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Contents
1) Introduction
2) European Club
Cup 2001
3) Hungarian Women's Championships
4) African Championships
5) Miercurea
Ciuc
6) Boca Open
7) 10th Monarch
Assurance
8) Women's Zone 2.4
9)
American Women's Continental
10) FIDE News
11) 6th Governor's Cup
12) 4NCL
13) Nigel Short Simuls
14) VI International
Chess Festival in Cesenatico
15) Solingen 12-hour
lightning
16) Professional World Chess Ranking
17) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
European Club Cup 2001 798 games
Hungarian Women's Championships 30 games
African Championships 96 games
Miercurea Ciuc 30 games
Boca Open 84 games
10th Monarch Assurance 56 games
Women's Zone 2.4 12 games
American Women's Continental 45 games
6th Governor's Cup 22 games
4NCL 96 games
Nigel Short Simuls 18 games
VI Cesenatico Chess Festival 2 games
1289 games
My thanks to David Llada, Roberto Alvarez, Gabor Kallai and Paul
Suranyi, Hassan Khaled, Sandor Biro, Luis Scalise, Laszlo Nagy, Oliver Kniest,
Richard Palliser, Arthur Brameld, John Saunders, Milen Petrov, Pascal Villalba,
Vladimir Dvorkovich, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Aard Daanen, David Cohen,
Vladimir Epishin, John Donaldson and all those who helped with this issue.
The European Club Cup was the highlight of a generally quiet week. It
saw good performances from players such as Sergei Rublevsky, Vladimir Malakhov,
Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexey Dreev and Ruslan
Ponomariov. Sometime this week it is expected that the October FIDE rating list
will be released.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The European Club Cup finals took place in Crete 22nd-30th September
2001. The event was a 7 round Swiss system and with teams comprising 6 players
and the right to use two substitutes. Players include Korchnoi, Svidler,
Bareev, Dreev, Beliavsky, Onischuk, Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Rublevsky, Ponomariov,
Ivan Sokolov, Svidler and Zvjaginsev.
The winners were Norilsky nikel (Norilsk). They had an average rating
of 2629 4th seeds. Alexander Grischuk (2669), Sergey Rublevsky (2639), Vadim
Zviagintsev (2638), Vladimir Malakhov (2637), Alexander Rustemov (2607), Sergei
Dolmatov (2578), Igor Glek (2574) and Sergei Smagin (2585).
In second were Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw had an average rating of 2626
5th seeds Vassily Ivanchuk (2731), Evgeny Bareev (2719), Eduardas Rozentalis
(2588), Bartlomiej Macieja (2588), Michal Krasenkow (2573), Bartosz Socko
(2559), Jacek Gdanski (2537) and Pawel Blehm (2536).
In third were Gazovik had an average rating of 2632 3rd seeds Viktor
Bologan (2655), Alexander Onischuk (2667), Alexander Lastin (2628), Valerij
Filippov (2617), Alexander Motylev (2627), Evgeny Najer (2599), Evgeny
Prokopchuk (2508) and Dmitry Chuprov (2465).
In 4th were Danko Donbass had an average rating of 2580 sixth seeds
Ruslan Ponomariov (2684), Vladimir Baklan (2599), Georgy Timoshenko (2554),
Yuri Kruppa (2552), Stanislav Savchenko (2549), Genadi Kuzmin (2542), Aleksandr
Shneider (2493) and Zahar Efimenko (2495).
In fifth were Bosna Sarajevo had an average rating of 2657 1st seeds
Alexey Dreev (2690), Ilya Smirin (2702), Kiril Georgiev (2695), Ivan Sokolov
(2659), Sergei Movsesian (2627), Zdenko Kozul (2556), Bojan Kurajica (2566) and
Emir Dizdarevic (2505).
In sixth were S-Petersburg LTD had an average rating of 2639 2nd seeds
Alexandr Khalifman (2699), Petr Svidler (2695), Konstantin Sakaev (2630),
Victor Korchnoi (2617), Evgeny Pigusov (2613), Sergei Volkov (2578), Sergey
Ivanov (2556) and Evgeny Alekseev (2544) .
Leading performances: Lars Thiede (2410) perf 2608 and Bjorgvin Jonsson
(2395) perf 2631 both scored 6/7.
Unofficial leading ELO performances: Sergei Rublevsky (2639) 5.5/7 2798,
Vladimir Malakhov (2637) 5.0/6 2781, Alexander Grischuk (2669) 5.0/7 2774,
Vassily Ivanchuk (2731) 5.0/7 2760, Evgeny Alekseev (2544) 2.5/3 2753, Alexey
Dreev (2690) 5.5/7 2741, Ruslan Ponomariov (2684) 4.5/7 2736, Vasily Yemelin
(2507) 5.5/7 2735, Sergey Dolmatov (2578) 3.0/5 2714, Peter Svidler (2695)
4.5/7 2705, Vadim Zvjaginsev (2638) 5.0/7 2699, Alexander Huzman (2571) 5.0/7
2699 and Stanislav Savchenko (2549) 4.5/6 2692.
