THE WEEK IN CHESS 366 12th November 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) European Team Championships
3) Kasparov and Kramnik Press Conference
4) First Saturday November
5) Austrian Team Championships
6) Omsk Teams
7) Frauen Bundesliga
8) Montecatini Terme
9) VI Rijeka IM
10) 2nd Odivelas International
11) Northern Virginia Open
12) Copa Clarin
13) 5th Open International Bavarian Masters
14) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

European Team Championships    600 games
First Saturday November         42 games
Austrian Team Championships    144 games
Omsk Teams                     111 games
Frauen Bundesliga               72 games
Montecatini Terme               55 games
VI Rijeka IM                    45 games
2nd Odivelas International      35 games
Northern Virginia Open          10 games
Copa Clarin                     59 games
5th Bavarian Masters            10 games 
Corrections                     3 games
1186 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Michael Atkins, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy, Harald Grafenhofer, Victor Karpov, Raimo Vollstaedt, Luís Santos, Aard Daanen, Eugeny Atarov, Thomas and Horst Leckner and all those who helped with this issue.

The main event of the week is the European Team Championships in Leon, Spain. Although the proximity to the FIDE World Championships has weakened the event a little and the non-appearance of a Russian team was a disappointment there is still plenty of good chess to appreciate.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) European Team Championships

The 18th European Team Championships are taking place in Leon, Spain 6th-15th November 2001. Sadly teams from Russia, Armenia, Bosnia and Bosnia Herzegovina didn't enter. However there are some excellent players in the teams including Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Alexei Shirov, Loek Van Wely, Sergei Tiviakov, Emil Sutovsky, Jon Speelman, Pablo San Segundo, Nigel Short, Jeroen Piket, Joel Lautier and Alexander Beliasky. After six of nine rounds France lead on 16½ points half a point clear of the Netherlands on 16 with England a further half a point behind on 15½.

Internet site: http://www.euroleon2001.com (coverage by http://www.terra.es)

Men's section

Men Round 1 6th November 2001

Czech Republic 2½ - 1½ Israel
England         3 - 1  Latvia 
Slovakia        2 - 2  Netherlands 
France         3½ - ½  Spain B 
Macedonia       1 - 3  Ukraine 
Spain A         1 - 3  Azerbaijan 
Italy           0 - 4  Germany 
Slovenia       3½ - ½  Finland 
Portugal        0 - 4  Poland 
Bulgaria       3½ - ½  Austria 
Iceland        1½ - 2½ Georgia 
Sweden         3½ - ½  Albania 
Scotland       1½ - 2½ Yugoslavia 
Greece         2½ - 1½ Ireland 
Turkey          0 - 4  Switzerland 
Belarus         4 - 0  Luxemburg 
Cyprus          ½ - 3½ Croatia 

Men Round 2 7th November 2001

Germany         2 - 2  Switzerland   
Poland         2½ - 1½ Belarus   
Bulgaria        1 - 3  France   
Sweden         1½ - 2½ Slovenia   
Croatia         1 - 3  England   
Ukraine        2½ - 1½ Azerbaijan   
Georgia        2½ - 1½ Greece   
Yugoslavia      3 - 1  Czech Republic   
Netherlands    3½ - ½  Wales   
Israel          2 - 2  Slovakia   
Iceland         3 - 1  Scotland   
Ireland         0 - 4  Spain A   
Latvia          3 - 1  Macedonia   
Austria        1½ - 2½ Spain B   
Albania         1 - 3  Finland   
Cyprus          ½ - 3½ Italy   
Portugal        3 - 1  Turkey   

Men Round 3 8th November 2001

France         3½ - ½  Poland 
Switzerland    1½ - 2½ England 
Slovenia       1½ - 2½ Germany 
Yugoslavia      1 - 3  Netherlands 
Belarus         2 - 2  Ukraine 
Spain A         3 - 1  Georgia 
Croatia         1 - 3  Sweden 
Azerbaijan     3½ - ½  Bulgaria 
Greece          4 - 0  Iceland 
Slovakia       1½ - 2½ Latvia 
Italy           ½ - 3½ Israel 
Finland         ½ - 3½ Czech Republic 
Spain B        2½ - 1½ Portugal 
Wales           0 - 4  Scotland 
Macedonia      2½ - 1½ Austria 
Luxemburg       2 - 2  Albania 
Turkey          2 - 2  Ireland 

Men Round 4 9th November 2001

England        2½ - 1½ France   
Netherlands    2½ - 1½ Germany   
Greece         1½ - 2½ Spain A   
Azerbaijan      2 - 2  Sweden   
Ukraine         1 - 3  Switzerland   
Belarus        1½ - 2½ Slovenia   
Israel         2½ - 1½ Poland   
Czech Republic  3 - 1  Latvia   
Georgia         3 - 1  Yugoslavia   
Scotland        ½ - 3½ Croatia   
Spain B         3 - 1  Slovakia   
Bulgaria       2½ - 1½ Macedonia   
Portugal        1 - 3  Iceland   
Finland        2½ - 1½ Italy   
Austria         3 - 1  Luxemburg   
Ireland        2½ - 1½ Albania   
Wales           2 - 2  Cyprus   

