THE WEEK IN CHESS 356 3rd September 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE Championships in Moscow
3) World Junior Chess Championships
4) Icelandic Championships
5) Najdorf Memorial
6) Moscow Lightning Tournament
7) Kavala Open
8) Lisbon Open
9) Abu Dhabi Open
10) Ron Banwell Masters
11) 9th Nikea Open
12) Bratto Open
13) Canadian Championships
14) Rubinstein Memorial
15) Miercurea Ciuc
16) Nikolaev Tournament
17) Shirov Exhibition
18) First Saturday September
19) VI Paks Cup
20) Estonian Chess Championships
21) Republic of Srpska Team Championships
22) European Youth Championships
23) Mar-del-Plata Zonal
24) Third Saturday in Belgrade
25) Chanac 2001
26) 1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open
27) 16th Schwarzacher Open
28) Pilsen Chess Festival
29) US Open
30) Professional World Chess Ranking
31) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

World Junior Championships         117 games
Icelandic Championships             15 games
Kavala Open                         80 games
Lisbon Open                        730 games
Abu Dhabi Open                     176 games
Ron Banwell Masters                 17 games
9th Nikea Open                     141 games
Bratto Open                         42 games
Canadian Championships              66 games
Rubinstein Memorial                687 games
Miercurea Ciuc                      24 games
Nikolaev Tournament                 91 games
Shirov Exhibition                    5 games
First Saturday September            18 games
VI Paks Cup                        132 games
Estonian Chess Championships        73 games
Yugoslav Team Championships        270 games
Pilsen Chess Festival               29 games
US Open                             37 games
2760 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Vasudevan, Aard Daanen, Miklos Orso, Ular Lauk, Andy McFarland, Ingvar Johannesson, Eugeny Atarov, Argiris Kotsis, Slawek Machlowski, Biro Sandor, Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy, Videki Sandor, Ular Lauk, Mihajlo Savic, Petr Marik, Jack Peters and all those who helped with this issue.

The announcement of the venue of the FIDE Championships was on August 30th. It will be in Moscow. This seems to be a direct response to the 3Ks tournament which is expected to have its official announcement on Friday 7th September and will also be held in Moscow at the same time. Is this a political battle between FIDE and Kasparov and Kramnik? Its hard to tell. If FIDE made the decision to go with Moscow because of the 3Ks event then it seems an over-reaction, no-one is claiming 3Ks event is a World Championship. Next year could be different. There may even be three events battling for attention as a World Championships or quasi-World Championships, as well as the FIDE and Braingames Championships in 2003 there may be a KPN (Dutch Telecom) championships in May with Bessel Kok in the background and possibly the top 34 players. Its not easy to know what Bessel Kok has in mind as to the purpose of the event but he retires as a chief executive very soon and it may signal his return to chess politics through organising high profile events. All this could make things more confusing for the general public than they are now.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) FIDE Championships in Moscow

The venue for the FIDE World Chess Championships this year will be in Moscow. The announcement on August 30th 2001 says that the men's (up to and including the semi-finals) and women's events will take place 24 November and ending 11 December 2001. The final of the men's competition will take place 3rd-13th January 2002 in a venue as yet to be announced, thought to be London.

The event will be part of the celebrations of the life of Mikhail Botvinnik. The choice of venue seems influenced by the three Ks Botvinnik Memorial tournament also in Moscow at the same town that seems certain to be announced soon. Kasparov, Kramnik and Karpov will play each other four times in that event.

FIDE Announcement

3) World Junior Chess Championships

89 boys and 60 girls competed in the World Junior U20 Chess Championships which took place August 16th-29th 2001 in Athens, Greece. Peter Acs of Hungary on 10 points won the World Junior Chess Championship ahead of Merab Gagunashvili and Levon Aronian (9.5). Humpy Koneru of India (9.5 points) won the women's event ahead of Zhao Xue (also 9.5) and Nadezhda Kosintseva (9).

Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio

Leading Final Standings
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WJun Athens GRE (GRE), 16-29 viii 2001
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 1. Acs, Peter                g  HUN 2514   10.0   64.0  2613
 2. Gagunashvili, Merab       m  GEO 2444    9.5   69.5  2652
 3. Aronian, Levon            g  ARM 2562    9.5   64.5  2617
 4. Ni Hua                    f  CHN 2568    9.0   66.5  2573
 5. Azarov, Sergei               BLR 2461    8.5   69.5  2562
 6. Bu Xiangzhi               g  CHN 2553    8.5   67.5  2584
 7. Izoria, Zviad             m  GEO 2486    8.5   62.5  2534
 8. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny      m  RUS 2519    8.5   60.5  2555
 9. Miton, Kamil              m  POL 2516    8.5   60.0  2528
10. Roiz, Michael             m  ISR 2511    8.5   58.5  2504
11. Horvath, Adam             m  HUN 2504    8.5   52.0  2418
12. Sargissian, Gabriel       m  ARM 2514    8.0   65.5  2541
13. Mahesh Chandran, P           IND 2339    8.0   59.5  2536
14. Palliser, Richard         f  ENG 2337    8.0   55.5  2554
15. Markos, Jan                  SVK 2479    8.0   55.5  2451
16. Schenk, Andreas              GER 2455    8.0   55.0  2405
17. Vajda, Levente            m  ROM 2507    8.0   50.5  2430
18. Navara, David             m  CZE 2491    7.5   64.0  2512
19. Berg, Emanuel             m  SWE 2496    7.5   64.0  2469
20. Korobov, Anton               UKR 2470    7.5   59.0  2416
21. Postny, Evgeny            m  ISR 2486    7.5   57.0  2440
22. Stryjecki, Marek          m  POL 2441    7.5   54.5  2428
23. Du Shan                   f  CHN 2352    7.5   54.5  2483
24. Bakre, Tejas              m  IND 2462    7.5   53.5  2373
25. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios     GRE 2435    7.5   53.0  2421
26. Gomez,Jean Paul                  ----    7.5   53.0  2493
27. Kristjansson, Stefan      f  ISL 2380    7.5   51.5  2377
28. Schneider, Dmitry         f  USA 2405    7.5   50.0  2354
29. Bar, Roman                   ISR 2412    7.5   49.5  2400
30. Alvarez, Johan               VEN 2382    7.5   49.0  2323
31. Neiksans, Arturs             LAT 2435    7.0   56.5  2390
32. Simutowe, Amon            m  ZAM 2462    7.0   54.5  2351
33. Pert, Nicholas            f  ENG 2475    7.0   51.5  2353
34. Zhao Zong-Yuan            m  AUS 2359    7.0   51.5  2398
35. Papp, Gabor                  HUN 2291    7.0   49.0  2427
36. Cernousek, Lukas             CZE 2262    7.0   47.5  2384
37. Thorfinnsson, Bragi          ISL 2371    7.0   47.5  2365
38. Potkin, Vladimir          m  RUS 2530    7.0   46.5  2317
39. Berkvens, Joost              NED 2444    7.0   45.5  2301
40. Tomczak, Rafal               POL 2358    7.0   44.5  2206
89 players

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WJun Women Athens GRE (GRE), 16-29 viii 2001
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 1. Koneru, Humpy                   wm IND 2387  9.5 67.5  2470
 2. Zhao Xue                        wg CHN 2372  9.5 58.5  2389
 3. Kosintseva, Nadezhda            wf RUS 2319  9.0 68.5  2442
 4. Gu Xiaobing                        CHN 2300  9.0 65.0  2449
 5. Mkrtchian, Lilit                wg ARM 2376  8.5 67.0  2419
 6. Xu Yuanyuan                     wf CHN 2431  8.5 65.0  2412
 7. Dzagnidze, Nana                 f  GEO 2321  8.5 64.0  2401
 8. Charkhalashvili, Inga           wf GEO 2278  8.5 63.5  2441
 9. Khukhashvili, Sopiko            wm GEO 2295  8.0 61.0  2383
10. Meenakshi, S                       IND 2245  8.0 57.5  2327
11. Aarthie, Ramaswamy              wm IND 2249  8.0 57.0  2331
12. Jackova, Jana                   wm CZE 2350  8.0 56.0  2316
13. Calotescu, Cristina             wf ROM 2283  8.0 53.0  2307
14. Sergeeva, Maria                 wm KAZ 2327  8.0 51.5  2272
15. Kosintseva, Tatiana             wf RUS 2390  7.5 61.5  2354
16. Paehtz, Elisabeth               wm GER 2383  7.5 61.0  2343
17. Zimina, Olga                    wm RUS 2312  7.5 58.5  2325
18. Radziewicz, Iweta               wg POL 2375  7.5 58.0  2327
19. Hryhorenko, Nataliya               UKR 2128  7.5 53.0  2305
20. Klipper, Rebecca                   FRA 2046  7.5 42.5  2191
21. Reizniece, Dana                 wg LAT 2312  7.0 53.5  2260
22. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina            wf RUS 2288  7.0 50.5  2200
23. Kaps, Darja                     wf SLO 2221  7.0 50.5  2220
24. Moshina, Cristina               wm MDA 2221  7.0 47.0  2223
25. Gorlin, Yelena                     USA 2106  7.0 45.0  2185
26. Zuriel,Marisa                   wf ARG 2202  6.5 52.0  2236
27. Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna              POL 2217  6.5 47.5  2069
28. Moncayo Romero, Evelyn          wf ECU 2220  6.5 46.5  2112
29. Cedikova, Katerina                 CZE 2142  6.5 44.0  2160
30. Buckley, Melanie                   ENG 2118  6.5 43.5  2172
31. Papadopoulou, Vera                 GRE 2193  6.5 43.5  2065
32. Korbut, Ekaterina               wm RUS 2413  6.5 42.5  2107
33. Kisonova, Katarina                 SVK 2092  6.5 42.0  2039
34. Mitrovic, Bojana                       ----  6.5 35.5  1989
60 players

4) Icelandic Championships

The 2001 Icelandic Chess Championships take place in Strandgötu, Hafnarfirði, 31st August - 8th September 2001. GMs Hannes Stefansson and Throstur Thorhallsson are the favourites to win the event. My thanks to Ingvar Johannesson.

Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/sthi2001.htm

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ch-ISL Strandgotu ISL (ISL), 31 viii-8 ix 2001             cat. V (2361)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Stefansson, Hannes       g ISL 2586  * . . . . = 1 . . 1  2.5  2550 
 2. Thorhallsson, Throstur   g ISL 2456  . * = . . . . . 1 1  2.5  2565 
 3. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn        ISL 2220  . = * . . . = 1 . .  2.0  2488 
 4. Kristjansson, Stefan     f ISL 2380  . . . * 1 = . . = .  2.0  2470 
 5. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor   m ISL 2404  . . . 0 * 1 . 1 . .  2.0  2466 
 6. Ptacnikova, Lenka       wg CZE 2272  = . . = 0 * . . . .  1.0  2331 
 7. Gunnarsson, Arnar          ISL 2263  0 . = . . . * . . =  1.0  2242 
 8. Thorfinnsson, Bragi        ISL 2371  . . 0 . 0 . . * 1 .  1.0  2202 
 9. Vidarsson, Jon G         f ISL 2359  . 0 . = . . . 0 * .  0.5  2129 
10. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn      ISL 2297  0 0 . . . . = . . *  0.5  2162 
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5) Najdorf Memorial

The Category XIV Najdorf Memorial tournament takes place in Buenos Aires 4th-13th September 2001. The players are: Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi, Gilberto Milos, Xie Jun, Pablo Ricardi, Henrique Mecking, Teimour Radjabov and Ruben Felgaer.

Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Najdorf2001/ (English) and http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar (Spanish)

6) Moscow Lightning Tournament

The Moscow Lightning Tournament takes place September 2nd 2001 sponsored by the newspaper "Evening Moscow". This is a traditional event which has taken place for 55 years. In first place in this 20 player all-play-all was Sergei Rublevsky on 14/19 points, 2nd= Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler 13.5 4th= Alexey Korotylev and Vadim Zvjaginsev 12.5 6th Alexey Dreev 11.5 7th= Evgeny Bareev and Alexander Grischuk 11.0 9th Alexander Lastin 10.0 20 players. My thanks to Eugeny Atarov for the information.

Internet sites: http://www.blitz.chessmoscow.ru and http://www.joeblack.h1.ru and in English http://www.blitz.chessmoscow.ru/final_en.htm.

Final Standings:
 1. Rublevsky, Sergei            g  RUS  2639  14.0
 2. Svidler, Peter               g  RUS  2695  13.5
 3. Morozevich, Alexander        g  RUS  2749  13.5
 4. Korotylev, Alexey            g  RUS  2573  12.5
    Zvjaginsev, Vadim            g  RUS  2638  12.5
 6. Dreev, Alexey                g  RUS  2690  11.5
 7. Bareev, Evgeny               g  RUS  2719  11.0
    Grischuk, Alexander          g  RUS  2669  11.0
 9. Lastin, Alexander            g  RUS  2628  10.0
10. Dvalishvili, Pavel S.           RUS  2395   9.5
    Riazantsev, Alexander        m  RUS  2509   9.5
    Rychagov, Andrey             m  RUS  2505   9.5
13. Vasiukov, Evgeni             g  RUS  2530   8.5
14. Amonatov, Farrukh            f  TJK  2319   8.0
    Bezgodov, Alexei             g  RUS  2518   8.0
16. Nikolenko, Oleg              m  RUS  2517   7.5
    Arbakov, Valentin            g  RUS  2454   7.5
18. Belov, Vladimir              m  RUS  2438   7.0
19. Ivanenko, Vitaly                RUS  2282   3.5
20. Belov, Igor                  m  RUS  2424   3.0
(one or two of the players names could be wrong
but I think they are all ok)

7) Kavala Open

The 1st European Chess Grand-Prix which is also the 10th International Kavala Tournament takes place August 21st-29th 2001. Michal Krasenkow and Marijan Petrov finished on 7.5/9. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.

Web coverage: http://www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html and http://www.chess.gr/kavala

Final Standings:
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10th Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 21-29 viii 2001
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 1. Krasenkow, Michal           g  POL 2573  7.5  55.0  2642 
 2. Petrov, Marijan             m  BUL 2463  7.5  50.5  2523 
 3. Vouldis, Angelos            m  GRE 2508  7.0  56.0  2535 
 4. Halkias, Stelios            m  GRE 2505  7.0  53.5  2506 
 5. Nikolaidis, Ioannis         g  GRE 2531  7.0  50.0  2421 
 6. Dochev, Dimitar             m  BUL 2382  6.5  54.5  2450 
 7. Spasov, Vasil               g  BUL 2569  6.5  56.0  2511 
 8. Skembris, Spyridon          g  GRE 2456  6.5  53.5  2414 
 9. Bojkov, Dejan                  BUL 2411  6.5  54.0  2378 
10. Istratescu, Andrei          g  ROM 2598  6.5  53.5  2488 
11. Georgiev, Krum              g  BUL 2487  6.5  50.0  2411 
12. Andrijevic, Milan           m  YUG 2366  6.5  47.0  2286 
13. Banikas, Hristos            g  GRE 2531  6.5  50.0  2324 
14. Miladinovic, Igor           g  GRE 2496  6.0  51.5  2387 
15. Markidis, Konstantinos         GRE 2342  6.0  50.0  2332 
16. Vasilev, Milen                 BUL 2377  6.0  50.0  2285 
17. Nikolaidis, Konstantinos    f  GRE 2354  6.0  50.5  2290 
18. Angelis, Mihail                GRE 2266  6.0  47.0  2188 
19. Dimitrov, Atanas               BUL 2303  6.0  49.5  2192 
20. Koyias, Konstantinos           GRE 2285  6.0  46.5  2142 
21. Arduman, Can                m  TUR 2379  6.0  47.5  2216 
22. Aftsoglou, Ioannis             GRE 2241  6.0  45.5  2006 
23. Botsari, Anna-Maria         wg GRE 2315  5.5  50.5  2303 
24. Asik, Josip                 f  YUG 2299  5.5  51.0  2261 
25. Passoni, Carlo                 ITA 2258  5.5  44.5  2172 
116 players

8) Lisbon Open

Another European Grand Prix event took place in Lisbon, Portugal 21st-29th August 2001. The event was a 9 round swiss-system event with 180 participants including Jeroen Piket, Hannes Stefansson, Lubo Ftacnik, Ildar Ibragimov, Csaba and Jozsef Horvaths and Joe Gallagher. Jeroen Piket won the event with 7.5/9 ahead of Michael Oratovsky and Artur Kogan on 7.0 points.

Live Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and further information: http://www.infoxadrez.com

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Open Lisbon POR (POR), 21-29 viii 2001
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  1. Piket, Jeroen             g  NED 2630  7.5  2727 
  2. Oratovsky, Michael        m  ISR 2493  7.0  2635 
  3. Kogan, Artur              g  ISR 2517  7.0  2628 
  4. Ftacnik, Lubomir          g  SVK 2580  6.5  2631 
  5. Narciso Dublan, Marc      m  ESP 2510  6.5  2603 
  6. Kotronias, Vasilios       g  CYP 2528  6.5  2600 
  7. Horvath, Csaba            g  HUN 2545  6.5  2589 
  8. Tyomkin, Dimitri          g  ISR 2461  6.5  2587 
  9. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon      g  ISR 2518  6.5  2570 
 10. Horvath, Jozsef           g  HUN 2542  6.5  2562 
 11. Sulava, Nenad             g  CRO 2531  6.5  2558 
 12. Mirzoev, Azer             m  AZE 2516  6.5  2542 
 13. Stohl, Igor               g  SVK 2533  6.5  2535 
 14. Roeder, Mathias           m  GER 2466  6.5  2531 
 15. Lazarev, Vladimir         g  RUS 2459  6.5  2498 
 16. Gallagher, Joseph G       g  SUI 2516  6.5  2415 
 17. Jonkman, Harmen           m  NED 2468  6.0  2537 
 18. Sulskis, Sarunas          g  LTU 2573  6.0  2524 
 19. Galego, Luis              m  POR 2467  6.0  2517 
 20. Palac, Mladen             g  CRO 2578  6.0  2491 
 21. Carrasco Martinez, Juan M    ESP 2341  6.0  2493 
 22. Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria      ESP 2414  6.0  2491 
 23. Stefanova, Antoaneta      m  BUL 2459  6.0  2461 
 24. Rivera, Daniel            m  URU 2361  6.0  2440 
 25. Strikovic, Aleksa         g  YUG 2515  6.0  2460 
 26. Akesson, Ralf             g  SWE 2481  6.0  2425 
 27. Magem Badals, Jordi       g  ESP 2513  6.0  2393 
 28. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi  m  ESP 2403  6.0  2414 
 29. Nogueira, Nelson          m  POR 2213  6.0  2417 
 30. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S    m  UZB 2485  6.0  2378 
 31. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Mar   ESP 2333  6.0  2393 
 32. Rocha, Sergio             m  POR 2376  6.0  2387 
 33. Frois, Antonio            m  POR 2374  6.0  2379 
 34. De Vreugt, Dennis         g  NED 2429  5.5  2451 
164 players

