THE WEEK IN CHESS 349 16th July 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Dortmund
2001
3) Smith & Williamson Young Masters
4) Milan GM
5) Politiken Cup
6) Scottish Chess Championships
7) Milan
Vidmar memorial
8) 16th North Sea Cup
9) World Open
10) Perfect 9 for Mikhail
Gurevich in the Belgian Championships
11) Swedish
Championships
12) First Saturday July
13) Andorra Open
14) Central America
Zonal
15) II Narciso Yepes
16) 1st
Hyeres Open
17) FIDE Internet WC Qualifier
18) British Chess Championships
19) Czech
Open
20) Wilbert Paige Memorial
21)
Glorney and Faber Cup
22) World Junior Chess
Championships
23) Mercosur Cup Corrections
24) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Dortmund 2001 22 games
SWYM 43 games
Milan GM 30 games
Scottish Championships 63 games
Milan Vidmar memorial 10 games
16th North Sea Cup 30 games
Belgian Championships 40 games
Swedish Championships 35 games
First Saturday July 87 games
Andorra Open 270 games
II Narciso Yepes 194 games
1st Hyeres Open 84 games
Glorney and Faber Cup 160 games
Mercosur Cup Corrections 2 games
1079 games
My thanks to Richard Palliser, Adolivio Capece, Michael Atkins, Rodolfo
Arias, Roberto Cifuentes Parada, Jan Mazuch, Kaspars Migla, Paul Delaney,
Argiris Kotsis, Jerome Bibuld, Roberto Alvarez and Boris Schipkov and all
those who helped with this issue.
This week the Dortmund Chess tournament takes pride of place, at the
half way stage Vladimir Kramnik has a lead of half a point. Braingames
announced that next year Dortmund would act as the Braingames Candidates. A
good thing. The format is another matter, it is messy and it is beyond me why
they can't organise a double round robin 8 player all-play-all, that would be
in my view a much more exciting event.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001", the 29th International
Dortmund Chess Days will take place July 12th-22nd 2001. After five rounds
Vladimir Kramnik leads with 3.5 points half a point clear of Leko and
Topalov.
At a press conference on Sunday Dortmund was announced as the venue for
the Braingames Candidates tournament in July next year. The event will be an 8
player Candidates. The players will be in two groups of four players. Two
players from each group to to qualify for a knockout semifinals (2 games) and
final (four games). The final will be held in Bahrain in October 2002. Two of
the players will come from Internet qualifiers. This seems to me to be a huge
missed opportunity. They have the organisation in place to run a double round
robin all-play-all candidates which I'm sure would be looked forward to with
relish. This is almost a copy of the FIDE system.
Round 1 (July 12, 2001)
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 49 C42 Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 47 A17 English Opening
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (July 13, 2001)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 35 E48 Nimzo Indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 21 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 40 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (July 14, 2001)
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 19 C11 French Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 45 C10 French Rubinstein
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 36 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 4 (July 15, 2001)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 38 D12 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30 B18 Caro Kann
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 50 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 5 (July 16, 2001)
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 26 E15 Queens Indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 17 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1-0 48 A28 English Four Knights Variation
Sparkassen Cat XXI Dortmund GER (GER), 12-22 vii 2001cat. XXI (2755)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2802 ** =. 1. =. 1. =. 3.5 2894
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 =. ** =. =. =. 1. 3.0 2832
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2711 0. =. ** 1. 1. =. 3.0 2835
