The Week in Chess 315

THE WEEK IN CHESS 315 20th November 2000 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Gerhard Hund, Laszlo Nagy, Luis Santos, Luís Oliveira, John Henderson, Kasparovchess, Shay Bushinsky, ChessBase.com and all those who helped with this issue.

This week has been very quiet. Not a great surprise given that last week was the Olympiad and next week sees the start of the FIDE Championships. Alexander Khalifman's one year reign has been a good one. He's made a very good impression and has been a good advert for the game. Indeed apart from a shakey start when demolished by Peter Leko in a match at the start of the year he's enjoyed some of his best results of his career. This years championships will be the last under the current format, FIDE are having a rethink. After last years' events in Las Vegas I'm not going to be foolish enough to try and predict a winner.

Hope you enjoy this issue

2) FIDE World Chess Championships

The FIDE World Chess Championships take place in New Delhi, India and Tehran, Iran, 25 November - 27 December 2000. The pairings have been released.

Official internet coverage: http://wcc2000.fide.com/

Schedule:

Dates: India
Round 1 Men (72 players) Women (56 players) 27th-29th November 2000.
Round 2 Men (64 players) Women (32 players) 30th November-2nd December 2000.
Round 3 Men (32 players) Women (16 players) 3rd-5th December 2000.
Round 4 Men (16 players) Women (Quarter Finals 8 players) 6th-8th December 2000.
Round 5 Men (Quarter Finals 8 players) Women (Semi-Finals 4 players) 9th-11th December 2000.
Round 6 Men (Semi-Finals 4 players) Women (Final - 2 players) 12th-16th December 2000.

Move to Tehran

Round 7 Men Final 6 games. 20th-26th December
(break 23rd December, playoffs if required on December 27th 2000)

Men Round 1 29. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2649 vs. 65. Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2572
30. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2648 vs. 66. Leitao, Rafael g BRAX 2567
31. Fedorov, Alexey g BLR 2646 vs. 67. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2567
32. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2643 vs. 68. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2566
33. Gulko, Boris g USA 2643 vs. 69. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2557
34. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2641 vs. 70. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2557
35. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2633 vs. 71. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2556
36. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2630 vs. 72. Dao, Thien Hai g VIE 2555
37. Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2627 vs. 73. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2554
38. Sakaev, Konstantin g rus 2627 vs. 74. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2554
39. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 vs. 75. Noguieras, Jesus g CUB 2552
40. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2627 vs. 76. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2545
41. Vaganian, Rafael g ARM 2623 vs. 77. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2541
42. Speelman, Jonathan g ENG 2623 vs. 78. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2536
43. Tregubov, Pavel g RUS 2620 vs. 79. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2534
44. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2613 vs. 80. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2529
45. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2611 vs. 81. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2527
46. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2609 vs. 82. Nataf, Igor g FRA 2526
47. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2606 vs. 83. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2525
48. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2605 vs. 84. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2522
49. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 vs. 85. Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2513
50. Lputian, Smbat g ARM 2598 vs. 86. Blehm, Pawel m POL 2510
51. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2598 vs. 87. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2502
52. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2596 vs. 88. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2499
53. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2595 vs. 89. Villamayor, BONG g PHI 2495
54. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2595 vs. 90. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan IRI 2488
55. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2594 vs. 91. Godena, Michele g ITA 2485
56. Alexandrov, Alexej g BLR 2591 vs. 92. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2485
57. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2587 vs. 93. Wohl, Aleksandar m AUS 2461
58. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2584 vs. 94. Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2454
59. Adianto, Utut g INA 2583 vs. 95. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2429
60. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2582 vs. 96. Labib, Ibrahim Hasan m EGY 2426
61. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2577 vs. 97. Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2418
62. Serper, Grigory g USA 2574 vs. 98. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2409
63. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2573 vs. 99. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2322
64. Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2572 vs. 100. Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2257

