THE WEEK IN CHESS 347 2nd July 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Mainz Chess Classic
3) Dutch Championships
4) III ShakkiNet International
5) July FIDE List
6) Clichy GM
7) Swedish Championships
8) FIDE Board Meeting
9) Mercosur Cup
10) The Mayor's Cup
11) St. John's University Spring International
12) Batumi Open
13) 12th Ljubljana Open
14) 3rd Saturday GM
15) 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival
16) U18 European Teams
17) 43rd Portuguese Teams Championships
18) Limone Piemonte open
19) Andorra Open
20) Hotel Lippa International
21) Montacada Open
22) Professional World Chess Ranking
23) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Mainz Chess Classic           51 games
Dutch Championships           39 games
III ShakkiNet International   59 games
Clichy GM                     35 games
Swedish Championships         14 games
Mercosur Cup                  30 games
The Mayor's Cup               10 games
St. John's University Int     20 games
Batumi Open                  144 games
12th Ljubljana Open          216 games
3rd Saturday GM               24 games
5th Voronezh International   163 games
U18 European Teams           196 games
U18 European Teams Girls      84 games
1088 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Gérard Demuydt, Andrzej Filipowicz, Roberto Alvarez, Tom Hendricks, Roberto Ricca, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Adolivio Capece, Vladica Andrejic, Péter Tomcsányi, Toni Ayza, Alan Cowderoy, Yvette Nagel, Ales Drinovec, Paul Hodges, Andy McFarland, Mogens Nielsen, Dmitri Borissenkov and all those who helped with this issue.

Just what you don't need on a hot magazine day, the FIDE rating list. Nevertheless its interesting. In the next list you will probably need to be over 2600 to be in the top 100, that used to be the mark for candidates class. Now there are 14 players at 2700 or over. Any chance of changing GM norms to a 2700 performance and a rating over 2600, thought not... FIDE's communique doesn't say where the next FIDE championships will be but only mentions that the United Arab Emirates are in the running. They also talk about a new rating system which I presume should be more accurately called the new ranking system unless there is a change I haven't heard about. The next FIDE Congress looks likely to vote on the new faster time control as being the only one allowed. Could this lead to a fatal split in FIDE? I doubt it, when all said and done the Federations have a strong track record of caving in no matter how strongly they claim to feel about things beforehand.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Mainz Chess Classic

The Frankfurt Chess Classic rapid tournament moved to Mainz with a new sponsor Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz and the support of the chess playing mayor of Mainz Mayor Beutel. Anand and Kramnik tied a ten game rapid play match 5-5, Anand won the playoff 1.5-0.5 (time rate 5 minutes plus 5 seconds per move).

The format was slightly different last year the time limit was 25 minutes per game, but this time Kramnik insisted on 10 extra seconds for each move. This was a repeat of the final of the 1998 Chess Classic where Anand beat Kramnik 4:3 after extra games.

Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   34  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Anand, Viswanathan  -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   14  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan  -  Kramnik, Vladimir   0-1   27  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   25  D26  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Anand, Viswanathan  0-1   47  D29  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Anand, Viswanathan  -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   23  C78  Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Anand, Viswanathan  -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   46  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   42  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   26  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Anand, Viswanathan  -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   19  C42  Petroff's Defence

Mainz CC Champions Duel Mainz GER (GER), 26 vi-1 vii 2001
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                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS 2797   = = 1 = 0 = = = = =  5.0  2794
Anand, Viswanathan g  IND 2794   = = 0 = 1 = = = = =  5.0  2797
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Anand, Viswanathan  -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1-0   28  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   38  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted


Mainz CC Champions Duel Playoff Mainz GER 
26 vi-1 vii 2001
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                                1 2 
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Anand, Viswanathan g  IND 2794   1 =   1.5  
Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS 2797   0 =   0.5  
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Internet coverage at: http://www.chesstigers.de and http://www.chessgate.de

Fischer Random Match Leko vs. Adams

Leko won the match 4.5-3.5.

Pocket Fritz vs. Leko and Adams

Pocket Fritz runs on handheld computers. Adams beat it 2-0, Leko 1.5-0.5.

Simultaneous Exhibition

On June 23rd Viswanathan Anand played a 40 board simul where he won 36 drew 2 and lost 2 (Michael Tischendorf and Eckhard Freise the latter was Germany's first person to win the top prize on their version of the TV show "Who wants to be a millionaire"). Kramnik was unbeaten in his simul but only won 33 games which turned out to be half a point less than Anand.

3) Dutch Championships

The Dutch Championships was held in Leeuwarden 19th-30th June 2001. Van Wely beat Erik van den Doel 3-0 in a play off for the title on Sunday. Peng Zhaoqin easily took the women's title.

Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl

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ch-NED Leeuwarden NED (NED), 20-30 vi 2001             cat. XII (2546)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Van Wely, Loek          g NED 2670  * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 =  6.5  2698 
 2. Van den Doel, Erik      g NED 2574  = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2709 
 3. Piket, Jeroen           g NED 2628  = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = =  5.5  2617 
 4. Tiviakov, Sergei        g NED 2603  = 1 0 * = = = = 1 1  5.5  2620 
 5. Van der Weide, Karel    m NED 2455  0 = = = * = = 1 1 =  5.0  2599 
 6. Nijboer, Friso          g NED 2580  = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 =  4.5  2542 
 7. Van der Wiel, John      g NED 2493  0 0 = = = = * = = 1  4.0  2509 
 8. Ernst, Sipke            m NED 2435  0 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 1  3.0  2433 
 9. Van der Werf, Mark      m NED 2450  0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1  2.5  2391 
10. Van der Sterren, Paul   g NED 2576  = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 *  2.0  2323 
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Round 5 (June 26, 2001)

Van Wely, Loek         -  Piket, Jeroen          1/2   39  D20  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Van den Doel, Erik     -  Tiviakov, Sergei       0-1   66  B35  Sicilian Defence
Nijboer, Friso         -  Van der Weide, Karel   1/2   53  B63  Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Werf, Mark     -  Ernst, Sipke           1/2   46  A16  English Opening
Van der Sterren, Paul  -  Van der Wiel, John     0-1   57  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit

Round 6 (June 27, 2001)

Piket, Jeroen          -  Nijboer, Friso         1-0   32  E87  King's Indian Saemisch
Tiviakov, Sergei       -  Van Wely, Loek         1/2   13  C10  French Rubinstein
Van der Weide, Karel   -  Van der Sterren, Paul  1/2   70  B09  Pirc Defence
Ernst, Sipke           -  Van der Wiel, John     1/2   38  E20  Nimzo Indian
Van der Werf, Mark     -  Van den Doel, Erik     0-1   54  D21  Queen's Gambit Accepted

Round 7 (June 28, 2001)

Van Wely, Loek         -  Van der Werf, Mark     1-0   85  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Van den Doel, Erik     -  Ernst, Sipke           1/2   44  C83  Ruy Lopez Open
Nijboer, Friso         -  Tiviakov, Sergei       1/2   68  B36  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Van der Wiel, John     -  Van der Weide, Karel   1/2   33  B65  Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Sterren, Paul  -  Piket, Jeroen          1/2   26  D73  Gruenfeld Defence 3.g3

Round 8 (June 29, 2001)

Van den Doel, Erik     -  Van Wely, Loek         1/2   22  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Piket, Jeroen          -  Van der Wiel, John     1/2   61  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
Tiviakov, Sergei       -  Van der Sterren, Paul  1-0   59  B07  Pirc Defence
Ernst, Sipke           -  Van der Weide, Karel   0-1   28  A57  Volga Gambit
Van der Werf, Mark     -  Nijboer, Friso         0-1   37  D87  Gruenfeld Defence Botvinnik

Round 9 (June 30, 2001)

Van Wely, Loek         -  Ernst, Sipke           1-0   26  E94  King's Indian Classical
Van der Weide, Karel   -  Piket, Jeroen          1/2   30  C78  Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nijboer, Friso         -  Van den Doel, Erik     0-1   34  C67  Ruy Lopez Rio de Janeiro
Van der Wiel, John     -  Tiviakov, Sergei       1/2   18  B36  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Van der Sterren, Paul  -  Van der Werf, Mark     0-1   59  A13  Reti Opening

Van den Doel, Erik  -  Van Wely, Loek      0-1   45  C10  French Rubinstein
Van Wely, Loek      -  Van den Doel, Erik  1-0   32  A29  English Four Knights Variation
Van den Doel, Erik  -  Van Wely, Loek      0-1   27  C10  French Rubinstein


ch-NED Rapid Playoff Leeuwarden NED (NED), 1-1 vii 2001
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                                 1   2   3   4 
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Van Wely, Loek     g  NED 2670    1   1   1   .   3.0      
Van den Doel, Erik g  NED 2574    0   0   0   .   0.0      
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ch-NED Women Leeuwarden NED (NED), 20-30 vi 2001
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                                     1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Peng Zhaoqin           m NED 2391 ** 1= 11 =1 11 11  9.0  2541
2 Sziva, Erika          wg NED 2331 0= ** 1= =1 01 11  6.5  2297
3 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2351 00 0= ** 1= 11 1=  5.5  2219
4 Schuurman, Petra         NED 2193 =0 =0 0= ** 11 1=  5.0  2214
5 Otten,Colleen            NED ---- 00 10 00 00 ** 1=  2.5  2060
6 Muhren, Bianca           NED ---- 00 00 0= 0= 0= **  1.5  1957
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4) III ShakkiNet International

The III ShakkiNet International Chess Tournament takes place in Helsinki, Finland 21st-30th June 2001. The GM-group is Cat. VIII and the IM Cat. I.

