The Week in Chess 471

THE WEEK IN CHESS 471 17th November 2003 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Andy McFarland, Rod McShane, David Llada, John Donaldson, Steve Laios, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Lanfranco Bombelli, Jacques Robrecht, Miklos Orso, Larry Holmes, Carsten Hensel, George Mirijanian, Gabor Pali, Emil Anka, John Fernandez and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Yet again Kasparov is capturing the headlines with a match against a computer. The match has seen drama with Kasparov blundering badly in game two and then winning in almost textbook anti-computer style in game three. No wonder the sponsors keep coming back for more. Its a shame from my point of view that at least some of this attention isn't pointed towards a real live World Championships series.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Kasparov vs Fritz X3D match

Kasparov takes on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York 11th-18th November 2003. Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in January. Kasparov is using 3D glasses to see a the 3D Board generated by Fritz.

The event has been a media success so far with plenty of interest worldwide. Kasparov had white in game 1 and although he won the exchange he didn't get any winning chances. Game 2 saw an interesting Kings Indian style position emerge from a Ruy Lopez. From a slightly inferior position Kasparov gradually seemed to have the better of it before blundering a pawn to a two mover that collapsed his whole position. In game 3 Kasparov got an entirely locked position which was ideal for a human to play and exposed the computer's weakness. Kasparov took extreme care in building up a winning position, the game ended on move 45. The final game will be on Tuesday.

The site http://x3dchess.com/ will again be promoting the event. Kasparov has played high profile matches against Karpov and Junior for the company before.

Kasparov, Garry  -  X3D FRITZ        1/2   37  D45  Anti-Meran Variations
X3D FRITZ        -  Kasparov, Garry  1-0   39  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kasparov, Garry  -  X3D FRITZ        1-0   45  D45  Anti-Meran Variations


X3D Match New York USA (USA), 11-18 xi 2003
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                               1   2   3   4 
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X3D FRITZ              ----    =   1   0   .   1.5
Kasparov, Garry  g RUS 2830    =   0   1   .   1.5
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3) KB Rapid Match

Bent Larsen and Fridrik Olafsson played an 8 game rapid match in Reykjavic 11th-14th November 2003. Olafsson beat Larsen 5-3. The match, sponsored by the Kaupthing Bank, continues with two rounds per evening commencing at 20.00 Icelandic time.

The pair first played an historic 8 game match in Reykjavik in 1956 when both were 20 years old. In that match Larsen led 3.5-1.5 before Olafsson came back to level the match by winning games 6 and 7. Larsen won a final tense game to take the match 4.5-3.5. (Incidently ChessBase Megabase has this match as being in Oslo 1955 which was the date and venue of the Scandanavian Championships. The match was the playoff the following year in Reykjavic after the two players tied. There is an account of the match in Larsen's own book of selected games.)

My thanks to Rod McShane for the news.

Internet coverage: http://www.icechess.com/kb-match2003

Olafsson, Fridrik  -  Larsen, Bent       1/2   20  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Larsen, Bent       -  Olafsson, Fridrik  0-1   33  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Olafsson, Fridrik  -  Larsen, Bent       1/2   40  B70  Sicilian Dragon
Larsen, Bent       -  Olafsson, Fridrik  1/2   61  A13  Reti Opening
Olafsson, Fridrik  -  Larsen, Bent       1-0   30  A14  Reti Opening
Larsen, Bent       -  Olafsson, Fridrik  1/2   26  B06  Modern Defence
Olafsson, Fridrik  -  Larsen, Bent       1/2   45  E11  Bogo Indian Defence
Larsen, Bent       -  Olafsson, Fridrik  1/2   21  B07  Pirc Defence


KB Rapid Match Reykjavic ISL (ISL), 11-14 xi 2003
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                                1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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Olafsson, Fridrik  g ISL 2452    =   1   =   =   1   =   =   =   5.0  2565
Larsen, Bent       g DEN 2470    =   0   =   =   0   =   =   =   3.0  2365
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4) Mystery consultation match

The mystery consultation match with two teams of three players held by the NAO Chess Club has finished in a draw. White was a team captained by Igor Nataf (average ELO 2601) Black a team captained by the club sponsor Mme Nahed Ojjeh (average ELO 2681). The game started in September and used SMS text messaging. The teams were both very strong.