They will be joined in round 2 by: 1. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2667; 2. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 ; 3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2592; 4. Adams, Michael g ENG 2755 ; 5. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 ; 6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2756; 7. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2746 ; 8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2743 ; 9. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2719 ; 10. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2707 ; 11. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 ; 12. Krasenkov, Michael g POL 2702 ; 13. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2690; 14. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 ; 15. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2681 ; 16. Short, Nigel g ENG 2677 ; 17. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2677 ; 18. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 ; 19. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2673 ; 20. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2670 ; 21. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2668 ; 22. Xu Jun g CHN 2668 ; 23. Gurevich, Michael g BEL 2667 ; 24. Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2666 ; 25. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2661 ; 26. Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2659 ; 27. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2657 ; 28. Peng, Xiaomin g CHN 2657

Women Round 1

4. Zhu Chen CHN g 2539 vs. 33. Krush, Irina USA 2354
5. Xu Yuhua CHN m 2505 vs. 34. Amura, Claudia ARG g 2351
6. Qin, Kanying CHN g 2501 vs. 35. Klinova, Masha ISR g 2350
7. Wang, Lei CHN g 2498 vs. 36. Stjazhkina, Olga RUS g 2337
8. Hoang Thanh Trang (IM) VIE g 2489 vs. 37. Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU g 2337
9. Cramling, Pia (GM) SWE g 2484 vs. 38. Lakos, Nikoleta HUN m 2327
10. Ioseliani, Nana (IM) GEO g 2476 vs. 39. Goletiani, Rusudan GEO g 2325
11. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS g 2475 vs. 40. Pitam, Ela ISR g 2323
12. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira (IM) MDA g 2450 vs. 41. Lagvilava, Genrieta BLR g 2318
13. Zhukova, Natalya UKR g 2450 vs. 42. Sziva, Erika NED m 2311
14. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino (IM) GER g 2448 vs. 43. Javakhishvili, Lela GEO m 2301
15. Zatonskih, Anna UKR g 2446 vs. 44. Arribas, Maritza CUB g 2300
16. Maric, Alisa (IM) YUG g 2443 vs. 45. Tkeshelashvili, Sopio GEO m 2286
17. Matveeva, Svetlana RUS g 2440 vs. 46. Uskova, Fliura KAZ g 2285
18. Peptan, Corina (IM) ROM g 2433 vs. 47. Calzetta, Monica ESP m 2282
19. Vasilevich, Tatjana UKR g 2429 vs. 48. Nguyen, Thi Thanh An VIE 2281
20. Bojkovic, Natasa YUG g 2420 vs. 49. Reizniece, Dana LAT 2275
21. Khurtsidze, Nino GEO g 2418 vs. 50. Hahn, Anna USA m 2257
22. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (IM) GEO g 2405 vs. 51 Shahade, Jennifer USA m 2238
23. Peng, Zhaoqin (IM) NED g 2403 vs. 52. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe IND m 2237
24. Gaprindashvili, Nona (GM) GEO g 2390 vs. 53. Khurtsilava, Inga GEO m 2233
25. Zayac, Elena RUS g 2378 vs. 54. Meenakshi, S. IND 2226
26. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IND m 2378 vs. 55 Koskela, Niina FIN m 2191
27. Zielinska, Marta POL g 2376 vs. 56. Charest, Johanne CAN m 2136
28. Gurieli, Nino (IM) GEO g 2373 vs. 57. Meyer, Marany RSA 2087
29. Dworakowska, Joanna POL g 2371 vs. 58. Johns-Putra, Geraldine AUS f 2065
30. Manakova, Maria YUG g 2369 vs. 59. Chaves, Joara BRA m 2057
31. Demina, Julia RUS g 2368 vs. 60. El Gharbi, Zahira MAR 2000
32. Eidelson, Rakhil BLR g 2360 vs. 61. Houli Asma ALG 2000

They will be joined in round 2 by: 1. Xie Jun (GM) CHN g 2568; 2. Galliamova, Alisa (IM) RUS g 2526 ; 3. Chiburdanidze, Maia (GM) GEO g 2545

3) 4th Cap d'Agde Festival

The 4th Cap d'Agde Festival took place 28th October - 4th November 2000. This rapidplay event was won by Mikhail Gurevich who beat Anatoly Karpov in the final. 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. All games now available.