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 =. =. 0. ** =. =. 2.0 2675
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2749 0. =. 0. =. ** 1. 2.0 2684
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 =. 0. =. =. 0. ** 1.5 2608
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Naiditsch, Arkadij - Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira 1-0 47 B44 Sicilian Paulsen
Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira 1/2 56 B44 Sicilian Paulsen
Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira 1/2 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Sparkassen Match Dortmund GER (GER), 12-22 vii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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Naiditsch, Arkadij m GER 2524 1 1 = = = . . . . . 3.5 2643
Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira m MDA 2494 0 0 = = = . . . . . 1.5 2375
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DEEP FRITZ - Huebner, Robert 1/2 24 A28 English Four Knights Variation
Huebner, Robert - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 45 C96 Ruy Lopez
Sparkassen Man-Machine Match Dortmund GER (GER), 16-22 vii 2001
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Huebner, Robert g GER 2612 = = . . . . 1.0 2000
DEEP FRITZ ---- = = . . . . 1.0 2612
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Round 4 Open standings
Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001 Open A
1. IM Henrichs,Thomas 2446 GER 4.0 9.5
2. Kaufeld,Jürgen 2176 GER 3.5 11.0
3. GM Varga,Zoltan 2518 HUN 3.5 10.5
4. IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 2501 GEO 3.5 10.0
5. GM Belikov, Vladimir 2508 RUS 3.5 10.0
6. IM Döttling,Fabian 2510 GER 3.5 9.5
7. GM Epishin, Vladimir 2583 RUS 3.5 9.5
8. Scholz,Christian 2399 GER 3.5 8.5
9. IM Schebler,Gerhard 2485 GER 3.5 8.5
10. GM Saltaev, Mihail 2510 UZB 3.5 8.0
11. GM Mikhalchishin,Adrian 2518 SLO 3.5 7.0
112 players
The Smith & Williamson Young Masters takes place at the King
Edward's School Witley (Surrey) 13th-21st July 2001. The Masters itself sees a
repeat of last year's format of a 22-player 9 round IM Swiss. My thanks to
Richard Palliser for the games and results.
Internet coverage: http://www.swyoungmasters.co.uk
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Smith & Williamson Young Masters Witley ENG (ENG), 13-21 vii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Vigus, James f ENG 2281 +13 = 2 + 9 + 8 . . . . . 3.5 2725
2. Williams, Simon m ENG 2369 +17 = 1 +12 = 4 . . . . . 3.0 2484
3. Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2342 =10 = 7 +14 = 6 . . . . . 2.5 2423
4. Middelburg, Tom f NED 2373 =11 +16 = 5 = 2 . . . . . 2.5 2416
5. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2321 +20 = 9 = 4 = 7 . . . . . 2.5 2423
6. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2352 =12 =10 +17 = 3 . . . . . 2.5 2363
7. Sinkevich, Petr f RUS 2346 +21 = 3 = 8 = 5 . . . . . 2.5 2421
8. Mah, Karl m ENG 2404 +19 +15 = 7 - 1 . . . . . 2.5 2407
9. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2390 +18 = 5 - 1 +16 . . . . . 2.5 2392
10. Addison, Bret ENG 2218 = 3 = 6 =11 =17 . . . . . 2.0 2308
11. Hanley, Craig ENG 2278 = 4 =14 =10 =15 . . . . . 2.0 2331
12. Trent, Lawrence ENG 2249 = 6 +18 - 2 =13 . . . . . 2.0 2346
13. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2394 - 1 +20 =15 =12 . . . . . 2.0 2268
14. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2398 =16 =11 - 3 +19 . . . . . 2.0 2305
15. Palliser, Richard f ENG 2337 +22 - 8 =13 =11 . . . . . 2.0 2321
16. Hinks-Edwards, Thom ENG 2316 =14 - 4 +19 - 9 . . . . . 1.5 2274
17. Erwich, Marc f NED 2263 - 2 +22 - 6 =10 . . . . . 1.5 2199
18. Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2271 - 9 -12 . +20 . . . . . 1.0 2156
19. Bick, John D f USA 2286 - 8 +21 -16 -14 . . . . . 1.0 2146
20. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2206 - 5 -13 +21 -18 . . . . . 1.0 2113
21. Thiruchelvam, Murugan ENG 2240 - 7 -19 -20 +22 . . . . . 1.0 2068
22. Lappage, Jonathan ENG 2208 -15 -17 . -21 . . . . . 0.0
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The "Trofeo Intel® Pentium® 4" takes place in Milan July
10th-18th 2001.