Men Round 5 10th November 2001

France         1½ - 2½ Netherlands   
Spain A         1 - 3  England   
Switzerland    2½ - 1½ Slovenia   
Germany         3 - 1  Azerbaijan   
Sweden         2½ - 1½ Czech Republic   
Israel         1½ - 2½ Greece   
Georgia        1½ - 2½ Belarus   
Poland         2½ - 1½ Croatia   
Ukraine        1½ - 2½ Spain B   
Latvia          ½ - 3½ Bulgaria   
Iceland         2 - 2  Yugoslavia   
Scotland        2 - 2  Finland   
Slovakia       3½ - ½  Austria   
Macedonia      2½ - 1½ Ireland   
Italy          1½ - 2½ Portugal   
Cyprus          2 - 2  Turkey   
Luxemburg      2½ - 1½ Wales   

Men Round 6 11th November 2001

England        1½ - 2½ Netherlands   
Switzerland     ½ - 3½ France   
Germany        1½ - 2½ Sweden   
Belarus         3 - 1  Greece   
Slovenia        2 - 2  Czech Republic   
Spain A         1 - 3  Israel   
Poland          2 - 2  Bulgaria   
Spain B         1 - 3  Azerbaijan   
Croatia         2 - 2  Georgia   
Iceland        1½ - 2½ Ukraine   
Yugoslavia     1½ - 2½ Slovakia   
Macedonia      2½ - 1½ Scotland   
Finland         3 - 1  Portugal   
Ireland         0 - 4  Latvia   
Turkey          2 - 2  Luxemburg   
Austria        2½ - 1½ Cyprus   
Albania         3 - 1  Wales   

Men's Round 6 Standings:

 1 France         4 0 2 16½  8 
 2 Netherlands    5 1 0 16  11 
 3 England        5 0 1 15½ 10 
 4 Sweden         4 1 1 15   9 
 5 Germany        3 1 2 14½  7 
 6 Belarus        3 1 2 14½  7 
 7 Azerbaijan     3 1 2 14   7 
 8 Israel         3 1 2 14   7 
 9 Slovenia       3 1 2 13½  7 
10 Czech Republic 3 1 2 13½  7 
11 Switzerland    3 1 2 13½  7 
12 Poland         3 1 2 13   7 
13 Bulgaria       3 1 2 13   7 
14 Greece         3 0 3 13   6 
15 Ukraine        3 1 2 12½  7 
16 Georgia        3 1 2 12½  7 
17 Slovakia       2 2 2 12½  6 
18 Spain A        3 0 3 12½  6 
19 Croatia        2 1 3 12½  5 
20 Spain B        4 0 2 12   8 
21 Latvia         3 0 3 12   6 
22 Finland        3 1 2 11½  7 
23 Macedonia      3 0 3 11   6 
24 Yugoslavia     2 1 3 11   5 
25 Iceland        2 1 3 11   5 
26 Scotland       1 1 4 10½  3 
27 Albania        2 1 3 10   5 
28 Luxemburg      2 2 2  9½  6 
29 Austria        2 0 4  9½  4 
30 Turkey         1 3 2  9   5 
31 Portugal       2 0 4  9   4 
32 Italy          2 0 4  9   4 
33 Cyprus         1 2 3  8½  4 
34 Ireland        1 1 4  7½  3 
35 Wales          1 1 4  7   3 

Women's Results

Women Round 1 6th November 2001

Latvia          1 - 1  Yugoslavia 
Ukraine        1½ - ½  Spain 
Croatia         1 - 1  Germany 
Moldova        1½ - ½  Azerbaijan 
Italy           1 - 1  Hungary 
Georgia         2 - 0  Switzerland 
Slovenia        1 - 1  Bulgaria 
Romania         2 - 0  Sweden 
Macedonia       0 - 2  England 
Netherlands     2 - 0  Finland 
Albania         0 - 2  Poland 
Slovakia        2 - 0  Scotland 
Austria         0 - 2  Czech Republic
Greece          2 - 0  Turkey 
Ireland         0 - 2  France 
Belarus         1 - 1  Iceland 

Women Round 2 7th November 2001

Poland          2 - 0  Georgia   
Slovakia        1 - 1  Romania   
England        1½ - ½  Czech Republic   
Greece          ½ - 1½ Netherlands   
France         1½ - ½  Ukraine   
Yugoslavia      1 - 1  Moldova   
Germany        1½ - ½  Latvia   
Hungary        1½ - ½  Croatia   
Bulgaria        2 - 0  Italy   
Slovenia       1½ - ½  Belarus   
Spain           2 - 0  Iceland   
Switzerland     0 - 2  Azerbaijan   
Scotland        0 - 2  Sweden   
Macedonia       1 - 1  Austria   
Turkey          1 - 1  Finland   
Albania         2 - 0  Ireland  

Women Round 3 8th November 2001

England         1 - 1  Poland 
Netherlands     1 - 1  France 
Romania         1 - 1  Bulgaria 
Germany         2 - 0  Slovakia 
Moldova         2 - 0  Greece 
Azerbaijan      ½ - 1½ Hungary 
Czech Republic 1½ - ½  Spain 
Yugoslavia     1½ - ½  Slovenia 
Sweden          ½ - 1½ Ukraine 
Georgia         2 - 0  Albania 
Latvia          ½ - 1½ Belarus 
Italy           ½ - 1½ Croatia 
Turkey          0 - 2  Macedonia 
Finland         2 - 0  Austria 
Iceland         ½ - 1½ Switzerland 
Ireland         0 - 2  Scotland 

