THE WEEK IN CHESS 316 27th November 2000 by Mark Crowther
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1214 games
My thanks to Gerhard Hund, António Pedro Pereira, John Henderson,
Michael Atkins, Albert Silver, Przemek Jahr, Sam Nicholls, Gunnar Bjornsson,
Nigel Johnson, Boris Gelfand and all those who helped with this issue.
Its just one World Chess Championships after another these days. Less
than a month after Kasparov lost his Braingames title to Vladimir Kramnik most
of the rest of the best players in the World are in New Delhi trying to win the
FIDE title. Beyond the observations that Anand as top seed should be favourite
and that Adams has reached the semi-finals both times this format has run I'm
not going to be foolish enough to make predictions this time. I hope for good
quality chess and excitement however incompatable these hopes might be.
Hope you enjoy this issue
The FIDE World Chess Championships take place in New Delhi, India and
Tehran, Iran, 25 November - 27 December 2000. The FIDE Championships first
round got underway on time. The first round today produced no surprise results
(the closest was Lautier's loss with white to Leitao) and the main interest
will surely come on the 30th when the top seeds enter the event in round 2.
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)
Round 1 Day 1 Men
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) vs. Stefansson, Hannes (ISL) 1/2
Lputian,Smbat G (ARM) vs. Blehm, Pawel (POL) 1-0
Speelman, Jonathan S. (ENG) vs. Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) 1-0
Wohl, Aleksandar H. (AUS) vs. Galkin, Alexander (RUS) 0-1
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) vs. Volkov, Sergey (RUS) 1-0
Lutz, Christopher (GER) vs. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 1/2
Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) vs. Nataf, Igor Alexandre (FRA) 0-1
Lautier, Joel (FRA) vs. Leitao, Rafael (BRA) 0-1
Fiorito, Fabian (ARG) vs. Benjamin, Joel (USA) 0-1
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) vs. Dao, Thien Hai (VIE) 1/2
Yermolinsky, Alex (USA) vs. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (QAT) 1-0
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) vs. Rytshagov, Mikhail (EST) 1/2
Hakki, Imad (SYR) vs. Adianto, Utut (INA) 0-1
Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) vs. Hansen, Sune Berg (DEN) 1/2
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) vs. Kveinys, Aloyzas (LTU) 1-0
Van Wely, Loek (NED) vs. Asrian, Karen (ARM) 1/2
Simutowe, Amon (ZAM) vs. Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) 1/2
Kunte, Abhijit (IND) vs. Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 1/2
Barua, Dibyendu (IND) vs. Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) 0-1
Rustemov, Alexander (RUS) vs. Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1/2
Lesiege, Alexandre (CAN) vs. Vasquez, Rodrigo (CHI) 1-0
Nogueiras, Jesus (CUB) vs. Ehlvest, Jaan (EST) 1/2
Godena, Michele (ITA) vs. Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) 1/2
Lima, Darcy (BRA) vs. Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1/2
Ivanov, Alexander (USA) vs. Fedorov, Alexei (BLR) 1-0
Serper, Grigory (USA) vs. Bagheri, Amir (IRI) 1-0
Agrest, Evgenij (SWE) vs. Onischuk, Alexander (UKR) 0-1
Villamayor, Bong (PHI) vs. Minasian, Artashes (ARM) 1/2
Dizdarevic, Emir (BIH) vs. Psakhis, Lev (ISR) 1/2
Hernandez, Gilberto (MEX) vs. Piket, Jeroen (NED) 1/2
Nevednichy, Vladislav (ROM) vs. Labib, Ibrahim Hasan (EGY) 1/2
Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) vs. Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) 0-1
Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) vs. El Taher, Fouad (EGY) 1/2
Zaja, Ivan (CRO) vs. Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1/2
Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) vs. Gulko, Boris F (USA) 1/2
Chernin, Alexander (HUN) vs. Utnasunov, Alexander (RUS) 1-0
Round 1 Day 1 Women
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) vs. Uskova, Fliura (KAZ) 1-0
Cramling, Pia (GM) (SWE) vs. Lakos, Nikoletta (HUN) 1/2
Zayac, Elena (RUS) vs. Meenakshi, Subbaraman (IND) 1/2
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) vs. Amura, Claudia N. (ARG) 1/2
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) vs. Hahn, Anna (USA) 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) vs. Sziva, Erika (NED) 1-0
Dworakowska, Joanna (POL) vs. Johns-Putra, Geraldine (AUS) 1-0
Krush, Irina (USA) vs. Zhu, Chen (CHN) 1/2
Vasilevich, Tatjana (UKR) vs. Nguyen, Thi Thanh An (VIE) 1-0
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) vs. Pitam, Ela (ISR) 1-0
Zielinska, Marta (POL) vs. Charest, Johanne (CAN) 1-0
Wang, Lei (CHN) vs. Stjazhkina, Olga (RUS) 1-0
Peng, Zhaoqin (IM) (NED) vs. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe (IND) 1-0
Zatonskih, Anna (UKR) vs. Arribas, Maritza (CUB) 1-0
Demina, Julia (RUS) vs. El Gharbi, Zahira (MAR) 1-0
Calzetta, Monica (ESP) vs. Peptan, Corina (IM) (ROM) 0-1
Koskela, Niina (FIN) vs. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 1-0
Klinova, Masha (ISR) vs. Qin, Kanying (CHN) 1/2
Shahade, Jennifer (USA) vs. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (GEO) 0-1
Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) vs. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketin (GER) 0-1
Chaves, Joara (BRA) vs. Manakova, Maria (YUG) 0-1
Reizniece, Dana (LAT) vs. Bojkovic, Natasa (YUG) 0-1
Lagvilava, Genrieta (BLR) vs. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almi (MDA) 0-1
Meyer, Marany (RSA) vs. Gurieli, Nino (IM) (GEO) 1-0
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) vs. Hoang, Thanh Trang (IM) (VIE) 1-0
Khurtsilava, Inga (GEO) vs. Gaprindashvili, Nona (GM) (GEO) 1-0
Tkeshelashvili, Sopio (GEO) vs. Maric, Alisa (IM) (YUG) 1/2
Houli, Asma (ALG) vs. Eidelson, Rakhil (BLR) 0-1
Information on the pairings from
http://www.gmschach.de/
I have arranged the pairings in groups so it should be possible to work
out where players can meet. An example would be Anand. He plays: Bologan or
Stefansson in round 2 then if he progresses, Rublevsky, Lputian or Blehm in
round 3, Krasenkov, Speelman, Macieja, Beliavsky, Galkin or Wohl in round 4,
Leko, Sakaev, Volkov, Khalifman, Lutz, Ghaem, Short, Sutovsky, Nataf, Lautier,
Leitao, Benjamin or Fiorito in round 5, the winner of the Top half Bottom
Quarter in round 6 and then the winner of the bottom half in the final.