TEAM I NATAF - TEAM N. OJJEH [C45] NAO Consultation (1), 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 Kd7 33.Bb7 Rd8 34.Rd2+ Ke7 35.Rxd8 Kxd8 36.Bc6 Ke7 37.Bd4 Nc7 38.Bxb6 Kd6 39.Be4 Nd5 40.Bxa5 Bxa4 41.Bxd5 Kxd5 42.Ke3 ½-½

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

5) Linares 2004

The lineup for Linares 2004 looks like being Gary Kasparov 2830 Vladimir Kramnik 2770 Veselin Topalov Peter Leko 2722 Alexei Shirov 2737 Paco Vallejo 2662 Teimour Radjabov 2650.

Dates are as follows: February 18th (draw of lots) Rd1 Feb. 19th Round 10 (Final) March 5th - Rest days Feb. 24th and March 1st.

6) German National Team vs. Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik will play the German National Team in a simultaneous exhibition. The match will take place 29th January 2004 at 4pm at the Centro Dannemann, in Brissago, on the shores of the Lago Maggiore.

The 2nd "Dannemann Chess Classico" will see Kramnik play against: Christopher Lutz, Rustem Dautov, Dr. Robert Hübner and Klaus Bischoff.

Vladimir Kramnik will have 4 hours for his moves on all four boards, while the German Grandmasters will have three hours each.

Germany’s public television network, Westdeutsche Fernsehen (WDR), plans a 60-minute special possibly to be aired on Sunday 1st February 2004.

Further information will be available at http://www.dannemann.com from December, this will be the official site for the event.

7) Indian Women's National A Championships

The Oilum National Women's A Chess Championships of India 2003 take place in Calicut, India 9th-20th November 2003. After 13 rounds Humpy Koneru has conceded just one draw and leads with 12.5/13. Games from Round 1 and 9 are missing.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org/womena and Live Coverage : http://www.live.chessindia.org

Round 13 Standings:
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ch-IND A Women Calicut IND (IND), 9-20 xi 2003
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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 1. Koneru, Humpy               g IND 2485  * . . = 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 12.5  2725 
 2. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman   m IND 2426  . * 0 1 = 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 = . 1 1 1 1 11.0  2515 
 3. Mohota, Nisha              wg IND 2299  . 1 * = . = = = = = 1 1 . . 1 = = 1  9.0  2377 
 4. Harika, Dronavalli         wm IND 2353  = 0 = * = . = = = 1 . = . = 1 1 1 .  8.0  2347 
 5. Meenakshi, S               wm IND 2288  0 = . = * = 1 . . 0 = 1 1 1 1 = . =  8.0  2334 
 6. Karavade, Eesha               IND 2211  0 0 = . = * = 1 0 1 = . 1 1 . . 1 1  8.0  2335 
 7. Sachdev, Tania             wm IND 2218  0 . = = 0 = * = = . = = = 1 . . 1 =  6.5  2234 
 8. Krutika, Nadig                IND 2150  . 0 = = . 0 = * 1 . 0 1 0 . = = 1 1  6.5  2235 
 9. Ramaswamy, Aarthie         wg IND 2322  0 0 = = . 1 = 0 * 0 . 1 . 0 = 1 1 .  6.0  2228 
10. Swathi, Ghate              wm IND 2309  0 . = 0 1 0 . . 1 * 0 0 = . 0 1 1 1  6.0  2216 
11. Pratibha, Y                wm IND 2231  0 0 0 . = = = 1 . 1 * . = = 0 . = =  5.5  2177 
12. Gokhale, Anupama           wm IND 2217  0 0 0 = 0 . = 0 0 1 . * 1 1 . 1 = .  5.5  2212 
13. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa         IND 2139  0 = . . 0 0 = 1 . = = 0 * 0 1 = . 1  5.5  2186 
14. Saheli, Nath                  IND 2127  0 . . = 0 0 0 . 1 . = 0 1 * 1 0 = 1  5.5  2181 
15. Meera, Sai                    IND 2160  0 0 0 0 0 . . = = 1 1 . 0 0 * . 1 1  5.0  2171 
16. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe  wm IND 2249  0 0 = 0 = . . = 0 0 . 0 = 1 . * = 1  4.5  2147 
17. Sangeetha, M. R               IND 2140  . 0 = 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 = = . = 0 = * .  2.5  2000 
18. Rajalakshmi, C.V              IND 2092  0 0 0 . = 0 = 0 . 0 = . 0 0 0 0 . *  1.5  1917 
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8) Belgians Teams 2003-04