Internet coverage: http://www.asmeg.org/echecs/frame.htm

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Gp A Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 29-31 x 2000          cat. XV (2609)
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1. Karpov, Anatoly       g RUS 2699  * = 1 = = 1 = 1  5.0  2754 
2. Benjamin, Joel        g USA 2577  = * = 1 = 1 0 1  4.5  2715 
3. Tkachiev, Vladislav   g FRA 2657  0 = * = 1 1 1 =  4.5  2704 
4. Bacrot, Etienne       g FRA 2613  = 0 = * 1 = 1 1  4.5  2710 
5. Hamdouchi, Hichem     g MAR 2541  = = 0 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2668 
6. Zhang Pengxiang       m CHN 2525  0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1  2.5  2519 
7. Tregubov, Pavel V     g RUS 2620  = 1 0 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2449 
8. Bologan, Viktor       g MDA 2641  0 0 = 0 0 0 = *  1.0  2295 
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Gp B Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 29-31 x 2000              cat. XV (2608)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1. Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2676  * = 1 0 = = = 1  4.0  2648 
2. Serper, Grigory           g USA 2574  = * = 1 = 0 1 =  4.0  2662 
3. Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667  0 = * = = 1 = 1  4.0  2649 
4. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter   g ROM 2592  1 0 = * 1 1 0 0  3.5  2610 
5. Dorfman, Josif D          g FRA 2600  = = = 0 * = 1 =  3.5  2609 
6. Zhang Zhong               g CHN 2636  = 1 0 0 = * = 1  3.5  2603 
7. Onischuk, Alexander       g UKR 2627  = 0 = 1 0 = * =  3.0  2555 
8. Campos Moreno, Javier B   m CHI 2491  0 = 0 1 = 0 = *  2.5  2522 
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1/4 finals

Benjamin, Joel            g USA 2577   = 0 
Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667   = 1 

Zhang Zhong               g CHN 2636   = =  0 0 
Karpov, Anatoly           g RUS 2699   = =  1 1 

Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2676   = 1 
Tkachiev, Vladislav       g FRA 2657   = 0 

Bacrot, Etienne           g FRA 2613   = =   0 1   = =   0 
Serper, Grigory           g USA 2574   = =   1 0   = =   1 

Semi-final

Karpov, Anatoly           g RUS 2699   1 0   1 = 
Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2676   0 1   0 = 

Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667   = =   1 1 
Serper, Grigory           g USA 2574   = =   0 0 

Final

Karpov, Anatoly           g RUS 2699   1 0   0 = 
Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667   0 1   1 =

4) German Chess Championships

The 72nd German Chess Championships takes place in Seebad Heringsdorf, Usedom November 16th-26th 2000. The event is a nine round swiss system tournament. After three rounds Peter Enders is the only player on 100%. My thanks to Gerhard Hund.

