murray G       2508    1 - 0    Howell, David W L       2381
2 b Richardson, John R       2293    0 - 1    McNab, Colin A          2379
3 w Snape, Ian               2251    1 - 0    Dearing, Eddie          2376
4 b Cafferty, Bernard        2235    ½ - ½    Devereaux, Maxim        2329
5 w Wheeler, Darren P        2243    1 - 0    Purton, Ben J           2121
6 b Anderton, David W        2256    1 - 0    Johnson, Nigel A        1664
7 w Wallace, Paul            2166    1 - 0    default        
8 b Bellin, Jana    w        2209    1 - 0    default        
                          
                          
    BETTSON.COM              2347    5 - 3    GUILDFORD-ADC1          2439
1 w Pert, Richard G          2408    0 - 1    Rowson, Jonathan        2541
2 b Michelakis, George       2432    1 - 0    Kosten, Anthony C       2540
3 w Ledger, Andrew J         2443    0 - 1    Cherniaev, Alexander    2476
4 b Hunt, Adam C             2411    1 - 0    Plaskett, James         2483
5 w Ansell, Simon            2371    1 - 0    Gormally, Daniel W      2471
6 b Ledger, David J          2289    0 - 1    King, Daniel J          2503
7 w Eames, Robert G          2295    1 - 0    Abergel, Thal           2430
8 b Tidman, Sophie    w      2123    1 - 0    Lang, Heather    w      2070

    RICHMOND                 2313    4 - 4    NUMERICA 3Cs 1          2291
1 w Wall, Gavin              2413    0 - 1    Arkell, Keith C         2513
2 b Quinn, Mark              2411    0 - 1    Davies, Nigel R         2491
3 w Bates, Richard A         2376    1 - 0    Ashton, Adam G          2239
4 b Van de Griendt, Jan W    2373    1 - 0    Longson, Alexander      2267
5 w Hinks-Edwards, Thomas    2357    1 - 0    Clarke, Stuart W        2310
6 b Webb, Laurence E         2328    0 - 1    Gordon, Stephen J       2263
7 w Franklin, Michael J      2224    0 - 1    Bentley, John L         2211
8 b Wilson, Alexandra    w   2025    1 - 0    Kosteniuk, Oxana    w   2035

    BARBICAN 4NCL 2          2291    4 - 4    BARBICAN 4NCL 1         2358
1 w Woodward, Timothy D M    2336    ½ - ½    Parker, Jonathan        2541
2 b Trent, Lawrence          2326    ½ - ½    Collinson, Adam         2391
3 w Taylor, Martin R         2332    ½ - ½    Palliser, Richard       2403
4 b Cox, John J              2308    ½ - ½    Rogers, Jonathan W      2338
5 w Taylor, Peter            2290    0 - 1    Knott, Simon            2370
6 b Pritchett, Craig W       2296    ½ - ½    Dishman, Stephen        2323
7 w Coleman, David           2240    1 - 0    D'Costa, Lorin A R      2351
8 b Regan, Natasha    w      2202    ½ - ½    Lauterbach, Ingrid    w 2148

    MICRO MARKETS NWE 1      2280    5½-2½    WARWICKSHIRE SELECT     2213
1 w Crouch, Colin S          2377    1 - 0    Hynes, Anthony          2289
2 b Ghasi, Ameet K           2344    ½ - ½    James, Russell A        2209
3 w Hanley, Craig A          2322    ½ - ½    Mason, Don              2280
4 b Quillan, Gary            2323    1 - 0    Dighton, Simon          2247
5 w Kennaugh, Charles W      2290    1 - 0    Thomas, Nicholas        2263
6 b Lund, D Brett            2231    0 - 1    Wu, Li                  2182
7 w van der Linden, Lukas    2275    1 - 0    Pitcher, John           2185
8 b Milligan, Helen    w     2076    ½ - ½    Chevannes, Sabrina    w 2052