In the GM group Tomi Nybäck earned an IM-norm.

Live internet coverage: http://www.shakki.net/3si/

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III ShakkiNet GM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 21-30 vi 2001   cat. VIII (2437)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Horvath, Jozsef        g HUN 2551  * = = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1  6.0  2549 
 2. Horvath, Csaba         g HUN 2508  = * = 1 = = 1 = = =  5.5  2509 
 3. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy   g RUS 2512  = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 =  5.5  2508 
 4. Nyback, Tomi             FIN 2330  0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1  5.0  2491 
 5. Karttunen, Mika        m FIN 2466  0 = 1 = * = 1 = = 0  4.5  2433 
 6. Holmsten, Aleksei      m FIN 2442  = = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1  4.5  2436 
 7. Salmensuu, Olli        m FIN 2441  1 0 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1  4.0  2393 
 8. Maki-Uuro, Miikka      f FIN 2346  0 = = = = 0 0 * 1 1  4.0  2404 
 9. Blauert, Joerg         m GER 2405  = = 0 = = = = 0 * =  3.5  2360 
10. Agopov, Mikael         m FIN 2368  0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 = *  2.5  2278 
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III ShakkiNet IM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 21-30 vi 2001   cat. I (2264)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Seeman, Tarvo       m EST 2427  * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2411 
 2. Kiik, Kalle         m EST 2451  = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 =  6.5  2409 
 3. Keskinen, Sauli       FIN 2239  0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1  6.0  2391 
 4. Kekki, Petri        f FIN 2289  = 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 =  5.0  2304 
 5. Frenklakh, Valery   f USA 2275  = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 =  5.0  2305 
 6. Orso, Miklos        m HUN 2386  0 = 1 1 0 * 0 1 = =  4.5  2250 
 7. Nagy, Laszlo          HUN 2047  0 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1  3.5  2207 
 8. Liitiainen, Elia      FIN 2172  = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1  3.5  2194 
 9. Hamalainen, Sami      FIN 2186  = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1  2.5  2106 
10. Gamback, Bjorn        SWE 2166  0 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 *  2.0  2054 
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5) July FIDE List

The new top 100 FIDE Rating list has been released for April 2001. I've produced the list from their download of all the ratings. The last few lists have been subject to far too many changes shortly after the release of the list.

Kasparov's rating rises 3 points to 2838 and Kramnik is now definitely the second man over 2800 at 2802. Anand at 2794 isn't far behind. There are 14 players over 2700 including former FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman.

Out of the top 100 are Michal Krasenkow down from 2655 to a shocking 2573, Timman down to 2597, Ftacnik down to 2580, Smagin, Bauer, Sasikiran, Khenkin, Macieja, Palac, Marin, Stutua, Goldin, Rozentalis, Novikov, Kozul, Shabalov and Hodgson (although 2595 was enough to get you in the top 100 last time now its 2598 and this accounts for a number of these players).

Winners include Emil Sutovsky up from 2604 to 2651, Aleksej Aleksandrov, up 36 points, Vallejo Pons up 71 points, Delchev up 55, Pigusov, Chuchleov and Andrei Sokolov were significant gainers also. Losers include Tkachiev down 30, Mikhail Gurevich down 55, Korchnoi down 26, Alexander Graf (Nenashev) down 39 points after his move to Germany, and Ulf Andersson down 39.

