THE WEEK IN CHESS 368 26th November 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE World
Chess Championships
3) 2nd Governor's Cup
4) Spanish Chess Championships
5) Groningen
Cancelled
6) Online World Chess Cancelled
7) Italian Championships
8) National Chess
Congress
9) Balkan Championships
10)
Bundesliga 2001-2
11) 4NCL
12)
Halkida Open
13) Marshall Fall Futurity
14) Roman Levit Memorial
15) Singapore
Events
16) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
2nd Governor's Cup 44 games
Spanish Chess Championships 29 games
Italian Championships 25 games
Balkan Championships 143 games
Bundesliga 2001-2 16 games
Halkida Open 21 games
Marshall Fall Futurity 42 games
Singapore Events 59 games
380 games
My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, John Fernandez, George Mastrokoukos, Jopke
Thijssen, Junior Tay, Michael Atkins, Eugeny Atarov, Ton Palmans and Koen
Haveman and all those who helped with this issue.
The FIDE Chess Championships start tomorrow in Moscow. 128 players start
out but by the time you read this magazine next week there will only be 16
left. That's a lot of heartbreak! I shall also be relieved as there is going to
be an awful lot of work over the next few days until the players get culled.
December 1st will see the start of the Kasparov vs. Kramnik Botvinnik Memorial
match. The next two to three weeks are going to be a bumper time for following
chess.
Two events were cancelled this week. Groningen is a justly famous chess
festival, yet it has not run for two years in a row. Last year it decided to
save its resources for a mega European Individual Championships but events out
of its control led to this year's cancellation. It is to be hoped that the
enthusiasts of the Netherlands won't be denied a third time. Chess institutions
such as Groningen are too valuable to be lost. The second event to be cancelled
is the Online World Chess Championships. This comes as no surprise. There seems
to have been a last minute return to sanity after some hopelessly misjudged
planning over a period of years.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE Championships take place in Moscow November 25th - December
14th 2001 (Kremlin) with the final in the Hall of Columns January 16th-26th
2002. There will be full daily coverage by TWIC.
Schedule for the Kremlin: Round 1 Tuesday-Wednesday November 27th-28th
2001, Round 2 Thursday-Friday November 29th-30th, Round 3 Saturday-Sunday
December 1st-2nd, Round 4 Monday and Wednesday 3rd and 5th December, Round 5
Thursday-Friday December 6th-7th, Round 6 Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday December 8th ,10th ,11th ,13th and 14th 2001.
The official site will be: http://wcc2001.fide.com
Draw for the FIDE World Chess Championships
FIDE World Chess Championships
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 vs. 128 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2382
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 vs. 127 Sarthou, Gaetan f FRA 2357
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 vs. 126 Zeliakov, Nugzar RUS
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 vs. 125 Shovunov, Baatr m RUS 2348
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 vs. 124 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2373
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 vs. 123 Gluzman, Michael m AUS 2400
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 vs. 122 Cabrera, Alexis m CUB 2415
8 Topalov, Vesselin g BUL 2711 vs. 121 Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2425
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 vs. 120 Rizouk, Aimen ALG 2442
10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 vs. 119 Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2461
11 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 vs. 118 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462
12 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 vs. 117 Ganguly, Surya Sekhar m IND 2464
13 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 vs. 116 Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2471
14 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2695 vs. 115 El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2477
15 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 vs. 114 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2481
16 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2692 vs. 113 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2487
17 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 vs. 112 Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2487
18 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 vs. 111 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2492
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 vs. 110 Li Wenliang m CHN 2494
20 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 vs. 109 Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2495
21 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 vs. 108 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2499
22 Short, Nigel g ENG 2675 vs. 107 Campora, Daniel g ARG 2506
23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 vs. 106 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2508
24 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 vs. 105 Ghaem Maghami Esam g IRI 2509
25 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2667 vs. 104 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2517
26 Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2659 vs. 103 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2522
27 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2655 vs. 102 Nataf, Igor g FRA 2527
28 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 vs. 101 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529
29 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2651 vs. 100 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2530
30 Vaganian, Rafael g ARM 2650 vs. 99 Belkhodja, Slim m TUN 2531
31 Xu Jun g CHN 2646 vs. 98 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2532
32 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2642 vs. 97 Hamdouchi, Hicham g MAR 2533
33 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2639 vs. 96 Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2533
34 Zvjagintsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 vs. 95 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2537
35 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2633 vs. 94 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2548
36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2630 vs. 93 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2549
37 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2630 vs. 92 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2550
38 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2630 vs. 91 Volokitin, Andrei m UKR 2551
39 Delchev, Alexander g BUL 2629 vs. 90 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2554
40 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2628 vs. 89 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2555
41 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2627 vs. 88 Liang, Chong m CHN 2556
42 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2627 vs. 87 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2557
43 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 vs. 86 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2558
44 Shipov, Sergey g RUS 2625 vs. 85 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564
45 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2624 vs. 84 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2566
46 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 vs. 83 Christiansen, Larry g USA 2570
47 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 vs. 82 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2571
48 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2614 vs. 81 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2572
49 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2613 vs. 80 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2573
50 Graf, Alexander g GER 2610 vs. 79 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2573
51 Nisipianu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2609 vs. 78 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2573
52 Lputian, Smbat g ARM 2608 vs. 77 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2573
53 Kaidanov, Gregory g USA 2605 vs. 76 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2574
54 Luther, Thomas g GER 2604 vs. 75 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2578
55 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2604 vs. 74 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579
56 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 vs. 73 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2580
57 Gulko, Boris g USA 2602 vs. 72 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2581
58 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2600 vs. 71 Dominguez, Lernier g CUB 2585
59 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 vs. 70 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2587
60 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2599 vs. 69 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2588
