THE WEEK IN CHESS 309 9th October 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Axel Fritz, Nigel Johnson, Anjo Anjewierden, Michael
Franett, Argiris Kotsis, Etienne Cornil, Laszlo Nagy,Geurt Gijssen, Gyula
Feher, Damir Medak, Jakub Fuksik, John Saunders, Jovan Petronic, John
Henderson, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, John Donaldson, Geurt Gijssen and all
those who helped with this issue.
The Braingames World Chess Championships between Garry Kasparov and
Vladimir Kramnik finally kicked off on Sunday. This is Kasparov's first long
match since 1995 and although pre-event publicity has been very slight I expect
that the event will attract good coverage from the news media, especially if it
turns out to be a real fight. Kramnik will be happy to have drawn the first
game and got into the match. There will be four games this week and we should
know a good deal more about how the match might shape up after them. I'm
looking foward to it.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Braingames World Chess Championships started on Sunday 8th October
2000. The 16 game match which takes place on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays between 8th October-4th November.
The first game although only 25 moves long was interesting for the
choices made by the players. Kramnik has relied in recent years on the Petroff
Defence when he plays e5 against e4. This time he played 2. Nc6 allowing
Kasparov's Scotch. Kasparov however dodged this on the first occasion and
played the Ruy Lopez. Its not clear whether Kramnik expected this but he played
the relatively rare Berlin Defence. Kasparov spent a tremendous amount of time
over the next few moves and Kramnik built an advantage of over an hour on the
clock. At first Kasparov appeared to be building a big advantage but didn't
manage to trigger a central push to open the position against Kramnik's
under-developed position. In the end a position of dynamic equality was
achieved and both players seemed happy to draw. This was an interesting
skirmish which allowed both players to settle into the match. The match will
pick up momentum this week I'm sure.
Time control 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by 30
minutes + 10 seconds per move.
The start of the first game was delayed by 15 minutes when the players
made a late request for carpet on the stage. The conditions seemed to suit both
players although Kramnik did observe that he would like better
air-conditioning.
Detailed coverage on TWIC's main pages and on our mini-site at:
http://www.chesscenter.com/wcc2000
Sponsors site: http://www.braingames.com/, for Wap phone
coverage point your phone at: http://mobile.sports.com or directly at:
http://www.wapdrive.com/ardcroney/nk/nk.wml,
coverage in French: http://www.sports.com/fr/echecs/, Notes by IM Ilias
Kourkounakis at: http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2000/kasparov-kramnik/
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 25 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence
Braingames WCC London ENG (ENG), 8 x-4 xi 2000
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Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2849 = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2770
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2849
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The Veselin Boskovic takes place in Belgrade October 3rd-11th 2000. On
the day of the protest which led to the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic the
tournament took place nearby. Alexander Beliavsky won against Bozidar Ivanovic
as everyone else agreed draws. After a days delay the tournament continued.
Alexander Beliavsky leads with 4.5/6. My thanks to Jovan Petronic.
Internet coverage:
http://www.sahsport-vb.org.yu/indexen.htm
Round 1 (October 3, 2000)
Andersson, Ulf - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 16 A24 English Opening
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 12 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Markovic, Miroslav - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 25 B22 Sicilian Defence
Ilincic, Zlatko - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 44 E05 Catalan System
Xie Jun - Ivanovic, Bozidar 1-0 36 B33 Sicilian Defence
Round 2 (October 4, 2000)
Andersson, Ulf - Markovic, Miroslav 1/2 19 A35 English Opening
Georgiev, Kiril - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1-0 61 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Damljanovic, Branko - Xie Jun 1-0 43 E92 King's Indian Defence
Romanishin, Oleg M - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 42 E05 Catalan System
Ivanovic, Bozidar - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2 23 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 3 (October 5, 2000)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Ivanovic, Bozidar 1-0 52 D15 Slav Defence
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 9 D66 Queen's Gambit
Markovic, Miroslav - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 9 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Ilincic, Zlatko - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 10 B07 Pirc Defence
Xie Jun - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 8 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 4 (October 7, 2000)
Andersson, Ulf - Xie Jun 1-0 83 D76 Gruenfeld Defence (3.g3)
Georgiev, Kiril - Ilincic, Zlatko 1-0 64 E68 King's Indian Defence
Damljanovic, Branko - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 40 A07 Barcza System
Markovic, Miroslav - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 15 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
Romanishin, Oleg M - Ivanovic, Bozidar 1/2 37 E05 Catalan System
Round 5 (October 8, 2000)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Georgiev, Kiril 1-0 41 E15 Queen's Indian Defence
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 23 E12 Queen's Indian Defence
Ilincic, Zlatko - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 63 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Ivanovic, Bozidar - Damljanovic, Branko 1-0 39 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Xie Jun - Markovic, Miroslav 1/2 44 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 6 (October 9, 2000)
Andersson, Ulf - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 12 D59 Queen's Gambit Tartakover
Georgiev, Kiril - Ivanovic, Bozidar 1-0 43 C92 Ruy Lopez
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Xie Jun 1-0 41 E71 King's Indian Defence (5.h3)
Markovic, Miroslav - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 41 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Romanishin, Oleg M - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 35 E60 King's Indian Defence
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Veselin Boskovic Belgrade YUG (YUG), 3-12 x 2000 cat. XIV (2580)
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1. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2654 * = 1 = . . 1 = 1 . 4.5 2774
2. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2641 = * . . = = = 1 . 1 4.0 2702
3. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2661 0 . * . 1 = . 1 1 = 4.0 2683
4. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2559 = . . * = . = = 0 1 3.0 2563
5. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2530 . = 0 = * = = . . 1 3.0 2596
6. Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2558 . = = . = * = 0 . = 2.5 2535
7. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2591 0 = . = = = * . = . 2.5 2512
8. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2563 = 0 0 = . 1 . * = . 2.5 2534
9. Ivanovic, Bozidar g YUG 2476 0 . 0 1 . . = = * 0 2.0 2474
10. Xie Jun g CHN 2568 . 0 = 0 0 = . . 1 * 2.0 2445
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The US Chess Championships took place in Seattle September 25th -
October 7th 2000. The men's title was shared by Joel Benjamin, Alexander
Shabalov and Yasser Seirawan and Camilla Baginskaite and Elina Groberman shared
the women's title. There was a playoff for the special championship rings. Joel
Benjamin won the men's ring and Camilla Baginskaite the women's. John Henderson
reported daily on the event for TWIC and you can read his detailed reports. He
says there are big plans for next years event which will also take place in
Seattle.
Internet Coverage:
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/2000uschamp.html
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ch-USA Seattle USA (USA), 25 ix-7 x 2000 cat. XIV (2586)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2577 * = 1 = = = 1 1 0 = = = 6.5 2652
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2601 = * 1 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2649
3. Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2647 0 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2645
4. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2542 = 1 0 * = = = = = = = 1 6.0 2626
5. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2624 = = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2618
6. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2567 = = 1 = = * = 0 = = = = 5.5 2587
7. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2563 0 1 = = = = * = = = = = 5.5 2588
8. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2567 0 = = = = 1 = * = = = = 5.5 2587
9. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2643 1 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = 0 4.5 2516
10. Serper, Grigory g USA 2574 = 0 = = = = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2522
11. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2533 = 0 0 = = = = = = 1 * 0 4.5 2526
12. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2596 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = 1 * 4.5 2520
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Round 6 (October 1, 2000)
Benjamin, Joel - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 23 C54 Giuoco Piano (Main Line)
Shabalov, Alexander - Gurevich, Dmitry 0-1 37 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Seirawan, Yasser - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 41 D86 Gruenfeld Defence
Christiansen, Larry M - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 29 E20 Nimzo Indian Defence
Gulko, Boris F - Serper, Grigory 1/2 10 E70 King's Indian Defence
Fedorowicz, John P - Ivanov, Alexander 1/2 33 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 7 (October 2, 2000)
Gurevich, Dmitry - Seirawan, Yasser 0-1 73 E01 Catalan System
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 38 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
De Firmian, Nick E - Shabalov, Alexander 1/2 40 B45 Sicilian Classical System
Ivanov, Alexander - Benjamin, Joel 0-1 67 B06 Modern Defence
Serper, Grigory - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 42 E34 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Fedorowicz, John P 1-0 34 E97 King's Indian Defence
Round 8 (October 3, 2000)
Benjamin, Joel - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 31 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
Shabalov, Alexander - Seirawan, Yasser 1-0 54 B12 Caro Kann Advance Variation
De Firmian, Nick E - Serper, Grigory 1/2 17 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Variation
Christiansen, Larry M - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 63 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Gulko, Boris F - Ivanov, Alexander 1/2 20 A29 English Opening
Fedorowicz, John P - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 41 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 9 (October 4, 2000)
Seirawan, Yasser - Fedorowicz, John P 1-0 45 E70 King's Indian Defence
Gurevich, Dmitry - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 41 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Kaidanov, Gregory S - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 47 A63 Benoni Defence
Ivanov, Alexander - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 39 C09 French Tarrasch Variation
Serper, Grigory - Shabalov, Alexander 0-1 47 E70 King's Indian Defence
Yermolinsky, Alex - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 35 E17 Queen's Indian Defence
Round 10 (October 5, 2000)
Benjamin, Joel - Seirawan, Yasser 1-0 73 C11 French Defence
Shabalov, Alexander - Fedorowicz, John P 1-0 27 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
De Firmian, Nick E - Ivanov, Alexander 0-1 54 B19 Caro Kann (Main Line)
Christiansen, Larry M - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 34 B88 Unknown
Gulko, Boris F - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 35 A29 English Opening
Serper, Grigory - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 25 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Round 11 (October 6, 2000)
Seirawan, Yasser - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 54 A30 English Opening
Gurevich, Dmitry - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 72 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Shabalov, Alexander 1/2 24 E04 Catalan System
Ivanov, Alexander - Serper, Grigory 1/2 120 B42 Sicilian Defence
Fedorowicz, John P - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 14 E18 Queen's Indian Defence
Yermolinsky, Alex - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 19 E18 Queen's Indian Defence
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ch-USA Playoff Seattle USA (USA), 7-7 x 2000cat. XV (2608)
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1. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2577 ** 1. 11 3.0
2. Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2647 0. ** 10 1.0 2468
3. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2601 00 01 ** 1.0 2419
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The final game wasn't played.
