THE WEEK IN CHESS 369 3rd December 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Chess Championships
3) Botvinnik Memorial Match
4) Italian Championships
5) National Chess Congress
6) German Championships
7) 4NCL
8) American Open
9) German Women's Bundesliga
10) First Saturday December
11) Genova Open
12) Novosibirsk Championships
13) Mexican Championships
14) Bundesliga 2001-2
15) Tony Miles
16) Spanish Chess Championships
17) Professional World Chess Ranking
18) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

FIDE World Chess Championships       486 games
Botvinnik Memorial Match               2 games
Italian Championships                 30 games
National Chess Congress               92 games
German Championships                  63 games
4NCL                                  96 games
American Open                        144 games
First Saturday December               14 games
Genova Open                           80 games
Novosibirsk Championships            109 games
Bundesliga 2001-2                     16 games
Spanish Chess Championships            2 games
1134 games		

1) Introduction

My thanks to John Fernandez, Michael Atkins, Eugeny Atarov, Aard Daanen, Arthur Brameld, Malcolm Armstrong, Peter Sowray, John Hillery, Raimo Vollstaedt, Laszlo Nagy, Miklos Orso and Andres Bacsi, Malcolm Hunt, Vladimir Dvorkovich and all those who helped with this issue.

The FIDE Chess Championships have reached the key stages. With almost all the top seeds still in the event (only Leko of the top 8 has been eliminated) in the last 16 stage the event is still very open. With so many games and so many strong players the women's championships have been almost completely overshadowed. I can't help thinking that its a mistake to hold the two events at the same time. Saturday saw the start of another exciting event. The Botvinnik Memorial takes place 1st-9th December 2001. The key part of the match will be the first four games, played at normal time controls (the rest of the games will be either rapid or blitz). The first game was a disappointment with a short draw. The second game was a big struggle with Kramnik coming close to winning with black. The match is about bragging rights, I'm sure neither player would want to lose the match handing the other some key propaganda over any formal rematch between the two.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE World Chess Championships

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.

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.

Time limits: All moves in 90 minutes plus an incremental time of 30 seconds per move from move one. Playoff games: 2 games at 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If level 2 five-minute games + 10 seconds per move. If still level one sudden death game is played White has 6 minutes, black 5 minutes no increment the winner qualifies for the next round. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces qualifies.

The FIDE Championships started with 128 players last Tuesday. Today (Monday 3rd December) less than a week later there are only 16 left. Karpov's elimination in round 1 by the virtual unknown Zhang Pengxiang may have looked like a shock but Karpov has been in severe decline over the years in particular struggling to win games. He drew both regular time rate games but was eliminated in the rapidplay. Nigel Short was the next highest seed to go in that first round. Anand lost the first game of the champioships but recovered to easily go through. Round 2 saw the biggest surprise of the event so far when Ashot Anastasian defeated Peter Leko. Thus far Leko is the only top 8 seed to be eliminated. In the same round Judit Polgar went out to Vadim Milov. Round 3 again saw few surprises. Alexei Shirov struggled past Alexander Motylev in the playoffs and Khalifman went out to Lautier but these don't count as real surprises. The fourth round sees the first big matches with Veselin Topalov playing Alexei Shirov, Anand playing Dreev, Adams playing Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov taking on Alexander Morozevich, any result in these matches wouldn't count as a total surprise.

On a sadder note Eugeny Atarov reports: "During the Championships fundraising has begun for the Ukranian Chess Player Vladimir Malaniuk. One of the most colourful players on the chess stage of last two decades, Vladimir has become severely ill and he has already had several operations, one more at least is still necessary. Money for treatment has run out. Contact Eugeny Atarov for more details: atarov@rambler.ru"