Women Round 4 9th November 2001

Poland         1½ - ½  Germany  
Netherlands     1 - 1  Moldova  
France          ½ - 1½ England  
Hungary         1 - 1  Bulgaria  
Romania         1 - 1  Georgia  
Czech Republic  ½ - 1½ Yugoslavia  
Ukraine        1½ - ½  Slovakia  
Belarus         ½ - 1½ Azerbaijan  
Spain           0 - 2  Slovenia  
Croatia         1 - 1  Macedonia  
Finland         1 - 1  Greece  
Sweden          1 - 1  Latvia  
Scotland       1½ - ½  Albania  
Switzerland     1 - 1  Italy  
Austria         ½ - 1½ Iceland  
Ireland         0 - 2  Turkey 

Women Round 5 10th November 2001

Women Moldova   1 - 1  Poland   
England         ½ - 1½ Netherlands   
Yugoslavia      1 - 1  Ukraine   
Germany        1½ - ½  Hungary   
Bulgaria        0 - 2  France   
Slovenia        1 - 1  Romania   
Georgia         2 - 0  Czech Republic   
Azerbaijan     1½ - ½  Croatia   
Macedonia       2 - 0  Finland   
Slovakia        ½ - 1½ Belarus   
Greece         1½ - ½  Scotland   
Iceland         1 - 1  Sweden   
Turkey          0 - 2  Spain   
Latvia          1 - 1  Switzerland   
Albania         1 - 1  Italy   
Austria        1½ - ½  Ireland   

Women Round 6 11th November 2001

Women Poland    0 - 2  France   
Netherlands    1½ - ½  Georgia   
England         1 - 1  Germany   
Macedonia       0 - 2  Moldova   
Azerbaijan      ½ - 1½ Yugoslavia   
Ukraine         2 - 0  Slovenia   
Hungary         ½ - 1½ Romania   
Spain           1 - 1  Bulgaria   
Belarus         0 - 2  Greece   
Croatia         1 - 1  Sweden   
Finland        1½ - ½  Czech Republic   
Iceland         0 - 2  Slovakia   
Scotland        1 - 1  Latvia   
Switzerland     2 - 0  Albania   
Italy          1½ - ½  Ireland   
Turkey          1 - 1  Austria   

Women's Round 6 Standings:

 1 France         4 1 1 9   9 
 2 Netherlands    4 2 0 8½ 10 
 3 Moldova        3 3 0 8½  9 
 4 Ukraine        4 1 1 8   9 
 5 Yugoslavia     3 3 0 7½  9 
 6 England        3 2 1 7½  8 
 7 Poland         3 2 1 7½  8 
 8 Romania        2 4 0 7½  8 
 9 Germany        3 2 1 7½  8 
10 Georgia        3 1 2 7½  7 
11 Greece         3 1 2 7   7 
12 Azerbaijan     3 0 3 6½  6 
13 Slovenia       2 2 2 6   6 
14 Bulgaria       1 4 1 6   6 
15 Hungary        2 2 2 6   6 
16 Macedonia      2 2 2 6   6 
17 Slovakia       2 1 3 6   5 
18 Spain          2 1 3 6   5 
19 Finland        2 2 2 5½  6 
20 Switzerland    2 2 2 5½  6 
21 Croatia        1 3 2 5½  5 
22 Sweden         1 3 2 5½  5 
23 Belarus        2 1 3 5   5 
24 Italy          1 3 2 5   5 
25 Scotland       2 1 3 5   5 
26 Latvia         0 4 2 5   4 
27 Czech Republic 2 0 4 5   4 
28 Iceland        1 2 3 4   4 
29 Austria        1 2 3 4   4 
30 Turkey         1 2 3 4   4 
31 Albania        1 1 4 3½  3 
32 Ireland        0 0 6 1   0 

3) Kasparov and Kramnik Press Conference

The official press conference for the Botvinnik match - tournament between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik will be held November 13th at 15.00 in a conference hall of the news agency ITAR-TASS. The rules and prize-fund for the supermatch between the two players will be announced. Play will take place December 1st-9th 2001 in the Kollony Hall of Union House. The opening ceremony will take place on November 30th. There will be a total of 20 games: 4 in a classical chess, 6 rapid chess and 10 blitz.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru and Eugeny Atarov's site at: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru

4) First Saturday November

The main First Saturday event in November is an IM tournament. My thanks to Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy for the news.

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

Round 9 Standings: 
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FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xi 2001           cat. II (2293)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Nemeth, Zoltan     m HUN 2372  * = . 1 . 1 1 = = . . 1 1  6.5  2542 
 2. Szeberenyi, Adam   m HUN 2365  = * = . 1 1 = 1 1 = = . .  6.5  2469 
 3. Tian Tian            CHN 2355  . = * . 0 . 0 1 . 1 1 1 1  5.5  2407 
 4. Mensch, Etienne    f FRA 2299  0 . . * 1 1 1 0 = = 1 . .  5.0  2392 
 5. Rajlich, Vasik G   f USA 2257  . 0 1 0 * . . . 1 0 1 1 1  5.0  2389 
 6. Cooke, Eric          USA 2212  0 0 . 0 . * 1 1 0 . 1 1 .  4.0  2313 
 7. Kahn, Evarth       m HUN 2284  0 = 1 0 . 0 * . = . . 1 1  4.0  2306 
 8. Farago, Sandor     m HUN 2323  = 0 0 1 . 0 . * 0 1 . = 1  4.0  2263 
 9. Hajnal, Zoltan     f HUN 2436  = 0 . = 0 1 = 1 * . 0 . .  3.5  2243 
10. Blasko, Istvan     f HUN 2310  . = 0 = 1 . . 0 . * 0 = 1  3.5  2230 
11. Resika, Nathan A   f USA 2182  . = 0 0 0 0 . . 1 1 * 0 1  3.5  2213 
12. Biro, David          HUN 2243  0 . 0 . 0 0 0 = . = 1 * =  2.5  2107 
13. Vass, Viktor         HUN 2166  0 . 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 = *  0.5  1846 
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5) Austrian Team Championships

The first four rounds of the Austrian Team Championships took place October 31st - November 3rd 2001in Moerbisch. The remaining rounds will take place in Graz (rounds 5-8 17th-20th January 2002) and Dornbirn (9-11 8th-10th March 2001).