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ch-USA Women Seattle USA (USA), 25 ix-3 x 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2287 * = = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2312
2. Groberman, Elina USA 2054 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2338
3. Shahade, Jennifer m USA 2238 = = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2232
4. Khan, Anna wm USA 2257 = = = * = = = = = = 4.5 2150
5. Epstein, Esther wm USA 2224 0 0 1 = * 1 0 = 1 = 4.5 2153
6. Gorlin, Yelena USA 2110 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 0 4.0 2123
7. Sagalchik, Olga USA 2145 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 1 0 4.0 2119
8. Frenklakh, Jennie f USA 2133 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2084
9. Burtman, Sharon wm USA 2089 1 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2043
10. Airapetian, SH USA 2072 0 0 0 = = 1 1 0 0 * 3.0 2045
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Round 6 (October 1, 2000)
Groberman, Elina - Burtman, Sharon 1/2 49 B39 Sicilian Defence (Maroczy Bind)
Gorlin, Yelena - Baginskaite, Camilla 0-1 29 B87 Unknown
Sagalchik, Olga - Shahade, Jennifer 1/2 45 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Frenklakh, Jennie - Epstein, Esther 1/2 51 B06 Modern Defence
Airapetian, SH - Khan, Anna 1/2 79 B20 Sicilian Defence
Round 7 (October 2, 2000)
Baginskaite, Camilla - Groberman, Elina 1/2 16 E69 King's Indian Defence
Shahade, Jennifer - Frenklakh, Jennie 1-0 70 B07 Pirc Defence
Khan, Anna - Gorlin, Yelena 1/2 36 A13 Reti Opening
Epstein, Esther - Airapetian, SH 1/2 49 C45 Scotch Game
Burtman, Sharon - Sagalchik, Olga 0-1 34 D09 Albin Counter Gambit
Round 8 (October 3, 2000)
Baginskaite, Camilla - Khan, Anna 1/2 38 A43 Old Benoni
Groberman, Elina - Sagalchik, Olga 1-0 37 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Gorlin, Yelena - Epstein, Esther 0-1 46 B34 Sicilian Defence
Frenklakh, Jennie - Burtman, Sharon 1-0 41 A80 Dutch Defence
Airapetian, SH - Shahade, Jennifer 0-1 40 D01 Richter-Veresov
Round 9 (October 5, 2000)
Shahade, Jennifer - Gorlin, Yelena 1/2 39 C06 French Tarrasch Variation
Khan, Anna - Groberman, Elina 1/2 43 A26 English Opening (Sicilian Attack)
Epstein, Esther - Baginskaite, Camilla 0-1 61 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sagalchik, Olga - Frenklakh, Jennie 1-0 46 D36 Queen's Gambit: Exchange Variation
Burtman, Sharon - Airapetian, SH 1-0 40 A90 Dutch Defence (Classical System)
ch-USA Women Playoff Seattle USA (USA), 7-7 x 2000
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1 2
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Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2287 1 1 2.0
Groberman, Elina USA 2054 0 0 0.0
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The First European Rapid Championships took place in the Hotel Zenit in
Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the same venue as the European Club Cup a few
days earlier. There were two events a Rapid (30 minutes per player) which was
an 11 rounds Swiss tournament taking place October 2nd-3rd and after a days
break there were 20 double rounds (players paired against each other played two
games, one as white, one as black) of Blitz (5 min per player) which took place
October 4th-5th.
Damir Medak reports:
Rapid Championship: There were 82 players, amongst them 52
grandmasters, competing in an 11-rounds Swiss tournament. Each player started
with 20 minutes and had an additional 10 seconds per move. Digital clocks were
used. The prize money was shared by players on an equal number of points.
Bosnian GM Ivan Sokolov dominated the tournament, scoring 6.5/7 against
extremely strong opposition. He lost only his last game, allowing Alexey Dreev
of Russia and Zurab Azmaparaishvili of Georgia to share the top prizes. However
due to the best sun of progressive scores, Ivan Sokolov became the 1st European
Rapid Champion and with it the trophy.
Blitz Championship: Only 52 players entered the blitz event, however 34
of them were grandmasters. They played 20 matches of 2 games with alternating
colors. The Swiss system was applied. Each player had 5 minutes without
increment for the game. Again the prize money was shared equally amongst the
players on the same number of points. Encouraged by their success in the rapid
tournament, Alexey Dreev and then Ivan Sokolov also took the lead in the blitz
event. It was however GM Vladislav Tkachiev of France who, after starting with
0/2 (against Krunoslav Hulak) in the first round, nicely outplayed many strong
grandmasters to take the lead with the 2 points- margin after 16 matches.
Tkachiev, however, lost his last four games against Van Wely and Bogdanovski,
and finished third. Dreev and Sokolov took their chance and shared the top two
prizes. Because of his better sum of progressive scores, Alexey Dreev of Russia
became the first European blitz champion and took the trophy.
