THE WEEK IN CHESS 336 16th April 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Category XVII in Enghien-les-Bains
3) Israel Open Championships
4) soLett Chess Open
5) Philippine National Championships
6) Danish Championships
7) 32nd Mar del Plata Open
8) Bucharest Spring Festival
9) First Saturday April
10) Romanian Team Championships
11) Open Norwegian Junior Championships
12) Open Norwegian Championships
13) Cuban Chess Championships
14) Zone 3.1a Championships
15) Dutch Team Championships
16) Ukranian Women's Championships
17) Antalya Tournament
18) Estonian Teams
19) French National 1
20) Arthur Andersen’s Chess Trophy
21) 13th Lenk Open
22) Belgian Interteams
23) 23rd Annual Marchand tournament
24) Redbus Knockout
25) Dubai Open
26) Mexican National Open
27) 19th Metz Open
28) Foxwoods Open
29) 5th Int. Neckar-Open
30) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Category XVII in Enghien-les-Bains      25 games
Israel Open Championships              146 games
soLett Chess Open                      156 games
Hansen-Andersson Match                   6 games
Philippine Championships                66 games
Philippine Women's Championships        66 games
Danish Championships                    30 games
32nd Mar del Plata Open                105 games
Bucharest Spring Festival               36 games
Bucharest Spring Festival Women         30 games
First Saturday April GM                 56 games
First Saturday April IMA                39 games
First Saturday April IMB                38 games
Open Norwegian Junior Championships    119 games
Open Norwegian Championships           234 games
Zone 3.1a Championships                 45 games
Zone 3.1a Women's Championships         30 games
Dutch Team Championships                 1 game
Ukranian Women's Championships           7 games
Antalya Tournament                      14 games
Estonian Teams                         120 games
French National 1                      332 games
Shirov Simul                             4 games
Belgian Interteams                      48 games
23rd Annual Marchand tournament          5 games
19th Metz Open                         180 games
Bundesliga Correction                    1 game
1993 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Alon Shulman, Bobby Ang, José Mariano Acosta, Radu Chirila, Laszlo Nagy, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Mikhail Golubev, Aydin Saray, Ülar Lauk, Laurent Faber, Steve Laios, Matthew D. O'Hara, Baldomero Garcia, Michael Atkins and all those who helped with this issue.

A lot of chess took place this week which made the issue a little more difficult to compile than normal. I've held over some of the events that finish today. The main event is the Enghien-les-Bains tournament which is set for a close finish although this won't involve one of the pre-event favourites Alexander Grischuk who is having a bit of a disaster.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Category XVII in Enghien-les-Bains

The Category XVII Enghien-les-Bains tournament in France takes place April 10th-20th 2001.

Further details: http://enghien.free.fr

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It Enghien-les-Bains FRA (FRA), 11-20 iv 2001       cat. XVII (2652)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Bareev, Evgeny        g RUS 2709  * . = = 1 = . 1 . .  3.5  2789 
 2. Akopian, Vladimir     g ARM 2654  . * . 1 . = 1 = = .  3.5  2788 
 3. Bacrot, Etienne       g FRA 2627  = . * . . . = = 1 1  3.5  2797 
 4. Van Wely, Loek        g NED 2670  = 0 . * . . . 1 = 1  3.0  2728 
 5. Lautier, Joel         g FRA 2658  0 . . . * = = . 1 1  3.0  2739 
 6. Tkachiev, Vladislav   g FRA 2672  = = . . = * = . . =  2.5  2661 
 7. Bauer, Christian      g FRA 2612  . 0 = . = = * . . 0  1.5  2508 
 8. Fressinet, Laurent    g FRA 2575  0 = = 0 . . . * = .  1.5  2516 
 9. Grischuk, Alexander   g RUS 2668  . = 0 = 0 . . = * .  1.5  2487 
10. Bologan, Viktor       g MDA 2676  . . 0 0 0 = 1 . . *  1.5  2498 
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Round 1 (April 11, 2001)

Bacrot, Etienne      -  Bauer, Christian     1/2   80  E16  Queen's Indian Defence
Van Wely, Loek       -  Bologan, Viktor      1-0   45  D58  Queen's Gambit
Lautier, Joel        -  Tkachiev, Vladislav  1/2   21  E42  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein Variation
Fressinet, Laurent   -  Bareev, Evgeny       0-1   78  B18  Caro Kann (Main Line)
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Akopian, Vladimir    1/2   20  C01  French Exchange Variation

Round 2 (April 12, 2001)

Bareev, Evgeny       -  Van Wely, Loek       1/2   42  D97  Gruenfeld Defence
Akopian, Vladimir    -  Tkachiev, Vladislav  1/2   21  C88  Ruy Lopez (Closed System)
Bauer, Christian     -  Lautier, Joel        1/2   31  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Fressinet, Laurent   1/2   13  C41  Philidor's Defence
Bologan, Viktor      -  Bacrot, Etienne      0-1   30  B83  Sicilian Scheveningen Variation

Round 3 (April 13, 2001)

Bacrot, Etienne      -  Bareev, Evgeny       1/2   19  D11  Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek       -  Grischuk, Alexander  1/2   53  D34  Tarrasch Defence
Lautier, Joel        -  Bologan, Viktor      1-0   39  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Tkachiev, Vladislav  -  Bauer, Christian     1/2   23  E05  Catalan System
Fressinet, Laurent   -  Akopian, Vladimir    1/2   24  C10  French Rubinstein Variation

Round 4 (April 14, 2001)

Bareev, Evgeny       -  Lautier, Joel        1-0   26  A84  Dutch Defence
Akopian, Vladimir    -  Bauer, Christian     1-0   41  C08  French Tarrasch Variation
Fressinet, Laurent   -  Van Wely, Loek       0-1   77  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Bacrot, Etienne      0-1   56  C92  Ruy Lopez 
Bologan, Viktor      -  Tkachiev, Vladislav  1/2   51  C89  Ruy Lopez (Marshall Attack)

Round 5 (April 16, 2001)

Bacrot, Etienne      -  Fressinet, Laurent   1/2   29  D31  Semi-Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek       -  Akopian, Vladimir    0-1   42  A35  English Opening
Lautier, Joel        -  Grischuk, Alexander  1-0   69  D34  Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Tkachiev, Vladislav  -  Bareev, Evgeny       1/2   43  A84  Dutch Defence
Bauer, Christian     -  Bologan, Viktor      0-1   40  D55  Queen's Gambit

3) Israel Open Championships

The Israel Open Championship take place in the Kasparov Academy in Tel Aviv 9th-17th April 2001. 128 players compete from 13 countries including 23 GMs and 19 IMs. My thanks to Alon Shulman for results and games.

Standings after 7 rounds: 1: Van den Doel - 6 pts. 2-6: Huzman, Gyimesi, Zifroni, Doettling, Tseitling - 5.5 pts. 7-16: Avrukh, Sutovsky, Golod, A. Greenfeld, Acs, Kantsler, Roiz, Postny, Bykhovsky, Kagansky - 5 pts.

4) soLett Chess Open

The soLett Chess Open took place in Skellefteå, Sweden 10th-16th April 2001. There was also be a 6-game match between GM Ulf Andersson and GM Curt Hansen won by Hansen.

Official site: http://www.tns.nu/solettchessopen.html

Hansen, Curt    -  Andersson, Ulf  1/2   23  B47  Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Andersson, Ulf  -  Hansen, Curt    1/2   24  A34  English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Hansen, Curt    -  Andersson, Ulf  1/2   44  C09  French Tarrasch Variation
Andersson, Ulf  -  Hansen, Curt    1/2   57  A34  English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Hansen, Curt    -  Andersson, Ulf  1-0   48  C09  French Tarrasch Variation
Andersson, Ulf  -  Hansen, Curt    1/2   29  D58  Queen's Gambit: Tartakover's Defence


Match Skelleftea SWE (SWE), 10-16 iv 2001
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                             1   2   3   4   5   6 
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Hansen, Curt   g  DEN 2619    =   =   =   =   1   =   3.5  2697
Andersson, Ulf g  SWE 2640    =   =   =   =   0   =   2.5  2562
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Final Standings:
 1-2  g Hector, Jonny           SWE   2532     6.5     35.0
      m Berg, Emanuel           SWE   2486     6.5     33.0
 3-8  g Sax, Gyula              HUN   2574     6       34.5
      g Dvoirys, Semen          RUS   2568     6       33.0
      g Gausel, Einar           NOR   2481     6       33.0
      g Kiriakov, Petr          RUS   2540     6       32.5
      g Rustemov, Alexander     RUS   2620     6       31.5
      g Hillarp-Persson, Tiger  SWE   2486     6       29.0
9-10  m Kiik, Kalle             EST   2450     5.5     29.5
        Nybäck, Tomi            FIN   2211     5.5     29.5
11-17 g Rantanen, Yrjö          FIN   2327     5       27.5
      g Ernst, Thomas           SWE   2419     5       27.0
      f Krylov, Stanislav       RUS   2295     5       24.5
      f Tikkanen, Kari          FIN   2290     5       24.5
        Mårdell, Jonas          SWE   2036     5       23.5
        Marklund, Nicklas       SWE   2192     5       22.0
        Lönngren, Tobias        SWE   2062     5       21.0
18-21   Lindgren, Fredrik       SWE   2208     4.5     24.0
        Nygren, David           SWE   2173     4.5     23.5
        Lucena, Lincoln         BRA   2245     4.5     23.0
        Beliy, Gerald           RUS   2147     4.5     16.5
22-24   Gambäck, Björn          SWE   2172     4       23.0
        Schmitz, Andreas Arnold GER   2161     4       19.0
        Harila, Per             SWE            4       18.0
25-31   Svensson, Hans          SWE            3.5     20.5
        Larsson, Johan          SWE            3.5     18.0
        Malmdin, Nils-Åke       SWE   2195     3.5     15.0
        Helin, Mikael           SWE            3.5     15.0
        Horn, Emilia            SWE   2017     3.5     13.5
        Ornstein, Petra         SWE   2016     3.5     12.5
     wf Schmitz, Manuela        GER   2113     3.5     11.5
32-33   Porrasmaa, Timo         FIN   2210     3       21.0
        Gustafsson, Thomas      SWE            3        9.0
 34     Linqvist, Grels         FIN   2149     2.5     12.0
35-36   Lardot, Derik           FIN   2054     2       10.0
      m Hermansson, Emil        SWE   2412     2        6.5

5) Philippine National Championships

The 2001 Philippine National Championships took place April 2nd-12th 2001 and was won by Eugenio Torre for the first time since 1988. My thanks to Bobby Ang for the information.