Internet coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr
The Berlin team of Schachfreunde Neukoelln plays and they will cover the
event at: http://www.sfr-neukoelln.de/
Final standings:
1- Norilsky Nikel (RUS,4) 13 29,5
2- Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw (POL,5) 12 26,5
3- Gazovik (RUS,3) 11 27,0
4- Danko Donbass (UKR,6) 11 25,0
5- Bosna Sarajevo (BIH,1) 10 29,5
6- S-Petersburg LTD (RUS,2) 10 25,0
7- Kiseljak (BIH,7) 9 26,5
8- Beer Sheva Chess Club (ISR,9) 9 26,0
9- Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel Aviv (ISR,12) 9 22,5
10- Hellir Chess Club (ISL,25) 8 26,0
11- Merkur Versicherungen Graz (AUT,8) 8 25,0
12- C.C.Reykjavik (ISL,28) 8 24,5
13- Boavista Futebol Club (POR,18) 8 22,0
14- SK Rockaden (SWE,26) 8 22,0
15- Alkaloid (MKD,17) 8 21,5
16- Chess Association Plock (POL,19) 8 20,5
17- Kydon SC Supersport (GRE,11) 8 20,0
18- SV Werder Bremen (GER,10) 8 19,5
19- Vesnianka (BLR,31) 8 18,5
20- Helsinge Skakklub (DEN,16) 7 25,0
21- Csuti Antal SK (HUN,14) 7 23,0
22- Ulim Moldova (MLD,15) 7 22,0
23- BM Kisela Voda Skopje (MKD,24) 7 22,0
24- Riga, TSI (LAT,27) 7 21,0
25- Schachfreunde Neukolln (GER,21) 6 23,0
26- Herzlia Chess Club (ISR,20) 6 20,0
27- SK Bestex Nove Zamky (SVK,34) 6 20,0
28- Asker SK (NOR,36) 6 19,5
29- SK Hohenems (AUT,13) 6 19,0
30- Monmouth Minnows C. Club (WAL,38) 5 16,5
31- Holdia DP Praha (CZE,22) 5 15,5
32- Cercle E. Gambit Bonnevoie (LUX,33) 5 13,0
33- Koninklijke Antwerpse OSK (BEL,32) 4 17,0
34- SK Slovan Bratislava (SVK,23) 4 16,0
35- Joensuu Chessclub (FIN,35) 4 16,0
36- Rochade Eupen (BEL,30) 4 14,0
37- Randaberg SK (NOR,39) 4 12,5
38- Dublin Chess Club (IRL,37) 4 12,0
39- Bray Chess Club (IRL,29) 2 15,0
The Hungarian Women's Championships took place in Budapest 21st-29th
September 2001. Anita Gara was the runaway winner of the event with 7/9
undefeated. My thanks to Gabor Kallai and Paul Suranyi.
Internet coverage: http://www.saxo.hu/
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ch-HUN Women Budapest HUN (HUN), 21-29 ix 2001 cat. I (2273)
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1. Gara, Anita wm HUN 2303 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2489
2. Goczo, Melinda HUN 2158 = * 1 = = = 0 1 0 1 5.0 2328
3. Dembo, Yelena wm HUN 2391 = 0 * = 0 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2302
4. Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2295 = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2313
5. Horvath, Julia wm HUN 2294 0 = 1 = * = = = = 1 5.0 2313
6. Toth, Lili HUN 2184 0 = 0 1 = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2325
7. Gara, Ticia wm HUN 2381 = 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 0 4.0 2217
8. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2339 0 0 = = = = = * = = 3.5 2185
9. Csonkics, Tunde wg HUN 2227 0 1 = 0 = = 0 = * 0 3.0 2152
10. Adam, Olga HUN 2156 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 2.5 2119
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Hassan Khaled reports: The African Chess Championships and Women’s
African Chess Championship took place in Cairo at the Eastern Company Chess
Club, 16th-25th September 2001. The Chief Arbiter was Andrzej Filipowicz from
Poland. The top six places were settled by playoffs. Hichem Hamdouchi beat Watu
Kobese to take the title. Amon Simutowe beat Fouad El Taher to take third. Slim
Belkhodja took 5th place leaving Aimen Rizouk to beat Mohamed Tissir for sixth
place.