Internet coverage: http://italiascacchistica.com/pentium4/
Round 6 Standings:
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Trofeo Intel Pentium Milan ITA (ITA), 10-18 vii 2001cat. VII (2411)
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1. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2476 * . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 6.0
2. Bellia, Fabrizio f ITA 2401 . * 0 = = 1 . = 1 . 3.5 2450
3. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2465 0 1 * . = . . 1 0 1 3.5 2428
4. Godena, Michele g ITA 2491 0 = . * 1 . = . 1 = 3.5 2445
5. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2380 . = = 0 * = 1 = . . 3.0 2437
6. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2480 0 0 . . = * = 1 . 1 3.0 2411
7. Laketic, Gojko m YUG 2444 0 . . = 0 = * . 1 = 2.5 2352
8. Quendro, Llambi f ALB 2342 . = 0 . = 0 . * = = 2.0 2267
9. Valenti, Giuseppe ITA 2201 0 0 1 0 . . 0 = * . 1.5 2243
10. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2428 0 . 0 = . 0 = = . * 1.5 2256
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The 23rd Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup) takes place 16th-27th July
2001.
Mikhail Gurevich (straight from his 100% in the Belgian Championships),
Alexander Rustemov, Jonathan Speelman, Peter Heine Nielsen, Lev Psakhis, Jonny
Hector, Nick deFirman, Luke McShane, Chris Ward, Stellan Brynell, Steffen
Pedersen, Klaus Berg and Erling Mortensen are amongst the players in a field of
160.
Internet
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The Scottish Chess Championships took place in Aberdeen July 7th-15th
2001. Jonathan Rowson with 7/9 was the easy winner of this nine round swiss.
Ketevan Arakhamia (also scoring a second GM norm) finished in second place
joint with Paul Motwani.
Internet coverage:
http://members.aol.com/BAChess/sca2001/main.htm
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ch-SCO Aberdeen SCO (SCO), 7-15 vii 2001
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1. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2514 = 6 =13 +12 + 3 = 2 + 5 + 7 + 4 = 8 7.0 2564
2. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2446 =12 = 8 +11 = 4 = 1 = 3 = 5 + 9 + 7 6.0 2483
3. Motwani, Paul g SCO 2511 + 7 + 9 = 4 - 1 = 8 = 2 +11 = 5 +10 6.0 2461
4. Shaw, John m SCO 2478 +13 = 5 = 3 = 2 = 7 + 6 + 9 - 1 +12 6.0 2466
5. Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2375 +11 = 4 = 8 = 7 + 9 - 1 = 2 = 3 +14 5.5 2444
6. Berry, Neil SCO 2256 = 1 =12 = 9 = 8 +10 - 4 -14 +13 +11 5.0 2300
7. Norris, Alan J f SCO 2304 - 3 +10 +13 = 5 = 4 + 8 - 1 +14 - 2 5.0 2381
8. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2437 +14 = 2 = 5 = 6 = 3 - 7 =10 =11 = 1 4.5 2292
9. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2370 +10 - 3 = 6 +12 - 5 +14 - 4 - 2 +13 4.5 2275
10. Gourlay,Iain SCO ---- - 9 - 7 =14 +11 - 6 =13 = 8 +12 - 3 3.5 2186
11. Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2105 - 5 +14 - 2 -10 +13 +12 - 3 = 8 - 6 3.5 2191
12. Stevenson, James SCO 2132 = 2 = 6 - 1 - 9 +14 -11 =13 -10 - 4 2.5 2106
13. Fraser, Mark Gordon SCO 2165 - 4 = 1 - 7 +14 -11 =10 =12 - 6 - 9 2.5 2086
14. Rutherford, Elaine wf SCO 2117 - 8 -11 =10 -13 -12 - 9 + 6 - 7 - 5 1.5 1965
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The 14th Dr. Milan Vidmar memorial took place in Portoroz (Slovenia)
July 3rd - 11th 2001. Alexander Beliavsky outpaced Boris Gelfand to win by half
a point on 6.5/9. Alexandru Crisan finished on 0.5/9, these are the first games
he has had widely published since 1989, in the intervening time he has become a
Grandmaster and reached the top 50.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv/14/
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Milan Vidmar Mem Portoroz SLO (SLO), 3-11 vii 2001 cat. XIV (2580)
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1. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2659 * = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2737
2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2704 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2691
3. Volokitin, Andrei m UKR 2551 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2663
4. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2556 0 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2626
5. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2518 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2587
6. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2539 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2585
7. Mohr, Georg g SLO 2484 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2591
8. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2570 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 4.0 2538
9. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2588 0 = = 0 = = = = * 1 4.0 2536