Seek further info at FIDE's Internet site: http://www.fide.com/

No. Name                              t  NAT  ja00 ju00 oc00 ja01 ap01 ju01   Gms DOB
  1 Kasparov, Gary..................  g  RUS  2851 2849 2849 2849 2835 2838   10 13.04.63
  2 Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2758 2770 2772 2772 2797 2802   10 25.06.75
  3 Anand, Viswanathan..............  g  IND  2769 2762 2774 2790 2794 2794    0 11.12.69
  4 Morozevich, Alexander...........  g  RUS  2748 2756 2734 2745 2749 2749   22 18.07.77
  5 Adams, Michael..................  g  ENG  2715 2755 2754 2746 2750 2744   19 17.11.71
  6 Ivanchuk, Vassily...............  g  UKR  2709 2719 2716 2717 2731 2731    0 18.03.69
  7 Leko, Peter.....................  g  HUN  2725 2743 2748 2745 2730 2730    0 08.09.79
  8 Bareev, Evgeny..................  g  RUS  2709 2702 2694 2709 2709 2719   29 21.11.66
  9 Topalov, Veselin................  g  BUL  2702 2707 2707 2718 2707 2711    9 15.03.75
 10 Shirov, Alexei..................  g  ESP  2751 2746 2746 2718 2722 2706   21 04.07.72
 11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............  g  UZB  2614 2690 2690 2693 2693 2704   20 05.12.79
 12 Gelfand, Boris..................  g  ISR  2692 2681 2683 2712 2712 2704   13 24.06.68
 13 Smirin, Ilia....................  g  ISR  2666 2677 2674 2686 2691 2702   30 21.01.68
 14 Khalifman, Alexander............  g  RUS  2656 2667 2658 2690 2690 2700   10 18.01.66
 15 Georgiev, Kiril.................  g  BUL  2677 2661 2674 2676 2676 2695   32 28.11.65
 16 Van Wely, Loek..................  g  NED  2646 2643 2643 2700 2670 2695   44 07.10.72
 17 Svidler, Peter..................  g  RUS  2672 2689 2695 2695 2695 2695    9 17.06.76
 18 Karpov, Anatoly.................  g  RUS  2696 2699 2699 2679 2692 2692    0 23.05.51
 19 Dreev, Alexey...................  g  RUS  2680 2676 2681 2685 2685 2690   18 30.01.69
 20 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ...........  g  HUN  2658 2656 2656 2676 2678 2686   13 23.07.76
 21 Ponomariov, Ruslan..............  g  UKR  2627 2630 2624 2677 2673 2684   29 11.10.83
 22 Ye, Jiangchuan..................  g  CHN  2616 2670 2682 2671 2671 2677   20 20.11.60
 23 Lautier, Joel...................  g  FRA  2632 2648 2648 2658 2658 2675   40 12.04.73
 24 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab..........  g  GEO  2673 2673 2678 2670 2670 2674   22 16.03.60
 25 Grischuk, Alexander.............  m  RUS  2581 2606 2601 2663 2667 2669   20 31.10.83
 26 Zhang, Zhong....................  g  CHN  2611 2636 2607 2607 2632 2667   32 05.09.78
 27 Onischuk, Alexander.............  g  UKR  2637 2627 2647 2658 2658 2667   18 03.09.75
 28 Short, Nigel D..................  g  ENG  2683 2677 2687 2676 2676 2664   15 01.06.65
 29 Akopian, Vladimir...............  g  ARM  2660 2660 2671 2656 2654 2660   27 07.12.71
 30 Beliavsky, Alexander G..........  g  SLO  2640 2654 2629 2638 2638 2659   46 17.12.53
 31 Sokolov, Ivan...................  g  BIH  2637 2611 2611 2659 2659 2659   29 13.06.68
 32 Kharlov, Andrei.................  g  RUS  2616 2627 2627 2639 2639 2656   49 20.11.68
 33 Bologan, Viktor.................  g  MDA  2589 2641 2651 2684 2676 2655   36 14.12.71
 34 Bacrot, Etienne.................  g  FRA  2594 2613 2613 2618 2627 2653   31 22.01.83
 35 Nikolic, Predrag................  g  BIH  2659 2657 2657 2652 2652 2652   24 11.09.60
 36 Sutovsky, Emil..................  g  ISR  2597 2609 2609 2605 2604 2651   52 19.09.77
 37 Vaganian, Rafael A..............  g  ARM  2618 2623 2627 2641 2641 2650   35 15.10.51
 38 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............  g  BLR  2606 2591 2597 2610 2610 2646   46 11.05.73
 39 Xu, Jun.........................  g  CHN  2578 2668 2665 2655 2655 2646   17 17.09.62
 40 Seirawan, Yasser................  g  USA  2647 2647 2647 2640 2640 2644    7 24.03.60
 41 Lutz, Christopher...............  g  GER  2587 2595 2595 2609 2614 2643   24 24.02.71
 42 Tkachiev, Vladislav.............  g  FRA  2670 2657 2659 2672 2672 2642   35 09.11.73
 43 Rublevsky, Sergei...............  g  RUS  2662 2670 2653 2657 2657 2639   20 15.10.74
 44 Zvjaginsev, Vadim...............  g  RUS  2641 2634 2635 2631 2627 2638   27 18.08.76
 45 Malakhov, Vladimir..............  g  RUS  2593 2605 2605 2613 2623 2637   26 27.11.80
 46 Crisan, Alexandru...............  g  ROM  2537 2538 2538 2635 2635 2635    0 31.07.62
 47 Gurevich, Mikhail...............  g  BEL  2694 2667 2673 2694 2688 2633   60 22.02.59
 48 Jussupow, Artur.................  g  GER  2628 2610 2610 2645 2645 2633   39 13.02.60
 49 Sadler, Matthew.................  g  ENG  2630 2628 2628 2633 2633 2631   16 15.05.74
 50 Almasi, Zoltan..................  g  HUN  2676 2668 2668 2640 2640 2630   29 29.08.76
 51 Vallejo Pons, Francisco.........  g  ESP  2528 2554 ---- 2545 2559 2630   42 21.08.82
 52 Dautov, Rustem..................  g  GER  2602 2606 2603 2631 2631 2630   38 28.11.65
 53 Piket, Jeroen...................  g  NED  2633 2649 2640 2632 2628 2630   34 27.01.69
 54 Sakaev, Konstantin..............  g  RUS  2629 2627 2620 2639 2637 2630   21 13.04.74
 55 Delchev, Aleksander.............  g  BUL  2560 2557 ---- 2587 2584 2629   66 15.07.71
 56 Peng, Xiaomin...................  g  CHN  2624 2657 2655 2648 2648 2629   33 08.04.73
 57 Lastin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2510 2560 2633 2631 2627 2628   37 30.10.76
 58 Motylev, Alexander..............  g  RUS  2552 2574 2583 2570 2601 2627   54 17.06.79
 59 Movsesian, Sergei...............  g  CZE  2668 2666 2666 2661 2661 2627   51 03.11.78
 60 Ehlvest, Jaan...................  g  EST  2622 2627 2628 2638 2630 2627   35 14.10.62
 61 Hansen, Curt....................  g  DEN  2618 2613 2620 2619 2619 2626   21 18.09.64
 62 Shipov, Sergei..................  g  RUS  2640 2640 2640 2640 2640 2625   17 17.04.66
 63 Landa, Konstantin...............  g  RUS  2598 2610 2610 2610 2610 2619   31 22.05.72
 64 Tiviakov, Sergei................  g  NED  2567 2608 2606 2597 2603 2618   16 14.02.73
 65 Tregubov, Pavel V...............  g  RUS  2615 2620 2610 2628 2628 2617   48 21.12.71
 66 Filippov, Valerij...............  g  RUS  2584 2593 2601 2619 2632 2617   43 28.11.75
 67 Korchnoi, Viktor................  g  SUI  2659 2620 2632 2639 2643 2617   22 23.03.31
 68 Milov, Vadim....................  g  SUI  2653 2626 2626 2604 2605 2614   32 01.08.72
 69 Milos, Gilberto.................  g  BRA  2620 2633 2644 2608 2608 2614   20 30.10.63
 70 Pigusov, Evgeny.................  g  RUS  2610 2578 ---- 2572 2584 2613   47 31.03.61
 71 Vladimirov, Evgeny..............  g  KAZ  2586 2598 2621 2612 2612 2612   37 20.01.57
 72 Huebner, Robert Dr..............  g  GER  2620 2615 2606 2616 2616 2612   15 06.11.48
 73 Graf, Alexander.................  g  GER  2600 2642 2645 2649 2649 2610   55 25.08.62
 74 Hracek, Zbynek..................  g  CZE  2620 2612 2604 2602 2603 2610   41 09.09.70
 75 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter.........  g  ROM  2611 2592 2592 2596 2596 2609   32 01.08.76
 76 Lputian, Smbat G................  g  ARM  2605 2598 2610 2607 2607 2608   22 14.02.58
 77 Magomedov, Magaram..............  g  RUS  2594 2608 2608 2608 2608 2608    0 20.05.66
 78 Chuchelov, Vladimir.............  g  BEL  2518 2535 ---- 2539 2550 2607   57 28.09.69
 79 Van Den Doel, Erik..............  g  NED  2552 2547 ---- 2564 2574 2607   41 15.05.79
 80 Rustemov, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2553 2534 2553 2620 2625 2607   30 06.07.73
 81 Fressinet, Laurent..............  g  FRA  2501 2536 ---- 2581 2575 2606   53 01.11.81
 82 Kaidanov, Gregory S.............  g  USA  2599 2624 2619 2607 2601 2605    8 11.10.59
 83 Sokolov, Andrei.................  g  FRA  2565 2564 ---- 2566 2568 2604   77 20.03.63
 84 Tukmakov, Vladimir B............  g  UKR  2574 2582 2582 2595 2604 2604   51 15.03.46
 85 Luther, Thomas..................  g  GER  2509 2547 ---- 2544 2568 2604   48 04.11.69
 86 Asrian, Karen...................  g  ARM  2572 2566 ---- 2582 2582 2604   22 24.04.80
 87 Speelman, Jonathan S............  g  ENG  2604 2623 2612 2604 2594 2603   13 02.10.56
 88 Gyimesi, Zoltan.................  g  HUN  2518 2539 ---- 2564 2571 2602   47 31.03.77
 89 Gulko, Boris F..................  g  USA  2644 2643 2642 2622 2606 2602    4 09.02.47
 90 Dorfman, Josif D................  g  FRA  2593 2600 2600 2602 2602 2602   17 01.05.53
 91 Degraeve, Jean-Marc.............  g  FRA  2498 2540 ---- 2589 2589 2602   54 26.01.71 
 92 Andersson, Ulf..................  g  SWE  2625 2641 2641 2640 2640 2601   41 27.06.51
 93 Chernin, Alexander..............  g  HUN  2583 2572 ---- 2583 2588 2601   25 06.03.60
 94 Hickl, Joerg....................  g  GER  2556 2573 ---- 2582 2582 2600   17 16.04.65
 95 Kotsur, Pavel...................  g  KAZ  2587 2589 ---- 2581 2576 2600   45 03.01.74
 96 Najdoski, Toni..................  g  MKD  2548 2492 2559 2601 2600 2600    0 04.05.70
 97 Baklan, Vladimir................  g  UKR  2571 2599 2611 2613 2613 2599   49 25.02.78
 98 Najer, Evgeniy..................  g  RUS  2572 2597 2590 2616 2600 2599   30 22.06.77
 99 Fedorov, Alexei.................  g  BLR  2684 2646 ---- 2575 2590 2599   22 27.09.72
100 Istratescu, Andrei..............  g  ROM  2556 2578 ---- 2582 2561 2598   51 03.12.75
101 Avrukh, Boris...................  g  ISR  2620 2625 2625 2630 2600 2598   48 08.01.78
102 Adianto, Utut...................  g  INA  2584 2583 ---- 2589 2589 2598   18 16.03.65
103 Eingorn, Vereslav S.............  g  UKR  2597 2586 ---- 2589 2589 2598   47 23.11.56

6) Clichy GM

There is a GM tournament in Clichy which takes place June 25th- July 3rd 2001.

Live coverage at: http://chessevt.zonejeux.com/ or http://www.sportechecs.com/ or http://www.europe-echecs.com or (Live with English Chat).

Further information at: http://www.notzai.com/ and http://www.clichy-echecs.org/

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GM Clichy FRA (FRA), 25 vi-3 vii 2001                  cat. XIV (2585)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Conquest, Stuart        g ENG 2563  * . = = 1 1 . = = 1  5.0  2735 
 2. Lautier, Joel           g FRA 2658  . * 1 = = = = = . =  4.0  2639 
 3. Gurevich, Mikhail       g BEL 2688  = 0 * . = = 1 . 1 =  4.0  2628 
 4. Hebden, Mark            g ENG 2560  = = . * . 0 1 = = 1  4.0  2620 
 5. Bauer, Christian        g FRA 2612  0 = = . * = = 1 . 1  4.0  2646 
 6. Tregubov, Pavel V       g RUS 2628  0 = = 1 = * . = = .  3.5  2591 
 7. Degraeve, Jean-Marc     g FRA 2589  . = 0 0 = . * 1 = 1  3.5  2581 
 8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre   g FRA 2552  = = . = 0 = 0 * 1 .  3.0  2538 
 9. Apicella, Manuel        g FRA 2508  = . 0 = . = = 0 * 1  3.0  2532 
10. Renet, Olivier          g FRA 2494  0 = = 0 0 . 0 . 0 *  1.0  2287 
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7) Swedish Championships