Internet coverage: http://www.philchess.com.ph

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ch-PHI Quezon City PHI (PHI), 2-11 iv 2001                     cat. VI (2394)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Torre, Eugenio             g PHI 2546  * = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1  7.5  2513 
 2. Antonio, Rogelio jr        g PHI 2548  = * = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0  7.0  2482 
 3. Villamayor, Buenaventura   g PHI 2560  = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1  7.0  2481 
 4. Gonzales, Jayson             PHI 2396  0 1 1 * 0 0 = = 1 1 1 =  6.5  2458 
 5. Sayson, Alan                 PHI 2345  = 0 = 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2463 
 6. Senador, Emmanuel            PHI 2410  = 0 0 1 = * = 1 1 1 = 0  6.0  2428 
 7. Datu, Idelfonso            f PHI 2381  = 0 = = 1 = * = = 1 0 1  6.0  2431 
 8. Bitoon, Richard              PHI 2432  = 1 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 1 1  6.0  2426 
 9. Garma, Chito               m PHI 2400  0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 1 1  5.0  2357 
10. Olay,Reggie                      ----  = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * = 1  3.0  2254 
11. Laylo, Darwin                PHI 2383  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 1  3.0  2220 
12. Sales, Jesse Noel          f PHI 2328  0 1 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 *  2.5  2189 
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ch-PHI Women Quezon City PHI (PHI), 2-11 iv 2001
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 1. Toledo, Joann               PHI ----  * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1  9.0  2291 
 2. Mendoza, Beverly         wm PHI 2162  = * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.5  2225 
 3. Lomibao, Joy Sherrie        PHI 2041  1 = * 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 =  7.0  2127 
 4. Joya,Rusela                 PHI ----  0 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1  7.0  2131 
 5. De Jesus, Cristine Rose  wm PHI 2093  0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 = 1 1 =  6.0  2057 
 6. Flores, Minda               PHI ----  0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2065 
 7. Torres, Jonalyn             PHI ----  0 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 1 0 =  5.5  2029 
 8. Cruz,Jennifer               PHI ----  0 = 0 0 1 0 = * = = 0 1  4.0  1927 
 9. Rivera, Daisy               PHI ----  = = 0 0 = 0 0 = * 0 1 1  4.0  1927 
10. Canos,Aileen Riza           PHI ----  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 1  4.0  1927 
11. Itaas, Susan                PHI 2030  0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 0  2.5  1815 
12. Castillo, Ana Paula         PHI ----  0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 *  2.5  1818 
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6) Danish Championships

The Danish Championships took place 7th-16th April 2001. The top group was won by the favourite Peter Heine Nielsen.

Internet coverage: http://www.skak-dm.dk and http://www.spskak.dk 

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ch-DEN Nyborg DEN (DEN), 7-15 iv 2001                   cat. VIII (2435)
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 1. Nielsen, Peter Heine      g DEN 2585  * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 =  7.0  2638 
 2. Schandorff, Lars          g DEN 2511  = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2592 
 3. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove   m DEN 2390  = = * = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2564 
 4. Pilgaard, Kim             m DEN 2413  = = = * 0 0 1 1 1 1  5.5  2517 
 5. Berg, Klaus               m DEN 2418  0 0 = 1 * = = 1 1 1  5.5  2516 
 6. Mortensen, Erling         m DEN 2438  0 = = 1 = * = 0 1 0  4.0  2391 
 7. Pedersen, Steffen         m DEN 2463  0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 1  4.0  2388 
 8. Rasmussen, Karsten        m DEN 2410  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1  3.0  2312 
 9. Boe, Mads                 f DEN 2389  0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1  2.0  2219 
10. Lindfeldt, Jan Magnus       DEN 2330  = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 *  1.5  2173 
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7) 32nd Mar del Plata Open

The 32nd edition of the Mar del Plata Open took place 7th-15th April 2001. Sergio Slipak took clear first with 8/9. My thanks to José Mariano Acosta for the information.

Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com

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32nd Mar del Plata Open ARG (ARG), 7-15 iv 2001
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 1. Slipak, Sergio             m  ARG 2448 8        50.0 45.25   42.0 
 2. Rodriguez, Andres          g  URU 2500 7        50.0 40.00   37.5 
 3. Franco Ocampos, Zenon      g  ESP 2496 7        49.5 40.75   37.5 
 4. Hoffman, Alejandro         g  ARG 2453 7        49.5 40.75   37.0 
 5. Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge     m  ARG 2440 7        48.5 39.50   35.5 
 6. Pierrot, Facundo           m  ARG 2414 6.5      50.0 36.00   38.0 
 7. Rosito, Jorge              m  ARG 2390 6.5      49.5 38.50   34.0 
 8. Flores, Diego                 ARG 2400 6.5      47.0 36.00   34.0 
 9. Giaccio, Alfredo           m  ARG 2453 6.5      47.0 34.00   36.5 
10. Rubinetti, Jorge           m  ARG 2428 6.5      47.0 32.00   35.5 
11. Kanefsck, Gustavo          m  ARG 2387 6.5      46.0 35.00   34.5 
12. Felgaer, Ruben             m  ARG 2481 6.5      46.0 34.25   34.5 
13. Szmetan, Jorge             m  ARG 2401 6.5      45.5 36.00   31.0 
14. Panno, Oscar               g  ARG 2471 6.5      43.5 33.75   31.0 
15. Giardelli, Sergio C        m  ARG 2438 6.5      43.0 32.25   34.5 
16. Labollita, Martin          m  ARG 2386 6        49.5 32.00   34.0 
161 players

8) Bucharest Spring Festival

The Lasker S.R.L. chess club is organising a Spring Festival in Bucharest, Romania 6th-20th April 2001. There is an IGM event Category 7-9 with 12-16 players. Organised by Emil Pessi. My thanks to Radu Chirila for the news.

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Spring Festival Bucharest ROM (ROM), 6-20 iv 2001          cat. VIII (2431)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Istratescu, Andrei       g ROM 2582  * = = = = 1 . . 1 1 1 1  7.0  2638 
 2. Kalezic, Blazo           m YUG 2443  = * 0 . 1 = = 1 1 1 1 .  6.5  2602 
 3. Dumitrache, Dragos       m ROM 2425  = 1 * . 1 = = 0 . = 1 1  6.0  2552 
 4. Ionescu, Constantin      g ROM 2504  = . . * = = = = = 1 = 1  5.5  2501 
 5. Vasiesiu, Dan            m ROM 2439  = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 . . 1  5.0  2483 
 6. Negulescu, Adrian        g ROM 2510  0 = = = = * . 1 . = = 1  5.0  2471 
 7. Vajda, Albert            m ROM 2409  . = = = = . * = = 0 1 1  5.0  2450 
 8. Cioara, Andrei Nestor    m ROM 2410  . 0 1 = 0 0 = * 1 1 . 1  5.0  2467 
 9. Iankowski, Roman         m MDA 2388  0 0 . = 0 . = 0 * = 1 1  3.5  2347 
10. Slovineanu, Viacheslav   m MDA 2412  0 0 = 0 . = 1 0 = * = .  3.0  2321 
11. Jovanovic, Nenad           YUG 2351  0 0 0 = . = 0 . 0 = * =  2.0  2220 
12. Gavela, Dragan           f YUG 2294  0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . = *  0.5  2002 
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Spring Festival Women Bucharest ROM (ROM), 6-20 iv 2001
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Mosnegutu, Mariana     wf ROM 2241  * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1  6.0  2329 
 2. Vajda, Szidonia        wg HUN 2316  = * = = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2321 
 3. Marin, Luiza           wm ROM 2196  = = * = 1 = 1 = = =  5.5  2289 
 4. Glodeanu, Ion           m ROM 2303  = = = * = = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2278 
 5. Apostoaie, Liliana     wf ROM 2180  0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1  5.0  2254 
 6. Popescu, Cristian         ROM 2222  = = = = = * = = = =  4.5  2207 
 7. Goczo, Melinda            HUN 2185  0 = 0 0 = = * 1 1 1  4.5  2211 
 8. Partac, Elena          wf MDA 2202  = 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1  3.5  2129 
 9. Osman, Mihai              FRA 2180  = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * =  2.5  2045 
10. Teodorescu, Margareta  wg ROM 2060  0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = *  2.0  2005 
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9) First Saturday April

The April First Saturday events take place 7th-20th of April. There will be GM and IM events in Budapest.