10. Crisan, Alexandru g ROM 2635 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 2130
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Round 8 (July 10, 2001)
Volokitin, Andrei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 16 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Kozul, Zdenko - Pavasovic, Dusko 1-0 48 A13 Reti Opening
Mikhalchishin, Adrian - Mohr, Georg 1/2 24 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Sermek, Drazen - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 52 B07 Pirc Defence
Crisan, Alexandru - Macieja, Bartlomiej 0-1 44 A41 Modern Defence counter 1.d4
Round 9 (July 11, 2001)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Mikhalchishin, Adrian 1/2 25 D88 Gruenfeld Defence Alekhine
Gelfand, Boris - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 36 E94 King's Indian Classical
Pavasovic, Dusko - Sermek, Drazen 1/2 31 B01 Centre Counter
Mohr, Georg - Crisan, Alexandru 1-0 95 A45 Trompowsky Variation
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2 42 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
The 16th North Sea Cup took place in Esbjerg, Denmark July 6th-14th
2001. Peter Heine Nielsen and Emil Sutovsky finished on 6.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2001/1index.htm
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16th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 6-14 vii 2001 cat. XIV (2586)
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1. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2593 * = 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2751
2. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2651 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2745
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2588 0 = * = = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2629
4. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2511 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 5.0 2637
5. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2551 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2590
6. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2626 = = = 0 = * = 1 = = 4.5 2582
7. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2603 0 0 = = = = * = 1 = 4.0 2541
8. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2607 1 = 0 0 = 0 = * = = 3.5 2504
9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2527 0 0 = = = = 0 = * = 3.0 2468
10. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2607 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * 2.5 2418
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The 29th World Open took place in Philadelphia June 30th - July 8th
2001. The winner was Alexander Goldin after a playoff. Smirin, Shulman,
Benjamin, Onischuk, Goldin, Ivanov, and Yudasin all finished on 7 points after
9 rounds. There are currently only games from the first five rounds
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldopen.com/home.htm
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29th World Open Philadelphia USA (USA), 30 vi-8 vii 2001
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1. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702
2. Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2658
3. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2562
4. Goldin, Alexander g ISR 2599
5. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2551
6. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2581
7. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2582
8. Hodgson, Julian M. g ENG 2581
9. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2497
10. Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2601
11. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2511
12. Gruenfeld, Yehuda g ISR 2520
13. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2525
14. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2478
15. Doettling, Fabian m GER 2509
16. Zaichik, Gennadi g GEO 2504
17. Vovsha, Eli ISR 2371
18. Kriventsov, Stanislav G f USA 2350
19. Tate, Emory f USA 2377
20. Rogers, Norman USA 2272
21. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2576
22. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564
23. Ashley, Maurice g USA 2484
24. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2490
25. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2436
26. Gaprindashvili, Valerian m GEO 2486
27. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2381
28. Young, Angelo m PHI 2420
29. Solomon, Kenneth ----
30. Chiong, Luis R ----
31. Ariel, Donny f USA 2354
32. Gonzales, Jayson PHI 2396
33. Palos, Osman m BIH 2339
34. Smith, Bryan G f USA 2308
35. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2257
36. Alvarado, Nelson ----
228 players
The Belgian Championships took place in Charleroi, 7th-14th July 2001.
Mikhail Gurevich scored a perfect 9 in this Category VIII event a great
achievement.