The official site will be: http://wcc2001.fide.com

Round 1 Games 1-2 Results Men. 
* Denotes qualification
                                                                           Gm1 Gm2 Tiebreak
 1 Anand, Viswanathan      IND 2797 * -   Touzane, Olivier        FRA 2382 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5 
 2 Adams, Michael          ENG 2744 * -   Sarthou, Gaetan         FRA 2357 1-0 1-0  
 3 Morozevich, Alexander   RUS 2739 * -   Zeliakov, Nugzar        RUS      1/2 1-0  
 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily       UKR 2731 * -   Shovunov, Baatr         RUS 2348 1/2 1-0  
 5 Leko, Peter             HUN 2730 * -   Kobese, Watu            RSA 2373 1-0 0-1 2-0 
 6 Bareev, Evgeny          RUS 2719 * -   Gluzman, Michael        AUS 2400 1-0 1-0  
 7 Gelfand, Boris          ISR 2714 * -   Cabrera, Alexis         CUB 2415 1/2 1-0  
 8 Topalov, Veselin        BUL 2711 * -   Pierrot, Facundo        ARG 2425 1-0 1-0  
 9 Shirov, Alexei          ESP 2706 * -   Rizouk, Aimen           ALG 2442 1-0 1-0  
10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam     UZB 2704 * -   Vlassov, Nikolai        RUS 2461 1/2 1-0  
11 Smirin, Ilia            ISR 2702 * -   Simutowe, Amon          ZAM 2462 1-0 1-0  
12 Khalifman, Alexander    RUS 2699 * -   Ganguly, Surya Sekhar   IND 2464 1/2 1/2 2-0
13 Van Wely, Loek          NED 2695 * -   Felgaer, Ruben          ARG 2471 1-0 1/2  
14 Georgiev, Kiril         BUL 2695 * -   El Taher, Fouad         EGY 2477 0-1 1-0 2-0 
15 Svidler, Peter          RUS 2695 * -   Hoffman, Alejandro      ARG 2481 1-0 1/2  
16 Karpov, Anatoly         RUS 2692   - * Zhang Pengxiang         CHN 2487 1/2 1/2 0-2 
17 Dreev, Alexey           RUS 2690 * -   Supatashvili, Khvicha   GEO 2487 1/2 1-0   
18 Polgar, Judit           HUN 2686 * -   Al-Modiahki, Mohamad    QAT 2492 1-0 1-0  
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan      UKR 2684 * -   Li Wenliang             CHN 2494 1-0 1/2  
20 Ye Jiangchuan           CHN 2677 * -   Barsov, Alexei          UZB 2495 1/2 1/2 2-0 
21 Lautier, Joel           FRA 2675 * -   Barua, Dibyendu         IND 2499 1-0 1-0  
22 Short, Nigel            ENG 2675   - * Campora, Daniel         ARG 2506 0-1 1/2  
23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  GEO 2674 * -   Iuldachev, Saidali      UZB 2508 1-0 1/2  
24 Grischuk, Alexander     RUS 2669 * -   Ghaem Maghami Esam      IRI 2509 1/2 1-0  
25 Zhang Zhong             CHN 2667 * -   Yu Shaoteng             CHN 2517 0-1 1-0 2-0 
26 Beliavsky, Alexander    SLO 2659 * -   Harikrishna, P.         IND 2522 1/2 1-0  
27 Bologan, Viktor         MDA 2655   - * Nataf, Igor             FRA 2527 1/2 0-1  
28 Nikolic, Predrag        BIH 2652 * -   Safin, Shukhrat         UZB 2529 1/2 1-0  
29 Sutovsky, Emil          ISR 2651 * -   Zapata, Alonso          COL 2530 1-0 0-1 3-2 
30 Vaganian, Rafael        ARM 2650 * -   Belkhodja, Slim         TUN 2531 1-0 1/2  
31 Xu Jun                  CHN 2646 * -   Atalik, Suat            BIH 2532 1-0 1/2  
32 Tkachiev, Vladislav     FRA 2642 * -   Hamdouchi, Hicham       MAR 2533 1/2 1/2 2-0 
33 Rublevsky, Sergey       RUS 2639   - * Nguyen Anh Dung         VIE 2533 1/2 1/2 2-0 
34 Zvjaginsev, Vadim       RUS 2638 * -   Gdanski, Jacek          POL 2537 1/2 1-0  
35 Gurevich, Mikhail       BEL 2633 * -   Rogozenko, Dorian       ROM 2548 1-0 1/2  
36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2630 * -   Savchenko, Stanislav    UKR 2549 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5 
37 Dautov, Rustem          GER 2630 * -   Gurevich, Dmitry        USA 2550 1-0 1/2  
38 Sakaev, Konstantin      RUS 2630 * -   Volokitin, Andrei       UKR 2551 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5 
39 Delchev, Alexander      BUL 2629 * -   Timoshenko, Georgy      UKR 2554 1-0 1/2  
40 Lastin, Alexander       RUS 2628 * -   Cvitan, Ognjen          CRO 2555 1/2 1-0  
41 Motylev, Alexander      RUS 2627 * -   Liang, Chong            CHN 2556 1-0 1/2  
42 Movsesian, Sergei       CZE 2627 * -   Malakhatko, Vadim       UKR 2557 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5  
43 Ehlvest, Jaan           EST 2627 * -   Radjabov, Teimour       AZE 2558 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5 
44 Shipov, Sergey          RUS 2625 * -   Lesiege, Alexandre      CAN 2564 1/2 1-0  
45 Korchnoi, Viktor        SUI 2624   - * Psakhis, Lev            ISR 2566 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5  
46 Tiviakov, Sergei        NED 2618 * -   Christiansen, Larry     USA 2570 1/2 1/2 2-0 
47 Milov, Vadim            SUI 2614 * -   Yermolinsky, Alex       USA 2571 0-1 1-0 2.5-1.5 
48 Milos, Gilberto         BRA 2614 * -   Dao Thien Hai           VIE 2572 1/2 1-0  
49 Pigusov, Evgeny         RUS 2613 * -   Ivanov, Alexander       USA 2573 1/2 1-0  
50 Graf, Alexander         GER 2610   - * Sulskis, Sarunas        LTU 2573 0-1 1-0 0-2 
51 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM 2609   - * Bruzon, Lazaro          CUB 2573 1/2 1/2 2-3 
52 Lputian, Smbat          ARM 2608 * -   Krasenkow, Michal       POL 2573 1-0 1-0  
53 Kaidanov, Gregory       USA 2605   - * Shabalov, Alexander     USA 2574 0-1 1/2  
54 Luther, Thomas          GER 2604   - * Volkov, Sergey          RUS 2578 0-1 1/2   
55 Asrian, Karen           ARM 2604   - * Khenkin, Igor           GER 2579 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5 
56 Gyimesi, Zoltan         HUN 2602 * -   Conquest, Stuart        ENG 2580 1/2 1/2 3-2 
57 Gulko, Boris            USA 2602   - * Vescovi, Giovanni       BRA 2581 1/2 0-1  
58 Kotsur, Pavel           KAZ 2600   - * Dominguez, Lernier      CUB 2585 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5  
59 Baklan, Vladimir        UKR 2599 * -   Benjamin, Joel          USA 2587 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5 
60 Fedorov, Alexei         BLR 2599   - * Anastasian, Ashot       ARM 2588 0-1 1/2  
61 Avrukh, Boris           ISR 2598   - * Macieja, Bartlomiej     POL 2588 0-1 0-1  
62 Eingorn, Vereslav       UKR 2598   - * Sasikiran, Krishnan     IND 2589 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5  
63 Kobalija, Mihail        RUS 2595 * -   Aseev, Konstantin       RUS 2591 1/2 1/2 2-0
64 Goldin, Alexander       USA 2594   - * Nielsen, Peter Heine    DEN 2593 0-1 1/2 
 
Women's Championships

 1 Galliamova, Alisa       RUS 2547 * -   Toubai Wissam        ALG      1-0 1/2
 2 Chiburdanidze, Maya     GEO 2513 * -   Houli Asma           ALG      1-0 1/2
 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2507 * -   Paridar, Shadi       IRI 2009 1/2 1-0  
 4 Wang Pin                CHN 2504 * -   Chaves, Joarra       BRA 2050 1-0 1/2
 5 Xu Yuhua                CHN 2502 * -   Arouche Farida       ALG 2065 1-0 1-0  
 6 Zhu Chen                CHN 2497 * -   Maggiolo, Elisa      ARG 2090 1-0 1/2
 7 Ioseliani, Nana (IM)    GEO 2497 * -   Groberman, Elina     USA 2105 1-0 1/2  
 8 Skripchenko-Lautier, A  MDA 2494 * -   Phan-Koshnitsky N    AUS 2182 1-0 1-0  
 9 Peptan, Corina          ROM 2465 * -   Starr, Nava          CAN 2200 1-0 1-0  
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta    BUL 2459 * -   Shah, Pallavi        IND 2201 1-0 1/2
11 Maric, Alisa            YUG 2457 * -   Levushkina, Elena    UZB 2208 1-0 1/2
12 Bojkovic, Natasa        YUG 2452 * -   Kouvatsou, Maria     GRE 2234 1/2 1-0  
13 Stepovaia-Diachenko, T  RUS 2451   - * Mohota, Nisha        IND 2236 0-1 1-0 0.5-1.5 
14 Khurtsidze, Nino        GEO 2450 * -   Aarthie, Ramaswamy   IND 2249 1-0 1/2
15 Arakhamia-Grant, K      GEO 2446   - * Ciuksyte, Dagne      LTU 2255 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5 
16 Hoang Thanh Trang       VIE 2445 * -   Huang Qian           CHN 2260 1/2 1-0  
17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra    RUS 2445 * -   Shahade, Jennifer    USA 2286 1-0 1-0  
18 Xu Yuanyuan             CHN 2431 * -   Pina, Sulennis       CUB 2289 1-0 0-1 2-0 
19 Zatonskih, Anna         UKR 2427 * -   Li Ruofan            CHN 2293 1-0 1-0  
20 Foisor, Cristina        ROM 2423 * -   Gu Xiaobing          CHN 2300 1-0 0-1 2-0 
21 Prudnikova, Svetlana    YUG 2411   - * Baginskaite, C       USA 2324 0-1 1-0 0-2 
22 Gaponenko, Inna         UKR 2409 * -   Lagvilava, G         BLR 2326 1-0 1-0  
23 Peng, Zhaoqin           NED 2401 * -   Arribas, Maritza     CUB 2327 1-0 1-0
24 Grabuzova, Tatiana      RUS 2399 * -   Galianina-Ryjanova,J RUS 2335 1-0 1/2
25 Zielinska, Marta        POL 2399   - * Gaprindashvili, Nona GEO 2349 0-1 1-0 0.5-1.5
26 Vijayalakshimi, S       IND 2397   - * Dworakowska, Joanna  POL 2350 0-1 1/2  
27 Kononenko, Tatiana      UKR 2395   - * Petrenko, Sveltana   MDA 2357 0-1 0-1  
28 Danielian, Elina        ARM 2395 * -   Shumiakina, Tatiana  RUS 2371 1-0 1-0  
29 Paehtz, Elisabeth       GER 2390 * -   Radziewics, Iweta    POL 2375 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5 
30 Socko, Monika           POL 2389   - * Mkrtchian, Lilit     ARM 2376 0-1 0-1  
31 Alexandrova, Olga       UKR 2387   - * Sedina, Elena        ITA 2380 0-1 1-0  
32 Kiseleva, Natalia       UKR 2382 * -   Wang Yu              CHN 2382 1-0 0-1 2-0