Final Standings European Rapidplay Championships
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch. Wins
1-3 Sokolov, Ivan BIH 2611 8 56.0 63.0 76.0 6
Dreev, Alexey RUS 2676 8 53.5 64.5 77.0 6
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 2673 8 50.5 62.0 75.0 5
4-7 Chernin, Alexander HUN 2572 7.5 48.0 61.0 73.0 5
Brodsky, Michail UKR 2532 7.5 47.5 60.5 71.5 4
Filippov, Valerij RUS 2593 7.5 45.5 58.0 70.5 6
Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2670 7.5 45.0 59.0 71.5 6
8-19 Cvitan, Ognjen CRO 2541 7 48.5 64.0 76.0 5
Pigusov, Evgeny RUS 2578 7 46.0 59.0 69.5 5
van Wely, Loek NED 2643 7 45.0 57.5 70.0 6
Baklan, Vladimir UKR 2599 7 44.0 57.0 68.5 5
Tregubov, Pavel RUS 2620 7 44.0 56.5 70.0 4
Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2623 7 44.0 56.5 68.0 6
Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2634 7 43.0 56.5 69.5 3
Timoshenko, Georgy UKR 2557 7 42.5 53.0 64.0 6
Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2657 7 40.5 55.0 64.5 4
Huzman, Alexander ISR 2574 7 38.5 48.5 60.0 4
Volkov, Sergei RUS 2554 7 36.0 45.0 54.0 5
Kotsur, Pavel KAZ 2589 7 33.5 43.5 52.5 6
20-27 Greenfeld, Alon ISR 2574 6.5 45.0 60.0 72.0 5
Zelcic, Robert CRO 2457 6.5 40.5 55.5 65.5 5
Gofshtein, Leonid ISR 2561 6.5 40.0 49.5 61.0 6
Lalic, Bogdan ENG 2520 6.5 37.0 58.0 71.0 5
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2630 6.5 36.5 51.5 63.5 4
Yakovich, Yuri RUS 2585 6.5 34.0 45.5 55.5 4
Shariyazdanov, Andrey RUS 2582 6.5 33.0 45.0 55.0 5
Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2594 6.5 31.0 45.0 55.5 6
28-35 Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 2579 6 41.5 54.0 65.5 2
Aseev, Konstantin RUS 2554 6 40.0 51.0 60.5 4
Golod, Vitali ISR 2590 6 39.5 52.5 65.0 3
Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2532 6 39.0 55.0 66.0 5
Kantsler, Boris ISR 2524 6 37.0 55.5 67.0 4
Roiz, Michael ISR 2440 6 36.0 53.0 64.5 4
Poluljahov, Aleksandr RUS 2543 6 35.0 48.5 60.0 4
Kruppa, Yuri UKR 2582 6 32.0 47.0 57.5 4
36-48 Shneider, Aleksandr UKR 2542 5.5 39.0 55.0 66.5 3
Malaniuk, Vladimir UKR 2548 5.5 38.0 53.5 65.0 3
Kozul, Zdenko CRO 2611 5.5 38.0 51.5 63.5 4
Motylev, Alexander RUS 2574 5.5 37.0 54.0 65.5 4
Sherbakov, Ruslan RUS 2558 5.5 35.5 49.0 59.5 4
Drasko, Milan YUG 2485 5.5 35.0 56.5 67.5 4
Vukic, Milan YUG 2494 5.5 34.0 54.5 65.5 4
Khasin, Alexander RUS 2525 5.5 34.0 51.5 62.5 4
Blagojevic, Dragisa YUG 2475 5.5 33.5 52.5 63.5 4
Avrukh, Boris ISR 2625 5.5 33.5 50.5 62.5 5
Kurajica, Bojan BIH 2534 5.5 33.5 49.5 61.5 5
Yemelin, Vasilij RUS 2510 5.5 32.5 50.0 62.0 5
Tukmakov, Vladimir UKR 2582 5.5 28.5 42.0 51.0 4
49-60 Makarov, Marat RUS 2515 5 34.5 55.0 67.5 2
Zoler, Dan ISR 2526 5 33.5 51.5 61.0 4
Tseitlin, Mark ISR 2445 5 33.0 54.0 65.5 3
Beshukov, Sergei RUS 2428 5 29.5 48.5 58.5 3
Lugovoj, Aleksej RUS 2534 5 29.0 41.5 51.0 3
Bogdanovski, Vlatko MKD 2435 5 28.5 47.0 58.5 4
Manik, Mikulas SVK 2425 5 28.0 50.0 59.5 4
Berend, Fred LUX 2328 5 27.5 48.0 57.0 4
Stojanovski, Dejan MKD 2324 5 27.0 46.0 56.0 4
Rasidovic, Sead BIH 2304 5 26.5 47.5 57.5 3
Rogulj, Branko CRO 2460 5 25.5 46.0 56.5 4
Barle, Janez SLO 2381 5 24.5 44.0 53.5 4
61-64 Dizdarevic, Emir BIH 2527 4.5 31.0 52.5 64.5 4
Cebalo, Miso CRO 2520 4.5 26.5 47.0 57.0 3
Bilobrk, Franjo CRO 2393 4.5 25.5 48.5 57.0 4
Biliskov, Vjekoslav CRO 2321 4.5 23.0 41.0 51.0 4
65-74 Bistric, Faruk BIH 2451 4 28.5 52.0 63.0 3
Podlesnik, Bogdan SLO 2425 4 27.0 53.5 64.5 3
Runic, Zoran BIH 2445 4 25.0 46.5 57.0 2
Bitanski, Igor ISR 2359 4 23.0 43.5 53.5 4
Colovic, Aleksandar MKD 2397 4 21.5 42.0 50.5 2
Trkulja, Goran BIH 2358 4 20.0 41.0 51.5 3
Viskic, Pavisa CRO 2248 4 20.0 40.0 48.5 3
Bajramovic, Halid BIH 2223 4 17.0 36.5 43.5 3
Nagar, Shmuel ISR 2000 4 17.0 35.5 44.0 3
Subasic, Ilijas BIH 2258 4 13.5 34.5 41.5 3
75-77 Brnas, Augustin CRO 2295 3.5 24.0 43.5 52.0 3
Kobrin, Michael ISR 2272 3.5 22.5 45.0 55.5 3
Mikavica, Mirko YUG 2000 3.5 12.5 35.5 44.5 2
78-80 Dancevski, Orce MKD 2416 3 18.0 45.5 55.0 2
Arapovic, Vitomir CRO 2445 3 17.0 35.5 46.0 2
Emeliashin, Yuri RUS 2000 3 14.0 38.0 47.0 2
81-82 Vulic, Vanja BIH 2000 2 14.5 39.0 47.5 0
Gasic, Bozidar YUG 2227 2 11.5 32.5 39.5 1
Final Standings Blitz
Place Name Feder Rtg Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch. Wins
1-2 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2676 25.5 287.5 361.0 450.0 8
Sokolov, Ivan BIH 2611 25.5 278.0 361.5 451.5 11
3 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2657 25.0 289.0 360.5 443.5 12
4 van Wely, Loek NED 2643 24.5 233.0 348.5 438.5 8
5-7 Sherbakov, Ruslan RUS 2558 24.0 254.0 354.0 440.0 7
Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2670 24.0 247.0 360.0 450.5 11
Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2634 24.0 244.0 354.5 442.0 9
8 Kozul, Zdenko CRO 2611 23.5 254.5 358.0 444.5 7
9-11 Aseev, Konstantin RUS 2554 23.0 241.0 356.5 446.0 9
Malaniuk, Vladimir UKR 2548 23.0 241.0 354.5 440.5 7
Bogdanovski, Vlatko MKD 2435 23.0 211.0 331.5 415.0 9
12-15 Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2657 22.5 262.5 362.0 452.5 8
Motylev, Alexander RUS 2574 22.5 253.0 356.5 444.5 7
Volkov, Sergei RUS 2554 22.5 251.0 359.0 443.5 7
Poljuljahov, Aleksandr RUS 2543 22.5 215.5 329.0 412.5 8
16-21 Tukmakov, Vladimir UKR 2582 21.5 252.0 361.0 447.5 8
Shneider, Aleksandr UKR 2542 21.5 227.5 338.5 418.0 9
Lalic, Bogdan ENG 2520 21.5 223.5 336.0 416.0 7
Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2594 21.5 221.0 339.5 421.0 9
Zelcic, Robert CRO 2457 21.5 217.5 331.5 411.0 7
Rogulj, Branko CRO 2460 21.5 211.5 329.5 399.0 9
22-27 Cvitan, Ognjen CRO 2541 21.0 230.0 342.0 423.0 7
Tregubov, Pavel RUS 2620 21.0 230.0 336.0 417.0 7
Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2623 21.0 227.0 345.5 434.0 6
Lugovoj, Aleksej RUS 2534 21.0 206.5 294.5 354.5 6
Kruppa, Yuri UKR 2582 21.0 202.5 305.5 370.0 8
Runic, Zoran BIH 2445 21.0 192.0 293.5 353.5 6
28-31 Vukic, Milan YUG 2494 20.5 225.5 349.5 438.0 9
Yakovich, Yuri RUS 2585 20.5 206.5 312.5 370.5 6
Yemelin, Vasilij RUS 2510 20.5 202.5 315.0 380.5 8
Arapovic, Vitomir CRO 2445 20.5 195.0 307.0 365.5 8
32 Makarov, Marat RUS 2515 20.0 206.5 326.0 394.0 7
33-37 Timoshenko, Georgy UKR 2557 19.5 226.0 342.0 426.0 4
Manik, Mikulas SVK 2425 19.5 217.5 342.0 425.0 6
Trkulja, Goran BIH 2358 19.5 189.5 302.0 358.5 7
Khasin, Alexander RUS 2525 19.5 189.5 295.0 352.5 5
Cebalo, Miso CRO 2520 19.5 188.5 300.0 357.5 7
38-40 Hulak, Krunoslav CRO 2510 19.0 225.5 339.5 424.5 5
Gofshtein, Leonid ISR 2561 19.0 219.0 335.0 416.0 8
Dumpor, Atif BIH 2295 19.0 184.0 295.5 349.5 7
41 Colovic, Aleksandar MKD 2397 18.5 190.0 300.0 365.0 5
42 Dancevski, Orce MKD 2416 18.0 177.0 292.0 348.5 4
43 Stojanovski, Dejan MKD 2324 17.5 176.5 301.0 358.5 5
44 Rasidovic, Sead BIH 2304 17.0 189.0 317.5 380.5 5
45-46 Barle, Janez SLO 2381 16.5 166.5 290.0 348.5 3
Podlesnik, Bogdan SLO 2425 16.5 158.0 290.5 345.0 5
47 Bogut, Zeljko CRO 2396 16.0 184.5 312.0 370.0 5
48 Bajramovic, Halid BIH 2223 15.5 167.5 291.0 347.5 5
49 Beshukov, Sergei RUS 2428 14.5 159.0 294.0 347.0 3
50 Subasic, Ilijas BIH 2258 13.0 132.0 293.5 347.0 3
51 Mikavica, Mirko YUG 2000 6.5 89.5 292.5 351.5 2
52 Vulic, Vanja BIH 2000 4.0 52.0 291.5 353.5 0
The Hungarian Chess Championships sponsored by Hungaropharma have been
taking place in Budapest. The knockout event has been in several stages.