4NCL 2003-2004 Division 1 Round 2 Standings
                       P    W    D    L   Gms   Pts
WOOD GREEN 1           2    2    0    0   11.0    4
BETTSON.COM            2    2    0    0    9.5    4
BARBICAN 4NCL 1        2    1    1    0    9.5    3
BARBICAN 4NCL 2        2    1    1    0    8.5    3
GUILDFORD-ADC1         2    1    0    1   10.0    2
WOOD GREEN 2           2    1    0    1    8.5    2
The ADs 1              2    1    0    1    8.5    2
MICRO MARKETS NWE 1    2    1    0    1    6.5    2
NUMERICA 3Cs 1         2    0    1    1    7.5    1
RICHMOND               2    0    1    1    6.5    1
WARWICKSHIRE SELECT    2    0    0    2    6.0    0
SLOUGH 1               2    0    0    2    3.0    0

4) World Youth Championships

The World Youth Chess Championships 2003 and the 74th FIDE Congress takes place 24th October - 2nd November 2003 in Halkidiki, Greece. I give some games from rounds 1-4 from the Boys U18, U16 and Girls U18. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.

Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/ including full results, live games and games in PGN from all sections.

Leading Round 4 Standings:

Boys - 10 1 - 5. Sjugirov Sanan, Ravi Sanka Teja, Song Raymond, Tamazian Haik, Ipatov Oleksandr 4.0.

Girls - 10 1 - 4. Hejazipour M, Hou Yifan, Kashlinskaya Alina, Madanasri Gundula 4.0.

Boys - 12 1 - 3. Matlakov Maxim, Cordova Daza Emilio, Wei Chenpeng 4.0.

Girls - 12 1 - 2. Tairova Alena, Guramishvili Sopiko 4.0.

Boys - 14 1 - 2. Gupta Abhjit, Sanikidze Tornike 4.0, 3 - 8. Zhigalko Sergei, Carlsen Magnus, Nepomniachtchi Ian, Banusz Tamas, Wang Hao, Goh Koon-Jong Jason 3½.

Girls - 14 1. Mamedjarova Turkan 4.0, 2 - 6. Gunina Valentina, Ignacz Maria, Harika Dronavalli, Van Nies Pauline, Kharmunova Nadejda 3½.

Boys - 16 1 - 2. Tomashevsky Evgeny, Lenic Luka 4.0, 3 - 6. Bellaiche Anthony, Krnan Tomas, Grigorov Grigor, Predojevic Borki 3½.

Girls - 16 1 - 2. Melia Salome, Pourkashiyan Atousa 4.0, 3 - 5. Rogule Laura, Cherenkova Khristina, Malysheva Polina 3½.

Boys - 18 1. Mamedyarov Shakhriyaz 4.0, 2 - 6. Aveskulov Valeriy, Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos, Babujian Levon, Alcazar Jimenez Victor, Nyback Tomi 3½.

Girls - 18 1. Bronnikova Elizaveta 4.0, 2 - 5. Dzagnidze Nana, Chistiakova Tamara, Pogonina Natalija, Guseva Marina 3½.

5) Tel Aviv After Holidays

Leonid Gofshtein has organised two all-play-all events in Tel Aviv 19th-28th October 2003. There is an IM and a GM event.

Internet coverage: http://www.gofshtein.cjb.net

Round 7 Standings:
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After Holidays GM Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 19-28 x 2003   cat. VIII (2438)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Khmelniker, Ilya         ISR 2451  * = 0 . . 1 1 1 1 1  5.5  2660 
 2. Savchenko, Stanislav   g UKR 2563  = * 1 = . . 1 = = 1  5.0  2583 
 3. Livshits, Gaby         m ISR 2409  1 0 * = 1 . . 0 1 =  4.0  2477 
 4. Lerner, Konstantin Z   g UKR 2524  . = = * = = = = . .  3.0  2443 
 5. Kaganskiy, Gleb          RUS 2386  . . 0 = * = 1 . 0 1  3.0  2441 
 6. Vydeslaver, Alik       m ISR 2449  0 . . = = * 0 1 = .  2.5  2371 
 7. Zagrebelny, Sergey     g UZB 2524  0 0 . = 0 1 * . 1 0  2.5  2343 
 8. Kreizberg, Michael     f ISR 2329  0 = 1 = . 0 . * . .  2.0  2407 
 9. Zak, Uriel             m ISR 2356  0 = 0 . 1 = 0 . * .  2.0  2338 
10. Ravia, Mosi              ISR 2386  0 0 = . 0 . 1 . . *  1.5  2317 
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After Holidays IM Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 19-28 x 2003       cat. I (2269)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Marusenko, Petr        m UKR 2345  * 1 . 1 = = 1 = . =  5.0  2395 
 2. Deutsch, Eyal            ISR 2316  0 * = 1 . 1 . = 1 1  5.0  2448 
 3. Shutzman, Joseph         USA 2261  . = * = = . . = 1 1  4.0  2374 
 4. Cohen, Or                ISR 2177  0 0 = * . . 1 1 1 =  4.0  2331 
 5. Ben-Pinchas, Naftali     ISR 2146  = . = . * = = = = =  3.5  2292 
 6. Lymar, Irina          wg UKR 2392  = 0 . . = * 0 1 = 1  3.5  2265 
 7. Ettinger, Amir           ISR 2189  0 . . 0 = 1 * . . 1  2.5  2241 
 8. Reznik, Viktor         f ISR 2296  = = = 0 = 0 . * = .  2.5  2191 
 9. Eljanov, Vladimir      m UKR 2419  . 0 0 0 = = . = * .  1.5  2071 
10. Gutzeit, Avraham         ISR 2145  = 0 0 = = 0 0 . . *  1.5  2030 
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6) Curacao Open