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.at and http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/stlg01/a_menue.htm

Round 1 31.10.2001

SK Hietzing/Fischer      1,5-4,5 Die Klagenfurter
RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf   3-3   Austria Graz
SK Fürstenfeld           1,5-4,5 SK Merkur Vers. Graz
SK Hohenems              1,5-5,5 SK Jenbach 
SK NÖ Melk Wachau          3-3   1.SSK Mozart 1910
SK Voest Linz              3-3   Union Raika Gamlitz

Round 2 01.11.2001

Die Klagenfurter           5-1 Union Raika Gamlitz
1.SSK Mozart 1910        3,5-2,5 SK Voest Linz
SK Jenbach               3,5-2,5 SK NÖ Melk Wachau
SK Merkur Vers. Graz     3,5-2,5 SK Hohenems
Austria Graz               2-4   SK Fürstenfeld
SK Hietzing/Fischer        3-3   RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf

Round 3  02.11.2001

RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf 2,5-3,5 Die Klagenfurter 
SK Fürstenfeld             3-3   SK Hietzing/Fischer 
SK Hohenems                3-3   Austria Graz
SK NÖ Melk Wachau        1,5-4,5 SK Merkur Vers. Graz
SK Voest Linz            1,5-4,5 SK Jenbach 
Union Raika Gamlitz        4-2   1.SSK Mozart 1910 

Round 4 03.11.2001

Die Klagenfurter         4,5-1,5  1.SSK Mozart 1910
SK Jenbach                 4-2    Union Raika Gamlitz
SK Merkur Vers. Graz     4,5-1,5  SK Voest Linz
Austria Graz             3,5-2,5  SK NÖ Melk Wachau
SK Hietzing/Fischer        3-3    SK Hohenems
RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf 3,5-2,5  SK Fürstenfeld

Round 4 Standings:
 1 SC Die Klagenfurter            17.5 8 
 2 SK Merkur Versicherung Graz    17.0 8 
 3 SK Sparkasse Jenbach           16.0 7 
 4 RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf       12.0 4 
 5 ESV Austria Graz               11.5 4 
 6 SK Fürstenfeld                 11.0 3 
 7 SK Hietzing/Fischer Wien       10.5 3 
 8 Union Raika Gamlitz            10.0 3 
 9 SSK Mozart Salzburg            10.0 3 
10 SK NOe Melk-Wachau             10.0 2 
11 SK Hohenems                    10.0 2 
12 SK Voest Linz                   8.5 1 

6) Omsk Teams

The Omsk Zone of the Russian Team Championships took place October 5th-13th 2001 reports Victor Karpov. Games from 7 of the 9 rounds are available (does anyone have the final two rounds?)

1st place YuGRA (Surgut) {Jakovenko,Potapov, Kabanov, Pridorozhni} 2nd place LIDRIKh(Omsk) {Smikovski, Sherbakov V, Starosek, Lubashov} 3rd place Sport-Club "Novokuznetsk" {Balashov, Iskusnykh, Arkhipov, Nevostrujev, Shomoev}

7) Frauen Bundesliga

The Frauen Bundesliga started on October 27th-28th 2001. The 11 round event is played over six boards.

My thanks to Raimo Vollstaedt.

Internet coverage: http://www.schachbund.de/Damen/1dbl01er.htm, http://www.chessgate.de/news/oktober2001/frauenbundesliga_rd1_2.html and http://skturm.home.pages.de

1st round 27/10/2001

SK Turm Emsdetten - Dresdner SC 1898 2.5-3.5 
1 Hunt, Harriet - Pähtz,Elisabeth 0-1
2 Lelchuk, Zoja - Mazakova,Petra 0-1
3 Peng,Zhao Qin - 16. Jackova, Jana 0-1 
4 Micic,Jordanka - Graf, Rena 1-0 
5 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Rößler,Ulrike 1-0 
6 Sarana-Hungeling, Oksana - Meissner,Claudia 1/2-1/2 

SK Holsterhausen - SSV Rotation Berlin 2.5-3.5
1 Dergatschova-Daus, Anna - Mai,Iris 1-0 
2 Bakalarz, Grazyna -  Burchardt,Brigitte 0-1 
3 Brendel,Bergit,Dr - Wagner-Michel,Annett 0-1 
4 Didenko,Ljudmilla - Heyme,Sibylle 1/2-1/2 
5 Lanfer,Stefanie - Wolf,Sylvia 0-1
6 Döhmen,Katrin - Sonnenberger,Kirsten 1-0

Sgem.Heiligenhaus - USV Halle 4.5-1.5 
1 Skripchenko-Lautier,Almira - Madl, Ildiko 1-0 
2 Sedina,Elena - Lakos, Nikoletta --+ 
3 Socko, Monika - Jahn,Constanze 1-0 
4 Kiseleva, Natalia - Eckhardt,Claudia 1/2-1/2 
5 Sziva, Erika - Müller,Andrea 1-0 
6 Weclawski,Doris - Bahn,Doreen 1-0