The Swedish Championships take place in Linköping (200 km south of Stockholm) 30th June - 15th July. The organisers of the event, the local chess club Linköpings ASS, will be broadcasting the games from the GM group live on the Internet. This will be done using an extension of palview that has been developed specialy for the occasion. Linköping's site is at: http://schacksm.just.nu/

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ch-SWE Linkoping SWE (SWE), 30 vi-14 vii 2001                  cat. VIII (2438)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Brynell, Stellan         m SWE 2489  * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1  2.0       
 2. Olsson, Anders             SWE 2265  . * = . . . . . 1 . . . . .  1.5  2589 
 3. Carlsson, Pontus           SWE 2330  . = * . . . . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2598 
 4. Berg, Emanuel            m SWE 2474  . . . * . . = . . 1 . . . .  1.5  2679 
 5. Agrest, Evgenij          g SWE 2532  . . . . * . . = . . . . 1 .  1.5  2582 
 6. Barkhagen, Jonas         m SWE 2456  . . . . . * = . . . . . . 1  1.5  2693 
 7. Cramling, Pia            g SWE 2496  . . . = . = * . . . . . . .  1.0  2465 
 8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger   g SWE 2443  . . . . = . . * . = . . . .  1.0  2504 
 9. Akesson, Ralf            g SWE 2463  . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 1 .  1.0  2300 
10. Karlsson, Lars           g SWE 2476  . . . 0 . . . = . * . . . .  0.5  2265 
11. Couso, Luis              f SWE 2324  0 . . . . . . . . . * = . .  0.5  2324 
12. Hector, Jonny            g SWE 2546  . . 0 . . . . . . . = * . .  0.5  2134 
13. Eriksson, Anders         f SWE 2335  . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * .  0.0       
14. Wedberg, Tom             g SWE 2505  0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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Round 1 (June 30, 2001)

Brynell, Stellan        -  Couso, Luis             1-0   57  B22  Sicilian Alapin Variation
Olsson, Anders          -  Akesson, Ralf           1-0   37  B43  Sicilian Paulsen
Berg, Emanuel           -  Cramling, Pia           1/2   48  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Barkhagen, Jonas        -  Wedberg, Tom            1-0   37  C67  Ruy Lopez Rio de Janeiro
Karlsson, Lars          -  Hillarp Persson, Tiger  1/2   16  A07  Barcza System
Hector, Jonny           -  Carlsson, Pontus        0-1   47  C13  French Classical
Eriksson, Anders        -  Agrest, Evgenij         0-1   40  E21  Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3

Round 2 (July 1, 2001)

Carlsson, Pontus        -  Olsson, Anders          1/2   26  C06  French Tarrasch
Cramling, Pia           -  Barkhagen, Jonas        1/2   66  D00  Queen's Pawn Game
Hillarp Persson, Tiger  -  Agrest, Evgenij         1/2   25  A34  English Symmetrical Variation
Akesson, Ralf           -  Eriksson, Anders        1-0   40  A33  English Symmetrical Variation
Karlsson, Lars          -  Berg, Emanuel           0-1   69  A81  Dutch Leningrad Variation
Couso, Luis             -  Hector, Jonny           1/2   53  C61  Ruy Lopez Bird's Defence
Wedberg, Tom            -  Brynell, Stellan        0-1   59  C11  French Defence

8) FIDE Board Meeting

There was a FIDE Board Meeting in Dubai on July 1st 2001.

The United Arab Emirates are in the frame to hold the FIDE Championships according to a FIDE communique released on July 1st.

It also resolved to begin a "test run on the parallel implementation of the new rating system in close collaboration with FIDE Commerce, the FIDE technical experts on rating matters as well as national federations. It further resolved to give FIDE Commerce the support needed for the implementation later this month of the World Internet Championship, which will serve as basis for the selection of 8 qualifiers to the World Championship this year."

"With regard to the new time control, a Committee comprising Rating Administrator C. Abundo, Arbiters' Council Chairman P. Nikolopoulos and World Championship Cycle Committee Chairman W. Iclicki was appointed to study proposals on changes to the system to allow for only one time control and to report to the next FIDE Congress in Halkidiki. It further resolved to put forward its recommendation on the new time control to the next FIDE Congress for confirmation."

"The Board also resolved to fully adopt the IOC Medical Code as the only basis for the FIDE Anti-Doping Code with effect from 1 July 2001."

9) Mercosur Cup

The IV Mercosur Cup - 110th Aniversary of Florida City" Vicente Lopez - Argentina takes place June 22nd - July 6th 2001. The scoring is 3 points a win, 1 point a draw, 0 point a loss. Time Controls FIDE: 40 moves in 75 minutes followed by 15 minutes finish with each player getting extra 30 seconds each move. The event is FIDE Category IX event with a GM norm set at 7/10 pts and an IM norm 5/10 pts. The computer program Chess Tiger competes. After seven rounds CHESS TIGER leads.

Website: http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/

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IV Copa Mercosur Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 23 vi-6 vii 2001cat. VII (2415)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. CHESS TIGER                ----  * = . = = . . . 1 1 1 1  5.5  2675 
 2. Slipak, Sergio       m ARG 2448  = * . = . . 1 = 1 = . 1  5.0  2540 
 3. Panno, Oscar         g ARG 2471  . . * = = . = = 1 = . 1  4.5  2551 
 4. Limp, Eduardo        m BRA 2465  = = = * . = . 1 0 1 . .  4.0  2453 
 5. Valerga, Diego       m ARG 2468  = . = . * = = = . . 1 =  4.0  2425 
 6. Ricardi, Pablo       g ARG 2554  . . . = = * = = = . 1 =  4.0  2484 
 7. Hoffman, Alejandro   g ARG 2453  . 0 = . = = * . . 1 = =  3.5  2454 
 8. Andres, Miguel       m CUB 2382  . = = 0 = = . * . = = .  3.0  2412 
 9. Rodriguez, Andres    g URU 2500  0 0 0 1 . = . . * = 1 .  3.0  2345 
10. Matsuura, Everaldo   m BRA 2467  0 = = 0 . . 0 = = * . .  2.0  2230 
11. Scarella, Enrique    f ARG 2361  0 . . . 0 0 = = 0 . * 1  2.0  2237 
12. Dorin, Mauricio      m ARG 2410  0 0 0 . = = = . . . 0 *  1.5  2163 
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Scores using the 3 points for a win system:
1   Slipak,Sergio         2448      * 1 1 3 1 3 3         1  13.0/0  0.00
2   Matsuura,Everaldo     2467      1 * 0 1 1 0         1 0   4.0/0  0.00
3   Limp,Eduardo          2465      1 3 * 0 3         1 1 1  10.0/0  0.00
4   Rodriguez,Andrés      2500      0 1 3 *         3 1 0 0   8.0/0  0.00
5   Andres,Miguel         2382      1 1 0   *     1 1 1 1     6.0/0  0.00
6   Hoffman,Alejandro     2453      0 3       * 1 1 1 1 1     8.0/0  0.00
7   Dorin,Mauricio        2410      0         1 * 1 0 1 0 0   3.0/0  0.00
8   Valerga,Diego         2468              1 1 1 * 3 1 1 1   9.0/0  0.00
9   Scarella,Enrique      2361            0 1 1 3 0 * 0   0   5.0/0  0.00
10  Ricardi,Pablo         2554          1 1 1 1 1 1 3 *       9.0/0  0.00
11  Panno,Oscar           2471        1 1 3 1 1 3 1     *    11.0/0  0.00
12  COMP Chess Tiger      2632*     1 3 1 3     3 1 3     *  15.0/0  0.00

10) The Mayor's Cup

Susan Polgar and the Polgar chess center organised and sponsored a Category 10 GM tournament in Queens, New York June 18th-26th, 2001. It is called "The Mayor's Cup" - endorsed by the city and the Mayor of New York. Igor Novikov and Irina Krush (with a GM norm) finished with 6/9. Dmitry Schneider scored an IM norm.

Further information at http://www.polgarchess.com

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Mayor's Cup New York USA (USA), 18-26 vi 2001          cat. X (2481)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Novikov, Igor A       g UKR 2596  * = = = 1 0 1 1 = 1  6.0  2593 
 2. Krush, Irina          m USA 2380  = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2617 
 3. Gruenfeld, Yehuda     g ISR 2520  = 1 * 1 = 0 0 1 1 =  5.5  2556 
 4. Yudasin, Leonid       g ISR 2568  = = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1  5.5  2551 
 5. Blatny, Pavel         g CZE 2547  0 = = = * 1 = 0 1 1  5.0  2516 
 6. Schneider, Dmitry     f USA 2406  1 0 1 0 0 * = 1 = =  4.5  2489 
 7. Shahade, Gregory      f USA 2458  0 0 1 0 = = * 1 1 =  4.5  2483 
 8. Simutowe, Amon        m ZAM 2470  0 = 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 1  3.5  2402 
 9. Perelshteyn, Eugene   m USA 2436  = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * =  2.5  2319 
10. Nakamura, Hikaru      f USA 2428  0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = *  2.0  2266 
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11) St. John's University Spring International

A Category IV IM norm event took place in New York City, June 18th-27th 2001. The event was the St. John's University Spring 2001 International a 10 player all-play-all. Justin Sarkar (USA) won the tournament with 6.5 points out of 9 also earning his 3rd and final IM norm. William Morrison (USA) took second place with 6/9 ahead of Evgeny Gersov (RUS) with a point total of 5.5. The game Morrison-Gersov is missing but was given the wrong result last week it was a win for black.