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ch-Africa Cairo EGY (EGY), 16-25 ix 2001
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1. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2533 =20 = 2 +18 + 6 = 5 + 4 = 3 = 7 + 8 6.5 2579
2. Kobese, Watu m RSA 2373 +23 = 1 = 6 + 8 = 3 +17 = 5 = 4 +12 6.5 2561
3. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2477 +21 = 8 = 4 +20 = 2 = 5 = 1 + 9 = 6 6.0 2498
4. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462 +18 +22 = 3 = 5 + 9 - 1 + 8 = 2 = 7 6.0 2466
5. Belkhodja, Slim m FRA 2531 +15 =17 + 7 = 4 = 1 = 3 = 2 = 6 =10 5.5 2481
6. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2383 +19 = 7 = 2 - 1 =13 +16 +14 = 5 = 3 5.5 2452
7. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2442 +16 = 6 - 5 +15 - 8 +21 +10 = 1 = 4 5.5 2462
8. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2430 +12 = 3 =17 - 2 + 7 + 9 - 4 +11 - 1 5.0 2409
9. Belouadah,Saad ALG ---- =11 =15 +14 +17 - 4 - 8 +13 - 3 +18 5.0 2412
10. Domingos, Catarino ANG 2200 -17 =19 =12 =22 +15 +18 - 7 +14 = 5 5.0 2333
11. Kaabi, Mejdi m TUN 2365 = 9 =14 =21 -16 =20 +22 +17 - 8 =13 4.5 2255
12. Ben Nasser, Khaled LBA 2234 - 8 -18 =10 +23 +19 =13 =15 +20 - 2 4.5 2292
13. Bouaziz, Slim g TUN 2379 =14 =20 =16 =21 = 6 =12 - 9 +24 =11 4.5 2229
14. Aranov, Yuri RSA 2180 =13 =11 - 9 +18 =21 +20 - 6 -10 +24 4.5 2251
15. Chahrani, Ibrahim LBA 2337 - 5 = 9 +19 - 7 -10 +24 =12 +22 =17 4.5 2222
16. Lungu, Nase f ZAM 2250 - 7 +24 =13 +11 -17 - 6 -20 +23 +21 4.5 2303
17. Labib, Ibrahim Hasan m EGY 2409 +10 = 5 = 8 - 9 +16 - 2 -11 =19 =15 4.0 2254
18. Gwaze, Robert m ZIM 2287 - 4 +12 - 1 -14 +24 -10 +23 +21 - 9 4.0 2181
19. Nadir, Samir SUD 2190 - 6 =10 -15 +24 -12 +23 -21 =17 +22 4.0 2176
20. Malupande, Lungu ZAM 2338 = 1 =13 +22 - 3 =11 -14 +16 -12 -23 3.5 2199
21. Henni, Mohamed m ALG 2314 - 3 +23 =11 =13 =14 - 7 +19 -18 -16 3.5 2216
22. Woldeyes,Mekitew ETH ---- + - 4 -20 =10 =23 -11 +24 -15 -19 3.0 2096
23. Molale, Ofentse BOT 2101 - 2 -21 +24 -12 =22 -19 -18 -16 +20 2.5 2054
24. Bhowany,Koomaren MRI ---- . -16 -23 -19 -18 -15 -22 -13 -14 0.0
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ch-Africa Women Cairo EGY (EGY), 16-25 ix 2001
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1. Houli,Asma ALG ---- + 3 + 8 - 4 + 5 = 2 + 6 +12 +10 + 9 7.5 2285
2. Arouche, Farida ALG 2065 + 6 = 5 + 8 + 4 = 1 = 3 + 9 +11 = 7 7.0 2225
3. Toubal,Wissam ALG ---- - 1 +11 + 7 + 6 + 4 = 2 - 5 +12 +10 6.5 2173
4. Van der Merwe,Cecile RSA ---- + 7 + 9 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 8 +10 = 5 = 6 6.0 2137
5. Bahji,Hind MAR ---- +12 = 2 + 9 - 1 - 8 = 7 + 3 = 4 +11 5.5 2092
6. Metosy,Amina TUN ---- - 2 +12 +10 - 3 + 9 - 1 +11 + 8 = 4 5.5 2092
7. Makumbe,Tiritoga ZIM ---- - 4 -10 - 3 +12 +11 = 5 = 8 + 9 = 2 4.5 2012
8. Mudongo, Boikhutso wf BOT 2050 +11 - 1 - 2 +10 + 5 - 4 = 7 - 6 +12 4.5 2007
9. Afonso, Flora ANG ---- +10 - 4 - 5 +11 - 6 +12 - 2 - 7 - 1 3.0 1882
10. Namutebi,Catherine UGA ---- - 9 + 7 - 6 - 8 -12 =11 - 4 - 1 - 3 1.5 1732
11. Nakandi,Juliet UGA ---- - 8 - 3 +12 - 9 - 7 =10 - 6 - 2 - 5 1.5 1739
12. Nanteza,Charity UGA ---- - 5 - 6 -11 - 7 +10 - 9 - 1 - 3 - 8 1.0 1654
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The II Banc Post International Master Tournaments took place in
Miercurea Ciuc (ROM) 22nd-30th September 2001. Group A was a six player
double-round-robin FIDE category III event with rating average of 2309. Group B
was a single round robin with 10 participants. We also provide you the games of
group A.
Miercurea Cuic is a town in the central region of the East of
Transylvania. The organisers of the event was Chess Club Caissa of Miercurea
Cuic led by IM Sandor Biro. The arbiters were MI Biro Sandor & MF Chirila
Radu-Catalin.