Krefelder SK Turm - Rodewischer Schachmiezen 1-5
1 Sadkiewicz, Joanna - Vasilevich, Tatjana 0-1 
2 Winter,Astrid - Janovskaja,Inna 1/2-1/2 
3 Schmidt,Andrea - Elschner,Annegret 0-1 
4 Cleven,Maria - Steinbacher,Claudia 1/2-1/2 
5 Alkhazashvili,Ololi - 48. Fichtner,Kathrin 0-1 
6 Gill,Katrin - Günther,Anetta 0-1

Hamburger SK1830 - Karlsruher SF 1853 4-2 
1 Zielinska,Marta - Werner,Veronika 1-0 
2 Dworakowska,Joanna - Werner,Isabel 1/2-1/2 
3 Jürgens,Vera - Vidonyak,Nellya 1/2-1/2 
4 Hegeler,Anja - Lauterbach, Ingrid 1-0 
5 Zickelbein,Eva-Maria - Onischuk, Anna 0-1 
6 Schubert,Silke - Schulz,Tina 1-0 6 10. 

Meerbauer Kiel 90 - Stuttgarter SF 1879 2-4 
1 Kopylova,Ljubov - Misanovic,Vesna 0-1 
2 Botsari,Anna Maria - Olbrich,Marina 0-1 
3 Sebag,Marie Rachel - Meier,Annemarie Sylvia 0-1 
4 Trabert,Bettina - Frank,Tena,Dr. 1-0 
5 Lange,Sönje - Tepluhina,Katharina 0-1 
6 Rubene,Ilze - Gheng,Simona 1-0 

2nd round 28/10/2001

SSV Rotation Berl - SK Turm Emsdetten 1-5 
1 Mai,Iris - Hunt, Harriet 1/2-1/2 
2 Burchardt,Brigitte - Peng,Zhao Qin 0-1 
3 Wagner-Michel,Annett - Micic,Jordanka 0-1 
4 Heyme,Sibylle - Bosboom-Lanchava,Tea 0-1 
5 Wolf,Sylvia - Sarana-Hungeling,Oksana 0-1 
6 Sonnenberger,Kirsten - Limbach, Renate Dr. 1/2-1/2

Dresdner SC 1898 - SK Holsterhausen 5.5-0.5 
1 Pähtz,Elisabeth - Dergatschova-Daus,Anna 1/2-1/2 
2 Mazakova,Petra - Bakalarz, Grazyna 1-0 
3 Jackova, Jana - Brendel,Bergit,Dr 1-0 
4 Graf, Rena - Didenko,Ljudmilla 1-0 
5 Rößler,Ulrike - Lanfer,Stefanie 1-0 
6 Meissner,Claudia - Alting,Inge 1-0

Rodewischer Schachmiezen - Sgem.Heiligenhaus 4-2 
1 Vasilevich, Tatjana - Skripchenko-Lautier,Almira 1/2-1/2 
2 Janovskaja,Inna - Sedina,Elena +-- 
3 Elschner,Annegret - Socko, Monika 0-1 
4 Steinbacher,Claudia - Kiseleva, Natalia 1-0 
5 Fichtner,Kathrin - Sziva, Erika 1/2-1/2 
6 Günther,Anetta - Weclawski,Doris 1-0

USV Halle - 6. Krefelder SK Turm 3.5-2.5
1 Madl, Ildiko - Sadkiewicz, Joanna 1-0 
2 Lakos, Nikoletta - Rozenfeld, Tatiana 1-0 
3 Jahn,Constanze - Winter,Astrid --+ 
4 Eckhardt,Claudia - Schmidt,Andrea 1-0 
5 Müller,Andrea - Cleven,Maria 0-1 
6 Bahn,Doreen - Gill,Katrin 1/2-1/2

Stuttgarter SF 1879 - Hamburger SK1830 2-4 
1 Misanovic,Vesna - Zielinska,Marta 1/2-1/2 
2 Olbrich,Marina - Dworakowska,Joanna 0-1 
3 Meier,Annemarie,Sylvia - Jürgens,Vera 1/2-1/2 
4 Frank,Tena,Dr. - Hegeler,Anja 0-1 
5 Tepluhina,Katharina - Kas-Fromm,Rita,Dr 0-1 
6 Gheng,Simona - Schubert,Silke 1-0

Karlsruher SF 1853 - Meerbauer Kiel 90 2.5-3.5
1 Werner,Veronika - Kopylova,Ljubov 1-0 
2 Werner,Isabel - Botsari,Anna Maria 1/2-1/2 
3 Vidonyak,Nellya - Sebag,Marie Rachel 0-1 
4 Lauterbach, Ingrid - Trabert,Bettina 1/2-1/2 
5 Onischuk, Anna - Lange,Sönje 1/2-1/2 
6 Schulz,Tina - Rubene,Ilze 0-1