The Belgium Teams Championship should have begun on October 5th, 2003 however because of the European Team Championships in Plovdiv round 1 was deferred, as were 2 matches of round 2 (October 19, 2003) where 4 matches were played out of 6. Round 3 on November 2nd was completed. Standings will be available when there have been more matches. My thanks to Steve Laios.

9) First Saturday November

The First Saturday September took place 1st-13th November 2003. There were GM, IM and FM events. Gediminas Sarakauskas won the GM event with 8.5/13. 15 year old Krisztian Szabo won the IM event and made an IM norm. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.

Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 xi 2003                 cat. VIII (2437)
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 1. Sarakauskas, Gediminas   m LTU 2428  * = = = 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 1  8.5  2547 
 2. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei     g UKR 2510  = * = 1 = 1 = = = = = = 1 =  8.0  2518 
 3. Bui Vinh                 m VIE 2463  = = * = 0 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2522 
 4. Kallio, Heikki           g FIN 2493  = 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = =  7.5  2489 
 5. Ionescu, Mihai           m ROM 2366  0 = 1 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 = =  7.5  2499 
 6. Hoang Thanh Trang        m VIE 2463  = 0 = = 1 * = = 0 = = = 1 1  7.0  2464 
 7. Seres, Lajos             g HUN 2510  = = = = = = * = = 0 1 0 1 =  6.5  2431 
 8. Schneider, Dmitry        m USA 2437  0 = 1 = 0 = = * 1 = = 0 1 =  6.5  2437 
 9. Bluvshtein, Mark         m CAN 2463  = = = = 0 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 =  6.0  2406 
10. Szeberenyi, Adam         m HUN 2417  = = 0 0 = = 1 = = * 0 1 = =  6.0  2409 
11. Kayumov, Sergey          m UZB 2434  = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 0 =  5.5  2380 
12. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson    f VIE 2417  = = 0 0 0 = 1 1 1 0 0 * 0 1  5.5  2381 
13. Taylor, Timothy          m USA 2385  0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 1  4.5  2331 
14. Wittmann, Walter         m AUT 2333  0 = 0 = = 0 = = = = = 0 0 *  4.0  2304 
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FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 xi 2003                 cat. I (2275)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Szabo, Krisztian              HUN 2264  * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2516 
 2. Lengyel, Bela               m HUN 2324  1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2463 
 3. Werner, Dimo                m GER 2342  0 1 * 0 1 = 0 1 1 = 1  6.0  2340 
 4. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij   m HUN 2262  0 = 1 * = 0 1 = = = 1  5.5  2312 
 5. Eperjesi, Laszlo            m HUN 2299  = = 0 = * 0 1 1 = = 1  5.5  2309 
 6. Guid, Matej                   SLO 2222  0 0 = 1 1 * = 0 = 1 =  5.0  2280 
 7. Poulsen, Martin               FAI 2252  = 0 1 0 0 = * 0 1 1 1  5.0  2277 
 8. Meszaros, Tamas               HUN 2321  0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 =  4.0  2198 
 9. Babos, Csaba                  ROM 2274  0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * = 1  4.0  2203 
10. Farago, Sandor              m HUN 2333  0 = = = = 0 0 0 = * 0  2.5  2076 
11. Fodor, Tamas jr             f HUN 2137  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 *  2.0  2049 
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10) 15th Leuven Open

The 15th Leuven Open took place November 7th-11th 2003 organised by chessclub Desperado. With 112 participants they had less participants than last year, but the battle for first place wasn't less interesting. Of the 7 IGMs it was IGM Eugenio Torre of the Philippines who took first place, a full point ahead of IGM Vladimir Epishin (RUS), IGM Rogelio Antonio (PHI) and Buenaventura Villamayor (PHI). Information Jacques Robrecht.