The Category III IM event was won by IM Roman Iankowski with 8/10
undefeated. Games from this event are available.
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ANC POST IM Miercurea-Ciuc ROM (ROM), 22-30 ix 2001cat. III (2309)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Iankowski, Roman m MDA 2394 ** =1 == 1= 11 11 8.0 2531
2. Jicman, Ligia wm ROM 2229 =0 ** == 11 11 10 6.5 2434
3. Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2364 == == ** == == 11 6.0 2369
4. Janakiev, Ivan m BUL 2342 0= 00 == ** 1= == 4.0 2230
5. Sebe, Florin ROM 2286 00 00 == 0= ** 1= 3.0 2164
6. Chiricuta, Marius f ROM 2238 00 01 00 == 0= ** 2.5 2130
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ANC POST B Miercurea-Ciuc ROM (ROM), 22-30 ix 2001cat. III (2309)
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1 Sofronie, Iulian IM 2456 8½
2 Ardelean, Catalin IM 2431 8
3 Levay, Sorin 2208 6
4 Torjai, Csaba 1685 5½
5 Dombi, Levente 1670 5½
6 Bolog, Iulian - 4
7 Szakats, Stefan 1785 3
8 Balogh, Vasile 1610 3
9 Reszeg, Tivadar - 1½
10 Kopacz, Gyula - 0
The Boca Open took place in Buenos Aires 17th-28th September 2001. The
winner was Alfredo Giaccio with 7.5/9. Information: Luis Scalise.
Details: http://scalise.tripod.com/scalise4/amda2001.html
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Boca Open Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 17-28 ix 2001
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1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2458 7.5 52.0 47.50
2. Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2427 7.0 47.5 43.50
3. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2487 6.5 47.0 46.00
4. Filgueira, Hernan f ARG 2385 6.0 51.5 48.00
5. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2545 6.0 50.0 46.00
6. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2481 6.0 50.0 45.50
7. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2360 6.0 49.5 45.00
8. Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2472 6.0 46.5 42.50
9. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2406 6.0 45.0 41.50
10. Andres, Miguel m CUB 2373 6.0 43.5 41.00
11. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2466 6.0 39.0 39.00
12. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2504 5.5 49.5 45.00
13. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2400 5.5 45.0 42.00
14. Rodriguez, Jorge Luis f ARG 2417 5.5 42.5 39.50
15. Mazziotti Irigoyen, Gabriel ARG 2149 5.5 41.5 38.00
16. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2430 5.5 35.0 35.00
17. Garcia, Raimundo m ARG 2368 5.0 46.5 44.50
18. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2356 5.0 46.5 42.50
19. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2392 5.0 45.0 42.50
20. Dorin, Mauricio m ARG 2410 5.0 44.0 40.00
21. Albarran, Gustavo ARG 2283 5.0 40.5 39.50
22. Schweber, Samuel m ARG 2356 5.0 39.5 39.00
23. Pedro Fernando ARG ---- 5.0 39.0 36.00
24. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2187 5.0 36.5 35.50
58 players
The 10th Monarch Assurance International Chess Tournament takes place
in the Cherry Orchard Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man 29th September - 7th
October 2001. Sergei Tiviakov, Evgeny Gleizerov, Alexander Galkin, Vladimir
Tukmakov, Eugueny Gleizerov and Alexander Baburin are amongst the players.
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2001/index.html
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10th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (IOM), 29 ix-7 x 2001
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1. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2481 +48 +31 2.0
2. Goodger, Martyn ENG 2136 +52 +47 2.0
3. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2381 = 7 +36 1.5 2533
4. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2584 = 8 +28 1.5 2519
5. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2528 +30 = 6 1.5 2651
6. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2583 +27 = 5 1.5 2675
7. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2550 = 3 +38 1.5 2468
8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2438 = 4 +42 1.5 2577
9. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2548 =12 +33 1.5 2497
10. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 =18 +24 1.5 2489
11. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2530 +25 =16 1.5 2669
12. Williams, Simon m ENG 2369 = 9 +23 1.5 2725
13. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 =21 +29 1.5 2549
14. Bousbouras, Spyridon GRE 2102 =17 +46 1.5 2476
15. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2489 +46 =19 1.5 2626
16. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 +47 =11 1.5 2681
17. Hanley, Craig ENG 2278 =14 +50 1.5 2447
18. Marusenko, Petr m UKR 2362 =10 +51 1.5 2543
19. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2577 +50 =15 1.5 2641
20. Collins, Sam IRL 2194 +53 =21 1.5 2457
21. Shaw, John m SCO 2478 =13 =20 1.0 2406
22. Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2437 -31 +32 1.0 2363
23. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2516 +39 -12 1.0 2337
24. Jackson, Adrian ENG 2230 +40 -10 1.0 2310
25. Kirsanov, O RUS 2365 -11 +34 1.0 2327
26. May, Frank GER 2174 +45 -27 1.0 2218
27. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2437 - 6 +26 1.0 2378
28. Simons, Martin ENG 2215 +43 - 4 1.0 2336
29. Smith, Andrew Philip f IRL 2234 +35 -13 1.0 2365
30. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2334 - 5 +41 1.0 2269
31. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 +22 - 1 1.0 2459
32. Valenti, Richard FRA 2143 +44 -22 1.0 2218
33. Willmoth, Robert ENG 2239 +37 - 9 1.0 2326
34. Bolt, Graham ENG 2124 +56 -25 1.0 2182
35. Clark, Stephen P ENG 2112 -29 +55 1.0 2117
36. Coathup, Roger ENG 2130 +55 - 3 1.0 2190
37. Ellison, Derek George ENG 2104 -33 +49 1.0 2142
38. Howell, David WL ENG 2170 +49 - 7 1.0 2298
39. Ryan, Joseph IRL 2305 -23 +54 1.0 2277
40. Lutton, J.Ezra ENG 2093 -24 +52 1.0 2115
41. McNally, Bruce SCO 2010 +51 -30 1.0 2253
42. Spence, David ENG 2185 +54 - 8 1.0 2238
43. Yurenok, Maria S ENG 2088 -28 +56 1.0 2107
44. Van Kemenade,Rudi ENG ---- -32 +48 1.0 2214
45. Ormsby,Alan ENG ---- -26 +53 1.0 2112
46. Allen, Keith IRL 2289 -15 -14 0.0
47. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2446 -16 - 2 0.0
48. Bisby, Daniel L ENG 2285 - 1 -44 0.0
49. Benson, Paul J ENG 2046 -38 -37 0.0
50. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2407 -19 -17 0.0
51. Isherwood, Paul ENG 2172 -41 -18 0.0
52. Nicholson, John IRL ---- - 2 -40 0.0
53. Spanton, Timothy ENG 2051 -20 -45 0.0
54. Stuart, E. Leslie ENG 2039 -42 -39 0.0
55. Dossett,Chris ENG ---- -36 -35 0.0
56. Waugh,Jonathan ENG ---- -34 -43 0.0
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The Women's Zone 2.4 took place in Sao Paulo Brazil 28th August to 2nd
September 2001. WIM Joara Chaves took the available qualification place for the
women's World Championship.
Source: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
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zt f 2.4 Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 28 viii-2 ix 2001
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1 2 3 4
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1. Chaves, Joara wm BRA 2050 ** =1 01 11 4.5 2293
2. Chang, Suzana1 BRA 2112 =0 ** 11 1= 4.0 2205
3. Farhat, Barbara Souza BRA 2095 10 00 ** 11 3.0 2085
4. Ribeiro, Regina wm BRA 2095 00 0= 00 ** 0.5 1684
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The American Women's Continental tournament took place in Merida
Venezuela September 21st-29th 2001. Games and results from the first five
rounds only are available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.uvencioblanco.com.ve/contwomens.htm
Round 5 Standings:
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American Continental Women Merida VEN (VEN), 21-29 ix 2001
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1. Burijovich, Liliana wm ARG 2160 + 9 = 2 +11 + 7 + 3 4.5 2533
2. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2327 +15 = 1 = 4 +10 + 5 4.0 2354
3. Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2289 + 8 +14 +13 + 4 - 1 4.0 2366
4. Chang, Suzana1 BRA 2112 +16 + 7 = 2 - 3 +13 3.5 2353
5. Moncayo Romero, Evelyn wf ECU 2220 -17 + 6 + 8 +13 - 2 3.0 2210
6. Sanchez Castillo, Sarai VEN 2108 =11 - 5 =12 +17 +10 3.0 2120
7. Martinez, Aleidi Josefina VEN 2220 +10 - 4 +17 - 1 +12 3.0 2130
8. Sequeda, Nancy wf VEN 2065 - 3 +18 - 5 +14 +11 3.0 2196
9. Hernandez,Zaida VEN ---- - 1 -10 =16 +18 +15 2.5 2048
10. Martinez, Ingrid Lorena wm GUA 2015 - 7 + 9 +14 - 2 - 6 2.0 2081
11. Otazo,Annyd VEN ---- = 6 +15 - 1 =12 - 8 2.0 2007
12. Duran,Luisa VEN ---- -13 +16 = 6 =11 - 7 2.0 2030
13. Blanco Acevedo, Maria Carolina VEN 2185 +12 +17 - 3 - 5 - 4 2.0 2053
14. Ubaldo Suarez, Maria Gisela VEN 2112 +18 - 3 -10 - 8 +17 2.0 2002
15. Mazariego-Kummerfeld, Carolina wm GUA 2066 - 2 -11 =18 +16 - 9 1.5 1916
16. Lopez,Diana VEN ---- - 4 -12 = 9 -15 +18 1.5 1886
17. La Rosa, G VEN 2005 + 5 -13 - 7 - 6 -14 1.0 1929
18. Jardines,Anies VEN ---- -14 - 8 =15 - 9 -16 0.5 1682
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FIDE has published lists of qualifiers for the FIDE Championships
2001-2001
Men
and
Women
along with the
schedule.