61 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2598 vs. 68 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2588
62 Eingorn, Vereslav g UKR 2598 vs. 67 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2589
63 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2595 vs. 66 Aseev, Konstantin g RUS 2591
64 Goldin, Alexander g USA 2594 vs. 65 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2593
FIDE Women's World Chess Championships
1 Galliamova, Alisa wg RUS 2547 vs. 64 Toubai Wissam ALG
2 Chiburdanidze, Maya g GEO 2513 vs. 63 Houli Asma ALG
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2507 vs. 62 Paridar, Shadi wf IRI 2009
4 Wang Pin wg CHN 2504 vs. 61 Chaves, Joarra wm BRA 2050
5 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2502 vs. 60 Arouche Farida ALG 2065
6 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2497 vs. 59 Maggiolo, Elisa wm ARG 2090
7 Ioseliani, Nana (IM) wg GEO 2497 vs. 58 Groberman, Elina USA 2105
8 Skripchenko-Lautier, A wg MDA 2494 vs. 57 Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan wm AUS 2182
9 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2465 vs. 56 Starr, Nava wm CAN 2200
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta wg BUL 2459 vs. 55 Shah, Pallavi wm IND 2201
11 Maric, Alisa wg YUG 2457 vs. 54 Levushkina, Elena wm UZB 2208
12 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2452 vs. 53 Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2234
13 Stepovaia-Diachenko, T wg RUS 2451 vs. 52 Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2236
14 Khurtsidze, Nino wg GEO 2450 vs. 51 Aarthie, Ramaswamy wm IND 2249
15 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan wg GEO 2446 vs. 50 Ciuksyte, Dagne wm LTU 2255
16 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2445 vs. 49 Huang Qian CHN 2260
17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wg RUS 2445 vs. 48 Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2286
18 Xu Yuanyuan wg CHN 2431 vs. 47 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2289
19 Zatonskih, Anna wg UKR 2427 vs. 46 Li Ruofan wm CHN 2293
20 Foisor, Cristina wg ROM 2423 vs. 45 Gu Xiaobing CHN 2300
21 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2411 vs. 44 Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2324
22 Gaponenko, Inna wg UKR 2409 vs. 43 Lagvilava, Genrieta wg BLR 2326
23 Peng, Zhaoqin wg NED 2401 vs. 42 Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2327
24 Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2399 vs. 41 Galianina-Ryjanova, J wg RUS 2335
25 Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2399 vs. 40 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2349
26 Vijayalakshimi, S wg IND 2397 vs. 39 Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2350
27 Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2395 vs. 38 Petrenko, Sveltana wm MDA 2357
28 Danielian, Elina wg ARM 2395 vs. 37 Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2371
29 Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2390 vs. 36 Radziewics, Iweta wg POL 2375
30 Socko, Monika wg POL 2389 vs. 35 Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2376
31 Alexandrova, Olga wg UKR 2387 vs. 34 Sedina, Elena wg ITA 2380
32 Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2382 vs. 33 Wang Yu wf CHN 2382
Mikhail Golubev reports that the 2nd Governor's Cup in Kramatorsk,
Ukraine took place 16th-24th November 2001. The double round robin event was
won by IM Zahar Efimenko with 10/14.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/krm01nov.htm
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2nd Governor's Cup Kramatorsk UKR (UKR), 16-24 xi 2001 cat. X (2483)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Efimenko, Zahar m UKR 2523 ** == == == 11 1= 1= 11 10.0 2635
2. Korobov, Anton m UKR 2467 == ** == == 11 1= == 11 9.5 2618
3. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2545 == == ** =1 =0 == 11 =1 8.5 2554
4. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2516 == == =0 ** 1= == =1 11 8.5 2558
5. Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2479 00 00 =1 0= ** 1= 01 == 5.5 2403
6. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2494 0= 0= == == 0= ** == =0 5.0 2379
7. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2453 0= == 00 =0 10 == ** == 5.0 2385
8. Karjakin, Sergey f UKR 2388 00 00 =0 00 == =1 == ** 4.0 2338
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The Spanish Chess Championships took place 17th-25th November in Cala
Mendia, Mallorca. The closed event with GM Miguel Illescas, GM Pablo San
Segundo, GM Zenón Franco, MI Javier Moreno Carnero, GM Marc Narciso, MI
Lluis Comas, MI Mario Gómez, MI Julen Arizmendi, MI Gabriel del
Río, GM David García Ilundaín, MI Sergio Cacho and
José Manuel López saw play in two groups of six before a final
knockout phase. Miguel Illescas won the event after a single playoff game
against Lluis Comas Fabrego. There are three games missing the Comas-Cacho game
from the semi-final, and games two and the playoff game from the final.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and
http://www.fbescacs.org/ctoespa%F1aabsol/absoluto.htm
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ch-ESP Gp A Cala Mendia, Mallorca ESP (ESP), 17-21 xi 2001cat. XI (2510)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2577 * 1 = = = 1 3.5 2645
2. Cacho Reigadas, Sergio m ESP 2463 0 * 1 0 1 1 3.0 2591
3. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G m ESP 2489 = 0 * 1 = = 2.5 2514
4. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2514 = 1 0 * = 0 2.0 2437
5. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2499 = 0 = = * = 2.0 2440
6. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2517 0 0 = 1 = * 2.0 2436
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ch-ESP Gp B Cala Mendia, Mallorca ESP (ESP), 17-21 xi 2001cat. XI (2501)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Comas Fabrego, Lluis g ESP 2510 * 1 = = = 1 3.5 2647
2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2474 0 * 1 = = 1 3.0 2578
3. San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2528 = 0 * 1 = 1 3.0 2567
4. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L m ESP 2503 = = 0 * 1 = 2.5 2500
5. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g ESP 2522 = = = 0 * = 2.0 2424
6. Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2467 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 2267
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Gp B playoff
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo - Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel 1-0 29
Semi-Finals
Round 1 (November 22, 2001)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo 1-0 46
Comas Fabrego, Lluis - Cacho Reigadas, Sergio 1/2 15
Round 2 (November 23, 2001)
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 39
Cacho Reigadas, Sergio - Comas Fabrego, Lluis 1/2 116
Semi-Final Playoffs
Round 1 (November 23, 2001)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo 1/2 25
Round 1 (November 24, 2001)
Comas Fabrego, Lluis - Cacho Reigadas, Sergio 1-0
Round 2 (November 23, 2001)
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 32
Final
Round 1 (November 24, 2001)
Comas Fabrego, Lluis - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 22
Round 2 (November 25, 2001)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Comas Fabrego, Lluis 1/2
Playoff
Comas Fabrego, Lluis - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1
The European Chess Championships 2002 and all tournaments of the
Groningen Chess Event 2001 have been cancelled. The organisers blame "lack of
cooperation by the ECU and [the] FIDE". They add that the organisers came "to
the conclusion that it would be irresponsible to continue with the 3rd ECC. On
the closing day of the registration only a handful of players had registered."
The European Chess Union http://www.eurochess.org has yet to even
acknowledge the cancellation or meet the criticisms outlined in the two
documents sent to me by the organisers below.
Related Documents
Johan Zwanepol Press Release
In August, Groningen had finished an informal draft of the organization
of the European Championships. We believed we had complied with all demands.
Consequently, the concept was offered to the ECU who would return their
assessment before September 1. However, we did not receive any reaction. Also,
we did not receive a reply at our request to send the forms back on time. And a
few weeks later we found out why. The “Week in Chess” informed us
that there would not be a WC 2002 because the FIDE had decided to change the
World Championships from a one-yearly cycle to a two-yearly cycle. So there was
not going to be WC 2002, and perhaps also not an EC 2002 with qualification
places and additional prize-money. However, the ECU did not inform us about
this until the end of September. The following negotiations with the ECU did
not go well and the president of the ECU even threatened to ‘sell’
the EC to another country. The European Chess Federations did not receive our
invitations until the third week of October, although we had already sent them
in August. Several chess federation justly reproached us for this, but the ECU
pretended as of they did not know anything about it. All our proposals
attempting to save the event were rejected by the president of the ECU. Our
talks with the board in Leon (Spain) on November 11 were again not successful.