Round 2 Results Men. 
* Denotes qualification
                                                                            Gm1 Gm2 Tiebreak
 1  Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2593   - * Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2797 0-1 1/2
 2  Adams, Michael       g ENG 2744 * -   Kobalija, Mihail       g RUS 2595 1-0 1/2
 3  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g IND 2589   - * Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2739 1/2 0-1
 4  Ivanchuk, Vassily    g UKR 2731 * -   Macieja, Bartlomiej    g POL 2588 1-0 0-1 2-0
 5  Anastasian, Ashot    g ARM 2588 * -   Leko, Peter            g HUN 2730 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
 6  Bareev, Evgeny       g RUS 2719 * -   Baklan, Vladimir       g UKR 2599 1/2 1-0
 7  Dominguez, Lernier   g CUB 2585   - * Gelfand, Boris         g ISR 2714 1/2 0-1
 8  Topalov, Vesselin    g BUL 2711 * -   Vescovi, Giovanni      g BRA 2581 1-0 1/2
 9  Gyimesi, Zoltan      g HUN 2602   - * Shirov, Alexei         g ESP 2706 0-1 1/2
10  Kazimdzanov, Rustam  g UZB 2704 * -   Khenkin, Igor          g GER 2579 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
11  Luther, Thomas       g GER 2604   - * Smirin, Ilia           g ISR 2702 1/2 0-1
12  Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 * -   Shabalov, Alexander    g USA 2574 1/2 1/2 2-0
13  Lputian, Smbat       g ARM 2608   - * Van Wely, Loek         g NED 2695 0-1 0-1
14  Georgiev, Kiril      g BUL 2695 * -   Bruzon, Lazaro         g CUB 2573 1/2 1/2 2-0
15  Sulskis, Sarunas     g LTU 2573   - * Svidler, Peter         g RUS 2695 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5
16  Zhang Pengxiang      g CHN 2487   - * Pigusov, Evgeny        g RUS 2613 0-1 0-1
17  Milos, Gilberto      g BRA 2614   - * Dreev, Alexey          g RUS 2690 1/2 0-1
18  Polgar, Judit        g HUN 2686   - * Milov, Vadim           g SUI 2614 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5
19  Tiviakov, Sergei     g NED 2618   - * Ponomariov, Ruslan     g UKR 2684 1/2 1/2 0-2
20  Ye Jiangchuan        g CHN 2677 * -   Psakhis, Lev           g ISR 2566 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
21  Shipov, Sergey       g RUS 2625   - * Lautier, Joel          g FRA 2675 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
22  Campora, Daniel      g ARG 2506   - * Ehlvest, Jaan          g EST 2627 1/2 0-1
23  Movsesian, Sergei    g CZE 2627   - * Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
24  Grischuk, Alexander  g RUS 2669   - * Motylev, Alexander     g RUS 2627 1/2 0-1
25  Lastin, Alexander    g RUS 2628   - * Zhang Zhong            g CHN 2667 1/2 0-1
26  Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2659   - * Delchev, Alexander     g BUL 2629 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
27  Sakaev, Konstantin   g RUS 2630 * -   Nataf, Igor            g FRA 2527 1-0 1/2
28  Nikolic, Predrag     g BIH 2652   - * Dautov, Rustem         g GER 2630 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
29  Vallejo Pons, F      g ESP 2630   - * Sutovsky, Emil         g ISR 2651 0-1 0-1
30  Vaganian, Rafael     g ARM 2650   - * Gurevich, Mikhail      g BEL 2633 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
31  Zvjagintsev, Vadim   g RUS 2638 * -   Xu Jun                 g CHN 2646 1-0 1/2
32  Tkachiev, Vladislav  g FRA 2642 * -   Nguyen Anh Dung        g VIE 2533 1-0 1/2
 
Women's Round 2 Results

 1 Galliamova, Alisa       RUS * -   Kiseleva, Natalia       UKR 1-0 1-0
 2 Sedina, Elena           ITA   - * Chiburdanidze, Maya     GEO 0-1 0-1
 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS * -   Mkrtchian, Lilit        ARM 1/2 1-0
 4 Paehtz, Elisabeth       GER * -   Wang Pin                CHN 1-0 1/2
 5 Xu Yuhua                CHN * -   Danielian, Elina        ARM 1-0 1/2
 6 Petrenko, Sveltana      MDA   - * Zhu Chen                CHN 0-1 1/2
 7 Ioseliani, Nana         GEO   - * Dworakowska, Joanna     POL 1/2 0-1
 8 Zielinska, Marta        POL   - * Skripchenko-Lautier, A  MDA 0-1 1-0 0-2
 9 Peptan, Corina          ROM * -   Grabuzova, Tatiana      RUS 1/2 1-0
10 Peng, Zhaoqin           NED * -   Stefanova, Antoaneta    BUL 1-0 1-0
11 Maric, Alisa            YUG * -   Gaponenko, Inna         UKR 1-0 1/2
12 Baginskaite, Camilla    USA * -   Bojkovic, Natasa        YUG 1/2 1-0
13 Mohota, Nisha           IND   - * Foisor, Cristina        ROM 1/2 0-1
14 Zatonskih, Anna         UKR   - * Khurtsidze, Nino        GEO 1/2 0-1
15 Ciuksyte, Dagne         LTU * -   Xu Yuanyuan             CHN 1-0 1/2
16 Kosteniuk, Alexandra    RUS * -   Hoang Thanh Trang       VIE 1/2 1-0