The first edition of the Third Saturday tournament takes place in Belgrade 21st April to 3rd May 2001. There will be a closed GM and IM-round robin. If you wish to play you can still contact Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu Mobile: 00-36-30-230-1914

First Saturday webpage: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat/hirek1.htm

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FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-20 iv 2001                  cat. VIII (2441)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Varga, Zoltan          g HUN 2503  * = 1 . = = . = 1 = . . 1 .  5.5  2582 
 2. Berkes, Ferenc           HUN 2393  = * = = 1 . 0 1 . . . 1 . 1  5.5  2599 
 3. Narciso Dublan, Marc   m ESP 2544  0 = * 1 . = . . . = 1 . 1 1  5.5  2578 
 4. Cao, Sang              m HUN 2488  . = 0 * . . 1 . = = 1 1 . =  5.0  2529 
 5. Hoang Thanh Trang      m VIE 2465  = 0 . . * 0 . 1 . 1 1 . = 1  5.0  2522 
 6. Fogarasi, Tibor        m HUN 2446  = . = . 1 * 0 = = . . 0 1 .  4.0  2446 
 7. Kallio, Heikki         m FIN 2410  . 1 . 0 . 1 * . . = 0 1 = 0  4.0  2428 
 8. Zivanic, Marko         m YUG 2403  = 0 . . 0 = . * 1 1 = . = .  4.0  2434 
 9. Almasi, Istvan         m HUN 2424  0 . . = . = . 0 * . = 1 = 1  4.0  2435 
10. Lukacs, Peter          g HUN 2458  = . = = 0 . = 0 . * . = = .  3.0  2367 
11. Barczay, Laszlo        g HUN 2391  . . 0 0 0 . 1 = = . * = . =  3.0  2361 
12. Kritz, Leonid          f GER 2427  . 0 . 0 . 1 0 . 0 = = * . 1  3.0  2342 
13. Lanzani, Mario         m ITA 2399  0 . 0 . = 0 = = = = . . * .  2.5  2315 
14. Anka, Emil             m HUN 2425  . 0 0 = 0 . 1 . 0 . = 0 . *  2.0  2249 
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FSIMA April Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-20 iv 2001               cat. II (2279)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Sendur, Adnan        f TUR 2303  * . 0 . . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1  5.0  2561 
 2. Xu Hanbing             CHN 2235  . * = = = . 1 . 1 = . . 1  5.0  2434 
 3. Zimmerman, Yuri      m HUN 2362  1 = * . . = . = . . 1 . 1  4.5  2463 
 4. Nezar, Mustapha        FRA 2292  . = . * = = 1 . . 1 . 1 .  4.5  2461 
 5. Pachow, Joerg        f GER 2297  . = . = * 1 = . . . = 1 .  4.0  2397 
 6. Rajlich, Vasik G       USA 2337  . . = = 0 * 1 . . 1 . 1 .  4.0  2407 
 7. Khechumyan, Gagik      ARM 2221  . 0 . 0 = 0 * 1 . . 1 1 .  3.5  2281 
 8. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2263  0 . = . . . 0 * 1 = . . 1  3.0  2275 
 9. Eperjesi, Laszlo     m HUN 2303  0 0 . . . . . 0 * . 1 . 1  2.0  2185 
10. Sinkovics, Peter     m HUN 2317  0 = . 0 . 0 . = . * 1 . .  2.0  2170 
11. Spielmann, Alain       FRA 2341  0 . 0 . = . 0 . 0 0 * . 1  1.5  2048 
12. Valenti, Giuseppe      ITA 2206  . . . 0 0 0 0 . . . . * .  0.0       
13. Szonyi, Bence          HUN 2145  0 0 0 . . . . 0 0 . 0 . *  0.0       
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FSIMB April Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-20 iv 2001           cat. II (2291)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Paci, Cedric             FRA 2213  * 0 1 1 = 1 = . 1 1  6.0  2492 
 2. Galyas, Miklos         m HUN 2371  1 * = = 1 = = = . =  5.0  2372 
 3. Petran, Pal            m HUN 2392  0 = * 1 . 1 1 = = =  5.0  2367 
 4. Cmiel, Thorsten        f GER 2292  0 = 0 * 1 . . = 1 1  4.0  2351 
 5. Philippe, Christophe     FRA 2335  = 0 . 0 * = = 1 = 1  4.0  2272 
 6. Appleberry, Martin       FRA 2301  0 = 0 . = * = = 1 1  4.0  2289 
 7. Sipos, Istvan            HUN 2206  = = 0 . = = * 1 = .  3.5  2319 
 8. Tian Tian                CHN 2302  . = = = 0 = 0 * 1 .  3.0  2266 
 9. Nemeth, Zoltan         m HUN 2319  0 . = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1  2.5  2136 
10. Roberts, Paul            SCO 2177  0 = = 0 0 0 . . 0 *  1.0  2008 
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10) Romanian Team Championships

Radu-Catalin Chirila reports on the Romanian Team Championships which took place in Sovata 21st-25th March 2001. There were 10 players in each team, 6 open places, one under 20 player, three women including one under 20. 

Final Standings
1. RAT Bucharest        34,5
2. AEM Timisoara        30
3. RGA Bucharest        26,5
4. Dinamo Brasov        24
5  Chess Club Deva      20
6. Victoria Techirghiol 14

11) Open Norwegian Junior Championships

Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The open Norwegian junior championships were played in Oslo 7-11. April 2001 with the following results:

1. Harald B. Borchgrevink   2144  NOR  5.5 / 7
2. Daniel Hersvik           2195  NOR  5.5
3. Flemming Christenson     2208  NOR  5.0
4. Craig Hanley             2306  ENG  5.0
5. Brede Kvisvik            2106  NOR  5.0
6. Teemu Topi-Hulmi         2103  FIN  5.0
35 participants

Borchgrevink took the title on tie-break. The co-winners both represent Bergens Schakklub. All games are included. Home page: http://home.online.no/~vichan/ajr/ajr.htm

12) Open Norwegian Championships

Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The open Norwegian championships were played in Oslo 7-14. April 2001 with the following results:

 1. IM Leif E. Johannessen  2407   NOR  8.5 / 9
 2. GM Normunds Miezis      2596   LAT  8.0
 3. IM Stellan Brynell      2489   SWE  6.5
 4. GM Bela Badea           2492   ROM  6.5
 5. Trond Solem             2185   NOR  6.5
 6. Helge A. Nordahl        2272   NOR  6.0
 7. Stein Sollid           (1969)  NOR  6.0
 8. Andreas Moen            2211   NOR  6.0
 9. Hallvard Voll Ådnøy     2185   NOR  5.5
10. Jens Lunnan Hjort      (1955)  NOR  5.5
52 participants

An impressive performance by the young Norwegian IM. After drawing against Ivar Areklett (2069) in the second round Johannessen won his remaining seven games. This included wins against runner-ups Miezis and Brynell. There were no norms, due to a large number of unrated players. All games are included. Home page: http://home.online.no/~vichan/anm/anm.htm

13) Cuban Chess Championships

The Cuban Championships took place in Las Tunas and concluded on April 16th 2001. No games available and I'm not quite clear that the standings given below are the final standings with at least byes to be taken into account. The page also gives some of the starting lineup for the Capablanca Memorial May 3rd-21st 2001. Ulf Anderssson, Zhang Zhong, Alexandre Lesiege, Anthony Miles, Francisco Vallejo, Thomas Luther, Igor Alexander Nataf and Hannes Stefansson are amongst those playing.

Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/

Final Standings:
 1 Reinaldo Vera        2534 11 7 4  0 9 
 2 Leinier Domínguez    2556 12 6 6  0 9 
 3 Frank de la Paz      2437 12 5 6  1 8 
 4 Lázaro Bruzón        2589 12 5 6  1 8 
 5 Rodney Pérez         2471 13 3 8  2 7 
 6 Neuris Delgado       2481 12 2 8  2 6 
 7 Jesús Nogueiras      2557 12 1 10 1 6 
 8 Reinier Vázquez      2393 13 3 6  4 6 
 9 Silvino García       2371 12 2 7  3 5½ 
10 Irisberto Herrera    2404 12 3 5  4 5½ 
11 Omar Almeida         2426 12 3 5  4 5½ 
12 Aryan Abreu          2480 11 2 6  3 5 
13 Yunieski Quesada     2474 12 4 2  6 5 
14 Richard Leyva        2400 12 3 4  5 5 
15 Yuri González        2419 12 2 5  5 4½ 
16 Félix Gómez          2462 13 2 5  6 4½ 
17 Maikel Góngora       2417 13 1 5  7 3½ 
18 Osmel García         2302 WITHDREW 1

14) Zone 3.1a Championships

The zone 3.1a championships take place 5th-12th April 2001 in Tehran Iran. It is a 10 player men's event and 6 player women's event. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/zone31.htm 

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Zone 3.1a Tehran Iran (IRI), 5-12 iv 2001               cat. V (2351)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad   g QAT 2490  * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2501 
 2. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan   m IRI 2504  = * = = = = 1 1 1 =  6.0  2458 
 3. Mallahi, Amir          f IRI 2382  1 = * 0 1 0 0 1 1 1  5.5  2427 
 4. Mohammad, Samir          SYR 2319  0 = 1 * = = 1 = 0 =  4.5  2354 
 5. Hakki, Imad            m SYR 2440  0 = 0 = * = 1 1 0 1  4.5  2341 
 6. Al-Sayed, Mohammed       QAT 2082  = = 1 = = * 0 = 0 =  4.0  2337 
 7. Moradiabadi, Elshan      IRI 2303  0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 1  4.0  2313 
 8. Jasim, A.R. Saleh      f UAE 2293  0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 1  4.0  2314 
 9. Mahjoob, Morteza         IRI 2336  = 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 * 0  3.5  2272 
10. Ali, Amjad IRQ         f IRQ 2360  0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 *  2.5  2183 
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                                      1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Paridar, Shadi         wf IRI 2009 ** 1. =. 1. 1. 1=  7.5  2209
2 Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wf IRI 2065 0. ** 0. 1. 11 1.  7.0  2154
3 Mahini, Mona              IRI 2018 =. 1. ** 11 0. 1.  6.5  2124
4 Al_Rufei,Eman                 ---- 0. 0. 00 ** 1. 1.  5.0  2018
5 Pour Kashian,Atoosa           ---- 0. 00 1. 0. ** 1.  3.5  1908
6 Al_Jelda,Nebal                ---- 0= 0. 0. 0. 0. **  0.5  1548
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15) Dutch Team Championships

The final round of the Dutch Team Championships take place on April 22nd 2001. Ordina only need to win their final game against mid-table Amstelveen to take the title any slip up and HSG level on match points are in a position to take advantage. The games haven't consistantly collected this year (unless someone knows better) but one theoretically interesting game between Piket and Van Wely appeared in the British newspaper The Guardian this week and is included.