Internet coverage: http://TeleSchach.de/aktuelles/dm2000.htm

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72nd German Championships Seebad Heringsdorf GER (GER), 17-25 xi 2000
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 1. Enders, Peter         g  GER 2468  +18 +17 + 9  3.0       
 2. Rabiega, Robert       m  GER 2487  +16 =10 +19  2.5  2661 
 3. Nenashev, Alexander   g  UZB 2642  +26 = 8 +24  2.5  2692 
 4. Bunzmann, Dimitrij    m  GER 2484  +36 =13 +20  2.5  2635 
 5. Gutman, Lev           g  GER 2533  =27 +29 +15  2.5  2606 
 6. Slobodjan, Roman      g  GER 2539  +33 =24 = 8  2.0  2537 
 7. Stern, Rene           m  GER 2493  +34 =19 =10  2.0  2515 
 8. Naiditsch, Arkadij    m  GER 2449  +38 = 3 = 6  2.0  2608 
 9. Naumann, Alexander    m  GER 2489  +31 +23 - 1  2.0  2534 
10. Berezovsky, Igor      f  GER 2404  +40 = 2 = 7  2.0  2500 
11. Sielecki, Christof    f  GER 2424  =29 =22 +36  2.0  2344 
12. Mueller, Karsten      g  GER 2513  =20 =28 +31  2.0  2487 
13. Buhmann, Rainer          GER 2416  +41 = 4 =21  2.0  2521 
14. Enigk, Frank             GER 2195  -19 +34 +27  2.0  2496 
15. Prusikhin, Mihailo    m  GER 2460  +35 +30 - 5  2.0  2481 
16. Bruch, Jochen         f  GER 2336  - 2 +40 +32  2.0  2479 
17. Heinzel, Olaf         f  GER 2389  +42 - 1 +30  2.0  2361 
18. Knuth, Hannes            GER 2308  - 1 +42 +28  2.0  2414 
19. Meins, Gerlef         m  GER 2426  +14 = 7 - 2  1.5  2391 
20. Voekler, Bernd        f  GER 2345  =12 +25 - 4  1.5  2453 
21. Bischoff, Klaus       g  GER 2556  =25 =27 =13  1.5  2375 
22. Wisnewski, Christoph     GER 2140  =28 =11 =23  1.5  2415 
23. Reeh, Oliver          m  GER 2420  +37 - 9 =22  1.5  2266 
24. Zeller, Frank            GER 2434  +39 = 6 - 3  1.5  2481 
25. Holzhaeuer, Mathias   f  GER 2362  =21 -20 +38  1.5  2390 
26. Siebrecht, Sebastian  m  GER 2376  - 3 =38 +39  1.5  2392 
27. Glienke, Manfred      m  GER 2348  = 5 =21 -14  1.0  2303 
28. Hammes, Michael       f  GER 2401  =22 =12 -18  1.0  2195 
29. Bischoff, Dieter         GER 2192  =11 - 5 =33  1.0  2312 
30. Baramidze, David         GER 2242  +32 -15 -17  1.0  2301 
31. Heck, Norbert         f  GER 2340  - 9 +37 -12  1.0  2265 
32. Paulsen, Dirk         f  GER 2431  -30 +35 -16  1.0  2166 
33. Senff, Martin            GER 2354  - 6 =39 =29  1.0  2206 
34. Alber, Horst          f  GER 2340  - 7 -14 +41  1.0  2153 
35. Pfretzschner, Roland  f  GER 2295  -15 -32 +40  1.0  2220 
36. Schramm, Christian    f  GER 2326  - 4 +41 -11  1.0  2227 
37. Woll, Wilfried           GER 2170  -23 -31 +42  1.0  2128 
38. Barmbold, Jens           GER 2270  - 8 =26 -25  0.5  2122 
39. Braun, Peter             GER 2264  -24 =33 -26  0.5  2115 
40. Heinrich, Alexander      GER 2146  -10 -16 -35  0.0       
41. Valet, Richard           GER 2148  -13 -36 -34  0.0       
42. Stahr,Ralf Peter         GER ----  -17 -18 -37  0.0       
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5) First Saturday November

Laszlo Nagy reports: The main First Saturday that took place in Budapest 4th-16th of November was an IM tournament. This category I event was won by Csaba Balogh but he didn't reach the 10 point IM norm.

December First Saturday events take place 2nd-15th December.

Entries so far:

GM Tournament. IGM Varga, Zoltan (HUN, 2541), IGM Lukacs, Peter (HUN, 2488), IGM Horvath, Csaba (HUN, 2513), IM Markus, Robert (YUG, 2465), Szeberenyi, Adam (HUN, 2317), IM Almasi, Istvan (HUN, 2429), IM Szieberth, Adam (HUN,2421), Resika, Nathan (USA,2313), Antal, Gergely (HUN, 2405), IM Radjabov, Teimour (AZE,2476), FM Sedlak, Nikola (YUG, 2423), Berkes, Ferenc (HUN, 2372).

IM Events: IM Zimmerman, Yuri (HUN), IM Eperjesi, Laszlo (HUN), IM Seres, Lajos (HUN), IM Farago, Sandor (HUN), IM Kahn, Evarth (HUN), IM Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij (HUN), Zivanic, Marko (YUG), Berczes, Csaba (HUN), Pinter, Gabor (HUN), WGM Vajda, Szidonia (HUN), Rajlich, Vasik (USA), Resika, Nathan (USA), Spielmann, Alain (FRA), Mensch, Etienne (FRA), Franchini, Gabriele (ITA), FM Csomos, Roland (HUN), Haznedaroglu, (TRK), Domnez, Ilker (TRK), Dub, Zeev (ISR), FM Koskinen, Henri (FIN), Nieminen, Kari (FIN), Papp, Misa (YUG), Bozic, Milan (YUG), Philippe, Christophe (FRA), IGM Vadasz, Laszlo (HUN), Erdelyi, Zombor (HUN).