Round 3 Men

 1 Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2797 * -   Tkachiev, Vladislav  g FRA 2642 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5 
 2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim      g RUS 2638   - * Adams, Michael       g ENG 2744 1/2 1/2 0-2
 3 Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2739 * -   Gurevich, Mikhail    g BEL 2633 1-0 1/2 
 4 Sutovsky, Emil         g ISR 2651   - * Ivanchuk, Vassily    g UKR 2731 1/2 0-1
 5 Anastasian, Ashot      g ARM 2588   - * Nikolic, Predrag     g BIH 2652 1/2 0-1
 6 Sakaev, Konstantin     g RUS 2630   - * Bareev, Evgeny       g RUS 2719 1-0 0-1 0-2
 7 Gelfand, Boris         g ISR 2714 * -   Delchev, Aleksander  g BUL 2629 1-0 1-0
 8 Zhang, Zhong           g CHN 2667   - * Topalov, Veselin     g BUL 2711 1/2 0-1
 9 Shirov, Alexei         g ESP 2706 * -   Motylev, Alexander   g RUS 2627 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5
10 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 * -   Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
11 Smirin, Ilia           g ISR 2702   - * Ehlvest, Jaan        g EST 2627 1/2 1/2 2-3
12 Lautier, Joel          g FRA 2675 * -   Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 1/2 1/2 2-0
13 Van Wely, Loek         g NED 2695   - * Ye, Jiangchuan       g CHN 2677 0-1 1/2
14 Ponomariov, Ruslan     g UKR 2684 * -   Georgiev, Kiril      g BUL 2695 1-0 1-0
15 Svidler, Peter         g RUS 2695 * -   Milov, Vadim         g SUI 2614 1-0 1-0
16 Dreev, Alexey          g RUS 2690 * -   Pigusov, Evgeny      g RUS 2613 1-0 1/2

Round 3 Women

1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra      RUS * -   Galliamova, Alisa        RUS  1-0 1-0
2 Chiburdanidze, Maia       GEO * -   Ciuksyte, Dagne          LTU  1-0 1-0
3 Khurtsidze, Nino          GEO * -   Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  RUS  1-0 1/2
4 Paehtz, Elisabeth         GER   - * Foisor, Cristina Adela   ROM  1/2 0-1
5 Baginskaite, Camilla      USA   - * Xu, Yuhua                CHN  0-1 1-0 0-2
6 Zhu, Chen                 CHN * -   Maric, Alisa             YUG  1-0 0-1 2-0
7 Peng, Zhaoqin             NED * -   Dworakowska, Joanna      POL  0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5
8 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almi MDA * -   Peptan, Corina           ROM  1-0 1/2

4th Round

1 Dreev, Alexey          g RUS 2690 - Anand, Viswanathan      g IND 2797 1/2
2 Adams, Michael         g ENG 2744 - Svidler, Peter          g RUS 2695 1/2
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan     g UKR 2684 - Morozevich, Alexander   g RUS 2739 1-0
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily      g UKR 2731 - Ye, Jiangchuan          g CHN 2677 1-0
5 Lautier, Joel          g FRA 2675 - Nikolic, Predrag        g BIH 2652 1/2
6 Bareev, Evgeny         g RUS 2719 - Ehlvest, Jaan           g EST 2627 1-0
7 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 - Gelfand, Boris          g ISR 2714 1/2
8 Topalov, Veselin       g BUL 2711 - Shirov, Alexei          g ESP 2706 1/2

1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2445 -  Skripchenko-Lautier, Almi MDA 2494 1/2
2 Peng Zhaoqin         NED 2401 -  Chiburdanidze, Maia       GEO 2513 1-0
3 Khurtsidze, Nino     GEO 2450 -  Zhu Chen                  CHN 2497 1/2
4 Xu Yuhua             CHN 2502 -  Foisor, Cristina Adela    ROM 2423 1/2

3) Botvinnik Memorial Match

The Botvinnik Memorial takes place in Moscow 1st-9th December 2001. Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov play a match over different time-limits: classical, fast chess and blitz. The four classical games will be played at 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).

Websites: http://www.chessmoscow.ru, http://www.kasparovchess.com and further info at: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru

Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Kasparov, Garry    1/2   18  D27  Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kasparov, Garry    -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1/2   73  B41  Sicilian Paulsen

Botvinnik Mem Match Moscow RUS (RUS), 1-5 xii 2001
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Kasparov, Garry   g  RUS 2838    =   =   .   .   1.0  2809
Kramnik, Vladimir g  RUS 2809    =   =   .   .   1.0  2838
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4) Italian Championships

The Italian Championships took place in Montecatini Terme November 21st - December 1st 2001. It was an 11 player Category VI event. Bruno Belotti took the title with an undefeated 7/10. Daniele Vismara made a second IM norm.

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. Belotti, Bruno          m ITA 2403  * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1  7.0  2524 
 2. Bellia, Fabrizio        m ITA 2413  = * = = = = = 1 = = 1  6.0  2446 
 3. Arlandi, Ennio          m ITA 2453  = = * 0 1 0 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2442 
 4. Mantovani, Renzo        m ITA 2369  = = 1 * = 1 0 0 = = 1  5.5  2415 
 5. Sarno, Spartaco         m ITA 2407  = = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1  5.5  2411 
 6. Vismara, Daniele        f ITA 2365  0 = 1 0 = * 1 0 1 1 =  5.5  2415 
 7. Costantini, Roberto       ITA 2314  = = 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0  5.0  2384 
 8. Vezzosi, Paolo          m ITA 2401  0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * = = 1  5.0  2375 
 9. Lanzani, Mario          m ITA 2378  = = = = = 0 0 = * 1 =  4.5  2342 
10. Tatai, Stefano          m ITA 2352  0 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * =  2.5  2187 
11. Scafarelli, Francesco   m ITA 2304  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = *  2.5  2192 
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5) National Chess Congress

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. Games now available.

News from Michael Atkins at: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm

Final Standings:
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 1. Yudasin, Leonid          g  ISR 2560  5.0 20.5 23.5 19.0 90.5
 2. Shapiro, Daniel E        f  USA 2274  5.0 20.5 22.0 18.5 79.5
 3. Khmelnitsky, Igor N      m  USA 2484  5.0 19.5 22.5 17.5 85.5
 4. Schneider, Dmitry        f  USA 2401  5.0 19.5 22.0 18.0 84.5
 5. Sevillano, Enrico        m  PHI 2462  5.0 17.5 19.5 18.0 79.0
 6. Sagalchik, Gennadij      g  USA 2537  4.5 23.0 27.0 18.0 96.5
 7. Ibragimov, Ildar         g  RUS 2567  4.5 22.0 24.0 18.5 85.0
 8. Pixton, Aaron               USA 2351  4.5 20.5 24.0 18.0 86.0
 9. Stripunsky, Alexander    g  USA 2535  4.5 19.5 21.0 17.0 78.5
10. Ariel, Donny             f  USA 2354  4.5 19.0 21.5 16.0 73.5
11. Lipman, Vladimir I          USA ----  4.5 19.0 21.5 14.0 77.0
12. Kriventsov, Stanislav G  f  USA 2385  4.5 18.5 21.5 16.0 82.0
13. Krush, Irina             m  USA 2411  4.5 18.5 21.0 16.5 79.5
14. Negulescu, Adrian        g  ROM 2448  4.5 18.5 20.5 16.5 76.5
15. Zlotnikov, Mikhail       m  USA 2356  4.5 18.0 20.5 16.5 80.5
16. Paschall, William M      m  USA 2393  4.5 18.0 20.0 15.0 69.5
17. Hoekstra, Matthew           USA 2212  4.5 18.0 19.5 15.0 74.0
18. Kreiman, Boris           m  USA 2487  4.5 15.5 18.0 15.0 68.0
19. Kaliksteyn, Alexander    f  USA 2373  4.5 15.0 15.0 16.0 59.0
150 players

6) German Championships

The German Championships 2001 take place in Altenkirchen 30th November - 8th December 2001.