Standing after 2nd round
 1. Rodewischer Schachmiezen  2 0 0 4-0 9.0
 1. Dresdner SC 1898          2 0 0 4-0 9.0
 3. Hamburger SK1830          2 0 0 4-0 8.0 
 4. SK Tu. Emsdetten          1 0 1 2-2 7.5 
 5. Sgem.Heiligenhaus         1 0 1 2-2 6.5 
 6. Stuttgarter SF 1879       1 0 1 2-2 6.0 
 7. Meerbauer Kiel 90         1 0 1 2-2 5.5 
 8. USV Halle                 1 0 1 2-2 5.0 
 9. SSV Rotation Berlin       1 0 1 2-2 4.5 
10. Karlsruher SF 1853        0 0 2 0-4 4.5 
11. Krefelder SK Turm         0 0 2 0-4 3.5
12. SK Holsterhausen          0 0 2 0-4 3.0 

8) Montecatini Terme

The VI Montecatini Terme tournament took place 3rd-11th November 2001. Igor Naumkin and Josko Mukic finished on 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.federscacchi.it/tornei/01montecatini.htm

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VI It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 3-11 xi 2001          cat. III (2312)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Naumkin, Igor           g RUS 2414  * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2494 
 2. Mukic, Josko            f CRO 2362  0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2499 
 3. Ivanov, Jordan          m BUL 2446  = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1  7.0  2447 
 4. Inkiov, Ventzislav      g BUL 2500  = = = * = = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2441 
 5. Brancaleoni, Maurizio     ITA 2196  = = = = * = 0 = = 1 1  5.5  2359 
 6. Mrdja, Milan            m CRO 2380  = 0 = = = * 0 0 1 1 1  5.0  2304 
 7. Vismara, Daniele        f ITA 2365  0 0 0 = 1 1 * = 0 1 1  5.0  2306 
 8. Sciortino, Massimo        ITA 2201  = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = = 1  4.5  2286 
 9. Drei, Andrea            f ITA 2250  0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 1  4.0  2245 
10. Metrangolo, Antonio       ITA 2191  0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1  2.0  2083 
11. Vignato, Giovanni         ITA 2123  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
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9) VI Rijeka IM

The VI Rijeka IM tournament took place November 5th-11th 2001. Faruk Bistric took first place with 8/10.

Internet coverage: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-m06/

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VI IM Rijeka CRO, 5-11 xi 2001                cat. IV (2346)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Bistric, Faruk      m BIH 2446  * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.0  2685 
 2. Burovic, Ismet      f BIH 2373  = * = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2508 
 3. Loncar, Robert      m CRO 2458  0 = * = = = = 1 1 1  5.5  2413 
 4. Szuhanek, Ranko     m ROM 2450  0 = = * 1 0 = = = 1  4.5  2334 
 5. Dumpor, Atif        f BIH 2325  0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1  4.5  2348 
 6. Rezan, Sasa         f CRO 2337  0 = = 1 = * 0 0 1 1  4.5  2346 
 7. Goric, Esad           BIH 2296  = 0 = = 0 1 * = = =  4.0  2308 
 8. Rukavina, Josip     m CRO 2415  0 0 0 = = 1 = * = =  3.5  2258 
 9. Topalovic, Zlatko     CRO 2251  0 0 0 = = 0 = = * =  2.5  2190 
10. Troselj, Teo          CRO 2107  0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = *  1.5  2099 
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10) 2nd Odivelas International

Luís Santos reports: The 2nd Odivelas International takes place 6th-16th November 2001. Following this event 27th November - 7th December 2001 there will be the 9th International Mestre-Jovem of Loures (cat 2). Anand will be in Lisbon November 17th-18th 2001 for a couple of days during their chess festival which takes place November 17th-25th 2001.

Internet coverage: http://planeta.ip.pt/~ip001018/

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2nd It Odivelas POR (POR), 6-16 xi 2001                   cat. I (2274)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Strikovic, Aleksa   g YUG 2506  * . = = 1 . 1 1 1 . . .  5.0  2566 
 2. Janev, Evgeni       m BUL 2487  . * = 1 = 1 = 1 . . . .  4.5  2476 
 3. Fernando, Diogo     f POR 2367  = = * . . 1 . . . 1 = 1  4.5  2447 
 4. Roeder, Mathias     m GER 2469  = 0 . * 1 . . . . 1 1 1  4.5  2469 
 5. Dias, Paulo         f POR 2285  0 = . 0 * . 1 1 1 . . .  3.5  2407 
 6. Luyks, Marinus        POR 2153  . 0 0 . . * . . = 1 1 =  3.0  2240 
 7. Pina, Vladimiro     m POR 2195  0 = . . 0 . * = = . . 1  2.5  2254 
 8. Blalock, Rex          USA 2234  0 0 . . 0 . = * . 1 . 1  2.5  2223 
 9. Francisco, Joae       ANG 2210  0 . . . 0 = = . * 0 1 .  2.0  2103 
10. Prata, Jose           POR 2063  . . 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 * = .  1.5  2074 
11. Pinho, Paulo          POR 2170  . . = 0 . 0 . . 0 = * .  1.0  2012 
12. Leite, Catarina    wm POR 2146  . . 0 0 . = 0 0 . . . *  0.5  1917 
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11) Northern Virginia Open

Michael Atkins reports that the Northern Virginia Open took place November 3rd-4th 2001 in Mount Vernon. The event was won by IM Enrico Sevillano after a final round win over FM Emory Tate.

12) Copa Clarin

The Copa Clarin Open took place in Villa Martelli 26th October - 3rd November 2001. The event saw Alfredo Giaccio take first place with a better tie-break from Ruben Felgaer and Pablo Ricardi all three scoring 7.5/9.

There will be the Magistral de Villa Martelli tournament 17th-25th November 2001.