Starting back in August with the early rounds the final stages with the
stronger players take place October 2nd-13th 2000. The semi-finals have just
started with Zoltan Almasi beating Zoltan Varga in game one of their finals and
Zoltan Gyimesi drew against Alexander Chernin. The format is knockout. Two
normal timerate games are played if the match was tied two rapidplay games
followed followed by a suddent death game if this proved indecisive. My thanks
to IM Gyula Feher, Laszlo Nagy and IM Miklos Orso.
Quarter Finals (October 6-7 2000)
Almasi, Zoltan - Kallai, Gabor 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Horvath, Jozsef - Varga, Zoltan 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
Pinter, Jozsef - Gyimesi, Zoltan 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Almasi, Istvan - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Semi-Finals (October 8th-9th)
Almasi, Zoltan - Varga, Zoltan 1-0
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Chernin, Alexander 1/2
The Italian Chess Championships 2000 started October 9th in San
Vincent. At the last moment Michele Godena withdrew and was replaced by IM
Mario Lanzani. My thanks to Adolivio Capece for his help.
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com,
http://www.maskeret.com\italiascacchistica
Round 1 (October 9, 2000)
Belotti, Bruno - Bellini, Fabio 1/2 10 B13 Caro Kann (Exchange Variation)
Efimov, Igor - Arlandi, Ennio 1/2 38 D38 Queen's Gambit: Ragozin System
Sarno, Spartaco - Martorelli, Antonio 1/2 10 A16 English Opening
Lanzani, Mario - Castaldo, Folco 0-1 27 C11 French Defence
Rossi, Carlo - Vezzosi, Paolo 0-1 47 B40 Sicilian Defence
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1. Castaldo, Folco ITA 2227 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Vezzosi, Paolo f ITA 2421 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2437 . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2520
4. Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2484 . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2417
5. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2417 . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2484
6. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2520 . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2437
7. Martorelli, Antonio m ITA 2272 . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 2409
8. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2409 . . . . . . = * . . 0.5 2272
9. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2419 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Rossi, Carlo f ITA 2436 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 3rd Tórshavn International takes place October 5th - October
14th 2000 in the Nordic House in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe
Islands. After three rounds Alexander Grischuk and Stuart Conquest have
3/3.
Internet coverage: http://www.faroechess.com/
Round 3 (of 9) standings:
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3rd Torshavn International FAI (FAI), 6-14 x 2000
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Place Name Feder Rtg Sco
1-2 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2606 3
Conquest, Stuart ENG 2529 3
3-6 Psakhis, Lev ISR 2611 2.5
Baburin, Alexander IRL 2590 2.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2630 2.5
Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 2579 2.5
7-13 Stefansson, Hannes ISL 2557 2
Milov, Vadim SUI 2626 2
Danielsen, Henrik DEN 2519 2
Rowson, Jonathan SCO 2494 2
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2476 2
Salmensuu, Olli FIN 2458 2
Pedersen, Steffen DEN 2464 2
14-15 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2368 1.5
Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2271 1.5
16-27 Hillarp-Persson, Tiger SWE 2549 1
Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2422 1
Krush, Irina USA 2354 1
Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2354 1
Rodgaard, John FAI 2351 1
Samuelsen, Carl Eli Nolsoe FAI 2055 1
Eriksson, Johan SWE 2369 1
Danielsen, Heini FAI 2168 1
Petersen, Terji FAI 2142 1
Berg, Olaf FAI 1
Poulsen, Martin FAI 2074 1
Bykhovsky, Anatoly A RUS 2393 1
28-29 Hansen, Herluf FAI 2047 0.5
Thomsen, Torbjorn FAI 2202 0.5
30 Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2183 0
Laszlo Nagy reports: There is one GM and and two IM events taking place
in Budapest 7th-19th of October 2000. There have been two rounds so far.
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FSGM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 x 2000 cat. VII (2409)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2451 * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
2. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2434 . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
3. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2447 . . * = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2660
4. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2478 . . = * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2402
5. Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 . . . = * = . . . . . . 1.0 2389
6. Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2301 . . . . = * = . . . . . 1.0 2319
7. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2282 . . . . . = * = . . . . 1.0 2395
8. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2489 . . . . . . = * = . . . 1.0 2385
9. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2488 . 0 . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2268
10. Balogh, Csaba HUN 2359 0 . . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2260
11. Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2456 . . 0 . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2210
12. Soos, Bela m GER 2364 0 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMA October Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 x 2000 cat. II (2279)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Puschmann, Laszlo f HUN 2285 * . = . . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2451
2. Nyysti, Sampsa FIN 2305 . * . . . . 1 . . = . . 1.5 2477
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2292 = . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2469
4. Hoenig, Alexander GER 2261 . . . * . = . . . . . 1 1.5 2457
5. Karaklajic, Nikola m YUG 2366 . . . . * = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2456
6. Somogyi, Istvan f HUN 2260 . . . = = * . . . . . . 1.0 2313
7. Van der Plas, Rob NED 2199 . 0 . . . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2278
8. Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2225 0 . . . . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 2327
9. Bree, Thomas GER 2252 . . . . . . 0 . * . . 1 1.0 2233
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2370 . = . . . . . 0 . * . . 0.5 2072
11. Resika, Nathan A USA 2267 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Spaan, Nathanel NED 2268 . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . * 0.0
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FSIMB October Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 x 2000 cat. II (2290)
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1. Lehtinen, Heikki f FIN 2329 * . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.0
2. Orso, Miklos m HUN 2346 . * = . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2538
3. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2308 . = * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2342
4. Vigorito, David f USA 2314 0 . . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2302
5. Dudas, Janos m HUN 2338 . . = . * . . = . . . 1.0 2248
6. Galindo, Ricardo ARG 2275 . . . 0 . * . . . . 1 1.0 2250
7. Lorincz, Istvan f HUN 2383 . 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2266
8. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2189 . . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2338
9. Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2209 . . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2308
10. Koster, Willem S NED 2308 0 . . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2076
11. Bordas, Gyula HUN 2186 . . . . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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The White Tower Open took place in Halkidi, Greece alongside the
European Youth Chess Championships 3rd-9th October 2000. The winner of this 7
round event was IM Anar Allahverdiev with 6/7 the same as GM Mark Hebden but he
had a superior tie-break. They shared 1200 euros for finishing first.
Further details: http://www.greekchess.com/halkidiki.html
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White Tower Open Halkidiki GRE (GRE), 3-9 x 2000
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1. Allahverdiev, Anar m AZE 2403 6.0
2. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2505 6.0
3. Ivanov, Timur m RUS 2425 5.5
4. Borisenko, A RUS 2335 5.5
5. Fomichenko, E m RUS 2377 5.0
6. Remizov, Juri RUS 2266 5.0
7. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2475 5.0
8. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2314 5.0
9. Kelenava, Nodari GEO ---- 5.0
10. Gadjily, Raouf m AZE 2413 4.5
11. Milanovic, Danilo YUG 2399 4.5
12. Vragoteris, Antonios f GRE 2314 4.5
13. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2406 4.5
14. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios f GRE 2372 4.5
15. Bokan, Danko f YUG 2332 4.5
16. Esedov, Elcin AZE 2278 4.5
60 players
John Donaldson reports: The 2000 Governor's Cup, held September
29-October 1, attracted over 200 players to one of the Midwest's premiere
multi-section events. The top group lacked American GMs due to a scheduling
conflict with the concurrent United States Championship which changed its dates
late in the day, but had plenty of diversity with participants from seven
countries and 17 states. GMs Alex Wojtkiewicz and Yury Shulman quickly drew
their last round game to share first place, after winning key battles in round
four against IM Sandor Kustar of Hungary and GM Alexander Goldin of Israel
respectively. Teenager Joshua Zilmer of Wisconsin, rated only 1920, impressed
with wins against two masters and a last round draw with FM Enkhbat Tegshsuren
of Mongolia. More information can be found at the tournament website:
http://www.sdchess.org/
http://www.sdchess.org/govcup/index.html
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Governors Cup Sioux Falls USA (USA), 29 ix-1 x 2000
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1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2581 4.5
2. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2548 4.5
3. Goldin, Alexander g ISR 2575 4.0
4. Karklins, Andrew f USA 2304 4.0
5. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2514 3.5
6. Donaldson, John W m USA 2396 3.5
7. Tegshsuren, Enkhb USA 2415 3.5
8. Valvo, Michael J m USA 2368 3.5
9. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2383 3.5
10. Zillmer, Joshua USA ---- 3.5
11. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2535 3.0
12. Adler, Viktor m RUS 2425 3.0
46 players
Anjo Anjewierden reports: Loek van Wely played a mini-match of four
rapidgames against computer Fritz. Van Wely had beaten Fritz in the Dutch
championships, but at the rate of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move Fritz proved
to be stronger and beat Van Wely with 3:1 (two draws). The event was organised
by the city of Eindhoven as part of a symposium Technology and Sport. The match
took place on October 7th.