Even a final attempt by our main sponsor Gasunie could not yield a positive
result.
However, we did find out the reason why we could not come to an
agreement. The president of the ECU accidentally told that the EC 2003 with
practically all the emoluments, which had been granted to Groningen, were now
granted to Turkey. Even though the ECU had urged Groningen to ensure at least
300 hotel rooms were available, it now turns out the federations had hardly
received any requests. Only around thirty players had registered at the closing
day for applications; not something worthy of an EC. A large part of our budget
is related to the organization of the EC. In order to limit the financial
damage, it is therefore necessary to cancel the whole tournament. Of course we
regret this decision, but we simply have no other choice. As said before, we
are disillusioned, but will learn from this experience, that is no more
business with FIDE/ECU. We realize what is must be like for hundreds of chess
players to be informed at this moment that the whole tournament has been
cancelled. Nevertheless, we hope that you can understand our decision.
Our main sponsor, Gasunie, is also disillusioned. It has to be stressed
that they have supported us in above-mentioned problems from the beginning
onwards. For that they truly deserve our respect. We had imagined the 40th
tournament to be quite differently; we would have like to welcome you in
Groningen, spend Christmas with you, and with some of you even New Year’s
eve. But unfortunately it is tough doing business with boards that are
unreliable.
Despite this negative news I wish you, on behalf of the organizing
committee health, luck and a lot of chess fun in the coming year!
Johan Zwanepol, President of the organizing committee
ECC in Groningen cancelled (Press Release)
The European Chess Championships, that were to take place in December
and January in Groningen, has been cancelled. Due to some radical decisions of
the FIDE and the troublesome relationship with the ECU, the organizing chess
foundation of Groningen (SSG) found it necessary to cancel the tournament. As a
consequence, the traditional chess festival in Martiniplaza has also been
cancelled.
Over a year ago, Groningen was appointed by the European Chess Union
(ECU) to organize the ECC 2001. Only later the FIDE declared that the
continental championships would also function as qualification tournaments for
the World Championships. Since the WCC 2001 would take place in November, the
ECU decided to have an extra ECC that was appointed to Macedonia and took place
in June. After an emergency meeting the SSG and ECU agreed that the ECC would
take place the year after and would be held as the ECC 2002.
However, another decision taken by the FIDE meant that there would be
no WCC in 2002. This decision had huge consequences for the prize-money and the
amount of qualification places for the WCC. The European Chess Union was not
very flexible and refused to accept the proposals put forward by the SSG. In
October the president of the ECU decided, without deliberation with the other
board members, to withdraw assigning the ECC to Groningen. In the meantime, his
board had delayed sending the invitations by two months. Although, in the end
there was an agreement, albeit little satisfying for Groningen, it turned out
the delay in organizing the tournament was of such an extent that it was
decided to cancel the tournament. At the closing day of registration, only some
twenty players had registered for the ECC. Yesterday, the task of the
organization of the ECC was given back to the ECU.
The SSG and the organizing committee that was formed especially for
this occasion, one that includes the Dutch chess federation, will now focus on
handling all the obligations that were made regarding the organization of the
tournament. The SSG regrets the way things turned out and considers the
possibility to hold the ECU financially responsible.
Official site: http://www.groningenchess.nl/
The On-line World Chess Championships have been cancelled. According to
their website "Online World Chess has decided to stop all its activities with
respect to the internet Chess qualifications which it planned to organize
preceding a live Chess Event to take place as of April 20, 2002. The present
economic situation and dramatic turn down of internet sales in the aftermath of
September 11 has made it apparently impossible to stage a mass internet
undertaking for which OWC had prepared itself."
The statement leaves several questions open. Will they run the
over-the-board part of the event? Will they use the website for other smaller
scale internet tournaments? In my view it is essential to build up a player
base if they want to run events in the future. What is clear is that right from
the start the plans were completely unworkable. For a start the prizes were
unsuitable for a mass market chess tournament. 1st prize was getting
humiliatingly crushed by Kasparov, 2nd Prize was getting hopelessly smashed by
Kramnik 3rd prize was getting cruelly blitzed by.... you get the idea. Either
that or they were expecting lots of strong professional players to compete
on-line hoovering up all the prizes, in which case what were they expecting the
average player to get out of it? What was clear was that their target of
100,000 entries at $32 a throw on a brand new website (a standing start) was
living in cloud cuckoo land. Calling it off was the only thing they could do
and at least they bit the bullet early. There probably is a market for a
serious internet competition out there but its one that has to be built and
developed. It cannot magicked out of the air virtually overnight. I don't buy
the 9-11 explanation nor do I think its use especially tasteful.
Internet site: http://www.onlineworldchess.com
The Italian Championships take place in Montecatini Terme November 21st
- December 1st 2001. It is an 11 player Category VI event.
Official coverage at: http://www.federscacchi.it
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ch-ITA Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 21 xi-1 xii 2001 cat. VI (2378)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2453 * . . = . . . 1 1 1 . 3.5 2707
2. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2369 . * = = . 1 . . . . 1 3.0 2564
3. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2403 . = * . = . 1 . . . 1 3.0 2556
4. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2413 = = . * = . 1 . = . . 3.0 2455
5. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2378 . . = = * 0 . = . 1 . 2.5 2388
6. Vismara, Daniele f ITA 2365 . 0 . . 1 * 0 . 1 . = 2.5 2353
7. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2401 . . 0 0 . 1 * . . = 1 2.5 2367
8. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2407 0 . . . = . . * 1 = . 2.0 2374
9. Costantini, Roberto ITA 2314 0 . . = . 0 . 0 * 1 . 1.5 2249
10. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2352 0 . . . 0 . = = 0 * . 1.0 2150
11. Scafarelli, Francesco m ITA 2304 . 0 0 . . = 0 . . . * 0.5 2062
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The National Chess Congress took place at the Adam's Mark hotel in
Philadelphia over Thanksgiving weekend, Nov 23rd-25th 2001. In the Open GM
Leonid G Yudasin, FM Daniel E Shapiro, IM Igor Khmelnitsky, FM FM Dmitry
Schneider and IM Enrico Sevillano all finished on 5 points. More details next
week.
News from Michael Atkins at:
http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm
The Balkan Individual Championships took place 18th-26th November 2001
in Istanbul, Turkey. Vasil Spasov took first place half a point clear of second
placed Marijan Petrov and third placed Dejan Bojkov. In the women's event
Liubka Georgieva and Ekaterini Fakhiridou. The time limit was 90 minutes for
the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move.