The Curacao International Gateway Open takes place in Willemstad 25th October - 3rd November 2003. My thanks to John Fernandez for the games.

Internet coverage: http://www.curacao.com/chess/

Round 2 Standings:
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Curacao Open Willemstad AHO (AHO), 25 x-3 xi 2003
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 1. Gallegos, Carlos         m  VEN 2460   2.0       
 2. Gulko, Boris F           g  USA 2597   2.0       
 3. Van der Weide, Karel     m  NED 2427   2.0       
 4. Shabalov, Alexander      g  USA 2597   2.0       
 5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E   g  PER 2623   2.0       
 6. Greenfeld, Alon          g  ISR 2527   2.0       
 7. Timman, Jan H            g  NED 2578   2.0       
 8. Huebner, Robert          g  GER 2604   1.5  2292 
 9. Ozolins, Aris            f  LAT 2289   1.5  2441 
10. Stefanova, Antoaneta     g  BUL 2497   1.5  2401 
11. Ehlvest, Jaan            g  EST 2602   1.5  2426 
12. Rohl, Juan               m  VEN 2390   1.5  2208 
13. Malmdin, Nils-Ake           SWE 2190   1.0  2397 
14. Muhren, Willem              NED 2193   1.0  2397 
15. Haag, Martin                GER 2324   1.0  2289 
16. Szmetan, Jorge           m  ARG 2404   1.0  2339 
17. Taylor, Phil                ENG 2031   1.0  2293 
18. Woerdemann, Martin       f  GER 2319   1.0  2263 
19. Bet, Sjaak J.M              AHO 2118   1.0  2230 
20. Blauert, Joerg           m  GER 2359   1.0  2436 
21. Brameld, Arthur F           ENG 2079   1.0  2213 
22. Essing, Arnold              GER 2253   1.0  2213 
23. Metz, Hartmut            f  GER 2325   1.0  2298 
24. Neumann, Han H.W.M          AHO 2164   1.0  2298 
25. Sanchez Castillo, Sarai  wm VEN 2187   1.0  2436 
26. Solaroli, Riccardo          ITA 2006   1.0  2302 
27. Stam, Bart                  NED 2056   1.0  2202 
28. Barr,Steven                     ----   1.0  2225 
29. Martis,Valentino                ----   1.0  2240 
30. Sagredo,Claudio                 ----   1.0  2230 
31. Dekker, Marvin              AHO 2196   0.5  2134 
32. Bick, John D             f  USA 2277   0.5  2108 
33. Straub, Peter               GER 2128   0.5  2055 
34. Chang,Martin                    ----   0.5  2140 
35. Zalm,Norman                     ----   0.5  2015 
36. Mensing, Fabio              AHO 2157   0.0       
37. Muhren, Bianca              NED 2131   0.0       
38. Van Beek, Alexander         NED 2276   0.0       
39. Ter Kuile,Benno                 ----   0.0       
40. Mahmoud,George                  ----   0.0       
41. Van Loon,Johan                  ----   0.0       
42. Crompvoets,Han                  ----   0.0       
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7) Cerrado International Medellin

The Cerrado (La Raza) International took place in Medellin, Colombia 15th-21st October 2003. Jaime Alexander Cuartas won the event with 9/11 a point and a half clear of the field. My thanks to Juan Manuel González.