Top half Top Quarter
Anand, Viswanathan (IND) vs. (Bologan-Stefansson)
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) vs. (Lputian-Blehm)
Krasenkov, Michal (POL) vs. (Speelman-Macieja)
Beliavsky, Alexander (SLO) vs. (Galkin-Wohl)
Leko, Peter (HUN) vs. (Sakaev-Volkov)
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) vs. (Lutz-Ghaem)
Short, Nigel (ENG) vs. (Sutovsky-Nataf)
(Lautier-Leitao) vs. (Benjamin-Fiorito)
Top half Bottom Quarter
Adams, Michael (ENG) vs. (Ponomariov-Dao)
Xu Jun (CHN) vs. (Yermolinsky-Al Modiakhi)
Svidler, Peter (RUS) vs. (Bacrot-Rytshagov)
Peng Xiaomin (CHN) vs. (Adianto-Hakki)
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) vs. (Kharlov-Hansen)
Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) vs. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM)
Dreev, Alexei (RUS) vs. (Malakhov-Kveinys)
(Van Wely-Asrian) vs. (Saskiran-Simutowe)
Bottom Half Top Quarter
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) vs. (Milos-Kunte)
Alamsi, Zoltan (HUN) vs. (Vladimirov-Barua)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) vs. (Tregubov-Rustemov)
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) vs. (Lesiege-Vasquez)
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) vs. (Ehlvest-Nogueiras)
Movsesian, Sergei (CZE) vs. (Iordachescu-Godena)
Smirin,Ilya (ISR) vs. (Grischuk-Lima)
(Fedorov-Ivanov) vs. (Serper-Bagheri)
Bottom half Bottom Quarter
Shirov,Alexei (ESP) vs. (Onischuk-Agrest)
Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) vs. (Minasian-Villamayor)
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) vs. (Psakhis-Dizdarevic)
(Piket-Hernandez) vs. (Nevednichy-Labib)
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) vs. (Vaganian-Hamdouchi)
Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) vs. (Aleksandrov-El Taher)
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) vs. (Baklan-Zaja)
(Gulko-Bezgodov) vs. (Chernin-Utnasunov)
The 72nd German Chess Championships took place in Seebad Heringsdorf,
Usedom November 16th-26th 2000. The event was a nine round swiss system
tournament. The clear winner was Robert Rabiega with a 7/9 score which included
one loss, against Arkadij Naiditsch in round 5 after that he won every game to
finish half a point clear of Alexander Nenashev and Mihailo Prusikhin. 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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Pl. Name T NAT ELO Pts TPR Tie-break
1. Rabiega, Robert m GER 2487 7.0 2676 2457 45.0
2. Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2642 6.5 2636 2470 49.0
3. Naiditsch, Arkadij m GER 2449 6.5 2621 2455 45.5
4. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2460 6.5 2558 2392 46.0
5. Buhmann, Rainer GER 2416 6.0 2552 2427 43.0
6. Mueller, Karsten g GER 2513 6.0 2539 2415 41.0
7. Bunzmann, Dimitrij m GER 2484 5.5 2502 2423 51.0
8. Wisnewski, Christoph GER 2140 5.5 2495 2415 43.0
9. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2556 5.5 2430 2351 39.0
10. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2426 5.5 2422 2343 44.0
11. Enders, Peter g GER 2468 5.0 2499 2457 47.5
12. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2539 5.0 2496 2453 51.0
13. Voekler, Bernd f GER 2345 5.0 2490 2448 47.0
14. Stern, Rene m GER 2493 5.0 2490 2448 46.5
15. Gutman, Lev g GER 2533 5.0 2463 2421 46.5
16. Glienke, Manfred m GER 2348 5.0 2454 2411 41.5
17. Naumann, Alexander m GER 2489 5.0 2415 2372 39.5
18. Berezovsky, Igor f GER 2404 4.5 2389 2390 47.5
19. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2376 4.5 2384 2385 42.5
20. Enigk, Frank GER 2195 4.5 2384 2384 43.0
21. Heinzel, Olaf f GER 2389 4.5 2349 2365 39.0
22. Senff, Martin GER 2354 4.5 2361 2362 38.5
23. Paulsen, Dirk f GER 2431 4.5 2340 2340 38.0
24. Sielecki, Christof f GER 2424 4.5 2332 2332 39.5
25. Reeh, Oliver m GER 2420 4.5 2308 2308 39.5
26. Schramm, Christian f GER 2326 4.5 2304 2304 35.0
27. Alber, Horst f GER 2340 4.5 2294 2295 37.5
28. Holzhaeuer, Mathias f GER 2362 4.0 2383 2426 41.0
29. Baramidze, David GER 2242 4.0 2349 2392 40.0
30. Zeller, Frank GER 2434 4.0 2330 2373 38.5
31. Pfretzschner, Roland f GER 2295 4.0 2271 2315 36.0
32. Knuth, Hannes GER 2308 3.5 2286 2382 36.5
33. Heck, Norbert f GER 2340 3.5 2296 2376 41.0
34. Braun, Peter GER 2264 3.5 2188 2285 34.5
35. Heinrich, Alexander GER 2146 3.5 2176 2273 27.5
36. Woll, Wilfried GER 2170 3.0 2192 2334 33.5
37. Hammes, Michael f GER 2401 3.0 2164 2290 35.5
38. Bruch, Jochen f GER 2336 2.5 2178 2360 42.5
39. Bischoff, Dieter GER 2192 2.5 2111 2293 34.0
40. Barmbold, Jens GER 2270 2.5 2098 2280 34.0
41. Valet, Richard GER 2148 2.5 2070 2252 32.5
42. Stahr,Ralf Peter GER ---- 2.5 2081 2247 28.0
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The sixth edition of the Lisbon Chess Festival took place 18th to 26th
November 2000 in Lisbon, Portugal. There was a four way tie on 7.5/9 between
Ildar Ibragimov (first on tie-break), Mladen Palac, Lenier Dominguez and Eric
Van den Doel. My thanks to António Pedro Pereira for the news. Hopefully
there will be some round 9 games in time for next week.
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1. Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2575 7.5 53.5 6.00
2. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2573 7.5 52.0 6.00
3. Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2534 7.5 51.0 7.00
4. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2547 7.5 47.0 7.00
5. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2520 7.0 52.0 5.00
6. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2534 7.0 51.5 5.00
7. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2570 7.0 51.0 6.00
8. Vassallo, Mauricio ARG 2431 7.0 49.0 6.00
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2619 7.0 47.0 6.00
10. Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2438 7.0 46.0 7.00
11. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2548 7.0 45.0 6.00
12. Galego, Luis m POR 2419 7.0 44.5 6.00
13. Cordovil, Joao f POR 2212 7.0 43.0 7.00
14. Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2384 7.0 39.0 7.00
15. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2445 6.5 50.5 5.00
16. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2504 6.5 48.0 6.00
17. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2501 6.5 47.0 5.00
18. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2371 6.5 46.0 6.00
19. Frois, Antonio m POR 2346 6.5 45.0 6.00
20. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2231 6.5 44.0 5.00
21. Pinheiro,Jose f POR 2288 6.5 43.0 5.00
22. Boehm, Martin GER 2290 6.5 41.5 6.00
23. Rocha, Sergio m POR 2374 6.0 51.0 5.00
24. Damaso, Rui m POR 2386 6.0 49.0 5.00
25. Blalock, Rex USA 2184 6.0 47.5 5.00
26. De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2511 6.0 47.0 6.00
27. Oliveira, Marco POR 2197 6.0 45.5 6.00
28. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 2424 6.0 44.5 6.00
244 players
Internet coverage:
http://cmlxadrez.esoterica.pt/openlisboa00eng.htm
Luke McShane won the event with 5/6 after a last round win over Malcolm
Pein during a sudden death finish. Pein's flag fell when Luke had approx 30
seconds left. Robert Bellin, Alexander Baburin and Eduardas Rozentalis were
amongst those half a point behind.