Geurt Gijssen adds that the symposium took place October 6th-8th in
Eindhoven, where Philips and PSV are located. It was organised by the
Municipality of Eindhoven, the Chamber of Commerce of Eindhoven and the
Technical University.
My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden and Geurt Gijssen
FRITZ6 - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 36 B87 Unknown
Van Wely, Loek - FRITZ6 1/2 38 A54 Old Indian Defence
FRITZ6 - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 24 A44 Old Benoni
Van Wely, Loek - FRITZ6 1/2 52 A22 English Opening
Computer Match Eindhoven NED (NED), 7-7 x 2000
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1 2 3 4
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FRITZ6 ---- 1 = 1 = 3.0 2836
Van Wely, Loek g NED 2643 0 = 0 = 1.0 1807
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The Abihome Open 2000 took place 7th-8th October 2000 in the Palais du
Midi, Brussels. The rapidplay event has run for 10 years and has seen Svidler,
Bacrot, Baklan, Van den Doel, Rowson take place in the past.
Peter Svidler won with a tremendous score of 9.5/10.
Further coverage: http://users.regio.be/regio0065/
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Abihome Open Brussels BEL (BEL), 7-8 x 2000
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1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 9.5
2. Fressinet, Laurent m FRA 2536 7.0
3. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 7.0
4. Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2449 7.0
5. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2470 7.0
6. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2547 7.0
7. McShane, Luke J m ENG 2480 6.5
8. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2345 6.5
9. Vanderstricht, Geert f BEL 2369 6.5
10. Bekker-Jensen, Simon m DEN 2388 6.5
11. Van Beers, Eddy f BEL 2346 6.5
12. Meijer, Dolf NED 2271 6.5
13. Koster, Ramon NED ---- 6.0
14. Delemarre, Jop m NED 2347 6.0
15. Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2511 5.5
16. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek f DEN 2324 5.5
17. Vink, Nico NED 2296 5.5
18. Gregoire, Christophe BEL ---- 5.5
19. Claesen, Jeroen f BEL 2253 5.5
20. Spanoghe, Ivan BEL 2141 5.5
21. Martyn, Rafe ENG 2105 5.5
22. Faybish, Nimrod BEL 2211 5.5
52 players
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The 1st Master d'Echecs de l'Arc Jurassienre was a four game match
between Mikhail Gurevich and Viktor Bologan held in Saint-Pierre, France,
October 5th-8th 2000. Mikhail Gurevich beat Viktor Bologan 2.5-1.5.
Internet coverage:
http://www.belfort-echecs.asso.fr
Gurevich, Mikhail - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 34 E97 King's Indian Defence
Bologan, Viktor - Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 39 C10 French Rubinstein Variation
Gurevich, Mikhail - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 43 E97 King's Indian Defence
Bologan, Viktor - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 62 B07 Pirc Defence
Match Saint-Pierre FRA (FRA), 5-8 ix 2000
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1 2 3 4
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Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2667 1 1 = 0 2.5 2736
Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2641 0 0 = 1 1.5 2580
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A match between Tomas Oral (CZE, GM 2531) and Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR,
GM 2591) takes place 6th-11th October 2000 in Prague (Czech Republic). After
three games Tomas Oral is one game up by virtue of a win in game two. My thanks
to Jakub Fuksik.
Internet coverage:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/oralaleks/
Oral, Tomas - Aleksandrov, Aleksej 1/2 36 C45 Scotch Game
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Oral, Tomas 0-1 39 D94 Gruenfeld Defence
Oral, Tomas - Aleksandrov, Aleksej 1/2 53 C45 Scotch Game
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Oral, Tomas 1/2 44 D94 Gruenfeld Defence
Hagemann Match Prague CZE (CZE), 6-11 ix 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Oral, Tomas g CZE 2531 = 1 = = . . 2.5 2686
Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2591 = 0 = = . . 1.5 2444
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The 4NCL kicked off its first weekend at The Birmingham Grand Moat House
Hotel 23rd-24th September 2000. There were no great surprises over the first
two fixtures. In the games section is one corrected round 1 game and all the
round 2 games.
Division 1 results
Round 1 (23rd September): IndexIT 2 1½-6½ IndexIT 1
(Mestel 0-1 Nunn on board 1), Richmond 1-7 Slough, South Wales Dragons 2.5-5.5
White Rose, Guildford-ADC 5.5-2.5 Midland Monarchs, Wood Green 7-1 Poisoned
Pawns (Speelman 1-0 Shaw Board 1), Barbican 4NCL 1 4.5-3.5 Barbican 4NCL 2.
Round 2 (24th September): Index-IT 1 6-2 Barbican 4NCL 1 (Nunn 1-0
Parker Board 1), Midland Monarchs 2 5.5-2.5 South Wales Dragons, Slough 1 5-3
Wood Green 1 (Wells 1/2 Speelman, Miles 1-0 Baburin), Poisoned Pawns 1 2-6
Richmond, Birmingham Thistle White R 1.5-6.5 Guildford-ADC 1, Barbican 4NCL 2
3-5 Index-IT2.
My thanks to Nigel Johnson and John Saunders.
Round 2 Standings:
Rk Team GPts MPts
1 IndexIT 12.5 4
2 Guildford-ADC 1 12 4
3 Slough 12 4
4 Wood Green 10 2
5 Midland Monarchs 8 2
6 Richmond 7 2
7 White Rose 7 2
8 Barbican 4NCL 1 6.5 2
9 IndexIT 2 6.5 2
10 Barbican 4NCL 2 6.5 0
11 S Wales Dragons 5 0
12 Poisoned Pawns 3 0
Official site: http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.chess96/.
Games: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/4ncl/index.html
Additional coverage at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Katrin_Sharp
The European Youth Championships are taking place in Halkidiki, Greece,
October 2nd-10th 2000 are being covered at the new website:
http://www.inchess.com also information
at: http://www.geocities.com/eycc2000
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001
The 14 players who will compete in the Corus 2001 chess tournament in
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands January 12th-28th 2001 have been invited. For the 3rd
year running Garry Kasparov will play in the event. The top nine players in the
July 2000 rating list are taking part.
Round 1 is on January 13th. Rest days were on Monday (15th), Friday
(19th) and Wednesday (24th) are rest days.
Players: Garry Kasparov (Russia - 1 - 2849), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia -
2 - 2770), Viswanathan Anand (India - 3 - 2762), Alexander Morozevich (Russia -
4 - 2756), Michael Adams (England - 5 - 2755), Alexey Shirov (Spain - 6 -
2746), Peter Leko (Hungary 7 - 2743), Vassili Ivanchuk (Ukraine - 8 - 2719),
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria - 9 - 2707), Jeroen Piket (Netherlands - 34 - 2649),
Alexey Fedorov (Belarus - 37 - 2646), Loek van Wely (Netherlands - 39 - 2643),
Jan Timman (Netherlands - 46 - 2639), Sergey Tiviakov (Netherlands - 76 -
2608). Average rating: 2713 Category: 19
Coverage last year was at: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/corus/
and its expected this site will have the tournament for 2001.
Bundesliga Live
Individual matches are being covered live by various German Clubs.
Below are two links there maybe more coverage by other clubs.
Bundesliga coverage from Lubeck October 14th-15th 2000. Internet
coverage: http://www.lsv1873.de/ (probably the coverage will appear at
http://www.galaxis.de/ but
there is no direct link I can find at the moment)
Bundesliga coverage from Solingen October 14th-15th 2000. (Matches:
Saturday 14.00 Aljechin Solingen - USC Magdeburg Gelsenkirchen - SV Werder
Bremen and Sunday 9.00 UCS Magdeburg - Gelsenkirchen SV Werder Bremen -
Aljechin Solingen ) Internet coverage:
http://www.schach.com/bundesliga and Solingen's own site:
http://www.schachgesellschaft.de
34th Chess Olympiad
The 34th Chess Olympiad takes place Istanbul, Turkey 28th October - 12th
November 2000.