Full details: http://turn.to/desperado

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15th Open of Leuven (BEL)
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    Name                    Tit Rat      Pts G Buch Perf
 1  Torre Eugenio           IGM 2508 PHI 8.0 9      2681
 2  Epishin Vladimir        IGM 2658 RUS 7.0 9 56.0 2553
 3  Antonio Rogelio         IGM 2522 PHI 7.0 9 52.0 2529
 4  Villamayor Buenaventura IGM 2477 PHI 7.0 9 51.5 2410
 5  Berry Stephen            FM 2325 ENG 6.5 9 53.0 2374
 6  Claesen Pieter           IM 2382 BEL 6.5 9 52.5 2433
 7  Bagaturov Giorgi        IGM 2424 GEO 6.5 9 52.0 2389
 8  Mohandesi Shahin         IM 2329 IRI 6.5 9 49.0 2287
 9  Barbosa Oliver           ** 2293 PHI 6.5 9 47.0 2253
10  Vanparys Philip          ** 2146 BEL 6.5 9 44.0 2146
...
(112 participants)

11) 1st Chesspangenberg Open

GM Hugo Spangenberg and Leonardo Fernandez organised their first open in Buenos Aires 4th-13th November 2003. Pablo Ricardi, Ruben Felgaer and Gernando Peralta finished on 7.5/9.

Entry details: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Noticias/03Spangenberg/Hugo03.htm. Results and games: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Noticias/03Spangenberg/default.asp

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1st Chesspangenberg Open Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 4-13 xi 2003
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  1. Ricardi, Pablo                g  ARG 2540   7.5  2642 
  2. Felgaer, Ruben                g  ARG 2554   7.5  2666 
  3. Peralta, Fernando             m  ARG 2516   7.5  2513 
  4. Rodriguez, Andres             g  URU 2498   7.0  2587 
  5. Zarnicki, Pablo               g  ARG 2513   7.0  2578 
  6. Sorin, Ariel                  g  ARG 2512   7.0  2573 
  7. Garcia Palermo, Carlos        g  ARG 2443   7.0  2511 
  8. Flores, Diego                 m  ARG 2440   7.0  2466 
  9. Labollita, Martin             m  ARG 2446   7.0  2505 
 10. Dolezal, Cristian             f  ARG 2410   6.5  2503 
 11. Slipak, Sergio                g  ARG 2503   6.5  2507 
 12. Tempone, Marcelo              m  ARG 2438   6.5  2450 
 13. Filgueira, Hernan             f  ARG 2376   6.5  2473 
 14. Moreda, Lucas                    ARG 2329   6.5  2408 
 15. Diaz, Nahuel                     ARG 2399   6.0  2466 
 16. Giaccio, Alfredo              m  ARG 2470   6.5  2416 
 17. Pierrot, Facundo              m  ARG 2433   6.5  2430 
 18. Garbarino, Rodolfo            m  ARG 2393   6.5  2331 
 19. Bielicki, Carlos              m  ARG 2283   6.5  2322 
 20. Villanueva, Mario                ARG ----   6.5  2421 
223 players

12) 7th Bavarian Meisterschaft

The 7th Bavarian International Meisterschaft took place in Bad Wiessee (located at a lake named Tegernsee in Bavaria, Germany), November 8th - 16th 2003. Suat Atalik, Fabian Doettling and Stefan Bromberger finished on 7.5/9.