Internet coverage: http://lnl.ovh.org/bcc2001/home.html
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ch-BEL Charleroi BEL (BEL), 7-14 vii 2001 cat. VIII (2433)
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1. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2633 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
2. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2547 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2545
3. Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2607 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2539
4. Winants, Luc g BEL 2497 0 = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 4.5 2426
5. Cekro, Ekrem m BEL 2393 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 = = 4.0 2394
6. Dutreeuw, Marc m BEL 2390 0 = 0 = = * = = = = 3.5 2358
7. Claesen, Pieter m BEL 2411 0 0 = = = = * = 0 1 3.5 2355
8. Claesen, Jeroen f BEL 2273 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 3.0 2326
9. Meessen, Rudolf f BEL 2323 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 3.0 2320
10. Van Mechelen, Jan f BEL 2260 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2286
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The Swedish Championships took place in Linköping (200 km south of
Stockholm) 30th June - 15th July. The event saw Evgenij Agrest score 10/13 a
point clear of second placed Emanuel Berg.
Linköping's internet coverage 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. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2532 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2641
2. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2474 = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 9.0 2576
3. Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2489 = = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 = 8.0 2521
4. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2456 0 = = * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 0 = 7.5 2493
5. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2476 = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2492
6. Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2505 0 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2490
7. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2496 0 = = = = = * = = = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2433
8. Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2330 = 0 = 1 = = = * = 0 1 0 = = 6.0 2417
9. Olsson, Anders SWE 2265 = = 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2422
10. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2443 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 = * 0 = = = 5.5 2380
11. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2546 0 1 0 0 = = 1 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 5.5 2372
12. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2463 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 * 0 1 5.0 2349
13. Couso, Luis f SWE 2324 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * 0 4.0 2305
14. Eriksson, Anders f SWE 2335 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 3.0 2235
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There are three First Saturday tournaments in July. The main ones are
IMA and IMB events. In addition there is an FM event. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy
for the results and games.
Internet coverage by Vladislav Barsi and the games entered by Mr. Istvan
Magyar.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0701.htm
Round 9 Standings:
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FSIMA July Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vii 2001 cat. II (2295)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2427 * 1 = . . 1 = 1 1 = 1 . 1 . 7.5 2544
2. Grafl, Florian f GER 2317 0 * = 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . . 6.5 2532
3. Wang Shuai HUN 2320 = = * = 0 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 . 6.5 2444
4. Petran, Pal m HUN 2388 . 0 = * 1 0 . 1 1 = . . 1 1 6.0 2412
5. Gara, Anita wm HUN 2303 . 0 1 0 * = = . . = 1 1 1 . 5.5 2351
6. Blokhuis, Jeroen NED 2341 0 . . 1 = * = 0 1 . . 1 = = 5.0 2353
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2329 = . 0 . = = * 1 0 = . . 1 1 5.0 2342
8. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2297 0 . . 0 . 1 0 * = . 0 = 1 1 4.0 2262
9. Yu Mingyuan CHN 2277 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 = * . 0 1 1 . 3.5 2220
10. Sinn, M. Robert USA 2140 = 0 0 = = . = . . * = 0 . . 2.5 2169
11. Fernandez, Rangel Alejandro MEX 2217 0 0 0 . 0 . . 1 1 = * 0 . . 2.5 2141
12. Desmarais, Chris USA 2180 . 0 0 . 0 0 . = 0 1 1 * . . 2.5 2135
13. Moloney, Nicholas ENG 2208 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 . . . * 1 1.5 2067
14. Gara, Ticia wm HUN 2381 . . . 0 . = 0 0 . . . . 0 * 0.5 1946
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FSIMB July Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vii 2001 cat. II (2281)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2382 * = 1 1 = . 1 1 1 1 1 . 8.0 2620
2. Balster, Stefan f GER 2334 = * = = = = = . 1 1 1 . 6.0 2419
3. Castaneda, Nelson f USA 2341 0 = * = 1 = . = 1 . 1 1 6.0 2402
4. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2284 0 = = * . . = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2402
5. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2278 = = 0 . * = = 1 = . 1 1 5.5 2361
6. Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2309 . = = . = * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2346
7. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 0 = . = = = * = 0 1 . 1 4.5 2282
8. Orsher, Ilya USA 2136 0 . = = 0 = = * . = 1 = 4.0 2248
9. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2281 0 0 0 0 = = 1 . * 0 . 1 3.0 2176
10. Dub, Zeev ISR 2280 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 3.0 2149
11. Cooke, Eric USA 2237 0 0 0 0 0 = . 0 . 0 * 1 1.5 2015
12. Sipos, Istvan HUN 2254 . . 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 1915
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The XIX Open D'andorra took place 30th June -8th July 2001. Five
players finished on 7/9, they were Boris Avrukh, Antoaneta Stefanova, Arkadij
Rotstein, Daniel Campora and Victor Mikhalevski. Games now available.