Internet site:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet/balkan/balkan_bireysel_ana.htm
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ch-Balkan Istanbul TUR (TUR), 19-25 xi 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2569 +17 = 8 +16 = 4 =14 + 9 +15 = 6 = 7 6.5 2509
2. Bojkov, Dejan BUL 2411 +19 +18 = 4 =14 = 8 =15 = 9 +10 = 6 6.0 2464
3. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2451 -16 +22 + 7 = 9 + 5 = 8 =10 = 4 +14 6.0 2502
4. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2524 +15 + 7 = 2 = 1 - 9 +19 = 8 = 3 =12 5.5 2464
5. Atakisi, Umut f TUR 2278 =11 +12 =14 =18 - 3 = 7 =13 +16 + 9 5.5 2467
6. Mehmeti, Dritan ALB ---- - 7 -15 +20 +13 =17 +16 +14 = 1 = 2 5.5 2458
7. Soylu, Suat f TUR 2385 + 6 - 4 - 3 =17 +11 = 5 +19 = 8 = 1 5.0 2400
8. Seitaj, Ilir m ALB 2386 +20 = 1 = 9 +10 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 7 -11 5.0 2464
9. Mitkov, Marjan m MKD 2413 =12 +21 = 8 = 3 + 4 - 1 = 2 +17 - 5 5.0 2434
10. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2442 =21 =11 +17 - 8 +16 =14 = 3 - 2 +22 5.0 2406
11. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2434 = 5 =10 =15 -16 - 7 =13 +21 +22 + 8 5.0 2394
12. Yilmaz, Turham m TUR 2277 = 9 - 5 =13 +20 -19 +22 =17 +18 = 4 5.0 2376
13. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2495 -18 =19 =12 - 6 +22 =11 = 5 +20 +21 5.0 2291
14. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2412 +22 =16 = 5 = 2 = 1 =10 - 6 +15 - 3 4.5 2337
15. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc f TUR 2328 - 4 + 6 =11 =19 +18 = 2 - 1 -14 =16 4.0 2313
16. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2310 + 3 =14 - 1 +11 -10 - 6 +20 - 5 =15 4.0 2298
17. Olcayoz, Alper f TUR 2334 - 1 +20 -10 = 7 = 6 +21 =12 - 9 =18 4.0 2273
18. Rama, Lorenc f ALB 2311 +13 - 2 =21 = 5 -15 =20 +22 -12 =17 4.0 2270
19. Ipek, Ali f TUR 2240 - 2 =13 +22 =15 +12 - 4 - 7 =21 =20 4.0 2303
20. Laciner, Kerem TUR 2161 - 8 -17 - 6 -12 +21 =18 -16 -13 =19 2.0 2073
21. Erdogan, Hakan TUR 2292 =10 - 9 =18 -22 -20 -17 -11 =19 -13 1.5 2068
22. Kose, Serkan TUR 2244 -14 - 3 -19 +21 -13 -12 -18 -11 -10 1.0 2021
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1. Georgieva, Liubka BUL 2233 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2437
2. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2273 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2432
3. Sekulovska, Vesna wf MKD 2155 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2174
4. Topel,Zehra TUR ---- 0 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 5.0 2155
5. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2221 = 0 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 4.5 2087
6. Cavusoglu, Yildiz TUR 2036 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 4.0 2065
7. Karahaliou, Elia GRE 2058 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.0 2062
8. Ozturk, Kubra TUR ---- 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 3.0 1987
9. Janevska, Aleksandra MKD 2032 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 2.5 1942
10. Bayrak, Asli TUR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1668
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Team Standings:
Men:
1. Bulgaria 18.5
2. Greece 15.5
3. Albania 14.5
4. FYROM 14.5
5. Turkey W 14.0
6. Turkey R 12.0
7. Turkey J 8.5
Women:
1. Bulgaria 12.5
2. Greece 12.0
3. Turkey R 9.0
4. FYROM 8.0
5. Turkey W 3.5
TOTAL
1. Bulgaria 31.0
2. Greece 27.5
3. FYROM 22.5
4. Turkey R 21.0
5. Turkey W 17.5
The 3rd and 4th rounds of the Bundesliga took place over the weekend of
24th-25th November 2001. The round 3 games from Hamburg only are available.
There was a reasonable turnout of players who will be competing in Moscow from
Tuesday.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de and
http://www.schach.com
Round 3 24th November 2001
Erfurter SK 2 - 6 TV Tegernsee
2 Haba 0 : 1 Ribli 2
3 Kuczynski ½ : ½ Sokolov 3
4 Paehtz,T 0 : 1 Hertneck 4
5 Fontaine ½ : ½ Beim 6
6 Mueller 0 : 1 Teske 7
8 Casper 1 : 0 Stangl 8
10 Troyke 0 : 1 Gross 9
11 Voekler 0 : 1 Kachiani-Ger 10
SK König Plauen 4 - 4 Stuttgarter Sfr
2 Bischoff ½ : ½ Golubev 1
3 Markowski 0 : 1 Hickl 2
6 Kindermann ½ : ½ Gabriel 3
7 Espig ½ : ½ Bunzmann 4
8 Kuraszkiewic 1 : 0 Buhmann 5
9 Schaller 0 : 1 Duppel 7
10 Haskamp 1 : 0 Zeller 9