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

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7th BayEM Bad Wiessee GER (GER), 8-16 xi 2003
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  1. Atalik, Suat              g  BIH 2570  7.5 52.0 2390
  2. Doettling, Fabian         m  GER 2519  7.5 52.0 2364
  3. Bromberger, Stefan        m  GER 2448  7.5 46.0 2330
  4. Landa, Konstantin         g  RUS 2587  7.0 52.5 2383
  5. Hertneck, Gerald          g  GER 2524  7.0 52.0 2374
  6. Naumann, Alexander        m  GER 2518  7.0 51.5 2389
  7. Gavrikov, Viktor          g  LTU 2560  7.0 51.0 2358
  8. Schmaltz, Roland          g  GER 2519  7.0 49.5 2367
  9. Galdunts, Sergey          g  ARM 2496  7.0 49.5 2361
 10. Breder, Dennis            m  GER 2458  7.0 49.0 2369
 11. Potkin, Vladimir          g  RUS 2534  7.0 48.5 2350
 12. Zysk, Robert              m  GER 2448  7.0 48.0 2372
 13. Bischoff, Klaus           g  GER 2564  7.0 48.0 2292
 14. Shaw, John                m  SCO 2465  7.0 47.5 2298
 15. Eingorn, Vereslav S       g  UKR 2607  7.0 47.5 2262
 16. Fridman, Daniel2          g  LAT 2592  7.0 46.5 2302
 17. Schenk, Andreas           m  GER 2499  7.0 46.0 2253
 18. Stern, Rene               m  GER 2484  7.0 45.5 2309
 19. Burmakin, Vladimir        g  RUS 2590  7.0 44.5 2263
 20. Zude, Arno                m  GER 2382  7.0 44.0 2292
 21. Rozentalis, Eduardas      g  LTU 2633  6.5 53.0 2363
 22. Khenkin, Igor             g  GER 2627  6.5 52.5 2366
 23. Luther, Thomas            g  GER 2580  6.5 48.0 2322
437 games

13) Montecatini Terme

The IX Montecatini Terme tournament took place 8th-16th November 2003. Igor Naumkin will share at least first after starting extremely slowly conceding draws to two unrated players before picking up towards the end of the event. There is one game to go the game Jones-Mrdja which takes place today.

Internet coverage: http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/bombelli/mca2003.htm

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IX It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 8-16 xi 2003               cat. I (2269)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Naumkin, Igor            g RUS 2401  * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = =  8.0  2431 
 2. Ivanov, Jordan           m BUL 2426  = * 1 = = 1 1 = = = 1 =  7.5  2387 
 3. Jones, Gawain C            ENG 2364  0 0 * 1 = 1 1 . = 1 1 1  7.0  2396 
 4. Tocchioni, Doriano         ITA 2199  = = 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2377 
 5. Piscopo, Pierluigi       f ITA 2321  0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2328 
 6. Passerotti, Pierluigi    f ITA 2295  = 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2302 
 7. Marzano, Carlo             ITA 2225  0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 1  5.5  2272 
 8. Mrdja, Milan             m CRO 2387  = = . = = 0 1 * = = = =  5.0  2247 
 9. Aldrovandi, Costantino   m ITA 2414  0 = = 0 = = = = * 0 = =  4.0  2153 
10. Sciortino, Massimo         ITA 2192  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1  4.0  2173 
11. Camerini, Lorenzo          ITA ----  = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1  2.5  2082 
12. Squarci, Franco            ITA ----  = = 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 *  2.0  2031 
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14) 9th Boston University Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 9th Boston University Open chess tournament took place 8th November 2003 at the Sherman Union in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov captured first place with a perfect score of 4-0. Runners-up with 3.5-0.5 tallies were national masters Charles Riordan and Alex Cherniack. Among those tied for 4th-11th place with 3-1 results were IM William Paschall and FM William Kelleher. A total of 79 players competed in two sections. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

15) Trial of accused in the murder of Gilles Andruet

French IM Gilles Andruet was assassinated on the night of 21st-22nd August, 1995 at the age of 37 years old. The son of well-known French pilot Jean-Claude Andruet, this news came as a shock to the French chess world. 2 of the 3 persons accused of his murder are being tried in Evry, in the suburbs of Paris. Joseph Liany was sentenced to 15 years and his son Frank Liany 7. The father has indicated he will appeal, the son has yet to decide.