The Norkom European Masters in Kilkenny, Ireland took place this
weekend. Participants: Grandmasters Luke McShane, Eduardas Rozentalis
(Lithuania) and Alexander Baburin as well as IMs Jon Shaw (current Scottish
champion), Malcolm Pein (Daily Telegraph chess columnist), Robert Bellin, Mark
Heidenfeld (current Irish champion) and WIM Jana Bellin and many of the
strongest local players. A non-playing guest for the weekend was be former
world champion and honorary captain of Kilkenny Chess Club, Boris Spassky.
John Henderson reports: THE magical chess atmosphere of Kilkenny in
Ireland was enough to lure a truly international field to do battle for the
Norkom European Masters at the weekend.
With generous sponsorship yet again from Norkom, the Dublin-based
software group that's due for an early New Year floatation on the Nasdaq, the
tournament had an added attraction this year of the grandiose surroundings of
the recently renovated Kilkenny Castle, one of Ireland's foremost mediaeval
sites, as the perfect playing venue.
And, as if that wasn't enough to whet your appetite, the 10th World
Chess Champion Boris Spassky, Honorary President of Kilkenny Chess Club,
officially opened the tournament, and also made it his job to personally
welcome the competitors.
Despite the fact that the event was clashing with other tournaments on
the chess calendar, the enthusiastic organisers yet again managed to maintain
the tournament's high standards with a cosmopolitan field headed by the
Lithuanian GM Eduards Rozentalis. Also included in the line-up is the
Russian-Irish GM Alexander Baburin, England's youngest GM Luke McShane, Irish
champion Mark Heidenfeld, nine-year-old chess prodigy David Howell and last,
but not least, the Scottish champion John Shaw.
Next week full details of the full final standings and more games.
The Scaccomatto Open took place in Torino, Italy 18th-26th November
2000. There was a three way tie between Mark Paragua, Vladimir Epishin and
Vladimir Georgiev on 6.5/9 with Paragua having the superior tie-break from
Georgiev then Epishin.
Internet coverage: http://www.scaccomatto.org/
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1. Paragua, Mark PHI 2423 +28 = 5 = 9 +18 + 7 - 3 +11 + 4 = 2 6.5 2574
2. Epishin, Vladimir g GER 2567 +23 =10 +21 +13 = 4 + 8 = 3 = 6 = 1 6.5 2589
3. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2564 +32 +14 + 6 = 4 - 8 + 1 = 2 = 5 +13 6.5 2649
4. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2557 +19 +12 + 7 = 3 = 2 + 9 = 6 - 1 = 5 6.0 2591
5. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 +16 = 1 = 8 +14 = 6 =13 +12 = 3 = 4 6.0 2589
6. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2557 +22 +15 - 3 +11 = 5 +10 = 4 = 2 = 8 6.0 2561
7. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2475 +30 +25 - 4 +15 - 1 +16 =13 = 9 +14 6.0 2445
8. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2520 +27 =11 = 5 +19 + 3 - 2 = 9 =10 = 6 5.5 2503
9. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2470 +26 =13 = 1 +30 +12 - 4 = 8 = 7 =10 5.5 2481
10. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2431 +17 = 2 -13 +31 +14 - 6 +18 = 8 = 9 5.5 2434
11. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2370 +31 = 8 =12 - 6 +30 +15 - 1 =13 +18 5.5 2392
12. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2409 +29 - 4 =11 +21 - 9 +17 - 5 +20 +19 5.5 2350
13. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2591 +20 = 9 +10 - 2 +17 = 5 = 7 =11 - 3 5.0 2457
14. Quinn, Mark f IRL 2381 +18 - 3 +26 - 5 -10 +27 +24 +19 - 7 5.0 2335
15. Racioppo, Paolo ITA 2189 +33 - 6 +28 - 7 =19 -11 +22 =16 +23 5.0 2279
16. Faraoni, Enrico ITA 2174 - 5 -26 +29 +33 +24 - 7 =19 =15 =20 4.5 2214
17. Straub, Peter GER 2084 -10 =23 +27 +22 -13 -12 -20 +33 +25 4.5 2229
18. Scarenzio, Renato ITA 2024 -14 +22 +34 - 1 =26 +23 -10 +24 -11 4.5 2267
19. Maccagno, Giancarlo ITA 2152 - 4 +29 +25 - 8 =15 +21 =16 -14 -12 4.0 2207
20. Spinelli, Doriano ITA 2189 -13 -21 -22 +29 +33 =25 +17 -12 =16 4.0 2118
21. Diana,Riccardo ITA ---- =34 +20 - 2 -12 +31 -19 =23 =25 =22 4.0 2160
22. Soncin, Denis ITA 2147 - 6 -18 +20 -17 +32 =30 -15 +31 =21 4.0 2103
23. Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2169 - 2 =17 -31 +34 +25 -18 =21 +27 -15 4.0 2087
24. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2191 -25 +34 -30 +28 -16 +26 -14 -18 +32 4.0 2091
25. Raviola,Giuseppe ITA ---- +24 - 7 -19 =26 -23 =20 +28 =21 -17 3.5 2078
26. Rossi, Giampiero ITA 2101 - 9 +16 -14 =25 =18 -24 -27 =32 +33 3.5 2091
27. Saccona, Silvano ITA 2113 - 8 =31 -17 =32 +28 -14 +26 -23 =29 3.5 2088
28. Antoniacci, Ricardo ITA 2065 - 1 +32 -15 -24 -27 +33 -25 -29 +31 3.0 2000
29. Malano, Francesco ITA 2028 -12 -19 -16 -20 +35 -32 =33 +28 =27 3.0 2018
30. De Barberis, Massimo ITA 2103 - 7 +33 +24 - 9 -11 =22 . . . 2.5 2221
31. Petritaj,Ferdinando ITA ---- -11 =27 +23 -10 -21 . +32 -22 -28 2.5 2041
32. Cantore, Alberto ITA 2168 - 3 -28 -33 =27 -22 +29 -31 =26 -24 2.0 1916
33. Fittante, Giuliana wf ITA 2020 -15 -30 +32 -16 -20 -28 =29 -17 -26 1.5 1849
34. Valenti, Giuseppe ITA 2195 =21 -24 -18 -23 . . . . . 0.5 1774
35. BYE ---- . . . . -29 . . . . 0.0
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The 7th PRO-AM Jose Rubinstein Tournament in Vicente López,
Argentina took place 16th-26th November 2000. There was a two way tie between
Ruben Felgaer and Andres Rodriguez with Felgaer taking first place on
tie-break. Chess legend Bent Larsen finished in 12th place. Some games from the
first six games available.