13 Dirr ½ : ½ Bronznik 11
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen
1 Dorfman ½ : ½ Hracek 1
2 Kempinski ½ : ½ Babula 2
3 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Schandorff 3
4 Gustafsson 1 : 0 Pelletier 5
5 Berg 0 : 1 Knaak 6
7 Wahls ½ : ½ Joachim 7
8 Mueller ½ : ½ Meins 8
13 Sebastian ½ : ½ Heissler 10
Lübecker SV 7 - 1 Ksp Hamburg SC
4 Speelman 1 : 0 Lamprecht 1
5 Epishin 1 : 0 Pajeken 2
6 Hodgson 1 : 0 Hochgraefe 3
9 Hansen ½ : ½ Trisic 4
11 DeFirmian ½ : ½ Buhr 5
12 Hector 1 : 0 Voigt 6
13 Agdestein 1 : 0 Von Buelow 7
14 Mortensen 1 : 0 Berger 8
SG Heiligenhaus 1½-6½ Godesberger SK
2 Landa ½ : ½ Dautov 1
4 Van Mil 0 : 1 Gurevich 2
6 Dutreeuw ½ : ½ Kengis 3
9 Schmitz 0 : 1 Kveinys 5
10 Lindner ½ : ½ Langheinrich 6
11 Heller 0 : 1 Breder 7
12 Kesseler 0 : 1 Jackelen 8
13 Perschke 0 : 1 Seger 9
Solinger SG 3½-4½ SG Köln Porz
2 Lautier ½ : ½ Lutz 1
4 Piket ½ : ½ Van Wely 3
5 Jussupow 0 : 1 Bacrot 4
6 Nikolic 1 : 0 Vaganian 6
7 Fressinet ½ : ½ Timman 7
8 Sadler ½ : ½ Andersson 8
11 Chandler 0 : 1 Hansen 9
13 Naumann ½ : ½ Van der Doel 11
Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 SFR Neukölln
2 Rozentalis ½ : ½ Stohl 2
3 De Vreugt 1 : 0 Kallai 3
4 Doettling 0 : 1 Berndt 4
5 Appel ½ : ½ Borriss 6
7 Watson 0 : 1 Polzin 7
8 Seul 0 : 1 Hellsten 8
9 Hoffmann 1 : 0 Poldauf 9
14 Lemmers 1 : 0 Thiede 10
Round 4 24th November 2001
TV Tegernsee 5 - 3 SK König Plauen
2 Ribli ½ : ½ Bischoff 2
3 Sokolov 1 : 0 Markowski 3
4 Hertneck 0 : 1 Kindermann 6
6 Beim 1 : 0 Espig 7
7 Teske 1 : 0 Schaller 9
8 Stangl 1 : 0 Haskamp 10
9 Gross 0 : 1 Sandner 12
10 Kachiani-Ger ½ : ½ Dirr 13
Stuttgarter Sfr 6 - 2 Erfurter SK
1 Golubev 0 : 1 Haba 2
2 Hickl 1 : 0 Kuczynski 3
3 Gabriel 1 : 0 Paehtz,T 4
4 Bunzmann ½ : ½ Fontaine 5
5 Buhmann 1 : 0 Mueller 6
7 Duppel 1 : 0 Casper 8
9 Zeller 1 : 0 Troyke 10
11 Bronznik ½ : ½ Voekler 11
SV Werder Bremen 3½-4½ Lübecker SV
1 Hracek ½ : ½ Speelman 4
2 Babula 1 : 0 Epishin 5
3 Schandorff 1 : 0 Hodgson 6
5 Pelletier ½ : ½ Hansen 9
6 Knaak 0 : 1 DeFirmian 11
7 Joachim 0 : 1 Hector 12
8 Meins 0 : 1 Agdestein 13
10 Heissler ½ : ½ Mortensen 14
Ksp Hamburg SC 2 - 6 Hamburger SK
1 Lamprecht 0 : 1 Dorfman 1
2 Pajeken ½ : ½ Kempinski 2
3 Hochgraefe 0 : 1 Ftacnik 3
4 Trisic 0 : 1 Gustafsson 4
5 Buhr 0 : 1 Berg 5
6 Voigt 0 : 1 Wahls 7
7 Von Buelow 1 : 0 Heinemann 9
8 Berger ½ : ½ Sebastian 13
Godesberger SK 4 - 4 Solinger SG
1 Dautov 0 : 1 Piket 4
2 Gurevich ½ : ½ Jussupow 5
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Fressinet 7
5 Kveinys ½ : ½ Sadler 8
6 Langheinrich 0 : 1 Lobron 9
7 Breder 1 : 0 Chandler 11
8 Jackelen 1 : 0 Naumann 13
9 Seger ½ : ½ Schaefer 14
SG Köln Porz 7 - 1 SG Heiligenhaus
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Landa 2
4 Bacrot 1 : 0 Van Mil 4
7 Timman ½ : ½ Dutreeuw 6
8 Andersson 1 : 0 Schmitz 9
9 Hansen 1 : 0 Lindner 10
11 Van der Doel 1 : 0 Heller 11
12 Bauer 1 : 0 Kesseler 12
13 Nijboer 1 : 0 Perschke 13
SFR Neukölln 4½-3½ SV Wattenscheid
2 Stohl 0 : 1 Aronian 1
3 Kallai ½ : ½ Rustemov 3
4 Berndt ½ : ½ Hall 4
6 Borriss 1 : 0 Holzke 5
7 Polzin ½ : ½ Handke 6
8 Hellsten 0 : 1 Straeter 10
9 Poldauf 1 : 0 Franke 11
10 Thiede 1 : 0 Koehn 13
Round 5 23rd November 2001
SK König Plauen 2½-5½ Erfurter SK
Standings:
1. Lübecker SV 4 21 :11 8- 0
2. TV Tegernsee 4 21 :11 6- 2
3. SFR Neukölln 4 20 :12 6- 2
4. SG Köln Porz 4 20 :12 6- 2
5. SV Werder Bremen 4 19 :13 5- 3
6. Stuttgarter Sfr 4 18 :14 5- 3
7. Godesberger SK 4 18 :14 5- 3
8. SV Wattenscheid 4 17½:14½ 4- 4
9. Castrop Rauxel 4 16 :16 4- 4
10. Hamburger SK 4 16½:15½ 3- 5
11. Erfurter SK 5 16½:23½ 3- 7
12. SK König Plauen 5 16½:23½ 3- 7
13. Solinger SG 3 11½:12½ 2- 4
14. SG Heiligenhaus 3 3 :21 0- 6
15. Ksp Hamburg SC 4 5½:26½ 0- 8
Rounds 3 and 4 of the 4NCL took place this last weekend. There was a
minute silence for two people who have died recently, Robin Pearce who was for
a number of years, captain of Kings Head and of course Tony Miles, England's
first Grandmaster and a player and captain of three-times champions Slough. A
tribute to Miles, Slough decided not to replace him for this week's set of
matches and defaulted top board. The venue for all matches in the league is the
Grand Moat House Hotel in Birmingham. The dates for the 2001-2 season : 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.