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

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Copa Clarin Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 26 x-3 xi 2001
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 1. Giaccio, Alfredo          m  ARG 2463  7.5   55.0   52.00 
 2. Felgaer, Ruben            m  ARG 2467  7.5   54.5   50.50 
 3. Ricardi, Pablo            g  ARG 2538  7.5   53.5   52.00 
 4. Panno, Oscar              g  ARG 2480  7.0   54.0   50.50 
 5. Slipak, Sergio            g  ARG 2493  7.0   54.0   49.50 
 6. Rosito, Jorge             m  ARG 2400  6.5   51.0   47.00 
 7. Soppe, Guillermo          m  ARG 2466  6.5   49.0   47.50 
 8. Rodriguez, Andres         g  URU 2464  6.5   49.0   46.00 
 9. Labollita, Martin         m  ARG 2396  6.0   55.0   50.00 
10. Pierrot, Facundo          m  ARG 2427  6.0   53.0   49.00 
11. Garbarino, Rodolfo        m  ARG 2397  6.0   50.0   46.00 
12. Scarella, Enrique         m  ARG 2375  6.0   48.5   44.50 
13. Ginzburg, Maximiliano     m  ARG 2429  6.0   47.5   45.00 
14. Bitelmajer,Martin            ARG ----  6.0   47.0   43.00 
15. Bulcourf, Carlos          f  ARG 2288  6.0   45.0   42.00 
16. Filgueira, Hernan         f  ARG 2384  6.0   44.5   43.00 
17. Dolezal, Cristian         f  ARG 2389  6.0   37.0   37.00 
106 players

13) 5th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters took place in Bad Wiessee, 27th October - 4th November 2001. Vladimir Akopian took first place on tie-break ahead of Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Shabalov and Michal Krasekow, all scored 7.5/9. Games from the final round now available. Information Thomas and Horst Leckner.

Internet coverage: : http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001

Final Round 9 Standings:
 1 Akopian,Vladimir     GM  2660  7.5 53,5 
 2 Baklan,Vladimir      GM  2590  7.5 51,5 
 3 Shabalov,Alexander   GM  2585  7.5 51,5 
 4 Krasenkow,Michal     GM  2592  7.5 51,0 
 5 Volokitin,Andrei     GM  2566  7.0 52,5 
 6 Dorfman,Josif        GM  2599  7.0 51,0 
 7 Sax,Gyula            GM  2593  7.0 51,0 
 8 Ibragimov,Ildar      GM  2567  7.0 51,0 
 9 Epishin,Vladimir     GM  2583  7.0 50,5 
10 Pinter,Jozsef        GM  2532  7.0 50,5 
11 Jaracz,Pawel         GM  2525  7.0 50,0 
12 Graf,Alexander       GM  2610  7.0 49,5 
13 Gleizerov,Evgeny     GM  2575  7.0 49,5 
14 Sturua,Zurab         GM  2571  7.0 49,5 
15 Kacheishvili,Giorgi  GM  2583  7.0 49,0 
16 Lerner,Konstantin    GM  2567  7.0 49,0 
17 Babula,Vlastimil     GM  2565  7.0 49,0 
18 Schmaltz,Roland      GM  2536  7.0 48,5 
19 Khenkin,Igor         GM  2572  7.0 48,0 
20 Gershon,Alik         GM  2556  7.0 48,0 
21 Prusikhin,Michael    IM  2502  7.0 48,0 
22 Dautov,Rustem        GM  2630  7.0 47,5 
23 Rozentalis,Eduardas  GM  2601  7.0 46,0 
24 Lobron,Eric          GM  2524  6.5 51,0 
25 Pavlovic,Milos       GM  2488  6.5 50,5 
26 Perelshteyn,Eugene   IM  2432  6.5 50,5 
27 Eingorn,Vereslav     GM  2601  6.5 49,0 
28 Smith,Bryan G        FM  2312  6.5 48,5 
29 Ramesh,R.B.          IM  2467  6.5 48,0 
30 Klundt,Klaus         IM  2368  6.5 48,0 
31 Heinzel,Olaf         FM  2347  6.5 47,5 
32 Ulibin,Mikhail       GM  2580  6.5 47,0 
33 Farago,Ivan          GM  2527  6.5 47,0 
34 Döttling,Fabian      IM  2520  6.5 47,0 
35 Psakhis,Lev          GM  2573  6.5 46,5 
36 Bocksberger,Stefan   FM  2277  6.5 46,5 
37 Galdunts,Sergey      IM  2514  6.5 46,0 
38 Gutman,Lev           GM  2489  6.5 45,5 
39 Lipinsky,Fabian      IM  2390  6.5 45,0 
40 Grund,Holger         IM  2466  6.5 44,0 
41 Spiess,Gunter        FM  2408  6.5 44,0 
42 Gurieli,Nino (IM)    WGM 2343  6.5 42,0 
43 Kreuzholz,Michael        2249  6.5 40,5 
44 Schneider,Henning        2230  6.5 40,5 
45 Santl,Anton              2209  6.5 37,5 
512 players

14) Forthcoming Events and Links

October FIDE List Study

Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ an article "Study of the October 2001 FIDE Rating List" (By Boris Schipkov, 12.11.2001) is now available.

Leuven Open

The Leuven Open takes place 8th-11th November 2001.