Newshttp://www.schaakbond.nl/

Standings after 8 of 9 rounds
1.  Ordina             14  56   
2.  HSG                14  52.5 
3.  ING/ESGOO          10  43.5 
4.  Amstelveen          9  42   
5.  Magnus BSG          9  38.5 
6.  LSG                 7  38   
7.  Rotterdam           7  34.5 
8.  Schaakstad A'doorn  5  31.5 
9.  SMB                 3  30.5 
10. Ordina 2            2  33

16) Ukranian Women's Championships

Mikhail Golubev reports that the Ukranian Women's Championships took place 26th March to 8th April 2001. Anna Zatonskih won the event with 9.5/13. Games from the final round now available.

Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ukr01chw.htm

17) Antalya Tournament

The 1st Antalya International Tournament (Turkey) took place at the Corinthia Art Hotel, Kemer-Antalya, TURKEY 1st-11th April 2001. Dates: Round 1 (April 2), Round 2-3 (April 3), Round 4-5 (April 4), Round 6 (April 5), Round 7-8 (April 6), Round 9-10 (April 7), Round 11 (April 8). Round 12 (April 9) and Round 13 (April 10). My thanks to Aydin Saray for the news.

All games except the game Radulov-Georgiev (1) are available.

Internet coverage: http://www.tsf.org.tr/index_english.htm

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It Antalya TUR (TUR), 2-10 iv 2001                                 cat. VII (2402)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Halkias, Stelios            m GRE 2494  * = = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  9.5  2569 
 2. Skembris, Spyridon          g GRE 2440  = * = = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2539 
 3. Georgiev, Krum              g BUL 2510  = = * = = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1  8.5  2503 
 4. Arduman, Can                m TUR 2375  = = = * = = = = = 1 1 1 0 =  7.5  2460 
 5. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios   m GRE 2439  1 0 = = * 0 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 =  7.5  2455 
 6. Moroz, Alexander            g UKR 2525  0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1  7.5  2449 
 7. Popchev, Milko              g BUL 2482  = = = = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1  7.0  2424 
 8. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc          TUR 2357  0 = 1 = 0 = = * = = = = 0 1  6.0  2376 
 9. Radulov, Ivan               g BUL 2389  0 = = = = 0 = = * = = 1 = =  6.0  2373 
10. Olcayoz, Alper              f TUR 2339  0 = 0 0 1 = = = = * 0 = 1 0  5.0  2319 
11. Erdogdu, Mert                 TUR 2304  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 1 =  5.0  2322 
12. Atakisi, Umut               f TUR 2337  = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 1  4.5  2296 
13. Erdogan, Hakan                TUR 2299  0 0 = 1 0 = = 1 = 0 0 0 * 0  4.0  2268 
14. Kraidman, Yair              g ISR 2334  0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 *  4.0  2265 
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18) Estonian Teams

Estonian team championship took place Pärnu 9th-11th March and Tallinn 6th-8th April 2001. Final standings: 1. MSK Kasmar (Viktor Gavrikov 6/8, Kaido Külaots 7/8, Tarvo Seeman 4/4, Ülar Lauk 6/8, Meelis Kanep 7/8, Hendrik Olde 1,5/4, Liina Värk 2,5/8) 34 2. Reval-Sport Tallinn (Tatjana Fomina 8/8!) 24,5 3. Vabaettur Tallinn 23 4. Paul Kerese MK 20 5. Kadrioru MK 18,5. My thanks to Ülar Lauk for the information.

Cross-table http://www.online.ee/~maleliit/statist01.htm#klubide

19) French National 1

The final four rounds of the French National I Championships took place 29th March - 1st April 2001. There were pools which produced eight qualifiers. Games from the entire event are now available.

Coverage: http://www.notzai.com/, http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ Bordeaux-Echecs : http://www.multimania.com/bordeauxechecs/ Mulhouse : http://philidor.mulhouse.free.fr/ and http:/www.europe-echecs.com

20) Arthur Andersen’s Chess Trophy

Alexei Shirov was the special guest at the 11th Arthur Andersen’s Chess Trophy which took place on April 7th & 8th in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. This student team competition saw a simultaneous display on 33 boards given by Alexei Shirov on Sunday, April 8th. Four games from the simul are available.

For further information: http://www.arthurandersen.com/tropheearthur/english

21) 13th Lenk Open

The 13th Lenk Open takes place 12th-16th April 2001. Tukmakov and Miles are the leading players competing. Gheorghiu und Videki reached the final of the knockout phase (Meszaros and Dudas were the defeated semi-finalists).

Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.ch

22) Belgian Interteams

Steve Laios reports: Rochade Eupen won the Belgian Interteams. The bottom 4 teams are relegated from the 1st Division (due the 2 extra teams). The Next interteams 2001-02 will have 12 teams (11 rd) without Brussel's teams * ). Temse and Charleroi were the winners of the 2nd division.

The final round was Round 11 : 03-25-2001 1.Deurne 1 - KGSRL 2 4.0-4.0 (games missing) 2.KBSK 1 - Boitsfort 1 2.0-6.0 3.LVL Fortis 1 - Liège 1 5.5-2.5 4.Jean Jaurès 1 - Borgerhout 1 4.0-4.0 5.Anderlecht - Rochade Eupen 4.0-4.0 6.CREB 1 - KGSRL 1 1.5-6.5 7.Eupen 1 - KAOSK 1 1.5-6.5 

Final Standing after round 11 (13 played)

 Teams   pts  m.pts.
 1. SK Rochade Eupen 1  69.5
 2. K Gent SRL 1        65.5
 3. K Antwerp OSK 1     65
 4. Liège 1             54
 5. Eupen 1             51 
 6. K Gent SRL 2        50    7
 7. Jean Jaurès 1       50    6
 8. Borgerhout          49.5
 9. K Brugge SK 1       48.5  5.5
10. LV Leuven Fortis 1  48.5  5
11. Anderlecht 1 *      48
12. Boitsfort 1 *       45
13. CRE Bruxelles 1 *   42    3.5
14. Deurne 1            41.5  3

23) 23rd Annual Marchand tournament

Matthew D. O'Hara reports: The 23rd Annual Marchand tournament took place in Rochester, NY April 7th-9th 2001. 161 players competed in four sections. The open section had 10 masters, including 2 IM's and a GM. In the last roiund GM Alek Wojtiewicz defeated Stanislav Kriventsov, while IM Enrico Sevillano defeated IM Ron Burnett. Wojtiewicz and Sevillano had drawn their fourth round game together and shared first place with 4.5-0.5. Sharing 3rd prize with four points were Alex Dunne and Rafal Furdzik.

24) Redbus Knockout

The Redbus Chess Knockout tournament, to be held as part of the Southend Chess Congress at the town's Civic Centre over the Easter weekend, 13th-16th April 2001. Players: Julian Hodgson, Michael Adams, Luke McShane, Jim Plaskett, Mark Hebden, Murray Chandler, John Emms, Nigel Davies, Bogdan Lalic, Jonathan Rowson, Chris Ward, Glenn Flear, Stuart Conquest, Peter Wells, Aaron Summerscale and Jonathan Levitt.

Four of the eight seeds fell in round one of the Redbus Knockout at the Southened Civic Center, Third seed Stuart Conquest was downed by Bogdan Lalic. Peter Wells lost to Nigel Davies and Mark Hebden was defeated 2-0 by Britain's youngest GM Luke McShane.

Round 1 results:
Chris Ward draw 0-1 Michael Adams; Glenn Flear draw draw Murray Chandler, Play off: 0-1 draw, Chandler qualifies ; Stuart Conquest 0-1 0-1 Bogdan Lalic; James Plaskett 0-1 draw John Emms; Julian Hodgson draw 1-0 Jonathan Rowson; Peter Wells draw 0-1 Nigel Davies; Mark Hebden 0-1 0-1 Luke McShane; Aaron Summerscale draw 0-1 Jonathan Levitt;

Quarter final pairings: Adams v Chandler; Emms v Lalic; Davies v Hodgson; McShane v Levitt;

Quarter final results: Adams 1-0 draw Chandler; Emms draw 0-1 Lalic; Davies draw draw Hodgson, Hodgson won the 10' play off 2-0; McShane 1-0 draw Levitt;

Semi finals: Adams v Lalic ; Hodgson v McShane. Final results next week.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.redbus.co.uk/

25) Dubai Open

The 3th Dubai Open Chess Tournament 15th-26th April 2001 sees a strong field with amongst others: Andrei Kharlov, Valerij Filippov, Jaan Ehlvest, Evgeny Vladimirov, Aleksej Alexandrov, Alexander Motylev, Zurab Sturua, Andrey Shariyazdanov, Alexei Fedorov, Mihail Kobalija, Alexey Kuzmin, Evgeny Pigusov, Karen Asrian, Yuri Yakovich, Pavel Kotsur, Ashot Anastasian, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Abhijit Kunte, Igor V Glek, Valeriy Neverov, Alexander Galkin, Elmar Magerramov and Artashes Minasian in a field of 100. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/dubaiopen/

26) Mexican National Open

Baldomero Garcia reports that the Mexican National Open took place April 10-15 in the Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. The event was won by FM Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora 2531 (Cuba) with 8 points out of 9. In second place was IM Dionisio Aldama de Gournay 2443 (Cuba) with 7.5 points. Tied for 3-4 were IMs Rafael Espinosa Flores 2408 (Mexico) and Alfonso Almeida Saenz 2365 (Mexico) with 7 points. There were approximately 900 players in various sections (1st through 4th category, senior, women, U14, U12 and U10). Games from the first 7 rounds are available at the site, I will round up in more detail next week.

Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/fenamac/

27) 19th Metz Open

The 19th Metz Open took place 7th-15th April 2001. First place was shared by Andrei Sokolov (better tie-break) and Aleksander Delchev on 8/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/metz.php 

Final Standings:
  1 GM  Sokolov Andrei     FRA 2566 8   41.5  2761 2761
  2 GM  Delchev Aleksander BUL 2587 8     40  2766 2766
  3 GM  Eingorn Vereslav   UKR 2589 7     39  2633 2633
  4 GM  Dgebuadze Alexandr BEL 2550 7     37  2588 2588
  5 GM  Degraeve Jean-Marc FRA 2589 7     35  2574 2574
  6 GM  Drasko Milan       YUG 2510 7     35  2512 2512
  7 GM  Nijboer Friso      NED 2578 6½  36.5  2545 2545
  8 GM  Komljenovic Davor  CRO 2512 6½  35.5  2469 2469
  9 GM  Palac Mladen       CRO 2590 6   35.5  2534 2534
 10 GM  Krivoshey Sergei   UKR 2483 6     35  2484 2484
 11 GM  Legky Nikolay a    UKR 2477 6     35  2385 2385
 12 IM  Senff Martin       GER 2443 6     34  2450 2450
 13 GM  Zelcic Robert      CRO 2500 6   33.5  2403 2403
 14 IM  Froehlich Peter    GER 2451 6   33.5  2391 2391
 15 GM  Shchekachev Andrei RUS 2537 6     33  2415 2415
 16 IM  Wohl Aleksandar    AUS 2441 6     33  2397 2397
 17     Sprenger Jan-Micha GER 2326 6   32.5  2336 2336
 18 IM  Shirazi Kamran     USA 2402 6     32  2347 2347
 19     Sarthou Gaetan     FRA 2365 6   31.5  2313 2313
 20     Marechal Andy      BEL 2314 6     31  2324 2324
 21 FM  Wiley Tom          ENG 2282 6     28  2199 2199
 22     Lutz Thierry       FRA 2158 6     28  2165 2165
 23     Zaparty Alain      FRA 2040 6     28  2145 2145
 24 GM  Gallagher Joseph g SUI 2519 5½    32  2366 2366

28) Foxwoods Open

The Foxwoods Open is getting larger and larger each year. Held at the world's largest Casino, the Foxwoods Resort and Casino on the grounds of the Mashantucket Pequot reservation in Connecticut ran April 12-15, 2001. Full details next week.

Internet coverage by Michael Atkins at: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/fox/foxwoods.htm

29) 5th Int. Neckar-Open

The 5th International Neckar-Open takes place April 12th-16th 2001. Results and games next week.

Internet coverage

30) Forthcoming Events and Links

Gausdal Classics

The Gausdal Classics have one GM-group and two IM-groups each with 10 players. A 7 hour playing session is used. The venue is the Gausdal Høifjellshotel.

GM-group: GM Normunds Miezis (LAT 2596), GM Evgenij Solozhenkin (RUS 2512), IM Stellan Brynell (SWE 2489), GM Ralf Åkesson (SWE 2463), IM Frode Elsness (NOR 2412), IM Leif E. Johannessen (NOR 2407), Kristian Trygstad (NOR 2322), Craig Hanley (ENG 2306), Hans Tikkanen (SWE 2274) and Torbjørn R. Hansen (NOR 2209) Average: 2399 GM-norm: 7 points IM-norm: 5 points

IM-group A: IM Marian Petrov (BUL 2425), IM Emil Hermansson (SWE 2400), IM Endre Vegh (HUN 2305), WIM Gabriela Hitzgerova (CZE 2255), Øystein Hole (NOR 2245), Hans Olav Lahlum (NOR 2233), Daniel Hersvik (NOR 2195), WIM Arianne Caoili (PHI 2140), Brede Kvisvik (NOR 2106) and Magnus Carlsen (NOR 2064) Average: 2237 IM-norm: 7 points WGM-norm: 6.5 points

IM-group B: GM Bela Badea (ROM 2492), GM Heikki Westerinen (FIN 2412), FM Lars Venø Jakobsen (DEN 2363), FM Erik Hedman (SWE 2332), Bjarte Leer-Salvesen (NOR 2306), FM Stig Gabrielsen (NOR 2286), Per Wikström (SWE 2244), Geir Sune Tallaksen (NOR 2233), Hallvard Voll Ådnøy (NOR 2185) and Carl F. Ekeberg (NOR 2098) Average: 2296 IM-norm: 6.5 points

Home page: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/gausdal2001/

Ikaros Chess Festival 2001

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2001 will take place 3rd-16th July 2001. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 23 years on Ikaria island, one of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (7th-15th of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as Women, Junior and Veteran tournaments, blitz and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.

Further information http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

or send an e-mail to Mr. Dimitris Skyrianoglou at: dimiski@di.uoa.gr

VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico

The VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico takes place 9th-16th September 2001. Open events etc.

Internet coverage: http://www.antiquascom.it/

Hampstead GMs

The Hampstead GM tournament takes place 17th-23rd April 2001. Round one pairings: 1 Rizouk (1) - Barsov (10) 2 Hunt (2) - Koneru (9) 3 McNab (3) - Crouch (8) 4 Richardson (4) - Tyomkin (7) 5 Krush (5) - Palliser (6) They will also be holding a £5000 challenge match between Daniel Gormally and Matthew Turner at the same time. Further details: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/barnet.htm

Jezdimir Vasiljevic arrest

Jezdimir Vasiljevic was arrested in February after a return to Belgrade after 8 years in hiding in Cyprus. The former banker was wanted for embezzlement, he sponsored the 1992 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. My thanks to Kevin Dolan.

Internet reference: http://www.cyprus-mail.com/February/28/news8.htm

3rd Julian Borowski Tournament

The 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament takes place in Essen, May 2nd-11th 2001.

Group A (Categorie XV or XVI): Mikhail Gurevich (BEL/2694), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB/2693), Michal Krasenkow (POL/2658), Artur Jussupow (GER/2645), Rustem Dautov (GER/2631), Sergey Smagin (RUS/2613), Christopher Lutz (GER/2609), Emil Sutovsky (ISR/2605), Oleg Romanischin (UKR/2556), Klaus Bischoff (GER/2552).

Group B (Categorie IX): IM Daniel Fridman (LAT/ 2559, GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI/2548), GM Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU/2530), GM John van der Wiel (NED/2493), IM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER/2484), IM Ralf Appel (GER/2481), IM Georg Seul (GER/2434), IM Francesco de Gleria (GER/2427), IM Markus Schäfer (GER/2393), IM Sebastian Siebrecht (GER/2386).

Venue: HOTEL ASTORIA, Wilhelm-Nieswandt-Allee 175, D-45326 Essen-Altenessen, phone (0049)-(0)201-83584, Fax (0049)-(0)201-8358040.

Live Internet Coverage: http://www.chessgate.de

3rd Bydgoszcz International

The 3rd Bydgoszcz International Chess Festival 2001 will take place April 27th-May 5th 2001. There will be 4 opens: Bank Pocztowy SA Open A (ratings above 2100), Poczta Polska Open B (above 1800), Ruch SA Open C (below 1800) and Open D (kids). In addition there will be a match between Alexei Shirov and Bartlomiej Macieja (4 games, rapid chess) on May 5th. The results and standings will be updated daily at: http://www.szachy.lo.pl and the games will be available after the festival.

II Open Backa Palanka

The II Open Backa Palanka (Yugoslavia) takes place 2nd-10th May 2001.

Further information: http://www.backapalankaopen.com

Hotel Lipa Tournament

The Hotel Lipa International Chess Grandmaster and Master Tournaments take place in Szentgotthárd, Hungary June 13th-23rd 2001.

Further details: http://www.primerate.hu

32 Hour Blitz Marathon in Budapest

A 32-hour (non-stop, approx. 150 rounds) super-marathon blitz tournament (ELTE 32) starting at 12:00, April 29 (Sunday) will take place in Budapest, aiming at breaking the previous (non-registered) 30-hour record. TV, radio and the press are very likely to pop up. Further information at 25vos@ludens.elte.hu or at Attila PIRÓTH, +36-1-2218695. The details of the tournament can be checked out at the homepage of the Hungarian Chess Federation, http://www.chess.hu (see "versenynaptar"). About 100 participants are expected. 20-30 prizes, 1st prize around DM 200. Entry fee, including 3 meals not more than DM 30.