Coverage: (in French) in the newspapers "Le Monde" (on the Net) - their summary is available for free for the next few days here. and maybe "Libération". Links: http://www.notzai.com

16) Forthcoming Events and Links

2nd Annual Lindsborg Open

Dec. 19-23 Kansas 2nd Annual Lindsborg Open. 9SS, 30/90, SD/1.First two rounds accelerated pairing. 3,500 guaranteed prize fund! GM & IMnorms are available!

FIDE rating 1st - $1,200, 2nd - $800, 3rd - $600, 4th 400, 5th 200. U2400: $100 75; U2200: $100 75EF: GMs & IMs free. Membership at KCA is required for Kansas residents.Before 11/29/03: FIDE >2300, $80. FIDE, USCF >2200, $90. FIDE <2200, $100. non-FIDErated, USCF <2200 *, $130. Before 12/1/03: $90, $100, $110, $140, respectively. At site: $100, $110, $120, $150, respectively. * number of players in this section will be limited.

Schedule: Opening Ceremony December 19, 2003 at 11:00am. Rds: 12/19 - 12:00noon & 6:00 pm; 12/20, 21, 22 - 10:00am & 5:00pm; 12/23 9:00am 1/2-pt byes OK at ALL. Limit 3. FIDE, USCF. NS, NC. Ent: INTECS,Inc. (232 N. Main St, Lindsborg, KS 67456) 785-906-0402, korenman@bethanylb.edu

Confirmed GMs include Agrest, Andersson, Atalik, Baburin, Blatny, Kudrin, Sharavdorj, Shulman and Yermolinsky.

Panamerican Team Championship

The Panamerican Team Championships start December 13th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The winner will qualify for the World Team Championship.

Info: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=142

Singapore IM Tournament

The One Chess Week (IM) tournament will take place from 16th-24th of December 2003 in Singapore immediately after the Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003. Players can still contact the organiser Kenny Chern if they wish to play. E-mail: open_chess@yahoo.com.sg

1st d'Alcúdia Tournament

The 1st d'Alcúdia tournament takes place 15th-23rd November 2003. Players: Viktor Moskalenko, Ruslan Pogorelov, Silvino Garcia, Arturo Vidarte, Horacio Saldano, Mauricio Vasallo, Antonio Gamundi, Ernesto Fernández, Jesus Baron and Pedro Mascaró.

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

Attila Schneider Memorial

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

Players still needed.

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

Third Saturday GM

Third Saturday GM tournament in Subotica, Mirka Srajbera Memorial At the moment its a Category 10 event with 10 players average elo 2492. Dates 28.11 - 8.12.2003.

Players; 1 Sedlak Nikola gm 2543, 2 Markus R 2522 im, 3 Parligras M gm 2525 - Rom, 4 Lupulescu C im 2499, 5 Sandulaec V im 2480 Mda, 6 Popovic D 2448 im, 7 Drazic S gm 2467, 8 Colovic A 2412 MKD, 9 Ilincic Z gm, 10 Predojevic B 2462 im Bih 2 players over 2400 (medium) - special offer - 290 euro , 11 days in double room including inscription, tournament hall excellent, money prizes, distance from accomodation. 400m only, in the center of Subotica on the serbian - hungarian border.

2 places available. More info gm Drazic sdrazic@eunet.yu ++381 64 124-9741

10th Lohmar Fast Chess Open

The 10th Lohmarer Schnellschach-Open takes place on November 16th 2003. 11 round Swiss. 15 minutes per player.