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La Raza Medellin COL (COL), 15-21 x 2003                         cat. V (2374)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander      COL 2419  * 0 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2631 
 2. Zapata, Alonso              g COL 2472  1 * = 1 0 = = 0 1 1 1 1  7.5  2497 
 3. Alzate, Dario               m COL 2420  0 = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2471 
 4. Echavarria, Johann            COL 2351  0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2477 
 5. Rohl, Juan                  m VEN 2390  0 1 = = * = = 1 0 0 1 1  6.0  2408 
 6. Pupo, Emilio                m COL 2368  0 = = = = * 1 = = = = =  5.5  2374 
 7. Gamboa, Nelson              m COL 2371  = = 1 0 = 0 * = = 0 1 1  5.5  2373 
 8. Uribe, Mauricio               COL 2387  = 1 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1  5.0  2336 
 9. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio   m ECU 2381  0 0 0 = 1 = = 1 * 0 = 1  5.0  2336 
10. Arias, Nilton               m USA 2310  0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 * = 0  4.0  2277 
11. Vittorino, Carlo              COL 2293  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1  3.0  2205 
12. Celis Sanchez, Carlos       f PER 2321  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 *  1.5  2069 
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8) 300-years of St Petersburg Russian Cup

The 300-years of St Petersburg Open took place as part of the Russian Cup 17th-26th October 2003. Vladimir Burmakin and Dmitry Bocharov both finished on 7/9. I will report on the women's event next week when the hopefully the games are complete.

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

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

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300 Years St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 18-26 x 2003
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  1. Burmakin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2590 7.0  2744 
  2. Bocharov, Dmitry           m  RUS 2527 7.0  2728 
  3. Belov, Vladimir            g  RUS 2553 6.5  2671 
  4. Vysochin, Spartak          g  UKR 2584 6.5  2636 
  5. Areshchenko, Alexander     g  UKR 2539 6.5  2652 
  6. Ulibin, Mikhail            g  RUS 2570 6.5  2641 
  7. Amonatov, Farrukh          g  TJK 2557 6.5  2643 
  8. Kornev, Alexei                RUS 2561 6.5  2645 
  9. Kim, Alexey                m  RUS 2439 6.5  2642 
 10. Shariyazdanov, Andrey      g  RUS 2580 6.5  2586 
 11. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny       m  RUS 2554 6.0  2633 
 12. Riazantsev, Alexander      g  RUS 2572 6.0  2595 
 13. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij    g  UKR 2571 6.0  2619 
 14. Turov, Maxim               g  RUS 2509 6.0  2594 
 15. Lugovoi, Aleksei           g  RUS 2553 6.0  2571 
 16. Lastin, Alexander          g  RUS 2634 6.0  2622 
 17. Kharlov, Andrei            g  RUS 2591 6.0  2598 
 18. Gleizerov, Evgeny          g  RUS 2574 6.0  2618 
 19. Yandemirov, Valeri         g  RUS 2483 6.0  2570 
 20. Dobrov, Vladimir           m  RUS 2492 6.0  2565 
 21. Popov, Valerij             g  RUS 2579 6.0  2523 
 22. Kruppa, Yuri               g  UKR 2522 6.0  2596 
 23. Tunik, Gennady             g  RUS 2482 6.0  2569 
 24. Ionov, Sergey              g  RUS 2547 6.0  2573 
 25. Yagupov, Igor              m  RUS 2415 6.0  2530 
 26. Utkin, Aleksey                RUS 2382 6.0  2470 
 27. Malakhatko, Vadim          g  UKR 2529 5.5  2558 
 28. Gareev, Timur              m  UZB 2434 5.5  2587 
 29. Kovchan, Alexander         g  UKR 2561 5.5  2544 
 30. Sapunov, Evgeny               RUS 2476 5.5  2575 
 31. Kuzubov, Yuriy                UKR 2441 5.5  2550 
 32. Vorobiov, Evgeny E         g  RUS 2556 5.5  2482 
 33. Kotsur, Pavel              g  KAZ 2552 5.5  2511 
 34. Potkin, Vladimir           g  RUS 2534 5.5  2477 
 35. Loginov, Valery A          g  RUS 2524 5.5  2458 
 36. Ovetchkin, Roman           m  RUS 2507 5.5  2532 
 37. Kiselev, Sergey            m  RUS 2415 5.5  2545 
 38. Savchenko, Boris           f  RUS 2488 5.5  2509 
 39. Aseev, Konstantin N        g  RUS 2535 5.5  2484 
 40. Zakharevich, Igor          g  RUS 2524 5.5  2494 
152 players

9) Spanish Championships

The Spanish Championships takes place in Burgos 24th October - 1st November 2003. The main championships has two all-play-all sections to be followed by a knockout for the leading players. Below this is the Abierto section which is a Swiss System event.