Pilsen Open

The 7th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2001, takes place 18th-26th August 2001 at the "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (The Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is the International Open Czech Championship. (1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81 000 CZK). For detailed information look at http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/

International Championships of Slovakia

International Championships of Slovakia 2001, which will be hold as tournament A of Presov Chess Festival 2001: Presov Chess Festival 11.8 - 19.8.2001 (9 rounds) A) International Championship of Slovakia 2001 (OPEN) - 1st prize 30 000 Sk (about 1500 DEM) - total prize fund 114 000 Sk (about 5500 DEM) B) National Open - 1st prize 7 000 Sk (about 350 DEM) - total prize fund 31 000 Sk (about 1500 DEM) Venue: Presov, SPS Strojnicka school (next to hotel Saris) Accomodation: College of SPS Strojnicka - 2-beds room 10 DEM / person / night - 1-bed room 13 DEM / person / night Boarding: SPS Strojnicka 10 DEM per day Registration deadline 15.7.2001 Further information: http://www.chess.vadium.sk/presov

Garry Kasparov vs. Terence Chapman

The TWIC mini-site for the Garry Kasparov vs. Terence Chapman charity odds match April 21st-22nd 2001. http://www.chesscenter.com/chapmankasparov/

Notzai

Notzai (always worth visiting) were in satirical mode for April 1st. http://www.notzai.com, specifically http://www.notzai.com/notzai/KC.html.

Dubai Open

The Dubai open 2001 120 players 40 grandmasters will be held in Dubai from 15 to 26 April. More news as I get it.

Weihnachts-Open 2001

The Weihnachts-Open 2001 takes place in Strausberg (Berlin) Germany from 27.12.2001 to 30.12.2001. The tournament will be ELO and DWZ rated. First prize : 500 DM entry fee : 30 DM

Further information: http://www.weihnachtsopen.de

Rebel vs. the World events

Chess Tiger vs the Web organized by ChessBrain located at: http://www.chessbrain.de/td/te/te.html Rebel Century 3.0 is playing against the Internet at ChessLines located at: http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/rebel.html and the brand-new Gambit Tiger 2.0 plays against the Internet on the fastest PC around. Organization: Ed Panek and Jorge Pichard, location at: http://www.rebel.nl/gt2-web.htm The overall address is: http://www.rebel.nl/rebweb.htm

Bucharest Chess Open

The Bucharest Chess Open takes place: 22th-29th.April.2001

ORGANISER: ASTRAL CHESS CLUB

VENUE: BUCHAREST FAIRS COMPLEX PAVILION T-PUBLITER

9 rounds, possibilities for GM and IM norms.

Prizes (USD): 800, 400 .... 20 prizes in total; special women, U-18, U-12,... and SPECIAL PRIZES after each round.

Special Conditions for GMs ENTRY FEE 23 USD (payable in leu) GM&IM free TIME CONTROL 40 moves for 2 hours, then 30 for the rest of the game

PROGRAM SUNDAY 22nd 11a.m. deadline for inscriptions 3p.m. first round 23rd to 27th rounds 2-6 at 4.30p.m. 28th 9a.m. round 7 4.30p.m. round 8 29th 9a.m. round 9 2.30p.m. CLOSING CEREMONY

INFORMATION e-mail: isd@euro.ro dorualex@hotmail.com mpanait@fx.ro LIVIU DOBRONAUTEANU phone 004094322001 fax 004016596958 Important note Hotel reservations till 10th of April

DEEP SHREDDER vs. THE WORLD

There is a DEEP SHREDDER vs. THE WORLD match about to start. Prizes available for taking part in this challenge match. Further details: http://www.gambitsoft.net/_shredder

Merida GM Event in May

The II Merida Tournament takes place 16th-22nd May with Anand, Khalifman, Short and Gilberto Hernández. Internet coverage: http://www.deportesmerida.gob.mx/magistral/ultimo.htm

Manhattan Chess Club 2001 Open Championships

Sponsored by Chess Forum, Greenwich Villiage, New York City. May 4th - 6th, 2001.

Open Section: (Open to USCF>2000, and FIDE Rated players on April list) 1st - $500 plus Chronos Digital Clock, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $200, U2400 - $100, U2200 - $100 Top Junior (Under 18 years of age) - $200 plus Chronos Digital Clock

U2000 section: 1st - $100 plus Chronos Digital Clock, 2nd - $50

5 Round Swiss, 30/90 SD/1 Time control. Entry fee is $35 for members, and $50 for non-members. All GMs free. $5 discount if registered by 4/26/2001.

For more information: http://www.manhattanchessclub.com

1st Asean International Open Chess Championships

The 1st Asean International Open Chess Championships take place 29th July - 5th August, 2001 in Brunei, Darussalam.

Contacts: Awang Zaidi B Hj Dollah BCF Deputy Secretary General C/O SES114, BSP Co. Sdn. Bhd. Seria Brunei Darussalam KE3435 Tel : (673)3 3 373970 Fax : (673)3 330195 Email : bruneichessfederation@hotmail.com

Mr. Leong Voon Choon BCF Secretary General P.O. BOX 523 Kuala Belait Brunei Darussalam KA1131 Tel : (673)3 333157/373612 Fax : (673)3 372182 Email : Voon-Choon.V.C.Leong@shell.com.bn

Yap Choow Tun BCF Tournament Director C/O ODE/23 Dept., Brunei Shell Co. Sdn. Bhd. Seria Brunei Darussalam KE3435 Tel : (673)3 372485 Fax : (673)3 373130 Email : Choow-Tun C.T. Yap@shell.com.bn

Further information http://www.geocities.com/brunei_chess_fed (more detail in three weeks from 26/3/01)

2nd Open "Backa Palanka 2001"

The 2nd Open"Backa Palanka 2001"will take place in Backa Palanka(20.km.western from Novi Sad)2nd-10th may 2001. There are 9.rounds on the tournamnet,Swiss Pairing,with possibility of reaching IM and GM norms.Ten prices and one special price. Contakt:Mr.Jovan Dragic(English and Germany)phone:++ 381 21 747-758 mobile 063/562-584,E-mail:kingns@EUnet.yu

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

50th ICCF JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

FREE ICCF Jubilee Open Email Tournament (time limit 10 moves in 60 days) This special celebration Email tournament is FREE to all chess players in the World !

The event will be played exclusively using Email communication and will comprise of three stages, with 11 participants in each Qualifying Group, and 11-15 players in each of the Semi-final and Final Sections, according to the number of entries and qualifiers. Winners and runners-up (including tied players) will qualify to progress at each stage.

All Semi-finalists will be given a free entry into an ICCF World Master Class Section and Finalists, will earn free entry to an Email World Championship Semi-final Section.

The overall Winner (tie break rules apply) will receive a free entry into the next Email World CC Championship Final and those players placed 2nd,3rd and 4th (including tied players) will be awarded free entries to future Email World CC Championship ¾ Finals.

Finalists will receive free one year subscriptions to ChessBase Magazine (6 editions), generously sponsored by ChessBase GmbH, and also a complimentary copy of the ICCF Jubilee Book.

All games played in this tournament will be rated in the official International CC Rating system and title norms will be available, where Groups satisfy ICCF qualification rules.

This will give new ICCF players a chance to acquire properly calculated international ratings, joining 30,000+ players, who already have games in the ICCF rating databank.

Entries to this FREE Open Email Tournament should be made using the special entry form available (from 1.4.2001) on http://www.iccf.com, either by individuals or via their national ICCF member federations. Only one entry per person will be allowed. The Closing Date for entries is 15th July and play in the Groups is scheduled to begin on 1st September 2001. The Tournament Controller will be Chris Lüers (GER). As we are anticipating very large participation in this unique tournament, the early submission of entries would be appreciated, to help us to make all of the necessary arrangements.

Roenne Chess Club's 100th anniversary tournament

On occasion of its 100th anniversary Roenne Chess Club, Bornholm (Denmark), holds a major Swiss tournament where at least 10 GMs will be participating. 9 rounds with a total rate of play of 6 hours It takes place 24th-30th June 2001.

Further information: Bent Schioett Hansen, Laerkevej 19, 3700 Roenne, Denmark.

Phone: +45 5695 1453 Fax: +45 5695 1453

http://www.skak-bornholm.dk

e-mail: info@skak-bornholm.dk

Hotel Lipa International Chess Tournament

There are IM and GM norm tournaments in the Hotel Lipa in Szentgotthárd, Hungary. 12 round robin 13th June to 23rd June 2001.

Entry: Tomcsányi Péter Mobile: (+36) 20/9217-074 H-2651 Rétság, Széchenyi u. 15. Tel./Fax: (+36) 1/3703651 (office hours) E-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu

Further information: http://www.primerate.hu

4th Tanta Open, Egypt

The 4th Tanta Open will take place 18th-28th April 2001 in Tanta City about 90 km from Cairo-Egypt.

It is an Open firstly for GM or IM invited players and then players with high ratings there will be 40 players. Swiss System - 9 Rounds - 40 Players ( 5 GMs - 20 IMs) - 20 EGY players - Time control 7 hours - Fischer system. Arrival 17 April 2001 -1st round 18 April- last Round 27 April. Closing Ceremony and departure 28 April. Play start at 4.pm daily. Full Accommodation and 3 meals in 3 star Hotel - single Room for Invited GMs and double Room for invited IMs Free transportation inside Egypt, including to and from the Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee for invited players 1st Prize 750 U.S.$ - 2nd 650$ - 3rd 600 - 4th 550 - 5th 500 - 6th 450 7th 400 - 8th 350 - 9th 300 - 10th 250. The organisers need only one player from each country.

Further information: ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com

Information from Hassan Khaled General Director of the Egyptian Chess Federation

His phone number is +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Blitzin handle:haskd Tournament Director: Refaat Raslan : Mobile :+20-12-3473891 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285

There is also another section for rated players under 2300 you can also request information on that event.