Leading players: Rozentalis,Eduardas GM 2633 LIT; Khenkin,Igor GM 2627 GER; Eingorn, Vereslav S GM 2607 UKR; Fridman,Daniel GM 2592 LAT; Burmakin, Vladimir GM 2590 RUS; Landa,Konstantin GM 2587 RUS; Sulskis,Sarunas GM 2586 LIT; Luther,Thomas GM 2580 GER; Atalik,Suat GM 2570 BIH; Bischoff,Klaus GM 2564 GER; Gavrikov,Viktor GM 2560 LTU; Korobov, Anton IM 2558 UKR; Golod,Vitali GM 2544 ISR

Full details: http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/lssop03.htm

Swiss Chess Tour 2003

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.

The 3rd "Casino Open" December 26th-30th 2003. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943), junior (1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Chalet Oberland" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.

Time table for "Chalet Oberland-Open Interlaken": December 26. The last registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremonies 15.30.

Special chess rates in Hotel "Charlet Oberland". Main sponsor "RAPP" company.

Players so far: GM Hort (GER), GM Ikonnikov (RUS), GM Djuric (SCG), GM Nemet (SUI), IM Rukavina (CRO) etc.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel "Charlet Oberland" tel. +41+33+827-87-87.

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Hastings Chess Congress

The line-up for the Hastings Premier, the world's longest-running international event is as follows: Alexander Cherniaev, Vladimir Epishin (Russia); Stuart Conquest, Danny Gormally, Mark Hebden (England); Vasilios Kotronias (Cyprus); Abhijit Kunte (India); Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) who will celebrate her 14th birthday at the Drawing of Lots Ceremony on 27 December 2003 at Horntye Sports Centre; Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) and Jonathan Rowson (Scotland). The average rating is 2554 making this much the strongest event in the English chess calendar.

Among those in the Challengers are Joanna Dworakowska, Petr Marusenko, Bartosz and Monika Socko (Poland); Zahar Efimenko, Gennadi Kuzmin (Ukraine); Bogdan Lalic, Peter Wells (England); Steve Mannion, Colin McNab, John Shaw (Scotland). The whole event takes place 28 December to 5 January and there are many other tournaments for weaker players.

Further details: Con Power power@hicc.demon.co.uk, telephone 01424 431970 website

Internet site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Aeroflot Open

The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2004" will be held in Moscow from 16th February (the day of arrival) to 26th February 2004 (the day of departure). The official hotel and tournament venue is the hotel "Rossija".

Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/regulp.htm

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003. This years competition takes place 15th-16th November 2003 in the North Bridge Leisure Centre Halifax West Riding of Yorkshire.

Further details when available: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

65th Square Website

There is a new Turkish website: http://65thsquare.tripod.com I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.

Hungarian chess tournaments - Nov-Dec 2003 - Jan-March 2004

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

2. "TENKES CUP", 9 rounds Swiss Open, 20th-28th of November, Harkany /250 km West from Budapest/, org: Fulop Csaba, his e-mail fulopcsa@axelero.hu, - website: http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu

3. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 6th-19th of December, organisation: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877

4. "SZENNAPACK" IM closed tournament, Kaposvar /200 km West from Budapest/, 17th-23rd of December, org: IM Mathe, Gaspar,

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

6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, 7th-19th of February, org.Nagy L.

7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL.

8. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of March org.Nagy Laszlo

9. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.

10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,

11. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM closed, 15th-25th of May, organizer: IM Zsinka.

12. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.

Computer Chess

CC-Calendar: http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm has the following databases of games from new computer events: - 02nd MPPS, Lodz 2003 (Polish-ch) - 10th France-ch, Massy 2003 - 23rd Dutch Open 2003

Since 1990 there are now 7.127 official computer chess tournament games.

Western Canadian Open

The Western Canadian Open takes plce July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE rated event is organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation.

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

Australian Championships

The Australian Championships take place 29th December 2003 - 10th January 2004 at the University of Adelaide. Over $10,000 in prizes.

Details: http://www.unichess.org

Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament

The 3rd Annual Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament commemorating a man who died in the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is underway. The event raises money for charity.

Details: http://www.nathchesstournament.com/

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.

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.

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

Gausdal Troll Masters 2004

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

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

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/