FIDE have been having problems with their software and connection to
their site for their Internet qualifier. They have allowed for the replay of
some semi-final games and have introduced an on-line appeal form. Vladimir
Epishin in an open letter to TWIC (but addressed to FIDE) he said that "in
round 2. I was not allowed to make my moves or connect to your site for 40 min.
I came 10 min before the game and tried to connect but couldn't for 40 min. I
like to file a formal protest and replay this game as possible at any time. If
its possible to win games and qualify for World Championship without making one
move then whole thing is ridiculous. As soon as I press my password I expect to
be on line instead of waiting for an 40 minutes and losing my game." All of
which has echoes of the kasparovchess.com rapidplay tournament held in February
2000 which should have been a lesson to all. It also isn't clear what
mechanisms they have in place to prevent the use of computers in the event. It
will be interesting to see how the BGN Internet qualifier tries to cope with
such problems also. One thing is clear, it is not easy to run these
tournaments.
The World Chess Hall of Fame in Miami and the Sidney Samole Museum
Dinner and Special Events have been postponed in the wake of the events of
September 11th. The Museum itself is to open on October 4th 2001. (Website:
http://www.worldchesshalloffame.org/
)
FIDE's site is at: http://www.fide.com. The new rating list should
be released sometime in the next week.
John Donaldson reports: The 6th Annual Governor's Cup, held September
21-23 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, saw Grandmasters Yury Shulman and Alex
Wojtkiewicz repeat as champions with a score of 4 1/2 - 1/2. Two-time US
Champion Patrick Wolff,ending a three year layoff from the game, tied for third
at 4-1 with fellow GM Alex Ivanov, IM John Donaldson and FM Emory Tate. A total
of 244 players participated in the multi-section event organized by De and
David Knudsen for the Sioux Empire Chess Foundation. Games now available.
The first two rounds of the 4NCL took place this last weekend. The venue
for all matches will be the Grand Moat House Hotel in Birmingham. The dates for
the 2001-2 season are: Rounds 1-2 22nd-23rd September 2001. Rounds 3-4
24th-25th November 2001. Rounds 5-6 19th-20th January 2002. Rounds 7-8
23rd-24th March 2002. Rounds 9-11 4th-6th May 2002. Games now available.
Official coverage: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/ and
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/4ncl/index.html
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk reports: Nigel Short gave two simuls in
Sao Paulo at the start of September. One against 30 boards (+29; =1) in Clube
Monte Líbano on September 1 (a selection of 8 games is available). The
other was a clock simul against 10 boards (+9; =1) in Clube Hebraica.
Internet coverage: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
The VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico took place 9th-16th
September 2001. Sinisa Drazic took first place with 7/9. A couple of games are
available now from round 9.
Internet coverage: http://www.antiquascom.it/
Oliver Kniest reports: "72 players took part in the first 12-hour
lightning tournament, organized by the German Bundesliga Club SG-1868 Aljechin
Solingen. The level was quite reasonable because 2 GMs, 3 IMs and 4 IMs were
among the participants. After 57 games in three rounds (Amsterdamer-system) the
top seeded GM Gofshtein (Israel) was in front. Runners-up were IM Hausrath
(Mülheim), Orlov (Gelsenkirchen) and favourite GM Podzielny.
Further information : http://www.schachgesellschaft.de
Leading final Standings:
1 Gofshtein 49 GM 2518
2 Hausrath 48,5 IM 2474
3 Orlov 46,5 2378
4 Podzielny 45,5 GM 2477
5 Kalka 43,5 FM 2398
6 Chanda 39,5 IM 2427
7 Matthaei 39 FM 2324
8 Heisel G 38 2243
9 Visweswaran 37,5 2299
10 Dahm 36,5 2027
11 Balduan 36 FM 2288
12 Reinemer 35,5 2093
13 Labin 35 1945
14 Maslak 35 2231
15 Korotkevych 34,5 2261
16 Nowik 33,5 2037
17 Lenz 33,5 2190
18 Ackermann 33,5 2378
19 Bogorad 33 2165
20 Mietner 32,5 2077
72 players
The October 1st Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500
and higher produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and alculated by Vladimir
Dvorkovich, Moscow has been released.