Internet coverage: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~kerrt/chess/sjuchess.html

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St John's University New York USA (USA), 18-27 vi 2001cat. IV (2335)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Sarkar, Justin        f USA 2406  * = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1  6.5  2493 
 2. Morrison, William     f USA 2381  = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 =  6.0  2455 
 3. Gersov, Evgeny          RUS 2265  = 1 * 0 1 0 = = 1 1  5.5  2423 
 4. Smith, Bryan G        f USA 2308  = = 1 * = = 0 1 1 0  5.0  2381 
 5. Bonin, Jay R          m USA 2381  0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1  5.0  2373 
 6. Szuk, Balazs          m HUN 2360  0 0 1 = = * 1 = 0 1  4.5  2332 
 7. Muhammad, Stephen A   f USA 2307  1 = = 1 0 0 * 0 0 1  4.0  2295 
 8. Kurniawan, Bobby      m INA 2375  0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1  4.0  2288 
 9. Glinert, Stephen      f CAN 2273  0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 1  3.0  2217 
10. Belorusov, Mikhail      RUS 2298  0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 *  1.5  2066 
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12) Batumi Open

An Open Chess Championship for countries of the Black Sea region started in Batumi and takes place 26th June- 5th July 2001. 95 players from Georgia , Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia are taking part. They include 13 GMs and 19 IMs. After three rounds three players are on 3/3, Arsen Yegiazarian, Tamaz Gelashvili and Khvicha Supatashvili.

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Open Batumi GEO (GEO), 26 vi-5 vii 2001
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 1. Yegiazarian, Arsen        g  ARM 2529  3.0       
 2. Gelashvili, Tamaz         g  GEO 2535  3.0       
 3. Supatashvili, Khvicha     m  GEO 2469  3.0       
 4. Aleksandrov, Aleksej      g  BLR 2610  2.5  2621 
 5. Sturua, Zurab             g  GEO 2600  2.5  2519 
 6. Lomineishvili, Maia       wg GEO 2437  2.5  2641 
 7. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil    m  GEO 2416  2.5  2520 
 8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar       AZE 2522  2.5  2559 
 9. Izoria, Zviad             m  GEO 2489  2.5  2568 
10. Zhukova, Natalia          wg UKR 2463  2.5  2515 
11. Shengelia, Davit             GEO 2385  2.5  2447 
12. Shanava, Konstantine         GEO 2281  2.5  2306 
13. Gharamian, Tigran            ARM 2228  2.5  2709 
14. Chibukhchian, Artur       m  ARM 2293  2.5  2471 
15. Zatonskih, Anna           wg UKR 2421  2.5  2539 
95 players

13) 12th Ljubljana Open

The 12th Ljubljana Open took place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) June 23rd-July 1st 2001. There were 5 GMs among the 124 players. The winner was Blazimir Kovacevic on tie-break from Ivan Farago, Doru Alexandru Ionescu, Robert Loncar and Marko Tratar, all scored 7/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/lj/lj01

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12th Open Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 23 vi-1 vii 2001
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 1. Kovacevic, Blazimir      m  CRO 2443  7.0  55.5 43.5 1  
 2. Farago, Ivan             g  HUN 2485  7.0  53.5 42.0 2  
 3. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru  f  ROM 2397  7.0  52.0 42.0 3  
 4. Loncar, Robert           m  CRO 2433  7.0  53.5 41.5 4  
 5. Tratar, Marko            m  SLO 2410  7.0  53.0 41.5 5  
 6. Sax, Gyula               g  HUN 2563  6.5  52.5 41.0 6  
 7. Podkriznik, Gregor       f  SLO 2327  6.5  50.5 39.5 7  
 8. Sitnik, Igor                SLO 2288  6.5  49.5 39.0 8  
 9. Podlesnik, Bogdan        m  SLO 2407  6.5  49.0 38.5 9  
10. Kutuzovic, Branko        m  CRO 2414  6.5  48.0 37.5 10 
11. Zelcic, Robert           g  CRO 2503  6.5  44.5 35.0 11 
12. Navinsek, Tomaz             SLO 2268  6.5  45.5 34.5 12 
13. Novak, Gorazd               SLO 2172  6.5  42.5 33.5 13 
14. Piskur, Mitja               SLO 2234  6.0  52.0 41.5 14 
15. Barle, Janez             m  SLO 2380  6.0  52.0 40.5 15 
16. Susnik, Matej               SLO 2223  6.0  49.0 38.5 16 
17. Pavasovic, Dusko         g  SLO 2515  6.0  46.5 36.0 17 
18. Gruskovnjak, Tomislav       SLO 2290  6.0  44.0 33.5 18 
19. Srebrnic, Marko             SLO 2151  6.0  39.0 31.0 19 
20. Stubljar,Andrej             SLO ----  6.0  40.5 30.5 20 
21. Djurkovic, Maks             SLO 2126  6.0  39.0 29.5 21 
22. Skoberne, Jure              SLO ----  6.0  38.0 29.5 22 
124 players

14) 3rd Saturday GM

The Third Saturday GM tournament took place in Belgrade 16th-26th June 2001. The event was a GM event. Norms: GM=8, IM=6. IMs Heikki Kallio who won the event on 9/11 and Vladimir Kostic on 8/11 seemed to pass this mark. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the information.

Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm

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TSGM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 16-26 vi 2001                cat. VIII (2430)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Kallio, Heikki      m FIN 2410  * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1  9.0  2693 
 2. Kostic, Vladimir    m YUG 2383  = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  8.0  2609 
 3. Weinzettl, Ernst    m AUT 2422  = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 =  7.0  2532 
 4. Pap, Misa             YUG 2416  0 = 1 * = = = = = 1 = =  6.0  2467 
 5. Arsovic, Goran      m YUG 2415  0 = = = * = = = = = = 1  5.5  2431 
 6. Todorov, Ognjan     m BUL 2344  0 0 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2437 
 7. Pikula, Dejan       m YUG 2504  = = 0 = = = * = = = = =  5.0  2387 
 8. Simic, Radoslav     g YUG 2429  0 0 = = = = = * = = = =  4.5  2365 
 9. Milanovic, Danilo     YUG 2421  0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = 1  4.5  2365 
10. Popchev, Milko      g BUL 2469  0 = = 0 = = = = 0 * = =  4.0  2324 
11. Pavlovic, Milos     g YUG 2501  = 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * =  4.0  2321 
12. Sahovic, Dragutin   g YUG 2446  0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = *  3.0  2253 
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15) 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival

The 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival took place June 10th - 21st, 2001. Evgeny Egorov took first place alone on 7.5/9. My thanks to Dmitri Borissenkov for the games.

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

Final Round 9 Standings:
  1. Egorov Evgeny               7.5  51.0  42.00  36.5  2406 2628 +2.18
  2. Zakharstov Viacheslav       7.0  52.0  40.00  36.0  2484 2583 +0.96
     Ivanov Victor L.            7.0  53.5  39.75  38.5  2451 2625 +1.96
     Zakharov Alexander I.       7.0  51.0  38.25  38.5  2428 2603 +1.96
     Obukhov Alexandr            7.0  48.5  36.00  36.0  2417 2556 +1.29
  6. Vysochin Spartak            6.5  45.0  32.75  30.5  2527 2518 -0.07
     Ulko Jaroslav               6.5  48.0  31.75  32.5  2480 2533 +0.65
     Khmelnitski Alexander       6.5  47.5  32.50  32.5  2452 2517 +0.74
     Varavin Viktor              6.5  47.5  32.00  34.5  2449 2546 +1.10
     Grebionkin Vladimir         6.5  50.0  34.75  34.5  2448 2546 +1.19
     Tunik Gennady               6.5  44.5  29.75  34.5  2434 2516 +0.92
     Shalimov Valery             6.5  45.5  32.00  31.5  2425 2487 +0.74
     Gasanov Eldar               6.5  43.5  30.50  31.0  2414 2460 +0.56
 14. Belikov Vladimir            6.0  41.5  28.00  24.5  2502 2392 -1.08
     Shtyrenkov Veniamen         6.0  40.5  25.50  27.0  2500 2426 -0.76
     Chuprov Dmitry              6.0  48.0  28.00  35.0  2473 2510 +0.42
     Alavkin Arseny              6.0  43.0  26.75  32.0  2466 2476 +0.06
     Sergienko Sergey            6.0  42.5  27.75  29.5  2437 2443 +0.06
     Simantsev Mikhail           6.0  44.5  26.00  29.0  2396 2412 +0.12
     Skorchenko Dmitry           6.0  44.5  27.25  30.0  2391 2402 +0.06
     Isupov Vladimir             6.0  39.0  23.50  26.5  2390 2453 +0.59
     Pavlov Alexander            6.0  50.0  31.00  32.0  2319 2461 +1.41
     Golovko Sergey              6.0  42.5  25.50  28.5  2305 2438 +1.08
     Vinokurov Andrey            6.0  49.0  29.50  31.0  2289 2513 +2.36
     136 players

16) U18 European Teams

The 2nd boys and girls U18 European Team Championships took place in Balatonlelle, Hungary, 22nd-29th June 2001.