Round 3 24th November 2001
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2379 3 - 5 BEESON GREGORY 1 2462
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2539 ½ - ½ Gallagher, Joseph G. 2511
2 b Knott, Simon 2383 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L. 2567
3 w Kelly, Brian 2445 ½ - ½ McShane, Luke J. 2531
4 b Palliser, Richard 2443 0 - 1 Summerscale, Aaron 2503
5 w Crouch, Colin S. 2375 1 - 0 Hennigan, Michael T. 2451
6 b Ferguson, Mark 2376 0 - 1 Cherniaev, Alexander 2457
7 w Rogers, Jonathan W 2346 ½ - ½ Cooper, Lawrence 2362
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid 2127 ½ - ½ Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2310
WOOD GREEN 2 2331 3 - 5 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2397
1 w Littlewood, Paul 2403 0 - 1 Kosten, Anthony C. 2533
2 b Pein, Malcolm 2424 ½ - ½ Rowson, Jonathan 2512
3 w Tiller, Bjorn 2383 ½ - ½ Plaskett, James 2474
4 b Sowray, Peter J. 2310 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W. 2505
5 w Lee, Graham D. 2338 ½ - ½ Matros, Alexander 2455
6 b Law, Andrew P. 2302 ½ - ½ Povah, Nigel E. 2351
7 w Norris, Alan 2307 0 - 1 Granat, Russell G. 2243
8 b Jackson, Sheila A. 2183 ½ - ½ Yurenok, Maria S.(F) 2104
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2262 ½ -7½ WOOD GREEN 1 2467
1 w Shikerov, Stefan 2298 0 - 1 Baburin, Alexander 2566
2 b Duncan, Christopher 2336 0 - 1 Emms, John M. 2537
3 w Dishman, Stephen 2323 0 - 1 Ward, Christopher 2486
4 b Collins, Sam 2261 0 - 1 Turner, Matthew J. 2502
5 w Berry, Neil 2255 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D. 2443
6 b Twyble, Michael S. 2220 0 - 1 Karolyi, Tibor 2415
7 w Trent, Lawrence 2217 0 - 1 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2406
8 b Regan, Natasha (F) 2185 0 - 1 Heidenfeld, Mark 2382
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2282 5 - 3 BEESON GREGORY 2 2225
1 w Arkell, Keith C. 2457 1 - 0 Richardson, John R. 2308
2 b Dunnington, Angus 2382 ½ - ½ Graham, David B. 2254
3 w Kirsanov, Oleg 2358 ½ - ½ Broom, Mark 2240
4 b Dunworth, Chris 2285 ½ - ½ Shaw, David A. 2211
5 w Gayson, Peter M. 2281 ½ - ½ Lyell, Mark 2180
6 b Barrett, Steve J. 2199 ½ - ½ Cafferty, Bernard 2167
7 w Jones, Gawain C.B. 2216 1 - 0 Anderton, David W. 2230
8 b Forbes, Cathy (F) 2074 ½ - ½ Richards, Heather 2212
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2339 3½-4½ BRISTOL 1 2309
1 w Ledger, Andrew J. 2399 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2396
2 b Pert, Nicholas 2451 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme 2409
3 w Hunt, Adam C. 2356 ½ - ½ Sherwin, James T. 2345
4 b Williams, Simon K. 2288 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris 2300
5 w Pert, Richard G. 2302 ½ - ½ Burgess, Graham 2298
6 b Eames, Robert G. 2327 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2297
7 w Ledger, David J. 2249 1 - 0 McFarland, Robert S. 2280
8 b default 0 - 1 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2146
SLOUGH 1 2237 3½-4½ WESSEX 2242
1 w * 0 - 1 Poulton, James 2409
2 b McNab, Colin A. 2431 ½ - ½ Webb, Richard M. 2361
3 w Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2379 1 - 0 Corkett, Anthony R. 2300
4 b Houska, Miroslav 2293 ½ - ½ Upton, Ian J. 2238
5 w Thiruchelvam, M 2269 0 - 1 Yeo, Michael J. 2217
6 b Howell, David W.L. 2247 1 - 0 Willmoth, Robert 2169
7 w Smith, Andrew P. 2216 0 - 1 Neil, David R. 2222
8 b Chevannes, Sabrina 1824 ½ - ½ Howard, Emily (F) 2017
* Kevin Spraggett present but not playing
Round 4 25th November 2001
BEESON GREGORY 1 2462 4½-3½ MIDLAND MONARCHS 2281
1 w McShane, Luke J. 2531 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J. 2399
2 b Summerscale, Aaron 2503 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2451
3 w Gallagher, Joseph 2511 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K. 2288
4 b Hebden, Mark L. 2567 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G. 2327
5 w Hennigan, Michael 2451 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G. 2302
6 b Cherniaev, A 2457 1 - 0 Naylor, John 2229
7 w Cooper, Lawrence 2362 ½ - ½ Ledger, Stephen C. 2130
8 b Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2310 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119
WESSEX 2242 3 - 5 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2271
1 w Poulton, James 2409 1 - 0 Dishman, Stephen 2323
2 b Webb, Richard M. 2361 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam 2261
3 w Corkett, Anthony R. 2300 0 - 1 Shikerov, Stefan 2298
4 b Upton, Ian J. 2238 0 - 1 Duncan, Christopher 2336
5 w Yeo, Michael J. 2217 ½ - ½ Hodgson, John H. 2297
6 b Willmoth, Robert 2169 1 - 0 D'Costa, Lorin A.R. 2210
7 w Neil, David R. 2222 0 - 1 Berry, Neil 2255
8 b Howard, Emily (F) 2017 0 - 1 Regan, Natasha (F) 2185
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2397 5½-2½ THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2282
1 w Plaskett, James 2474 ½ - ½ Arkell, Keith C. 2457
2 b Rowson, Jonathan 2512 ½ - ½ Dunnington, Angus J. 2382
3 w Kosten, Anthony C. 2533 1 - 0 Kirsanov, Oleg 2358
4 b Gormally, Daniel W. 2505 1 - 0 Dunworth, Chris 2285
5 w Matros, Alexander 2455 ½ - ½ Gayson, Peter M. 2281
6 b Povah, Nigel E. 2351 1 - 0 Barrett, Steve J. 2199
7 w Granat, Russell G. 2243 ½ - ½ Jones, Gawain C.B . 2216
8 b Yurenok, Maria (F) 2104 ½ - ½ Forbes, Cathy (F) 2074
WOOD GREEN 1 2467 6 - 2 SLOUGH 1 2253
1 w Baburin, Alexander 2566 1 - 0 *
2 b Turner, Matthew J. 2502 ½ - ½ Spraggett, Kevin 2541
3 w Ward, Christopher 2486 0 - 1 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2379
4 b Emms, John M. 2537 1 - 0 Howell, David W.L. 2247
5 w Hunt, Harriet (F) 2406 1 - 0 Thiruchelvam, M 2269
6 b Karolyi, Tibor 2415 ½ - ½ Houska, Miroslav 2293
7 w Martin, Andrew D. 2443 1 - 0 Smith, Andrew P. 2216
8 b Heidenfeld, Mark 2382 1 - 0 Chevannes, Sabrina 1824
* Colin McNab present but not playing
BRISTOL 1 2309 3 - 5 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2379
1 w Ansell, Simon 2396 0 - 1 Parker, Jonathan 2539
2 b Buckley, Graeme 2409 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2383
3 w Sherwin, James T. 2345 ½ - ½ Crouch, Colin S. 2375
4 b Beaumont, Chris 2300 ½ - ½ Palliser, Richard 2443
5 w Burgess, Graham 2298 0 - 1 Kelly, Brian 2445
6 b Cobb, Charles 2297 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark 2376
7 w McFarland, Robert 2280 ½ - ½ Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
8 b Buckley, Melanie 2146 ½ - ½ Lauterbach, Ingrid 2127
BEESON GREGORY 2 2225 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 2 2331
1 w Richardson, John R. 2308 ½ - ½ Littlewood, Paul 2403
2 b Graham, David B. 2254 0 - 1 Pein, Malcolm 2424
3 w Broom, Mark 2240 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn 2383
4 b Shaw, David A. 2211 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J. 2310
5 w Lyell, Mark 2180 0 - 1 Lee, Graham D. 2338
6 b Cafferty, Bernard 2167 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P. 2302
7 w Richards, Heather 2212 ½ - ½ Norris, Alan 2307
8 b Anderton, David W. 2230 ½ - ½ Jackson, Sheila 2183
Division 1 Standings:
P W D L Gms Pts
WOOD GREEN 1 4 4 0 0 26.0 8
BEESON GREGORY 1 4 4 0 0 21.0 8
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 4 3 0 1 19.0 6
BRISTOL 1 4 3 0 1 17.5 6
WOOD GREEN 2 4 2 0 2 17.0 4
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 4 2 0 2 16.0 4
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 4 2 0 2 12.5 4
WESSEX 4 1 0 3 13.5 2
MIDLAND MONARCHS 4 1 0 3 13.5 2
SLOUGH 1 4 1 0 3 13.0 2
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 4 1 0 3 12.0 2
BEESON GREGORY 2 4 0 0 4 11.0 0
The 5th international open chess tournament "Halkida 2001" November
16th-23rd was organised by the Greek Chess Federation and Evoiki Chess Club in
the Best Western Lucy Hotel of Halkida, a city on the island of Evia, 80 km
north of Athens.