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2798 122
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2793 128
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2732 136
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2706 169
5 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2699 106
6 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2699 203
7 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2695 147
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2670 150
9 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2669 148
10 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2665 134
11 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2657 155
12 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2656 166
13 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2656 171
14 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2642 157
15 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2639 157
16 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2637 127
17 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2636 162
18 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2631 165
19 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2629 160
20 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2629 161
21 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2629 167
22 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2628 181
23 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2627 147
24 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2627 178
25 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2626 142
26 Polgar,Judit (GM) 23.07.1976 HUN 2618 176
27 Sutovskij,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2615 201
28 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2609 160
29 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2604 145
30 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 176
31 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2600 172
32 Lutz,Christopher 24.02.1971 GER 2599 139
33 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2599 143
34 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2599 153
35 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2598 174
36 Benjamin,Joel 11.03.1964 USA 2596 167
37 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2596 179
38 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2596 189
39 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2594 162
40 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2594 181
41 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2593 150
42 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2593 161
43 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2591 169
44 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2591 198
45 Rohde,Michael A 26.08.1959 USA 2588 188
46 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2587 112
47 Lastin,Alexander 30.10.1976 RUS 2586 148
48 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2584 144
49 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2583 148
50 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2583 160
2002 US Chess Championships
The 2002 US Chess Championships are held under the auspices of the
United States Chess Federation (USCF) and sponsored by the Seattle Chess
Foundation.
They take place in Seattle, Washington, January 5th-13th 2002 at the
Seattle Center, home of the Space Needle, Pacific Science Center and Experience
Music Project. 56 players will compete in a nine-round Swiss tournament for a
$200,000 prize fund, with $15,000 slotted for the winner. Included in the
line-up are Grandmasters, top women and junior players, as well as an emerging
young stars who qualified in the US Open such as the second strongest woman
player, 12 year old Hana Itkis.
Further information http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org
Governor's Cup Kramatorsk
The Governor's Cup will take place in the town of Kramatorsk (Ukraine)
October 2nd-7th 2001. The event will be held in the A.V.Momot Regional Chess
Club. Six participants: grandmasters Ruslan Ponomariov, Aleksej Aleksandrov,
Jan Ehlvest, Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Moiseenko and International Master
Vladislav Borovikov will play two games each against each other.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/krm01gm.htm
Bulgarian Team Championships
The Bulgarian Men's and Women's Team Chess Championships will be held
3rd-9th October 2001 in the winter resort of Pamporovo. The events will be 7
rounds Swiss System. The Men's competition is on 6 boards + 2 reserves, and
women's 3 boards + 1 reserve.
There will be a daily coverage at http://www.chessbg.com with most of the games
of both competitions.
The Bulgarian Rapid and Blitz Men and Women Championships will be held
from 10 to 11 October again in Pamporovo. The results will be available as soon
as possible with some selected games.
Ladies vs. Veterans
The Klompendans Ladies vs Veterans tournament takes place in Amsterdam
23rd October - 3 November 2001. The venue is the Beurs van Berlage in
Amsterdam. The event will be called the "Klompendans" chess tournament.
Sponsored by Mr. J.J. van Oosterom.
Players:
Ladies Zhu Chen (China), Alisa Galliamova (Russia), Nana Ioseliani
(Georgia), Xie Jun (China) and Sofia Polgar (Israel) Captain / Coach: Ljubomir
Ljubojevic (Spain)
Veterans Vlastimil Hort (Germany), Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Lajos
Portisch (Hungary), Vassili Smyslov (Russia) and Mark Taimanov (Russia) Playing
captain : Vlastimil Hort (Germany)
Further information at:
http://chess2.lostcity.nl/klompendans/
3rd Friendship chess tournament
The 3rd Friendship chess tournament takes place 4th-14th December 2001
in Prerov (Czech Republic). There will be organized several tournaments
including round-robin IM and GM tournament and 3 open tournaments. For more
information contact the director of this tournament Mr. Richard Biolek
(richard.biolek@atlas.cz).
Internet site: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
First Saturday October
There are three FS events in October: 1. GM-tournament cat.VII-VIII, 2.
IM-tournament cat I-II-III, 3. FM tournament with ELO average of about 2100
taking place in Budapest, Hungary 6th-19th October 2001. Places are still open.
Contact: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICC nickname:
MrFirstSaturday
Fischer on the net?
The website http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/
has links to Fischer interviews on Philippines radio and some other material.
The last was on September 12th 2001. They are not for the faint of heart given
his anti-Semitic views. In this last interview Fischer said he could be
contacted at: fty@docomo.ne.jp and was looking to do more live radio
interviews.
5th World Chess Team Championship
The 5th World Chess Team Championship will take place October 12th-20th
2001, in Yerevan, Armenia. The National Teams of Russia, Germany, Ukraine,
Armenia, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Iran, FYROM will participate in the event.
Information about the event and the teams will be available on the
official website.
Internet coverage: http://www.armchess.am
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
Essent Chess tournament
The Essent Chess tournament takes place in Hoogeveen October 12th-20th
2001. Four player double round robin with Viktor Kortchnoi, Judit Polgar, Loek
van Wely and Lazaro Bruzon.
Internet coverage: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/
ONCE Chess Lectures
Next month there will be some lectures by famous people in chess:
Leontxo Garcia, GM Valery Salov, IM Boris Zlotnik, IM Ricardo Calvo. The
organisers will publish the names of the winners of the literary contest about
chess at the same time. ONCE is the organizer (spanish organization for blind
people) of all these events.