9) Abu Dhabi Open

The AbuDhabi Open takes place 25th August - 5th September 2001. There are three tournaments. The strongest is the 9 round Swiss Open masters event with 44 participants including 15 GMs and 11 IMs. Information: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Zohair and Ravi. Sergey Zagrebelny has a point and a half lead after 8 of 9 rounds with 6.5 points

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

Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
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ADCF Masters Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 25 viii-5 ix 2001
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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 1. Zagrebelny, Sergey       g  UZB 2466  +31 = 6 + 8 + 9 +10 + 5 =13 = 2  6.5  2751 
 2. Kotsur, Pavel            g  KAZ 2600  =16 +18 =21 =23 + 3 = 4 = 5 = 1  5.0  2572 
 3. Gleizerov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2587  +19 +12 =24 = 5 - 2 +18 = 4 =11  5.0  2575 
 4. Guliev, Sarhan           g  AZE 2510  +33 = 5 = 7 =17 +25 = 2 = 3 =14  5.0  2568 
 5. Bagirov, Rufat           m  AZE 2458  +36 = 4 +13 = 3 +22 - 1 = 2 =15  5.0  2555 
 6. Iuldachev, Saidali       g  UZB 2508  +28 = 1 -22 =16 +27 =21 = 7 +23  5.0  2496 
 7. Vakhidov, Tahir          m  UZB 2474  +34 =13 = 4 =18 = 8 = 9 = 6 +25  5.0  2558 
 8. Ulibin, Mikhail          g  RUS 2583  +27 =21 - 1 +20 = 7 =17 +29 =13  5.0  2545 
 9. Volzhin, Alexander       g  RUS 2524  =22 +26 +16 - 1 -18 = 7 +27 +21  5.0  2494 
10. Vladimirov, Evgeny       g  KAZ 2612  =25 +35 +11 +24 - 1 =23 =14 =12  5.0  2559 
11. Barsov, Alexei           g  UZB 2495  +38 =17 -10 =34 =16 +19 +20 = 3  5.0  2506 
12. Maherramzade, Javad      m  AZE 2476  +37 - 3 =34 =13 +26 =15 +18 =10  5.0  2531 
13. Safin, Shukhrat          g  UZB 2529  +41 = 7 - 5 =12 +40 +24 = 1 = 8  5.0  2536 
14. Dizdar, Goran            g  CRO 2537  =26 -16 +36 =27 +37 +22 =10 = 4  5.0  2450 
15. Magerramov, Elmar        g  AZE 2555  =35 =40 +38 =22 =21 =12 +23 = 5  5.0  2478 
16. Sale, Srdjan             m  CRO 2381  = 2 +14 - 9 = 6 =11 =25 +28 =17  4.5  2516 
17. Szekely, Peter           g  HUN 2430  +42 =11 =23 = 4 =24 = 8 =21 =16  4.5  2473 
18. Prasad, Devaki V         m  IND 2440  +44 - 2 +39 = 7 + 9 - 3 -12 +30  4.5  2416 
19. Badjarani, Ilgar         m  AZE 2365  - 3 +39 +37 =21 -23 -11 +41 +31  4.5  2403 
20. Raetsky, Alexander       m  RUS 2452  +43 -24 +40 - 8 =34 +41 -11 +22  4.5  2391 
21. Sharif, Mershad          m  FRA 2474  +30 = 8 = 2 =19 =15 = 6 =17 - 9  4.0  2473 
22. Salem, Ghuloom              UAE 2295  = 9 +29 + 6 =15 - 5 -14 +24 -20  4.0  2496 
23. Arkhipov, Sergey         g  RUS 2500  =40 +25 =17 = 2 +19 =10 -15 - 6  4.0  2469 
24. Dzhumaev, Marat          g  UZB 2497  +32 +20 = 3 -10 =17 -13 -22 +37  4.0  2425 
25. Lodhi, Mahmood           m  PAK 2410  =10 -23 +28 +35 - 4 =16 +37 - 7  4.0  2416 
26. Velikhanli, Firuza       wg AZE 2327  =14 - 9 =30 +39 -12 =31 +34 =29  4.0  2337 
27. Hamed, Ahmed             m  EGY 2337  - 8 =30 +31 =14 - 6 +40 - 9 +39  4.0  2367 
28. Hamad, Ahmad                SYR 2284  - 6 =31 -25 =30 +33 +32 -16 +41  4.0  2320 
29. Rizouk, Aimen            m  ALG 2442  -39 -22 +43 =38 +30 +34 - 8 =26  4.0  2266 
30. Mamedov, Chingiz            AZE 2224  -21 =27 =26 =28 -29 +36 +38 -18  3.5  2295 
31. Khalid AlShaali             UAE 2187  - 1 =28 -27 +43 =32 =26 +35 -19  3.5  2270 
32. Illijin, Neboisa         m  ROM 2262  -24 =43 =35 =41 =31 -28 +36 =33  3.5  2228 
33. Molina, Antonio             PHI 2293  - 4 -36 +42 -37 -28 +44 +40 =32  3.5  2170 
34. Mohamed, Hossein         f  UAE 2203  - 7 +41 =12 =11 =20 -29 -26 =38  3.0  2316 
35. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed  m  EGY 2332  =15 -10 =32 -25 +39 -37 -31 +42  3.0  2209 
36. Hussan, Mohamed Seif        UAE 2142  - 5 +33 -14 -40 +42 -30 -32 +43  3.0  2186 
37. Li, Georgiy                 UZB 2239  -12 +44 -19 +33 -14 +35 -25 -24  3.0  2276 
38. Mirzoeva, Elmira         wm RUS 2260  -11 +42 -15 =29 -41 +43 -30 =34  3.0  2207 
39. Ali, Shaheen                UAE 2104  +29 -19 -18 -26 -35 +42 +44 -27  3.0  2193 
40. Ali, Mahmoud                UAE 2274  =23 =15 -20 +36 -13 -27 -33 =44  2.5  2210 
41. Toomanian, Hamlet           IRI 2301  -13 -34 +44 =32 +38 -20 -19 -28  2.5  2153 
42. Faisal, Kashwani            UAE ----  -17 -38 -33 +44 -36 -39 +43 -35  2.0  2019 
43. Ibrahim, Ismail             UAE 2136  -20 =32 -29 -31 +44 -38 -42 -36  1.5  1967 
44. Abdulla,M Saleh             UAE ----  -18 -37 -41 -42 -43 -33 -39 =40  0.5  1779 
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10) Ron Banwell Masters

The Ron Banwell Masters, incorporating the Commonwealth Championships took place 18th-27th August 2001. It was part of the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad (London). Final results (all 7/10): Gold Pentala Harikrishna, Silver Graeme Buckley and Bronze Danny Gormally. The top four boards only from rounds 7-10 are available.

Internet coverage: http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2001.htm and http://www.msoworld.com/

Final Standings:
 1 Harikrishna, Penteala (g)  m IND 2522  7.5 /10  2629
 2 Buckley, Graeme       (s)  m ENG 2370  7.5 /10  2561
 3 Gormally, Daniel      (b)  m ENG 2481  7.5 /10  2583
 4 Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri   g GRE 2455  7.0 /10  2501
 5 Ravi, Lanka                m IND 2389  7.0 /10  2508
 6 Barua, Dibyendu            g IND 2499  7.0 /10  2485
 7 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy       m IND 2371  6.5 /10  2452
 8 Kunte, Abhijit             g IND 2547  6.5 /10  2497
 9 Batyrov, Sapar             g TKM 2402  6.5 /10  2389
10 Aikhoje, Odion             m NGR 2305  6.0 / 9  2317
11 Thipsay, Praveen M         g IND 2453  6.0 /10  2444
12 McNab, Colin A             g SCO 2437  6.0 /10  2392
13 Eames, Robert                ENG 2333  6.0 /10  2393
14 McDonald, Neil R           g ENG 2406  6.0 /10  2378
15 Salem, Ihab                  PLE 2201  6.0 /10  2278
16 Houska, Jovanka           wg ENG 2354  5.5 /10  2411
17 Kirsanov, Oleg               RUS 2365  5.5 /10  2343
18 Crouch, Colin S            m ENG 2407  5.5 /10  2355
19 Thiruchelvam, Murugan        ENG 2240  5.5 /10  2215
20 Sowray, Peter J            f ENG 2334  5.5 /10  2251
21 Maduekwe, Chiedu             NGR 2145  5.5 /10  2186
22 Annaberdiev, Meilis          TKM 2265  5.5 /10  2300
23 Franklin, Michael J        f ENG 2253  5.5 /10  2157
24 Warman, Simon                ENG 2128  5.5 /10  2115
62 players

11) 9th Nikea Open

The 9th Nikea International Open took place in Nikea (Piraeus) 18th-26th August 2001. The event was won by IM Dimitri Svetushkin (2461) from Moldavia with 8.5/9. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.