Internet coverage: http://www.internet.ad/feva/
1 Avrukh, Boris ISR g 7.0
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta (im) BUL m 7.0
3 Rotstein, Arkadij GER g 7.0
4 Campora, Daniel H. ARG g 7.0
5 Mikhalevski, Victor ISR g 7.0
6 Rausis, Igors LAT g 6.5
7 Psakhis, Lev ISR g 6.5
8 Khenkin, Igor GER g 6.5
9 Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN g 6.5
10 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP m 6.5
11 Marin, Mihail ROM g 6.5
12 Narciso Dublan, Marc ESP m 6.5
13 Comas Fabrego, Lluis ESP g 6.0
14 Jonkman, Harmen NED m 6.0
15 Hernandez, Gilberto MEX g 6.0
16 Baklan, Vladimir UKR g 6.0
17 Andres Gonzalez, Alberto ESP f 6.0
18 Jaracz, Pawel POL g 6.0
19 Campos Moreno, Javier B. CHI m 6.0
20 Sofronie, Iulian ROM m 6.0
21 Borges Mateos, Juan CUB m 6.0
22 Handke, Florian GER m 6.0
23 Wehmeier, Stefan GER m 6.0
139 players
Rodolfo Arias reports: The Central America Zonal tournament took place
in Managua, Nicaragua, June 30th - July 8th 2001. International master Carlos
Juarez of Guatemala won the 9 round swiss tournament with 7 points. Jaime
Vaglio of Costa Rica was second with 6.5 I.M. Héctor Leyva (El
Salvador), IM Sergio MInero (Costa Rica) and Alejandro Ramírez, also
Costa Rica, shared third place with 6 points.
Vaglio, a 45 five year old economist has returned to chess activity
after a very long retirment. In 1973, still 15 years old, he was the youngest
ever Costa Rican chess champion.
Alejandro Ramírez is only 13 years old. He became the youngest
international master in Latin America. In the last round he defeated Edmundo
Dávila of Nicaragua, who at 68 was the oldest player in the tournament.
30 players from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
and Panama took part.
The II “Narciso Yepes” International open took place in Lorca,
Spain 25th-29th June 2001. The event which was won by Alexander Rustemov had 62
participants including 13 GMs and 10 IMs. My thanks to Roberto Cifuentes Parada
for the games and info.
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Narciso Yepes Lorca ESP (ESP), 25-29 vi 2001
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1. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2625 7.5 2703
2. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2414 6.5
3. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2496 6.5
4. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2574 6.5
5. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2533 6.5
6. Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2493 6.5
7. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2605 6.0
8. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2408 6.0
9. Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos ESP 2238 6.0
10. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2438 5.5
11. Garcia Fernandez, Carlos f ESP 2411 5.5
12. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2451 5.5
13. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2508 5.5
14. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2392 5.5
15. Simonenko, Sergei m TKM 2452 5.5
16. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2399 5.5
17. Del Rey, Diego f ARG 2373 5.5
18. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2501 5.5
19. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2472 5.5
20. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2572 5.5
62 players
The 1st Hyers Open took place in the Casino 7th-13th July 2001.