Internet coverage: http://www.schachdm2001.de/dem2001/start.htm Live coverage: http://schach.com/altenkirchen/

Standings Round 3 (of 9)
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 1. Mueller, Karsten       g  GER 2506  +41 +21 + 7   3.0       
 2. Lutz, Christopher      g  GER 2643  +17 =11 +13   2.5  2716 
 3. Bischoff, Klaus        g  GER 2541  +27 +23 = 5   2.5  2701 
 4. Huebner, Robert        g  GER 2612  +29 = 8 +24   2.5  2727 
 5. Tischbierek, Raj       g  GER 2493  +35 +30 = 3   2.5  2746 
 6. Slobodjan, Roman       g  GER 2522  =22 +26 +20   2.5  2614 
 7. Wahls, Matthias        g  GER 2580  +25 +16 - 1   2.0  2581 
 8. Prusikhin, Mihailo     m  GER 2502  +28 = 4 = 9   2.0  2607 
 9. Lobron, Eric           g  GER 2524  +32 =12 = 8   2.0  2535 
10. Jussupow, Artur        g  GER 2633  =36 +22 =11   2.0  2530 
11. Rabiega, Robert        m  GER 2503  +39 = 2 =10   2.0  2654 
12. Espig, Lutz            g  GER 2411  +38 = 9 =15   2.0  2563 
13. Jugelt, Tobias            GER 2420  +40 +14 - 2   2.0  2608 
14. Naiditsch, Arkadij     g  GER 2540  +33 -13 +31   2.0  2496 
15. Levin, Felix           g  GER 2531  +42 =20 =12   2.0  2509 
16. Gutman, Lev            g  GER 2489  +37 - 7 +33   2.0  2530 
17. Handke, Florian        m  GER 2407  - 2 +39 +30   2.0  2633 
18. Berezovsky, Igor       m  GER 2432  -21 +41 +27   2.0  2437 
19. Braun, Arik               GER 2229  -20 +42 +36   2.0  2504 
20. Breutigam, Martin      f  GER 2411  +19 =15 - 6   1.5  2427 
21. Christ, Ralf              GER 2272  +18 - 1 =23   1.5  2459 
22. Kleeschaetzky, Rainer  f  GER 2318  = 6 -10 +37   1.5  2485 
23. Schlindwein, Rolf      m  GER 2440  +34 - 3 =21   1.5  2363 
24. Kalinitschew, Sergey   g  GER 2487  =26 +36 - 4   1.5  2434 
25. Grafl, Florian         f  GER 2373  - 7 =37 +38   1.5  2379 
26. Wolter, Kai            f  GER 2295  =24 - 6 =29   1.0  2336 
27. Bastian, Herbert       f  GER 2353  - 3 +34 -18   1.0  2291 
28. Dunsbach, Ralf         f  GER 2312  - 8 =29 =32   1.0  2273 
29. Hammes, Michael        f  GER 2374  - 4 =28 =26   1.0  2281 
30. Hertneck, Gerald       g  GER 2570  +31 - 5 -17   1.0  2294 
31. Schramm, Christian     f  GER 2359  -30 +35 -14   1.0  2348 
32. Keilhack, Harald       f  GER 2318  - 9 =38 =28   1.0  2240 
33. Baramidze, David          GER 2335  -14 +40 -16   1.0  2307 
34. Bruehl, Andreas           GER 2277  -23 -27 +41   1.0  2243 
35. Scherer, Max              GER 2310  - 5 -31 +42   1.0  2269 
36. Von Herman, Ulf        f  GER 2395  =10 -24 -19   0.5  2176 
37. Singer, Christoph         GER 2300  -16 =25 -22   0.5  2120 
38. Haensel, Thomas           GER 2259  -12 =32 -25   0.5  2094 
39. Bischoff, Dieter          GER 2313  -11 -17 =40   0.5  2119 
40. Schulz, Karsten        f  GER 2268  -13 -33 =39   0.5  2083 
41. Knuth, Hannes             GER 2313  - 1 -18 -34   0.0       
42. Muranyi, Karl-J        f  GER 2331  -15 -19 -35   0.0       
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7) 4NCL

Rounds 3 and 4 of the 4NCL took place over the weekend of 24th-25th 2001. 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. Games now available. My thanks to Arthur Brameld and Malcolm Armstrong for the games and to Peter Sowray for sending material also.

8) American Open

John Hillery reports: The 37th Annual American Open, held November 22-25 at the Furama Hotle in Los Angeles, California, was won by IM Melikset Khachiyan with a 6.5-1.5 score. Next at 6-2 were GMs Pavel Blatny and Alex Wojtkiewicz, IM Igor Ivanov, and Armen Ambartsoumian. A total of 357 players competed, the best turnout in a decade.

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 1. Khachian, Melikset       m  ARM 2465 6.5  37.0 37.0 30.5 178  
 2. Blatny, Pavel            g  CZE 2458 6.0  38.0 42.0 28.5 203  
 3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander  g  POL 2573 6.0  38.0 41.5 30.5 202  
 4. Ivanov, Igor V           m  USA 2461 6.0  37.5 40.5 29.5 186  
 5. Ambarcumjan, Armen          ARM 2388 6.0  33.5 37.0 28.5 186.5 
 6. Serper, Grigory          g  USA 2558 5.5  39.5 41.0 27.5 193  
 7. Strugatsky, Vladimir     f  USA 2431 5.5  36.5 40.0 27.5 190  
 8. Browne, Walter S         g  USA 2440 5.5  36.5 39.5 28.0 197.5 
 9. Matikozian, Andranik     m  ARM 2426 5.5  36.0 40.5 26.5 188  
10. Akobian, Varuzhan        m  ARM 2449 5.5  35.5 40.0 27.0 190  
11. Ziatdinov, Raset         m  USA 2504 5.5  35.0 35.0 27.5 162.5 
12. Kraai, Jesse             m  USA 2442 5.5  34.5 37.5 25.5 174.5 
13. Kretchetov, Alexandre       USA 2397 5.5  34.0 37.0 26.0 175.5 
14. Altounian, Levon         f  USA 2450 5.5  33.5 36.5 26.5 185  
15. Vucic, Mladen            m  USA 2396 5.5  32.5 36.0 25.0 177  
16. Mikhailuk, Slava         f  USA 2447 5.5  32.0 35.0 23.0 170.5 
17. Rey, Guillermo           m  USA 2370 5.5  30.5 34.0 22.5 155  
18. Saidy, Anthony F         m  USA 2369 5.5  30.5 33.0 24.5 165  
19. Jones, Stephen L         f  USA 2313 5.5  30.5 30.5 24.5 141.5 
20. Casella, Michael         f  USA 2321 5.5  30.0 32.0 23.5 158.5 
21. Szuk, Balazs             m  HUN 2359 5.5  29.0 29.0 25.0 128  
22. Langer, Mikhail             USA 2286 5.0  35.0 39.0 24.0 176.5 
23. Gufeld, Eduard           g  USA 2459 5.0  30.0 32.5 22.5 161.5 
24. Frankle, Jon                USA 2251 5.0  29.5 32.5 21.5 152.5 
25. Pruess, David               USA 2330 5.0  28.5 30.5 21.0 144  
26. Haessler, Carl              USA 2252 5.0  28.0 30.5 19.0 138  
104 players

9) German Women's Bundesliga

Raimo Vollstaedt reports: The team of Heiligenhaus retired from the Women Bundesliga. Their first to rounds would annuled. Most important game of the 4th round was Hamburg - Dresden, both teams before with 6-0 matchpoints. This match won Dresden safe and has now good chances to win the Bundesliga. But still 7 rounds to go, if Dresden will made any mistake the former champion Emsdetten will be there with only 2 matchpoints behind the leader at time. Emsdetten won their first match against Halle after 2 lost games in the past, so Halle is still the only team in Germany with a positive score against the Emsdetten team.