Internet coverage: http://home.tvnet.hu/~chess/u18etc/

Boys Under-18 Final Results

 1.   Ukraine        21.0  
 2.   Romania        18.5  
 3.   Yugoslavia     17.0  
 4.   Hungary        16.0  
 5.   Slovenia       16.0  
 6.   Germany        15.0  
 7.   Switzerland    14.0  
 8.   Lithuania      14.0  
 9.   Czech Republic 13.5  
10.   Slovakie       12.5  
11.   Turkey         11.5  
12.   France II.     11.0  
13.   Scotland        9.5  
14.   France I.       6.5  

Girls Under-18 Final Results

 1.   Ukraine I.     11.0  
 2.   Hungary        10.0  
 3.   Germany         9.5  
 4.   Romania I.      9.0  
 5.   Ukraine II.     7.5  
 6.   Yugoslavia      6.5  
 7.   Slovakie        6.5  
 8.   Romania II.     6.5  
 9.   Lithuania       6.0  
10.   Slovenia I.     5.5  
11.   Slovenia II.    4.5  
12.   Switzerland     4.5  
13.   Turkey          4.0  

17) 43rd Portuguese Teams Championships

43rd Portuguese League Championships are taking place in Barreiro 14th June - 1st July 2001. Players include: Nicola Mitkov, Kevin Spraggett, Aleksa Strikovic, Daniel Campora, Romoald Mainka and Arnaud Hauchard.

Luis Costa reports: The defending champions Boavista the favourites with a team including GM Mitkov and IMs Vassallo, Galego and Damaso, the first reserve is the Portuguese champion Carlos P Santos. The participation of 6 GMs means that for the first time the Portuguese League may produce GM norms. The GMs are (besides the Macedonian player Mitkov are: Strikovic (YUG) and Campora (ARG) playing for Diana Evora, Spraggett (CAN) for Guarda, Hauchard (FRA) for GX Porto, and Mainka (GER) for Académica Coimbra. The argentian IM Vassallo for Boavista, and the Spanish IM Reinaldo (GX Porto) and FM Caselas (Diana Evora) are other FIDE titled forigners playing.

I'll round up the games and final results next week.

Internet coverage: http://planeta.clix.pt/cxb/cn.htm and http://www.infoxadrez.com/

Round 8 Standings:
 1 Boavista FC                    8  8  0  0  27,0  24
 2 GX Guarda                      8  5  2  1  20,0  20
 3 FC Barreirense / BNC           8  5  1  2  21,5  19
 4 CAC Pontinha / Tranquilidade   8  4  1  3  18,5  17
 5 GD Diana Évora                 8  3  2  3  13,0  16
 6 GX Porto / Mestre Maco         8  3  1  4  14,0  15
 7 Académica de Coimbra           8  3  1  4  13,0  15
 8 SMD Caneças / Tropical         8  1  3  4  13,5  13
 9 CP EDP Lisboa                  8  0  4  4  10,0  12
10 NX Faro / Rentauto             8  0  1  7   8,5   9

18) Limone Piemonte open

There was an International Open Tournament in the town of Limone Piemonte, Italy, June 24th - July 1st 2001. Alongside was the semi-finals of the Italian Championships. Gojko Laketic won the open with 6.5 points ahead of Milan Mrdja, Miroljub Lazic on 6 and Lexy Ortega and Alessio De Santis on 5.5. The semi-finals was won by Paolo Vezzosi on 6.5 points. No games available.

Internet coverage: http://www.scaccomatto.org/limoneopen.html, http://www.scaccomatto.org/limonesemifinale.html, http://www.scaccomatto.org/limonestart.html and http://www.scaccomatto.org

19) Andorra Open

The XIX Open D'andorra takes place 30th June -8th July 2001. Players include: Vladimir Baklan, Igor Khenkin, Vadim Milov, Mihail Marin, Boris Avrukh, Norman Miezis and Lev Psakhis.

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

20) Hotel Lippa International

The GM norm tournament in the Hotel Lipa in Szentgotthárd, Hungary took place 13th-23rd June 2001. Koneru Humpy won with 8.5/11 (GM Norm) 2nd was Adam Horvath with 8.5 (GM Norm) in 3rd place was Zoltan Varga. No games available, my thanks to Péter Tomcsányi for the information.

21) Montacada Open

The Montcada International Open which is near Barcelona started 25th June 2001. Atanas Kolev, Viktor Moskalenko, Victor Vehi Bach, and Azer Mirzoev lead on 5.5/7.

Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/toniayza/OPEN01/Montcada.htm

22) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for July 1st for players rated 2500 and higher has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.

 1 Kasparov,Garry         13.04.1963  RUS  2798 122 
 2 Kramnik,Vladimir       25.06.1975  RUS  2786 128 
 3 Anand,Viswanathan      11.12.1969  IND  2770 117 
 4 Morozevich,Alexander   18.07.1977  RUS  2695 198 
 5 Ivanchuk,Vassily       18.03.1969  UKR  2692 149 
 6 Gelfand,Boris          24.06.1968  ISR  2688 140 
 7 Leko,Peter             08.09.1979  HUN  2686 111 
 8 Adams,Michael          17.11.1971  ENG  2684 154 
 9 Topalov,Veselin        15.03.1975  BUL  2674 158 
10 Khalifman,Alexander    18.01.1966  RUS  2670 138 
11 Bareev,Evgeny          21.11.1966  RUS  2659 159 
12 Shirov,Alexei          04.07.1972  ESP  2656 171 
13 Ponomariov,Ruslan      11.10.1983  UKR  2652 160 
14 Dreev,Alexey           30.01.1969  RUS  2647 153 
15 Svidler,Peter          17.06.1976  RUS  2646 162 
16 Smirin,Ilia            21.01.1968  ISR  2637 170 
17 Bacrot,Etienne         22.01.1983  FRA  2634 155 
18 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam    05.12.1979  UZB  2634 165 
19 Van Wely,Loek          07.10.1972  NED  2633 181 
20 Polgar,Judit (GM)      23.07.1976  HUN  2631 172 
21 Karpov,Anatoli         23.05.1951  RUS  2630 130 
22 Zhang Zhong            05.09.1978  CHN  2630 182 
23 Grischuk,Alexander     31.10.1983  RUS  2629 167 
24 Georgiev,Kiril         28.11.1965  BUL  2629 186 
25 Ye Jiangchuan          20.11.1960  CHN  2628 157 
26 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab  16.03.1960  GEO  2627 174 
27 Lautier,Joel           12.04.1973  FRA  2624 161 
28 Short,Nigel D          01.06.1965  ENG  2614 162 
29 Lputian,Smbat G        14.02.1958  ARM  2609 151 
30 Tkachev,Vladislav      09.11.1973  FRA  2606 136 
31 Aleksandrov,Aleksej    11.05.1973  BLR  2606 156 
32 Hjartarson,Johann      08.02.1963  ISD  2604 176 
33 Onischuk,Alexander     03.09.1975  UKR  2603 135 
34 Akopian,Vladimir       07.12.1971  ARM  2603 166 
35 Kharlov,Andrei         20.11.1968  RUS  2602 154 
36 Nenashev,Alexander     25.08.1962  UZB  2597 178 
37 Dautov,Rustem          28.11.1965  GER  2597 181 
38 Bologan,Viorel         14.12.1971  MDA  2597 188 
39 Novikov,Igor A         23.05.1962  UKR  2592 128 
40 Vaganian,Rafael A      15.10.1951  ARM  2592 182 
41 Lutz,Christopher       24.02.1971  GER  2591 136 
42 Benjamin,Joel          11.03.1964  USA  2591 174 
43 Nikolic,Predrag        11.09.1960  BIH  2590 151 
44 Sakaev,Konstantin      13.04.1974  RUS  2590 159 
45 Lastin,Alexander       30.10.1976  RUS  2589 151 
46 Rohde,Michael A        26.08.1959  USA  2588 188 
47 Malakhov,Vladimir      27.11.1980  RUS  2585 176 
48 Sutovskij,Emil         19.09.1977  ISR  2585 220 
49 Tiviakov,Sergei        14.02.1973  RUS  2583 136 
50 Beliavsky,Alexander G  17.12.1953  SLO  2583 169 

23) Forthcoming Events and Links

European Open Rapid and Blitz Championships

EUROPEAN OPEN RAPID AND BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIPS August 28th - September 2nd, 2001, Sopot, Poland

The Championships under the aegis of the European Chess Union will be held from August 28 (day of arrival) till September 2 (day of departure), 2001 in the Sport Hall of the City of Sopot, Poland. City of Sopot is one of the most elegant and most popular Polish seaside resort, situated between the City of Gdañsk and the City of Gdynia. (Airport Gdansk – Rembiechowo).