Internet coverage:
http://www.istanbulchessolympiad.com/
Tel Aviv Open 2001
Open Swiss International Tournament in Tel-Aviv Dates: 9th-17th April
2001. 9 rounds. Possibilities for GM and IM norms. Prizes: 4000 3000 2000 1200
800....20 prizes in total (10 last are 250$); special U-2400, U-2000, U-18 y.o:
500 300 200 + women prizes; Special Conditions for the first 10 Grandmasters
(2550+).
Info: The Israeli Chess Federation through Mr. Igal Lotan 03-6437627,
03-6437630;
Swedish Team Championships
The first three rounds of the Swedish Team Championships take place
October 13th-15th 2000. Coverage at:
http://www.tns.nu/elitserien/menu.html
World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar
The World Youth Championships in Oropesa del Mar take place 10th - 24th
October 2000. Boys and Girls under 10,12,14,16 and 18.
Internet coverage: http://www.infoxadrez.com/
Rilton Cup
The XXX Rilton Cup in Stockholm takes place 27th December 2000 - 5th
January 2001.
Homepages: http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/rc2000a.htm(English),
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/rifoen0001d.htm
or http://www.stockholmchessfederation.com/
Greek Chess Championship
The 2000 Greek Chess Championship will be held in Agios Nikolaos, Crete,
October 13-23. The tournament is expected to be a FIDE category 6 event. Visit
the official website of the championship at http://www.inchess.com/gr2000 for
further information.
Peter-Heine Nielsen vs Denmark/World
Danish chess grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen challenges the chess
players of the world at Politikens web site. The game opens with the
grandmasters first move Monday September 25th and is played on the internet -
and you have the opportunity to participate at
http://www.politiken.dk
After each of Peter Heine Nielsen's moves, Politiken's chess expert Sune Berg
Hansen will suggest some relevant counter moves. You may vote on the moves via
e-mail before the game continues. There will be 24 hours between each move.
Internet coverage: http://seagaard.dk/stormesterskak
or http://politiken.dk/skak
1st Budapest Cup
The 1st Budapest Cup Organiser: Hungarian Chess Federation DATE: October
20 to 23, 2000 Obligatory moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 (Budapest Defence or
Gambit) Open Swiss 8 rounds, "rapid" games 2 x 55 minutes Opening ceremony and
first round Friday night 7 o'clock 2nd, 3rd and 4th round Saturday afternoon
5th, 6th and 7th round Sunday afternoon 8th round plus awarding of prizes -
Monday morning simultaneous against Stuart Conquest - Monday afternoon (Monday
is a national holiday in Hungary remembering the revolution of 1956) Place:
"Magyarok Haza" or Hungarians' House, Budapest, 5th District (downtown)
Semmelweis street 1-3. (1st floor)
First prize approx 330 USD, second 250 USD, third 200 USD and so on
until the 12th best player. Money prize and "Breyer cup" for the best game. We
are expecting 60 to 80 players altogether (from which about 20 IMs and GMs).
Budapest "specialists" confirmed so far: Romero Holmes, Lalic, Harding,
Reinderman, Mohr, Tagnon, Meinsohn, Wedberg, Tseitlin, Conquest and the
Hungarian masters: Kaposztas and Forintos. Nomination fees: Until ELO 2000 - DM
36 (USD 20) 2001 to 2400 ELO - DM 18 (USD 10) above 2401 - free Interested
players should contact Gabor Gyuricza by email legatum@elender.hu or fax
0036-1-2200835 for more information. We can help to find accomodations in 2, 3
or 4-star hotels close to the tournament.
Also there is the 1st BUDAPEST Cup thematic chess tournament, Budapest,
20th-23rd of October. More info:
http://www.chess.hu/en/tournaments.php3
or http://www.chessmail.com/notices.html.
Organiser: The organizer of the tournament: Gyuricza Gabor, e-mail:
legatum@elender.hu
2001 Australian Open
Thursday 28 December 2000 - Tuesday 09 January 2001 Rydges Hotel
Canberra City London Circuit, ACT, AUSTRALIA (3 hours drive from Sydney -
transfer from airport may be available)
11 Round Fide-Rated Open Swiss The Following Players Are Confirmed: Gm
Yuri Yakovich (Russia 2585) Gm Utut Adianto (Indonesia 2583) Gm Ian Rogers
(Australia 2558) Gm Alexander Volzhin (Russia 2556) Gm Darryl Johansen
(Australia 2505) Gm Markus Stangl (Germany 2479) Gm Goran Todorovich
(Yugoslavia 2455) Gm H. Ardiansyah (Indonesia 2421) Im Gary Lane (England 2452)
Im Michael Gluzman (Australia 2432) Im Vladimir Feldman (Australia 2399) Im Guy
West (Australia 2372) Im Zong Yuan Zhao (Australia 2341) Im David Smerdon
(Australia 2315) Im Irina Berezina-Feldman (Australia 2304) Gm And Im Norms
Will Be Available.
All rounds 2:00 PM except last round 10:00 AM Accompanying minor, rapid
and lightning events as well as simultaneous exhibitions. Entry: GMs, IMs,
WGMs, WIMs free. Otherwise: A$120 A$96 (concession) The Open prize fund will be
between A$11,000-A$15,000. 1st prize is A$3,000 with at least 6 place prizes
overall with 2nd A$1,800 and 3rd A$1,200. Also a wide range of rating group and
junior prizes in over 10 different sections.
Some conditions for GMs and IMs may be available, for instance billet
accommodation. A limited number of summertime tourist bus outback travel
packages might also be available for visiting titled players. 2001 Australian
Junior Championships: The Australian Junior Championships will follow the
Australian Open from 11 to 23 Jan 2001, also to be held in Canberra. Some
coaching opportunities may be available for squads of titled players playing in
the Open.
Important web sites: Australian Open
http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/
Australian Chess Federation http://www.auschess.org.au/ Australian
Open Accommodation
http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/austaccom.html
- cheap accommodation options available close to the venue
Villa de Calpe Open
The Villa de Calpe (Allcante, Spain) Open starts on October 8th 2000.
Contact: Teléfono 96-5839123 (Casa de Cultura de Calpe)
Teléfono 96-5202214 (Asociación Provincial de Ajedrez) de 18 a 21
horas Fax.- 96-5132840 ; E-mail: almipe@ctv.es
Website: http://www.arrakis.es/~asoalic/
British Rapidplay Chess Championships
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place in the Brunswick
Building of Leeds Metropolitan University. The eleven round event takes place
in Leeds, England, November 18th-19th 2000. Details are available at:
http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Bobby Fischer contribution to the Ambassador Report
Bobby Fischer was associated with Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide
Church of God for some time. The Ambassador report was compiled by opponents of
the organisation. You can read it at:
http://homepage.altavista.com/AmbassadorReport/files/Fischer.html
MSO Mind Sports Games
John Saunders reports: Mind Sports Masters (Ron Banwell Memorial)
downloadable from the BCF site at
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2000.htm
It gives all the games by players with 5/9 or more. Note that some of the games
have been amended from the original file created by Stewart Reuben, which has
been published in TWIC. There will be a complete PGN file of all the games in
due course. [When the file is complete I will produce a corrected file MC]
4NCL Fantasy Chess
Fantasy Chess is now running a competition based on the 4NCL. People
have to predict the results of the matches rather than the individual games.
One for the Bundesliga will follow.
http://play.at/fantasychess
Krkonose Open 2000
Krkonose Open 2000 takes place 29th October to 5th November 2000 in Pec
pod Snezkou town (The Krkonose mountains). 60 players from 10 countries are
entered and entry is still open. Further information:
http://www.proclient.cz/krkonose
Three Hungarian Tournaments
Paks HUN WIM closed tournament 28.10-03.11 2000 9 rounds entry fee: 150
DEM information: Videki Sandor Tel/fax: 00-36-75421225 email:
videkisn@matavnet.hu
Szekszard HUN IM closed tournament 04-10 12 2000 9 rounds, 2 double
rounds, cat. 3-4, entry fee: 200 DEM information: Videki Sandor Tel/fax:
00-36-75421225 email: videkisn@matavnet.hu
Szekszard HUN 9 rounds open, children, blitz tournaments 05-10 12 2000
prizefound: 400000 HUF Information: Papp Csaba, Decs Oreg str.53 Hungary email:
rlaszlo@freemail.hu
Huge Chess Event in Mexico City
On October 22nd Mexico City will have its 2nd Festival of Chess. Last
year 5,046 Mexican chess players played games in one day. This year they hope
for 10,000 players to compete in simultaneous events against 500 masters.