Internet: http://escavm.tripod.com/
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1. Felgaer, Ruben f ARG 2390 7.5 49.5 52.50
2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2493 7.5 42.5 42.50
3. Scarella, Enrique f ARG 2352 7.0 49.5 53.50
4. Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2439 7.0 46.5 46.50
5. Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2389 7.0 45.0 46.00
6. Quiroga, Facundo ARG 2398 6.5 48.0 51.50
7. Reides, Marcelo f ARG 2350 6.5 46.5 50.50
8. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2385 6.5 42.5 42.50
9. Andres, Miguel m CUB 2382 6.5 40.5 40.50
10. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2291 6.0 50.0 53.00
11. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2500 6.0 49.0 53.50
12. Scalise, Luis ARG 2139 6.0 46.0 50.00
13. Paglilla, Carlos m ARG 2389 6.0 46.0 46.00
14. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2423 6.0 45.5 48.50
15. Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2520 6.0 45.5 48.00
16. Ferrara, Alexis ARG 2227 6.0 45.0 50.00
17. Coda,Carlos ARG ---- 6.0 41.5 43.50
18. Albarran, Gustavo ARG 2211 6.0 38.5 41.50
19. Zuriel, Alejandro ARG 2218 6.0 38.0 40.50
20. Mela, Benjamin ARG ---- 6.0 37.5 37.50
21. Montoro, Gustavo E ARG 2091 6.0 36.5 36.50
106 players
Michael Atkins reports: 596 players came for the National Chess Congress
held this past Thanksgiving weekend in Philadelphia. Long a regular stop on the
US chess scene, the tournament is always a good one and was organized and
directed by the Continental Chess Association.
Internet coverage: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm
There was a 4-way tie for first with 5-1 in the Open section. GMs Alex
Shabalov, Alex Goldin, Gennadiy Zaitchik and FM Adrew Karklins led the pack,
closely followed at 4.5 by GMs Lenoid Yudasin, Michael Rohde and Alex
Stripunsky, IMs Jay Bonin, Larry Kaufman and Dean Ippolito, FM Stas Kriventsov
and David Vigorito and Mark Geist. 54 games are included in the pgn file,
including a 5th round 21 move queen sac game played by Shabalov against GM Alex
Wojtkiewicz.
I'll throw the next question out to the chess community at large, and
the religous chess community in particular: Is there anything within the
Seventh Day Adventist philosophy which would translate into a religous
objection to the use of a time delay clock on the grounds that is violates a
fundamental law of god by delaying time? Personally, i dont think having a
extra 5 seconds to think before the clock starts ticking is tantamount to
delaying or stopping time, but what do I know :)
The class section winners were:
Under 2200 - Michael Mazock, Marty Frank, Paul Yavari - 5
Under 2000 - Chaene Kingrey 5.5
Under 1800 - Nelson Dunn and Kurt Schneider 5.5
Under 1600 - Christopher Johnson and Ankur Bakshi 5.5
Under 1400 - Jeffrey Vargas 6-0!
Under 1200 - Danny Rohde (GM Michael Rohde's son) 5.5
Under 1000 - Todd Kearns 5.5
Under 800 - Christopher Little 5.5
Under 600 - Ashley D Cristal, Atse A Achi, Adam Cortez 5
Unrated - Maurice Bishop 6-0!
Top 4-person team across all sections - St. Raymond's with 20
Albert Silver reports: The 2nd Brazilian Semi-Final took place November
23rd-26th 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the sumptuous Hotel Gloria. The
Hotel Gloria is one of the oldest and most elegant hotels in Rio, and was a
welcome venue for the event, leaving one with great expectations as to the
event itself. The tournament, using the odd time control (though common in
Brazil) of 23 moves in 1 hour and 1h/KO, boasted a prize fund of R$5000
(roughly US$2700) and 4 qualifying spots for the Brazilian Finals to be played
at a later date. Unfortunately, a few very odd details marred what could have
been a great event. The first thing is the complete lack of support to register
the games of this event. No good reason was given, and furthermore, efforts
were made to prevent volontary efforts to do this. As a consequence, the few
games that will be made available (more next week) were done through the
independent efforts of Carlos Carvalho (many thanks Carvalho!) and myself. This
also means that many great battles of both sporting and theoretical interest
will no doubt never be publicly available. Although this was hard to
understand, even harder to understand was a rather odd item in the tournament's
regulations stating that should any of the top 4 places in the tournament be
won by a player who was previously qualified for the Brazilian Finals, then the
qualifying spot would NOT go to the next in the final ranking, but would be
distributed at the discretion of the Brazilian Federation. Needless to say, the
players involved were quite upset at this, and a petition was drawn to protest.
Afterall, if the determining factor to choose a participant in the national
championship is NOT their competetive chess ability, then the question stands:
by what criteria will the Brazilian Federation choose the participants?
The event was won by top seed, IM Eduardo Limp, who despite a stumble
in round 5 against David Sokolik, played with great efficiency and scored 6
points in 7 winning his last round game against FM Edson Tsuboi. Following him
in order, all with 5.5 and occupying places 2-6, were FM Sadi Dumont, FM Edson
Tsuboi (only needing a draw in the last round to secure a tournament victory),
IM Everaldo Matsuura, FM Ricardo Teixeira, and FM Luiz Loureiro. Then at 7th
came Alvaro Aranha with 5 in 7, who played the tournament of his life, and
theoretically should also have been looking at a spot in the Brazilian Finals.
Only theoretically, because Limp, Dumont, and Matsuura, came to the tournament
previously qualified for the finals and took places 1, 2, and 4. However, as
things stand, FM Teixeira, FM Loureiro, and Alvaro Aranha, may only enjoy a
small moral victory. The line-up of the Brazilian Finals will show what is
decided.
Final Standings:
1. Eduardo Limp 2469 6/7
2. Sadi Dumont FM 2324 5.5
3. Edson Tsuboi FM 2277 5.5
4. Everaldo Matsuura IM 2446 5.5
5. Ricardo Teixeira FM 2340 5.5
6. Luiz Loureiro FM 2345 5.5
7. Alvaro Aranha 2194 5.0
8. Luiz Manzi 2111 5.0
9. Paulo Haro FM 2264 5.0
10. Ricardo Mercadante FM 2310 5.0
11. David Sokolik 2203 4.5
76 players
There are two events taking place in Bucharest, Romania. The Autumn Cup
GM and IM events run November 20th-December 3rd 2000.