Internet coverage: http://users.chello.be/rc20070/desperado/open2001.html

New FIDE Sites

There are two new FIDE sites. Chess Daily http://www.chessdaily.com has individual FIDE rating calculations. Also the FIDE site for the World Championships in Moscow has been launched at: http://wcc2001.fide.com

Leko Interview

Peter Leko has a new interview on his www site: http://www.chessgate.de/leko/homepage.html Main content: - Expectations FIDE WC in Moscow - Statement: New time control - Review 2001. There will be an English version today or soon after.

Linares 2002

Most of the line-up for Linares 2002 has been announced. The players will be Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Adams, Ivanchuk, Francisco Vallejo and on other player who will be confirmed soon (likely to be either Topalov or Kramnik).

Greekbase

Greek games at: http://www.geocities.com/greekbase1

ChessMetrics Site

Jeff Sonas has updated his site: http://www.chessmetrics.com/. It now has lots of colorful graphs. It includes ratings based on ChessBase games from 1851 to 1998, and then weekly rating lists based on TWIC issues from January 1999 to September 10th 2001.

Halkida Open

The 5th international open chess tournament of Halkida will be organized November 16-23, 2001 in Greece.

Halkida is the largest city of Evia, an island 80 km north of Athens. The total prize fund of the tournament is 4400 euro (1st prize: 1500 euro). The event is organized by Evoiki Chess Club and the Greek Chess Federation.

Previous winners of the Halkida open:

1) GM Suat Atalik (1996) 2) GM Igor Miladinovic (1997) 3) IM Altin Cela (1998) 4) GM Arkadi Rotstein (2000)

More information for this year's event is provided at http://www.greekchess.com/halkida

Praha Open

The 1st Praha Open takes place 2nd-9th February 2002 in Prague (the Czech Republic). As part of the Czech Tour 2001-2 and links up well with participation in the Open Marianske Lazne.

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

Claude Bloodgood Article

Marc Davis has written a lengthy article for the Virginian-Pilot on Claude Bloodgood. It will be available for the next few weeks.

Internet: http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw1029blo.html

20th Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial

GM Bartlomiej Macieja reports: The 20th Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial includes two tournaments: 1) Amplico AIG Life Chess Tournament 15-16 December 2001. 2) Warsaw Blitz Chess Championship 15 December from 18:00.

Both tournaments will be played in the sport hall, located in the main building of Polonia Warsaw Sport Club 6, Konwiktorska Street Warsaw Poland

Full details (Polish and English): http://www.amplicolife.pl

Winter Cup, Bucharest

Lasker Chess Club in Bucharest is organising a Winter cup with a GM and IM event. 11th-23rd December 2001.

Further details: http://www.web.rol.ro/rchirila

Lohmar Rapid Chess Open

The traditional Lohmar Rapid Chess Open takes place on October 28th for the 8th time. Further info (german and english) at: http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/index.htm The tournament is limited to a maximum of 120 participants.

77th Hastings Congress

The 77th Hastings International chess Congress takes place 28th December 2001 - 6th January 2002. There are events for all strengths of players, lasting from 3 to the full 10 days. There is play either in the morning or afternoon.

Players so far: Premier. Accepted: Pentala Harikrishna (Commonwealth Champion), Krishnan Sasikiran (both India), Petr Kiriakov (Russia), Irina Krush (US), Joe Gallagher (Smith & Williamson British Champion) (Switzerland), Zhang Zhong (China), Mark Hebden, Nicholas Pert (both England), two places remain to be filled, with Teimour Radjabov having been invited. Challengers. Accepted: Dibyendu Barua, Abhijit Kunte, Ravi Lanka, Ponnuswamy Konguvel, Neeraj-Kumar Mishra (all India), Alexander Cherniaev, Vitally Tseshkovsky (Russia), Vladimir Poley, Irina Tetenkina (ByeloRussia), Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan), Petr Marusenko (Ukraine), Keith Arkell, Glenn Flear (England), Colin McNab, Steve Mannion (Scotland).

Further details: Con Power: power@hicc.demon.co.uk

Internet coverage: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Marianske Lazne Open

The I. International Chess Tournament OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE 2002 takes place 25.1.-1.2. 2002 in the spa Marianske Lazne (the Czech Republic). This tournament is a part of series CZECH TOUR 2001 / 2002.

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

2 Websites

Mastermove with chess quizzes and endgame studies. http://www.so-on.org/mastermove.html

200 words by Lev Khariton. http://pkchess.bizland.com/chesspress/200words/200words.html

FIDE Championships Fantasy Chess

As soon as all the players are known the annual Fantasy Chess Tournament to be based on the FIDE World Championships will start.

Details: http://play.at/fantasychess

Gausdal Troll Masters 2002

The Gausdal Troll Masters Open International takes place January 6th-13th 2002 at Gausdal Høifjellshotel. Includes: * GM- and IM norms available * 9 rounds * FIDE rules. * 2h/40 moves, 1h/20 moves and ½hour rest. * 1st round Sunday January 6th at 19:30. * 9th and last round Sunday 13th at 9:00. * Double rounds on Thursday. * Open to all with FIDE-rating and a limited number of non-FIDE-rated players. * Several strong GMs and IMs are invited.

Details: http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/

5th Email Afro-Asian Championship

All chessplayers from Africa and Asia are invited to take part to the 5th email Afro-Asian Championship 2002-2003 , organised by the ICCF. The start date for the preliminaries is : 15-01-2002. Like the previous editions there are 2 stages (preliminaries and Final) and no entry fees are required . The entries should be sent not later than 31.12.2001 to M. Samraoui , email address : samraoui@aol.com .

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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