Information: http://www.chess.gr

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9th Open Nikea GRE (GRE), 18-26 viii 2001
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  1. Svetushkin, Dmitry           m  MDA 2461 8.5  57.5  2810
  2. Potapov, Alexander1          m  RUS 2505 8.0  55.0  2662
  3. Khetsuriani, Besarion        f  GEO 2415 7.0  49.0  2386
  4. Kalesis, Nikolaos            m  GRE 2398 7.0  53.0  2454
  5. Chilov, Alexandros              GRE 2307 7.0  52.5  2394
  6. Moutousis, Konstantinos      m  GRE 2448 6.5  58.0  2422
  7. Plachetka, Jan               g  SVK 2443 6.5  56.0  2368
  8. Kofidis, Andreas             m  GRE 2431 6.5  52.5  2466
  9. Karayannis, Athanasios       f  GRE 2371 6.5  51.0  2279
 10. Gesos, Pavlos                m  GRE 2351 6.5  51.0  2286
 11. Shahtahtinsky, Alekper       f  GRE 2342 6.5  49.5  2346
 12. Makropoulou, Marina          wg GRE 2313 6.5  52.0  2175
 13. Ionescu, Cristian            f  ROM 2282 6.5  53.5  2408
 14. Kolani, Leonard                 ALB 2229 6.5  44.0  2052
 15. Alexakis, Dimitrios             GRE 2196 6.5  47.5  2394
 16. Balaskas, Panayotis             GRE 2187 6.5  47.0  2257
 17. Efstathiou, Damianos            GRE 2169 6.5  46.5  2314
 18. Katsiris, Ioannis               GRE 2086 6.5  46.5  2136
 19. Fambas,Ioanns                   GRE ---- 6.5  49.5  2387
 20. Stefanidi,Maria Anna            GRE ---- 6.5  44.0  2272
175 players

12) Bratto Open

The Bratto Open takes place in Italy August 20th-30th 2001. Vladimir Epishin, Vadim Milov, Giulio Borgo, Sinisa Drazic, Igor Khenkin and Michele Godena finished on 6.5/9 with Epishin taking first on tie-break. Games from the first six rounds only available.

Internet coverage: http://maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml

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21st Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 22-30 viii 2001
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 1. Epishin, Vladimir       g  RUS 2583  6.5   49.5
 2. Milov, Vadim            g  SUI 2614  6.5   48.0
 3. Borgo, Giulio           m  ITA 2428  6.5   48.0
 4. Drazic, Sinisa          g  YUG 2480  6.5   47.5
 5. Khenkin, Igor           g  GER 2579  6.5   46.0
 6. Godena, Michele         g  ITA 2491  6.5   43.5
 7. Foisor, Cristina Adela  m  ROM 2423  6.0   44.0
 8. Arlandi, Ennio          m  ITA 2449  6.0   43.5
 9. Dervishi, Erald         g  ALB 2491  6.0   42.5
10. Bellini, Fabio          m  ITA 2499  6.0   42.5
11. Cebalo, Miso            g  CRO 2476  6.0   42.0
12. Lalic, Bogdan           g  ENG 2528  6.0   41.5
13. Belotti, Bruno          m  ITA 2405  5.5   45.0
14. Komarov, Dimitri        g  UKR 2525  5.5   44.0
15. Tatai, Stefano          m  ITA 2350  5.5   43.5
16. Ausmins, Elmar          f  ITA 2345  5.5   42.5
17. Dittmar, Peter          f  GER 2348  5.5   42.0
18. Mantovani, Renzo        m  ITA 2372  5.5   41.0
19. Koskinen, Henri         f  FIN 2321  5.5   40.5
20. Caoili, Arianne         wf PHI 2152  5.5   40.0
21. De Santis, Alessio      f  ITA 2353  5.5   38.0
22. Guido, Flavio           f  ITA 2379  5.0   42.5
23. Friedrich, Norbert      f  GER 2275  5.0   41.5
24. Foisor, Ovidiu          m  ROM 2400  5.0   41.5
25. Sarno, Spartaco         m  ITA 2400  5.0   41.5
26. Vancini, Edoardo        f  ITA 2358  5.0   41.0
27. Lanzani, Mario          m  ITA 2380  5.0   40.5
28. Maksimovic, Suzana      wg YUG 2294  5.0   39.0
29. Pagnoncelli, Marco         ITA 2064  5.0   37.5
30. Cugini,Werter              ITA 2207  5.0   36.5
31. Schaefer, Michael          GER 2240  5.0   33.0
80 players

13) Canadian Championships

The Canadian Championships took place in Montreal August 21st-29th 2001. It was a 9 round Swiss with 31 players competing which was also a FIDE Zonal. Kevin Spraggett and Alexandre Lesiège, the top two players shared first place. After an abortive attempt at a playoff when they drew both the games they will now play off in mid-September for a purse of $5,000.

Internet coverage: http://www.execulink.com/~binkie/closed2001/

Final Standings:
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Canadian Closed Montreal CAN (CAN), 21-28 viii 2001
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Spraggett, Kevin         g  CAN 2531  + 7 +14 +11 = 2 + 8 = 6 + 4 +10 + 3  8.0  2670 
 2. Lesiege, Alexandre       g  CAN 2564  +15 = 3 +13 = 1 + 7 + 4 + 9 + 6 +10  8.0  2675 
 3. Bluvshtein, Mark            CAN 2303  +19 = 2 =24 +22 = 5 = 9 + 7 +20 - 1  6.0  2379 
 4. Khassanov, Marat         f  CAN 2363  +28 +25 =27 + 5 + 9 - 2 - 1 +11 = 6  6.0  2385 
 5. Phillips, Ray               CAN ----  = 6 +29 +20 - 4 = 3 + 8 -10 + 9 =12  5.5  2361 
 6. Schleifer, Michael       m  CAN 2369  = 5 +18 - 9 +19 +27 = 1 +25 - 2 = 4  5.5  2295 
 7. Gaspariants, Vladimir    f  RUS 2305  - 1 +31 +30 +10 - 2 +13 - 3 =21 + 8  5.5  2354 
 8. Mikanovic, Goran         f  CAN 2273  +17 = 9 =10 +11 - 1 - 5 +13 +14 - 7  5.0  2282 
 9. Glinert, Stephen         f  CAN 2273  +21 = 8 + 6 +27 - 4 = 3 - 2 - 5 +20  5.0  2330 
10. Hamilton, Robert         f  CAN 2307  +23 =13 = 8 - 7 +29 +15 + 5 - 1 - 2  5.0  2280 
11. Ghannoum, Marc              CAN 2192  +16 +24 - 1 - 8 =30 =20 +26 - 4 +22  5.0  2275 
12. Yoos, John C                CAN 2360  -27 -20 -16 +32 +17 +19 =14 +25 = 5  5.0  2163 
13. Milicevic, Dragoljub        CAN 2269  +26 =10 - 2 +24 =15 - 7 - 8 =16 +21  4.5  2256 
14. Odachowski, Arthur          CAN 2197  +31 - 1 =19 =20 =21 +22 =12 - 8 =18  4.5  2208 
15. Gurevich, Artjom            CAN 2197  - 2 =26 +25 +28 =13 -10 =22 =18 =17  4.5  2182 
16. Lipnowski, Irvin         f  CAN 2309  -11 -22 +12 +26 -25 =24 =30 =13 +29  4.5  2128 
17. Reddy, Tyler                CAN 2084  - 8 +23 -22 -21 -12 +28 +31 +24 =15  4.5  2177 
18. Urquhart,Eddie              CAN ----  =20 - 6 =29 -30 =28 +32 +27 =15 =14  4.5  2162 
19. Lawson,Eric                 CAN ----  - 3 +32 =14 - 6 =24 -12 =23 +31 +25  4.5  2150 
20. Ochkoos, Jura               CAN 2285  =18 +12 - 5 =14 =22 =11 +21 - 3 - 9  4.0  2152 
21. Chabot, Roland              CAN 2225  - 9 =28 =26 +17 =14 +27 -20 = 7 -13  4.0  2159 
22. Gardner, Robert             CAN 2206  -24 +16 +17 - 3 =20 -14 =15 +30 -11  4.0  2145 
23. Patterson, Roger            CAN ----  -10 -17 =28 -25 +32 -31 =19 +27 +26  4.0  2046 
24. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas     CAN 2126  +22 -11 = 3 -13 =19 =16 =29 -17 =28  3.5  2094 
25. Kiviaho,Robert              CAN ----  =29 - 4 -15 +23 +16 +30 - 6 -12 -19  3.5  2097 
26. Pitre, Francois             CAN ----  -13 =15 =21 -16 +31 +29 -11 =28 -23  3.5  2075 
27. Haessel, Dale R             USA 2205  +12 +30 = 4 - 9 - 6 -21 -18 -23 +32  3.5  2096 
28. Saint-Amand, Paul           CAN 2208  - 4 =21 =23 -15 =18 -17 +32 =26 =24  3.5  2030 
29. Kapadia,Ronak               CAN ----  =25 - 5 =18 +31 -10 -26 =24 +32 -16  3.5  2002 
30. Ramaswamy,Kiran             CAN ----  +32 -27 - 7 +18 =11 -25 =16 -22 -31  3.0  2010 
31. Lipnowski, Samuel           CAN ----  -14 - 7 +32 -29 -26 +23 -17 -19 +30  3.0  1940 
32. BYE                             ----  -30 -19 -31 -12 -23 -18 -28 -29 -27  0.0       
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Lesiege, Alexandre  -  Spraggett, Kevin    1/2  108  A86  Dutch Leningrad System
Spraggett, Kevin    -  Lesiege, Alexandre  1/2   32  B85  Sicilian Scheveningen Variation