Bergen Chess International

Bergen Chess International 4-12. August 2001 Playing venue: Bergen, Norway 9 rounds open GM-tournament 50-60 participants of which 6-7 GMs and 7-8 IMs. Limited number of unrated players. 7 hour playing session No double rounds or adjournments No start fee for foreign players with FIDE ELO.

Internet coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/

Austrian championships final

Fürstenfeld, 16.-18 of March. Finals of the austrian championships Live-Coverage on http://members.aon.at/schach1/

XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament

Michael Rahal reports: the XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament takes place 19th-27th April 2001.The Category XVI event has the following players:

Mikhail Gurevich BEL 2694, Ilya Smirin ISR 2686, Alexei Dreev RUS 2685, Zurab Azmaiparasvili GEO 2670, Ivan Sokolov BIH 2659, Mikhail Krasenkov POL 2658, Zoltan Almasi HUN 2640, Miguel Illescas ESP 2562, Francisco Vallejo ESP 2545 and Teimour Radjabov AZE 2483.

Internet coverage: http://www.doshermanas.net/ and http://www.edami.com/

European Youth Championships

Information on the European Youth Chess Championships (August 30th - September 10th 2001) and F.I.D.E. Congress (September 4th to 10th) is now on-line.

Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.org/

Advantech Tweetallen 2001

The Advantech Tweetallen, Roosendaal Netherlands 2001 tournament takes place on 31st March 2001.

Entry info http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ad_bruijns/advantech.htm

Two Swiss Chess Tour events 2001

Int. Chess Festival Lenk

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" will continue in Lenk with the 13th "Lenkerfof-Open" April 12th-16th 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1941), junior(1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entty fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Lenkerhof"

Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 12,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 13,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 14,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 15,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 16. Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00.

The 10th “Residence-Holiday Open” (under 2000 Elo) Swiss system, 5 rounds, 5 hours for the game.

Natural prizes. Entry fee 100 SF. Venue: Hotel “Residence”.

Time table: Round 1st 14.00-19.00, the other rounds daily 10.00-15.00. Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00.

Open Crans Montana

Next station of the "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" in Crans Montana with the 7th "Open Etrier Crans Montana" April 19th –22nd 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds, (30 moves 90 minutes + 30 minutes til the end) The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1941), junior(1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entty fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel ”Etrier”

Time table: April 19: The last registration 16.00-17.45, Open ceremony 17.45-18.00, Round 1st 18.00-22.00,; April 20th –22nd Rounds 2nd, 4th, 6th 10.00-14.00, Rounds 3rd, 5th, 7th 15.00-19.00.

Closing ceremony April 22nd at 19.30.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06 faf +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Two tournaments in Slovakia

XV Slovan 9 round Swiss Open 2001 28th April - 5th May 2001 in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html

VII Tatry Open 2001 in Tatranské Zruby 29 September - 6 October 2001.

Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html

Hawaii International Chess Festival

Hawaii International Chess Festival returns in 2002 with the first World Families Chess Championships. Pro (2000+), Mixed, and Amateur (all players under 2000). Prizes for all sorts of combinations of family members. Information: hawaii@chessworks.com. Website (coming soon) www.familychess.com.

Malahide Millennium Tournament

Malahide Chess Club present the Malahide Millennium Tournament on the weekend of May 5th, 6th & 7th 2001. The venue is St. Sylvester's GAA Club, Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin and there are three events - an Open, an Under 1600 Elo and a Top Team event. The first prize for the Open is £750 and the first prize for U1600 is £350. Total prize fund of over £2,000. To enter contact Vincent Bissett on (00353) 1 8453609 and further detailed information is available at: http://members.tripod.co.uk/MalahideCC.

THE 2nd EUROPEAN OPEN WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Championship will be held from April 21 (day of arrival) till May 5 (day of departure), 2001 in the “Marriott” Hotel, Warsaw, Poland. Full accomodation in the Warsaw's Marriott Hotel only US$ 50 per person per day in the double room and US$60 per day in the single room (the number of sigle rooms is limited).

Tournament is open for all ladies, rated and unrated from Zones 1.1 to 1.9. Entrance fee US$ 30 or US$ 60. The number of players of the federation is not limited, but the nominations must be made by the national chess federations only. Registration until March 15, 2001.

The Swiss system - 11 rounds (one free day on April 28, tie-breaks on May 4). The new time control shall be 40 moves in 75 minutes followed by all moves in 15 minutes. Each player shall receive an extra 30 seconds thinking time prior to the move.

29 players best players will qualify to the 2001 FIDE Women’s World Championship!! Prize fund will be approximately 50.000 DEM. The first prize about 10.000 DEM, 20 money prizes and a lot of trophies. All details and ECU Regulations you can find on

Internet page: http://www.szachista.com.pl

Please contact the Polish Chess Federation

pzszach@atomnet.pl and pzszach@ikp.atm.com.pl

CHESS FESTIVAL "EASTER IN RETHYMNO 2001"

The Union of Cretan Chess Associations announces the Chess Festival under the name "Easter in Rethymno 2001" which will be held at the hotel "LEFKONIKO" in Rethymno, from the 17th to the 21st of April, as well as the participation of the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the World Girl Champion Maria Kouvatsou. This chess festival is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Athletics, the District of Crete, the Prefecture Administration of Rethymno, the Local Union of Municipalities and Communities and the Municipality of Rethymno. The Chess Festival is going to include:

DEMONSTRATION CONTESTS BY THE "LEGENDARY" AN. KARPOV 1st GREEK INTERSCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP (for primary schools) 1st OPEN INTERNATIONAL RAPID TOURNAMENT IN RETHYMNO

On the 20th of April Anatoly Karpov is having a simultané demonstration contest (he is going to compete against more than 20 players at the same time). In the afternoon of both that and the following day he is going to have a match against the World Girl Champion Maria Kouvatsou. The ones interested in taking part in the simultané may get in touch with us either by calling +30977673981 (Maria Vigliraki), or through Fax (+30831-20810) and e-mail (thebest@ret.forthnet.gr).

MARY VIGLIRAKI TEL: +30 831 20810 MOB: +30977 673981

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/essk/enter.html

Odyssey 2001 computer chess tournament

There is a computer chess tournament running as a 15 round Swiss system event. The first round has just been completed. 26 leading chess programs compete. The website has games and commentary.

Website:http://www.rebel.nl/odyssey.htm

3rd Dubai open

The 3rd Dubai Open Chess Championship organised by the Dubai Chess & Culture Club will take place 15th to 26th of April 2001 in Dubai. Players will compete for the Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktum Cup.

Prizes: US$: 1)5000, 2)4500, 3)4000, 4)3000, 5)2500, 6)2000, 7)1500, 8)900, 9)850, 10)750

Invited GM's with ELO rating 2600 and above will be provided with free accomodation in the single room and full board and invited GM's with ELO rating 2550-2599 will be provided with free accomodation in the double room and full board.

Entry is still open. For more information contact:

Dubai Chess & Culture Club
P.O. Box 11354
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel.: +971 (4) 296 66 64
Fax : +971 (4) 296 88 80

Or via E-Mail to: Mr..Mohamed El Husseiny: mhusseiny@dubaichess.com

"Liepajas rokade" GM Rapidplay

Kaspars Migla reports: Liepaja, Latvia organised a GM rapid chess tournament "Liepajas rokade". (Andra Cimina's report on that event appeared in TWIC 301 14th August 2000). This years tournament will be much stronger. It takes place 2nd-5th August. Players: 1. Alexei Shirov (ESP, 2718) 2. Aleksandr Khalifman (RUS, 2690) 3. Ulf Andersson (SWE, 2640) 4. Jaan Ehlvest (EST, 2638) 5. Aleksandr Shabalov (USA, 2609) 6. Edvins Kengis (LAT, 2589) 7. Utut Adianto (INO, 2583) 8. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (POL, 2572) 9. Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU, 2530) 10. Maxim Dlugy (USA, 2531) 11. Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ, 2509) 12. Viktoria Chmilite (LTU, 2433) There will be live coverage: The Internet site for "Liepajas rokade" will be available soon.

There is also an open: GsM and IMs are invited to the "Open" tournament. Entry is still open. Prizes 1) 1000 USD, 2) 500 USD, 3) 300 USD, 4) 200 USD, 5) 100 USD, 6) 50 USD Blitz chess tournament (5 August) prizes total 1000 USD. For more information contact: Aris Ozolins +371-9207601 (mobile) +371-3484128 Cieceres 28-4 Liepaja, Latvia LV-3416 e-mail: ozolins@apollo.lv kurvar@apollo.lv

Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001

The Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001 tournament will be played at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. There are various events:

20-27 may The Olympic YOUNG MASTERS, for this KO system tournament, we are inviting the worlds 8 best junior GM's.(Fide rating of 31/12/2000)

22-27 may The MASTERS OPEN, 9 round swiss system Open, for players with Elo above 2000 points. The tournament meets regulations for GM and IM norms.

24-27 may The GENERAL OPEN, 7 round swiss system Open, for players of all levels with maximum rating of Elo 2150.

For more detailed information and registration, visit our Home-page : http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com

5th Voronezh International Chess Festival

The 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th - 21st, 2001.

1.Rapid tournament, 10-11.06, 9 rounds swiss, 25 minutes. Entry fee - 120 RR. Prizes in RR 2000/1500/1000. Special prizes.

2.Blitz tournament, 17.06, 11 rounds swiss. Entry fee - 60 RR. Prizes 1000/800/600. Special prizes.