FM events: Azizodlu, Ferzan (TRK), Horvath, Kalman (HUN), Frigieri, Fabrizio (ITA), Garotalo, Sergio (ITA), Vass, Viktor (HUN), Berczes, David (HUN), Magyar, Istvan (HUN), Pongo, Istvan (HUN), Tong, Lida (CHN), Antok, Daniel (HUN), Eskola, Risto (FIN), Azahari, Mohd Nor (MAS), Garnier-Salvi, Vincent (FRA), Szab , Krisztian (HUN)

Its not too late to enter the above. Contact: Laszlo Nagy. E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu (~firstsat phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday

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FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xi 2000                  cat. I (2260)
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 1. Balogh, Csaba            HUN 2359  * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1  9.5  2427 
 2. Nemeth, Zoltan         m HUN 2308  = * = = = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1  8.5  2366 
 3. Vigorito, David        f USA 2314  = = * 1 0 = = = = = = 1 1 1  8.0  2343 
 4. Dudas, Janos           m HUN 2338  0 = 0 * 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2341 
 5. Philippe, Christophe     FRA 2306  = = 1 0 * = 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2313 
 6. Kanko, Ilkka           f FIN 2206  0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1  7.5  2321 
 7. Resika, Nathan A         USA 2267  = 0 = 0 1 1 * = 1 1 0 = 0 1  7.0  2288 
 8. Logdahl, Harald          SWE 2265  0 = = 1 1 0 = * = 1 1 0 0 0  6.0  2230 
 9. Eperjesi, Laszlo       m HUN 2370  = = = = = = 0 = * 0 0 = = 1  5.5  2194 
10. Jamrich, Gyorgy          HUN 2225  0 1 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 1  5.5  2206 
11. Rajlich, Vasik G         USA 2209  = 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 1  5.5  2207 
12. Dub, Zeev                ISR 2137  0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 * 0 1  5.5  2212 
13. Bordas, Gyula            HUN 2186  = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 1 0 1 * 0  5.0  2179 
14. Vargyas, Zoltan          HUN 2154  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 *  2.0  1972 
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6) Lisbon Chess Festival

The sixth edition of the Lisbon Chess Festival takes place 18th to 26th November in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dennis De Vreugt, Lazaro Bruzon, Bu Xiangzhi, Rui Damaso, Lenier Dominguez, Antonio Fernandes, Luis Galego, Ildar Ibragimov, Vyacheslav Ikonnikov, Harmen Jonkman, Artur Kogan, Oleg Korneev, Bogdan Lalic, Ramon Mateo, Ruslan Pogorelov, Kevin Spraggett, Mladen Palac, Erik Van den Doel, Mauricio Vassallo and Jose Luis Vilela are amongst 52 players on 2/2.

There are lectures from some of the most important personalities in the chess world and a very strong open. This years guest of honour is Judit Polgar who has already played one simul along with Valery Salov. Past guests of honour have included Kasparov (99), Karpov (98) and Bronstein (97).

Internet coverage: http://cmlxadrez.esoterica.pt/openlisboa00eng.htm

7) Karpov helps UNICEF

Anatoly Karpov has been made UNICEF's Regional Ambassador for Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic States. Karpov, who has collaborated with UNICEF on an informal basis for several years, said he would continue a personal battle to put children's rights "at the centre of the region's political agenda." He has taken a special interest in substance-abuse prevention among young people, and the International Association of Peace Foundations - a Moscow-based non-governmental association that brings together affiliates from across the region, and which Mr. Karpov chairs - has provided support for child victims of armed conflict and children affected by the Chernobyl disaster.

Link: http://www.unicef.org/newsline/00pr67.htm

8) 8th Loures Masters

Luís Santos reports: The 8th Loures tournament took place 7th-17th November 2000. The event was a Category II round robin. Vyacheslav Ikonnikov won with 8.5/10 a point clear of Mauricio Vassallo, and Salvador Del Rio Angelis on 7.5 points. Vitor Antonio withdrew after three games and his games were cancelled.