Canadian Closed Playoff Montreal CAN (CAN), 29-29 viii 2001
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                                 1   2 
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Lesiege, Alexandre g  CAN 2564    =   =   1.0  2531
Spraggett, Kevin   g  CAN 2531    =   =   1.0  2564
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14) Rubinstein Memorial

The XXXVIII Rubinstein Memorial Festival took place in Polanica Zdrój 13th-25th August 2001. There was no super-GM tournament this year. The main Open A which had a total of 139 players was won by Vladimir Baklan and Robert Kempinski. There are games from all rounds available. Unfortunately many of the games in the bulletin are incomplete with only the first 20 moves provided. My thanks to Slawek Machlowski for his help.

Internet coverage: http://rubinstein.netgate.com.pl/

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Rubinstein Open Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 16-25 viii 2001
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  1. Baklan, Vladimir         g  UKR 2599  8.0  52.5  65.5  6  46.0
  2. Kempinski, Robert        g  POL 2595  8.0  52.0  64.5  6  45.5
  3. Gritsak, Orest           m  UKR 2499  8.0  47.0  59.0  6  44.0
  4. Zubarev, Alexander1      m  UKR 2470  7.5  45.5  57.0  7  39.0
  5. Eljanov, Pavel           g  UKR 2522  7.0  54.0  67.0  5  45.0
  6. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw         POL 2295  7.0  53.0  65.0  5  41.0
  7. Smetankin, Stanislav     m  BLR 2433  7.0  50.5  63.0  6  40.0
  8. Jakubiec, Artur             POL 2497  7.0  49.5  61.5  5  41.5
  9. Jaracz, Pawel            g  POL 2521  7.0  48.0  60.0  5  43.0
 10. Cyborowski, Lukasz       m  POL 2509  7.0  47.0  60.0  5  41.0
 11. Markowski, Tomasz        g  POL 2548  7.0  47.0  59.0  6  39.0
 12. Schmidt, Wlodzimierz     g  POL 2438  7.0  46.5  58.5  5  38.0
 13. Shishkin, Vadim          m  UKR 2458  7.0  45.5  57.5  5  39.0
 14. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  m  UKR 2539  7.0  45.5  56.5  6  39.0
 15. Vysochin, Spartak        m  UKR 2542  7.0  44.0  56.5  7  38.0
 16. Zezulkin, Jurij          g  BLR 2529  7.0  42.0  51.5  6  34.5
 17. Anuszkiewicz, Konrad        POL 2257  7.0  40.0  49.5  6  33.5
 18. Malaniuk, Vladimir P     g  UKR 2516  6.5  48.5  60.5  4  40.5
 19. Abbasov, Farid           m  AZE 2426  6.5  48.5  59.5  6  41.0
 20. Zhigalko, Andrey            BLR 2400  6.5  47.0  59.5  6  37.5
 21. Sergeev, Vladimir        m  UKR 2498  6.5  43.0  54.5  5  35.5
 22. Balcerak, Jakob          m  GER 2415  6.5  42.0  53.0  5  34.0
 23. Orzech, Dominik             POL 2251  6.5  38.0  46.5  6  32.5
 24. Sharapov, Evgeny         m  UKR 2403  6.0  48.5  60.0  6  36.0
 25. Grabarska, Barbara       wm POL 2253  6.0  48.0  61.0  5  38.5
 26. Staniszewski, Piotr      m  POL 2451  6.0  47.5  59.0  5  37.0
 27. Malakhatko, Vadim        g  UKR 2557  6.0  46.5  58.5  5  36.0
 28. Tihonov, Jurij           m  BLR 2393  6.0  46.5  57.0  5  35.0
 29. Babaev, Rashad              AZE 2361  6.0  45.5  56.5  6  37.0
 30. Zhigalko, Sergei            BLR 2219  6.0  44.5  57.0  4  31.0
 31. Swicarz, Maciej             POL 2309  6.0  43.0  54.0  6  32.0
 32. Jedryczka, Krystian         POL 2330  6.0  42.5  54.0  4  33.0
 33. Pichugin, Alexandr       m  UKR 2416  6.0  41.5  52.0  4  34.0
 34. Dlugosz, Jedrzej            POL 2272  6.0  40.0  50.0  4  31.5
 35. Jasik, Krzysztof            POL 2250  6.0  40.0  49.0  5  28.5
 36. Zawadzka, Jolanta           POL 2064  6.0  39.0  50.0  5  25.5
139 players

15) Miercurea Ciuc

The Caissa 2001 tournaments in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) took place 20th-30th August 2001. Miklos Orso and Stefan Bromberger finished on 7.5/11.

The next event in Miercurea Ciuc is the Post Banc IM 20th-30th September 2001. My thanks to Biro Sandor.

Further details: http://www.topnet.ro/caissa

Final Standings:
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IM Miercurea Ciuc ROM (ROM), 20-30 viii 2001              cat. II (2298)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Orso, Miklos         m HUN 2401  * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1  7.5  2421 
 2. Bromberger, Stefan     GER 2353  0 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 1  7.5  2425 
 3. Murariu, Andrei        ROM 2287  = 0 * 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1  7.0  2400 
 4. Danilov, Vladimir    f ROM 2348  = = 0 * = 1 1 = = 0 1 1  6.5  2358 
 5. Vajda, Albert        m ROM 2405  = = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1  6.5  2352 
 6. Bogza, Adina        wm ROM 2290  = = 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 = 1  6.5  2363 
 7. Manolache, Marius    f ROM 2421  0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2351 
 8. Gheng, Josef         f GER 2319  = 1 1 = 0 0 0 * = = 1 1  6.0  2331 
 9. Nanu, Ciprian        m ROM 2417  = 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 1 1  6.0  2322 
10. Marin, Luiza        wm ROM 2159  0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 =  3.0  2135 
11. Lutz, Thomas           GER 2093  = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2054 
12. Lutz, Dieter           GER 2078  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = *  1.0  1934 
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16) Nikolaev Tournament

There was an international chess tournament in Nikolaev (Ukraine), 1st-13th August 2001. 14 year old Alexander Areschenko won the the event and made a GM norm.

Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/nik01ind.htm

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It Nikolaev UKR (UKR), 1-13 viii 2001                            cat. VII (2412)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Areshchenko, Alexander     UKR 2462  * 1 = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 10.0  2618 
 2. Zubov, Alexander         m UKR 2473  0 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1  8.5  2516 
 3. Slovineanu, Viacheslav   m MDA 2406  = 1 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 0 = =  8.0  2498 
 4. Itkis, Boris             m ROM 2455  = = = * 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2465 
 5. Karjakin, Sergey         f UKR 2338  0 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1  7.5  2474 
 6. Kalygin, Sergey V        g RUS 2439  0 = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 1 = 1  7.0  2438 
 7. Bets, Anatolij           m MDA 2402  = = = = = = * = 0 = 0 = 1 1  6.5  2412 
 8. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy      m UKR 2453  = 0 0 1 1 0 = * 1 0 1 0 = =  6.0  2379 
 9. Maksimenko, Andrei       g UKR 2502  = 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = = 1 = =  6.0  2375 
10. Olenin, Nikolay          m RUS 2386  0 = = = 0 = = 1 = * 0 0 = =  5.0  2326 
11. Alexikov, Alexander      m UKR 2405  0 = = 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * 1 0 0  5.0  2325 
12. Nakonechny, Sergey         UKR 2237  0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 * 1 =  5.0  2337 
13. Savon, Vladimir A        g UKR 2449  0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = 1 0 * 1  5.0  2321 
14. Bondarchuk, Sergei         UKR 2354  = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 *  4.0  2274 
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17) Shirov Exhibition

Alexei Shirov played exhibition using a new TV Internet set top box as part of the Funkaustellung in Berlin. Galaxis is a Luebeck company and is launching their "x-treme" set top box at the exhibition. The event took place 31st August 2001 at 18.00 CET. Shirov beat Shredder with the black pieces at a time rate of 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move. He then used the Internet connection to play blitz (5 minutes + 2 seconds per move) games against Sasikiran and Thiruchelvam.

Internet coverage: http://www.galaxis.de and http://www.chessbase.com/news/ifa-berl1.htm

Shredder 5.32   -  Shirov, Alexei  0-1   49  D19  Slav Defence

IFA Galaxis Berlin GER (GER), 31-31 viii 2001
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                             1 
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Shirov, Alexei g  ESP 2706    1   1.0      
Shredder 5.32         ----    0   0.0      
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18) First Saturday September

The main First Saturday events in September are two IM category I groups. The IMA event is a 12 player all-play-all and the B event is a six player double round all-play-all. My thanks to Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy.

Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0901.htm

Round 2 Standings:
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-12 ix 2001          cat. I (2267)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Kun, Gabor             HUN 2274  * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . .  2.0       
 2. Hajnal, Zoltan       f HUN 2355  . * . . . . 1 . . . 1 .  2.0       
 3. Boros, Denes           HUN 2198  . . * . = 1 . . . . . .  1.5  2410 
 4. Resika, Nathan A     f USA 2203  . . . * . . . . = . 1 .  1.5  2455 
 5. Pitschka, Klaus      f GER 2220  . . = . * . . . . = . .  1.0  2240 
 6. Gazic, Josip           GER 2215  . . 0 . . * . . 1 . . .  1.0  2257 
 7. Nemeth, Zoltan       m HUN 2328  . 0 . . . . * . . . . 1  1.0  2328 
 8. Sinkovics, Peter     m HUN 2301  0 . . . . . . * . . . 1  1.0  2288 
 9. Berczes, Csaba         HUN 2316  . . . = . 0 . . * . . .  0.5  2016 
10. Appleberry, Martin     FRA 2283  0 . . . = . . . . * . .  0.5  2054 
11. Feller, Joseph         LUX 2209  . 0 . 0 . . . . . . * .  0.0       
12. Soos, Bela           m GER 2302  . . . . . . 0 0 . . . *  0.0       
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-10 ix 2001cat. I (2267)
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                                1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo  m HUN 2255 ** .. .. 1. .. 1.  2.0      
2 Kahn, Evarth      m HUN 2278 .. ** =. .. 1. ..  1.5  2450
3 Dobos, Jozsef     m HUN 2309 .. =. ** =. .. ..  1.0  2299
4 Gouret, Thierry   f FRA 2320 0. .. =. ** .. ..  0.5  2089
5 Alfred, Nathan      ENG 2205 .. 0. .. .. ** =.  0.5  2064
6 Cooke, Eric         USA 2237 0. .. .. .. =. **  0.5  2037
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19) VI Paks Cup

The VI Paks Cup Hungary, GM, IM, and FM tournaments took place 18th-28th August 2001. The GM and IM events were 11 rounds. Jan Michael Sprenger, Andras Flumbort, Andras Toth and Eddie Dearing all made IM norms. My thanks to Videki Sandor for the information.

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VI Paks Cup GM HUN (HUN), 18-28 viii 2001                  cat. VII (2416)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Groszpeter, Attila      g HUN 2495  * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1  8.0  2583 
 2. Flumbort, Andras          HUN 2372  = * = = 1 = = 1 = = = 1  7.0  2521 
 3. Markus, Robert          m YUG 2443  = = * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1  7.0  2515 
 4. Sammalvuo, Tapani       m FIN 2420  0 = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1  6.5  2480 
 5. Sprenger, Jan Michael     GER 2433  0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 1 =  6.5  2479 
 6. Kosanovic, Goran A      g YUG 2430  = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 0  6.0  2450 
 7. Polak, Tomas            g CZE 2481  = = 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = 1  6.0  2445 
 8. Sundararajan, Kidambi     IND 2421  0 0 = 1 = = 0 * = = 0 1  4.5  2350 
 9. Kustar, Sandor          m HUN 2409  = = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 =  4.0  2314 
10. Rajlich, Vasik G        f USA 2330  = = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 0  3.5  2290 
11. Arnold, Lothar          m GER 2408  0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * =  3.5  2283 
12. Pataki, Gyozo             HUN 2347  0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 = *  3.5  2289 
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VI Paks Cup IM HUN (HUN), 18-28 viii 2001                cat. I (2262)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Toth, Andras1        HUN 2382  * = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1  8.5  2461 
 2. Dearing, Eddie       SCO 2274  = * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2471 
 3. Popescu, Dan         ROM 2250  = 1 * 0 = = 0 = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2327 
 4. Koskela, Niina    wm FIN 2250  0 0 1 * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1  6.5  2327 
 5. Zelic, Mladen      f CRO 2286  0 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2295 
 6. Krutti, Valer      m HUN 2385  0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 1 0  5.5  2250 
 7. Tancsa, Robert       HUN 2205  0 = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = 0 1  5.0  2231 
 8. Habibi, Ali        m GER 2250  0 = = 0 = = = * = 0 = 1  4.5  2197 
 9. Resika, Nathan A   f USA 2203  1 0 0 1 0 = 0 = * = = 0  4.0  2165 
10. Macsik, Tamas        HUN 2188  = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = * 0 =  4.0  2166 
11. Sebe, Razvan         ROM 2278  0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = 1 * =  4.0  2158 
12. Szabo, Krisztian     HUN 2191  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 = = *  3.0  2093 
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20) Estonian Chess Championships

The Estonian Chess Championships took place in Puhajarve 8th-16th August 2001. Edvins Kengis and Aloyzas Kveinys played the event to improve norm chances. Second placed Kaido Kulaots won the championships (2nd Jaan Ehlvest, 3rd Tarvo Seeman). Monika Tsiganova won the women's event. My thanks to Ular Lauk for the information.

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ch-EST Puhajarve EST (EST), 8-16 viii 2001           cat. IX (2453)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Kengis, Edvins     g LAT 2572  * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2634 
 2. Kulaots, Kaido     m EST 2529  = * = 1 0 1 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2594 
 3. Kveinys, Aloyzas   g LTU 2535  = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2555 
 4. Ehlvest, Jaan      g EST 2627  = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2507 
 5. Seeman, Tarvo      m EST 2440  0 1 = = * = = = = 0 1  5.0  2454 
 6. Sepp, Olav         m EST 2442  = 0 = = = * = = 1 = =  5.0  2454 
 7. Kanep, Meelis        EST 2318  0 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 1  5.0  2466 
 8. Kiik, Kalle        m EST 2449  0 0 0 = = = 1 * = = 1  4.5  2417 
 9. Lauk, Ular           EST 2346  = = = 0 = 0 0 = * = =  3.5  2354 
10. Zjukin, Sergei       EST 2415  0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 0  3.0  2308 
11. Narva, Jaan          EST 2313  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 *  2.0  2227 
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ch-EST Women Puhajarve EST (EST), 8-16 viii 2001
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1. Tsiganova, Monika   wm EST 2266  * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1  5.5  2348 
2. Bashkite, Viktoria     EST 2065  1 * = 1 0 = 1 1  5.0  2305 
3. Piarnpuu, Leili     wm EST 2212  = = * = 1 = 1 1  5.0  2284 
4. Fomina, Tatyana     wm EST 2269  0 0 = * 1 1 1 1  4.5  2219 
5. Paidla, Kaja J         EST 2109  0 1 0 0 * 1 = =  3.0  2090 
6. Budylina, Sofia        EST 2076  0 = = 0 0 * 1 1  3.0  2095 
7. Pikkmets, Reet         EST ----  0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1  1.5  1926 
8. Ranniku, Maaja      wm EST 2097  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  0.5  1720 
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21) Republic of Srpska Team Championships

Mihajlo Savic reports : The men's team Championship of the Republic of Srpska took place on the mountain of Jahorina 11th-19th August 2001. There were ten teams and many players from Yugoslavia appeared for them. The top board was the equivalent of a Category. LEOTAR teams lost the match against STUDENT team, because of an arbiters decision, in the last round, without play with 5-0. The KSK team won with 37 points. The winning team was GM Zlatko Ilincic, GM Milan Vukic, IM Aleksandar Savanovic, MK Dusan Lekic, FM Miladin Gavric and IM Goran Milosevic.

No|Name                              |Total| 1  |2  |3  |4  |5  |6  |7  |8  |9  |10
 1|Krajiski sahovski klub, Banja Luka  37.0  *   3.0 5.0 4.5 3.5 3.0 5.0 4.5 3.5 5.0
 2|STUDENT, Banja Luka                 36.0  3.0 *   4.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0
 3|GLASINAC, Sokolac                   31.0  1.0 2.0 *   4.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 5.0 2.0
 4|OBUDOVAC, Obudovac                  26.0  1.5 1.5 2.0 *   1.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 5.0 4.5
 5|PANTERI, Bijeljina                  25.5  2.5 2.0 1.0 4.5 *   3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5
 6|MLADOST, Laktasi                    25.5  3.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 *   2.5 3.5 2.0 4.5
 7|PRIJEDOR-MIRA, Prijedor             25.0  1.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 *   4.0 3.0 3.0
 8|SLAVIJA, Srpsko Sarajevo            24.5  1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 *   3.5 5.0
 9|LEOTAR, Trebinje                    19.5  2.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.5 *   2.5
10|JEDINSTVO, Brcko                    19.0  1.0 1.0 4.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 3.0 1.0 3.5 *

22) European Youth Championships

The European Youth Chess Championships take place Kallithea, Halkidiki August 30th - September 10th 2001. The FIDE Congress (September 4th to 10th) also take place at the same venue.

Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.org/. In English: http://www.sportmeeting.org/chessen.htm

23) Mar-del-Plata Zonal

Zone 2.5 in Mar-del-Plata took place 25th August - 2nd September 2001. Facundo Pierrot and Ruben Felgaer finished on 7/10. No games and no further details available.