Internet coverage: http://www.notzai.com/
Round 3 Standings:
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1. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2472 * . . 1 . = . . . 1 . . . . 2.5 2716
2. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2578 . * . . . . . 1 . = . . . 1 2.5 2700
3. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2384 . . * . . 1 . . = . . . 1 . 2.5 2620
4. Badea, Bela g ROM 2480 0 . . * . . . . . . 1 1 . . 2.0 2539
5. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2433 . . . . * . = . 1 . . . = . 2.0 2439
6. Florean, Andrei m ROM 2441 = . 0 . . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2432
7. Podinic, Vladimir YUG 2340 . . . . = . * = = . . . . . 1.5 2378
8. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2403 . 0 . . . . = * . . . . . 1 1.5 2463
9. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2299 . . = . 0 . = . * . . . . . 1.0 2260
10. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2409 0 = . . . . . . . * = . . . 1.0 2335
11. Szabo, Gergely ROM ROM 2330 . . . 0 . . . . . = * . . = 1.0 2328
12. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2441 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2283
13. Sebe, Razvan ROM 2303 . . 0 . = . . . . . . 0 * . 0.5 2146
14. Vukovic, Zdravko m YUG 2471 . 0 . . . . . 0 . . = . . * 0.5 2164
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1. Vioreanu, Bogdan ROM 2280 * . . . . . = . . 1 . . 1 . . 2.5 2541
2. Jianu, Vlad f ROM 2293 . * . . . . . = . . . 1 . . 1 2.5 2512
3. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2350 . . * . . . . . . . = . 1 . 1 2.5 2537
4. Vujic, Mihailo YUG 2281 . . . * . = 1 . . = . . . . . 2.0 2371
5. Petrenko, Svetlana wm MDA 2316 . . . . * . . = . . = . . . 1 2.0 2372
6. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2258 . . . = . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2456
7. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2187 = . . 0 . . * . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2261
8. Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2271 . = . . = . . * . . . = . . . 1.5 2293
9. Berechet, Otiliu m ROM 2224 . . . . . . 0 . * . 1 . = . . 1.5 2268
10. Grunberg, Florin ROM 2295 0 . . = . . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.5 2268
11. Petre, Nad-Titus f ROM 2293 . . = . = . . . 0 . * . . . . 1.0 2171
12. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2271 . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2089
13. Milanovic, Slavisa YUG 2324 0 . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2011
14. Hernandez, Gustavo VEN VEN 2245 . . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * . 0.0
15. Osman, Mihai FRA 2177 . 0 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Polish Chess Championships Semi-Finals took place in Polanczyk
4th-12th November 2000. The top four players from the men's and women's
sections qualified. Aleksander Czerwonski was unlucky in missing out on
tie-break in a four way tie for three places in the men's event. My thanks to
Przemek Jahr.
Further details: http://www.szachy.lo.pl
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ch-POL Semi-Finals Polanczyk POL (POL), 4-12 xi 2000
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1. Bartel, Mateusz POL 2313 +41 +48 +25 +26 =10 +17 = 6 = 4 = 5 7.0 2473
2. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2411 +27 + 7 =20 + 3 +14 - 6 = 4 =13 +11 6.5 2453
3. Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2248 =21 +28 + 5 - 2 = 9 +16 = 7 +17 +13 6.5 2415
4. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2495 =28 -21 +22 +52 +20 +15 = 2 = 1 + 8 6.5 2403
5. Czerwonski, Aleksander m POL 2378 +58 =52 - 3 +41 +26 +14 =10 + 6 = 1 6.5 2411
6. Zawadzki, Stanislaw POL 2283 +54 +34 -26 +24 + 8 + 2 = 1 - 5 = 7 6.0 2391
7. Lercel, Michal POL 2192 +47 - 2 +30 = 9 +35 =11 = 3 +12 = 6 6.0 2376
8. Sarwinski, Miroslaw m POL 2372 =22 +37 =24 +25 - 6 +31 +17 +10 - 4 6.0 2359
9. Wisniewski, Adrian POL 2281 +40 =43 =52 = 7 = 3 =25 =14 +32 +18 6.0 2308
10. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2472 +39 +19 =51 +20 = 1 =18 = 5 - 8 =15 5.5 2358
11. Mikrut, Dariusz POL 2325 +30 -26 +29 +35 =19 = 7 +18 =15 - 2 5.5 2307
12. Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2364 -29 +40 =44 =32 +34 =21 +19 - 7 +25 5.5 2213
13. Bobras, Piotr f POL 2393 -45 +54 =27 +44 +23 =19 +26 = 2 - 3 5.5 2277
14. Kaszowski, Dariusz POL 2250 =37 +22 +50 +51 - 2 - 5 = 9 =23 +30 5.5 2289
15. Swicarz, Maciej POL 2257 +56 =50 +43 +18 -17 - 4 +24 =11 =10 5.5 2301
16. Kosiorek, Marek POL 2378 +44 -25 +45 -17 +52 - 3 +21 =30 +34 5.5 2220
17. Sypnicki,D POL ---- =24 +31 +23 +16 +15 - 1 - 8 - 3 =19 5.0 2311
18. Mista, Aleksander POL 2353 +38 =23 +21 -15 +27 =10 -11 +26 - 9 5.0 2281
19. Lagowski, Patryk POL 2140 +32 -10 +48 +34 =11 =13 -12 =25 =17 5.0 2282
20. Kolasinski, Marek POL 2257 +36 +29 = 2 -10 - 4 =39 =44 =22 +41 5.0 2276
21. Stachowiak, Kamil POL 2041 = 3 + 4 -18 +58 =51 =12 -16 =27 +38 5.0 2325
22. Pakleza, Zbigniew POL 2127 = 8 -14 - 4 +42 =47 +55 =31 =20 +39 5.0 2238
23. Tomczak, Rafal POL 2253 +53 =18 -17 +43 -13 +37 =25 =14 =24 5.0 2222
24. Krysztofiak, Marcin POL 2230 =17 +59 = 8 - 6 =37 +27 -15 +44 =23 5.0 2209
25. Skrzypnik, Maciej POL 2223 +46 +16 - 1 - 8 +38 = 9 =23 =19 -12 4.5 2251
26. Praszak, Michal POL 2219 +42 +11 + 6 - 1 - 5 +51 -13 -18 =33 4.5 2266
27. Kuzmicz, Krystian POL 2140 - 2 +36 =13 +50 -18 -24 +49 =21 =32 4.5 2174
28. Warszawski, Bartosz POL 2173 = 4 - 3 -37 =40 =33 +36 =53 =46 +43 4.5 2127
29. Spicak, Krzysztof POL 2124 +12 -20 -11 =47 =55 =49 +50 =35 =31 4.5 2157
30. Stoma, Pawel POL 2105 -11 +55 - 7 =49 =50 +35 +39 =16 -14 4.5 2173
31. Markiewicz, Jacek POL 2222 =59 -17 =33 +54 +32 - 8 =22 =41 =29 4.5 2107
32. Skurski, Jan POL 2069 -19 =58 +39 =12 -31 +52 +38 - 9 =27 4.5 2199