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

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LXVIII ch-ESP Gp A Burgos ESP (ESP), 24-28 x 2003     cat. X (2498)
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G   g ESP 2480  * = 1 . . 1  2.5  2814 
2. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel      g ESP 2602  = * . . 1 1  2.5  2765 
3. Comas Fabrego, Lluis          g ESP 2502  0 . * = 1 .  1.5  2455 
4. Candela Perez, Jose           m ESP 2410  . . = * 0 1  1.5  2499 
5. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis   g ESP 2475  . 0 0 1 * .  1.0  2379 
6. Narciso Dublan, Marc          m ESP 2521  0 0 . 0 . *  0.0       
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LXVIII ch-ESP Gp B Burgos ESP (ESP), 24-28 x 2003     cat. X (2491)
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Moreno Ruiz, Javier           m ESP 2426  * . 1 = . 1  2.5  2784 
2. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L   m ESP 2521  . * = 1 0 .  1.5  2504 
3. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar      m AND 2549  0 = * . 1 .  1.5  2470 
4. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio     m ESP 2499  = 0 . * . 1  1.5  2477 
5. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario     m ESP 2465  . 1 0 . * =  1.5  2518 
6. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m ESP 2485  0 . . 0 = *  0.5  2190 
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10) 78th New York Masters

Aleks Wojtkiewicz and Julio Becerra won the 78th New York Masters on 21st October 2003 with 3.5/4. News John Fernandez.

Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com

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78th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 21 x 2003
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                                  1   2   3   4   Total
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  1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks  g USA 2571 + 7 + 6 + 9 = 3   3.5  ($230)
  2. Becerra, Julio      g USA 2558 + 8 = 9 + 4 + 6   3.5  ($230)
  3. Ehlvest, Jaan       g EST 2602 +15 = 4 + 5 = 1   3.0  ($ 50)
  4. Braylovsky, Greg      USA 2327 +10 = 3 - 2 + 8   2.5  ($ 40)
  5. Sarkar, Justin      m USA 2369 =11 +12 - 3 +13   2.5  ($ 40)
  6. Bonin, Jay          m USA 2339 +13 - 1 +11 - 2   2.0
  7. Privman, Boris      f USA 2240 - 1 +13 - 8 +11   2.0
  8. Meinking, Daniel      USA ---- - 2 +10 + 7 - 4   2.0
  9. Yudasin, Leonid     g ISR 2569 +14 = 2 - 1 ---   1.5
 10. Gaillard, Edward      USA ---- - 4 - 8 +16 =     1.5
 11. Maltese, Adam         USA ---- = 5 +15 - 6 - 7   1.5
 12. Espinosa, Jose        USA ---- =   - 5 -13 +     1.5
 13. Furdzik, Rafal        USA 2251 - 6 - 7 +12 - 5   1.0
 14. Pruess, David       f USA 2383 - 9 --- --- ---   0.0
 15. Fierro, Martha     wg ECU 2312 - 3 -11 --- ---   0.0
 16. Delgado, Omar         USA ---- --- --- -10 ---   0.0


PRIZES

1ST   - $330
2ND   - $130
3RD   - $ 50
U2400 - $ 80

11) 1st League Serbia and Montenegro

Mihajlo Savic reports: The first league for women and for men of Serbia and Montenegro took place in Budva (an old town on the coast Adriatic sea) 29th August - 9th September 2003. The winner of the women's league was the BAS team from Belgrade (Bojkovic N., Prudnikova S. ,Gaponenko I. ,Manakova M. and reserves Drljevic Lj. and Kostic M.). In the men's event the winner was BSK Gambit from Belgrade (team: Iordacescu V. ,Istratescu A., Damljanovic B., Ivanisevic I., Savic Miodrag R. and Vuckovic B. with reserves Markus R.,Stojanovic M., Vukovic Z.,Krnic Z and Dragasevic S.) The arbiters were Pjesivac Milan and Katanic-Vujic Petar both IA.