Tournaments are open for all players rated and unrated from Zones 1.1 to 1.9. The number of players of the federation is not limited. Entrance fee are as follows: The EU Rapid Championship - US$ 20, the EU Blitz Championship – US$ 15.

European Rapid Championship be held August 29-30, 2001 (11 rounds of the Swiss system, rate of play 30 minutes – no additional seconds). Prize fund 30.000 DEM (German Marks) – 20 prizes from 6.000 to 200 DEM.

European Rapid Championship be held August 31 – September 1, 2001 (20 double rounds of the Swiss system, altogether 40 games, rate of play 5 minutes – no additional seconds). Prize fund 20.000 DEM (German Marks) – 20 prizes from 4.000 to 150 DEM.

Most of the hotels (including the breakfast), single and double rooms – from 10 USD to 50 USD per night/ per person.

INFORMATION, APPLICATIONS (until August 15, 2001) and HOTEL RESERVATION (until August 1, 2001) Organizers: Regional Chess Association „Pomorze” under the aegis of the Polish Chess Federation, Office – “Miramar” hotel in Sopot - tel/fax +48 (0) (58) 550-00-11 Mr. Piotr Sobolewski, (Polish and Russian languages) tel. +48 (059) 620-12-48 mobile: (+48) (0) (601) 802-008 wzszach.pomorze@wp.pl Information (German language) Mr. Karl-Heinz Langer tel: 0049-331-2703-900, e-mail: K-H.Langer@t-online.de Information (Russian language) Mrs. Svetlana Mednikova tel. (+48)- (0) 609-489-156 e-mail: svetlana@sm6755.spb.edu

All details, application forms and ECU Regulations you can find on http://www.pzszach.org.pl (the Polish Chess Federation) and on http://www.szachista.com.pl

Yin Hao+ vs. World Team (The Rematch)

Tom Hendricks reports: On July 5, 2001, Chinese IM Yin Hao (2576) will begin play against the World Team in an Internet correspondence chess game. This will be a rematch of the game they played last year. That game, which began July 5th, 2000 and ended January 18, 2001, was a 44-move struggle ending in a draw. This time colors will be reversed with Yin Hao now being white and the World Team black. As he was in the first game, Yin Hao will be assisted by U.S. correspondence player Richard Fleming (2404). The first game attracted World Team players from Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and the United States. Most of these players first came together during the Kasparov vs. The World game held in 1999. The upcoming game is open to anyone who wishes to play and is willing to follow the basic guidelines of the World Team. Players of all skill levels are welcome. General game topics and specific strategy are discussed at a moderated board found at:

http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=WTChess&page=1

Visit the site and review the Game Rules and Move Selection Rules. To participate you must both register with gamers.com AND click on 'Request Password' at the top of the strategy board page. Registration with gamers.com is the process of selecting your UserName and Password. When you click on 'Request Password' you will be e-mailed another password that is specific to the strategy board. You will need to enter it only the first time that you post to the board. Those of you who participated in the first game with Yin Hao need not request the board password - it remains the same.

Book prizes and ICC (Internet Chess Club) memberships will be awarded throughout the game to lucky members of the World Team. So come and join the fun. Additional information can be obtained by writing to tahiv@hotmail.com

Global Chess Computer 2001

There is a match between many strong computers and players on the Internet. More information (english/french)

http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/globalchesscomputer.html

New web pages

Chlodwig´s Chess Pages Links, downloadable games etc

Addresshttp://www.chlodwig.com

The official web site of an Iranian chess magazine called Shatrandj has been launched. Its address is: http://www.iranshatrandj.com The site is in Persian and English. In addition to introduction of the magazine some chess news about Asian Junior Championship, Asian Individual Men Championship, 5th world Team Championship, Baku Junior Team Tournament and etc besides some special photos of the World Chess Championship 2000 Final are now available.

Karvina CZE 2001

Jakl Karvina is organising a tournament in Karvina CZE 30th June -8th July 2001. This is a 9 rounds Swiss 40 moves per 2 hours and one hour to to end for the each player. Contact address : Zimniok Lubomír, Osvobození 1686, Karviná, 735 06, Czech Republic.Tel.: ++42069/6318175 or ++420602974549. e-mail: zimniok@volny.cz or lubomir_zimniok@cmail.cz

Internet: http://sachyjakl.zde.cz or http://kiwwi.cz/fws/sachyjakl

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

Ron Banwell Masters

The Ron Banwell Masters, incorporating the Commonwealth Championships will take place 18-27 August. It will be part of the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad (London). It will take place at South Bank University, Faculty of the Built Environment, 202 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 2JZ. Entry is open to anybody from anywhere. It will be free to the first two nominees of each Commonwealth federation. Entry is also free to disabled players. It will be possible to gain international honours in this 10 round Swiss. Further details: Tony Corfe. e mail: Tony@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk

Lostboys 2001

The ninth Lost Boys tournament will be held from Friday August 10th up until Sunday August 19th in Amsterdam. One can subscribe to the tournament by filling in a form on paper (ask Anne-Marie Nuss by email nuss@wxs.nl or phone 0031-76-5141114) or this digital form. It is not possible to subscribe in an other way. There is a new playing venue: 'Sporthal De Pijp'. This location offers excellent accommodations.

Further information: http://chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/

Krkonose Open 2001

The 2nd Krkonose International Open which is part of the Czech Tour 2001/2002 takes place 1st-8th November 2001 in Snezkou, Czech Republic. The 9 round Swiss at a time rate of 40 moves per 2 hours and half an hour for each player to finish the game. Prize fund: altogether 20.000 CZK

Further information http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

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/

Fantasy Chess at: http://www.bookbullies.com/chess/dort2001.html

6th International Chess Open San Agustín (under 18)

The José Ramón Memorial takes place in Avilés, 18th to 25th of August 2001. Prizemoney 660,000 pesetas distributed in up to 30 prizes. 1st 100,000 pesetas, 2nd 90,000 pesetas, 3rd 80,000 pesetas etc

Players under 18 years old. Born after January 1st 1983.

Entry fee: 3,000 pesetas, including an invitation to the closing dinner which will take place on August 25th at 22:00 hours.

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

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 July 2001. http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/maccabi.html

Stork Young Masters

Anjo Anjewierden reports: The Royal Dutch Chess Federation is organising a special Round Robin IM-tournament with 9 rounds, named the Stork Young Masters. The IM tournament is scheduled 6th-11th August 2001 in Hengelo. For the tournament there are still some places left.

Our offer contains the following conditions for the Stork Young Masters: A. IM or GM and FIDE Elo above 2400 Free board and lodging (5 - 11 August) during the tournament and receive a starting money of Dfl. 250,- B. Player with FIDE Elo above 2350 Free board and lodging during the tournament

This offer is valid until June 21st. The players will be informed about being placed in the IM tournament or not soon after June 21st.

Players who are ready to accept our offer, must send their reactions as soon as possible to:

Stichting Caïssa Stork Young Masters group tel: +31 - 74 243 26 46 or +31 - 74 242 12 91 P.O. box 255 fax: +31 - 53 480 00 18 NL - 7550 AG Hengelo e-mail: ST.CAISSA@zonnet.nl

http://www.schaakbond.nl

Elbow Beach Bermuda

There will be several invitational GM and IM Tournaments in the Five star Elbow Beach Hotel in Bermuda prior to their traditional 5 round Open, 17th January to 4th February 2002. There will also be a nine round GM Open.

Contact Nigel Freeman at cadilly@ibl.bm or see the site http://www.bermuda.bm/chess

34th Biel International Chess Festival

The 34th Biel International Chess Festival will take place July 21st-August 4th with a strong Open, other tournaments and a strong GM Tournament. 25 year old Peter Svidler will be back to defend the tournament he won last year. Boris Gelfand ISR 2712 Elo (FIDE no 11) 33 years old, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2668 (no 30) 17, Joel Lautier FRA 2658 (no 34) 28, Viktor Kortchnoï SUI 2643 (no 44) 70 and Yannick Pelletier SUI 2531 (no 330) 24 will complete the 6 man field.

Website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Quebec Championships

The Championships of Quebec are taking place at the moment.

Internet coverage: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/

Korinthos Open

The 5th international open tournament of Korinthos, Greece will be held July 28th-August 5th 2001,with total prizes about 5000 EUROs, first prize 1500 Euros.

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

Glyfada Open 2001

3rd International Chess Tournament "Glyfada 2001" that will take place from August 31st-September 8th 2001 in Glyfada, Athens, Greece.