33. Szymanski, Piotr POL 2079 -51 =39 =31 -38 =28 +56 =40 +47 =26 4.5 2152
34. Czarnota, Pawel POL 2189 +55 - 6 +49 -19 -12 =41 +47 +37 -16 4.5 2146
35. Kukula, Pawel POL 2248 -43 +53 +46 -11 - 7 -30 +55 =29 +44 4.5 2110
36. Markunas, Grzegorz POL 2074 -20 -27 -38 +56 =45 -28 +54 +49 +46 4.5 2115
37. Stopa, Jacek POL 2056 =14 - 8 +28 =57 =24 -23 +48 -34 =42 4.0 2171
38. Luksik, Mateusz POL 2159 -18 -46 +36 +33 -25 +43 -32 +53 -21 4.0 2062
39. Barglowski, Filip POL 2164 -10 =33 -32 +59 +46 =20 -30 +40 -22 4.0 2090
40. Zaskalski, Pawel POL 2088 - 9 -12 =42 =28 =53 +54 =33 -39 +52 4.0 2114
41. Machaj, Bartosz POL 2098 - 1 +47 =57 - 5 =58 =34 +52 =31 -20 4.0 2182
42. Caba,T POL ---- -26 -44 =40 -22 =54 +59 =43 +48 =37 4.0 2054
43. Luba, Lukasz POL 2039 +35 = 9 -15 -23 =44 -38 =42 +50 -28 3.5 2087
44. Czernicki, Bogdan POL 2133 -16 +42 =12 -13 =43 +46 =20 -24 -35 3.5 2132
45. Slaby, Jerzy POL 2136 +13 -51 -16 -46 =36 -53 =56 +55 =47 3.5 2060
46. Bronowicki,M POL ---- -25 +38 -35 +45 -39 -44 +58 =28 -36 3.5 2080
47. Bartel,Mi POL ---- - 7 -41 +56 =29 =22 +58 -34 -33 =45 3.5 2048
48. Kulesza, Mateusz POL 2116 +57 - 1 -19 =55 =49 =50 -37 -42 +53 3.5 2022
49. Cajbel,M POL ---- -52 +60 -34 =30 =48 =29 -27 -36 +56 3.5 2032
50. Guzinski,B POL ---- +60 =15 -14 -27 =30 =48 -29 -43 +59 3.5 2034
51. Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech f POL 2273 +33 +45 =10 -14 =21 -26 . . . 3.0 2199
52. Gasik, Piotr POL 2189 +49 = 5 = 9 - 4 -16 -32 -41 +58 -40 3.0 2088
53. Luch, Michal POL 2072 -23 -35 -54 +60 =40 +45 =28 -38 -48 3.0 2016
54. Sypien, Mateusz POL 2096 - 6 -13 +53 -31 =42 -40 -36 =59 +60 3.0 2000
55. Liberadzki,S POL ---- -34 -30 +60 =48 =29 -22 -35 -45 +58 3.0 2005
56. Krynicki, Henryk POL 2076 -15 -57 -47 -36 +59 -33 =45 +60 -49 2.5 1932
57. Przedmojski, Rafal POL 2344 -48 +56 =41 =37 . . . . . 2.0 2086
58. Kidzinski, Lukasz POL 2133 - 5 =32 +59 -21 =41 -47 -46 -52 -55 2.0 1866
59. Krzesaj,R POL ---- =31 -24 -58 -39 -56 -42 +60 =54 -50 2.0 1882
60. BYE ---- -50 -49 -55 -53 . . -59 -56 -54 0.0
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ch-POL Semi-Finals Women Polanczyk POL (POL), 4-12 xi 2000
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1. Lukasiewicz, Anna POL 2170 +21 + 6 = 5 = 2 + 7 +14 = 4 = 9 = 8 6.5 2241
2. Blimke, Dalia wm POL 2257 +27 + 9 +19 = 1 + 5 = 4 + 6 = 8 - 3 6.5 2255
3. Matras, Agnieszka POL 2212 - 6 +21 +12 -14 +25 = 5 +10 +17 + 2 6.5 2194
4. Guzkowska, Magdalena wf POL 2195 =17 +14 +18 = 7 +11 = 2 = 1 = 5 = 9 6.0 2202
5. Zawadzka, J POL ---- + 8 +11 = 1 +19 - 2 = 3 = 7 = 4 =10 5.5 2207
6. Szczepkowska,K POL ---- + 3 - 1 = 8 +18 =14 +11 - 2 +20 = 7 5.5 2196
7. Kadziolka, Beata POL 2074 =25 +17 +16 = 4 - 1 = 8 = 5 +11 = 6 5.5 2141
8. Reszka, Malgorzata POL 2100 - 5 +24 = 6 =23 +20 = 7 +15 = 2 = 1 5.5 2145
9. Szymanska, Maria POL 2056 +15 - 2 -25 +21 +23 =20 +14 = 1 = 4 5.5 2159
10. Czarnota,D POL ---- +22 -19 =20 -13 +26 +16 - 3 +15 = 5 5.0 2098
11. Sosnowska, Elzbieta wf POL 2075 +24 - 5 +15 +25 - 4 - 6 +13 - 7 +19 5.0 2082
12. Tekielak, Izabella POL 2003 =23 +26 - 3 =16 =13 -15 +24 =14 +20 5.0 2080
13. Magnucka, Milena POL 2023 =16 =25 -14 +10 =12 =19 -11 +28 +17 5.0 2059
14. Staszewska,A POL ---- +20 - 4 +13 + 3 = 6 - 1 - 9 =12 =18 4.5 2091
15. Korosciel,A POL ---- - 9 +27 -11 +24 =19 +12 - 8 -10 +23 4.5 2034
16. Wojciechowska, Aleksandra POL 2010 =13 +22 - 7 =12 =18 -10 =26 =24 =21 4.0 1987
17. Kohut, A POL ---- = 4 - 7 +26 -20 =21 +23 +19 - 3 -13 4.0 2030
18. Kucypera, Malgorzata POL 2068 =26 +23 - 4 - 6 =16 -25 +27 =22 =14 4.0 1992
19. Lysiak, Magdalena POL 2062 +28 +10 - 2 - 5 =15 =13 -17 +27 -11 4.0 1997
20. Chmielinska, Alicja POL 2092 -14 +28 =10 +17 - 8 = 9 +25 - 6 -12 4.0 1974
21. Hermanowicz,D POL ---- - 1 - 3 +28 - 9 =17 =24 =22 +25 =16 4.0 2018
22. Socha, Anna POL 2104 -10 -16 -24 =27 +28 =26 =21 =18 +25 4.0 1966
23. Boder, K POL ---- =12 -18 +27 = 8 - 9 -17 +28 =26 -15 3.5 1946
24. Balkiewicz,E POL ---- -11 - 8 +22 -15 =27 =21 -12 =16 +28 3.5 1953
25. Smolak, E POL ---- = 7 =13 + 9 -11 - 3 +18 -20 -21 -22 3.0 1953
26. Sobocinska,M POL ---- =18 -12 -17 +28 -10 =22 =16 =23 -27 3.0 1896
27. Kupczyk, Edyta POL 2010 - 2 -15 -23 =22 =24 +28 -18 -19 +26 3.0 1929
28. Gasik,A POL ---- -19 -20 -21 -26 -22 -27 -23 -13 -24 0.0
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The British Rapidplay Championships took place November 18th-19th 2000
in Leeds (Brunswick Building, Leeds Metropolitan University). The event
produced a genuine shock result when 13-year-old Ameet Ghasi shared first place
with GM Aaron Summerscale.
Congress secretary Sam Nicholls reports: Almost 400 players competed in
this popular weekend rapidplay tournament, which was once again hosted by
Leeds. Though lacking a sponsor this year, there was still over 3,000 pounds in
prize money to play for.
In the Open section, there were 47 entrants, including five
grandmasters, eight international masters and five Fide masters. A major upset
occurred when 13-year-old Ameet Ghasi from Birmingham shared first prize with
grandmaster Aaron Summerscale. He lost only one game to Mind Sports gold
medallist Danny Gormally and produced a stunning finish to win his last four
games (beating two previous rapidplay champions in the process). This result
compares with Nigel Short's achievement in finishing joint first (with Nunn
& Bellin) in the 1979 British Championship as a fourteen-year-old. Ghasi's
record was as follows:
Round 1 Mark Ferguson IM 220 ½, Round 2 David Hubbard 175 1,
Round 3 Matthew Turner IM 227 ½, Round 4 Simon Williams IM 219 ½,
Round 5 David Walker FM 211 1, Round 6 Desmond Tan 208 1, Round 7 Danny
Gormally IM 238 0, Round 8 Matthew Anderton 186 1, Round 9 James Sherwin IM 202
1, Round 10 Keith Arkell GM 243 1 and Round 11 Mark Hebden GM 258 1. So Ghasi
lost just one game to GM Danny Gormally in round 7 and his reaction was to win
all his remaining games.