Aleksander Delchev and Nenad Sulava finished the event with 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://echiquier.hyerois.free.fr/
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1st Open Hyeres FRA (FRA), 7-13 vii 2001
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1. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2629 7.0 42.0 49.5 2567 2578
2. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2531 7.0 41.5 50.0 2581 2582
3. Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2452 6.5 40.0 50.0 2471 2461
4. Bernal Moro, Luis Javier m ESP 2387 6.0 41.0 48.5 2429 2426
5. Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2469 6.0 41.0 47.5 2478 2473
6. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2421 6.0 39.5 49.0 2451 2448
7. Vallin, Guillaume m FRA 2359 6.0 39.5 47.5 2461 2458
8. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2323 6.0 39.0 46.0 2377 2374
9. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2372 5.5 42.0 50.5 2432 2426
10. Tirard, Hugo m FRA 2422 5.5 41.5 50.0 2387 2380
11. Guadalpi, David f FRA 2318 5.5 40.5 46.0 2405 2399
12. Maitesian, Sergei ARM 2198 5.5 39.5 45.5 2381 2375
13. Etchegaray, Patrice m FRA 2350 5.5 37.0 44.0 2356 2350
14. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2446 5.5 36.0 44.0 2277 2228
15. Langevin, Philippe FRA 2221 5.5 35.5 43.0 2281 2275
16. Wuerdinger, Alexander GER 2088 5.5 32.0 37.0 2222 2234
54 players
The FIDE World Chess Championships Internet Qualifier is taking entries
from July 15th, at stake are 8 places for the FIDE Championships. Play starts
July 23rd 2001.
Details:
FIDE
World Chess Championships Internet Qualifier
The British Chess Championships sponsored by Smith & Williamson
takes place Monday 30th July to Friday 10th August or in the event of a playoff
Saturday 11th August. The reigning champion is Julian Hodgson who plays again
this year. The event, with a £25,000 prize fund takes place at the Spa
Center in Scarborough.
Play will take place from 2.15-9.15 daily. TWIC and the London Chess
Centre will provide coverage of the event. 4 games will be broadcast live via
sensory boards simultaneously with text commentary.
British Chess
Championships Mini-Site
The Czech Open takes place 12th-29th July 2001. The leading players
competing are: Krishnan Sasikiran, Hannes Stefansson, Thomas Luther, Vlastimil
Babula, Vladimir Burmakin And Valery Neverov head the field.
Daily results are published at website:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
Jerome Bibuld reports: The Wilbert Paige Memorial International
Chess Tournament held at the old Hotel Theresa building in Harlem takes place
14th-23rd July 2001. It is a FIDE Cat.IV tournament. It is not only the first
international chess tournament ever held in Harlem, but also the strongest
tournament in history in which every player either has been born in Africa or
is of relatively recent African descent.
NM Ernest ("Steve") Colding (USA) 2258, IM Watu Kobese (RSA) 2373, FM
William Morrison (USA) 2381, FM Stephen Muhammad (USA) 2307, NM Grace Nsubuga
(UGA) 2264, NM Norman ("Pete") Rogers (USA) 2279, IM Michael Schleifer (CAN)
2369, FM Ronald Simpson (USA) 2296, IM Amon Simutowe (ZAM) 2462 and NM Kenneth
Solomon (RSA) 2290.
Internet coverage: http://www.thechessdrum.net/WPM/
The Glorney and Faber Cups international team events for boys and girls
took place in Hyerois, France July 8 to 11, 2001. In the Glorney Cup (Boys
event) the Netherlands took first on tie-break from France. The Faber Cup was
won by France A.
Internet coverage: http://echiquier.hyerois.free.fr/
GLORNEY CUP 2001
POOL A
1. NETHERLANDS 9 ½
2. FRANCE 9 ½
3. CZECH REPUBLIC 6
4. ENGLAND 5
POOL B
5. SCOTLAND 11 ½
6. BELGIUM 9
7. WALES 7
8. IRELAND 2 ½
FABER CUP 2001
POOL A
1. FRANCE A 8
2. NETHERLANDS 5 ½
3. FRANCE B 2 ½
4. WALES 2
POOL B
5. ENGLAND 7
6. CZECH REPUBLIC 5 ½
7. BELGIUM 3
8. IRELAND 3
144 players from 53 countries (86 boys and 58 girls) confirmed their
participation in the 2001 World Junior Chess Championship, August 16-29 in
Athens, Greece. This is an increase of over 50% compared with the previous
year, when a total of 92 players participated.