Internet coverage: http://members.tripod.com/~scalise/scalise3/zonal01.html

Final Standings:
 1 Pierrot, Facundo     7.0
   Felgaer, Ruben       7.0
 3 Cubas, Jose          6.5
 4 Rosito, Jorge        6.0
   Fiorito, Fabian      6.0
 6 Kanefsck, Gustavo    5.0
   Rodriguez, Andres    5.0
 8 Roselli, Bernardo    4.5
 9 Tempone, Marcelo     4.0
10 Cristobal, Ruben     2.5
11 Bauza, Alejandro     1.5

24) Third Saturday in Belgrade

The Third Saturday Tournament in Belgrade took place 16th-26th August 2001. Johan Furhoff and Dragutin Sahovic finished with 6/10. Game from the second half of the event are as yet unavailable. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the information.

Info: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm

Final Standings:
TSIM August Belgrad YUG 
16-26 viii 2001cat. II (2294)
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1 Furhoff, Johan     f SWE 2281 6.0
2 Sahovic, Dragutin  g YUG 2420 6.0
3 Divljan, Igor        CAN 2192 5.5
4 Simic, Radoslav    g YUG 2430 5.5
5 Stankovic, Marija    YUG 2259 3.5
6 Savic, Marijana   wf YUG 2180 3.5
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25) Chanac 2001

The Chanac open took place 25th August - 1st September 2001. GM Valentin Lukov won the 9 round event. No games available.

Internet coverage: http://www.chanac.fr.st/

Final Standings:
 1 Lukov, V.   GM 2469 8,5
 2 Buisson, M.    1870 7,5
 3 Palleja, X.    2252 7 
 4 Berlandier, L. 2205 6,5
 5 Linder, O      2092 6,5
 6 Huin, E        1890 6,5
 7 Pallandre, F   2108 6,5
 8 Capron, D      2195 6 
 9 Vasquez, G     2068 6 
10 Donnenfeld, P  2090 6 
11 Blachier, P    2091 6 
12 Plane, D       1990 6 
13 Palazon, J     2070 6 
14 Gallet, G      1860 6 
15 Schone, C      1890 6 
16 Daniel, J      2030 6 
91 players

26) 1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open

The 1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open took place August 26th - September 1st 2001.

1st Glenn Flear 2489 7.5 2nd-3rd Davoud Pira 2432, Jean-Pierre Boudre 2372 7.0 4th-7th Michel Saucey, Laurent Bruno, Thierry Manouck and Gilbert Grimberg 6.5. Games held back until next week hopefully when I have a full table to try and sort the out.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com

27) 16th Schwarzacher Open

The 16th Schwarzacher Open Hauptturnier 2001 took place in Austria 25th August - 2nd September 2001. Alexander Shchekachev won with 7.5/9. No games available.

Internet coverage: http://www.schachinsalzburg.at/SchwarzacherOpen/

Final Standings:
 1  GM Shchekachev A    RUS 2546 7,5
 2  GM Hertneck Gerald  GER 2572 7,0
 3  GM Karpatchev, A.   RUS 2421 6,5
 4  IM Danner Georg     AUT 2467 6,5
 5  FM Staller Peter    GER 2310 6,5
 6  IM Medvegy, Zoltan  HUN 2430 6,0
 7     Grötz, Harald    AUT 2305 6,0
 8  IM Pinkas, Karol    POL 2378 6,0
 9  GM Ivanov, Mikhail  RUS 2446 6,0
10  FM Riedel, Wolfgang GER 2337 6,0
11  IM Maier, Alexander GER 2378 6,0
69 players

28) Pilsen Chess Festival

The Schneider Bohemia Open in Pilsen incorporating the Czech Championship 2001 took place 18th-26th August 2001. Nikolay Tolstikh won the event with 7.5/9 there were 112 players. Games from the final round are now available. My thanks to Petr Marik for his help.

Internet coverage: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/

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Schneider Bohemia Open Pilsen CZE (CZE), 18-26 viii 2001
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 1. Tolstikh, Nikolay         m  RUS 2436  7.5 52.5  42.25 
 2. Vokac, Marek              g  CZE 2507  7.0 48.0  38.25 
 3. Gross, David CZE          m  CZE 2465  7.0 44.5  36.25 
 4. Konopka, Michal           m  CZE 2479  7.0 42.0  31.25 
 5. Trichkov, Vasil           m  CZE 2313  6.5 50.5  32.75 
 6. Vesselovsky, Serguei      m  CZE 2405  6.5 50.0  35.00 
 7. Simacek, Pavel            f  CZE 2404  6.5 49.0  31.50 
 8. Cvek, Robert              m  CZE 2411  6.5 47.5  34.25 
 9. Lechtynsky, Jiri          g  CZE 2422  6.5 47.0  34.00 
10. Freisler, Pavel           m  CZE 2350  6.5 41.5  30.25 
11. Lys, Josef                   CZE 2353  6.0 50.0  29.00 
12. Hrbolka, Ladislav jr         CZE 2197  6.0 49.0  31.25 
13. Chytilek, Roman              CZE 2411  6.0 47.5  30.00 
14. Virostko, Petr               CZE 2294  6.0 47.0  27.75 
15. Jirka, Jiri                  CZE 2292  6.0 46.5  28.75 
16. Cioara, Andrei Nestor     m  ROM 2403  6.0 46.0  27.00 
17. Dolezal, Radoslav1           CZE 2390  6.0 45.5  27.25 
18. Michalek, Jan                CZE 2365  6.0 42.5  25.25 
19. Plasgura, Petr               CZE 2234  6.0 38.0  22.25
112 players

29) US Open

The 102nd Annual US Open took place in Framingham (near Boston) August 4th-12th 2001. Alex Wojtkiewicz, Joel Benjamin, Fabian Doettling and Alexander Stripunsky all finished on 7.5/9. Games from the final round now available. My thanks to Jack Peters.

Official coverage:http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/usopen/

Final Standings:

 1 GM Alex Wojtkiewicz     2702   7.5  46.5 52.5 37.0 276.5 
 2 GM Joel Benjamin        2664   7.5  46.0 55.5 39.0 306 
 3 IM Fabian Doettling     2587   7.5  45.5 54.5 39.0 291.5 
 4 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2627   7.5  44.5 55.0 38.5 296.5 
 5 IM Michael Mulyar       2476   7.0  48.5 57.0 39.5 298 
 6 GM Alexander Fishbein   2578   7.0  48.0 59.0 40.0 308 
 7 GM Leonid G Yudasin     2673   7.0  47.0 58.0 39.5 309 
 8 GM Sergey Kudrin        2627   7.0  46.0 56.5 40.0 304.5 
 9 GM Alexander Kalinin    2612   7.0  46.0 56.0 38.0 301.5 
10 GM John Fedorowicz      2607   7.0  44.5 53.0 36.0 292 
11    Yury Lapshun         2516   7.0  44.5 52.0 37.5 280 
12 IM John Donaldson       2525   7.0  44.5 51.0 37.5 280 
13    Alex Kalikshteyn     2366   7.0  44.0 53.0 37.0 282 
14    Alexander Danilovic  2499   7.0  44.0 48.5 35.5 261.5 
15 GM Suat Atalik          2654   7.0  43.5 53.5 37.0 284.5 
16    Josef Friedman       2200 U 7.0  43.5 52.0 36.0 271 
17    Igor Schneider       2119   7.0  43.5 51.0 34.5 270.5 
18    Igor Foygel          2552 U 7.0  43.0 53.0 38.0 290 
19 IM Larry Kaufman        2441   7.0  43.0 52.0 36.0 270.5 
20 GM Roland Schmaltz      2549   7.0  43.0 48.0 36.5 253.5 
21 GM Maurice A Ashley     2580   7.0  42.5 53.0 37.0 286 
22 GM Sam Palatnik         2573   7.0  42.5 52.5 36.5 278.5 
23 IM Greg Shahade         2501   7.0  42.5 52.0 36.5 282 
24    Mikhail Perelshteyn  2482   7.0  42.5 52.0 36.0 280 
25 IM William Paschall     2506 U 7.0  41.5 51.0 36.5 278 
26    Stanislav Ritvin     2310   7.0  41.5 49.5 34.0 261 
27    William Kelleher     2417 U 7.0  40.5 48.5 36.0 267 
28 GM Gennady Sagalchik    2561   6.5  46.5 56.5 39.0 303.5 
29    Emory A Tate         2409   6.5  46.0 55.5 36.5 280.5 
30    Stanislav Kriventsov 2470   6.5  45.5 54.0 36.5 280.5 
31    Daniel Rensch        2275   6.5  43.0 52.0 34.0 272 
32 IM Hikaru Nakamura      2414   6.5  42.5 49.5 35.5 262 
33    Renard Anderson      2273 S 6.5  42.0 50.0 33.5 256 
34 IM Guillermo Rey        2423 C 6.5  41.0 50.0 33.0 254 
35    Louis Mercuri        2378 S 6.5  41.0 49.0 32.0 252 
36    Rodion Rubenchik     2366   6.5  40.5 50.0 31.0 259.5 
37 GM Arthur Bisguier      2318   6.5  40.0 48.0 34.5 262.5 
38    John Readey          2388   6.5  40.0 47.5 35.0 264 
39    Milisav Danilovic    2231   6.5  40.0 46.5 31.5 238 
40    Carl Haessler        2226 C 6.5  39.5 47.0 33.0 249 
41    Jayson Gonzales      2370   6.5  39.0 39.0 34.0 197.5 
42    Thomas J Bartell     2195   6.5  38.0 42.0 33.5 225.5 
43    John W. Cole         2180   6.5  34.5 34.5 29.5 181.5 
487 players

30) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking of August by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow have been released.