British Rapidplay Championships Leeds (ENG), 18-19 xi 2000
1st= Ghasi, Ameet K ENG 2130 8.5
Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2459 8.5
3rd= Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2640 8.0
Webster, Andrew m ENG 2417 8.0
5th= Hebden, Mark g ENG 2505 7.5
Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2499 7.5
Haslinger, Stewart ENG 2294 7.5
8th Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2481 7.0
47 players
Grading prizes : 1. Stewart Haslinger - 7 ½ pts. (25 pounds) 2.
Thomas Rendle, John Blackburn & Lee Kay (shared) - 5 ½ pts.
MAJOR SECTION (59 players) 1 Norman Solomon - 8 ½ points. 2=
Adam Ashton, Peter Shaw & N Timms - 8 pts. Grading prizes : 1. C McLoughlin
- 7 ½ pts. (25 pounds) 2. C Young, O Graham & T Nixon (shared) - 6
pts.
INTERMEDIATE SECTION (94 entrants) 1 Graham Ashcroft - 9 2= N Barnaby,
Lee Gold & Francis Smith - 8 ½ pts. Grading prizes : 1. A Gilpin - 7
½ points (20 pounds) 2. T Khoo & P Plant (shared) - 7 ½ pts.
3. J Emanuel, M Jalini & J Klimach (shared) - 6 ½ pts. 4. M Farley -
7 ½ pts.
MINOR SECTION (74 entrants) 1= M Chakravorty & A Scoular - 9
½ points 3= A Ross & JS Macrae - 8 pts. Grading prizes : 1. N
Jellett & H Turtle (shared) - 7 ½ points. (20 pounds) 2. SJ Thrower
- 7 ½ pts. 3. SG Blackburn - 6 pts.
Gunnar Bjornsson reports: The first half of the Icelandic Team Chess
Championship took place 17th-19th November 2000. After 4 rounds of 7, Reykjavik
Chess Club is leading, 1½ points ahead of the current champions, Hellir
Chess Club. Akureyri Chess Club is in 3rd place. There will therefore be an
exciting latter part in Reykjavik 9th-10th March 2001.
The standings: 1. Reykjavik Chess Club 24 of 32 2. Hellir Chess Club
22½ 3. Akureyri Chess Club 21 4. Hafnarfjordur Chess Club 16 5.
Reykjavik Chess Club-b 15½ 6. Hellir Chess Club-b 13 7. Gardabaer Chess
Club 9 8. Kopavogur Chess Club 7
Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/islfel2001.htm
The Mitropa Cup takes place in Aymavilles (Aosta Valley) Italy 18th-26th
November 2000. 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. Simon Kuemin won the event.
Coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com
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1. Kuemin, Simon SUI 2259 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2445
2. Castaldo, Folco ITA 2227 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 = 5.5 2397
3. Sebenik, Matej SLO 2287 = = * 1 = 1 = 0 = 4.5 2292
4. Costantini, Roberto ITA 2233 = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 = 4.5 2299
5. Grafl, Florian GER 2299 0 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2247
6. Pinter, Erik SVK 2238 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 3.5 2212
7. Zufic, Miroslav CRO 2223 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = = 3.0 2170
8. Colin, Vincent FRA 2294 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 1 3.0 2161
9. Vaculik, Martin CZE 2222 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 2.0 2064
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The 4NCL season 2000-2001 is underway. 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.
Round 3 results from November 25th 2000.
Division 1
Poisoned Pawns 1 2163 1-7 Barbican 4NCL 1 2392
1 w Harley, Andrew 2296 0-1 Parker, Jonathan 2539
2 b Hadzimanolis, Antonios 2235 0-1 Crouch, Colin 2425
3 w Swanson, Stephen 2273 0-1 Kelly, Brian 2464
4 b Devereaux, Max 2274 0-1 Knott, Simon 2390
5 w Smith, Andrew P 2252 0-1 Ferguson, Mark 2374
6 b Rosen, Daniel 2221 0-1 Collinson, Adam 2404
7 w Hammond, Andy 2213 ½-½ Dishman, Stephen 2364
8 b Vann, Monica (F) 1536 ½-½ Lauterbach, Ingrid (F) 2179
Midland Monarchs 2276 2½-5½ Wood Green 1 2420
1 w Ledger, Andrew 2451 ½-½ Emms, John 2502
2 b Pert, Nick 2451 ½-½ Ward, Chris 2527
3 w Williams, Simon 2350 0-1 Turner, Matthew 2485
4 b Ledger, David 2264 ½-½ Martin, Andrew 2445
5 w Pert, Richard 2263 ½-½ Levitt, Jonathan 2438
6 b Naylor, John 2241 0-1 Littlewood, Paul 2394
7 w Ledger, Stephen 2185 0-1 Tiller, Bjorn 2384
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2003 ½-½ Jackson, Sheila (F) 2185
South Wales Dragons 2223 ½-7½ Index-IT 1 2477
1 w Cobb, James 2352 0-1 Nunn, John 2578
2 b Morris, Charles 2238 0-1 Rogers, Ian 2558
3 w James, David 2238 0-1 Hebden, Mark 2515
4 b Zeidler, Sven 2255 0-1 Chandler, Murray 2535
5 w Saunders, John 2199 0-1 Gallagher, Joe 2514
6 b Richmond, Peter 2220 ½-½ Hennigan, Michael 2455
7 w Roberts, David 2171 0-1 Mortazavi, Ali 2361
8 b Cast, Abigail (F) 2114 0-1 Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2301
Thistle Birm.White Rose 2313 5½-2½ Richmond 2261
1 w Arkell, Keith 2440 1-0 Wall, Gavin 2384
2 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2447 1-0 Bates, Richard 2371
3 w Dunnington, Angus 2388 1-0 Johnstone, Paul 2299
4 b Dunworth, Chris 2293 ½-½ Webb, Laurence 2257
5 w Gayson, Peter 2273 1-0 Phillips, Roy 2240
6 b Townsend, Paul 2230 0-1 Franklin, Michael 2253
7 w Barrett, Steve 2217 0-1 Thiruchelvam, Murugan 2168
8 b Burnett, Jim 2213 1-0 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2114
Slough 1 2476 6½-1½ Barbican 4NCL 2 2281
1 w Miles, Tony 2578 1-0 Webster, Andrew 2424
2 b Ftacnik, Lubomir 2608 ½-½ Hanley, Craig 2283
3 w Summerscale, Aaron 2513 1-0 Palliser, Richard 2277
4 b Wells, Peter 2504 1-0 Duncan, Christopher 2310
5 w Kosten, Tony 2524 1-0 Rogers, Jonathan 2329
6 b Buckley, Graeme 2369 ½-½ Plueg, Andreas 2313
7 w McNab, Colin 2400 ½-½ Twyble, Michael 2231
8 b Lalic, Susan (F) 2315 1-0 Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2083
Guildford-ADC 1 2390 7-1 Index-IT2 2268
1 w Conquest, Stuart 2529 1-0 McDonald, Neil 2439
2 b Plaskett, James 2526 ½-½ Cooper, Lawrence 2336
3 w Rowson, Jonathan 2506 1-0 Richardson, John 2338
4 b Gormally, Daniel 2504 1-0 Black, Richard 2264
5 w Webb, Richard 2353 1-0 Lyell, Mark 2224
6 b Povah, Nigel 2359 1-0 Wade, Robert 2213
7 w Mason, Don 2286 ½-½ Cafferty, Bernard 2193
8 b Yurenok, Maria (F) 2058 1-0 Richards, Heather (F) 2139
Round 3 Standings:
P W D L MP GP
1 IndexIT 1 3 3 0 0 6 20.0
2 Guildford-ADC 3 3 0 0 6 19.0
3 Slough 1 3 3 0 0 6 18.5
4 Wood Green 1 3 2 0 1 4 15.5
5 Barbican 4NCL 1 3 2 0 1 4 13.5
6 Thistle Birmingham White Rose 3 2 0 1 4 12.5
7 Midland Monarchs 3 1 0 2 2 10.5
8 Richmond 3 1 0 2 2 9.5
9 Index IT 2 3 1 0 2 2 7.5
10 Barbican 4NCL 2 3 0 0 3 0 8.0
11 South Wales Dragons 3 0 0 3 0 5.5
12 Poisioned Pawns 1 3 0 0 3 0 4.0
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
TWIC always welcomes letters. No publication is guaranteed but the
magazine can act as a forum for chess issues of the moment. The views expressed
in these letters are those of the authors not of TWIC or Chess & Bridge
Ltd.