More details http://www.ajedrez.df.gob.mx and
http://www.ajedrez.df.gob.mx/pages_ing/event.html
IECG Cup
The IECG Cup VI preliminary stage. IECG Cup is an open tournament:
players of any rating are merged together. So this is a nice opportunity to
play a wide range of opponents. Subscriptions are open until September 15.
Entries received after this date are used for a replacement list, which will be
closed on October 1st. The tournament will be launched on October 1st, for a
duration of 11 months. All the unfinished games will be adjudicated. During the
preliminary phase, all participants take part in a 7 men, single round
tournament (so 6 games to play). The 2 winners of each section will be entitled
to play in the next stage, starting in October 2001. All games count for IECG
rating, of course.
The entry form for Cup VI is at:
http://www.iecg.org/cupentry.htm
The web entry form is the best method to be enlisted in the Cup, as the process
behind is easier for us.
Debrecen Open and Computer tournament
The Debrecen Open takes place 20th-24th October 2000. Place of
tournament: Aranybika Grand Hotel 4025 Debrecen,Piac u. 11-15. 9 rounds, Swiss
system, 20 moves in 1 hours, and 1 hour to the end.
Entry fee: 3500 HUF - Without FIDE ELO 3000 HUF - 2000-2199 2000 HUF -
2200-2299 1500 HUF - 2300-2399 1500 HUF - Young player (under 18 years) 1500
HUF - Pensioner 0 HUF - above 2400, and IM, GM
Prizes: I. 80000 HUF II. 50000 HUF III. 33000 HUF IV. 26000 HUF V. 17000
HUF VI. 10000 HUF
Category prizes, Extra prizes: - Best player from Debrecen - Best women
player - Best without FIDE ELO - Best player above 55 years - Best player under
18 years
Portocom Computer Open International Chess Tournament 20-24
October 2000, Debrecen
The players of the tournament: Whoever can take part in the
competition, but first of all computer chessprograms and advanced players. For
the foreigners we cover computers. If somebody send the chessprogram in mail
(by post) we cover him/her an operator. (the price of the operator is 40 DM )
Place of tournament: Aranybika Grand Hotel H-4025 Debrecen,Piac u.
11-15.
Opening ceremony: 20 October, at 4 o' clock (pm) Arrangement: 11
rounds, Swiss system, 2 hours to the end.
Entry fee: 9000 HUF - Advaced player 6000 HUF - Chess program 1000 HUF
- People
Prizes: I. 66000 HUF II. 55000 HUF III. 44000 HUF IV. 33000 HUF V.
22000 HUF VI. 11000 HUF
Date of entires: 10.October 2000
Entries should be sent to: Sandor Nagy H-4026 Debrecen, Bethlen str.
36-38.II/12. Phone: +36 52 416-524 Mobil: +36 20 322-8790 E-mail:
player@matavnet.hu
International in Salou, Costa Dorada
International Chess Festival in Salou, Costa Dorada, starts 16th
October 2000.
Group A Confirmed players:
Gm Artur Kogan -Israel- Elo Fide 2504 Gm Ruslan Pogorelov -Ucrania- Elo
Fide 2445 J.C. Montell Lorenzo -España- Elo Fide 2325 Im Michael
Oratowsky -Israel- Elo Fide 2486 Im Dimitry Tyomkin -Israel- Elo Fide 2522 Gm
Vladimir Georgiev -Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2564 Im Jordan Ivanov -Bulgaria- Elo Fide
2461 Gm Igor Miladinovic -Grecia- Elo Fide 2563 Gmf Antoaneta Stefanova
-Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2514
Possible players
Gm Nikola Mitkov -Macedonia- Elo Fide 2532 Gm Marcin Kaminsky
–Polonia- Elo Fide 2498 Gm Hicham Hamdouchi -Marruecos- Elo Fide 2541 Gm
Alexander Finkel -Israel- Elo Fide 2467
Group B Confirmed players:
Antonio Moro -España- Elo Fide 2133 Tatiana Plachkinova
-Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2171 Juan Sanges -España- Elo Fide 2000 Ramon Pol
Valveny -España- Elo Fide 2048 Manuel Martinez Peña
-España- Elo Fide 2161 Danny Shevelev -Israel- Elo Fide 2263 Francesc
Terreu -España- Elo Fide 2169
Possible players
Im Watu Kobese -Rep. Sudafricana- Elo Fide 2373 Oscar Alias
-España- Elo Fide 2277 Juan Gutierrez -España- Elo Fide 2280
Gabor Szitas –Hungria- Elo Fide 2191
Contact Juan Sangés: j231070@teleline.es
4NCL 2000-2001
The 4NCL season 2000-2001 fixtures have been published. The venue for
all matches is the The Birmingham Grand Moat House Hotel, Colmore Row,
Birmingham. The 1st and 2nd rounds take place 23rd-24th September 2000, 3rd-4th
on 25th-26th November, 5th-6th on 27th-28th January 2001, 7th-8th on 17th-18th
March and the final rounds 9,10 and 11 on 5th-7th May 2001. There are 26 Clubs,
40 teams, 3 Divisions, 536 players registered. Some of the changes in the
closed season: IndexIT have signed, Nigel Short from Wood Green and Mark Hebden
from Slough, to add to a very strong initial squad. Guildford-ADC have signed
Chris W Baker from Bigwood, which provides the team sponsor (Nigel Povah) with
the option of playing in their second team!! Slough have a new signing IM
Aleksandar Wohl from Australia. Wood Green have signed Matthew Turner from
Slough. Barbican 4NCL have signed GM Jonathan Parker and IM Mark Ferguson from
Bigwood.
Round 1 pairings division 1: IndexIT 2 v IndexIT 1, Richmond v Slough,
South Wales Dragons v White Rose, Guildford-ADC v Midland Monarchs, Wood Green
v Poisoned Pawns, Barbican 4NCL 1 v Barbican 4NCL 2.
For further information see the 4NCL website at:
http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.chess96/4ncl/0001/0001menu.htm.
Additional coverage at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Katrin_Sharp
Possible University Event
The President of the Cambridge University Chess Club 2000/01, Nathan
Alfred, would like to get in contact with any University interesting in playing
in an event at Cambridge University (probably Girton College) on Saturday 11th
November 2000. The planned format is to have teams of eight compete at
ten-minute blitz chess, with possibly an all-play-all. If interested contact:
nswa2@cam.ac.uk
Vikings Chess Festival
The second York Vikings Chess Festival are 13th to 22nd December 2000.
The venue will once again be the superb Lady Anne Middleton's Hotel.
Contact: Adam Raoof if interested:
adam@circuit.demon.co.uk
GM 'A' - £10,000 in prizes! GM Julian Hodgson (British Champion)
GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson (SWE) GM Jonny Hector (SWE) GM Emil Sutovsky (ISR) GM
Alexei Barsov (UZB) GM Jonathan Rowson (SCO)
GM 'B' - £5,000 in prizes! GM Aaron Summerscale GM Keith Arkell IM
Irina Krush (USA) Entries from players 2350+ are invited.
Masters IM Valer Krutti (HUN) IM Still to be invited... IM Still to be
invited... Entries from players 2250+ are invited.
Open This will be a 9-round FIDE rated swiss tournament with a first
prize of at least £200. The entry fee is £25 for rated players
(July 2000 list) or £40 for unrated players. Blitz 5 minute chess -
Sunday 17th December - £5 entry - all entries returned as prizes - 11am
start - 6pm finish - parking at the venue Accommodation Very special room rates
at the Lady Anne Middleton Hotel venue for players and partners; £19.50
for a single room per person per night bed and breakfast £15.00 per
person per night if they share a twin/double room
http://www.ladyannes.demon.co.uk/
Website: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/york2.htm
Linares and Ubeda Opens 2001
The VIII "Anibal" Open takes place in Linares, January 8th-18th,
2001. 11 round Swiss System Event.
PRIZES 1º 1.000.000 pts. 2º 500.000 pts. 3º 250.000 pts.
4º 200.000 pts. 5º 150.000 pts. 6º-10º 100.000 pts.
11º-20º 50.000 pts. 21º-30º 30.000 pts. 31º-50º
25.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2300 Elo
50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer from Jaen 50.000 pts.
The VI "Ciudad de Ubeda" Open takes place Ubeda, January
21st-30th 2001. 10 Round Swiss System event.
PRIZES 1º 500.000 pts. 2º 250.000 pts. 3º 150.000 pts.
4º 125.000 pts. 5º 100.000 pts. 6º-15º 75.000 pts.
16º-50º 50.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer
under 2300 Elo 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer from Jaen 50.000 pts.