Internet coverage: http://skturm.home.pages.de

3rd round Results

SK Holsterhausen (0) - USV Halle (2) 3-3 
1 Dergatschova-Daus, Anna (11/2) - Madl, Ildiko (1) 1/2-1/2 
2 Bakalarz, Grazyna (0) - Lakos, Nikoletta (1) 1-0 
3 Brendel, Bergit,Dr (0) - Jahn, Constanze (0) 1/2-1/2 
4 Schmitz, Manuela (0) - Eckhardt, Claudia (1) 0-1 
5 Didenko, Ljudmilla (1/2) - Müller, Andrea (0) 0-1 
6 Döhmen, Katrin (1) - Krege, Sandra (0) 1-0

SK Turm Emsdetten (2) - Rodewischer Schachmiezen (2) 3,5-2,5
1 Lelchuk, Zoja (0) - Vasilevich, Tatjana (1) 0-1 
2 Micic, Jordanka (2) - Pokorna, Regina (0) 1/2-1/2 
3 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea (2) - Elschner, Annegret (1) 1-0 
4 Sarana-Hungeling, Oksana (11/2) - Steinbacher, Claudia (1/2) 1-0 
5 Polushkina, Svetlana (0) - Fichtner, Kathrin (1) 0-1 
6 Muhren, Bianca (0) - Günther, Anetta (1) 1-0 

SSV Rotation Berlin (2) - Hamburger SK 1830 (4) 2-4 
1 Mai, Iris (1/2) - Voiska, Margarita (0) 0-1 
2 Burchardt, Brigitte (1) - Jürgens, Vera (1) 0-1 
3 Wagner-Michel, Anett (1) - Helm, Leonie (0) 1/2-1/2 
4 Göhler, Antje (0) - Kas-Fromm, Rita,Dr (1) 1/2-1/2 
5 Heyme, Sibylle (1/2) - Zickelbein, Eva-Maria (0) 1-0 
6 Seils, Gudula (0) - Gruenberg, Regina (0) 0-1

Dresdner SC 1898 (4) - Meerbauer Kiel 90 (2) 4,5-1,5
1 Moser, Eva (0) - Kopylova, Ljubov (0) 1/2-1/2 
2 Mazakova, Petra (2) - Lange, Sönje (1/2) 1-0 
3 Jackova, Jana (2) - Leib, Britta (0) 1/2-1/2 
4 Graf, Rena (1) - Willrodt,Sonja (0) 1/2-1/2 
5 Rößler, Ulrike (1) - Wohlers-Armas, Friederike (0) 1-0 
6 Mietzner, Tina (0) - Hielscher, Ursula (0) 1-0

Stuttgarter SF 18 (2) - Krefelder SK Turm (0) 5,5-0,5 
1 Misanovic, Vesna (11/2) - Sadkiewicz, Joanna (0) 1-0 
2 Olbrich, Marina (1) - Rozenfeld, Tatiana (0) 1-0 
3 Meier, Annemarie S (11/2) - Winter, Astrid (11/2) 1/2-1/2 
4 Dengler, Dijana (0) - Cleven, Maria (11/2) 1-0 
5 Tepluhina, Katharina (1) - Gill, Katrin (1/2) 1-0
6 Gheng, Simona (1) - Schulze, Melanie (0) 1-0 

4th round Results

Rodewischer Schachmiezen (2) - SK Holsterhausen (1) 2,5-3,5 
1 Vasilevich, Tatjana (2) - Dergatschova-Daus, Anna (2) 1-0 
2 Pokorna, Regina (1/2) - Weng, Annegret (0) 0-1 
3 Elschner, Annegret (1) - Bakalarz, Grazyna (1) 0-1 
4 Steinbacher, Claudia (1/2) - Brendel, Bergit,Dr (1/2) 0-1 
5 Fichtner, Kathrin (2) - Schmitz, Manuela (0) 1/2-1/2 
6 Günther, Anetta (1) - Didenko, Ljudmilla (1/2) 1-0 

USV Halle (3) - SK Turm Emsdetten (4) 1,5-4,5 
1 Madl, Ildiko (11/2) - Lelchuk, Zoja (0) 1/2-1/2 
2 Lakos, Nikoletta (1) - Micic, Jordanka (21/2) 0-1 
3 Jahn, Constanze (1/2) - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea (3) 0-1 
4 Eckhardt, Claudia (2) - Sarana-Hungeling, Oksana (21/2) 0-1 
5 Müller, Andrea (1) - Polushkina, Svetlana (0) 0-1 
6 Krege, Sandra (0) - Muhren, Bianca (1) 1-0

Meerbauer Kiel 90 (2) - SSV Rotation Berlin (2) 2,5-3,5 
1 Kopylova, Ljubov (1/2) - Mai, Iris (1/2) 1-0 
2 Lange, Sönje (1/2) - Burchardt, Brigitte (1) 0-1 
3 Leib, Britta (1/2) - Wagner-Michel, Annett (11/2) 1/2-1/2 
4 Willrodt, Sonja (1/2) - Göhler, Antje (1/2) 0-1 
5 Wohlers-Armas, Friederike (0) - Heyme, Sibylle (11/2) 1-0 
6 Hielscher, Ursula (0) - Seils, Gudula (0) 0-1

Hamburger SK 1830 (6) - Dresdner SC 1898 (6) 2-4 
1 Voiska, Margarita (1) - Moser, Eva (1/2) 1-0 
2 Jürgens, Vera (2) - Mazakova, Petra (3) 0-1 
3 Helm, Leonie (1/2) - Jackova, Jana (21/2) 0-1 
4 Kas-Fromm, Rita,Dr (11/2) - Graf, Rena (11/2) 1/2-1/2 
5 Zickelbein, Eva-Maria (0) - Rößler, Ulrike (2) 0-1 
6 Gruenberg, Regina (1) - Mietzner, Tina (1) 1/2-1/2

Krefelder SK Turm (0) - Karlsruher SF 185 (0) 0,5-5,5 
1 Sadkiewicz, Joanna (0) - Werner, Veronika (1) 1/2-1/2 
2 Rozenfeld, Tatiana (0) - Werner, Isabel (1) 0-1 
3 Winter, Astrid (2) - Vidonyak, Nellya (1/2) 0-1 
4 Cleven, Maria (11/2) - Lauterbach, Ingrid (1/2) 0-1 
5 Gill, Katrin (1/2) - Onischuk, Anna (11/2) 0-1 
6 Schulze, Melanie (0) - Muller, Anne (0) 0-1

Classement after 4th round

1.  Dresdner SC 1898         4 0 0 8-0 17.5
2.  SK Turm Emsdetten        3 0 1 6-2 15.5
3.  Hamburger SK1830         3 0 1 6-2 14.0
4.  Stuttgarter SF 1879      2 0 1 4-2 11.5
5.  SSV Rotation Berlin      2 0 2 4-4 10.0
6.  USV Halle                1 1 1 3-3  8.0
7.  SK Holsterhausen         1 1 2 3-5  9.5
8.  Rodewischer Schachmiezen 1 0 2 2-4 10.0
8.  Karlsruher SF 1853       1 0 2 2-4 10.0
10. Meerbauer Kiel 90        1 0 3 2-6  9.5
11. Krefelder SK Turm        0 0 4 0-8  4.5

The team of Sgem. Heiligenhaus will not play any further fixtures
in the Bundesliga and will go down to the 2nd league after this season.