Men's Championships
 1 BSK Gambit Beograd       20 43
 2 Akademija Nova  Beograd  17 43½
 3 Buducnost  Podgorica     15 36½
 4 Novosadski SK  Novi Sad  13 36
 5 Radonja Bojovic Niksic   12 38
 6 Nju Don Smed.Palanka     11 35
 7 NIS Nis                  11 35
 8 ZTP  Beograd              9 31
 9 Sloboda-Bohor  Uzice      9 29½
10 Elektroprivreda CG        8 27½
11 Uzicka Banka   Uzice      7 27½
12 Mimoza   Tivat            0 13½

Women's Championships
 1 BAS Beograd              18 30½
 2 Internet CG Podgorica    17 30½
 3 RAD Beograd              16 27
 4 MPS Progres Smed.Palanka 13 23
 5 Akademija Nova  Beograd  10 19
 6 Jugovic Kac               9 18
 7 Srem Sremska Mitrovica    7 16
 8 Pozarevacki SK Pozarevac  6 15½
 9 ZTP  Beograd              6 15
10 PTT Beograd               4 14
11 Pirot  Pirot              4 11½

12) 2nd Klaksvik International

The 2nd Klaksvik International, Kjolbro, Denmark 2003 took place 7th -11th October 2003. The time control was 90'+30"/every move. Four prizes DKK 6000, DKK 2500, DKK 1200 and DKK 800. Johan Eriksson of Sweden won the event with 6.5/9. My thanks to Mogens Nielsen.

Coverage: http://www.faroechess.com where you also find further details.

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2nd It Klaksvik FAI (FAI), 7-11 x 2003                    cat. IV (2332)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Eriksson, Johan           m SWE 2414  * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 =  6.5  2489 
 2. Berg, Klaus               m DEN 2434  = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 0 1  6.0  2446 
 3. Bjarnason, Saevar         m ISL 2284  1 0 * = 1 1 0 1 = 1  6.0  2462 
 4. McNab, Colin A            g SCO 2379  = = = * 1 0 1 = 1 1  6.0  2452 
 5. Poulsen, Martin             FAI 2252  0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 0  4.5  2341 
 6. Simonsen, Hans Kristian     FAI 2240  0 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 1  4.5  2342 
 7. Pilgaard, Kim             m DEN 2459  0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 = 1  3.5  2238 
 8. Olsen, Heini              f FAI 2264  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1  3.0  2215 
 9. Naes, Flovin Tor          f FAI 2337  0 1 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 0  2.5  2165 
10. Simonsen, Olavur            FAI 2261  = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 *  2.5  2174 
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13) 70th Greater Boston Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 70th Greater Boston Open took place 18th-19th October 2003 in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. Four players tied for first place with scores of 3-1. They were IM Igor Foygel, FM John Curdo, national master Jack Stolerman and national expert Patrick Sciacca. Runners-up with 2.5-1.5 tallies were FM Paul MacIntyre and national expert Noah Pang. The Massachusetts Chess Association sponsored the Swiss System tournament, which drew 57 players in four sections. Complete crosstables are found at http://masschess.org/events/Crosstables

14) Rosny Masters

The Rosny sous Bois Masters takes place 25th October - 2nd November 2003.

Internet coverage: http://www.ecole-rosny-echecs.org/

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Masters Rosny sous Bois FRA (FRA), 25 x-2 xi 2003    cat. IV (2328)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Inkiov, Ventzislav   g BUL 2471  * . . . . = . 1 . .  1.5  2471 
 2. Velikov, Petar       g BUL 2443  . * . . = . 1 . . .  1.5  2518 
 3. Bogdanov, Emil       f FRA 2217  . . * . . . = . . 1  1.5  2471 
 4. Cossin, Sebastien      FRA 2352  . . . * . . . = 1 .  1.5  2533 
 5. Geenen, Marc         f BEL 2331  . = . . * = . . . .  1.0  2338 
 6. Picard, Romain         FRA 2233  = . . . = * . . . .  1.0  2401 
 7. David, Vincent       f FRA 2320  . 0 = . . . * . . .  0.5  2137 
 8. Onkoud, Abdelaziz      MAR 2323  0 . . = . . . * . .  0.5  2218 
 9. Crut, Aurelien         FRA 2357  . . . 0 . . . . * =  0.5  2101 
10. Daurelle, Herve        FRA 2236  . . 0 . . . . . = *  0.5  2094 
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15) Association of Chess Professionals

The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) now has a chess site. Details on how to join the membership which is 86 strong (players include Kramnik, Grischuk and Bareev). There will be an election to the board of the ACP starting November 10th. Details also of their continued dispute with the Turkish Chess Federation and they are also concerned about the bidding process for the next two European Team Championships.