With a total prize fund of 4400 EUR the event attracted 33 chessplayers
from 10 countries, including 2 GMs and 5 IMs. The final winner of the
tournament was IM Evgeny Ragozin of Russia with 6.5 points out of 9 games. The
17-year old Greek junior player Anastasios Mihailidis (2142 FIDE rating) made
an excellent performance and also tied for 1st place but he had worse tie-break
criteria. WGM Bettina Trabert of Germany scored an IM norm by performance (6/9
points) and 2 players scored FIDE rating performance norms: Nikolaos Yamarellos
of Greece (2170 in 5 games) and Mico Metse of Albania (2019 in 4 games).
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
Final Standings:
1. Ragozin Evgeny 2429 RUS m 6.5 45.5 2377 -0.47
Mihailidis Anastasios 2142 GRE 6.5 42.0 2426 +2.24
3. Dochev Dimitar 2387 BUL m 6.0 48.5 2447 +0.57
Gurevich Vladimir 2482 UKR g 6.0 53.5 2478 -0.03
Khetsuriani Besarion 2411 GEO f 6.0 49.5 2417 +0.04
Skembris Spyridon 2458 GRE g 6.0 48.0 2429 -0.39
Managadze Nikoloz 2419 GEO m 6.0 48.5 2385 -0.36
Trabert Bettina 2253 GER wg 6.0 49.0 2460 +1.97
9. Froehlich Peter 2438 GER m 5.5 48.0 2376 -0.71
Nikolaidis Konstantinos 2361 GRE f 5.5 47.0 2297 -0.63
11. Wohl Alexander 2379 AUS m 5.0 44.0 2300 -0.50
Karapanos Nikolaos 2282 GRE 5.0 44.5 2264 -0.22
Raptis Georgios 2153 GRE 5.0 44.0 2126 -0.15
Kordis Konstantinos 2205 GRE 5.0 39.5 2273 +0.36
33 players
The Marshall Fall Futurity took place in the last weeks of October
reports John Fernandez. The winner was Igor Novikov with 7.5/9.
Final Standings:
1. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2588 7.5
2. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2535 6.5
Bonin, Jay R m USA 2403
Bierkens, Peter USA 2161
5. Aravena, Peter Sloan USA 2224 6.0
Privman, Boris f USA 2258
Treger, Effim USA 2211
Grechikhin, Vladimir USA 2231
9. Song, Paul USA 2131 5.5
10. Figler, Ilye f USA 2378 5.0
Feldman, Boris USA 2201
Feldman, Yevgeny USA 2260
Schneider, Igor USA ----
Lank, James A USA ----
Remsen, Tiffany USA ----
16. Kreitner, Ilan USA 2063 4.5
Crossen, Stephen USA 2143
Fitzko, Mitchell USA 2167
Frumkin, Edward USA 2079
Olsen, Robert USA ----
Sinclair, Devlin USA ----
Agaian, Sarkis USA ----
Hess, Robert USA ----
Ward, Brennan USA ----
Arnold, Marc Tyler USA ----
26. Fernandez, John C USA 2043 4.0
Matthew, Ervin USA ----
28. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2525 3.5
Omelchenko, Yuri USA ----
Zhao, Parker Bi Guang USA ----
31. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2560 3.0
Crawley, Anthony USA ----
Hodges, Frank USA ----
Blum, Tony USA ----
Wei, Arthur USA ----
36. Terzic, Ilijas f BIH 2295 2.5
Johnson, Ben USA 2185
38. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2432 2.0
Ben-Dak, Shirley USA ----
Llanos, Felix USA ----
Pelekhaty, Aleksander USA ----
Corbblah, Johnathan USA ----
Webb, Wrenceford USA ----
44. Schwartz, Ylon f USA 2286 1.0
Langreck, John USA 2196
Paciulli, Frank USA ----
Douglas, Lloyd USA ----
48. Cohen, Ken USA ---- 0.0
The Roman Levit Memorial took place in Milwaukee, WI, USA November
23rd-25th, 2001 reports John Fernandez. Games will follow soon.
Final Standings
1. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2587 4.5
2. Pelts, Peter f USA 2312 4.0
Stamnov, Aleksander MKD 2252
Szpisjak, Steven USA 2240
5. Donaldson, John W m USA 2436 3.5
Palos, Osman m BIH 2339
Wheat, James Franklin USA 2210
Weeramantry, Sunil f SRI 2195
Reimaa, Sven EST 2115
Fernandez, John C USA 2043
Tisinger, Steve USA ----
12. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2466 3.0
43 players
Junior Tay reports: In October there was a FIDE-Rated training
tournament (details: ) http://203.120.66.21/tourn/octrain.htm
Navin Salawani, a 19 year old National Serviceman and Luke Leong, a 14 year old
schoolboy caused a stir by finishing 1st and 2nd respectively against a field
comprising 1 IM, 3 FMs, 1 NM and 3 other FIDE rated players.