Further details:
http://www.hechiceros.net/site/news/articulos/espana/nesp00138.shtml
Free Online ajedrez.uruwow.com event
ajedrez.uruwow.com launches an International on-line Tournament 3
levels : Beginners, Advanced and Profesional, in series of 5 players.
Registration is free.
Address: http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
Linares Chess Open 2002
The IX ANIBAL CHESS OPEN in Linares, Spain takes place 1st-10th March,
2002. The dates are parallel to the XX CIUDAD DE LINARES International Chess
Tournament. The event will be Swiss system, 10 rounds using the new FIDE time
control. The venue will be the Hotel Anibal, Linares.
Prizes in Euros (-25% taxes) 1º D.Luis Rentero Suarez prize 10.000
2º 5.000 3º 2.500 4º 1.500 5º 1.000 6º-25º 300
26º-50º 160
Conditions: GM and IM with inscription confirmed by the Organization:
free accommodation in a double room Hotel Anibal GM 2600 ELO check special
conditions.
Special prices at Hotel Anibal for those players whose inscription had
been confirmed by the Organization:
Double room: 24,50 euros per person Single room: 45,00 euros
Continental Breakfast: 1,90 euros Buffet Breakfast: 3,80 euros Lunch: 4,90
euros Dinner:4,90 euros
IMPORTANT: Only those players whose inscription had been confirmed by
the Organization are guaranteed these prices
Inscription: Every player: 50 euros e-mail: linares@teleline.es
linareschess@wanadoo.es Fax: 34 953 652204
DEADLINE: Monday, 18th February
New Dolmen International
Title of Tournament: New Dolmen International Tournament Country: Malta
Tournament dates: 13th January to 19 January 2002 Venue: New Dolmen Hotel,
Qawra, St. Paul's Bay Prize Fund: US$ 5000 Format: Open 7 round Swiss FIDE
Rated Organisers: International Chess Organising Committee (Malta) C/O New
Dolmen Hotel, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay, Malta Fax No. +356 438730 Email:
jjgrech@mail.global.net.mt
Details: http://www.global.net.mt/jjgrech
S.C. Lasker Tournament
The Lasker Chess Club in Bucharest, Romania is organising an "Autumn
Festival" 13th-27th October 2001.
There will be three events: A event IGM category 7-8 with 12-16 players
a B IM Category 2-4 event with 12-16 players and a women's IM event Category
3-5 with 12-16 players.
Entry fees and details can be obtained from: The Romanian Chess
Federation, Ion Campineanu Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax:
312.19.44 Central Chess Club: Otetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13. or
Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38 – C.P. 80, 72250
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
Czech Tour - Open Znojmo and Open Krkonose
Entries are still open for two FIDE open tournaments in the Czech
Republic: OPEN ZNOJMO (7.-14.10. 2001) and OPEN KRKONOSE (1.-8.11. 2001)
without additional pay. Nowadays more than 30 players from 8 countries in OPEN
ZNOJMO and 40 players from 8 countries in OPEN KRKONOSE are registred. For more
information look at: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
SmartChess.com International
The Second SmartChess.com International Chess Tournament will be held
October 7-15th in New York City at the Manhattan Chess Club. The lineup for
this 9-RR event is Category X based on the July rating list, but the October
list will be used. The lineup follows: GM I. Novikov (Ukr/2593), GM A.
Wojtkiewicz (Pol/2568), IM A. Cela (Alb/2483), GM P. Blatny (Cze/2478), IM G.
Shahade (USA/2455), IM H. Nakamura (USA/2452), IM I. Zugic (Can/2440), IM E.
Perelshteyn (USA/2436), IM J. Gonzales (Phi/2432) and IM I. Krush (USA/2421).
Avg. Rating 2475.8 (Category X pending October rating list)
IA Jerome Bibuld will be the Chief Arbiter The new FIDE Time controls
(with 30 second increment) will be used. Games will be broadcast live in ICC.
Sponsor is The World Wide Web Chess Superstore. The Organizers are Paul Hodges
of SmartChess and Jonathan Hains.
Internet coverage: http://www.smartchess.com
Winterthur Chess Week
The 1st Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 5th-14th 2001. The main event is a 9-round Open. Several GMs including
Vadim Milov will play. First prize is CHF 3000 (US$ 1800). An invitational
Youth tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 8th-11th) will also be
organized, as well as one Rapid (first prize CHF 1000) and two Blitz (CHF 500)
tournaments.
Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/svw/schachwoche/
Extensions to the pgn standard
Alan Cowderoy (Palamede), Ben Bulsink (DGT Projects), Andrew Templeton
(Palamede/Palview), Eric Bentzen (Enpassant.dk, Palamede), Mathias Feist
(Chessbase) and Victor Zakharov (Chess Assistant) have started discussions on
possible extensions to the PGN standard. The original standard was compiled by
Steven J. Edwards but it hasn't been possible to contact him (if you read this
they'd like to talk to you!).
The new proposals can be read at:
ftp://palamede.com/pub/chess/final.txt
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
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/
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
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/
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
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
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