Open letter from Boris Gelfand
In recent interviews of Garry Kasparov on Kasparovchess.ru and in
Russian daily "Sport-express" Mr. Kasparov made few statements about my role in
his match against Vladimir Kramnik and I would like to clarify few things.
Unfortunately original English version of one of these interviews isn't
available in print, so I am forced to retranslate it from Russian, when quoting
Mr. Kasparov.
Mr. Kasparov claims that as we had together training session in 1998 it
should have prevented me from working with other players in the world. However
I never was his trainer (or somebody's else), but just a sparring-partner, as
well as he was mine. During my career I had a lot of sparring-partners (this is
the most common way of working on chess for majority of top players, as it
allows chessplayers to enhance each other with new ideas and besides, very few
can afford to have a personal second.) Clearly, it goes without saying that any
ideas found in the joint analysis can never be shared with any third party and
a possibility to break this rule never crossed my mind.
Mr. Kasparov said: "When people are working for money - there is no
disgrace in doing that. So Kramnik had worked in my team during my match with
Anand. … However … some of his [Kramnik's] colleagues were helping
him apparently because of "especially warm feelings" towards me. … This is
beyond my ethical code. In my opinion Gelfand has a different one." This
statement clearly shows that great ex-champion obviously lacks understanding of
what friendship is. I can only feel pity to him in this respect.
In another place he states "He [Gelfand] broke all the moral grounds".
I want to reply to these groundless accusations.
For the last 8 years we have been regularly exchanging ideas with
Vladimir Kramnik, helping each other in preparation for different tournaments
as well as during the tournaments if we play together. Whenever one of us is
playing in the event, we help each other through telephone. Taking this chance,
I want to thank Vladimir for countless ideas he shared with me that helped me
to win a lot of games. This is well-known to everybody in chess world,
including Garry Kasparov. Garry Kimovich himself in his interviews added myself
to a team of Kramnik's advisors during Kramnik-Shirov match, whereas in fact I
was not Kramnik's second during that match and didn't take part in any of
training sessions which were held before both Kramnik-Shirov and the match just
finished . As far as the differences in ethical code are concerned, Mr.
Kasparov indeed proved his thesis in Novgorod 1997, when Vladimir had to beat
me in the last round to catch Garry and win tournament on tie-break. After
drawing quickly his own game Kasparov started to make statements in front of
press and public that our game with Kramnik is a fix and I am going to lose the
game to let my friend win a tournament. Fortunately, after 7 hour long defense
I managed to draw that game. Yet we are still waiting for apology
Also in the above-mentioned interviews Kasparov attributes novelty in
6th game and Be2 somewhere ( I guess in 12th game) to me. I take it as a
compliment, as I would be proud to invent such novelties. However this is a
fruit of preparation of Vladimir Kramnik and his 3 great seconds and I first
time saw these ideas when analyzing these games of the match.
At the end of his interview to the "Sport-Express" Mr. Kasparov says:
"The time of pragmatical market has come. What is your company worth? How much
do your stocks cost? … And now to chess world came champion who symbolizes
this cynical and pragmatical approach. … Many don't like style of
Kramnik's games which give no pleasure to people." Cheap attacks, but still I
would like to have at least a few names of those, who confessed to Garry
Kimovich that they don't enjoy Kramnik's games. I personally do, as well as
Kasparov himself did just few months ago.
Boris Gelfand 20.11.2000
9th Sonnevanck Tournament
The 9th Sonnevanck takes place 28th November - 7th December 2000.
Players: Alexander Dgebuadze, Maarten Solleveld, Julius Armas, Willy Hendriks,
Aviv Friedman, Tom Bottema, Yochonan Afek, Marcel Peek, Nico Vink and Daniel
Stellwagen.
Internet coverage:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/sonnevanck2000/
Odivelas Closed
The new municipality (near Lisbon) of Odivelas will have it's first
International tournament (closed, round robin, category 4. The event takes
place 28th November to 8th December 2000.
Links: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/,
http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/1intodv.htm
and http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/1intodvz.htm
Gausdal Troll Masters
The Gausdal Troll Masters are played at the Gausdal
Høifjellshotel in Norway 5-12th January 2001. Open 9-round GM-tournament
with good norm chances. 14-18 titled players expected out of 60-70
participants. Maximum 10-12 unrated players. Confirmed GMs: Rozentalis (2593),
Rausis (2551), Krakops (2522), Gausel (2492), Djurhuus (2484) and Westerinen
(2370). Last date of entry: 1st Januay 2001 Start fee: NOK 300-900, depending
on rating. Prizes: NOK 6000 - 4000 - 2500 - 1500 - 1000
More information on the home page:
http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/Troll2001/Engelsk/index.htm
Participation in the tournament may be combined with the Open Norwegian
Rapid Chess Championships, played in Fredrikstad (south-east of Oslo) 12-13th
January 2001. Home page: http://www.sjakk.net/nm_2001.html
First Saturday November
Laszlo Nagy reports: The 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
Bethune Open (France)
The Bethune Open takes place 26th-30th December 2000. The 21st
international open in Bethune (north of France). Many prizes: at least 36000 FF
(~$5000) with 10000 FF (~$1500) for the winner. Further information:
http://www.viruschess.com/ or by e-mail: lahcenec@aol.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.
Entries so far: Leading entries include IGMs: GM Utut Adianto (Indonesia
2583), GM Ian Rogers (Australia 2558), GM Alexander Volzhin (Russia 2556), GM
Darryl Johansen (Australia 2505), GM Stefan Djuric (Yugoslavia 2472), GM Goran
Todorovic (Yugoslavia 2455). and IMs: IM Gary Lane (England 2452), IM Michael
Gluzman (Australia 2432), IM Maarten Solleveld (Netherlands 2426), 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).
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.
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