This was followed by the Singapore-Malaysia Annual Challenge Match 2001
held in Hotel Royal (Rd 1) and the Grassroots Club (Rd 2), Singapore on
10th-11th November 2001. This series started in 1985 and Malaysia is still
leading 9-4 in the overall score. Singapore last won in 1995. (details:
http://203.120.66.21/tourn/sinmas.htm)
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October Training Singapore SIN (SIN), 6-16 x 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sawalani, Navin SIN 2172 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2398
2. Leong, Luke SIN ---- 1 * = = = 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2376
3. Tay, Junior SIN 2184 = = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2273
4. Teo Kok-Siong f SIN 2313 = = = * = = = 0 1 1 5.0 2259
5. Chan Peng-Kong f SIN 2383 = = = = * = = 0 1 = 4.5 2208
6. Chia, Alphonsus f SIN 2284 0 0 1 = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2219
7. Kivisto, Mikko f SIN 2311 0 1 = = = = * 1 0 0 4.0 2173
8. Koh Kum-Hong SIN 2258 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2179
9. Ong, Alvin SIN 2251 0 = = 0 0 = 1 0 * = 3.0 2098
10. Nithiananthan, J SIN 2105 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = * 2.5 2073
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First Saturday December
There are three main FS events taking place 1st-14th December 2001.
There are still some vacancies to play in the events.
Cat.IX-X. GM-tournament: IGM Zlatko Ilincic (YUG), IGM Zoltán
Varga (HUN), IGM József Horvath (HUN), IM William Paschall (USA), IM
Albert Bokros (HUN), IM Attila Czebe (HUN), WGM Humpy Koneru (IND), IM Andreas
Schenk (GER), IM Gergely Antal (HUN), IM Ferenc Berkes (HUN), IM Adam Horvath
(HUN), IM Tejas Bakre (IND), IM Cao Sang (HUN).
Reserves: IGM Konstantin Chernishov (RUS), IM Róbert
Márkus (YUG), IM Tomi Nyback (FIN), IM Adam Szeberenyi.
Cat.VII-VIII GM-tournament:
IGM Efstratios Grivas (GRC), IGM Levente Vajda (ROM), IGM Goran
Kosanovic (YUG), WGM Szidónia Vajda (HUN), IM Albert Vajda (ROM), IM
Sandor Biro (ROM), IM Kim Pilgaard (DEN), IM Peter Horvath (HUN), FM Csaba
Balogh (HUN), IM Tomi Nyback (FIN), IM Aleksandar Colovic (MAK), Adam
Szeberenyi (HUN), FM Miguel Munoz Pantoja (PER), IM Gábor Pinter (HUN).
Reserves: IM Gergely Antal (HUN), Gyozo Pataki(HUN), IM Robert Markus
(YUG), IM Attila Jakab (HUN).
There is also an IM event:
IM Sándor Faragó (HUN), IM Miklós Galyas (HUN), IM
Jevgenyij Boguszlavszkij (HUN), IM László Eperjesi (HUN), IM
Pál Petrán (HUN), IM Miklós Káposztás (HUN),
FM Vasik Rajlich (USA), FM Nathan Resika (USA), Eric Cooke (USA), WIM Tian Tian
(CHN), FM Etienne Mensch (FRA), Ashok Koneru (IND), FM Diego Mussanti (ARG),
Tamás Mészáros (HUN), FM László Gonda
(HUN).
Contact Laszlo Nagy E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu or
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/
Additional events in Hungary:
1. 1st-14th of December, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, HUN GM /cat. IX and
VII/,IM,FM closed events, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat 2.
15th-28th of December, THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade, YUG, GM,IM,FM, org: FM
Kotevski, 3. 4th-12th of January, TAPOLCA Open Budapest, org: Parej Jozsef, 4.
19th-31th of January, THIRD SATURDAY Novi Sad YUG, GM-IM-FM, YUG, org: IGM
Drazic, 5. 2nd-15th of February, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest HUN GM-IM-FM, org:
Nagy Laszlo 6. 16th-28th of February THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Belgrade, YUG,
org: Kotevski, 7. 2nd-15th of March FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, HUN, GM-IM-FM,
org: Nagy, 8. 15th-23rd of March /18th Budapest Spring Festival Open/, 9 rounds
Swiss, org: Nagy Laszlo. 9. 16th - 28th of March THIRD SATURDAY Novi Sad, YUG,
GM-IM-FM, org.: IGM Drazic
K-K Botvinnik Memorial
There was a press conference in Moscow to announce the Kasparov vs.
Kramnik match in honour of Botvinnik in December. The event will consist of
three matches: classical, fast chess and blitz. Four classical games 2 hours
for 40 moves, 1 hour for 20 and 30 minutes to the end of the games (in this
last control the players will receive 10 more seconds per move). These four
games will take place 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th December 2001 starting at 16.00
Moscow time. Six rapid games (30 minutes for the entire game) will take place
7th-8th December. Play will start at 17.00, 18.30 and 20.00 each day local
time. The Ten blitz-games will be on December 9th starting at 16.00 local time.
5 minutes per game, + 2 seconds per move (without accumulation) when at one of
the players has less than 20 seconds (as in their blitz match in 1998). The
winner of the Botvinnik memorial will be the one with the most points at
whatever timerate. The prize fund is fund - $500 000 ($250,000 - classic games,
$200,000 rapid and $50,000 blitz). The Money is shared in a ratio of 3:2 to the
winner. Website: http://www.chessmoscow.ru and further info
at: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru
Bury (Lancs) Chess Festival
Bury (Lancs) Chess Festival – 8/9 December 2001 The Bury Chess
Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 8th & 9th December 2001.
Total prize fund is over £900, with an Open first prize of £150.
This is thanks to our sponsors, Moscrop Robinson & Chadwick Insurance
Brokers, Metcalfe & Co Accountants and Scottish Life. The Open attracts
triple points in the Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix, with double points for
both the Major and Minor. Further details: BuryChessClub@email.com or by
telephoning Peter Dodsworth on 0161 795 4856 or Roy Wild on 0161 763 4166.
Aeroflot Open 2002
The Aeroflot Open 2002 will take place in Moscow January 31st (arrival
day) - 7th February (departure day) 2002. According to the website below there
will be $150,000 US in prizes.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
London Championships
The London Championships take place 14th-16th December 2001 at the South
Bank University, Wandsworth Road. 6 round Swiss open to all, £400 first,
total £1250. Details Andrew Webster scorchaw@hotmail.com. Telephone 01438
213 969.
October FIDE List Study and FIDE Championships
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ has two new
articles. An article "Study of the October 2001 FIDE Rating List" (By Boris
Schipkov, 12.11.2001) and one predicting the results of the FIDE Championships
in Moscow.
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.
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
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.
Barsov, Emms, Kiriakov, Hebden, Zhang Zhong, Krush, Gallagher,
Sasikiran, Harikrishna, N.Pert
Players so far: Premier: Alexei Barsov, John Emms, Petr Kiriakov, Mark
Hebden, Zhang Zhong, Irina Krush, Joe Gallagher, Krishnan Sasikiran, Nicholas
Pert, Pentala Harikrishna (Commonwealth Champion). 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), 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
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
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