  1 Kasparov,Garry        RUS  2798  122
  2 Kramnik,Vladimir      RUS  2793  128
  3 Anand,Viswanathan     IND  2732  136
  4 Topalov,Veselin       BUL  2706  169
  5 Leko,Peter            HUN  2699  106
  6 Morozevich,Alexander  RUS  2699  203
  7 Ivanchuk,Vassily      UKR  2692  149
  8 Khalifman,Alexander   RUS  2676  137
  9 Adams,Michael         ENG  2670  150
 10 Gelfand,Boris         ISR  2665  134
 11 Bareev,Evgeny         RUS  2659  159
 12 Shirov,Alexei         ESP  2656  171
 13 Ponomariov,Ruslan     UKR  2651  160
 14 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam   UZB  2642  157
 15 Smirin,Ilia           ISR  2642  165
 16 Svidler,Peter         RUS  2642  165
 17 Van Wely,Loek         NED  2639  161
 18 Ye Jiangchuan         CHN  2631  152
 19 Dreev,Alexey          RUS  2630  168
 20 Polgar,Judit          HUN  2630  172
 21 Karpov,Anatoli        RUS  2629  127
 22 Georgiev,Kiril        BUL  2629  186
 23 Bacrot,Etienne        FRA  2627  147
 24 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO  2627  174
 25 Lputian,Smbat G       ARM  2620  150
 26 Grischuk,Alexander    RUS  2615  163
 27 Short,Nigel D         ENG  2614  162
 28 Onischuk,Alexander    UKR  2609  132
 29 Sutovskij,Emil        ISR  2609  211
 30 Zhang Zhong           CHN  2605  177
 31 Bologan,Viorel        MDA  2605  196
 32 Kharlov,Andrei        RUS  2604  145
 33 Hjartarson,Johann     ISD  2604  176
 34 Sakaev,Konstantin     RUS  2600  156
 35 Lutz,Christopher      GER  2599  139
 36 Dautov,Rustem         GER  2596  179
 37 Beliavsky,Alexander   SLO  2595  165
 38 Benjamin,Joel         USA  2595  170
 39 Vaganian,Rafael A     ARM  2594  181
 40 Aleksandrov,Aleksej   BLR  2593  162
 41 Korchnoi,Viktor       SUI  2593  194
 42 Avrukh,Boris          ISR  2592  168
 43 Akopian,Vladimir      ARM  2591  169
 44 Piket,Jeroen          NED  2589  154
 45 Rohde,Michael A       USA  2588  188
 46 Nielsen,Peter-Heine   DEN  2587  175
 47 Nikolic,Predrag       BIH  2586  151
 48 Lautier,Joel          FRA  2584  144
 49 Malakhov,Vladimir     RUS  2584  176
 50 Tkachiev,Vladislav    FRA  2583  148

31) Forthcoming Events and Links

9th Asian Women's Championships

The India Cements 9th Asian Women's Championships takes place 2nd-12th September 2001 in Chennai India. The event is a qualifier for the FIDE Women's World Championships.

Internet coverage: http://www.chathurangam.com/cityresults/9thasianwomen/preview.asp and http://www.chess-mate.com/awco1.htm

40th Groningen International Open

The 40th Groningen International Open is also the 3rd European Chess Championships, there are also invitational and open events. The festival takes place 19th December 2001 - 5th January 2002 Groningen, the Netherlands and is organised by Stichting Schaak Groningen.

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

XXXI Rilton Cup

The XXXI Rilton Cup takes place 27 December 2001 to 5th January 2002.

Information: http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-21958/XXXIRilton_cup0102.htm

IECG Email Chess WorldCup VII Official announcement

All IECG members are welcome to enter the IECG Cup VII preliminary stage. IECG Cup is an open tournament: players of any rating are merged together. So this is a nice opportunity to play a wide range of opponents. Subscriptions are open until September 15. Entries received after this date are used for a replacement list, which will be closed on October 1st. The tournament will be launched on October 1st, for a duration of 11 months. All the unfinished games will be adjudicated.

During the preliminary phase, all participants take part in a 7 players, single round tournament (so 6 games to play). The 2 winners of each section will be entitled to play in the next stage, starting in October 2002. All games count for IECG rating, of course.

IECG membership is paramount to enter the Cup VII. All non-members must join IECG first - visit their registration page http://www.iecg.org/Register.htm

Details and the entry form for Cup VI at: http://www.iecg.org/cupentry.htm

The web entry form is the best method to be enlisted in the Cup, as the process behind is easier for us.

Glyfada Open 2001

3rd International Chess Tournament "Glyfada 2001" takes place from August 31st-September 8th 2001 in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. Nikolaidis, Kotronias and Vajda are the top players.

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

III Sants Hostafrancs Open

The III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open a 10 round Swiss System event takes place in Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September 2001. Jonathan Parker, Azer Mirzoev, Viktor Moskalenko, Joan Fluvia Poyatos, and Keith Arkell head the field of 350 players.

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

Paris Apsap

47th FIDE Open is underway.

Internet coverage: http://www.multimania.com/club608/Open47.htm

109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002

The 109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002 take place 28th December 2001 - 11th January 2002 in Christchurch. The venue will be at The Millennium Hotel, 14 Cathedral square, Christchurch, New Zealand. The Chief Arbiter will be IA Leon Muys (Netherlands).

Chris Wright reports they have had numerous enquiries from overseas regarding the tournament, from Russia, Belarus, England, Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, and Australia. They hope to have a number of strong international players competing. The tournament will involve many of New Zealand's top players, as it is a selection event for next year's 35th World Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia 2002.

Internet coverage: http://nzchesscongress109.tripod.com/

First and Third Saturday events

GM-IM-closed tournaments in 2001: 1. 1st-13th of September FIRST SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest cat.I-II-III, 2. 6th-19th of October FIRST SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest, cat.VII-VIII, cat.I-II-III. 3. 20th-31th of October THIRD SATURDAY, YUG, Belgrade, same, 4. 3rd-16th of November FIRST SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest, cat.I-II-III, 5. 1st-14th of December FIRST SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest, cat.IX-X. /!!!/, cat.VII-VIII. cat. I-II-III. 6. 15th-28th of December, THIRD SATURDAY, YUG, Belgrade, cat.VII-VIII, cat. I-II-III.

More info: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat

Two New Books in German

There are two new books in German are out. Both are written by famous chess players.

Svetozar Gligoric and Sinisa Joksic have produced a book in German about the King's Indian Defence. The title is "Gligoric-variante" and it is in German. It is the story of the Mar del Plata variantion which Gligoric played first in 1953 and afterwards played and analysed a lot. The last games included in the book from May and June 2001.

More info: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/engleski/index.htm

The Exzelsior Verlag Berlin has just just published (in German) the only story by Emanuel Lasker: "Wie Wanja Meister wurde". A Hardcover book of 184 pages is costs DM 29.90. Further information Redaktion_Schach@compuserve.com.

July FIDE List Study

Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ an article "Study of the July 2001 FIDE Rating List. Parts I-II" (By Boris Schipkov) are now available.

Bethune Tournament

The 22nd International chess Tournament takes place in Bethune (North of France) 26th-30th December 2001 7 rounds, 40 moves in 2 hours plus one hour K.O, first prize 10000 Francs (about 1500 $)

For more information: http://bethunechess.free.fr

E-mail :bethunechess@aol.com

Groningen 2001-2

40th International Chess Tournament Groningen and 3rd European Chess Championships take place in Groningen 19th December 2001 - 5th January 2002. The event is organised by Stichting Schaak Groningen.

Website: http://www.groningenchess.nl/

Bundesliga 2001-2

The team lists for next Bundesliga season are out. The first round is on October 6th-7th 2001 with Porz-Luebeck being one of the top fixtures.

Internet coverage: http://schach.com/bundesliga/2001-2002/bl2001mannschaften.html and http://www.schach.com

44th World Congress of Chess Composition

The 44th World Congress of Chess Composition was held at Wageningen, Netherlands from 28th July to 4th August. The highlight of the week's program was the 25th World Chess Solving Championship, which took place on 31st July and 1st August.

Internet coverage: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/pccc/2001pccc.html

Panormo Open, Greece

OAA Heraklio Chess Club, Epimenidis Cultural Company and the Greek Chess Federation are announcing the 2001 Panormo open tournament, part of the 2001 European Grand-Prix.

The tournament will be held in sunny Crete, Greece from October 20th-27th 2001 with a total prize fund of more than 3000 Euros (1st prize: 1000 Euros).

More information is available through the official website of the event: http://www.greekchess.com/panormo

Hawaii International Chess Festival Postponed

The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been postponed until 2003. It will have 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.

British Rapidplay Championships

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2001 take place 20th-21st October 2001 at Bradford City Football Club, Valley Parade, Bradford.

Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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