3.Open "A". 12-21.06; 9 rounds swiss; 5 hours. Entry fee in RR: 1500 - without Elo; 1200 - 2001-2100; 1000 -2101-2200; 800 -2201-2250; 600-2251-2300;500 -2301-2350; 400 -2351-2400; 300 -2400-2450. Juniors (1983+), ladies, seniors (1940-) have to pay 50%. Free for GM, IM, 2450+. Prizes in RR : 20000/15000/12000/10000/8000/6000/5000/4000/3000/2000x2/1000x2. Special prizes for juniors, ladies, seniors, players without Elo. A participant may get not more than one prize. Opportunity to qualify for FIDE ratings and norms.

4.Open "B"(Elo<2251). 12-20.06; 9 rounds; 4 hours. Entry fee - 500 RR for rated players, 800 RR for unrated players. Prizes:5000/4000/3000/2000/1500x2/1000x2.Special prizes. 5.Open "C"(for unrated players). 13-20.06; 7 rounds swiss; 3,5 hours. Entry fee 400 RR. Prizes : 3000/2000/1500x2/1000x2/500x3. Special prizes.

Accommodation - from 50 RR per night. (1 USD appr. 30 RR)

Place of the festival: Voronezh Chess Club, Engels str.34, ph.007-0732-551777

Information: Alexander Raetsky, Ostuzheva 22 - 46, 394042 Voronezh, Russia. Fax 007-0732-522951(for A.Raetsky) ph.007-0732-136076(20.00-22.00) e-mail: alex.raetsky@usa.net

Website: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

Salou Tournaments

The "Torrevella Chess Club" in Salou, Spain is planning to organise 4 events during this year.

Each event will have a minimum of 3 tournaments with chances to make GM and IM norms as well as getting an Elo rating. Salou is a city 100km south of Barcelona. The first of these events will take place 7th-18th May 2001. Further details: prizes, accomodation, entry fees, etc. about these tournaments can be found on the web page: http://home2.worldonline.es/ortumsal

Dortmund 2001

The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001 will have Anand and Kramnik as the stars of the event. The event which is also the 29th International Dortmund Chess Days will be held July 12th-22nd in Dortmund Opera House (1200 seats for spectators). 6 players from the top ten will be invited for the double round robin event they will include Kramnik and Anand the event will be Category 20 or 21. An announcement will be made in May of the full field. Alongside the super-tournament will be a computer match with a top player, other matches and an Open with 300 participants. Internet coverage will be by http://www.chessgate.de

Further details: http://teleschach.de/dortmund-2001/

Colombian Chess Magazine

There is a new magazine for Colombian chess players. The pages are those of Fide Master Juan Minaya whose the address is: http://www.gimnasio-moderno.edu.co/ajedrezgm/indexaj.htm. Subjects include: Chess as an educational help Activities of the Colombian Chess Federation and its leagues. Information, tournaments, achievements, Elo, etc. Up date information both local and international. Local and international anecdotes. Chess problems for all levels, tests, etc. Preferred links.

Hungarian Events

Chess tournaments in the near future in Hungary and in Yugoslavia: March-April-June 2001...

1. 7th-19th of April FS GM-IM-FM tournaments, Budapest, org: NL

2. 21st of April - 3rd of May THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM tournaments, Belgrade, (YUG) /only 7 hours by train from Budapest, org: NL.

3. 5th-17th of May FS IM-FM tournaments, Budapest, org.NL,

4. 21st of May - 2nd of June ELEKES memorial GM-IM-event, organizer IM Zsinka,mobile phone: (36)-20-921-9197

5. 2nd-14th of June FS GM-IM-FM events, Budapest, org: NL.

6. 16th-28th of June THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM events in Belgrade.Org.NL.

North Sea Cup

The Esbjerg Chess Union stages a 16 edition of its North Sea Cup at Esbjerg Denmark July 6-14 2001. The tournament will again be a 10 player round-robin, at least category 12 is expected. Website address to follow.

Pakistan Chess Player

There is a new website in Pakistan called "Pakistan Chess Player" to promote chess in that region.

Website: http://pakchess.cjb.net

Interesting Links

I came across an interesting interview Kramnik gave in May 1999. It is called "Where have all the chess fans gone?" There seem to be elections in Kalmykia here is an article about that "Liberals accuse authorities" both come from the site: http://www.russiajournal.com/

You can see the results of the deliberations of the FIDE Problem Commission meeting last year which looked at the years 1995, 1996 and 1997. You can find them at: http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/pccc/studies.htm

Gambito Magazine

The Spanish Chess Magazine "Gambito" has a new website, editor Alfonso Romero. Info David Llada.

Internet site: http://www.revistagambito.com/

Rebel Century 3 vs The Web

A match between Rebel Century 3 against the Web is underway.

Internet coverage: http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/rebel.html

Pula Open May 2001

The Croatian Chess Federation and Pula Chess Club are holding an open 18th-26th May 2001. 9 round swiss system.

Full details including contact details at: http://sahklubpula.virtualave.net

E-Mail denis.vretenar@pu.tel.hr ( tel. 385/52/534840) or edvard.glavas@pu.tel.hr

Karpov in Greece

The former World Champion Anatoly Karpov will visit Greece in a chess festival that will take place in Rethymno of Crete. Karpov will play in exhibition match against the 1999 Woman World Champion U-20, Maria Kouvatsou. He will also give a simultaneous match against 20 distinguished opponents. This will take place 17th-21st April 2001.

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

Advanced Chess Leon 2001

The Advanced Chess tournament will be held in Leon (Spain) June 8th-11th 2001. This is the 3rd time the event has been held and is also the 14th Leon tournament. This was originally the idea of Garry Kasparov. Players compete the help of a computer and a Database. The players will be Viswanathan Anand (India), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Leko (Hungary) and Vesselin Topalov (Bulgaria). The main sponsors are: Telefonica, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Caja Duero, Chess Base, Excmo. Ayuntamiento de León, Excma. Diputación de León, Junta de Castila y León and the University of Leon. There will be 4 games per day and the event is a knockout. Timerate: 20 minutes per player, with 10 or 15 seconds increment after every move. The official websites will be at: http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com and http://www.advancedchessleon.com On 1st February 2001 there will be a preliminary presentation for this tournament alongside the European Team Championships, which will also be held in Leon (5th to 16th November 2001) at FITUR.

Politiken Cup 2001

The 23rd Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup) takes place 16th-27th July 2001.

11 round event. One game per day (rest day Monday July 23rd 2001). Timerate: 40 moves in 2 hours / 20 move in 1 hour / 30 min. finish. Totally 7 hours. GM and IM-norms are possible.

Main Prizes 1.15.000 ,- 2. 10.000 ,- 3. 8.000 ,- 4. 6.000 , 5. 4.000,- 6. 3.000 ,- 7. 2.000 ,- 8. 2.000 ,- 9. 2.000 ,- 10.-12. 1.000 ,- Special prizes: Best Women Player 1. 2.000,- 2. 1.000,- Best player born after 1.1. 1987: 1. 2.000,- 2. 1.000,- Ratingprizes : for players with less than 2350, in groups off at least 30 players, placest after highest rating (national or elo.) you can only win one prize ! 1. 3.000 kr. 2. 2.000 kr. 3. 1.000 kr.

Entry: GM + IM free FM + WGM + WIM 600 kr. Juniorer (born 1981 or later) 500 kr. Seniorer (67 years) 500 kr. Players with elo 750 kr. Players without elo 850 kr.

Venue: Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København N.

Contact: Lars Bech Hansen. Address: Hjertebjærgparken 20 Kvarmløse DK-4340 Tølløse Danmark. Email: formand@kbhsu.dk

Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk

GM sites, Tiviakov and Ehlvest

There are a couple of sites where GMs comment on recent events they have competed in.

Sergey Tiviakov has a personal homepage in English and Russian languages with games, articles and more on the site. The latest report is about the Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee 2001 where he competed. Site at: http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/

Jaan Ehlvest reviews the Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament in Estonia on his own site at: http://www.ehlvest.com.

Kasparov's Pepsi Advert

Garry Kasparov got some of the greatest exposure of his chess career. He featured in a Pepsi Advery shown during the Superbowl.

You can see it too at: http://www.pepsi.com/current/joy_of_pepsi/tv_spots/index.cfm. The advert is called Man vs. Machine.

Also at: http://superbowl.adcritic.com/qt/content/pepsi-kasparov-man-vs-machine.htm with better quality and it also gets stored as a temporary file so you can keep it.

WPC Site

Valery Salov heads the WPC (World Players Council) and they have their own website. The site is at: http://w.p.c.tripod.com with a mixture of material in Spanish and English. Includes a new interview with the Vice President of Iran Mr.Hashemi Taba.

Czech Open

The XII. International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2001 which will be held from 12 July to 29 July 2001 in Pardubice. Contact Jan Mazuch for more info j.mazuch@avekont.cz

6th Stuttgart Open

The 6th International Stuttgart Open takes place in Ditzingen (Germany) from 24th-27th May 2001, 7ch.

Further information: http://www.tsv-zuffenhausen.de/schach/

Deep Fritz vs. Germany

There is a Deep Fritz vs. Germany match taking place. Internet coverage: http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/ with an English introduction at: http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/dfritz1e.htm

Andorra Open 2001

There is a website for the Andorra open 30th June-8th July 2001. You can also win a digital camera or enter the event by visiting their website.

Internet site: http://www.internet.ad/feva

New Chess Site

Emil Sutovsky has started contributing to the Chessy site. http://www.chesslove.h1.ru/eng/index.html

Sinisa Joksic www site

Yugoslav journalist Sinisa Joksic has a new internet site. He will cover Yugoslav chess in Serbo-Croatian and English and also the swiss chess tour.

Internet addresses: http://yubc.net/~yuchess or http://www.yuchess.bizland.com.

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.

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