CONDITIONS
Chessplayers with 2580 Elo according FIDE ranking list July 2000 or
January 2001: Free full board in a single room and free fixed fee. G.M. and
I.M. Lodging free in a 3 stars hotel in Linares and in a 4 stars hotel in
Ubeda. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $12 per person/day in a double room
(single supplement $25). Others Chessplayers: Lodging in a 3 stars hotel in
Linares and in a 4 stars hotel in Ubeda is $24 per person/day in a double room
(single supplement $25). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $12 per person/day.
FIXED FEE PER TOURNAMENT: Until December 31st , 2000 7.500 pts. Since
January 1st, 2001 10.000 pts.
VIII Open "Anibal" Tel. 953 650400, fax 953 652204 (Miss Flori). VI
Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" Tel. 953 791011, fax 953 791012 (Miss Tana). e-mail
address: linareschess@wanadoo.es - linareschess@teleline.es
Bank details: Banco de Andalucía, account nº 0004 3270 84
0601005803 Prizes will be subject to 25% tax.
SC Lasker Autumn Festival
SC LASKER SRL is organising an Autumn Festival in Bucharest, Romania
over the period October 5th-November 4th 2000.
5th-19th October 2000
A. International closed chess tournament for IM norm (men), 2nd
–4th category, 12-16 players.
Entry fees: - <= 2100 -300 DM - 2101 – 2200 -250 DM -2201
– 2300 -200 DM -2301 – 2350 -175 DM -2351 – 2400 -150 DM - >=
2401 -100 DM
B. International closed chess tournament for IGM norm (women), 7th
– 8th category,12-14 players. Entry fees: 200 DM
C. International closed chess tournament for IGM norm (men), 8th –
9th category,12-16 players.
Entry fees: - <= 2300 -400 DM - 2301 – 2350 -350 DM -2351
– 2400 -300 DM -2401 – 2450 -250 DM -2451 – 2500 -200 DM - >=
2501 -150 DM
21st October-4th November 2000
D. International closed chess tournament for IM norm (women), 3rd
– 5th category,12-16 players. Entry fees: 200 DM Accommodation 100-150 DM
in private rooms or apartments for all the tournament.
Starting date: 5th October 2000, opening ceremony 14°°. Time
limits: 40 moves / 2 hours, then 1 hour for 20 moves + 30 minutes K.O.. The
games will be played every day from 15°° to 22°°. Prizes:
declared before the 3rd round. Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu
Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess
Club: Oþetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13.
Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38 – C.P. 80, 72250
Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if contacted
he assures the reception of the players). E-mail: mpanait@fx.ro or ggg@dnt.ro
4th Cap d'Agde Festival
The 4th Cap d'Agde Festival takes place 28th October - 4th November
2000. Cap d'Agde in the south of France has organised this prestigious event
(supported by the French Chess Federation) and the FSGT) every 2 years since
1994.
There will be 3 large Opens tournaments divided by Elo rating 9 rounds,
Time control : 40 moves/2hours and 1hour KO, Swiss System.
Grand-Prix CCAS (players + 2000 Elo) This tournament is Open to all
players above 2000 Elo rating. Internationals Masters and Internationals Grand
Masters do not pay the entry fee. IMPORTANT : only the 20 first players above
2500 Elo rating on the latest Fide list, will be invited by the organisation
(accommodation and food) transportation cost will be at the player's charge.
Tournoi du Cavalier (players - > 1700 - < 2100 Elo) This
tournament is Open to all players between 1700 and 2100 Elo rating. Tournoi de
l'Avenir (-< 1800 Elo) This tournament is open to all players below 1800 Elo
rating There will be a Blitz tournament organised by the FSGT
Trophée CCAS 2000 "La rencontre des Continents" rapid chess A
tournament of Champions from all 5 Continents. Trophée CCAS "Espoirs"
Match des prodiges : Angleterre - France A match between 2 very young Chess
prodigies in 8 games with different Time control
Contact : Cap d'Agde Avenue de la Butte 34 309 Cap d'Agde Cedex Tel :
04 67 01 00 63 Fax : 04 67 76 65 01
Lajos Ózdi IM Harkany
The Lajos Ózdi Memorial IM tournament in Harkany, Hungary taking
place November 16th-24th 2000. The ten player all-play-all IM norm event takes
place in the Hotel Platán Harkány Bartók Béla u 15.
Contact: Schepp Zoltán Tel 36-72-258-044 e-mail:
gyorkos.lajos@dpg.hu
In addition there is the 24th Tenkes Cup in the same venue and dates.
With an A and B Masters Open. Entry deadline 10th November 2000. Contact:
Faludi László SIKLÓS, Kossuth tér 1. 7801 Tel.: 00
36 72l352-122 Fax: 00 36 72/351-858 Hungary Mikola Lajos: e-mail :
tenkescup@egon.gyaloglo.hu
WPC Site
Valery Salov heads the WPC (World Players Council) and they have their
own website. The site is at: http://ajedrez_democratico.tripod.com
with a mixture of material in Spanish and English. Includes: In English
continued correspondence between Yasser Seirawan and Valery Salov, the WPC
Memorandum and a summary of a press conference in London and Alexei Shirov
annotating his win against Bacrot in Sarajavo. In Spanish there is more
material including a press conference in Leon 5th June with the participants:
GM Valeri Salov, IM Javier Ochoa, GM Zenón Franco, GM Jordi Magem, IM
Ricardo Calvo, IM Leonid Bass, Leontxo García, Miguel Ángel
Nepomuceno, Frederic Friedel (his exchanges are given in English), Amador
Cuesta Robledo, and David Llada. You could try running the Spanish sections
through the Babel Fish translation program to get the early exchanges if you
don't speak the language.
New Russian Website
There is a new Russian Website (English content to follow) at:
http://kvkchess.euro.ru/. Material
includes chess history and statistics and a collection of the chess links.
Corsican Open 2nd-5th November 2000
The Corsican International Open takes place 2nd-5th November 2000 in
Bastia (Theatre). There is a Prize fund of 450 000 F for 2 events.
Corsica Masters, 3rd-5th November (elo =>2300) 7 rounds 20'+5" After
the 7 rounds 1/4 final (10"+10, return match), 1/2 final, final
Prize fund 300 000 F 60 000 F - 35 000F- 20 000 F - 20 000 F 5th thru 8
10 000 F each -8 000 F - 6 000 F - 11th thru 20th 4 000 F each elo 2300-2500 :
10 000 F - 7 000 F - 4 000 F 1st Woman 5 000 F, 2nd : 3 000 F, 3rd 2 000 F 1st
french : 7 000 F, 2nd 5 000 F, 3rd 3 000 F Schedule : Friday November 3rd Round
1 6.00 pm Round 2 7.30 pm Round 3 9.00 pm Saturday November 4th Round 4 11.30
am Round 5 2.00 pm Round 6 6.00 pm Round 7 7.30 pm Sunday November 5th 1/4
final 9.00 am 1/2 final 11.00 am Final 1.00 pm
Entry Fees : 250 F if paid by october 1, 350 F after october 1st.
Tournament of Bastia, 2nd-4th November (elo=<2400) 9 rounds 50'+10"
Prize fund 150 000 F 15 000 F -10 000 F - 8 000 F - 6 000 F - 5000 F - 4 000 F
- 3 000 F - 2000 F 1st Junior : 6 000 F, 2nd 4 000 F, 3rd 2 000 F elo 2000-2300
: 8 000 F - 5 000 F - 3 000 F elo 1800-1999 : 6 000 F - 3 500 F - 2 500 F elo
1600-1799 : 4 500 F -3 000 F - 2 000 F elo 1000-1599 : 4 000 F - 2 500 F -1 500
F Entry Fees : 250 F if paid by october 1, 350 F after october 1st. Schedule :
Round 1 : November 2nd 3 pm, last round November 4th 9 pm
Players rated elo 2300-2400 can play both events.
Tournament manager : Léo BATTESTI 33 195 31 14 08 - fax 33 495
32 42 44 Mobil phone : 33 608 51 52 93 e-mail : opencorse@wanadoo.fr web site :
http://www.opencorsica.com
New Greek Site
The OAA Heraklio Chess Club a new website:
http://www.oaachess.bizland.com
the site has chess news from Greece, chess features, etc. Includes a Greek
chess calendar.
4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee
The 4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee will be held October 28th-November 5th 2000.
It is expected to be a strong event, as last year with a number of strong GMs
playing.
More details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2000
16th Maccabiah Chess Tournaments
As part of the 16th Maccabiah there will be a number of chess
tournaments (GM/IM and open tournaments) The 16th Maccabiah (Jewish Olympiad)
takes place in Tel-Aviv 16th-26th June 2001.
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/maccabi.html