Internet coverage: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/index.htm#8lrs

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8th Loures Young Masters POR (POR), 7-17 xi 2000                 cat. I (2273)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav         g RUS 2548  * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2541 
 2. Vassallo, Mauricio              ARG 2431  = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2450 
 3. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G   m ESP 2467  = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2446 
 4. Damaso, Rui                   m POR 2386  = = 1 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2410 
 5. Teran Alvarez, Ismael         f ESP 2347  0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2375 
 6. Leonardo, Joao                f POR 2301  0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2380 
 7. Pinho, Paulo                    POR 2213  0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 0 = 1  3.5  2169 
 8. Conceicao, Paulo                POR 2086  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1  3.5  2181 
 9. Peixoto, Antonio                POR 2113  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1  2.5  2096 
10. Costa, Fernando J.M             POR 2113  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1  2.0  2049 
11. Nunes, Andre                    POR ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
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Antonio Vitor (2302) withdrew after three games and his results were cancelled.

9) KC Computer-Human Event

Kasparovchess.com ran an on-line computer vs human challenge event November 7th-16th 2000. The humans took a battering and after 10 double rounds the event finished with a score of humans 5.5 - machines (Junior and Fritz) 14.5.

Scores: Computers 14.5 (1. DEEP FRITZ 7.5/10; 2. DEEP JUNIOR 7/10) Humans 5.5 : Alterman, Boris g ISR 2564 1.0/2; Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2557 1.0/2; Har-Zvi, Ronen g ISR 2508 1.0/2; Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2455 0.5/2; Belov, Vladimir RUS 2470 0.5/2; Janovsky, Sergey g RUS 2495 0.5/2; Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2501 0.5/2; Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2438 0.5/2; Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2523 0.0/2; Hodarkovski, Mikhail UKR 2260 0.0/2; )

Links: http://www.kasparovchess.com/ and http://www.chessbase.com/news/n1110.htm

Day by day results: 
Round 1 (November 7, 2000)

DEEP JUNIOR           -  Bezgodov, Alexei      1/2   61  C96  Ruy Lopez (Deviations from Tchigorin Defence)
Bezgodov, Alexei      -  DEEP FRITZ            1/2   90  B49  Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)

Round 2 (November 8, 2000)

DEEP FRITZ            -  Janovsky, Sergey      1-0   49  D10  Slav Defence
Janovsky, Sergey      -  DEEP JUNIOR           1/2   55  A34  English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)

Round 3 (November 9, 2000)

DEEP JUNIOR           -  Polgar, Sofia         1/2   55  C67  Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Polgar, Sofia         -  DEEP FRITZ            0-1   50  A22  English Opening

Round 4 (November 10, 2000)

DEEP FRITZ            -  Belov, Vladimir       1-0   58  E98  King's Indian Defence (Classical System)
Belov, Vladimir       -  DEEP JUNIOR           1/2   43  C68  Ruy Lopez (Exchange Variation)

Round 5 (November 11, 2000)

DEEP JUNIOR           -  Har-Zvi, Ronen        1/2   46  C67  Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Har-Zvi, Ronen        -  DEEP FRITZ            1/2   68  C49  Four Knight's Game (Metger Variation)

Round 6 (November 12, 2000)

DEEP FRITZ            -  Vlassov, Nikolai      1/2   54  A50  Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Vlassov, Nikolai      -  DEEP JUNIOR           0-1   65  B22  Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation)

Round 7 (November 13, 2000)

DEEP JUNIOR           -  Golubev, Mihail       1-0   32  B72  Sicilian Dragon
Golubev, Mihail       -  DEEP FRITZ            0-1   35  C47  Four Knight's Game

Round 8 (November 14, 2000)

DEEP FRITZ            -  Hodarkovski, Mikhail  1-0   34  A45  Queen's Pawn Opening (Trompowsky Variation)
Hodarkovski, Mikhail  -  DEEP JUNIOR           0-1   35  D02  Queen's Pawn Game

Round 9 (November 15, 2000)

DEEP JUNIOR           -  Alterman, Boris       1-0   47  A44  Old Benoni
Alterman, Boris       -  DEEP FRITZ            1-0   87  A03  Bird's Opening

Round 10 (November 16, 2000)

DEEP FRITZ            -  Levitt, Jonathan      1-0   39  A43  Old Benoni
Levitt, Jonathan      -  DEEP JUNIOR           1/2   46  D00  Queen's Pawn Game

10) Forthcoming Events and Links

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup takes place in Aymavilles (Aosta Valley) Italy. This long standing junior team event organised by the same organisers as the International Open of Saint-Vincent and the European Individual Championship held in July 2000. The tournament is recognised by ECU (European Chess Union). They invited an U20 player from each federation of the group Mitropa Cup.

Coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com

John McVicar Braingames Article

Ex-convict John McVicar wrote a column on the braingames World Chess Championships in Punch. The article by an outsider gives a unique view of the event. It will probably only be available this week.

Link: http://www.punch.co.uk/mcvicar.html

Cappelle la Grande

The XVII Cappelle la Grande open takes place 24th February-3rd March 2001.

Internet site: http://cappelle.free.fr

GM Alexander Baburin chess sites

GM Alexander Baburin has been a familiar presence on the internet with his Coffee Break magazine. He is now involved in two new websites. http://www.gmsquare.com The idea is to provide a place on the Web to those GMs who would like to have some presence on the Internet and currently there are sites of three GMs there - Alexander Baburin himself, Alexander Morozevich and Lev Psakhis. Secondly at: http://www.chesstoday.net there will be a commercial chess service, providing daily news, interviews and instruction to a wide range of players. Each issue will feature one annotated game and news from around the world, while weekend issues will have some instructional materials, particularly useful for club players. Chess Today costs about $15 for 4 months.

Carlos Torre Memorial

XIII GM Carlos Torre Repetto In Memoriam 2000 12th-20th December 2000. Venue: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Details: http://commcenter.terra.com.mx Contact: Lic Hugo A Balam Lopez: Tel 0199 913844. E-Mail hcamaron@terra.com.mx

76th Hastings Chess Congress

The 76th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place from the 28th December 2000 to 7th January 2001. This year it will be held at a new venue which should greatly enhance the event. It will be played under one roof at the new £4.5 million Horntye Park Sports Complex which opened in the late Spring.

Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Contact Pam Thomas Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail dmt123@compuserve.com

Ano Liosia Open

The 11th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia 2001" takes place 27 December 2000 - 6 January 2001, in Ano Liosia, Athens.

PRIZES 1st : 600.000 drs (1.500$), 2nd : 450.000 drs (1.125$), 3rd : 300.000 drs (750$), 4th : 250.000 drs (625$), 5th : 200.000 drs (500$), 6th : 150.000 drs (375$), 7th : 100.000 drs (250$), 8th : 90.000 drs (225$), 9th : 80.000 drs (200$), 10th : 70.000 drs (175$), 11th : 60.000 drs (150$), 12th : 50.000 drs (125$), 13th : 40.000 drs (100$), 14th : 35.000 drs (87.5$), 15th : 30.000 drs (75$), 16th : 25.000 drs (62.5$). TOTAL : 2.530.000 Drs. (6.325$)

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/anoliosia

4th Afro-Asian Email Chess Championship

The 4th Afro-Asian Email Chess Championships which is a tournament of the ICCF. Any chess lover who lives in Africa or Asia can take part in the tournament with no entry fee. The preliminary round starts on 15.01.2001. The application should be sent by Email to the zonal director samraoui@aol.com not later than 31.12.2000.

Zadar Christmas Open

The Zadar Christmas Open takes place 9th-17th December 2000.

Further details: http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/zd2000/index.htm

Kramnik-Leko Match

The "Westfälische Ferngas AG" (WFG) announced a match between Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko, to be held from January 2nd to 8th 2001. We will see 12 rapid games (two per day, rest day: January 5th) in the Hotel Kempinski, city centre of Budapest (Hungary).

Internet coverage: To be announced.

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.

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;

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/

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

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

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

Three Hungarian Tournaments

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

There will be the TAPOLCA Open chess tournament in Budapest January 5th-13th 2001. Prizes: 40-25-15-10-6-4-2x3-2x2.5-2x2 thousand HUF /1 USD = 300 HUF now/. About 4-6 IM-s, 50-70 % FIDE rated usually. The organizer: PAREJ, Jozsef, phone: 00-36-87-321-950, home 19:00-21:00 hours Central European Time More info and accommodation in Budapest: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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