10) First Saturday December

There are three main FS events taking place 1st-14th December 2001. The first round GMA and GMB standings are below. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Miklos Orso and Andres Bacsi for the information.

Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs1201.htm

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 1. Bakre, Tejas          m IND 2446  * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 2. Ilincic, Zlatko       g YUG 2521  . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . .  1.0       
 3. Paschall, William M   m USA 2393  . . * . . . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 4. Berkes, Ferenc        m HUN 2541  . . . * . = . . . . . . . .  0.5  2491 
 5. Bokros, Albert        m HUN 2429  . . . . * . . . . . = . . .  0.5  2506 
 6. Czebe, Attila         m HUN 2491  . . . = . * . . . . . . . .  0.5  2541 
 7. Cao, Sang             m HUN 2507  . . . . . . * . . = . . . .  0.5  2443 
 8. Horvath, Adam         m HUN 2490  . . . . . . . * = . . . . .  0.5  2551 
 9. Horvath, Jozsef       g HUN 2551  . . . . . . . = * . . . . .  0.5  2490 
10. Schenk, Andreas         GER 2443  . . . . . . = . . * . . . .  0.5  2507 
11. Varga, Zoltan         g HUN 2506  . . . . = . . . . . * . . .  0.5  2429 
12. Antal, Gergely        m HUN 2426  . 0 . . . . . . . . . * . .  0.0       
13. Felgaer, Ruben        m ARG 2467  . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
14. Koneru, Humpy        wg IND 2484  0 . . . . . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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 1. Balogh, Csaba         f HUN 2367  * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 2. Grivas, Efstratios    g GRE 2489  . * . . . . . . . 1 . . . .  1.0       
 3. Horvath, Peter1       m HUN 2441  . . * . . . . . . . 1 . . .  1.0       
 4. Nyback, Tomi          m FIN 2430  . . . * . . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 5. Szeberenyi, Adam      m HUN 2365  . . . . * . . . 1 . . . . .  1.0       
 6. Vajda, Levente        g ROM 2489  . . . . . * . . . . . 1 . .  1.0       
 7. Kosanovic, Goran A    g YUG 2442  . . . . . . * ? . . . . . .  0.0       
 8. Pilgaard, Kim         m DEN 2437  . . . . . . ? * . . . . . .  0.0       
 9. Biro, Sandor          m ROM 2360  . . . . 0 . . . * . . . . .  0.0       
10. Colovic, Aleksandar   m MKD 2364  . 0 . . . . . . . * . . . .  0.0       
11. Pierrot, Facundo      m ARG 2427  . . 0 . . . . . . . * . . .  0.0       
12. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel f PER 2375  . . . . . 0 . . . . . * . .  0.0       
13. Vajda, Albert         m ROM 2416  . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
14. Vajda, Szidonia      wg HUN 2352  0 . . . . . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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11) Genova Open

The Genova Open took place November 19th-25th 2001. Goiko Laketic won the event clearly with 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://digilander.iol.it/centurini/homepage.htm

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Open A Genova ITA (ITA), 19-25 xi 2001
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 1. Laketic, Gojko           m  YUG 2452  7.5   47    3.5  6 
 2. Paragua, Mark            m  PHI 2447  7     48.5  3.5  6 
 3. Georgiev, Vladimir       g  BUL 2564  6.5   50    1.5  5 
 4. Naumkin, Igor            g  RUS 2414  6.5   48.5  4.5  5 
 5. Chatalbashev, Boris      g  BUL 2526  6.5   48    3.5  4 
 6. Mrdja, Milan             m  CRO 2380  6.5   45.5  4.5  5 
 7. Lazic, Miroljub          g  YUG 2449  6     47.5  4    5 
 8. Scalcione, Michelangelo     ITA 2292  6     44.5  1.5  5 
 9. Molina, Fabrizio         f  ITA 2305  6     43    1    6 
10. Isonzo, Davide           f  ITA 2343  6     42.5  3.5  5 
11. Caoili, Arianne          wm PHI 2257  6     41    3    6 
12. Efimov, Igor             g  ITA 2467  5.5   44.5  3    4 
13. Zemerov, Vladimir        m  RUS 2316  5.5   43.5  3.5  4 
14. Nelli, Luca                 ITA 2155  5.5   43    3    5 
15. Van Hoolandt, Patrick       MNC 2155  5.5   41.5  3    5 
16. Outioupine, Vladimir        RUS 2151  5.5   38.5  3.5  5 
17. Dergatchov, Alexander       RUS 2083  5.5   38    3.5  5 
18. Capata, Ion                 ITA 2150  5.5   37    3    5 
19  Beccaris, Gabriele          ITA ----  5.5   33.5  1.5  5
60 players

12) Novosibirsk Championships

The Championships of Novosibirsk take place 13th-21st November 2001. Vladislav Akselrod won the event with 7/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.sinor.ru/~marat/