ACP site: http://www.chess-players.org

16) Kasparov visits the London Chess Centre

Garry Kasparov visited the London Chess Centre on the 21st October 2003 to promote his highly successful book series 'Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors' for a book signing. Read John Henderson's photo report at: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/lcckasp.html

See more pictures at: http://www.chesscenter.com/gkvisit/

Details of the book: http://www.chess.co.uk/kasparovgreats.html

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

17) European Team Corrections

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. The game Kovalev-Van den Doel given last week should be deleted.

I now have the best performances: Emil Sutovsky - gold (Performance 2765 scored 5/7), Bartlomiej Macieja - silver (Performance 2762 scorde 5/8) and Giorgi Kacheishvili - bronze (Performance 2759 scored 6.5/8).

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

Unofficial individual performances derived from the games
(corrected from last week but still not definitive)
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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

18) 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 now available.

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

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

Attila Schneider Memorial

Statisztika Chess Club from Budapest organizing the Attila Schneider Memorial in Budapest from 1-12 Dezember 2003. We are planning to having 2 groups, GM cat. 7-8, and IM cat 3-4. Our partner is the Hungarian Chess Federation. For more info please contact GM Emil Anka. Email: emilanka@freemail.hu Tel/fax: 36-1-2212328

7th Corsica Open

The 7th Corsica Open takes place in Bastia 28th October - 3rd November 2003. 350 players from 40 countries compete including: Vishy Anand, Vesselin Topalov, Anatoly Karpov, Alexei Shirov, Teimour Radjabov, Boris Gelfand, Loek Van Wely etc

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

7th Bavarian Open

The 7th Bavarian Open takes place in Bad Wiessee (located at a lake named Tegernsee in Bavaria, Germany), November 8th - 16th 2003. Entries so far include: 27 GM, 25 IM, 22 FM and 4 WGM. The final number of competitors is expected to over 500

Official coverage: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/wiessee03/

2nd Selfoss Milk Tournament

The 2nd Selfoss Milk Tournament takes place October 29 - November 7th 2003 in Icelandair's Hotel Selfoss.

Players in the masters Vladimir Malakhov, Ivan Sokolov, Victor Bologan, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Laurent Fressinet, Predrag Nikolic, Hannes Stefansson, Nick De Firmian, Jonathan Rowson and Throstur Thorhallsson.

Tomas Oral, Jan Votava, Henrik Danielsen, Regina Pokorna and Stefan Kristjansson will be amongst the players in the challengers.

28th Kings Head Rapidplay

The 28th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 13 March 2004,

6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee £17

Further info: http://www.khcc.org.uk

Lorin D'Costa vs ROW

Top ranking junior UK Under-19 chess player Lorin D'Costa has started a "Rest of World match" at Chessworld.net.

To join the rest of world game against Lorin simply register and login at http://www.chessworld.net. The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will vote their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and formulating strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum.

150th Anniversary of Bradford Chess Club

Bradford Chess Club are celebrating their 150th Anniversary over the weekend of 8th-9th November. On the Saturday there will be a match between the Club's Woodhouse Cup winning teams of the 1960/70s and the team which won the trophy in 2001 followed by a buffet. On the Sunday there will be a Rapidplay event open to all. The Club is keen to hear from any former players and they should contact either Andrew Toothill on a.toothill@talk21.com or Ihor Lewyk on 150@bradfordchess.org.uk

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 have been at least in part tax problems, you can read one account in German at: http://www.chessgate.de/news/Oktober2003/luebeck.html

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

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 a5 26.Be5 Ne8 27.c3 g6 28.Bc2 Bxc4 29.Be4 Bb3 30.Rd2 Ke7 31.Rb2 c4 32.Re2 continues. [Update: 27th 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/

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

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

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/

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

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