A full list of the participants (boys & girls) is available online
at http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/players.htm
Website for the Championships:
http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio
Roberto Alvarez and Boris Schipkov have sent a couple of corrections to
the Mercosur Cup games.
Liepajas Rokade
The Latvian Chess Association, Ltd. "Chess club" and Ltd. and "Baltika"
are organising the eighth international chess tournament "Liepaja’s
Rocade"
The are organising an 11 round rapidplay (GM event 25 minutes and 1
hour for the open) Supertournament and a seperate 9 round open August 2nd-4th
2001 and a Bliz on August 5th at Liepaja’s Latvian Society House, Rozu
square 5/6.
Players in the super-tournament: Alexei Shirov, Alexander Shabalov,
Aleksandrs Wojtkiewicz, Aleksandr Khalifman, Ulf Andersson, Jaan Ehlvest,
Edvins Kengis, Ututs Adianto, Maxim Dlugy, Darmens Sadvakasovs, Aloyzas
Kveinys, and Viktorija Cmilyte. Further details and contact info:
http://www.liepaja-online.lv/sahs/
Champions League 2001
The European Club Cup finals take place in 22th-30th SEPTEMBER 2001.
More than 300 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete
in order to claim the Champions League Title. The Games will be held via Swiss
system of 7 rounds and the teams will use 6 players and the right to use two
substitutes.
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr
Korinthos 2001
5th Korinthos Open will take place 28th July-5th August 2001 in
Korinthos.
Further information:
http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/tourns/2001/announ.html Official site
http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/index.html
Asian junior championships
The Asia junior championships take place 12th-20th July in Tehran. It
is for Asian boys and Asian girls under 20s. There are around 15 countries
entered with many titled players. News, games, pics, tables, pairings at:
http://www.iranchess.com/asiau20
and http://www.iranshatrandj.com/en/index.htm
Corsica Open
The Corsica International Open takes place October 28th-31st 2001. 600
000 F of prices (91 500 euros). For more details (Schedule, prizes, travels) :
http://www.opencorsica.com
Malbork Castle Cup (Poland)
The 4th Malbork Castle Cup (Poland) takes place 8th-9th September 2001.
1st prize 1200 PLN (600DM) for more detailed information (English,
German and Polish) see the Internet site:
http://skoraf.republika.pl/index.htm
Tiviakov reports
Sergey Tiviakov's site http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/ has his
reports on the European Championship in Ohrid (Macedonia) and the Dutch
Championships in Leeuwarden.
Bucharest IM
SC Lasker in Bucharest, Romania is organising an IM tournament 5th-19th
August 2001. The event will be Category 2 to 4 and have 12-16 players.
Entry fees: <= 2150 400 DM 2151-2200 300 DM 2201-2250 250 DM
2251-2300 200 DM 2301-2400 150 DM >= 2401 100 DM
Accommodation 100-150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the
period of the tournament. Starting date: 5th august 2001. Opening ceremony
14°° in the Chess Club "Sah Astral", Mendeleev street N° 36-38.
Time limits: 40 moves / 2 hours, then 1 hour for 20 moves + 30 minutes
KO. The games will be played every day from 1430-2130.
Prizes: declared before the 3rd round.
Address in Bucharest: Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu street,
no. 20, phone: 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44; Central Chess Club: Otetari Street,
no. 2, phone 314.68.13. Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38-C.P. 80,
72.250 Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if
contacted he assures the reception of the players). E-mail:
rchirila@hotmail.com or ggg@dnt.ro
Organizer FIDE Master Emil Pessi
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
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
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
Bergen tournament in Norway
Bergen Chess International 2001 takes place in Bergen 4th-12th August
2001 Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/
Contact 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