Further information at the new Web site of "Zeno Chess Club" : http:\\www.zinonchess.gr

VI Paks Cup

The VI Paks Cup Hungary, GM, IM, and FM tournaments take place 18th-28th August 2001. The GM and IM events are 11 rounds and the FM group is 9 rounds, 7 days and there is no entry fee. Accomodation: 5-11 EURO/day Info: Videki Sandor videkisn@axelero.hu

16th North Sea Cup

The 16th North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg, Denmark July 6th-14th 2001. The organisers, the Esbjerg Chess Union has announced the field: Eduard Rozentalis, Alexander Rustemov, Emil Sutovsky, Jon Speelman Curt Hansen, Peter Heine Nielsen, Lars Schandorff Igor Alexander Nataf, Eric Van den Doel and Luke McShane. It looks like the event will be category 14.

Internet coverage: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2001/1index.htm

Further information available from Brian Isaksen at dkb196@post.3.tele.dk

Znojmo Open

The Znojmo Open (CZE) 2001 will take place 7th-14th October 2001. Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Festival Director of CZECH OPEN 2001 - j.mazuch@avekont.cz CZECH OPEN - International Chess Festival - http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen CZECH TOUR - International Chess Tournaments Series - http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour International Chess Calender - http://www.avekont.cz/calender.htm

Bourgogne weekender

There is a weekend tournament in Bourgogne 6th-7th October 2001. 70 000 Frs in prizes. Venue: Grande salle de l’Hexagone 1st blitz tournament - Saturday 6/10 at 14 h 30 10 000 Frs de prix – 1er 3000, 2000, 1000, 800 et prix par cat. élo II

2nd 5th Open International - Sunday 7th October 9h. 9 rondes : 3 x 10 min,2 x 15 min, 4 x 20 min. 60 000 Frs de prix garantis Général : 1er 5500 F, 2ème 4000, 3ème 3000,( 15 prix ) Spécial Féminines :1ère 2000 F, 2ème 1500, 3ème 1000 Tranches élo :0/1500, 1501/1700,1701/1900 et 1901/2100 et 2101 /2300 1er 1200 F, 2ème 900, 3ème 600, 4ème 300 Vétérans : 1er 1000 F, 2ème 600, 3ème 400. Jeunes : 1er 600 F

Contact: M. LOUIS Tél 03 85 82 55 75- Fax 03 85 82 59 96 e.mail : M.LOUIS@wanadoo.fr F. THIBAUDET Tél/fax 03 85 82 68 72 – THIBAUDETF@AOL.com

6th Wichern Open

The 75th Anniversary of the Barmbek Chess Club in Hamburg will see the 6th Wichern Open take place 13th-21st October 2001. Playing venue: Sports Hall of Wichern Schule in Hamburg (same place as in 1999).

Jubilee Open: 9 rounds Swiss, 7 hours of play (2h/40, 1h/20, 30min/rest). No double rounds. Open for all players. Entry fee: without Elo: 150 DM, Elo less than 2200: 100 DM, ELO higher than 2199: 50 DM, GM/IM free. Prizes 2500 DM / 2000 DM / 1500 DM, many more prices planned depending on number of participants.

Barmbek Open: Limited to players with German national rating (DWZ) less than 1800. 9 rounds Swiss, 5 hours of play (2h/40, 30min/rest). Entry fee: 80 DM, juniors: 40 DM. Prizes: 500 DM/300 DM/200 DM.

For further details: email rolf_sander@magicvillage.de

5th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters takes place in Bad Wiessee, 27th October - 4th November 2001. Prize-funds: DM 42.000

Details and online-inscription at: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001

5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament

The 5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands) takes place 28.07.2001 - 04.08.2001. Several GM's have already confirmed their participation, a.o. Kasimdzhanov (UZB, 2693), Van Wely (NLD, 2670), Piket (NLD, 2628), Nijboer (NLD, 2580), Epishin (RUS, 2579) and Psakhis (ISR, 2575). On the day before the tournament (27.07.2001) there will be a simul by GM Piket. During the tournament GM Psakhis will give a training session.

Dates: 28.07.2001 - 04.08.2001. 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes knock-out. Prizes: Dfl 3500 - Dfl 2500 - Dfl 1500 etc. Also rating prizes. Entry fee: Dfl 60 (GM/IM: free FM: Dfl 30)

Contact: H. Groffen: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl

Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl

Ikaros Chess Festival 2001

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2001 will take place 3rd-17th July 2001. Sunday 1st on July and ends on Tuesday 17th of July. There is an updated set of information at the website below.

. 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

11th Heart of Finland Open

11th Heart of Finland Open, Jyväskylä, July 18-22, 2001

Tournament type 9 rounds swiss open, all play in the same group, ELO-rated GMs no entry fee, accommodation, prize guarantee and travel expenses MUST be agreed with Mr. Olkinuora in advance IMs no entry fee FMs and U20 (born 1981-) FIM 280 (FIM 240 if registration before June 30) ELO-rated players FIM 330 (FIM 290 if registration before June 30) Others FIM 460 (FIM 420 if registration before June 30)

Registration Korpi-Shakki, Bank account OP Korpilahti 516602-221025, or Mr. Hämäläinen, or Mr. Olkinuora, or Mr. Nuutilainen.

Schedules Confirmation of participation July 18 8.30-10.30, 1. round 11.00-17.00, 2. round 18.00-24.00, July 19 3. round 9.30-15.30, 4. round 16.30-22.30, July 20 5. round 9.30-15.30, 6. round 16.30-22.30, July 21 7. round 9.30-15.30, 8. round 16.30-22.30, July 22 9. round 9.00-15.00. Notice! You can start the tournament from the 2. round (half a point from 1. round), confirmation of participation for 2. round starters July 18 at 15.00-16.00. Prize giving ceremony immediately after last round (also rating prizes).

Playing times 6 hour playing time (2 h/40 moves + 1 h to finish).

More information Hannu Olkinuora +358-400-643337, Esko Nuutilainen +358-9-2919319, +358-40-5841143, Sami Hämäläinen email aurifera@kolumbus.fi

2 Tournaments in Norway

1) Arnold J Eikrem Memorial 2001. This event will take place in the famous "Chess Hotel" in Gausdal 27th July-3rd August 2001

Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/arnold2001/

2) Bergen Chess International 2001 takes place in Bergen 4th-12th August 2001 Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/

Contact in both cases IA Hans Olav Lahlum, at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net for further information.

III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open

10 round Swiss System open. Venue Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September 2001.

Further details: http://www.secretariat.org/open

VII Tatry Open in Slovakia

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

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

GREECE WILL HOST THE 2001 WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Municipality of Peristeri in Athens, Greece will organize the 2001 World Junior Chess Championship for boys & girls up to 20 years old.

The games will be played during August 16-29 in the Exhibition Center of Peristeri, Athens. It is the first major FIDE event to be organized in Greece after the 1998 Zonal Tournament 1.5 in Panormo, Crete. It is also the first major chess event which will be organized in Athens, the host city of the 2004 Olympic Games.

The games will be covered through the Internet by Greek Chess Online http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio - the official website.

An official invitation will be soon delivered to all federations.

IM George Mastrokoukos Greek Chess Federation Presidential Board Member

Paul Keres Memorial

The Paul Keres Memorial will be held July 25th-31st 2001 in Tallinn, Estonia. I - 2.000 DM, II - 1.400 DM, III - 1.000 DM, 4 - 700 DM, 5 - 500 DM, 6 - 400 DM, 7.-10. - 300 DM, 11.-15. - 200 DM, Iw - 600 DM

Further details: http://www.malekeskus.ee/tourn.html

Contact Iivo Nei info@malemaja.neti.ee

Italian Events including European and World over 60s

21st Chess Festical in Bratto, Italy takes place August 22nd-30th 2001. Full details: http://www.maskeret.com/bratto

Over 60 events in Italy: The European Championships for over 60s take place in Saint-Vincent, September 15th-23rd 2001 and the World Championships for over 60s take place in Arco (Trento), October 15th-28th Details in "calendario" section of Italian Federation's site: http://www.infcom.it/fsi

Summer in Olomouc (Czech Republic)

The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2001, takes place August 1st-9th, 2001. There will be organized several tournaments:

1) GM round robin tournament, category 8-10 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) IM round robin tournament, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) - 2-3 groups 3) FIDE open - 9 rounds, 2/40+1 (August 2-9, 2001)

The second event MLADI OPEN 2001 is a tournament for young players up to age of 20. It will take place on June 24th-28th, 2001 in Olomouc as well. There will be 2 categories:

1) FIDE open 2) national open

1st prize in the FIDE OPEN is free entry to the round-robin IM tournament of category 3-4 FIDE in Olomouc (1.-9.8.2001). Other prizes also. Complete information about both events: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

Information about FIDE open in August are also published at Czech Tour series site http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

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/

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

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

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)

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

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/

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/

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.

"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

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.

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

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