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ch-NR Novosibirsk RUS (RUS), 13-21 xi 2001
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Akselrod, Vladislav    m  RUS 2408  +19 - 2 +15 = 6 +12 = 5 + 4 + 3 + 9  7.0  2525 
 2. Kazakov, Peter            RUS 2329  +17 + 1 = 3 = 5 = 4 = 6 +11 = 9 = 7  6.0  2459 
 3. Grachev, Jury             RUS 2374  +15 = 6 = 2 +14 + 5 - 4 + 8 - 1 +13  6.0  2434 
 4. Bocharov, Dmitry       m  RUS 2425  +14 = 8 +20 +11 = 2 + 3 - 1 + 6 - 5  6.0  2442 
 5. Chigvintsev, Andrei    m  RUS 2377  +23 +12 =11 = 2 - 3 = 1 +13 = 8 + 4  6.0  2439 
 6. Maletin, Pavel            RUS 2296  +10 = 3 + 8 = 1 =11 = 2 = 9 - 4 +14  5.5  2392 
 7. Yudin, Sergei             RUS 2337  =20 = 9 -19 +13 +14 - 8 +15 +12 = 2  5.5  2326 
 8. Bespalov, Alexey          RUS 2296  +22 = 4 - 6 =16 +15 + 7 - 3 = 5 +11  5.5  2387 
 9. Solodovnikov, Mikhail     RUS 2261  -21 = 7 +23 +20 =19 +10 = 6 = 2 - 1  5.0  2299 
10. Kaurdakov, Vladislav      RUS 2143  - 6 -15 +17 +18 +16 - 9 -12 +19 +23  5.0  2256 
11. Popov, Roman2          f  RUS 2335  +13 +16 = 5 - 4 = 6 +19 - 2 =14 - 8  4.5  2292 
12. Itkin, Dmitry             RUS 2241  +18 - 5 +21 =19 - 1 -13 +10 - 7 +16  4.5  2233 
13. Polovnikov, Gleb          RUS 2199  -11 +24 =16 - 7 +20 +12 - 5 +18 - 3  4.5  2242 
14. Bibko, Ivan               RUS 2238  - 4 +22 +18 - 3 - 7 +21 +19 =11 - 6  4.5  2257 
15. Kuznetsov, Yakov          RUS 2215  - 3 +10 - 1 +21 - 8 +16 - 7 +24 -17  4.0  2200 
16. Novikova, Anna            RUS 2249  +24 -11 =13 = 8 -10 -15 +22 +17 -12  4.0  2159 
17. Yakushev, Nikolai         RUS 2193  - 2 -19 -10 =22 +24 =18 +23 -16 +15  4.0  2135 
18. Duisenova, M              KAZ 2020  -12 +23 -14 -10 +22 =17 =20 -13 +24  4.0  2140 
19. Petrukhin, Denis          RUS 2227  - 1 +17 + 7 =12 = 9 -11 -14 -10 =21  3.5  2175 
20. Okladnikov, Gennady       RUS 2208  = 7 +21 - 4 - 9 -13 =24 =18 =23 =22  3.5  2121 
21. Rusakov, Evgeny           RUS 2142  + 9 -20 -12 -15 +23 -14 -24 -22 =19  2.5  2035 
22. Emelyanov, Yury           RUS 2158  - 8 -14 =24 =17 -18 -23 -16 +21 =20  2.5  2013 
23. Botvinkov, Anton          RUS 2222  - 5 -18 - 9 +24 -21 +22 -17 =20 -10  2.5  2005 
24. Galuzin, Gennady          RUS 2045  -16 -13 =22 -23 -17 =20 +21 -15 -18  2.0  1958 
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13) Mexican Championships

The Mexican Championships (also a sub-Zonal) took place Pachuca, Hidalgo, México (I'm not clear on the dates). The winner was Alberto Escobedo Tinajero with 8/9.

Only a scattering of game are available I will wait and see if a full file is produced.

Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/fenamac/absoluto2001/

Ch-MEX
1 Escobedo Tinajero Alberto  2397 IM  8.0 
2 Espinosa Flores Rafael     2403 IM  7.5 
3 Vega Garcia Jorge A        2238 FM  6.5 
4 Frey Beckman Kenneth       2400 IM  6.5 
5 Contreras Torres Javier    2248     6.5 
6 Leon Hoyos Manuel          2006 FM  6.5 
7 Schaffenburg Ruiz Federico 2078 FM  6.5 
8 Miranda Ponce Alvaro       2220     6.5 
73 players

14) Bundesliga 2001-2

The 3rd and 4th rounds of the Bundesliga took place over the weekend of 24th-25th November 2001. The round 4 games from Hamburg are in the games section. Games from other centres not yet available.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de and http://www.schach.com

15) Tony Miles

Malcolm Hunt writes:

Tony's family - particularly his Aunt Dev and cousin Pam - would like to thank all chess enthusiasts who either attended the funeral or sent messages of condolence since his tragic death. They are delighted that he made so many good friends all over the world.

16) Spanish Chess Championships

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. The two missing games from the final and now available.

Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and http://www.fbescacs.org/ctoespa%F1aabsol/absoluto.htm

17) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for December 1st produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow has been released.

NN  Name                      NAT   Rat.  Var
 1  Kasparov,Garry            RUS   2798  122
 2  Kramnik,Vladimir          RUS   2794  128
 3  Anand,Viswanathan         IND   2733  136
 4  Topalov,Veselin           BUL   2706  168
 5  Morozevich,Alexander      RUS   2700  203
 6  Adams,Michael             ENG   2682  152
 7  Leko,Peter                HUN   2676  120
 8  Ponomariov,Ruslan         UKR   2676  167
 9  Gelfand,Boris             ISR   2667  133
10  Khalifman,Alexander       RUS   2667  145
11  Ivanchuk,Vassily          UKR   2657  141
12  Shirov,Alexei             ESP   2656  165
13  Bareev,Evgeny             RUS   2645  159
14  Kasimdzhanov,Rustam       UZB   2638  162
15  Smirin,Ilia               ISR   2637  161
16  Karpov,Anatoli            RUS   2636  124
17  Dreev,Alexey              RUS   2630  164
18  Ye Jiangchuan             CHN   2629  161
19  Azmaiparashvili,Zurab     GEO   2629  181
20  Svidler,Peter             RUS   2627  162
21  Grischuk,Alexander        RUS   2627  163
22  Georgiev,Kiril            BUL   2625  175
23  Van Wely,Loek             NED   2622  169
24  Polgar,Judit              HUN   2621  179
25  Vaganian,Rafael A         ARM   2621  185
26  Short,Nigel D             ENG   2616  154
27  Lputian,Smbat G           ARM   2615  166
28  Lautier,Joel              FRA   2614  144
29  Akopian,Vladimir          ARM   2613  162
30  Bacrot,Etienne            FRA   2611  148
31  Dautov,Rustem             GER   2604  178
32  Sutovsky,Emil             ISR   2601  214
33  Nielsen,Peter-Heine       DEN   2600  166
34  Onischuk,Alexander        UKR   2599  143
35  Zhang Zhong               CHN   2599  174
36  Piket,Jeroen              NED   2598  159
37  Vallejo Pons,Francisco    ESP   2598  168
38  Malakhov,Vladimir         RUS   2598  173
39  Benjamin,Joel             USA   2596  167
40  Sakaev,Konstantin         RUS   2595  153
41  Rublevsky,Sergei          RUS   2595  182
42  Aleksandrov,Aleksej       BLR   2592  167
43  Bologan,Viorel            MDA   2592  199
44  Almasi,Zoltan             HUN   2591  145
45  Kharlov,Andrei            RUS   2589  146
46  Lastin,Alexander          RUS   2589  149
47  Lutz,Christopher          GER   2589  152
48  Sokolov,Ivan              BIH   2588  169
49  Novikov,Igor A            UKR   2587  131
50  Zvjaginsev,Vadim          RUS   2586  112

18) Forthcoming Events and Links

Loures Young Masters

The Loures Young Masters takes place 27th November - 7th December 2001.

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

Bermuda Hotel Change

There will be several invitational GM and IM Tournaments in the Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel (note the change from the 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

Cairnhill Open 2001

The 19th Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship will be held from 26th to 30th December 2001 in Singapore. 7 rounds Swiss System and will be limited to a maximum of 120 entries only.

Details and entry form at: http://cairnhil.fide.org/open.htm E-mail: cairnhil@fide.com or open_chess@yahoo.com.sg

On-line Tournament

The 1st Hellenic Chess Server "Apollo" a real time chess game application will host the 1st On-Line Chess Championship in Greece. The games will start at the end of February 2002.

In order to participate (free of charge) visit http://andyhot.di.uoa.gr/chess/tourn/part_form.asp open to players Worldwide.

Further details: webmaster@chess.gr

Hungarian Events

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

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

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